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THREE CAPTIVES RELEASED

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GOOD WORK BY

LIEUT. TSAI

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY

YELLOW RIVER IN FLOOD

CANTON LEADS THE WAY

CONCESSION TO FARMERS

CONSIDERABLE CONCERN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE NEW DECREE SIGNED BY

IN SHANTUNG

TO BE HELD!

cattle.

STALIN

AUGUST 16, 1933.

WILL OF BARONESS SHANGHAI TRUNK

SEAFORTH

MURDER CASE

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NAVAL CADETS ON TRIAL

WINDFALL TO MANY CHARITIES

TRIAL MAY BE HELD AT MACAO

FURTHER REVELATIONS

AT TOKYO

brothers,

the

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Peiping, Aug. 15. (From Our Special Correspondent)

Moscow, Aug. 15.

London, Aug. 15.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 13.

Tokyo, Aug. 15. Members of collective farms

The There is considerable concern

A huge fortune has been be- THE trial of the Portuguese

assassination of over the flood situation in Shan-

CANTON, Aug. is henceforth will be able to possess queathed to hospitals and chari- Canton, Aug. 15.

Jose Eulula dos American Ambassador and an Three captives taken by pirates tung, where the Yellow River has In view of the financial strin- their own cows following a decree table institutions by the will of Remedios and Jose Patricia dos unnamed American Consul, the China Merchants flooded seven haien but it is gency in the money market, the signed by Stalin and Molotoff, the late Baroness Seaforth, who Remedios, arrested and charged assassination of General Ugaki

Provincial Department of Finance steanier, Yu Shun, were set free hoped the floods will not extend has agreed with the suggestion of assigning 35 million roubles for died on February 17, last. She with the homicide of a Chinese) and several Admirals, an air raid

female in the Hongkew district, by Canton marines near Swabuc. much further as Kaifeng reports the Canton Chamber of Commerce supplying 3 million head of was a daughter of the late will take place in Macao, if the on Tokyo by "naval machines

millionaire Edward Steinkopff.brothers are committed.

was seriously considered by the On seeing the approach of the the river is dropping. - However, that an economic conference should

The German Red Cross gets Both men were educated at 8tplotters it was revealed at to-- Government forces, the pirate vast areas in North Honan and be held to tide over the crisis.

Restricted eirculation of money

£267,000; Dr. Barnado's Home Francis Xavier's College, Shanghai, day's continuation of the Court captors ran away, leaving the West Shantung ure inundated

has shaken the "economic foundation and the damage is most con- of Canton and brings about busin three captives behind.

Lieut.-Commander Tsui Ting| sideruble.~Reuter...

ess depression. While the coming Hui, who was responsible for

economic conference will disenss financial and commercial questions, locating the captives, reported

the Provincial Department of the matter to the Canton paval

Finance will first form an agenda authorities and requested that the

before the meeting, can be held. three men be taken back to their

This is to avoid delicate matters drifting outside the scope of inves- native village. Their homes are

tigation. in Swatow, Poon Yne County And Kwangsi, respectively.

The Yu Shun, running be- tween Canton and Shanghai via ports, was boarded by pirates on July 31 when she was some dis- | tance" out of Swatow, barbour. The vessel was ransacked, and abont

were seven passengers

She was then taken for ransom. allowed to continue her voyage to Shanghai."

The whereabouts of the other captives are unknown.

BLOW TO CANTON MERCHANTS

CHINESE FOOD NOT WANTED IN MANILA

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Canton, Aug. 15.

A movement is afoot in the Philippine Islands to ban the imports of food from Kwangtung and other parts of China on the ground that the edibles are not of sanitary condition, according to information received by mer- chants here from Manila.

This prospective legislation is watched with considerable in- terest in commercial circles, there

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·RED”· LEADER

KILLED

COMMUNISTS ROUTED NEAR KWUNMUNLING.

CANTON, Aug. 13.

