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NANKING TROOPS “ENTER CHANGSHA.

REPORT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED."

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.]

Nanking, August 5.

It is officially 'confirmed that the Government troops entered Chang-

gha this morning.

WANG CHING WEI'S “CONVERSATIONS.”

MEETING WITH YEN HSI SHAN.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEXPING, August 3. Wang Ching Wei arrived at Shib- "chiachuang yesterday morning.

Yen Hai Shan greeted the distin- guished visitor at the station, after which an informal meeting of "the Central Executive Council of the Kuomintang was held.

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Yen Hai Shau gave a banquet in honour of Wang Ching Wei and party in the evening.

Yen Hai Shan and Wang Ching We are expected to go south to day to meet Feng Yu Hsiang, but Wang Ching Wei is expected to return to Peiping in time for the first formal meeting of the enlarged Plenary Session, which has been fixed for August 7

KANCHOW MISSIONARIES ADVISED TO DEPART.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:} ́-

PETRING, August 5. The American missionaries in Kenchow, Kiangai, numbering 12, have been advised to leave their

stations.

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PLOT AGAINST SHANGHAI GARRISON COMMISSIONER.

NATIONALISTS AIM TO RETAKE TSINAN,

FIFTY THOUSAND REINFORCEMENTS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SEANGHAI, August 5. While the Communist menace in

the Yangtsze Valley grows space, 20,000 "Cantonese troops arrived at Tsingtao by steamer during the week-end and entrained for.Kaomi.

A further

30,000 Nationalist troops are expected in connection with a fresh attempt to retake Tsina ful

CANTON COAL COOLIES”-

STRIKE.

DEMANDS CONCEDED BY EMPLOYERS.

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT:1

CANTON, August 5. The strike of the coal carriers in Canton, which has been dragging ca for the past month and more, came to an end yesterday afternoon- after the coolies obtained what they had demanded from their employ ers.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1930.

HO'S MASTERLY INACTIVITY.

QUITS ON APPROACH OF COMMUNISTS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.}

SHANGHAI,

REVOLVER DUEL AT CHINESE ATTACKS

FOREIGN LADY.

INFURIATED SOLDIER USES BAYONET.

TWO NOTORIOUS TROUBLE

·FOMENTERS ARRESTED.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI," August 5.

A revolver duel between the

SHANGHAI, August 5. Mr. James Mason, of the China Inland Mission, graphically describ French police and tramway strikers ed his escape from Changsha dis-resulted in the arrest of two notor

ous fomenters whose plot to assas guised as a coolie.

sinate a loyal Chinese official be. longing to the tramways leaked out several days previously.

Mr. Mason denounced the master- ly inactivity of General Ho Chien, who usually quite on the approach of the Communists and returns when the latter retire, fires a lot of ammunition in the air, and then telegraphs the news of his triumphant victory.

UNRULY FRENCH TEXTILE STRIKERS.

NON-STRIKERS ATTACKED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ROUBAIX, August & The textile workers who are on

strike in the Houbaix Tourcoing region attacked motor-coaches con The matter had assumed a seri-verins, non-strikers to their homes

on the Belgian side of the frontier. ous aspect when coal vessels com-

Many were hit by stones, end a ing into Carton' could not get their cargoes unloaded. The industries chauffeur was badly injured. in the city were threatened with the problem of a coal shortage. The strike was so effective, being engi- neered by the Chinese Seamen's Union, that the coal merchants concerned could not do anything to relieve the situation.

The matter was then brought to the notice of the Department of Civil Affairs of the Provincial Göy- ernment for arbitration, but alter several round-table conferences no agreement could be reached, as both parties refused to give in. The Government, appreciating the consequences of such a strike to the different industries and fac

The Belgian gendarmes were bombarded with bottles and bricks

"The strikers fired revolvers, and when they intervened. the gendarmes loaded their bines, upon which the strikers dis- persed after burling a bottle which struck the Police Commissioner on the forehead.

car-

CANTON RAILWAY.

