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INTERIM REPORT ON DIFFICULTIES IN HUGE ENTRY FOR THE MURDER OF ENGLAND ALL

CURRENCY.

TIME INOPPORTUNE FOR

STABILISATION.

COLONY MAY

SUGGESTED EXPERT SCHEME

BE READY.

SO

HOTEL CASE.

POINTS CLEARED UP

BY JUDGE.

MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS IN EVIDENCE.

GOLF OPEN.

AMERICAN PROMINENT IN THE QUALIFYING ROUND.

RECORD EQUALLED.

GEN. LUI.

KEEN SEARCH FOR ACCOMPLICE.

ASSASSIN QUESTIONED BY GEN. CHAN MING-SHU.

Hoylake, June 16. Americans were prominent in the first qualifying round of the Open Golf Championship for which there is a record entry of 296. The DEATH THREAT STORY. competitors are divided betwen the Hoylake and Wallasey. courses.

Canton, June 16.

CONTROL OF NOTE ISSUE. and the Hongkong and Shang-ances than Twine's, Diegel and who is said to have been

an

THE PLANT'S YIELD. Two or three "elementary difficulties," as they were des-

W. Twine of Bromley heads the

The asassination of General cribed by the Chief Justice (Sir list with a score of 68 on the Wai- Lui Woon-yim, Governor of Joseph Kemp), in this morning's lasey course, but Diegel and Comp Kwangsi, is still the topic of continuance of the refrigerating ston each went round the more dif-conversation in political circles plant cage between Messrs.ficult Hoylake course in 70.

herc.. A keen search is at pre- Anderson, Meyer and Co., Ltd.. These were both better perform sent being carried out for a man hai Hotels Ltd., were cleared un Compston equalling the record for accomplice of the murderer, the by Mr. Hacker, expert witness the course.

latter saying he was threatened Diegel played brilliantly and went The main recommendations of the Currency Committee for the plaintiffs; when he are contained in an interim report which has been presented to explained what was meant by out in 37, coming home in 83. with death if he did not kill

General Lui. Compston went out in 35 and came

After the assassination, General the Hongkong Government, a copy of which has been rour-making a ton of refrigeration, back in the same number of strokes, Chan Ming-shu, Civil Governor of teously supplied us by the Colonial Secretary.

in what senses the term "40-ton a feature of his play being his enor- Although finding that the present currency suffers from load" was used and his explana-mous driving. The leaders in the Kwangtung, was sent for and ho blemishes, the Committee agrees that it is the most advan-tion of the differences of the qualifying rounds are given below: himself put the self-confessed murderer through a long and tageous for the purposes of the trade of the Colony. A more water used for the plant between

searching examination. extended use of silver bullion is urged, but a Government note that of 1928 and 1929. issue is not favoured.

Hoylake.

in his re-examination by Mr. Diegel Stabilisation is not favoured, as it would divorce the H. G. Sheldon, Mr. Hacker said Compston Colony's currency from that of China, but in case China' should that a temperature, of 77 degrees. Cotton (Peryallis)

J. J. Taylor at some time suddenly adopt a gold basis, all available data would be required for the ordinary Bobby Jones should be placed before expert opinion so that a feasible scheme average efficient working of the may be worked out whereby the transfer of the Colony's cur-plant. He denied that Mr. Breal- rency from a silver to a gold basis may be effected as smoothly and with as little trouble and expense as possible.

envelop ley had given him an containing the analysis of the water, and that Mr. Brearley sign- ed the chit hook afterwards. He had given his coefficient on the low density of cork, namely 6.7,

MORE EXTENDED USE OF BULLION. because it was both cheaper and

The text of the interim report

is as follows:

only

be

Stabilisation could effected on a gold basis and is not therefore favoured, as it would

It is now possible to give some divorce the Colony's currency from very brief indication of the na-that of China. It is pointed out

mole effective than the high density, the coefficient of which was 7.4.

Judge's Difficulties,

His Lordship addressed Mr. Potter this morning and said: As you, have been dealing with the

ture of the replies which the Cur-that to introduce a currency on a technical side, perhaps it would be i

rency Committee intends to give to its terms of reference.

The Committee agrees that the present currency is the most ad- yantageous for the purpose of the so long as trade, of the colony

based on China uses a currency silver. The Committee remarks that the scope of its enquiry in this respect was confined by the terms of reference to trade.

Bank Note Premium.

The Committee finds that the present currency system suffers from blemishes because of the facts that a premium exists on the bank note over the silver dollar

in exchange and that the silver

dollar is

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medium, being, difficult to carry handle and store, which dis- advantages tend to put it at aiiscount.

