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TERRITORIES OPTIONAL CLAUSE TENEMENT HOUSE COUNTY CRICKET MORE BUILDING IN JOURNALIST LOSES OUTRAGE.
CHINESE AUTHORITIES BEING APPROACHED.
CULPRITS' ESCAPE.
con-
ASSEMBLY?
RAMSAY MACDONALD'S GENEVA SPEECH.
IMPORTANT STATEMENT ON NAVAL AGREEMENT.
DANGERS.
NEED OF USE OF FIREPROOF
*MATERIAL.
LOCAL DEATH TRAPS.
No further important develop. ments have transpired in nexion with the armed rutd by bandits in the Sheungshui district yesterday morning, except that the A BRACING ADDRESS, overcrowded tenement houses in
matter has now become one for
negotiation with the Chinese authorities, within whose territory
CHAMPIONS.
NOTTS FINISH SEASON INGLORIOUSLY.
SUSSEX DEFEAT YORKSHIRE SENSATIONALLY,
HONGKONG,
MARKED INCREASE SHOWN LAST YEAR.
BOOM CONTINUING.
It is indiented in the annun) re- port of the Director of Public Works that during last your a fur- ther increase was recorded in the number of now works dealt with under the Buildings Ordinance.
APPEAL.
PREVIOUS DECISION
UPHELD.
RESCISSION OF AGREEMENT NOT ESTABLISHED.
The number of domestic build-
FULL COURT RULING. ings completed at the end of the year also shows an increase over the Chief Justice and the Pusine the figures of 1927.
The Full Court (consisting of
Colonial Office domiring the eulprits appear to have taken sternbled delegates at today's these tenement houses, many of Arat tunings by Derbyshire-Notts were in progress at the end of 1998 with costs the appeal by Mr.
lant night that a Commission of Enquiry, beaded by Sir Walter Shaw, will have fir decasalem before the end of the month.
refuge,
When
seen
this morning.
According to the annual report: of the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade, the attention of Govern ment has been drawn to the very flimsy construction of many of the the Colony and it would appear that the time ka arrived for ini sisting on fireproof material only being used in the construction of which have only one common staircase for two separate houses of from four to three storles.
Even if fireproof material for the staircase and 1st flony was in sisted on there would be little He added that the form of Helihood of persons being burnt Britain's adherence was now the course of preparation and he
to death in these houses. In most believed that each of the Domines the ground floor is a shop, in the case of No. 20 Upper Station
Geneva, Sept. 3. Amid warm applause by the meeting of the League of Nations Assembly, Mr. Ramsay MacDonal the British Premier, announeed police official at Hedquarters ex-that the British Government Ina Special emploists, limecree. Sa preased his conviction that, before decided to sign the Opífonul clause laid on the feet that in spite of long, something will have been of the Hague Statute. certain criticisms of British ar- dong to bring about the apprehen- ministration, reference bring in- sion of the men concerned in the Tended presumably to the recent outrage, which appears to have spreches of Lord Milchett, who been a carefully Jaid scheme aid that the position was a dis-planned from across the border in grace to British administration, conjunction possibly with persons aud Dr. Weizurum, icho said that who possess an intimate knowledge the mantley called for the fullest of the inhabitants and lay-out of investigation of the whole man- Sheungshui. arr in which the Mandite hed
The Commission's' tusk will be to find the cause of the recent outbreak. When Report has been submitted, the Gogerum eu? will give considerating in future__ policy.
This is borng out by the main breu administered T www objective which they made of a years, the terms of reference will | house tenanted by the wealthiest be strictly limited.
the rapidity with which they made inhabitant of the district and by their escape through a definite route into Chinese tervitory.
Affuck on Polter.
COOLIE'S LUCKY ESCAPE.
FELL, 80 FEET BUT ONLY FRACTURED ARM,
Landian, Sept. 3. The situation in Palestine is des- cribed as generally quiet in the off- cial communique issued by the Colonial Ofice this evening. Men- tion is made, however,, of à num- ber of minor incidents in the north- À miraculous escape from death ern_regions of the country,
The police Barracks at Battin, which is eight miles to the west of Tiberias, on the Sea of Galilee, was attacked on Sunday night by a gang of Arabe, but after a brief skirmish driven off success- the ralders were fully.
