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MOTOR BANDITS CARRY OUT DARING KOWLOON RAID $10,000 Haul At Goldsmith's Shop.

THE POPE

Fetican City, To-day. The Pope is suffering from increased pain in his legs and will only be allowed to sit in

an armchair for a short time

during the morning-Reut- ter.

COUP COMPLETE

IN FIFTEEN MINUTES

DEARTY SECTORENEROKO POLITINITELYDET THREE MEN CARRY

MAN DIES IN FIRE

BONHAM STRAND -

OUTBREAK

A visitor from Canton died in a fire, which starting in the cockloft of the first floor of No. 125, Bonham Strand east, broke out at about 3.30 o'clock

PISTOLS

for

|TEAR-GAS USED

IN AMERICAN

STRIKE RIOT

POLICE CHARGE

PICKETS.

Detroit, To-day. Breakdown of peace efforts in the motor strike have led to the development of serious dis- turbances and violence.

One of the most daring armed robberies years, in which the gang

A fresh outbreak of serious escaped with

large

rioting, in which tear-gas bombs were employed by the amount of valuable jewel-

the lery, took place at

police, occurred outside 6.45 p.m. yesterday

Briggs Motor Body Manufac- at the

turing Company. Chang Wo Goldsmith, No. 243, Shanghai Street, one of the most busy centres in Kowloon

EFFORT TO KEEP

GOVERNOR

The Committees of the China Association .. (Hong Kong Branch), the Hong Kong Gen eral of Commerce, represente tives of the Chinese commAT= ity, and all the Unofficial Meme bera of both Councils held a meeting at the offices of the General Chamber of CommercE on Tuesday evening at which it was decided to make repre- the sentations, by cable, to Secretary of State for the Co- lories, through the China As sociation. London, for the re-. tention of E. E. Sir Andrew

Governor Caldecots as Hong Kong.

Fighting began when two tho¤- HERREREST sand pickets formed themselvęs |into a huge loop and two abreastį

A party of robbers, said to num-continually trotted past the A UNIFIED

entrance. successfully

of the workers

this morning. Within a few ber 5 men, arrived in a car alight-ployees' minutes. the floor and the one ing at the corner of Nathan Road, preventing any

from entering. above were in flames which near Market Square.

The police issued a warning could be seen for some distance around.

the From there they went to

of batons.

REICH

of

STILL HOPING FOR PEACE

IN SHEN SI CRISIS

Shanghai, To-dzy. In a letter to General Feng Yan- Indicating that hope of a peace-chai, Commander of the 27th Boute ful settlement have not yet been Army and supporter of the Central abandoned, the Finance Minister, Government, Tang Hu-cheng stat- Dr. H. H. Kung telegraphed toled that he will resist the Govern- General Yang Hu-chen to-day urg-ment troops to the end with the ing him to re-state his case in aid of the communists; and, as a more ressonable terms."

friend, he requests General Feng to Kung also telegraphed General protect his mother in Pusien, Tso-yi, Governor of Sulyaan, where General Feng's troops are asking his attitude towards Yang's stationed. (demands for virtual autonomy of

It is also reported that the sub- Kansu and Shensi, as they would ordinates of Marshal Chang Hsueh- closely affect the neighbouring liang are not willing to fight for ¡province.

Yang Ho-cheng, The Central Gov- With an anti-Japanese area toernment is negotiating with Gen the west and Eopei and Charhar eral Yu Haneh-chung, Chairman of (under Japanese influence to

the Kaniu

Government, directly. east, Suiyuan's position would be Our Own Correspondent.

{extremely difficult-Reuter,

SKIRMISHES ON BORDER

Canton, To-day.

be BILLIARDS

Minor skirmishes occurred tween Government forces in Shensi į

and the rebels, at Chisui to the AND SNOOKER

west of Tungkwan yesterday.

