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OFFER TO BUY A TREATY READY TO CHIANG PREDICTS DEATH OF SIR G. HOLIDAY SOCCER

COMPANY.

PRIVATE MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS.

HONGKONG ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO.

FUTURE DISCUSSED.

Brief reference to an offer by

BE SIGNED.

CEREMONY TAKING PLACE IN LONDON TO-DAY.

NO

ENDORSEMENTS.

London, Apr. 21. The text of the Naval Treaty, which consists of 6,000 words, is to be issued at midnight to-night. It is expected that it will be sign- ed at mid-day to-morrow.

The text of the Treaty rousists of a preamble in five parts and will twenty-five articles. There be no special endorsement arising

various reservations

being set

Mr. B. Montague Ede, to opent of the Three-power Pact, the negotiations for the purchase, by lump sum, of the Company as forth in the Treaty itself. a whole, was made by the Hon. After sporches by the Premier. Mr. J. P. Braga, when presiding Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and the at the annual meeting of the leaders of the delegations, the de- shareholders of the Hongkong|legates will sign in the fellowing

United. Engineering and Construction order-the

Stater, France, Great Britain, the Domi- Company. Ltd., hold in SL.

nions, India, Italy and Japan. George's Building this morning.

The signed copy of the Trenty The Chairman had to report an will be deposited with the Foreign adverse balance in the accounts, Office and other certified copies explanations for which he put for will be placed in the custody of ward in his speech. At the co-the clusion of the ordinary meeting.

concerned private meeting of the shaic- holders followed, when the futur? prospects of the Company were discussed.

Renter.

Government

SPLIT.

KUOMINCHUN TROOPS

DISCONTENTED.

OTHER REPORTS SAY ATTACK IS IMMINENT.

CONFLICTING TALES.

Nauking, Apr. 21. among the Shansi and Kuomin Predicting an imminent split

chum Commanders,

Chiang Kai-shek. President of

Kuominchun Dissension,

GUGGISBERG.

ENGINEER AND COLONIAL ADMINISTRATOR.

GOLD COAST WORK.

London, Apr. 21.

The death is announced of Sir F. Gordon Guggisberg, the en- gineer officer and Colonial ad- ministrator who was mentioned as A possible successor as Governor

AT HOME.

BLACKPOOL ASSURED OF PROMOTION.

PLYMOUTH GO UP INTO THE SECOND DIVISION.

ut Hongkong after the appoint- | SURPRISING nient of IE, Sir Cecil Clementi

as Governor of the Straits Settle- ments.

in

SCORING.

London, Apr. 21.

still

threed

ENGLAND RUGBY

CHAMPIONS.

FRANCE EASILY BEATEN BY WALES IN PARIS.

DUNLOP

British and Best

ELEVEN POINT LEAD.

Paris, Apr. 21. Wales beat France by eleven. points to nil in the International Rugby match to-day, England thus winning the championship. Interest in the game

was 50 great that the gates were closed before the match started, ten

three occasions.

From

a scrunt,

on

The game was a rough one and the referee had to warn several of the players-Router.

FIGHT IN INDIA CONTINUES.

GANDHI'S NEW MOVE OF DEFIANCE.

REALISES SERIOUSNESS OF CHITTAGONG AFFAIR.

1725

Bombay, Apr. 21.

In an interview, Gandhi declared "If Chittagong is an indication and not an isolated del as I believe Calcutta and Karachi to have been, it will be a serious affair, but how- ever serious the situation becomes there can be no suspension of the

steps."

."-Reuter,

REBELS NOT FOUND.

thousand people being shut out- Gandhi has made a new Sir Gordon Guggisberg was There were some surprising side.

move to defy the Indian to-day's football Ten thousand British people Government by giving per- born in Toronto in July 1869 and results Marshal

after being trained at Woolwich matches which solved various were present to cheer Wales on to mission to one of his henchmen he joined the Engineers in 1889, problems of promotion and rele-victory, France was dangerous the Nanking Government, spoke From 1893 to 1896 he served agation and left others still open. from the start, and in the first to disobey a deportation order, to a large gathering of Kuomin-Singapore and was then, until The Wednesday failed badly at two minutes tested the Welsh de- but the man was arrested as he tang and Nationalist officials at

1902,

instructor Derby and while the champion- fence with rushes and runa Gox rnment House this morning

the train. in fortification at ship honour remains undecided,

getting on and said that considerable dis-

Woolwich. He was. then sent to the Wednesday's chances are still skym (Cardiff), went over to score of the Chittagong affair, but however, A. Gandhi realises the seriousness content is existing in the Kuo-

Gold Coast as as- very bright. minchun armies consequent on

a try but the kick at goal, take says that there can be no sistant director of They have now secured 51 points by Fender, failed. The score at Marshal Yen Hsi-shan's refusal

surveys, being from 37 matches. Derby have 48 half time was still three points to suspension of the fight. Fur- to supply them with funds and

promoted director points from 39 matches, but Aston

ther arrests are reported, but ammunition.

