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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1936

THE LEAGUE OF LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

NATIONS

Reform Proposals Examined

AUSTRIAN AND CHINESE OPINIONS

The Whist Drives held at Kow-, Readers, are reminded that the. loon Dock have proved so success-Hong Kong Amateur Dramatic ful that the Committee. in res-Club will present "Night Must ponse to popular demand, have Fall" at the China Fleet Club zow decided to hold these fune-Theatre on November 4. 5. 6 and tions weekly, instead of fort-17., nightly as before. The next Whist

Drive will therefore be held on A whist drive will be held at

morrow evening, commencing at 9

KING'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND

Holiday Brought To A Close

London, To-day.

DR. CHOU LU RETURNS

[Continued from Page 1)....

MOBBED BY FOLLOWERS = As soon as the ship's gangway It is understood that HM, the was in place, thousands of} King will leave Balmoral this Chinese, including University pro- afternoon and travel by special fessors, Canton Goverment Of- At Aberdeen coaches will be at Chinese, passed in an endless tached to the ordinary London, stream into the bowels of Midland and Scottish train leav- ship in search of the Chancellor.]

Friday next at 8.45 p.m. Admis- the Civil Service Cricket Club to train from Ballater to Aberdeen. ficials and prominent Hong KongOPENING

“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Geneva, To-day.

sion will be 50 cents.

In the League of Nations

As-

sembly yesterday, the Austrian

Mr. A. V. Peacock,, held up by| Secretary of State for Foreign armed robbers in Customs Pass on

p-

of

of

the

Five cases (one imported) Affairs, Herr Schmidt, addressed Sunday, and wounded by a shot enterie fewer and three cases the Assembly on the question of fired by one of the robbers, is still diphtheria were reported to Austria's independence. Herr in the Kowicon Civil Hospital re-local Health authorities during Schmidt stressed that the Leagueceiving treatment

for 3 bullet the 24 hours ended yesterday. of Nations was necessary for the which lodged in his leg. The se maintenance of peace in Europe, cond bullet fired at him was for- Revenue Officer A. W. Grimmitt bat according to the Austrian Gov-itunately deflected by a spectacle was this morning summoned be ernment's opinion, the present jun-case, which protected his heart and fore Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Cen-! cture was not fitted for League re- saved his life. Police authorities tral Magistracy with allowing his

Austria therefore did not report no further developments. dog abroad without muzzle make any proposal of a concrete

lead in Haven Street on Septem- nature, but merely emphasised the The sa. Nankin will leave for ber 10. Defendant pleaded not necessity of separating the Cove Australian and Tasmanian ports, guilty and as the complainant nant from the Treaty of Versail-via Manila. at 10 am on Friday was not in Court, His Worship les and other treaties, and of mak-

dismissed the summons. ing the League more truly inter- national by-the return of those nations which now stood aside.

form.

It was, however, the, opinion of the Austrian Government that the activities of the League should not be limited, but made more elastic.

tro-German agreement.

Dr. Koe's Opinions

HALSE HAS NARROW

The next speaker was the Chin-floodlit the neighbouring desert

SCENES AT CAIRO

ΟΙ

the

OF THE

ing at 7.47 p.m. for Euston. The He was eventually discovered' in: ROOF GARDEN King will be accompanied by the the Purser's cabin, where he was Duke and Duchess of Kent and mobbed by his large gathering of others of his guests at Balmoral followers.

-British Wireless Service.

KING GEORGE V. MEMORIAL

£250,000 Mark Reached By Special Fund

London. To-day.

Many members of the Chinese Press, both reporters and camer amen, attempted to get a word in here and there and a photograph, but found their task a hopeless

one.

a welcome...

the

де

So great was their enthusiasm that Chancellor Chou Lu was per- suaded to parade round the top deck in order to give all his friends and supporters an oppor A cheque from the members tuity of seeing him. of the staff of the Imperial War On the wharf there were two

Commission. A Bridge and Mahjongg Drive Graves

received brass bands, one from the Chang will be held at the St. John Am-yesterday at the LEAD IN RACE-

Mansion Shing Benevolent Society, and the bulance Headquarters on Wednes- House, brought the total

of other from the Hong Kong Chin- [day. October 21, at 3 pm. Tic-the King George V Nationalese Middle School - and (Continued from Page 1) kets are $1 each (including tea).Memorial Fund to the £250,000 Chin Pang College. Shamshuipo- Tommy Rose and Scott reached.

mark The Chairman of the Girls and boys, smartly dressed It was also true, on the other hand, Salonika at 5.53 and 5.54. p.m.

