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THE

'SIX"

Clear-vision Studebaker-built body

ever, hardwood

-steel

Taeniah proof chromium-plated exterior

brightwork

Electric luck to ignition-protection against

theft

HONG KONG HOTEL

GARAGE

25, Queen's Road C. & at Stubbs Road.

The Hong Kong, & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.

The

For TIL HOVEDAPER, ENTERPRICK LTD.

Wabon

Butants Manager,

China Mail

No. 27,641

NAT AB ISHED

1846

HONG KONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1930,

ALLEGED COWARDLY PREMIER'S DENIAL OF PLANS FOR JAPAN'S WEST

ASSAULT.

Incident in On Lok Yuen Cafe,

SOLDIERS CHARGED.

NAVAL STRENGTH

PRESS RUMOUR.

Cabinet Split Story a "Deliberate Invention."

160,000,000 to Be Spent on New Vessels.

NO DISAGREEMENT.

Rugby, Yesterday. yesterday, of the impending re- The report, widely elrealated

AIR FORCE EXPANSION.

TO-DAY'S

DOLLAR, - The

closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/3 7/16,

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

Library, Supreme Court

Dainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS

Ophthalmic Optician

13, Queen's Road Central.

RIVER BOAT FULL RECOGNITION AUSTRALIA TO PAY

PIRATED.

Bandits Take Victims. to the Hills.

{

FOR BRAZIL.

HER LOANS.

Britain and U.S. After To Honour Her Finance

Brazilian Trade.

Obligations.

PRISONER'S ESCAPADE.

KEEN RIVALRY.

PREMIER'S FIRM STAND.

[From Our Own Correspondent)

the boat was a few miles above

ADULTERATION OF

MILK;

Delivery Man Puts in

Water.

TRIES TO BRIBE P.C:

em-

He had

The alleged fracas in the On

Tokyo, Yesterday.

New York, Yesterday:

London, Yesterday.

A Chinese delivery man Lok Yuen Cufe, 36, Queen's Road

A.message from Rio de Janeiro The assurance that Australia ployed at the Kwong, Lee Chi Long drawn discussions be

Wuckow, Friday. states that Great Britain has re-will strictly honour its financial Kee dairy at Lung Chau Cheng, Central, on Saturday night, in signation of the Chancellor of the tween Navy and Finance Minis-

On the night of November 5ernment. --

cognised the new Brazilian Gov. obligations was given by Mr. J. Kowloon City, appeared before which two soldiers, both privates ex-Chequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, ters have resulted in a tentative bandits in Kong Hau on the West

Reuter's American Scullin, the Premier, in a state-Mr. H. R. Butters at the Kowloon of the Argyll and Sutherland the first Lord of the Admiralty, agreement to appropriate 878- River boarded the passenger boat

Service.

[ment issued in, London, which Mr. W. Alexander, and the Secre

Earlier Cables. -

declares that nothing will induce Magistracy to-day in connection Highlanders were, involved and tary for India, Mr. Wedgwood 000,000 yen, spread over six Shun Lel, as passengers. When

Washington, Saturday. the Australian Government to with a charge against him of subsequently taken to the Central Benn, is officialy denied. A years, for the naval replenish-Kong. Hau on its way to Kwai Uen States has extended full referring payment of maturing

The Government of the United adopt a policy of deliberately de-adulterating milk, and of offer- Police Station, had a sequel be- communique issued last nightment programme, while the the bandits brought forth their cognition to the new fore Mr. E. H. Williams at the from number 10, Downing Street, balance of 182,000,000 of 500,- hidden guns and proceeded to re- Government.

