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ZAD VIXXEF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1929. BAHAR

CALCUTTA SWEEP K.O.S.B. OFFICER'S PRES. HOOVER ON

PRIZES.

HALF-SHARE IN FAVOURITE SOLD FOR £8,000.

A

| HUNTER'S MOON DRAW.

London, June 4. The syndicate of Swansca pilots, who drew one of the Mr. Jinks tickets in the Calcutta Sweep, have sold a half-share of the ticket to a PUZZLE FOR PUNTERS, London ayndicate. The price of the

share is reported to be £8,000.

London, Juno 4.

TRIAL.

DEFENCE SUGGESTS A

CONSPIRACY.

INDIAN TAILOR QUESTIONED ON CHEQUES.

EXTRALITY.

PREPARING FIRST MESSAGE TO CHINA.

··INTERESTING POINTS.

Shanghai, June 4. President Hover la preparing a lengthy Message to the National Government of the Chinese Re- public, the first since he took SON IN THE SWINDLE? office in March last; according to a despatch recolved in Shanghai from Washington to-day,

Mr. Hugh Stokes, the Superin- tendent Registerar at St. Maryle-

Further evidence was taken this bone and Mrs. Ellen Paul, hie de morning by the General Court puty, have drawn one of the Re-Martial sitting at Murray Barracks flector tickets in the Calcutta Sweep, which is investigating charges of

The third unter's Moon ticket has been traced. The holder is negligence while acting as Pre-

Borderers.

The Washington message states

OPPOSITION TO NANKING.

BIG ARMY ALLIANCE

-REPORTED.

SCHEME TO ESTABLISH

NEW GOVERNMENT.

LATEST INTRIGUES.

IN PETUNERTIM SIRGEM DOTEKS VERES

G V.M; Truck. Chassis "ure available

on very attractive. Hire-purchase

"terms," "Tula" enables you tɔ"make""

your truck pay for itself, Particulars

will gladly be furnished on request,

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1265 or 1247.

'53 Wong Hel Chung Kendi. v. Happy Valley,

AMERICAN TARIFF RAIN INTERFERES

BILL DOOMED?

VIGOROUS OPPOSITION IN

SENATE.:

| AMENDMENTS LIKELY,

WITH CRICKET.

IMPORTANT FIXTURES END IN DRAWS.

DERBYSHIRE WIN FIFTH GAME OF SEASON:

*** Washington, June 4. The Tariff Bill, which authorises considerable increases in Ameri- can tariffs, and which was recent ly passed by the House of Repr sentatives, is meeting with consi- LANCASHIRE ON TOP. 'derable opposition in the Senate.

Furthermore it is rumoured that y President Hoover has expressed

Nanking, June 4.

London, June 4. The political "Derby," says

The formation of a new Gov-keen dissatisfaction with the Bill Derbyshire, the surprise team Reuter, has been totally eclipsed

that the President's Message ernment, in opposition to the pre- on the grounds that it does not of the season, maintained their by the approach of to-morrow's

deals, in the main, with the septNanking regime, le contem conform to his recommendation pr Ation at the head of file county famous classic. Elections' cries

extraterritoriality. plated by some Nanking extremist that revision should be limited, cricket championship table, by to of Mr. Jinks, the favourite, whose Miss D. M. Frame, a bank clerk at sident of the Regimental Institute, and is in the nature of a response militariata in alliance with Gen- and that it does far too little for day defeating Somerset by eight have faded out before the advance

problems of

name Js echoed through the Warwick, who holds it on behalf of Preferred against Major G. M. H. to the Note. sent recently by Dr.erals Tang.Seng-chi (former Mili-tho farmers, while attempting to wickets. It was Derbyshink's

tary Governor of Human and Ifu- 'do too much for everybody else. [fth victory of the season. country with much grater relish herself and a male colleague. The Ogilvy of the King's Own Scottish C. T. Wang to the Powers.

It stated that President poh) Sheng Chen, (the chief lieut- Vigorous protests against

Rain hon interfered" consider- than that of any of the political other Hunter's Moon tickets are

stresscá American enant of Marshal You Hsi-shan), the Bill have been launched lenders.

held by Mr. Beadsmore of Sheffield. The Court consists of Colonel II. Hoover

officials of the A. Stewart D.S.O., O.B.E. (Pre sympathy with China's aspira Chang Fat-kwei, (commander of from the powerful agricultural ably with cricket in the past fqw The fabulous sweepstake prizes, and two Dutch greater than ever before in the Krugersdorf Municipality in Southsident), Lieut. Col. H. B. Vernon tions, and without hinting that the new Nanking Fourth Division, organisations in the North-West, days, with the result that no he M.C. (3/15 Punjab Regiment), the United States is opposed to better known as former leader of the majority of these protests going sult was reached in four matches. Bowlers were naturally conspicu- history of the famous race, have Africa.

