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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928.

POLITICAL STRIFE IN THE REPARATIONS

THE ARGENTINE

CASUALTIES

PROBLEM

IMPORTANT STEP

ON COMMITTEE

CAVALRY CALLED. OUT

I

U. S. GOVERNMENT AGREES

Washington, Yesterday.

RUBBER INDUSTRY PIONEER

SIR W. T. DYER

FIVE DEMONSTRATORS KILLED: AMERICAN EXPERTS TO SERVE FAMOUS RESEARCH. WORKER

SEVERAL WOUNDED

San Juan, Argentine, Yesterday.

The split in the Argentine Radi-

PASSES AWAY

A VETERAN

London, Yesterday.

The Government has assented to The death is announced of Sir! cal Party, between the followers of the appointment of American ex- William Thiselton Dyer the famous President Irigoyen and the so-perts to serve on the committee of research worker, who laid the foun- called "Conservationists" resulted German Reparations on the under-dation of the rubber industry in rioting and shooting. Five of standing that the American repre- in the East Indies by sending to the demonstrators were killed and sentatives be chosen and appointed Singapore the seeds, germinated at several wounded.

by the Allled and German Govern- Kew. Cavalry were called out and dia-menis.

His experiments in introduning lodged the rioters from the rail- The news contained in this state- the East Indies banana strain into way station which was the centre ment was issued by Mr. F. B. the West Indies had also far reach- of the disturbance. They quickly Kellogg, Secretary of the State De-ing effects.-Reuter. restored order-Reuter's American partment, after a long interview [Sir W. Thistleton-Dyer, who Service.

with Pres. Coolidge.

was born in 1843, was Botanical The statement says that Sir Esme Adviser to the Secretary of State Howard called on Mr. Kellogg this for the Colonies from 1902 to 1906 morning and informed him, in the land Director of the Royal Botanic name of the six Governments Inter-Gardens at Kew (London) from ested in the reparations problem, 1885 till 1905.) that they wished to enquire whe- ither the United States Government would agree to American experts Mr. James Muir, of the Chinese Committee and whether, if so, the participating in the work of the Maritime Customs, the son of Mr: United States Government would be and Mrs. George S. M. Muir of Leith, Scotland, and Mlas Catherine ready to propose the names of such

experts. Thompson Smith, the daughter of the late Mr. James Staith and Mrs. James Smith, also of Leith. Scot- land, were, married on Monday, Christmas Eve, as, Union Church, the Kennedy-road.

LEITH COUPLE

MARRIED AT UNION CHURCH

MUIR-SMITH

Sir E. Howard explained that if the United States' Government agreed to this experts proposed could be appointed jointly by the Repara- The minister, the Rev. F. ctions Commission and the German Government, but if the United Young officiated,

CAPT. AMUNDSEN

MEDALS SOLD TO PAY HIS DEBTS

FINANCIAL WORRIES

+

Oslo, Norway. All the creditors of Captain Roald Amundsen, the explorer, will be paid in full as the result of the sale of the dead ex- Iplorer's medaks. '

Nothing was heard of Captain

The bride was led to the altar States preferred to leave the choice Amundsen after he left Tromsoe, by Mr. H. G. K. Wheeler of the of the American experts to the six Norway, in a seaplane on June 18 to Chinese Maritime Customs and Powers, the latter would agree to search for General Nobile, whose Mrs. Wheeler acted as matron of the names of the experts to be in-Arctic expedition was in difficulties. vited who would then be appointed Captain Amundsen had quarrelled jointly by the Commission and the with General Nobile, but as soon German Government. Reuter's as he heard that the general needed American Service.

honour.

Mr. John Barnet of the Publis Works Department was best man The Misses Annie and Florrie Fow ler were the bridesmaids.

Mediaeval Dress

The bride wore an ivory satin dress in mediaeval style, with a lace vell, orange, blossoms, and sil- ver, shoes and hosiery of the same shade. She carried sheaf of white roses, chrysanthemums and maiden hair fern.

A

HI

EX-M.P.'s DEBTS

LOSSES ON FORMING COMPANIES

BIG LOSS BY GUARANTEES

aid he volunteered to search for hlm. General Nobile Was subse quently rescued.

Captain Amundsen was the Arst man to accomplish the North-West Pasange, and he reached the South Pole in 1911. In 1926 he flew over the North Pole in an airship.

He became bankrupt in 1924.

Mr. Arnold Williams, formerly After the war his private fortune The bridesmaids wore pale pink Liberal M.P. for the Sowerby divi-was estimated at £65,000, but this taffeta trimmed with pink silk net sion of Yorkshire, and described in and a State subvention of £28,000 and silver lace; and their shoes and the receiving order as of 23, Queen were insufficient to cover the ex- hose were also of silver.

