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LAST OF ELECTION RESULTS

SIR WILLIAM JOWITT DEFEATED

"[EXOTER AND BRITISH WIRELESS.

LONDON, NOV. 2.

The last of the "election results

ENGLAND CAPE

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, *1931.

REICHSBANK'S

COVER ON GOLD

TERRORIST OUTRAGE IN INDIA

JOHN THORBURN'S EARLY MEETING OF

!

FLIGHT

FATES

LEAGUE COUNCIL?

GIRL FLYER WELL UP TO SCHEDULE

LOWEST FIGURE ON

RECORD REACHED

SHOT DEAD BY CHINESE- COLONEL

FURTHER JAPANESE ACTIVITIES REPORTED

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGEBOY.)

Jush, Nov. 2.

Miss Peggy Salamat arrived here was declared to-day, when two within scheduled time." She re- members were returned for the sumes her journey at dawn. Combined English Universities. Miss Eleanor Rathbone (Indopen- dant), headed the poll, with Sir R. Craddock retaining the other sent for the Conservatives. There 15 therefore, no change...

Five candidates contested the anals, of whom two were support ters of the National Government, inoluding Sir William Jowitty form or. Altorney General in the Labour Government, who was defented..

Besult.

"

The awesult of the polling was us follow

Miss Bathbone (Ind) 5,000 Bir R. Craddock (Con.) ... 4,858 Sir W. Jowitt (Nat, Lab.)........ 3,032 Mr. Williams (Con)

1,764 Mr. Nicholson (Mosleyite) 401

Ind. maj.

Con,, maj.

Last election

BUTLER WELL ON WAY

TO AUSTRALIA

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Kuany, Nov. Z

Mr. Charles Butler, who left Lymne on Saturday, in an at tempo break the Britain, to Aus tralia aight record, renched Aleppo nt noon to-day continuing a little Inter for Basra..

He is using one of the smallest eroplanes in the world.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. 1

HARRA, Nov. 3... Butler arrived from Shaibah and 1,203 departed at 4.30 am. G.M.T. for

Karachi.

1,464

Sir M. Conway (Con), 6,321 Mias Rathbone (Ind.). 3,304 Prof. R. Conway (Lib.), 281

* Miss Rathbone,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, Nov. 3. The Rokinhank's cover on gold and foreign cutrencies dropped from 20.4 a week ago" to 23,8," "the lowest on record. !

י,

In September, 1980, it stood at

00.0.

·GERMAN CREDIT RENEWED

{EKUTER'S AMERICAN SIVICK]

New York, Nov. 2..

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, together with other Federal Reserve banks, have decide e le renew participation in the outstanding credit

arrangements

with the German Reichbank."

BRITISH GOVT. SATISFIED WITH EXPLANATION

[TEROVGH NEUTER'E AGENCY.]

The

THROUGH TEUTER'S AGENDY.]

BRITISH LIEUTENANT FATALLY SHOT:

(THROVOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

UNIFICATION OF

CHINA

SETTLEMENT NOT YET

INSIGHT

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOX.)'

GENEVA, Nov. 2Z

NEW DELHI, Nov, 2.

NANKING Nav, 3, Tho news, from Manchuria is not.

A challenge has been thrown out Tortorista secured still another to, the Canton rulers by General considered reassuring, and, should the situation not imprare, it is vistun today, when a British Chiang Kai Shek, calling upen within the range of possibility that Lieutenant, T. M. Synge, of the them to prove their sincerity by SHANGHAI, Nov: 3.

a meeting of the League Council Armoured

unconditionally abolishing the Can- Oar Company, Vice-Minister of Foreigu enzlier than that of November 10, fatally shot, while a South Waziris with the National Government.

135 ton Government, and co-operating, Affairs on Oct. 20 forwarded a Ƒ will be called. Note to Sir. Miles Lampson cover. Information from Nanking two tan soldier accompanying him, was fe also taunts the Southern delo- ing the Vice-Minister of War's days ago "reports various Japaners wounded.

gates to the Peace Conference in report on John Thornburn's death.tivities, including intimidatory

Shanghai with having made pro- The report corroborates the facts measures.

posals for the re-organisation of already known and slatea that

the Government, which are contrary Colonel Huang Chen, Wu, when

to the fundamental principles of Interrogating Thorburn, was pro.

the Kuomintang, A voked by the behaviour of the prisoner and shot him dead. Then realising what he had done Col. Huang Chen Wu destroyed all evidence, including the corpse, and ordered his subordinates to divulge nothing.

