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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1930.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. - The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/6 V.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month. '

Dainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician

13, Queen's Road Central,

DEFINITION OF A GUN RUSSIAN WHO HAD NO MR THOMAS HECKLED HORRIBLE SCENES IN BOMB HOAX HERALDS REBELS FAIL TO TAKE EUROPEAN IN MOTOR

IN COURT.

OWNERS OF LOCAL SHOOTING

GALLERIES FINED.

INTERESTING TEST case.

Jawful possussion of arms. The summonses were brought under the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance.

PASSPORT.

IN PARLIAMENT.

AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG

MAKE IT "ALL RIGHT.

NEW TELEPHONE SERVICE TO

MOTOR-CAR CHARGE,

14;

AUSTRALIA..

-

CHANNEL TUNNEL PROJECT.

U.S. PRISON.

*

“RED” MAY DAY.

NEIHSIANG.

MADDENED CONVICTS DRIVEN MANY PREVENTIVE ARRESTS CHANGE OF PLANS AFTER TEN

BACK TO THEIR CELLS.

WORK OR STARVE.

Columbus, Ohioj Yesterday.

MADE IN BUKHAREST.

MOSCOW PROTESTS.

Warsaw, Yesterday.

ta suspect a_hoax.

Moscow, Yesterday.

ACCIDENTS.

ARMY OFFICER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

at the

FRUITLESS CHARGES.

REPELLED BY NATIONALS.

TWO BUSES COLLIDE..

London, Yesterday,

Hankow, Monday. Within the last twenty-four hours, of A Russian lad.

years of shooting

A sereaming, howling crowd of The Polish authorities who are inves- Six Chinese owners

In the House of Commons, re-

According to a telegram receiv. three metor accidents have occurred age, named Alexander Tan Polevoly, galleries in various parts of the was at the Kowtong Magistracy this assembled after the Easter recess, convicts are racing back to their tigating the affair declare that the ad from Yang Fu-cheng, the Kuo- on the peninsula, and each accident was The first one, which occurred at 8.35 Mr. Whyte-Smalth Mr. J. H. Thotbas was immediately cells before the rule of machine bomb in the Soviet Embassy was a minchun, numbering over 60,000 attended with misfortune. town were summoned bofore morning before Mr. M.W. 4. H. Grantham for un-charged on three counts concerning besieged with questions in regard guns. This is the latest ugly in- ramshackle and practically harmless troops ander.. Llu Yu-meng, Tien tast night, involved Mr. J. Gellatly,

tanemployment plans, Here-cident at the penintentiary, which contraption. The newspapers profess Chip-kai, and Chang Wai-sal, had sanitary Inspector, resident motor car, which he took out for a jos ride in Kowloon on April 28.

made over ten charges in an at- European YM.C.A. He was riding his plied imperturbably, generally re- has been in a state of ferment Defendant, who was in the dock.

Asked since the fire, mutinous convlets Meetings of protest were held attempt to capture Nelhsiang. in the motor cycle solo along Nathan Road to

south-west of Honan, and the ward Shamshulpo. When he was near pleaded guilty to three charges of driv-ferring to previous answers. ing the car without a driver's licence; how he was faring in "Internal | refusing to work until the Governor Moscow, Leningrad and other cities. Helsingfors, Yesterday,

Hsiangyang and Fanching area the Ford garage, a Chinese woman

across the road, She' Communist demonstrations on May but were successfully repulsed by suddenly ran The defendants were Lam Chouk, in a dangerous manner to the public in Cabinet disputes" and unemploy was removed. The Governor an- Wo Fan, Li Cheung. Sin Kau, Ho Jordan Road, and with taking the car ment, he replied. "Tam looking nounced they must work or starve.

the 7th Army, due to the strong came within ten yards of Mr. Gellatly's Mr. F. C. F. out without the permission of Messrs.airly well." He mentioned that They planned a general escape last Day have been banned.

fortifications at these points. machine, from the opposite side, to Bukharest, Yesterday, Chau, and Ip Chiu.

