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大英八月廿一號、禮拜三日 中華民國已巳年七月十七日

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No. 27,263

HONG KONG,

ESTABLISHED

1345

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/11 3/16.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929. PRICE $3.00

SUTCLIFFE'S DOUBLE OTHER MEN'S CASH IS IT ANOTHER AIR AUSTRIA EXCITED THE "POWDER - PUFF"

CENTURY

SETS A NEW RECORD

5TH TEST v. SOUTH AFRICA

LEFT DRAWN

SOME LARGE SUMS LEFT IN HONG KONG

MR. WILLIAM DUNBAR

Mr. William Dunbar, one time flour merchant of Hong Kong, who died in Victoria, B.C., Canada,

NOTTS STILL TOP OF TABLE June 23, 1929, left $545,900 in this

Colony,

London, Yesterday, The Fifth Test Match between England and South Africa (the last of the current season) was left!

drawn.

before stumps

latzer was also

close.

were drawn. The

undefeated at the

Born in Rothesay, Scotland, he was 76 years of age. Prior to his! death, he had left the Colony for some time, having retired.

TRAGEDY?

THE SWISS 'PLANE

NOTHING HEARD OF THE

ATLANTIC FLYERS

NOW LONG OVERDUE.

TALK OF..CIVIL WAR- REPUBLIC THREATENED?

FATAL CLASH ON SUNDAY

Vienna, Yesterday. Great excitement prevails in Austria as the result of a clash between the Heimwehr (Fascists) and the Socialist Styria on Sunday New York Yesterday: in which three persons were kill The aeroplane "Young Switzer-ed and 300 injured, land," which has not been sighted for 24 hours, should have arrived at

Aerodrome,

New

arms.

of

AIR DERBY

A TRAGEDY

WOMEN'S TRANS - CONTINENTAL MARATHON ALOFT

15 COMPETITORS

Per Month.

tired 2

PERHAPS ITS EYES!

Let as examine your eyes to see if they are the reason for that tired feeling.

LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician. 18, Queen's Road Central, Telephone Mr. Cooper C. 2203 for appointment.

CANTON ITEMS

COMMAND-IN-CHIEF AND SOVIET TROUBLE

"CONFIDENT OF VICTORY"

Canton, Yesterday. Speaking at yesterday's weekly. memorial service to Dr. Sun Yat- sen, the Commander-in-Chief, Gen- eral Chan Chai-tong, made a brief |

SHIP ABSENT FROM

WITHOUT CAUSE

MR. BECKS'S WALLET

CHIEF OFFICER'S TICKET SUS- PENDED FOR 3 MONTHS

HAD A WRONG IDEA

New York, Yesterday. report of this three weeks lat to At a Marine Court of Enquiry The so-called "Powder Pin Nanking In regard to military, boll-held at the Harbour Once this There is a talk of civil war. Derby namely, the Women's tical, party, and diplomatic affairs. morning, Mr. W. C. C. Beeks, who The Fascists are reported to Trans-Continental Aviation Mara- General Chan said that the Dis-was until August 2 Chief Officer of Probate has now been granted. Rooseveltfield

have considerable supplies then, in which 19 competitors, in- bandment and Organisation Confer- the ss. "Kwong Fook Cheong," was in respect of the will relating sole-York, this afternoon.

eluding Mies Earhart, the Trans-ence had decided on the total num-adjudged to have misconducted to Mr. E. II. There are dense fogs over the The Socialists fear that the Re- Atlantic Hyer. are flying from ber of the army strength taroughout himself and the Court ordered that In England's 2nd innings, ly to Hong Kong,

his ticket of competency be sus- Ray, shipbroker, Alexandra-build-North Atlantic coast;

public is endangered and the Santa Monica, California, to the whole country, which is to pon- Sutcliffe made 109 not out and ing. Mr. J. Scott Harзton

The flyers have inflatable rubber troeps and Police have been order Cleveland, Ohio, for prizes total-siat of 65 divisions at a monthly (7) pended for three months.

The enquiry was held as a sequel Hammond just reached his century also appointed but he renounced. suits and a collapsible canoe, but ed to be ready for eventualities.ling $25,000, has been marred by expenditure of $16,000,000. Of this to the case against Capt. Wm. Fer-

The estate is to be divided the chances of rescue, if they are-Reuter.

the death of one of the competi- sum, $8,000,000 is to be allocated britt, master of the same vessel, who tors, Miss Muriel Crosson. the navy and aviation. Kwangtung was charged on August 12 with equally between the wilow, Mrs. forced down, are regarded as being

Her corpse was found in the is allowed to maintain five divisions, taking his vessel to sea without a Margaret Dunbar, and the son, Mr.remote.

