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THREE SHIPPING MISHAPS.

A DAY'S ADVENTURES ON WEST RIVER.

JJ

KOCHOW STRIKES ROCK AND

IS BADLY HOLED.

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BEACHED AT WUCHOW.

What must be very nearly a record even for the snares of the West River was set yesterday, when three shipping mishaps occurred at different points along

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PER ANNUM

RATЛEXT THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1930. B+B + WINOLD COPT: 10 FENTA

PROPOSED KILTED STARTLING OPIUM THE ENGLISH CUP HOME OF THE NAVY

BOY SCOUTS.

SCOTTISH TROOP MOOTED

FOR KOWLOON.

PIPE BAND POSSIBLE.

At interestling development in connexion with the Boy Scout move- rent is, we understand, taking place in Kowloon, where à Scottish Top of this well-known organisa- tion it in process of being formed.

SEIZURE.

FOUR TONS FOUND ON

BRITISH SHIP..

SHANGHAI POLICE MAKE A REMARKABLE HAUL.

VALUED AT $125,000.

One of the biggest seizures of opium in recent China history was made in Shanghai yesterday on a British steamer, according to information reaching the Telegraph

RE-PLAYS.

MILLWALL AND CORINTHS AGAINTM DRAW,

| BOURNEMOUTH UPSET.

CONFERENCE.

PLANS FOR HISTORIC ASSEMBLY.

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THRONE TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

A PALACE ADAPTED.

DUNLO

DUNLOP CARRIES THE TRAFFIC.

They're British, too.

LOGAL BRANCH: Pedder Buliding.

MOB VIOLENCE IN

AUSTRALIA:

POLICE DISPERSE STRIKING COAL-MINERS.

C. 4354

BRITAIN'S POLICY DEFINED.

PREMIER AND NAVAL CONFERENCE.

REAL DISARMAMENT HELD TO BE POSSIBLE.

DRILLING IN STREET.

Sydney, Jan. 16. Disturbing reports are to hand.. from the Northern coalfields, where the miners have struck owing to the State Government's NO EMPTY GESTURES. attempt to run the collieries, with volunteer labour,

Safety men and their deputies of the pits are likely to be per have been withdrawn; and some manently ruined.

The police, in a baton charge,

London, Jan. 15. Millwall and the Corinthians have still to decide the right of entry Into the Fourth Round of the FA Cup. In the Third Round re-play to-day, another draw resulted, extra time falling to produce a winning goal.

London, Jan, 15.

London, Jan. 15. Five other Cup re-playa were If, as there is every reason to be-

The elaborate plans and pre-

Britain does not propose to Deve will be the euse,, the new Troop

completed. There was one "real

make mere gestures with the established, it should represent

surprise. Fulham defeated Bourne-parations made for the assemb

feat ling of the historic five-power

disarmament. object of encouraging naval. a striking addition to the Boy Scout

mouth at Bournemouth, a

She will only movement locally, as it is intended

which has not previously been naval conference, which will be that the kilt will form a con-

move if other nations move necomplished this season. through Chinese Newcastle atoned for their opened bn Tuesday by His Ma-

correspondingly. This was the spicuous note in the lads' uniforme,

fallure before their own suppor-jesty the King with brilliant scattered two thousand white it is hoped eventually also

most important feature of a the river's course. Fortunately, to form a Pipe Band in connext

The seizure was made by the lers, by defeating the Third Divi- ceremony, are practically com-accompanied by women, who statement made by Mr. Ramsay be therewith.

police and customs authorities of sion side, York City, at York. pleted. only one of the three can

had marched from Cessonock to

MacDonald on British naval also engaged Several hoys from Kowloon Docks the Municipality of Greater Shang-Middlesbrough,

The opening ceremony will be the gates of the Abermain Col-

policy to-day when he received regarded as really serious. are showing a keen interest in the hai, and it consisted, says thengainst a Third Division side, staged in the magnificent Royalliery at Kearsley.