Some dissatisfaction was also expressed to the Committee

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garding the methods of note fasue prevalent in the present system.

Suggested Remedies.

The Committee is disposed to advise remedies by a more extend- ed use of silver bullion and also by discouraging the deposit of dead weight currency in the Colony through adjustment of the rate of interest to suit the needs of the moment,

-Some suggestions may also be måde for more control of note is- gue.

A Government note issue is not,

gold basis present holdings of

silver must be sold for what they will obtain in the new currency, and that stabilisation cannot be effected at any arbitrary higher igure.

The present time would there- fore be a most inopportune one to introduce stabilisation.

better if I put one or two difficul ties now before me, and try to eldar them up straight away. They seem to be elementary, but they are difficulties which are on my mind.

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LLOYD GEORGE'S OFFER

TO GOVERNMENT.

Suggests National Treatment of Unemployment.

GUARANTEES MAJORITY.

London, June 17. An offer of a guaranteed majority to the Government f they will convene a special emergency of Parliament to deal with a great unemploy ment measure has been made by Mr. Lloyd George, the lead- er of the Liberal Party:

In an interview with the Daily Herald, Mr. Lloyd George proposes that the question of unemployment should be treat- ed as a national emergency and that the whole resources of the State should be mobilised to deal with the problem, the same as in war-time.-Reuter.

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One difficulty I have is purely technical. In part of Mr. Hacker's evidence he gave some elementary Expert Scheme Wanted. information in reply to a question that one B.T.U. was required to The Committee is inclined to raise one pound, one degree faren- recommend, however, that in case heit, and that one toa of refrigera- China should see her way at some time suddenly to adopt a gold ton of ice in 24 hours. I

was required to melt basis, in order that Hongkong should be ready to anticipate that understand the relation between CREATE AN ACTRE event all available data should be these two statements. put before expert

and

tion

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opinion Mr. Potter said that His Lord-D. Soulby (Fort William).

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EL feasible scheme worked ship would appreciate that that D. McCulloch (Troon) put in detail whereby transfer of was the basis or the unit for com-H. Risebra (Sheringham) the Colony's currency from amercial refrigeration on which Whitcombe effected smoothly and with as little silver to a gold basis may be they had to work. trouble and expense as possible.

The Committee.

The Committee was appointed March 28th, being constituted as follows:

The Honourable The Colonial Treasurer (Mr. C. Mel. Messer, Q.B.E.), (Chairman),

The Honourable Mr. R. H. Kote- wall, C.M.G., LL.D.,

Mr. M. J. Breen, Mr. C. G. S. Mackie. Mr. A. H. Ferguson, Mr. V. M. Grayburn. Mr. D. O. Russell, Mr. C. Champkin,

Mr. T. Megary (Secretary), Colonial Secretary's Office.

Question of Loads.

Twine

Wallasey.

Mr. Hacker pointed out that. Bradbeer (Porters Park) 288,000 B.T.U.'s were required to Mark Seymour (St. Leonards) melt one ton of ice in 24 hours, G. Vor Elm

W. Davies (Wallasey) therefore 12,000 would be required Tailey for the same purpose in one hour, and 200 per minute.

Why Deed' Was Committed.

The man stated that his name

was Fung Shing; that he was himself a Kwangsi man, un- married and 20 years of age. His mother and father were both living still in Kwangsi.

IN TEST.

OUT

SCORE 302 IN SECOND INNINGS.

AUSTRALIA 60 FOR 1: REQUIRE 369 MORE TO WIN.

FOURTH WICKET STAND.

England is in a comparatively strong position in the Test Match, the Australians at the moment being faced with the task of getting 369 runs with their remaining nine wickets. The position of the game is

England. First Innings England. Second Innings

270

302

Total

572

Australia-First Innings Australia-Second Innings

..144

.GO for 1.

Hobbs, Sutcliffe and Hendren added 204 to England's second innings total of 302. Sutcliffe retired injured, and Hammond and

Asked by General Chan Ming-Woolley were dismissed for four and five respectively. A timely shu why he shot General Lui stand by Hendren and Chapman produced valuable runs, Hendren Woon-yim, he stated that he had making 72 in a bright two-hour stay at the wicket.. Grimmett been asked to do so by u Kwangsi took half England's wickets, his victims being Hobbs, Hammond, man, who is in the service of Tate, Larwood and Tlydesley. Woodfull is out for. Australia, General Pei Chung-hel, the noted but Ponsford and Bradman are still in, giving signs of a good Kwangsi leader. He stated that stand during the latter part of yesterday's play. this man had promised him $10,000 to do the job and had also threatened him with death if he did not do iti

Final Instructions,

He stated that they had been discussing the matter since April and that it was on that day

SUTCLIFFE FORCED TO RETIRE.