the British steel Industry had al-night, but met troops with machine-

The Kuominchun are now said to wards him. He sounded his horn and Rendall appeared for the first party

third ready benefited by the railways guns, rifles, tear gas and bombs. The authorities have made

have changed their plans by at- applied the brakes, but could not avoid the woman, who was finally knocked and entered pleas of not guilty.charge M. W. G. Robinson was con ordering 24,000 tons of steel sleepers Several were wounded-Reutor'a preventive Communist ar nuts.

tacking the Lung-Hai Line in-down by the right off-side handla bar. stead. He suggested that the Magistrate Sergeant Koretsky interpreted for de-

Apart from slight shock the woman re- ceived no injuries. take only one case and he would fendrint.

Ac- abide by the rating on that.

against Lam cordingly, the crise Chuuk was taken:

Pop Guns Used. Det.-Sergeant Mottram said that, nt 3.10 pm on April 10 ho visited the ground floor of 139, Des Voeux Road, Central, used

as a shooting gallery for cigarettes. There, wote about twenty people, présent at the time, two pop-guns with corks being

Alex Ross & Co.

In connection with thy

plainant.

during the past year.

Mr. Lees' Smith, the Postmaster General told a questioner that the A New Arrival, Prosecuting, Traffic-Sergeant Clark charge for the new telephone ser sail that the defendant arrived in the vice to Australia would be £2 a The service would be in- Colony six weeks ago, and was permit minute.

be- ted to stay here by the Director of augurated by a conversation Criminal Intelligence (Mr. T. H. King)tween Mr. J. Scullin, and Mr.

the care of the Rus Ramsay MacDonald at 8.30 for two months, slan community. He came here to look to-morrow. for an aunt, and he was known to have resided at 508, Nathan Rond, top floor. Russian community officiaus

The

a.m.

Mr. MacDonald told a questioner that the Channel, Tunnel was the biggest piece of national policy be fore the Government at the moment, and there would he no delay in

in use, similar to one produced. Al-STOP PRESS dealing with the matter.--Reuter,

together there were. fifteen of these The man in guns on the premises.

charge of the game was a man call- ed Taju Hing, and he gave the name of the defendant as the master of the gallery. Witness was accom-

panied by a Chinese detective, Lam Kwan, who had previously warned all these shooting galleries,

of

Tokyo, To-day, The Privy Council, at a meeting in the presence H.I.H. the Emperor, approv- ed the Sino-Japanese Tarif Agreement, adding that al- agreement was though, the likely seriously to affect Japan's trade with China in future, approval was given

of

for 'out

consideration friendship for China. As a Do you call this for bulle£f the Privy Council's approval B Shigemitsu will be authorised formally to sign it,-Reuter,

Mr. Rendall: What is your de- finition of a gun? Any weapon from which a bullet or missile can! be fired.

No.

Not Dangerous,

Do you agree that a gun is

round barrel which will fire a mis- alle?-Yos.

!

Have you seen children with pop-found the boy work at the garage of Alex Ross & Co., Salisbury Road. Kow- guns? Yes.

And do you think they have loun, where he was on one, month's pro- bation. He was quite good as a fitter, licences for them?--No.

Before April 10, would you 'have but on April 28, when nobody was about arrested any child with a pop-gun? is the garage, he took car 2722, and went out for a drive. This joy ride end, ed up at Chatham Road, where the boy, unable to control the car, smashed into was necessary a lamp standard.

-No.

In fact, you did not know before then that a licence for a pop-gun?-No.

Have you experimented with the gun in Court? Yes.

Is it dangerous ?----No.

Sergeant Fired At.

No Passport.

His Worship queried the fact that the defendant, being so young, should have been allowed to land in the Colony, scoing he had no passport with him.

Sergeant Clark replied, and explained that the lad lost his trunks together with his passport in Manila, and tha and in turn fired at the porgeant, it was the authorities who saw to it after which he asked the sergeant "Hart you?" The sergeant answered being "all right" for him here.

At this point Mr. Randall got the sergeant to fire the gun at his hand,

"No."

