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FARM RELIEF

PRESIDENT HOOVER'S POLICY VINDICATED

DEBENTURE PLAN REJECTED

Washington, Yesterday. The House of Representatives,

by 250 votes to 111, has rejected

ABLISHED

1845

FRIDAY, JUNE. 14, 1929.

FLIGHT TO PARIS BEGUN

“YELLOW BIRD”

| PILOT MARRIES A CHORUS GIRL

FIRST

INDIAN TRIAL.

EUROPEAN AND RIGHT TO JURY

MAGISTRATE'S RULING

Meerut, Yesterday. Mr. Milner White ruled that the Court had full jurisdiction to deal

the Farm Relief Bill, debenture SPRED OF 130 MILES AN HOUR❘ with its case, thereby rejecting the

plan, thus triumphantly vindicat-

contention for the defence that the trial ought to be 'teld in a Presi- dency town with à jury.

The Magistrate also disagreed that the European prisoners, Brad-

ing President Hoover's policy in

Qld Orghard, Yesterday. this connection.

The aeroplane "Yellow Bird" President Hoover twice attack-started its flight to Paris at 10.10 ed the debenture proposals, desa.m. cribing them as nothing but a sub-2 The "Green Flash" also at-ley and Spratt, by virtue of the Cap-

I tempted to take off for Rome, stitution of Britain, had a right to,

sidy.

The

Administration leaders hope that the Senate will now re- consider their action and adopt the Bill not containing the deben ture plan-Reuter's American Service.

KING'S HEALTH

MEDICAL JOURNAL'S OPTIMIS- TIC REPORT

· ABSCESS NEAKLY HEALED

London, Yesterday. Σε is understood that His Majesty the King's condition con- tinues to be satisfactory. No doc tors have visited Windsor Castle since Monday.

The British Medical Journal, commenting on his progress, says that the abscess has nearly heal- ed and there is a good prospect of the condition clearing up without further intervention.-Reuter.

OPIUM TRAFFIC

PREVIOUS OFFENDER AGAINST THE LAW

Before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning a Chinese was charged with unlawful possession of 1.4 taels of prepared non-Government opium and nine mace of raw opium. Accused was fined $112 with the alternative of one month's impri- sonment on the first charge and $27 or 14 days on the second charge.

but turned over an its nose.. The trial by jury in any part of the pilots were not injured.

Equipped With Wireless

New York, Yesterday.

world.

The trial of the 31 conspirators was adjourned for ten days for the Six hours after the take off no Moharram holidays. The proseculer news had

been received of the has not yet finished his opening "Yellow Bird," but no alarm is speech-Reuter. felt 38 the big single-engined monophane, which is painted a

An overnight cable stated:-There vivid yellow colour, is equipped were exciting scenes when the with wireless and will try to keep thirty-one Coinmunist conspirators in communication with ships en who were arrested in March for route.

Her backer, Armene Lotti, is acting is wireless operator; Rene Le Fevre is the navigator;

and

Degrees

Temperature, 10 am, to-

day

83 Temperature, 4. p.m.,

yesterday Humidity, 10 a.m.. to-

day

81 Humidity, 4 p.m., yes-

Lerday

88.

71

Jean Assolant, aged 23 years, is the pilot. The latter married a New York chorus girl a few days ago. It is believed that there is a boy stowaway on board the monoplane.

The latter's cruising speed is 130 miles an hour.

Rival Flyers

Earlier Cable

| sedition arrived at the Court where they are being tried.

A strong posse of police guarded the court at the opening of the enquiry by a special Magistrate, Mr. Milner White, The accused

are charged with "attempting

deprive his Majesty the King and Emperor of tris sovereignty and replace the existing government with the Moscow system."

The prosecuting counsel said that the case did not involve a national conspiracy, but was 31 anti-national movement, definitely

and anti-God anti-family,

anti- everything decent.

ROYAL DUTCH CO.