Troops in Minor Clask.
Sight hand to hand fighting be curred between British troops and riotous Araba at Yesudhamala, to the north of Lake Tiberins, but the Arabs were so overwhelmed, the British soldiers getting through without a single ensunity.
A number of Arabs, were injured, and some arreals were made,
The general attitude of the Trans-i Jordan tribes fa reported to be) entisfactory, with the exeption of certain bands in small areas to the north.
An important'announcement was also made by the Colonial - Office this evening with regard to future Intentions,
11
its representatives at Geneva ions Governments would instruct sign the Clause before the Assem bly closed.
Mr. MacDonald expressed the hope that this session would be: Assembly," throwing out the in- known as the "Optional Clause.
League who had not signed the vitation that other Members of the clause should follow Britian's ex- sample.
Britain's Self-Respect,
was experienced yesterday by Tamference on Reparations. Kool, a coolie, employed on ex- cavation work in enexion with the new No. 1 Basin at the Kowloon Durks, when he accidentally slipped down from the summit of a hill | hhind the Dock and dropped a
distance 180 feet to the foot.
Hagne, he added, was prompted by self-respect.
The only injury he received was a simple fracture of the left fore- arm, which was later attended to in hospital.
RUSSIA'S ARCTIC ENTERPRISES.
COLONISATION OF FRANZ JOSEP LAND?
"
titanateextensIETIES ANNOYERS) VOJACE VENEZ
AMERICAN NAVAE PROGRAMME.
President Suld to Favour Full Building.
FIFTEEN CRUISERS.
EX-HOLDERS SECOND.
London, Sept. 3, finish--they were beaten on the In spite of a rather inglorious
In most districts the works which Judge) this morning dismissed championship for the first time of houses completed during the in which Mr. Justice Wood dis-
Won the county cricket is an indication that the number Harry Cooper against a judgment, since 1907. Moreover, they held year 1929 will probably be even missed a claim brought against the
clear lend of ten points from grester than 1998,
Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd,, for Lancashire and Yorkshire.
have,
'
As regards “domestic build-damages for alleged wrongful dia- minute win at Brighton, depriveted at the end of 1928 was less than Sussex, by a sensational lastings, the number actually complet-
nimal. Yorkshire of second place, which the previous year, but a consider with which the Paiste Judge con- In the course of his judgment. is occupied by Lancashire, who able amount of work was in pro- curred, Sir Henry Gollan reviewed though they have the same num-gress, so that the figures for 1999 the facts and dealt at length with her of points won more matches will probably show a correspond- the appellant's contention that the outright.
ing incrense, as in the case of agreement made in domestic buildings..
1927 was impliedly rescinded by mutunl The number of plans deposited agreement and replaced by a during the year was 2,386, compar- verbal agreement made in 1928. He ed with 2,158 in 1927, those appointed out that in letters to the proved being 2,929 and 2,481 re-residents' managers the solici spectively.
tors for appellant not only made
By the same system, Gloucester takes precedence over Sussex for fourth place owing to a similarly slight advantage. Gloucester won more matches outright than any i other county, but they were de fented on six occasions.
The number of new Chinese a claim for six months' salary but houses completed was 033, being also for the amount of a passage Yorkshire were confidently ex- an increase of 432, whilst Ear to England fact which the pected to gain the runners-up opean houses totalled 170, being Chief Justice cited as strong position, the prospect of defeat an increase of 81. even at the hands of the excellent
evidence that the appellant and A graph attached to the report his legal advisers were, at the time all-round Sussex cleven hardly for the years 1905 to 1928 shows those letters were written, treat- being considered. Only one team the highest number of plans ap-ing the agreement of 1927 us still had managed to bent them in their proved was 3,887 In 1924, whilst subsisting. previous 27 engagements, Kenthouses certified reached their winning by an innings on July highest level in the same year, the
figure being 1,955,
2nd.
FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.
360 1 14%
10 2 18K
20140
OVER 1,000 SENT AWAY
at Int. No
1 W.
1. W. J. Ralt. it.
COLONY'S BEGGARS.
