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SIX China Mail

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leadership and engineering genius !

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Fifteen competitive makes have followed Studebaker in adopting Free Wheeling and other cars are on the eve of adopting it! ·

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SINO-JAPANESE NOTES TO THE LEAGUE.

Militaristic Policy in Manchuria.

ANTI-JAPANESE AGITATION.

Geneva, Yesterday. Notwithstanding the Council's resolution, Japan is not merely strengthening her positions in the regions already occupied, but is contemplating extension of military occupation in churia, is the burden of a Chin- se note lodged. with the League Secretariat declaring that Gen-

Man-

ESTABLISHED 1845.

No. 27,987 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1931.

GERMAN U.S. DISARMAMENT VATICAN

DEBTS

BRITAIN & FRANCE AT LOGGER-HEADS.

TIME TO PAY

'REPORT ANXIOUSLY

AWAITED.

DELEGATION.

General Dawes to Lead.

WOMAN MEMBER.

Washington, Yesterday,

LIBRARY

SUDDEN COLLAPSE OF A WING,

General Dawes has been a VALUABLE MSS pointed head of the United States' Delegation to the Dis- armament Conference.

It is understood that President: Hoover intends to include a woman in the delegation, and has invited a "lady of quality and pro- minence" to accept the post. Reuter's American Service,

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Basic, Yesterday, An intense battle, with Britain eral Honjo has proclaimed the and France as leading antagon- independence of the provinces of ists, kept the committee of bank- Makelen and Kirin, and has an- ing experts sitting almost all MORE MOTOR SPEED nounced his intention of driving night long in an effort to recon- out troublesome elements from cile divergent viewpoints and de- RECORDS FOR BRITAIN Manchuria.

con- cide whether Germany's

A Japanese note, lodged simul-ditional or unconditional pay- | taneously, gives details of ban-ments have priority..'

dit activities and complains of It is understood that Sir anti-Japanese agitation by Walter Layton favoured giving China, including a meeting of Germany complete respite up to students and workmen in Shang-four years. hai, which resolved on demand- Dissension, at one time, ing a declaration of war against threatened to enforce a postpone- Japan, intensification of boycott, ment until after Christmas, but and appealing to the Soviet for progress is now being made with assistance.-Reuter,

the report, which, it is believed, will embody proposals with SOLDIER SENT TO PRISON FOR View to giving Germany time to

THEFT.

It is now probable that the Re- Arthur Price, the private of the parations Conference will be able South Wales Borderers who was to meal in the middle of Jan- yesterday remanded at the Kowary.Reuter,

toon Magletracy

ON a charge of

stealing property from the Y.M.C.A. and the unlawful pawning of an overcoat and dinner suit the pro- A. Ellis, of the perty of Mr. T. Y.M.C.A., was this morning con- victed on both counts, and sentenced to three months hard labour on the! first charge and a fine of $100, or one month's imprisonment, on the to run second charge, the terms concurrently

pay.

ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERY CASE.

Kak Hang Village

Hold Up.

Chung King-man and Lei Fat)

Captain Greyston's Achievements.

MG CAR'S SUCCESS.

Rugby, Yesterday. Four international motor speed records were set up to-day by Captain Greyston in British car, M.G. 750 C.C., on track with the following speeds. Five kilometres 184.71 kilo- metres hourly.

Montihery

Five miles 104.66 kilometres hourly.

AMONG THE DEBRIS.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/5 5/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month

RUSHING XMAS MAILS HOME.

Tremendous Flights and Great Feats.

are

The FORT Hall Mark

of at Superlative Product

TRADING LORRY PLUNGES INTO

FLEETS

PROPOSAL TO ·LIMIT SIZE.

FRENCH IDEA

ILE DE FRANCE AND GIANT CUNARDER,

HARBOUR.

Early Morning Incident on Praya.

DRIVER SWIMS ASHORE.

BY AIR SERVICES.

(Reuler's Special Service.)

London, Yesterday. Imperial Airways liners making a tremendous five-thon- sund-mile dash to'Croydon in: order to deliver by Christmaa Central morning mails from Africa and Egypt. The Calcutta flying-boats and the Armstrong on North Siddeley airliners African routes yesterday com- pleted their stages in record} times, and to-day the mails are flects was advocated to-day pedestrian dashes being rushed across the Mediter by M. Chappedelaine, Minister of roadway in front of a motor vehi- cle. In his case it happened to ranean in huge four-engined Kent the Mercantile Marine, during a be a coolfe carrying nightsoll

It is hoped the

Lau Hang will not readily for- get the experience which "bofell him this morning. Indeed, he is lucky to survive to tell the tale.

motor-lorry Lau Hong is 'a driver, and early this morning was driving lorry No. 1194 along Connaught Road, going West to East. Paris, Yesterday.

