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FREE WHEELING 7TH ADVANTAGE.

Free wheeling brings with itim- portant économies. Loads upon on gine, clutch, gear box, driving gear and tyres are reduced which means longer life for these units. Savinge, in petrol and oil are affected,

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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1931.

CHANGE OF PSYCHOLOGY AMY JOHNSON IN

AMONG THE NATIONS

BRITISH PREMIER IN BERLIN

NEED OF REMOVING SUSPICION AND MISUNDERSTANDING.

REVIVAL OF

TRADE

Rugby, Yesterday.

MOSCOW.

British Aviatrix Lands on Soviet Territory.

FIRST STAGE OF FLIGHT.

Moscow, Yesterday. Miss Amy Johnson landed here at 6.25 p.m. to-day.-Reuter.

Rugby, Yesterday,

Miss Amy Johnson, who is) using a Pussmoth machine en- titled "Jason Second," is accom- panied by Mr. Humphreys, who tish Wireless Service. will act as her mechanic-Bri-

The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, in Berlin to-day discussed their visit to Germany with representatives of the Press. Mr. MacDonald said that the conversations were a continuation of those begun at

New York, Yesterday. Chequers and were part of the continued contact between the cent record set by the fliers Post In an attempt to break the re-. various nations with the aim of removing suspicion and misunder and Gatty, the airmen Hugh standing still prevailing so that there might be a revival of trade born, took off at 6.18 a.m. to-day Herndon, junior, and Clyde Pang- all over the World, the establishment of financial stability and con- in a Bellanca monoplane, on a fidence in a successful issue to the disarmament problems and in, round-the-world flight. general a promotion of universal prace.

They hope to fly from Harbour their first "hop.". Grace non-stop to Moscow, in

The

There were two movements. The first was that statesmen must come in to achieve a general change of atmosphere. second experts must work out detailed problems of finance and dis armament. The two movements were proceeding, simultaneously and I was thus hoped to achieve results.

NO CASE OF MIRACLES

Earlier News.

EUROPEAN CHARGED

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ALLEGED RING SWINDLE.

EXIT FROM HOTEL

BULGARIAN MAN IN COURT.

TO-DAY'S

DOLLAR - The

closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 11d.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

RESTORATION OF LAMPSON

SILVER.

Raise World Out of Slough.

BIMETALLISM FAVOURED.

London, To-day.. The campaign in favour of bimetalliam is strengthening.

In the correspondence columns of the Times a group of Conserva-

As a sequel to the alleged tive M.P.'s, including Messrs. daring jewel swindle, which Wardlaw Milne, Douglas Hacking, was perpetrated by a Euro- and John Buchan are signatories pean on Monday afternoon, to a letter endorsing Lord. Hune Vasili Palecek, 40, a native of don's recent plea in favour of a Sopot, Bulgaria, described as bimetallic currency.

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HENDERSON.

THORBURN CASE

VALUE OF PRESTIGE IN ORIENT.

Collision.

CONVICTION REGISTERED.

Captain Thomas Pritchard, mas ter of the s.3, Sul Tai, was this morning summoned before the Hon. Comdr. G. F. Hole, R.N. (re- tired), in the Marine Court, by Lendon, To-day.

Comdr. J. B. Newill, D.S.O., RN. Commenting on the Thor (retired), Deputy Harbour Master. burn affair the Daily Express The charge against Captain. remarks that Lord Palmerston, Pritchard was that he, being mas- who knew the value of prester of the Sui Tai did, at about tige in the Orient would not 11.10 a.m.," on July 26 fall to ob an architect, was charged at the The banker, Mr. J. F. Darling, have waited half as long as Sir serve Article 20 of International Kowloon Magistracy this morn-leo writes that the restoration Miles Lampson has done.

Collision Regulations, ing with having stolen a din-of silver to its time-honoured

thereby mond ring, valued at $2,250, position is an instrument suff

It adds that the latter must causing risk of a collision with the. compensate for Mr. Arthur yacht Tavy II. by means of a trick, and also ctently powerful to raise Henderson's tardiness by act Article 20 lays down that a with larceny of the ring. world out the slough of despond It will be recalled that a man into which it is rapidly sinking.

