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HONG KONG, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1931.

PRINCES ASSIST IN GANDHI'S MEETING

No. 27,734

BAY HOME

COMES

RESCUE..

WITH VICEROY.

DIANA BAY WINS

AGAIN

WRAMEDEL

12 Military Bandsmen Drowned.

Congress Impressed More Favourably.

FEELINGS OF OPTIMISM.

Bombay, Yesterday.

EASY VICTORY FOR MR.

“BILLY" HILL.

BARGE RAMMED.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 11d.

TROTSKY ESCAPES FROM FIRE

A SECRET 3.

An Irish Motorist thinks that the Dunlop Rubber, Compaxý posters a valuable secret. Read what he says:-

from practical experience

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TheDanlop Company. I think, is like thingsa da Co. It has # Finanufacturingecret, undiscovered

by its compellors."

The Dunlop Rubber Co., (China) Ltd. Pedder-Buliding. Telephone 24554.

FAIR.

Increased Attendance

Very Satisfactory.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

FRANCE AGREES TO BRITISH INDUSTRIES

NAVAL TREATY.

Works of Historical

Three Power Value Lost.

Complete Accord.

HURRIED FLIGHT.

JAPAN'S VIEWS AWAITED A CHEERFUL FEATURE,

Rugby, Saturday. Constantinople, Yesterday.

Paris, Yesterday. Santiago de Chilo, Yesterday.

The house in which Trotsky is:

Mr. Arthur Henderson and Mr. The Olympia and Birmingham Twelve military bandsmen, who

A more hopeful atmosphere played during the dinner to the prevails, due to the long confer-living on Prinkipo Island, a re-1A. V. Alexander arrived here to sertions of British Industries Fair Prince of Wales at La Centirella (ence between the Viceroy and sort on the sea of Marmora, was day and proceeded immediately to closed last night and buyers at yesterday evening, were drowned Gandhi, at the conclusion of burned down early this morning. the Quai d'Orsay, where they the Allled British Cotton Textile whilst crossing the lake to Valdivia, which the latter declared that Trotsky and his family huddled gave M. Briand an account of Exhibition at White City up to inst night were considerably over their barge having been rammed "the conversation was not ended, on their clothes and escaped, tak-their conversations in Rome.

200,000. Buyers at Olympia last and would be resumed."

ing refuge in a neighbouring Agreement Reached. by another.

hotel.

Later. year numbered about 155,000 and The Prince of Wales and Prince

Optimism Telt. George at midnight hastened to the

A large part of Trotsky's After a three-hours" meeting the increased attendance is con- Over Conditions for the second day of the Race Meeting this morn-lake side to asalst in the rescue and

Although suspense regarding library and archives were des- between the British and French sidered very satisfactory.

Irwin-Gandhi negotiations troyed, including a number of Ministers at the Quai d'Orsay, it sen buyers came from 74 countries ing were not too favourable, although there were prospects of better left only when hope was abandon continues, a feeling of optimism works of great historical value, was announced that the naval and represented lands as distant weather. The slight drizzle, if anything, made for better times, ed. They telegraphed their deepest has crept in. The Congress Work- the loss of which is considered to negotiations had been successful. as Afghanistan, Fiji, Iraq and sympathy to the President and the ing Committee met to examine be irreparable, although in his The terms among the British, Nicaragua. Countries most numer- making the going a little more solid.

Colonel of the bandsmen's regi- the revised draft of the Viceroy's hurried flight Trotsky managed French and Italian Ministers analy represented were in the fol- There was not a big attendance at the start, but the crowd was ment-Reuter's American Service. proposals. It is understood that to save some correspondence be negotiated in Paris and Rome will lowing order: Holland, Irish Free gradually coming in, and it looked as if it would be quite the usual NO NIGHT WORK.

Lord Irwin's reply in regard to tween himself and Lenin, also the be recommended by them for States, Germany, Denmark, France, the enquiry into alleged police ex-manuscript of the second volume ratification by their Governments. United States and India. cesses is more conciliatory, and of Trotsky's History of the Rus- the Committee are favourably sian Revolution, and other liter- impressed as a result of the con-ary data.-Router. versations., Gandhi is again in- terviewing Lord Irwin this even- ing. The conversation is expect- ed to last until midnight. Reuter,

ARMONY ONLY SECOND

dimensions round about tiflin time.

WEATHER UNFAVOURABLE

champs 152 mb.

Mrs.

