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-No. 27,638

INFORMAL MEETING OF ROUND

1846

HONG KONG. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1930.*

WHY LORD THOMSON FUTURE OF INDIA. SAD TRAGEDY AT A POLITICAL

WAS IN A HURRY.

Air Minister's Anxiety to Reach India.

HEAVY LUXURY QUARTERS.

London, Yesterday.

ed that the airship passed over

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. —The closing rats of the dollar.on demand, to-day was 1/81.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

FOREIGN POWERS & CHINA.

Joint Military Action to Subdue Disorders ?

TABLE PARLEY.

DANCE.

Collapse of a Naval Officer,

CRISIS

HELD AT ST. JAMES'S PALAC

LIBERALS NOW AT LOGGERHEADS.

_DEATH_IN_HOSPITAL.

· MINISTER'S · REPLY.

PARTY SPLIT.

Rugby, Yesterday

The third informal meeting of the British India delegation to

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NAUGHTY GIRLS, DOMINIONS AND THE

PRIVY COUNCIL..

CATCH TARTARS IN POLICE OFFICERS,

KOWLOON NUISANCE.

the Indian Round Table Confer A sad tragedy occurred last Tu-day's R.101 enquiry reveal-ence was held in St. James's night during the course of a GOVERNMENT'S FALL the House of Commons soliciting at the junction of Bow-

Palace to-day, the Aga Khan dance in the Cathedral Hall, presiding. The Secretary for Poix Aerodrome, near Beauvais, India, Mr. Wedgwood Benn, when. Chief

Poix:

•

Royal Banquet.

I

PREDICTED,

Mr. W. la Bart Sparrow, A.S.P,

Overseas Citizens Appeals.

Rugby, Yesterday, The final consideration of the

Two Chinese girl, Lau Ngan CONSIDERED BY DELEGATES.·· yuk and Chan Kaying, were to-day charged before, Mr. H. R. London, Yesterday.

Butters, at the Kowloon Court, with

to-day, Commander Bellairs ring Street and Nathan Road, last constitutional aspects of inter- (Cons.) asked whether the Gov-night. They pleaded not guilty Imperial relations was continued Petty Officer,

ernment had made any sugges- tions for joint military action to Kowloon, said that at about 11.10 by the heads of the delegations at a height of 300 feet, whereas addressed the meeting, and at his (Writer) John Francis Rourke,

the American and Japanese Gov-p.m., he was standing with Sub at the Imperial Conference to- seven gentlemen auddenly collapsed, and subse

London, Yesterday. ernments in regard to the die Inspector A. H. Elaton according to Squadron Leader suggestion

on the day, and progress was made. orders in China?

pavement of Nathan Road, near Booth, the ship should have been were selected to confer with the quently died shortly after admis, representatives of the other dele-sion to the Royal Naval Hospital.

There was cross voting among]

Mr. Arthur Henderson replied Bowring Street. They were both The question of the right of a at a minimum of 1,500 feet over gations and with the Secretary of It is understood that Mr. the Liberals on last night's un-"No," but the Government on in mufti. Suddenly their atten- citizen of the Dominions to carry State in regard to the agenda Rourke, who appeared to be in employment division in the House two occasions during the past tion was attracted by a female an appeal to the Privy Council It was revealed also that Lord and procedure of the Round quite his normal good health of Commons, when five Members, year had consulted the United voice calling out "Hello."

was discussed at some length Table Conference-British Wire-and spirits, had a heart attack including Sir John Simon and Sir States and the Japanese Govern- Looking up the road, they saw and adjourned for further con Thomson was rather annoyedless Service.

shortly after finishing a dance Robert Hutchison, voted against ments, and on one of these occa-the two defendants coming towards sideration. The work was also that the airship was put in the

Colleagues who were present at the Government, and four, includ- sions the French and Italian them from the direction of Austin reviewed of the committee on London, Yesterday. tended to him until the arrival of ing Mr. Walter Runciman, for Governments also, in regard to Road. The girls were about ten merchant shipping legislation shed in October In consequence of

In the State dining room of

the ambulance. Death was later the Government, threatens to pre- the protection of their respective yards away when they called out which, in the light of the recom a gale warning, and that, con- Buckingham Palace, last night, certified as due to heart failure. cipitate a political crisis. It has nationals in China. K

