1932-04-19 — Page 1

BLOWN

UP.

Ammunition Store

IN TOKYO.

London, Yesterday,

A number of persons were Injured and fifty houses partially wrecked and, the whole neighbourhood WUR thropyn into confusion, when an army ammunition store on the outskirts of Tokyo blew up early this morning. The disaster was, apparent- ly, due to spontaneous com- bustion. Reuter.

NOT ANOTHER MORATORIUM.

Washington, Yesterday; Government circles do not ex- pect Président Hoover to initiate another moratorium when the present expires on June 80.

Company Meetings.

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The dollar, on demand, closed to-day at 1/21⁄2d.

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China Mail

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Tel. 27808.

No. 28,085

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1932.

JAPAN UNPERTURBED

ABOUT SOVIET

WITH RUMOURS

AND

UNFOUNDED SUSPICIONS

LITTLE DANGER OF CLASH.

London, Yesterday. In spite of disquietening reports of Russo-Japanese tension in North Manchuria, the Japanese Government is taking a calm view of the situation and do not anticipate any serious development.

Owing to the presence in Manchuria of numbers of persons of different nationalities of the adventurer type... with axes to grind all kinds of wild rumours are circulating, but these are mainly discountable, while the Soviet's suspl- cions of Japanese intentions appear as unfounded as Jap- anese suspicions of the Soviet.

The fact that Tamon's Second Division Is leaving Har- bin to-morrow and returning to its peace station at Lino- yang appears to indicate that Japanese military authori ties are satisfied that there is little danger of a clash with the Soviet.-Reuter.

This announcement follows the the recent cutery of anti-revisionists, and Smith may be designed to avert further died down, attacks, until public reaction to Service.

MESSRS. A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

MR. W. S. BAILEY PAYS A TRIBUTE

TO THE MANAGEMENT

THE HONG KONG DOLLAR AGAIN!

Another successful year was reported by the Chair- man (Mr. H. Humphreys) at the forty-seventh annual ordinary yearly meeting of Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co, Limited, which was held at the Hong Kong Hotel Chis morning.

Those present were:-Messrs. J.that we sold our Counaught Road

A. B. Stewart (Directors) and been very much higher.

holders

W

suggestions of A

and Murray Butler has Reuter's American

COMMITTEE OF NINETEEN.

Two Resolutions Discussed.

JAPANESE TROOPS' WITHDRAWAL.

Geneva, To-day.

The Committee of Nineteen dia- cussed for two hours the two draft

resolutions, one of which was sub- mitted by Mr. Hymans, emphasis-

Agreement,—namely, that the

TRANCE MEDIUM CASE

JUSTICE MCCARDIE SUMS UP

ABSTRUSE POINTS

EVIL SPIRITS.

(Reuter's Special Service.) London, Yesterday. A large number of abstruse points engaged the attention of Justice McCardie to-day in his long summing up of the trance medium case in which Mrs. Morris is

suing the "Daily Mail' for casting reflections on the genuineness of her manifestations.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

GENEROUS PROVISION FOR EDUCATION

OVER FORTY-TWO MILLION

THIS YEAR

POUNDS

£100,000,000 · AVAILABLE.

Rugby, Yesterday.

When the Minister for Education (Sir Donald Maclean) presented his department estimates in the Commons to day, he said that they provided for Exchequer expenditure _of_£42,892,676, which shows an economy of £5,500,000..on last year. In 1906 the estimates were about £12,500,000. With the summs raised from rates by local Education Authorities there is about £100,000,000 for educational purposes in Great Britain - more than half the total -National Expenditure for the year before the War, He doubted whether there was any country in Europe to-day whose Budget contained so generous a provision for educa- tion.

Regarding recent economies, Sir Donald Maclean said that there had been reductions under every head, excegt Teachers' Pensions and Scholarships to Students.-British › Wireless Service.

INTERFERING WITH

SAFETY VALVES.

Comdr. Hole on Danger of the practice.

launch.

jed against him that he allowed the

1888- DUNLOP the Pioneer

1932 DUNLOP still the Leader

JUNIOR LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.

