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EVE OF SCHNEIDER RAID ON "SOCIETY” ISLAND'S BUDGET HEAVY FINE FOR ATTEMPT TO FIRE MAINLAND ROAD NAVAL VOLUNTEER

BENEFITS. CUP CONTEST.

MILLION SPECTATORS

ANTICIPATED.

FEVERISH EXCITEMENT ON THE SOLENT.

the board.

Accommodation at Cowes and

JOURNAL.

POLICE DETAIN SEVERAL CHINESE

SCARCELY A SINGLE NEW PROJECT.

LATE NIGHT VISIT.

Very few details are at present NEW POLICE STATION TO BE available regarding a raid made by the police last night, shortly after

11 o'clock, on the premises of a certain newapaper, the name of

PUSHED ON.

which was not disclosed in the po-COMPLETION OF ROADS lice reports this morning.

The objeel of the raid

SPEEDING.

PORTUGUESE REBUKED FOR

INSULTING OFFICER.

KOWLOON INCIDENT.

NEWS OFFICE.

COMMUNIST OUTRAGE IN SHANGHAI.

PHOSPHORUS BOMB THROWN INTO BUILDING.

movement.

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DEVELOPMENT.

START BEING MADE ON

$1,170,000 PROJECT.

OTHER SCHEME VOTES.

The Budget appropriations for the coming year disclose some fa- toreating items in connexion with the development of Kowloon and the New Territories.

RESERVE.

NEW DUTIES FOR THE KAU SING.

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET.

One of the biggest schemes to.FIRE BRIGADE VOTES. be put in hand is the circular castern road, 25, feet wide, the first section of which will ran

The fact that the rescue-tug Kau from Kowloon City to Sai Kung. Sing is to be fitted out for work in The total cost is estimated to be connexion with the proposed Hong- $1,170,000, of which $200,000 is to kong Royal Naval Reserve la Indi- be spent in 1930.

eated in the draft estimates of ex- It is explained that owing to the tive Counell yesterday. For this, penditure laid before the Legisla- Peninsula as a business centre, it ear-marked. rapid development of Kowloon purpose, a sum of $2,300 has been is considered advisable to provide

The Roserve is to have its head-

A fine of $25 was imposed on Mr. L. A. Carvalho by Mr. T. S. [ Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, when the defendant was convicted on a charge of travelling through the STUDENT ROWDYISM. - controlled area in Chatham Road BOTH TEAMS CHOSEN.

is London, Sept. 5.

ποι stated, but cortain It is expected that there will be at a speed. In excess of 16 miles

Shanghai, 'Sept 2., an hour, have been Reized some complaint at the Government's

Communista yesterday attempt Feverish excitement on the eve articles

Mr. Leo d'Almada, fnr., appeared to burn down the offices of the of the Schneider Cup contest is be, by the police and a number of Chin-forward policy in services rather

ed for the defence,

China Timea, in Shantung Road, as ing manifested. It is an event calese are now detained by the police than in material works,”! ·

The list of works included under culated to provide the most thrill-pending investigations.

After registering a conviction, part of the demontrations con On making enqubles later, a re- the heading Pulitic Works Extraor- his Worship made severe com. ing of all spectacles, the more 86

nected with the Young Communist since it is mutely predicted that all presentative of the Telegraph dinary in the Draft Estimates for ments on certain remarks which previous records will be swept by learned that the newspaper con-1930, involve a total cost to the the defendant was alleged to have

A crude phosphorous bomb was cerned in the Hongkong Sai Yat Po, Treasury of only $3,840,760, while used when atomped by Sergeant hurled through an open window on

periodical issued once every three a good part of this amount will he Sexim. Its Worship said that he the ground floor of the building a road that will give easy and ces-quarters at the Royal Hongkong Society paper, run somewhat on the new printing shop at the Gaol, remarks. It appeared that the de- tinguished by the Central Fire building sites for residential pur-together with the formation of gossip. It is said to be a Chinese such as a new police station, and cowardly to make such pepaper, but the outbreak was ex- allow of their being opened as cost of alterations necessitated, lines of similar journals at newals of Government furniture, fendant suggested that Sergeant Brigade before serious damage poses. This rond will traveis drill ground, is put at $980.

