1934-05-29 — Page 9

CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS

IN MOTOR RACE

Two Italian Drivers

Killed

Yesterday's cable news recorded serious happenings in Europe. the most alarming incident being the round-Italy motor race mishap in which two Italian drivers were killed and two British drivers were injured. A description of this race will be found in our Motor Jottings on page 2.

A devastating heath and forest fire at Aldershot, a motor coach fire disaster in France where thirteen persons perished, a daring attack by a racing cyclist on British constables at Sussex Downs, in which one officer,, was seriously wounded by a revolver shot, are other laks in a chain of calamities.

Palermo, May 28.

A chapter of accidents, including deaths from injuries of two Itallan drivers of Fiat curs and injuries to Mr. John Walter and Mr. Har- rop, two British drivers of à M.G. car one of four British cars par- ticipating, marked the hazardous 4,000-mile round-Italy motor race. They started from Rome yester- day for the Lictor's Gold Cup which Premier" Mussolini will pre- sent to the winner at the finish next Sunday-Reuter.

A DARE DEVIL

MOTORIST

Wins a Dramatic Race

(Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)]

FOREST FIRE AT racing motorist.

ALDERSHOT

Enormous Area

Involved

London, May 28. Two Royal Air Force aeroplanes, hundreds of soldiers and despatch riders, carrying messages from one part of the area to another, co-operated with firemen in fight- ing huge heath and forest Ares near Blackdown, Aldershot, yester.

day.

The flames covered an area seven miles long and five miles wide. A whole battalion of the second West Kent Regi- ment falled" to check the fames, and contingents of Welsh

Berlin, May 27. The dare devil young French Guy Moll, won the international race for big motor cars on Sunday afternoon on an Italian Alfa Romeo.

The race was very interesting and highly dramatic. The second man was the Italian, Varzi, also on an Alfa Romeo while the third place went to Momberger,

who drove an Auto Union.

The German, Hans Stuck, who was the favourite and who was leading for the first ten of the fifteen laps, had to give up. and other entrants Caracola scheduled to start on Mercedes Benz did not take part because the cars were not ready in time. The race for small cars was won by Veyron, on a Bugatti. second also a Bugatti, was driven by Burgaller while Count Castel-.. barco was third. He drove a Masë- rati-Transocean Kuo Min-

The

Guards. Coldstream Guards and LONG DISTANCE

Life Guards, who were under can- vas nearby were rushed to the scene, while planes directed opera- tiona.

Owing to dense smoke.

the soldiers wore gak-masks, while ex- Ploding bullets. dropped by soldiers during training added

the danger.

to

Six square miles of countryside "were destroyed. The fire is now under control, but soldiers are en- camped nearby as a precuationary measure.-Reuter.

FLYERS Report Progress by Wireless

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)}

Paris, May 27. The famous French long dis tance fliers. Codos and Rossi who started on their trans-Atlantic fight to California on Sunday morning from Le Bourget, wire-

BLAZING MOTOR lessed that they would try to get

COACH

Thirteen Persons

Incinerated

Bordeaux, May 27. Thirteen persons are reported to. have been incinerated, and four injured, when

motor-coach crashed into a telegraph pole near Lipostey Landes), to-day.

£

It is understood that the vic- tims are Spanish tourists.

Telephonie communication. with Bordeaux is interrupted as a re- ault of the accident, but it is re- ported that the blazing coach set fire to the forest-Reuter.

RUSSIA'S ENTRY INTO LEAGUE

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press (Uopyright.)1

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY,

PRICE OF SILVER Purchasing Power of Chinese

(Special Air Malt Service)

London, May 12. Writing to the "Times," Mr. E. F. Mackay, a former chairman of the Shanghal General Chamber of Commerce says:--

Sir, There are one or two points in Sir Henri Deterding's letter on the price of allver with which 1 cannot End myself in agreement. He states:-

How is it that in China the gen-' eral standard of living has gone back steadily? The reason is just this low price of silver and no other.

1 venture to say that with, re- gard to the agricultural population el China, and it is overwhelmingly

ATTITUDE OF JAPAN

On The Naval Question

Tokyo, May 28. Dräft instructions to Mr. Mats daira, Ambassador in London, will be submitted to-morrow by Mr. Hirota, the Foreign Minster with the Cabinets approval

It is understood, the Japanese Government accepts with pleasure the bilateral talks,'

Jupan is not opposed to general meetings of all parties to the Naval Treaty whenever it is con- sidered desirable and stresses the Japanese bellef that there is no need for the Naval Conference re-discussing the Nine-Power

MAY $29, 1934.

