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COURT MARTIAL

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"A NEW BROOM"

Further investigation was made this morning into the charges pré- ferred against Major G., M. H. Ogilvy, King's Own Scottish Bor- derera, by the General Court Mar- tial at Murray Barracks,

Major Miles, defending officer, continued his cross-examination of Major B. C. Lake,

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London. Yesterday.

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THE "IMMEDIATE NEED"

Laden. Yesterday.

AND CHINA

HIS “INVITATIONS”

WHAT HE IS WANTED FOR IN MANCHURIA

"THROUGH WITH WARS"

PROGRESS OF "WAR" IN TWO SECTORS

KWANGSI-ITES RETREAT

GOLF ETIQUETTE SENSATION

IN OPEN CONTEST

CHAMPION REFUSES PLAY ---- THROUGH REQUEST

LATEST RESULTS

Canton, Yesterday. Government Headquarters have received a telegram from Mr. Yu Tak-pak, announcing the capture of Tangyuan in Kwangsi. The

London, Yesterday. Government troops are now in

At Sandwich, in the British Pursuit of the Kwanget remnants.

General Ho Chien of Honan amateur golf championship, T. P. called to the Government that on Perkins (the bolder) figured in a he issued orders for a widely discussed "incident" by re- June 9, general attack on Liuchow; and fusing the request of a pair follow-

day, ing to play through. that the city fell the same Mr. Sze To-pth, Chairman of the fused on the ground that it is most Chamber of Commerce, and mem- unusual to request to "play through"

Perkins re-

EXPERT OPINION CITED

London, Yesterday. To the Editor of the "China Mail."

The experiences of Sir Malcolm Camdr. Kenworthy, speaking at Captain Sutton, better known as Sir-As the uriginator of the

Watson, In the course of a pro- the Air League Dinner aid he "one-armed Sutton", military ad- idea for the utilisation of the

longed tour in India and Ceylon had Lord Thomson's authority to Naval dry dock as 1 reservoir, Witness said that he had had investigate and advise on prac day that the Labour Government viser to the late Chang. Tso-lin, which formed the subject of your considerable experience in organistical anti-malarial work, are des- was prepared to give every assis has arrived from Canada for the ing work before he took over the rihed in the annual report of the lance to civil aviation as regarde marriage of his daughter, Frances, leader in yesterday's paper.

duties of P.R.I. He was also ac-Ross Institute

Tropical aeroplanes and seaplanes and * aged 18, to an officer in a York- think that it would be advisable quainted with the filing and regis Diseases.

grant in aid of the consolidation shire regiment. if I pointed out that this was notering of correspondence.

The tour has resulted in the of the Dominions and Colates. He says that he had an invita-bers of other associations welcomed (that is, to ask the pair in front to Major Miles was understood to construction of a magnificent new It was hoped within measurable tion from Chinese generals to the victorion Hunan troops into make way) in a championship. The newly fedged idea but

The Kwangai troops man Perkins was playing with, J. con-have asked witness if it were not a laboratory at Putney Heath where time to have a regular air mail line "give them a hand." Chang Tso- the city.

ander the command of Wu. Ting- Stroyan (who lost by 6 and 5 in fact that when he witness) took Sir M. Watson, between periodic in the West Indies and to Australia fin's son wants him to take charge gang retreated towards Kwaiping. the second round to Perkins) was con-over the duties of P.R... he had visits to the tropics, will co-ordin- and the Cape. It was considered of the army railway transport and General Ho Chien is now gathering willing to let the following pair play

ideas vastly different to those of the ate in research, practical work that the immediate need was to equip Manchuria with elevators The plan was conceived ewing accused, and that he was, in fact, and the training of workers in have a line of aeroplanes across the for goya-beans: but he (Sutton) his forces together to follow them through.

North Sea connecting Ireland with says he is "through with ware." to the possibility of serious dam-new broom.-Witness said that that malarial countries

the European and Asiatic air-Reuter.

It is reported that, in order to age either to the main reservoirs was 60.

routes.

hasten the capture of Chumchow, the Government troops are. now be ing pushed forward rapidly. Yester day, they passed Pingnam and reached Ta-huan-kang and environs. Brigadier Li Ming-shu left for t front to direct operations against Churchow.

outcome of the War and is sequently, one of material sideration.

Major Miles: You have told the or to the pumping stations due to enemy action. I was aware of the Court that you had carried on the dainage were system which was then in force for fact that if such wrought it meant instant capitula-about three weeks?-Yes.