Scarcely a shugle, new scheme is Scrim was looking for "squeeze." was done.

country that meets these require- Referring to remarks about to be embarked upon, except it is

Persa emoluments for the: Re- This deliberate act of incendiar" ments and will eventually be ex-serve total $2,832 per annum, split Worship said if the defendant tion and the wholesale distrib-vin Three Fathoms Cove. cost.

considered that the officer was n

a Warrant Officer, two Petty Of tion of communist pamphlets in For the Chatham Road exten-cers, a clerk and a meskonger. bully in trying to protect the lives Foochow Road, less than a block sion, a sum of $80,000 is voted, and Amongst other items of expendi-

away, few minutes earlier, and it encouragingCJA MATAČÍ TENNIS CAPRINES

in hoped to complete this ture are $0,000 for cruising ex- was accompanied by the breaking arterial road during the coming penses, $4,000 for ammunition, and of windows in the offices of the year. The PIRATES SEIZE CHINESE

total estimate is $6,600 for uniforms. Shun Pao, a few yards farther $244,000, of which 378,179 was The total annual aum required'

·DIVER.

on. Though the police of Central spent in 1928 and $25,000 voted by the Reserve will be $26,438. Station turned out at the first for 1929, sign of trouble in Foochow Road, and were present during the fire- fighting operations on Shantung Road, no arrests were made owing of those

other points of vantage along the lays or so, dealing chiefly with local spent on items entirely Government-considered it most contemptible setting fire to a large quantity of venient access, to areas so as to Yacht Club, North Point, and the

Solent, where the contest will be visible from all shores, is already taxed to its uttermost Imit, and it is expected that over a million spec tators will see the race which will

Konic,

etc.

be between Great Britain and Italy.rst cor, The flat was closed this of minor importance and of regiible Sergeant Scrim being a bully, hisism followed a minor demonstra- tended to Shatin Railway Station up between an Officer Instructor,

Designer Unwell.

This periodical has its offices in flat at No. 63, Wyndham Street,

morning, but residents nearby state that shortly after 11 p.m. yesterday,

New Police Station..

conai-

The spectators will not, however, several plain clothes detectives car include Mr. F.H. Royce, the des fried out a raid on the offer, as a re- It Is, perhaps, signer of the Rolls-Royce Super-sult of which about eight people on to find

afier that marine S-6, as he is confined to his the premises were taken into cus-derable delny, attributed to bed at Wittering, Sussex, suffering } tady,

changes in design and ghortage of

from severe strain and overwork A quantity of printed matter is staff, substantial provision

is

in connexion with the British ma-inderstood to have been seized by made for the construction of the chines built for the contest.

Mr. Royce's magnificent seaplane

is now Billain's hope for the race as it was slated to-night that the Gloster-Napler seaplane, which is reputed to be capable of faster speeds than the Supermarine Rolls. Royce, is not likely to compete,

the police.

SUCCESSFUL ACTION AGAINST RAIDERS.

though no reason has been given for | PALESTINE DISTURBANCES the decision to withhold her.

All machines participating in the contest was to be ready to-night for navigability trials to-morrow.

After these have been completed, no alterations or improvements will be permitted.

DYING DOWN,

new No. 2 Police Station, which is to be erected on the Praya East Reclamation. Originally estimat ed. to, cost $100,000, it la stated that the Hon. C.S.P, or Inspector- General of Police, as he will in

be known, fature

hag since requested the provision of further accommodation, which will in- crease the cost to $400,000. The revised plans were approved in May this year, but only. $20,000 will have been expended by December. The provision for next y ar is $200,000.

Sai Ying Pun Market.

Similarly, the Sai Yin Pun New

London, Sept. 5. The Colonial Office, in an official communique, states that successful action was taken against a party of rakding Araba on the evening of September 3rd.. at El Mesh, a Italian Plane Nearly Sunk,

village to the cast of Mount Tabor, 1 The Italian team's famous Macchi Twenty-six casunities were indicted 52 plane, on which Major Bern-en the raiders, while one British hardhi achieved the world's speed Follier was slightly wound d. of $200,000 being set aside for The French authorities in Syria this work in the cotning year, the record (subsequently benten by Lieut. D'Arcy Greig, but not by a have posted detachments on the Palotal cost being estimated margin sutrient to rank is a world (istine frontier north of Safed in $100,000. record) was nearly sunk to-day on alighting after its first test over the

contest course,

During Wednesday, the situation This was the third thrill for the comated generally quiet. Afrcraft trial spectators within two days asemtinge do ́carry out systematic the Supermarine S-G and the other patrols over the whole country. Macchi machine, No. 67, yesterday { British Wredese, both just escaped callistons with vessels steaming along the Sulent.

