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MONDAY, MAY 13, 1929.

A SHORT JOURNEY SWATOW SHOOTING ų. S. UNIVERSITY

FOR POLICE.

WATER-WASTER AT MONGKOK STATION.

CONSTABLE'S WIFE.

There was a diversion, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, of what has now become a daily occurrence, of batches of Chinese summoned for wasting water.

REVELATIONS.

STRIKERS WOUNDED WITH BAYONETS.

SENSATION.

ENTIRE FACULTY DISMISSED FOR RELIGIOUS VIEWS.

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STRIKE PAY GRANTED. | STUDENTS IN UPROAR.

New York, May 12. Swatow, May 10:

It is learned from Desmoines, Since the strike of ricksha coolies and the firing by the lown, that the entire Faculty of police on the crowd of strikers. the University of Desmoines has the papers have continued to racen dismissed, apparently owing to non-agreement with the funda- port that the matter is not at an

censored and several important facts have since come to light.

Union, which recently took charge of the University.'

Inspector Stimson charged the wife of a Shantung constable, at-end, but they have been strictly mental views of the Baptist Bible Lached to the Monghok Police Station, with wasting water on the premises of the Statlan.

The defendant entered a plea of not guilty, remarking that she had only been washing clothes,

understood

THE HILARIOUS STORY —of an unmarried wife! GAY! SWIFT! AMUSING!

SHE

HE made up a story of having a husband in the army. She didn't

know that there was in real He an army officer who had the name she selected. And when she

announced his "death," he turned up!

WITH

Slightly

Used

CONRAD NAGEL › MAY MCAVOY

The report has caused a great It is now established that of the sensation in the United States four casualties, two, were fatal, the owing to the religious insuca in- victims dying in hospital on the volved, though it is

that the Faculty has been accord- day succeeding the firing.

Another striking fact is thated the privilege of applying for Giving evidence, Inspector Stim- son said he made a tour of in- the wounds proved, in the case of reinstatement in June.

The diaminsals, however, have spection of the married quarters the three strikers injured, to at the Mongkok Police Station at have been inflicted. by bayonets; caused high foeling among the noon yesterday and in the pre-only the boy who happened to be students, who are creating a uproar, andl de. mises occupied by the defendant's wounded was actually shot. The tremendous husband, witness saw the accused Inference seems to be that the monstrating vigorously,

After the announcement had washing clothes under the tap. police found the crowd in a really She had put a garment round the ugly mood and were in a tight been made, the students assembled in almost full force and eggs wore tap so as to prevent the splashing place.. of water to be heard.

Subsequent to the incident, the thrown at the President of the Board of Trustees, who ordered the Under the tap was a bucket full coolies seem to have got all they dismissals, while the whole Board

They demanded two was vigorously hooted, of clothes and the water wis run-wanted. ning to waste over the top of the days' strike pay from the Munich-tually, the police were called in to receptacle.

pality, at the rate of $1.50 a day restore order. on the ground that the strike was due to the action of the Munich pality. The Municipality found themselves compelled to promise and paid 800 strikers $2 ench. In addition to this, the coolies have practically excluded

Registering a conviction, his Worship pointed out to defendant that there was a shortage of water in the Colong. He described her act as being foolish to herself and selfish towards her neighbours,

com-

Even-

The University of Desmoines represents the ne phia ultro, of All American fundamentalism. modern geologists and other velutionists were ousted over two years ago, and any suspicion of modernism IN A fine of $5 was imposed.

unorthodoxy or In cases in which various defeu-private rickshan. from the streets coverely stamped out.

High criticism of the Bible In dants were charged with washing and have raided the premises of a clothes within 100 yards of a hanker who had provided a con- regarded as the invention of the street fountain, lines of $2 each sierable number of "private" rick- Devil-Reuter's American Service. were imposed,

ahas. Is place was ransacked.

THE AMERICAN NAVAL FORMULA.·

EARLY EXPRESSION OF

'serious' nouRTS.

London, May 12. The Daily Telegraph'a naval cor- respondent writes to-day saying that the formula draws up by the United States' naval experts for the reddetion of fighting fleets is now being scrutinised by British experts.

Yesterday it was announced

NEW YORK.

that the Municipality were 'invit-WOMEN POLICE RAID IN ing. offers from merchants to take over the richesha monopoly for $50,000, but that the coolies are objecting to the proposals and are STORM OF INDIGNATION AT appealing to Canton against the moposals-Our Own Correspon.

drat.

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RUSSIAN GRAIN FAMINE.

AMERICAN STATEMENT OF GRAVE POSITION.

FINANCIAL PROBLEM.

New York, May 12.

THEIR CONDUCT.'

New York, May 12.