Major Miles: That system was tion if the attack were pressed home. The prevention of this.one of implicit trust in the P.R.I. however, was in the hands of the staff-Yes.

Naval and Military authorities,

Major Miles: Is your present

but. in the event of its occurrence; system also basell on Implicit trust what would the aftermath he to on your clerk?--Yes.

the Colony?

Witness was understood to say

as to how to

fight the disease. Reuter.

CANTON'S BELIEF

---...

The Labour Government was interested in aviation because it IN LOYALTY OF HAN & SHIH stood for peace between the peoples.

TO NANKING

CONFERENCE IN NORTH

"

Canton, Yesterday.

The high officials in Canton are that Goeral Han

The Colony had an incidence of further that he had never worked fully satisied the time it took to repair even a otherwise. His present clerk had Fu-chu and General Shib Yiu-san, subsidiary pumping station when served under him for about 20 years, hitherto of the Kuominchun under the rock partly demolished the and that if he did not trust him, Feng Yu-hsiang, are loyal to the

It there was no reason why his clerk Central Government. Pokfulam Pumping Station. would obviously take very much should trust him in return. longer to repair serious damage to

Cashing of Cheques

The Hong Kong papers, especial-

-Reuter.

SHOWERS ?

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:

ly.

Pressure is highest to the North-east of Japan and rela- Lively low over China general- The depression. is not in- dicated this morning.

Forecast:-S. winds, moder- fair generally; local showers.

ly those sympathetic to the Kwangsi one or more of the main pump-| Questioned about

ate: three cheques party, have recently spread the ing stations or serious breaches in which were produced in Court, wit-news that the reported allegiance the main ness said that they had been cashed of these two generals to the Central the retaining walls of reservoirs.

Importation of Water

by his clerk (probably referring to Government was a mere camouflage Cpl. Hendry who is now undergoing in order to enable the "Christian

this

a term of imprisonment) without his General" to gain time in his pre- It seemed to me that there was knowledge or authority.

parations against the Central Go- only one solution to the difficulty Witness then gave detaila in re-vernment. The object of in the event of such calamity, and gard to one of the cheques which propaganda is obviously to stir up that was the importation of water, was for 380.57 drawn by him on dissension in the ranks of loyal wholesale," and the distribution October 27. He did not discover the generals to the Central Government. thereof. The former was easy: fraud until after Major Ogilvy hadCanton News Agency the latter more difficult.

left the Colony.

The whole question appeared to

He did not know the amount of re-

tributing station. The advantages the account books. of this scheme were that vessels

and

It

Report to Ching

Peking, Yesterday. is reliably reported Ho Cheng-hun

LEGAL POST

SIR HENRY SLESSER AS A LORD JUSTICE BY-ELECTION PENDING

Henry Slesser

INDIAN SEDITION

ATTEMPT TO INTRODUCE "MOSCOW SYSTEM"

"ANTI-EVERYTHING"

Meerut, Yesterday.

Swatow to Fall?" On the East River front the 3rd

However, in the third round, Perkins took part in one of the most Bensational struggles in the history of the amateur golf championship, beating C. Shankland at the 22nd hole!

Selangor Man Wins Again The field has been reduced to 64 with the corclusion of the third round, in which Edward Kyle (of Selangor, F.M.S.) beat Ellis (of Beaconsfield) by 6 up and 4 to play. Other third round results were:-

- A strong posse of police guard- ed the Court at the opening of division and the 2nd Independent Soulby (Belfast) beat Bernard the enquiry by Special Magis- Brigade are reported to be ad- Darwin 3 and 1; Oppenheimer (who trate, Mr. Milner White, of the vancing in two directions towards was golf captain, at Oxford in 1928) charge against 31 Communists of Swatow to attack the remaining beat Torrance 2 and 1; Crane beat "attempting to deprive His pro-Kwangsi forces in occupation. Redman (of Hayling) 1. up: Dawson Majesty the King-Emperor of The 7th Brigade reached Puning beat Major Guy Campbell (of the sovereignty, and to replace

on June 9, from which point it push- R. & A.) 1 up; Araitken (R. & A.) with existing Government

the ed toward Swatow, arriving at beat Noel Layton (R. & A) 1 up. Moscow system."--

Ho-chiao on June 10. Choy Ting-

Prince in "Gallery"

the

The accused men shouted "Up hai's brigade, proceeding from Cyril J. H Tolley beat Douglas Lakfung, has arrived at Walloy Grant (of St George's) 1 and 3.

with the Revolution" at the begin- ning of the case. The prosecut-

ing counsel said that the case didy to combice in the attack H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who cr. Swatow. It is expected by the had been playing himself in the not involve a national conspiracy, high authorities that Swatow will morning on the Prince's course ad- but an anti-national conspiracy be clear of the Kwangai faction joining the Royal St. George's definitely anti-God, anti-family, and fore the end of the week Canton links, joined the "gallery" behind anti-everything decent.

