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No. 27,484 HONG KONG, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930.

HORRIBLE SCENES

IN

INDIA.

POLICEMEN SOAKED IN PETROL

AND BURNT ALIVE.

* :

CRISIS NEAR.

TO-DAY THE ANNIVERSARY OF INDIAN MUTINY.

Revolting acts of cruelty by fanatical crowds-recalling the horrors of the Indian Mutiny-are marking the so-called civil dis- abedience campaign. Maddened mobs, drunk with the belief that liberty is at hand, have resorted to open murder, violence, and arson, Policemen have been soaked in kerosene and burned alive. A Euro- pean Magistrate and the Police Superintendent at Shalarpur have been stoned by a crowd of 30,000 people, and the Police Court and Stations have been set on fire.

The situation is very tense in India and troops are being held in readiness at strategic points all over the country. It is significant that to-day, May 10, is the seventy-third anniversary of the Indian Mutiny.

HOW IT BEGAN.

Poona, Yesterday.

on

Order Restored."

Bombay, Yesterday. The latest reports from Shola- pur state that the situation is now well in hand.

That "

SMITH

The

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. elping rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/5 %.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

Slating at the Ladies Recreation Club" Feeling.

ESCAPED GAS. Causes Explosion in Tanks.

Yesterday.

POET LAUREATE. Appointment of Mr. John Masefield.

A POPULAR WRITER.

London, Yesterday. Mr. John Masefield has been ap

GHASTLY TRAGEDY.

St. Joseph, Missouri, Twenty-two persons are missing, pointed Poet Laureate in succes and four are known to be dead, as ammonia tanks in the Armour a result of the explosion of huge

Packing Company building, which seemed to be lifted and then flung down again. storeys high, and the rescuers now piled three reckon that it will take two days American Service.

policemen whom the mob burned It is now learnt that the ulive were Moslems. Sholarpur rints originated May 7 in a mill workers' dermon- stration outside two mills which refused to observe a hurtal. The police dispersed the disturbers who, however, reformed their

Police in motor lorries are pa- ranks and burnt down liquor trolling the city, while military shops. Peace was restored at pickets are posted at strategic Wreckage is nightfall. but the arrival of Con-points. The District Magistrate gress volunteers yesterday morn-is of the opinion that order has ing with the object of burning now been definitely restored. to extricate the victims.-Reuter's

It is believed the dead, including toddy palm trees attracted dis- gruntled mill hands, who stoned policemen, number at Jenst the District Magistrate, Mr. twenty, and the injured a hun- Knight and the Police Superinten-dred. dent, Mr. Playfair, with two European sergeants and a few armed Sepoys who were touring the city to persuade the volunteers to abandon their plan of burning down the trees.

recover.

Probable Cause.

Later. Eight bodies have now been 'Planes Take Part,

recovered from the ruins of the Simla, Yesterday. Armour building, and twelve still Forty aeroplanes participated missing are believed to have yesterday in an aerial demonstra- perished. tion over the country of Fazli

Twelve were injured, of whom Wahid, of Turangzal, which it is one is not expected to understood had a considerable Survivors say they believe the ex- Demoniacal Fury.

sobering effect on the hostile plosion was due to a watchman Mr. Knight and Mr. Playfair tribesmen

the Mohmand with a lighted lantern entering the were both wounded.They order-country, who since the Peshawar, building while it was full of es- ed a warning voller to be fired, riots have been restive, awaiting caped gas. Reuter's Americansion whereupon mob of 30,000 any possible weakening of author-Service. shrieking, gesticulating people ity of which they might have surrounded the party and cut off taken advantage for purposes of

а party

Later.

of

of loot and depredation.

Despatch from India,

London, Yesterday.

a head

APPOINTMENTS.

retreat until police recklessly broke through.

His Excellency the Officer Ad- Demoniacal fury descended on

ministering the Government has In the House of Commons, in appointed the rioters, who seized

Professor constable, burnt him alive, mur- replying to questions, Mr. Wedg-Forster, M.A., to be an additional Lancelot dered two other policemen, march-wood Bean read a summary of a member of the Council of the ed to the Government buildings despatch from India stating that University for a period of three and set fire to the police stations the situation was generally well years, with effect from February and the Session Cou en route. under control, in spite of riots in 12. They were dispersed on arrival various places following the ar- His Excellency the Officer Ad- by police reinforcements. Five rest of Gandhi, for which the ministering the Government has more policemen are missing. It Government were well prepared. appointed Mr. William

The spirit of the Police was ex-Cornell to be a member of the cellent.

