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AN ELTA=XOF SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1928.
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ROYAL OAK AFFAIR "TOTE" ON BRITISH ATLANTIC FLIGHT
SECRECY.
COMPROMISE TRIED BY
SIR ROGER KEYES.
TWO OBJECTING OFFICERS
VISIT ADMIRALTY.
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RACECOURSES.
BILL GETS SECOND READING AFTER DEBATE,
LABOUR OBJECTIONS.
London, Mar. 16.
The Government is as divided on this question an they were ou the Prayer Book," said Mr. Win-
PERSONAL ANIMOSITY, ton Churchill, speaking in the
RUMOURS.
AEROPLANE "HEARD IN
MAINE."
"BRILLIANTLY COLOURED PLANE FLYING N.W."
BIG LANCASHIRE COMBINE?
CIRCUMSTANTIAL REPORT UNCONFIRMED.
A NOVEL SUGGESTION.
London, Mar. 16. The Secretary of the Cotton Yarn Association has refused to confirm the circumstantial report circulating in Manchester to the
taken in the next fortnight to form A big combine of mills In the
trade.
flouse of Commons on the Bill FAINT RAY OF HOPE. effect that definite steps will be introduced by a private Member, called the Racecourse Betting Bili,
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Among places to be visited by "Many radicals have been the tourist ship Caledonia is executed in Bankow by General Jerusalem. What's in a name? Wu Chang, Bays New York
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paper. We understand that Mar- A local angler Is alleged last shal Shang Hal is very annoyed NIPPING THE TROUBLE AT ITS Sunday to have kept his bait id about this.
his mouth. MacWhirter, he says, that maybe. this was in order to
The Taipo Burklars' Union has tell the story of his wonderful decided to subscribe to any avia catch with baited breath,
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tion company which facilitates 0.0
quick hops to Canton. Otherwise,
· ELABORATE PLANS. Edison says he can grow rubber crime in the district is normal. on tobacco plantations. Not a Malta, Mar. 16.
Ottowa, Mar. 16.
"Income Tax Returns," says a Important regulations under the great change for some of them, An unofficial version of, the in which legalises the use of the A faint ray of hope that Captain American Section of the spinning Suppression of Piracy (Amend either.
newspaper heading. This may be cident on board the battleship totalisator on racecourses. Hinchliffe and the Hon. Elate
ment) Ordinance are published in.
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true but we have doubta. "Royal Ork" is that the affair start-
It is stated that a meeting in this the current issue of the Govern also permits Race-Mackay reached land, is contained
Apropos last week's trial; It is ed with a formulated complaint and culminated in personal disagrne course authoritles to control book-in a report to the Minister of Ma-connexion will be held on Marchment Gazette, which notifies that only the poor pedestrian who now recipe book le advertised. Pacific 27th, at Marichester to discuss the the Ordinance came into operation places no reliability, in motor containing "easy, concrete rules ments between Rear-Admiral Bern-makers by allowing them the userine from the Chandian
yesterday.
cycles or their riders.
for making pastry, etc." and Collard, Caplain Kenneth of a fixed place for betting on the Railway Ollice at St. John, New proposals.
Brunswick, that three persons The general idea appears to be
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know of one cook-boy who has The main feature of the regula-| Dewar and Cominmander II. M. racecourse.
There is no truth in the story ovidently got hold of a copy. Daniel:
heard an aeroplane early yester- the establishment of a holding tions is that they empower the that Mayor Thompson of Chicago
☐ ☐ day morning in sparsely wooded company with a large capital, and police to make searches of vesacle is annoyed about American war- country twenty miles N.W. of it is understood that the scheme it being laid down that no vessel
is heing suunorted by some of the shall, unless exempted, leave for ships visiting Hongkong." Greenville, Maine,
miles leading banks. The spot is ahout Afty
certain specified ports and places from the Canadian border and the
A novel, aspect of the project until such searches have been Mr. Winston Churchill Intimated postmaster of a small hamlet de-would be the appointment by the carried out. that the Government would facili-clares he saw a brilliantly colour-operatives. of two oficials to be
Another important provision is
Now that they are cutting down This Wock's Conundrum:-- tate the progress of the Bill, but ed plane early this morning flying paid by the Company to assist the that the police must be confiden- the trees in Nathan Rond, the next If champagne in the King of remarked that the relations of then a northwesterly direction. Directors of the Combine-ially notified beforehand on any poetess will entitle her book "On Wines, what's the Queen of the Jockey Club, the bookmakers and
occasion when treasure is carried. the Asphalt."
