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FALL OF KOUPANGTSZE

SINO-JAPANESE CLASH NEAR

TAHUSHAN

JAPANESE RE-ENTER NEWCHWANG

(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

Toxro, Dec. al.

General Tamon's, advance.guard.

HONG KONG DAILY

REPARATIONS CONFERENCE

PERMANENT SETTLEMENT

UNLIKELY

[RITION WIRELESS, SERVIÓN"}

RUGBY, Dec. 30. Conversations between British and Fratch financial experts in antici pation of the International Con ference on Reparations will shortly

resumed.

IN HORTLY before dawn the Chi-eatered Koupanglize from the

_nese_in_Koupangtsze made a dual sally in the direction of Tihu south-soon after anopposed, while shan and destroyed two sections of the Kamura brigade, having repair-be the railway for the purpose of cd the railway in the direction of enter hampering the advance of General Tahushan, ate expected to Kamura's brigade from 'Mukden, the city to-night. after which they withdrew to Chin-

show, an armoured train coverag

their retreat.

Other despatches report

Japanese have re-occupied

chwang.

COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY HITCH

PARIS, Dev. 30.

They are boing directed to the narrowing down of the margin of difference between the British and French theses on ho various on? Newstanding questions, and it is hoped

that

no likelihood of a special meeting

that a considerable measure of com mon policy will emerge for sun mission to their Governments before the Conference assembles,

It is recognised that the pres

achieving a permanent settlement

BRITAIN AND

INDIA

ORDER WILL BE MAINTAINED

Lord Willingdon's New Year Declaration

(Reutor's Special' Service.)

LONDON, Dec. 31. CALCUTTA, Dec. 31

AN emphatic declaration that the Indian Government will not permit any subversive activities. which might impede the Constitu- tional programme, together wif exhortations to Gandhi to give his powerful influence to the Govern

BOMB EXPLOSIONS KING CAROL'S LADY

IN U.S. POST OFFICE

"ONE OFFICIAL KILLED: TWO INJURED

[TRUDUR ERUTER'S LOENCY.].

EASTON. Pennsylvania, Dec. 30. One Port Office official was killed

FRIEND

LEAVES RUMANIA FOR GOOD

[TANOUGH ASUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Deo. 30.

THIRD TEST

MATCH

BELL TAKES 5 WICKETS FOR 69

BRADMAN OUT FOR TWO. RUNSI

(THROUGH REUTEH ́I... AQENCY.),

King Carol's friend who has been

MELBOURNE, Dea 31. living in Bukharest secretly since The Third Test Match.commedo. October, has left Humanis nad willed here cody." not return

A Geneva message saya: It is and two seriously injured to-day infearned that Madame Lupescu, consequence of the explosion of two postal packages here among a batch of seven addrossed to the Italian Consul General in New York, the Italian Consulate at Pittsburg, and

Australia won the toss, Ponsford several Italian and other. foreign.

Har departure is a triumph for and Bradner opening the innings. papura in New York.

the Premier M. Jorgn, and other Ponsford and Bradman were, how The packages were left at the enemies of hers who have been try-over. ismissed for 7 and 9 runs. od burriedly. Officials, who became Canol to send her abroad, Post Office by two men who departing for months to persuade King respectively..

Her departure was urged by the suspicious, were examining parcels,

on the when one exploded, killing one of | Minister for the Interior the clerks and blowing off both the ground that he was no longer able arms of another clerk

to guarantee her safety.

The second parcel exploded while

A further hitch has arisen over heng called, for the present, ateircumstances are unfavourable turment and New Year appeal to being examined in the open air by

the constitution of the League'a Commission of Enquiry in Man- churia owing to the difficulty of Anding a British member.

All the ether members are al

rendy virtually appointed, although it is now leaned that the Ameri- tan member will not be Mr. Walker Hines, but will probably be an "Army general; whose name has not barn mentioned, but is not General Dawos

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any rate,

JAPANESE AND CHINESE NOTES

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a. dynamite expert, who was serious.

