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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1931.

ECONOMY BILL PASSED.

WORLD FINANCIAL

WORLD'S SPEED

CRISIS.

RECORD.

UNEMPLOYED ENDEAVOUR U.S.A. AND FRENCH GOLD BRITISH MACHINE ATTAINS TO ENTER HOUSE OF LORDS

[HEL FER AND WIRELESS.

RESERVES.

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICH,

RuGuy, Sept. 29.

415 M.PH.

[EKITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Ruany, Sept. 9,

KINGSFORD SMITH'S BAD LUCK

FINAL HECTIC RUSH TO CROYDON.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.

DE MAMADA BABBA, Sept. 20," Kingsford-Smith is believed to have encountered a heavy sandstorm and is expected to have landed at Shaibh

ALEPPO, Sept. 30, Kingsford Smith arrived at 11 Pm, and departed at 40 in a final hectic rush to cover the re- maining 2,300 miles to Croydon by

record time

SINO JAPANESE

CONFLICT

FINAL SITTING OF LEAGUE COUNCIL

[THROUGH REUTER'8,"AGENCE,]

DR C T. WANG RESIGNS.

DR. ALFRED SZE APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER.:

THROUGH REUSER'S (AGEMOY.];

GRAND OLD MAN

OF SHANGHAI "

DEATH OF MR. BRODIE

CLARKE.

ITHROUGE BEUTER'S: AGENCY, 15

LONDON, Sept. 20. Now that pressure of National A number of questions in the A fresh world's flying speed to business is using up, Mr. Ramsay House of Commons bearing on cord is believed to have been made MacDonald in finding time to can aspects of the economic sider his personal position and has various poots of fet menit by Flight Lieut. Stainforth when requested the Seaham Labour Party to call a delegate meeting for him of the Chancellor of Exchequer. flying, 36B senplane Atted with to address on October 2. It is It was stated that total monetary special Sprint engine at Calshot deduced from this that by then head in the United States on Sept. this evening He completed five Government's plane in regard tong some 350 million dollars extive rounds of the course at a terrin to-morrow afternoon, just within offer of Paraguay to receive: some After four years' excellent and the Eastin 1003, when ho arrived will be in a position to state the was 5,000 million dollars, includ.

its future policy at the General Election

Steps have already been taken at Seaham to select a Labour candi. date to oppose the Premier.

In the meantime negotiations behind the scenes are working out promisingly for an agreed Election programing steering between the extreme Free Trade Liberal view and the equally extreme full Tariff

mated to be in zative circulatione speed, and the opinion is held The increase since June 10 was thing he has broken the record, but G.8157,000,000,

offeinl times are not yet available, pending the development of the timing Alms.

French gold reserve on Septembor

18 were 58,575 million france, au intronse of 2,030 millions since June 19. The total gold hold by the two countries was thus 7,208 million dollars, or £1,400,000,000 at par, and had increased in three months by 277 million dollars or 57 million pounds.

LINDBERGHS ARRIVE AT HANKOW

TO-INSPECT FLOODED

AREAS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.]

One Hour of Láfal

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Conservative claim, 5 The total monetary gold in the

LONDON, Sept. 29. It is now believed that the Con-world may be estimated at nearly

The official record of Flight- servative - Cabinet Ministers" are willing to acoopt the "free hand" 12,000 million dollars, so that these Llout Stainforth's speed at Calshot programe ininched by Mr. Ram two countries hold just over 60 per is 408.8 miles an hour....

cent of it. Pay MacDonald, with possibly somet was stated the total amount in His machine was fitted with u fiscal reference to mollity strong English sterling of transactions special Rolls-Royce Sprint on-

It is known the Prender is doing ers affected by the standstill agree making a total of 2,000 H.P.

between English and German book-gine with an extra 300 horse-power his utmost to keep the presentment gned by the representatives Government together in order to of the Bank of England and other

The designer gave the engine avoid disrupting the Round Table bankers on September 14 and opor-exactly one hour of life. It was | FRENCH MINISTERS ARRIVE Conference.

ating as between September 1, 1941, therefore, impossible to make trial and February 20, 1932, was appro- ximately £70,000,000,

tariffints,

House to Adjourn on October 7.