To Be Discontinued.

It has been learnt from the Registrar of the University of Hong Kong that the Council of the University has decided to discontinue the holding of the Junior Local Examination after the examination to be held in November, 1932,

AUTOGIRO FLIGHT` TO`S.A.

Rugby, Yesterday.

J. N. Young, ex-Air Force pilot, intends to fly to South Africa In an Autogiro. This will be the first. long-distance Autogiro flight and, as the machine is designed for safety and not speed, he is not at- tempting any recorde He thinks that, as it is able to dispense with large landing grounds, the Autogiro is specially suitable for undevelop- ed country.-British Wireless Ser- vice.

SOVIET WARNINGS

TO JAPAN

MILLIONS READY TO BE THROWN AGAINST NIPPON

JAPAN FOMENTING TROUBLE.

Riga, Yesterday. There is, it is understood here, growing nervousness in official circles in Moscow in connection with what is described as the imminent danger of war in the Far East.

·

Soviet newspapers daily are becoming more outspoken and warh Japan that, though it may be easy to find a pre- text for war, it will be dis- astrous, if she mistakes the Soviet's desire for peace for inability to fight.

officials of the Chinese East- ern Railway of fomenting trouble, and wholesale ar- rests of such officials, it is said, have been made in the last few days, apparently as a sequel to the recent blow- ing up of a Japanese troop train. Reuter,

.CHINESE CONSUL CASE.

Japan Pleased.

*

His Lordship said that, while a great deal had │* been heard in the case

- HEARING FIXED, about good spirit.com- municating with living which endanger lives at sea were Stern remarks on practices people, a minimum had made by the Hon. Comdr. G. F. been heard about the Hole, RN. (retired), in the Marine evil spirits said to exist. the coxswain and engineer of the Court this morning, when be fined If evil spirits could steam launch Wah Hing for inter ing point three of the Shanghai communicate with the fering with the safety valve of the Japanese troops will undertake living as efficiently as The charge against the coxswain withdrawal as quick as possible, the good, the jury would was heard first and it was alleg adding that the mixed Commission Scott Hurston, A 1. White, and Property, the overdraft would have at Shanghai should report to the see how grave a ques-safety valve to be under the con- Assembly when normal conditions tion was raised by the trol of the engineer by removing J. H. Turrant (Secretary). Share- We are calling up $300,000, the are restored.

spiritualist creed.

padlocks fitted by the Government The second resolution was sub- present. were:-Mausra. balance of unissued Capital, with

Marine Surveyor. The jury had to decide, After W. S. Bailey, G. E. R. Divett, J. M. reference to which. I would remark mitted by M. Benes for the purpose

Lance-Sergeant Ma c- Wong, P. C. Potts, A. C. Greaves, that it does not take a Napoleon of of strengthening the terms of the whether Mrs. Morris, in namara, of the Water Police, and that with the ing Point Three of the Shanghai her sermons, was deernment Marine Surveyor, had Chan A Tong, J. D. Humphreys, Finance to realise D. E. Clark, A. P. Samy, J. Dalziel, Hong Kong dollar round about 1/ Both resolutions were referred to S. E. Edgar, and Peter Wong. it requires inere Hong Kong dollars the Drafting Committee for the livering a message from given evidence, the accused said In seconding the Chairman's re-tan a business than if the ex- purpose of reconciling them. It is some discarnate spirit that the lock got rusty through port, Mr. Bailey complimented the change were 1/6 or more, and by announced that the Drafting Com-

coming in contact with sea water, who but he did not know that it was Management on the excellent work way of example, in this connection, mittee has reached an agreement called "Power" done during the year.