York Italiana, who wore reported. The police hato 4rrested two Now

to have been soon leaving the vicinity of the Post Office about the time the explosion occurred.

It is hoped, arrangement on re- the whole of India, were made byly injured, paration payments that will tila | Lord Willingdon at the annual din over the crisis in Germany will hener of the European Association. reached at the Conference: The- We are determined to move - es British Government has taken in | rapidly as possible with the Con GENEVA, Dec. 30. itiative so far as suggesting to stitutional (raterm” and every "mea. sure will be taken to maintain law A Japanese Note to the League those concerned that the Conference

and order to prevent any party

The police baliove it to be the out- Secretariat announces the despatch could most conveniently be held at

the

como of a plot against the Fascint Administration, of a Mixed Brigade from Karen to Lausanne and that, subject to the paralysing Manchuria in the vicinity of An-approval of the other Powers, it whether their activities take the aiming at the murder of a number.

should begin on 18 January,

form of по rent or no roof Italian financiers, journalista,

and diplomanta. venue, campaigns, or a boycott of tung, near the border,

British goods and Institutions as a political measure or in defiance of

10.

A Chinese Note to the League declares that the Japanese have commenced aerial bombing raids on townships to the west of Mukden.

The Note stufes that Tua Ian han, Chengwou and

Sunhan stations of the Foiping-Masden in being urged by Mr. Hoo, who is, Railway have been bombed, while keeping in touch with M. Briand on the subject.

The need for sending out the Commission as quickly as possible

the Japanese, it is alleged, are dividing their troops into three groups with a view to an advance

"DO NOT DEPEND ON OTHERS"

It is understood that M. Briand, on Chinchow. shares Mr. Hod's View of the urgency of the matter, but he has pointed out that no reply has yet been received to the invitation to Great Britain to nominaté a men- ber.

"

MR. HOO CALLS ON M. BRIAND

Mr. Hoo paid a late. call to the Quai D'Orsay to-day and BLA Signer Masaigli, the head of the

League of Nations' Politiea3 Sec. tion, and it is understood, asked that the League, should take action in view of the recrudescene of "Japanese actvities.

PORTUGAL OFF GOLD STANDARD

(THROUGH REUTER's adenox.]

Lis30x Der. 30. The Government has issued a de- cree suspending the gold standard and, for all "practical purpOSEN, laking Portuguese currency with sterling.

The decrer masponds until April 30, the convertibility of Portuguese. banknotes into goll, but maintain- (From Our Own Correspondent.)ing their convertibility into sterling. drafts on London at a par rate of 110:

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SHANGHAI, Dec. 31.

Marshal Feng, the Christian' General. When interviewed declared that he refused to be dubbed a man without a country. He would resist the invasion, of Chinchow and it would be facile to depend on others for the salvation of the country.

SIR HERBERT SAMUEL IN

MOTOR MISHAP

CAR SKIDS ON ICT ROAD,

(BRTISH WIRELESS BEHVICE}

the laws."

UNREST IN NORTH- WEST FRONTIER

.:

MENACE TO PEACE NOW REMOVED

(THROUGH. HUUTER'S AGENCY).

非 PESHAWAR, Dec., 30. The menace to the peace, of the North-West Frontier Province ap pears to have been removed, though it was again. considered necessary to draft a mall body of British troops into Peshawar tonight.

As it happened, however, there was no further renewal of last night's demonstrations and the military were, not called upon to take any action.

One hundred and twenty of the Red-Shirts zyrëseď· last wenk, ad. Kohat were released to-day after apologising and promising to ab.. stain from furtlier disturbances.

When further questioned he nb- ruptly retired; declaring, he would

RUGBY, Dec. 30. any no more at present, except to

The Home Secretary, Sir Ber- emphasize the need of presentingbert Samuel, who had been spend united front againat Japan.

ing part of the recess at Torquay, There is still some slight unrist went by motor-ear to visit Dart in the Khattak District where meet- moor Prison at Princetown to-day.ings were held to-day in defiance of

The machine skidded in the ice- the Government bound moorland road and ran into a ditch," but fortunately Sir Her hert was not injured.