DELEGATES AT GENEVA

Arms Parley

Geneva, May 23. The Lord Privy Seal, Captain Anthony Eden, the United States delegate to Geneva, Mr. Norman Davis, and the Soviet Foreign Commissar, M. Maxim Litvino. have arrived here.

Mr. Norman Davi and Mr. Hugh. Wilson, the United States. observer at Geneva, had a lengthy interview with Mr. Arthur Hender-

son, at which the procedure of the Disarmament Conference was dis- cussed-Renter.

DAVID JACK

CONSTABLE JEX SHOT AT SUSSEX DOWNS

MYSTERIOUS RACING CYCLIST

MAKES HIS ESCAPE

Scotland Yard Joins In

Man Hunt

Police patrol cars are scouring

a wide area at Sussex Downs in STATEMENT BY

an endeavour, to trace the as- sallant of a young Worthing Con- stable, Mr. Jex, who is in hospital seriously wounded by a revolver

Treaty. Far Eastern problems and To Manage Southend sh

fi

United

(Special Air Mail Service.)

London, May 12. David Jack, the Arsenal' F. C. and England forward. has SC-

the most numerous, the price of political, questions which have silver affects them not at all. The already been thoroughly discusseit reason they are in destitution, by the League." Therefore Japan with its natural effect of an im-understands the next Naval Con mense reduction in products for terence will only discusa defences export, is that the country districts and naval strengths--Reuter. over the most productive parts of China have been harried bandits under the guise of soldiery | HUNGARIAN AND SOVIET cepted the position of manager to for several years in succession and they have also suffered irreparable damage by hoods greater than is recorded in the long history of the riation.

by

TRADE

"

(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally

·Press" (Copyright)]

Moscow, May 27.

Southend F. C. He will take up his duties almost immediately."

ent)) that the salary is the high- I understand (says a correspond-

est ever paid to a manager in the Third Division, of the League.

Mr. Robert Jack, father of David, and now. in charge of Ply-

Following the report of a bur- glary at two houses in the High Salvington" residential district of Worthing. “Constables Jex and Bateman went to the scene in a' motor car”

They were challenged shortly after dawn at an isolated spot by a man riding a racing cycle. The latter jumped from the machine. ["and bolted, but fired three shots

as the officers gave chase.

·TURKEY.

At Disarmament Conference

Geneva, May 27,

It is learned from a usually well-informed source that Tewik Rushdi Bey, the Turkish Foreign. Minister, will make a very im- portant statement at the meeting Two shots were apparently aimi- of the General Commision of the.. ed at Bateman, which missed the Disarmament Conference, regard- mark, and the third struck Jexing the Straits of Dardanelles and who was seriously injured and had Bosphorus, indicating that Turkey to be immediately conveyed to hospital.

Brighton, and all Sussex · Folice have joined in the man-hunt. -•All- cars on the London to Worthing Road are stopped and the oc- cupants are interrogated, while a flying squad from Scotland : Yard is operating on the outskirts of London-Reuter,

If Sir Henri has travelled, as 1 have, dp country in Northern, Cen- For the first time since the re- trai, and Southern China he winewal of diplomatic relations be- have found that the native coun- tween Hungary and Rusilä, amouth Argyle, was manager of the tryman hardly ever sees silver. Hungarian trade delegation arrived Southend club nearly 25-years ago. Jack joined Arsenal justa over The most he is ever possessed of here and will visit most of the im is a string or two of copper cash portant Industrial centres in Rus-five years ago from Bolton Wan- derers. The transfer fee WILS And he buys practically no foreign sia. products. He produces the rice

The organ of the Russian heavy £10,750, which still stands as a and catches the fish he eats, end industry. "Industrializatia" sees record. He has played in many perhaps at times buys a little in the Hungarian delegation's ar- English Cup finals and native-fed pork The cotton clothes rival the prelude to the re-estab- he infrequently buys are the pro-lishment of diplomatic relations duct of the Chinese, Japanese, or between Soviet Russia and other foreign mills of China, and he

Balkan and Danubian States, add spends nothing in other directions. ing that Foreign Commissary Lit- Rice and flour have been provided vinoff is hoping to bring the ne-

sotiations which have already be conclusion in the near future FORD FACTORY gun on this subject to a successful! Transocean Kuo Min

in large quantities for the absolu rely destitute by a paternal Gov.

ernment. The Chinese purchaser of foreign goods, a class above these, is no worse off than he ever was.