ing with double vigour and in-steam vessel must give way to a went to the Wai Kee jeweller's

sistence. Both letters allude to the un-

Bailing vessel. A Test Case, shop and asked to have the ring gold from the Band or elsewhere burn affair has become a test case Comdr. Newill asked permission to likelihood of further supplies of The Times says that the Thoring "not. guilty" to this charge. Upon Captain Pritchard plead- sent to his room at the Penin- Two other airmen, Russell sula Hotel. At 5 o'clock in the in the next decade sufficient to for both the British and Chinese add another charge of breach of took off at 5 am. in an attempted by the manager of the shop, standard countries-Reuter. Boardman and John Polando, afternoon, the ring was deliver-fill the requirements of the gold Governments. to fly non-stop to Turkey. On handing the ring to the Euro-

Regulation 22 in passing ahead of Indecisive as the British Govarn-the Tavy II. Reuter's American Service.

tish subjects can be arrested by ment has been in handling Chinese This charge was also denied by affairs they cannot admit that Bri-the defendant.

Story for Prosecution. Chinese military people and done,to In the witness box, Comdr. death. That would be an abdien- Newill said that on the morning tion of duty that would deeply dis. of July 26 he was in the yacht credit them in public opinion. Tavy II, in a position approximate- Morcover it would make it more ly 270 degrees, 1.5 miles from the difficult to carry out a polley of southern extremity of Lantau Is helping China to establish a strong land, preceeding under sail. The National Government.

course was about N.N.W., the force of wind 45, and the weather clear. The Sul Tai was ocen approach-

MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

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pean in the latter's room at the PROTECTION AGAINST

hotel, he was told to wait a while. The man then went into an ad- joining room, presumably to show the ring to his wife, for whom he was alleged to have been buying it, leaving the un- suspecting jeweller to wait.

·

DUMPING.

British Campaign

Germany.

PRICE STABILISATION,

London, To-day.

Chinese Susceptibilities. The Times says that as regards

burn case and give consideration to

When

By the Magistrate: Witness did not know who was in charge of the Sui Tal at the time, but the accused was her master.

Operation Necessary for It was not a case for jerry-payments to date was £71,230,000. Haematuria. building, nor one for miracles. British Wireless Service. Permanent work was being done

Jeweller Suspicious. CONDITION GOOD.

Half an hour elapsed, and the by steady, persistent ad patient

London, Yesterday. Nothing is known in London of

jeweller, growing suspicious at building-up. Both the Prime a reported arrangement by the

London, Yesterday. the continued silence in the next; An operation Minister and the Foreign Secre- Bank of England with the Bank of George is necessary in order to found that the bird had flown. dumping the British Government tish have been too willing to make course of about W. by S.

on Mr. Lloyd room, made investigations, and To protect farmers against the extrality negotiations the Bri- ing for a considerable time on a tary affirmed that a change of France for a credit of £20,000,000. remove the causes of the haema- On enquiries it was ascertained immediately after the Recess is the utmost concession to Chinese about a mile away from the yacht, psychology was already visible negotiations for financiat colla- good..

but a Paris message now says that turia. His general condition is that the man had left by the introducing a price stabilising susceptibilities, but the future she appeared to make a slight al- and this development would be boration between Bump and

front door of the hotel and made scheme for agricultural products, negotiations will be bound to be teration of course to starboard to better seen at the end of another France assumed a more concrete

Earlier News.

bis way in a leisurely manner particularly wheat, according to intuenced by the failure of Nan-pass ahead of the yacht. At about fortnight.

form yesterday at a series of con-

London, Yesterday. toward the Star Ferry. In the the Daily Mail, which also states king to impose respect for the law Mr. Henderson spoke of the ferences at the Bank of. France what disturbed night, although hotel he left a considerable quan- Berlin launched a campaign for military.

Mr. Lloyd George had a some-room he had reserved at the that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in or Treaty rights on the Chinese about 80 yards apart and then it 11.10 am, the two vessels were improvement in British and Ger- between representatives man relations, adding that the Bank of England and leading tory.

of the his general condition is satisfactity of baggage.

became necessary to put the helm a progressive reduction of tariffe visit of the German Ministers to French credit organisations.