It is stated, however, that the Government will not order a gen-

REICHSTAG STORY eral offensive unless it becomes ab

DENED

HITLER SPEECH PREDICTION

Berlin, To-day. Reuter is authoritatively in-

has

solutely necessary, though General Kuo Chuk-tung, who

been unable to take up his post as Direc- tor of Sian Headquarters has or- troops ganised the Government for swift movement the rebels in the last two days.

Duke Of Gloucester To Aid King

London, Today

It is muthoritatively stated that the Duke of Gloucester is relinguishing his army career in order to assist the King in the various oficial functions and engagementE

-The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will take up their residence at York House, which will be their toss-house, about the end of March—Rexter,

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

So Sui, aged 27, was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries to his eyes, caused when acid was thrown into them by an unknown. Chinese at the Sze Fat Wharf.

A Chinese lad, Cheung Fo, aged 9, was admitted to the G.C.H. after mmator being knocked down by a

LEAGUE GAMES car, in Queen's Road West yester

Garrison Sergeants

Still On Top

CAIRNS HAS BAD LUCK

The McEwan Younger Billiards and Snooker League, which should have finished on the 15th January,

This

day.

An unknown Chinese, aged about 70, died in the Kowloon Hospital after admission yesterday som with a fractured skull, received when he fell into a nullah in Kow- low Tong.

A boiler maker, Chan Wan, was

has been delayed owing to fixtures admitted to the Kwong Wah Hos not being completed.

ispital yesterday suffering from in- due to Army teams being away juries to the head. He fell into No. for their annual training at 3 dry dock at the Kowloon Docks

shop on foot, three men entering and eventually brought tear-gas. The building which is occupied the shop with pointing pistols into play, afterwards charging the watch pickets with a vigorous wielding! by the Tai Yau rattan store is a while the others stood on

The outside. building. three-storeyed

In fifteen minutes they had made] ground floor is used as the shop.!

FACTORY CLOSED the first as a store-room and the their haul and escaped with a sum

Nevertheless, the, pickets havej upper floor as a residence for the of about $500 in cash and jewel-

closing the Briga employers.

lery of an approximate value of succeeded in

factory. Three engines from Central, $10,000. under Acting Superintendent J. Police were attracted by the The rioters including some of formed that there is no truth C. FitzHeary and Station Officers sound of police whistles, but the the workers from the Briggs in reports recently published Brown and Smith, were used to gang had got clear away. A large plant, reinforced by sympathisers suggesting that the Reichstag

The Briggs is to be abolished. combat the fire. Another engine party of police arrived to investi-from other works.

with from Wanchai was also present gate, including Mr. Sparrow, concern is not connected

General Motors, which indicates at present staying at his country The Chancellor, Herr Hitler, is The first and second floors were AS.P.. Det.-lasp. Elston,

that the strike is spreading-home in Berchtesgaden. preparing! barnt out, but the ground foor Insp. Cunningham. and the contents were only dam

the speech which he will deliveri Later: The Briggs factory will to the Reichstag at the special

Canton, To-day. General Huang Mt chung on Wednesday. The meeting called for January 30, the human of the Kwangtung Fr strike there has been settled. All fourth anniversary of his assump\víncial Government is seriously over their nearest rivals.

discharged tion of the Chancellorship.

It is understood that the address from official circles here.

ill, according to report emanating

from lung infamiation and · is

aged by water.

of the old

The building is Chinese tenement type though the staircase had been recently built of concrete.

Wong Kai, aged 35. a shop foki from Canton, who was temporar- ily residing on the first floor, was burnt to death.

The fire brigade did not return to Station till 6 o'clock this morn- -in-

LIBEL ACTION-IN COURT

Accusations Against Canton Leader

and

So far no arrests have been Reuter.

made.

SPANISH GOLD

Sharp Passages At London Meeting

London, To-day.

re-open

recently

employees will be re-employed.

Afairs."