IMPROVEMENTS TO PER- MAKENT WAY.

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On Monday night, six men step. ped their automobile outside the official's residence and behaved in a suspicious manner and opened fire when the police came on the scene."

INDIAN PEACE

TALKS.

CONGRESS LEADERS AND GANDHI TOGETHER.

(THROUGH REDTER'S AGENOT.}

ALLAHABAD, August 5. The Viceroy has authorised the removal of the Indian Congress leaders, Paadit Motilal Nehru and his son, Jawaharal Nehru, who are incarcerated here, to Pcona, where Gandhi is in the Yeruda Gaol, with the view to facilitating their peace talks.

RIOTS IN UNITED PROVINCES.

HINDU PROCESSION OUTRAGES MOSLEMS.

(THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.)"

NAINITAL, Aug 4. A communal disturbance broke out at Ballia, United. Provinces, today, owing to a Hindu proces- A senior member of the staff of sion of 15,000 persons insisting on

a Canton too long, then ordered the strikers ministration informed

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, August 6.

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BANDITS TORTURE SHANGHAI GODOWN LADY MISSIONARY.

GĦASTLY FATE IF RANSOM NOT FORTHCOMING.

{THROTOR ARUTER'À ́AGENCY.]

PEIPINO, August 5. It is learned that the Communist Mrs. Hearre, the wife of the

who are holding Miss Engineer-in-Chief of the southern bandits section of the Tientsin-Pukow Rail- Nettleton and Miss Harrison have way, was attacked in her bedroom cut off one of Miss Nettleton's in her residence at Puchen, near fingers and sent it to the author Pukow, early this morning by a ties demanding $30,000 as ransom Chinese soldier, who, infuriated at for release by her captives. the resistance offered, used his bayonet to overcome the struggles

of Mrs. Hearne,

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The British Legation is most reticent in the matter, but it is believed that the Communists have Mrs. Hearne is at present in the threatened to cut off other fingers Nanking University Hospital, and if the ransom is not quickly forth- her condition is very serious,

U.S. NAVAL REFORM.

VESSELS NEEDED TO GUARD COASTLINE.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN

WASHINGTON, August 4. A change is foreshadowed in the United States submarine building policy.

The Navy Board is considering the best use of the 52,700 tons of submarines allotted under the Lon don Naval Treaty."

According to officials, the Navy Department Board may advocate abandoning the building of fleet. ressels of 2,000 and 3,000 tons, capable of a double journey acros the Atlantic without refuelling,

coming.

DESTROYED.

HALF A MILLION TAELS DAMAGE.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAL, August 5. Two Chinese burned to death and damage estimated at Tis. 300,000 were the results of a fire in one of Messrs. Butterfield & Swirg'a

A considerable quantity of tea godowns at Poetung this morning.

and paper is believed to have been destroyed

CROYDON GREETS "JOHNNIE."

EMPIRE.

(THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.]

On July 18 efforts were to be PRIDE IN OUR WONDERFUL. made by a party to get into touch with Miss Nettleton and Mias Har- rison, of the Church Missionary Society, who were captured by Com- munis bandits while travelling from Changan to Kienning en' July 1.

A letter signed by Miss Harrison, but dictated by her captors, de- manded that $100,000 be sent to the District Soviet Government within a fortnight, failing which both ladies would be shot.

CHOPPER ATTACK ON CONSTABLE.

THIEF'S EFFORTS TO AVOID "ARREST.

A fight between a policeman and a thief in a scavenging lane in Shamshuipo was described to Mr. and building instead smaller vessels Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Magis

to guard the coast line.

BENCH AND POST-WAR LAWLESSNESS.

"HOPELESSLY ABANDONED

VIEWS."

When the defence of joy-riding was raised at Middlesex. Sessions last month in a case in which Louis

Atkinson, (18), a motor-driver,, wäre accused of breaking and entering

tracy yesterday, when a Chinese was charged with having stolen ä blanket and with assaulting a Chinese constable.