Eleventh Hour Surprise.

Later. Although it has been stated that the Air Ministry is doubtful about entering the Gloster-Napier, be lieved to be capable of at least 400 eleventh-hour miles an hour, an

surprise was produced this evening, when the "hush-hush" plane was

Market Is to be pushed on, the sum

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Held for Ransom on the West, River,

The Chinese diver engaged In locating the lost anchor of the sa. Kwong Fook Cheung, about, a quarter of a mile below. First Cliffs, on the West River, has béon captured and held by pirates.

A ransom of 360 is asked for his release.-British Naval Wireless,

of le children in the playground and his Worship knew that that was what he was doing then the defendant's idea of bullying and his Worship's were very different..

Continuing, his Worship in

dezzribed the tinted that had remarks as cowardly because he did not believe for one moment that the defendant would have spoken to the officur as he had dons If he had not been sure that Sergeant Serim was prevented by police regulations and the law of the land from giving the defendant a thrashing.

order to prevent the incursion of A change of plan has been up. Arabs into mur territory,

proved in connexion with wireless facilities. Lo the 1920 Draft Estimates, provision was made for the erection of two blocks of quaters for W/F operators, but, after exhaustive tests it was found that Cape D'Agullar Station is more efficient for long wave work ius, afid, it is therefore proposed to confine the Peak Station to short ware working with China And

His Worship said he thought it Broadcasting, without

ad- mast Cheke

unfortunate that Auch ditional buildings, and to erect at remarks had been made, but they Cape D'Aguilar one more trans-did not, however, enter into the mitting Block and mast for long matter of the charge. wave transmitting,

li. cost of At R $35.000.

LATEST AMERICAN CRUISER.

MRS. COOLIDGE PERFORMS LAUNCH CEREMONY.

New York, Sept. 5. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge" to-day brought oal of her hangar and per-performed the launching ceremony formed various evolutions for at the naval yard at Quincy, period of twenty minutes.

Maasuchusetts, of America's Intest The performance amazed the an 10,000-ton cruiser, the U.S.S. lookers, but it has not yet been de-Northampton. cided whether the machine will be

The vessel has a contract speed prepared for participation in the of 32% knots, and is armed with

ruce.

The Terms,

nine sight-inch guns, six torpedo labes and four anti-aircraft guns. -Reuter's American Servier,

Aftor to-day's trials, it was announced that the following teams have been chosen to represent MR. AND MRS. SNOWDEN Great Britain and Italy in the Schneider Trophy Contest:

AT SANDRINGHAM.

Britain; Flying Oficer Wag- born. Flying Officer Atcherley and

Flight Lieutenant D'Arcy Greig, | STAYING AS GUESTS OF KING Reserve: Flight Lieutenant Stain. forth.

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: italy: Warrant Officer Dalmo- lin, Leutenant Cudringher and

AND QUEEN.

London, Sept. 5.

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CHANGES IN POLICE TITLES.

C.S.P. WILL BE KNOWN AS INSPECTOR GENERAL.

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Gaol Printing, The Government has abandoned a scheme for the construction of a new printing shop at Victorin Gal, which was to have cost $1000 and has substituted a new scheme which will involve, about $100,000 $15,000 will be spent in 1929 and the remaining $85,000 issued in connexion with the Bud- It la indicated in official papers will be voted to complete the work get that changes are to be made in in 1940. In connexion with the the titles of the principal police development of the printing estab-officers of the Colony. ishment, the Government fa also Installing a notype maeldne,' at a cost of $14,200, and a Rota Print machine at li cost of $0,500.