Noti Lancashire Yorkshire Glurenter
Midd
Kent Leicester Surrey
28
14
2 4 U
13
Hampshire
At the outset of his address to the Assembly, the Premier said,
Washington, Sept. 3. that one of the most important con
After a conference with Pre- tributions to the League's peace.sident Hoover at White House to making tasks had been the work | day, MP.:Frederick Hale, the chair- of the Committee of Experts at man of the Senate Naval Com- Parts and of the countries repre-mittee predicted that all the fif- aented at the regent Hague Con- teen 10,000-ton cruisers authorised by Congress would be constructed, The British attitude
He and that the President be- at The
leved that course to be necessary regardless of what Anglo-Ameri He spoke in warm terms of the can agreement was reached. Derbyshire of the Rhineland, saying that next declsion regarding the evacuation | Renter's American Service. week, five years before it was sup posed to be possible, the first bat- tation of the British troops' on the Street it was joss paper shop, full Warwich Rhine would march out of Ger-of inflammable matter which if warrister nuny never to return.
fence set alight converts the shop | Glasergan
into a roaring furnance in a few moments. The League must now, with an
Unless therefore undivided mind, apply itself to the can escape by the roof which is the inmates problem of disarmament.
The British Government would not always passible they have no do its utmost to hasten the dis means of escape once the ground Armament conference, and he ex-floor is alight. pressed the view that the first com In all 10 persons lost their lives
League's Task.
*
in
EXCI Northants
Somerent
EN 12 7 135 25 6 X 125
22 8 620 133
694 126 7662 16 10 N
13 26 4
2. 134 19 A B
LAST YEAR,
36 mendicants charged
the Magistrate.
before
Mr. M. M. Watson was for appel. lant, whilst Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C. instructed by Mr. A. el Areull was for respondents.
Mr. F. C. Jenkin," instructed by
:
The Judgment.
in giving his decision, the Chlef Justice said: This is an appeal from a judgment of Mr. Justice Wood dismissing a claim brought by the appellant for damages for ter
The annual police report states that during last year 1,064, mendi.mination of a contract of employ cants were arrested and dealt withment without due notice and wrong- us follows:
ful dismissal. The notice of up- peal contained more than one ground of appeal, but before the Full Court counsel for the appellant confined his argument to the point that the learned Judge was wrong In holding that the relations be- tween the parties were governed by an agreement in writing dated July 19, 1927, because it had been im- pliedly rescinded by mutual nr: rangement as from Junuary 28,
7 mendicants went to
Hospital.
8 mendicants released;
1
Ting Wab
The matches concluded to-day were, of course, the final champion- fortunately wet weather intervened ship matches of the season, Un-
to make things difficult. The only
Hent to, Amoy. ground which appears to have es- 227
sent to Canton. eaped the worst of it was Lord's 775
sent to Deep Buy hard for victory, Three centuries and 8, about 80% of the mendi- where Surrey and Middlesex fought
With the exception of items 21928. local fires, five were scored, Middlesex's bowlers
MAGISTRATE GETS .COMFORT.
Batting.
Woolley (Kent) Gregory (Surrey) Hobbs (Surrey) O'Connor (Essex)
118
114* 111
102
Hendren (Middlesex)
.100.
Bawley (Sussex)
14
• Not Out.
M
事
YEAR'S THEFTS IN COLONY.
A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE
levant facts in the case which are will first shortly state the re- not disputed by the parties.
The appellant is a journalist and the respondents control certain newapapers published in the Colony. The appellant entered the service of the respondents de a reporter in June, 1927, át a salary of $300 per month. There was at this time no agreement in writing between the parties but in July, 1927, appellant was uppointed a sub-clitor-reporter in the service 7 for $2
The estimated value of property of the respondents and the agree- 6 for 73 stolen in the Colony last year was
ment of July-19, 1927, above refer- 4 for 40 $478,020.98 as against $612,293.86yed to, was entered into between the 4 for 44 in 1927 a decrease of $134,272.88,
parties.