LONDON, August 4. Miss Amy Johnson, arrived at Croydon to-day by air, and was escorted by seven 'planes..

Welcome By Air Minister, She was enthusiastically greeted on landing by a huge assemblage," and was officially welcomed by the Air Minister, the Rt. Hon, Lord Thomson, and Miss Bondfield, Minister of Labour.

Dense throngs inside and outside the Croydon aerodrome awaited patiently the Indian air momil 'plane City of Glasgow, in which Mias Amy Johnson was travelling, having left Vienas at seven in the

morning.

Arrival In Darkness. Darkness was drawing on when, Giving evidence, the constable shortly after nine, the machine with stated that, together with one of escorting planes circled over the his companions, he noticed the aerodrome to the accompaniment of suspicious behaviour of the defend deafening cheers. ant, who was seen to walk along the pavement of Tai. Nam Street and later come out with a blanket

In Parents" Embrace. Immediately the machine had come to a standstill, Amy stepped

tories consuming coal, if continued the Canton-Kowloon Railway Ad-passing the "Mosque in defiance of stone (33), an engineer, and Cecil comrade to follow the defendant, braced her father and sisters

to go back to work on the old basia, Gazette representative that a large pending some satisfactory settle.umber of new sleepers purchased

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from Manila by the Ministry has ment being coscluded "later. this the strikers agreed. Through arrived at Canton, and been turned the Department of Civil Affairs, over to the line.

Wah Tez Tat Pao.)

Work for replacing old and de the matter was then brought to the attention of the Arbitration Com-caying sleepers in the Chinese SHANGHAI, August 5.

section will shortly commence, and An attempt on the life of Gen-mittee to be dealt with. After, an eral Hsiung Shin Hai, the Car- exhaustive investigation into the when this is completed, the original rison Commissioner of Shanghai, living conditions of the coolies on schedule of the express trains will was made yesterday.

strike, the Committee agreed with their demand for an increase in pay from 48 cents to 52 cents for un loading each ton of coal in Wham

It appears that several people were seen wandering near the resi dance of General Hsiung, and the suspicions of the", guards of the house were aroused. The latter poa, and from 28 to 30 cents for notified the police of the French unloading each ton of coal in Can- Concession, in which the house is to situated.

Or seeing the approach of the police, one of the suspects fired at them and then ran away.

Another demand meeting with sympathy from the Committee was that the commission of the fore- Two of the gaps were subsequent ly arrested, but no evidence of men" should be paid by the em complicity in the attempted assas-ployers, and not be deducted from sination was found."

the wages of the employees,

SLIGHT 'QUAKE IN ITALÝ.

GENERAL PANIC FOR ́SEVERAL HOURS."

(THROUGH REDTEE'S AGENOT.]

ROME, August 4.

A slight earthquake shock was felt at Melfi and Rionero yester- day, causing a general panic for many hours before the terrified in- habitants were reassured and or der was restored.

[Melli was renowned for its Nor man cathedral, which was destroy- ed by earthquake on August 14, 1821, when 1,000 persons perished." Rionero was almost destroyed by earthquake in 1851.]..

COMMUNIST MENACE

ON A

YANGTSZE.

JAPAN DESPATCHES

DESTROYERS....

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SABERO, August 5, Owing to the Communist menace. on the Yangtze, the Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Squadron, comprising the Yanagi, Momo, Kanhi and Nars, sailed to-day for Shanghai.

be re-established.

The big shipment, numbering over 50,000 sleepers, the order for which was placed in Australia, is expected at Canton before the end of the year, when all the remaining old sleepers will be completely replaced. the ring much faster, and it is The express trains can then cover estimated that the time may be re- duced to three hours, instead of the naual four.

the authorities' prohibition.

A crowd of angry Moslems as sembled, determined to oppose the procession.

The police fired on the mob and five persons were killed and,10 wounded.

The situation was later controll-

cd."

a garage at Tottenham and steal-

arms around her mother and:

in his hand. The defendant then entered a lane. Witness told his out and affectionately flung her

while he himself would cut off de- fendant's escape from the other exit

British Government's Welco In welcoming her on behalf of the British Government, Lord Thomson described the fight as one of the

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of the lane."

