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No. 26,023

SOLD IN STATUE SQUARE

BANK OF ENGLAND NOTE ISSUE

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TWO MOTOR CARS ONE FETCHES $80 AND THE OTHER $55

CHINESE BUY THEM

Two motor-cars were sold by public auction in statue-square this morning for a total sum of $1361

NEW DETAILS

CHANCELLOR'S STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS

THE PRESENT CURRENCY

BLISHED

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1928, PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

8 MORE PIRATE SUSPECTS

"SHASI" ECHO

FIFTEEN HAVE ALREADY BEEN FOUND GUILTY

AMERICAN FARING WELL

Hankow, Yesterday.

London, Yesterday. Further details of the Bank of England note issue were announced In spite of encouragement from, Mr. E. J. Figueiredo, who was by Mr. Churchill in reply to ques willing to call bidders "good old aports" and "connaisseur" for every tions in the House of Commons, Jump of $5, the business was tedi- He said the present currency would remain legal tender after Novem- Both vehicles had passed the

bor 22 when the new notes would veteran stage and both still bore, the marking "public vehicle." Many be available. Three months' notice vital parts were missing. The would be given to the public when bigger one did not have even tyres, the old notes were called in; "but TO GO TO NANKING those that were on the wheels hay this is not expected to happen for ing been borrowed to facilitate towage to the square.

ouly low.

1

The first derelict put up was a Dodge 4-cylinder, made in 1919,

with each tyre flat on the ground

Mr.

some considerable time."-Reuter.

"CAN'T DISTRAIN”

and the gasoline tank gone. Bidd- KOWLOON LANDLORD v. LADY! ing opened at $60 and Figueiredo's eloquence brought the

price to $80.

An Afterthought

TENANT

CAVE PLENTY OF TIME

-Reuter.

THE INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION

A STATEMENT

EXCITING MURDER TRIAL

IN MEXICO

CHURCHILL'S FINE SPEECH INTORAL AND MOTHER SUPERIOR

THE COMMONS:''

REPLY TO LABOUR

an amend-)

SENTENCED

SLAYER OF OBREGON

San Angel, Yesterday.

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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

A COLLAPSE

MACHINERY UNABLE TO COPE WITH HOOVER BOOM"

“GENERAL MOTORS”

THE REPARATIONS" PROBLEM

A STATEMENT

MR. CHURCHILL REPLIES TO M.P.'S QUESTIONS

PARIS CONVERSATIONS

London, Yesterday. Toral; the murderer of Obregon; Rocked to its foundation by the Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancel- strain of the gigantic" Hoover lor of the Exchequer, was asked in has been sentenced to death, and boom," the machinery of the Stock

of the American Service.

Now, York, Yesterday.

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London Yesterday, When the debate on the address, Out of the twenty-three men ar- rested in connection with "Shasi", In reply to the King'a speech, was it is stated. Afteen have been found resumed in the House of Commons,

Mr. R. Clynes, on behalf of the the Mother Superior, Maria Con- Exchange collapsed, the tape ma- the House of Commons for a state- guilty and eight innocent.

Eight more suspects were appro-Labour Party, moved

¡hind.

sations in Paris on the reparations hended by the Chinese authorities.ment regretting that although the ception, to 20 years' imprisonment, chine being a hundred minutes bement regarding the recent conver-

Crowds throughout the trial Frenzied trading prices shot up question: They are at present under exam-Government had had four years of ination at Military Headquarters. office, the country was burdened! swarmed the Court House in one to twenty-three dollars a share

He replied that the conversa- Mr. Henry Henvia, the American with unemployment in a more

though, later, profit-taking diminish- excitement. - Renter's

tions arose out of a decision taken who was shot in the thigh by the acute form, that appalling cond!- feverish

¡ed the early gains.