(Mr. T, X. Tung)

Pearce's Edenbridge 158 lb..(Mr. G. U. da Roza)

Armony was made favourite for the first race, but could do no better, than second to Bridge Hall, which came away in the straight to win handily by three lengths.| Iron Blood, ridden by Mr. Frost, Prince's Northern Prince got a very bad start, but minde up ground surprisingly to take third

155 lb.

. (Mr. Charles) place. Peter Guerney led for Ellis & Is Silver Key. 158 b.

most of the way, but faded out)

round the Village bend.

There were twelve starters for the second race, which was won

0

O

(Mr. Harriman) 0

T. P. T.'s The Wind 155 b.

(Mr. H. C. Leo) 0

by the favourite, Fortune. Bay, Wong Ping-shun & Chan Tin-

which was very capably ridden by Mr. Hill to come in first by five lengths.

son's Thunderous Stag .....

(Mr. Quincey) 0

.

There was very little G. F. L.'s Yankee 155 doubt as to the ultimate winner from the start, the Bay showing up far better than on Saturday last. Eros ran very well to take second place, and will bear watch-i ing.

Diana Bay won the third race but her performance was not quite so convincing as on Satur- day, the time, 2 mins. 5 secɛ., be- ing very poor for this class of pony.

(Mr. Y. T. Fung) 0

Won by lengths; 6 lengths. Time: 2 mins. 16 sees.

Pari-mutuel: - Winner $9.701 Places, 1st $5.90; 2nd $6.70; Srd $10.10.

3-The-

Victorla Stakes. Winner $1,000. Second $500. Third $200. For all China Ponies. Weight for Inches as per scale. Entrance" $10. One Mile.

3.The Tower Stakes-Winner $750.1. Dunbar'a Diana Bay 158 lb..

Second $300. Third $200. For

China Posies Subscription Grins

of this Club of any Season. Weight L. Dunbar's Gleneagles 158 lb.

140 b. For each $200 or part

thereof won In stakes at any ilmei

TO CEASE FOR WOMEN IN

U.S. MILLS.

Charlotte North Carolina,

Yesterday. The Secretary of the American Cotton Manufacturing Association announces that 83 per cent. of the cotton textile industry in the United States has agreed to discontinue night work for women and minors. -Reuter's American Service.

the

Impressed By Sincerity.

Later.

BAN ON SOVIET.

DEMAND FOR EMBARGO ON

TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

LETTER TO PRESIDENT.

Entire Agreement."

The

business done in the faca.......of

of new ac-

DUTCH AVIATION.

A Naval official communique World Trade depression was mast states that Mr. Henderson and encouraging and beyond the ex- Mr. Alexander communicated to Dectations of the exhibitors. One M. Briand and M. Dumont the re cheerful feature in their reports. sults of their conversations in is the large number Rome after which Mr. Henderson counts opened by every section. and M. Briand jointly telegraphed British Wireless Service. to Signor Grandi: "We are happy to inform you that we find our- selves in entire agreement on the arrangement negotiated in Rome for the acttlement relating to the New York, Yesterday.

limitation of naval armaments It is understood that the Fifty-two patriotic societies have left outstanding by the Treaty of

The Hague, Saturday, Viceroy's reply to Gandhi as re-sent a letter to President Hoover London. We are ready to recom-} The Royal Dutch Air Navigation. gards an enquiry into the alleged demanding an embargo on trade mend this arrangement for the Company proposes to start a week. police excesses is more concilia-] with Russia-Reuter's American approval of our Governments and ly service to the Dutch East Indies tory. The Congresă executive is] Service.

to other interested Governments,” : on October 1 if the country's

No Details Yet,

financial position is such as to Ón the request of the British enable the necessary; subsidy to delegation no details or figures of be granted. Reuter. the settlement will be announced,

The "talks" between Irwin and Gandhi are being resumed and the outlook has improved, although the suspense continues..

HAVE YOU WON? greatly impressed by the

LUCKY NUMBERS IN CASH

SWEEPS.

TO-DAY'S DRAWINGS.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club's annual race meeting cash sweeps hold to-day resulted as follow:-

A

Race 1.

No.. 197

か

497

*

$1,474.20 421.20 210.60

Unplaced runners (350 each), Nos.: 433, 12, 505, 620, 288, 96, 412, 29, 638, 537, 429, 676, 141.

Race 2

(Mr. Hill). 1

(Mr. Sokoloff) 2

No. 202 229 274

1 d. extra. (Jockey Allowance). Mackie, & Grayburn's, Pickle Entrance $10. Once Round (about)

7 Furlongs 40 Yards).

Ho Kom-tong's Bridge Hall

152 b.......... (Mr. Clark) 3

$1,745.80 498.80 249.10

Unplaced runners (350 each), o Nos.: 698, 294, 199, 27, 554, 155,

251, 494, 68.