Movies? the Exchequer must be most care-
The first clause of the regula
ᄆᄆ fully considered.—Reuter,
tions sets out definitions of "pas- senger," "aliip," and "vessel." The other regulations are as fol-could- lows:"
The Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, Admiral Sir Roker Keyes, tried to pour oil on troubled waters by suggesting, as the only possible solution, that Rear Admiral Collard transfer his fing to H. M. S. Resolution,
This, apparently, did not appeal to Rear Admiral Collard, and there- fore. Sir Roger Keyes granted his request for permission to haul down his flag.
Captain Dewar and Commander Daniel left for England.--Renter.
Visit Admiralty.
London, Mar. 16.
The Labour Party opposed the measure, and moved the rejection of the BHI, but the resolution was defented by 149 votes to 134 and the Bill passed the Second Read- ing.
Primary Object.
Major Clyn, opening the debate in favour of the Bill, expressed
The newspapers state that Cap-the opinion that the totalisator tain Dewar and Commander Daniel are now in England and visited the Admiralty to-day-British Wire- Tess.
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would improve conditions greatly for everybody interested in horse- racing,
Ile mentioned that the primary Malta, Mar. 16. object of the Bill was to secure that The only Information vouchsafed betting should contribute to, the by the naval authorities as regards maintenance of the sport of horse- the Royal Oak is that Rear-Admiral racing, and it was proposed also Collard hauled down his flag at his | to divert a percentage of the own request.
money for the benefit of the ex-
It is known, however, that Cap-cliequer. The Bill was the out- tain Dewar and. Commander come
of the conclusiona of a Daniel of. the Royal Oak, special committee of the Jockey loft for England on Murch Club and National Hunt Committee) 11, while Admiral Collard at pre- the two controlling bodies of the sent is nt Malta. There is unden-Furf.-British Wirdless, btedly a strong service reason for this, but the authorities refuse to divulge it. There has been no court-martial hitherto, and it is not true that Cupl. Dewar and Comdr. Daniel were carried to Gibraltar as passengers.
Careers of Men Involved.
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Rear-Admiral Bernard Collard, who assumed command of the First Battle Squadron of the Medi. terranean Fleet in 1927, is the son
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ATTACK.
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ANSWER TO ALLEGATIONS IN IRAK?
Bagdad, Mar. 16.
A messenger despatched by Ibn
of the late Rev. Canon J. M. Col-Sand, the King of the Hedjaz, over- lard, and has been in the Royal took the Sheikh of the powerful Navy for 38 years, being promoted Ataibah tribe, who had gathered hig forces and had set out to attack the to Roar-Admiral in 1926.
Irak frontier. After being invalided home from Gallipoli after a strenuous cam- The envoy, persuaded the tribes- paign at "W" Beach, he command-men to drop the project and to re- ed the Monitor "Lord Clive" of the turn, and it is felt that this netion Dover Patrol and for his services appears to dispose of the report that Ibn Saud is supporting the raiders. was awarded the D.5.0.
-Reuter...
Commander Daniel, also son of a minister, and much the junior In service of the two other officers, has a brilliant record. He speci- alised in gunnery and was men- tioned in despatches for his work on H.M.S. Isis and H.M.S. Royalist during the War. Later he went to the Baltic with H.M.S. Daunt- lose and was decorated with the D.S.O. for conspicuous service.
Captain Kenneth Dewar han been in the Royal Navy for 35 years, serving with distinction. From 1925 to 1927, he was Deputy Director of the Naval Intelligence Division at the Admiralty.
