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A verdict of death by misad venture was returned by Mr. Lée at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- day afternoon when a death In- quiry was held,

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The Hong Kong Football Club,

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Are critics Justifed in saying, considered in that corruption in Chinese omalal-ployment. Only those who have dơm is responsible for the present strong "backing" "ör á big "pull" | Rugby Section held their first. deplorable situation in China?" can Had their way to lucrative rugby trial yesterday afternoon Commenting on this question, the posts. Then, too, no defalte term when over thirty players enjoyed Central China Daily News points of office is fixed. · An official may forty minutes play.

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to the critics that such be removed at any time, in spite blame placed on Government of- of his good record, to make room The Hong Kong Hockey Club for another who has stronger secured the first win of their sea- they are not born corrupt. It is "backing." With this situation surrounding conditions which in- confronting them, officials natur- duce them to the practice of cor- ally seek an opportunity, whenever ruption. They become corrupted they can, to enrich themselves be- for the following reasons among fore being put out of office. others;

The wreckage of the plane was found by the German cargo steam-ficials is not justified, for after all er "Leander, and the tross-Chan- Del steamer "Biarritz" brought five of the bodies into Folkestone.

Rain was falling and visibility was very poor at the time of the disaster. Three of the passengers ware French," two British and one American.

The lot was W. R. Bannister who was a wartime airman of great experience. This is the first accident Hillman Airways have had

British Wireless.

ADMIRAL RETURNS TO WEI-HAI-WEI Lady Dreyer Proceeding To England

Wel-Eai-Wei, Oct. 3. Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer and Lady Dreyer retumed to-day aboard HMS. Falmouth after their visit to Peiping. The Admiral re- joins EMS. Kent. "N

Lady Dreyer is proceeding to Shanghai to-morrow to catch the B.S. Empress of Asia on her way to. England. Heuter.

ANGLO-JAPANESE TRADE

Close Co-operation, Urged By Lord Barnby

Nanking, Oct. 3. The Ninth Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine

opened Fourteen countries interested

here to-day. tropical and health problems are represented and there four hundred omcial and unofficial the ĺ delegates ($878 Harbin-Changchan section is tak- The Congress patron and Pre-

Tokyo, Oct. 3. ing place and through traffic from sident, Mr. Wang Ching Wel ex econonile, rivalry between Anglo- The elimination of world Harbin to Dairen is already plan-tended a welcome to ned.

the dele Japanese traders in favour of close gates when he delivered his open-co-operation, was All the present Chinese Eastern ing speech.

advocated by Rallway employees' discharge and The Congress will

Lord Barnby, leader of the FBI last seven trade mission, at a funcheon given the probable employment of 6,000 days after which it will be divided Japanese is being specially con- into three groups, touring to Pel- by the Japan Economic Federation sidered by the South Manchuria ping via Tientsin-Pukow Rail- Railway in the event of materiall way. Bankow or Chur Kang via sation of the contemplated trans- the Yangtze River, and Hangchow fer of ownership which is a step via the Nanking-Hargchow Rail- which causes keen disappointment to a large number of White. Rus stans hoping to secure jobs on the railway staff as soon as the line has changed hands. China United Press..

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HONG KONG, OCTOBER 4, 1934

PROPERTY AND SHARES

One important aspect of the present trade depression is

the value of property and shares. Of the reasons pertaining to the drop in the price of shares, the columns of this journal have dealt with at

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, October 3. London Silver prices to-day were -unchanged, as follow:—

Oct. 2 Oct. 3 22-5/8 22-5/8 22-3/4 22-3/4

Spot

Forward

some length lately. So far nothing London on New York cross rate at 2 p.m. to-day was 4.92-13/16

seems to have been undertaken

to arrest the slump, and we under-compared with 4.93-1/2 at closing

stand further that the request yesterday.

made to some local public com- panies to publish figures al frequent intervals has been politely

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CHINESE MOTOR SHIP ON FIRE NEAR AMOY

Passengers And Crew Rescued

Shanghai, October 3. Twenty-eight of the Chinese passengers and the crew of the Chinese motor-ship,

Sui Hwa, which caught fire near Amoy on Sunday afternoon were saved by the China Navigation Company's Tsinan and the Java-China-Japan Line's Tjibadak.

Both noted the signal of dis- tress on the Sul Hwa's port bow and launched life boats which effected the rescue of all the pas sengers and crew-Reuter.

MELBOURNE AIR RACE WITHDRAWAL

Kingsford Smith's

Difficulties

are informed, that such figures, put forward by the Hon, Dr. R. H. far from being a guide to the Kotewall regarding possible, im- public, are apt to be misleading. † provement in this direction did not We neither quarrel with nor sup- receive closer attention." Many port this attitude; we state the Chinese own both property and position as it has been represented shares in the Colony. Some there" to us, and we do so because it are who have purchased to the Illustrates how difficult it is to limit of their capacity and when,

Sydney, October 3. make any move to hasten as at present, a sacrifice has to be In consequence of a mishap to restoration of confidence in Ice made, it is to part with their shares his machine and the impossibility House Street..

rather than with their real estate, of effecting repairs in time to With the property market things thus depressing the share market reach London for the start of the are no better. The slump in values } which cannot fail to show reper. race, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith continues and prices cannot stand cussions in other "directions-in- has withdrawn from the London- comparison to-day with the prices cluding the property market. It Melbourne air race, but intends. twelve months ago, which was seems that while holders of shares immediately the race is finished. thought at that time to be almost in local stocks must sit by inactive to endeavour to better the win- tock bottom. The rows of un- watching the value of their hold- ner's time-- occupied houses in some parts of inge gradually dwindle, the pro- Reuter the city bear ample testimony of perty owner is in no better position, | the plight of the property owner. for not only does he live with the We are told that even rates are realisation that his capital le slow to come in and one of the representatives of the Chiese community, at the recent Budget debate informed the government that this dilatoriness was traceable" to the slump, and that those who did not pay promptly were those who could not do so and had no option but to delay, Any measure calculated to inflict further charges upon them for delaying payment was to be deplored.

shrinking from day to day, but he has the additional task of having to find the wherewithal to pay the rates as each quarter falls due.

GENERAL WEYGAND

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright;})

to-day.

Reuter.

FAILURE TO REPULSE COMMUNISTS

Commander To Be Dismissed

Nanking, Oct. "," Marchal Chiang Kai Shek has: ordered the dismissal of Lo Tseh Chow, Commander of the Twenty- third Division in Szechuen, for fallure to repulse the Communists. Reuter,

TEACHERS AND PUPILS KIDNAPPED

Bandits Surrounded By Troops

Dairen October 3. Forty--bandits stormed and kid napped four instructors and 220 pupila at the Manchu Primary School at Kaolimen, on the Muk- den-Antung - Railway line. The bandits retreated into a Kallang field, and are now completely sur rounded by troops which are hesitating to affack The recovery of the captives, however, is expect ed-Reuter

TURKISH GENERAL

DEAD

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally

Press (Copyright).]"

Munich, October 3...

The well-known Turkish Gen- cral Remzi Husseyu. Pascha died after a king niness at the age of 73. His body will be conveyed homeward later Transocean Kue Min

KEIPURA TO SING IN BERLIN OPERA

Several suggestions are made by the Central China Daily News" as remedies for this state of af- fairs.

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