1935-06-03 — Page 2

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FIVE LOCAL RESIDENTS HONOURED BY HIS

QUETTA ROCKED BY

NEW QUAKE

EARLIER DESTRUCTION

COMPLETED

40,000 DEATHROLL REPORTED

Lahore, To-day.

"We thought it was the day of doom," was the general explanation of the first injured refugees to arrive here from Quetta. The refugees said that 90 per cent, of the inhabitants of the low- Britons throughout the world lying areas were killed and 5 per cent. injured.

are to-day celebrating His Majesty the King's 70th birthday.

KING'S BIRTHDAY

PARADE WATCHED

BY LARGE CROWD

Sir Thomas Southorn Takes Salute

COLOURFUL SCENE IN

STATUE SQUARE

His Majesty the King's 70th birthday, which takes place to-day was celebrated in the Colony this)

The remainder escaped.

The first warning of the earthquake was a terrific rumbling. Then the houses began to crumble to their foundations like a pack of cards.

One survivor said that when daybreak arrived they saw the

British residents busily engaged in rescue work, and they appear-

ed to be truly ministering angels.

An aeroplane belonging to the Viceroy left for the devastated areas carrying army nurses, and many other machines, privately owned and belonging to the Royal Air Force, carried doctors and medical stores to Quetta Reuter.

NORMANDIE

UNLIKELY TO

BREAK RECORD

morning with a ceremonial parade Icebergs Cause Change

*

at Statue Square, the san break- ing through the clouds-after dismal week-end to enhance the majestic spectacle.

Large crowds watched the cere mony from vantage points along the route and in Statue Square.

HIS MAJESTY RECOVERING FROM SLIGHT CHILL ·

London, to-day-His Majesty the King was very much better yesterday and attended Divise Service at the Royal Chapel Buckingham Palace.

British Wireless Service.

Of Course

UNLUCKY MAIDEN VOYAGE

**CHINA_MAIL" SPECIAL

Paris, To-day-

A message from Simla says that the deathroll in the whole area affected by the quake is un- officially estimated at 40,000, of which 26,000 occurred in Quetta|

city The normal population of the city was seasonably swelled) by 5.000 visitors Beuter..

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New Shock Completes Destruction

1,900 CORPSES RECOVERED.

“CHINA MAIL” SPECIAL

MAJESTY THE KING

KNIGHTHOOD FOR CHIEF JUSTICE

Flemington, Nala reawakened to Hauptmann trial briskness for a brief moment, as Benjamin Heier (right, with attorney) was brought to court to answer a charge of perjury, but Lloyd Fisher, who also is the Hauptmann "counsel, wan continuance until June. Heier told the Hauptnam juy that he saw Isadore Fisch in the cemetery on the night the Lindbergh ransom was paid.

C.B.E. CONFERRED ON

DR. S. W. TS'O MESSRS. BRAGA, FRANKS AND

DE SOUZA DECORATED

It is gratifying to find that no less than five citizens of Hong Kong have been honoured by His Majesty the King in the Birthday Honours list, is- sued this morning.

· The most important of these awards is the conferment of a well-deserved Knighthood on His Honour the Chief Justice, Mr. A. D. A. MacGregor, KC, who is the accorded official recogni- tion of his work in that onerous and responsible position.

**No less well-deserved is the Commandership of the British Empire-conferred on Dr. Seen Wan-Tso. ORE, ILD, who has

FRANCE AGAIN WORRIED long been considered one of the representative leaders of the local

COMMONS AR

DEBATE SEEN AS "SHOCK FOR PEACE"

ANGLO-GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS

ANOTHER "SCRAP OF PAPER”

--CHOMA MAIL SPECIAL

De Paris, Yesterday. The headline in the Journal des Debats, "Shock for Peace," is taken by most of the other papers: as the keynote of their comments.

the air part debate in the House of Commons.

PRESIDENT OF URDEJAY ESCAPES ASSASSINATION

`Attempt Made At Reception For President Of Brand

Monte Video, To-day. Senor Dr. Gahriel Terra, Pre sident of Draguay, was woonded when an attempt to assassinate him was made yesterday while be

ppodrome here in homer was attending a reception at the

Getulio Vargas

President Brazil-Reuter.

