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THE C.N.C. STRIKE.

NO ABATEMENT OF THE DEADLOCK.

No information regarding the state of the negotiations between

RECORD FLIGHT.

LONDON-SINGAPORE IN 11 DAYS.

A Fokker monoplane with five the Guilds and the Company in people on board, which left connexion with the strike of the London on June 15, arrived European Boating staff of the

Wednesday last avaliable this morning, and Hong-week, en route for Batavia. It Chinn Navigation Company was. Singapore" on

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

A KOWLOON CANINE FEUD.

DOG OWNERS IN COURT.

A fight between two dogs, one

THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1927.

POLICE OFFICER RETIRING.

THRILLING EPISODES

RE-CALLED.

REPULSE BAY ROAD.

STILL CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.

Tho now road to Repulse Bay |is: still closed to vehicular traffic

as the result of last Saturday's.

kong is now awaiting further deve-has broken two records: It is the dog to be abroad without a muzzle, No. 2 launch. It is a fact worthy the work of clearance since Satur-1

lopments...

first machine carrying passenger We are informed that all the vessels at sen at midnight on June to make a flight of this length,

29 have reached port, and that the and it is the first machine to do Part of the charge, remarking that Vice afloat and is the possessor of It is anticipated that a clear paß-

The order that offers must leave their ships has not been re- scinded, and members of the shore Staff locally are still quartered on the boats, which have been left unattended.

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belonging to Mr. S. G. Hayes and "A connexion with the Hongkong heavy landslide. The collapse was onc of the biggest on the the other the property of Mr. Water Police extending over a

since the collapse of Gascon, had a sequel at the Kow-period of 17 years will be severed road loon Magistracy this morning on Saturday by the departure on the retaining wall at the Wong- when Mr. Hayes charged Mr. rotirement of Sub-Inspector Jelehoug end, the fall bringing Gaseon with allowing a ferocious Perkin, who has been in charge of down huge granite rocks.

Coolies have been engaged in on different days during the last of noto that Mr. Perkin has spent day, and good progress has been two months.

the whole of his active police ser made in spite of the difficulties. Mr. Guscon adniitted the latter

two commendations, one from the age will be completed.very short- his animal had a small head and prosent Governor, Sir Cecil Clo- had possibly slipped the collar. menti, and the C.S.P. the Hon.

ly. Tac defendant asked what Mr. Hayes meant by saying the dog Mr. E.D.C. Wolfo. was ferocious, as it had not bitten Royal Navy serving on H. M. S. OPIUM CONVENTION.

Mr. Hayes said that on at least Barracouta in South African wa- four occasions during the two ters during the Doer war from badly mauled his animal and had local force from the Navy in 1910. months, the defendant's dog had 1900 to 1904 and he joined the frightened his wife and child. He became acting-sorgeant in The dog had oven gone up to his 1913, this rank was confirmed in dat. The amah had on one occa 1915, and he was promoted to Sub- sion been bitten by Mr. Gascon's Inspector in 1922. dog.

any one.

Mr. Porkin was formerly in the

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stoppage of the C.N.C. fleet is now the distance from London in 11 complete. Vessels are held up in

the time taken Singapore, Bangkok, and other days, which was places south, and these are acting when three days on which not under instructions from long-dying was done are deducted. kong.

The flight is a private one. M The vessels tied up north of Hongkong, Amoy, Swalow, Tient Van Lear Black, a rich American sin etc., are taking their instruc-business man, who is interested in banking, coalmining and news tions from Shanghai.

papers, and who is very fond of ring, wished to make personal protracted observations flight, and chartered the

Mr. Perkin's life in Hongkong The defendant said that his dog has not been devoid of excitement machine from the Royal Dutch Air Service. It has been

was always kept in his flat, and on and it is interesting to re-call that stated that the flight was the complainant's dog descending he played a prominent part at preliminary survey with a view to naugurating an air service be tween Holland and the Dutch East Indies, but Mr. Van Lear Black emphatically denies this. According to him, no arrange ments of any kind have been made in regard to that, and the flight was purely on his own initiativo and at his own expense.

Seamen's Union Offer.

It was rumoured in the Colony this morning that the Canton Chinese Seamen's Union has offer ed to contribute $40,000 to the Guild Strike funds, and that the Guilds have naturally turned the offer down..

BRITAIN AND THE SOVIET.

ACTION EXPLAINED TO OTHER NATIONS.

London, July 6.