London, June 16..

being as

thai this man, in the Toi On Shan England's second innings in the hotel on the Bund in Canton, had Test Match produced 302 runs, given him his final Instructions the detailed scores

follows: that General Lui Woon-yim must be killed at once..

ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS.

mett

After shooting the General he was to meet this man on the Sha- J. B. Hobbs, st Oldfield, b Grim- kee Maloo near the French Bridge H. Sutcliffe, retired hurt and a boat would be waiting there w. R. Hammond, 1.b.v., b Grim for them to escape.

meti

Asked

where it would be F. E. Woolley, b Wall possible to find the man. Fung E. Hendren, c Richardson, b Wall Shing suggested that he might be 4. P.F. Chapman, b Well-

M.. Tate, e Kippax, b Grim- found at the Kin Ling restaurant, mett but on the place being thoroughlyn. W. Y. Robins, b McCabe searched, he could not be found.

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Staff Questioned.

After examining the prisoner,

74 General Chan Ming-shu and his

74 staff proceeded to the New 'Asia

Hotel where all the guests and

staff were put through many ques-

H. Larwood, b Grimmett R. Tyldesley, b Grimmett G. Duckworth, not out

Extras

68 tions to try to get some evidence T. Wall 70-as to the whereabouts of the man,

71 who was known to be in Canton

on the day of the murder.

General Chan Ming-shu is him-

Total

Bowling Analysis.

0.

M. R.

A. Fairfax

C. V. Grimmett

P. M. Hornibrook

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S. McCabe

71

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self conducting the enquiry and it

Other scores were:-Moe and His Lordship said if it was not Horton Smith 75, MacDonald Smith necessary to tolerate the two state-77 and Duncan 74. Notable scrat- ments he would leave it.

chings wore Sarazen, Harrison Mr. Potter said that the Johnston, Voight, Aubrey Boomer simplest way to put it was that and Mark Seymour, who withdrew one ton of refrigeration extracted owing to the death of his father.- 288,000 B.T.U.s in 24 hours. If Reuter.

there was a 40 ton plant as in this case, then the number of B.T.U.s extracted per day would ba 11,520,000.

His Lordship, in referring to the question of a 40-ton load, said that it appeared to him that a load

TOURIST TROPHY

RACE.

26 4 67

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4 58 .30 & 9.1 11 4 35

AUSTRALIA.-2ND INNINGS.

is hoped to arrest the alleged w. M. Woodfull, e Chapman, 6 accomplice in the near future. Larwood Meanwhile the murderer remains W. H. Ponsford, not ont in custody awaiting his trial. D. G. Bradman, not out

Extras..... General-Lul's Career,

Total (one wicket)

His total for the two innings was 152, that of Sutcliffe being 87 and Chapman 81. It was unfortunate for England that Sutcliffe had to retire shortly after the game was resumed, after the interval.

When Hobbs went back to the pavilion, Sutcliffe was joined by 74 Hammond, but the latter did not 58 score before the break. When lunch was taken England were 4129 for one wicket, Sutcliffe being

55.

723

He only received a few more balls, however, when he had to re- 21 tire. His hands were hit: on

302

3

4 several occasions' while he was batting on Friday when Wall was sending down fast ones. Sutcliffe was again injured on the hands to-day and was unable to resume.

Two Failures.

Hammond was then joined by W. Woolley, who was the only bats- man in the English team to be dis- missed for a dùck in the first Inn- inga. This partnership was quick. ly broken up, however. Hammond suffered the same fate as he did în the first innings, being given “out' leg before wicket to the same bow- ler, Grimmett. Hendren came in 21 to keep Woolley company, but the 31 latter got five runs and then was

4 clean bowled by Wall.?

Chapman, the captain, then

Hammond

60 Joined Hendren. They were not The late General Lui Woon-yim | had been in considerable promin-i Australia resumed batting this deterred by the quick dismissal of ence in South China politics dur-morning with their score at 140 decided to play the game of get-

and Woolley, end". ing the past year. During 1929, for eight wickets. Kippax wasting runs quickly. They succeed- in the course of the two Kwangsi joined by Hornibrook but the lated in doing this very convincingly, attacks on Canton in May and ter did not last very long, being adding 64 runs in forty minutes December, General Lui changed out leg before to Larwood. Wall, who for a merry fourth wicket partner- his allegiance from the Kwangsi followed, was immediately bowl-ship. rebels to the Cantonese Nation-ed by Tyldesley for a duck, and as Hendren did the greater part of

overnight total the Australians went out for it at every oppor

Subsequently, the names of Mr. however, favoured. Various minor!! Tze-funk and Mr. Chair might be used in two senses. 1t RUDGE MACHINES CAPTURE alists and back again no fewer Kippex had only added four to his the run getting, but Chapman

teng wern added.

remedies will be mentioned.