Another Mr. Jinks ticket is in Major A. Creery M.C. (Royal the eventual reinquishment of the "Ironsides") and Feng Chen- to the White House. enhanced its romance, even to the

It seems certain that the Bill will ops..! extent that the man or woman who England. The third has not yet Artillery), Major R. H. E. Bennett special privileges in China, asks for wu, who figured prominently in not be enacted in its present form. The principal individual feats

M.C.. (Somerset Light Infantry) information regarding the guaran- the Tainanfu incident.

President Hoover is examining were as follows: and Major J. B. Taylor (Somerset tees the National Government is

with particular interest the prò. ↑ Light Infantry)..

posed tariffs.on shoes (applied naj the result of an amendment in the 12 Middlesex), House of Representatives, which de- Hutchinson (Derby)

is not pecuniarily interested in the event is regarded as false to

British traditions.

Puzzling Position.

The eve of the race finds the position the most puzzling that has ever presented itself to Derby race fans, though it is pointed out) that Mr. Jinks is the only prominent candidate whose train. ing has hot necessitated the issue of bulletins. Early in the season it was suggested that Mr. Jinka would not stay the Derby course, but his trainer Mr. H. S. Porase has never agreed that the colt is lacking in stamina, and support for him has grown steadily till he has ousted the carly favourite, Lord Astor's Crugadour, in populari esteem.

Gay Day'a Chances,

been traced. Two of the Cragadous tickets are in Calcutta, held by Bri- fishers, but the owner of the third is not known.--Rexter,

COMDR. EVANGELINE BOOTH.

RECOVERS FROM MOTOR ACCIDENT.

The Judge Advocate is Mr. Somerset Fitzroy and the prosecut- ing officer 'Major H. W. H. Armit- nge M.C. (Royal Artillery). The defending officer is Major E. G. Miles DS.O., M.C. ding's Own Scottish Borderera).

sail the question of rebate was laid down in the agreement drawn up between his firm and the regi- ment.

W

Tallor's Evidence. Evidence was given by Sherad Din, a member of the firm of Indian tailors to the King's Own New York, Juné 4. A message from Hartsdale Scottish Borderers. He gave de- atates that Commander Evangeline Lails of the monthly payments of Booth, head of the Salvation Army relate by his firm to the President In America, who was seriously of the Regimental Institute and injured in a motor-car accident on May 25th, is recovering.

The slight concussion from which she has been suffering has entirely disappeared, and an X-ray- Gay Day, now quoted at 100/9, examination shows that the skull presents one of the enigmas of the was not fractured. Renter's race. After his failure at New-American Service, bury, Donoghue was disappointed with him, but he restored his re- putation in the Guineus, and he is not by any means the forlorn hopè he appeared to be a month ago. Sir Victor Sassoon's colt will be one of the best-looking in the Epsom field, and there is no better) jockey for the Epsom course that' Steve Donoghue..

MOSCOW AUTOMOBILE

PLANT.

Cross-examined by defending officer, witness said that when his father, who was head of the firm, went to India he gave witness $1,500 with which to start an ac- count at the Hongkong Bank,

Fraudulent Methods,

Asked by the Court what was the purport of his questions, Major Miles maid he would try to convince the Court that fraudulent methods had been employed by more than one person.

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JAPANESE, STEAMER DISASTER.

Fire Sweeps Ugo Maru With 700 on Board.

SHIPS TO RESCUE.

Tokyo, Juna 5. According to 4 special message to the Nicki Nicht,' the Japanese steamer Ugo Mara carrying over hundred persons on board, men and women, has been destroyed by fire.

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The vessel was on her way from Vladivostock to Kam- chatka with a large number of passengers, most of them belag Russians.

It appears that fire broke out on board and awent through the slip. Vessels receiving distress signals, are hurrying to the scene of the disaster, but no details are available-Router.