His Worship told the defendant that

Premier Questioned.

Rugby, Yesterday. Parliament reassembled

this morning after the Easter holiday, A number of questions were on the order paper regarding important The Fremier was matters at issue. asked whether he could now make any further statement in connec- tion with the present position of dis- armament arising from the recent conference, and whether day, fur- ther negotiations' had taken place with the object of concluding a Power agreement. Mr. Mac- Donald replied, "Regarding the first part of the question I can say no- thing useful within the necessarily restricted limits of question and answer. As regards the second part the answer is in the negative.- British Wireless Servicc.

Tunnel Scheme.

The Premier was asked whether a decision re- he had yet reached garding the construction of af: Channel tunnel, or if he can now fix any date when he hoped to be able to announce the decision of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the subject." He replied that the report of the special committee which had examined that project was in the hands of two or three

:

Telephone Service,

American Service.

FINE TO CLOUDY.

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states: The anti-cyclone is central to the north of Japan with an area of relatively high pres. sure extending to the lower Yangtze Valley.

The depression over Indo- China has filled 'up.

Forecast:-E winds, light to moderate; fire to cloudy.

Rainfall

Rainfall to 10 a.m. to-day ail. Rainfall since Janu- ary 1, 12.88 inches against an average of 11,61, inches.

Temperature and Humidity

The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock

Temy Humid.

were:-

Hong Kong Macon Pratas Tola Manila Amoy Swatow...

Chefoo Shanghai ... 56

many

Poland Nervous,

Moscow, Later. The Polish Minister, Mr. Patek, esli- ed on Mr. Litviñoff and expressed the Polish Government's pleasure at the failure of the attempt on the Soviet Legation at Warsaw and gave the a surance that the Polish Government

were taking all possible steps to appro- hend the perpetrators.

Wholesale Arrests.

Athens, Yesterday. Wholesale arrests of Communists holding an unauthorised 'inceting yes- terday to discess May Day plans had a sequel to-day, when over 100 were | sentenced to from 10 to 60 days' impri-

seament.

Riga, Yesterday. Over 100 Communists have been ar- Irested at Riga. Many houses wore |searched with the object of forestalling

May Day preparations.

Sydney. Yesterday. Communists have invited workers to strike on May 1. The Government an- nounces that adequate precautions have been taken-Reuter.

Earlier Cables.

Moscow, Yesterday.. A Note has been presented" to' Poland protesting against an alleged attempt on Saturday to blow up the Soviet Embassy at Wargasby, musi

86

75

.88

[of a' bồmb which the Note declares

73

whole staff."

76

90

50

93

New Plan of Campaign.

Shanghai, Monday.

Buses Collide. Another report, however, claims The second accident, which was of a that owing to the National forti- more serious nature, occurred at 8.45 fications along the Tain-Pu and this morning outside the Kowloon Motor Ping-Han Lines, Feng Yu-hsiang Bus Company's new bullding, in has changed his plans by Instruct Nathan Road. Ing the troops under Generals Wan Tsun-taai, Sun Tien-ying and Yim Ying-chi to invade the north west of Anhwei province, instead

CHINESE NAVY.

British Officers To Give Tuition.

London, Yesterday. According to the news- papers, the two British Naval officers whose ser- vices the Chinese Minister in.. London has secured to teach the - Government Naval Academy at Minklang are Engineer Cap- tain Kelly, and Instructor Cap- tain Alexander E. Monro, both retired.--Reuter.

Lul Yuen, driver of 'bus 086, of the

Kowloon 'Bus Co., was driving the 'bus on the No. 8 route) in Nathan Road, towards Kowloon Ferry, with 'bus 682, also of the K.M.B. Co. (on No. 6 route) going in the same direction in front of him. When passing Pioneer Building, the driver of 686 heard the bell of 682 ring, indicating a stoppage.

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The driver of 686 was in a quandary, for he could not swerve out to the right to avoid 662, as a motor lorry was ap proaching in the opposite direction, He applied the brakes, but these appar- Jently did not hold good, and a collision

took place.