SILVER MARKET-

(from Our Own Correspondent)

London, May 28. London silver prices to-day were unchanged" for "spot" and down 1/16d. forward. as follow.

May 28 May 28-|

19-4 19- 10-9/16 19-†

"Spot

Forward

Interna-

tional matches, and has taken part in more big games at Wembley than any other player. He scored the first Cup Anal goal at Wem- bley-for Bolton Wanderers.

WE MUST FIGHT TO A FINISH

...e

Eamon de Valera's Latest

Challenge

London, May 28."

We say to the British "we" wi}

The London on New York cross- rate at 2 p.m. to-day was 5.08-1. | when you givė us preference for compared with 5.09-1/16 at Satur- | ours,” said Mr. De Valera in a day's closing

give you preference for your goods UNVEILING OF

speech before a gathering of 10.000

at Cülden, County Galway.

Mr. De Valera declared that they fight this night "to a I will not make any personal must

Anish.. comment on the controversial question of whether the Chinese win through and they were deter

He believed they were going to into touch with the German stea-

would prefer to pay less in cur- mer, Stutgart whose position on Sunday noon was 600 kilometres rency for their imports or get more mined not to pay-Reuter. west of Ireland. The French fliers on currency for their exports: But

added that they had covered 1430 I have noticed that the Chinese GRAVE TROUBLE

kilometres, in seven hours and hankers in Shanghai, who watch 20 minutes. Everything was well, the trade barometer very closely, on board.

The filers hope to improve their own long distance record from New York, to Aleppo of 9.104.7 kilo- metres. Their monoplane named Joseph le Brix which passed Cher- bourg at 7 o'clock on Sunday morning was heavily loaded. They. nevertheless, made a perfect start Despite the

early hours of the morning the French minister of Aviation, General Denain, was pre- sent to bid the flers Godspeed. Transocean Kuo Min:

"ALL GOING WELL"

have unanimously protested against any attempt to inflate silver, and during my lengthy experience of the Chinese banker I have invari- ably found he is well able to judge for himself on which side his bread is best buttered.

IN AUSTRIA Bomb Outrage Averted

The

"Sir Henri is concerned about

Vienna, May 27. China's ability to pay for her t

recent announcement of ports of rice. Of course, before the extension of the powers of the this revolutionary period China Summary Courts led to big-scale was a large exporter of rice, after Socialist demonstrations last even- providing fully for her own peding in the working class district, ple's requirements, and, given nor Schelma.

MONUMENT

Marred by An Incident

'[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily

· Erosa” (Copyright.)]|||

Paris, May 27.

The bursting of some explosive cartridges which resulted in two persons. being injured, somewhat" marred the impressive ceremony on Sunday, of the unveiling of the monument, in the well-known Pe- relachaise Cemetery, to the me--" mory of the Italian soldiers who fell under the French flag during the Great War.“d

The ceremony was attended" by President Lebrun, the Italian. Am- passador, the Ministers for War and Fensions, as well as repre sentatives of numerous ometal bodies, and a delegation from the. mal conditions, which we all hope Cries of Live Freedom, Down, Garibaldian Legion in their tradi Paris, May 21.

will emerge in time-sooner, per- With Tyranny, Down With Doll- tional red-shirts, under the lea- haps, than one thinks possible at fuss were raised and shocking is dership of General Garibaldi The French airmen Codos and present, because, China has re-reported to have

(occurred, al2: The explosion took place shortly Rossi, who took off at 5.10 am, on

markable powers of recovery though no confirmation has yet before the ceremony commenced. Saturday in an attempt to break

China would again produce enough been received,

Bow it occured has not yet been their own world's record for a non-rice to feed her own people and The police and miktary au-made known, but an Italian me- stop fight along a straight line perhaps again even become an ex- thorities have taken strong pre chanic named Frascala who at have sent out & wireless message porter, if she can regain the cautions again, a repetition of the tempted to run away after the ex- declaring that all is well.

plosion has been arrested on su- spicion. He dented all connection with the outrage-Transocean Kuo Min.