Hau Un's Ataman 158 lb......

(Mr. H. C. Pib)

(Mr. Pate-Hunt) 0

102 .... (Mr. T. L. Wong) 1 Eve's Misty Eve 152 lb. Mrs. R. M Austin's Armony

187 b........ (Mr. Heard) 2 Festival's Orlando 162 11

Artik's Iron Blood 149 b. ...

Wong

Viceroy's sincerity-Reuter.

Earlier Nowa.

[A message of February 29 atated: The House of Representa New Delhi, Saturday.

tives, by an overwhelming majority, Bill, The Congress Working Commit- passed the Kendall Hawley tee has definitively rejected the strengthening

1930 Tarlt Act against convlet-pinde Viceroy's counter proposals.

the

WEEKLY SERVICE TO EAST INDIES.

+

as the agreement must first be found it possible to make conces- communicated to Tokyo, Washing- sions which will not greatly con goods ton and the Dominions. But the flict with her former attitude, but The three main füculties ap-entering the United States.

The details will be announced simul-that she adheres to the main prin parently responsible for the fate- Bil makes the prohibition effective taneously in London, Washington, ciples of her own needs.---Reuter. ful decision of the Fongress are on April 1, 1981, instead of January Paris, Rome, and Tokyo later Dinner at Embassy, that the Congress he been insist 1982, and applies the embargo in the week, probably Wednesday.

Rugby, Saturday. ing on an Independent fnquiry into against goods handled, trans. M. Dumont, the French Minis- Signor Mussolini last night at

loaded, or unloadedter of Marine, in a statement to tended a dinner at the British alleged police excessne, on their ported,

by partly

con the Press said, "Some modifica Embassy in Rome in honour of right to picket shops selling for wholly eign cloth and liquor. and their victs or forcer labour, as well tions, however slight, are being the British Ministers conducting right to manufacture salt, but then against goods manufactured by contemplated in the London the Naval negotiations. The

It also admits de Naval Treaty.".

Foreign Secretary, Mr. Hender- authorities were unable to agree such workers. upon these "preliminarles" to abroad in proving the employment London on Monday-Renter.

positions from United States agents

The British delegation leave for Bon and the Duce afterwards had truce-Reuter.

SOVIET DANTON.

PITILESS PROSECUTOR TAKES THE STAGE AGAIN.

"INEXORABLE ORATORY,"

or

of convict labour.1

TROOPS HELD UP. PERUVIAN NAVY TO PREVENT

THEIR DESPATCH. ・・

GOVERNMENT RESIGNA.

Earlier Cable.

a long conversation: Discussions were resumed to-day between Mr. Rome, Saturday, Henderson and Sig. Grandi, as" A satisfactory ending to the well as between the Naval ex- discussions between the British [perts, and it is expected that the Ministers, Mr. Arthur Henderson British Ministers and their Staff (Foreign Secretary), Mr. will leave Rome to-day. A. V.. Alexander (First Lord of

So far complete secrecy has the Admiralty), and the Italian been maintained about the con- Ministers, Signor Grandi (For-versations, due to the delicacy of eign Secretary), and Admiral their nature and the necessity of Mr. Krylanko, the pitiless Public |

Guiseppe Sirianni (Minister of informing and consulting the Prosecutor, whose inexorable The Government have resigned, the Navy), on the draft of the United States and Japanese Gov- oratory secured the death sentence The Navy issued a manifesto to-day London Naval Treaty, was reach-ernments on any developmenta→→ in December for sight of the ac stating that It would prevent the ed in the early hours of this British Wireless Service. Unplaced runners (350 each), cused in a mass trial for sabotage, dispatch of Government troops to morning, after intensive negotia-

reappeared on the stage In the the South against the rebels in tlons. Nos.: 502, 763, 684.

Trade Union Hall to-day for the trial of the Mensheviks...

Race 3.