„A" Ister 'message says that Dr. Temes. was attending a face meet- ing when a political opponent, an adherent of the independent Na- Sional Party, shot the President with a revolver as her was accom paying the Brazilian President to the buffet. Dr. Tema was slightly injured in the leg. He closed with his assailant and disarmed Him-Beuter.

From the speeches of Sir John Simon and other members of the London, To-day.

House, including Sir Austen Cham Hardly had? extemporised tele-

berlain, it is deduced that England graphic and telephonic communi- cation with the outside world been.

is ready to commence separate established in the devastated city she is not already conducting them negotiations with Germany, even if of Quetta when a new shock yester-j day completed the work of de-, Le Temps does not dispute that struction commenced by Friday's held, but states that that does not SOUTH WATCHES

The new mammoth liner Nor- mandie, now`making an attempt on her maiden voyage: to gain the -Blue Riband" of the Atlantic. has been compelled by the appearance of icebergs to alter her course to wards the south to the winter At lantic route, according to a radio gram received from the ship.

Since this is about 100 miles 16-hour earthquake,.

discussions on an air pact should be

With the exception of the Jubilee longer than the summer route it The ravaged town now presentsean by a long way that a pact Parade, this morning's ceremony is is feared that the ship, which, an indecribable picture of chaos, į should now be concluded indepen-

Can

the one event in the year in whica with an average speed of 29.24 there being literally not one stone dently of the other treaties which practically every Naval, Military knots hitherto maintained, would left on another with one note-are necessary in order that: the and Volunteer unit, is represented.

have beaten the German Lloyd worthy

the Seneral security system is exception. This

for European terialise.

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His Excellency the Officer Ad-liner Bremen's record. will not Catholic school ministering the Government, Sir succeed in achieving the coveted children, which in a remarkable Thomas Southor, escorted by a distinction of making the fastest "motor-cycle machine gun sub-sec-Atlantic crossing this trip.

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ANTI-FASCIST MOVE

IN PARIS

500,000 Take Up Stand For Labourers ·

It is understood that the captain

of the ship has, owing to the

favourable weather, asked permis sion to return by the northern, route-Trans-Ocean Service.

WEATHER REPORT

Cloudy, with occasional showers. Limproving later, cooler, with light Paris, To-day.land moderate North-east winds. and disarma-was the forecast as issued by the ment of all Fascist bodies was-de-Royal Obserwatory this morning.

~CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

The disbandment

*anded in a' proclamation issued

to-day by the Anti-Fascist Action

of Paris, which asserts that they constitute

3

perpetual threat

to peace and liberty. At the same time the proclamation protests against the Government's policy of plenary powers and decrees, which are directed at the further ex- ploiting of workers and the needy. The 500,000 members of the Anti-Fascist-Action have been ex- horted to stand by in order to counter further encroachments, on the rights of labourers.-Trans- Ocean Service

BOY CUT IN TWO ON RAILWAY TRACK -

Half an hour after the mid-day train had left Canton yesterday, when nearing the Nam Kong. Station, it ran over a 14-year-old | boy who had apparently gone to sleep on the track. The train was stopped and it was found that the body had been cut in two.

His Honour the Chief Justice, MADA MacGregor, EC has been honoured with a- Kaight- hood by His Majesty the King

ROUND GERMANY”

FLIGHT

139 Planes Complete

Six-Day Race

THOUSANDS PRESENT FOR AERIAL THRILLS

Berlin, To-day.

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FRED PERRY

·RECORDS FIRST

WIN AT AUTEUIL

VON CRAMM BEATEN

IN FINAL

BRITISH ACE SAID HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE ALL OTHER CONTENDERS

JAPAN'S LATEST

ENCROACHMENTS

Renewal Of Boycott Deemed Unlikely

TO FORCE RECOGNITION DE MANCHUKUO?

Chinese community.

The unofficial section of the Legislative Council is not forget- ten, as is shown by the conferment of the Order of the British Empire on the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, who has taken a very active part in the public life of this Colony; - while the similar honour conferred on Mr. J. W. Franks, IP Superintendent of Prisons. sets the seal on a long and distinguished career in the Colonial Service

Mr. A. M. de Souza, Clerk in the Treasury, is also to be con- gratulated on the bestowal on him of the Imperial Service Order, a coveted decoration which has been well earned.

CHIEF JUSTICE KNIGHTED

Brilliant Career Rewarded

Shanghai

were:

residents honoured

Commander of the British Empire

Mr. A. D. Blackburn.

