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No. 27,386 HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930.

NEW COMER GETS OFF NATIVE RIOTS IN CAPE

WITH CAUTION

PROVINCE

TRADE COMMISSIONER IN COURT'PROFESSOR' INFLAMES CROWDS

FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING

AT MASS MEETING

CONTROL AREA QUERY

Mr. W. J. Ruddiford, Assistant Canadian

Trade Commissioner,

was summoned

before Major C.

MAYOR INJURED

Carnarvon, Cape Province,

Yesterday,

The Mayor and several other Willson, at the Central Mngis-Europeans and a number of natives tracy this morning, for driving were injured through rioting at the his motor car in a dangerous man Municipal Offices, due to native dia ner in Queen's Road East at 9.30 satisfaction over the holdings on municipal commonage, and inflamed p.m. on January 2

by extremiat speeches at a maa meeting by the notorious agitator "Professor" Thaele, who was arrested, but escaped.-Reuter.

Defendant said that he did not consider that he was travelling at

a speed dangerous to the public at the time,

Traffe Sergeant Baker said that

he was on motor cycle patrol In Stubbs Road on the night in ques- tion, when he came up behind Mr. Rusdiford's car and followed It to town.

From the junction of Stubbs and Morrison Hill Roads to the

native

INDIAN FARCE FAILS

Law Puts An End to "No Tax" Movement

Calcutta. Yesterday,

DOLLAR SLIGHTLY RECOVERS

NATIVE BANKS GAIN IMMENSELY

RISE OF ONE FARTHING

As some of the experts predict

ed after banking hours yesterday, the dollar recovered further to- day when the telegraphic transfer became one (T.T.) sterling rate

seven-sights shilling, pence.

six and

The rise was of a farthing. yesterday's rate being 1/6.5/8d. which was an eighth higher than that of Saturday.

NAVAL MEN DROWNED

TRAGEDY IN GALE OFF USHANT

23 CASUALTIES

ATLANTIC FLEET TUG SUNK

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR.

The

closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/6 15/16.-

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

GERMAN SNUB FOR

DR. SCHACHT

REICHSBANK PRESIDENT DROPS A BOMBSHELL

ABSURD DEMANDS

There Spectacles

arc Spectacles and .but What A Difference in quality...

and there are opticians and opticians, but in Hong Kong, only one European optician who measures up to the highest qualifications. Optical inen in every corner of the world re- cognise his certificates and the modern equipment used.

LAZARUS

The Optician. Phone Mr. Cooper C. 2203 for appoint-

mant. Ralph A. Cooper, FLO, (Engl.), Registered Optometriat (Canada),

LAWYER ARRESTED

AT GENEVA

YOUNG SWISS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF REVOLVER

LEFT JAIL TO GET. DRUNK

JAPANESE WHO CELEBRATED HIS RELEASE TOO WELL

SENT BACK TO PARIS

KNOWN TO ALL THE POLICE

The Hague, Yesterday.

Geneva, Yesterday.

"I thought you said you were not Dr. Schacht. President of the

The arrested Italian is described going to drink any more this year," Reichsbank, bombshelled the conference as a lawyer living in Paris, and athe Kowloon Magistracy this morn- remarked Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at when he informed the chairman of the notorious anti-Fasciat. He is un-ing, when H. Tashijama (45), a organising committee of the Interna-able satisfactorily to explain his Japanese shoemaker, of 32, Nathan tional Bank that he "reserves his atti-presence here and will be sent back Road, was again charged with being tude" as regards the co-operation,, of to Paris.-Reuter. the Reichsbank In the International

Bank.

Hatry Crash Leads to Suicide

drunk and incapable in Mody Road.

The defendant, who had a red face and a sleepy gesture,' admitted

that he had had a little too much.

Rugby, Yesterday, Three officers and 20 men of the Royal Navy lost their lives in

The German delegates there- WORRIED BY LOSSES the great gale yesterday evening. In sympathy with the trend, the ank about 32 miles Northwest of German banks should depoilt in the when the naval tug Salat Genny upon proposed that another group of

Detective Sergeant Humphreys price of "double eagles" (le.,

said that the defendant must have USA. $20 gold pleces) receded. drowned, officers were Lieutenant interest free, as the Reichsbank had Ushant, in the Bay of Biscay. The International Bank 100,000,000 marks,

been celebrating his discharge from Whereas gold bars constitute а

jail last evening after serving one favourite medium of speculation sioned Gunner

Charles Frederick Paul, Commis-intended.

week. Philip Lean and among Chinese In Shanghai, the Boatswain Charles Burren,

The creditors accepted the new Ger-

London, Yesterday.

