1929-03-11 — Page 7

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1929.——

ANTI-RED VIGIL

RIVER SEAMEN CHIEF ARRESTED

VISCOUNT FINLAY

GREAT BRITISH JUDGE PASSES AWAY

FORMER CHANCELLOR

London, Yesterday.

REPARATIONS

EXPERTS SUGGEST A TENTA TIVE SCHEME

NEW NOTE ISSUED

London, Yesterday.

THE CHINA MAIL

"TEA FOR THREE" SHADOWS BEFORE.

-p

SPLENDID COMEDY FOR

QUEEN'S

PALATIAL YACHT.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL ***

To-day Queen's Theatre; "Skirts", also Sam Ku West and

A yachting trip and a job com-his Vietor Harmony Trio.

the

To-day-World Theatre; "My

Today Star Theatre; "Morry

Theatre;

HONG KONG SHIPS SUFFER

¡From Our Own Correspondent.)

Pakka, Baturday. The death is announced of Vis- The Committee of Experts have bined-this was the joyful com-

issued & Note which outlines a bination of affairs for Robert ZBest Girl." Since the Canton Government count Finley of Nairn. Aided the outlaw stronghold at Ku [Robert Bannatyne Finlay, born tentative scheme for the establish-Leonard'a company when they Tau Shin a few months ago, no re- at Edinburgh in 1842, was the sonment of a bank for the interna med "Tea For Three,(the pro-Widow."

To-day-Majestic port of piracy has been made.

and Wednes. "Wyoming.". of a doctor and first graduated in tional payment to deal with repara-duction coming to the Queen's The only anxiety to the-local au-medicine before being called to the tions, with a view to, putting the Theatre to-morrow.

Metro-Goldwyn-

Lammerta Auctions peacetime business day),-at

Mar. 12-A, Auction Rooms, 4, thorities at Kongmoon and its Bar in 1867. He became a bencher matter on a port, Pakkni, is the suppression of of the Inner Temple and later was basis. Emphasis is laid on the pure-Mayer studios recently.

became ly

The company, headed by Lew Duddell-st, valuable leasehold pro- tentative nature of the plan | extremist activities.

M.P. for Inverness. He

Mar. 13, 14, 16, 16-At 3, Bowen- Several Beds have been arrested Solicitor-General, under Lord Salis- which, after further examination, is Cody and Aileen Pringle, passed perties in four lote, 8 pim. of late, ano of these being Mak bury, as long ago as 1895, becoming subject to rejection in part or in a week on the yacht of a Pasadena

millionaire, borrowed for the sea road, a part of Mra. C. Montague Chung (alleged to have a long his- Attorney-General in 1900 until the whole.

The experts, however, have been scones, which depict a gay yacht- Ede's valuable household furniture, tory in the underworld of Hong Conservative debacle in 1906. Ke

The vessel craised from 11 a.m.

Mar. 12-At Sales Room, valuable Kong), who is chairman of the was Lord Chancellor in 1916-18, impressed with the belief that to ing party. River Boats Seamen's Union.. and raised to the peerage, but he achieve final settlement with which about in the Pacific off Catalina

were the joya collection of Postage stamps, 5.15 A sorgeant of police attached to resigned to become the British duty the committee le charged, it island, and many

Mar. 13—At Sales Room, one Pakkai station was arrested yester-Member of the Permanent Court of will be necessary to do away with of the summer outing, besides the P.m.

Cunningham 8-cylinder 36 · H.P. day following the arrival of an Arbitration at The Hague and a great part of the temporary war-work of making a picture at the official from Canton with his photo. member of the International Court time machinery that was created to same time.

The new picture is a farcical Cabriolet 7-passenger car, 2.30 p.m. He was taken into custody by his of Justice established

Sports the collect reparations and to subati- colleagues and detectives from the League of Nations.

tute permanent peacetime machin- romante adapted from Roi Cooper

March 16-St. Peter's Church Megrue's famous stage play, and Municipal ofleas and, after a few

Lord Finlay was, with Sir Ed-ery..

Cody and Miss Pringle are coY.M.C.'s Marathon Race, 3 p.m.. questions, bundled into the Black warde Clarke, the last of the great

March 24-Fanling Hunt: Grand starring in it as their second ap-

National Meeting. Maria for transport to Military advocates of the 'aineties. He was The new machinery may be need-pearance as a team, their first

Meetings Headquarters.

one of the big leaders on the comed in itself to handle the great now being in "Adam And Evil” Owen

March 13-Fortieth annual meet- Construction Work

mercial side but occasionally ap-international movement of funds Moore, Dorothy Sebastian, Phillips peared in causes celebres in op-created by the reparations and war Smalley and many others of note position to Sir Charles Russell, Sir debts. The substitution of finan-are in the cast. R. Webster and Sir H. James,cial for political machinery should, whose names are almost forgotten it is believed, transfer the liquida- outside the legal profession. After tion of Germany's international ob-

as law officer, helgations from the realm of politi a long period returned to the premier position cal discussion to the ordinary among private practitioners in the forma of business. decade before the war.