BRITAIN URGES WIDER

" RATIFICATION,

London, July 6. In the House of Commons, at question time, Sir George Hen- essy said the most recent signa- tories to the, 1925 International Opium Convention to deposit rati the stairs, the animals naturally Tai O station on Lau Tau island firations, were the Netherlands. scented the presence of each other in 1918 when Sergt. Glendinning Bulgarian, Czecho-Slovakian and and his (defendant's) dog would was shot dead by an Indian con- Polish Governments. bark from within the closed door, stable, and Mrs. Glendinning and The British Government had Mr, Gascon further stated that baby rescued from the station done its best to urge the ratifica if by some carelessness on the which caught fire.

tion by the other signatories.-- part of his servants the dog was Mr. Perkin also took an active Reuter. left open, the dog would rush out part in the prevention of the Sal- to the street. It had never fought kung piracy, when e frustrated with any dog but Mr. Hayes' an attempt by pirates to make off ROYALTY IN EAST END, The complainant's animal always with the launch running to Kong- started a fight, and would gat the moon in September 1926. He was worse of the scrap.

in charge of No. 2 launch and arrived just in time to prevent five RECEIVE POPULAR OVATION, pirates from carrying out their plan. He was honoured with a

London, July G. commendation by His Excellency The King and Queen received the Governor for the manner in a great, popular ovation this. which he handled' the situation. afternoon, when they drove During his stay in the Colony through densely-crowded streets Mr. Perkin has made a large num-of Cast London to inspect the oer of friends, and he will carry London and North-Eastern Rail- their good

Works wishes with him, way

Stratford.- when he leaves, He is sail British Wireless. ing on the 9.9. Khiva.

Presentation.

Mr. Van Lear Black, when in- terviewed at the Rafles Hotel by a newspaper reporter, said that he had no thought in his head of

His Worship said that there forming an air service from Hol-seemed to be a feud between the land to the Dutch East Indies. two dogs, and suggested that an He wished to make personal order that the defendant keep his observation of a protracted flight dog under proper control should under all conditions, He would be made. probably be questioned when he returned to Amsterdam as In the House of Commons, re- what he had seen, but there was plying to a number of questions, no arrangement at all, and he was Sir Austen Chamberlain stated that at a meeting of British, Ger-Paying his own way. man, French, Belgian, Ilian, and Japanese representatives at Geneva, he had "explained, the reasons for Britain's breaking off with the diplomatic relations Soviets.

The complainant expreased to satisfaction at the suggestion, and

the order was accordingly mute.

Persian Opposition.

Speaking of the... propused English service to the East, Mr. Van Leur Black said no service could materialise from any coun- No proposals were made of atry while the Persian. Govern- joint conference with Russia, joint action with regard to Russia, Supplementary to this reply, Sir Austen said that the conversa- Lle tions were not, repeated to United States Government.- Router.

No Block Attempted.

London, July 6, Questions were addressed to Sir Austen Chamberlain in the House of Commons as to conversa-

Iment persisted in their refusal to allow machines to fly over the Persian coust.

The only real difficulty is the Persian objection?"

A BILL AND ITS SEQUEL.

ARTIST'S SITTER WHO CRITICISED.

At the request of the Colonial This morning at the Central Office, Mr. R. Bourne, late Indian Police Station canteen the Deputy Forest Service Lecturer in Forest Superintendent of Police, Mr. P.Management at the Imperial For P. J. Wodehouse, C.1.E. presented cstry Institute and University De- Sub-Inspector Perkin with a goldmonstrator in Forestry, has been New York, July 6: watch and chain, gold cuff linka deputed to visit Northern Rhodesla The jury of the Supreme Court and a wallet on behalf of his col-in order to advise the local Gov- has decided that Mr. George de leagues, The watch bore the ernment on the future policy of Forest Brush, the well-known inscription "Presented to Sub-the colony. American artist, is entitled to Inspector Perkin by his comrades That is so, afirmed Mr. van G.$4,500, for retouching the port of the Hongkong Police Force on HOW MUCH DO YOU Lear Black. The Imperial Air-trait of a woman, for which he the occasion of his retirement. why are up against it. They made bud already been paid a price of 9-7-27.

There was a fair attendance, no secret to me of the fact that they G.$10,000.