In 1905 and Sur-Villa are out of the running with nothing in favour of Wales.

After the re-start Guy Morgan there have been no more distur- veyor-General of 45 points from 40 games. Man (Swansea), received the ball when Nigeria in 1910, chester City have

bances. When the war matches to play and now have 46 facing his own goal. He swung came he com-points. The three bottom teams in round and dropped a beautiful manded the Royal the First Division did not play to goal and then Davey picked up Engineers in day and therefore the relegation from a melee and dropped a high France and in 1917 question is still left open.

spectacular goal took over the 170th Infantry Bri To-day's games did, however, de: gade. In the following year he tide one of the Second Division was appointed Assistant Inspector leams to be promoted. Blackpool General of Training in France and won at Oldham. They now have included Mrs. M. detion of the Three-Power Treply the Nanking Commander-in-Chief, two years' later, as Brigadier-57 points from 40 matches, Chet national series France had one of fight, no retracing of our foot-

two is insisting on Marshal Yen Hsi-General, was given command of sea have 63 points with

matches to play while Oldham have shun first paying for the Kuomin- the 100th Division,

The same year he was made only 62 points and also two games chun mobilisation before he will agree to derlare war against Nan-Governor and Commander-in-to play. Blackpool's total points. king.

Chief of the Gold Coast-a post he therefore, can be equalled hut not Marshal Chiang said that the hold till spring 1927. Thanks to exceeded and they will play in the next year. Chel- "MASKEE" ON WAY TO outcome of the Ilonan develop his previous knowledge of the First Division

sea and Oldham are left to fight ment, consequent on this dissen- HONGKONG.

must for the sion among the Shansi and Kugar for the other place of honour.

Plymouth Go Up. minchun militarists; will be nost favourable to the Central Govern-

Plymouth won at Newport to-Wales ment and in this connexion it is

day and secure promotion from the possible that the revolt of the

Southern Section of the Third Kuominchun troops may be frus-

Division to the Second Division.GREEN ISLAND CEMENT trated before an expedition is dis-

They have 64 points from 30 matches, Brentford: their closest rivals, having 59 points and only two games to play The team to be promoted from the Northern Section remains undecided. Port Vale and Stockport have both played 39 games, the former having 63 points and the latter 59,

Marshal Chiang added that ae- Singapore Base Fature. cording to Honan messages, Mar- Melbourne, Apr. 21. shal Peng Ya-halang has arrived The Argus, in a leading article, at Chengehow and is conferring that the with Mr. Hsu Yung-chang, an en- Mr. J. P. Braga was supported says the suggestion by the following directors:--Sir Singapore Naval Base will ne voy representing Marshal Yen Usi- Robert Ho Tung, Mr. J. Sentt longer be necessary to Empire de-shaa. Harston, Mr. J. T. Bagram. 3. fence is based on a premature and A. R. F. Raven, with Mr. B. Alves wrongful assumption. The news- (Secretary). The shareholders paper points out that the ratifica- present Courey, Mrs. Burleigh, Messrs. R. is, anyway, unrertain, Montague Ede, R. G. Shewan, J. M. whatever its fate there should he Ruttonjre, A. Alves, A. A. Botelho, no thought of making the base the M.. A. Figuierido, Stuart Smith, sport of chance majorities in for A. H. Basto, F. M. Ribeiro, J. Helga Parliaments.-Reuter. Seth, N. V. A. Croucher and T. Coulthart.

Chairman's Speech.

The Chairman said:-Gentlemen, the report and statement of ac- counts having been in your hands for the prescribed period. I take it you will dispense with the reading of them.

Your Directors greatly regret that the report again shows an ad- verse balance. A great portion of the trading loss before charging depreciation arose out of an out-¦ standing contract under the head "General contracts." This work is now nearing completion, and it is hoped that, after the provisions made in the Profit and Tess Ac- count for 1929, no further charge need by anticipated in the current year's account in respect of that particular contract.