AMERICAN ENGINEERS TO REORGANISE,

Mr. Solly Joel's Kopi has also

Moscow, June 4. In reply to further questions, FL (LALESEZONA ERA LEADE bren fastened upon as a most It is sumt-officially announced witness said he paid rebates in likely colt, while Lord Derby'a that an American engineer named eash when he had money in the prepared to make to insure the pro- Hunter's Moon will also be strong-Brandt has signed a contract with shop and by cheque when he had per operation of the judicial system American ly fancled.

the Automobile Trust for the no cash avilable. He knew that when it is applied to reorganisation of the Moscow in 1927 every rebate paid by his citizens, automobile plant

was by cheque. Witness. by twelve father

President Hoover also asks what said he took his cheque book guarantees Nanking is prepared to American engineers.

stubs to India when he went on

offer with regard to property rights. leave but he had not brought them back with him.

Traditional Interest.. The prospects are most open, and the race will certainly not fall below the traditional interest of the great est of all racing events.

It is estimated that after the reorganisation of the plant it will produce 26,000 24-ton vars year-

LABOUR AGITATION

. The size of the field, (there arely-Reuter,, now twenty-six probables), will finally be determined by the going, which has given the authorities most anxious mothents. The local fire brigade was called in to-day f day to deal with water course.

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on the

IN SHANGHAI,

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The forecast for the event is ruin. TROUBLE AMONG THE WHARF paid each month; He did not

Further questions are asked re- garding the operation of the crim inal and civil codes.

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He could, however, produce his bank pass book.

Rebates for one month' were paid It is stated that Col. H. L. Stim- during the following month. This son, the Secretary of State, until business was always done by him- lately Governor-General of the self and never left to his clerk. Philippines, is actively participat The contract with the regimenting in the preparation of the stated that the rebate had to be Message.—Our Own Correspondent,

know whether during 1927 his father pad by cheque in the middle of the following month.

Major Miles: I suggest that at money for rebate and the P.R.I. er, Montclair, Engleberg, The Mac and outbreaks on the Shanghai owed money to you for a bill? Nab, and Bosworth.

The Carthaginian, while on Its

way to Epsom to-day, met with n

mishap and in a doubtful, starter.

Later..

COOLIES.

Shanghai, June 4.

of The persistent activities

The Carthaginian has been scratched from the Derby. Other Labour and Communist agitators one time your firm owed the P.R.I. scratchings include Empire Build- have been causing lesser strikes

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Yes. waterfront, The probable starters and The wharf coolies, particularly I suggest that you set off one jockeys are as follows:-

the Poolung workers, are general- against the other? When my Aristotle (Lord Dewar} .......Lane.ly disposed to resist.-Our Own father came back he settled the

Correspondent.

bills. Barbizon (Lord Londonderry)

Gravcs.

Brienz (Mr. S. Tattersal) R...Jones.

Cavendo (Lord Actor)J., Brennan. NANKING MINT PARTLY Cragadour (Lord Astor).... Jellins.

DESTROYED.

Conspiracy Den(ed. Witness denied a suggestion put by the defending officer that he, En Garde (Mr. W. Singer)...Ray.

his clerk and Corporal Hendry agreed to share the amount of Gay Day (Sir Victor Sassoon)

S. Donoghue. BIG BLAZE IN NATIONALIST $100 duo to the P.R.I. during the months January to May inclusive. Golden Rain (Bir Mathew Willson)

CAPITAL.

The Judge Advocate:-Your do- ..Dick. Grand Prince (Lord Glanely)

Shanghai, June 4. fence is that this man, Corporal G. Ilchards, A destructive fire broke out Hendry and witness's clerk were Horus (Br Laurence Philippa)

Elliott. Yesterday at the Kiangnan Mint, in a conspirney to defraud the Nanking, the premises being partly P.R.I. That is your case? Hunter's Moon (Lord Derby)

destroyed.

Shipments of bar allver consign- Kopi (Mr. Sol Joel) ......F. Winter. ed to Nanking are being detained in Shanghal as a result of the blaze.Our Own Correspondent,

T.Weston.

J. Leach.

M. Benry.

Leonard (Duke of Portland)

Le Valeur (H. H. Aga Khan)

Mr. Jinks (Major McCalment)

N.P.B. (Sir Frederick Elty),"

Osiris (Major J. 8. Courtauld)

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Major Miles:Yea,

PARIS REPARATIONS AGREEMENT.

UNANIMOUS REPORT TO BE SIGNED.