Terrible Disturbance The man proposal in connection with the At the inquest on Steuart, the double eagle is bought and sold Saint Genny belonged to Chatham International Bank.

Mr. D. Ogilvie pointed out that The Germans jury returned a verdict of suicide the defendant caused a terrible dis- if mostly "on paper"in the local and, with the tug Saint Cyrus and promised to supply the names of the whilst of unsound mind. The turbance to the neighbours. It was Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange. the sloop Snapdragon, left Port- Proposed bankers within 30 hours. Dr. coroner read a letter from Steuart, gotting disgusting, Mr. Ogilvie Consequent to the rigid enforce This class of business has result-land on Saturday for Gibraltar for Schacht's attempt to torpedo the con- stating that he suffered enormous said that he personally went into Naval Hospital, the defendant's ment of the Criminal Code ban-ed in a stream of remunerative service with the Atlantic Flest dur-severely rebuking him for "interfer-losses which overwhelmed him. the defendant's shop last night at

ference therefore 'falled, the ning all assemblies, the "No Tax"commissions for the so-called ing the forthcoming manoeuvres. ing in politics." and from the hospital to Arsenal movement has collapsed. One-maller type of native bank which She was a vessel of only 425 tons,

His solicitor gave evidence and 11.45, and there saw dishes, plates, Street it went at between 25 and fourth of the quarterly amount has deals in the Exchango on behalf used for towing when the fleet was refused to become Germany's chief turned from a visit to Brazil, and over the floor. The man himself It is noteworthy that Dr. Schacht stated that Steuart recently re-partitions, bottles and water, all already been obtained by Ban of speculative clients: What with at gunnery practice. The Atlantic expert when the Government declined found the markets against him, was in an awful state. Did Not Know

dabila.

the earnings, during the Ironsides' Fleet was to have sailed from Port-strictly to adhore to his Memorandum, owing to Chandra Roy, leader of the invasion, in widespread ventures land to-day, but owing to

the Hatry and Wall The Magistrate remarked that the Witness followed the car to the

bad but agreed to assist if necessary. Hla Street crashes, and a lot of his defendant was evidently not so Hong Kong Hotel, where he told movement, is further charged with into notes of the

Central Bank weather its departure has been de-bombshell contained a letter to the investments, particularly rubber, peaceful as he appeared to be when Mr. Ruddiford the speed at which the atlempted murder of the col- of China, Canton, and the income layed for 24 hours. Several of the chairman of the Bankers' Committee had a tremendous setback-Reu-be- took to drink.

from double eagle deals, the native ships lost their pinnaces and other banks are reported to have done boats in the gale. Thirteen deaths a well that they are confidently were caused on

land by gale. "tipped" as being not only one of British Wireless Service. the fow. "trades" coming out on

car travelled at 30 miles per hour,,

26 miles per hour.

he had been travelling. Defen- dant's reply was that he did not

lector. Reuter.

know the regulations, having just WINDFALL FOR YALE

come to Hong Kong.

What regulations did you under £4,000,000 to Build New

stand him to refer to?-That he

did not know the control areas.

Queen's Road East is not a con- trol area?-No.

Where does the control area be- gin?

Quadrangles

New York, Yesterday.

the right side, but also the most profitable among local Chinese in the (old calendar) year which is. now drawing to a close. Mr. Edward Stephen Harkness, Exchange has adversely affect- whose father was one of the ori-ed a number of people, both" for ginal partnera in the Standard | eign and Chinese, but its nature Oil Company, has donated nearly of late has been a windfall to the

Traffle Sub-Inspector Alexander And that it started at the bottom £4,000,000 to Yale University, so-called “small” native bank. of the hill, at the Wanchal School with which Yale will build five

and atretched to the east of the new buildings with quadrangle, SUSPECTED MURDER

Naval Hospital, beyond the Stubbs modelled on Oxford and Cam- and Morrison Hill Roads junction bridge--Reuter's American Ser- -about 200 yards, all told.

Mr. Ruddiford told the Magis-

vice.

trate that he had been in Hong NAVAL CONFERENCE MAN

Kong only since December 30, and

did not know that 25 miles per Japanese Confer With

hour was breaking the law.

Sergeant Baker, told the Magis- trate that the road was clear at the time.