The Transport Department was responsible for a less amounting to $11,521,00. For The first eight months of the year this department operated at a loss of $12.575.17 but there was a' material importer ment for the remaining four months of last year, in each of which the monthly lusses were pun shalarto actual small profits, the amount brought in to credit for the latter perind being $1,051.17.

and that

SIGHTED BY FRENCH LINER

LAST EVENING

Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, said

The junk "Maskee," which is te attempt a journey round the world, has again leit Swatow for Hong-patched into Hunan. kong, news to this effect having Commenting on the Nationalist been brought in by passengers defence. Marshal Chiang express- aboard the French Mail linered satisfaction regarding the for- D'Artagnan, which arrived in port this morning.

tifications along the Tientsin- Pukow Line and said that he is Messrs, Kauff tud Carneiro, who leaving for Hankow shortly per are on their way to Singapore from sonally to inspect the Nationalist Shanghai aboard the D'Artagnan, defences there. state that at about 5 o'clock last A complete lull is prevailing evening they pased the "Masked," | along the Tichtsin-Pukow Railway about two hundred miles from ant for the time being the Hongkong.

|National Government will be con- By use of a megaphone, those tent to delay hostilities against aboard the junk asked the 'Artag the Shanghai-Kuominchur rebels, han to report to Hongking that judded the President. the "Maskee" was on her way here. and that satisfactory progress was being made.

It is hoped that the "Mask" will be here either to-morrow or

Thursday.

FIRE AT UNION CHURCH.

Feng Said to Be Ready.

Foreign reports have confirmed the arrival at Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang from Chengchow of

Loyang. Yesterday the "Chris- tian" General held a big military conclave with several Kuominchun Divisional Commanders, including Drastic Writing Off,

Generala Lu Chung lin Sung Chib-yuan and Sun Liang-sing, Acting on Bio Company's And

and Marshal Yen Hsi-shan's re- 19's recommendation.

presentative, Mr. Hsu Yung-chang. writing-off policy was adopted by

The meeting decided to dec- your Directors, with the result that

lare a gen_ral offensive against the amount written off Assets a

Some alarm was caused in the the Nationalist troops gregated $62,827.13 which went to

along the sell the debit balance in $137,856.- vicinity of Union Church, Ken-Peking-Hankow Railway in three 62. Of the total of $62,827.43, the nedy Road, this morning, shortly days' time. amounts written off included ter 10 a.m., when the care-takers Franki Piling North China Ac- roused the neighbourhood counts, $20.603.42; buildings, $11, cries of "Fire!" 900.00; plant and machinery nut in use, $14,634.03; a total of $17,137.-

36.

On the credit gi

FUSED WIRE SETS BEAM ALIGHT.

Franki Piling Profit can be the blaze. further divided thus:-Profit in Hongkong $24,740.41; losses in Shanghai and Tientsin $9,166.58 * a net prot of $15,573.83.

It transpires that an electric wire fused, as a result of which one of the beams on the ceiling was set alight. The building suf

SHANGHAI COUNCIL

DISPUTE.'

Another Ratepayers' Meeting To Be Held.

CHINESE MEMBERSHIP.

Shanghai, Apr. 22. The Senior Consul has 'for- warded, with a note of yester day's date, a petition, dated the 20th instant, signed by 64 ratepayers, convening a special meeting on May 2nd., at 5.30 p.m., for the purpose of recon- sidering the whole question of Chinese membership of the Council.

It will be recalled that the ratepayers, by a large ma

the jority, recently rejected Council's unanimous recom- mendation that the number of Chinese members be increased from three to five.

At the special meeting, a resolution will be proposed by Mr. Calder Marshall and seconded by Mr. Burkill.- Our Own Correspondent.

ENRETURNATIONAL

3

The only relegation problem so fár solved is in the Southern Sec- tion where Merthyr will have to ap- ply for re-election.

The results of to-day'a matches, as cabled by Reuter, are given be

low:

Aston Villa Derby

Leicester Liverpool

First Division.

0 Portsmouth

4 Wednesday

6 Arsenal

.0 Newcastle Manchester C. 4 Leeds Middlesbro' 2 Blackburn Sunderland 4 Bolton

Second Division.

1 Blackpool

Barnsley

1 Millwall Bradford C. 2 Hull Bristol C.

2 Chelsea Notts. Forest 1

Bury Oldham Reading Southampton Swansea West Brom.

