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LINDBERGH CASE COMMUNAL WARFARE

SUSPECTS.

Gang Under Police Observation.

Arrests Expected In A Few Days.

Murder Not Part of

Original Plans.

FIVE MEN AND A WOMAN.

New York, Yesterday. Five men and one woman whose identity is believed to be known to New Jersey State Police, were 19- sponsible, according to the New

York Times, for the kidnapping and

murder of the Lindbergh baby.

The arrest of one or more mem bers of the group is expected in a

few days.

IN BOMBAY

WHOLE DISTRICTS IN A

STATE OF SIEGE

ARMOURED CARS RUSHED TO THE SCENE.

WAVE OF ARSON AND LOOTING

Bombay, Yesterday.

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STEAL WATER

THEFT FROM CISTERNS

A SERIOUS OFFENCE.

But Magistrate Imposes Small Fine!

The water shortage is becoming

on the Chinese inhabitants, are

water.

The gravity of the situation is indicated by the more serious every day. Hardships fact that armoured cars were rushed here this causing them to resort to numerous drinkable morning and an Indian regiment is standing by methods of obtaining to-night prepared for emergencies.

Two. Indian policemen, who visit- To-day's death roll so far is 16 killed and 200 ed a public latrine in Staunton their actual kidnapping was done injured.

atreet yesterday afternoon, by three members, German, an! With darkness communal warfare broke out with renewed several Chinese standing"

Mur ferocity. Whole districts were in a state of sloge, fierce battles 80 erected over cubicles, bailing water wooden platform, which had been ing on, in which stones, bottles, sticks, iron rods and knives were freely, used.

The paper further states that

Italian and

Brazilian. a

der WAS not part of the original programme. but was resorted to when their plans went wrong.-Reuter's Special Service.

KOWLOON RAILWAY PROGRESS.

Good Year in Spite of Depression. THE SHATIN DISASTER.

found

.on 4

Thera werd

out of the cistern. Huge bonfires are raging in Girgaum Road, n the Hindu Dis-about a dozen people there, with a trict, and the Police are vainly striving to cope with fanatical loot- total of about 30 tins being filled.

The alleged main offenders, Chan ers, while rioters are setting fire to houses on the border area, using

Fat (24), Chan Wing (19), both unemployed, Kwan Fui (14) and Li unemployed, were

bags of sacking soaked in kerosene.

GOVERNOR-RUSHES BACK.

dead and 180 injured. — Reuter.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILI MEETING.

Bill for Servants' Wages to Be Moved.

CONTRACTS OF SERVICE.

DR. TOYNBEE DEAD.

London, Yesterday. The death is announced of Dr Paget Toynbee, M.A., D. Litt. Oxon; Fellow of Baliol College-Reuter.

(Dr. Paget Toynbee was born at Wimbledon on January 20, 1855. He was educated at Haileybury and Ballol College. From 1873 to

It is satisfactory to record states the annual report for 1931 of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, that not! withstanding the general depres- sion of trade and a very regrettable accident on the British Section. referred to later, the year 1981 proved on the whole a very suc cessful year for the Railway.

A meeting of the Hong Kong 1892 he was a private tutor, but Running expenses were slightly heavier than during the previous Legislative Council will be held on after that time devoted the rest of year, but increases in traffic, traffic Thursday, May 19, at which the his live to writing.] receipts and train mileage showed Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn. C.M.G., that steady progress was made. Officer Administrating the Goveru-

Operating Expenses actually in-ment, will preside.

water:

GEORGES PHILIPPAR"

200 MAY BE MISSING

PREMIER TO LEAVE NURSING HOME.

Condition of Eye Said to be Satisfactory.

Landon, Yesterday.

A bulletir states that the Prime Minister's right eye is ... | reported to be so satisfactory that he will be leaving the nursing home at Lossiemouth

on Wednesday instead of Fri- day.-Reuter.

Mr. MacDonald was visited by HM the King on Friday, when the Preimer's medical advisera. assured His Majesty that their patient's general health was satisfactory.

WATER SUPPLY SITUATION.

Small Showers Have No Effect.

NEGLIGIBLE QUANTITY.

INFORMATION SLIGHT AND

CONFLICTING

ONLY 3 HONG KONG RESIDENTS ON BOARD.

MANY SHIPS STAND BY BLAZING LINER

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It is reliably reported that 690 passengers and crew have been saved from the Messageries Mari- times liner Georges Philippar, which was abandon- ed when seized by fire off Cape Guardafui, in be Red Sea yesterday.

It is further stated that the only residents of Hong Kong who were travelling g on the liner at the time were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Renner and their 5 year-old daughter. Mr. Renner, who is Vice-Consul Chancelier of the French Consulate- General, in Hong Kong, was proceeding Home on leave.

morning.

200 MISSING?

The situation has become so serious over night that the Gov-Ching (22)

A wire has been received at the Shanghai office A Waterworks Engineer in- ernor has returned to the city from Mahabaleshwar by air. The brought before Mr. Wynne-Jones in rioting was resumed at daybreak and by noon, six were reported the Central Police Court this morn formed the "China Mail" this of the Messageries Maritimes, the contents of which ing. First, second and third de morning that the rain which fell fendants, pleaded guilty to taking last night and this morning had were forwarded to Mr. R. Ohl, the agent here. It water from the cistern, while the no effect whatever in the Col-states that 690 passengers, officers and crew have fourth defendant denied the charge ony's water situation, as the stating that he did not go there for quantity was so negligible, been picked up by steamers in the vicinity, and There was no reason; however, that they will probably be landed at Aden this Prosecuting, Inspector J. Dick to be "panicky" about the water said that the fourth defendant was situation. arrested only because his hands

Asked if more rain was ex- were wet.

pected during the next few days, Holding that was not sufficient the Engineer replied that that evidence, his Worship ordered his was-k-matter for the Royal Ob- discharge.

servatory, but as long as there Inspector Dick stated that the de is a north-east wind what show fendants were arrested shortly after ers we get would not be of any Replying to his Worship, he said from which' 'one could expect five o'clock yesterday afternoon. quantity. The only quarter the water in the cistern was quite water in any useful quantity was good, as he believed it was from from the south-east, the rider main, It was not well * Only 0108. Inch. water, he added.