This view was also expressed in a recent Note from Mr. Hoo to Marshal Feng in arousing con- M. Briand. The letter was later siderable interest in Shanghai, circulated to all members cf, the where he is going about in peasant League Council, but, there scoms garb.

OUR RAMSHACKLE.iety and the Naval and Mili-

CITY HALL.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

tary Y.M.0.A. Everybody has got to leave the City Hall by the end of January, 1932.

The caly remaining rooms left open are the public reading rooms and the Library and Museum. As The following statement was made regards these the committer are con- yesterday morning by the City sidering their position in the mat Hall Committee, through their Seter and it is believed that the In- cretary, Mr. T. A. Martin:

specting Officer of the Fire Brigade

"Building Authorities to make Inspection,

CITY

WORKERS STARTLED

SIX EXPLOSIONS IN THROCMORTON AVENUE

(Reuter's Special Service.)

LONDON, Dec. 30.

WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 5.92 p.m., stated:

The anti-cyclone central over the lower Yangtze Valley is weakening.

Local Forecast:-N. and N.E. winds, fresh; fair.

Flames, ten feet high, flowing BOY ACQUITTED

the

in Throgmodton Avenue, in six gas explosions from manholes heart of London's financial centre, startled City workers to-day when a portion of the pavement and the

road were blown up.

The street was dosed to traffe. and firemen fought the fames

MURDER.

It is feared borabs may have been despatched frum other cities. so Post Office authorities here ordered a careful surveillance of all mails.

Police are guarding the homes of intended victims.

Nine mon and two women are now under arrest on suspicion of complicity in the plot.

Strong feelings were aroused against Fascist circles by the rentance of two years" imprisonment passed on a young Italian who shouted imprecations at Bignor Grandi when the latter was pass- |ing through to Philadelphia.

EXCHANGE RATES.

[DRITISH WIRELERS, SERVICE, J'

Paris New York

Montreal

Brussels Geneva

RUARY, Dec. 20.

06:9/18 3.39 4.15

*240 4177/16

Amsterdam

6 15/16

Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo

.60 13/16

341 17 15/16 18 1/16 181

Vienna

201

Prague

2148

Healingfors

240

Madrid

40).

Lisbon

100

Athena Rio

204

Buenos Aires Montevideo Bombay Shanghai

Hong Kong Yokohama Silver (spot)

++

40

314

1/0 5/32

1/11

1/58

2/3. 20

Silver (forward) y 904

when in the witness-box, "I ask you to bear in mind." said Mr. OF O'Connor, that he has been un der arrest for four months with this appalling charge hanging over his head,"

VERDICT IN 15 MINUTES.

SCIENTIST "AND THE

GRASS SEEDS.

Portsmouth, Dec. 4-The 19-year

The Grass Seeds.

Mr. O'Connor suggested that not the slightest weight could he attaci ed to the finding of the three graan seeds in the turn-up of Kell's tron- The lights out” order was

sers when the scientist in Lendan gaven while the manholes were

who examined them found two idm- opened in an effort to trace theold youth, William Ernest "Hell, whotically similar seeds in the turn-u

was charged at Hampshire Assizes of his own. trouser. with murdering: Winifred Cleife Regarding the three grass seeds. aged 15, on a golf course at Ports- found in the fold of Kell's trousers, mouth, was yesterday found "Net Mr. du Parco anid it was true that guilty" and was discharged. "Yorkshire Fog" was one of the The jury were out considering cammonest kinds of grass seed which anyone on his summer holiday might their decision for only, 15 minutes.

The fumes were anally extio guished after two and a half hours blaze.

BRITAIN BENEFITS

ANOTHER JAPANESE

BOYCOTT

(Reuter's Special Service.)