Witness and his companion made mendations of last year's Confer versing with Air Marshal Bir H.M. the King Emperor, accom

Mr. Rourke, a genial Irishman, exposed the long and latent divi

Extrality Question.

no reply, but remained where they ence on the operation of Domin- John Higgins, Lord Thomson panied by the Queen, entertained

known to his many friends as sion of the Party on the question Mr. Henderson said that no were, and, the girls walked up to ion legislation, has been consider- said that nothing must delay the Princes and Chiefs who are

at a banquet the Indian Ruling Pat" was attached to H.M.S. of supporting the Government: negotiations with the Chinese them.

ing the methods of attaining Tamar. It is thought that he Sir Robert Hutchison, who ac authorities in regard to tariffs! When they came up the second uniformity in accordance with preparations for the flight to London to attend the Indian

was about 35 years of age. Ho cording to political gossips, in were proceeding or were contem-accused made a remark which left the principle of the common India.

Round Table, Conference.

leaves a wife and family to tends to join the Conservatives plated. The only subject on no doubt in the minds of the officers status of nations within the Com The scene was' à magnificent Sir John Higgins testified to

mourn his toss, his Home resl- to-day, announced his resignation which negotiations were now that she and her companion were monwealth as enunciated by the satisfactory trial fight in 1929, one, the Princes being attired idence being at 62, Avondale Ter- of the Chief Whipship because he occurring was extrality. His street walkers. The girls then last Imperial Conference. when the R.101 rode out through their robes of ceremony.

race, Keyham, Devonport. disobeyed his Party decision to Majesty's Minister at Peking had asked where the men came from The Committee under the an 80 mile, an hour gala in

The guests, who numbered sixty, Upon enquiry this morning, abstain from voting last night made certain proposals on Sepand, deregarding this question, Mr. Chairmanship of Mr. Graham, November, but here Sir John included in addition to the two the China Mail was informed that Simultaneously, a letter that Sir tember 11 to the Chinese Foreign Sparrow asked them where they President of the Board of Trade, Simon quoted the diary of Colonel Indian Princea, the Queen of the Service funeral will take John Simon wrote to Mr. Lloyd Minister, but no reply had been lived and they indicated that their is drafting the result of its la Richmond, the designer of the Spain, the Prince of Wales, the place this afternoon, the cortege George 10 days ago is published, received. The negotiations were house was further up Nathan Road. hours, which includes agreed re- R.101 that the rolling of the air- Duke and Duchess of York, and leaving the Hospital gate at 4.30. describing the Labour Govern- continuing. Reuter.

Asked how much they wanted,ports on the question of a quota of the Royal ship had chafed holes in the gas other members

ment as a complete failure and bags. Sir John Simon also Family.British Wireless Service. quoted 冠 letter from Col. Richmond expressing the opinion that 5,000,000 cubic feet of the airship was unsuitable to carry 100 passengers to the Far East at all times of the year, but Sir John Higgins explained that he was probably merely emphasising that a good deal of the weight ⚫ came from the passengers' quar-

tera owing to their luxury elabor-1 ateness,

Zeppelin Delayed,

Berlin, Yesterday. Dr Hugh von Eckener has an nounced that the building of the new. Zeppelin will be delayed. one year in order that it may be re-! constructed for helium gas in view of the disaster to the R.101, and also to be equipped with heavy oil engines. Reuter.

Vast Sums Expended.

Rugby, Yesterday,“ No decision as to the use of the R.101 will be reached until the report of the Court of Inquiry now investigating the loss of the R.101 has been received and con- sidered in all its bearings on future airship policy, said the Under-Secretary for Air, Mr. F. House of Montague, in the Commons to-day. The cost of her upkeep in flying condition, including the pay of the pe, son- nel and overhead charges, was! about £600 per week.. The R.100 was at present being deflated and a full inspection of the hull was proceeding.

in

STOP PRESS

Athens, (Ohio), Yesterday, One hundred and sixty minera were killed in the Millfield coal mine as the re sult of a gas explosion, fol- lowed by a fire. A similar number escaped injured or partly gassed.

The victims include the President of the Company owning the mine. Reuter's American Service.

Amsterdam, Yesterday, The D-ox covered the voy

age from Lake Constance to Schellingwoude, at the fate of 114 miles an hour.- Reuter.

