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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1933.

J. H. THOMAS

Wounded Chancellor

FISH WITH TWO

REPLIES TO

DE VALERA

Britain's Firm Stand Against Republic.

An

IRISH FREE STATE AND

EMPIRE

THE

London. To-day.

important statement was made by the Secretary for the Do minions. Mr. J. H. Thomas, in the House of Commom yesterday on the position of the Government of the United Kingdom with regard to the most recent developments in the Irish Free State, and in particular | to three Bills now before the Irish Free State Parliament for the amendment of the Irish Free State Constitution.

Mr Thomas said, We are ad- vised that This Tegrisintian 201

imp respects with the Treaty of 1921 and that its passage therefore involves further: repudiation of the obligations en tered into by the Irish Free Stef under that Treaty

“Wa have already made verfertly lew the view which we take Di

an

Atja

apart

from

kind. of this

Quile

of question any

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Recovering from wounds received when an attempt was made to an sassinate him, Chancellor Engel. bert Dollfuss, of Austria, is ple tured in bed at his home in Vienna. fie was shot in the arm and chest, by

22-year-old ex-soldier who had retended to hand him a petition

News In Brief.

There will be n Dinner Dance al

fentity, we donk upon it as a rejthe Repulse Bay Hotel on Saturday

pudiation of an honourable seithe

OTHER DOMINIONS NOT TO BE INVOLVED

Asked if he proposed to take any steps, in consultation with the Dominions, to emphasise the policy he had indiented, Mr. Thomas said that the dis- pute affected Great Britain and the Irish State alone, and they

d not intend to drag the Do minions into 11.

moni. No modification ol

the!

and a Ten Dance on Sunday from

4.30 to 6,30 pm.

from

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To-day's Short Story.

THE

PURLOINED

LETTER

By Edgar Allan Poe.

Durban. T Paris, just after dark one known; this beyond a doubt: he was

A strange Osh has been caught in A gusty evening in the autumn seen to take it a doubt we

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the Durban graving dock by Mr.or 18, I was enjoying the two- that it still remaina in his posses. D. Exall, a local angler. It has

fold luxury of meditation and asion." been handed by him to the Durvan meerschaum in company with "How is this known?" asked Du-

Museum

main.

The tea as shall, only about four my friend, C. Auguste Dupin, inn

his little back library, or book- "It is clearly inferred," replied inches long, of a velvety black colour closet in the Faubourg St. Ger- the Prefect, "from the nature of the The tail in so long that it seems out.

1ocument and from the non-appear- of groportion to the tiny body. It

For one hour at least we had ance of certain results which would has an equally large dorsal fin and

maintained 21 profound allence. it once arise from its passing outj two properly webbed feet.

For myself, however, I was mentally of the robber's possession-that is The head is armed with two pro discussing certain tomes which had to say, from his employing it as he Luberances, somewhat after the

formed matter for conversation be must design in the end to employ style of a rhino's horns. and in between us at an earlier period of the it." tween these protuberances there is evening: I mean the affair of the a minute section of almost luminous Rue Morgue, and the mystery at- waite flesh-possibly an attraction tending the murder of Marie Roget. I looked upon it, therefore, as some-

or belt for other fish smaller than Litself.

The fish is a stranger, and In fact is regarded by old anglers a total foreigner here.--Reuter.

SOVIET ATLASES

CONDEMNED

Portugal As Spanish Colony!

18,814-FOOT ERROR IN

MOUNTAIN

as

Helsingfors.

and

"Scandalous negligence

"Be a little more explicit," I said, j "Well, I may venture ao far as to say that the paper gives its holder certain power in a certain quar.

thing of coincidence when theter where such power is immensely door of our apartment was thrown valuable."

The Prefect was fond]

open and admitted our new acquain-of the cant of diplomacy. tance. Monsieur G-, the Prefect: "Still I do not quite understand." of the Paris police.

eaid Dupin.

We gave him a hearty welcome; for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the con- temptible about the man, and we had not seen him for several years. We had been sitting in the dark. and Dupin now arose for the pur- pose of lighting a lamp, but sat down again, without doing so, upon) G's saying that he had called to consult us, or rather to ask the opinion of my friend. about some official business which had occasion ed a great deal of trouble.

"And what is the dificulty now?"!

