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THE CORONET

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 10TH, 1925

Thurs, to Sat., July 9th to 11th, at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15

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Layton, July 8th

SWATOW AFFAIRS. COMMUNAL KITCHEN. IN

KAKCHIOH.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) There has been a boycott of British trada since July 1st. The office staffs of all British 'concerns left on July 4th and the crews of all British motor-beats are.

In the House of Commons at question on rike. Europeans, béwever, are in time Mr. Austen Chamberlain declared many cases keeping the motor-beats that no proposal for sorcrance of diplo | going. matic relations with the Soviet Govern- ·Beyond the attempt to interfere with ment was under consideration by His trade everything is quick and there have Majesty's Government. The Diplomatic Body at Peking was considering a joint beea no attacks on foreigners' other than reply to the fourteen points contained in those reported previously. the Chinese Government's noto. He waS not aware of any conflict of opinion bed communal kitchen is being maintain- tween the Powers with regard to the ed in Kakchioh and provides two meals daily for the twenty residents there. reasonableness of the demands.

Mr. Beckett declared that the American H.M.8. Bluebell makes all the bread for the bluejackets have been Press widely stated that the American them and representatives were willing to accept, doing some of the washing and assisting ut that the British delegates were hold in the preparation of the meals ashore. ing out Mr. Chamberlain deprecated being called upon to answer questions with regard to information supplied by the different presses of the world, and emphasised that he was not aware of any conflict between the different Govern- ments.

Replying to Mr. George Lansbury, Mr. Chamberlain raid that Russia was not represented on the Commission of En quiry at Shanghai because Russia was not ore of the Treaty Powers.

Replying to Mr. Robinson, he said that no proposals had been received from the Government of the United States for con- yening an International Conference for the purpose of removing the special privileges of certain nationals in the treaty ports of China and giving the Chinese nation unrestricted control of the import duties

SEARCHERS FILMED.

TO BE USED AS CHINESE

PROPAGANDA? ·

Special Constable Smith, who was in charge of a squad of Sikhs searching vehicles on Thibet Road, Shanghai, is wondering whether the polios activities, which drew a large crowd on this occa. sion, are to be featured in somo Chinese film dram or will be used for pro paganda showing the foreigners' inter ference with the rights of Chiacse in the Foreign Settlement, says tho Peking and Tosin Times.

As the foreign constable and his men ware bolding up.some rickshas, a motor, number 4543, came upon the scene. The driver promptly put on the brakes, and calmly sat back in his seat and watched events while the occupants of the ca proceeded to film it! Before the amazed constable could inquire of the motorists. as to what their intentions were, the ear

Replying to Mr. Aumen he said that the Government was not prepared to follow the example of Germany, Austria," and Russia by renouncing extra-territ- orial privileges in China. Pending the result of the present consultations be tween the Treaty Powers he was not in a position to add anything to his state-drove off again. meat of July 1st.

GERMAN LOANS.

· UNPOPULAR DECISION BY THE REICHSTAG.

BERLIN, July 8th. The Committee of the Beurso has decided to close the Exchange to-day, as a protest against the decision of the Revaluation Committee of the Reichstag to diferentiate between old and new holders of paper mark State Loans and grant the latter revaluation at only 2 per cent, compared with 5 per cent for old holders

All other Gegana exchanges closed

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HOME CRICKET. OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE.

LONDON, July 8th

Oxford The

match. inter-Varsity against Cambridge, played at Lords, w drawn. Oxford batted first and made 330, Stewart Brown scoring 56 and Guise 59. Cambridge then went in and made 09, the principal scorers being Dukep Siahji.73, Crawley 08 and Enthoven 129. The last named player scored 10 last year and has thus equalled William Yardley's inter-Varsity record of scoring two centuries. Yardley's centuries were made in 1870 and 1879. Oxford's second innings had produced 214 for six wickets when the was called, Erown scoring 68,

Bankers and fanciers generally are of opinion that it will be impossible to carry out such a differentiation, and and Holmes.69. anticipate that German securities abroad will be adversely affected thereby.