HUANG MU-CHUNG SERIOUSLY ILL Kwangtung Chairman On Sick Leave

new known

camp. The Fusiliers, however,{"

of whom has 'Two men, 'one are back and are steadily com-

since been arrested, entered a hut pleting their back fixtures,

The Garrison Sergeants Mess Lockhart Road early this mor- the bead of the sing and from the occupier took still remain at

League Table, with a good lead $103 which she had in her posses-

sion. The hut is used as At Bowen Road, Mr. Cairns, the second-hand furniture store with HKS.Bde. player, had very "bad an open doorway. WASHINGTON DEADLOCK will refer principally to domestic General Huang is suffering luck in not beating the record

It is understood that troops At 43 he break at billiards. Meanwhile, in Washington, the

The Faehrer is expected to a-lunder medical attention by a well broke down on a very difice drawn from the Royal Inniskilling Governor of Michigan, Mr. Frank nounce the imminence of Murphy, has been conferring with laws in furtherance of his

local German physician shot, which, if he had scored, Fusiliers are to proceed in one of assured him of H. M. Ships to Hong Kong in A sharp passage of arms took Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary for welding the Reich into a unit after two injections yesterday, but much longer rut

plan His condition slightly improved would have

March, for the purposes of train- place at Monday's session of the of the Labour Department, andied whole, including, in the first his heart shows signs of weak-

The Eifles are still at camp and ing. Non-Intervention Committee ac-Mr. John Lewis, the union leader, place, a law making all Federal cording to the diplomatic corres in an attempt to

will not be back until February pondents of both the "News Chroni- formula as a basis for resumption civil servants, and another

It is understood that the Gen-|T- laweral has been, on sick leave for

Detailed scores are "as · fol- cle" and the "Daily Herald". of negotiations between the Gen-relating to the administration of several days and that his official lows

When the question of Spanish eral Motors Corporation and the certain North-Western States like duties are being temporarily -

RAMC 3 gold was brought up for discus- United Automobile Workers

Hamburg and Oldenburg-Reuter ecuted by Mr. Shum. Hsueh-lu, his Kingston sion, Lord Plymouth proposed that Union..

chief secretary-Union News.

RICE FAMINE IN KWANGTUNG

find a лет

RUSSIAN PLAN APPROVED

the Committee should at first ex- For the present, the situation Claiming damages for $1,000 amine its competence to deal with remains at a deadlock-Beuter. against Khuk King-mui, Tong this matter and then, perhaps, clear Kux-chuen, Pai Chi-ching and up the question of who were the

the proprietor, rightful owners of the gold Lam Chungling. publisher. editor and printer of These proposals were seconded by the "Keng Po" newspaper, res-the German and Italian represen- pectively, Chau Kung-mau, a mem-tatives. The Soviet representative ber of the Chinese Military Affairs objected strongly with matters be- Council in Canton, was awardedjing dealt with at all by the Non- $700, with costs, by M. Justice Intervention. Committee and J. J. Hayden at the Summary pressed astonishment that Court this morning.

Plymouth could doubt the Plaintiff was represented by the petence and sovereignty of

Government. Hon. Mr. M. K., Lo, while H. B. da Spanish Botelho appeared on behalf of the Ocean. first three defendants, and Mr. S.

Ng Quinn on behalf of the fourth

defendant.

The claim arose out of an ar-

BARCELONA

ticle published in the "Kerg Po" UNDER

-

Lord

Co- the

Trans-

a fortnightly Chinese publication, BOMBARDMENT

which alleged that plaintif Ten-Į

trusted with a sum of $20,000 to

carry out certain instructions, but HEAVY SHELLING

used the money for his own per- sonal benefit.

Awarding plaintiff judgment, Mr. Justice Hayden stated

he would have awarded the fall amount but in view of the fact

that defendants made an apology,

which was given greater publicity

FROM SEA

Control System For Spain

London, To-day.

and State servants of the Reich

BOMB ATTACK ON WARSHIP

French Navy Given Defence Order

Paris, To-day.

ness.

Enough In Canton For 15 Days

www-

Dartford

Harris

Castell

The PMS. "Express of Canada" will leave here for Victoria and Vancouver, BC, via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and Honolulu at 150 noon on January 26 (Tuesday).