The front part of 685 was severely damaged, while 602's rear was broken in half, and a pane of glass at the back was also smashed.

Student Injured. **

A passenger in 'bus 686, named Kwan Stu-yee (19), a student of Ying Wah College, was hurt. ' Dr. P. C. Kwan was immediately sent for and the lad was Temoved to the Kwong Wah Hospital, "could have caused the death of the of taking the Lang-Hai Line. euffering from injuries to his head. 95

The Kuominchun troops attacking the hospital,

A China Mail reporter, who called at was informed by Dr. It recalls that previous similar at the north of Anhwei have been Kwan, who had just completed dress- tempts have been runde in Poland repelled by the National troops, ing te boy's wounds. that the Ind bled against Soviet representatives, and while the western sector of An- profusely from the head when he was stresses Poland's responsibility for hwei is now being properly guard- taken into the hospital. He had a suppressing the increased activity

wound two Inches deep on the right Įagainst the Soviet within and without

Tsingtao, Monday. side of the forehead. Dr. Kwan ex- Poland, which is intended to provoke a conflict.

Admiral Shen Hsung-lich of the plained that Kwan Siu-yee was sit-

Fleet It appears that the porter of a house North-Eastern

intimatesting directly behind the driver of the next to the Legation noticed a peculiar that as the Sino-Rusalan negotin great that he fell forward and put his The force of the impact was so electric lamp on the staircase, which tions will soon be started the Man- head through the glass petition.

ECHO OF PAISLEY

CINEMA FIRE.

MANAGER FACES CHARGE

CULPABLE HOMICIDE.

THE PADLOCKED EXIT.

London, Yesterday. A long queno, mostly of

ed.

an investigation. phowed war connected churian troops are not in a posi OF with the roof by a wire which to ation to participate in the internal

parcel clockwork mechanism In the war just chimney of the Legation, to which a Agency.

women

tube of explosives was attached Rauter.

The Third Internationale.

Shanghai, Monday.

now--Canton Nows

National Strength.

'bus.

The lad will be detained at the Kwong Wah Hospital for some days.

A rather curious feature of the ne- cident is that 'bus 862 stopped where

no stopping place was indicated. At the Weekly Memorial Service Car And Motorcycle. held yesterday, being presided by

The third accident took place at nine Chairman Chan Ming-ahu, C-I-C. o'clock this morning.

various authorities who must con-waited in the rain for hours for the

The representatives of the Chan Chal-tong was requested to Chan Kwan, driver of a private car, sider it. This matter could not opening of the trial of Mr. Charles Third Internationale have arrived report on the situation of Kwang-was driving along Granville Road. be settled in a day. It was the Dorward, Manager of the Glen Cinterna, at Shanghai and are now residing si. a resume of which is as fol-When near the Artillery Mess a motor cycle, driven by Lt. H. A. Musson, RA, he was not allowed to drive anything biggest scheme of rational policy Palsiey, charged at Edinburgh with in the International Settlement. lowe Mr. Rendall: If I raise this unless he possessed a driver's licence. before the Government at the pre- weapon at you in anger, is there Defendant replied that he did not mean sent, time. any danger?No.

to make the car's engine work. It was Replying to Mr. T. Murphy, all through a Chinese man, who start- The Postmaster General said that HONG KONG TELEPHONE A.S.P., prosecuting, Sergt. Mottrain fed the car. Defendant was at the wheel charge for a new telephone service | said that he had heard of cases in Sergeant Clark pointed out that the to Australia would be £2 per minute

CO., LTD. which persons had been intimidated Russian community here had decided to by weapons such as the one produced send the ind back to Shanghai by the with a minimum of three minutes. Asama Maru, which sails to-morrow at The charge would therefore be at in Court.

ten o'clock a.m.

loast £6. Asked whether the charge would be reduced at an early date If the service successful, Mr. Lees Smith said that he could make no statement on this at the present. British Wireless Service.