Of a sudden, he became faced with one of those problems Yet another international con-bug-bears of motorists of all

merchant classes to limit

what to do when

across the

frence

n

Vatican City, Yesterday. Three floors of the right wing of the famous Vatican Library, built by Pope Sixtus the Fifth in 1588, housing valuable works of art, sud- denly collapsed this afternoon,

The Fire Brigade is frantically flying-boats. searching the debris in the fear that mails will arrive at ten o'clock in debate in the Chamber on a Bill bukets, who dashed across the the morning of Christmas Eve, authorising the Compagnie Genradway immediately in front of humans may be entombed therein; whereas mails are ordinarily due erale Trans-Atlantique to con- appeared to him, at the moment, the lorry, Lau Hang did what though, luckily, the majority of the on the afternoon of Christmas tract for a loan, not exceeding the only thing to do. In order to staff, also workmen engaged in Day. restoration work, bad departed just before the accident occurred.- Reuter.

Rescue Work.

Rugby, Yesterday. A Rome Presa telegram re- porta that the entire right wing of the Vatican Library, built in 1588, crashed late this after- noon, following the collapse of the roof. Fortunately the great-

CHRISTMAS SANDRINGHAM.

Royal Family Party.

three hundred million francs, avoid running down the man, he violently swerved the lorry to with a Government guarantee. AT

his left. He avolded the man, M. Chappedelaine alluded to but, in swerving, he swerved off the possibility of cessation of the Prays Wall into the sea. He work on the new giant liner Ile was for a few moments in im- minent danger of Josing his life, de France. He said, if Cunard hat managed successfully to free had abandoned their supership, himself from the lorry and clam- the French line would do the ber ashore,

The incident caused some stir, Rugby, Yesterday. same, but he was awaiting the re-

even at half past five o'clock, The King and Queen left King's sult of negotiations with the and soon a crowd collected on Ten kilometres 104.62. kilo-er part of the staff and a num-

the scene of the accident' and metres hourly.

ber of workmen engaged on re- Cross by train this afternoon on Cunard before taking action.

Government was defeated by willing hands helped the lorry Ten miles 104.21 kilometres pairs had left shortly before, and their way to Sandringham, where

driver to safety and out of an ley it is still uncertain whether they hourly.

All They were accompanied by Frin, 275 to 266 by the adoption of a cold bath. The new success of the M.G. there were any. casualties. car is of interest in connection the available fire brigades of the cess Elizabeth and Princess Mat-anotion to refer the Bill back to the Committee as a mark of dis- with the reported intention of City of Rome were rushed to garet Rose.

The Prince of Wales, the Duke the racing, motorist, Lord Howe, the assistance anthe Vatican bri- to enter 3 of the M.G. Magna cars gade, which overwhelmed and Duchess of York, and Prince approval of the way the Company

George will join the Royal Fami- had managed affairs. new twelve horse-power 6 cylin- by its task.

Government, however, did not ly Party before Christmas Day. Valuable Mss in Debris, der models for the Italian Mille

The section of the building in- If the weather is suitable, it is make the vote a matter of con- Miglia Race in April.

fidence, so It is suggested the driving volved constitutes about a quar- expected, the Princes will tra-

estimated, about 10,000 tish Wireless Service.

arc buried among

will spend Christmas.

HOOVER MORATORIUM BILL RATIFIED.

Washington; Yesterday, The Senato has rejected the amondment

the resolution the Bill will be re-ratifying the Hoover Moratorium

to

were arraigned before the Chicf) team would inclyde Lord Howel ter of the whole library, and, it vel to Sandringham by air.-Br-introduced after amendment-Plan which asked for a revision

is understood,

Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C.) himself, Sir Henry Birkin, and is in the Criminal Sessions this morn- Captain Greyston. Lord Howe, volumes PRISON FOR RUSSIANS.

ing, on charges of armed robbery it

hopes the debris. Some of these are COUGH SAVES "DEAD" NATIVE'S to obtain the support of of great value, and, included Two Russians, Knionets Dmitriy by two or more.