LONDON, Sept. 30. The Premier announced that the House of Commons will adjourn on October 7, but he did not reply to Mr. Henderson's. question whether that would be the end of the Session

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald also an. nounced that a short Bill will be passed to prevent a possibility of exploitation of the public in arbi- cles of food for general consump- tion.

Cabinet Sits for 90 Minutes.

LONDON, Sept. 20. After the King had received, in audience Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in the afternoon, the Cabinet at for ninety minues and then ad- journed until tomorrow without reaching a decision.” «

The House of Commons dealt to day with the third reading of the Economy Bill. It defented by 297 vote to 242 a Labour motion for rejection.

In moving the third reading of the Economy Bill in the House of Caminons, Sir Arthur Steel Mait

The Chancellor said that arrange- ments for relief from double taxa- tion on certain profits arising through ngeney had been made with

FOBS:

STAGGERING SPEED,

LATER the Government of Sweden in an The first lap of Lieut. Stainforth's agreement dated list July. An agreement with Switzerland was flight was accomplished at the stag practically settled and negotiationsgering speed of 415. M.P.H. This with other countries were proceed- exceeded the highest hopes of the ing or would shortly be commenced.

designers, engineers and pilots.

ITALY TO CONTROL EXCHANGE OPERATIONS:

(THROUGH, REVIER'S AGEVOY,]

ROME, Sept 2013

A decres will be published to-mor row authorising the Finance Minis- tor to control exchange operations.

Early Election Possible.

land said it was designed to meet "In the groat high latitudes of an emergency demanding quick and politics all is fluid, elastic, mut decisive action. He asked the House ble, declared Lurd Morley in his must have to recognise that the late Govern-Recollections.", He ment had agreed to nine out of ten visualisod the very position, w of the coonomies now proposed, confronting Great Britain.. which might be of very great benefit.

Until Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's to the country in view of the deve-week ond statement that he would

badly

A MAGNIFICENT PERFORM-"

ANCE.

[DRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE. ]

Rodoy, Sept. 30 When the figures were announced Lieut. Stanforth showed no signs of elation.

forty-three

Lieut. Stanforth's fight had been a magnificent performance, lis Conditions were only fairly favourable when, yesterday evening, he climbed into the cockpit of the remarkable little super-Marine craft Visibility was only three. miles and he needed twice that distance to see his marks and be sure of his line on every run up to course. Consequently instead of and marks he had to use cloud lines to fix his position and direc tim Having started his engine-- lopments bound to me and which not sponsor any party programme, the most powerful, nero-engine ever not only this country, but other most people believed he was ready constructed giving 2,600 H.P countries, had to face,

to appeal to the country and se- The crisis was confronting other cure a victory for tariff supporters, Lieut. Stanforth was off the water countries and would confront nearly Since then, there has been a fran- and in the air in every country in the world.

tic search for a formula to main seconds. The engine" had never tain the unity of the National Previously been flown, and no en- gine had ever used the special fuel Government without too damning old party shibboleths. No mixture which had been designed formula has yet been found though for it. Lieut. Stainforth had this the Cabinet snt for an hour and a first to try out his craft, Batisfied half last night and it is unlikely with the test he climbed to the per- that Mr. MacDonald will be able mitted 1,300 feet and took a truc to fulfil his promise to Mr. Henne and swooped steeply down to. derson by telling the House of 50 metres height flattening out with Commons to-day when the presence courec. Five times Lieut Full throttle, roaring along to the session of Parliament will end..

Apparently the Cabinet discus- Stainforth, displaying suport judg sions revealed a Bituation SD ment in his diver and direction strongly in favour of an early and complete confidence in his Election that Liberal Ministers machine, repeated this perfomance found it noosary immediately and then sweeping widely over after the night's Cabinet meeting Spithead and the Solent, as though to examine their own position in to make the most of what may be greater detail, and they are now his Inst flight at such speeds, alight reconciled to the fact that an Elec-ed easily and gracefully. He was god brought ashore smiling and con- tion is inevitable, was k

tent, his face covered with oil and spray, and was greeted by his wife and brother officers and technicians who had bean thrilled by the spectacular achievement.

It was not merely a difficulty that could be surmounted leaving the world just as it was before. These difficulties were really pains that went before the birth of a now state of affairs and that was a fact that everyone would be forced to re- cognise.