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of most exalted station; and thin ways Corporation, arrived

fact gives the holder of the docu- Shanghai by the Empress of Rus ignorance" is the charge levelled 1 anked. "Nothing more in the as-ment an ascendancy over the illus

against the Russian educational sassination way. I hope ?"

trious personage whose honour and authorities by the Moscow paper "Oh no nothing of that nature.

peace aro so jeopardized.” "Komsomolskya Pravda" in re-The fact 18, the business is very gard to new issues of atlases to simple indeed, and I make no doubt posed, "would depend upon the rob- "But this ascendancy." 1 inter-

schools in the U.S.S.R.

that we can manage it sufficiently ber's knowledge of the loser's know According to this paper, the well ourselves; but then I thought edge of the robber. Who would

Mountain in North Dupin would like to hear the details dere McKinley America (20,464 feet) is given of it, because it is mo Ins 1.650 fect high.

The odd."

siu this morning.

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Yuen Fung Shi, a married woman, ving at 2 Prospect Place, was fined $15 by Mr. Hamilton at the Centrall Police Court this morning for faul ing to register the change of ad

dress of her mui-tanı.

and Mauna Loa (about 13,800 of the thing which puts

excessively

At

Hawaiian volcanoes of Manna Kea "Perhaps it is the very simplicity

Treats can properly be made ex- Mr David Bishop, of Messrs. feet) are shown AR about 660 fnuli," said my friend.

repl by agreement between

two countries,

thes

feet high.

Thomas Cook und Son's Peking

But that is not the only aspret 'agency, is to be transferred to Hong of the matter. The real signi- "Kong, leaving Peking about the end fcance of the Billa is that they...f the present month.

·learly indiente an

intention

gradually to eliminate the Crown from the Constitution of the Irish Free State.

"Mr. De Valera has fold us, an

"What nonsense cou

you

do

talk!"

"The thief." said G, "is the Minister D, who dares all

things, those unbecoming as well as [those becoming a man. The method of the theft was not less ingenious: than bold. The document in ques- As for Portugal. it is given replied the Prefect. laughing hearti-

tion-a letter, to be frank-had As part of Spain. Frontiers

been received by the personage rob- separating

"And what. after all, is the mut-bed while alone in the royal bou- other countries. adds the paper, are also incorter on hand?" I naked.

dotr. During its perusal she was "Why, I will tell you." renhed the suddenly interrupted by the rect and misleading. Many well-known seas, rivers, Prefect, as he gave a long, atendy: trance of the other exalted person- lakes and bays are not to be and contempative puff, and settled Con- found on the atlases

at all-himself in his chair. "I will tell ge from whom especially it

her wish to conceal it. you in a few words; but, before I

burried and vain endeavour to begin, let me caution you that this thrust it in a drawer, she was forced is an affair demanding the greatest meracy."

"Members of the Peak Club who

intend to participate in the

to be Reuter. tract Bridge Tournament I said in the House of Commons on held on Saturday November

28.

June 17, 1932, that his ultimate aim are requested to enter their names is the recont of a United Ire

land as a Republic with some form on the list wth the No. 1 Boy at the of association with the British Club."

Commonwealth in Humse circum stances and bɔe some reasons and the re, oynat sent o the King $IM Head of the association.

"Any such proposals would be totally unacceptable to His in the Majesty's Government United Kingdom.

"The slow ran be clearly stated.

Cho Lam, charged with the mean

*der of an old Chinese woman at the

Sep-1

the

THRILLING FIGHT WITH BUFFALO. Ranger Kills Wounded Beast With Knife.

Dar Es Salaam.

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"Well, then I have received per monal Information, from a very high

quarter, that a certain document of

the lost importance has been pur

loined from the royal apartments. The individual who purloined it is

en.

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"His lynx eye immediately per. celves the paper,

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Yaumati Typhoon shelter on tember 11, was committed to Criminal Sessions by Mr. Wynne- j Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy! A duel between a wounded

buffalo, the most dangerous of PEAK RESIDENTS actions, hurried through in his or

yesterday

a knife

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the Crown Street. Shaukiwna. yesterday

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dinary manner, ho produces a letter somewhat similar to the One in question, opens it, pretends to read

by The ranger, appointed to pro- Failing To Keep Dogs it, and then places it in closa Jux-

Muzzled.

two grass.