British and foreign journalists. project, and it is hoped to augu-report, of no fewer than four ime Chesterfield, and playing at home, Gallery of the House of Lords,

were given a rare tussle, eventual- where at eleven o'clock in the mandeered motor lorries and After the clush," the police com-

Our policy, the Premier said, wasS ment their umbers from other of illicit opium in the raw state. Scottish boys residing on the Penin-

ly winning by four goals to three, morning, His Majesty will take raced to Kurri, where three thou-based upon the increased security

The results

cabled by sula who are not already members

his seat on the Throne brought sand miners were drilling in the due to recent peace agreements. A Reuter were: of any existing Troop.

from Buckingham Palace for the streets, but the latter dispersed rent advance in naval disarmament

should

possible. when requested. Ex-soldiers un-Navies, armies and air forces. dertook the drilling.

should be proportionate to the risks of war. They should be decreased when the risks decreased,

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Two of them were groundings due to the low water, and though they are apparently still firmly embedded in the mud, ng damage is reported, and it is witicipated that they will get off when the river rises.

Two Groundings,

The s.8. Tai Hing went agroun on a bank approximately eighteen miles below Wuchow, while the 9. Kong So grounded on the Second Bar. Both are Chinese

river steamers of a very small size. and no trouble in getting them off! is anticipated. The only pasable danger is the prospect of a party. of river-bandits appearing on the

scene.

An accident to the Butterfield- and Swire river-stemmer, the s.. Kochow, is of a much more serious

nature.

The British authorities Te 'port that the vessel struck a rock five miles below Wuchow yester day morning, and it is evident that the vessel struck yery hard. one was injured.

Kochow's Mishap.

No

sources this morning.

The lowest possible valuation if the curge is $125,000, based

on the fact that opium in Sze- chunn, the place of its origin, is cheap.

Mr. R.M. Dyer, Chief Manager | . of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Kid, is netively interest- ing himself in the scheme, which we heartily commend to Scottish boys residing in Kowloon.

If the opium had been prepared, Empiries by those interested it is estimated that its value could should be addressed to Mr. W.C.K. | not. have been less than $400,000. Mackie, at Kowloon Docks,

STRIKE ON. CHINESE

EASTERN RLY.

SOVIET REPORTED TO BE DISMISSING CHINESE

Harbin, Jun. 15. The resumption of Soviet control of the Chinese Eastern Railway has been marked by the dismissal of: 10 fewer than 900 Chinese "em- ployees.

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F. A. Cup Re-Finys. Millwall Bournemouth Manchester C

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4 Tottenham

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Huddersfield Middlesbro

3 Bury

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Newcastle

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Scottish Cup Inverness Cital. 1 Armadale

1st Round.

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4 Chesterfield

ocension.

King's Speech of Welcome.. The King, who will be attired 1 in morning dress (which all the 3 delegates to the conference will habitually wear) will be attended by the Royal Suite, and he will deliver a speech of welcome to the representatives of the interested

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minera,

The Minister of Mines has issued a warning that a stage may

soon be reached when

an

appeal will be made to the com- munity to oppose the violence of drilled mobs of law-breakera.

New South Wales' cool require

The sensational haul was made The revisions of the English Cup Powers in the presence of a bril- ment from the unaffected areas draw in accordance with the re-play liant gathering of delegates, diple-are only being half met, and the results are as follows:

on board a Butterfield and Swire steuner plying between Hankow and Shanghai. It is understood that the vessel concerned was the Tatúng, though we are informed that as the cable received from Shanghai was in Chinese, the exact spelling is not certain.

Police on Look-eut.

Huddersfield Middlesbro

Notts Fur, Swindon Newcastle

Y. Sheffield U. Charlton or

Q. P. R.

v. 4.

Fullam

v. Clapton O.

Manchester C.

PORTUGUESE LAD DISAPPEARS.

TUESDAY.

muts, members of the Cabinet, and distinguished, visitors,

Immediately afterwards His Ma- jesty will withdraw; and Mr. Ram- any MacDonald as the President

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of

Government contemplate reimpos- ing restrictions in the use gas-Reuter,

of the Conference will open the OVER $700 RAISED FOR discussions. He will be followed by the other delegations in English in alphabetical onder.