Within ten years from now, he said, there would be a régime of international agreement on econ omics and, finance surpassing any thing hitherto contemplated. This question would equal, if not sur pass, in importance the question of armamenta.

Press Opinion. The Daily Herald proclaims General Election is new cortainer

HANKOW, Sept. 20. The Lindberghs who spent the night at Wuhu arrived here this afternoon, E

AT PARIS,

(THROUGH XEUTER'S AGEROT.]

PARIS, Sept. 29. M. Laval and M. Briand have returned from Borling.

END OF NAUTEĻUS.

TO BE SUNK IN DEEPEST PART OF NORTH SEA.

[THROUGH" REUTER'S AGENCY.]

WASHINGTON, Sept 20. The United States Shipping Board has given permission to Sir Hubert Wilking to sink the Nauti-: lus in the deepest part of the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

WEATHER REPORT:

Yesterday's weather report, forecast und remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 8 p.m., stated

The anti-cyclone remaing cen trn to the west of Shanghai and is strengthening. Presstre is low to the east of the Visayas

Local Forecast:-N, winds. moderate overcast at frat; finer-Later,

GENEVA, Sept. 99. Moved almost to tours, Dr. Alfred Sze to-day expressed China's grati tude to the Comml for the astiat auces rendered by the League and other countries in the task of com- batting the epidemics resulting from the disastrous foods in China,

The Council gratefully noted the thousands of refugees of German origin from China

The Council will probably hold a final sitting to-morrow in order to dipose of the issues arising from the Sino-Japanese conflict.

DENIAL

TOKYO Sept. 30." The Chinesa delegato's socuration to the Lengue that a Japanese plane, on Sept. 24, attacked a passenger train on the Feiping- Makdon Railway has been officially denied, YRA

CANTON STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE,

(Wah Tss Tat Pao.)

NANKING Sep 30,

SHANGHAI, Sopt 30 Pleading that the present stato of The grand old man of Shung his braith hindera hen performing hai," Mr. Brodie Clarke, died to- efficiently his duties at a time when day at the age of 87 Chinn is confronted by a great wife spent sixty-five youra în national crisis. Dr. O. T. Wang Shanghai, resigned this morning, [The late Mr Clarke, broko and Chiang Kai Shek regretfully se auctioneer with Mosers Hopkins, capting his resignation states: Duma and Co., Ltd., first cato to ineritorious service the Foreign in Hong Kong Two years later, he Minister will have an opportunity wont to Shanghai where he has to rest

since resided ALCANT Dr. Alfred Sto will succeed Dr He had Volunteer Corps servico wat Home and in Shanghai for 30 T Wang Mr Frank Lee is carrying on

years, and was for many years n until Dr. Szo arrives from Europe.

Fire Brigade members. He held the Shanghai Jubileo Medal, 1803) and the China Medal, 1901ADE

A. Sentaman, born at Achareich, Naim, he was a wallknown club- man, being a member of the Shang hai, Race, Golf, Rowing and Inter

CAVE OF COLD,

RAND MINERS' FIND AT 5,000 national Recreation Clubs of Shang

FEET DOWN

Johannesburg, August 30.-Work ers who were 5,000 feet underground in the City Deep gold ming have struck what is described as an Alad- din's cave,

Apparently, in a portion of an an CANTON, Sept. 30. cient underground river which The Canton Students Associa formerly carried vast quantities of tion has passed a resolution to the gold, in a big cavern of naturally effect that students of all schoole hollowed rock. The whole of the in Canton should suspend study for floor is virtually studded with gold one day (to-day) in order to or lumps, while the entire patch is ganise a giant anti-Japanese demon-permented with visible gold, station and propaganda, compaign.

SOVIET TROOP TRAINS WRECKED.

MANY CASUALTIES REPORTED.

(THROUGH REUTKE'S AGENCT.]

Dias, Sept. 20." According to travellers from Soviet Russia, twe Red Army troop. trains participating in manœuvres in the Leningrad district have been wrecked by terrifio explosiong,

Many fatalities are reported to have resulted from the disaster, but details or confirmation are at present lacking.

