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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936

EVASION OF CUSTOMS Smuggling Rampant In Canton

AUTHORITIES ON ALERT

י

[From Our Own Correspondent]

soon

ELECTIONS IN

GERMANY

Sailors Record The First Vote

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- CHINA, MAIL – SPECIAL

Bremen, Today.

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SINO-BRITISH ECONOMIC

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[From Our Own Correspondent] Canton, To-day. According to a Chinese cable

The polling for the Reich- stag elections began yesterday | Canton, To-day.

in Bremerhaven, when the Certain Japanese ronins

greatest part of the crew of (ruffians). are implicated in the liners Bremen and Potsdam rushing through foreign goods attended

a meeting in the dispatch from Shanghai, Sino-| without passing them through Golumbus Hall afterwards British economic co-operation is the Maritime Customs. As

marching in rank and file to the possible by through railway as the identity of these pooling booth, where they cast traffic from Hankow

to Kow smugglers is established, a pro- their votes. For those on duty loon. This is stated to be the test will be made to the Japan- and unable to leave the ship for suggestion of Sir Frederick ese Consul-General.

any considerable length of time, Leith-Ross, economic expert at- Several Chinese firms have a polling booth was sent tem-tached to the British Treasury. visited been approached by these proporarily to a restaurant on the when he was recently fessional smugglers for the de- Columbus Quay.

by Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of livery of goods without payment, In accordance with the German Finance. of Customs duties and special electoral law, a seaman can be. While confirmation of this excises. The smugglers hired given the opportunity to cast report is not available, it is small boats to go alongside the his vote one week previous to understood that the Central steamers, from which goods the actual elections and one Authorities are in favour were transhipped quickly be week following the actual elec- this scheme. The reason is that fore they were spotted by the tions, and since Monday the poll- such through traffic will enable tide-waiters and tax collectors. ing booth has been open day goods to reach the sea via a Bri- It is alleged that some of the land night for the benefit of the tish port and to be imported in goods were landed at Shameen, crews who will be on the high the same way. In time of and subsequently they were sent sers on March 29. Trans-emergency, such facilities would over to the city through West Ocean Service. Bridge. This was done with-! jout the knowledge of the Sha- imeen authorities.

In view of this smuggling, the Customs service and the preven- tive service are paying special attention to these professional "runners." They have brought in considerable rice and dried 'sea food "duty free?

SEA CARRIAGE OF FRUIT

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London, To-day.

PROPAGANDA BY COMMUNISTS

Austrian Notes With Party Emblems

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Vienna, To-day.

be indispensable to China.

of

Apart from military reasons, it is economical and convenient to export and import goods through this railway direct to Kowloon The local authorities will not object if suitable com- pensation is given.

The South-west Political Council here has decided that the terminus of this line be loc-! ¡cated at Canton instead of Han-!· Many citizens of Vienna were kow or Hangchow in Hunan. more than surprised to find them-Legal power to decide this point selves in possession of 100 Schil-rests with the Ministry of Rail- ling notes bearing the Communist ways, but being semi-independ- Party emblem during the past ent Canton decides many things

for itself. !few weeks.

This is, however, not due to a sudden sympathy of the Govern

CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND RUSSIA

Arrangement As To

Aerodromes

London, To-day.

The most modern methods of ment for Communist ideas, but to refrigeration, insultation and the Communists having adopted rentilation, specially designed this idea as propaganda. for the carriage of fruit, are. The Austrian 100 Schilling note No Ping being installed in the steamer bears a woman's head with a star!

Matua. under construction at above it, and the Communists Hawthorn, Leslie and Co.'s ship have in many cases changed this TL yard at Hebburn-on-Tyne, where into the Soviet Star, adding the The Foreign Secretary stated the vessel was launched yester-letters "RF" standing for "Red at question time in the House of

The Matus, which is 351 Front"

Commons yesterday that the Cze- feet long, with a Sulzer direct The Post Office and other Gochoslovak Government had given Diesel drive to twin screws, is ernment offices refuse to accept the British Minister at Prague a intended for cargo nates mutilated in this manner. categorical assurance that no ar primarily traffic on the New Zealand ser-and the unlucky bearer must ob :rangement existed between Rus- vice, but will also have accom-tain a valid note in exchange at sia and Czechoslovakia, for use: Imodation for 45 saloon passen-the National Bank,, but only re- by the former gers. Its speed is 161⁄2 knots-ceives this on payment of the cost dromes in British Wireless Service.

