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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1931.

STERLING RECOVERS LOTTERY IN NEW NATIONAL TYPE

IN WALL STREET.

Rumour of Loan to Germany.

EXTERNAL BOND ISSUES.

Rugby, Yesterday.

The proposed visit to Berlin

Ramsay MacDonald and the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, has been post- poned. The change of plana became known to-day after fur-· ther consideration had been given to the proposal of the British Government to sum mon a Conference of Ministers to be held in London on Mon day.

A CLUB

'HARMLESS TICKETS'

FOUND.

CERTAIN CURIOUS

FEATURES.

IN BRITAIN.

Result of Improved Education.

HEALTHY AND SELF-RELIANT.

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

PRICE $3,00 Per Month.

WILL OF MR. C. J. MURDER TRIAL AT A

MANCINI.

i.

Former Resident of the Colony.

BORN IN JAPAN.

ASSIZES.

Empress" Tragedy

for Hearing.

FOUR CASES IN ALL

Rugby, Yesterday. The death last year, after a Four cases are down for hearing In the House of Commons to moter accident in Brazil, of a for- at the July Assizes, which com of, the Prime Minister, Mr. OFFICIALS TRIAL day, Mr. Lees Smith, on the mer resident of the Colony, is re-mence on Monday next

Education Vote, said that he was called by the grant of probate of In the first case, to be heard be-" asking for a little over £14,000,- the will of Mr. Charles Joseph Lore the Chief Justice, Sir Joseph 000 an increste of about Mancini to his widow, Evelyn H. Kemp, K.C., Graciano Bilas is £3,000,000. He stated that Janet Mancini. Local estate is charged with murder "in that on about 10 per cent. of the gen-valued at $1,900.

June 5, 1931, on board the British eral population were in grant of

Mr. Mancini died on September steamship Empress of Canada, on. Hearing of the case in which Evening Secondary Schools17, 1980, at the Hospital Samarl- the high seas between Honolulu Mr. Mol Ying-kwai (Trea proportion of about four times as tano, district of Santa Cecilla, and Yokohama, he murdered Chan surer) and Mr. Chong Shing having far reaching social con- was 52 years of age, and is dea-

great as 25 years ago. This was State of San Paolo, Brazil. He Xue, alias Chan Ki-yue." chung (Chairman)

It will be recalled that Bilas was of the Chinese Athletic Association

cribed as being born in Japan, alleged to have run amok, killing, are accused of having kept the sion of monopoly which the mid-

One was the increasing inva-nationality Italian.

two men, and wounding, over The whole of the estate is left twenty, two of whom were Euro- first floor of 58, Queen's Road. die class and public schools had unconditionally to the widow. ∙as a common gaming house for hitherto had of the higher pre-

pean members of the crew. The the purpose of running a lot-fessional and administrative posi

man Chan Yue, named In the pre-, tery on July 6, was opened be- tions. Referring to results of

nent charge, is said to have been the No. 1 joiner aboard. fore Mr. E. H. Williams in the the system of State Scholarships Central Police Court this

for Secondary Schools and chil morning.

dren to the Universities, he said that the records of 11 years showed that 52 per cent. of the men obtained First Class hon-

A midnight communique an- nouncing the Conference statéd that the visit to. Berlin would be proceeded with, but in the House of Commons this after- noon, the Prime Ministèr, in reply to Mr. Baldwin, said that since the communique further considerations had taken place, Pursuant to these the Govern Mr. T. Murphy, A.S.P con- ment had been informed that ducted the case for the prosecu- the German Chancellor hadtion, whilst Mr. Hin-shing Lo ap now decided to proceed to peared for the defendants. Paris.

The Prime Minister added that the visit with the Secre tary for Foreign Affairs had inconsequence been postpon- ed. The Conference of Minis- ters will take place in London on Monday, as already an nounced.

sequences,

ours

and 25 per cent. of the Mr. Lo explained his position, women. That remarkable result and said that he had asked for an indicated what a flood of ability. adjournment to to-day, so that was now being unlocked for the he may ask his clients to plead. benefit of the State and suggest- However, he would make it quite ed what ability still remain. clear that certain curious fea- untapped. tures had come to light in this

Reviewing the work of the case, mentioning particularly schools the Minister said that he that there were several prominent was quite convinced that within officials in Canton and Hong Kong 20 years they would have pro who were responsible for the duced a new and remarkable movement.

National Type-healthy, practi- cal, self-reliant, responsible, more capable than any previous genera- tion, and better equipped to meet the tremendous problem of the next generation.