The credits, which would have matured to-morrow, total one hundred million dollars, of which

"The report sintes that Col. the Federal Reserve banks have, ad-Huang Ched Wu has been sen vanced $20,000,000.

ROUND - TABLE" "

CONFERENCE

tenced to fourteen years' imprison ment and that the verdict has been communicated to all military com- manders.

The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs concludes by reaffirming the Chinese Government's “deter- mination to uphold the modern GANDHI OBJECTS TO TWO conception of justice and see it is. 'administered la Chinese territory. He hopes the 'action taken by the Chinese Government will convince the British Government of the sin cerity of China's professions.

CHAMBERS

[BRITION WIDELESS SERVICE)

NEW AIR CHIEF

"COM. RATHBONE TAKING

OVER R.A.F. COMMAND: Miss Rathbone, who is a member of the Liverpool City Council, ho [BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.] ing the first woman to be appointed thereto, in 1909, is President of the

RUGBY, Nov. 9, National Union for Equal Citizen Air Commodore Charles Hath

RUGBY, Nov. 2, ship. She is a daughter of the bone, Senior Air Staff Officer of In the Indian Round Table Mr. W. Rathbone, who was an M.P. the Intant area, has been appoint-Federal Structure Committee to for 1888 to 1886. She was educated ed Air Officer Commanding Royal day, when the draft report on the at Kensington H School and Air Force in the Mediterranean Federal Legislature was examined, Į Somerville College, Oxford, and has with effect from February 1, 1932, Lord Sankey paid a warm tribute published several works on social in place of Air Commodore Forbes, to eminent Civil Servants, without problems. She was responsible for

whose assistance, he said, his duties organising the work of the Soldi- ers' and Sailors': Families Associa

A Chairman would have been im possible. He wanted future genern- tion in Liverpool during the Great

tions of Indians to know to whom Wat

they owed so much of the new Cón- stitution.

The Combined Universities sents are fought on the Proportional Ro presentation system, and at the 1929 General Election Mina Rath bone led the poll on the first pre ferences, but failed

CYPRUS SITUATION

IMPROVES

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Ruay, Nov. 2, Further telegrams received from the Govenor of Cyprus during the secure the week end, report that the general requisite quota. The second pre-improvement in the situation is now ferences resulted in. Sir Martin shared by Famagusta. Otherwise Choway heading the poll, with Misa the situation is unchanged.. Rathbone next, these two being de- clared elected.

Bir W. Jowitt.

Sir William Yowilt, who has boan defented, was formerly a Liber- al, being returned 48 such for Pres. ton at the 1999 election. Prior to this, he sat for Hartlepools from

Lloyd George, who may come to

The report was accepted, with a few amendments, and the. Commit tee adjourned till Wednesday, when the report on the Federal Court will be examined.

A note of dissent was received from Mr. Gandhi, adfering to the view that one Chamber would be best. He would support Bir Mirza Ismail's proposal for a Federal Council if such body was an ad- visory body,!

Congress, said Mr. Gandhi, was unopposed to special representation of certain interests, as recommended in the report, and to nomination by : the Viceroy in special cases, specialists should be given facil-

London to be sworn in as member of the House of Commons, likely to attend the meeting.

"Members Select Seats,

1922 to 1024. After the 1920 elec Some members of the new. House

tion, he joined the Labour Party of Commons hegan ta Esscable at ties to address the Chamber on re- |." and was appointed Attorney Gennidnight and selected their seats,

varal.

State of Parties,

The whole of the 615 members of Praliament have now been elected, the final state of the parties being as follows,

Government Parties

Labour

Independent.

Irish Nat

10. 0.

The National Government thare for assumes office with the huge majority of 400.

The election was fought on the system of proportional representa

tion.

Mr. Nicholson is the twenty second follower of Sir Oswald Mos ley to forfeit his nomination de posit of £160,

PREMIER'S BUSY DAY

RUGBY, Nov. 2.

and by nine o'clock this morning steady increase of members were present to await the opening of the first meeting of the now Farlin ment The first business is the chetion of the Speaker, the spear ing in. of members and other will bo general malters which completed later.

MR. MACDONALD LUNCHES

WITH THE KING.

LONDON, Nov. A

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald today it is probable that, the names of hud lunch with H.M. the King and the principal Cabinet Ministers will be announced to-night.

LABOUR CONFIDENCE IN MR. HENDERSON.

