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ITALIAN AIR ARMADA

Assistant Pilot Killed

ENGINE TROUBLE CAUSES

TRAGEDY

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933

ANXIETY PRE- VAILS

BOB WYATT TO LEAD ENGLAND

REGARDING IRISH POLITICAL SITUATION

Turnbull Gets Place In Team

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CHINA NAVIGA- TION CO.

Boycott Not Yet Decided Upon

GOODS MAY BE REMOVED FROM B. & S. GODOWNS

Dublin, Aug. 9. Considerable anxiety prevails

London," Aug. 9. regarding the general political R. E. S. Wyatt will captain situation, following rowdy scenes England against the West Indies Hortas, Aug. 9, '

at the Blue Shirts' Ball last at the Oval on Saturday in place The Italian armada left here night. It is expected that the of Douglas Jardine who is (From Our Special Correspondent) for Lisbon at 5.25 p.m.-Reuter.

Free State Government will ban on the injured list and who is Pontadelgades, Aug. 9.

Sunday's parade of Blue Shirts replaced. Maurice by Turnbull. One of the fifteen Italian flying and that the situation will be Gregory is twelfth vice Townsend boats in taking off to join the discussed in the Dail to-day dur-who is also injured.-Reuter. Horta contingent on the resumping the debate adjournment. tion flight overturned. One of Reuter. the crew was drowned, while three

others were injured.-Reuter,

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Report Denied.

Pontadelgadas, Aug. 9. It is now reported that the four Italians were only slightly injured and none killed. The machine overturned owing to en- gine trouble.

Beyrouths and Codosrosi were given an official reception by Pelletier und D'Oisy on behalf of the thirty-hinth French air regiment at Rayak.--

Reuter.

Lt. Squalia Killed.

Lisbon, Aug. 9. It now 'transpires that Lieut. Squaglia, assistant pilot of the wrecked machine died of his injuries-Reuter, ·

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SAFE 'ARRIVAL IN THE AZORES

LONDON, Aug. E. GENERAL Balbo's air armada has completed the first leg of the second ocean crossing in its triumphant homeward journey and may be expected in Rome on Thursday.

NEW AMBASSADOR

TO RUSSIA

Viscount Chilston Appointed

LONDON, Aug. 9. VISCOUNT Chilston, one of the most distinguished members of Great Britain's diplomatic corps, has been appointed ambassador to Russia, succeeding Sir Esmond

CANADIAN FOUR "PER CENT, LOAN

DEALINGS OPEN ON LÖN- DON STOCK EXCHANGE

LONDON, Aug. 8

on

per

the

DEALINGS in Canadian

gent, loan opened at apre mium of 1 1/8 per cent. London Stock Exchange and at the close, the stock stood at 1 13/18 per cent. premium.

TWENTY-FIVE REDS CAPTURED

WITH MACHINE-GUNS AND A TRENCH MORTAR!

Canton, Aug. 9.

Reinforced by the timely arrival of the 60th and 61st divisions of the 19th Route Army, the 78th division is able to stand against the Communists in the heavy fight in the vicinity of Lien Cheng, western Fukien: Canton, Aug. 9. Chinese merchants who have It is said that the overwhelming goods stored up in the eighteep force of the 19th Route Army has godowns of Messrs. Butterfield checked the Communists, some and Swire, general agents of the of whom have retreated to Chang- China Navigation

Company, ting, their

headquarters in Ltd., are permitted to remove western Fukien. their goods to other places, pro- vided they sign a pledge to abide by the decisions and regulations of the Support of the Woosung

Seamen Committee.""

Beginning from today, owners of the goods have to register the nature and quantity of their goods with a view to removing them from the Taikoo, warehouses. at Pak Hin Hok. In making the pledge, the owner of the goods has to pay a registration fee, and As already reported the loan was before the settlement of the Woo heavily oversubscribed and ments were curtailed, but it alorsung incident he has to agree not derstood that preference has been to consign his goods to any place investors by the steamers of the China

Navigation Company, Ltd.

Dovey!

given to the small Viscount Chilston has been Bri-British Wireless. tish Minister at Budapest since 1999.

Formerly a captain in the Royal. Scots, he was appointed attache in

EAST INDIES

the diplomatic service in 1808, TRADE OF DUTCH served at Cairo, Madrid, Con- stantinople and Athens in third secretary's capacity; was appoint- ed second secretary and served in the Foreign Office in 1908, and was acting Consul-General in Sofa in 1907.