Delegates to Conference, Complete information is not yet available as to the represen- tatives attending the Conference of Ministers in London on Mon

For Bathing Pavilion. day, but it is understood that the

Mr. Murphy then proceeded to principal members of the Ger- outline the rase. He said that at man delegation will be the Chan- the beginning of June this year, cellor, Dr. Bruening and the the Police received information Foreign Minister, Dr. Curtius. to the effect that the G.A.A. were of children under school age, into. The French representatives are running a lottery in order to which the Board was enquiring, likely to be the... Premieruldane inain connection with Mr. Lees Smith paid a tribute to Laval, the Foreign Secretary, the new bathing pavilion at North the pioneer work of the late M. Briand, and the Finance Point. The funds would be for Margaret MacMillan in connec Minister, M. Flandin, Belgium; defraying expenses.

tion with the Open Air Nursery

With reference to the question

Italy and Japan will also be re- Following up this information Schools which, he said, would presented and it is expectell that the Police in the course of en-leave a permanent mark on the the American Secretary of State, quiries visited the premises at future health of the Nation.~~ Mr. H. L. Stimson, will attend 68, Queen's, Road on June on behalf of the United States. They re-visited the premises on

8. British Wireless Service.. The British Ministers participat- July 6 when a warrant was exe FIRST ROYAL BALL ing will include Mr. Henderson cuted under the Gambling Ordin- and the Chancellor f the Ex-ance. chequer, Mr-Philip-nowden

Bank Rate Steady.

A search was made but people on the premises at the time (defendants were not pre- Berlin messages indicate that sent then) would not disclose the decision to hold a Conference anything. There being no keys, of Ministers in London has had a the drawers were forced open and reassuring effect in Germany, tickets where the Bank opened after a was also opened, the key to which were found. The safe two days' "holiday." Dr. Bruen- was produced later.. Tickets. ing and Dr. Curtius are expect totalling 1,715, counterfoils num- ed to leave for Paris to-morrow. bering 1,119 and seven.príze: list

ed a note of confidence which ra- flected in a stronger position on Stock Markets at the close.-Bri- tish Wireless Service.

SINCE 1912.

Given at Buckingham

Palace Last Night.

TWO THOUSAND GUESTS.

Bugby, Yesterday.. The King and Queen are giv-

Ball

FIRST TIMERS,

Arrival of Two Japanese

Steamers.

LIBERAL GOVERNMENT.

Grants $20,000 To Flood

Relief.

The floods in the Province

of Kwangtung have this year assumed serious proportions." and аге ocensioning wide- spread distress.

The China Mail is officially informed that the Secretary of State has approved the sugges tion of His Excellency the Governor (which was support- ed by the members of the Fin- ance Committee) that to show the sympathy of the Colony a grant' of: $20,000 should be made by the Government as a contribution be the relief fund which is being organised and administered by the Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital.

Mr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Mears. Woo & Nash (assigned by the Crown), will appear for the defence, and a number of witnesses are, to be called for the prosecu- tion.

Kidnapping Charges.

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LORD IRWIN AND CRITICS.

Chorus of Questions

London Meeting.

OUR PRESTIGE GONE !

London, June 28, Lord Irwin, the ex-Viceroy,

LONDON REPLIES faced his critics in the Conserva tive Party at a private meeting of the Conservative India Com- mittee at the House of Commons. Conservative members showed great interest in the proceedings and about 200 of them, including Mr. Churchill, were present. his speech eaid that the prestige

Lord Irwin in, the course the St. Andrew's Society in of the white man in India had Shanghai in regard to the "in-

London, Yesterday. In reply to the complaint of

of

effective" policy of the British one, and he gave as his reasons Foreign Office in respect of the for this statement: imprisonment of the young Russians.

The Japanese defent of the Briton, John Thorburn, China, authoritative quarters in Lon- against white men in the Great

The use

of Indian don point out that as soon as War.....

soldiers

it was known that Thorburn The influence of the cinema, was missing the British Con- which has shown white women sul-General and other officials, in an unfavourable light.

He also said he could see no

made representation to the Chinese authorities and de- manded an enquiry into the prospect of agreement between whole circumstances of the the Hindu and the Moslem.

The Boycott. About twenty members fired

сане.

The British authorities had

been hitherto told that Thor-questions at Lord Irwin. In re burn, was not arrested or in gard to the boycott, be said that custody. The efforts of the he could not see how it was possi British Minister and Consuls political and economic boycott. ble to distinguish between the to discover the whereabouts of The only way to deal with it Thorburn are continuing and would be to give Lancashire a pressure is maintained upon preference over the Japanese in the Chinese authorities to make the Indian market. the fullest enquiries—Reuter.

INDEPENDENT INQUIRY.

Significant Details,

Lord Irwin said that he had heard a great many things since he returned about Peshawar, It had been said that he had pre- vented the troops from fring.. He declared there was nothing further from the truth.