Paris, June 4. The differences between the German and Belgian Experts over the marks indemnity question has been sattled, and the members of the delegations to the Reparations Conference will be able to sign a unanimous report this week,

M. Franqul (Belgium) has agreed to sign on the basis of the German proposals contained in Dr. Schact's letter, that is to say the negotiations between Belgium and Germany shall be started

concluded immediately and

Reuter,

The Reparations Experts are Re-examined by the prosecuting agreed on all pointe, and it is officer witness said Corporal Hen- forecast that the Report will be dry did not tell him at the end of signed before Saturday-Haves, May to wait until he got cash. He

had never come to an arrange ment with Hendry.

Similar evidence was given by H. Beaaley. Necdsmouth (Lord Wyfold)

Iman Din, the father of Sherad E; Gardner.

Din. P. Donoghue Reflector (Hr. A. do. Rothschild)

Cross-examined, Iman Din Perryman. Bramhald. stated that he owed the P.R.I. Trigd (Mr. W. Barnett)....Marshall a sum of money and the P.R.I also

H. Leach. Roberta

owed him money. He owed Dines $153.25 and the P.R.I. owed him $128.60, and be paid the difference For to Corporal-Hendry,

F.D.Q. (Mr. H. G. Selfridge), Beasley. Tom Peartree (Mr. H. E. Morrins) Posterity (Mra, C. Glorney),

J. Taylor. Walter Gay (Lord Woolavington) Rattlin the Reefer (Lord Woolaving-

ton)

Joined. Calido.

Rouder

sar) (Gontinued on Parg 8.).

MORE UNEMPLOYED.

LATEST RETURNS INDICATE AN INCREASE.

London, June 4 The total number of unemploy od on May 27th was 1,132,800,

This WAS 27,698 more than on May 18th-British Wireless 20

Each of these Generals has un- der his command a'large Army and it is noteworthy that Chang Fat-kwei is one of the must trust

Batting.

200 188

325

100

105

102

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ed subordinates of Chiang Kai-sires a 10 per cent, duty on hides, v. W. C..Jupp (Northants) shek, whilst Sheng Chen is the 12 to 30 per cent. on leather and P. G. H. Fender (Surrey) Chief-of-Staff' to the Shansi Gov- 20 per cont. on shoes). President (O'Connor (Essex).

Hoover considers these tariffs much (Ducat (Surrey) ernor, General Yen Hsi-shan.

too high, and he also views the Hobbs (Surrey) sugar rates with disapproval. Langridge (Sussex) Reuter's American Service.

Have, 100,000,Men.

An observer estimates that these four leaders have under them an army of 100,000 men.. Chang Fat-kwei (who is known for his Communistic tendencies, controls. Hupel, and Sheng Chen. and Tang Sang-chi, nro in charge of the troops at Peking, Tongshan, Tientaln, Techow (in Shantung) and other parts of Chili Province. Some of the troops of Feng Chen- wu are stationed along the Tien- tain-Pukow Railway..

GOLD AGAIN FLOWING TO AMERICA.

BIG SHIPMENT FROM: LONDON YESTERDAY,

* Not Out.

Bowling.

Wensley (Bussex)

rally (Not)

Mitchell (Derby)

Shipman (Leicester)

8 for 118

7 for 65

6 for do

E for 38

ALL-ROUND EXCELLENCE. Derbyshire Too Good For Somerset.

Derbyshire won their fifth match

of this season, defeating Somerset and 8 runs. The home county gaye at. Burton-on-Trent by an inuings an excellent all-round, exhibition. though Somerset lacked the ser

New York, June 4 The persistent depression in sterling exchango during recent It is worth recalling that for weeke has resulted in a resump for some time. past the loyalty of tion of the movement of gold from Sheng. Chen to the Nanking Go"-London to New York, ernment has been doubted, and not A million dollars (gold) is vice of their skipper, J. C. White, long ago news was published re-being shipped from London to who was playing for the M.C.C. garding his alleged insubordinaday.. This is the first stripment against the South Africans. tion and disobediencs to Nanking from London since the Bank of

"Derby won the toas and batted arders, when he was instructed to England raised its discount rate arst, compiling the formidale move to Shensi and launch attacks last February, thus checking the total of 385 runs. Hutchinson Wha on the Kuominchun under Feng outward flow of gold from London. well to the fore, contributing 188 Yu-halang.

-Reuter's American Service.

Tang Sang-chi Watched..

Both Feng

'and Chen-wu Tang Sang-chi Arc still in Nanking and it is said that on account of

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Tang's intention to form a new Government, Chiang Kai-shek has orderdd that he be kept under close surveillance.