Lady Caldecott will meet the Memorial Fund executive dein blue uniforms and carrying the that in certain countries interna-respectively.

members of Nursing Divisions of clared yesterday: "The success Chinese National emblem in their tional problems could be settled The first flier to reach Cairo was the St. John Ambulance Brigade of the memorial is now assured, button-holes, and two immense satisfactorily without being pre-Halse, who started from scratch at Headquarters on Wednesday, and it will be possible to have a naga, awaited his disembarkation viously submitted

to the world He arrived at 307 p.m., covering October 14, at 4.30 p.m. Tea will splendid statue in an historic from the ship, and he had public, as was the case in the Aus the 2,200 miles in 12 hours. He be served. A demonstration of setting at Westminster and sooner stepped on to the wharf received an animated greeting at First Aid and Home Nursing will playing-fields throughout the from the gangway than they all the landing-ground, which was also be given.

length and breadth of the land, came to attention, while the bands each scheme happily Comblared forth a welcome. Launches, ese delegate. Dr. Wellington Koo (being bathed in the beams of Mak Cheng, aged 17, a stall memorating two aspects of His with gaily caloared bunting and He described the progress of social thousands. of motor-car lights foki at the Central Market, was late Majesty's life and inter-ags, were clustered round the and political reconstruction, adding Clouston arrived at 8.39

admitted to the Government Civiljests.” British Wireless Ser-city and many sirens shrieked that the stabilisation of the rela

Hospital yesterday suffering from vice. tions between the Central Govern-: Loudon, later: All six machines (a wound in the abdomen, received: ment and the South-west had given remaining in the Johannesburg air when a knife slipped while he was: the country unity. The whole situa-race arrived at and took off from cutting meat. tion in the Far East was, how Cairo except that of Tommy Rose,

It is understood that pupils of ever. not satisfactory, owing to the who smashed his

While driving car No. 1173 in

the Teaching Staff, representing warlike preparations of certato when he landed at 28 minutes past Queen's Road East yesterday, Mr..

the Sun Yat-sen University, Can- countries. the frequent troop midnight. Scott and Llewellyn, J. A. Bendall, of the Public Works

ton, are to give a reception to movements on the Chinese frontiers who arrived also neck-and-neck at Department, knocked down Fully Comprehensive Chancellor

his Chou La and and numerous frontier incidents 11.14 and 11.18 p

took off at Chinese male, Tam Yui, who waS

Powers

friends at the Hotel Cecil this and armed attacks. The unsettled 1134 and 11:36 pm. The pair admitted to the Government Civil

afternoon, while the Hong Kong: situation in Europe also had a de-shook hands in the control-room. Hospital.

Association London: The Order-in-Council Chinese Teachers' trimental effect on the Far East. where they went to report.

Dealing with the Chinese

The crowd at the airport cheer- The body of an earth coolie, relating to martial law in Pales-have prepared another welcome morandum on League reform. Dr led the arrivals and

at the for him at the headquarters of the Wong Chung, was removed to the tine which was made departures.

#t Balmoral SCAA at Caroline Hül Wellington Koo laid emphasis on The organisation was excellent. Public Mortuary yesterday. He was Privy Council held the proposed armed forced of the The police cordoned each machine accidentally killed when he fell Castle on Saturday was published afternoon

The Chinese General Chamber League. The Disarmament Con as it landed to prevent damage by from the roof of No. 31, Ling Kai in the London Gazette last night. ference, said Dr. Koo, must again over-eager

The Order, which amends the 1931 of Commerce will welcome spectators. Loud- Terrace, while working there. resume its labour. Trans-Ocean speakers announced the progress

Order under which the emergency Chancellor later in the day,

It will be recalled that Chan- Wai Hing, driver of lorry No. regulations have been made by the Service.

of the competitors.

