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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1932 PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

BRITAIN NOW RETIRING Canton Navy

ENORMOUS DEBT

TO REPAY £201,000,000 BY

DECEMBER 1.

STEADY LIQUIDATION OF NATION'S WAR LOANS

Chief Seeks

To Resign

ATTACKS SYSTEM OF PATRONAGE.

Staff Is Unpaid.

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From Our Own Correspondent.J Canton, To-day. Admiral Chan Chi-ying, Com- Naval the Canton mander of Force, has tendered his resigna- tion to the Canton Government. Admiral Chan, advances · four

London, To-day. conversion and the present re Following the success of the payment operations, will not be War Loan Conversion Scheme, known until after September 30, As the holders of £189,000,000 of the Treasury has given notifica-5 per cent. War Loan bonds (re tion of the impending retirement presenting the balance of the of 44 per cent, holdings total-original Loan, which by July 31 ling £168,222,876, comprising was neither converted nor ear-primary reasons for his desire to £140,500,000 of 41 per cent. 1932 marked for repayment) have the leave office. These are that the 34 Treasury Bonds and £12,000,- option of asking repayment by Government cannot give him the 000 of the War Loan issue of that date..

funds necessary to improve the 1925-45. These sums, represent As claims for repayment of naval force under his command; the outstanding balance of the his loan by July 31 amounted to that his staff has not been paid £900,000,000 issue of 1915, when £48,000,000, it is certain that, for several months; and that he

COST OF ELECTIONS IN BRITAIN DECLINES.

Candidates Sperri

£654,105 Last Year.

London, To-day. Last year's general election in Britain was the cheapest on record, so far: as the cost of each vote was concerned. The total expenses of candidates, according to a white paper Jesued to-day, amounted ; to only £654,105.

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The preceding election of 1929... which resulted in the

of return

Labour Government, cost £1,213,307. Votes polled last year num- bered 21,656,379. and cost little over Seven pence each, compared with about one shilling two years earlier British Wireless Service.

Cheng's Case

Nears End

Argument Likely To Conclude To-day.

DEFENCE CHARGES.

Court's Summing Up Is Sharply. Criticized.

Legal argument in the case of Cheng Kwok-yau, convicted of procuring the murder of George. Fung, and for whom counsel are endeavouring to secure a quash- ing of conviction, is expected to be concluded to-day. A decision on the points of law involved may take some time, Cheng is now waiting for his sentence or

The

FORT Hall Mark

of a Superlativ Product

GERMANY RULED BY HARSH DECREES

HINDENBURG FORCES ECONOMIC PLANS

NAZI ELECTED SPEAKER

Berlin, To-day.

With the Government's Economic Programme to be brought into effect next week, President Von Hindenburg has donned the mailed gauntlet with which to rule the restive Reichstag. There is seri- ous and disturbing unrest amongst the political factions of the country at the moment, and the Maintaining that "the in opening session of the Reich indicated strong feel- genuity, learning and forensic

his freedom.

Britain was rallying her re- with the repayments announced is powerless to change the system LONDON FEARS BUS eloquence" of the two counsel re-ings which are only forcibly held in check,

of political patronage, whereby officials in high places ol-tain

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sources to meet the Great War's to-day, the Treasury will neet at drain upon her reserves.

least £201.000,000 to meet the A net saving of about £2,000,- derriand on December 1. But the aval posts for their friends.

General Chan Chai-torig has 100 in interest charges is expect-Government is able to borrow at ed to be effected by the repay-remarkably low rates and will not accepted the resignation and ment of loan stock, and the sav-have no difficulty in meeting. all has urged Admiral Chan to re-

which consider. ing will be a profit to next year's commitments at terins budget.

will represent large savings. It The amount which the Trea- is expected that the necessary sury will have to find by Docem-funds will be raised By short ber, as a result of last month's term borrowing. ― Reuter.

CRICKET

FOOTBALL

BROWN'S BRILLIANT | PRESTON REGISTER

FIRST WIN. ALL-ROUND FORM.

Burnley Lose Heavily In

Somerset Beat Warwick At Taunton.

TYLDESLEY'S CENTURY AGAINST NOTTS.

Hobbs and Sutcliffe.

London, To-day.

F. R. Brown, the young Light Blue and Surrey all- rounder, covered himself with glory at Lord's, yesterday, when he contributed 135 to the Sur- rey total of 356 and dismissed 6 Middlesex batsmen for 68) runs to give Surrey a big win

by 229 runs. Jack Hobbs also

played sparkling cricket to re- gister 111.

Away Match.

CELTIC TOP THE TABLE.

London, To-day. Preston North End registered their first success of the English Football season when they beat Burnley at home by 6goals to 1) yesterday.

OLYMPICS PICTURES RUSHED TO JAPAN. Plane And Speedboat

Met Ship At Sea.

TRAVELLERS THRILLED.