(Mr. Frost) 9 Yoe-chung's Awaken

(Mr. Yue Shun-wa) 0 Won by 2 lengthe; a length. Time: 2 minh. 05 secs. Pari-mutuel; Winner · 85.10;

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No. 804 494 740

$2,151.80 €14.80 907,40

Lion 140 b... (Mr. Charles) 0

1. Dunbar's Bay of Calamity Places, 1st $6,10; 2nd $5.20; 3rd

140 B......... (Mr. H. C. PĨh), 0 $6,80. Mackle & Grayburn's Calder

140 B. Lau & Lee's Duke of Normandy IL 151 b..(Mr. T. Y. Tung)

...... (Mr. Clark)

Chau & Chow's Happy Day

0

Stakes.-Winner 04~The Mongolian

$750. Second $800. Third $200. For Subscription Griffins of ́ ́this. Meeting Weight for inches as per scale. Winner of Valley Stakes 7 Ib, extra. (Jockey Allowance). Entrance $10. One Mile.

144 Ib. 7...(Mr. S. N. Pan) 0.

Hinson & Yam Man's Monk

168 Th.... (Mr. Y. S. Chang) 0 Dynasty's King Willow 152 b. Topside'a Mountain Rat 147 ID.

(Mr. Harriman) Artik's Mavanagher 147 b...

(Mr. Arnold) · Widdecombe's Peter Guerney 152 mb..(Mr. G. U. da Roza) Proulx & Sling's Shanghai Beau 149 .........(Mr. Proulx)

K. H. Kay's The Jamaica

(Mr. 8. Y. Chang) 1 Chau & Chau's Good Day

146 Ib...... (Mr. H. C. Pih). 2 Carroll's Azulen Leaf 149 th

(Mr. T. I Wong) 3 Eve's Arctic Eve 162, ...

(Mr. Pote-Hunt) 0|

150 m (Mr. Pote-Hant) 01. T. Fe, Copper Key 149 b.

Hall & Sherton's The Quai); :

L. Dunbar's Bay of Bellingham

II. 169 lb. ................... (Mr. H{!}} 0

(Mr. H. C. Lee) 0 ..(Mr. Quincey). 0 Lewis & Tinson's Demurer Harbot's. Tom Thumb 140 : Iba

146 b. ....... (Mr., 8. Y. Liang}" - 0] Lau & Lee's Duke of Brittany

144 Tb..

(Mr. Botelho) Time: 1. min. 55 seca.

Won by, 8 lengths; 3 lengths.

Farl-mutuel: Winner $18.70;

་

149 TÊN ...(Mr. T Y. rung)

0

J. J. Paterson Haleakala 155.

V (MF. Heard) 0

Race 4.

No. 309

#

775 334

$2,121 606 808

Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 385, 82, 381, 345, 822, 725, 200, 587, 368, 278, 002, 625, 697, 114, 265-

Selections for To-day.

[By "Wombat"] 5th Race:

Kilrea.

Wattle. Fritz

6th Race:

Sam Houston. Spey Gold Key. 7th Race:

Hetman

Places, Azt $6.00; 2nd $6.90: 3rd Happy's Happy Choice 149 Coronation Eve.

$18.80.

Buy (Me. Ip Kiu-ying) : 0 Wong & Tang's Happy H

The Tyro Stakes-Winner 8750 149 (Mr. Backhouse), 0 Second $300. Third $200. For Rafeek & Wong's Kwangsaf „China Ponies bona fide Griffins, of

this Mesting. Weight for inches at

149 1

KOVO (ME, Frost)0

per scale. Winners at this Meeting Weetob's Facemaker 152 th

7. Ib. paxtra. Subscription Griffins (Mr. Harriman) 0

of this Meeting allowed 10 b. Bellamy & Gordon's Scafell

(Jockey Allowance). Allowances cumulative Entrance $10 From the Two Mile Post Once Round and In (about. One Mile 171 Yards),

Eden LDunbar's Fortune Bay

165, 10. b... (Mr. Hila KH. Kay's Eros 158

Hunt),

Ho Kom-tours. Bru

146 D... (Mr. Arnold)

0

0

Brown- & - Coppin's Berappit

149′′D." (Mr. G. U. da Roza). O Hoom-tong's Summer Hall 149 b. (Mr. 8, N. Pan) 149 10...... Mackle & Grzyburn's, Tay (Mr. Clark) Fung & Tang's Twilight 1199S ZALARI(Mr. Y. T. Fung)

"Raldy) A Tima

house)

Duke of Long

Places, Irt 86.901 2nd #23,60 # Brd.

JMI.

8th Race:

O'Moon. Piccy The Grouse.

9th Race:

Nationalist II. King's, Colour. Christmas Chimes. 10th Race

King Service.

* Cyclamen Bay,

Wonderful Stag 11th Race

Sitting Bulli

Vasylock

Moscow, Yesterday.

ed with counter-revolutionary as-{ tivities.

The organisation is alleged to have aimed at the restoration of the capitalist regime by means of "wrecking" activities and foreign intervention.