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CHARITY.

KOWLOON F.C. NEW YEAR FUNCTION.

therefore be

If wo fall to reach an agreemant now there will be another twenty

years of competitive building, whereas if international equilibrium' is secured, there will be no danger to national security.

The British delegates, added Mr.

MacDonald, will not enter the con-

ference bound hand and foot....We shall only move if other nations move correspondingly,

Any agreement reached will have to cover a period of years, probably to 1930.

The British Government would arge the disappearance of the bat tleship, the complete abolition of aubmarines, or their reduction to a minimum, and a considerable re duction in destroyers. The fate of destroyers would entirely depend upon submarines,

Government's Alm.

Real Home of Conference,

But the real home of the Con. The remaining Chinese em+ It appears that the Municipal

ference. where all future delibera- ployees of the Railway have de-Police received Information last HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. tions will be held, will be the State

The President and members of clared a strike in protest against | woolt-end that a wealthy gäng en-

Apartments at St. James's Palace. the Kowloon Football Club desire the. Söviet Step. Military-Head-gaged in opíùm smuggling had

Here, all that thought, money to

all express their thunka to

The express alm of the British quarters frontier buse been planned a big coup. having ap-

The complete disappearance of a and time has been able to achieve, residents of Kowloon and Hong-Government in entering: next The official report states that | Abolished and the Commander-in-ranged for an unusually large

Portuguese boy, aged 13 years, is has been done by way of adapt-kong who so kindly supported the week's naval conference to to.. the damage is very serious. The Chief, General Ting Chuo, has re-teen-frument of the drug to he

musing considerable anxiety in the stately rooms to the excep- Club on the occasion of their achieve the maximum reduction in master (Captain J. Manners) ¿m-turned to Harbin,

sơn through tổ Shanghai from amongst his relatives and friends, tional requirements of the naval annual charity match held on New naval armaments commensurate mediately turned his vessel ron mắ

Szechuan,

and the police are now busy making discussions,

Year's Day. The results were with international security, avoid- Every steamer arriving from exhaustive enquiries a La his Priceless pictures and gleaming most gratifying as the sum ofing proposals that would wreck the Yangtze since then has been whereabouts.

armour on the walls will add $726.88 was realised for charity chances of agreement, and bearing subjected to a vigorous search, The lad is Joseph Xuvier, dignity to the surroundings.

This amount has now been distri- constantly in mind the extent of the and the efforts of the authorities son of Mr. G.M. Xavier of 20,

buted as follows: i were rewarded yesterday morning Fee Woo Street, und he has not

Poppy Day Fund by the startling discovery report been seen since he left his home

ut 8.30 4.m. on Tuesday.

Blind Home, Kowloon ...

Children's Ministering League Dr.

£12.0.0.

she was on her way to Hong kong-und made as rapidly as the circumstances permitted to Wu- chow. Eventually, it was found necessary to beach The steamer- at Wuchow to prevent her from sink- Ing.

It appears that the Kochow was badly holed under the No. 1 hatch,

She began to make water rapidly

smalt

INDIAN STUDENT'S

FLIGHT.

BAD WEATHER CAUSES HIS

RETURN.

Landon, dar, 15e

ed above,

"Big Men" Behind Affair, How such a large quantity of in her forehold, while a

Man Mohan Singh, the young | opium' was concealed is not stated, amount of water was soon reach-Indian student of Bristol Univer-but apparently there would not ing the boiler room through the sity who started from Croydon laat he great difficulty about it as raw damaged bulkhead, The pumps Saturday on an attempt to fly to opium is usually despatched in were sufficient to cope with the India and win the Aga Khan's balls, water and the engines and boilers prize of £500, offered to the first are intact.

Morning Fog.

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Drawing Room .Converted.

In Queen Anne's drawing room a large table will accommodate the delegates for the principal larger an-mectinga.

A significant point is that it is believed that he together with other boy has been absent from school during the past week.