Completing Road Schemes. Approximately $364,000 will be spent on new ronds on the Island, early all of which are already Mr. and Mrs. Philip Snowden ar- in course of construction, The Lieut. Monti. Reserves: Sergeant rived to-day at Sandringham, where Tai Hang development road is to Major Ajello, and Captain Caraveri, they will stay as the guests of the be completed at a cost of $60,000, |

Flying Officers Waghorn and King and Queen until to-morrow. the total of cost being in the Atcherley have both exceeded 350 It is stated that the visit of the neighbourhood of $232,000; a miles an hour in trial spins with | Chancellor of the Exchequers is section of the road between Cause- the Supermarine Rolls-Royce ma-purely informal and not in the way Bay and Quarry Bay is to be chines. Sergeant-Major Ajello, it empacity of Acting Premier.completed at a cost of $15,000. It will be recalled, crashed over the British Wireless.

was hoped that provision would be Lago di Garda about a fortnight

made for further work on 11 ago, his machine being completely

rand, which is to cut off a big -wrecked and lost in about fifty

corner on the route to Quarry Bay, fothoms of water. He had a mir-

but the Government plonds lack of aculous escape from almost certain

funds, death.-Render:

TOLLEY BEATEN IN GOLF MATCH.

OUSTED FROM AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

The rand connecting Garden Rond and Bowen Road with May Road will be completed in 1930-at a cost of $88,000, the balance to be expended before the end of the present year, while the expenditure of $76,000 on the widening of May Road from the Tram Station to Conduit Road to a minimum width of twenty feet, will enable Mid- Level residents to reach the city

At to Instigation of Mr. T. H. G. Brayfield, of Taipo, the driver of a motor lorry appeared before Mr. T.

New York, Sept. 5. S. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Cyril Tolley, the British amateur Magistracy this morning.

champion, was defeated in the third charge of falling to reduce speed round, of the American amateur and sound his horn when approach championship to-day, by Dr. Will Ing the junction of Nathan Road ing. Willing won by four up and Shangtung Street. The defendant three to play-Reuter's American by motor-car. pleaded guilty and was fined $20. Service.

(Continued on Pago th)

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The Captain Superintendent of Police will in future be known

as Inspector General of Police, whilst the Deputy Superlaten dents will have the title of Divi- slonal Superintendents,

Instead of six Assistant Suppr- intendents, there will be one Superintendent and five Assistant Superintendents.

"CASSUM" SALE CONDITIONS.

INTERESTING' ADMIRALTY

STATEMENT.

The Admiralty announces that if the .s. Cassum, formerly. II.M.S. Woodlark, now lying wrecked off Capsulmun, Is sold to a person other than a British subject, she must be broken. up.

If the, vessel is sold to a British subject, the original conditions of ale are to apply-British Naval Wireleas.

to the furtive actions responsible for the disorders.

Crowd Gathers.

At 1120 a.m. information was recaived at Central Police Station. that about 200 Chinese had gather ed in Foochow Road near Shan-

tung Road and were distributing communist pamphlets. The police, who had been standing-by all the

A sum of $5,000 is bet aside for completion of the widening of the Castle Peak Road between Nam Cheong Street and Wong Uk vil tage, and a further $30,000 for the road from Wong Uk to Laichikek. A sum of $18,000 ja nlso voted for Improvement of the Taipo Kond junction with the Castle Peak

Road.

PREMIER, RETURNING TO ENGLAND.

COMMENT ON THE NAVAL NEGOTIATIONS.

morning under pre- cautionary mobilization orders, Immediately boarded the station motor waggon and drove to the spot. A large crowd had collected near the junction of Foochow and Shantung roads, but as usual the police had the greatest dim- culty in detecting communists from the remainder of the curlous crowd which had gathered.

The street was hiered with thou-to. London. sands of coloured handbills, but those responsible for throwing them about had either disappeared or had mingled with the crowd.

Landon, Sept. 6. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald leaves Ceneva to-night and reaches Paris to-morrow. It is expected that the Premier will fly from Le Bourget

to setite,

Fire Brigade Votes

The Budget appropriations also show that special expenditure totalling $190,160 is contemplated in connexion Brigade.

with the

Fire

Amongst the items to be met from this sum are $100,000 for a new motor fire, float, to replace à atcam fire Roat unfit for further service; $1,400 for four neetylene frea or collapses; $2,300 for a Bay- searchlights, for use at night at

ley fire escape, $22,000 for a motor fire engine; $500 for 24 Ori nasal' masks: $300 for 12 portable lad- ders; and $900 for six Davy fire Escapes,

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It is also disclosed that a new post, that of Inspection Officer, has been created for the Brigade, the antary being from £150 to £500 by £10 annually.