General Motors reached 224 in at Geneva to set up a committee piraten, is progressing favourably. tions prevailed in many

mining areas, and that the pro-

view of the general meeting at of financial experts to make re- which the directors proposed that commendations for a complete and common stock be split in 21⁄41⁄2 shares Anal settlement of the reparations for every share held, plus an extra problem. During the conversa- cash dividend of 21⁄2 dollars in addi- tione he made. It clear, that the tion to the regular quarterly pay- ment-Reuter's American Service. British Government would

tinue to receive enough from allied SEQUEL TO THEFT debts and reparations together to cover Britain's external debt pay-

Mr. Churchill continued: "I am glad to say the conversations re- vealed no disagreement in princi- ple between the governments con-

DUTCH MINISTER RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONS

HOLLAND'S POLICY IN CHINA

The Hague, Yesterday.

the

In a memorandum" accompanying the Departmental Estimates Dutch Foreign Minister states that

On the solicitor for the other side the Duch Government is determined "Only last night, I paid 550 for a magneto," shouted Mr. Figueiredo, applying for a week's adjournment that development of commercial re- "Who'll bid me $50 for this?" point-in the Summary Court this morn- lations with China should, as far as ing to a Hudson G-cylinder, mado in 1916. "The iron alone is worthing, a Kowloon landlord had the possible; satisfy Chinese political

requirements. more than that," he added as an following dialogue with the Pulsne afterthought.

At this stage an Assistant Direc

Judge (Mr. Justice Jacks) :-

The Dutch Minister at Peking has been instructed to proceed to Nany Landlord: I object, my Lord. I king, the new national capital of Mr. have already given her plenty of China, to negotiate on the proposed Figueiredo raised his voice but the time. And I think she might go autonomy of the Chinese Customs.-

tor of Public Works looked over

the shoulders of the crowd.

A. D. P. W. passed on.

Away.

His Lordship: Why don't you dis-

An Indian offered $30. Then Mr. Figueiredo's attention was drawn train?

to the fact that his "condition" of

Landlord! 1 can't, my Lord.

"gold as it stands with all faulta She is living in a furnished flat and

and errors" was wrong. The tyres

had been borrowed for the occa- alon because the coolies refused to

carry the invalid.

$10.

855.

ing and shutting the bonnet and

the furniture's mine!

The landlord was Mr. H. Rutton- jee of No. 39, Haiphong-road. The

mumbling about the 'a'trange dis-, LOAN FOR RUHR

appearance" of a piston rod.

SERIOUS CHARGE

G.$12,000,000 FROM A NEW YORK

BANKING SYNDICATE

TO BE ISSUED AT $4

Reuter.

RUNNING A LIFT

LANDLORD'S CLAIM FOR $20 A MONTH

HOTEL KEEPERS. SUED

defendants).

The

plaintiff. Defendants were neither represented nor present. Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice Jacks) aesented to Mr. Marton's applica- tion for leave to prove the claim against defendants in Chambers to-morrow.

Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill

THE ERUPTION

MOUNT ETNA'S HUMAN VICTIMS

THREE PERISH IN SLEEP

Catania, Yesterday. Mount Etna has claimed its first) human victims. Three peasants, THREE CHINESE BEFORE THE ments. who insisted upon sleeping in their homes at Mascala after the evacua- tion, it is feared, have perished. -Reuter.

"Subsiding"

MAGISTRATE

STRANGE REQUEST

con-

At the Central Magistracy, this [cerned. No final decision has yet Catania, Yesterday.. morning, before Mr. R. E. Lindaell, been reached as to personnel and There are indications that the Mr. F. H. Loseby appeared for the date and place of meeting of the But I hope all these Mount Etna cruption is subsiding, prosecution in the case of a Chiu- committee. though the lava stream is creeping ese charged with theft at No. 22, preliminary questions will be settl- on within 300 yards of the Catani- Kennedy-street, the house of Tang, ed and the committee be constitut- Yan-ting, a clerk in the office ofed without any long delay. Per- Amessing railway line-Reuter.

Messra. Rusa and Co., and two haps I ought to say it ought not others charged with receiving to be inferred that the German stolen property.

RUMANIA

QUESTION OF A NEW

·MINISTRY

Bukharest, Yesterday.

The accused were:- Yeung Ho-wah (19) charged with the larceny of clothing and valuables, worth $60.20;

with receiving stolen property (a cigarette case); and

posals outlined in the King's The Regency Council has invitedi Young Ho-wah (19) charged speech were utterly inadequate to ex-Foreign Minister M. Titulesco to meet the existing Industrial situa-form a Ministry of National Union. M. Titulesco has asked for time to consider the matter.-Reuter. Exhaustive Analysis*

tion.