William Morris. This among other precious manu- The prisoners, who are defended Sir Afanasuvik and Vorobieff George Nikanor, were this morning wen. by Mr. Hin-shing lo (instructed by will be the second occasion only scripts, is a letter from Martin tenced to 14 days imprisonment at Mr. J. M. Hall, for first prisoner and that British cars have competed Luther in a reply to Pope Leo X's first warning on his heresies. the Kowloon Magistracy, for travel-by Mr. Horace Lo, for the second) in the famous Italian Race,

A Baby Austin, last year, suc- It is hoped, however, that the ling on Sunday Inst from Kowloon pleaded Not Guilty.

com-cessfully completed the course.- majority will be recovered-Bri-

tish Wireless Service. British Wireless Service,

SALE OF A CHILD.

The jury empanelled was to Sheung Shul on the train without

following:-Messrs. tickets.

A charge of arriving in posed of the

(foreman), T. the Colony without a passport was N. L. H. Railton dropped, but under the Vagrancy Fergusson, E. W. Rallton, S. T. Act they will be sent to the House Butlin, Kwan Sit-Kwan, Chun O of Detention on completion of their Yung and E. J. J, Spradberry. prison sentence.

HUNGARIAN MORATORIUM.

-Reuter.

Budapest, Yesterday.

Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, who ap- peared for the Crown, after explain-! ing the law, described what took place at a house in Kak Hang Village. He said that on. October 16, three men entered the house

·Mother Bound Over.

GO-BETWEEN FINED.

A case of selling a daughter was

LOCAL SHARE MARKET.

Livelier Tone This Morning.

ADVANCES REPORTED.

The official summary issued by the Stock Exchange to-day states:-

Reuter.

GLOBE CYCLIST ARRIVES.

the

of the Treaty of Versailles 25 B condition of a debt holiday-Rou- ter's American Service.

ratified The Senate has LIFE.

Hoover Moratorium Bill-Reuter. A cough, has been the meang By the 8. Borneo, there ar- Voting was sixty-nine, for twelve. Without discussion the of saving the life of a Uganda rived in Hong Kong last night an against. native. The native fell ill, and Indian gentleman, Mr. R. N. Senate accepted the House of Re- was believed to have died. After Biswas, who is engaged in an at-presentatives' provision banning he had been wrapped in a shroud, tempt to cycle round the revision or cancellation of war the funeral was delayed for 24 world as much of it as he can debts.-Beuter. hours.

cycle over. He started on this

SHAMROCK V FINDS A PURCHASER.

Just as the body was on the tour from Singapore on July 7; point of being lowered into the 1931, has cycled through Malaya, grave, a cough came from with- Siam, Indo-China, and a part of

Rugby, Yesterday. in the shroud and on investiga- China to Haipong, from where he

Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, founder tion it was discovered that the came on to Hong Kong by steam- "dead man" still brer hed. He er. He expects to stay here for of the Sopwith Aviation Com- was taken from the shroud and some time in order to recuperate, pany and well-known yachtsman, and will continue his tour has bought the late Sir Thomas before long had completely re- through China, Manchuria and Lipton's "Shamrock V" built in

gained his health.

APPEAL TO GERMANY.

Berlin, Dec. 15.

Korea, Japan, America, Europe, 1980 as a challenger for the India and Burma' back to Malaya. America Cun. He will race her He has not set himself to a time- next season in British waters.—“ table.

British Wireless Service.

In an interview with the China Mall, Mr. Biswas, who was until

An appeal to the nation to sink recently an usher in the Singa

A partial moratorium of Hun-and one of them brandishing a re- garian public and private debts, volver, put the inmates to fear. A brought before Mr. Schofield at the with a few exceptions, is pro-witness would say that first pri- Central Magistracy this morning. claimed in a special decree, which Boner tied up certain of

the in-when Yiu Yung was summoned for will be effective from to-morrow-mates, Two othera joined the disposing of her daughter, and an-

The market opened this morn- three intruders, who tied up all the other woman Luk Ku with acting as

The mother admitt-morning with a liveller tone and a go-between. inmates, and proceeded to steal things, some actually from the pered giving the child away for 830.9 general demand for a number sons of the inmates. One of the She was in very poor circumstances of stocks. Advances have been victims would be called to say that had five children, and a sick hus established in Trams, Hotels, its difference in the face of common pore Marine Court, told of the band. Soon after the sale she Lands, Cements, Ropes and China danger will be made by President only unusual experience that has first prisoner was one of the parti- cipants, and he would also say he applied for the child's return recognised the second prisoner. On the ground that a casual aquaintance departing from the house, the roh-had told her it was being ill-treated. The child, however, showed no signi bera switched the lights off.

of Il-treatment and seemed quite student, Kwok Chun, managed free himself, and went to the Kow-happy. loon City Police Station where he reported the affair.

