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HONG KONG, MONDA JULY 4, 1932.

SHIPPING LAUSANNE

LAUSANNE SOLUTION LABOUR BACKS

DISPUTE

Capt. Laurenson's Reply

to Mr. Croucher.

"RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS."

Defence of Masters

and Officers.

PAY HAS BEEN REDUCED.

M. N. V. A. Croucher's sharp criticism at the an- nual meeting of the Douglas Steamship Company, Limit- "ed (held on June 29), over the allocation of $30,000 for leave pay and pension re- serve, which he considered was out of all proportion to the Company's profit, has re-. ceived

the reproof from China Coast Officers' Guild and the Marine Engineers' Guild of China in an open letter from Captain T. T.. Laurenson, D.S.C Joint -Branch Secretary.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Craucher stinted that their entire cital was only six lakhs and they spending it all on the Officers and

were

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STILL IN DOUBT

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GERMANY'S DEMANDS MAY CAUSE CONFLICT

SEEK CUT IN DEBT PAYMENT

SETTLEMENT, HOWEVER, BELIEVED IN SIGHT DESPITE OBSTACLES.

Lausanne, To-day.

DE VALERA.

Attitude on Irish

Problem.

LEADERS LAY PLANS.

Debate in Commons

To-morrow.

London, To-day.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

SERIOUS RIOTS IN BOMBAY.

British Troops at Scene

of Clash.

3 KILLED

Police Forced To Fire

On Mobs.

Murder and Looting.

On the eve of the important debate in the House of Commons to-morrow on the Government's Irish tariff proposals, the · La- bour Party's attitude was decided ed out owing to the seriousness

Bombay, To-day. British troops have been call-

a class

Itself

WOMAN KILLED ON

S.S. ON LEE

CHIU LIN VILLAGERS FIRE ON VESSELS

14 SHOTS STRIKE KONGMOON RIVER BOAT.

H.M.S. MOORHEN AS ESCORT

A Chinese woman was fatally shot through at a lengthy conference in B London hotel between Hon. Mr. four have been killed and 30 in river steamer, s.s. On Lee, together with the 8.8. Toi of the communal rioting in which the abdomen when the Hong Kong-Kongmoon Mr Norton jured during the day.

Shan and s.s. San Nam Hoi, was fired on by villa-

While settlement of the intricate problem of war debts' and reparations' payment is believed to Lansbury and

The rioting developed into

£

afternoon.

be in sight, it has not yet been reached. Following chairman of the Irish Labour

party. the presentation of the "Five Power" demands, It is understood, on the high-series of murderous assaults gers shortly after leaving Kongmoon yesterday for Germany's consideration, it is understood that est authority, that the Irish La- looting and arson, and pitched bour party has decided to stand Moslem-Hindu battles were wag- the Berlin authorities object to three very vital by Mr. De Valera to a conclusion. ed in the streets. It was at this saloon where the woman was talking to her hus- The fatal shot came through the side of the Mr. Norton is reported to have juncture that a company of{ points among the suggestions for settlement. There is every likelihood of lengthy dispute, it urged that if Britain wished to Royal Irish Fusiliers was des band, and inflicted a terrible wound.

adopt a policy of reprisals, the patched to the area where the The On Lee left North Street yesterday after- Irish people must organise to most serious disturbances were neon, shortly after 3.30, accompanied by two other meet the situation. He pointed occurring.

Earlier in the day police river steamers and H.M.S. Moorhen. The On Lee (out, too, that the balance of

Anglo-Irish trade was in favour were forced to disperse a mbo by was leading the way, and when passing the village of Ireland. Reuter.

The authorities have issued a of Chiu Lin, a burst of firing broke out from behind BRITAIN SUPPORTS curfew order, effective imme the dykes that protect the village from the swollen waters of the river. Fourteen shots were fired in CONVERSION.

appears.