In view of the fact that Mr. Ruddlford is a newcomer.

.

Premier

AT TSINWAN

BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED WITH CHOPPER

TWO ARRESTS MADE

The preliminary report of a auspected murder at Tainwan was Rugby, Yesterday,

Police Headquarters The Japanese delegates to the received at the forthcoming Nava! Conference this morning.

Details are lacking, the report Magistrate decided to discharge again isited Downing Street this

the statement afternoon and renewed their con being confined to versations with the Premier-Bri-that a Chinese, aged about 40 years, name and address unknown, tish Wireless Service.

was found dead near the Hong Kong Distillery at Tsinwan, hav- ing apparently bean murdered dur- ing the night of January 18 and 14.

him with a caution.

ROYAL NAVY

་་

Postings to the China Station

.

donia on December 27-

Lt. R. Moore, for H.M.S. Hermes, vice Lt. Sellar.

Lt. A. St. J. Edwards, for Hermes, vice Lt. A. B. Usher.

Lt. W. T. Couchman and L. G. C. Askew for Hermes.

BAD CHARACTER

Woman Witnesses Not Believed

January 12.

THE DEATH ROLL

London, Yesterday.

unless the original Young Plan were accepted; unless Great Britain gave up sequestrated German property, and unless France renounced all military and political sanctions.

refusing the Reichsbank's co-operation

Mr. Philip Snowden, declared that Dr. Schacht could not veto the deci-j Two more men have been added to |sions of the Governments. the gale death roll. They left Herne Bay in a motor launch and dis-between the Reichsbonk and the Ger-

+

FINE TO-DAY

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

A new anti-cyclone has form- ed over N. China.

Freeh monsoon provalla along the S.E. coast of China' and over the China Sea.

Local forecast: — N. winds; fresh;; fine to cloudy.

Rainfall

Rainfall for 1930 0.58 against an average of 0.87 inches.

Temperature and Humidity

The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 oclock were: Temp: Humid.

Hong Kong Macao Manila Amoy

.53

76

45

86

70

91

52

96

Swatow

52

34

Chefoo

24

87

Pratas Island. 67

*81.

Shangha! ... 28

88

ter.

Very Violent [Mr. Thomas Martin Chalmers Sergeant Humphreys indicated Stewart, a Director of several rub- that Tashljuma was known to all ber companies, was found shot dead the police force. They had never in his home at Purley.]

RUBBER SCARE

Dr. Curtius stated that the friction Dutch Alarmed at Native

man Government would be dealt with by the latter. The conforence is pro- ceeding as if Dr. Schacht did not exist,

Reuter.

Production

Amsterdam, Yesterday. Dutch rubber producers have

taken his finger prints, because he was apt to become very violent and fight.

Mr. Ogilvie said that it was get-. ting too far, but the residents had never called the police in before, (but on this occasion he awoke all the populace with his noise and shouting.

The police officer pointed out that

| NURSING THE "DRY" appointed a committee to confer It was of no use to bind the man

BABY

STEPS TO MAKE · PROHIBITION MORE EFFECTIVE

ILLIGIT DISTILLERIES

with British and other foreign over, because the last time that he producers. on how to improve the was fined or given one month, he rubber industry. They have vot-came out and carried on just the ed £2,000 expenses particularly to same. cover the cost of a mission to the Dutch East Indies to discuss the The Magistrate Gned the defen- regulation of the plantation. of (dant $25, with the option of three native production.--Reuter.

SCIENTIST'S DEATH

Inventor of Ferranti Alternator

of

Washington, Yesterday. The preliminary report of the National Commission of Law Obzor- vance and Enforcement recom- mends the immediate strengthening of the Prohibition. law, "if on no Jother grounds than to give the law

London, Yesterday, a fair trial. The Commission says

The death is announced that it is impossible wholly to separate the observance of the Pro-Zlani De Ferranti, aged 66, a for-- hibition Act from the large questionmer President of the Institute of of the views and habits of the Electrical Engineers, and the American people, or to respect their member of the Ferranti Alternator private judgment' regarding the (1882). He was chief electrician regulations affecting their conduct. to the London Electric Supply The Commission proposes the trans- Corporation.Reuter. ference of the Prohibition adminis-

Promise Broken

weeks hard labour.

The defendant; Why this time three weeks? Last time only one

week to alt in jail!

Mr. Whyte-Smith sternly told the defendant that he had failed to keep his promise to stop drinking, and another thing was that he behaved in a very absurd way last night, when only just out of jail.