FIRST ATLANTIC FLIGHT,

BRITISH EXPLOIT TO BE PERPETUATED.

London, June 4.

It is understood that an

40-

to the score, his first century of the did present campaign. Wellard well, with the ball, though his fre wicketa" cost 90 “runs, .

In reply Somerset made 198 * (Mitchell 5 for 67) and following- on, 179; during which Innings,-Mit- chell took 6 wickets for 46 runs,

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NOTTS CHECKED. Leicester Hold Out in Second Chung Fat-kwie, la reported to

Innings. have evacuated Southern Hupeh' and to be moving his troops to nouncement regarding the provin Notte gained first innings points Eastern Hupeh, with the intention ion of a permanent memorial of agafnst Leicestershire at Notting- of joining Tang Sang-chi's troops the firat Atlantic flight, made by ham. Leicester appeared to be in 'thero.

Sir John Alcock and Sir Arthur danger of defeat when they found Meanwhile, Sheng Chen is said Whitten Brown on June 14th, themselves 69, runs in arrears and to have ordered his Shansi troops 1919, will be made at a luncheon the wicket in bad shape, but they. from Feking and Tlentein to come to be held next week to celebrate put up strong resistance and forced down to Horan along the Tientsin, the tenth anniversary of

the a draw.

Leicester. batted first, being eqnt Pukow Railway, and observers flight. point out that the movement in-

It is proposed to erect obelisks back for 156, Barratt bowling dicates his resolution to join at their starting point in New brilliantly, taking 7 wickets for 55 Fong Yu-hsiang's army;

foundland and at the fintehing

Notte replied with 224, Shipman Nanking, which has been koop- point in Ireland, and, in addition, taking 5 wickets for 38 runs, ing a strict watch over the move- to hold, each year on June 14th à Leicester gave an improved dis- ments of the various commanders, special anniversary flying event play, scoring 225 (Burratt & for has decided to take no chances, which will opitomise the progress 091 in their second knock, leaving and General Ho-Ying-ching has of aviation--British Wirclens. arrived at Ichang with a large army of Nanking units. For- tifications are being erected in Ichang and Shast

U.S. WHEAT PRICES SOARING.

PROPOSED BIG SUM FOR STÁBILISATION.

Chicago, June 4.

runs,

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Notte to get 150 runs to win. Time, however, did not" permit." Three Nottswickets had fallen for 76 runs when stumps were drawn.

HAMPSHIRE IMPROVE Ammunition Demanded.

Keen Game Against Warwick. General Han. Fu-chu (command-

Warwickshire Won on the first er of Fong's First Division who is reported in Nanking military

innings against Hampshire at eireles to have beco revolted) is

Birmingham: Eventually, ie home county set Hants to get 371 runs sold to have wired to Nanking

On the wheat exchange, grain to win, and the visitors gave an ex- demanding that the General Government should supply hím prices to-day repeated Monday's cellent display.

delay with a large ngational epurt, following news Warwick batting firet were dis- without

that Congres missed for 192, Hants replying quantity of arins and ammunition. from Washington

Han asserts that his 160,000 sional leaders favour the imme-with 136. In their second knock, units In Honan and Shens will diato appropriation of $500,000,000 Warwick, compiled 314 and Hamp- support the Chiang Kai-shek for the stabilisation of agriculture, shire, had made 230 for 3 wickets,

Wheat closed at 9% cents at the close of play, Government.

excitment Wo bushel above the season's low Considerable caused in Nanking when the news mark, which was reached on June was circularised that contingents 1st-Reuters American Service. of plain clothes Kuominchun men

were

seen

V.W.C. JUPP IN FORM. Nakon

Splendid Century. Against

Susser."

the vicinity In of Hauchowful, (aff, important stratogle point on the Tientsin THE KING'S CONDITION. Northants credited themselves

with their second victory of the Benson, defeating Sussex at Poter- borough by 99 runs. A magnific ént innings by VW.C.-Jupp who scored 125, in their second innings made success possible.

Pukow Railway which, has been chosen as Nanking's future head

PANOTHER QUIET DAY quarters). Nanking offical circles

YESTERDAY emphatically deny these reports...

Blnyangchow, an important city

London, June 1. inthe Honan-Hopeh frontiers,

It la officially stated that HM. Northants, going in first knock, was occupied without fighting by the King has had a quiet day, and made 254, though Wensley was in 2 General Lau Chi's First Nanking that his condition is unchpaged good form taking 6 wickets for 03 Division, on Sunday,

thor

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