FOLLOWING a fierce engagement between the Cantonese troops' and the Communists hear Kwun munting, "Lieutenant General" Miao. Kimping, a divisional com- mmander of the Red 'army, was killed by shraphel. The battle lasted five hours and resulted in the death of 500 Communists,

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In official and commercial' eireles, it is felt that some remedy is necessary to prevent the stiuation from becoming worse, because al- ready several Chinese banks have suspended business owing to in

solvency and that more native banks

will close unless the money market is stabilised. The conference will be held about the rod of this month.

Scotland.

At the outbreak of the war in

Patricia's

30,000; The London Hospital where they had a fine record

mental diet during Martial of young Naval cadets. £20,000; sixteen hospitals and the past two years is reported to who were implicated in last charities receive £10,000 each, nave consisted mainly of thrillers year's outrages. while twenty-four" receive £5,000 of the penny-dreadful type.

By assassinating the ambassa- The brothers will be formally dor it was hoped to precipitate u each.

The Seaforth Sanatorium, at Court at 11 a.in. to-day, while a charged at the Portuguese Consular

Japan American war, thereby Brahan

receives preliminary hearing of the case strengthening the hands of the £60,000.

will take place in a week's time. reactionaries for the removal of The murder alleged to have been liberal elements in the army and 1914 the late Baroness was arrest. committed by the two Portuguese navy. While the air-raid was is one of the most horrible in the intended to create a panic neces- ed in Germany as a spy but was annals of Shanghai crime. released and came to England body of a Chinese

sitating martial law leading to where she was decorated for graduate of the Canton Middle the establishment of military charitable war-work.-Reuter. School, was found with the hands government and

bound with rope in a black trunk I restoration. On board the Shanghai Marut, when the vessel arrived in Kool from Shanghai. Police suspicion at first fell upon Russian, but later the"

the |authorities allegedly traced

THE

woman...

The

LATE SIR ELLERMANerime to the Remedios brothers,

WILL PROVED AT £17,000,000

The present financial crisis is due to the suspension of funds re- nitted from overseas Chinese and M. Stalin, Becretary General of the JOHN

Communist Party in Eustis. the prohibition by the provincial treasury in the issue of bills of ex Being driven by a joint drive of change and promisory notes on the

This represents a concession to the government troops in Fukien part of the nation banks, it was collective farmers who were dis- and Kwangtung, the Communists exclusively learned to-day. On aegruntled by forced collectivisation are making an attempt to capture conet of world-wide depressions and slaughtered and ate their own Fuchow a prelude to storm Chinese abroad are in dire predi Nanchang, headquarters of Gen-cament, much less in a position to cows rather give them to the Pral Chiang Kai Shek, chairman remit their savings to Canton,

Soviet-Reuter. of the Nanking military commis- Hence the local market is short of sion. Nanking troops under the an abundant flow of wealth from command of General Chen Chong overseas. are billeted at Fuchow, and the Reds are taking advantage of the fact that the Nanking forces have not been active during the past DEATH SENTENCE

#B

three months.

The

Communists who were FOR TWO INDIANS

of

driven out of Lien Chen are in full retreat in the direction Changting. After & short rest there, the Reds are hoping to make dash to attack northern Fukien. --Central · Press.

ALLEGED INCOMPETENT

OFFICIALS

SEQUEL TO TERRORIST CRIME

CHITTAGONG, BENGAL Aug. 13. THE raid on the Chittagong arin-

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

LONDON, Aug. 15, *FOLLOWING ARE

ON QUOTATIONS MARKET TO-DAY :

SPOT

PIPIRA

THE BILVER LONDON THI

"

Aug. 15 Aug. 14 177 17.13/16 FORDWARD"

17 17.7/8 THE LONDON ON NEW YORK CROSS RATE TO-DAY WAS: £1= $4.401...

NETHERLANDS BANK DISCOUNT RATE

Reduced To Three Per Cent.

London, Aug. 15.

It is understood that the Will of the late Sir John Ellerman has been proved, provisionally, at over £17,000,000, consisting mainly of cash and Government securities. Beuter.