Much construction werk is being -carried out under the direction of Im Pok-kau, the Mayor. Motor roads, public gardens, playgrounds, town cleaning and exploration and cultivation of Ku Tan Shan are .some of the projects in hanel.

•

The road from Pakkal to Kong moon (now connected by rail) is to be completed in six months.

Never have the local waterways been so safe for traffic. Four motor-launches have been added to

the

run; and two motor-bonts are mak-

Steamboats

S

for

thre tow-boats come rin Malachan, Macao.

Foreign goods are cheaper fur- ther inland than at Kongmoon, the entrepot!

by

The New Machinery

+

The primary function of such an Extremely Successful

institution would continue to be There was an enormous demand to act as trustee, receiving from for his services. His inco.ne must Germany such annuities as may be have been prodigious, and he sel-arranged and disbursing them dom appeared except in the Appeal among the creditor nations. Counts, his speciality being the The new bank would be in no great legal issues decided by the sense a super-bank to exercise a Judicial Committee of the Privy dominating influence over existing Council, He was the type of great institutions. Jawyer, profoundly learned and with an astonishing power of con- centrated and technical argument

national Courts.

Strengthen Co-operation

The authors of the suggestion

LESSON-SERMON

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST, HONG KONG

"Man" was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Scientist, on Sunday, Christ,

[March 10.

-

ng of Green laland Cement Co., Ltd., St. George's Bldg., Chater-rd., noon.

Mar. 14 Forty-fifth general meeting of shareholders of the Hong Kong Rope Manufacturing Co., Ltd., St. George's Bldg., Chater-rd, 11.30

a.m.

Mar. 16-Ordinary yearly meet- lag of Shareholders, of the Hong, Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., Ex- change Bigd., Des Voeux-rd. Central,

Joon.

Mar. 22-Fortieth annual meeting of shareholders of The Hong Kong The Golden Text was: "He hath Electric Co., Ltd., P. & O. Building, showed thee, O man, what is good: 11. and what doth the Lord require of March 26-Sixtieth general meat- thee, but to do justly, and to love ling of shareholders of the Hong mercy, and walk humbly with thy Kong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., God 7" (Micah, 6:8).-

Messra. Jardine, Matheson's Offices, 11 a.m.

Miscellaneous

March 12-Lostare at University

Canton-Sutcheong run, five tow-troals to the Canton-Kongmoon ing ten trips a day between Kong- moon and Kucheng via Pakkal

An Anomaly Superficially, everything appears to be prosperous but business can

believe that its operations would prised the Lesson-Sermon was the Among the citations which com- still improve.

that required the closest attention

tend to strengthen the co-operation following from the Bible: "What! from Hong Kong suffer because there are too many by the presiding judges. After is that already has been developed is man, that thou art mindful of (Room K. main bidg.) on "A Visit of them and also because cargoes short period as Lord Chancellor he

son of man, that to East Africa" by Prof. W. Brown, Yap townships all devoted his whole time to his work between the central banks and him? and the

Thou madest | 8.30 p.m. from as a judge of the two great Inter. which has been of such marked ser- thou visitest him.

vice in restoring the gold standard him to have dominion over March 13-Distribution of prizes

works of thy hands; at St. Stephen's College, 5 p.m. throughout the world and in other th ways of stabilising financial thou hast put all things under his Mar. 13-Lecture on "Scientific conditions. It would supplement feet." (Ps. 8:4.0).

Simplicity Exposure," at University rather than duplicate existing in-

The Lesson-Sermon also included Union, by Mr. Khoo Keng-wah, 7,80 stitutions rather than direct. It is claimed the following passages from the p.m. that the scheme would help both Christian Sciene textbook, "Solence debtor and creditor countries, that and Health with Key, to the It would be non-political, interna- "Life is, always has been, and ever Scriptures, "by Mary Baker Eddy: tional and free from dominating financial relationship, and would will be independent of matter, for act as a clearing-house and assist Life is God, and man is the idea in the stabilisation of exchanges. of God, not formed materially but On its directorats. would be only spiritually, and not subject to decay and dust. The Psalmist men of experience and financial re said: "Thou madest -him pute with advisory committees to supplement their efforts, and its have dominion over the works Thou hast put all of Thy hands. offices would probably be in one of things under his feet" (p. 200).

Viscount Finlay's eldest son is that very able King's Bench Judge, Mr. Justice Finlay. A father and Bench is probably There ir slightly less anti-son on the Japanese ac..rity but a good many without parallel since the ill-fated merchants have restrained (volun- Sir Thomas More, of Henry VIII. tarily or otherwise) from buying reign, was Lord Chancellor, and his and importing Japanese goods.

OPTIMISM PREVAILS

HANKOW OFFICIALS HOPE

FOR PEACE.

Hankow, Saturday..

father a King's Bench judge.] PRESIDENT HOOVER ANNOUNCEMENT AS TO NEW COMMISSION

PROJECTED RESEARCH

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Washington, Saturday. The situation is quiet and there

President Hoprer Announces are no signs of military activity. Optimism continues to prevall, that the projected Research Com-

and It would assist

smaller countries.