The second and third cases fre for child stealing, and will come completion of the murder, trial. before, the Chief Justice after the

In the first, two people named Lui Yik and Fang Heung are jointly arraigned for stealing & child under the age of fourteen years, on May 27 last, at Wanchai, or be tween Wanchai and Tsim Sha Tsui. It is alleged that the child was unlawfully detained, held, ar taken away with intent to deprive Tae Taik-shiu, the father, of possession, Lui Yik faces a precisely similar charge in regard to a child nam- ed Chan Yi, in the third case.

Shanghai, July 18. The offence is alleged to have been the China Prese investigation of time he had been in India, said

Shanghai yesterday acclaimed

He had, throughout the whole committed on November 4 last the Thorburn disappearance as a that if it was necessary for the year, at Wanchal.

valuable step toward the solution troops to shoot he would support The fourth case will come before of the myster, and as added im the troops if they did shoot. the Pulene Judge (Mr. Justice petus to official inquiries How Mr. Churchill's Criticism.·*. Lindsell) on Monday next. Ming, allas Ming Kee, is hero who recognised the importance Irwin's references to the cinema.

Chau being carried out. Among those

Mr. Churchill deplored Lord charged with the rape of Chan of the disclosures made in yester He declared that there was an at- Taoi-fung, on May 19 or 20 last at day's China Press, as a result of mosphere of inevitability about Taun Wad. Mr. A. M. L. Scares, the three-day investigation, were the whole of Lord Irwin's speech. Instructed by Mr. A. E. Hall, will Mr. W. Hay Thorburn, father of Because somebody made a post- the 19-year-old Briton, last seen prandial speech Dominion status in Shanghai on June 1, and the hard to be given to India, British superintending consul, Sir Samuel Hoare, one of the Mr. A. D. Blackburn.

representatives on the Round- Mr. Blackburn, yesterday sent Table Conference, said that ha a copy of the China Press carry was going into the Conference. ing intimate disclosures on the with a completely open mind. disappearance of John Hay Thor He knew the difficulties, but he burn, 19, believed to have been thought it was his duty to try to detained for five weeks by Chin-seek a settlement

'PLANE FORCED TO appear for the defence.-

LAND.

Hungarian Airmen Come to Grief.

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

Budapest, Yesterday.

forced

POSEIDON SURVIVORS:

CAR SMASH

SEQUEL.

Owner Cautioned by

Magistrate.

......露

POLICE VERY KIND"

ese military authorities, to the No vote was taken at the meet~· British Legation at Nanking. Ing.

Disclosures Significant.

In London the Foreign Exchange books were found on the pre- ing a private Ball at Buckingham

There was a sequel in the Central Mr. Blackburn told a China to represent the British Govern. Market presented a steadier ap-mises. Some of the books, said Palace to-night for which 2,000

Police Court this morning to the Press representative that the ment in the inquiry, the Chinese pearance and Marka appreciated Mr. Murphy, were found between invitations have been issued.

recent fatal car amash in Stubbs news story included details of a responded that they could con- slightly. The announcement of the leaves of books found in the This is the first function of its airmen were forced to land at the appearance before Mr. Schofield consular investigators and others objection to an informal British The Hungarian trans-Atlantic Road where the driver (Wong Ka-significant nature. He said that duct their own investigation. no change in the Bank rate caus- locked drawer,

chi) later committed suicide, in previous information gained by Mr Blackburn said there is no kind since 1922, though a State Biscke, about 10 miles away from of Mr. Tal Hon-nam, of 147 Chine was largely given by second and investigation, but the above re-

was held in 1924. The here. They were sighted over Sixty Prizes.

Frince of Wales, the Duke of Lands End, England, early in the Road, who is the owner of the car. third parties. Practically, all the sponse is in effect a refusal to Three books relating to the York, the Duke of Gloucester and morning, and there was no für On behalf of the defendant, Mr. testimony introduced into the allow a foreign representative to New York, Yesterday.

lottery were also discovered as Prince George will be present, ther news, until now. Hin-shing Lo, after explaining the China Press account of the alleg sit with them in consideration of well as The official reply to Press re- numbers of tickets sold. It was -British Wireless Service.

a book containing the alao Princess Ingrid of Sweden.

law, said that on July 1, his client ed capture and detention of a evidence on the Thorburn case. Story of the Flight." ports in Germany on the contem-revealed that there was to be 60

had a party of gentlemen and lady foreigner by Chinese soldiers was The British Government can only plated moratorium on debts reprizes, that is, numbers one to