150

HES. (RA) 61 Cairns 411 Bosch

36 Barman 40 Parker

HLS (BA) 1 Parker

Grant

Cairns

John

Barman

R.V.F. 5 Preman Grindley

-60 Siddell

G.S.M. 4

Smith

29 Andrews

20

150

Russell

33

The next fortnightly dance of the Royal Engineers Old Comrades 151 Association will be held at the

58 Peninsula

Saturday,

Hotel

DO

144 January 23, commencing at 8.30

60 Insti

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46

Music will be provided by

RA. (FLQ) the 1st Bn. Royal Uister Rifes

150 Earle

150 Trevor

€2, Brogan

65 Alcock

70 Martin

League Table To Date

RA (L)

As a result of the attack on the

Canton, To-day. Cheetham The severe shortage of rice in Beard French destroyer, Maille Breze, on

is causing aneh Sollia Monday off Cape San Sebastian, Kwangtung Mr. Anthony Eden, after com-by an unknown- seroplane, which trouble throughout the province. menting in the House of Com-dropped five bombs without, how- Generals Huang Mo-sung and Yu mons on the replies to the latest ever, scoring a hit, the French Hon-mow have again appealed to British initiative of the Porta-War Ministry has ordered all the Central Government for guese and Russian governments, French warships in Spanish wa-emption from levies on rice im-

G.S.M which he found generally satis-ters to be at all times prepared to ported from Annam and Siam..

attack factory, said he was led to expect resist immediately any

The rice merchants of Canton RUE the German and Italian replies directed unquestionably at them.state that present stocks in

the KS (BA) within the next few days.

An investigation is being car-city are enough for only 15 days. Russia had suggested, and Mr.ried on to ascertain the identity Villagers from the suburbs are RA (BQ) Eden thought other governments of the aeroplane which attempted pouring into the city, begging food. E.AM.C. agreed with

them, that the to bomb the torpedoboat-Trans Their number is said to be from scheme of control must be such Ocean. as could, if necessary, be applied without the consent of the two

CRUISER THOUGHT |parties in Spain.

RESPONSIBLE

Paris, Today.

Alluding to the immense amount of technical work done to

gix to

seven, thousand. Oron Correspondent.

ITALY NOT TO ATTEND LEAGUE MEETING

Rome, To-day-Italy will noti produce the scheme of control, the end a delegation to the forth- Foreign Secretary paid a tribute the libelious article, hel An insurgent warship, which to the Chairman of the Non-coming Session of the League of would award plaintiff $700 with is believed to have been the Intervention committee.-British;

than

costs.

REVENUE STAMP PROSECUTIONS

cruiser "Canarias" bombarded! Wireless, Barcelona early yesterday morning, according to a report

which states that the warship|

appears to have stood off some

25 kilometres from the coast

BUKHARIN UNDER ARREST

Luk Yam-fong, of No. 168, and opened fire at about 130 Anti-Stalin Alliances

Queen's Road Central, and Sui am Kwai-hing, of the National Shirt Manufacturing Company, were this morning fined $25 by Mr. J.

Alleged

Nations Council, according to re- ports from informed circles here. ---Trans-Ocean.

OUTSTANDING RECORD- [OVER 320 M.PH.

ACROSS US.

RW.A EX.Y.P.

Our

Highest Brea) Billiards St. Bloomfeld Shooker-Sgt. O'Commer

THE ANTI-TROTSKY SIR OTTO

"PURGE"

Another Arrest In

Moscow

NIEMEYER'S TRIP TO US.

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STILL SUBJECT OF SPECULATION

London, To-day.

Two cases of Small-par with one death, eleven cases of Diphtheria with nine desths, thirteen case of Typhoid with six deaths (two im ported), one case of Meningitis and 85 deaths from Tuberenkosis, were reported to the local Health an- thorities last week. On Monday three cases of Small-pox and one case of Diphtheria were also re ported

ست

An address on "Engineering De velopment in China” was given by Professor C. A. Middleton Smith at the Hong Kong Rotary Club

refer meeting yesterday: when ence was made by the President to the the impending departure of Governor.