News Agency.

The Delhi Outrage

Delhi, Yesterday. London, Yesterday. Convicted in connection with

has Sir

been the bomb outrage in the Indian as a Lord Justice of Assembly, Bhagat Singh sworn in

and that Appeal, thus involving a by-elec- Buteskwara Dutt were sentenced and tion at South East Leeds. Reu- to transportation for life.

Both received the sentence with [Sir Henry Slesser's rise in the a shout of "Long Live the Pro- legal profession has been truly letarian Revolution."

Appeal to Premier meteoric. He was born in 1883, and is therefore only 46 years old.

Marshal

te

To Hide in Fukien

the Tolley-Grant match before the 9th hole where Tolley was 2 up. The Prince followed the play closely Canton, To-day. Official information indicates that and joined in the applause of good the Government forces in the east of shots Tolley also won the 10th and Kwangtung are advancing rapidly the 12th holes and became 4 up but

Grant recaptured a hole at the long. towards the Swatow area. Chey

Ting-kai's troops are said to have 14th, where Tolley missed a short taken Meihsien and to be marching putt. Tolley then took the 16th hole for victory-and-entry into the 4th round.

Earlier News

London, Yesterday.

towards Fungsun and Chiu-on.

me to be where this water in bulk bate the "Naffy" had to pay at the: could be quickly and effectively time when he took over the duties discharged so as to obviate any as P.R.I., nor did he know how often Generals due delay or demurrage to the the rebate had to be paid. He had, Tang Seng-ch! left Talyuanfu for steamers bringing it in. The only however, subsequently discovered Peking last night-Renter. Aolution I could find

Shanghai Yesterday. was the that a rebate had been paid during

In the course of their advance, utilisation of the Naval dry dock November for the month of October| The "Koo Min's" Taiyuanfu cor-

Later! these troops encountered General as a temporary reservoir and dis- and that it had not been entered in respondent confirms the foregoing He was called to the Bar in 1906. Thirty-one of the conspirators Chui King-tong's troops and the

adds that Tang Seng-chi

and has been standing counsel to arrived at the Court in two latter were forced to retreat north- confer It was also quite possible that the will

with General Han

the Labour Party since 1910. In strongly-guarded lorries.

When ward. of practically any draught could muddle in the office had been created Fu-chu at Chengcbow wille en route the Labour Administration of 1924 they alighted they shouted "Down get alongside the dock

According to the latest report and dis- by Cpl. Hendry after he (witness) to Nanking from Peking to submit he was Solicitor-General and was with Imperialiam; up with Re-

from Swatow, General Chui King charge their water quickly over had taken over the duties and had a personal report to

they wore red Chiang Kai-shek of the result of the knighted. He will now go to the volution," and

House of Lords.] ·

badges with the Moscow insignia. tong la withdrawing his main forces to Taipo, on the Kwangtung-Fukien They all cabled to Mr. Ramsay border, in readiness to move into conference with General Yen Sai- shan.Rester.

MacDonald asking him to stand Nanking. Yesterday. ly enough by their own pumps or overcome.

Marshal Chiang Kai-shek whether the Dockyard pumps, or

summoned the Presidents of the dinarily used for empting the dry Even supposing that infiltration five Yuans and various Ministers dock, would be suitable and avail of salt water could not entirely be to a conference on June 14, at able for that purpose. This, after prevented, the amount of such in- which "pressing questions in con- filtration could no doubt be re- nection with the political situation" duced to such a point where it will be diaussed.-Reuter. would not deteriorate the quality

the wall and into the dock.

I did not go seriously into the

started his investigation.

Case procceding.

question as to whether the ships

could discharge their cargo quick-seepages of sea water cannot be

all, was a minor consideration.