BIG WIRELESS EXHIBITION

Opens To-Day At Olympia

LONDON, Aug. 14. It is estimated that nearly £3,000,000 worth of exhibits are on show in the Wireless Exhibition which opens at Olympia to-day

A feature of the Exhibition is the Broadcasting Theatre, with sit ting accommodation for 2,300 pe ple.

oury in 1930 and the outrages resulting thereform, including the death of Captain. Cameron of the Gurkhas," during the round up of Terrorists had its sequel when, two Indians," Suiyyasen and Tarakes- war Dastider were sentenced to against the King, death on n charge of conspiracy

Dutt who,

A woman conspirator, Kalpani when rearrested after

The Hague, Aug. 15. Tan Yi absconding, WIA wearing racle The Netherlands Bank dis

clothes, was senteerd to transpor-count rate has been reduced from Wireless Service. tation for life. -

33 per cent. to "3 per cent. owing Suryýasen, an ex-schoolmaster of Chittagong College, was described to easier money conditions, thus by the Court as the master mind signifying that the artificial con- responsible for the wide-spread conditions, prevailing a month ago

have disappeared.-Reuter.

CANTON, Aug. 15. Several officials are, due for public trial to-morrow. They being doubt whether the Promissioner of finance Yung Yuen are Lee Shee Hung, "county com- hibition is general or special county and Ho Kwok On, former Canton business men declare that chief of police of the same county: some of the Chinese food may Another defendant is

ot be sanitary as measured by Chiung who is charged with alleg Philippine standard, but certain- ed. extorting of money. jy there is no objection to groïnd-. muts and vegetable products,

The Bureau of Inspecting and Testing Commercial Commodities is examining all tinned goods be- fore they are allowed to be exported.

It is feared that if the ban is passed, Canton merchants will be adversely affected. Because of the large Chinese population in the Islands, there is a consider- able export of food from Canton to Manila.

FIFTH PACIFIC --

CONFERENCE

SIR W. SHENTON AMONG DELEGATES

BANFY, ALBERTA, Aug. 01. NAVAL preparedness in the Paci

fie, tariffs, trade restrictions, international commodity agree- ments, shipping subsidies, Philip- pine independence and the United States Exclusion Act against Orion- tals are among the questions "before the Fifth Conference of the insti- tute of Pacific Relations which opened here yesterday.

Thy Conference is attended by representatives, of all countries in- terested in the Pacific, including Sir William Shenton of Hong Kong and air. H. G. Woodhead of Shang

bini..

Sir Bobert, Falconer, presiding, expressed confidence for the success -of the work of the Conference.*

Referring to American and Cana. dian relations, he said that any

attack on the Dominion would be

da and almost would certainly Bring United States, action on the side of Canada.

OCCUPATION OF DOLONOR

CHINESE NOTE TO

JAPANESE COLONEL

Charhar

spiracy..

Even a price of £800 on his head had failed to induce anyone to be tray him during a two-years de- tectiva ant.-Reuter.

PRINCE GEORGE. WITH EX-SERVICE MEN

ENTERTAINMENT AT EPSOM GRAND STAND

(Special Air-Mail Service)

NEW MACHINE FOR THE MOLLISONS.

for

LORD WAKEFIELD'S OFFER

(Special Alr-Mall Service)

The show will be moved to Glas gow and Manchester after the Lon an run is concluded.-British

CHINESE LEGATION IS. ANNOYED

GENERAL'S "RUM FOO" AND "YO-YO" AT MILITARY DISPLAY

(Special Air.Maß 'Service)

London, Aug. 1. The Chinese Legation intends to make representations to the For

LowDow, Aug. 1. eign Office against incidents in the Lord Wakefield has telegraphed Portsmouth Navy Week display to Mr. J. A. Mollison in New York and in a military exercise at Boz- an offer to provide him with funds don which are considered by the

Mr. W. Legation to show a lack of cour new neroplane. Courtenay, Mr. Mollison's consult teay to China. aut in England, has advised Mr. early decision."" Mollison by cable to come to

Bl

In a brigade exercise at Bordon the scheme, it is stated,, includes an attack on Chinese bandits.com- manded by Generals with ruch pames as Kum Foo and Yo-Yo,

verbal protest has already

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been made by the Legation against

with whom Mary Chun was said to have been living.-Renter.

