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SALE of

"CB" Corsetry

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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1935 PRICE $3.00 Per Month

MR. BALDWIN TO TAKE

OVER REINS OF PREMIERSHIP ON JUNE 6

“NATIONAL” ELEMENT TO BE MAINTAINED

PRESIDENT'S

AUTHORITY TO

MAKE CODES

Delegation Of Right Invalid

SUPREME COURT DECISION AGAINST ROOSEVELT

Washington, To-day. The Supreme Court has declared invalid the delegation to the Presi- dent of the authority to make NRA codes. The NRA. provi- sions giving the President the right to proclaim a code to rule over private industry is held to be un- constitutional by the Supreme Court.

The ruling made is the opinion, delivered by -Chief Justice

CAPTAIN ANTHONY EDEN

NAVAL TALKS

Hughes in the Schechter poultry CONFERENCE IN

case, selected by the Government DO test its power to regulate wages and working hours for more than 500 NBA codes.

Some Congressional leaders yer- terday expressed the opinion that the decision has taken inter-State! commerce definitely away from Federal regulation, but that the codes for inter-State business!

LONDON

ALLOCATION OF TONNAGE

Berlin, To-day. While nothing official is yet

might be saved by proper legisla--available with regard to the tion

(Continued on Hugs 12).

Organised Labour's. Reaction

→ STRIKE MURMURŠ

Washington, later.

to

What will happen to us now that the N.R.A. is dead? is the question on the lips of workers throughout the country. Organised Labour reacted promptly. its leader, Mr. Williard Green, hastening Washington, while Mr. Gorman, the textile workers' leader, is threaten-į ing immediate strikes if employers take advantage of the situation, by j lowering the standards set by the NRA

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BRITISH WOMEN'S GOLF TOURNEY

DIANA FISHWICK

BEATEN

actual scope of the Anglo-Ger- man naval discussions it seems almost certain that it will be decided how the total tonnage corresponding to one-third of the British navy, which Ger- many claims, shall be allocat ed among the different classes of ships.

According to the National Zeitung Britain may also be asked to define how her own allocation of tonnage will be made.

The paper thinks it possible that a general naval confer ence between Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain will be held in the autumn.

Reuter.

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BOXING TITLE RETAINED

Johnny King Outpoints Len Hampston

CABINET POSITION FOR

CAPTAIN EDEN

SIR JOHN SIMON'S SUCCESSOR

IN FOREIGN OFFICE

WEIGHTY FORECAST

London, To-day.

The reconstruction of the Cabinet is expect- ed for June 6, when the House of Commons rises for the Whitsuntide recess. Mr. Ramsay, Mac- Donald will resign and Mr. Stanley Baldwin will be summoned to Buckingham Palace, and will doubtless be in a position to announce the Cabinet forthwith. The present complexion of the Minis- try will be scrupulously maintained.

-The announcement that cash relief would be aboħabed and food dia tributed was responsible for this scene outside the State Relief Adminis trator's office in Trenton, New Jersey, last month.

The most weighty forecast at present is as follows

folio; Sir John Simon to succeed Mr. Stanley Baldwin as Lord President of the Council; Captain Anthony Eden to succeed Sir John Simon as Foreign Minister; while Lord Sankey retires from the Lord Chancellorship and will be succeeded by Lord Hailsham. at present Secretary of State for War and Leader of the House of Lords.

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald to become Minister without port PLANES SCOUR ATLANTIC

Then in order to redress the party balance Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald, son of the present Prime Minister, will enter the Cabinet. Mr. Oliver Stanley will succeed Lord Halifax at the Board of Education and Mr. Ernest Brown will succeed Mr. Stanley as

Minister of Labour: Renter.

MARIE TEMPEST

JUBILEE MATINEE

AT DRURY LANE

Box Sells For £100

At "Auction"

TO-DAY'S TRIBUTE TO ACTRESS

London.

→

CAPT. EDEN

TRIBUTED

IN COMMONS ITALO-ABYSSINIAN SETTLEMENT

BRITAIN'S BIG PART

FOR MILLIONAIRE'S SON FISHING LAUNCH ADVENTURE

Miami, Florida;, To-day. -

INVESTITURE

AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO DAY

Lady Southorn. And Lt.-CoL Black Tributed

SIR THOMAS SOUTHORNS PLEASING TASK

An investiture ceremony was held by His Excellency the Offi cer Administering the Govern- ment. Sir Thomas: Southern, KBE, CMG, MA this morn- ing at Government House before a full and representative gather ing of members of the civilian, military and naval forces and the British, Chinese, and foreign communities.