About a yard away from him, ing a motorcycle, the deputy chairman, Sir Herbert Nield, re-witness shouted to the defendant marked that joy-riding was never to stay. The thief was then seen

to search for something concealed most memorable achievements of young woman's heard of until after the war. This in his body. He brought cut & 1920, which was a post-war period," he said, "has chopper and commenced to attack year." He said that Amy'a pluck

The other police- brought e face to face with some the constable. Civil Resistance Campaign.

man had meanwhile arrived, and and tenacity of purpose had won of the most determined and hope with his assistance the thief was the hearts of the British people. BOMBAY, August 5.lessly abandoned views of not con- overpowered and taken to the Police Value of Flight to Empire The Congress Working Com. forming to the law that one can

possibly conceive."

Stone and Atkinson were found mittee, which, sat in secret week to consider the intensification not guilty and discharged. of the civil resistance campaign, has published its resolutions, direct ing Congress organisation, to boy cott foreign cloth, British goods, and Government loans, and also.

last

Sir Herbert said that the new

practice. These gentlemen," he law would stop the joy-riding said, indicating Stone and Atkin- son, will find that their joy rides will not protect them from having a period of solitude in which to

The Administration has purchased to boycott the legislatures, Govern-reflect upon their misdeeds." from Americn several modernment officials, and ordering the coaches and kitchen-cars, thereby offering an up-to-date service to withdrawal of deposits from the Post Office savings banks, and the passengers.

withdrawal of support of British insurance, banking, and shipping concerns.

WHAMPOA SCHEMES.

The Arbitration Committee then called another meeting of the dis putants and submitted the above conditions as a basis for settlement.DETAILS OF PORT DEVELOP-

MENT PLANS. After a protracted discussion the proposal of the Committee was finally accepted, and the strike

came to an end, "--

CANTON RENTAL TAX,

INCREASE OPERATIVE FROM

OCTOBER FIRST.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, August 5.

The Committee also reaffirmed the resolution passed at Allahabad

civil

EXPLOSION CAUSED BY ANGRY CHILD. CRACKER THROWN ON POWDER.

Station.

...

Aviation.

A tribute was also paid by Lord, Wakefield, who laid stress on the

defendent said that he found the Addressing the Magistrate, the blanket lying on the street. As it seemed to belong to nobody, he chopper which had been used by aviation. picked it up. With regard to the value of the flight to Empire. hin, defendant explained that he prefers to be Known as “Johnnie.!” always carried it along with him, as he needed it for the purpose of cutting herbs on the hillaides.

After evidence had been given by a coal coolie, who stated that he lost the blanket while sleeping on the pavement, the Magistrate sen tenced defendant to three months' hard labour.:

BAN ON CARS AT CAMBRIDGE.

DRASTIC ACTION AT THE""

UNIVERSITY.

Undergraduates at Cambridge keen on mootoring will have a shock

Replying, Miss Amy Johnson said that the faith of a few staunch friends carried her through all dif ficulties. She wanted to show by her flying how she loved England, bow.glad she was to be a member of a wonderful Empire. She was sick at the sight of her mare and photograph in the newspapers, and declared cannot we drop Miss Johnson and start from to-day with the name Johnnie by which I am known at the London Aero- plane Clab, where I learned to fly T

At the conclusion of the speeches, Johnnie" drove in a procession of motor cars around the aerodrome, then started on a triumphal drive to Grosvenor House Hotel, Paric

A child, in a fit of temper: be- cause she was "refused money to on June 7 recommending that In-bay ice-cream, caused an explosion At an interview Mr. Wong Him dians employed in the police and at her father's firework plant at Yick, Acting Director of the Conitary forces refuse to obey or Neptune, New Jersey father and

killing grandfather struction Department of the Kwang.. tung River Conservancy Board onders when dealing with the her baby cousin, and destroying August 2, the Canton Gazette ob disobedience movement,

four buildings. A third child, aged tained the following information

three, is missing. The first explo on their arrival next term Lane, where & reception was held regarding the schemes for opening

sion occurred in the child's home, Certain colleges have decided "next door to the factory... up Whampoa into a sea-port.