The Prime Minister has spent a

LONDON, Nov. a particularly busy day dealing with The ex-Cabinet Minister, Mr. G. State matters preparatory to leav Lansbury, was 'ananimously elected ing to-morrow night for A few Chairman of the Parliamentary days rest at Losalomcuta

Labour Party, while wabated con This afternoon, Mr. Ramsay Macfidence was expressed in Mr. Hen- Donald devoted himself to nome derson, who was invited to remain affairs and had consultations with leader of the Labourites.

economic and financial advisers, in- cluding Mr. Reginald McKenna, Slr Josiah Stamp and Lord MaoMillan He also attended a meeting of the Cabinet Committee, which brought together, among others, Mr. Bald win, Sir Herbert, Samuel and Mr. Noville Chamberlate.

quired occasions.

about the States, Mr. Gandhi re- Regarding certain paragraply

served his opinion and adhered to the proposal of indirect election, or election through delegates using were noted.

提咒 villages

unita These views

GANDHI VISITS PREMIER."

Innovon RKÜTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Nov. 3. 31. Gandhi paid his drat visit to fifty-minute conversation with Mr. Downing Street where he had &

Ramsay McDonald.

A

LORD KYLSANT APPEALS

PROSPECTUS ISSUED IN ALL HÖNESTY

(THROUGH REUTER'S' ADENOV.)

LONDON, Nov 2. For over four hours to-day, Sir

Simen, Icading .Coun

John HOME MUNICIPAL

ELECTIONS

HM the King received Mr. Bald CONSERVATIVES REGISTER

MANY GAINS

win earlier in the day, and it 15 understood that the generar politic al situation was discussed,

The original Cabinet of ten moets to-morrow. It is not anticipated that the names of the enlarged Cabinet will be issued before, the end of the wook.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, Nov. 3. Polling occurred in d Municipal Elections in over the hundred Wales yesterday. cities and boroughs of England and

Liberal "Shadow" Cabinet. Meets.

Ruany, Nov. 3.. The results doclaved up to mid- Political party meetings are tak night showed the following gains ing place this week in preparation and losses for the new Parliamentary session.

Gaine Losses.

Labour g 0. 203.

··· The final results will not be made known until today. A

All the members of twenty-night Borough Councils in London retire

sel for Lord Eylzant in kis sentence of one your's imprisonment in the Becond. Division, which was passed on the late managing directer of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com- pany in July last, argued that the prospectus to which the charge of frand referred, was issued in all honesty and did no! contain tingle tale figure.

The case, which is before the Criminal Court of Appeal, is being heard by Justices Avory: Branson and Humphreys,

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

HOUSES OF HYDERABAD. AND TURKEY

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-]

LONDON, Nov. 3.

Tho Labour Party today will Conservatives 2, 149, 3 select its loader for the session and 'form'ita Erneutive Committen,

Special interest attaches to these appointments in view of the defeat at the poils of nearly all ex-Minis tors and former Labour leaders, this year. (the elections are trien- The engagement is announced be- The so-called "shadow Cabinet nial), while one-third of the mem-tween the hair-appareat, the Nizam of the Liberal Party met yeaterbers of each Borough, and City of Hyderabad, aged 24, and the day and Sir Herbert Samuel was Council elsewhere compulsorily re- daughter of the late Sultan of asked to call, a meeting of the tiro de

Turkey, who is eighteen years of Tabunt Partinzatritory Party for Abou frenigingsortængig this afternoon.

Acial towns ara ruled by Labour

The wedding will take place in Couchil

Nice in a fortnight's time. (Continued on hers Column.)

The British Government has fo formed the Chinese Government orally that the explanation is satin- iactory..

MELBOURNE CUP

AUSTRALIA'S WONDER

·HORSE BEATEN

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FLEMING, NOV. resulted as follows:

The race for the Melbourne Cup

1 2

Boylet Reservations.

A shower of replies has reached the Longue of Nations Secretariat: regarding the Aramonte Trinco, including a Soviet Note containing reservations,

A typical example of such re servations is "The vague and in- definite character of the League Council's decisions and interna- tional obligations is one of the causes of the deplorable events in Manchurin, which! obviously does not strengthen the atmosphere of confidence."

CLOSER UNION IN EAST AFRICA

TIME (NOT YET "RIPE COR FAR-REACHING STEP,

إسم

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.}

RUOBY, Nov. 9 The report of the joint Selest Committen appointed to consider reports already made by Com missions on the subject of closer [union in. East Africa, and the Government conclusions thereon, is published to-day.

KYUSHU ROCKED

BY QUAKE

CASUALTIES CONFINED

TO A DOZEN ·

{гHNOUGH "REUTER'S AUENUTS}{

The Nasking delegates returned: from Shanghai to-day, and this. morning General Chiang Kai Shek issued a statement on the Peaco Conference," in the course of which he roundly criticised the Canton delegates

"If the Canton delegates are really sincere," he asserts, "they should unconditionally abolish the jo-called Canton Government and co-operate with the National Gov-

crnment, TOKYO, Nov. 3.