Brazilian loans. They must be met. on the ing a bribe to an Indian constable Central Second. Court this morn been informed over

says: "The Prime Minister has

due date. Any other course who saw him putting water in the tele-000,000 yen, which is theoretical- lieve all the passengers of their

The announcement was made would be disastrous to Australian the milk. ing. The two men, named G. phone at Chequers that a Lonly accruable under the London Possessions and baggage. Having with dramatic suddenness by the credit, and delay for years the re- Detective Sergeant

secured all the baggage, they took

Kellett, Finneram (21) and S. Gallagher don paper publishes statements Naval Treaty, will be used to ease some of the pasengers and the Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson, storation of their economic pros who prosecuted, said that the ac

2) respectively, were both fregarding the attitude of three of the burden of taxation.

following a prolonged conference perity. The Government will cused was brought to the Tsim- charged with (a) disorderly con- his colleagues in the Cabinet to

captain of the boat away to the with President Hoover, at which meet its obligations. duct, and (b) wilful damage of the recently published Liberal- Under this tentative agreement mountains for ransom. The folja detailed report of the political

aha-tsui Eolice Station at about 2 Mr. Scullin is, confident that p.m. on November 6. some glass ware, the property of memorandum on unemployment. 160,000,000 yen will be appró-lowing day soldiers from Kong situation in Brazil was consider any

Australian Government two baskets. One contained 14 the Cafe. A further charge of He authorises the statement that priated for the construction of Hau pursued the bandits and cap-ed

which failed to do so would lose farge-and five small empty milk assaulting a waiter was prefer- the suggestion that the Cabinet vessels covered by the Treaty tured 10 of them but failed to

The promptness with which the the support of the Australian bottles, and the other eight large red against Finneram.

are divided on this.isue is quite and 58,000,000 yen for vessels rescue the prisoners.

State Department has acted in people.Reuter. untrue.

and seven small full bottles. In Moreover, neither by outside the limitation. 3

Bid for Freedom..

this matter is evidently designed personal representations nor by Ninety million yen has been

addition there was a bottle part- to eradicate the memory of the letter from any quarter has such allotted for the expansion and

6 on board the diplomatic blunder committed

ly filled with water which had the naval air speedy motor boat San Tang when the United States refused

Rugby, Yesterday. been contaminated with milk. communication as is indicated in maintenance of the newspaper been made to him, force, including 12 additional Chow, a Kwong Tung, soldier was to permit shipments of arms to Australia, the tour of the Austra had cardboard stoppers, but they In view of the developments in The milk bottles which were full In his evidence, Fung Tong (a and the first he had heard of it squadrons, giving a total of 29, being taken back to Wuchow for the revolutionaries. writer), said that at about 9.30 was when he was informed of the while 60,000,000 yen is allotted to

shown that it is keenly alive to be curtailed and he returned to E. R. Dovey, the Government

lian Prime Minister, Mr. J. were not sealed with wax. The State Department has also Scullin, in the West of England sent all the full bottles to Mr. p.m. on Saturday the two defen-publication of the article. the modernisation and mainten dants came into the shop and had "The story about a Cabinet splitance of capital ships, and

the fact that valuable foreign an ice cream each. He served on Mr. Lloyd George's proposals 5,000,000 yen for the establish- them, and, after leaving them, is a deliberate invention from ment of an aviation laboratory. expected witness heard them make a noise beginning to end. There is not a Minor alterations are which gave him the impression item of truth in the statement, before the final approval by the that something had been broken, nor shadow of foundation for Cabinet-Reuter..

Witness went to see what had any of the references made to happened, but found that nothing myself"

Both defendants entered pleas

of not guilty to all the charges. Inspector Shaftain prosecuted.

Something Broken,

had been broken, except that the

Mr. Alexander said: “I know.

JEWS AND LABOUR.

ice cream cups, had been turned nothing of this alleged crisis and WAS PRESSURE BROUGHT TO upside down and that a spoon I feel certain that my other col- had been thrown to the ground, leagues know nothing about it." The two defendants then stood

up,

and, after

Mr. George Lansbury, Firet

witness had Commissioner of Works, speaking

made out the bill

.it to the

banded

he in Derbyshire last night, said first that on the broad basic principles

BEAR ON THE PREMIER?

REVERSAL OF POLICY.,

Rugby,. Yesterday. With concurrence of the Colon-

defendant. The latter pointed to of policy there was no disagree the second defendant, who by ment in the Cabinet at all: All ial Office the Palestine Adminis this time had found his way to the talk of a break was nonsense, tration has been einpowered to the front door of the cafe.