left Carton for Sir Philip Sassoon. Under-Secre-3253 reports that while he was High Commissioner during recent cellor Chou Lu tary for Air, and Air Chief Mar-driving lorry No. 2252 in Yan months, enables the High Commis-Berlin due to political differences Chen Chi-tang, the Chinese female, sioner to delegate power to the Gen with Gen. shal Sir Brocker Popham Were Chay Street, a among the distinguished persons aged 30 with a child on her back eral Officer Commanding the forces former military head of Kwang- ipresent.

across the road and was in Palestine this command has tung. He then represented the Khartum: Halse landed at 152 kaecked down. The woman was just been taken up by Major-Gener- Sun Yat-sen University at the 1a.m. local time--Beuter.

sent to the Kowloon Hospital injal J. G. Dill-to make regulations 550th anniversary of Heidelberg

General Debate. Continued

me-

London, To-day. Mr. Stanley Bruce (Australia), H.H. the Aga Khan (India) and W. Jordon (New Zealand) were among the speakers who continued the general debate in the League Assembly at Geneva yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bruce said that the Assembly should .respond wholeheartedly to the lead given by Britain, the United States and France in their recent monetary agreement. Exchange eontrols,

undercarriage,

ran

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MARTIAL-LAW IN PALESTINE

(Continued from Page 1)

WELCOMING FUNCTIONS

this

the

Scott left Salonica at 6.52 p.m. an unconscious condition, while securing the public safety and University, where he was honour- and Llewellyn at 6.59 p.m., while the child received only slight in-defence of Palestine The Ordered with the honorary degree of

will be brought into force in Pales- Doctor of Laws juries. Rose left Athens at 9.40 p.m. Among the three who dropped out]

¡tine by a proclamation of the High Chan Tsun, mistress of boat Commissioner, but a farther pro- were South Africa's oldest and youngest pilots, Miller and Smith No 1982. reports that at about 9 clamation will be required for the (New Gull and Sparrowhawk res-am. yesterday her boat capsized delegation of power to the General

pectively),

while

was now present for solving these "MUST PEDAL HARDER” problems.

state of the world.

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T

On

MAN & WOMAN

CHARGED

Alleged Blow With Revolver

A shop assistant and a servant, Albert Johns, Windsor-terrace. and Dorothy Kaiser, of Meadow- bank-road. both of Falmouth, Cornwall, appeared at Inverness Sherif Court last month OK & number of charges.

They were accused of:

Having on August 25, in a of the Fort Augustus „wood,

road, assaulted Ewan Grant, chauffeur, of Invergarry Hotel, by striking him on the head. with a revolver.

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near Holt's Wharf and the seven Officer Commanding, who will then third the casualty was Alington in occupants were thrown into the be able to make regulations as and Eagle, the youngest competitor, the No. 5 Police Launch.

water. They were all rescued by when he considers necessary

such subjects as censorship; ar ying the tortoise of the race, tariffs, quotas and other trade re which gave him the biggest handi-

rest, detention, exclusion and de- strictions had led to much econo

Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 portation; control of barbours. cap advantage. opportunity mie unrest; and the

hours ending at 10 am to-day ports and aerodromes; transporta- was 0.01 inch. The total since tion by land, air or water: trad- While Halse reached Belgrade January 1, has been 67.34 inches,ing: the appropriation, control, The Aga Khan said that to con- with the high average of 200 miles against

77.53 forfeiture and disposition of pro 23 average of demn the League after 16 years of an hour, he said he was not satis- inches.

perty; the infliction of communal its short life because they had fed with it. He was soon follow-

fines; and forfeiture and destruc- learnt that men and nations were red by the other competitors, in- St Stephens Girls College will tion of property as a punitive impervious was as foolish as to cluding Rose in a Double-Eagle, hold their Annual Speech Day, on measure. condemn all philosophies and all who landed at Linz because of an Thursday, October: 8, at 5 o'clock. These regulations will not be religions because of the present air-babble in one of the petrol Lady Caldecott has kindly consent-open-to-challenge in any court of

pipes. The trouble was soon re-ed to present the-cup and certi- law. Moreover, the power confer Mr. Jordon criticised the failure medied, and he reached Belgrade (ficates.

red will include the setting up of of the League to apply sterner in good time, but declared there:

military courts for the trial of measures in support of the Coven "I must pedal harder."