Newspaper reports regarding the Kyushu earthquake declare that there are a thousand casualties, while two hundred houses have collapsed.

General Chiang Kai Shek declar ed his devotion to his country by stating that though his personal interests, might have to be suori. fired, there was the provisional constitution and the party constitu- tion to be considered, and thesc "Latest, roports regarding casual: The Generalissimo also discussed

must be upheld at 13 costs, her ties in the Kyushu quake indicate the demand made recently by Mr. that the casualties are limittel to Hu Han Min, not only for the a dozen, though considerable dam-resignation of Chiang from the ngo" was done in a wide area.

fondership of the National Govern

TOKYO, Nov. 3.

As the quake occurred at a time ment, but for his deportation and when most of the inhabitants were exile. taking their daily bath, hundreds To this demand Chiang Kai Shek of men, women and children. ram replied “As a responsible officin into the streets of Kulamoto un of the Government, I will contince dad.

to carry out my duties despite the [A message, dated Nov. 2, states: malicious attacks from such irre......”. A severa earthquake rocked Kyushu | sponsible quarters,” se and Shikoku at 7p.m. yesterday The Pence Conference, which met- and a number of casualties, in Shanghai, adjourned with the The joint Committee, which antcluding fatalities are reported from Canton delegates, lesers. Wang under the Chairmanship of Lord the Miyazaki prefecture, Kyushu Ching Wei, Sun Fo and Eigene Onslow, concludes that the present Earlier in the afternoon another Chen, demanding the resignation is not the time for taking any far-quake camed considerable rainor of General Chiang Sick from reaching step towards a formal damage to Kumamote and Ky the presidency a Nanking Government, The Manting dede. thud.

gates to the conference returned to the capital toulay, and the date of their return to Shanghai ban Bot yet been fixed.

union.

Nevertheless, outside all question of formal union, the Committee con. siders there. is a very real field for co-operation' "and" co-ordination. which can be effected" in economic and scientifs services without the Two lengths be political or constitutional union in- between second and third. tween first and second, half a weckvolving the creation of superstruc turo over the three Governments and Legislatures,

White Nose Shadow King Concentrates 3 Sixteen 120.

BETTING.

8/1 White Nose. 25/1 Shadow King.

4/1 Concentrate.

and last year's winner, was un- Pharian, Australia's wonder horse pinced. Pharlap was carrying the crushing burden of 10st, 10b, and finished a tired horse. The winner carried only 6st. 12lb.

Parlay is the Australian record stakemoney winter with £50,000.

WEATHER - REPORT.

over

Yesterday's "weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 5:10 pn., stated

The anti-cyclone, is central S.W. of Hakodate, moving E. Very strong monsoon over kast- ern portion of China Sea.

Local Forecast:-N.E. "winds, moderate; âne to cloudy.

RETRENCHMENT IN PRUSSIA

ALL-ROUND CUTS IN

EXPENDITURE,

The heada of such a co-operative scheme suggested are transport, cus toms duties, administration, scienti- fe and technical services, and posts | and telegraphs.

The Committee affirms its belief in the valus of the white settlement as an important element in the pro- greas of East Africa

USES AND ABUSES OF MACHINERY.

"LIMITS MAN'S SKILL.”

LONDON TO THE CAPE

NINE DAYS' SCHEDULE

"-ANTICIPATED.

First months of operation of the main Africa air line from its june tion with the Indian Bervice at Cairo to Mwanza, on Lake Victorfa, have brought the organisation well past the experimental, stages and Imperial Airways are rapidly pushing forward plans for the ex- tension of the regular service south wards to Capetown some time in Decembor.

When the air line planes operate regularly through the entire length

ANTI-NANKING REGIME,

AT. CANTON

MR. HU AND MARSHAL LI AS LEADERS?

g

(Wah Taze Yat Pau.)

CANTON, Nov. 3. In view of the Peace Conference at Shanghal having reached a deadlock, a section of the Canton Government leaders is urging the complete suspension of peace dis- cussions with Nanking, and the

It is doubtful if man has learn ofl to use to the best advantage, the machinery he has created, was the declaration made by Mr. J. S.swiftest ocean steamers take seven-Min, would probably be elected Highfield, at a Kingsway Hall organised by the Institution of Electrical Engineer ing in, connection with the Farn day Centenary celebrations.

of the African continent passengers reorganisation of both the National and mails will be carried from Government and the Central Kuo- London to Capetown in eleven mintang. Party in the South.