Further Comment,
London, Mar. 16: The two officers concerned in the Royal Oak affair are already in London,
The Mediterranean fleet was due to leave Valetta on its annual manoeuvres in conjunction with the Atlantic fleet, and' was fifty miles north of Melilla when the incident occurred. The sailing of the fleet was consequently delayed Bome hours,
Frince George is a Staff officer aboard the Nelson, flagship of the
Atlantic flect.
More Questions.
In the House of Commons, re- plying to questions, Mr. Bridgeman said he was unable to give an account of what happened on the Royal Oak, All they had at pre- sent was a wireless roport, much of which, owing to corrupt trans- misalon, it was not easy to decipher. He hoped shortly to get a written account, and hoped members would not give undue
New York, Mar. 16. Prayers for Capt. Hinchliffe and Miss Mackay were offered at a broadcast station and the unseen
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IUAINTANERINTEMENTE RUKE,
NATIONALIST ARMY DEFEATED.
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Severe Reverse for the
"Christian General,"
Naval wireless messages received in Hongkong this morning indicate that Marshal Feng Yu-siang has met with a Revere reverse at the hands of the Fenstien forces. The report of this defeat emanates from reliable sources.
It is also reported that Marshal Feng has telegraphed to Hankow for further rein- forcements.
The troops which left Can- ton recently for the war arèn are reported to have arrived in Anhui. They will oventu ally join the Northern Ex- pedition.
There are also military movements at Tatung, where troops have been seen embark- ing on river steamers,
Reuter.
U.S. BANKERS FUND FRENCH LOAN.
SWEDISH MATCH COMPANY'S HUGE INVESTMENT.
Power to Search.
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Dollars and aense make a solf- made man.
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ning of the
2. The Captain Superintendent of week. Police shall have power to search any vessel, and after any starch to makej In spring the New York, Mar. 16.
further soarches, and to detain any Chinese fancy vessel for such purpose, and he may lightly turns The largest funding operation delegate his powers under this regula- to thoughte over undertaken in New York for a foreign"Government without the
3. Every vessel in the waters of of-war. publie sale of a new issue, was the Colony shall stop when hailed by
We hear of carried out when Messrs. Mar- the police.
4. The owners, agents, charterers some people gan's, as fiscal agents for the and licensees shall notify the Captain
tion,
French Government; paid off Superintendent of Police confidentially who keep on G.870,000,000, the lance of the beforehand on any occasion when it paying their G.$100,000,000 French 8 per cent, is expected that treasure will be bills on the 1st Loan issued in 1920.
carried on a ship from or through of each month, even 'although The transaction was financed by the waters of the Colony.
While any ship is lying along- the sale of $76,000,000 worth of side
a wharf in the harbour or they haven't Frunch 5 per cent. Bonds to the Victoria, no person, except persons 4 motorwar to Swedish Match Company, of which concerned in the loading unloading their name, . $50,000,000 has been taken over of the cargo of the ship, shall be
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The week's simile: An und sophisticated as a tolophono girl who burst into tears when sho had given a subscriber the wrong number.
"My wife in vary economical. She has made herself a now dress out of one of my silk handkerchiefs."
by the Match Company's American permitted to come on board the ship With so many recent marriages, subsidiary company, the Interna- on the side of the ship away from should it not be called "St. Joins tional Match Corporation-Reu- the wharf, and no person whatsoever |ter's Americun. Service,
ARBITRATION FIELD EXTENDED.
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shall be permitted to bring or put on Cathedral"? board anything, except cargo, on the side of the ship away from the wharf.
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Rescue Work.
What with these, good. pletures, pretty soon our local cinemas won't be a fit place to sleep in.
O 0: "The Unholy Three"
Was
shown at a cinoma during the week, but to-day's returne will no doubt prove that there Is no sanctity in the Also Rans either.
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A sock on the" foot Is worth two an the ear.
Several silver ornaments woro recently stolen from a clergyman's house in Shanghai, proving that the burglar is no respecter of
00.
The O. B. 1. this week goes to paraoną, the China Mail for announcing that, in the match between Corbett
paper.