FINE TO CLOUDY.

The Royal Observatory's re- *port issued this morning

states:--

The anticyclone appears to be nearly stationary to the N.W. of Korea.

Forecast: N.E. winds, mo- derate; fine to cloudy.

Rainfall

Rainfall for 24 hours end- ed at 10 a.. to-day

A

to

on

The mother of the child was bound over in a personal bord of

On October 18, the first prisoner $50 for one year and the go-between was recognised in the street by the was find $20 or three weeks hard student, and was arrested. He took labur.

#bl.

the Police to his premises, where, on unlocking a basket, to which pri-!

Total since January1-70.98 Inches against an average of 82.82 inches deficit 2.84 inches.

Temperature.

The temperature at certain specified contris this morning

at 8 o'clock wasi-

Hong Kong

59

Jacão

Pratas Island.

20

Manila

68

Foochow

Amoy

56

Chefoo

32

Shanghai

soner had the key, two piecca" of Jade were found. These were later identified by one of the women rob-

BURMA ROUND. TABLE *CONFERENCE.

Rugby, Yesterday.

bed. Police investigations led to The Burma Round Table Con-| the arrest of the second prisoner, ference to-day discussed the who was recognised by the student question of domicile and citizen- whilst being taken to the. Police ship in relation to the franchise, Station. On October 20 the two and the Coramttee stage of the meh were charged, and when asked Conference was concluded. If they had any statement to make, The Conference, has adjourned first prisoner said something to the until January: 4. effect that he did not know anything, and second prisoner that he bad been implicated by a friend.

Evidence was then called." The case is proceeding.

"Meantime, the Chairman, Lord Peel, will prepare his report for presentation to the Conference when it re-assembles, British Wireless Service.

Sales.

Lights.

Cements (combined), $19.80. Hotels (new), $14.85. Realties, $11.70:*.

Buyers. Douglases, $25. Wharves, $158.5 Hotela (old), $15:80, Hotels (new), $14. Lands, $80%

Ewos, Tis. 16.40. China Lights, $27. Telephones (part paid), $28. H.K. Ropes, $174 Dairy Farma, $284. Amusements, $19.90. Raube, $40

(Continued at foot of next Column.)

You are busy, Yel you want to be informed of, the' news of the day. Then, turn to the back page and glean the news. It's there con- venlently "summarised for.. you.

CHIANG KAI-SHEK.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

von Hindenburg on Christmas Eve, so far befallen him on his tour. The China Press this morning it was announced here to-day. The It occurred in Slam, and miles reports the arrival of Chiang Initiative for this departure from from town or village. As dusk Kai-shek and his wife at Ningpo tradition is said to have come from Was falling he came upon a small yesterday afternoon by air and the President, who is determined to house by the wayside, and decid-nya that they boarded a waiting throw his whole person's authority ed to ask for a night's shelter. motor-car and immediately pro- into the scales in favour of unity and His knock was answered by two ceeded to Fenghua Router. goodwill.

men, one of whom spoke English.

So far, President von Hinden- He made known his request to burg has never addressed the nation which they acceded, but first

over the radio, though some of his called upon him to hand over his STOP PRESS

speeches have been broadcast.– Transocean Kuomin

Providents (old), $6.20. Providents (new), $2.05. Chinese Estates, $95. Trams, $21,80, H.K. Electrics, $77 Cements (combined), $19. Cements (old), $12. Watsons, $16. Constructions (old), $5.55.. Constructions (new), $1.90.

Sellers.

Banks, $1,500,

passport and any money he had. He complied. He made over a passport and purse containing a ittle more than five dollars. He was well treated, given plenty of food, and shown to a place where! ho could sleep. But sleep he slept little that night, for he was frankly nervous. There were mysterious comings and goings all night long. Later he realised that, his hosts were recognised bandite.

However, next morn-

ing, when he was preparing to go

ROSY PICTURE OF SOVIET RUSSIA.

Moscow, Yesterday, Attended, with

dus cere- mony, the now session of the Central Executive Committee (Parliament) opened in the historie Kremlin at which a rosy picturs of Soviet Russia. was painted by various, speak- ers with declarations that the be,

on, his way, his passport was · Five Year Plan... would handed back, also use intact,"paradoxically, completed In and one of his hosts made him four years.--Reuter,

4 present of $2. Generous, gen-

Cements (combined), $19.40. al bandits!