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MARY BRIÁN, WALLACE BEERT

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禮拜三 中華民國庚午年拾二月十七

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931.

STILL GOING STRONG PREMIER NERVOUS OF ANOTHER MURDER.

FORD RUBBER SCHEME NOT

ABANDONED.

NO TRUTH IN REPORT.

Detroit, Yesterday.

The Ford Motor Company states that there is no truth in the rumour, that the Ford rubber plantations at Tapajoz are to be

ELECTION:

Would Mean a Return of Conservatives. GOVERNMENT'S DUTY.

London, Yesterday:

BODY OF FISHERMAN WASHED

ASHORE.

A SCALP WOUND.

What is believed to be another murder, this time stated to have been committed on a fishing boat, was reported at Police Headquar- The victim is a man named Young ters this morning, from Teun Wan. Fung, aged 57 years, who lived at

abandoned. On the contrary, the Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, ad- Company intends to speel up the dressing a meeting of the Faria work on the plantation.-Reuter's mentary Labour Party today: 45, Hoi Pa Village. American Service.

there were indications that Mr. Henry

said that the Government i decided that their duty was to

He

According to the Police report, [The report referred to, stated that continue to do their best to imeung left his house at 2 m. jes- Ford is abandoning his rubber grow prove the economic situation and terday to obtain some sand, ing experiment, after investing sev-not to throw the country into went away in his fishing boat and cral millions of dollars in plantations the turmoil of a general election was not seen again by the villag- ir the Tapajos River region of Brazil, unless the circumstances compell-afternoon, Fu Wing-wah, a viling

At about three o'clock in the The employces have been reduced ed that course. from 3,000 to 200. Some of the staff

era,

men have resigned and others are He believed that the Lobby, er, saw a body afloat about 20 feet transferred to Australia. It is report- not merely Government but

away from the foreshore of Muk

The body was identified as that

ed that Mr. Ford believed he had a Liberal leaders, were convinced in Ha. Village. Government concession, whereas he that a geenral election would now only had a state grant.)

mean a return of Conservatives, of Young Fung. On examination their utmost to stave off an elec man's scalp, but the Criminal In- and both were determined to do wound was discovered on the dead

tion.-Reuter.

vestigation Department, is not sure how he died.

WORKS CLOSE DOWN

OVER 8,000 MEN TO BE IDLE.

WAGE-CUT DISSENSION.

Cologne, Yesterday. The Vereinigte Stahlwerke are closing down their works near Duisburg. This will affect 8,690 men whose representatives have refused to agree to a 20 per cent. wage-cut and a 10 per cent, res- triction of the number of working days-Reuter.

MISS ENGLAND II

TO ENTER FOR BRITISH WORLD TROPHY..

Rugby, Yesterday. Lord Wakefield has decided to enter his racing motorboat, the Miss England Second, for the Bri- tish International Trophy to be con- tested at Detroit next August.

The pilot will be Kaye Don, who' during recent trlela at Lough Neagh attained an unofficial record of over 100 mlies an hour.

Kaye Don meanwhile hopes to make an official attempt on the world speed record at Buenos Aires early in March, during the British Empire Trade Exhibition.- British Wireless Service.

IRAQ PIPELINE.

CONCESSION FOR 70 YEARS GRANTED.

Jerusalem, Yesterday, The Iraq pipeline convention be tween the High Commissioner of} Palestine and the Iraq Petroleum Company, provides for the con- struction of a pipeline terminating in Acré Bay.

The concession laats seventy years, after which the pipline in Falestine. Becomes the High Com- missioner's property. The con- vention may be cancelled if the necessary agreements with other countries through which the pipe- ine passes are not completed with- in three years.--Reuter.

ROYAL MAIL STOCK.

LIABILITY IN EVENT OF WINDING UP.

London, Yesterday. The Royal Mail Steam Packet| Co's stock, which had recently shrunk to 48, cannot now be given Away on the Stock Exchange, in consequence of adverse view on the question of whether holders' lability will be unlimited in the event of winding up. Counsel's opinions oh this are in conflict- Reuter

BAYE

FLIGHT TO CAPE.

| TWO R.A.F. 'PLANEZ'ARRIVE AT PRETORIA.

FORCED TO DESCEND.

Pretoria, Yesterday,

BLUE BIRD WAITS.

- ATTEMPT ON CAR SPEED RECORD ABANDONED.

WEATHER UNSUITABLE.

Daytona, Yesterday..

Two of three Vickers Victoria Owing to poor visibility and a troop carrying aeroplanes flying to strong wind · Captain. Malcolm Capetown have arrived. A storm Campbell abandoned his attempt forced all to descend at Boshook to-day-Reuter's American Ser- yesterday, The third temporarily vice. remained at Boshock owing to [A message yesterday said that shortage of petrol.-Reuter.

Capt. Campbell drove his racing car [The three aeroplanes left Cairo Blue Bird at 240 miles an hear dur

ing an unofficial trial run to Daytonu on January 12.]

Beach.]

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