tribution must be in the fielst of last year naval armaments, adding that an of whom were burnt to death being collared in Surrey's second cants had been sent out of this Anglo-Amerig spreement was in the fire in Upper Station Street.innings. the first preliminary to a success- Al the fire in Lai Chi Kok Road
Colony more than once.. Moscow, Sept. 3.
ful international agreement,
on 13th April, 1928, two persons The most northerly meteorological
Once again, Mr. MacDonald laid were rescued by firemen from the Cemmision Appointed.
station in the world has been especial emphasis on the points that burning building. tablished at Tranquil Bay, Franz the Anglo-American conversations After reference to the steps taken Josef Land, by the Soviel Expedi- were in no way directed against to restore order in Palestine, the de-tion aboard an ice-brenker, which any other Power, and that the spatch of naval, military and air has not returned to Russi
British Government had declined) forces, and after dealing with the
Buildings are being erected on absolutely to build against the measures adopted in reaper of the trint of the many persons placed Frunz Josef Land to accommodate United Sintes.
the first Soviet colonists.--Peuter, under arrests as the result of the rists, the Colonal Secretary (Lord Passfeld) announced that a Com- mission of Enquiry will proceed to Palestine this month to enquire in- to the causes of the recent outbreak, including the extent to which it may be regarded as preconcerted or due to organised acton.
No Party Spirit.
The Chairman of the Commission will be Sir Walter Shaw, who was Chief Justice in the Straits Settle- ments from 1921 to 1925, and Chief
HYDERABAD FLOOD DISASTER.
FEAR THAT WORSE IS TO
FOLLOW.
Karachi, Sept. 3. Although the influence of the In- us and Punjab food currents have Justice at British Honduras from damage, due to local tools, is re- not yet been felf, tremendous 1912-14.
With him will be associated three | Ported in the region of Hyderbud, members of the House of Com- The overflow from the floods of mons, who will be selected one Khalpur State have breached the from each of the three political | canals in many places, insailating purtles.
hundreds of squares miles.--Reuter,
In view of suggestions made in certnin quarters, the Colonial Office
Twenty Points.
The conversations had not yet ended, but they bad gone far on the road to agreement on a docu- ment containing twenty points,
"We are out for a document which will establish peace besides an agreement on naval ration."-
He was not at all sure that
Jin sítnouncement that an agreement had been reached could not be made before, the end of the present Assembly, is "only three of the twenty points involved in the Anglo- American nuval agreciment are still outstanding at the present moment,"
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald then referred to Britain's decision with'
announcement goes on, the British NEVER LIKELY TO TLY regard to the Optional Clause.
Government wishes to make it clear that there is no idea of reconsider.
ing the British tenure of the Pales-
tine Mandáte.
Balfour Declaration,
No Enquiry is contemplated
which might alter Britain's position
with regard to the Mandató or the
claration.
鬼
AGAIN.
LADY HEATH'S CONDITION IMPROVING,
New, York, Sept. 3. policy laid down in the Balfour De-Ohio, that, Lady Heath, the famous It is learned from Cleveland, British woman-pilot, who was bad- Injured in a crash inst week, in much improved, '
The Enquiry now initiated, there- fore, will be limited to the im- mediate emergency created and will not extend to considerations of major policy.
When the Report is received the Government will earnestly conɛi- der along what lines, within the terms of the Palestine Mandate, fu- ture policy in Palestine should be directed.-Reuter.
The doctors stated, however, that she will never be able to fly again,
Reuter.
Three cases of typhoid were notified yesterday, two being Chinese and the other British.
The Clause, he said, bound the signalories to submit to arbitra- tion ali legal disputes concerning the interpretations of treaties and questions of international law.
He added that he was convine- ed that the foundation of peace was arbitration.
1
Palestine Events,
WEARS "CISSY, SHIRT" AND BLAZER.
Court traditions and olo custom went by the board this morning, when, for the first time within local knowledge, the First Magis-, trate took his sent at the Central Magistracy, wearing not the black niphen jacket which, is so much affected by legal luminaries, but sporting an open-necked shirt, of the type commonly labelled as a "cissy shirt," and a bright blue
lazer...