Distribution of the Water

Short Time in Storage

With regard to the distribution of the water from a potable point of the water once it was in the of view, especially when you take dry dock, my suggestion was into consideration that the water follows: To erect tanks along the in the dry dock would be there Praya and elsewhere on the level for such a short period of time and to pump the water through that it would not have time inter-connecting pipes laid tem-absorb sufficient salinity to affect porarily on the surface.

Again, its purity. Thus, if the water in

to

if the Dockyard pumps were not the dry dock were to remain in suitable for this purpose, fire en- storage for 24 hours, it would. ob-

would be on the level.

and Island

$2,500,000 DEFICIT

KWANGTUNG'S MONTHLY

EXPENDITURE

POLITICIAN'S ESTIMATE

Canton, Yesterday.

HIS LEADER ADA

has

1929 rainfall 10.53 inches Average

29.94 inches Deficit

19.41 inches DON'T WASTE WATER !

W. D. BOYCE

WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN PASSES AWAY

Chicago, Yesterday. The death is announced of Mr. W. D. Boyce, the noted newspaper proprietor, big game hunter and founder of the Boy Scouts' move- ment in America. Reuters Ameri- can Service.

U.S. TARIFFS

FRANCE PROTESTS AGAINST CERTAIN. PROPOSALS

Washington, Yesterday. France has formally protested against the proposal to increase certain tariffs. Reuter's Ameri- can Service.

DANGEROUS · STUFF!

Raiding the ground Beer of "No.

8, Mallory-street, Wancha, yester- day, Detective Sergeant Moran

by Indian Labour and repeal anti-southern Fukien-Nan Chung Kuo worker legislation, also to trang News Service.

fer the Meerut case to the Metro- politan High Court for jury trial. They concluded: "Or will the Labour Government repeat the history of 1924, in the Cawnporei Conspiracy Case?"--Reuter.

VENEZUELAN RIOTS

REGRET EXPRESSED TO THE DUTCH

FILIBUSTERS BEATEN

TOILET LUXURIES

STAMP TAX ON CANTON TRADE

MERCHANTS' PROTEST

At Sandwich to-day the weather was dull and threatening.

In the second round Dr. William Tweddell, former holder, beat F. Harrison (Royal Liverpool) 5 and 4. John Dawson (America) beat Dr. John MacCormack (Hermitage), thrice Irish Champion, 2 and 1.

Out driving his opponent, Dawson was two up at the eighth with un average of fours. MacCormack got a hole back at the twelfll. After- wards MacCormack missed a short pett and lost the Bixteenth. He halved the eaventeenth, and gave the American the match.

Edward Kyle (Selangor) beat Captain R. Jobson (Sunningdale) £ and 1.

William Tulloch (Cathkin Braes) beat Roger Wethered, 2 and 1.

Wethered hit few really good

Capton, Yesterday.

Perkins beat J. Stroyan (Sun-: Cantonese merchants dealing inningdale) 6 and 5. cosmetics and other toilet articles are carrying out a general stop

business page of

as a protest against a special tax on their trade by the National Bureau of Stamp Taxes.

shots.

Tulloch turned four up but lost A Caracas, Yesterday.

the tenth and won the next. The War Minister states that

In the alleged opinion of the stymie cost Tulloch the fourteenth, the filibusters who landed in Fal- merchants, such a tax is analogous and he also lost the fifteenth; then con Province on June 9, after the to the luxury tax which was pro-a couple of halves gave him the raid on Willemstad, have been posed some time ago, but was drop-match-Reuter. completely defeated, and have dis- péd on account of vigorous op- persed in the mountains.

Government troops are in pur-

Leuit.

Venezuelan Sympathy

The Hague, Yesterday.

position by merchants.

Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister of Finance, having arrived at Canton from Narking, the merchants are to petition him to repeal this tax, The Venezuelan Legation has complaining that such a levy would conveyed to the Dutch Govern-win their business-Nan Chung ment the regret of "all the people Kuo News Service, of Venezuela" at the action of the

libusters at Curacao.-Reuter.

Reception of Mr. Soong

Canton, Yesterday. Mr. T. V. Soeng arrived yester- day morning.

OIL INDUSTRY

GOVERNORS DELEGATES TO FIND, A SOLUTION INTER-STATE CONSERVATION

Colorado Springs, Yesterday. The Oil Conservation Confer- ence has delegated to, the repre- sentatives of the Governors of He was met by Texas, Oklahoma and California number of high officials, including the problem of finding a basis Gen. Au-Yeung Kiu (Chief of upon which the Inter-State Con- Police), Mr. Li Yang-ching (Chief servation compact can be arrang-

gines could do the work as, owing viously contain as much salinity' According to Mr. Kg Koon-kie, to the "ft" from the Dockyard to as it would if it were there for some time acting Chairman of the surface level being small, the only one hour.