Medical Apparatus,

There is also considerable Speaking to-day at a luncheon special expenditure allotted to the given by journalists attending the

Colony's Medicul Department, meeting of the League, in honour amongst the most Interesting of members of the League Cound items being $10,260 for epoctal Mr. MacDonald referred to the X-Ray apparatus, and #80,020 for Dense Clouds of Smoke,

naval negotiations between Great The police adopted the usual Britain and United States, "We special apparatus for ultra-violet methods for keeping the crowd have our difficulties of course," he ray and electrical therapy.

Another sum under the Medical move and experienced said. "We have things of a most Department is $50,000 for a har- on the little difficulty in this respect. complicated character They had hardly reached the scene but the will of the people is all hour dispensary launch. of the disorder when the bells of powerful and in the end must have fire engines from the Central the last word where grave issues depot were heard as four machines of peace are being determined by dashed to Shantung Road. along sincere statesmen."British Wire Hankow Road, Dense clouds of less. smoke could be seen coming from Shantung Road, and the large crowd in Foochow Road made a rush for the new centre of

terest.

LEAGUE AND SLAVERY QUESTION.

The police had the greatest dimeulty in keeping these people from the vicinity of the fire, which was located on the ground floor of the China Times building, 26-*** D162 Shantung Bed,

Gas Masks. Used.

LORD CECIL CRITICISES'

NON-RATIFIERS,

Geneva, Sept. 5:

Hailway Expenditure,

The Kowloon-Canton Railway will absorb over $478,000 in special expenditure.

Much the biggest Item under this heading is a sum of $880,000 for new passenger coa hea. Other votes include $81,000 for fencing, 334,800 for permanent shops at stations, $30,000, for a new painting shop. and $40,000 for new bodywork for four coaches.

· · Yuiuuleer Defence Corps.

On the Volunteer Defence Corps, there will be a total expenditure for At to-day's meeting of the Pell-the year of $107, 813, compared with tical Affairs Committee of the the approved 1929 estimate of $108,-

eagle Asembly, Viscount Cell, 358. one of the British delegatea request

ALARM FOR THE TIGER DISPELLED.

It appears that as soon as the to disperse the pollen arrived crowd in Foochow Road the deed a revival of the former Slavery there is a sum of $15,000 for a new Amongst special expenditure monstrators divided, some of them

Committe.

armoured car and $6,000 for a six- going along Foochow Road to Shunat "Road, others running

Lord Cecil said that this was wheel motor to complete equipment, south towards Avenue Edward VII, necessary in order that an examina- | while $2,100 is set aside for im and some making their way tion might be made for the general provements, to camps. down Shantung Road to Nanking aspects of the question. Road. In the general rusli and. The Committee could also ascer melee following the arrival of the tairi the causes for the non-rating- police, a crowd gathered outside tion of the Slavery Convention by the offices of the China Timer | many of the signatories and why and one of the communists, ap- those countries had not compiled proaching an open window of the with the Convention requiring them building hurled a bottle contain- to supply the League Secretariat Ing yellow phosphorous into the | with information on the subject.-- room. Those inside immediately. Reuter. scattered as dense clouds of poisonous smoke and Tunics Alled the room, flames spurting in many directions. The phosphorous Ignit ed a quantity of newspapers in the room and a serious outbreak seemed inevitable.

Car Windows Smashed, During the demonstration on Foochow Road the windows of two Talllist cars were smashed, but no other damage was done in this quarter, Hongkong has been declared. The first sign of trouble camo plague-Infected by the authorities, at 10 o'clock when about 100 com- of the Dutch East Indies.

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SINGAPORE TRADE COMMISSION.

OFFICE TO BE REOPENED AFTER SEVEN YEARS,

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M. CLEMENCEAU" ABOUT ATER FEELING UNWELL.

Parle, Sept. 5.

It Is learned that M. Clemen- ceap, who la now 88 years of age, complained of fdeling a trifle und... well on Tuesday and was examin- ed by a plyaletan,

Some alarm was felt, but this morning he made a short tour in motor-car and this afternoon received some friends,

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London, Sept. 8. It is assumed, therefore, that Mr. R. Boulter, Commercial the alarm will promptly be dig. Attache at Tokyo, has been appelled. pointell 'Trade Commissionerit Singapore.

M. Clemenceau appears to be vigorous ever and he is con- He will reopen the post which tinuing the dictation of his was closed in 1922 Reuter,

memoirs-Havas.