Witness went after the first deeral election under three years,

"There is not likely to be a ger-issue 1,450 permits for Jewish immigrants into Palestine in fendant and asked for payment, for we shall not resign until we the next six months. In a White First defendant did not take the are turned out, and I don't think Paper recently issued It was bill, but instead, knocked witness that will happen, because the op- stated that serious unemploy into a chair in the first cubicle, position cannot agree."-British ment exists among both the Jew

Wireless Service.

and was struck on the

nosc.

and he fell into a leaning posi- tion.

Taking opportunity of this the first defendant dashed up to wit- ness and pushed his head in the

SANITARY BOARD.

I

STATIONS.

corner of the chair, and put his QUERIES ANENT DISINFECTING hands round witness's neck, pressing him to the seat. After that he lifted witness up and placed him on the table, which

had a glass top. In doing so, the

DAMAGED PROPERTY ?

and Arabian population in Pales- tine and that any hasty decision in regard to more unrestricted Jewish immigration, was, to be strongly deprecated.

The inference was drawn that! |immigration was not to be re- sumed at present, but it is off- clally stated that the Government) had never expressed any inten- tion of stopping immigration, but rather of taking steps to en- Dr. sure that immigration should not

At the meeting of the Sanitary

Wednesday,

On November

BECOMING COOLER?

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

The Japanese depression has deepened and moved to the N.E. Hokkaido.

A shallow depression is still shown over Tongking. "1

An anti-cyclone has formed over N. China: -

Forecast: Light, variable winda, freshening from N.E. later; fine at first, drizzle or mist later, becoming cooler..

Rainfall.

Rainfall to 10 am. to-day nil. Rainfall since January 1, 05.19 inches against an aver- age of 81.03.,

Temperature.

The temperature at certain specified contres this morning at 6 o'clock was:-

Service.

Tour Curtailed.

He

markets are at stake in Brazil, by London yesterday to consult his Analyst.

Mr. Dovey, in his evidence, said. colleagues, the Attorney-General, recognising the new Government. Brennan, and the Minister that his examination of the con- ahead of Great Britain, who is for Markets, Mr. Moloney, who tents of the bottles resulted in America's principal rival in those with Mr. Scullin are the Austra- his finding that the milk in every markets. Reuter's

American lian delegates to the Imperial case had been adulterated with Conference. The consultation water. Three of the bottles con- than half water, produced no change in the atti-tained more tude of Mr. Scullin firmly to re- whilst the proportion of water in sist the proposals of the extrem-the others was about one-third. ists of the Labour caucus for the compulsory postponement of the redemption of the £27,000,000 in- ternal loan, maturing next month.

-British Wireless Service.

INDIA CONFERENCE.

NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY.

POLICE RESERVE,

ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT WEEK:

KING RECEIVES PRINCES.

Rugby, Yesterday. ̧* All the delegates to the Indian Round Table Conference have now assembled in 'London, the Maharajah of Patiala, Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes, hav- ing arrived yesterday from Paris. Eighty-six delegates, of whom 16 will represent the princes, 57 British India, and 13-the Bri-Wolfe, CMG., Inspector-General tish Parliament, will meet on of Police, state:- Wednesday in the Royal Gallery

Hong Kong Масад

75

74

Pratas Island

78

of the House of Lords for the for-

Manila

76

Foochow Amoy

60

76

36

62

Swatow

Chefoo Shanghai

ATTLIJE 183

ARMISTICE DAY PLANS.

Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C.

Armistice Day.

Members of the Chinese Company

What His Mistress Said.. The mistress of the dairy gave evidence that she filled the milk bottles directly after the milk had been taken from the cows and handed the bottles, properly seal- ed, to the accused to deliver to customers. She sealed the bottles with wax herself and accused had [nothing to do with the bottles ex-

cept deliver them....

It was not part of the accused's duty to wash the empty bottles, which would be done by other fokis when they were brought to the dairy. There was also no need for the accused to pass, the milk from large to small bottles.

Husband or Foreman? Accused said that the master of the dairy gave him the instruc- tions to wash the empties and pass the milk into them. The mistress

mal opening of the Conference by detailed for duty on Armistice Day HM. the King. Subsequent will report at Central Police Station of the dairy said that there was no meetings will be held in St. at 10.15 a.m., (not 9.30 am. as pro- master, because she was a widow. James's Palace where, during the viously stated) thence proceeding She suggested that the accused past week, several informal sec-to the Public Gardens for Police was referring to the foreman.