"Stenographer Wanted: must won og have had at least one car's experi- ence," says an advertisement, ́ An opportunity for the "Don't-shout-
□□ "Rodney:" No, the new baby, Ford will not have a rattle?
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6. When the master of any ship and Cuthbert, Risko propelled by any mechanical means points, other than oars and saila in the waters of the Colony has any cause A stray, bat from the 'belfry: I-can-henr-you" kind. U:S.SUBMITS DRAFT PACTS whatever to believe that any vessel You can't use the crest of an may be in need of assistance in respect earthquake wave on your note- audience was asked. to join in
TO JAPAN.
of a piratical attack, it shall be ไทย singing a hymn-Reuter's Ameri-
duty, as far as reasonably may be, to can Service.
Washington, Mar. 16.
approach such vessel as closely as The Governor of the Straits Aerial trips are said to be a curo Parent's Anxiety,
Mr. Frank B. Kellogg has hand- possible, to stand by it, to prevent the Settlements spent hle 62nd birth- for whooping cough. By the time London, Mar. 16. ed the Japanese Ambassador access of pirates thereto, to assist in
Lots of women you've paid the fare, there's There is still no nows of Hin-copies of separate arbitration of the vessel attacked, and do all celebrate theirs with flights of nothing left to cough up!
work, to call other ships to the day in the air, chcliffe.
treaties, one similar to that recent such other acts as may be necessary fancy-concerning their age. A Cairo message says that when by ratified with France and the or advisable to assist the paid versell
According to a correspondent the news leaked out that the on. other similar to the Bryan treaty in repelling the attack, and after the The Hongkong Chamber of Com- whistling indicates a vacant mind. Elsie Mackay was contemplating a drafts.
attack, and he shall act accordingly merce report states that a firm in Soccer spectators are continually fight, Lord Inchcape, who is stay-
7. The owner, charterer, agent or Aberdeen (Scotland) desires to get telling the referee about this. The new treaties are intended Heensees of any vessel not required by into touch with local agenta for ing at Holouan with Lady Inch-
O O cape, urgently appealed to her to to replace the combined concilla for under these regulations to undergo
Driving with one hand is dis refrain. He was profoundly af-tion and arbitrations pacta sub-search may apply to the Captain the sale of dried fish. Hum.
tinctly dangerous. We knew a fected when he learned she hadmitted to Mr. Matsudaira on De-Superintendent of Police for police "Rubber Politics," says B man who once ran into a church LORD IRWIN RESTORES BIG started. The news was kept from comber 31st; the change having search of the vessel; the Captain Telegraph heading.
BUDGET CUTS.
his wife owing to the state of her been made in order to place the Superintendent of Police may refuse
口口 health.
negotiations with Japan on the to comply with any such application, plenty of bounce.
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A duraeryman claims to have Lord Inchcape is torn with an-same basis as those being conductor may imposa conditions on which
A Chicago mililonaire atatos produced a stringless kind of any such application will be granted; The Governor-General-in-Counxiety, and is obliged to keep up aed with other countries. Reuter's every search undertaken pursuant to that he made most of his money rhubarb. What we really want, of ell has restored the four big cuts courageous mien before Lady Each-American Service.
this regulation sbull be deemed to be by scientific salesmanship of course, is a ukulele on the same an authorised search under these pickles. He evidently knew his lines. regulations,
INDIAN OBSTRUCTORS
OVERRULED,
Delhi, Mar. 16.
In the Budget carried by the cape--Reuter.. Legislative Assembly, namely, the grants for the Simon Commission, the Secretary of State, the Army Council and the Executive Council. -Reuter.
THE LATEST WILLS' FORTUNE.
OVER £2,000,000 In ESTATE DUTY.
CABLE SPECULATION UNABATED.
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SENSATIONAL JUMPS ON STOCK EXCHANGE.
BRAZIL LANDSLIDE DISASTER.
NINETY-TWO KILLED IN
SANTOS.
Santoa, Mar. 16. London, Mar. 16.
It is officially stated that the There was considerable further excitement on the Stock Exchange death roll last week when the side this morning over the fusion be of Mount Montserrat collapsed in tween the wireless and cable com-the middle of the night burying houses and hundreds of residents, panies, London, Mar, 16.