INCREASE OF PRODUCTION LAST YEAR

TO PRODUCE FERTILISERS

Amsterdam; Yesterday. The stores consist of oranges, The sanual report of the Direc- bananas lemons, coffee, water, tors of the Royal Dutch Oil Com- and motor car inner tubes as life-pany states that production in 1928) belts. Reuter's American Service. totalled 22,063,000 tons compared with 16,988,000 tons in 1927, Taking into consideration that the accused had

In a New York cable of May 29 of which the Dutch and East Indies one previous we were told:

produced 3,971,000 tons. conviction, His Worship sen- A

The Royal Dutch Co. intends to tenced bim to serve another race across the Atlantic from Old produce várfous fertilisers and-es- term of one month's imprisonment Orchard, Maine, ended ignominously to-j tablish mills near their oilfields in on the first count and an additional day. The French plane, which weigh-various parts of the world.

ed four and a half tons got off suc 14 days on the second count. Accessfully, but returned after a flight

The fature of the concern is cused has, therefore, to serve in all lasting exactly 19 minutes, while the stated in the report to be rosy.- two months and 28 days in jail, American machine, weighing two tons, Reuter.

JUNE SESSIONS

CRIMINAL CASES IN CALENDAR

This month's Criminal Sessions will commence at the Supreme Court on Tuesday next, June 18, at ten o'clock. There are three cases on the calendar; two of which will come before the Chief Justice

proposed Franco-American

air

stuck in the mud and failed to rise at |

all.

and

The rivals were a French aeroplane, CHEUNGCHAU NOTES which has been named the "Yellow] Bird" piloted by Lotti, ao- companied by M. Le Fevre M. Assolant, and an Ameri- can machine, the "Green Flash" piloted by Captain Lewis Yancey and navigated by Roger Williams, are en-

aging in a trans-Atlantic race.

COMPLAINT OF WATER SHORTAGE [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Cheung Chau, To-day. Although rather late, more re- quests for houses on the Island have

come in, and indications are that some of those already booked M. Aslant, the third member of the will be occupied earlier than at

The former left for Paris at 9.57 this morning (American time) but re turned and landed at 10.16.

turn was

(Sir Henry Gollan), these being Yellow Bird's crew said that the re- first arranged. charges of robbery by two or more causing a leak in the fuel tank in the dae to the engine, vibration

Mra. Dewstee and Mrs. Miller against Tsoi Sau-wan and Tse fuselage, releasing a quantity of petrol, have been here since the first of Hung.

The flyers decided to dump their fuel, the month, whilst Mrs. Bray and Chau Kau, who is charged with and retum, murder, will be tried before the stuck the mud when the American on Saturday, possibly also Mr. and

The wicel

the Rev. and Mrs. Bastin are due Putane Judge (Mr. Justica Wood).

machine attempted to take off...

Mrs. Farmer of Canion,

of the "Green Flash"

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The Rev. and Mrs. Short are staying at No. 5, Mr. and Mrs. Sauer at No. 19.

The matshed theatre by the Fishermen's Temple, after being rebuilt, is again being demolished, as the show is now over. Following

the theatre came the excitement of the local dragon heat races. The contests were very close this year. Cheung Chan is also having its water shortage, as some of the springs have gone dry. A water- boat can be seen at the pier and water is being pumped from it through & hose into the buckets of those who require i

Building operations are going on at several houses. The London Mission are making an extension to the front verandah on the West side, whilat progress is being made with the annex at No. 13, and No.

has a new stone wall. Word has been received from our old friends Dr. and Mrs. Wright who were expected back in the Autumn, but may now be delayed as matters in China are still so unsettled.

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Several anniversaries of note fall in this month. On June 5 1925 the wireless telephone was erected on June 8, 1926, His Ex- cellency the Governor paid his frat oficial visit; on June 18, 1927, the compradore, Chan Hok, died; and on June 17, 1927, Dr. and Mrs. Clift sailed for Haiphong. This year the settlement reaches its ma- jority, the first houses being occupied in 1908.

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