Tokyo, Yesterday, a A message from Formosa states that in a severe en- gagement Fosterday between Japanese tribesmen in the re- gion of the Bandai Valloy, the Japanese, who were attacking, lost 26 men, 10 being killed, 13 wounded, and three miss- Ing. The tribesmen are also believed

Buffered to have heavily.

The engine driver and onU passenger were killed, and eight people seriously and 20- alightly Injured early this morning when the „Niigatato yama express was derailed. The engine plunged over a cliff into a valley 100 feet below, dragging along the firat carriage Reuter.

SINCLAIR LEWIS.

He also informed questioners that the cost of the airships con- structed since the Armistice, the B.88 and the R.86, was £350,000 each The R80 cost $275,000; the R.88 £500,000; the H.87 (not completed) £825,000; the R100 (contract prica) £850,000, and the R.101, including the insertion of FAMOUS additional bay and other altera- tions, £840,000, Two German air- ships taken over at the Armistice were dismantled, being unsuit- able for the Air Ministry's pro- The total expenditure on them was about £100,000,

***Must Be Ready":" At the R101 Court of Inqui to-day Air Marshal Sir John Higgins mentioned an occasion rabip at the mast at

rode":

whe

the

AMERICAN WINS THE NOBEL PRIZE.

WORTH ABOUT £6,500.

DUTY ON WINE.

ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD REVENUE.

FIVE PERSONS CHARGED.

denouncing its intention to amend A "DOMESTIC ISSUE. the Trade Disputes Law, declar- ing that he would vote against

the Government in spite of con- EGYPT'S TROUBLES NO CONCERN siderations of tactics.

OF BRITAIN.

As the Government had pledg ed its supporters to proceed with the Trade Disputes Amendment

"Complete Failure."

Rugby, Yesterday.

TREATY PROPOSALS.

Rugby, Yesterday

Five Chinese appeared to-day be-Bill this session, Sir John Simon's fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell on aeparate letter has had the effect of rais The Foreign Secretary, Mr. charges of alleged conspiracy to ing the question of the GovernArthur Henderson, replying to defraud the revenue in respect of ment's future. `-

Parliamentary queations to-day, It is also announced that the said that the position of the Bri- duty. Two are licensees, whilst the other three are fokis. The first Labour Party has decided to open tish Government in regard to three are charged in connection a special fund and prepare for a Egypt remained.. as stated last with spirits produced by the Shing possible sudden crisis, involving a session. When the Egyptian Mee Wa distillery, Lyemun, at vari General Election. Reuter.

Government, commanding a majority in the freely-elected ous times up to and including No. vember 4. The charge against the

Egyptian Parliament expressed remaining two defendants, is in

a desire to resume. the negotia- connection with spirits produced by

tions suspended last Spring, the the Sam Shing Lok Kee distillery. Sir Robert Hutchison has Betishovernment would be Mr. H. A. Taylor, Assistant Bu- written to Mr. Lloyd George re prepared to do so on the basis of perintendent of Imports and Ex signing his position as Chief their treaty proposals. ports, appeared for the prosecution, Liberal Whip. Sir Robert

The Foreign Secretary describ and asked for a short remand, add- Hutchison, with four other Libered the recent developments in ing that Mr. M. K. Lo will appear als, including Sir John Simon Egypt as a domestic issue which for all the defendants. by voted against the Government had not affected British interests His Worship remanded the case last night contrary to the attiin such manner as to involve the to Monday and granted ball of tude of other members of the responsibilities of the British $2,000 for first and fourth defend- Party. A letter written by Sir Government under the 1922 de- ants (the licensees) and $500 each John Simon to Mr. Lloyd George claration-British Wireless Ser-

10 days ago is published to-day in vice which he states his disclination to support the Government, which he, considera, has proved its "complete failure in practically

for the fokis.

ALLEGED ROBBERY.

THREE MEN WHO WALKED AWAY"

An alleged case of highway rob bery has been reported to the Police by Ho Kau, a delivery calle employed by the Wing On Com

pany, Des Voeux Road Central, and residing at that address.

SOVIET PLEDGE.

all Departments. He also ex- PROPAGANDA AND THE THIRD presses decided opposition to the

INTERNATIONAL: Government proposal to reverts the present Trade Union Law British Wireless Service,

ACTION BY BRITAIN,

Rugby, Yesterday.

the second defendant replied as applied to wheat and to other

In

FAIR STILL.