Later, he W13 at Rome and Vienna, and was, Charge d'Affaires in Montenegro from 1913 to 1913, and in Rumania from 1912 to 1914. British was appointed For the time being, the armada Minister at Vienna in 1921 and has split into two groups.

served there until 1927, when he

He

All twenty-four machines have was made Consul-General-British

landed safely in the Azores from Wireless. Shoal Harbour,

Newfoundland,

but nine of them have landed at

Horta, while the remainder pro-

ceeded to Punta Delgada.

The first batch Jailed at Horta PRES. MACHADO

at 7.25 p.m. British Summer Tinse The other fifteen planes sailed gracefully down into, the waters of Panta Delgada, on San Miguel island, some thirty-five minutes liter,Reuter.

EMPIRE MARKET.

ING BOARD

Economic Service To Be Continued

BLANKLY REFUSES TO RETIRE

HAVANA, Aug. D. The American Ambassador, Mr. Welles, called on the President and outlined the opinions of the

him that the consensus of opinion was that President Machado should ask Congress for leave of absence

JAPAN'S INCREASED

SHARE

(Special Air-Mail Service),

LONDON, July 18 The fourteenth annual general meeting of the British Chamber of East Indies was held yesterday at Commerce for the Netherlands

the offices of the Rubber Growers' Association, Major the Hon. L. H. Cripps presiding,

The Chairman, in presenting the report and statement of accounts for 1932, said that the total valus

Fukien.

GEN. CHANG YEN PREPARING

FOR OFFENSIVE AT CHANGTING

اعلك

CANTON NANKING

RELATIONS

SITUATION RATHER

- DELICATE

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Canton, Aug. 9. Cantonese airplanes are daily scouting the Communist lines in southern Kiangsi and sometimes

Canton, Aug. 9. bomb their heavy concentration.

Relations between Canton and The Communiste are handicapped Nanking are further strained by by the lack of planes and anti- the flat refusal of the central aircraft guns.

authorities to grant membership In view of the tension in certificates of the Kuomintang southern Kiangai, General Yu to the 100,000 applicants in Han Mou, commanding the first Kwangtung who are found to be Kwangtung army, has sent Lieut. qualified for membership of the General Yeh Shao To Canton to Party. As a result, the Kuamin- report to the high command tang South-weat Executive Coin here and to receive instructions mittee has decided to issue mem- bership certificates to these sp for future campaigns.

plicants in lieu of the Central Kuomintang Headquarters in Nanking

at

Changting.

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Central

Though checked, the Com- munista are attempting to stage another offensive, while its pro-

Lieut. General Chang Yen, paganda agents are stirring all commanding the 49th division of sorts of rumours to scare the the 19th Route Army, is increag people in southern and westerning the force of his division in As a result the people preparation to the coming offen in Shanghang and Yungting are sive alarmed by the coming of the Press. Red's, as these two towns are very near to Changting. Fukien are garrisoned by the first independent division under Lieut. General Huang Ying Huan who has taken all precautions to stand against the Reds.

These towns in south-western

These new members were re

different commended by the county Kuomintang offices and were approved by the G.E.O. in extraordinary session here. Then

ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING |at| the

IN MEXICO

Kuomintang Fourth National Congress held at Cantor and Nanking on December, 1931 it was decided by both Congresses that the decision of the extra ordinary session with regard to the new members was valid.

Canton, Aug. 9 About fifty Chinese returned here yesterday from Mexico via Hong Kong An official was sent The 19th Route Army is per- by the department of reconstruc- Therefore, the county Knomine Boycott Coast Linara,

sonally directed by General Taxi tion to meet the returned re tang organs have complained to Should the owner fail to com- Ting Kai, the commanding off-sidents when they stepped ashore the South-west Executive Com ply with the resolution of the cer, who has requested the by the day steamer, as all such mittee, pointing out that the Committee, he undertakes to ac Kwangtung and Kwangst forces returned students are given relief withholding of membership certi cept penalties fines. The per- to start a joint drive against the by the authorities here.

ficates by Nanking is illegal and According to these emigrants, unreasonable. Hence the South- mit to remove the goods must be Communists. signed by three members of the Brigadier General Tseng Yu there is strong anti-Japanese feel-west Executive Committee Committee. Registration for re- Jen reported to the military heading in Mexico resulting in the printing these certificates to moval can be applied at the headquarters here that his brigade ejectment of several thousand distributed to the applicants. quarters of the Kwangtung Sea killed 500 Reds in Lo Sun, Chinese from, that country. Most

southern Kiangai. men's Union during, office hours,

The report of the returned residents are namely 9 am to noon and 1 adds that 25 Reds were taken natives of Size Yap and will re- p.m. to 5 p.m.