Lima, Yesterday,

RAIN AND FOG,

The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day gtates:

The anti-cyclone has weaken- ed and is now central over the Yellow Bea

Agreement Reached...........

Terms of Settlement.

Washington, Yesterday,

..

order avoid a civil war, and urged It is authoritatively stated The fact that the nasal agree- the President to hand over the that Italy, subject to minor, re-ment between Britain, France and The reading of the indictment Government to the new Junta servations, has agreed to the Italy is in sight is viewed here. lasted for four hours.

formula which the British Minis- with gratification as an extension The accua Reuter's American Service.. ed pleaded guilty. Some of those

ters brought from Paris on of the work achieved at the Lon- sentenced to death in December are Tlars for the erection of a $750, February 26, following a virtual don Naval Conference. appearing in the witness box-|000 blecult manufacturing plant in Franco - British agreement re- Although official comment' Is Reuter. 7

Winnipeg have been made by the garding the conditions on which withheld pending the receipt of [An earlier message stated: Toronto firm of Christie Brown and France is to become a party to complete Information regarding fourteen members of the Socialist Co., Limited, it is announced by the full London Treaty.

the terms of settlement, the Bri- organisation, the "All Union Austin J. Bordley, sales manager. Barring any unforeseen hitch, tish persistency in devising a Bureau of Central Committees of Werk will begin at once and the the way is now clear for the fuil | formule which is secure of accept- Mensheviks," will stand trial in the plant will likely be in operation in agreement of Italy and France to ance nevertheless calls forth gen- Supreme Court on March 1, chargnine months.

the Treaty. The news has caused eral admiration, especially' from. great satisfaction throughout those who are best aware of the Italy.

difficulties encountered.-Renter's Mr. Henderson and Mr. American Service. Alexander are returning to Lon- [Broadly stated, the object of don via Parls, where they hope the present negotiations, as of finally to clinch the deal at an- the preliminary conversations other meeting with French Minia which Mr. Craigie, of the Foreign ters at the Quai d'Orsay, '..'' Office. has had during recent months with the French and A communique issued by the Italian experts in Parts, Rome: British Embassy states that an and Geneva, is to overcome the Italo-British agreement was difficulties which remained after reached in principle on the ques- the Powers Naval Conference tions left outstanding at the Lon-held in London a year ago, don Naval Conference,

As a result of that Conference The terms have to be submit a Three Power Treaty was sign ted to the French Government.ed between Britain, the United Mr. Henderson and Mr. Alexander States and Japan, while France have accordingly left for Paris, and Italy were to continue the Should the French Government negotiations which, it was hoped, gree, then the proposals will be would enable them, to adhere to submitted to the Governments of the Five Power Treaty. the United States, Japan, Great The object of the British nego- Britain, and the British Domin- tiators has been to facilitate a ions Reuter V

Naval agreement between France and Italy of such a nature as Deep Silence,

Rome, Saturday, would eliminate any need on the Apart from the communique part of Britain to invoke Article mentioned, deep silence is being 21 of the Three Power Treaty, observed regarding the Navyal whereby Britain, if compelled to agreement: The only statement do, so by continental building obtainable is a somewhat cryptic might revise the limits laid downt announcement that it is hoped in that part, Other Powers signa- that the way has been found for tory to the London Naval Treaty the conclusion of a Five-Power are being kept informed of all de- dreement, and that Italy han velopments.]

The indictment states that the All-Union Bureau was organised In central economic institutions. and a number of counter-revolu tionary cells werd financed by Mensheviks abroad and the in dustrial Party from funds sub sidised by the German Social Do mocratic Party, the Second Inter national, and the Paris Commer cial Industrial Committee, AL defendants are reported to have pleaded guilty, 3

CSGO MONEY LEFTATE

Local estate valued at $22,100. was left by John Charles Oswald, business man of Fooɑhow, who died theen on June 211 1930 Re sealing of probate of the will has been granted to the widow, Mrs, Nina Lonisa Oswald, to whom the deceased left all of his prop Property left in Foochow TAJ at $58.824 Inclu

lely@Bond,"

ness” and house and

Moderating · monsoon along. the 8.E coast of China and over the N. China Sea:

Forecast -NE: windaj strong; moderating, overcast; some light rain and fog,

Rainfall.

Rainfall for 24 hours ended at 10 am, to-day---0.08 inch. Rainfall, since January 1-0 90 inch against an average of 9.28 Inches deficit 2.98 inches.

Temperature

The specide

ature at cortals this morning