Discussions of the committee next

local officialdom expressing con-mission will not only deal with the week are intended to clarify the fidence that with the forthcoming effective enforcement of prohibi- arrival at Nanking of General Lition but with narcoties, immigre-project and to enable the commit- tee to decide whether to proceed Tsung-jon (the Kwangsi leader tion and trade restrictions.-Reu further with the plan or whether to hitherto at Hankow) from Shang-ter's American Service. hai and of Marshal Li Chal-sum

Fresh Propaganda

postpone its consideration--British Wireless Service.

DISASTROUS FIRE

WHOLE HOUSE GUTTED COMPLETELY

(the Kwangsi lender at Canton) In order to bring Prohibition from Canton, a peaceful settlement favourably before the public with the National Government $50,000 of the Prohibition Appro over the Hunan coup can be nego-priation Fund is being employed tinted.

for educational purposes, posters, The present disposition of the and cartoons stressing the evils of Hankow troopa is stated, roughly, the liquor traffic. to be:-

"Play the Game" 80,000 men in the three-cities of

Mr. Robert P. Lamont, Secretary Wu-Han and stretching in an irof Commerce, has resigned from the regular line from Hankow north-Directorate of the Association ward along the Peking-Hank against Prohibition on assuming Railway to Kwangshui (ie., to the Cabinet rank, as he desires "to Jervola-street early on Saturday northern frontier of Hupeh pro- play the game."-Reuter's Ameri-morning, resulting in whole vince, watching the "Christian can Service. General's" men in Honan) and also

TWO HOURS' FIGHT

A disastrous fire occurred

in

house being completely gutted....

The building involved was house No. 72, occupied by a Chinese firm of California merchants. It started

IN OTHER PLACES

CHRONICLES FROM JAPAN TO JAVA

to

China's total indebtedness to other countries, says the Chinese press, is $1,146,770,000. Twenty- eight loans were made with Japan, 28 with France, ten with Great Britain, nine with the United States, elght each with Russia and Austria, six with Germany, five with Belgium, two with Holland and one, each with Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Portugal.

Deportee President?

Gen Antonio Villarreal, a former Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico, who was deported because he took up The Amalgamated Street Unions arms with Gomez in 1927, and who has of the International Settlement of returned to his native country to an Shanghai have telegraphed to the nounce his candidney for the Presidency Walchiaopu, drawing attention to for the term from 1930 to 1930. the fact that they have done their utmost to co-operate with the Muni-

along the north bank of the Yang- Lt. Col. R. C. Freyberg, V.C., tsze River down to Wusueh (to has been appointed to command the watch for an advance by Nanking's 1st Battalion of the Manchester on the ground floor, where a quan- cipal Council but the latter have troops):

80,000 men garrisoning Hunan province, and its eastern bound- ary, separating it from Klangsi pro- vince (the General of which sup- ports Nanking):

20,000 men in the smaller towns of Hupeh province.-Reuter.

U.S. N VY

NEW CHIEF COMMANDER OF COMBINED FLEET ADMIRAL W, V. PRATT

Washington, Saturday. Admiral W. V. Pratt has been appointed Chief Commander of the combined United States Fleet in succession to Admiral Wiley- Reuter's American. Service. "[Admiral William Veazie Pratt was born at Belfast, Me., in 1869 and graduated in US. Naval Col- lege in 1889. He was rear-admitral in 1921, and comm.ided battleship division 4, Battle Fleet since 1923.3 EXPLOSION IN US.

Scribner, Saturday.

A dozen cases of dynamite, stor ed in a barn to blast ice around bridges, exploded, killing four and Injuring 80 Reuter's American Zervice

Sir John Cowan, chairma Redpath, Brown construct

Regiment.

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tity of cloth was stored. This fed broken their promise to increase the the flameswell and they spread number of Chinese Councillors. The rapidly, with the result that, in epite Ministry of Foreign Affairs, therë, of the fact that the Fire Brigade fore, is asked to take the matter. arrived promptly on the scene, they and to demand increased, Chinese found the fire had already spread representation. to the upper floors and had a good grip of the building.

A telegram was received by Almost from the start it was Salvation. Army headquarters in obvious that it was impossible to Peking and from there transmitted save the building, so the firemen to Shanghai, indicating that the turned their attention to confining chalce of General Higgins in suc the flames and preventing their cession to General Bramwell Booth spreading to the neighbouring Is immensely popular.Following houses. In this they were success- his election, congratulations poured ful, although the two houses on In by cable, telegraph and post from efther side of the gutted one had offers and the rank and file of the their windows scorched and suffered Army in all countries, and among some damage from water, the assurances of loyal support The fight with the flames lasted was one from Commandant Evi the best part of two hours before Booth on behalf of herself and the they were subdued and finally American trobpa. extinguished: By that time all

property in the house and the buildThe commandant of the

ing itself were completely destroyed. Legation Gua

The extent of the loss has not yet informed, from

bean ascertained, but it is estimated has been prom

to amount to several tens of thou-full

sands of dollars. Most of the pro- says tha perty in the building is covered by Thi

Insurance, however, authen

No lives were lost those in the com budding

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