alive as well as the capture of turn to their natives homes to-day According to a conservative some machine-guns, trench mor--Central Press. estimate, the goods are valued at tar and riflesCentral Press. piece goods, sugar, tobacco, about $1,000,000, being mostly

sesame seeds, ground nuts, yellow A MODEL DISTRICT beans and flour. Owing to the hot weather many of the goods

at all. The goods were held up are decaying and cannot be sold of trade was lower by 28 per cent.since June 18, and some were than that of 1931. The decrease,

however, was only just over half entered as early as June 1

vance of Japer:

Planned By General Li Han Yun

out a model district in Nan Hung

BIG FIRE AT WEIHAIWET

OVER A LAKH DOLLARS DAMAGES

Canton-Nanking relations have assumed a more delicate position arising from the suppression of the anti-Japanese movement con ducted by General Feng Yu Halang at Charhar. The South- west Political Council will short ly issue another circular telegramy attacking Nanking for stamping out the patriotic carapaign. Gederal Feng in recovering vaded territories.

WEIHAIWEI, Aug. §. of that experienced in 1930. The On account of the strike of the

AMAGES to the extent of over

A summons was taken out by the quantitative total, which dropped warehouse workers and picketing

#300,000 was caused here last. Postmaster General against The by 20 per cent. in 1931, remained conducted by the Kwangtung

Canton, Aug. 9. night by one of the largest con- Pure Cane, Molasses Company for practically stationary last year,

Lieut. General Li Han Yun, flagration in record. The fire unlawfully posting & parcel of The most striking fact in the im- Seamen's Union, the goods could pacification commissioner of burned furiously all night and is sugar to Shanghai. It was alleged port figures was the continued ad- not be removed earlier. Per-north-eastern districts and con- only dying "down now. It com- that the packet soiled other postal Cuban political leaders, informing share in the market had in some lieves Chinese merchants from independent division, has mapped/ Dumerous dwelling houses.-Reuter las 11,30 a. on Saturday..

Har increased mission to release this stock re- currently commanding the third pletely gutted five godowns and packets. The case will be heard cases been obtained at the expense further loss, while the question of rival importers; but frequently her phenomenally low prices had of boycottting the coasting steam Mr. Welles pointed out that he ket for the buying public, with pany is yet unsettled...

enabled her to create a new mar ers of the China Navigation Com- was merely acting as a mediator. which her competitors had no pre- The statement was not in any vious dealings. Great Britain 8023€ AD -ultimatum from the improved her relative position in the import market from 7.7 to 88 President Machado immediately per cent., and Singapore imports summoned ✡ meeting of the Liberal Party of which he is of the whole. member and intimafed that, he had refused to accept the proposals.

until Cuba's" troubles are settled.

United States

rose from 10.9 to 123 per cent.

he

LONDON, Aug. 8. THE oficial announcement by the Dominions Office states that the

Contemporary politicians, Empire Marketing Board as such,

added, had a way of "posing as It is understood that the prin- doctors struggling to cure a diseas will be discontinued after' Septem ber 30 and that certain of the cipal proposal was that Presidented world. Though the old remedy economic and statistical services Machado should name a Secretary of bleeding had long since fallen at present carried on by the Board, of State who would be acceptable into disrepute among medical namely, the periodical market into all factions and afterwards ask telligence notes and world surveys for indefinite leave, in which event of production and trade will be the Secretary of State, under the continued and will be financed on Constitution, would succeed to the a co-operative basis as part of the Presidency.--Reuter.

work of the Imperial Economic

Committee.

It is also contemplated that, the

experts, our political doctors con- tinued to treat their commercial patiente in that way in order to enable them to pay, or to avoid paying, their own debts with the proceeds of the operation. He ap- pealed to the politicians to leave Java to cure herself. She

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SILVER MARKET

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(from Our Own Correspondent),

LONDON, August 8. FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVER DINOTATIONS ON THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY:

Aug 0. Aug. 8. SPOT

.17.15/16 17.153/18. FORWARD

→ 18

18.1/18 THE LONDON ON New YORK CROSS" RATE TO-DAY WAS $1-. $4.48.

Executive Council of the Imperial BRITISH NATIONAL DEBT from dying of the plagues fr APOSTOLIC PRE-

Agricultural Bureaux should be in- vited to consider forthwith what research activities would be con ducted in future on a co-operative basia-British Wireless Service:

FIGHTING IN IRAQ

ASSYRIAN TRIBESMEN

DISSATISIFED

BAGDAD, Aug 8. SERIOUS fighting decurred lo

day between Iraqian frontier guards and Assyrian tribesmen near the border.