Murconi's fluctuated rapidly be The Into Mr. Frederick Noel tween 67/6 and 70/-, while Cana-" Magnificent rescue work was Hamilton Wills, of the tobacco dian Marconi's were comparatively carried out and the disaster was family, left a fortune of £5,053,000, steady at 28/-.
thereby rendered less gorfous than The Estate Duty payable on the The Eastern Telegraph "stocks, was at frat feared.-Reuter's figure is at Ional £2,000,000. however, rose in sensational manner American Servicé, Reuter.
BIG SHIPPING PROFITS.
jumping 381⁄2 points to 1921⁄2.
The Eastern Extension £10/10/-
was 92,
8. No ship required under these!
onions...
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M.P.'s with because of this,
"Tie-pins, are not as popular as regulations to undergo police search It's stated that oighty per cent, they were," auys a men's wear shall commence or attempt to com-
mence a voyage or trip except from of the sickness In Bangkok is specialist, Nor
are talpans
a place and at an hour previously caused by mosquito-bites. Com according to our office-boy. notified to and approved by the munity stinging! Captain Superintendent of Police,
Eules Regarding Searches.
9, Sabject to exemption granted under these regulations no ship shall carry or attempt to carry any passen ger from the Colony or through the waters of the Colony on a voyage to or including any port or place
(1) on the Canton River; or
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(2) on the West Rivor or any river
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"Farewell Rubber Tillin,” says a again. Singapore newspaper heading. "Risque-Write us Unfortunately we are a little deaf. We've had some, thanks, the only thing we can hear dis- tinctly being the dinner gong.
..
One of the winners in the motor- sure whether it is all done by cycle trial is possibly not quite
Kindness,
Good news-Hongkong is to be in the Seventh Heaven for a whole. week.
A London comedian has been found wandering, in the country, auffering from loss of memory.
or estuary in the province of Two kega fell overboard this The theatre management, however, Kwong Tung or the province of wock in New York Harbour. The has furnished him with a typo- Kwong Bal; or
20
the mat
(3) In either of the said provinces; excitement only abated when it written copy of his joke,
was learned that it was gold and
An actress who has remarried, not brandy. \(4) in Formosa; or
seven times, saya shé has never (5) on the east coast of Asia
south of Shanghai and north This Tyrolean question, looks favoured. the present marringo. of Singapore;
like developing into a contest of system. Think what she might have done if she'd been really conducted in such manner as the
keen on IE:
it! Captain Superintendent of Police may
America claims to be building 0 0 direct and approve, shall have been another structure higher than any All Italians who observe Dr. Halbran, Ambassador to carried out, or until the master or A dividend of ten per cent. is FINER WEATHER EXPECTED. Chile, has been appointed Ambas other person in charge, thereof shall other in the world. The land of criticisms of Mussolini are enjoin-
tall storeys!"
ed to presorve"""" a "marble-like declared in the report of the East
sador to the United States In Buc- have received a certificate in writing
indifference Asiatic Company for the year ond-
The Observatory forocast up to consign to Sinor Pueyrródon, who aigned by the Captain Superintendent credence to sensational press re-ed December. 81st. 1927, while noon to-morrow is:-North winda, resigned after a dispute at the of Police, or by some pelice on The best moves in the local SAARED. CA
authorised by the Captain Superinten 5,160,000 kroner will be carried moderate; overcast at first, aner Havana Conference on the tar dent of Police in that behalf, from forward to new account-Reuter. later.
Issue-Reuter's American Service.
(Continued on Page 10,)
shares rose by £21 to £19, wie NEW AMBASSADOR TO US unless and until a search thereof, brain versus Brain the Western Telegraph went up to £19, an increase value of £2/15/---| Router.
ports,
(Continued on Page 16.),
London, Mar. 16.
Buenos Aires, Mar. 10.
chess tournament were made by a Forty-two years on, toast is the Knight That is the advantage of record of a Chinese egg which will one who is quite at home amony be on view at the "Ching" Exhibi Idinga, queens, bishops and caution", tion,
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