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FUNERALS.

LATE REV. BRO, JOSEPH.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1927.

FRENCH FINANCE.

BANK ADVANCE TO STATE TO BE REDUCED.

Paria, Aug. 26.

STILL NO NEWS OF RILEY,

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OFFICIALS REDUCTANT TO INVESTIGATE.

Mr. Basil Riley, correspondent for the London Times who has been missing for three weeks, ia

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APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE LAST NIGHT.

"Our Cabaret," will be seen for the last time in the Colony to- night at the City Hall, and jud ging by the reception given to the Company last night, there can he

will be fairly big.

The funeral D the Inte Brother Joseph took place yester-}· day afternoon. The cortege was According to L'Echo de Paris met at the entrance to the Roman the limit of the advances of the Catholic cemetery by the Right Bank to the State will be, on the Rev. Bishop Valtorta, with clergy 31st inst., reduced to 32 billions and acolytes of the Roman Catho- francs instead 36 billions and still unheard from, and the myslittle doubt that the attendance lic Cathedral, and a procession half. With previous repayments was formed to the mortuary thus limit of advances will be chapel, where the Requiem service reduced by a total of eight billions was intoned by the Rev. Father and half since the Cabinet and Granelli, His Lordship pontifient the National Union took office. inst.

The Right Rev. Bishop Valtorta officiated at the graveside, and was assisted by the Rev. Fathers Augustine, Granelli, Noval, and

Rossi.

Brother Aimar, director of the College was the chief mourner.

tery of his disappearance and the lack of news with regard to him is occasioning considerable per- turbation and comment in interna- tional circles, both in China and abroad,

The programme during lasti night's performance was parti- cularly attractive, and several en-

Moreover the recent loan will

cores were demanded. Charles permit shortly of the withdrawal of

Mason, the comedian was the most 1,300 millions in honds for na-

It will be recalled, from reports popular of this little group of tál. tional defonce from circulation.published in the Hankow Herald, ented artistes and as usual the Haras.

that on the morning of July 19 the sisters Rita and Delia Vivienne train on which Mr. Riley was and Fred Collier delighted those travelling north reached Cheng-present with several speciality chow. On the morning of July 23 dances which were well appreciat "Mr. Riley intimated to his travelled.

ing companions that he would be away but a few hours, In the course of a walk through a nearby village. Since then he has not been heard from.

There was a large company pre- sent including Brother Aubert, Sub-Director, the entire staff of the college, a larger number of scholars, and members of the committee of the Old Boys' Asso- ciation, Also Mr. E. Ralphs, Inspector of English Schools, Mr. Ja M. Noronha, Dr. Basto, and Messrs. A. and P. Leong Hing-the kee.

Others present included Fathers Downs, Riganti, Le Corre, and Le Bond. There were also in atten dance sisters from the various

SWISS RAILWAY DISASTER.

EIGHTEEN KILLED.

Chamonix, Aug. 26. Three others have died bringing Endeavours have boen made by

Thirty

the British authorities at Peking deathroll up to 18.

to accure an investigation at people were injured.

The train was filled with pas-Chengchow but Peking, being at sengers and had gone only 300 the present moment at war with yards from the station when the the Chengchow district, there is no engine and the first coach left the hope of a successful investigation rails and fell down the mountain- from that quarter. Lay teachers acted as pall-bear-side. The second coach was saved by a tourist applying the emergency brake. The dead include the driver and alx women.-Reuter.

conventa.

ers.

Wreaths were sent by the fol. lowing:-Messrs. Little. Adams and Wood, Mr. E. Ralphs. Ro- bert and Leo Choa, C. Van-Leo, Simon Tse-yan, "Andrew Tse, First Hongkong (St. Joseph's College) troop of Boy Scouts, Antony, J. A. de Almeida, Masters Woo Pak-san. Woo Pak-chuon, Woo Pak-foo, and Woo Pak-kwai, Dr. Eugene L. de Souza, Omar Brothers, Xavier Bros., past pupils in the Charter ed Bank of India, Australia, and China, Mr. F. B. da Silva, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Basto, the servants at

THE "N. Č. D. NEWS."

STILL UNDER POSTAL BAN.

The fact that the North China Daily News has been reaching Hongkong has led to local sup position that the Nanking Govern- ment's postal ban had been lifted, This is not the case, as the follow- St. Joseph's College, Mr. L. Eing telegram, received from the Haynes, Mr. C. Houghton, Mr. RN. C. D. News yesterday, shows: Pereira, Mr. W. H. Cheung. past Postal ban still maintained pupils in Messrs. Jardine Mathe against us, your report incorrect. son and Co. Ltd. insurance de- Distribution is being effected partment, St. Joseph's College despite the ban." Football Club, Messrs. J. and R. Alarákių; Mr. G. A. Hyder, Mr. and Mrs. O'Sullivan and family, and Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Figueiredo and son.

Guild), and Mesers, A. Macfarlane, | E. Handon, F. Samways, E.

Stainfield. Watson, R. Campbell, W. Excell and R. Whiteford.

The officiating minister was the Rev. W. R. Cannell.

Wreaths.

4.

Wheels Dificult to Move. The British Consul General at Hankow, Mr. Harold Porter, has used his every endeavour to get action from here, but at times, and when they are so minded, Chinese wheels are very difficult indeed to The Foreign Office here bas.communicated with Cheng- chow, and Chengchów has replied, "Mr. Riley is not here." Hankow has asked, "If he is not there, then where Is he?".

move.