Mr. Rendall then dected to give

His Worship cantioned defendant, evidence. In the witness box he who will be taken care of by Sergt. said that about noon yesterday, he Koretsky till to-morrow. Avent to Sincere's and asked for pop-

guns and, toy pistols. He bought

a toy pistol, not quite similar to the was a fit and proper person to hold a one in Court, in that it shot a pro-licence.

jectile with a rubber sucker at the Rendall added, "the pistol is in the

"In the meantime," Mr.] HOUSING AT HOME. end. He asked the salesman if Sineere's had a licence to sell the possession of the Police."

Discretion of the LG.P.

pistol, and was told that a licence

State Aids Construction of 939,000 Houses.

DON'T FORGET TO RING OFF WHEN FINISHED FROM NOW ONWARDS UNTIL AFTER CHANGE - OVER.

culpable homicide in connection with the cinema disaster on December 81.

Lord Alness, (the Lord Justice Clerk)

Precautions in China.

It is reported that they will call "Our comrades must be aware came out of the side of the yard, in a meeting on May 3, with the par- of the strength of the National Chatham Road, and collided with bis ticipation of the prominent mem- Punitive Forces, which had secur-car, hitting the left side of the mud- bers of the Soviet authorities. ed decisive victories over the Iron-Band, and the front part of the wheel More than 20 members delegated sides and Kwangsi-ites Insurgents $50, while the motor cycle's damage is by the smaller anti-imperialist coun- at the battles of Paklau and Fa-placed at $15. icles will also be present,Canton yuan last year. Now that the Lt. Musson bruised and cut his knee, News Agency.

enemies are being besieged at and was conveyed to the Kowloon Hos Kweiping. Kweihsien, and Nan-pital for treatment in another private Shanghai, Yesterday. ning, the Government Forces are car. precautionary measure certain to extarminate the Rebels against Communist uprisings the in due course, Although it is Chinese authorities have legued a hoped that the liquidation of the elements. Without the total sup- proclamation prohibiting labour and insurgents should be effected with pression of the Kwangsi Insur students' strikes and the holding of the least possible delay, neverthegents,

untold sufferings and public meeting during the month of less it has been necessary to exer- miseries will be experienced by else much care in the execution such a state will directly affect May.-Reuter.

of our campaigns, and some delay the inhabitants of that province; Nanking, Yesterday Special precautions are being is inevitable. Hence, it is no Kwangtung, and indirectly endan- taken to guard against disturbances more question of victory or de- ger the existence of the Party in Nanking on Labour Day and feat, but one of time, as the ulend the Government.

As

a

Our pre-

declared that the essence of the indict ment was that it was Derward's duty Rugby, Yesterday, to keep the exits opon, particularly as throughout the month of May.timate victory of the Punitive sent campaign against these in-

there were only two, and he had failed; Reuter,

was not necessary. He was also Mr. Murphy asked Mr. Rendall if told. by the salesman that to the he was aware that under sub-section latter's knowledge, no licence was 4 of Section 32 of the amended

In the course of a debate in the as the iron trollis gate outside and exit necessary for him, (Mr. Rendall) Ordinanco, 1925, the IG.P. had dis- to carry the gun.

cretion as regards the issuing of House of Commons on the estimates was padlocked at the time of the disas licences?

for his Department, Dr. Greenwood, iter. "If the gate had not been locked the deaths of these children might, Mr. Rendall: Yes, but I don't see Health Minister, said that up to March have been avoided Renter, why there should be any difference

For A 21⁄2 Years Old Boy. About 3.30 p.m. yesterday Mr. Rendall went to the Arms Licensing

Office at Central Police Station.

between my son or any other 31 there had been completed since the Mr. Murphy: Do you agree that Armistice under State-aided schemes

The officer-in-charge was not in, so a dart can be fired from this gun? 939,000 houses. 620,000 houser had

Yes, if fixed to the cork. This closed the case.

he asked a Chinese clerk for

beon built without State assistance, so Bicence for the pistol which he had

that the total number actually com- bought at Sincere's The clerk re-

In his submission for the depleted in England and Wales amounted Plod "Of course not. Such a pistol fence, Mr. Kendall said that it to 1,460,000 British Wireless Service.

years,

BACK TOO SOON.