CUBAN SUGAR CROP GRINDING.

Indian making such a flight, the police are pursuing enquiries No, arrests were effected, bui turned to Croydon to-day from t.e and hope to trace the "big men" FOUR MONTHS DAY & NIGHT

Bourget in all 'ordinary, mail aeroplane.

He met with a series of mishaps, and his aeroplane was hadly dam-"

behind the affair,

The accident occurred at about 9.30 am. yesterday morning, and from one source it is learned that aged in Sunday's gale--British | SMUGGLING ON THE there was for on the river yester-Wireless, day:

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The 8.8. Kochow is insered with China Underwriters for $25,000. It is, however, probable that tem porary repairs can be effected at Wuchow, allowing her to come to Hongkong under her own steam for docking purposes.

CEYLON RAISES NEW

LOAN."

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QUICKLY OVER-SUBSCRIBED

CHINA COAST.

TASK STARTED.

Havana, Jan. 16.

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Nearly all the smaller salons have been set aside for the use of the Secretariat.

Unprecedented

arrangements

have been made for the benefit of the Press. There will be hun dreds of journalists present coming from all parts of the world. -Reuter.

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Romantic History.

St. James's Palace as a meeting house for a naval disarmament conference has a romantic appeal.

Barnardo's

(Homes.

$200.00 200.00

British Empire and its dependence of the Royal Navy for the pro- tection of seaborne trade and maritime communications..

Justification for the hope that 179.64 auch reduction may safely be realised is to be found, primarily, 147.32 in the numerous instruments for entrenching security which have been signed since the war.

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ILLNESS OF MR. K. E. GREIG.

The Covenant of the League of Nations, the Washington Treaty, the Locarno Treaties, the Optional Clause and the Pact of Parla are the most notable of these instru- COLLAPSE AT GOVERNMENTments, but, in addition, there have been a number of regional

to agreements

which the signatories attach considerable

world peace.. importance for the maintenance of

Checking Expansion.

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HOUSE.

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A hundred and fifty-six sugar

The many friends of Mr. K. E. mills, including several which are

It was to St. James's Palace that Greig, manager of the Taikoo among the largest in the world, at Queen Elizabeth hastened from Dockyard and Engineering Co., midnight began the grinding of the Richmond when it was learnt that Ltd., will regret to learn that he 1029/30 season crop, estimated at the Armadu had set sail for the

The cumulative effect of these PREVENTIVE SERVICE TO

four and a half million tons raw. English coast.. It was here that is at present lying II at the

agreements, it is felt. make some The grinding, will go on con- she held council with Drake and | French Hospital. BE FORMED.

advance in the direction of naval tinuously for four months, work-her Admirals. It was to the Great We understand that he collapsed disarmament possible for, la the ing day and night.

Council Chamber that her enemies, whilst attending a Nanking, Jan. 8.

function at view of the Government, military The work is considered so A new, "department of the portant that a Presidential decree Lord Howard, the Catholic Peers, Government House on Monday force must bear some relation to

and the aristocracy of England Ministry of Finance, to be known has been issued banning all politi- came to offer allegiance and tonight, and on his removal to hos the immediate. risk of war, which, cal meetings and festivities. Reu- defend her stores with ships and pital it was found that he was as a result of these agreements, is the Preventive Service Departer.

suffering from internal hemog men sqpinst Philip of Spain.

rhage. On enquiry this morning, has been reduced. Key

It is bad statesmanship to responsible for the

The courtyards were then full of we were informed that he was 'as

maintain armaments beyond neces mounted men ready to carry mes-well as could be expected,

sity.

The Kochow is a steamer of 350

IN LONDON. tons, and she is well-known' in Hongkong, her name being brought

London, Jan, 15. Lists for a new five per cent, loan into prominence in September,; 1927, when she was pirated on the for the Government of Ceylon were ment, to be West River about two hours out of opened this morning and closed this detection of all forms of smug. Samshui, her officers being taken afternoon, the issue being over-gling into China will shortly be by surprise and being unable to subscribed. The entire amount of offer resistance to the gang who the lusue was £1,250,000, of which, established, with Mr. Ying Sui, |

were on board na passengers.