In the "China Mall" special ser- vice, which will appear in to- morrow's Issue.

Every picture in the "local" section will be strictly of local interest.

Government accept the view which we take at the present time."

Asked whether the reparations settlement was bound up with the question of the evacuation of the Rhineland territory, Mr. Churchill replied that that matter was en- tirely separate British Wireless Service.

Wat. Pun (80) charged with re- celving stolen property (a diary

FRENCH POLITICS containing a promissory note for $500).

and Wat ATTEMPT TO SOLVE CABINET

PROBLEM

NOTHING DEFINITE

The bid was revised to one of tenant was Mrs. Webb of No. 2, Mr. Augustin Leong Hing Kee Ultimately the ear went for, Banco-buildings, Hankow-road, 1st and Mr. Peter Leong Hing Kec,

floor. The claim was for $387.96 | described as merchants of thei Anxious Buyer

being rental at $113 per month.

Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancel- Hotel Savoy-building, were aued in!, If I only knew somebody on aj

lor of the Exchequer, replied with MË. J. M. d'Almada Remedios, who the Summary Court this morning;)

Both Yeung Cho wan Canton steamboat," sighed a Chin-was appearing for Mr. Leo d'Almada by Mr. H. M. H. Nemazce, mer-dustrial situation.

an exhaustive analysis of the ined during that period and the re- ese mechanic, "and thereby got

sources of the State to aid mis-Pun pleaded "guilty," but Wat Pan! e Castro, after Mr. Ruttonjee had chant of Prince's-building, for a cheap freight for shipping these:

Dealing with the suggestion fortune had been grievously im- said that he received the diary cars to Canton. I can repair them objected to the adjournment, suggest $700, claimed to be money due for for a few hundreds of dollars and as an alternative that his Lord- maintenance of a lift installed at made by Mr. Clynes that this coun-paired. Had the Labour Party not from No. 1, not knowing that it admitted their responsibility? had been stolen. As a matter of

Paris, Yesterday. ship fix a day for hearing. On, No. 22, Ice House-street, at $20

Had there not been an effort on fact, No. 1 had asked him to keep

Hitherto there has been then make at least $500. But nothie Lordship anouncing Dec. 8, Mr. per month, from Jan. 1, 1925 to

litle knowing anybody, the freight is

Indication as to how the Cabinet Jikely to be prohibitive."

Ruttonjee commented that it was June 30, 1928, paid by Mr. Nemazee PIONEER PICTURES the part of responsible leaders of the diary for him during his ab-

Labour to establish a different and sence in Canton.

Mr. Lindsell characterised this crisis is to be solved. Several hours afterwards. the rather late, whereupon his Lordship (as landlord) for and on behalf of.

saner policy? Were not Commun-

The possibility of a coalition of cars had not been removed but one informed him that it is the earliest Mr. A. and Mr P. Hing Kee (the

Exclusive and beat the repata-ats being excluded from the statement as quite unbelievable. of the buyers was anxiously open he can give,

Mr. O. E. C. Marton was for ment in Hong Kong journalism-Russian interference being repuls-picious the minute No. 1 asked him meeting of the representatives of

tion of the pioneer art supple- Labour Party politica? Was not! Wat Pun should have been sus the Left bas receded following a . is fittingly applied to the photosed in domestic affairs? Was not to keep such a small thing which the Left parties at which only 270 Mr. Cook, who led the miners in could be easily shipped into the deputies were represented or 86 These pocket and would not in any way too few to counter balance the re- 1926 being discredited?

The Left groupa participating in signs of amendment were welcome encumber him during his visit to maining groups. but they were too late. The price Canton.

In answer to the charge of re- the conference hoped to secure the of 1926 had to be paid."

ceiving the cigarette case, Yeung support of the Radical Left, whose Ho-wah claimed that he had bought 54 members hold the balance of power but the Radical Left with- The problem of unemployment, it in Honan. continued Mr. Churchill, was wide! Detective Sergeant Whelan said held its support unless granted a and mysterious. There was heavy, that the cigarette case was of a share in the responsibility of the unemployment in the United States common type, but the complainant Government.

Hence the only alternative com- and in Russia, under the most identified it by certain, marks.

