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GOLD COINS FOR CHINA.

ORDER PLACED with AMERICAN FIRM

(Wah Tas Tat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, June 24. In connection with China's deter mination to adopt a gold monotary system, the Nanking Government inmaking arrangements with American firm for turning out a frst consignment of gold coins.

A

OUT OF DATE COINAGE:

CALLED IN BY KWANGTUNG

GOVERNMENT, NE

INTERNATIONAL SUGAR

COUNCIL

CHADBOURNE SCHEME

DISCUSSED..

THROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY.]

SCHIRRU EXECUTED.

PLOTTER AGAINST«

¿MUSSOLINI..

At dawn in the inner courtyard of the Broschi Fortress, the young Sardinian anarchist, Michele Schir ru, was shot in the back by a firing! squad, in accordance with the son

Rome. He was alleged to have platted to murder Signor Mussolini. Schirru maintained a perfect com posure na the end drew near, Thers" was a slightly ironical smile on his lips as he waved" away the priests who came to offer him: the last consolations of religion.

LONDON, Juno, 23.. The International Sugar Countance of death passed on him sloven eil held its first meeting in Lon for the defence of the State in hours earlier by the special tribunal don today, Senator Beauduin, a Belgian, presiding. The Council. confirmed the permanent organisa tion of its headquarters at Tha Hague.

There WAS a considerabädis- cussion regarding the methods to | be adopted in the further extens sion of the development of the Chadbourne Plan. It the un animous opinion that what had already been done was long sound lines and to the lasting Bencht of the augar industry.

An effort is being made by the Canton Government Mint to recall all old and spurious coin, coin which has been in circulation in Kwang. tung for many years. It is under- stood that any person possessing a quantity of this bad coin is request- ed to return it to the mint where ". they will receive in exchange the exact amount in good and current coinage less 9 per cent. (approx.). This small percentage to he deduct- ed is to pay for the extra labour entailed in the melting of the old coins, but will only be deducted however when the amount of old coin returned" reaches the value of

81,000 or more..

He had appealed for alomency, says Reuter, and after it had boon rofused he was visited by the prison chaplain, but he refused religious assistance. He wrote to his mother escorted by police and carabiniers,. and his wife, and at 3.40 am, he was taken, in a motorcar to the Breschi Fortress, where he arrived The next meeting of the Coun- at 4.20. Here was drawn up a bat talion of militiamen with firing cil will be held in Paris on Septem-squad of 94 men, nearly all of them bor 14

BRITISH ENGINEERING

INDUSTRY

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NEW PROPOSALS ACCEPTED BY CONFERENCE,

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Ruaay, June 23.

The Conference of Executives of Engineering Unions "in London te

his countrymen, natives of Bar- dinia, who had volunteered to per- form the exccution.

The commander of the firing- 'party gave the order to present, arm, and the sentence of death was read. A moment after ho had taken his place Schirru fell to the ground with 24 bullets in his body.

THE NAVY LEAGUE POSEIDON FUND.

day by an overwhelming majority BIG DONATIONS FROM THE accepted the employers' modified

THE LATE DR. WU TING | proposals for changes in the work.

FANG.

HOMAGE OF GOVERNMENT /

LEADERS.

ing conditions and overtime ratea,

The now terms come into opera. tion from July 6 and pance is thus preserved in the industry.

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MR. MELLON.

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The Heads of the different de- partiments of the Government at Canton recently paid homage at the tomb of the Jute Dr. Wu Ting Tang, thus commemorating the ninth an niversary of the death of this well. known Chinese politician. Wu Ting

RrGay, June 28. Mr. Andrew Mellon who visited. Fang was one of the leaders of the

Cambridge to Bed and son to-day Chinese revolution of 1911, and for receive his degree of Bachelor of many years was an outstanding and Arts, was himself the recipient, of powerful figure. Dr. O. 0. Wu (Wu distinction. The intention of. the University to confer upon him Chao Chu), who at the recent an Honorary Degree of Doctor of change of Government at Canton Law was not generally known and resigned his post as Chinese Minis-ho received loud applause when, wearing the scarlet robe, he was ter to the United States, and is now presented to the Vice-Chancellor by on his way home to China, is a son the Publio Drator, who, in the of Wa Ting Fang and is endeavour course of a laudatory speech in Latin, coupled Mr. Mellon's visit ing to carry on the political tradi-to Britain with President Hoover's tions of his family.

recent pronouncement,

ENGLISH GIRL'S OPERA TRIUMPH.

"BLUE DANUBE” DANCE.

BEFORE KING AND QUEEN.

Miss Mimi Crawford, the young English, dancer, making her first appearance in grand opera, ecored a great personal success before the King and Queen in Dic. Fledar maus" at the Covent Garden.):

When questioned in the House of Commons to-day regarding the recent talks with Mr. Mellon the Premier stated that the conversa- tions were in no songs official and, therefore, he had nothing to report.

BRITISH TREASURY

CHANGES.

