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No blame was ascribed to any- one by the Marine Court of In- quiry yesterday on the grounding of the "City of Cambridge.” The accident

"the was ascribed to abnormal conditions and easterly set experienced at the time."

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To Be Strictly Observed

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

Shanghal, Oct. 17. Recalling that the recent disas- At to-day's meeting of the trous explosion in the Gourmet Finance Committee, a number of Powder Factory in the French votes totalling $65,000 are coming Concession in Shanghai was large-・ up for approval. Nanking, Oct. 17.

due to the managenient's Dr. Chu Ming YI, General Secret- neglect in installation of a safety, Training Times of yesterday's ary of the Executive Yuan, on his device which had caused several gallops are published on Page 10. return yesterday from Tientsin deaths, the Ministry of Industry after attending the North China has issued a circular ordering the track and field meet and repre- provincial and municipal authori senting the Yuan President, was ties Instructing them to be strict interviewed and he said that he in carrying out factory inspection was impressed by the success of in accordance with the Factory the meet and the spirit of sports- Law.

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manship shown by the athletes. China United Pren. The annual event is in charge of the Hopel Provincial Government and the Tientsin: Municipal Gov- ̈ernment and $460,000 was expend- ed, including $300.000 for the con- struction of the stadium-----

China United Presi.

OVERSEAS CHINESE HIT BY DEPRESSION

Remittances Homewards

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

Shanghai, Oct. 17. Information from overseas asso-

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The case In which William Gordon Routley Land Bailiff of the P.W.D. was granted a re- hearing following is conviction at the Kowloon Magistracy on "a charge of alleged assault, was; continued yesterday. Page 6.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The P, and O. liner Comorin is due here from Shanghai at 8 a.m. to-morrow.

A tea party in honour of the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe is to be given by the Indian Contingent of the Hong Kong Police Force at Lane Crawford's restaurant to-day. at 5.30 p.m.

Washington, and Mr. Elu Wen-tao, Chinese Minister to Italy,

Mr. J. W. Ballantine, for the last four years U. 8. Consul-General in Canton, is sailing from there with and their two Mrs. Ballantine younger daughters, Adele and. Alice, for Mukden, to which post be has been transferred. Their sidest daughter, Miss Betty Ballan- tine, is now at school in Shanghai The October number of "The

at the American School During Path of Learning", the official. Ballantine's four years in Can- Association, is a very interesting organ of the Hong Kong Teachers'

one, containing as it does articles from such well-known writers as

elations state that 127,280 Chinese nationals returned · from abroad this year as a result of the depres-Rev. D. J. Finn, S.J., L. E. Morgan sion. It is further revealed that and Professor Forster.

the normal year's funds remitted to China by overseas Chinese: of

Four cases of diphtheria with $100,000,000 annually bad dwindled three deaths, five cases of typhoid

China United Press.

INVESTIGATIONS · BY JAPANESE

cord, being especially able in pro- ton he mode" a distinguished re-

moting and cementing Bino-- American friendship. His earlier career in the consular service has taken him to Kobe, Vokohama, Tamsul in Formosa, Tokyo and Dairea.

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to $250,000,000 in 1952 and $120- with two deaths (one Imported). Professor W. 000,000 in 1933, and for the first stone case of meningitis with one

Brown of Hong months of this year it was only death, and 52 deaths from tuber- lecture to the Hong Kong Univer- Kong University will deliver a $100,000,000,--

culosis, were reported to the localsity Arts Association in Room health authorities last week On a "K" of the University at 8.45 p.m. Monday three cases of diphtheria, on Friday, October 28th. Profes- were also reported.

sor Brown travelled during his vacation through parts of Africa Mgr. Mario Zanin, the Apostolic.rarely visited by tourists and took Delegate to China, who has al- many photographs, Hits journey ready visited many parts of this extended the whole length of the country, expects to leave Peking River Nile from source to mouth for Central China in the near fu- and he has therefore chosen as tore. He is to be accompanied by the title of his lecture "The River Father Yu Pin. General Director Nile" The lecture will be us of Catholic Action in China; who trated by photographs taken by returned from Italy some months Professor BrowzL. ago, after a stay of ten years.

Affairs In Chahar

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally -Press (Copyright).]

Peiping, Oct. 17. From Kalgan it is ascertained that in the past months 156

The first test run through the Japanese visited Charhar Province There was a fairly large gather Tanna tunnel, the construction of under the pretext of sightseeing ing of members, and friends in the which took sixteen years--the most and making detailed investigations West Lounge of the European difficult feat in the history of into the population number as F.M.CA. last night when Profes- Japanese railways was conducted well as affairs in different parts of sor W. Brown of the Hong Kong on October 1. Test runs will be the province China United Press

CANEW AERODROME

(Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Dapyrigh?)]

Hankow, Oct. 17. The report of the capture by Government troops of Jaichin, the "Soviel capital in Klange, is con- Armed in oficial despatches from Nanchang China United Pres

INAUGURATED.

(Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Fress" ((@pyright;}],

University gave a very interesting made continuously for two months, paper on James Watt, Father of and the tunnel formally opened the Steam Engine and hence the for use on December 1. The tun- Mechanient Revolution Mr. P. Del is 25,614 feet long and the Cassidy was in the chair and pro- posed a vote of thanks to the speaker, which

met with acclamation.

bore was completed by a frial blast fired on June 19, 1933. Bixty-three. lives were lost in the giant task of drilling the big hole through Mount Tanna and three times it The National Government issued was necessary to suspend, the work Chengchow, Oct. 17.a mandate to-day conferring on because of floods resulting when The new aerodrome of the Dr. WW. Yen, the first Chinese an underground lake was encoun- Eurasia Aviation Corporation for Ambassador to Soviet Russia, the tered. The tunnel cost Y.25,000,000. the Shanghai-Sinklang and Fel- Tsai Tu Medal, First Order. The The first train through the tunnet ping-Canton Airways weS inau- Becond Order of the same decora started from Atami for Numazu, et to General 7 o'clock in the morning, scheduled surated yesterday. Air planes on ton was awarded the Pelping-Canton line will here- Chiang Teo-in, Chinese Minister to cover the 25 miles In 44 minutes. after touch at the city instead of ty Japan, Mr. Quo Tal-chi, Chinese The turmel is 25 feet wide and at Taiyuan. The station once has Minister to London, Dr. Wellington is double tracked. The that test. been removed here.

Boo, Chinese Minister to France, train ran through the tunnel in China United Pren."

Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese, Minister in six minutes.

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