A heavy toll of life was taken in a sanguinary encounter, heavy losses being inflicted on the Assy- risos by the better-armed Iraqian troops.

CHARGES

which the whole world was suffer- ing. Indeed, she might almost be described as approaching the slags "of convalescence",

LONDON Aug. 8.

The report and Eccounts were THE total revenue for the cur

adopted. rent financial year up to last.

Mr. H. Eric Miller said that in Saturday, including self-balancing the Dutch East Indies all coun- revenue, amounted to 2221,515.702.tries were on the same level of

For the corresponding period of last year the totals £314,170,734, taxation. The Chamber was in a Ordinary and self-balancing ex- unique position to help manute penditure for the same period was tuners to get a footing in that

market. £273,040,333 against £306,922,044, last year

Expenditure during the current year on the management of the

National Debs: has been 206,647,228 PENNY A MILE ON BRITISH as compared with £128,907,282 for the corresponding period of last year British Wireless,

THE INTERNATIONAL STAKES

London, Aug. 9. The International Stakes was killed and forty-five wounded in run to-day and resulted in a win

Twenty Iraqian" guards were

the course of the encounter, while for the two-year old, Totem

RAILWAY

LONDON, Aug. 8. THE male line British railway companies announce the con- tinuance until the end of 1983 of the special summer passenger fare Erates.

Return farea will thus be at the pre-war rate of one, penny mile.—British. Wireless.

FECT IN P.I.

FATHER OCTAVIOUS

and has secured the approval of General Chen Chi Tang in this project.

On August 12, General Li Han Yun. will call a meeting when plans for the development of Nan Hung will be fully discussed. Among the itents for discussion are the improvement of agricul ture and industry, because Nan Hang is an entrepot of goods passing between Kwangtung and Hunan. Central Press.

PEACE AND WAR

A RATHER CURIOUS COINCIDENCE

TOKYO, Aug. 9. THE statement issued by the Tokyo War Office. hoping for VAN-lasting peace appears to have coin.

DEVAILLE NAMED cided with fresh, Japanese attack on Chinese territory: Japanese Vatican City August 5-Pope and Manchoukun troops are offi Pius has appointed Father Octar cially reported to be advancing to ious Vandeville of the Scheut, or wards Deloner which it is expected, Belgian fathers to the position of they will occupy very soon while apostolic prefect of the mountain Japanese planes are bombing province at the Philippines, it was behind Dolenor and at Kuyuan announced to-day. His Headquar-where much damage has been done ters will be at Baguio,

by bombing, according to offein! Father Vandevaille, who was born reports, while other Chinese re at Schent, Belgium, in 1879, was parts declare that many have been one of the group of eight Bel-killed.

Meanwhile the Japanese with- gian fathers who first came to the Philippines in 1907/

drawal from the demilitarised zone Ordained in 1805, he first taught are not yet completed, Miyon bo philosophy at the seminary ating still in their hands-Reuter. Scheut. His first assignment upon reaching the Philippines was at Baguio and ho also has filled mis sion posts in Nueva Vizcaya, Bon- toe, and for seven years he was at Taroding Ilocos Bar.

For eight years Father Vander- parvaille was chaplain and professor

at St. Theresa's College, Manila at the same time being chaplain of the local lodge of the Knights of Columbus

the Asyrian losses were more than Dance (7 to 3) Maid of Essex (9 KING AND QUEEN LEAVE

of their number were killed out,

four times as heavy Ninety-five to 2) was second while Pharsalus right, many of them worn down (8 to 2) filled third place.

by machine-gun, while hundrede 1 more were wounded,

The fighting is attributed to the dissatisfaction of the Assyrian with the new regime in Iraq. Beuter.

Nine pomes faced the starter

LONDON

LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT RECORD

"CODES AND ROSSI WIN

**FR.1,000,000

Deeply interested in mise founded the monthly magazine

* Pánis; ↑ Aug. dau "Little Apostle" in 1994 and con 18 understood that Codos and ARYAGLtinues to edit it. He also publishes Rossi will dy their plane back Aug 8 El Misionero" and "a Vista" from Rayak to Les Bourget and left Lonthe latter a weekly in Ilocano that on their return to France. ingham this Father Vandevaille was guest they will be presented with the afternoon Well remain honour at a luncheon given Sunday prize of a million france offered by for about

British noon by the Manila Kights of the government for the long- Wireless

Columbus

distance record-Reuter,

dan

and one-and-half length separated THE King the first and second, while Phar salus was the three length behind the latter. Reuter.

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