1932-01-06 — Page 12

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MADONNA

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She posed for a hundred masterpieces of art.

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Constance BENNETT

The COMMON

LAW

The

China Mail.

India.

ESTABLISHED 1845.

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1932.

NEWS TABLOIDS AND OVERNIGHT CABLES SUMMARISED,

Congrass leaders are being rounded up and placed In deten tion. Among the latest arrests is Mr. V. J. Patel, ax-President of the Indian Legislative Assembly.

Congress continues to establish Litself on

'a "war footing" in its "war" with the Government of Reparations Conference. India and has equipped two bos- It is understood France, desires pitals, enrolled 10,000 volunteers. a postponement, owing to pressure and arranged for, at least, 60 of Parliamentary business, until "war cabinets." Complete cesan-February 25, 1932. She is said to tion of the export of cotton to be willing, however, to extend the Japan and Britain is to be at- German moratorium until July 1. tempted. Dr. Ansari is now Pre-1934, provided the unconditional sident of Congresa.

annuities are paid.

Meanwhile Government is coun

Col. Sir Maurice Hankey, it is ter-attacking, and arrests are be expected, will act as Secretary ing made in all parts of India.

General to the Conference. He is, Lord Willingdon and his advis-at present, Secretary to the Bri- ers are receiving the support, gen- tish Cabinet, and acted as Secre erally, of British newspapers, Intary to earlier international con the policy now being pursued. ferences on reparations.

Burma.

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Irak.

The Permanent Commission on Mandates, of the League of Nations, has issued its report 'on the British Government's proposal to proceed with the emancipation of Irak.

Alleged Fraud.

a

Seven Chinese to-day, in the Central Magistracy, faced charge of conspiracy to fraud in respect of a large number of Jer Boys taken on credit from a shop. Ball has been allowed; "and 8 week's formal remand granted.

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London Hold-Up.

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daylight hold-up occurred in

A daring and cleverly-planned | busy West End street yesterday. A

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A Jeweller, returning from the bank with a valuable parcol of The British Cabinet and its com jewellery, was relieved of it. mittees will, until the eve of the Conference, be engaged on the French Fliers. The Plenary Session of the Round Table Conference opens on that Britain's policy may be final-Marseilles yesterday... on

various subjects affected, in order Codas and Robida took off from Friday, and the Premier Is expectly decided.

their ed to address delegatos on Tues-

flight to Hanoi and back. day indicating the British Govern-German "Reds"" Putsch.

* Iment's policy to Burma.

Australian Air Mail.

Kingsford Smith is due to start to-day on his flight to Australia with air mails.

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Rehabilitation of Silver,

Senator Borah has submitted a Bill to Senate (U.S.) which, if passed, will authorise foreign debtors to repay their debts in silver. The Bill, however, is ex- pected to be short-lived.

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Naval Spring Exercises.

The Atlantic Fleet leaves home ports to-day to concentrate for the Spring Exercises. The cruise has been curtailed, for economy rea- sons, and the Fleet returns, home

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Organised by Communists in the Ruhr district

on New Year's Day, has fizzled out, and the au- thorities report "all quiet on the Western front.”

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Harbin Riot.

Rioting occurred, in Harbin over "Reds" Get Short Shrift in London. the week-end. A Chinese police- Three men, believed Commun-man and six Russians have been ists, were first booed and hissed, killed, And twenty. Russians then pelted with flour and ochre

wounded. yesterday, when they sought to induce London dockers to go out in sympathetic strike with Thames' lightermen,

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Labourites Ill.

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Peak Film Fire.

Pathe Orient, Ltd., are being pro- secuted for an infringement of the Fire Brigade's regulations in con nection with the film fire which Mr. William Graham has deve occurred at a in the middle of March. A por-loped double pneumonia, and Dr. given in a house on The Peak on Christmas Party tion of the Fleet will pay a visit Marion Phillips is critically December 25. They also are pro- to the British West Indies.

following an operation.

secuted for storing films in an un- licensed building.. Tragedy.

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A bridal couple were drowned, yesterday, in a lake near Vilna, Poland. It appears that a happy wedding party were sleigh-racing across the frozen lake, when the ice broke and precipitated the sleigh containing the bridal couple into the icy water,----

BORAH'S SILVER BILL.

Pay Your Debts in Silver.

MINT SILVER COINS.

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Mr. Graham was President of the Board of Trade in the late Labour, Government, and Dr. Phillips is Chief Woman Organis- er to the Labour Farty..

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China and the League.

There is no official news of China requesting an early meeting of the Council.

DRIZZLE AND MÍST.

The Royal Observatory's re port issued this morning states: The typhoon. In about · 200 miles N.N.W. of Yap, moving N.N.E.

Washington, Yesterday. Determined not to relax hised over S.E. Mongolia, efforts for the rehabilitation of silver, Senator Borah has · sub- mitted to Senate a bill authorising foreign debtors to repay debta in silver, and requesting the treasury to mint silver coins of certain weights having, the status of cur- rency at the market value of metal.

A new anti-cyclone has form-

Forecast:-N.E. or variable winds, moderate; generally cloudy, some drizzle or mist.

Like most of Senator. Borah's pre- vious ventures, however, the bill fá expected to be short-lived-Reuter's American Service.

A REFORMED CHARACTER,

Six boys out of the senior form had been carpeted before the heat for cigarette smoking, and natural- ly the incident formed the subject of discussion in the lower school. "Fools, those fellows 1 decla Pontifex minimas: (aged 18), "Why gave up smoking years ago!**

Rainfall

Rainfall for 24 hours end. ed at 10 am, to-day - nil. Total since January 1-nil against an average of 0.14 inch-deficit 0.14 Inch.

Temperature.

The temperature at certain specified: centred this morning at 6 o'clock was: Hong Kong

Mácso

Pratas Island

Manila Foochow Amoy Chefoo Shanghai

MEN WOMEN & CHILDREN -

protect themselves

against DIPHTHERIA

Throat & Induenza.

Pantravin

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New Year's Fracas.

William Wishart, seaman of sa. Pentyne, was, this morning, sen- tenced to one month's hard labour for inflicting grievous bodily in- jury with a razor on a fellow-sea- man. It was the result of a carousal on New Year's Eve.

ANOTHER FIND IN LAKE NEMI

Stone Boat Raised from Bottom.

PLACED IN MUSEUM.

Rome, December 29.

A boat believed to have belong- ed to the same epoch as the galley of the Roman Emperor Caligula;| which was salved earlier in the year with many previous treasures]. from Lake Nemi, has been found weighted down by stones to the bed of the same lako,

It is 80 feet long and eight feet wide and was evidently used for the transport of materials, having probably been loaded with stones at the time that it sank, M

Great cara' was required' to take it out of the lake to-day and it was finally placed with proper pre cautions in the museum at the edge of the lake..

Sentence of five months impri- sonment passed on a footballer who attacked the referee in a football match at Grossetto, has been con Armed by the Florence Court of Appeal."

DENTALINE

(Concentrated Antiruptio),

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