Estate William Hallinan Dunbar.

brushwod near Welton, Arizona, but, owing to financial stringeney certificated chief officer on board. near a wrecked 'plane from which the salaries of officers from lieuten Capt. Perritt was fined $15. duty in Hong Kong alone amount-

she had evidently jumped in an ants up are to be discounted 20 per

Commander G. F. Hole, Harbour ed to $32,937.80.

endeavour to save herself.

cent. All arrears are to be paid up Master, sat as Stipendiary Magis- in bonds..

trate and President at the Enquiry. Provincial Chairmen will not be The assessors were Commdr. L. G. allowed concurrently to hold military Addington, D.S.C.,

(H.M.S. posts, nor military men civil posts. "Tamar"), Capt. R. T. Hughes (8.9. Disbandment commences about, "Tyndareus"), Capt. B. McKay the end of September and is to be Thomas (s.s. "Lungshan"), and completed by October, with military Capt. C. R. Benstead (3.3. "San Nam inspection in the following month. Hoi").

Atlantic Attempt

Until one o'clock this afternoon, G.M.T., no report had been received of the aeroplane "Young Switzer aland." piloted by Kaeser, in an at-

tempted Atlantic flight..

Mr. Edward Shellim When Mr. Edward Shellim.

of Messrs. David former taipan Sassoon & Co., who sat

Sutcliffe has performed a feat without parallel in international ericket. This is the second occasion on which he has made a century in each innings in a Test match. and the fourth time he has done it in, Legislative Council of Hong Kong his career in first-class cricket. and was a director of the Hong-Reuter's American Service.

At Melbourne

on the

It was last reported as passing | over the Azores, yesterday evening.

RAIN LATER

This morning's weather re- port from the Royal Observa- tory states:

The anti-cyclone remains over Japan, and has weakened. A depression or typhoon has FA Lisbon message of August 19

formed about 120 miles 8.S.E. in 1925, he made Kong & Shanghai Banking Cor stated that a Swiss airman named

of Pratas, and appears to be died, his Hong Kong Kaeser, accompanied by a Swiss navi 176 and 127 against Australia. In poration,

moving slowly westward. sworn at $539,100. gator and mechanic, started at 7.18 Extra estate has been found since, am. to-day on a

Forecast: non-stop flight to

N. E. winds, land fresh; fair at first, cloudy with in the nature of deposits, and this New York using a Farman

rain later. brings the total to $578,600. Es-nooplane with a 230 horse-power engine, capable of a fifty hours' tate duty on the difference, cal-flight at ninety-six miles an hour. culated at 6 per cent, equal to The machine carries collapsible with South Africa.

boat.] He did so at 88,720.55, has now been paid. Durban in 1922-3, with figures.of 140 and 111.

this Test against South Africa, his scores were 104 and 109 not out,

Only A. C. Russell, the Essex professional, had previously com- piled two centuries in one match

Test Averages

F. E. Woolley (Kent) heads the complete Test averages (in batting) He played in this season, with 126. the last three games.

Sutcliffe comes next with ап average of 64 runs per innings, for 9 innings. He took part in all five

Tests.

Third is Maurice Tate of Sussex, with an average 60 for three matches.

estate was

Over $3,000,000

Mr. Alastair Cameron, merchant of London and The Riviera, left $53,400 in Hong Kong, but his gross estate in Great Britain was put at £339,558-10-10.

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SCHNEIDER CUP

BRITAIN'S NEW ROLLS ROYCE* IN ACTION

Mr. M. T. Johnson of Messrs. WAGHORN'S SPEED REACHED Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., has charge of matters in Hong Kong, as attorney

for those to whom,

has been granted re-sealing of exemplification of probate of the will and codicil.

A Straits Chinese

London, Yesterday. Flying Officer Atcherley had a: trial flight with the super-marine "Rolls Royce", to be used by the British for the Schneider Trophy.

The seaplane remained in the; air for a quarter of an hour and it is believed that she reached, if

The American Concul- General has received the fol lowing cable from the Manila Observatory:

August 21, 10 a.m.-Typhoon in about 118 degrees Long. E., and 20 degrees Lat. N. almost stationary.

HIS MAJESTY

PROCEEDING TO. SANDRING- HAM IN A FEW DAYS

NEW BULLETIN

London, Yesterday.

Miss Crosson was the holder of the Women's Altitude Record of 23,996 feet. Reuter's Americar Service.

MUNITION. DUMP

BLOWS UP IN ROUMANIA

LITTLE DAMAGE DONE

Bucharest, Yesterday.