SINGAPORE BASE PROGRESS.

LONDON, July 8th

The Bourse Committee consider that such a differentiation will destroy confid-

In the House of Commons, replying to enes in German loans. The Committee decreed that until further notice, quota. Commander Kenworthy, Mr. Bridgeman tions of the loans of the Reich and Fede-described the progress of work on the new ral States and toras be struck out of dockyard at Singapore in preparation for dredging work for the berth of the the list

floating dock on arrival of the "dredging fleet in November:

- THE SUBMARINE CABLE. INTERESTING FILM SHOWN IN

LONDON.

of

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO. RIFFS PREPARING OFFENSIVE. LONDON, July 8th.

PARIS, July 8th "The Romane of the Submarine

A message from Fez says the French Cable," a film illustrating the fascinating story of the manufacture, laying, repair northward of Wezzan evacuated two ad

vanced posta "after the removal ing and everyday work of the cable, was exhibited by the Eastern Associated Tele- stores and destruction of defences. A later despatch reports that the graph Companies after a luncheon as the Savoy Hotel presided over by the Riffs mustered ten thousand rifles in the Vice-Chairman, Mr. J. O. Denison Wargha region where they are endeavour- ing to win over tribes. The enemy is Pender.

apparently aiming at a new and inten sified offensive against Fes from the north to the south,

The film gives many instances of the everyday life of the Eastern Company' staff ashore and eat, and the complicat ed machinery employed for covering the core of the cable is shown in all its pro-

cesses.

MR.

THE COAL CRISIS.

BALDWIN HOPEFUL

LONDON, July 8th. In the House of Commons, questioned regarding the coal crisis, Mr. Baldwin said that he thought it was clear that the possibilities for negotiation were no Jet exhausted, and "appealed to both sides to explore every opportunity for a settlement.

He disagreed with a Labour member who declared that the deadlock was com pleto.

FLYING RECORDS.

AMSTERDAM, July 8th. Mynheer Gris, the chief of the scien- tific section of the Fokker aeroplane works, flew & standard Fokker DX3 machine of 450 b.p., with a Napier Lion engine, 100 kilometres at an average speed of red kilometres per hour; and 100 kilometres at an average speed of 285 per hour, with a load of 500 kilogram- mea. These fats are believed to be. world's records,

SOCCER IN AUSTRALIA. ENGLISH TOURISTS WIN AGAIN, NEWCASTLE, New South Wales,

July 8th. The English Association Football team beat Newcastle by 3 goals to nit.

FRANCO-SIAMESE TREATY.

PARTE, July 8th. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber adopted a report concluding in favour of the ratification of the Franco- Siamese Tretty-Havas

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

FALL FROM WINDOW BEAUTIFUL" BARONESS KILLED

AFTER DANCE,”* -

NEW YOLK, July 8th. Baroness Helen Zurmueblen, who is understood to have come from Java, fell early this morning from her seventh floor apartment at the fashionable Ritz- Carlton Hotel and was killed.

The accident was apparently due to the heat wave. The Baroness had been dancing and had stepped to the window to get a breath of air, when her friends were horrified to see her topple over and fall to the root of the Japanese garden far below,

Her diamond car-rtogs were dated She from their settings as she fell. should have sailed on the Berengaria to day to join her husband who is believed to be in the Dutch diplomatic service.

Prior to her marriage, the Baroness was the beautiful Miss Helen Carruthers, of San Antonio.

U.S. HEAT WAVE. NINE DEATHS IN TWO-DAYS,

New York, July 5th. The East United States are in the grip of a heat wave from which at least nine deaths have taken place in two daya

Violent thunderstorms have only tem porarily relieved the sweltering millions. The temperature at Washington yester- day was 105 degrees Fahrenheit.

SAAR BASIN LOAN.

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