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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY - "29, 1929,

STOLE $500 BAIL MONEY.

UNCLE ABSCONDS WITH SU...

RAISED BY FRIEND ».

OPIUM RAID · SEQUEL.

When Revenue Officers raided a Chinese house in the city during the week-end, they seized 14% laels of contraband opium concealed with- in the lattice work of a cubicle, and arrested a young girl who was be cupying the room.

FURTHER SOVIET AIR RAIDS.

DEMONSTRATIONS ON FRONTIER,

NANKING ORDERS TROOPS TO RETIRE.

LATEST PEACE MOVE.

CHANNEL FLYING

PROSPECTS.

M. BLERIOT MOST 'OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE.

ENGLAND'S WELCOME.

London, July 28. Monsieur Bleriot, who 20 years| ago made the first fight across the English Chanbel, Velebrated the anniversary yesterday by dying the Channel again. He now in a machine of his own design, a twin. They were told that the girl was

Shanghai, July 29.engined tomber. Madame Bleriot married, and, while Investigating The Nanking Government has re- also came across in a reparațe the information further, were pre-reived

a telegram from General | machine. pared to deal with the case with Chang Hauch Linng in which he Eleven acroplanes of the Royal | some leniency by offering to take states that a Russian air squadron Air Force escorted them into a comparatively small bail; so as to of seventeen planes again made Dovery. Upon landing, Mousieur save the girl from a night spent in their appearance over Chinese ter- and Madame Bleriot were met by the cells.

ritory yesterday morning (Sunday) the Mayor Dover and Sir Sefton and demonstrated-over, the Chinese Brancker, Director of Civil garrison quarters,

Aviation.

The amount, fixed at $500, was raised by concerted effort in the part of the girl's relatives and her

„During the appearance of the Tellow-tenants, who had to pawn squadron, Soviet troups stationed in their jewellery for the purpose, Russian territory fired over one Unfortunately, an uncle of the hundred shells into the air, the girl, who was given the money to whole affair being apparently in- hand over to the authrities, ala-tended as a threat to the Chinese sconded with it, so that after all troops at the Manchuria barder. that had been done for her, the| Nan Chong Kua, girl was obliged to spend the night at the Police Station

Revenue Officer Grimmitt relate the ease to Mr. E. W. Hamilton al the Central Police Court this morn-

ing, and asked for the girl to be leniently deal with. He said that he hoped. before long, to put his hands on the menu relative,

His Worship said he proposed to inttien a time of $500, which, roughly, would have been the balance the girl would have to pay had she still | hid possession of the money that was stolen. The "alternative sen- tence was five months' imprison-

mwet.

· OPIUM SYNDICATE'S

ACTIVITIES.

ANOTHER HAUL MADE ON

THE WATERFRONT:

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Frontier Quietening Down?"

They then proceeded in their machines to Croydon, where they were reccievd by Lord Thomson, Air Minister, and representatives of the Imperial Airways, the Royal Aero Club and the Royal Aero- nautical Society,

Monsieur amit Madame Bleriot were the guests of honour at # dinner celebrating the seventh International Aero Exhibition at Harbin, July 28. which many other pioneers of There was a distinct improve-Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, who, aviation were present, including ment along the Soviet-Chinese with the late Sir John Alenek. Frontier during the weekend. made the first aeroplane flight Chinese troops taking ap positions across the Atlantic.

at Manekuli inve received instrar.

tions from Nanking to cease war preparations and to retreat from Manchufi C.E.R. Station to the native city.

A Sovief Retreal,

In conversatian, M. Bleriot said whereas twenty years ago it took him thirty minutes to fly the Channel, he had now cone aeroso In twenty. His original fight ju 1909 was made in his twenty-five horse-power 'monoplane which carried one person only, while AL the same time. the Soviet now he had come in a twin-engined troops near Manchali have also monoplane of a thousand horse- retired, to places some 19 miles | power, carrying several persons. away from their former defences. Great as had been the advance There are now about fifty Chinese | ja aviation in the past twenty miles of "neutral" territory years, it would be equally great, tween the Chinese troops and the predicted, in the next twenty. Soviet Army, rendering a clan By 1949, he believed there would between the two forces extremely be the same regular services of air improbable.

liners dying between Landon and New York as there are to-day und Paris.---- between London British Wireless.

Strike Off.

MAN WHO PRETENDED HE

As forecast by the Revenue Oflice, the arrest of two other Chinese and the seizure of

To further convince the Nan- further big lot of opium have re-king Government of their desire to sulted from the vigilant watch hepreach an amicable agreement with COALYARD QUARREL. by Ita offers since it was first the Chinese, the Soviet Govern- known that a bix syndicate operat- ment, it is reliably reported, have, ing in a Chinese port was import-advised the Russian workers 011 ir the drug on a large seale into the Chinese Eastern Railway to the Colony.

abandon plans, for a strike and Supplementary to what he had not to hinder the progress of the said when he charged six Chinese Line in Chinese territory, before the Magistrate last week, Revenue Officer Grimmitt to-day reported that the watch that was kept on the water-front yesterday was rewarded by the seizure of a basket, similar to the ones figuring in the previous case, which had a falsa botiran. Palled to pieres, the bushet was found to contain na less than 304 tacks of raw opium.