But this, Chengchow appears to scorn as a rather useless question They have already answered, "He is not here," and they appear to feel irritated that anything fur- ther should be asked of them

The Disorderly room" which was given just before the interval proved to be a very humorous sketch both Billy Bray and Charles Mason revealing themselves to be artistes of no meau calibre.

JAPANESE NAVAL

DISASTER.

MANOEUVRES SUSPENDED.

Tokyo, Aug. 26. The Asahi's special correspon- dent writing from Maizuru quotes the port authorities as attributing the naval disaster to the darkness of the night and the dense fog.

It is believed impossible to refloat the Warabi owing to the depth of water. The Naka and Ashi arrived at Maizuru yesterday

evening.

Further manoeuvres have been

planes are searching for bodies suspended. Warships and aero- but up to the present only one has been recovered.

The latest figures of casualties give a list of 119, including 11 officers. Reuter.

NAVAL SCARE.

JAPANESE DENIAL.

Must Have Been Seen.

The appalling point in the case of Mr. Riley's disappearance lies not in the fact of his remaining | unheard from for a period of three weeks, nor in the possibility that some accident may have befallen him, but in the apparent refusal The Late Mr. Parker.

of the officials at Chengchow, to

Tokyo. Aug. 26. A Toreign Office spokesman has make any move toward investigat- There was a big gathering of

unequivocally denied that there is sympathisers at the funeral of the

ing what has become of him.

any truth in the report that an. late Mr. Broughton Parker, of the 8.8, Lungshan, which took place at

Foreigners in Chengchow, dur-Anglo-Japanese agreement with Wreaths were sent by the fol the Protestant Cemetery last even-lowing: his loving wife anding these days, are not too plenti- regard to future naval supremacy He also re- ing. A number of old friends and children Flo. Patsy and Bill, Mr. ful. The appearance of a strange has been "concluded. colleagues were present, but owing and Mrs. T. Hynes and family, Mr. foreigner in any native village so futed the allegation that a revival to the fact that a number of and Mrs. E. Hanlon, Mr. and Mre, far from one of the Treaty Ports of the Anglo-Japanese agreement, is river boats were not in harbour, N. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. W. Glend-must have caused considerable under discussion-Reuter. many officers were not able to be inning, Mr. and Mrs. A. Robertson, comment. present.

Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Campbell, Mr. It is interesting to note that before his appointment to the Yee Cheong rice mills at Saigon, the late Mr. Parker was for 15 years with Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co. Ltd. He was a native of Sydney, Australia, and was edu- cated in London. He leaves many friends in Saigon to mourn his loss. It is believed that both his mother and father are still living in Sydney.

Action Necessary.

and Mrs. S. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. D. Hundreds of people must have ance. has aroused much forebod- Harvey and David, Mr. and Mrs. seen him come into the village, ing.

who must be many J. M. Ramsay and family, Mr. and and there Mrs. W. Forsyth, Mr. and Mrs. E. know what has become of bim L. Stainfield, Mr. and Mrs. A. He cannot simply have disappear- Macfarlane.

ed from the face of the earth. Nor is it reasonable for the Cheng chow officials to consider their duty done when they reply, with- out investigation. "He is not here.".

Surely it would be a wise inove for the Foreign Office at Hankow to send a representative to Cheng- chow to inquire into the matter. Possibly he might be accompanied by an official of the British Con- aulate, although this might not be necessary were the Foreign Office to make a personal investigation in this manner...

Captain and Officers of the s.s. Lungshan, officers of the Taishan, Captain and Officers of the s.s. Sui Tai; Officers of the Kinshan. Officers of the Sui An, Capt. F. Smith of the s.s. Sui Tai, Captain At the funeral there were re- Thomson, of the *8.3. Taishan, A. presentatives from the China Place (purser, Taishan). Navigation Company, (Messrs. The Hongkong, Canton and Butterfield and Swire), the Hong-Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd., the kong Canton and Macao Steamboat Office Staff of the Hongkong, Company, and the Indo-China Canton and Macao Steamboat Steam Navigation Company Off-Company, Ltd., Messrs. Butterfiel! cers from the various boats operat-and Swire (Engineering. Depart ed by the Steamboat Company ment). were not able to be present, owing The Marine Engineers' Guild of to the vessels being away,

China, The Institution of Ship- Those present included:-Mbuilders and Engineers of Hong- F. Thomason (representing the xong. Hongkong,, Canton and Macao The Superintendents- of the Steamboat Company, Ltd.), Capt. Hongkong. Canton and Macao R. Innes (Marine Superintendent Steamboat Company, Ltd., Mesers of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire), G. E. Ellams. F. G. Samways. T. M. Mr. M. M. Murray (Sunt. Engineer Perpetuo, R. McKellar, W. C. of B. and S.), Mr. J. R. Kinghorn Excell, J. A. Douglas. (Assistant Supt. Engineer), Mr. Beatrice A. Bliss, Mrs. L. Wool-able to tell in which direction he demand to know where he is. And

No Sherlock Holmes Required.

Were the authorities in Cheng- chow in the slightest degree sym- One. Chinese official sent from pathetic in assisting in the search Hankow would be of more use at for Mr. Riley, either his where- Chengchow than the whole official abouts or what has become of him personnel at that city in the mat could be ascertained in the course tor of investigating Mr. Riley's of a single day. It requires no disappearance. It should be lone Sherlock Holmes, no trained immediately. . If anything has aleuth, to uncover such a trail. happened to Mr. Riley, whatever Merely methodical inquiry in that "anything" is, should he the neighbourhood of Chengchow divulged without delay.

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