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BRITISH AIR MAIL ENTERPRISE.

FLIGHTS TO ALL EUROPEAN CAPITALS.

INDIAN RECORDS.

London, May 1.

the Important extensions of Trans-Cantinental Air Services will be announced "in the summer time-table within the next few daya,

Working in conjunction with the two lines of Europe, British air chiefs are concentrating this year on developing night Dying operations and on a long-distance network.. From Croydo, which is the largest air station and how one of the world's most elaboratly equipped termint, the air liners will fly his summer to every capital city in Europe,

In preparation of plans for further main lines, much valuable knowledge has been obtained from the first weeks of operation of the longest airway in the world, namely the 5,000 miles down the weekly by the air lines, of Imperial Airway between London and India. This service is draw- ing greatly increased Inisiness each week,

On Saturday, the air mail from reached, the London - India record figure of more than 16.0mm

luffers.

The air mail Tram didis, con- sisting of 20,000 letters, which laft Karachi the previons Sunday, arrived at Croydon Aerodrome on Sunday, Although bad weather conditions were experienced on the last few hundred miles, the mail was only fifteen minitoa late.

Within the last fortnight, the amount of airborne outgoing nutil has been nearly doubled as the result of consistent regularity, With one exception, when it was taken off late, in covering the last thousand miles the India air mail has arrived at its destination a few minutes before. For after the scheduled time, --British Wireless,

KEEN TUSSLE. FOR SAMSHUL

(Continued from Paye 1.j

f

in occupying Sheldung and Cheung

uk Tam Stations, ami 1,500 these pro-Kwangsi, torres tok up their stations at Sheklung. Since then, however, they have made "no further progress.

All'a

ISSUES FOR THE SPECIAL JURY.

(Continued from Pape 1.)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

for under $5,000, the signa tures are initialled.

Mutual Protection. Asked why cheque forms were printed on special paper and with speelal decoration, Mr. Hegarty said that was to protect the bank and to protect the customers.

BRITISH VIEWS ON EXTRALITY.

'NO REPLY YET SENT TO CHINA QUERY.

STILL CONSULTING.

London, May 13. interested Governments are still in consultation regarding the

It is understood that the various

TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1929.

TRAGIC ACCIDENT AT CHEFOO.

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20 HURT IN GAS EXPLOSION.

VICAR'S STORY OF RESCUE WORK.

FOREIGN BOY KILLED BY HAND GRENADE.

London, April 13. About 20 people, including four children, were injured whon a ga❘ THROWN BY BROTHER. mnin exploded in Bidder-strecti Canning Town E, Inst night.

Two shop fronts on one side of the street were blown in, while shops un the other side also suffered badly

Chefoo, May 1.

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A tragic accident happened lust foreign families as an Indirect Monday afternoon to one of our

Asked what netion would be taken reply to China on the question or/The windows of every house near result of the local military dis-i

the surrender of extraterritorial in one of the houses was rescued by rights.

in, respect of a cheque drawn on Idank paper, witness said that legally the bank would have to pay the cheque. It would be - scrutinised very carefully and an endeavour made to see that it did not sehr again. There was no thing on the cheque but the signa

are in a case like that, and the bank had to be very careful indeed in checking it to assure itself that it was all right. Cheques of this kind usually came from up country, made payable to local firms, and

russed.

Sir Henry Golan --Suppose it WIN a beater cheque Then it would be presented across the coun- er. We should try to find out who the man, presenting it was.

a

Sir Henry Gollan:-You would not pay at anec?—No,

'Other Précautions.

wore broken, and an invalid woman

means of a firo escape.

Lurbance.

When Chang's men loft hurried- It is authoritatively stated in Several of the injured were treatly, among the things they discard- London that until the answer caned at Popiar Hospital be prepared, it can only be stated in general terms that certain re- commendations were made in 1926

Vicar's Story.

The Rov. Bertram Wardlo, of SL by the special Commission which Gabriel's Vicarage, which adjoins the houses involved in the explosion, told Press representative: net in Peking in that year.

Britain's views were then made) * was on tho sceno about half a known and circumstances have not minute after the explosion occurred sufficiently changed to justify a Everything was in pitch darkness, as change of view,

the lighting had failed, and, owing to the danger of escaping gas, wo It was reported from Washing dare it strike a matek Masumry to yesterday that as the result of was falling all around, and the enquiries made by the U.S. State shricks could be heard coming from Department, foreign Governments the tottoring buildings.