In respect to the Russian question,

Master's Evidence the Commander-in-Chief remarked Mr. Becks was not legally repre- that during the negotiations with sented.:

Russia the Central Government was Giving evidence, Capt. Perritt adopting a firm but confident atti said that Mr. Becks was the Chief on the articles of the A munition dump at Fort Dom-tude, in the belief that "victory will Officer

"Kwong Fook Cheung." The ship- nest, 12 miles distant, blew up come to us in the end." probably owing to the excessive At the conclusion, he stated that left Hong Kong on August 2 at beat.

there are in the North two parties about 6.45 p.m. for Kongmoon.. Explosions continued through-constantly fomenting trouble, name- After having gone a considerable out the night with great damage, ly, the reactionaries and the Com-distance, it was discovered that Mr.

The deaths have, as yet not murists. reactionaries are Becks was not on board. beer estimated, but only 50 out divided into two parties, one being Ler had signed the articles on July of a garrison of 100 are account-under the leadership of Mr. Chan Kung-pok and the other under Mr. Official Report

Wan Loh-ping.

ed for.

Later.. It is officially reported that none of the Garrison was injured, and the Fart was not seriously dam- aged.Reuter.

The

8 this year.

The lat-

Witness then went into details of how he was summoned before, the Marine Magistrate for not having a Party Concord

certificated mate on board, for The Chairman, General Chan which he was fined $15. Ming-shu, added a few remarks in Mr. W. Hockstadt, Chief Engineer which he said that rumours of all of the same ship, corroborat- sorts had been circulating, which ed. He added that he saw Mr. purported that disagreement existed Becks again on August 4, after the

Mr. John McConnell, of Belfast, H. W. Taylor, of Transvaal, the left $21,200 in Hong Kong and his

A bulletin signed by Drs. Hewett, only member of the touring side to personnel estate in Britain is valu- she did not exceed, Waghorn's Rigby and Dawson, says that the pro- have been twice to England officiallyed at £78,955-9-4.

speed of 340 miles an hour-Reu-

gress of the King's restoration to BANISHEE'S CRIME between the leaders of different fac-ship had returned to Hong Kong Mr. before (he was captain in 1924)

health continues and that he will be Leong On (alias Leong cor.

able to proceed to Sandringham in a tops the South Africau averages in Foong-shiu). of Singapore, left

The wound is steadily few days. Kong and Hong the Tests with 55. He was in the $114,000 In

diminishing and healing satisfactorily First, Fourth, and Fifth Tests. $121,136.99 net in the Straits Set-

and His Majesty is deriving benefit from Estate duty in Hong H. Larwood (Notts), the fast tlements. bowler, took & wickets for 186 runs Kong was paid at 5 per cent.. WHAT LAND OF THE SOVIETS breathing and other physical exercises, both bodily and mental, and activity is now being undertaken without undue -averages 23.25 (for three games); equal to $5,832.

fatigue.-Reuter.

children.

He is survived

and "Tich" Freeman, of Kent, took by a number of wives (including 22 wickets for $47 runs with an secondary) and a large number of average of 24.86 for three games. Has non-success in this last match deprived him of top place.-Reater.

The Rubber

South Africa's 492 for eight is easily her larger aggregate in Tests against England. The previous highest was 420, made at Johannes- burg in 1922-9. The largest Test score in England by South Africa was 390 at Edgbaston in 1924.

Closing scores in the Fifth Test

were:--

England 258 runs and 264 raons for 1 wicket.

-Reuter.

TABRIZ FLOODS

100 DEATHS AND MUCH DAMAGE DONE

One

hundred

persons

LOST HIS WAY

PILOT SAYS

RETURNS TO MOSCOW

Moscow, Yesterday. The crew of the aeroplane "Land of the Soviets" has returned to Moscow.

The pilot, Shestakow, says he lost his way owing to forest fires and fog. He will shortly re-at- tempt to fly to New York.-Reu- were ter..

Teheran, Yesterday, drowned, 5,000 houses destroyed and other enormous damage has been done by floods at Tabriz.- Reuter.

IRISH AIR MAIL

AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT TO BE MADE

GALWAY TO LONDON

Hampshire beat Worcestershire by South Africa 492 runs for 5 four wickets.

Warwick conceded ist innings points. wickets; declared.

to Somerset.

London, Yesterday. Counties Positions

Games Points It was officially stated in Dublin Trish Free State Played Obtained to-day that the

136 Post Office has sanctioned an ex- 132*

periment of transferring the mails 129

from the North German Lloyd lin'] er "Karlsruhe," when she arrives at Galway, to an aeroplane which will proceed to London, piloted by Colonel Russell, of the Free State

The First and Second Tests were left drawn. Because England wes victorious in the Third and Fourth the rabber had already been decided irrespective of yesterday's result. Further details will be found. on page 9.

