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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1932.

A Bill has been agreed to by the U.S. Democratic Tariff Committee which authorises President Hoover to call an International Economic Conference to promote a lowering of international tariffs.

Dr. Sze.

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Is about to embark on an extend-

NEWS · TABLOIDS AND OVERNIGHT CABLES SUMMARISED.

Burma Conference.

The plenary sesalan of the Round ed holiday for health reasons. He Table Conference will be held, it is has asked his Government to ap-hoped, next week. The Prime point a locum tenens at the Chinese Minister is expected to make a Embassy in London.

statement at this meeting.

India.

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Miscellany...

Two French airmen-Codos and

Floods in Scotland.

The rivers Clyde and Cart are in flood and have overflowed their banks. There is great distress Glasgow, the Cathcart district, Pajalay and Kilmarnock. The last mentioned has suffered most.

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China and the League."

Mr. Hoo's departure, yesterday, for Geneva is regarded as indicat- ing that a demand will be made for the immediate convocation of the League Council to consider the Japanees occupation of Chinchow.

New Year's Eve Fracas.

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An alleged razor slashing in- cident, which is said to have occur. red on New Year's Eve aboard 8.8. Pentyne, between two sailors, was, mentioned in the Kowloon Magie- tracy this morning,

Disturbances have occurred in Allahabad, Calcutta, and Cawnpore. The curfew has been imposed at the last named town. Many arrests Robida expect to take off from have been made in various parts of Marseilles to-day on a fight to the country, PERILS

including Pandit, Hanoi and back. Jawaharlal Nehru, his brother-in- law, and Rajendra Prasad (the new President of Congress).

Congress is being established an French Foreign Office is now in Death of Victoria Jail Warder. a "war footing," and Volunteers are London, and is expected to have The death occurred on Sunday of being enrolled.

informal conversations with British Warder Hagan, He wa a burled

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The Secretary-General of the

day.

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In a statement giving directions Ministers regarding cement political with full military honours, yester as to the polley to be pursued, after, problems, his arrest, Gandhi says: “Abao- lute protection must be given to every Englishman, woman, and child, whether official or not.”

Gandhi and Patel are incarcerat ed in Yernuda gaol. This is the prison in which Gandhi had former- ly been imprisoned.

Bombay has been stunned by the suddennees with which the Govern-į. ment of India has acted, and as hartal was observed yesterday,

Mr. William Graham, the Labourite and ex-President of the Board of Trade, is seriously III with pneumonia.

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Foochow Incident.

Children Bitten.

A girl and a boy were bitten yesterday by a monkey and dog re- spectively.

Mr. Eugene Chen.

Has Issued a statement concer- ning the Japanese occupation of

The commander and an officer of Chinchow. He says that China Japanese cruiser stationed at must attempt to recover Chinchow, Foochow were assaulted, yesterday; and that the Instructions to oppose

The Congress Working Com-and the night before a Japanese ita occupation with force of arms mittee has been declared an un-teacher and his wife murdered. In stilstand.

lawful assembly.

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Commission of Inquiry.

Lord Lytton has not yet accepted the chairmanship offered to him..

MONKEY BITES

GIRL.

Dog Bites A Boy.

consequence three Japanese des-

troyers have been ordered to this Chinchow.

port, and Japanese bluejackets land- There is no truth in the state- ed to protect Japanese lives and ment that British troops have been property.

ordered to Chinchow.

HIS MASTER'S VOICE.

Yehudi Menuhin And

At The Dog.

WOUNDED MAN BURIED ALIVE!

Girl Companion Killed by Arabs.

After seeing his girl panton killed, a young Jew was buried alive by Bedouin Arabs

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Yehudi Menuhin (accompanied by his terrier: Spot, which he intends to present to Kreisler) was engaged. A girl, Wong Hee, aged 10 years, in making records for H.M.V. at living at 126, Reclamation Street, their Abbey Road studio. One way was bitten by a monkey in Public and another Spot managed to be al Square Street, yesterday. She most the hero of the occasion. near Tel-Aviv (Palestine), re- was sent to the Kowloon Hospital He was not very much interested ports Reuter's Alexandria cor for treatment. The Police have in the process, but a dose of cake respondent. been unable to locate the monkey helped to mollify him. Then he

or its owner.

The disappearance of the

A youth, Pan Yan (14), of 88, was helped on to the top of an im- couple over four months ago

posing gramophone. Nathan Road, was also taken to and put bis head on one side-just the police gave up hope of solv He sat there was a mystery for a time. When the Kowloon Hospital, after hav-like the H.M.V.'s trade-mark dog.

ing been bitten by a dog near the Gan Club Hill Barracks. The dog

and its owner are also unknown.

SHEETS STOLEN FROM PRESIDENT TAFT.

(Kowloon Magistracy.)

ing it, a reporter of a Jewish by him. He drew his bow across to work.

Yehudi took his violin and stood newspaper and three friends set

the strings.. Spot barked just to show he could make a noise like They found the body of a young that, too. His face fell when the man and the skeleton of a humans laughed. He looked sad. woman" buried near a Bedouin

It was just what the photographer camp.

bad been waiting for. There was Arrests were made, and five Wu Shun, a tallyman employed a flash. Spot decided it was safer Bedouins confessed to having at. the Kowloon Godowns, was under the piano. But he was too mardered the couple. this morning, charged with theft late. The camera had already After killing the girl they and receiving of two white sheets snapped him.

from the 8.8. President Taft,

Mr. O E. L. Grist, appearing for

the defendant, pleaded "guilty" to

the second charge, and asked His

DOG STOWAWAY.

wounded the man, whom they buried alive.

Thousands of people attended the funeral of the victims..

Worship to impose a nominal fine. Tired of always rounding up When Mrs. Angulo - Guzmann

Detective Sub-Inspector Elston, sheep, Tiger, a sheep dog, walk- aged 71, of Lima, Peru," appeared prosecuting, said the man was ared up the gangway of the steam-before a Nice Court on a charge of reated while trying to pawn theer Maunganui the last time the shoplifting she pleaded: “I have sheets at Yaumati. When arrest sailed from Sydney for New experienced nearly everything In ed he took the detective to the Zealand

this life, and wanted to try a new

ship to point out the man whoTiger came back after travel emotion.". had given the sheets to him. ling over 2,500 miles,

The Judge sentenced her to 15 There was no definite evidenes The New Zealand authorities days in prison and a that the man had stolen them. refused to let him land. Like

A fine of $25, or in default, a all stowaways, he was kept under H.M.S. Berwick was month's hard labour, was imposed, lock and key while on board. on New

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