BIOGRAPHER SENT TO

GAOL

OBTAINED MONEY ON STRENGTH OF FALSE BOOKS.

London, Sopt. 22, Netley Lucas, otherwise Evelyn Graham tho author of numerous biographies of Royal personages, including the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to-day to 18 months' hard labour on a charge of obtaining money by WIDOW OF COMDR. GLEN false pretences by offering for publication, a biography of the late Queen "Alexandra, da

The book was alleged to have been written by a mythical "Lady Angola Stanley, whom Lucas des. ribed as "a former Lady-in-Wait- ing to Queen Alexandra,"

KIDSTON.

DENIES REPORT THAT SHE 18 ENGAGED,

CROWN LEADS TO A RIOT. REPUBLICAN ENTHUSIASM

IN SPAINOWE S

Madrid, Sept. 22-The sight of a Crown appears to have the same ang waved before a bull, effect on some Spaniards as a red

London, Sept. II-Mrs. Glen The police stated that most of the Kidston, the widow of the million biographies written by Jacas were acroplane, Brash in South Africa frauded a number of publishers and Aire airman who was killed in animauthorised and that she had de last May, ie marrying Mr. Regina newspaper of £8,000 in connection ald Sheffield, the son of Sir Ber- with "A Life of Lord Lansdale, keley Sheffield, in October. which that famous sporting peer” at

Lator:--Mra Olen Kidston de-once reptated. “ nies the report of her engagement. Gold World Problem.

It will be recalled that Lieut. Commander Glen Kidston N. Gold would have to be dealt with

and Captain T. A Gladstone B.N. as a world problem and there would

were killel on May 6 this year when their aeroplane crashed at have to bo international-lending of

Van Reenen, in Natal while en capital and quite possibly concerted setion, for proventing undue fluctus

route from Johannesburg to Pieter tions in credit. That kind of action

maritzburg. They were flying, in the toath of a hurricane through vas coming and would quite in- mately affect the welfare of masses that an

a dense dust storm, and were un Objecting to the crown on the top. of people in all different Campsies

able to avoid a peak of the Drak of the English Royal Automobile ensborg mcuntains which suddenly Clah badge, which motorists from and would affect intimately employ The Morning Post declares: That ment and the standard of bife Mr. MacDonald's most deadly three resolutions oppos tarifls,

lcomed, up ahead of them. England carry on the bonnets of People looking back some years enemy is delay and the country's condemn any fresh attempt to Lieutenant Gladstone had just attacked a car outside a San Sebas

Commander Glen Kidston and

their cars, a mob of youths today. hence would realise that the present greatest handicap is suspense, force sterling back to a gold stan-crested a record by flying from troubles were an inevitable outcoms The Times, urges Mr. Ma dard; pledge the Parly to reverse England to Cape Town (7,500 tan restaurant, where the owner, of postwar conditions and it was Donald that it he will only take Government's untraployment po miles), in 63 days and were makan Englishman, was dining with only the foalousies and the sus the lead there is little doubt that licy urge public control of the ing an aerial four of the Union be- aristocratic Spanish friends, picions of nations which had made a united and very wide font will whole cf the financial system of tore Aying back home again. The owner and another, English- Epproach to them uncertain and form itself behind him," the country, including the Bank Commander Glen Rideston was man rushed out to protect the car, fumbling up to now, a modelling Whilst the Election decision of England, Nationalisation of the

When these developments came, awaits the Cabinet meeting to be mining industry sad public mono- airmen and racing motorists. He youths, with whom they were there one of Great Britain's foremost but they were set-upon by the Great Britain would naturally be bold to-morrow, the belief in the police; and an advanced program was said to have, and mors miracuy forced to engage in a free fight. fitted to play possibly the lending inevitability of an Election 18 me for disarmament and claer Ioue escapes from death than any The police mahod to the scene part in it. He urged that use. widespread. should be made of the large men- The question seems to be, whe peace measures.

sther man alive. In the terrible and alrorted several persons, in sure of agreement which existed,

disaster, which befell the German cluding the two Englishmen, who so that the country might face the

Lufthanes Company air liner, were subsequently released after future and gain, the enormous, in

which crashed in flames at Marden being fined. The youths, however fluence which it could have in shap.

were not punished, A. ing the new or on which the world

was the sole survivor: jasnosida T gos and the wild rush of a thou das just entered