Mr. Whalen, Chief of Police in' New York City, has replaced Mrs. Mary Sullivan, the Director of the Women's Bureau of the New York male Police Department by a police officer.

The dismissal of Mra, Sullivan In the result of protests from all over the country against a recent raid in New York by women police! The formala, It is slated, lays

on a Birth Control Clinic, one of down as a maximum strength in

the many established in the United cruisers, a lonnnge of 250,000, n

States by Margaret Sanger, who figure which would involve a heavy

is the "Marle Stopes" of America,"

The conduct of the women reduction in the American building programme, and the wholesale

police on this occasion, and the serapping of British warships.

Mr. Klein, the Assistant Secro- fact that the private medical his- British naval experts, says the tary of the US. Commerce Depart-tory sheets of the women patients Telegraph's correspondent, express ment, in the course of a wireless were removed as evidence, has the opinion that the figure mention- talk to-day, said that Russia's caused a storm of indignation in ed would be utterly insufficient for gravest problem at the present medical circles.--Heuter's American i

Service. British requirements as, after protime was a shortage of grain. viding for the battle feet, barely a There was a curcity of bread dozen cruisers would be available in every Soviet city, he said, while for the defence of the British trade drastic rationing had been im rante throughout world.posed, and prices were mounting Rehter.

rapidly. It is said that the peasants are leaving their farms. Russia will be compelled to in- port probably half a million tonn of grain læfore the Spring harvest, presumably from the Argentine. if this is done, as neems absolutely necessary, the purchase will com- pletely exhaust the. Soviet State Bank gold reserve and will absorb

the

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CAN BE PUT INTO, A SUBMARINE.

London, May, 12.

A small aeroplane, that has been

MACAO SEWERAGE.

EXTENSION OF NULLAH AT PRAIA GRANDE BAY.

Maeno, May 7. At the northern bend of Prain Grande Bay work has commenced on the extension of the nullah that empties itself into this particular spot. Owing to continuous silt. a large portion of the Governing and the position of the nul- ment's foreign exchange.

lah, the area close to the place Meanwhile it is stated that there has been troubled for some time

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submarine, is one of the secret bushels of wheat in Canada at the sant odours emanating from the exhibits that will be revealed for present time, awaiting export accumulated mud. the first time at the International orders.-Renter's American Service, Acro Exhibition, to be opened at Olympix by the Prince of Wales in July.

The machine is the outcome of some years of experiment and is one of the most modern develop ments of aircraft, science.

Several other tuyul Air Force Machines which have hitherto been kept secret will be on view at Olympia-British Wireless,

BRITISH TRÅDE RETURNS.

↓

CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION IN EXPORTS.

London, May 12. The Board of Trade returns for

ex-

The Macao authorities have, in eansequence, undertaken to tend the nullah many hundreds of fect out into the old harbour channel where the prevailing tides will at all times be able to sweep away the discharge,

The present work consluts of cutting away into the mud-bed of a ditch into which will bo pinced the reinforced concrete piping in continuation of the sewer where It opens into the bay. Other

the month of April show that im- works are also planned in this porta during the month totalled over part of the colony, but will not bo

DAVIS CUP CONTESTS. £104,000,000, as compared with put in hand until the present ex- £90,000,000 In April of last year tension is completed.-Macao In- and £98,000,000 in the month of formation and Publicity Bureau. BELGIUM AND SPAIN OUT OF March this year..

STRUGGLE..

Exports also show considerable

value expansion. Their

last month exceeded £60,000,000, which Loudon, May 12.

is £1,500,000 more than the total Czecho-Slovakia has eliminated for the preceding month and near- Belgium from the Davis Cup Com-ly £5,000,000 more than the total the matches being played at]: Cod exports represented in Prague.

value nearly £1,000,000 more than those of April of last year Briitsh Wireless.

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ROME AND IRELAND.

DIPLOMATIC RELATION

DISCUSSIONS.

Rome, May 11.

The Observatore Romano states

that the Irish Free. State has ap

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KING'S RETURN TO WINDSOR

CIVIC WELCOME BEING PREPARED,

London, May 12, Windsor is preparing a civic

A THOUSAND MILLION.

LONDON BANKS CREATE A NEW RECORD.

Landon, May 11. For the first time in the history of London clearing banks their advances have exceeded £1,000,- 000,000 in one month. The latest return of the ten banks belonging to the clearing house shows Increase in the total average ad- vances from 2995,000,000 in March to £1,001,000,000 in April.-- British Wireless,

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Paris, May 11. The Franco-American film 'pro- ducers' negotiations with regard to the proposals to be made to the French Government for modifying

Rplied to the Vatican with a view welcome for H. M. the King, who, French restrictions regarding the

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