Newspapers Race For

Valuable Photos.

Passengers on board the s.8. Empress of Asia on the journey from Vancouver to Japan, wit nessed a thrilling spectacle when a Japanese zeroplane and speed- boat picked up photos of the Olympic sports, which the ship was carrying for Tokyo news-

papers..

The transfer took place while In the Scottish League Celtic the Empress was about 150 miles out of Yokohama, after the followed up their big win on packages had been dropped into Saturday with a 4-1. home victory a fishing smack. Two other lover Ayr United. As the result of motor fishing smacks, with a their win Celtic now, head the table wire cable stretched between with the most number of points their masts, formed the "anchor- and the best goal averages. Reu-age" for the package, which was bound in a waterproof cover. The package was affixed to the centre of the wire cable, and when the plane sweeped down from the sky, a hook attachment

ter.

LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE

Goals

merset trounced Warwickshire at Taunton, R. A. Ingle and Bur- rough scoring 108 and 119, respec- tively, and J. C. White capturing| 12 wickets for 106 guns. Tyldesley again showed good form Cowdenbeath 4

Ernest Celtic

Hamilton... Rangers

A. Pia fixed to the bottom of the ma- chine caught the cable and drag-

P. W. L. D.

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5 ged it clear of the masts, later

3 3 1 1 1177 to be hauled up into the cockpit 4810 a 46 of the machine." 4.3 108 4

to rattle up 106 at Old Trafford to give Lancashire the major points Hearts ever Notts in a low scoring game. St. Mirren In spite of a brilliant century by Motherwell 42 0 2 8 Arnold, Hampshire were forced to Ayr

3 32,018 14 St. Johnstone 4 108 concede points to Gloucester Queen's Park Goddard had the distinction of Morton capturing 14 wickets for 198 runs. Kilmarnock

Yorkshire Supreme.

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412 Aberdeen 412:1 9: Clyde...... 12 T 8 11 Yorkshire satisfied their suppor-Third Lanark 5. 1819 16 ters by defeating Sussex in their Airdrieonians 41.3 0 7 10

at match. Sutcliffe was unde- Partick Falkirk

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SILVER ADVANCES

feated with 122 to his credit when Bast Stirling 40 816 12 the closure of the Tykas second Dundee innings was applied. He had al- ready reached his 3,000 runs, for the season. Requiring 818 for vic- tory Sussex collapsed badly before Verity (6 for 48) and were dis-1 missed för 150. Maurice. Tate (6 for 79) and Bowes (8 for 82) were also in irresistible form. This was the only defeat sustained by Sus-

· sex this season,

·Briliant bowling by Mitchell, the young Derbyshire bowler who has been,salected to tour Australia; was responsible for the nar Derbyshire victory over 1

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course of the match

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The incident took place be- tween 5 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 28, and great excitement prevailed among the passengers on the Empress of Asia when it (Continued on Page 18.)

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PROJECT.

Two Provinces Are Supporting Plan.

NEW EQUIPMENT.

LINE STRIKE

Dispute Over Wages

Stirs Workers."

SERIOUS SITUATION."

Negotiations Proceed With Operators.

London, To-day. The threat of a serious dislocation of London's transportation system is contained in the decision of delegates to the Conference of Busmen to demand that the executive of the Trang, port Workers' Union should authorise a 'strike as: from September 28, This is the date on which the proposed wage reductions of the oper ating company are to become effective.

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This decision of the dele. gates is tantamount to a "strike decision and unless a settlement is arrived at through the further discus- sions which are proceeding between company and opera- tives in the meantime, it is feared that a most trouble- some situation will result.- Reuter,

BRITAIN STUDIES ISLANDS TRADE.

Seeks Expansion Of Indies Markets.

A WINTER VISIT.

London, To-day:

A commission has been, ap-

presenting Cheng Kwok-yau, were responsible for the prolong-

ed proceedings in the Fung mur-BASEBALL der case, Mr. H. G. Sheldon,

FORTY-NINTH.

leading counsel for the Crown, JIMMY FOXX SECURES replied to defence arguments which urged the quashing of the prisoner's conviction in the Full Court, over which Chiof Justice Sir Joseph Kemp, and Mr. "Jus- tice Wood presided to-day.

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Mr. Sheldon confended there was nothing" unusual about the charge against Cheng, and that evidence was not so volum- inous nor law so intricate that there was sound argument in the fallegations of the defence that

the Jury was confused.

Athletics Beat Tigers

6 To 4.

LOU GEHRIG'S TWO HOMERS

Quite aware that the Reich- stag might interrupt, or seek to counteract the Government's

plan for economic reform, and in view of the questionable strength of the antagonistic Nazi group, President von Hin-

denburg has given Chancellor Herr Von Papen the fullest pow er. Herr Von Papen may, if it becomes necessary, dissolve the Reichstag. If there is any indi- cation of trouble, if there are de- mands for the annulment for old, or new decrees, or any attempt made whatever to counteract the domestic policies, ... Herr · Von Papen has a signed order from the President, undated, which will: allow him to act at once. These domestic policies are vital to the welfare of the nation, the Government believes, and will re-use all its power to force them"

to their ultimate goal.