WAS BADLY HURT.

Prosecuting in a case in which a On Saturday, Mr. Chang Chlug coal coolie of the M. B. K. coulyard hai was in conference with his was charged before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloun Magistracy subordinates and colleagues at this morning, with anulting a Mukden an after the meeting beforeman of the yard, Detective told the Chinese pressmen that the Inspector Pallon described the situation on the Sino-Soviet from compliant as a man with a de tiers had taken a turn for peace. Beate eunstitution.

White Russians" Activity, From a semi-offcial Chinese

Of the two men who were taken { source, it is understood that'the into custody at the time, one was discharged, while the other was Ged $7,600 or twelve months' hard labour, by Mr. Hamilton who heard the case this morning,

The defendant admitted striking The complainant, but said the fore- man kicked him in the back.

The complainant denied kicking the defendant, but admitted that sudden change of attitude by the when the defendant refused in carry Russians is due principally to the some road to certain place iwe gave fact that White Russians, in many | ¦ baskets a pool, places on the Heilungkinng and His Worship pointed out that he Mongolian frontiers, have rebelled did not think the defendnut wonde againal Soviet rule and that wars strike a foreman without provázas between the Whites and the tion, as he would mobably lose his "SIAMESE” TWINS IN "Reds" were in progress, render. | employment, '

Detective ing it impossible for the Soviet HONGKONG.

Inspector Fallon troops, to spare attention for the agreed that there must have been Chinese. The same report adds some provocation. He remarked that before long, the Soviet Gov- that the complainant had pretend- ersment will invite a Europeaned to be worse than he actually power to act as, mediator of the

was. After the incident he lay on railway dispit..

the ground ax he had been bail- of ly injured. He was a man delicate constitution and wanted

ON WAY TO AMERICA FOR

VAUDEVILLE,

Nanking Discussion.

The Filipino "Siamese" twins ar- rived in the Colony yesterday be the s.s. Empress of France, bonud for Canda and the United States,

On Saturday. Marshal Chiang to excite the sympathy of the crowd. If he had any spirit ut where they are to appear in vinde. Chiang Kai-shek, Dr. C. T. Wang all, he would have defended himself, Foreign Minister, and Messrs.

ville turns.

the police.

It will be recalled that these Chau Lang-kwang, Tai Chi-tao, Instead of seeking redreas through young men were recently married and Koo Ying-fan held a con- His Worship, remarking that the in Manila to two sisters, who are forénée at Nanking on the defendant had already been in cus- now necompanying them on their Chinese-Soviet diapute. It is said tody for two and a half days, enu- |

that the leaders decided to prepare toned the accused. This morning, the twins, ac- Note to be addressed to the companied by their wives, came Powers, stating that in respect of across to Hongkong by the the Kellogg Peace Paet, the "Star" ferry, and, naturally. Chinese Government is willing. they attracted ennsiderable

that the International Court of attention. Although joined 19 Justice should act as arbitrator. gelber 3:22)* the hips. they

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noved about quite freely, and The meeting further resolved to: after coming ashore they stepped send Mr. Chu Shao-yang to Harbin into a taxicab, with their wives, to study conditions on the C.E.I. proceeding to the shopping centre with a view to paying a visit to of the town.

SHANGHAI'S HOTTEST DAY OF YEAR.

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Moscow at an early date. It is, however, explicitly declared by the Nanking leaders that the | Chinese. Government will not res

tore sole control of the C.E.R. to the Soviets,

Canton Feeling Easier. The tension created by the Sino- Russian crisis during the last week has eased considerably by the nowa

THE NEW FRENCH

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SCOPE TO BÉ SOMEWHAT WIDENED.

Paris, July 28. After conferring with President Doumergue, M, Briand, who is forming a new Cabinet consequent on the resignation of M. Poincare, alated that the fundamental basis of the Administration would remain unchanged, though he would attempt to "widen is scope somewhat."-Router.

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Nobody wants war, and the mer- thank Your Excellency for your of last week. The weather predic- chants, who are just beginning to kind wishes. I regret that cir tinn is for continued fine weather recover a little from the effect of cumstances compel me to interrupt with oppressive heat, local thunder the last provincial struggle, are the my friendly collaboration with the In the Yangtze all around the last people to wish for war. But British Government, and I affirin It must be noted that if war must my most ardent wishes for the. come, it will be found that the success of the work of peace merchants will be among the first which our two countries have to line up behind the Central Gov- already, consecrated so ernment.-Canton News Agency. efforts," British Wireless,

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