COUNTY CRICKET:

Yorkshire Win and Creep Up to Second Place

(1) Notts (4) Yorkshire (2) Gloucester (2) Lancashire (5) Sussex (5) Kent

24

120

1.

(8). Leicester

119 119

(9) Derbyshire

115

(7) Middlesex

114

(10) Surrey

Hampshire

(11) Essex (18) Warwick.

In addition to affecting the wicket (14) Northants (16) Worcester

and interrupting the Fifth Test on 17 Somerset. the opening day, rain had a bearing (16) Glamorgan

Nine Centurions

40

on the eight county championship Eaeli county. hat to play 28 fixtures, in a number of which the matches. Figures in brackets denote position occupied before this last honours went to visiting teams.

series of matches.] Most of the leading counties had men doing dirty for England in the Fayton (Notta) Test Notte however, checked Lan-Brown (Hants)" cashire; and Yorkshire beat Middle Nichol (Worcester)

Gibbons) (Worcester) sex outright.

Iddon (Lance.)

Notts remains at the head of the Bryan (Kent) table, but Yorkshire get three G. D. Legge (Kent) points nearer and jump from 4th Langridge, James (Sussex)

Young (Somerset) to 2nd place Gloucester, He Lan-

cashire, dropped five pointa,

Once more Somerset get away

He wok gurek

169

Air Force

The correspondence will be im- pressed with a rubber stamp bear. ing the words "Experimental Air Mail Galway to London."

No special charge will be made. The liner is expected on Monday

British Wireless Service;.

“GRAF ZEPPELIN»

148 INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN IN

JAPAN

137

126

125

124

··113

103

100

DEPARTURE TO-MORROW

Tokyo, Co-day.

A report from Kasumigaura says that the work of refuelling and (Sussex) for 58 and for 66

the “Graf ZAI

and 4 for 88

from the foot of the table and go Merca:1ọc bef

above Glamorgan MIG W

Results at a Glance

(Glamorgan)

Kennedy (Hants) Bowes Yorkshire) Notts led Lancashire on the 1st P. G. E. Fender (Surrey) innings.

Mayer (Warwick) hire defeated Middlesex by Wright (Kent)

Wensley (Su Gloucester conceded 1st Innings Malay

Root

198

Toints to Surray.

Glamorgan' lost to Sussex br 181

Kene conetded 1st Janinga paints to Derby

hire

conditions are

..

CALCUTTA STRIKE

70,000 JUTE WORKERS NOW JDLE

AGITATORS BUSY

BURGLARY AT SHAUKIWAN HOUSE

->

JAIL AND THE BIRCH ..

tions. He could say that all these from Kongmoon. rumours had been made with

Wallet in Tailor Shop by the small Mr. Becks was then asked if he ulterior motives vernacular papers in Shanghải. would make his statement on oath. He said He added that the Provincial He elected not to do so. Government of Kiangsu has intro-the reason why he missed the ship At the Central Magistracy, this duced new features in its pro-was that he had gone to retrieve morning, Detective Sergeant Goodwin gramme; for instance, a record is his wallet. He was on board at I charged a Chinese with burglary at taken of all the able men together p.m. on the day in question and he No. 39, Main-street, West, Shaukiwan, with their qualifications in the remembered speaking to the Chief At about 2.30 p.m., he where he stole a quantity of clothing province. so that the Government Engineer. and other property worth over $200.

Later he was found in possession of may be able to select such men to was called to the Captain's cabin some of the stolen property, and, fol- positions according to their qualifi- where he received his salary. lowing his arrest, the burglary was brought home to him.

After accused had admitted the bur-

cations.

Iet:

He went ashore at about 4 ́p.m., and at about 6 p.m. he was return- National Volunteer Corps

ing to the ship, but, before he could The Sub-Committee on military reach it, be found that he had left glory, the Sergeant preferred a fur affairs of the General Committee on his wallet in a tailor's shop. He Calcutta, Yesterday.

ther charge of returning from banish- the Russian Question yesterday hald then went back to recover the wal- Seventy thousand jute workersment after he had bon sent away for its second meeting under the chair-

He stopped to talk to the are now idle, apparently owing to

period of ten years in July, 1922. manship of the Commander tailor for a few minutes, thinking a misunderstanding of the terms

Major C. Willson, presiding Magis- of the settlement of the recent trate, passed sentence of three months Chief, General Chan Chai-tong, and all the time that the ship would hard labour for the burglary, and nine passed the following resolutions to not leave before 7 pm. That idea the was in his head, but he could not A speedy settlement is hoped,months' hard labour and 24 strokes of be hereafter submitted to

for considera-

say how he had got the idea. but interested agitators are creat the birch for returning from banish- General Committee

Could Do No More ing difficulties. Reuter.

strike.