In the first place, Germany is he decided by à unanimous vote said to object to the amount of of the council of the Bank of In the payment required of her, set ternational Settlements, and not at 4,000,000,000 marks. Con- merely a majority. Further, she ditions governing bond issues will demand that proper safe- and an alleged camouflaged safeguards shall be arranged for her additional markets and for German credit, guarding clause are

It is under-in stumbling blocks.

the event of the issue of stood that Germany will demand bonds. On top of this, she de- cancellation of that part of the sires that the figure of the pay- Treaty of Versailles dealing with ment asked of her, 4,000,000,000 reparaionte, including the fam- marks, be halved. ous "war guilt clause." The Ger-

crews. He suggested that all leave, etc., be sus pended right away. He did not think the flouting sta

M. Herriot le not returning to had borne the sacrifices the shareholders had during the man stand is likely to arouse in-Lausanne until Wednesday. He depression, not receiving any

tense opposition, but is taken pos-s trying to clear up the French sibly only for bargaining pur-budget deadlock between the dividend for eight years.

poses.

Government and the Chamber Captain Laurensen, in his let- The date for the dasue of finance commission.

(Continued on Page 6.) ter wonders what Mr. Croucher bonds, Germany will ask, must expects in this time of world- wide depression, and states that "it is ridiculous of Mr. Croucher to have contended that the entire capital of the Company was being spent on the Officers and crew, in spite of the fact that a profit of $82,689.94 had been made during the year, with three steamers."

further

The full text of the letter is appended below:-

[To the Editor of "China Mail")

Sir, With reference to a state- ment made by Mr. N. V. Croucher,

COMMUNISTS DEFEATED.

Peking Situation Returns to Normal. .

BIG OFFENSIVE PLANNED.

Shanghai To-day.

FISHING PARTY

IS SAFE.

Reported Missing

Saturday.

Teachers Will Take Fresh Bonds.

FORGET ANIMOSITY.

Big Firms Join in

Rally.

London,. To-day.

rifle fire.

diately. - Reuter.

MR. J. B. PRENTIS ADMITTED.

New Solicitor Welcomed to Bar

all, some striking the s.s. Toi Shan, but causing no

damage.

Indiately the

Kejand" "her condition, doubtless. out, the On Lee stopped, the time brought about her death then being 8.58 p.m. The rea at the time, although several No other person was inju’ed

son for the firing was to cause were standing on the rail of the the boats to slow down, and mini-steamer. The attackers, whom Mr. John Beard Prentis was mise the risk of the dykes belt is thought were farmers, re- mained, unseen' behind the dyke admitted to the bar this morning. ing broken by the wash from the wall. None of the ships returned

The Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster

ships At the time of the firing the fire, all being registered un- (Attorney-General) moved that The Bank of England and the Mr. Prentis he admitted. His the vessels were only proceeding der the British flag. Post Office Savings Bank report a Honour, Sir Joseph H. Kemp at half speed, which is the usual. The deceased woman is 35 big rush to convert war loan bonds (Chief Justice) congratulated speed when passing, that parti-Lam, a well-known merchant, years of age, and the wife of Mr. under the National Government's him and then wished him luck new plan for financing.

Early applications include Har- red's, with holdings of a face value of £600,000; Whiteley's, with £145,000; the National Union of School Teachers, with £172,000, and others."\

Anxious because of his failure to return on Saturday, after he had gone fishing with friends at The secretary of this latter or-

on his career.

REFUSE REMOVAL SYSTEM.

cular spot.

formerly residing in the United . After the firing had ceased, States. Mr. Lam was bringing the woman in the Chinese saloon his family down to Hong Kong was found to have been hit by, to take up permanent residence one of the shots which came here.

Aberdeen, Mrs. F. C. Wong, of 29, ganization emphasizes the fact that Questions for Sanitary wall of the tally room.

Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong, the teachers are following the Gov-

through the side of the vessel, The farmers who have holding and passed trough the wooden on the river side, - wage a con- etant war against the river H.MS. Moorhen, which was boats, the wash from which after It is reported that the situa- reported to the Police that her ernment'e suggestion and convert-

Board.

acting as an escort, instructed sweeps away their dyke walls the On Lee to proceed back to erected to protect crops, and des-. at the Annual Meeting of the tion on the Peking-Hankow Rail-husband, Mr. Edwin C. Wong, ing "despite the 10 per cent, salary Douglas Company, he is reported to

Mr. M. K. Lo, with reference to North Street and remove the wo-troys their produce. have said:-

The guns are used as a ward- way near the Honan-Hupeh bor- manager of the Kowloon Minerals cut the Government Imposed on

Depot, ef A. S. Watson & Co., us, and against which there was the Head of the Sanitary Departman to hospital. Although this Limited, was missing. But he has such a storm of protest raised last ment's replies to his question was done with all speed, she died ing, and the farmers He conceal- returned safely.

the subject of Refuse Removal at shortly after being landed. The ed behind the dykes on rafts, deceased woman was pregnant generally unseen from the ship.. the last meeting, of the Sanitary Board, will make the following questions at the meeting to be held to-morrow:

year.

"Our entire capital is only six der is rapidly returning to nor- lakha and we are spending it all mal, as a result of the defeat of on the Officers and crews.

that Mr. All the Communists.

Mrs. Wong stated

Only one bondholder applied for leave, etc: should be suspended

Wong, in company with four Chin- cancellation, not conversion. straight away.

The Government troops are ese friends, left home on Saturday. The new bonds yield only three I don't think the floating staff, have borne the now massing at Heinuangchow morning, his intention being to and a half per cent. as against the sacrifices the shareholders, have and Kwangsul, preparatory to hire a sampan and fish at Aber- old five per cont. interests pay-

launching a big-scale offensive. deen, and later to return by way ments. during this depression,"

General Ldu-shih, who is directing of Kennedy Town. As the party According to the Annual Report the drive, has established his had failed to return by nightfall the Company have made a profit on Headquarters at Mingkiang, on on Saturday, Mrs. Wong became working of $82,889.94 with three the Peking-Hankow Railway.worried and requested police an- vessels, after paying for the very Reuter. expensive loadline surveys for each

of these ships.

We wonder what Mr. Groucher expects, in this time of world wide depression?

BURGLARY CASE. Accused to Testify Against Accused.

The gentleman referred to is ap-| parently not aware that the Masters and Officers of both departmenta have had their pay reduced to a 1/6

The case in which two Chinese, dollar since April 1, 1931, and that Lo Wah-so and Chau Yim-kel, are leave pay has been temporarily charged in connection with a burg-

(Continued on, Page 18.)

SHOWERY

The Royal

weather report for today states:

Pressure, is highes

Pacific to the

Japan. It is rel

the Northern the north

lary at the premises of 5. S. Heers, Queen's Road Central on June 25, when property worth $2,000 wa stolen, was again, mentioned before Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Central Police Court this morning.

sistance.

Since the report was made, it is learned that Mr. Wong and his party returned home yesterday, having fished the whole of Satur day night, at sea..

POLICE INTERPRETER INJURED.

Two Cars Collide in Kowloon.

MUNICH NAZIS REVIEWED.

Thousands Parade Before Hitler.

COMMUNISTS CHECKED,

Clash Avoided.

Munich, To-day For the first time in two years, Herr Hitler was able to review uniformedparade here"

000 Nazis participating:

quently addressed

This

of

Yee Tung-chuen (88), a licensed some motor driver, fax motifed the Police that while driving along the,

afternoon, his Bel-yuen,

Inspector J. Murphy appeared for Peak Road the prosecution, while Mr. T. F. E passe Kenble represented the second ac- cused who is on bail of $2503 on

charge of unlawful receivin

pocused has already pleaded

to two charges of larceny

Inspector Murphy, states proposed to put tha frit- the witness

against", the second

Will the Head of the Sanitary Department inform this Board as to whether it is the fact that some of the lorries are already. provided with covers whilst some are not so provided, and if this is the case will the Head of the Sanitary Department state what is the number of lorries in esch category?,"

"Will the Head of the Sanitary. Department recommend to Gov eramant that all scavenging lorries should be so constructed or altered in such a way that the space for the storage of refuse Is divided into . a number of separate and self-contained com partments, with properly fitted and tight-atting ild for each com

hy not?

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