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In the House of Commens 'yes- terday 3ir. Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, announced that: the foreign affairs debate to-day

country of zero- the territory of the for printing a new note.

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STUDENT RIOTS AT FUHTAN U.

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GRAVE SITUATION Earlier messages stated

that!

Univer-

LOCAL PRISONER'S DEATH

Natural Causes Verdict

Death from natural causes was the verdict returned at the en-

would be opened by Mr. Anthony work had been at a standstill all quiry held at the Central Magis- tracy this morning into the death Eden. Foreign Secretary, after Tuesday at the Fabtan

of Wong Tai-tau, a prisoner at the which Dr. Hugh Dalton (Labour) sity. The students attempted to and Sir Archibald Sinclair (Liber- march to the civic centre to de-¡Victoria Gaol, who died early this

morning. al) would speak.

mand the release of the eight ar It is expected that Sir Austen rested comrades, but were Chamberlain, Mr. Lloyd George, ented by the police who were Mr..

University blocking Churchill, Major then Attlee and Mr. Neville Chamber-buildings.

Winston

+he

Mr. S. F. Balfour was the coro- ner and the jury was composed of || FN Messrs. W. J. Iles (foreman), W. E. Dennison and "H. F. Jason.

H. Barret, chief warder, said the deceased prisoner WAS were reported to have attempted the Victoria Gaol to

April 29, last year, admitted to serve 18 "months' hard labour, to which he

lain (Chancellor of the Exche Minor clashes occurred. A few quer) will also speak-Renter's students who escaped the blockade Bulletin Service.

FIGHT AGAINST

RELIGION

Drastic Action In The Ukraine

to excite other Universities to a sympathetic strike.

303-

All the roads on the way to the was sentenced at the April University were barricaded with was transferred to Lai Chi-kok but ¡sions of that year. On May 5, he barbed wire and manned by was retransferred a few days lice carrying drawn revolvers, ister.

He was admitted to thel who were refusing to let any one hospital on January 20 and died pass either to enter or leave.

this morning. Later in the pre- identified

POLICEMEN INJURED

and

CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

A group of students from Fuh-sence of Dr. Shaw he Warsaw, To-day.

tan University armed with bot. the body. All

Greek Orthodox; the

Dr. G. I. Shaw, medical officer. Churches, as well as both Catholes, bricks and clubs attempted lic Churches, were closed yes-evening. They were driven back saw the

a sortie from Fubtan on Tuesday of the prison, stated that he first deceased on April 30 terday by the Soviet authorities in Zhitomir in the Ukraine, ac-

by the police, upon which an uni-after admission to prison cording to a report in a bulletin deatified student opened fire with found his condition fair. He was published here by the Greek a pistol, wounding two policemen admitted to the hospital on Jan- Orthodox Church.

in the legs, who were sent to uary 20 this year suffering from: tuberculosis and died this morn- All priests in Zaitomir have hospital. been thrown out of their official Captajn Li Pei-wa, in commanding. dwellings, while in another town of the detachment of police, was

A post-mortem was held this

in the region of Novgorod both struck on the head with a brick-morning and the capse of the Catholic priests were arrested bat, and seriously injured.

The death was found to be chiefly due

and sentenced to banishment. police throughout acted in a most to tuberculosis and secondly, ta

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restrained manner. There were tuberculosis enteritis.

arrests, since the original eight students already mentioned were arrested.

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M. VENIZELOS. FUNERAL

ed considerably and has com- quiet and the police would to-day Athens, To-day-The funeral menced to move eastward; pres-conduct a search in all the Uni-jof the late statesman, M. Venize gure is now highest over the versity buildings for firearms. slow, will take place in Crete next Lower Yangise Valley. The de-

Sunday. According to the news:

pression is situated to the east||

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