Officer Killed.

The new department will have branch offices in the various pro. vinces to cope with the extensive smuggling now going on--Kuo Min.

however, £350,000 had already been sheng as director. placed in accordance with the terme of the prospectus, applications be- ing invited for the balance of £900,- The Chief Engineer, Mr. 1.000 at the price of 95-British Black, was the only officer who || Wireless, made any suggestion of offering resistance and he was shot down without compunction from behind, n bullet entering his head, killing him Instantly.

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DRIZZLE "AND MIST.

The Royal Observatory reports that a new anticyclone has form- ed over North China. Freshening monsoon along the South-East coast of China'and light to moder

LEAGUE COVENANT

AMENDMENT.

im-

SOME OF THE COMMITTEE

MEMBERS,.

Geneva, Jan. 15, Viscount Cecil (Britain), Mr. Adatchi (Japan),and Mr. Woo

'sages calling all good citizens to Mrs. Greig, who has been at arms or delivering despatches Home for some time, is due hera offering assistance from men of by the .. Karmila to-morrow ever party and creed,

morning,

The greatest naval conference in our history was then held, but it meant war and destruction. The coming conference aims at peace,

Palace of Ease,

SANCTIONS AGAINST

GERMANY.

MEASURES IN CASE OF WILFUL DEFAULT.

It is also the opinion of the Government that the dangerous tendency within recent years sto expand the world naval armament may, unless checked, lead to com petition..

There are three ways in which'. the problem of naval reduction' may be approached firstly by the reduction of the fleets in being, | Kal-seng" (China) are among the The vicissitudes of St. James's

secondly, by a reduction of the THE REV. F. C. YOUNG. éleven members of the Committee Palace have been many, yet to this

programmes sanctioned by the appointed by the League Connell day it bears the cachet of the Eng-

various Governments, and thirdly, to deal with the proposed amend-lish Court; foreign' Ambassadora

The Hague, Jan. 15. by an extension of the lives of ment of the League Covenant in are still accredited to the Court of

The question of the employment existing ships. order to bring it into line with the St. James's, though the Palace has Kellogg Pact-Reuter,

long ceased to house the Sovereign. of sanctions in case of Germany's {%

The Palace was built in 1582 by 'wilful default under the Young Plan In regard to Battleships, the Henry VIIL He had taken over

Washington Treaty left their ago. Wolscy's Palace in the woodlands has been settled...

Belgium, Britain, France, Italy at 20 years. If that life can be of Whitehall. The proximity of a lepers' home dedicated to St. James and an have decided, and Ger- extended at the coming conference annoyed him, so he had it pulled many agreed, that if the Inter-to 25 years, the result will be down and built himself a small pa- national Court of Justice finds Ger- equivalent to a reduction.

TO-DAY'S BULLETIN NOT SO ENCOURAGING,

The body of the victim of the 'outrage was thrown overboard,

The vessel was stopped at nine o'clock at night near some Chin ese villages and fifty people join-ate monsoon over the China Sea. We regret to learn that the Rev. ed the pirate gang, wholesale The local forecast till noon to-F. C. Young, minister of Union looting going on for five or six morrow isNE. winds, moder-Church, who is lying at the hours. Two days later, the Briate; some drizzle and mist,

Miss Irene Ho Tung, B.A., ls to Matilda Hospital auffering from deliver a lecture on "Some Thoughts prieumonia, passed a bad night, on Education" on Monday, 20th and that he was not nearly an well inst., at 8.30 p.in in the Union-As this morning.

sembly Room of the University, enquiry at timn-time, we

tish naval authorities undertook

a punitive expedition against the

We understand that, the

new

koo. Dockyard on the 23rd, instant condition was about the same.

The Age Limit.

destroying the premises on theer Tainan le to be launched at Tal" were informed that the patients and all interested are cordially: in- bein, was commissioned to design Powers will resume, full liberty of is largely that of the distribution

waterfront.

vited

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