I would point out that though dur- on the text of the single resolu- must be regarded as the broken. Also, he did not know The Chairman, in thanking Mr.ing the period under review London

with the exception of one central figure of the case anything about the safety valve. Bailey for his words," said he ap-Drafts cost £8,046. less than the point which needs further con- preciated them

-or whether speaking The Magistrate retorted that it be-previous year, yet the cost to us in sideration. This point concerns even more so,

the instructions of the Shanghai from cause they came from one of the Hong Kong dollara

memorised ser- was the accused's business as cox- was $189,867

Commission and is to the effect: Company's biggest shareholders.

The sume applies, on

swain to know about these things.; more.

that the Commission shall report mons or speaking ex-He found the man guilty and re- The report Was carried un-smaller scale to U.S.A. drafts. animously.

to the Committee of Nineteen when tempore on ideas deriv-marked that the offence was very Your Directors' fees have Addressing the meeting, the mained at the same gure since tions will allow the withdrawal of

serious as the lives of the whole ed from early life... A

crew were in the accused's hands. Chairman said: "Gentlemen, the 1901, when the business was far

the Japanese troops and will in- curious feature was that After ascertaining that the ac- Report and Statement of Accounts smaller than it is to-day. having been in your hands for the therefore propose to convene Extra-tion does not take place.

We form the Committes if the evacua- "Power" refused to discused had a clear record, his Wor-

with that argument only to the ex- -prescribed period, I propose with ordinary

ship said that because of that he General Meetings of The date for the next meeting close his on her identity. proposed to let the accused down April 8, was also concluded, the offence until such time as the ac- A similar case, adjourned from, tent that it would be a technical your permission" to take them as Shareholders to pass resolutions to of the Committee has not been fix-

raise the fees of Directors to $1,500 ed.-Reuter,

His Lordship had not lightly. If he had had a previous accused being defended by Mr. cused had an opportunity to report finished when the court conviction, he would have been F. H. Loseby. They were the cox- the damage: He suggested that sent to fall without the option of swain and engineer of the steam Mr. Loseby should prove-absence adjourned.

a fine. In a serious case like that, launch Fook Wo, and both were of such opportunity at the time of however, when he said he would charged with interfering or allow-arrest.

read.

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re-

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the restoration of normal condi-

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N-W FRONTIER

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PROVINCE.

Rugby, Yesterday.

I will first of all deal with the Ac-leach per annum. count. Amongst the Assets you I trust you will approve of the may notice that "Stocks in Trade" appropriations to Reserve Fund of show an increase of $124,870 which $60,000 and Exchange Fluctuation was virtually inevitable, in view of Account $50,000, and also of the the very low rate of the dollar dur-apropriation of $5,000 to the Chin- ing the period under review.jesa Staff Superannuation Fund. In Sundry Debtors are up $31,500 due view of the uncertainty of silver we The Viceroy of India (Lord Wil- partly to Increased business, and think that, in a business like ours lingdon) who flew to Feshawar partly to the Increased dollar value the "Exchange Fluctuation" appro- from Delhi last week, to-day of goods sold at the low rate of ex-priation is very, necessary.

formally installed Sir Ralph change prevailing.

I have no further remarks to Griffiths as the first Governor of Connaught Road Property, Sec-make, Gentlemen, and now beg to the North-West Frontier Province. A. Marine Lot 881-having propose that the Report and State- A talking 6lm was taken of the been sold, no longer appears ment of Accounts as presented be ceremony-British Wireless Ser-

amongst the Assets.

There was a adopted and that the allocation of vice. profit on the sale of $31,600, as is the profits as recommended bel

tion

question's in connection with the accounts before you that Share- holders may have to ask."

shown in Profit and Loss Account: passed, namely:

Amongst the Liabilities you will To pay a Dividend of 80 notice Bank overdraft is down cents per share which $214,510, though but, for the fact will absorb

$ 96,000,00

The re-election of Sir Shou-son Place to Reserve Fund. 50,000.00 Chow, Kt, and Messrs. J. Scott Transfer to Exchange.

Harston, A. H. White and A. B. Fluctuation Account 50,000.00 Stewart, to the Board of Directors

Chinese

was proposed by the Chairman, | seconded-by-Mr-J=M-Wong-and 5,000.00 carried

STOP PRESS Transfer to

ondonskid-day.

