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SMUGGLING CHINESE INTO AUSTRÁLIA:

ON DEAD MEN'S BIRTH” CERTIFICATES. -

Widespread Conspiracy With Hongkong Headquarters,

A raid conducted by Revenue Commander Ivau W. Whitehorn, the junior of the 20 Lieutenant- Oleer Lanigan on board a sam

Port Darwin, August 3. commanders promoted to that rank pan which was anchored at Mong-

The Customs. Authorities have in the midsummer list, has been kok on Sunday revealed a quantity

widespread con In command since 1923 of the gun-of raw oplum concealed under the discovered a

craft. A parcel spiracy, with 'headquarters. In Chinese boards of the boat Cockchafer In

scan to have been Hongkong and agencies in Aus waters-His advancement recalls which was an incident in 1924 which elicited thrown into the harbour-on-the tralian ports, to-smuggle-Chinese- questions in the House of Commons. approach of the officers was re-into Australia on the birth cer The commanding officer of the covered and found to contain pre-tificates of dead Chinese-Reuter, Cockchafer threatened to bombard pared opium,

When charged before Mr. E. W. Wan. Hsien unless the leading au thorities of this town followed the Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis

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The population of the Japanese

The black magpie of the Tas- manian country is claimed to be an excellent weather propbet." A day or two before & storm, large- tlooks of those birds will cry all day and flap their wings almost continuously.

fumerni of Mr. Hawley, an Ameri-tracy yesterday, with unlawful capital is now 1,917,000 or only can citizen, to the grave, and also possession of 400 taels of prepare about 120,000 less than before the demanded the execution of two opium and 600 tacls of raw opium, earthquako. In Yokohama the men said to have been the murder-the mistress of the junk was fined population is 390,000, as compar efs of Mr. Hawley. The first $18,000 on the first count, with ad with 422,000 before the earth- Lord stated in the lisuse that this the alternative of twelve months' quake. pressure was entirely" justified. hard labour and $12,000 or one *** that a trial was held in accordance year's hard labour in default on the with Chinese law, that the men second charge, the sentences to run sentenced to death were undoub-concurrently. tedly those primarily responsible for the murder of Mr. Hawley, and that 48-hours elapsed between] the murder and the execution. Thiel First Lord declined to publish the report on the matter, suying that the Admiralty knew quite enough about it to make up their minds. The accelerated promotion of the gunboat's commander is a practi-have to report the death of Mr. cal.indication of the satisfaction Lorne Murphy, Chief Engineer of of the Admiralty with his conduct. Hai Ching, which took place at the Government Civil Hospital at in the matter.

1a.m. yesterday morning, from abcess on the brain,

The following appointments were made by the Admiralty on

OBITUARY.

ME: LORNE MURPHY,

It is with great regret that we

Mr. Murphy had been with the July 4-It-Commr. A. S. Ach Douglas Company for about 18. son, D.S.C., to Cockchafer. (July 20), months and after service as second and in command (undated): Sub-engineer for a year, was promoted Lfcuts. G. A Thring, to Hawkina; to Chief of the Hai Ching. He was L. R. K. Tyrwhitt, to Magnolia; native of New Zealand and only and H. B. O. Holmes, to Dido, for 47 at the time of his deccase, leav-1 emergency destroyers, and Dio ing a widow who recently loft, the mede on commissioning: Payr Colony as a volunteer worker in Lieut Commr. T. II. Trust, tos.s. Empress of Canada: A con- Tamar.

scientious officer, he was held in the great esteem by his employers anil Commr. Maxwell Scott, Senior Naval Officer ut Canton, has also his fellow officers of the Com- the loss of a been promoted to the rank of cap-pany, who mourn

genuine comrade and fellow worker. The sympathy of the community is extended to Mrs. Murphy in her great bereavement:

tain.

The following appointment was made by the Admiralty on July 7. Commr. J. U. P. Fitzgerald to Tarantula (Aug 4); and in com- mand and as Senior Officer, West River (undated),

THE MOROCCO WAR.

SPANISH COLUMN ROUTS ENEMY CONCENTRATION.

Mudrid, Aug. 2.

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In the afternoon the funeral took! place at Happy Valley, the Rev. T. B. Powell officiating. There was a number of the late Mr. Murphy's colleagues present, among whom were, Mr. A. H. White (manuger of Messrs. Douglas and Company), Mr. T. S. Williamson (Superin- tendent), Mr. A. J. Stock, Mr. T. Hynes, Capt. Stout, Chief Officer Perret, Second Officer Wilkinson, Chief Engineer Dixon, Third En- gineer van Landenberg (8.8. Hai Ning), Capt. Turnbull, Chief

Officer Patley, and Mr. Middleton (s.s. Hai Ching), Capt. Stewart,] a Chief Officer Drummond, Chief A communique says Spanish column routed an energy Engineer Lang, Second Engineer] concentration between, Bulhari Puss, Messrs. Cooper and de Silva and Tauria, after brisk fighting. (s.s. Hai Hong), Capt. Gill Chief Engineer! The Spanish casualties were Officer Bird, Second fifty, mostly natives. The security of the lines of communication In the western sector is now assured. -Renter,

Arnott, Mr. Mallo (s.s. Hui Fung), Capt. Thompson, Chief Engineer Edmundson, Third Officer Baker, Third Engineer McMarn (8.8. Hai) Yang).

Tanks in Action...

The Wreaths, Fez. August 3-The French

Wreaths were laid on the grave colums making reconnaisance near Wezżan was attacked by the from his wife, Messrs. A. 11. enemy. Supported by Lanka the White, H. P. White, Neil Lang, E. column dispersed the attackers C. Bell, C, L-Farmer, J. J. Ed-1 und continued its operations.mundsen, the Rev. G. T. Waide- The increasing number of tanks grave, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Stock, has had an excellent effect on Capt., and Mrs. F. J. Gill, Capt. the French position.--Havas.

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and Mrs. J. G. Thompson, Capt. and Mrs. A. H. Stewart, Capt. and Mrs. W. S. Turnbull, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.- Drummond Mr. and Mrs. J. Sanderson Smith, Mr. and Mrs. L SHANGHAI BRIBERY CASE. T. Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.

GREGORENKO DISMISSED.

Dand, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bailey, Messrs. Douglas S. S. Company Ltd.,Į the Marine Engineers' Guild of China, Captain, Officers and En- gineers of the 8.8. Hai Ning; Shanghai, Aug. 3.

Officers and Engineers of the a.s. Gregorenko,, the Russian, ac- cused of being concerned in at Hai Ching, Engineers of the s.s. tempted bribery with Dr. Fert Hui Hong, Captain and Offleers 8.s. Winghong, Captain. Officers unatoff, was dismissed, the assessor and Engineers of the s.s. Ha! etting that "the court was satis-Hong, Officers and Engineers of od that a prima facie case had been the S. Hai Foong, the Mitsui made out against another person Bugean Kuisha, and others. and that an attempt at britiery

had been made," but that there was not suficient evidence against the accused.-Reuter.

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