Itaposition to the other. Again he

converses, for some fifteen minutes,: upon the public affairs. ̈At length.

must be arcopted as the basis of motor car No. 3290. He was taken teet crops from elephant and the constitutional position of the to the Government Civil Hospital buffalo, shot and wounded A Irish Free State within the Empire.

buffalo. which Immediately Two Pesk residents, Mr. O. E. C. in taking leave, he takes also from "That declaration is clearly incon- A sentence of three months' hars charged at him through the long Marton, of 104 the Peak, and Dr. the table the letter to which he had sistent with a state of things under labour each was imposed on

J. H. Montgomery, of the Matilda no claim. Its rightful owner" saw. which the Irish Free State would brothers, Pun Hoi and Pun Yee, at He was flung to the ground Hospital, were fined $8 each by Mr. but, of course, dared not call atten- be a member of the British Com-the Central Police Court this morn- and lost his rifle, While prone Balfour at the Central Police Court tion to the act, in the presence of monwealth of Nations for some paring for the theft of a quantity of and armed only with his hunting this morning for failing to keep the third personage who stood at poses and not for all, and would clothing and jewellery, valued at knife, he felt the buffalo gor- their dags muzzled.

her elbow. The minister decamp- cease to be united with Great Bri-$94, from Hoi Wai-tong, married jing him savagely in the thigh. Mr. Marton was also cautioned for led; leaving his own letter-one of

Robinson In intense pain, he rose to the not having the license badge attack no importanceupon the table.

sitting position and drew his ed to his dog's collar. knife which he plunged into the

Road.

Lain and the Dominions by a com-woman, living at mon allegiance to the Crown.

"Our conception of membership

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of British Commonwealth is noma- An unknown Chinese coolie, who massive neck of his enemy, The thing entirely different. The Irish was knocked down by a motor car huge beast staggered sideways, Free State, as a member of that in Hennessy Road yesterday and enabling the ranger to crawl to Commonwealth, 18, as Mr. De Valera received severe injuries to his head, his rifle and shoot it dead, himself must have now learned, com-died at the Government Civil Hos The Game Warden, Mr. S. P. pletely free to order her own affaira.{pital soon after admission. It is Teare, was in the neighbourhood Membership of the Commonwealth stated that deceased ran out into the and drove his subordinate to hos confers grout advantages which, by roadway and was struck by the left (pital in his car-Reuter.

Free off mudguard of the car. her own uclion, the Irish

State is tending to lose-privileges |

of common

citizenship, economio Arrested in Stanley Street for the

advantages in trading with the rest theft of a gold wrist watch and $12 BANDMASTER GECKS of the Empire, and the opportunity in money from Leung Kwok-yuk, an

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Dinner At Hotel Cecil Last Night.

FATAL QUARREL

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Farmer Dies After Chest Blow.

ASSAILANT DISAPPEARS

"Here, then," said Dupin to, me, "you have precisely what you de- mand to make the ascendancy com› of

plete the robber's knowledge the loser's knowledge of the robber."

"Yes," replied the Prefect; "anil| the power thus attained has, ¡ for some months past, been wielded, for |political purposes, to a very-dan- gerous extent. - The personage" rob-, bed, in mare thoroughly convinced.} every day; of the necessity of re-} terday in the. Au Tau district of course, cannot be done openly. In In a fight which took place yes- claiming her letter. But this, of the New Territories between two dine, driven to despair, she has com farmers, one, Tang Chf, received a mitted the matter to me.

‚“It is clear,” said, 'as you blow on the chest and later died.

The 'victim's wife, Li Bam-tat, serve, that the letter is still in pos in her report to the police, said session of the minister; 'since it le that the fight took place outalde, this possession, and not any employ:

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of a powerful influence in interna-accountant, at 86 Connaught Road tional affair in concert with the West, Yuen Pun-ming. an other members of the Common-ployed Chinose, pleaded guilty, and wealth in the cause of world peace. was sentenced to one month's hard "These privileges carry with them labour on each charge by Mr. Hamil- responsibilities, respect for the ton at the Central Police Court this Crown, loyal observance of engage-|morning.

A large gathering was present at their hut at Cheuk Hing Village at ment of the letter, which bestows ments, and a spirit of friendship

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Suicide After Ill Health.

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