The

Royal Observatory'a weather report to-day states;- The anti-cyclone has weak. ened and moved eastward. It w;al ∙la dow central over S.W, Japan,"

·Fresh to moderate monsoon along the S.E. coast of "Chins and over the China sen.

Forecast:-NE winds, fresh to moderate; fair,

Rainfall.”

Rainfall to 10. am.to-day nit Rainfall since January 1, 95.19 inches against an aver age of 80.81.

Temperature.

The temperatura at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock wal-

Kong Kong

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69

165

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commodities upon Import boards, and bulk purchase, and various other subjects referred to it-- British Wireless Service.

Earlier News,

New York, Yesterday, Though it is still too early to tabulate the election results, it seems certain that the wats" and Democrats: have scored a sweep- ing success. The latest returns show that B5 Democrats and 59. Republicans have been elected to the House of Representatives and 7 Democrats and 2 Republicans to the Senate

The most outstanding feature is the huge majority of 694,000 whereby Mr. Roosevelt was re- elected. This victory far exceeds anything ever scored by the ex- Governor Al, Smith. Mr. Roose- velt's nomination as the Demo crats candidate for the Presi dency

26. dere in 1962 thus seems assured. A Republican landslide in Illinois has crushed. the hopes of the Republican, Mrs. Ruth McCormick (whose father and husband were both Senators) to be the first woman elected to the Senate. Shas was defeated by half a million votes by the wet Colonel Lewis Illinois and Rhode Island have both. Chinese and asked for 81 declared by, 2 to 1 in the referen-

Swatow Chefoo Bhanghai

49:

She was immediately interrupted dum in favour of a repeal of pro- by the other girl, who, speaking inhibition; while the "wet" vote is English, asked for $2. After for leading Massachusetts, where pro- ther conversation, Mr. Sparrow told

the girls that he and his companion hibition has also been made a do

finite laque. were Police officers, and then placed the girls under arrest Mr. Dwight Morrow, Ex-Ambas Concocted Story, sador to Mexico, who was mention- awering questions in the House On the way to the Yaumati Felice ed as a possible Republican candid- of Commons, said that while be

US. DEMOCRATS IN The Foreign Secretary, an«

He deposes that about 7.80 laat night he was walking in Hatton Road on the way back to his firm, and when about midway down the 25

road three Chinese men approach- ed him, and asked him "who he WA They then searched him,

and took from his inter Jacket pocket the sum of $24.45 which in cluded two 210 Hong Kong and Shanghal bank notes...

The

Stockholm, rday:: The Nobel Prize for Literature about for 1980 has been awarded to the

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WINNING VEIN.

More Seats Wanted

for a Majority.

CLOSE CONTEST.

New York Yesterday,

had never stated that the Soviet Station the girls spoke to each ate for the Presidency, has been Government had accepted the in- other in Chinese, from which the elected Senator for New Jersey, terpretation which the British officers gathered that their defence Led by Mr.-Franklin Roosevelt, Government placed upon the pro-was going to be that they had been whose lead over Mr. Tuttle ls, now paganda pledge, he had repeated to a theatre with two Europeans 700,000, the Democrats continue ly made it plain that the British and were returning home when to have surprising gains in most Government interpreted the they were arrested. This statement Darts of the country. pledge as covering propaganda by they did in fact make when they Illinois, West Virginia, Oklahoma the Third International. He were subsequently charged at the and Colorado appear to have turned would also repeat that the British Yaumati Police Station,

out the Republican Federal Sena

So far, out of the 55 seats in the Government must be judges in Sab-Inspector Elston gave cor- tors In favour of Democrats. The three men then walked away Senate the Democrats have secured the first instance of the import roborative evidence, and added that Eleven seats in the Lower House at in the direction of Conduit Road 20- and the Republicans 13 Ostance of any incident which might the first defendant asked Mr. Spar present Republican are believed to

with the exception of of 481 Vacant seats in the House of arise and of the appropriate row if he was from a ship be Democratic in future,

Representatives the 198 Democrats action, if any, to be taken. Bri- Both girla dealed that they had The Democrats are already con- and 185 Republicans elected have tish Wireless Service.

Bolicited the Police, officers, and fidently claiming that, first defendant elected to miske- with: gained respectively, 88 and 1 Beats Democrats must secure an

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