Kwangtung Provincial Council, the pumping capacity of the fire en- The advantages to be derived Province of Kwangtung is now in- gines would be sufficient for this from the carrying into effect of curring a monthly deficit of $2,500, purpose, more especially as the my achenie are only to be com- be reduced by $1,500,000 and the 000. Unless military expenditure rest of the pressure required pared with that of mass produs civil budget by $1,000,000 a month, tion against hand labour or with Having got thus far, I ran up the difference between wholesale public finances in Kwangtung will be badly off-Nan Chung Kuo against the present snag, namely, and retail methods. that of infiltration or seepage of

News Service. Needs of Upper Levels salt water into the dry dock. 1 It is acknowledged by the water was of opinion that this could be authorities that 90 per cent, of the cheaply, expeditiously, and effec- water in the Colony is consumed tively overcome, but, so as to by the lower levis. For the pur-TO WAIT IN LONDON make certain, I obtained the poses of argument let us assume opinion of two of the world's that the total consumption of the KUOMINTANG LEFTIST AND greatest mining engineers.

was 4,000,000 gallons that of two of the greatest Bri- day. Supposing, therefore, that

arized a tin containing 2 lb. of tish civil engineering firms, water-borne water would supply

Shanghai, Yesterday, gunpowder and some luse. A| Their opinion was unanimous and the needs of the lower levels en Mr. Chen Kung-po, one of the Chinese, described as

of General Staff), Mr. Fan Ki-mu a contract- concurrent with my own. There tirely, it would require only leaders of the Leftist section of the tora foki, was arresteda & Wor

(Commissioner of Finance) and

-No Agreement Reached were two points to consider. The 400,000 gallons per day for the Kuomintang, is said to be in Lon-

General Choy Ting-kai. At the Central Magistracy,

Later. Mr Soong first called on General one which carried the greatest requirements of the middle and don awaiting the arrival of Mr. to-day, the Sergeant said that the

The Oil Conference was unable Chan Ming-shu (Governor) at to reach an agreement and has amount of infiltration through the upper levels, whereby it would be Wang Ching-wel, the Leftist leader, gunpowder was coarse stuff and

Tungahan and then

on General adjourned sine die. Reuter's considered easy of solution. The servofre would be adequate for a Ramsay MacDonald the British

Mr. Frank Oldrieve has resign- | Chan Chaitong (Commander-in- His Worship decided thit, all

American Service. other and more difficult problem period of many months if utilis Premier) in regard to Sino-British

same, it was dangerous stuff to keep tish Empire Leprosy Relief Asso was infiltration through the floored for this purpose only.

In the evening, he attended ah and sides of the dry dock. --This, [".. Amplification Possible

Recently Mr. Chen delivered a exposed in a house and ined the ciation on the ground that over-eficial banquet at the Provincial] however, they also considered. There are several smplifications number of speeches at public accused $10 or 14 days' hard labour seas tours are better undertaken Government ofice, at which Gen-Government. Mr. Soong, in bis capable of being overcome. E of this scheme possible. For in gatherings in London and urged

by a trained medical expert Heeral Chan Hiar-shu, after welcom-reply, said, inter alia, that Kwang- Having these facts in front of stance, the pumping of the water the British Government to take the

is settling in South Rhodesia,ing the guest of honour, laid stress tung deserved the highest praise me I fear that I cannot agree with from the lower levels to the mid lead to surrender commilar juris-

Dr. Robert G. Cochrane, medical on the vital importance of the uni- for ita tremendous sacrifices for of the finances and the cause of the Central Govern- the opinions of the Naval and

dichtion in China-Nar Ghung Kuo

secretary to the Mission of Lepers, ication Government engineers that the

News Service.

succeeds Mr. Oldrieve. Reuter, military control under the Central | ment-Canton News Agency:

LEPROSY

THE RELIEF ASSOCIATION'S

SECRETARYSHIP

NEW APPOINTMENT

London, Yesterday.

Dock gates, which my consultants obvious that the supply in there who is expected to call on Mr. J not highly explosive/it the fed the secretaryship of the Bri- Chief) at the German Sanatorium.

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