Majsaty the King auch procedure, sand men to enter the House of Sir Berkeley Digby Sheffield in as they think fit. A third courss Lords accompanied the presents the sixth Baronet the title having favoured in a few quarters, is that tion of the Unemployeds! Petition, been created in 1766 He married Government should remain in bearing 200,000 names to the House the Baroness; Julia, eldest daugh- office after the termination of the of Commons protesting againstter of the Baron de Tuyll O.B.E. session to deal with the situation dole outs, to-nigul. A number of and has four sons and one daugh under the existing powers.” -- mon and women attempted to dragter He owns about 40,000 acres Labour's Election policy is cut the police from their horses and end his sent is Normanby Park lined in a series of resolutions sp-ton were arrestal and removed Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. proved by the National Executive from Parliament quary after thehur, Reginald Shemeid is not the for submission to the Annual Con- forence of the Labour Party at greatest difficulty through the most heir to the title, for he has en cider 'hostile crowds." Some hours eltpsed | brother, Mr Robert Arthur Sbe. Scarborough next week before the forests were cleared and field, who was born on Oct. 18 Uontinued de foot of nect column.) | traffio resumed. “

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Bird Blafford Cripps moving the rejection of the Bill said the justification for the Bill when it was introduced vanished when the country went off the gold standard and the fact that a crisis existed in the world did not necessarily call for hasty and unwise: legislation; and the granting to Ministers of wide emergency powers. The third reading was carried by 307 votes to

(Continued on next Calumne ko

thor it will be in Election on the Ugly Scenes. Pe agreed lines already indicated; or a lovel whether Mr. Ramsay MacDonald Ugly scenes, culminating in fro will stand aside, and leave the Conquent mounted police baton char-Park, Surrey on Nov. 4, 1999, bo Fervatives, to recommend to His

FORTUNE IN DEAD WHALE”

Mode BIG FIND OF AMBERGRIS

MADE IN NEW ZEALAND.

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Wellington, Sept. 21¬A Remer learné today. thres mẹn through thủ Pardona 70-tool, whale

near Duckys Inland of New

They salvaged ton of amberg

The whole “jewel case is out side the ordinary run of the Rand reef formations, re

The actual value is unknown and may not be great, but the manage gient as a precautionary measure have erected iron gates cutting off the cavern "from the rest of the workings. Largely owing to the optimism of mine employees abares roso list-week by 28.

M. BRIAND SMOKES IN SECRET

DISOBEYING DOCTORS.

Paris. Briand, the French. Ministor, declares that he has been outwitting the doctors who have been attending him in his recent indisposition. He has a great lik ing, for cigarettes, and normally smokes about sixty: a day,

hai, of the Constitutional Club London, and of the Nairn Golf Chib.]

RACE TO FATHER'S BEDSIDE.

DRAMATIC END TO A ROYAL HONEYMOON

The Archduke Anton of Hapsburg and Princess Ileana of Roumania, to whom he was resently married, made a dramatic departure from London by air to reach the bedsido of the Duke's father, the Archdükö Leopold Salvator, who is seriously, ill at VienmULES

At dawn broko they left West- minster by fast car for London aerodrome, and half an hour later wore on the way to Vienna,

The Princess and her husband, who had been spending part of their honeymoon at the London home of Comdr. Oliver Locker- Lampson, ... received a cablegram stating that Archduke · Leopold's condition was gravar kva

Arrangements were hurriedly made, for the flight to Vienna, and it is believed that the Royal couple left in the machine which King Carol of Roumania gave them na a wedding present. All their luggage was left behind.

~~ BRITISH "PLANES ON

FLOOD SURVEY:

It is understood that the Com mander-in-Chief of the British

hina Squadron has offered to the When he was ordered by his phy-thorities in charge of flood relief sicians to takon rent owing to work in the Hankow district the severe blood pressure caused by use of the aeroplanes on H.M.S. overwork he was told he must re- Hermes, the aircraft carrier, which frain from smoking his daily quots is at present stationed at Hankow, of cigaretten. M. Briand has con- for the purpose of survey work. aided to a frier however, that be The offer has been accepted but it has beening cigarettes in is not known at present to what ex- secret.

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