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FRENCH PENAL CODE

REFORMS

Heavier Penalties For Financial Swindles

(Special to "Hong Kone Daily Press")

(By Telegraph, Copyright, Tein graphic Mustagar

Ordinares, 1893. Received, December 98. 4.80 p.m.) Paris, Dec. 28. Far reaching reforms in France's penul code-the famous Code ot Napoleon-Bre embodied in coa- clusions.. reached by the codifica- tion commission appointed three years ago which has just com- pleted its labours and recommends the abandoning of ro less than 145 articles of the Napoleonic code.

The most significant reform is the abolition of the notorious Bagno system of deporting crimin- als for life to penal settlements In Cayennes, It being abvocated te substitute imprisonment up.to a maximum of 20 years although the court may decide that the

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NEW LAWS IN BRITAIN

Irish Sweepstakes Banned

London, Dec. 23.

On New Year's Day the inhabi- tants of Great Britain will be- come, subject to a large variety of new laws.

Under the Betting Act, one may write to Dublin for a ticket in the Irish Sweep and by no means is he certain to obtain it. The sale | and distribution of tickets in any manner and publication of winners are rigorously proscribed,

Shop assistants under eighteen. hitherto able to work 74 hours 'weekly, will now do only 52 and two years hence, it will be only 48. All shop assistants must be gust- anteed

continuous eleven boum rest in every twenty four hours. Overtime must be restricted to twenty four hours a year:

Motorists from now on will be obliged to pay 12/6d. when a doctor is summoned to give emergency treatment to their victims. Motor cyclists are to pay higher insurance" and must insure their pillion riders.

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Courts Amend.

The Country ments Act; Unemployment Assis- tance, Workmen's Compensation Act, new regulations for Registra tion of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Scotland, give Hits Ma- jesty's leges anxious hours in de- termining their respective Habil- ities.-- Reuter.

SLEEPING DRUG OVERDOSE

Lady's Death In Shanghai

Shanghai, Dec. 28.

prison sentence be served in the Colonies instead of in France. Penal settlements as such, however. will cease to exist.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1934.

NEW ZEPPELIN

AIRPORT

Frankfurt As More Central Spot

(Special to the "Hong Kong

Daily Press").","

(y Telegraph, Copyright, Trio. graphic Mentages Ordinance, 1895- Received, December 28, 4.30pm)

Berlin, Dec. 28 A surprise has been created by Frankfurt-on-Main will hence retention of the death sentence forth be Germany's central air- and even the extension of its ap- port for Zeppelins according, to plication though a break with the "Lokalanzeiger," which carries an old tradition is made in the re-interview with Dr. Hugo Eckener. commendation that, guillotine exe- who confirmed the news and de cutions no longer take place pub-i clared that Frankfurt is more licly.

In the light of experience in re- cent years, much heavier punish- ments are provided in the code for financial swindles.

new

In general may be said that though the new code gives judges greater power its guiding motive has been to facilitate the re-entry of criminals into the normal life of the community, after serving their sentences

Transocean Kuo Min,

UNTOLD RICHES

IN TURKEY

Former Sultan's Jewels

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally

Press" (Copyright.).]

DR. HUGO ECHENER

centrally located than Friedrich- shafen. The latter, however will, remain as it was Germany's sole Zeppelin yard. ..

The new super-Zeppelin, which like the Graf will be commissioned for service on the South American run, is nearing completion and three or four new Zeppelins will after that be constructed for the new North Atlantic Zeppelins Company to be formed by mans and Americans..

Dr. Eckener hopes to receive pr-

"Amsterdam, Dec. 27. Riches of fabulous values rival- ling those found by Ali Baba in the zobbers' cave in the old Arablan Nights' tale of the Forty Thieves will be soberly appraised and cata- logued by a well known Dutch jewel expert who has been entrust- ed by the Turkish Government with the task of valuing the con- tents of the treasure chambers in the former" Sultan's palace at Isders for more Zeppeline. from the tanbul, according to reports in the Dutch newspaper "Tja.”