This man happened to be in

The King and Queen received

| evidence. He asserted that the

last witness was his wife,

first defendant broke the lamp Board on shade and bulb, and beat a brass W. V. M. Koch, pursuant to exceed the capacity of the 'coun

tional meetings have been held.· Duty at the Chinese War Memorial Court and he was called to give tube.

notice, will ask:-

try to absorb an additional popu-] Will the Head of une Sani-lation. The action now taken, it trial before a Court Martial on ference at Buckingham Palace

the Indian delegates to the Con- Ceremony. tary Department kindly give is added, is in strict accordance:

charges of desertion from the yesterday,

Members of other units will information on the following with the policy of the Govern

The delegates were parade at stated below:- infecting stations in Victoria Declaration. British Wireless er jumped overboard, even though tish Wireless Service. matters regarding the disment, based upon the Balfour army. The boat just having left presented by Captain Wedgewood the city of Tueng Uen the prison-Benn, Secretary for India-Bri-

Indian Company. and in Kowloon.

Police Called In. Police whistles were then blown. On hearing this the first defendant released the witness and ran out of the shop. Witness chased him, and outside in the street he saw the second defen- dant under arrest of two Indiani. constables. First defendant on seeing that his friend had been caught, turned back and the party proceeded to the Police Station.

In reply to Inspector Shaftain, witness said: ""I did not realise very much the pain at the time when I received the blows, but I was half stunned. My nose bled for well over 10 minutes." Wit.

ness added: "I saw nothing of the second defendant between the time that he walked out of the shop, and the time that he came back under the arrest of the In- dian constables." He added: "When I received the blow on the nose I fell back to chair and the first defendant came up to me and put his hands round my head. When the first blow was struck I was outside the cubicle, and he knocked me in." Replying to his 73 Worship Witness said that it was an accident that the glass table top broken. It was not broken before the incident."

had an

ness

Accused's Dehlal

ram, when naked if he

estiona to: to wit

not give We Witnesa

Fira

What is the method of dis

Service.

infection employed? CLEVER RUSE FAILS, (a) How are articles, especially bedding, cloth-

ing, etc., from infectious OPIUM, CONCEALED ON GIRLS'

LEGS.

cases taken to and return-

ed from the station.

(b) Is there a special

gang of coolies employed?

ance?

$5,000 FINE IMPOSED,

his arms were bound with ropes.

The guard seeing his prisoner GENERAL T. H: BLISS. jump into the river, fired some

five or six shots at him, several

DEAD.

of which, no doubt, took effect, as FORMER U.S. CHIEF OF STAFF the unfortunate man was seen come to the surface, but went down for the last time. The boat circled immediately and

(c) Are special vana em- A Chinese youth was to-day went back to the spot, but no ployed for such conver-charged before Mr. R. E. Lindseli trace of the prisoner was to be by Revenue Officer Grimmitt with seen. The boat then proceeded Is every care taken to en- the unlawful possession of 45 taelson its way to, Wuchow sure that no damage is of prepared opium In 25 Circular done to the articles sent Pathway, He pleaded guilty. for disinfection ? ‹

Mr. Grimmitt said that on In»

GRAVE CHARGE. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT OF

$2,000.

PARTNER IN COURT.

--IN: MANY CAMPAIGNS.

Mr. Butters (to the woman): I thought you said that you have no husband?...

The woman: He is my foremа, 2 Sergeants and 10 Constables -will-report-at-Central-at 9:30 a. | but If he wanta_to_claim to be my to draw revolvers.

Dress White husband, let him.de sol. uniform, helmet, belt and truncheon

No Instructions to Accused. In reply to the accused, this wit- to be worn.

ness denied that, as the dairy was Sergeant and 10 Constables will short of their own bottica, they parade with their machines at used the bottles of various other Central at 10 am to draw revolvers, dairies to put the milk in. He also Dress-khaki uniform and cap with denied that he had given the ac- khaki cover.

Flying Squad.