The recipients of the bonCAZES were Lady Southorn. CBE, who was supported by Professor W. L Gerrad, OBE, MB, and Mr. Tang Shui-kin, MBE and G DR Black, OBE, MD supported

Lieutenant Colonel

by Colonel L. G. Bird, D.SO.

CBE and Lieutenant-Colonel HBL Dowbiggin, O.B.E

Seats were provided an 'the dais and the front row for His Excel- Jency the General Officer Command- ing the Troops, Major-General Û, Ci

After President Roosevelt had ordered the Barrett, C.B. CMG, D.SO. naval coastguard to search for him, Mr. William companied by his Aide de Camp B. Leeds, Jr heir to a tin-plate fortune, who Capt. W. AS Clough Taylor the had been missing since 6 am. on Sunday, arrived Apostolle of Hong Kong: Bishop safely at Fort Lauderdale.

GOLD SALES

Mr. Leeds set out in a fishing launch, with a crew, on the 50-GLUT OF- mile journey to Bhini Island, where his yacht was anchored. They completed the journey on Sunday night but the sea was too rough for them to enter the London, To-day.port by daybreak The launch

In the House of Commom yes-drifted a long way from Bimini,

they decided to return

to

A special Marie Tempest Jabi-terday Mr. George Lambury, so lee matinee, ananged by one of leader of the Opposition, paid a Florida, when fishermen directed the largest London newspapers, is rare compliment to Captain An- them to Fort Lauderdale.

to be held to-day at Drury thouy, Eden, Lord Privy Seal, for Aircraft and sea-going vessels Lane Theatre, offered for the pur- his conduct of the Italo-Abyssinian searched the Atlantic between pose by the directors.

The actual date of Miss Tempest's negotiations at Geneva.

Rt Rev. Bishop Valtorta, Vicar

R. O. Hall, Bishop of Hong Kong, His Honour the Chief Justice, Mr. A D. A MacGregor, and Mrs. MacGregor; Commodore "CG. Sedgwick, BA the Hon. the Act ing Colmi

Tratman, and Mrk zatmang.

IN FRANCE. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, Attorney-

AMAZING SCENES

WITNESSED

CONTINUOUS QUEUES OF BUYERS

Paris, To-day. Remarkable scenes were enact-

General; the Hon Mr. N. I Smith, Secretary for. Chinese Affairs," and Mr. Smith; the Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor, Colonial Treasurer; the Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson, Direc tor of Public Works, and Mrs Henderson; Sir Henry Follock, Kt. (Continued on Page 9)

YORKSHIRE

Miami and Bimini throughouted yesterday at the Banque de BEAT SUSSEX

first appearance was May 30, 1885, Replying to a question. Cap-the morning. but the date for the Matinee has tein Eden described the agree

£

Renter.

TROOPS JOIN

COMMUNISTS

Defection Of Three Regiments

been changed to to-day, as Tuesday ment reached, remarking that SZECHUEN is much more convenient for the Council would remain in! matinee of this kind. A large close contact with the situation number of actors and actresses have and would meet again to deal. expressed a desire to appear on the with the matter should circum-

stances render that necessary. stage to pay tribute to England's

Without suggesting that leading actress, and it will avoid a

the clash with the afternoon perform-

Council's résohition had finally dis ances at other theatres to have the posed of the tension between Italy matinee on a Tuesday.

and Abyssinia, he was confident that An influential committee it represented an important advance TWO Manchester, To-day. formed when the project was mooted towards a friendly solution. Both Johnny King, of Manchester, last to look after the arrangements for parties had accepted the co-operation the night outpointed Len Hampston, off the occasion

of the League în seeking a settle- defeat of the 1930 champion, Leeds, over 15 rounds for the ben

ment. By so doing the Governi Miss Diana Fishwick, by tamweight,boxing championship of

ments concerned, had made a contri-| 2 up by the youngest competitior. Great Britain Beater.

bution which it was earnestly hoped an 18-year-old Irish,girl, Miss Clarry Tiernail..

Newcastle, County Down, To-day- The biggest surprise in the First Bound of the British Women's Golf

Championship, which was play ed here yesterday, was

Johnny King wrested the ban- tamweight title from Dick Corbett Other outstanding results were: after several attempts, and has Mary Brown (Argentine), beat Elsie been the outstanding boxer in his Corlett 1 #p.

Francine Tolion (France), beat Grace Amory (America) 3 and 1,

Mrs. A. Holm (holder) beet Mra Green-Lees 3 and 2--Reuter.

WEATHER REPORT

division this year.

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BOBSLEIGH PULLS UP LAME Unlikely To Accept For Derby

A moderate anticyclone covers the Pacific. to the east and south- east of Japan. The anticyclone over China now covers the Yang- tze Valley and is extending east- ward. Depressions are situated Bobsleigh, Lord Derby's second over north Manchuria, to the north favourite for the Derby, pulled up

London, To-day.