The message, timed from Nova Scotia at 11 p.m. (Summer Time) yesterday, states:

"We are 'flying over Nova Scotia. Flying is very difficult. "Visibility nil. All going well

Having crossed: the Atlantic, the airmen now hope to cross the American continent, landing at Ban Diego Reuter..

markets she lost.

I am sorry to be at such variance with Sir Henri, but these are the facts as they appear to me.

¡I am, yours, &c. EDWARD F. MACKAY, ex. Chairman, Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce. Avalon, Tadworth, Burrey May 5,

Peiping-Suiyan Railway

Paris, May 27. That Turkey whole heartedly endorses Russia's forthcoming en-. try into the league of Nations was made known to Press repre- sentatives by the Turkish Foreign Minister, Rushdy Bey, who is visiting here for the purpose of attending a conference with French states- men Turkey, he said, desires Russia's entry and welcomes it in the interest of general peace. Turkey who is linked up with Rusia by inseparable amity could but rejoice at the prospect.

Rushdy Bey denied that Turkey had placed orders with Japan for ten small cruisers in exchange of transit facilities for Turkish terland at the Floyd Bennett acro- ment of the old loan of 5.2 million tiles Transocean Kuo Minë

dollars contracted in 1919 and the

Pelping, May 28,

NEAR MASSACHUSETTS COAST

Boston, May 28. Codos and Rossi are apparently nearing the Massachusetts coast. according to a Boston coastguard report at 1-p.m. GM/T. received Mr Su managing indirect, but apparently there are the Pelping-Bulyuan Railway,:3

alfable reports of their wireless formed Renter to-day that the mentioned b Nanking conversations with a French ship, agre

loan The French steamer Champlain does not represent s advises that the airman intend to but

simply, to an adjust

drome in New York Reuter

disorders:

Further grave trouble is im perilling peace in the provinces It is understood that troops have been sent to Styria and Carinthia where troubles have broken-but

During yesterday morning, the police discovered; a the Stock Exchange the heart of Vienna contains the onees Austrian news agency's well sa those of Heliters and other world Tiews, agencies.

outside Sing in

which also

The bomb is said to have con- tained four and a half pounds of dynamite and to have been timed to exp at 6p.m. the hour when newaagency begins the omele work on Sunday.

adjustment followed on the ines as the adjustment American creditors Rent

euter

ITALIAN CURRENCY

MEASURES

[Special to the Hong Kong Dally Pres" (Gopuright.))

Rome, May. 27.

In consequence of the recent not- able decrease at Italy's foreign currency reserves, the Government has taken new and rigorous men sures to prevent the ght from the Tallan capital encefort Italian travellera, ahr

|; be allowed

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IN CHINA

Nanking Denies Agreement

Nanking, May 20.

no longer considers herself, bound by the de-militarisation clause in the Treaty of Lausanne-Reuter.

Recently reports appeared in the Chinese press that an agreement. had been signed for the opening of an automobile factory in China y This factory, these reports declar- | ed, would be jointly --financed by Chinese Ministry of Industry and Förd interests. The Chinese Mini- stry would put up $2,000,000 while the Lord people would raise $4,-- 000,000. The proposed factory will be in Shanghai. probably Pootung, the same reports state.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Industry says that severa) years ago when Mr. Sun. Fo was' Mitilstër of Rallways, the Ford interest ap proached Mr. Sun regarding the -opening, of an automobile factory Commenting on recent press ́ rẻ... | in China, No concrete results were ports about the alleged conclusion achieved. The matter was again. of An agreement between the submitted to Mr. Chen Kang-po;·· Ministry of Industry and American ¦ Minister of Industry, by the Ford Ford interests for the ppening of interests. While negotiations are an automobile factory in China. ą. | continuing between the parties. spokesman of the Ministry of In- | cocerned, nothing definite has been dustry stated to-day that while decided. The terms, proposed by negotiations are proceeding `be- the Ford interests, the spokesman tween representatives of the Mini- continues, cannot be accepted by stry and Ford interests, no agree- the Chinese Government in their ment has been signed.

present form-Reuter,

TRADE DEPRESSION

and what it means to YOU

Worries and difficulties press upon us all.

Energies flag, courage fails, health be comes impaired and effort loses its force whereas the highest efficiency is necessary in order to grapple with the difficulties prevailing

Now more than ever before—is the mainten- ance of health and energy the first necessity for everyone. Without health and cheerfulness you cannot face the future with confidence.

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OVALTINE

Hot or Cold

The Cup that Creates Cheerfulness

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