GERMAN-SWISS INCIDENT

BASLE, Aug. 15.

con-

The Swiss authorities are cerned over the arrest and impri- sonment by German Customs of cials, of two Swiss picknickers while on a small island on the Rhine.

The Germans claim that the island in German territory and allege that the picknickers are Communists.-Reuter.

OIL FIRMS TO WORK IN HARMONY

NEW YORK, Aug. 15. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Socony-Vacaun Corporation have made reciprocal arrangements, according to the New York Sun, for handling foreign trade particularly in the Far East.-Reuter.

DUTCH TIN FIRMS AMALGAMATE

THE HAGUE, Aug. 13. ~~ The shareholders of the Singkep Tin Company have authorised their directors to conclude an agreement with the Billiton Tin Company, under which the latter take over the Singkepworks.-Reuter.

AMERICAN FARM

PROBLEMS

COMMITTEE COMPLETES

COMPROMISE PLAN

Washington, Aug," 15.

-Reuter.

national

THUNDERSTORM

·OVER BRITAIN ·

SOLDIER KILLED BY LIGHTNING

London, Aug. 14.

A CORPORAL of the Territorials was killed and an Officer and six men injured, when the Terzi torial Army Chimp near Weymouth, on the South Coast of England, was struck by lightning, yesterday.

The storm, which broke is, the early morning over the south-west one of the most counties," was severe within recent years Several casualties Are reported

·from other towns in the district, while considerable material dam-. age, was done over a wide area- British Wireless Service..

LONDON GILT-EDGED

STOCKS IN DEMAND

- London, Aug, 14- CONSIDERABLE activity was a

perienced in the gilt-edged, section of the London Stock Mar ket, yesterday. Was Loan, 31 p cent, reached 89,15/16 later in the. ‚day,--British | Wirelena Sercive.

UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN

FEWER WORKLESS IN LONDON

LONDON, Aug. 14. IN the southern Counties of Eng land, including the London area, the percentage of wormploy

ment continues relatively low. In the whole area of Greater London,.. with a population of over 8,000,000, the average of unemployment is 10.6 per cent, of the insured popu- iation.

Within the narrow limit of the City of London itself, the figure is 20 per cent, which one of the lowest in Britain Only in some villages at seaside resorts mcluding Clacton-on-Sea is the percentage of unemployed lower,

The highest percentage of em- ployment is in some of the smaller textile manufacturing towns, a

The following are the compara- will be tive figures in some of the manu gation officer told a reporter. But withheld on account of their in-facturing cities: we think it is regrettable that it! was ever used. The occurrence a debtedness to the Government. Bordon is of the same kind

Peiping, Aug. 15. It is officially stated that the Military Council in consequence of the occupation of Dolonor by Manchukuo troops has sent a letter to Colonel Shibayama,

LONDON, July 18. Japanese Military Attache, point- Prince George this afternoon ing out that Feng had now left visited an entertainment given to and requesting Col. disabled ex-Service men at Epsom Shibayama to communicate with hour went to the Epsom and Swell Grand Stand, and after staying an the Government Kwantung Army Cottage Hospital to open the new Mr. Courtenay stated yesterday asking that they observe the X-ray and massage departments, that if a new machine were requir

A special Cabinet committee Tangku Armistice Agreement and At the Grand Stand 250 mened it could be built and shipped to withdraw from Dolonor-Reuter from a number of hospitals were New York in time to enable the at-

has completed a compromise plan the description of a pirate junk in under which only part of the entertained under the auspices of tempt to make a long-distance re the local branch of the "Lest We cord flight back, across the Atlantic the Portsmouth Navy Week $200,000,000 benefit payment to

"Chinese junk.” Forget" Association by the racing and on to Baghdad by the end of The Admiralty has had the wheat Wootton being the leader. The was not advisable owing to the con- men were entertained to, a 'mea) ditions over the Atlantic The cost and a concert given by special, arof a new machine, mending ship

The recommendations will be tists. The programme also includ-inent to America, would be about ed a race on the Epsom racecourse,