[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.].

RUGBY, June 23,

The King has approved of the Appointment of Mr. Gilbert Upcott, Deputy Controller of the Treasury, to be Controller and Auditor Gen- eral in successios to Bir Malcolm Ramsay, who is retiring next September.

HEARN MURDER TRIAL.

ACCUSED FOUND NOT GUILTY,

The King and Queen obviously enjoyed every moment of the opera, but the greatest moment of the whole evening camo during the second net with the famous, dance in the restaurant açone. For the first time the dance was performed by an English girl, and as Miss Mimi Crawford danced to the tune

[THIROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] of the "Blue Danube" the King leaned forward in the royal box

LONDON, June 23. beating time gently with his pro-

Mrs. Sarah Ann Hearn, tried at gramme, while the Queen gared Bodmin Assizes (Cornwall), for the through her lorgatite at the only murder, by arénical poisoning, of British performer in the opers. At her sister, Lydia Everard," and the end of the dance Miss Crawford Mrs. Alico Maud Thomas, last was called back four times, and year, has been found not guilty.* then at the end of the act there

were fivo curtains,

No one will believe how nervous

I was," Mise Crawford afterwards tald a reporter. It was something "of an ordeil; for I felt that not

MAN'S EXPERIENCE ON LINE.

only I personally was on trial, but ARM SEVERED BUT WALES. that I was representing all English FOR ASSISTANCE, dancora. I had to be told when

A.P.C.

Any suspicion that interest in the Navy League. Poseidon Fund was flagging is dispelled by the list published below. Another $3,000 has been collected and the total: now stands at 838,149:39. Messrs. the Asintio Petroleum Co., Ltd., have donated 82,000, the local staff of the Company has sent 8400; and the Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell and Mrs. Bell have given 8100 Personal gifts of 8100 also came from Lady Chater and Mr. Ho Kom Tong, O.B.E., while the Royal Naval Yard Police havo sent 8350, and 8130 was raised at a Cathedral Hall Whist Drive. The full list is as follows:--

SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED TO NOON YESTERDAY.

Mesars. Asiatic Petro-

leum Co, Ltd. $2,000.00 Staff-Asiatic Petroleum

Co., Ltd.

400.00

The Royal Naval Yard

Polies

250.00

Cathedral Hall Whist

Drivo (organised by Mra, A. F. Smith,

Mrs. Kirman, Mrs.

Hunt and Mrs. Brind- ley)

130.00

The Hon, Mr. W.-E. Bell and Mrs., Bali. Lady Chater

100.00

100.00

Mr. Ho Kom Tong

100.00

HG.B., EJ.M., "N.L,

C.W.S., A.W.P. & S.L.

00.00

General Works Office,.

PWD

52.00

Mr. and Mrs. W. A.

Nowers

50.00

Dr. and Mrs. G. D. B.

Black "Ashpit"

-150.00

30.00

Mr. and Mrs. A. Hicks Mr. EP.. Franklin... The Clover Flower Shop Dr. and Mrs. Anderson Mr. AA do. Mello,

Масло

25.00

95.00 25.00 25.00

95.00

Mr. W. J. "Keats'........... Staff--Thos. Cook &

Son, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. F. A, Red

mond

20.00

20.00

20.00"

Sincerity Lodge BA. O. B. Grand Council

12.55

10.00

10.00

Mr. A. Morloy.....

.10.00

Mr. C. W. Langley

10.00

Mr. D. J. Macadam

10.00

Mr. G. Hedley

10.00

Mr. J. Rodger

10.00

Mr. WB. Walson

5.00)

Mr. H, Brokenshire...

15,00

· Mr. C. Van Léo

$.00

$.9,013.55

Mr. H. Ching

Mr. B. A. Gray

Previously acknowledged 24690.34

Total.

$38,140.89

5. A. ARTHUR, Hon, Treasurer,

Navy League Poseidon Fand, Hong Kong, June 24, 1931...

to go on, for I could not recog-White crossing the railway track nise my cue in German. All I could in the vicinity of Dorabach, sear Bee was a vast black, mass and I | Wuppertal, late at night, a man could not pick out the royal box was knocked down by a passing. or anything else. I had not had a train. He picked himself up and HEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION single chance of rehoareing the found that, one of his arms was danos on the stage. It was rather severed from his body.

WITH THIS FORM confusing as I did not know how Despite his terrible condition, hehe Hong Kong Daily Pre

Please receive,

On behalf of the Poseidon Fund,

much stage spaco I would have or walked a long distance to a farm. 100 eractly how things would go, and house and awakened the Harzen I think the conductor was marvel The latter bandaged the stump of lous I have never danced such a the arm and took the man to a long solo before and when it opmo hospital se vez to an end, I did not really know During the whole time the man 111 had done well or not, until 1 did nct-oven faint Except for to got off the stage and everybody loss of his arm, he is now nona the camo-round to congratulate me. worse for his experience,

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