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Some time last month, we received is going to look over the reading a letter from the Inspector General room and museum; whether these of Police, a report on the building places will still be available to the and in particular of the Theatre public will depend on his repórt,

The City Hall, it was explained, Royal and a principal feature ot that report was that, notwithstand was put up in 1800 and over since ing all the precautions which are then it had been a losing proposi taken for the safety of the public tion but the Committee had never using this building, the opinion was been called upon to make any ex expressed that, considering the tensive alterations. They have cscape. flooring and other features which little funds at their disposal at the through ago and deterioration have moment and are not, in a position considerably weakened, there was to carry out any big scheme of al- how a decided risk to the public terations. Officially there has been no plan decided upon se to the fu- using the building.

There were other miner alterature of the City Hall tions mentioned in the raport which the Committee were willing to carry out but in view of the particular

When interviewed by our repre paragraph about the age of the sentative later, Hon. Mr. W. E. building the committee considered Shenton stated that at a mesting of

PORT OF SPAIN, Dec. 30. that they were ne longer called the Committee of the City Hall, Chinese here, following the exam. held yesterday morning, informa ple of their compatriots elsewhere upon to shoulder the responsibility tion had been received from the have decided to boycott Japanese for the public using the building. Government that the Building Au- merchandise.

thority intended to make an ex- 220,000 of trade is expected to be haustive inspection of the building diverted to Britain. No Hely from Government;

with a view to finding out exactly The Committon there wrote to the now much of the structure could be continued to be used. Mr. Shenton Government and among other thing stated that it was hoped that the suggested was that if the Theatre Cheero Club, the Library and the Royal was to continue in 1932, Museum would remain in operation and that perhaps small racetinge the Government might assumere would be allowed to take place in sponsibility for the safety of the the upper rooms. public. The Government informed the Secretary by telephone that the could not do that and could not shoulder he responsibility. It was therefore decided not to. nak for the renewal of the theatre license from January 1, 1992 and, therefore the Committee cannot take any fur We understand that negotiations ther bookings for the Theatre Royal are still in progress regarding the nor fer the assembly rooms and scheme by which the Hongkong and have been regretfully compelled Shanghai Banking Corporation give notive to their patrons, the may take over the site for the pur- A.D.C., the Philharmonic Boc peso of erecting, now premises..

+5.

The Theatre, however, wes per- manently condemned and nc. per formances or meetings of any kind would be held there in future.

"Hongkong Bank Scheme.

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ARMED ROBBERIES IN

HARBIN.

RESIDENTS ALARMED BY INCREASE IN LAWLESSNESS.

Judge's Summing-up. [

Not a vestige of emotion was visi,expect to find in his trousers turu- ble on Kell's face when he heard up. But grass seed of a similar the verdict that made him free. "kind was found in Madge Cleife's

Until yesterday his parents, had, bag and in her hair. cccupied seats only two or three Yesterday naces from their son. the father was, there alone. Hie Mr. Justice Acton, summing up. mother, felt that the cadeal would said the jury should act attach too be too great and she stayed with much importance to Kell's demean friends in Winchester to hear the four in the witness box, for he was result of the trial

Salvation Army officers had been given evidence when his life was at stake and subject to cross-examina- with them throughout the weaktion a terrible ordeal. When Kell rejoined bis' parents they were driven in a private car, ranged for by Salvation Army offi cors, to their home in Portsmouth.

Mr. Kell said to a reporter: "I had always believed in my Bon & innocence, and this verdict shows that I am right, I could not be lieve such a terrible thing of him. The ordeal has been torrible."?

He was a respectable young man, with respectable parents.

The murder, the judge suid, was the work of a monster rather than

a man.