Mr. Leseby asked the Magis-bination appears to be a Repub- ruthless expression of Socialism, there was also very heavy unem-trate's permission to withdraw the lican Ministry under the Premier- ployment. Neither of these coun- charges against the defendants, ship of M. Poincare.

If the latter declines, M, Briand tries was making anything like the He said that all the stolen pro- provision to succour the unemploy-perty had been recovered through will probably be offered the post stated

for man and woman for woman ined at the latter's house. Appar- the condition that M. Poincare will this island we provided two or ently, he had stolen the things and take the portfolio of finance, Reu- three times as much and it might dropped them out of a window to ter. be four or five times as much as accomplices outside, any other country, including the Mr. Lindsell inquired the reason most wealthy and most socialistic for withdrawing. countries, upon the care of the weak and poor.

INDIAN CONSTABLE AND A

HAKKA GIRL

LOKALPLA

HOTEL BILL

CLAIM FOR LODGING AND BOARD

ENGINEER'S ADMISSION

.+

There will be three views of a touching service on the high seas `with wreaths thrown to the waters tributes to the gallant heroes of the British as. "Anking," who were murdered by pirates. This memorial record is appearing for the first time in the "Mall."

Pictures of the lawn bowls championship, also Hong Kong's interport bowls team, & Happy

Unemployment

+

New York, Yesterday.

Mr. E. W. Hamilton, second as-

A banking syndicate has arranged ¦› sistant of the Colonial' Secretariat, a $12,000,000 loan to the Ruhr! will occupy, the bench at the Kow-Gas Corporation to finance the loon Magistracy next week, during construction of the largest pipe- the absence of Mr. W. Schofield, line system in the world for the the present magistrate who is 80- distribution of coke oven gas. ing home on leave.

This fact was revealed at the The price of issue of the Ruhr gas Kowloon Magistracy this morning loan is 94, and the average yield, under the circumstances prevail- Ing fund, will be 7.18 per cent this morning when Mr. Horace Lo, given by the M.C.L. at City Hall believed it true to say that man of the complainant and had stay- that M. Briand wil; only accept on when Mr., Schofield intimated that based on redemption through sink-defendant in the Summary Court Valley football match, a dance ed that was being made here. He frat accused, who was a relative but, it is authoritatively

ing in a case brought before hia Reuter's American Service.

notice, he would leave it for the proaccution to consult, his immedi- ate successor, Mr. Hamilton, whoj would in all probability sit on Tuesday, to fix a date for hear Ing.

The case in question referred to

a charge lodged against an Indian

BIRKENHEAD

JOINS IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES BOARD

London, Yesterday.

Mr. B. F. Blakeney, described as; ship's engineer, whose address was given as Palace Hotel, Kowloon, was

A

appearing for Mr. Lai Hin-man,

Dr. A. Cannon's tour of upper trading as the Kowloon Hotel, took Kwangal, etc., are among to the not very usual procedure of ap-morrow's fine features. plying for leave to "prove" an un-

Make sure you get the "Mall” defended claim after the "Friday fix for its pictures, features and ing list" (Instead of going into Chambers to-morrow).

The claim was for $287.42 for

It is announced that the Earl of board and lodging. Mr. H. J. H.

news.

ANGLO-PERSIANS

Mr. Loseby said that No. 1 was MR. CHURCHILL MAKES A the only son of his mother and

STATEMENT Before 1911

she was wholly dependent on hini, constable, of the Kowloon City

London, Yesterday. police station, who

Before the year 1911 the relief of and complainant, being a relative, is alleged to Birkenhead has joined the Board White, manager of the Kowloon try should resume relations with a means of reducing, Hotel, gave evidence to the effect; Russia, as

In the House of Commons, Mr. have assaulted a young Hakka of the Imperial Chemical Indus- that Mr. Blakeney had written an unemployment, he declared that unemployment was left entirely to was reluctant to prosecute.