Haematuria is diminish- When the man was charged all over Europe on a sliding scale ably commit themselves the least to avoid a collision. The Sui Tai Before the Government Irretriey of the Tavy II. hard to starboard Paris had opened up a new era of The proposed transaction, like will be cause for some anxiety.

ing, but until it subsides there this morning, Detective Sub- and the promotion of inter that public opinion is entitled to ex-passed about 20 yards from the relations that should go far to that of 1907, would consist chiefly

Inspector Elston asked for a re-national arrangements to ration pect is that they will misst, careful Tavy II, and no sound signal was solve many outstanding proof the rediscounting of British

Cause for Anxiety, mand of 24 hours, which was production and distribution of y ponder the lessons of the Thor made by her, blems.

bills by the French banks, with

Rugby, Yesterday. granted.

basic commodities-Reuter. Mr. MacDonald

Mr. the guarantee of the two banks of condition of Mr. Lloyd George, It is stated to-night that the and Henderson, who were received leane.. Thus credit on the British who is confined to bed in his this morning by President von market would be rediscounted London House suffering from Hindenburg, expressed them-on the French market, the trans haematuria, is unchanged. A re- selves as highly gratified with action being arranged on-a-puteiy port-issued earlier in the day the very cordial nature of their commercial basis, without necesalt stated that in spite of a some half hour's conversation with lating any intervention of a poli- what disturbed night, his gen

tical nature.

One of the immediate conse-The haematuria is diminishing, eral condition was satisfactory. Answering a question in the quences of this is expected to be a but until this subsides there will House of Commona regarding resumption by the French market he cause for some anxiety." terms on which the Allied War of control of French bills, which British Wireless Service." debts to Great Britain had been would otherwise have been dis- funded, the Chancellor of the Ex- counted in Eritain.-Reuter.. chequer, Mr. Philip Snowden,

Rugby, Yesterday. said that the net amount of debts

The Times states that the lead- at the date of funding was about ing banks in London have already $1,280,000,000 excluding the War followed the recommendations of Debt of Belgium, for which lia-the London conference "to main- bility was assumed Germany tain the volume of credits they under the Treaty of Versailles, have already extended to Ger and the War Debt of Russia, in many," by informing their cus regard to which no settlement tomers in that country that the has been reached. The Allied credits of which they have already War debts to Great Britain had made use will not be withdrawn. been settled on terms correspond-

him.

Allied War Debts.

WOOLLEN INDUSTRY

No Enquiry Considered

To Be Necessary.

REDUCTION OF BURDENS.

The President of the Board of

Rugby, Yesterday. It is understood that the lead-Trade, Mr. William Graham, was ing to a remission of about 65 ing banks in New York are follow asked in the House of Commons to- per cent of the debt except in ing the same policy, the case of Italy, in which caseIt is essential that bankers in enquiry into the woollen and day whether he would institute an remission was equivalent to 86 other leading centres should sino worsted industry to investigate the per cent.

Transure their German customers measures for reducing burdens In- "The amount received by Great that their credits will not be re-volved in Inflated capital charges Britain on account of War Debt duced. British Wireless Service. In certain sections of the industry. He replied that the reorganisation www wwwns of this and other staple Industries.

FOR YANGTSZE.

Appointment of Rear Admiral Rose Cancelled

SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER

FAIR GENERALLY.

To-day's weather

report

from the Royal Observatory

states:

A depression has formed over the Gulf of Tongking.

Pressure is low to the East of the Visayas.

Local forecast-S.E. winds; moderate, fair generally.

Rainfall. Rainfall for 24 hours end- ed at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.21 inch. Total since January 1-45.77- Inched against an average of 50.65 inches deficit 4.88 inches...

Temperature, The temperature at certain specified centres this morning" at 6 o'clock was:-

Hong Kong Масло Pratas Island

Mantle. Foochow Amoy

Swatow

Chefoo Shanghai

78

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REAR-ADMIRAL HILL goland being wounded and men was receiving the constant attori-

tioned in despatches. He was tion of the Government and a GOVERNOR'S THREAT promoted to Captain in 1918 and special inquiry, as suggested, was commanded the Third Destroyer unnecessary

TO OIL OWNERS. Flotills of the Atlantic Fleet in Mr. Graham was also saked If he Barracks at Portsmouth from bring the Iron and Steel Industry Will Shut Down Wells If 1921 and commanded the B.N. had now decided to seek powers to 1928-29 In 1929 he was ap within the control of a Püblie pointed Naval AD.C. to the King Utility Corporation, or if he had

Prices Are Not Raised, and promoted to the rank of an alternative policy in view. Rear Admiral He replied that the negotiations London,Yesterday

Rear Admiral Richard A. S. with the industry concerned were ially announced that Kill CBE, RN, was lear continuing British Wireless Ser tment of Rear-Admiral Admiral in charge of Hong Kong vice.

from 1928 80 and is a grandson

as Senior Naval Officer of Lord George Hill, the Mar

has been can was appointed Bears queas of Downshire Educated commanding the on ELMS. Britannia, he served in flotilla the Medi: Somaliland and in th European

Ward

SUNDAY CINEMAS

NO TAXES FORTHCOMING:

SEQUEL TO BANK NOTE SWINDLE.