PALESTINE RIOTS.

Mandates Commission & British Report

Rugby, Yesterday. This afternoon the meeting of

tration from the Treasury to the SNOW BLOCKS ROADS the Council of the League of Na-

Department of Justice; a modifica- tion of the Prohibition law; more

Blizzard

tions was devoted entirely to an

[permanent mandates commission.

The nature of the dead man's Officers of the Royal Navy on

wounds was not included in "the their way to Hong Kong, on be- ing posted to ships on the China Tal-ho, a woman, was at the Kowloon they appeared to have been caus- Described as a bad character, Leung report, which merely stated that Station, include:-

Magistracy to-day sentenced to two ed with a chopper, Salled from Home por s.8. Mace-months' hard labour on being convicted

Two Suspects Held { appeared. The St. Genny tug, of effective legislation relating to the 1,300 Cars Held Up By examination of the work of the un two charges of larceny.

The first charge was that she stolo The brief report concluded with about 425 tons, accompanied by the ownership of property used in the one pair of female treueers from the the Information that two men are tug St. Cyrus and the sloop Snap-manufacture and sale of filicit

In regard to the date of the extra- first floor of 77 Reclamation Street, on being held by the Police at Tala-dragon, have to in last night's, gale liquor, and speedier legal proceed- San Francisco, Yesterday.

WAT As auspects. The circum-to the north west of Ushant.

Sud-ings.

ordinary session of the mandates Sho also attempted by fraud to obstances leading up to these men's denly the tain a gold watch and a gold bangle arrest were not given in the re- One petty officer and four seamen the report to Congress.-Reuter's blizzard which swept over Call-Palestine, Mr. Henderson, British

St. Genny foundered.

One thousand three hundred commission for examination of the President Hoover has forwarded motorists are snowbound in à British report on the troubles in from the same place.

were picked up by the "Snapdragon."; The Magistrate, after hearing two

American Bervice.

fornia. Frantic efforts are being Foreign Secretary,' Intimated that witnesses for the defence said that it Mr. T, Murphy, Chief Detective The news of the disaster was wire-

[An earlier message stated: Pre-made to clear the roads with snow he could not agree to March, as pro- was all nonsense what they had said Inspector, went out to Tsinwan to lessed to Portsmouth, whence the

sident Hoover's Law Enforcement and that it was more against her than investigate the affair immediately cruiser Frobisher rushed to the Commission has abruptly adjourned ploughs-Renter's American Berposed by the commission. He ex-

plained that the report of the Bri in her favour.

after the report reached. Head-spot to stand by, and assist the until February 2. It is understood vice.

that the membara came to a dead- Leung Tal-ho related that she had

tish Commission of Enquiry could Snapdragon and the St. Cyrus in been a realdent of Yaumati for about quarters, soon after 9 a.m.

not be ready by that time. for 20 years, and had never been before not returned to his office and no annual move with the Atlantic Fleet Up to 1 p.m., Mr. Murphy had the meanwhile She is on her aupplementary report had come from Portland to Gibraltar for the through.

spring exercises, which, scheduled for to-day, have been postponed for twenty-four hours, owing to the gale.

Lt. K. F. Boxall, for Iroquola, vice. Lt. G. G. Little.

Lt. K. A. Short, for Moth, vice Lt. R. Birch.

Sailed per s.. Aeneas on January

4-

Lt.-Comdr, A. A. Havera, Cicala, in command.

Sailed per aa. Kalyan on January

0:- Lt-Comdr. H S. Squance, for Kent...

convicted of anything..

ONLY TWO CASES

Lt-Comdr, A. E. Dodington, for Calendar for Criminal

Sessions

will have before him Hon: Fuk-kau

port.

BARLIER NEWS

lock on the Prohibition question] NEVER TOUCHES PIGS

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.

Ten "cases, of small-pox, ill Chinese, were reported from Hong Kong on January 18, also one ́casa óf diphtheria.

Sixteen deaths from small-pox,

Magistrate and Indian Policeman

At its morning meeting the Coun-

ell examined the various reports

submitted by the Italian delegate, Signor Grandi, regarding the pro- cedure for the acceleration of the The dislike of pigs by Mobam- ratification of the conventions. Mr. medans was raised at the Kow- Henderson assured the Council that

ernment to see that all conventions

cient matting, alleged that the-In-

REFUSING OLD COINS

Canton, Yesterday.

dían constable had taken the mat- ting out of the two crates.