In the vaults protected by atm- our-plated walls 3. feet thick ara row upon row of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and pearls of incredible size. The crown of the Sultan Murad IV adorned with 20,000 pearls and 40,000 rubles and dis- monds, a sword with sapphire the size of an egg in the handle, a necklace of the rarest rubles weighing 4 lbs-all these are ob- Jects whose value can hardly be estimated.

Dutch

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Dutch for the expansion of the Oversea air routes. The new aerodrome at Frankfurt will de completed, by next year- Trapiocean. Kuo Min

SANTA CLAUS

TRAPPED

Now Walking On Crutches

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The walls of the old strong room are panelled with gold studded jewels and the high throne itself is Uterally covered with the pre-

London, Dec. 28. cious stones while above it hang a

Two boys in Hereford wondered crown 'containing the world's largit there really was such a person est emerald, 12 inches long and 6

as Santa Claus, inches wide. The value of the throne and crown alone is con sidered to be at least 10 millions gulden.-Transocean Run Min.

LAST NAVAL TALK

Americans Hosts To Japanese

London, Dec. 28. The last meeting of the Ameri-

Mrs. Rolf Audouard died in can and British naval delegations hospital this afternoon from the is expected to be held this after- effects of an overdose of a sleep-noon before the Americans leave ing drug.

for "home to-morrow.

Late last night she was found Admiral Standley to-day is

They hung up their stockings, set a rat trap on the floor, and went to sleep.

Their father crept in laden with presents, and put his foot in the trap. The boys woke up and now know that Santa Claus has a tem-

per.

Father is walking on crutches.- Bouter.

CITROEN FACTORY'S

DIFFICULTIES

(Special to "Hong Kona

Dally Press")"

(B Telegraph, Copyright, Tele Received, December 28, 7-30 p.m.) graphia Massager - Ordinance, 1894«.

Paris, Dec. 28

in a critical condition, suffering giving a luncheon in honour of The critical altuation in the big from veronal poisoning, and she Admiral Yamamoto at Claridges Citroen works, is forming the sub- was lying unconscious in her Other guests will be Mr. Kato, Ject of numerous discussions by apartment when the discovery Counsellor at the Japanese Em- the company's judical liquidators

bassy, Commanders Duncan

was made.

and

who are making every effort to secure future delivery to the works

the of raw material indispensable for the continuation of their activity.

Mrs. Audouard was 25 years old † Schuirmann of the American- de- and married a well-known Gerlegation and Mr. Pell. man business man here several Secretary. years ago. She was born in the No. British delegates will be Nevertheless the Citroers factory

United States and before her present.-- marriage' she was Mag Merriam | Reuter. Griffin. She had worked for a

number of local newspapers and other publications— Reuter,

ATLANTIQUE FIRE LAWSUIT

STORMY CHRISTMAS.IN AMERICA

New York, Dec. 27.

CONSPIRACY TRIAL IN

RUSSIA

Alleged Defiance By Chief Accused

(Special to “Hong Kong———

Daily Prem").

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victims of the new reign of terror which the Moscow authorities are conducting in Ukraine. There is no trace of "white guarda," the in- surrectionista all, being commun- ists who are in open revolt against the Stalin regime. Transocean Kuo Min

London, Dec. 28. Alleging that Nikolajeff, mur- derer of Kirof maintained à' de- fiant attitude before the Lenin- grad court martial instituting pro-

LENGTHY INDICTMENT ceedings against him and 13 other

Moscow, Dec, 27. conspirators, the "Daily Express' The indictment against Nikola- reports from Warsaw that the Jeff and 13 accomplices published prisoners had been chained and to-day by the Soviet telegraph conducted to the courtroom by two i dżency runs into three volumes of soldiers on each side with fixed 1 300 pages each The charges bayonets. No press representa- against the accused are based on tives were admitted, neither for paragraph 58 of the criminal law, eign nor native. One of Stalin's" that is, counter-revolution and closest collaborators. Kaganovitch | political murder. attended. †

The indictment states that the When the

attorney general | examination of the accused · men queried Nikolajeff whether he was has revealed the fact that they guilty he declared he had überated were terrorists belonging to the Russia from a rogue. "Others | former Zinovief group and called will follow suit and complete my themselves "Leningrad · Group". task." At this juncture accused |The leader of this group, ` it, is started to laugh and to hum a stated, was Katalynoff who was the song. Another accused named determined opponent of Stalin and Schatzky, however, collapsed and his circle and who exerted great repented.