SINGAPORE BASE,

Considered to Be No Longer Necessary.

Forces is assured.

Year

surgenta, therefore, cannot be rei Question of Faith.

garded merely as a provincial- "With regard to the situation in affair but rather that of the coun the North, the Generalissimo has try as a whole.

It will be recalled that the in-. not so far issued the order for a general offensive. There is no vasion of Kwangtung by the question about the strength and Ironsides and Kwangal-Ites' last was successfully repulsed ability of the National Forces in AN AERIAL DEPOT.. suppressing the rebellous Allied and turned back to Kwaugsi. Forces, as the Government oc- through the moral support of the A quarrel between Tam Kau

London, Yesterday. cupies superior positions, as a re-people as a whole. Now that master of a shop at 87, Peking Road, The Daily Telegraph's political sult. of previous preparations in these Insurgents are no more in various the province, we must not think and a foki of his, which took place correspondent understands that the the fortifications of on April 8, had its sequel in the Government la soon to consider the strategic points and railway lines that our duties end there, but Kowloon Magistracy this morning, future of the Singapore Naval base. What we need, however, is im- our duties further demand us to

· MIGHT HAVE KILLED HIM Í

cannot be licensed." Mr. Rendall was admitted that the pop- left the pistol, with a note to the guna were in his client's posses- officer-in-charge, eaking for a licence slon, but the question was whether In the name of his son, aged 272 For not they were licensable. The Chinese banishee was at the when the foki was sentenced to one In view of the, agreement reached at plicit faith in the success of the commence with our Reconstruc- question was very open. He said Kowloon Police Court to-day month's hard labour for infleting the Naval Conference, not to replace Kuomintang Farty and Its prin- tion Programme."Canton Nows

Earlier Cables. At 4.30 p.m. Inspector Shaftain that the title of the Ordinance sentenced to six months hard labour grevious bodily wounds on Tam Kau, the battleship, tonnage until 1986, ciples, and the defeat of the Mill Agency. rang up Mr. Rendall at Iris office, was the Arms and Ammunition for returning before his deportation who has been hospital for five Government circle are inclined to tarists. If we have such faith, and told him that a licence was not Ordinance, and wholly dealt with term had expired.---

days, key the view that Singapore as a even if Yen and Feng have forcen Det Sergt. Humphreys stated that battleship base is no longer neces several times more than we, they necessary for the platol. hen the arms defined a follows: Every

His Worship pointed out that the the complainant was cut with the sary. Consequently, a plan will be will be conquered in the end. Inspector was told tha

air gun, and every kind of gun defendant had only a few months chopper in the neck, right shoulder, considered for adapting the work React, report from which any shot, bullet, or more to wait and he could have and stomach; and that when he already done to the depot for air-The present campaign against to My King This

boothar missile can be discharged. fore going to Court, Mr. Rendall The legal definition of arms was formed and wis Worthip asked came to the station he seemed to ships and seaplanes in the scheme the Ironsides and Kwangsi-iten directora en appointed t called at the Licensing Offke to do anything which, anyons, in a fury the defendant why he did not dobo in a very serious state of inter-Imperial communications may be properly considered as a At the weekly memorial service on His Worship remarked that the The Dominions, which contributed campaign against the Yen and Monday: Cha Ao-halang trade, à stats- Deuenfant: Our so long, ago, I defendant might have killed Tam to the outlay on the base, will be Feng Allied Forces as they are ment declaring that a legal goVRIE

consulted before member the day or month Kat, and ordered "-him, to pay i

all of the same calibre, compos- ment" will soon be organised in Péking.. ingas they are 2 of 'reactionary –Reuter.

casa be replied that h

that.

if the licence, was, ready,

vas or anger can take up in hand to taken to see Mr. Booth, who told him at or strike at another that enquiry was being made, as to

cannot

Blon

* Peking, Yesterday. The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Commander-in-Chief's headquar- tera was formally. Inaugurated in thọ. jold Foreign Office building yesterday, Chu A-hsiang has seen appointed the