2 Cardiff

4 Luton

1

In the final match of the inter-

the best opportunities in recent years of winning a championship which she has never secured.

The Anal championship table is given below:

Pts.

England France

Ireland

Scotland

1

25 12

P. W. L. D. F. A. .4 21

2 2 0 17 25 2 2 0 25 31 1 2 1

2

0' 35

26 30 30

COMPANY.

PROPOSED COMPENSATION TO SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

The question of compensation to Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and. Co.,

Ltd., for loss of office as General Managers of Green Island Cement Co., Ltd., is to be considered at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held at noon to- morrow, when the following resalu- tion will be submitted:

Defying the Government.

Navsari, Apr. 21. A further move to defy the Gov ernment has now been made by Gandi's permission to go to Bom- bay from where he was deported. last year by order of the Bombay Government.

Gandhi consented to the request, but Panjarker was arrested, as he was getting on the train for Bem- bay.

Gandhi has complained to the nu- thorities that the police bave thrown powder into natural salt lying around at Aat, thus rendering it bitter and unpalatable.-Reuter.

Rebels in the Hills.

Calcutta, Apr. 21. The Inspector General of Police. of Bengal, who was sent to Chittagong in connexion with the raid on the armouries, has report- ed that operations in the hills to the north of Chittagong, where all the members of the gang of raiders are now believed to be, are most "That the Directors of the Com- difficult to carry out owing to the pany be and they are hereby au-dense jungle, thorised to pay to Messrs. Shewan,

Up to the present the Inspector Tomes & Co., the sum of $125,000.- General has failed to get into 100 payable over a period of five 4 years by five instalments of $25,- 1 000.00 per annum ench such instal- ment to be paid by four equal quar- 2terly payments of $6,250.00 in each year. as compensation for loss of 1 office of General Managers of the 2 business of the Company."

2 Bradford

2 Chariton

0

4 Tottenham

3

Wolves

2 Stoke.

I

Third Division (South).

Brentford

3 Queen's P.R.

0

2 Norwich

3

3 Briston R.

0

1

G Northamiton

3 Walsall

0 Gillingham

4 Merthyr

0

4 Swindon

1

Third

Division (North).

1

1 Sth. Shickla

Crewe

Newport

country, he was able to make his plans from the moment he wan Mr. Hsa Yung-chang reported London he engaged engineers to Bournemouth

appointed. Indeed before leaving with that Marshal Yen Isi-shar is leay-plan a deep water harbour at Clapton O.

ine for Shibchiachwang this week-Takoradi. When he arrived there Crystal Pal The Fire Brigade was at once and it is possible that a meet- were two boat harbours, 269 miles Exeter communicated with and a fire-en-1ng with Marshal Feng will be of railways and 1,300 miles of Fulham gine was immediately despatched arranged to take place there, roads. to the scene. On arrival. the fire-

Southend On account of the strained re-

Gold Coast Governor. Franki Piling yielded a profit of | men found one of the beams of lations between Shansi and Nank-

Torquay Watford $15,573.83, and "Stae Pipes of the Church ceiling to be on fire.ing. railway communications When he left the harbour wed $14.960.99, a total of $30,534.82. but had no difficulty in putting out along the Peking-Hankow Line nearly finished, 206 miles of new continue to be interrupted. Trains railways had been built and 250

Accrington Barrow from Peking only proceed as far miles of the proposed line to the Halifax as Chungchow, and the upward North surveyed, while 3,880 miles Hartlepools traine from Hankow reach of motor roads had been construc- Lincoln

Wigan further than Yencheng, which has ted. recently been captured by the His first step was to draw up an Rotherham Kuominchun troops.

ambitious ten years' programme Wrexham which was approved by the Legin. York Plague in Harbin.

lative Council. He was confident Several cases of plague have that the development of transport Celtic been reported at Harbin, causing would bring increased revenue to Rangers Your Directors carried out a

considerable apprehension, among meet the cost and this proved to Kilmarnock

be the case, the populace.