Authorised Architects' Committee There had been no important during the absence on leave of ly quiet. The company of the change in the North-West Fron-Liant-Colonel Lennox Godfrey fourth Grenadiers (an Indian tier Province since the com- Bird, O.B.E., D.S.O., or until fur- Regiment from Ahmednagar) is unique of May 5. The city of ther notice, with effect from May being held in readiness for emer-Peshawar was tranquil, and the 7.

is believed that their blinded bodies were thrown into a well, The atmosphere to-day is strange-

Arthur

gencies in view of the anniver-the city by the presence of troops. Southorn, G.M.G., has resumed civil power was still supported in The Hon. Mr, Wilfrid T. sary of the Indian mutiny to morrow-Reuter.

He had received a telegram with duty as Colonial Secretary, regard to the disturbances at The Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, Sholapur, which added very little C.M.G., C.B.E., has resumed duty Press. to what had appeared in the as Secretary for Chinese: Affairs. His Excellency the Governor

"Situation Tranquil."

Rugby, Yesterday.

Captain Wedgwood Benn, Secre- tary for India, stated in the House Replying to Mr. Brockway, he has appointed Mr. John Barrow of Commons to-day that he had said the conciliatory policy of the to be his Private Secretary, until received a telegram to the effect Government stood, as it always farther notice... that in the North-West Frontier did stand. (Cheers)--Reuter. Province of India there had been no change of importance since. May 5. In the City of Peshawar the situation was tranquil. Cívil power was still supported by the

TENDERS ACCEPTED.

It le notified in the Government Gazette that the following tendórs

His Excellency the Governor. han appointed Lieutenant Thomas Alexander Hamilton Coltman, R.A., to be his Aide-de-Camp.

"PROBABLY RÁIN,” : The weather report, issued from control, in spite of arrests at vari-Kowloon Quarry No. 18 at the the Royal Observatory at 10.55 this ous places following the arrest of annual rental of $700. Gandhi, for which the Govern

morning, states, ph ment was well prepared. The spirit of the troops and the Police was excellent British Wireless Ser- vice.

presence of troops. The general have been accepted: situation in India was well under Mesars. Foo Loong & Co. for

Earlier News

Poona Yesterday One hundred and fifty women and chi refugees have ar- Tom Sholapur, where

Kowloon Quarry No. 14 at the of the Bocins, and relatively low Mesara Foo Loong & Co., for Pressure is highest to the 8.E. annual rental of $950.

over S.W. China A depression is Mesara. Tak Hing & Co., $10,- central over the Sea of Japan. i 681.15, for the construction of a Local forecast: S.W winds; Public Market at Kowloon Tong moderate; clear at first, probably

The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock rain later. Co., Ltd., $4,200 for repairs to No.

Police, Launch.

Messrs. Foo Loong & Co., 42- mob: yesterday 204.50, for the construction emen,soaked road from Tenn Wan to

and burned

FALL INTO NULLAH.,

An unknown Chinese, aged about the appearance of a coolle died at the Government Civil

inites after admis ast night He receiv

Hospital five

on at 9.5

bevere

Mr. John Masefield.

to the late Dr. Robert Bridges.

-Reuter.

HANOI RIOTS. Execution of 2 Soldiers Carried Out,

YEN BAY DISTURBANCES.

Hanai, Yesterday.

Dainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's Road Central,

AUSTRALIAN DEFEAT OF ESSEX.

K. S. Duleepsinhji 333.

SUSSEX RECORD GOES BY THE BOARD.

GLOUCESTER OUT FOR 54!

London, Yesterday. At Leyton to-day, W. M. Wood- full declared the Australian inn- ings closed at the overnight total of 264-6. Essex taking fourth knock again fared badly before the tourists' attack, and were dis- missed for 146. This gives the Australians their second victory of the tour by 207 runs. Their previous success was against Worcestershire, whom they do feated by an innings and 165 runs.

Fine Sussex Victory. Sussex defeated Northants at Brighton by an innings and 209, runs. For their victory Sussex were in no small way indebted to K. S. Duleepsinhji, who scored 333 runs.