"Then someone shouted that: an with interests in Ching had in- formed Mr. H. L. Stimson that old woman win in one of the house they are not willing to relinquish We did all wo could to find her, but their privileges in China imme-a few minutes later one of the fra diately..

engines arrived, and

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was suggested that

the fireman

Asked what would nuppen in the

the placed a ladder against an adjoining case of a cheque being presented by

person other than that to whom it. British Government had replied building and got into the second had been issue, Mr. Hegarty said in those terms, but enquiries in story of one of the shuttered build they would as the owner of the London show that, no specifle jugs through a hole which had been cheque excerned if he had given Reply has yet heen kent, Britain blown in the wall. the cheque to someone else.

is likely to take the Hne that) cumstances of this kind bad to addi- extrality will be abolished gra- tional inquiry on the part of the daily following the course bank as to the circumstances under China's ability to offer protection which the cheque had been present-.

to foreigners.--Renter, ed

Cir-

With regard to notice of stopping cheques, witness said that the num- bey of the cheque to be stopped waa emired at the top of the page of the necount. A red tin was drawn down the paye, with the object, of drawing attention to the fact tha a curtain cheque had to in stoppari.

MARINE COURT.

SERIES OF VERY MINOR OFFENCES.

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Blind Woman of 83. "There he found Mrs Cartwright, crouching beside a great hole in the nged 8, who is blind and bedridden,

flour. If she had moved a fow inches she would have crashed to coriain death.

.

"She was carried into the Vicu rage, and Inter she told me how she was blown from hor bed and lay trembling on the tour, wondering what had happened. She told me she could bear the building crashing | fall round her, and every minute was A further exhibit was entered in the case when Mr. Hogarty pro-

A few minor enses were dealt expecting the walls to fall on hor." with at the Marine Court by the duced a reque Fed for 1907 barton. Comadr, G. F. Hole, R.N.were suffering from cuts and shock ing a similer caution to that ap-

this morning.

and wore given first aid by a local pearing in eineque books of the pre-

doctor at the Vicarage before going sent day. Quoting from the no-

The owner of a motor boat, to hospital. A number of people are tee Me Jenkin read: "This book summoned at the instance of Mr. homeless, uid I am doing what I can to be legit in a place of spenřity. |T. E. Jackson, of the Marine to put them up."

This cheque book must be kept Surveyor's Office, for not keeping under lock and key."

Asked what was the purpose of a, notification of that kind witness replied that it was for the mutual protection at the bank and the Customer.

Error in Binding.

brat

fine of

The mistresses of do boats faced two charges this

Most of the other injured people

|

Mrs Reed, who lives a fow yards his motor boat clean and in good | from the scene of the explosion, said condition, pleaded guilty, and that the crash of the explosion shook was fined $10 or 10 days" hard the windows of horses for hundredis | Jabours

of yards,

"First thera พคม deatoning Leung Kum, the mistress of a

૧૫áí, '' she said, "and then the passenger boat was brought bend of brickwork falling. A num- fore his Worship for committingber of children who were playing a breach of conditions of heretside werd injured by the debris, Counsel painted out that during the evidence of Mr. Haeck hd" had

licence by carrying 40 and, some of the scenpuuts of lo baskets of mangods, A An instance of where a

shops wern also exrried out cheque biok had been sent out $5 was imposed.

parently unconscious. One of the Indried, when two brigades of

with incorrect nambers by the

smalishopa was almost demolished the Third Canton Division, aut bank. Witness explained that

Workmen had been engaged on with over 1,000 Whatappa Cade that was an error in blading, result morning, there being (a) forts scene for a day or two." and one regiment of Cantear troops in the covers of two books goring their boats at Causeway There bo's been a sories of alarmı | from the North Rises, advanerd being transposed, in that case, eBay without a permit, and (b)ing gas explosions in London since along the Canton-Kowloon Hail-ustomer altered li numbers on way, with Sheklung as their the receipt to accord with those or failing to stop when called the big explosion in Holborn at objective, the news had the effect on the chopac book apd sent the After the charges had been read.

by a Police officer. December. pon to do

In the Hobborn explosion 'bearly a of soaring-the pro-kwangsirereipi back to the bank,

out to the defendants, ne offer mile of streets was wrecked, and forces that they evacuated Shri- Deding with the interview at

prosecuting intimated that he enormous damage, which oven naw lung early yesterday, morning and the bank on January 18, witness

would not press the second charge has not been repaired, was dono, made for Cheung Muk Tak | said that in addition to rimself and it was therefore withdrawn. · Commissioners appointed by the Station,

athers present were Mr. Black,

Defendants were fined $5 each Home Secretary to inquire into the Later in the aftern991, « Mr. Dallin, Mr. Maugham, Mr.

on the first count.

enust issued their report last week. telegram was received by the Proctonaal Mr. Green.