·Officer of the British Empire *M=W~S: Fallen

Mr. Tong lo

Members of the British Empire; Mr. W, T. Bose, Quartermaster-

His Honour Mr. Justice Alasdair† Duncan Atboll: MacGregor, K. C, Sergeant of the Sha has been Chief Judge of the Sa-ForcE," preme Court since February of last year...

Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga

He was born in June 1889, the son of Robert Roy MacGregor, of The Has Mr. J. P. Brags is the Edinburgh, and the inture Chief sole proprietor of the firm of I. P. Justice received his education, Braga, and is an official member first at the famous George Wat of the Legislative Council of Hong son's School, Edinburgh, then at Kong, to which he was appointed in Edinburgh University and after January, 1929. He is a non-official wards at Lincoln College, Oxford: Justics of the Peace of the Colony.

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Dr. Seen-Wan Ts'o, O.B.E, LL.D.

Born at Macao, Dr. To'o went to England at an early age, and was educated at Cheltenham College. from 1886 to 1890; later serving his articles with a Cheltenham solici

Mr. Braga is a well-known busi- ness man, being a director of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co., Efd, the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co, Ltd, the

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Mr. A. M. de Sousa

Mr. A. M. de Souza is a Clerk in tor, and qualifying as a Solicitor the Treasury, and he is also Presi of the Supreme Court of England dent of the St. John Berchmang in 1896.

Continued on Page 91

Mr. J. W. Franks

From Our Own Correspondent]

Canton, Yesterday. Japanese activities in North China and their attempts to oc- cupy Peiping and Tientsin are jbeing watched with grave con-

cern here, especially the Japan- Mr. J. W. Franks, J.P., is thel ese demand to abolish the Kno-Superintendent of Prisons, Prison mintang, although a revival of Department. He is a Commissioner The annual "Round Germany”

Paris To-day the anti-Japanese boycott in for Caths did an official Justice of flight came to a close yesterday Fred Perry, crowned the most Canton is believed unlikely, the Peace afternoon, when 193 planes in successful year he has ever had formation, descended at the Tem-on the world's tennis courts by out that Mr. Wang Ching-wei.

Kuomintang circles here point! pelhof aerodrome and thus finish-winning the French title yester President of the Executive Yuan. led the six-day race.

day for the first time in his forestalled Japanese opposition! Although the final reckoning career; it was also the first time to the Kuomintang, calming Jap of points has not been completed that a British player has proved anese complaints by saying that it is certain that the Danzig successful in this series. team, flying Klemm speed-planes, have won the much coveted tro-were: phy, the gift of General Herman Goering; while the Stuttgart team were second, and the Han- nover team, which won the last two years events, was only third

Many thousands of people lined the Tempelhof field, greeting with deafening cheers the teams when they slowly landed after an

Dr. Sun Yat-sen in his last speech. Results, as cabled by Reuter, at Kobe in 1924 advocated Siro-

Men's Singles Final®

F. J. Perry (Britain) best G. Vm] Crama (Germany) (holder) 6--3, 3-6,

16-3

Women's Singles Final Fran H Sperling (Germany), beat me. Mathieu (France) 6–2, 6–1.

EUROPEAN - CHARGED.

arduous zig-zagging flight round F. C. Goodman, aged 29, was this

Japanese friendship.

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POLE JUMP RECORD

Ex-Yale Athlete's Distinction

Cambridge, Masɛ, To-day

the Reich Before and after the morning charged before Mr. W. A new world's pole-jump record arrival of the competitors the on- Schofield at the Central Magistracy was established yester

lookers were entertained by s

varied flying programme, includ

ing parachute Jumping and glid

obtaining 350 from a Camese Brown, formerly of Yak tween Fanzary 12 and "anony ed: 14 feet, 5% incher

er flying as well as air acrobatics by German aces Trans Ocean Custom

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POPE CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

Reported To Be In Best Health

~ CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL.

Rome, To-day. Congratulations and good wishes have been pouring into the Vatican for days previous to Saturday, when Pope Ping XT celebrated his 78th birthday in a state of the best physical health and mental acumen.

A large number of distin

ed visitors called to pay respects in person at the Va

in the course of the day. Ocean Service.

GERMAN NAVAL DELEGATES LEAVE FOR LONDON

delegation to

ter