Influence on Nikolajeff with whom he had worked since 1924— Transocean Kuo Min.

The "Daily Telegraph" reports that many foreigners had been

BARTER AGREEMENT

RATIFIED

Turkish Raw Cotton And Tobacco For Japan

Tokyo, Dec. 28,

A commercial modus, vivendi between Turkey and Japan which was formally signed recently has been ratified by both countries

The agreement is based on the barter system and provides that Turkey export to Japan raw cct- ton and tobacco to the annual value of yen 10,000,000 in return for which Japan will export to Turkey cotton yarns and miscel laneous goođaj Reuter.

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Dec. 28 London sliver prices to-day were up 1/4 as follow:-

Dec. 27 Dec, 28

Spot ... 23-1/8 24-3/8 Forward. 24-174. "24-1/2 London on New York cross rate. at 2 pm. to-day was 4.93-7/16 com- pared with 493-7/8 at closing yes- terday."

WASHINGTON TREATY

ABROGATION

MARSEILLES CRIME

Mysterious Woman Suspected

Paris, Dec. 27. Elusive and mysterious, a beauti- ful blonde woman is now the obr ject of a keen search by M. Paul Boncour,

who is representing

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ABYSSINIA'S

CHARGES

Emphatic Denial- By Italy

Queen Marie of Yugoslavia in the case against the three Croats; namely Malny, Benes, and Novak, who are charged with complicity [Special to the "Hong Kong Daily in the assassination of King

Pres" (Copyright.).3 Alexander at `Marselles,

She and a male companion are suspected of supplying the assas- sin, Kelemen. and other conspira „tors with arms.

Previous to the murder she was seen in Paris, Aix-en Province, Lausanne, Culos, and other places, but is now untraceable.

Apart from this hitch, the ex- amining magistrate has complet- ed the enquiry; and It is expected that the accused will be commit ted to trial in a few weeks at the Aix-en Province Assizes.— Reuter.

EXPLOITING MINES IN

SZECHUEN

LEG THEORY BOWLING

M.C.C. Expression Of Regret

Bydney, Dec. 28.)

· The Australian Cricket Control Board has announced the report Rome. Dec. 27.

from the manager of the tour 16- An emphatic dental to all

England, which included a lette abyssinia's charges 1 Italy's from the Marylebone C.C. stating answer to the Abyssinian Govern- that Nottinghamshire on October ment's latest telegram to Genevad passed & resolution deprecating in an official statement published Voce's bowling of two overs on Thursday, the Italian Govern- the Monday of the match against. ment disclaims any intention of the Australians, declaring it was. undertaking military operations taking the necessary steps to against Abyssinia and dismissed

prevent a repetition. the Abyssinian Government's fears as groundless Going on to deny that troops, from Italian Somali land have ever entered Abyssinian territory, the statement alleges. that the reverse was the "case, Abyssinian- detachments having attacked Italian frontier posts, for which Italy demands compensation from Abyssinia.