Among their recommendations. was boat, that the work of leakage detection the should be brought under the control was of mune responsible oficial of the

| Gas Light and Coke Company,

Cantu Government to the uffe-1. "The first observation 1 remem- For anchoring his cargo that the Canton traps had taken |ber was made by myself when in the Central Fairway, Sheklung, without encountering said that the writing on the body | master, Wong Cheung-taf, any apposition.

of the cheqtys was familiar to us fined $10. One curious factor about the fall. Mr. Dallin observed that the Kwangsi-Kwangtung war is that, names of two of the payees serm- despite much military activity caled to them to be names of Govern the various fronts, no real battle not contractors."

has yet been fought. Alflongen Shighing has twice been captured by the Kwangsi troops, no actual fighting his oreurred at this point,

Another Versjon,

Ms, Jenkin! Was anything said

contradict the value of that: statement?No.

"Seems to Bẹ.”

Cominuing witness suid:–“Ân Another aeront states that the whole line. After some time kamination had been going on General Li Chimo, together with Mr. Dalla turned to Mr. Black and his troops, numbering about 4,500 said Surely that is your signature men, evacuated Stoklung yester-Bark? Mr. Maugham made a day morning, after they had similiar remark but i can't re- exploded part of the limit. They ember his exact

words. Mr.

are being pursued by troops under Black said It certainly, seems to General Choy Tiny-kai and fight be my signature'. I don't swear ing is expected at Cheung Muk-tau. as to his exact worde' but 1. do General Choy has been ordered to swear to the meaning of them- capture Walchow within three that be acknowledged it to be his days.

signature."

Fall of Shiukwan.

Mr. Jenkin read from Mr. Black's tvidence in which he said that, at the interview, he said it was certainly not his signature.

It is reported that Skiukwan has been captured by local bandits, but another reports states that the Black did not say that and added Mr. Hegarty stated" that Mṛ. eapture was effected by Com that everyone believed for some munists under Che Tak and Mo time after that he had ncknow- Chak-tung, who did much plunder ledged the signature to be his. ing and killed many people.

Dealing Further with the

On receipt of, this information bank interview, witness said the General Chun Chai-tong despatch-party broke up, Mr. Dallin saying ed the troops under General Chun that it was a waste of time, that Treubg-po 10 the district--it was a mare's nest and that they Nam Chung Po

had better get back to the Treasury.

Yunnan to Intervene.

Shanghai, May 14,

First Intimation,

General Lung Yuan, Chairman On January 20, Mr. King went "of the Yunnan Provincial Govern to the bank to get some cheques, ment Council, has wired to the saying at that time that Mr. Nanking Government stating that Messer had denied signing the he is mobillaing a Yunnanese cheques. That was the first in- Army of 20,000 strong in order to timation the bank had of a denial participato in the expedition that the cheques had been signed

by Mr. Black and Mr. Messer. against Kwangsi,

Dealing with the letter sent to the Treasury on January 19, (Continued on Page 8.)

General Lung intimates that he will personally direct his forces. Nam Chung P

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ed were a certain number of hand. grenades which they cast aside) altogether too promiseously. One was picked up on the beach by a foreigner, others were found in various places.

Three of the six snail Richard- son children, whose father has charge of the business department of the China Inland Mission, and whose mother has been quite ill for some time, were playing in the fields near their house which is on the hill south of the Missionary Home. They picked up ouc of these hand grenades, and, not knowing what it was, played with it quite innocently for some time. Finally, one of the boys, Frank. throw it against a wall where it exploded with fatal effect near his brother John, aged nine. himself was slightly wounded in the leg, but John received wounds in the head and near the heart which resulted in his death Wednesday morning.

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MOTOR-CYCLIST COLLIDES WITH CAR

As a sequel to a fatal accident, George Barnett, 33, of Castlewood road, Stamford Hill, N., wás at Thorne (Clacton-on-Sea) fined £10 and £11,128. 9d, costs and had his Heense chdorsed for dangerous driv- ing.

He was driving a car at Weeley when he collided hood-on with a motor-cycle driven by Frederick Gregory, a constable stationed at Snow Hill Police Station. P-c. Gregory was thrown 66 feet, and died within few minutes. Barnett's car, which contained two women and three children, over- Lurned into a ditch.

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