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meet the Australianed to arrive yesterday... tached to one of the houses was C. H. O'Rorke, to Resolution; H. A Squadron under Rear-Admiral, W. almost completely destroyed, in- Corbett, P. K. Lankaster,
HT. Randle Ford, consisting of the F. cluding a fair amount of timber Morris, and J. A. Rooper,
cruisers Canberra and Australia stored in 11.
Ramilles, September 1; R. H. M. and the destroyers Stuart. Water- Hancock, G. C. Crowley, K. J. Dor-hen, and Voyager.
A year ago the Australian cruis- rell, and J. R. David to Barham, temp. September 1. and to Ber-ers visited New Zealand waters They were then under the com-
The mimic warfare carried out mand of Rear-Admiral R. C. Dal- glish, and at Auckland met the by the Royal Air Force in England two New Zealand cruisers under recently went off very smoothly Rear-Admiral Watson. These in- and an account of it will be found. ter-station visits have been more
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It was a miracle that the village with the intention of inflicting was not wiped out by the conflag"
that most ol' Canton, Sept. 9.
bodily harm on him. The attempt ration consider.pg
Be this locality While resolutions are being pre- falled, and some of the despera- the
The Admiralty notified the fol- pared by the South-west for sno. does were arrested. Over 300 peti-huddled together and it indeed mission to the Fifth National Con- tioners were in Canton working stands to the credit of the Penang lowing appointments on Saturday: Lt.-Comdra-J. 0. Roper, to gress to be held at Nanking. Mr. hard to remove Magistrate Tang, Fire Brigade that the flames were Hsiao Fu Chen. leading member but after the incident at Tong brought under control and local- Shark, September 4; and J. M. of the South-west Political Coun-Ka Wan many of the petitioners ised, thus preventing what would Money, to Samon, September 5.
fear have been an unprecedented dis- Lt.-Comdr. (E)-E. C. H. Fea- cil. told newspaper men yesterday hurriedly left Canton for
aster by fire in the history of Pen-therstone, to Woolwich September that the resolutions are based on of being implicated in this out- opposition to dictatorial rule of rage. Thus, after all the fuss and
Plight Of The Victims
Lts-M, R. Bramwell, to Medway. the Nankng Government, and any fanfare, the efforts to dismiss Mr. foreign policy derogatory to Chi-Tang came to nought.
August 12, and to Orpheus, un- Members
The plight of the unfortunate dated: R. C. Lewis, to Defiance, the South-west
victima who were providentially August 14; M. G. Rimington, to H tion to Chinese dignity.
able to escape with their lives 15 32: F. W. Collins, to H.33; B. Bry- indeed pitiable-all their meagre ant, to H.49; 8. H. Pinchin, to belongings were lost and
Sturgeon; and C. A. Rowe, to Tita- with only the
nia, August 27; L H Stileman; position to-day. clothing they stand in, should to Defiance, and M. L Power, to
in Penang.. arouse the sympathy of everyone Viscount, August 28, A. 8. Jackson, to Olympus, September 1; G. C. Phillips, to 1.71; and H. G. Dymott, to Shark, September 4; R. D. Cay- ley, to Medway; and C. W. North, to L.23, September 3.
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nese sovereign rights and humlla- Political Council want very badly "Nanking will probably and it Mr. Tang to come here to resume hard to accept these motions," his duties, as he is a member of Mr. Hslao went on, "The South-the standing committee. The high west will, nevertheless, adhere to officials here have given plenty of free advice to Nanking on how to its policies as before.
"Speaking for myself. I oppose the counsel of Mr. Tang is needed deal with foreign questions, hence The National Government. In both the Fifth National Congress Educated in the United States and Great Britain, so far from weaken- and the constitution drafted by having served As premier and ing after the end of its third year Mr. Sun Fo. They do not help foreign minister, Mr. Tang is well of office, shows on the contrary, anything at all, for the past policy
informed on foreign questions." some signs of being more securely was to decide on something and In the saddle than it was a year never carry it out. The constitui Now that the charges of corrup- tion and incompetency have gone the National People's ¦ ago, and at a series of recent by-tion and elections its supporters have been Assembly are pulling wool over the up in smoke, Mr. Tang will come
to Canton next week. returned by unexpectedly large yes of the people. They offer no majorities. Labour has failed to fniaediate relief to "the masses.
"What secure any manifestation of striking revival of confidence in its policy, though on the other hand
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From Our Special Correspondent)
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The area where the outbreak occurred faces the seafront and is about a hundred yards from
and the Asiatic Petroleum" stores. Lts. (E)-B. S. Blanchford, to Persk Lane, between the Socony
The
fire, it appears, was first Leander, August 15; and FEL noticed by the residents of a house Philips, to Pembroke for-RNB., which is altuated immediately | Chatham, September 7. opposite the two amoke houses of Messrs. Chip Leong.
One of these 'smoké houses is a
brick building, and it was here
Surgn.-Lts.-H. J. Bennett, M.B. to Cyclops, undated, and to Ramil- lles, undated and B. L. Ballard, 'to Ramilles. August 30, and to Cy clops, undated.
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