Revenue and the Motherwell scheme of staff reorganisation in

To ensure

peace in Chinese aggregate balance mounted from July of last year. Very substan-

territories,

Manchurian £1,612,000 in 1910 to over £3,000,- tial economy in overhead costs

A radio message has been re- Government has recently station-000 in 1924, despite reductions in has been effected in consequance,ceived by the Water Police to the ed large conftingents of troops on taxation and the fact that double the beneficial results of which affect that the Dutch steamer, 0.g. the Sino-Soviet frontiers, but the estimated amount had been will, we trust, be reflected in the Cremer, sighted a small Japanese despite the fact that the populace cargo boat, whose name she could is apprehensive, wealthy residents not ascertain, on White Rock, near continue to flock to Harbin, High Lammocks.

The year closed with contracts fered only slight damage in hand for piling of a total value of over $5,000.00 in Hongkong. since when the company has been given several new contracts which are receiving attention by the department concerned.

current year's account.

Directors Waive Fees.

JAPANESE STEAMER

AGROUND.

DUTCH BOAT'S WIRELESS MESSAGE.

The firm of Messrs. Raven and

She noticed distress signals on Basto, architects and civil board, but the boat appeared to be engineers, was appointed techai-deserted.

+

the

Chiang's Movements.

Nanking, Apr. 21. cal managers of the Company on The Cremer has not yet arrived Chiang Kai-shek has announced 1st October, 1929, since when Mr. in port, and no other information that he is going to Hankow shortly, A. I. F. Raven, the senior partner is available locally beyond that and will return to Nanking after

(Continued on Page 8.) contained in the wireless message. two weeks.--Reuter.

▷ Plymouth

3 Chesterfield

2 Rochdale

8 Tranmere

2 Nelson

1 Doncaster

1 Southport

0

Port Vale

✪ Clyde

Scottish League.

3 Morton

◊ Dunde 4 Ayr

DEATH OF VETERAN GOLFER.

PRINCE HOMEWARD

BOUND.

FOR MARSEILLES ABOARD

"RAWALPINDI.”

London, Apr. 21.

The Prince of Wales left Chiro

touch with the raiders.

He adds that all the information received confirms the belief that the outrage was the work of a terrorist revolutionary party. ·

Arrests made at Dacca and Mymensingh in connexion with the Chittagong disturbances include.. the Secretary of the All-Bengal Students' Association and the assistant Secretary of the Mymen- singh Congress Committee.- Reuter.

Editor Goes to Gaol,

Madras, Apr. 21. Nageswar Arno, the editor of a

at midnight aboard the P. and O. vernacular paper whose motor car

Oriental liner Rawalpindi for Mar-was distrained because he refused seilles.--British Wireless,

He

to pay a fine in connexion with his The Rawalpindi left Hongkong civil disobedience activities, has on March 29th, and amongst the been re-arrested.

on board Hongkong passengers were Major C. Willson, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carrie; Mrs. E. David- son, Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg, Mr. J. Puncheon, Mr. and Mra. J. D. Provan, Mrs. P. W. Ramsay and 0 Mrs. N. L. Smith.]

NONKOOONN

ZEPPELIN VISITS

ENGLAND.

FIRST GERMAN AIRSHIP SINCE WAR.

was charged, with two. others, one being the Secretary of the Young Independents, with un- lawful assembly for the purpose of breaking the salt laws. All three were sentenced to six. months' rigorous imprisonment-- Reuter.

British Cloth Boycott.

Madras, Apr. 21: A meeting under the chairman- ship of the ex-Congress' Member of the Council of State, Doctor Ramrao, decided to form. a London, Apr. 21. Swadeshki League to promote the At the invitation of the Air use of native goods and to boycott Ministry, the German Zeppelin, particularly “ British cloths.-- which is now on an expérimental | Reuter, flight from Berlin across England, will break ber journey at Carding. ton air station and moor at the huge mooring mast there.

K. M. Munshi, a prominent mem- The Zeppelin is expected to ber of the Bombay Legislature. By 1927, £1,342.937 had beensional golfer, Alexander Smith, reach Cardington on the same day. until he resigned recently to join expended on public health schemes who was twice open champion of She will be the first German air- the civil disobedients, has been including pipe-borne water for the United States. Reuter's Ameri-ship to land in England since the arrested for breaking the salt law.

(Continued on Page:18.) can Service.

war-British Wireless...

Reuter.

spent on schools, hospitals and ether public buildings, while the

and expenditure on posts

tele, graphs was treble the sum pected...

Public Health Scheme,

ex-

TWICE OPEN CHAMPION OF UNITED STATES,

New York, Apr. 21. The death has occurred at Baltimore of the veteran profes-

Another Prominent Arrest. Bombay, Apr. 21.