A Dinner Dance will be held on offences against these regulations, ant during the Italo-Abyssinian None of the competitors remain-the Open Roof of Repulse Bay from the decisions of which there dispute Sanctions had to be imed at Belgrade more than 22 min-Lido-weather permitting-and at shall, if the General Officer Com- mediate and effective. New Zea-utes and then they set out Repulse Bay Hotel in the event of manding thinks fit, be no appeal

and was prepared to do its part to traverse the mountainous por-bad weather to-day at 9. p.m. GENERALLY ANTICIPATED

The new Order-in-Council relat- in making collective security ation of the journey between Yugó- reality-British Wireless Service.|slavia and Greece, from where the "The responsibility of keeping ing to defence and public safety

first news showed that although your gate closed and your dog in in Palestine has been Rose had the faster machine, he the premises rests

you," anticipated since the upon was only a minute ahead of Scott remarked Mr. E. Himsworth at September 7 of a official statement with driving a car recklessly and This is a tribute to the work of the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, in which it was made clear that causing it to collide with a wall, the handicappers, as the difference when Mrs. J. M. Jack, 6 Essex the Government, after careful' re also with causing another in the bandicap times is 10 hours. Crescent, was summoned for allow view of the whole situation, had driven by Dr. William MacWil --Reuter,

ing her white pointer bitch out on satiated themselves, in view of the liam, medical superintendent at Cumberland Road without a muzzle, continuance of the campaign of Inverness District Asylum, to col- London, later: Alington, flying Mrs Jack pleaded that her garden violence and the threats of violence lide with a wall Sze Chun, building contractor, an Eagle plane which had the big-gate had been left open, and while by which the Arab leaders have He was also accused of driving who died at. No. 5, Ilumination gest handicap, was the first com- the amah was closing it the dog been attempting to influence policy without a driver's licence or Terrace, Tai Hang, on December petitior out of the air race. He ran out and was seen by an In- that more effective action must be policy of insurance, and with hav 5, 1935, left leal estate sworn un-made a forced landing near Re-dias policeman. A fine of $10 was taken to bring the disorders to ing stolen a revolver from a der $118,500. Probate of will has gensburg. The three occupants been granted to Lam Fat Lam of the plane were not injured Thef Eung To and Lam Tze Kuen.

LOCAL ESTATE

Chinese Contractor Leaves $118,500

Isaka Drone nice Liano Ki Chin alias Lam Shu Chun, alias Lam

FORTHCOMING WEDDING

ALINGTON'S MISHAP

(machine landed in a field owing

to a shortage of petrol, the under- carriage being damaged.

imposed

generally issne. on

Felling Grant, and, on his rising, levelling and threaten- ing to discharge # revolver at *hím...

Stealing a motor-ear: Johne was separately charged

car

an end, and in which the despatch house at Inch Laggan, Filmoni-]

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of reinforcements to Palestine was vaig, occupied by a. gamekeeper announced. .: རྐ

The proclamation of martial law Three rien anffered from shock would not in itself have conferred

Both were remanded.

LABORATORY EXPLOSION

A Yuoslav officer at Belgrade and 14 clerks, including seven greater powers over the civil po- believed to have been made casual- The forthcoming wedding is an aerodrome took pity on Victor girls, had to escape through wpulation than are already possess tiles in a fight at Jaba yetterday, nounced of Mr. Arthar Hubert Smith, the young South African, dows when a slight explosim, fol- the authorities in possession of from the Dorsetshire Regiment, ed, whereas the present Order pats in which four battalions drawn Street, civil engineer, of No. 106, and gave him a leather cost. Pre-lowed by a fire, occurred in the la- Railway Compound Cantos, and viously Smith had been flying an boratory of the United Steel Com-powers British Wireless Service Royal Scots Fusiliers, and the Bed- clearly defined and unchallenged the Lincolnshire Regiment, the Miss Kathleen Monica Quinlan, of open machine without an over-panies works, near Whitehaven, Greatwood, Surrey, England. cost-Beuter's Bulletin Service. Cumberland, "last month,

- ́ANOTHER ARMED CLASH Lords and Hertfords participated Jerusalem: Twenty Arabs are with army aircraft-Beuter.

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