£4,000, in which the competitors were the "r. Mollison," he continued, is understanding between countries day Details have not been dis These things do not increase submitted to Mr. Roosevelt to hounds of the Mid-Surrey drag. probably awaiting final reports on They indicate lack of consideration closed, but it is learned that those They were started from the Derby the damage to the Beafarer before at a time when peoples are trying starting post and finished in front advising Lord Wakefield as to who to understand esch other better farmers who are able to

to pay part of the Grand stand, the hounds ther the plant is repairable or On inquiry at the War Office it of the sums due to the Govern- following an artificial scent. whether new machine will be was learned that the exercise of ment will have the amount de-

Prince George afterwards made accessary. It may be taken for an infantry brigade at Bordon is ducted from their benente. a short speech, in which he said granted that Mr. Mollison would a command exercise, the details of Meanwhile, intensive pressure Not only one man's open the costs of, which had that the War seemed a long way like a Dragon Moth of exactly the to the War Office. The exercise being brought to inânce the another man's income, but une

Want a British machine, and would, which are not necessarily notified Marconi's Wireless Telegraph generation had grown up and same type and range as Seafarer" is not a public spectacle, and the Government to stabilise farm credit."--Henry Fittedo

WIRELESS PATENT

ACTION FAILS"

BILL OF £30,000 FOR COSTE

"(Special Air-Mail Service)

London, Aug. 1.

In a reserved judgment, given in the Chancery Division, Mr. Justice Maugham dismissed a patent do tion

exceeded (£30,000.

community of Epsom, Mr. Stanley September. Delay beyond that time word 'Chinese' struck out," a Lecurtail cotton farmers for

off, and in the meantime a younger

achome is kirculated only to the officers concerned.

prices.

Company (Ltd) sought to recover might be excused, if it was hard

Broadcast Spoiled, VA damages from Philips Lamps for them to understand the strain (Ltd.) for alleged infringement of and stress the men present went night to relay a broadcast inter An attempt by the B.B.C. last likely to result in giving any non- less receiving sets. The patent ex- would like to convey to Mr. Stan-from America was spoiled by at- # patent or improvements in wire- through. On behalf of the men his view with Mr. and Mrs. Mollison, British people a footing in Cana-pired in 1928 akley Wootton and his helpers grate mospherics Listeners heard only

A lady engaged an Irish cook, Philips Lamps (Ltd.) denied ful thanks for all they had done. fringement, and challenged the Prince George then left the of shrieks and burrings,

a few words, to the accompaniments purchased apples and plums, and

requested the cook to make tarts validity of the patent on the racecourse and proceeded to the Mr. Mollison was heard to say: Entering the kitchen next day she grounds of prior publication, com Cottage Hospital, where he opened We have been made a very gener- saw six tarts, each bearing the let- thon general knowledge, lack of and inspected the new X-ray and ous offer by Lord Wakefield to give ters T. Ag in iddg subiect-matter, and ambiguity Massage Departments, which have us a new veroplane. After several complimented her servan stated to be énormes, hundreds also visited the wards, speaking plans are still quite indefinite.

The user of the invention was heen erected at a cost of £2,750. He inaudible remarks said: "My skill in

quired

lated by experts," and over 4,000

questions were answered

Mr. Justice Maugham held that the patent was a valid one, but that it had not been infringed by the defendant company. They were given four-fifths of the gen- sral costs and the plainting one A鳓。

having been sold. During the trial,

of thousands of sets embodying to each of the patients. Among Mr Mollisco said that perhaps | We those presented to. Prince Gects they would be able to carry out thought

everything as intended in regard to

which occupied fourteen days, the at the hospital was Mrs. Kadalyns which occupied fourteen days, he Walters, who was present "hen the results of numerous teste were rehospital was opened 1 bed to the

(Continued on previous column Daches of Tack

the fight She was describing the Atlantic fight in tog over the mos when the reley was ent 01.

production

Birmingham, 19.3. Manchester, 15.4. Liverpool, 28.2. Shefeldy 20.6. Loody 106 AN 1

Bradford, 13.8.

✅ Glasgow: -23.7.––British Service...

man's debt is another

a U.S. economist:

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HIGHLY BROROHIT

OUGHN COLDE ASTHMA EFFECTIVE FOR THE OREST AND THROAT, ETC.

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