After completion of the pic-and Mr. Wodehouse was support- are locked by Persia."

thated by Mr. T. H. King, Director of "The Royal Dutch Air Service tuze, the lady complained

Intelligence, Chief TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS. would presumably experience the. there was a "cow-pasture back- Criminal

ground," and said one shoulder inspector W. Kent and Inspector same difficulty ?!

gave the impression that she C. F. Arís, weighed 250 pounds. Brush, made In making the presentation, Mr. the desired alterations, and then Wodehouse said the C.S.P., the presented a bill for an additional Hon. Mr. B. D. C. Wolfe, would

KNOW?

The following general know-

the Daily Express. ledge paper has been taken from Answers, for those who need

of this issue.

"Of course they would! I was tions, in which he participated at allowed to come through because it Geneva, respecting Russia. He was a case of an individual, but the said that at a meeting of six running of an air service would be Powers he gave an explanation of a different matter, and they would G.$7,000, which the sitter rafas-fhave liked to be present but he them; will be found on Page 12

for breaking off never give their permission to any ed to pay, hence the proceedings had another engagement. the reasons

in court.--Reuter's American Ser diplomatic relations with the Gov- one." ernment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and explained the British policy, as already publicly stated in the Commons,

Similar explanations of their own policy were given by some of the other Ministers present.

No proposals were made for "a joint conference with Russia nor for any joint action in regard to Russia.

Circumstances vary in diTerest countries, and each Government must pursue the policy best adapt- ed to its own interesta.

culty?"

"Is there no way out of the difi.vice.

"i do not know that there is: have talked with a lot of people about it, and I can see no way out."

01.

The Boute. The machine left London

and flew to Am- June 15, sterdam,

RENT RESTRICTION.

TO BE CONTINUED AT HOME.

London, July G.

The speaker made reference to the part Mr. Perkin played subsc- quent to the murder at Tal 0, of Sergt. Glendinning; and in the Saikung piracy, remarking with regard to the latter that Mr. Perkin was fortunate enough to be in charge of a Police cruising launch on about the only occasion when pirates were actually caught

The health of Mr. Perkin was

At a meeting of the Oorporation| of London at Guildhall, Lieuten-

It left Amsterdam on In the House of Commons, Mr.in the act. the 18th, and between there and Neville Chamberlain announced Singapore halted at Budapest, Con- that he proposed to include the then drunk, after which he suit-

Aleppo, Baghdad, existing rent restriction Acts in ably replied. tantinople,

under Abbas, Karachi, Calcutta, the Expiring Laws Continuation Rangoon, Bangkok and Singora Bill this year. Reuter. Replying to a supplementary Babides Mr. Van Lear Black, and question, he said those engaged in Mr. Scholte, it carries Mr. Joseph the conversation. included repre- Leo, Bayline (Mr. Van Lear Black's sentatives of France, Germany,secretary), Mr. G. J. Geysandortier Italy, Japan, and Britain, and he (pilot) and a mechanic named formed the impression that they Weber. The machine is a dualeon- fully realised that Britain had trol one, and the pilots can take over never attempted to form a black control from each other in the nir. It is built to carry eight passengera against Russia.--British Wireless.

as well as the pilot.

REVISED PRAYER.

BOOK,

CHURCH ASSEMBLY

APPROVES.

Arrangements were made for two military aeroplanes ta meet the machine, and escort it to Balavia, where it was to be guarded by sol Jiers.

Bolestier Plain, in Singapore, where the machine landed, was not long enough for it to take off again in safety when fully loaded.

course.

The giant Fokker monoplane foft Singapore on Thursday morning, London, July 6 Considered the most critical at 16, Mr. A. B. Scholte, the chief decision taken by the Church of pilot, flying it light to the race- England since the Reformation, Even the racecourse was not süf the Church Assembly, after twoficiently long to make the take-off days' discussion, by 517 votes to absolutely safe, so some of the gase- 133 has accepted the Revised line was sacrificed and the machine, Prayer Book-Reuter.

thur considerably lightened, took off very successfully, circled over the crowd, and with a loud roar. from its huge exhausts disappeared.| from the sight of the watchers.

Arrangements were made for n descent at Muntko, where the A. P. C. will provide more fucl.

London, July 6. The Church Assembly to-day gave its final approval to the re- vised form of the Prayer Book for The the Church of England. motion in support of the Prayer Book mensure was carried in the House of Rishops by 34 votes to 4, in the House of Clergy by 253 to 37, and in the House of Laity by 230 to 02.-British Wirelesa.

A telegram of March 30 atated: The Bishops, in Convocation,

After a few days in Batavia, the. fliers will start, their return journey,

calling again at Singapore.

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