Mr. Lindsell inquired about the Churchill replied in the affirmativa girl on the hillalde in a district tries, Limited.--Reuter.

acknowledgment on the last bill sent anyone who supposed that the re- Trade Unionism, which, however, near, Kowloon City.

admission of the Soviet Embassy to rendered it only to the higher other two accused, and Mr. Loseby to the question as to whether the [This is a great combine with a him. The prosecution had asked for a capital of £85,000,000 formed two

Mr. Lo said that he had received this island would make the slight-ranks of labour and mainly only to said that he did not think he could Government had been consulted He bellaved that in the produce evidence to prove receiv-with-reference to the holdings of date to be fixed, as the European years ago under the chairmanship a letter from the owners of the abst contribution to the problem of males.

|the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, In doctor who had made an examina-of Sir Alfred Moud, now Lord "Wing Hong" (on which Mr. unemployment was misleading him-years before the war there were Ing against them. tion of the condition' of complain-Malchett.]

Hi Worship decided that be formation with the consolidated" Blakeney is now employed) indicat-self and would misiced others. It rarely less than 300,000 or 400,000

There were now could not permit withdrawal of the Petroleumi Company. He added.. ant, is leaving the Colony about

ing that while hey had no respon was very easy to say that the pre- unemployed. Nov. 25, and would in all prob-

elbility, they believed Mr. Blakeney sent Industrial situation was the 1,374,000 unemployed. By the charges unless the police agreed that the Anglo-Persian Co.'s Inde». After an interview with Mr. pendence was not affected. Reu- ability not return until Dəc. 16.

would pay in two suma at the end fault of the Government, but it was, Great War a large part of the Under the circumstances, Mr.

of this and next month.

far easier to ay and easier to wealth of Britain and the world C. G. Perdue, acting Director of ter. Schofield said that he would ro-

prove that a large part of it was had been consumed. The world Criminal Intelligence, Mr. Lossby mand the case for a week; and

all-round had grown much bigger returned to Court and said that the fault of the Labour Party, leave it to Mr. Hamilton to fix a

Had Mr. Clynes forgotten the and all sorts of countries, which he had been requested by Mr. date for the hearing.

general strike and the prolonged were quite ready before the war, Perdue to apply for a week's for- The 'pianes were sighted ten cost atoppage 1926. Through to buy our basic manufactures, mal remand for the purpose of miles from Manila at 11.10 to-day thean we had been thrown back wished to make things themselves, making inquiries into the clrcum-

A

FAMOUS SINGER

Rome, Yesterday. The death ia announced of the celebrated baritone, Signor Battle- tini-Reuter.

R.A.F. FLIERS

Manila, To-day."

\ P.-M.-R. TRAINS

Peking, Yesterday. Most of the rolling stock which

Haueb-Hang. recent

Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, junior, is appearing for the de fence.....

A commission as Honorary Cadet The case was accordingly re-Captain in the Malacca High The British flying boats landed ward march of other nations, The tors met us in every foreign mar manded for one week, the defence School Cadet", Corps - have been safely at 11.21 a.m.-Renter.

reserves of industry were exhaust, ket and old customers increasing- tion giving a remand until Novem-such bad condition that it had to ly closed their doors upon our ber 15. The first accused will be be sent to Tongshan for repairs, intimating that they had no objec-granted to Mr. T. J. Thomas, The pat tion to the procedure suggested, promotion of Second Lieutenant Miss Louise B. Wilson sailed (Continued at foot of next Column) wares. We were loaded beyond all held in police custody, whilst the which in most cases will take nearly

8. V/Hogan, Eurasian Companies, laat week from Shanghai on the B.S.VF to the rank of Lient-President Adams for Manila,

Manila; To-day. two or three years behind the on- New and more vigorous competistances of the case,

a. Lindsoll stated the applica General Chang, Habang voce fe

The party of Japanese members enant has been approved. A where she has accepted a position of Parliament who have been visit commission as Second Lieutenant on the Manila Bulletin. Miss lng various parts of Obina returned in the Eurasian Companies, Wilson was at one time on the to Tokyo last week on board the 8.S.V.F. has been granted to Mr. North-China Daily News” no Shi NY.KS. "Shanghai Maru.”

AF Cornelius

has been on a holiday at Tsingtao,

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR

The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 2/06/16,

ether producing countries with other two were allowed bail in the six mon as many of the care debt and taxation,

Unemployed Women

sum of $100 each

Mr. Churchill pointed out that The archit besides the great masses of per Peking Miniate,

(Continued on

be rent

have

lang has

•Pei Chang