Airman C. W. A Scott left Lympne'st ‍6 o'clock this morn ing in an attempt to break the England Australiu Renter

Staff Superannuation. Fundi And carry forward to

next: account

Mr. G. Bernard. Brown, AGA, 80,457.75 and Mr. 8, 7. Butlin,

ted audit

$1,250

After this has been,

to answer

oposition of ssconded by Mr. D. E. Clark

be pleased

RAIN LATER.

The Royal Observatory's re- port fasued

this morning stated:-

The anti-cyclone has moved into the Eastern Sea.

Depressions aré Bitunted near Vladivostock and Tokyo.

· Forecast:-E. winds, moder- ate; cloudy with mist or fog, probably some rain later..

Rainfall.

Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am to-day-nik. 's "Total" "since"" January 1-8:20 inches against an average of 9.24 inches deficit 1:04 inch.

Hong Kong

Mácson

Pratas Island

Foochow

Amoy Swator

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Mr. S. Ashworth,

Assistant Gov-

Very Serious Offence.

The "Pravda," for example, says the Soviet has millions ready to oppose any' Japan- ese attempts to convert parts of Soviet territory into a buffer state, and advises Japan to think well before drawing the Soviet into her Manchurian adventure.

Official circles allege that Japan is employing White Guards to carry out terrorist acts and then accusing Soviet

Mr. Loseby's Clients.

let the man down lightly he diding the safety valve to be under

Moscow, Yesterday. The Press here to-day. pub- Jishes a report from Tokyo in connection with measures taken by the Foreign Commissariat in regard to the Chinese Consul at Blagoveschensk.

It states that a representative of the Japanese Foreign Office interviewed a Tass correspon- dent and declared, "This measure dissolves undoubtedly entirely

the suspicions, if any, of connec tions between the Soviet and General Ma."-Reuter.

on

Mr. Loseby called the coxswain, not mean to impose a nominal fine. the control of the engineer by re- who said that the starboard pin The accused would have to pay moving padlocks fitted by the Gov-was broken by a seaman while $250 or go to jail for three months. fernment Marine Surveyor.

cleaning the deck at Canton 5 Pound Greater-Pressure. Mr. Loseby, at the last hearing, April 1. The launch left Canton The case, against the engineer argued on the meaning of the word the same day and arrived in the of the launch was then proceeded "interfere" and the case was put waters of the Colony at 3 pm, on with. He was charged with plac-off for further argument.

April 2. bank

Therefore he

RECALLED.

ing 5 pounds greater pressure When the case was resumed this His Worship stopped the evi- than the conditions of the licence morning, Lance-Sergeant Morris, dence at this stage and found that permitted.

of the Water Police, re-called by the accused were guilty-of-only-a After evidence was given by the Magistrate, said that, when he technical offence. Sergeant Macnamara and Mr. Ash-boarded the "defendants' Jaunch on would caution them. worth, the accused said that he April 2, it was towing two junks rever touched the safety valve, and and going from the direction of did not think any one on board did Stonecutters to Yaumati He ITALIAN WARSHIPS Interfere with it, but his Worship agreed that the launch had the ap did not believe him and convicted. pearance of having just entered

Monkeying Around." the harbour. This man also bad a clear re- cord and the Magistrate decided to treat him the same as the cox awain by imposing a fine of $260 or three months hard labour. Ha remarked that by the fine he had imposed he was making the accus, ed learn that it was not worth while to monkey around with the safety valves and endanger liven

Mr. Loseby then proceeded to enlarge apon his argument, but his Worship said that he had been con dering ganother point raised- bý

oseby, that the offence was ally committed in Canton and herefore, at most, it could be only

chnical offence" here.

Maristrate's Suggestion.

Worship said that he agreed

From Shanghai.

Rome, Yesterday. Owing to the improved Bitus“ tion at Ellinghai, Signor Musso lini has ordered the Italian crui: ser Trento and the Italian des troyer Espero to return home. Reuter: