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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1932.

DWELLERS OF SLUMS MR. SOONG ACTS IN BASEBALL

MORE TO FLATS

New Housing Scheme

Great Success.

DUKE'S GENEROSITY

Striking Improvements in" Swing Conditions.

London, To-day.

EXECUTIVE YUAN

General Wang Hears Nanking News.

VISITING WUCHOW

CUBS BEAT PHILLIES BY 5 TO 1

Cardinals Lose 3-6 To

Braves.

ATHLETICS" TALL SCORING

General Wang Shao-hung, Minis- ter of Internal Political Affairs, who' left the Colony for Wuchow yester- day, has received confirmation of the shuffle in Cabinet "dircles at of yesterday's Baseball games:

New York, To-day. The following were the results!

National League,

home run.

R. H. B.

5. 8 "0

The success of the two schemes Nanking. Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister for moving London's slum dwellers of Finance, is acting in capacity of to modern flats, is described in a President of the Executive Yuan Chicago Cubs report on the Grosvenor and Ebury temporarily, and Mr. Wang Ching- Philadelphia Phillies.. 1

that i Lee. hit Housing, schemes, issued by West- wel, who recently resigned minster City Council yesterday. post, is, serving with the Central The Grosvenor scheme cost Government is a more or less ad- Pittsburgh Pirates £431,600, of which the Duke of visory capacity, he told the China New York Giants Westminster.contributed £113,650 Mail.

St. Louis Cardinals. and the land. A total of 150 fats

General "Wang, with his family, completed between April, will go from Wuchow to his native Boston Braves

Berger hit a home run. 1931. and March, 1932.

On Ebury Bridge, where build-village, Yang Hsien, in Kwangai, and immediately afterwards will

American League. ings cost £157,500, all 200 flats are visit General Pak Sung-hei and now occupied. Both estates record Mr. Wong Yuk-cho at Nanning," a striking improvement in cerdi

were

Detroit Tigers" ....

Mr. Poon Chu-ki vice-principal Boston Red Sox tion of premises as compared with; of Kwangsi University, accompan- the former dwellings.

Figures show that the numberies General Wang. He states that have left their of very good premises increased many students

former college at Shanghai, and

New York Yankees

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6 13

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5

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Lou Gehrig hit a home run...

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premises fell from 95 to 41.

Garden Guild, on the Ebury Bridge Estate, formed by tenants, to which all members contribute 2d. a month, has been remarkably suc- cessful-British Wireless Service.

JEHOL INVASION PROTESTED.

China Also Addresses

Note To League.

Nanking, Yesterday.

It is learned authoritatively that a protest has been made to Tokyo regarding the Japanese invasion of Jehol.

A communication has also been addressed to the League, drawing attention to the serious situation in Jehol arising from the Japanese military action.-Reuter.

MR. CHOONG NEW HEAD OF CTA.

To Take Over From Mr. Lau Kwok-shing Here.

of the growing attendance there, it will be necessary to add to the and educational Accommodation facilities, Mr. Poon declares.

"Our University life is very

Philadelphia Athletics 15 14 8 McNair, Miller, Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane (2) hit home runs.

good", he says. "The students Chicago White Sox. lead a very simple life. The boys

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4 14 1 agricultural course, out of doors Cleveland Indians.... most of the time, doing practical Game went to 13 innings.

-Reuter's American Service. experimentation in spite of the summer heat. They are observers of Mr. Ma, our principal's motto, Bring your plough and go to the hill."

COMMODORE LAWRIE HERE

FOR DUTY

Continued from, Page 1.)

RUSSIAN GUARD IS

FOUND SHOT.

Dead In Barracks Of Police Station.

INVALIDED ON AUGUST 12.

Commodore Lawrie, who will At about 5,80 a.m. to-day, Draitry Vacvolodovitch Mikhailovaky, 31, probably take over his new post next

anti-Pirate Guard,

WAS Friday, will occupy the position" of Russian

a. service Commodore for the next two years. found shot in bed, with His pennant was run up on H.M.S. rifle beside him, on the ground floor Tamar this morning and a salute of barrack room of the old No. 7

e Police Station. 11 gune was fired.

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Captain Lawrie, who saw service Decessed had been invalided from throughout the war, was promoted the Russian Anti-Piracy Guards on to his present rank on December August 12, after a service of just 31, 1928. He was mentioned in dia over two years.

patches, receiving ble D.S.O., in

Mr. Choong Wai-kong arrived 1919. :

He commanded the destroyer de- in Hong Kong recently to take up his duties as head of the pot ship in the Mediterranean and Chinese Telegraph Administra-wales in command of the H.M.S. Craiser tion here.

Comus, of the Second

He was appointed to the post Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet. some months ago, by the Gov Appointed Captain In Charge at ernment, but owing to pressure Simonstown in 1929, he held this of business in Shanghai he was post until last year. unable to take up his duties im-¡

Captain Lawrie, was born in

His body has been sent to the Public Mortuary,

SHANGHAI BANKS REFUSE LOAN.

Report Says Soong's

"Effort Failed.

Messages from Shanghai to local mediately. On arrival here he 1882. He married the daughter of Chinese state that the effort of informed Mr. Lau Kwok-shing, Commander James Evans, R.N. Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister of the present head, and it is ex-| Captain Walker, who returns to Finance, to raise a loan through pected he will assume his new England soon, was appointed. Cop- the China Bank, has failed. post very shortly.

modore at Hong Kong on Septem- Mr. Soong is reported to have ber 19, 1930. He was promoted to offered security of his proposed Bank Note Tar, which will total approximately $3,000,000, but even with this the bankers were not satisfied.

Residents of Cheung Chat have Captain in June, 1920, and previous extended their hearty congratulay commanded HMS. Warspite of tions to the Rev. and Mrs. Morrt the First Battle Squadron, Mediter son, on the birth of a son on Satur-ranean Fleet. Quia curat day last

An enjoyable evening was spent

at the residence of Dr. and Mrs.

1.I.D. CERTIFICATES

Mr. Chang Kung-chuen, pre- sident of the China Bank, was adamant in this stand when inter- viewed by the Minister, it is said.

Of the Societe Internationale de Clift, at 18a, Cheung Chan, on Placements, Baale (Switzerland) August 18, the function taking the Local agente, Messrs. A. Goeke & form of a musical evening, with Co.). Yesterday's official quota 21, at Cheung Chau was conduct Mias Magill at the organ.

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