The bridesmaids carried old. Anne's-gate, S.W., and 9, Cadogan- pensee of his Polar expeditions..

gardens, SW., accountant, attended Friends in 1924 bought his home fashioned posies of pink roses with

before Mr, Registrar Mellor in the at Svartskog and afterwards pre- Ince holders,

him with it. Captain London Bankruptcy Court recently sented

Amundsen called these episodes the for his public examination.

Mr. Williams estimates his Ha- most humiliating and tragical in his bilities at £130,806, of which £106,- Hfe, and his last worde to his law- 891 are expected to rank, and values yer before starting out to the rescue This assets at a net sum of $45,735. of General Nobile were: "Make me

He said that at the end of 1916 a free man."

Mrs Wheeler, the matron of honour, wore A powder blue crepe-de-chine dress, trimmed with silver fox fur, black lace hat and shoes to match.

Honeymoon at Macao

The reception was held at No.

8, East Point-terrace, the residence

of Mr. and Mrs. Fowler.

he took over an accountancy prac-

Captain

The bankruptcy proceedings now

that shor tice in Manchester. Subsequently concluded The honeymoon is being spent at there was a partnership. In 1920-1 Amundsen's estate is solvent.

His 61 medals were sold for £850; the Repulse Bay Hotel and Macao. an office was opened in the City, and The bride travelled in a beige in 1923 he retired from the partner- but the buyer, Mr. Conrad Lan- satin ensemble with fur; felt hat, ship.

READY FOR “REDS"

PARIS PLAN TO DEAL WITH ANY RISING

Another Medal

gaard, of Oslo, afterwards presented gloves, shoes and hosiery to match. The Official Receiver: Your them to Oslo University for its coin

Among the presents were failure is due to your transactions cabinet. silver trinket set (the gift of the in prouwting and forming public bridegroom to the bride) and a and private companies, in acting an Rome At the suggestion of gold watch and chain (from the a director of them and guarantee-Signor Mussolini, the Italian Prime bride to the bridegroom).

ing their accounts? Substantially, Minister, the King has conferred yea.

posthumously the Gold Medal for He had been a director of 25 to 30 Velour in the Air ppan Captain companies. In some cases he made Amundsen and Commandant Gull- very heavy losses, but in others baud, who accompanied him in his substantial profits.

search for General Nobile. The Official Recaiver: Is it a fact; Paris.-M. Chtappe, the Prefect that most of those companies have of Police, told the Paris City Coun-bean fallures financially?—Na.. - cil recently of his plans in the Have not a great number of them event of a Communist rising in the, been wound up?-Some of them wore connected with war work and jcity.

"First of all," said M. Chiappe, " came to an end naturally. shall use peaceful means to solve £50,000 Lost by Guarantees

OPIUM TRAFFICKING

Chief Preventive Officer S. J. Clark prosecuted, in a caso heard at the Kowloon Magistracy, in which a Chinese was charged be

any threatened conflict and the. Asked if he became an M.P. to fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton on Mon-i moat, humane methods to prevent enable him to take up more director-day with unlawful possession, of disorder. But, if it becomes neces ships. Mr. Williams said that this opium aboard a junk in the Yau- sary, the most energetic measures was not his object; in fact, he did mati typhoon shelter. will be employed." :

not take up any for that reason. Defendant pleaded that he had Amid loud applause from the The companies in which he had been been given twenty-cents a day by municipal councillora, he added: "I Interested dealt in all kinds of mer the owner of the vessel to look shall defend Paris against disorder, chandise of which he had no export" Aft:fit in his absence, by all the means which the law ence,

C.P.O. Clark Bald that defendant He estimated that in 1921 he was had been given an opportunity to places at my disposal.”

The City Council passed a resolu- worth considerably more than find the man, but had refused to tion authorising M. Chiappe to take £50,000, but he had lost that amount do so. $52 were found in defeu- whatever steps he thought necessary by guarantees. That, he admitted, dant's possession.

In case of disorder. They also call-was one of the chief career of his

The magistrate observed that ed, on the military authorities to bankruptcy. maintain the Paris garrison at a

In June 1927 he entered into a had no money been found he would He imposed strength which would render any contract to buy for £216,000 a site not have convicted. Communist uprising Impossible.

at Victoria Station with the object a fine of $9,000 or 6 months' in-

prisonment. of making a substantial profit on Its re-sale, CAR

Louis Wiam Ware, shoemaker, The Official Receiver: In the re- Capt. Malcolm Campbell, the Bri-cult it has proved a most disastrous of Pinbright: Camp, and William George Triscott Quartermaster- tish racing motorist, who crashed in transaction for you? South Morocco when returning by Mr. Williams explained that he Sergeant 2nd Coldstream Guarda, seroplane from his search in the was unable to complete the transac stationed at Windsor, were remand- Sahara for a track on which to make tion because of the bankruptcy petted at Woking, Surrey, charged with an attempt on the world's speed tion, but for which he would have obtaining money by fraud In con record, left Gibraltar recently, by received a very substantial proftnection with the repair of military steamer for England.

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