The trans-Atlantic fiers, whom friends at Repulse Bay. On the given by Soochow residents who await developments brought lack of petrol presented by external bond sixty. The sum total of the

to journey home, Wong Ka-chi asked claimed to actually have seen the about by the Chinese investiga- issues, was made to-day in a prizes was $140.000.145

Mr. Tal if he would allow him to young man in the custody of sol- tion, he declared. - statement by the German Finance

drive. His client agreed, on the diers. More than 50 witnesses Father Appreciative. Minister to the banking firm of that these books also showed Continuing, the prosecutor said

ground that Wong had assured him were interviewed or during the Dillon Read that the interest and that 40,000 ticketa were being

Mr. Thorburn expressed his that he (Wong) possessed a licence, paper's three-day Investigation appreciation of the step taken by sinking fund on Germany's long sold at 85 each making a total

Wong drove well for a considerable Mr. Blackburn anid that be the China Press toward deter- term loans would be met "as of $200,000. There was a deduc bear yesterday was the Japanese

distance but all of a sudden the car aides the quantity of added in mining the fate of his son. He "Among shipping arrivala in har- matter of course."

"went all wrong." At the enquiry formation included in the Press said that he had not yet given German bonds consequently got a free ticket for each book of calling at this port for the first tion of 5 per cent. for sellers whois.s. Yoshida Maru-No. 1 which is

blame for the accident. the Jury found that nobody was, to report certain details differed up hope that his son would be re- strengthened substantially in tickets that they sold. The total time, we

from those collected by the Bri- turned to him, and that the ac- Wall Street, But quotations of income would be $200,000 and Owned by the Yamashita Kisen

Plea for Leniency. tish office. The consul had learn count in the China Press substan marks were only nominal. The the balance, Mr. Murphy presum- Kaisha, the Yoshida Maru No. 1

Mr. Lo explained that, at the re-ed that the First Battalion held tiated beliefs of his that his son pound sterling recovered one, would go toward the pavilion. which is registered in Kobe, tra

cent enquiry held, no exact the young men, while the Press was still alive. See point compared with yesterday's

cause of the accident had gained information from sol" "I greatly appreciate the action low level "Harmless Instrument." steel screw steamer of 5,425 (8,880

been given but in fairness to the diere and townspeople that he of the China Press in initiating. The franc declined nearly and not) tonnage and was built in 1919

Traffic Department he would was detained at the second Bat an Independent Inquiry into the point

Referring to the defendants by the Asano Shipbuilding Co.,

mention that some opinion of postallon Camp, Eyewitnesses also disappearance of my son, he Abullileh report from Paris mentioned in the summonses, Ltd. Taurum, Japanese land 10 miles from Budapest, asked his Worship to take a lenient tish authorities to the effect that news as the evidence adduced sible causes had been given. He denied the report received by Bri- said. "It is especially gratifying that the plan for a loan of Mr Murphy said that they were Her dimensions are: Length were brought here by aeroplane view of the case. $500,000,000 to Germany guar charged because their names ap- 400.0 breadth 53.2; depth 29.4

the boy had been mutilated. confirms that already obtained, anteed on Customs receipts was peared on every ticket. The Another vessel now in harbour Prime Minister's Palace where when two frende are out together.

at 9 p.m. and driven to the Inspector Alexander said that Press Probe Welcome. that he was the foreigner ac presented to the French Cabinet ticket in itself appeared to be a which is making its first call here Dr. Bethlen and members of the and one asks the other if he might the Nanking Government had authorities at Quinsan I am The Consular oficial said that tually arrested by the military to-day sent up prices at the close, harmless Instrument, and did is the Gezan Maru, owned by the Cabinet heartily welcomed them, be allowed to drive the car, there sent representatives of the War sure that this investigation will

Minister's Conference.

not convey anything. The chop Yamamoto Lisen Kaisha. She is an interview the airmen would be no question of that friend and Foreign Affairs Ministries greatly assist in determining his on the tickets were being put also registered at Kobe

said that the start was dificult, having to produce his licence, even to conduct, a month's investiga actual whereabouts owing

Washington Yesterday.

Pre

a slightly different place in each Works, Ltd., Innoshima

The survivors of the Posal- don disaster, including Leat Commander B. W. Galpin, ar rived to-day by the P. & O. 8.8. Rawalpindi on their way Home

C.P.O. Willis is included in the number.

on singly, because it appeared in Bulit In 1918 by the Osaka Iron ticket

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that passed. Reports of their find I feel that the time bas MrSchonel Trots amountings will be made public at the come, Mr. Thorburn said, technical end of the month.when the greateat publicity Mr. Blackburn said that the ac should be given this case as it is ling Mr. Hon taken by the China Press one of International importance that hit ellent) had suffer- was especially welcome inasmuch as much from the Chi

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