Thanks to this grand effort, Sussex were able to declare at 521-7. Tate, the All-England bowter, added yet another dash-i ing innings to his credit by scor- ing 111. Northants, after so long a period in the field, batted poor-

DRAMATIC GOLF.

Fight Between British and American.

COMPSTON BRILLIANT.

Southport, Yesterday. Even the presence of a solitary American, Horton Smith, was suf- Into a dramatic fighting finish in Belent to press the British players the British Professional Champion- ship.

Smith to-day returned cards of 72 and 71, bringing his total to 289. This set Compston and Cotton the task of returning, respectively, 74 and 78.

The rugged battler Competen succeeded by irreproachable golf in bringing in a score of 71 for a decisive victory with an aggregata of-286.

Cotton had a score of 74, making his aggregaté 289, with Smith.

He thus tied

The prize money amounts to £1,500 presented by the Manchester Daily Dispatch, of which Compston gets £200 and Smith and Cotton 280 each.-Reuter.

CONSULAR CORPS.

against the bowling of Wensley ministering the Government has

His Excellency the Officer Ad- and were dismissed for 187. received information Wensley took 4 wickets for 45 Secretary of State for the Colonies from the

that Dr. Santiago Llosa has been appointed; Consul-General for Peru in Hong Kong.'

His Excellency the Officer Ad-"

runs,

Following on with the almost impossible task of compiling 834

death and executed in connection Northants made only 125 runs The four natives sentenced to runs to avoid the inings defeat, with the disturbances at Yen Baygainst some great bowling by on February 26, were two peasants Tate, who followed up his century and two corporals belonging to the by taking 7 wickets for 46 runs. Sharpshooters' RegimentReuter. K. S. Dulcepsinhji, by scoring 989, broke the Sussex record for

NEW $100 NOTES,...

The China Ma is informed by the Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australla & China that it is about to issue a $100 note of new design. It is very different in design from the note now In elr. culation and is considerably smaller.

The design on the left front of the note gives a finely engraved portrait of Britannia and on the corresponding space on the right there in a water mark giving the value in English figures and in Chinese characters.

K. S. Duleepsinhji Tate .... Harbord

Melville Ducat

• Not out.

Tate

ministering, the Government has been pleased to recognise Mr. Patricio Smart, provisionally and pending the issue, of His Majesty's Exequatur, as Consul for Chile in Hong Kong

V. + Northants. V. Northants.

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M. J. C. Allom 7 Tyldesley

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V. Yorkshire.

The main feature of the design on

sail. the back is a South China Junk in the highest individual score. The per, took 4 wickets for 54 runs in previous record was held by his the second inninga, of Warwick. The work is polychromatic and uncle, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar shire, and in the match had an The appointment of Mr. John the general effect of the colouring (K. S. Ranjitsinghji who, in analysis of 9 wickets for 107 runs. Maselleld to be Poet Launate will light violet. The excellent engray-1901, made 285 run for Sussex Paine, the Warwickshire bowler, cause little surprise in literary ing and colour scheme should prove against Kent at Taunton. circles, and it may be said gener- an effective bar to forgery............ ally to accord with public feel- ing. Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Mr. John Masefield

are two of

EUROPEAN MISSING.

This should place "Duleep" in the running for an England blazer and will in all probability con- found those critics who advocate his omission from the England

sido.

too-10 wickets in the match for the law cost of 7 runs per wicket.

Yorkshire andOxford Draw.

Yorkshire and the University was At Oxford the match between left drawn. Batting first York- Gloucester Collapse.

ahira made 379 runs, to which Her- Lancashire were successful incricket, contributed a valuable 109 bord, & newcomer to first class on the latter's ground by a ten- his success against Kent, by tak- their encounter with Gloucester

I. A. R. Peebles, followed up wicketsi victory.

the most popular poets of the Mr. T. F, O'Sullivan, formerly a century. Both are catholic and hailiff of the Supreme Court, who normal in their tastes and write has been in indifferent health for verse which is easily understood by the average man.

Bome years, since his retirement from Government Service, is report Mr. Masefield's poems and son-

ed to the Police as missing, since nets are to be found both in the 6.30 p.m. libraries of schools (a very sure

on Thursday, At that time he was seen walking in the test of academic merit), and on public gardens, but since then all

164.