HUNGARY'S PREMIER

IN LONDON.

GUEST OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

London, June 16.

:

Count Bethlen, Hungarian Pre- mier, who, with Countess Bethlen,

STOCKS CRASH IN NEW YORK.

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an ambiguous sense and entailed capacity and demand.

Where did that load come from?

ALL THE PLACES.

London, June 16,

than four times.

Hendren

In December, he changed back were all out for. 144. The weather tunity and made 29 before he fell to the Nationalist cause when the at this time was glorious, The victim to a fast ball from Wall. Mr. Potter said that Mr. Hacker. In the Junior Tourist Motor Cantonese armies entered Wuchow wicket was good and a crowd of 25,-

by was caught 000 waiting eagerly for England Richardson from Wall's bowling: gave the plant as yielding 40 tons Cycle Trophy Race in the Isle of and the Kwangsi rebels were in of refrigeration, as per contract, in Man to-day, which was won by full retreat. At that time, the to go to the wicket again.

when he was 72. He batted for 24 hours. Based on that estimate Tyrrell Smith on a Rudge machine, Cantonese gave General Lui the for England and started to make Both Hendren and Hobbs complet Hobbs and Sutcliffe again opened two hours and hit eight fours. they derive in some way or other Nott and Walker, both on Rudge command of the Wuchow garrison WORST DECLINE SINCE LAST the tonnage required to do work machines, were second and third, for his services, and since then he runs straight away. The score ed their thousand runs this sea-

YEAR'S PANIC.

for each of the rooms, and The race was over a distance of has been co-operating with gradually began to mount up and son.

one time it looked as if England that 40 tons was of 264 miles and British supremacy General Chan Chai-tong, Com- would pile up a much bigger total .New York, June 16. ample sufficiency to meet the was challenged by foreign riders mander-in-Chief of the 8th Route than the innings eventually pro- "Bears" played havoe with the requirements

The stand between Hendren of the Hotel: from many countries.--British Army, in the work of exterminat duced. Hobbs and Sutcliffe got and Chapman came at a most Stock Market to-day when prices The main dispute the defence had Wireless. 5 ,,

Ing his former Kwangsi friends well set, and by clever running opportune time and when two crashed spectacularly. Shares with them was regarding the

and their Ironside allles under they sent up their tenth century batsmen of whom rauch was EX- General Chang Fat-kwei. Our partnership in England-Australia pected had failed. · England'a Own Correspondent.

said

put in the rooms.

is visiting London as the guest of totalling over 5,800,000 were dump weight of the goods which could be the British Government, calledjed on the market.

The belief that the Tariff Bill upon Mr. Arthur Henderson, For- eigh Secretary, at the Foreign Of. will be signed had a bad influence. Many banking circles are pessimis-

Temperature Difference.

fice this morning. A dinner in tic regarding ita effects, but others the capacity on the brine circulat Referring to the working out of honour of Count Bethlen is being think that the present selling facing system, is Lordship asked tors include the declines in, com- if the working out of the ice water given at the Hungarian Legationmodity prices and the approach of plant and ice making plant was for this evening, Mr. Ramsay Mac- the summer season.

At least '200 new low levels were Donald and Mr. Henderson being among the guests-British Wire-recorded to-day, the crash being the

worst since last year's pante Reuter's American Service.

less.

capacity or demand.

BOMBING PLANES.

BIG CONTRACT PLACED BY AMERICAN, NAVY,

Washington: June 10 The Navy Department has con- Mr. Hacker said that would be tracted for 322 torpedo bombing for demand. They took the load planes at a cost of G$827,000 (Continued on Page 12.). Reuter's American Service.

DAVIS CUP.

AUSTRALIA ELIMINATED

BY ITALY..

Milan, June 16. Italy' eliminated Australia from: the Davis Cup Competition, by three matches to two-Reuter.

England's Tail,

Test matches in ninety minutes.total, despite the fine-first wicket The first wicket partnership pro-stand, would have been none too duced the excellent total of 215, rosy if Hendren and Chapman onding when Hobbs ran out to a hád been sent back quickly as the bail from Grimmett and was ensi- remaining wickets did not ly stumped by Oldfield, .

Sutcliffe Retires,

Hobbs was the highest scorer in both England's innings, his wicket being taken in the first for 78.

improve the total to any great extent, although Maurice Tate. knocked up a useful 24 before he was caught by KippaxCHEN Robins, - who made - England's tail wag merrily in the first (Continued on Page T.)