With a temperature in the shade hovering around the nineties, this concession to comfort was quite understandable, even if not in strict accord with custoon.
1
DIPLOMATIC MOVE.
|
Bowling.
Ryan (Glamorgan)
V. W. C. Jupp (Northants) Besler (Kent) Wellard (Somerset)
SUSSEX'S VICTORY. Holmes Pufs Up Strong Resistance.
It was a grimly contented game throughout, but the southerners thoroughly deserved their suecoas.
or 21.9%.
REPORTED,
Materfal Points.
The average for the last five years is $551,800.06.
The material portions of this The value of property recovered agreement are (1) appellant was to during the year was $74,702.63 or become a sub-editor reporter in the In a sensational finish, the last 15% of the value of the property service of the respondents and Yorkshire, wicket falling in the stolen, as against $63,308.25 or faithfully perform the duties of that last minute of the match, Sussex 13% of the property stolen in office for a period of four years defeated Yorkshire by 78 runs at 1927, an increase of 2% in ratio from August 1, 1927; (2) appellant Brighton.
between the property stolen and was not, to engage in any other property recovered,
employment without the written consent of the respondents under penalty of dismissal; (3) the salary of the appellant was to be payable monthly at the following rates:- $350 for the first year, $100 for the second year, $425 for the third year, and $450 for the fourth year: (4) there were provisions for dl- minished salary in the event of the. temporary lness, of appellant and if he became permanently incapaci for determination of the agreement tated for the performance of his duties; (5) there was a provision
Runs had to be struggled for from the opening day, and but for a great fighting display by Bowley, who compiled 74 Sussex would have made a poor first innings effort. As it was, they compiled 169 runs and got rid of Yorkshire, for 162. The Yorkshire battlag failed badly, only Holmes (52) exceeding the half century,
HOME FOOTBALL.
RANGERS' GOAL STILL INTACT.
London, Sept. 3. Glasgow Rangera, playing Queen's Park In the Scottish League to-day,
FORMER OFFICIAL IN THE FAR EAST.
Sussex made 265 on batting won by the only goal scored. The again, and Yorkshire's defeat im- Rangers have thus won their first for the determination of the agress London, Sept. 3. mediately became a distinct possi-five matches without conceding a ment by three months notice in Hits Majesty has approved the bility. They fought hard, how goal.
writing on, either side; (0) there appointment of Mr. C. M. Palairet, ever, Holmes putting together 61, In the Northern Section of the was power retained to the respon C.M.G., as Minister in Bucharest, but were all out just before time Third Division of the Football dents to dismiss appellant for car-
Mr. Palalrat has been. In the for 204..
League, Southport defeated Carlisle taip specified kinds of misconduct; Referring to the situation in Diplomatic Service since 1905, and,
by four goals to three, while. Rech (7) the appellant was bound not to Palestine, the British Premier aald has spent a little time in the Fari
dale bent Chesterfield by 2 goals to engage in any business similar to 'one-Reuter, date was accepting a national re-bassy at Tokyo from 1922 1011925, that a nation necepting a Man-East, being Counsellor of the Em-
that of the respondents during the sponsibility..
continuance of the agreement and when he was transferred to the
Through the courtesy of Mr. C. the termination of his four years' for five years afterwards;. (8) upon There was no racial conflict in Peking Legation.
W. Jeffries, acting Director of the service' under the agreement ap Palestine between the Moslems He was recalled to England for
Observatory, we have received a pellant was to be entitled to a free and the Jews. The recent oventa duty at the Foreign Office in 1920,
copy of local meteorological ro- second class passage to London on ere simply an outbreak of law his appointment to lessness and disorder. Ne nation, being the first since that time
which he has compiled. The book specified. Bucharest
cords from the years 1884 to 1928, certain conditions whilch need not be (Continued on Pade 12.), Reuter,
Bells at sixty cents.
(Continued on Page 3)
CRICKET WASH-OUT. *
Notts in Difficulties. Notts won the championship by gaining three points from Derby shire, even had Yorkshire beaten Sussex. Rain prevented a com- but for the loss of three wickets, pletion of an innings by both sides, (Continued on Page 18.)-
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