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1.

WAS

LUMBER KING'S SON would lead to an early restoration

KIDNAPPED

Parents Establish Contact

FEDERAL AGENTS TOLD NOT TO INTERFERE

Tacoma, To-day The Weyerhaeuser family have established contact with the kid- nappers and have asked the Fe deral agents to cease their inter ference Reuter

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of satisfactory relations

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CAPTAIN'S PROMPT ACTION

KIANGWO LOSES HER PROPELLER

DUE IN SHANGHẢI TO-DAY

Shanghai, To-day

where for the third time)

for many years there were con~!

tinuous quenes of gold buyers, necessitating extra

stad being

IN TWO DAYS

allocated to the gold cash sales Verity Responsible For department

2

Visitors Collapse

FASTMAN FAILS TO SAVE ESSEX: WORCESTER WIN

London, To-day Yorkshire, most serious chal

People drawn from every walk of life, with snitcases for carry- ing off gold ingots. formed queue in the Bank's central courtyard, which resembled a railway booking office scene.

According to a bank official gold; MORE DIVISIONS SENT TO was sold freely without question lengers to Lancashire, for the PROTECT CHENGTU

to anyone who asked for it

| County Cricket Championship title, In the midst of the speculative yesterday gained an overwhelming exciteinent a few observers are win over Susser, one of the predicting that the collapse of the strongest southern contenders. present sterling boom may come after only two days" play at Leeds. Three regiments of Sacchaenese any day, while others predict that Securing 4 for 16, Headley Verity the tense situation in the exchange dismissed the visitors for 86 în troops under General Then Chung-market is favouring the vote for reply to Yorkshire's total of £21.* yas have jomed the Communists full power for the Prime Minister commanded by Hsu Hsiang-chien, this week, which would cause an the notorious Red ader immediate change in the situation.

-Beater. Northern Szechuen, who has now

[From Our Own Correspondent]

Canton, To-day

about 80,000 Red soldiers der OHIO STRIKE RIOT his control, according to a veËRR- cular press report

Fourteen In Hospital With Shot Wounds

(Continued on Page 5) Results, as cabled by Reuter were as follows:

Derby beat Essex by 4 wickets at Brentford

Esser: 115 (Cupsen 5 for 29) and 215. Derby 150 (Eastman. 5 Lot 36) and 186 for 6 (Eastman 6 for 60). Worcestershire beat Hampshire by 6 wickets at Southampton. Flampshire 136 (Howarth 6 for 58) Band-97 (Perks 6 for 36)-9 Worcester: 133 and 101 fot

Yorkshire best Sussex by an in- Fourteen people have been ad-nings and 125 runs at Leeds.

Canton, Ohio, To-day.

FORTHCOMING WEDDING

-General. Chiang Kai-shek has sent two divisions of troope to strengthen Chengtu, a treaty town in Western Szechuen to (which he flew yesterday.

The sam

same report adds that mitted to hospital suffering from Yorkshire: 421 The prompt action of her cap- General Liu Hsiang, the princi shot wounds and blows after a Sussex. 86 (Verity 4 for 16); and 212-- fain saved a serious situation pal provincial military leader, is miniature battle arising from the of Hokkaido and to the south of very lame after trotting yesterday GRAF ZEPPELIN FORCED DOWN starboard propeller

when the sa Kiangwo lost her unable to get along with other strike at the works of the Berger Kores A shallow depression afternoon, and his prospects of

militarists, with the result that Manufacturing Company, covers the north-west part of the taking part in the Derby on June Madrid, To-day

The ship was temporarily out Hsu Hsiang chien and his band An armoured car full of uni China Sea. The local forecast 5 are now almost hopeless

The Graf of control and in danger of run-are still active in, northern Sze-dentified men armed with revolvers, twe Zeppelin made a forced landing ring aground, when the captain chuen. The message further and sawn-off shotguns sudde for to-day, as sued by the Royal It is expected that the horse'r at Larache, Morocco, this morn-dropped anchor and put the port states that many of the provin appeared from the works, see Observatory this morning was east name will be missing when the ing owing to difficulties with the engine full speed astern narcial troops in the and north-east winds, moderate to final acceptors are announced to engine in the gondola

Communist ing" the bystanders with a hill fresh, Cloudy, occasional rain.

Ren-Irowly missing the pontoon units have not received their pay bullets, hand to hand fight then MOTTOW ----Reuter

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for two-mon

ter

The forthcoming marriage

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Martha en route to the President Hoover,