Members of the jury might ask themselves whether a man who, on the theory of the prosecution, after having in a desperate and violent #truggle with the unfortunate, giri, Harbin, Dec. 24-Armed robbers

murdered ber, could have gone bark Poor Prisoner's Deferice.

to his home within half an hour, ura becoming very native in Harbin

The judge complimented Mrtaken off his collar and tie had his and almost every day shop-keepera. ure boing held up. their O'Connor before the court rose on supper and gone to bed in the

and premises looted.

his defence in the case, particularly manner described by his father and Invariably these raids result in as it was a poor prisoner's defenue his mother. some of the victims being killed, case. Mr. O'Connor, he said, had One of the strongest pointe for but so far the robbers have always done a great public service for the defence (added the judge) was that after a desperate and violat managed to make good their escape.amall remuneration.

Residents are becoming greatly

struggle, though the girl's clothing alarmed at the growing lawlessness

was bespattered with blood, there was nct a trace of blood on the and are agitating for strong mens sures to check it,

clothing of the prisoner.

In his address to the jury Mr O'Connor, had referred to Kells "obviously truculent manner

(Continued an neat Columzian, Y

OBITUARY

SIR GEORGE EULAS FOSTER

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.)

Oriwa Dec. 30). The death has occurred of "Sir known Canadian statesman, at the George Eulas Foster, the well- advanced age of 8 years.

[Sir Geo. Eolas Foster, K.C.M.C., G.0.M.G. D.CL, LL.D., P.C. (Canada), P. (British), M.P. member of the Canadien Senato North Toronto (1900-21), has been a

since 192 Prior to entering Politics in 1882 Bir George was an educationalist, and, as a teacher, Professor, and lecturer, made name for himself. Sir George was, throughout his political career, a Liberal-Conservative,

Imperi- alist, and a United Empire. Pre ferential Trade advocate. He was a supporter of adequate protection for 'Canadian industries, and urged the development of Canada by rail way and steamship facilities.}

INCOME TAX PAYMENTS

£200,000,000 DUE NEXT

MONTH

[SRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

RUGBY, Dec. 30. Heavy instalments of the Income Tax, totalling some £200,000,000 are due for payment next month and the authorities express confidence that the money will be forthcoming before the end of the financial year, March 31.

Ansiraila 1st Innings.

Ponsford, Bell Bradman, a Cameron, b

•Quinn)....... Woodfull," Cameron; b

Bell

Kippax, o Bell, † Quinn McCabe, e Morkei, b Bell Rpg, e Mitchell, Bell... A Beckett, a Mitchell b

Quinn

........................... Oldfield, e Vincent, b. Quinn Grimmett, o Morkel, b Belf

Wali, not aut Ironmonger, run out

Exxtras

Total

108.

Bowling Analysis,

म...

Bell Quinn

Bouth Africa-1 Indaga.

Mitchell, e Wall H

McCabe,

Curnow, not out Christy, not out-

Extras

Total (for wkt.),

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LAWN TENNIS

BRITISH TEAM TO TOUR WEST INDIES

(Reuter's Special Service.)

LONDON, Dec, 30. Que of the strongest lawn tennis. teams will leave England on Jan 10, to make a six-week tour of the West Indies.

The team will comprise :-M88 Nuthall, Mrs. Wattingstall, Perry, Hughes, Lee and Lester.

GIANT AIRLINER MAKES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.

Many notable examplos, of prae- tical patriotism are on record in which taxpayers have waived their rights to repayment of tax.

Sur- tax payers have in some cases addeil London. December 23-One of gifts to their payments whch they Britain's newest and largest air. bave made in advance, Voluntary liners, capable. of carrying thirty gifts of money, ranging from a passengers, has successfully started trivial sum of fifteen pence up to her flight to the scene of her future. hundreds of pounds, have bean sent operations. She is a 30 passenger to the treasury, and gifts in kind Hannibal machine and is for und an consisting of pieces of jewellery and the Loudon-India service between other valuables have also been Cairo "and India. Yesterday she received."

hopped across Channel to Co Boar Revenue authorities state that noget and to-day landed at Marseilles. such demonstration of publie deter-To-morrow she goes to Rome and is mination to meet the orisis has been due to land in Egypt on Christmas

Day. experienced since he Grent War.

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