The Marylebone C.D. regretted the incident and hoped nothin of the kind would happen -Reuter

HOLIDAY TRAGEDIES. IN SPAIN

Madrid, Deck 13: Eight out of a crew of mine were drowned when a small fishing bost "Repubika" was dashed to pieces off the cliffs of Isle of Cles,

* (Special to “Hong Kong After declaring that till such

· Dally Press 'X Nanking, Dec. 28.

compensation is forthcoming Italy ((By: Telegraph, Copyright, Tula Washington, Dec. 37. - The Executive Yuan has ordered will not resume negotiations with graphic Magal | Ordinanes, 1891- The Japanese Ambassador to that the agreement of Young the object of definitely establishing - Receised, December 28, 430 p.m.). Washingtour. Mr. Salto, will deli-Brothers Banking Corporations frontier, the statement concludes ver Japan's formal denunciation allegedly concluded · with certain by deserting that the disputed of the Washington Naval Treaty foreign interests for exploitation of territory is Italian, having been to Mr. Cordell Hull, United States Ezechuen mines, be cancelled occupied by Italian troops some Secretary of State, on Saturday forthwith—

years ago. Transocean Kuo Min] Reuter.

A FURTHER PROTEST

A lorryload of holiday makers Geneva, Dec 27. Which was to be conveyed by Expressing fear that they are ferry boat across the Tajo part of the preparations for new plunged into the river not Italian attacks," ' the Abyssinian from Toledo. Four girls. Government in a further protest drowned.

Reuter

WAVE OF MURDER IN

SOUTH AFRICA

Mysterious Tragedy On A Motor Tour

Capetown; Dec. 27.7 wave of murder and sudden

will not fully resume work by Jan- death appears to have touched uary 3 since the necessary raw South Africa at Christmastide material is still lacking, so that Besides several murders involving full resumption of work is not an coloured people, tragedies among ticipated before January 10.

the white population are reported Transocron Kuo Min.

rocks and also shot and wounded another man who dived into the sea to escape, but who was again shot at and died.

to the League of Nations, received Three workers busy -

the

by Secretariat on December 24, near Huelva were carri refers to the reconnaissance by torrents and were drowned fights alleged to have been made Transocean Kuo Hin by Italian airplanes over frontier districts near Cerlogul FATAL RAILWAY CRASH which is one of the places where the

IN AMERICA incidents of December 5 took place and the scene of further collisions between Italians and.

Columbus, Ohio, Abyssinians a few days ago,

The driver and stoker of Though stressing that the train were killed and twel latest incident has necessarily in-sons injured when a Pent creased the tension in the Italian-passenger train ran Abyssinianfronter, the Abys open switch and gra

not hase goods train. The

Another mysterious tragedy oc- curred at Constantia, near Cape town, where a young and pretty school teacher, Misa Iner Eilen- ed The body of Gertruida Dewaal, Berger, who had just arrived in an elderly teacher at a local" Capetown on holiday, went motor school, was found in the school-ing with a local man

from various centres.

Twenty-three deaths are report DUKE INJURES HIS FOOT room on Boxing Day apparently éd throughout the United States

as a result of raging storms and

the bitter cold over Christmas.

London, Dec, 2

Later the car returned to Con" stantia at high speed and stopped st. a/cafeje The man staggered out

collapsed

strangled with her own stockings, while a man named Dubolt, the The Cardin freighter, Queber The programme of HRH the caretaker of the school was Tring City to ashore in the Narrows Duke of Gloucester's visit to dead in the basement with a bulleting, "I have been shot, and

the heart. A truvolver wound near New York harbour,

Auckland, New Zealand, has been curtailed by the injury to his was foot, which was sustained When sea bath

The Duke's departure for South „Island has ALSO

med one day to next

Paris, Dec. 28. The Appeal Court to-day gave Judgment in favour of the owners Pacific coast shipping has been against the insurance companies paralysed by stormg and very In the Iner Atlantique. law salt in great damage has been done in which the latter alleged defects in the eastern States, which suffered

severe gale lasting through the electric wiring system which trom caused the fire

out the michu

ger was four

the day another double the car

died

sinian Government dos dente was derailed. It Article of the League Covent but in League quarters it op

Will that Abyssinia steps at the next session Leigue Council in January Transocean Kuo, Min.

the accident was due to

take

the

THOUSANDS STRUCKEN,

· BY BLACK PLAGUE

Nanking

CHIEF SCOUT AT FRANKSTON

Lord Bade

London

the