According to the defendants,

CER. RAILWAY

'REVENUE STAMP

Hermes, vice Lt.-Comdr. J. A.

Telngtao, Yesterday, Garland.

The merchanta" "strike" In op His Majesty's tug St. Genny belong-| fluenzs, five from malaria, and 48/whon four Chinese women, who of the League were brought into The Admiralty announces that five from diphtheria, one from in- loon Magistracy this morning it was the desire of the British Gov- Lt-Comdr. B. JL W. Rogers- Only two cases are in the extender position to the Revenue Stamping to the Target Service attached from tuberculosis, were reported were charged with cruelty to two force as soon as possible-British Tillstone, for Hermes, vice for the January Criminal Sessions levied in Tsingtau has been settled to the Atlantic Fleet, sank in a during the week-end. All the vic pigs by failing to provide.sum-Wireless Service. Wright.

|which open at the Supreme Court at Lt-Comdr. 8. B. de Courcy- 10 am. on Monday, Each Judge will by General Chen Ting-ysan. The gals last night, thirty miles north tims were Chinese. Ireland, for Hermes, vice-Lieut-preside at one,

Municipal Authorities have decid- Ushant. Five men were saved. His Honour the Chief Justice (fired to prolong one month from the was commanded by Lieut. Paul, and Comdr. Camidge.

The St. Gonny, the sunken tug, Henry Gollan, C.BE, K.C., LL.D.) date before such taxes are put AIR SPEED RECORD ALLE Lo Cha, who li to ho arraigned into force. Merchants resumed was en route to Gibraltar from Portland, for spring exercises.

they had a witness to prove that Dismissal of the Chinese on an Indictment of "robbery by two business on January 18-Canton Twenty of the crew drowned The Kwangtung Commissioner the policeman did take the mat

Staff or more. Detective Inspecter G. P. News Agency, London to Brussels in 90 Fallon, of Yaumati, will be in charge

Fierce gales swept the British for Finance Issued an order yesting out of the crates but that

Shanghai, Yesterday, Isles yesterday, and the velocity terday to the effect that hereafter the witness who was a stranger to of the wind in the Channel was anyone, finding a merchant res them all, was not in Court

Harbin reports that Chinese offi- Sergeant Groves pointed out clals there are considerably excited officially estimated at 120 mbea fusing old coins or discounting an hour, a record for Britain them, may bring complaint against There was much damage through-im before that Department

Canton News Agency out the country, telephone and telegraph wires being blown down, windows broken, roofs and chimneys

Minutes

Rugby. Yesterday. Covering the distance betw ondon and

tims of

of the Police Case

S

His Honour the Fuise Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) will it in the scand

Brewer, barrister-at-law, hitherto Pro-

MINISTER'S ILLNESS

The Rev. F. C. Young, who is in Court, in which Mr. Noel Into the Matilda Hospital with sident of the Lastyne Banking Corpora- pneumonia, passed a very bad night. tion (now in liquidation) is to face His condition was very had this three charges, two of making a false morning, at 1 p.m. the China Ball

per statement not on oath and one of pub was informed that there was no damaged and roads, blocked by steam tug from Dover towed

Mahing" fraudulent statement. Kr. change in his condition, Somerset Fitzroy (Assistant Attorney MERCA General), will; appear for the Crown

From Mess1 A

"Moulder

And, it is understood, Mr. Eldon Poster, Co. Limited, the Ching Mod has by Messrs. Hastings received two useful date blocké listed by the Boar Brand 9907

"hay} "will" defend : De

in charge of the case

fallen trees, by which a number of safety

Later. Four men, three women, and, one were child-were killed, and many others eksad injured in last night's rules, mostly through falling trees-Reat

that one of the pigs had its four

lega protruding out of the crate, at the sudden action of the new whilst the other had two legs in Soviet manager of the C.E.R. In the same predicament dismissing all Chinese staff mem- His Worship (to the policeman)bers appointed after July 10 last, Are you a strict Mohammedan? when the Chinese took over control

of the railway. The Indian constabla: Yes, I

idian constable: am. I never touch pigs.

Through trame between Harbin and Manchull was expected to be The Magistrate said he diabe, renamed="" to day"), two trisl trains lieved the defendant's story and, from Harbin having-, successfully seeing that they ward all women, reached Manchall ́yer he would fine thêm 35 eathi out incidentRent

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