that for the academical year: 1980 "The programme prepared for the

The police were told that Millie 31, men in their second year shall first stage of the project consists of

Cimino, aged nine, asked her not have motor vehicles, and that the construction of the embankment

mother for 2d to buy ice-cream after next June no undergraduate, When this was refused the naked along the foreshore and several big wharves for shipping.

MOTHER OF MEI LAN FANG. for a match, and stamping with unless in quite exceptional cir

OBITUARY.

(TAHOUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.)

ence.

in her honours &

The route was thronged with dense crowds who waited for hours to welcome her. They set up a tremendous roar of cheering as the car approached.

Special police were called in to anger, lighted a fire-cracker and cumstances, shall have permission

hotel, most of whom were women. tossed it on to a heap of powder to keep a motor while in resid-cape with the crowd outside the which her grandfather was mixing Notices are being posted informa- on the porch of the house, Fouring undergraduates and their par violent explosions followed in quick ents or guardians of the new re PEIPING, August 5. succession modes de

Powder kegs, Roman candles and gulations, on the ground that "the The mother of Mei Lan Fang, the freworks of all descriptions went bicycles nearly always prevents un- possession of motor cars or motor- famous Chinese actor, died here off. Exploding skyrockets and yesterday.

The expenditure for carrying out the work scheduled for the. first- stage is estimated at about one and Ia half million dollars, which The Canton Municipal Govern amount has already been set aside ment has announced that the in- by the. Contral Government from the crease in rental tax from 15 to 20 Boxer Indemnity Fund returned to

China by the British Government. per cent of the monthly rental will

Thirty Million Dollar Scheme.

blazing debris were hurled through dergraduates from making the best become effective from October. L

the air for hundreds of feet. The use of their residence, Mr. Wong said that when the Those who are living in their own

roof of one of the wrecked buildings houses will be required to deposit -work of surveying has been com-

was carried a quarter of a mile pleted, construction would be taken

Some surprise was caused in and the bodies, of the victims were with the police each month $1.50 in hand without any loss of time. posesch $1,000 of their investment. The worst act of opsaditured Banckok recently when it was learn- flung 30 feet,

for falling the whole projected that perigosong tome being stored Thus, if a house costs $10,000, the estimated to be over 30 million from China had to appear before with crackers, blew up at the during next year there shall be no owner residing therein will have to dollars which will be released by the director-general of police to ex-explosion. pay $15 each month to the Govern- instalments from time to time with plain the object of their visit It Millie tried to escape the disaster late Icaves for motor vehicles

in a period of two years.

1s understood that they will be she had caused by seizing her baby beyond the normal hours, and that Iment in the form of rental tax:

The tax on temples and ancestral It is reported that the Board some allowed to stay for two weeks, but cousin and flying for safety, but next year motors shall be kept in

months ago ordered from a local before they can visit any school they she was killed before running more a public garage halls is less, being only 40 cents to German firm several dredgers, which must get the permission of the than a few feet. Millie's mother Breaches of these regulations will

with light injuries. bing to visi Singapore. each $1,000 of the cost of construc-are due to arrive in Canton next authorities. The scouts are plan- aunt and other persons escaped he regarded as very serious offen

tion.

month.

AUSTRALIA-BRITAIN FLIGHT.

The notices state that the present | AUSTRALIAN HOPS OFF ON

FIRST STAGE: restrictions with regard to the use of motor vehicles shall hencefor ward apply to second year men as well freshmen, and after June, 2018012 NOVÉE, BENTZÉ'S AGENCY,

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Sydney, August 5.

ham hopped off from Windham The Australian saran Cunning

of a flight to England, 1929 em bound for Bima at 5.45 am. (West Australian time) on the first stage