Jimmy Foxx banged out his forty-ninth homer of the sea- son to give the Athletics a 6-4 decision over the Tigers, Defence counsel have. com-

Foxx requires only 12 home. pleted a strong-legal plea for

runs to shatter Babe, Ruth's the Court's consideration of their

1927 world mark of 60 homers demand to quash Cheng's con-

In a season. Gehringer made ~ viction. They have attacked the

- his fourteenth circuit clout for gumming-up of the Trial Judge!

the 'Tigers in this game. and more than anything else have Lou Gehrig and Lazzeri were condemned the evidence of Crown sponsible for the Yankees, victory witnesses, who were, in fact, ac-over the White Sox, Gehrig hitting; see its inception next week when This economic programme will complices of the accused and ac-two four-baggers to bring his total certain emergency decrees will be cessories in his plotting.

for the season to 81 to give him announced.",

Voslin strove hard to give the

Reich In. Turmoil. Meanwhile, there is t moil in the Reichstag. The antagonism of Nazi Garide Communist groups burst into burning fervour during the election of the Speaker of the Chamber, A leading Nazi, ex-Captain ......... Herman Goering, famous"."," war "Ace," was elected by 367 'votes to 216.****

Mr. F. C. Jenkin, KC, analys- ed His Lordship's summing-up fourth place in the home run parade. with a view to indicating to what Kress clouted a glorious homer for extent it fell short of giving the the White Sox, but, they were nar- Jury assistance. The Trial rowly defeated by 6 to 5. Judge, he said, had confessed that he was taking an unusual course in dealing with the case on Browns a long-awaited victory over broad and general lines. The the Senators, but his team went Judge had pointed out that the down by 11-7 in a hard hitting en-i charge was unusual. The case counter. The Indians also suffer- was a very lengthy one and a ed a reverse when they were de- very difficult one, in so far as cisively beaten by the Red Sox. there was an exceptional mass of In the National League the Cubs wild outburst of Nazi enthusiasm. The result was a signal for a evidence, that of Zimmern and maintained their position

at the Christie occupying just on 100 head of the table, Cayler hitting a shouting "Wake up, Germany. Someone leaped to his feat pages of the Judge's notes. The homer to give them a 4-8 decision Hail Hitler!" and the Commun- Judge had said in his judgment over the Giants, for whom Melvin ists shouted in derision, and that the evidence of Zimmern Ott scored his twenty-seventh of chanted "Red Front, Hall Moe- and Christie contained difficul the season. Schulmerich hit să

ties, Improbabilities and incon-homer" for the Braves, but they sistencies.

went down to the Pirates.

Grey and fragile, the veteran pointed by the Colonial Secretary Need of Guidance.

The Cardinals almost surprised Communist chieftain Herr Zet- which is to visit the West In If ever there was a case in which the Dodgers only circuit. hits of

kin, supported by two women dies to examine the possibilities that mass of evidence should have Ciccinello and Taylor saving the down the steps from the Speak- members of the Reich, tottered of a closer union between Trini-been sifted, in which there should game dad and Windward Islands and have been the issue, güld- of yesterday's Baseball games:--

er's dais. Herr Goering was in. fullest direction The following were the results his place a moment later, amik Leeward Islanda. The Commis upon the p sion will comprise General Sir ance as to how the Jury could Charles Ferguson, Chairman, Sir solve these dificulties, this case Charles Orr and Sir Sydney was one.. Armitagesmith.

Then hope to leave not later than the middle of November. The Commission will proceed first to the Leeward Islands, The Kwangel Sulphuric Acid spending December in the Pre- Factory, which suspended. opers sidencies composing that group, tions some months ago, will be re- January in the windward Is opened and the important industry lands, and reaching Trinidad in revived with funds suppised by the February Blitish joint action of the Governments of Service. Y The local dollar remained steady Kwanga and Kwangtung, it is an (Continued, en despite another small rise in silver. nounced

Pound Rises But Dollar Steady.

Spot silver was quoted at 18-9/16| Mr. Ma Chuen-wu has been ap- and silver forward at 18 11/16, a pointed technical head of the en- rise of 1/16 over both of yesterday's tarprise. He is president of the quotations, d

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GREAT CONETISION IN MUKDEN.

Inhabitants Kept Indoors,

UNDER PENÄLTY OF SHOUTING.

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TWO BANISHEES IMPRISONED.

Man And Women Are Old Offenders.

Two banishices, who had turned to the Colony at times, appeared

Court before Mr. Frase morning.

One, a woman who been convicted brothel, was months har

othe

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