The engagement was announced. early this month in London, oft Mr. James Gilbert Findlay, only ison of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Find

hy, of 16-Wood Vale, London, N10, and Miss Mary Massey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W Massey of Shanghai.

Under the title of “A friendly

Moscow, To-day, The trial of the former editor- (in-chief of the prominent Russian paper, "Isvestia," M. Redek, and the former Deputy Commissar of A visit of Sir Otto Niemeyer, chat with our Listeners,” Mr. P. Heavy Industry, M. Platovico, and Director of the Bank of Eng." Hodgson spoke over the air the other persons arrested in com- land to the United States, Irst night on some of Z.B.W.'s pro- Inaction with the Trotsky conspir-continues to be the subject of blems in entertaining: the public.

acy, will probably begin in Fe

much speculation in City Cal bruszy.

The - Prizegiving of the Earsy circles. The exact date will, bé annom→

Whereas a statement issued by Competition organised by the ced within the next few days, ac the Foreign Bond Owners-Asso-lacal League of Nations and Peace Half an hour later, the war-ferred to as

Howard Hughes, the well-cording to well-informed circles elation intimates that Siz-Otto's Societies will take place in the ship reappeared, but did not fan of Communism," has been known film producer, flying bis here. It is also reported that the object in making the visit is to Hall of St. Joseph College, Kea Wong - Man-chi, a school mis resume the bombardment.

Cormally suspended and taken in own monoplane, has establish- Washington correspondent of I-confer with American bond hold-nady Road at 4.30, on Tuesday tress at No. 192 Quem's Road done in the Catalan capital by tigations, according to a despatch card, flying to Newark from sent in Russia, has been arrested other ideas are held by the "Daily senting the prizes. There were 77 A good deal of damage was to custody bending further invesed a new Transcontinental re- Testin." Mr. Rom, who is at pre- ers, on matters of mutual concern, next Sir Robert Ho Tung is pre-

Some thirty shells were fired in as many minutes.

The coast batteries replied

A. Fraser at the Central Magis- without effect. tracy on pleading guilty to issuing receipts without. the 'proper' rem venue stamps.

Exst, was fined $2 for issuing

school fee receipt for $30 without

Moscow, To-day. Nicolas Bukharin, Editor-in- Chief of "Investia," commonly re-

"the great theoreti

Newark, NJ, To-day.

the shelling Trans-Ocean.

given prominence in this evening's Los Angeles in 7% hours. ***Angrife

HOME FOOTBALL

A speed during the flight of $10] As Bukharin was the intimate miles an hour is claimed." The friend of Cazi Endek, it je sur-total distance is 2,420 miles, giv-

--it being properly stamped.. -De- fendant said fees were generally paid half yearly. In this case the whole amount was paid at London, Today, In the Third mised in Moscow Party circles, ing an average speed of over 320 once or ranta and Division, Northern section, of the says "Angris,” that the now con- m.p.k.

For half yearly receipts at 315 English Football League, Southcinded examination of Radek has The previous record for reventie stamps were not neces- port were bad at home by Dar brought to hebt incriminating light and distance, namely stry and she had overlooked this lington, to a godless draw Re-evidence against Bukharin

In this case,

and a half hours, was also“

by Hughes, fast yetz.

this

Trans-Ocean. 20

GEORGE V. SIEMORIAL"

Telegraph's city correspondent extries from 12. schools.

He infers from the fact of the

The BI, a Shirala will leave presence in the United States of Mr. Waller - Eunciman, President for Alogy. Singhai, Moji, Kobe London, To-day, of the Board of Trade, that ques, and Osake os Thursday at 5 pan. The King awill: unveil - ations affecting the financial. send

Memorial to his father, King commercial policies of England In The P. and 0. La Bhutan left nine George V at Windsor on April 23. the United States, will be made Singapore for Hong Kong yester Saint George's Day. British the subject of införmal » discus- day at 5 am and is sine here on

the 24th Eng

Wirel