The general opinion is; that if days, a scheduled time which n^^r} the first few months will probably the anti-Nanking, régime is to be The maintained at Canton Mr. Hu Hao be reduced to nine. days. teen days and the saving of tam With Mr. Hu Han Mir and Mar

Chairman of the Goverment,, in air travel is obviously still grea

shal Li, Tsai, Hein as members of ter at points far inland****,

the Southern Government, the post- tion of the anti-Nanking Coalition would be considerably strengthen. ed.

Conference

Series of Trial Flights,

CANTON TAXES PAPER.

"CANTON, Nov. 3. Canton is facing a serious short-

"The work accomplished by the men who have developed Faraday's Preparation of aerodromes all invention," he said. "has its de-along the route, the establishment facts. Machinery limits skill" in of meteorological services and the manual work. Men who are used erection and servicing of rest and to work with every modern labour- refreshment houses for passingers

are not likely saving dovice

cat each important halt have oce provo able to develop the outposta cupied many strenuous, mantha, of Empire."

Work now seems certain to be suffi (From Our Own Correspondent.) Training of domestics in the use ciently, near completion in Novem of electrical apparatus in the home bor for the beginning of a series of was advocated by Miss Caroline trial flights immediately preceding Haslett, The maid of the fu- the opening of a regular service. ture" she said, "should be able When experience of commercial age of foreign paper of every des- not only to use electrical apparatus time-table dying across the cription, as a result of the imposi efficiently, but to do minor repairs high land which covers much of the tion of the special import tax on So acute is tho to it. She should be able to pro country between, Johannesburg and this commodity. Berlin. The Prussian Government, duce a certificate proving that she Nairobi justifies the acceleration, shortage that several vernacular are drawing up nexommendations has had training in electrical the intervening stages will be pack newspapers here, including the for the Emergency Decree, which is housecraft."

ed into two days instead of three, Kung Ping Pao, have been com shortly to be issued by the authority Sir Josiah Stamp referred to the while further speeding up should peed to cut down the number of of the Government of the Reich, development of the transport sys follow the substitution of new fast pages. The prices of foreign im and will authorise the economies tem which had followed Faraday's Armstrong Whitworth monoplane ported paper are almost double

discovery. to be made,

¦ air liners next summer for the older what they were prior to the conct- The Minister for the Interior in-

ment of the special tax. Even old Sir Josiah suggested that the Hercules biplanes troduces its proposals with the an- time, might come when electrif

foreign newspapers are fetching a the Prussian trains would operate without World's Largest Passenger Flanes price of about $8 per picul, or State deficit for the current year driver They would be started

approximately two-thirds more than will be about £44,700,000, that and stopped by regulating the These Hercules craft, have formerly. Emergency. Decrees already issued supply of current, and the applica. done megnificently on the Indian A sonsation was created in news- will reduce this by about £18,700, tion of brakes from a control office, route. for the last three years and paper and other circles today when 000, so that an anticipated deficit or oven by the penition of the train more and they will be shifted to the Department of Finance, in a of about £20,000,000 as still un that preceded it Africa as soon as their places on singular notification to the public, provided for.

Sir Oliver Lodge, referring to the eastern run have been taken by states that the new special tax or The following are the details of the growth of inter-communica new Handley Page Type 12 biplanes foreign imported paper will stand the proposed cats" in expendition effected by wirelees telespecially modified for service in hot The main purpose of the new tax, turo.:

graphy, anid

climates. The largest passcoger the notification explains, is to pro- Social Service

When people get into touch carrying land planes in the world, test nativo made paper against the State salaries (10 p. cut) 273,000 with their neighbours they are the Eastern Handley Pages are crushing competition by paper of Shorter working week ....... 350,000 bound to become more friendly equipped to carry eighteen passeng foreign manufacture, This is an Dismissal of 3,000 teachers 385,000 Quarrels unally arise from misers and an immense load of maila essential step in the promotion of Grants to students and understanding Let us bope that Performance of similar machince home industries. But the newer. municipal councillors... 438,000 world communications introduced during the last few wooks on the paper publishers have pointed one The working week of Stato em and developed by engineers, will cross-Channel routes suggests that that native monde paper cannot alovesa in rainerd from forty-eight have an effect that engineer's little tre huge craft will inaugurate always take the place forein to forty hours, Wages would be anticipated, and will weld the hour of Confort and will imported paper, certainly retin paid for forty three hours

Itions together.

transit along the Indian route. the newspap

nouncement that.

...£5,000,000