Bail Allowed in the Sum of $5,000.

SENSATIONAL CASE.

The alleged $7,000 bank note swindle, of which the victim was Mr. Wan To-poh, a sub-editor of the Taun Wan Yat Po, had a sensational aequel In the Central Police Court this morning, with the ap-: pearance before Magistrate E. H. Williams, of Kong Sze-ylk (23) and a Portuguese, Leo Artur d'A. {Guimaraes (24), In the dock on two

charges.

GROWING INDIGNATION.

London, Yesterday. A very indignant leader ap pears in the Daily Telegraph, which, remarking fronically that it has taken two months to decide whether Sir Miles Lampson should personally take up the Thorburn case with the Chinese Government, de- clares that whatever reply to the British demands is forth- coming from Chiang Kai-shek, there ought to be nothing doubtful about the fate of the preposterous diplomatic extra- ity proceedings, which assume Nanking's ability to carry out "the ordinary obligations of a chilised Government,”Rou- ter;

By Captain Pritchard: It was not the duty of a sailing ship to give way to a steamer and that was why the Tavy II. did not haul up to the wind sooner.

By the Magistrate: If the helm of the Tavy II. was not put over when 80 yards away she would have hit the Sul Tai.,

Bearing Not Altered. Licut Comdr. L. G. Addington, R.N., serving in the Royal Naval Dockyard, gave corroborative evi dence. He was in charge of Tavy I at the time. He first saw the Sul Tai about five miles

and: away

he watched her course carefully and

ther bearing was not altered as får as witness could see. The Sui.Tai altered her course suddenly fo starboard when about half a mile: away, and again when "about a quarter of a mile away. Acolli afon would have been inevitable if

They were, namely, (a) that they did conspire, combine, and agree, with another not in custody, e cheat or defraud Wan To-poh of $7,000, and (b) that they did obtain $7,000 from Wan To-poh at 8, Judge Feetham's recommendations. the yacht had stuck to her rights Caine Road by means of false pre-

ernment unable or unwilling to com-

dente. He said that he was in

An Important Factor, when the Sul Tai came to within tences. The present system contains ad-three boat lengths of her, roughly Inspector E. W. Andrew, for the mitted defects and anomalies which 100 feet. A third party on the prosecution, said that he had no should be abolished, but in the yacht was. Comdr, Docksey, R.N.. objection to bail, in the sum of Treaty ports and particularly Comdr, Newill did not call himna $5,000,

Shanghal, there is a nucleus of a witness. 1. Application for Ball. structed by Mr. B. 8. C. Brooke) China to be jeopardised by a Goy-charge of the bridge on the morn-

stability which is far too important Captain Pritchard's Evidence. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Junior, (in a factor in the orderly progress of Captain Pritchard then gave evf appeared for Guimaraes, and sald that he was making application for pel their own servants to respecting of July 26. Before proceeding d'Almada intimated that, as Gul- ball, which was entirely in his the law or even call them to account to speak as to what happened that Worship's diauretion to grant. Mr.

when they have flagrantly broken morning, he said that he had had several years experience in zall maries was young and had been in Reuter,

and in the Royal Navy, holding the Earlier Newa

rank of Lieut. Comdr, RD, Peking, Yesterday. ed In the sum of $2,500 in cash king this morning by aeroplaanderstand something." This was Sir. Milea Lampoon-left for Nan N., and remarked: "I mention

this so that you will know that Becurity, and: $2,500 in bond.org from Peltatho. He is going to

His Worship agroud to this

the Colony for a number of years, he would suggest that bail be grant

coursdi

Regarding the dr

bail of 85,000; cash remand for one

US TRIP

take

the Brst time he had been brought: personally the Thorburn to Court,

AL SAL case and may go to Nanchang

Proceeding with his evidence, 8 Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. Ranta

the Captain said that on Sunday, July 26, at about 11 or 11.05 am, he sighted what he thought was a Yacht 4 or 5 points to hla to bow.

wind was 8.S.E and the yacht seemed to be slar to the north, and, ss fa could Judge

EDISON ILL.

Weakness Due

Old Age.

had the