Sharp Shooters Company.

cused Instructions to transfor the~ milk to the dairy's empties before delivering it

Washington, Yesterday. The death occurred to-day of General T. H. Bilss, the former Chief of State of the United'

10 members of this Cómpany will Accused: Even with this systems: States Army in his seventy- proceed direct to the stations allott-there had not been enough bottles seventh year. Reuter's Ameri-ed to them at the hour arranged. to go round and I have actually can Service.

Dress-Khaki uniform, black belt delivered milk in bottles which did G.C.M.G., who was U.S. repre-

[General Tasker. Howard Bliss, with pouch and holster with belong to the dairy. I want to call

revolver.

some of the customers to say that -General.

they have received milk in differ- Revolver. Practice. The regular ent bottles cer

iv. Is it known as a fact that formation received he raided the articles of clothing, bed-bouse last night, and on entering ding, mattresses, etc., found a Chinese girl leaving the

sentative on the Versailles War have been found to be dés-place with four rubber bands round

Council, was born in 1853, and troyed or damaged when her legs. There was no opium

entering the U.S. Military Aca-weekly revolver practice (volun- The Magistrate said, that that returned after disinfectator a call came at the door for

demy in 1875, served through tary) will take place at the Kennedy evklence, would not make any tion, and is it likely this "Ab Chan", and the defendanti Au Shun Hing, a managing part several campaigns, including the Road Range on Wednesday, at 6.30 difference to the case as the charge has been done during the walked out, in an attempt, at the ner of the Li On Firm, 2, Ko Shing Mexican insurrection and the P. It will be open to all ranks against him was one of adulterat process of disinfection? same time, to escape. He was Street, was to-day brought before Porto Flean rising and the of the Poles Special Cousteing the milk. Have any complaints been searched and oplum was found E. H. Williams in the Central Great War. During the last cam and Flying Squad, Felice Reserve. Accused. The water I carried made, or any claims for concealed In four rubber bands Court, on a charge that he, between paign he was a member of the Flying Squad. compensation been sent in which was strapped round his lege: Cetobe 37 and overber to U.S. General Staff, and after the for destroyed or damaged a little girl was behind defendant lawful did, embezzle the sum of Armistice, American Commls property 7

at the time, but she had no oplum. $2,000, the money of the firm sioner at the Paris Peace Confer. Is the process of disinfec- Mr. Grimmitt added that the place Appearing on behalf of the comence tion, carried but carefully was evidently a dealer's house, and plainant, Cheung Washing (a and under experienced that probably the first lot of car fellow partner), Mr. T. G. Bennett It was the custom of the confor revolver practice. Members by adulterating the milk. superylalon?"

rlere had got sway informed his Worship that he gregation to repeat the Twenty- will fall in either at Central Police Convicted on Both Charges.

A fine of $5,000 with the alter would like remand of one week, third Peam in, colcert, and Mrs. Station at 6.15 p.m. sharp or at His Worship convicted, the ac- native of eight months' hard labour as there were two more charges to Armstrong's notion of joining was

the Range.

cused on both charges. For adal- was impoded chispa bo put against the defendant. One 20 keep about a dozen words The weekly instructional patrol terating the milk he was fined There was no money, on the table In

Chinesa was the embezzlement of $1,500 and shead all the way through. A of the Hong Kont Section will take $100 or ten weeks' jail and for steamer the oiler was sue of fathifying the stranger was asking one day plaze on Friday. Fall in at the offering the bribe to the oplum Lied to books of the firm. He would like about Mrs. Armstrong, Central Police Station at 5:15 p.m. stable de $200 or, in der ball to be in a substantial aut

bill. him, nor did I even touch him

The bill was 40 cents.

At this stage, hia Worali

On hutnight

fourned the hearings

Wedne

day at 2,18,

plum in bot

be confiscated..

with me was for washing the Revolver Practice All ranks of empties before transferring the the Flying Squad (Hong Kong, and milk to them. When the constable Kowloon Sections) will attend at saw me I was washing the empties the Kennely Hood Range an and not putting water in milk as Wednesday, at 5.80 p.m. sharp. he alleged I don't gain anything

"Wha," he inquired, "was the sharp Dress--Khaki. Unifarm threð 1 hard labour His Worship romanded defendant lady who was already by the still and Capt with

sum of $5,000.

lying down in grein

was ordered to for a week, and granted-ball-in the Staters, while the resten

$25

Bird Istour in