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ing six Yorkshire wicketa for 126

runs,

Oxford made 800, to which the Nawab. of Patandi contributed 70 runs and Melville 108.

Batting first Lancashire compiled 218 to which, Watson contributed Sinfield and Goddard were ́in

and the latter 4 for 66. mer taking 6 wickets for 90 runs When the match was left. drawn Yorkshire held a lead of 279. In Dick Tyldesley proved deadly the second innings Holmes and when Gloucestershire opened their Sutcliffe added yet another Innings, and was responsible for three figure first wicket part- 200 without

the shelves of men who do not custumarily read poetry. There traces of him have been lost." is a vigorous, vital spirit animat. to the time of going to press to-day great form with the ball, the for- ing his writing which has much when last seen he was wearing

Mr. O'Sullivan is still missing. in common with his contempor-white suit, brown shoes, a pair, of ary, Mr. Kipling, although Mr. Manefeld is by far the greater ly dark sun glasses, and a topeo. ricist. His "Reynard the For," with its unusual metre,

The forthcoming wedding is an- their collapse, taking 6 wickets for nership, scoring an epic

ounced of J. M. McClelland seran average cost of 5 runs per wicket. loss. Holmes had made 107 and

of the English countryside worthy to stand beside Vergil's "Ecologues" for its vision of Na- ture.

geant of Police in the Royal Naval Dockyard, and Ethel Beld of Ventris Road, Hong Kong.

Gloucester did a little better by Following on, beeding 164 runs,

"Lollingdon Downs,” another.

scoring 210 runs, thus setting Lan cashire the easy task of obtaining 47 delightful mozaic of fantasy:

cident unprocedented since the runs were knocked off without the ruts for victory. The necessary earned him the dawn of s reputation which has steadily Middle Ages.]

loss of a wicket, thus giving Lan grown. Unlike many poote, John Masefield was educated at cashire their second successive vie whose gifts seem to stop short. Warwick School, but his love for tory lan at writing poetry, Mr. Maselleld the sea was so great, that he ran has proved by "Sprd Harker and away when quite a your and went "Odtae," that he fa equally suc-as a cabin boy on a steamer bound cessful with fiction sa a medium for Amerien.n

Warwick's Big Win. Somerset fared badly at Edgbas. ten and were defeated by 238 runs. Batting first, Warwickshire com

Hobbs in Form.

A drawn game was the result and the M.C.C. at Lord's. of the encounter between, Surrey

batted first and made 246 runs. On winning the toss, Surrey

to which Hobbs contributed 78 and Ducat 70. Kennedy,the Hampshire all-rounder, took 5 wickets for 66 runs.

The M.C.C. passed the Burrey for his romantic fancy. The It was on this voyago that he piled 204 runs, for which total they runs. A. P. F. Chapman, the Eng- total, and eventually made 105 Midnight Folk" published in began to see things in a different were indebted to a one partnership land captain, made 65, and E.W. 1927, served to enhance his polight, and to set these thoughts of between Croom and the Rev. J. H. Dawson, the Leicestershire akip pularity by it he is regarded by lie down on paper. His cession of that royal walter of had imposed upon himself may be England bowler, took 5 wickets for scoring 84 not cut. M. J. U. some as being in the line of auc-adventures in the roving life he runs, respectively. J. C. White, the up his bowling performance by many Parsons, who scored 86 and 67 per, made 61. Kennedy followed

fairy stories, Hans Anderson. found in his novels and his poems. 53 runs.

Mr. Masefield, who has been at He made money in America but the

Allom, the Burrey fast bowler sca and holds a Mate's certific-

Batting a second time Surrey took wickets for 71 runs

made their first innings total ror. the loss of only three wickets, at which point the innings was de- clated closed At the conclusion of the match, the M.C.C. had scor

lure of the Old Country was too Mayer and Paine, were diamined Somerset, against the bowling of ate, has written with insight and great, and be returned to his native for the low total of 89 runs. Mayer Authority on navigation in the land. eighteenth century in "The Vey

claimed 4 wickets for 17 runs and His home, on

on Hinksey Hill, Paine 4 for 28 Tages of Captain William Dam Oxford Rke that

Bailam Having a lead of 115 runs on the pier, which he edited. The overlooks bat author of several religions

first innings, Warwickshices on bat ting again, set. Somerset the take