Inquiries made at the Royal creased by $104,081.85, while net The Attorney General, the Hon.

The youth, Kwan Fut, remarked Observatory elicited the inform Revenue amounted to $150,094.76 Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., O.B.E., When a propeller shaft of the he had not had his turn at taking ation that the rainfall recorded as compared with $138.106.47 for will move the first reading of the s.8. Ampullaria, undergoing re-the water, when he was arrested. there between 10.80 sm. yester. 1930. Local fures were raised as following Bills:

pairs at Taikoo Docks, swung out

His Worship observed that the day and 10.30 am. to-day was from January 1 to a basis more in

A Bill to amend the Vaccination yesterday, it struck a staging, on offence was equal to stealing water, only 0.106 inch. unison with those on the Chinese

and was serious. He imposed a To-day's weather forecast, Section.

A Bill to amend the Employers which were three men, throwing 1 of 32 on each defendant. issued at 10.45 8.m., is as fol- and Servants Ordinance, 1902. them off. They sustained injuries

Inspector Dick"It just means lows:- A Bill to amend the Military to their 'backs and feet, but were that we will have to take special East wind, fresh; cloudy, Stores (Exportation) Ordinance, not seriously hurt. They were not precautions in those places, now showery,

sent to hospital.

that we have found out.".

The showers, however, are not expected to yield much water.

Good Progress. Good progress was made on the Chinese Section with the recondi- tioning of the track, and this en- abled reductions to be made in the duration of the through journey between the two termini of Kow- loon and Canton. :

All through express trains con- tinued to be hauled by British Sec- tion engines, and the three new engines referred to in last year's Report were brought into service in May and proved both afficient and economical.

The year's working, therefore,

Ordinance, 1923.

1862.

A BI to amend the law re- lating to the Registration of Births and Deaths.

TAIKOO ACCIDENT.

A Bill to regulate the employ SUZUKI IS

ment of Young Persons and Chil- dren at Sea. E

A Bill to amend the Importa- tion and Exportation Ordinance, 1915.

A Bill to amend the United Kingdom Dealgns (Protection) Ordinance, 1928,

may, be considered highly satisfac- Ton Hon. Mr. 8. W. Tao, Q.B.E., tory, and in the present state of LL.D., will move the first reading universal depression the Railway of a Bill to provide for the fa- that can show an increase over its corporation of the Directors of the previous year's revenue may con- Chinese Young Men's Christian - As- sider itself fortunate- Indeed. sociation of Hong Kong; also a Bill,

Passenger Traffic,

for the Incorporation of St. The view, expressed in the an- Stephen's College,

M nual report for 1980 under this The Attorney General will fur heading that, given a fast and ther move a Bill to amend the Medi-

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SUZUKI IS SEIYUKAI LEADER

CERTAIN TO BE NEXT PREMIER

GRAVE EVENTS IN JAPAN

Tokyo, Yesterday.

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STABILISING THE OIL MARKETS

Various Groups Confer in New York.

WORLD CARTEL SUGGESTED,

New York, Yesterday, Representatives of the Royal

Vico, and 400

The following Reuter's cable indicates that over 200 passengers are unaccounted

"It is believed that the Captain, M

of the survivors

Georges Philippar, which Was the scene of ù disastrous fire in the Red Sea on Monday evening, are aboard the Russian tanker, Sovieta Walaneft, This steamer, together with the British freighters, Contractor and Mahsud were the first vessels to answer the Georges Philippar's S.0.8.:. A wireless message received from the es. Mahsud stated that sho was burying the corpses of some young French girl passengers of the liner, which left Hong Kong on April 26 with 600 passengers aboard.

SUMMARY

In the following cable Reuter states that there are 263.survivors aboard the British freighters, Contractor and Mahsud. The fate of the entire passengers and crew will not be known until port Is reached..

The cable reads

PROMINENT, OFFICIALS.

London, Yesterd

Apart from 263 survive of the Georges Philippar aboard the British rescue vessels Contractos and Mahsad, the fate of the pas sengers and crew will not definitely be known until the rescue ves- sels reach port to-day.

uthorities are trying to deflect all ships with sur vivors to Djibouti, where there is greater accommodation" than at Aden.

The passenger list is not available at: Marseilles, the ship's Dutch Shell, Anglo-Persian, Burma headquarters, but it is surmised that it contained a number of pro- Oll and Standard Oil Companies minent people and colonial, omcials from Indo China. The crew held their first full meeting to-day numbers about 500,

at over £1,000,000, and the Far East The Paul Freplace, was|MİSO)

to discuss ways and means of It is believed that the Georges Philippar is the first large oll stabilising the International oil burner to suffer from fire. markets

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punctual service of trains between cal Registration Ordinarice of 1884. the two cities, an ever-increasing Wages of Servants. proportion of passengers would NEVER NAV travel by train, was fulfilled dary The Bill intituled an Ordinance The eldermen of the Part ing the year 1931. Increases farto mend the Employers and Ser Dr. Suzuki and early on Tue thermore occurred in the 1st and Vants Ordinance of 1002, provides

2nd class passengers, and there is that every question between the fully persuaded Mr. every prospect of still, further im parties to any contract

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