338439DEFIESOSESSED

1929 rainfall...53.79 inches

Average

Deficit

svec@oseO

61.52 Inches

8.16 inches

rent,

GIRL DROWNED?

BODY RECOVERED AFTER 2:

BEING MISSING

tion:

1. To enforce military education on

a national scale,

2. To call up the National Vol

teer Corps for training

Bureau of Forestry

On reaching the wharf, he found the ship had left. He then tried to board the 8.8. "Paul Beau," but the latter was just in the act of The Bureau of Reconstruction ra- leaving. As that was the last ship. cently petitioned the Provincial for Kongmoon that night, he could Government for the incorporation of do nothing more. When the On Monday the Police received a re the Bureau of Forestry. It is re- "Kwong Fook Cheong" returned to GEOGGERS (vort free a sampan master that his ported that the Provincial Govern port in the early hours of August 11-year-old daughter was missing ment had decided that the Bureau 4. he at once went on board and She had gope ashore at 2 p.m., whilst of Forestry was to continue ander slept there. the sampan Was moored near the the old name and management, but

Asked by the Court if he had any Mongkok Ferry Wharf, and was not it was to be regarded, however, as witnesses to call, Mr. Becks said

SIR P. LORAINE

HAS A LONG CONVERSATION

WITH PRIME MINISTER'

London, Yesterday.

མ་

seen again.

There was a development of the mys

department of the Bureau of that the main witnesses men who tery yesterday when the girl's body Reconstruction. The Commissioner were with him on that day had was found by the Water Police Boat of the Bureau of Reconstruction will left the Colony, and he did not Sir Porey Loraine, the new High-ing in the harbour, near the Taumati be concurrently chief of the Bureau think it was necessary to call the

tallor." Commissioner to Egypt, visited typhoon shelter. The mystery has not without, however, being entitled to Lossiemouth and had a long pri tion which is at present occupying the sonnel in the Bureau of Forestry finding

yet been solved, however, as the ques any salary. Other changes of per The Court returned the following vate conversation with Mr. Mac minds of the men of the Criminal In- have also been effected. Donald Renter,

vestigation Department at Police

FOR HOME

THE RUSH OF AMERICAN TOURISTS

New York. Yesterday, The homewarded rush of Ameri can tourists from Europe has be gun

Central Bank $10 Notes

The Finding

We find that 6.45 p.m. on August

2. 1929, the British ship "Kwong | Headquarters is how the girl met her

The Central Bank has recently put Fook Cheong, of which Mr. Wm. death

The body was taken to the Kowloon into circulation three million dollars Perritt was master, left Hong Kong mortuary where a post mortem examin- worth of the new notes to meet the on a voyage for Kongmoon, that M

Wm. Claude Cyril Becks, -- who y atton was held, and an inquest into demand of the public, and to re-on the articles of the ship as the girl's death will be held in due habilitate the financial problems of Officer, and who holds Certifie course.

the province of Kwangtung. Old Competency (River Trade on

3891, of Hong Kong, did notes equivalent to this amount whip without sufficient can be withdrawn and destroyed, it is ing previously obtained

"We find that th dollars worth of $1 notes were Hecks committed destroyed in the presence of com duet, and we the mercial and official representatives. bis Certificate of The redemption or $10 notes pended for thre commences to-day. The amount of these notes in circulation is estim- General Cha ated at about fifty million dollars. to Nanking

Aviation Notes

not yet It is intimated that General News Ag

with the arrival of 9,000 U.S. DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT reported. On July 19 fifty thousand sence from the Matas

aboard the Majestic," "Bremen," Te de France and other linera

Reuter.

ROHRBACHROMAR”

htseers ON A TRIAL LONG-DISTANCE

serodrome.de interest remains ini

meantime the officers and grew "are, continuing & round of enter, La inmezts in their Honour and bez

Waelington Testerday, Mr. Gerrit John Dickems has been appointed United States Minister to Holland Reuter's American Service.

US REAR ADMIRAL DEAD - Cheung Wai-tseung, the Chief of the

The

FLIGH

London Vest

«German, Lyingchrät

Nice Centerday,

The death has

Canton Aviation Bureau, has been cabled by the Central Government to red here of return. Immediately, as his services red at the National Aviation ment. It le probable Lihat

Chu

Vice-Mar

Genort

Hozir Japanese admirer