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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAFN,

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1930.

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"THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

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WUCHOW STREETS

THE REVOLT IN INDO-CHINA.

GREAT FESTIVAL IN ICELAND.

FLOODED.

CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO

PROPERTY.

RISE OF THE RIVERS.

Wuchow, June 23.

FACTS ABOUT RECENT UPRISINGS.

PARIS BLAMES MILITARY AUTHORITIES.

CANTON CONNEXIONS.

MILLENARY OF THE OLDEST PARLIAMENT KNOWN.

KING'S FIRST VISIT.

Reykjaviks, June 25. The West and Fu Rivers have

Thousands of foreigners, officials rison considerably during the

and tourists from all over the world past three days. Ten feet of

to-day mingled with farmers and" water makes a

fishermen of Iceland for the three Venice of Wuchow's main street.

"days" festival to celebrate the mil- Whilst flood conditions have not

lorary of the Icelandie Althing, the reached the record of past years, When M. Pietri, French oldest Palament known. A huge the rivers are still on the rise Minister for the Colonies, re-camp has sprung up on Thingvellir and there is no telling what the ferred, as reported in a Reuter's plateau which is capable" of morrow. will bring forth. So far, great damage to property has telegram last week, to the "strict holding 30,000 people.

The King of Denmark has ar been done, and considerable discipline" to which the revolu- rived as the King of Iceland. This anxiety is felt by the inhabitants tionists now seeking to over will be the first time that his Ice- of the city.

During the past few days con- throw French rule in Indo-China, landic subjects have seen him,

Great Britain has sent delega- siderable troop movements have have subjected themselves, the tians from both Houses of Parlia taken place. Boats have been statement was based on an ment aboard the battleship Rodney. commandeered on a large scale observation of a number of re-while two of Britain's largest fly and these are being sent up the West River for the purpose of markable facts associated with ing-boats have flown out to Ice

land from Portsmouth. evacuating all Cantonese troops. the recent uprising.

Sinte the assassination of General: Lui Woon-yim in Canton, It is by now well-known that the Cantonese are apparently the plan of the revolutionists, playing on the safe side, with working in conjunction with drawing their troops for fear of treachery on the part of General agitators. in Canton, aimed at Lui Woon-yim's friends.

nothing less than the seizure of centres along the The situation makes trade very the chief difficult. Business between Nan- northern railway system, and, ning and Wuchow continues on a with this strategic means of com- small scale, but it has not yet beenmunication resumed. between Luichow and reinforcements and arms were to Wuchow. Our Own Correspon have poured in from the Chinese provinces continguous to the dent.

Tonkin border.

AIRMEN LOST IN -

THE FOG.

Continued from Page 1.)

in ad aircraft flying through an Atlantic night, is given in the messages picked up from the "Southern Cross":

"It is now very dark. Almost blinded by the motors ringed with

flames."

"Feathery, reddish pink lines from the exhausts, very uncanny, and a shroud of blue haze round the starboard motor.”

A human note is struck by. "It is a dickens of a struggle to keep awake. The drone of the motors makes me tired".

"Inside the cabin is a cheerful glow. The radio tube looks cosy. To complete the effect I think I'll wrap myself around another sand wich."

The feature of the festival to-day will be a divine service which will be held in the open air. After ward there will be a procession to the old Assize Stone where meetings of the Althing were held for nine. hundred years.

On Friday the real Althing may decide to enter the League of Na- tions.

in their hands, The jollifications on Saturday will include, as of yore, wrestling and conclude the national dances to festival-Reuter,

'Revolt Collapses.

This plan through premature discovery by the Government Secret Service, failed almost as soon as it was put into execution. With simultaneous action not being attained in a number of co-ordinated attacks along the railway line, the revolt collapsed,

MORE DOG OWNERS SUMMONED

LICENCE BADGE, NOT ON THE COLLAR.

During the hearing of the weekly and the only sustained fighting dog summonses at the. Kowloon was that witnessed at Yen Bai, Magistracy this morning, Mr. J. M. Hunghoa and othér military Remedios appeared on behalf of his stations: Nevertheless, the brother, Mr. F. E. Remedios, who element of surprise was well-was accused of allowing his dog to preserved, and was a valuable be abroad without a muzzle and with lesson to the French military failing to attach the badge issued authorities who have since been by the Inspector General of Police Paris for to the collar, taken to task by

criminal indifference" in having Mr. Remedios pleaded guilty to affected to under-rate the strength both and intimated in respect of the second that unless a person was of the movement.

a subscriber to the Government Gazette he would not be aware of himself kept dogs and had never regulations published therein. He had their badges attached to the collars.

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Three Features. Three features were revealed by the revolutionary organisation. The latest signal says. "A hun-The first was its ramifications,

On the first summons a fine of dred railes from Cape Race, and the extending through all stations In life and including members nor- big stiff doesn't answer."

mally engaged in all manner of $5 was imposed with a fine of $8 occupations. The second was the on the second.

On two summonses taken out seemingly unlimited funds at its command, and the third was its against Mr. Noronha of 23, Ashley remarkable discipline, with a high Road for keeping a dog with a sense of unity which has remain-licence and for allowing it out with. ed largely unshaken even in the out a muzzle, bis Worship imposed

fine of $5 on each. face of great peril.

TIN PRODUCTION CURTAILED.

ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS. OUTPUT PLAN.

ELEVENTH OFFENCE BY GIRL.

PERSISTENT HAWKER AGAIN

IN COURT.

ANOTHER TRIUMPH!

same star trie

that made HEAVEN STREET ANGEL

GUINN WILLIAMS- HEDWIGA RHICHER

FRANK BORZAGE

William Fox printr

JANET GAYNOR

CHARLES FARRELL LUCKY STAR

Love conquers every obstacle in this drama of war torn youth and farm burdened beauty, tense, colorful, always gripping!

HEARST METRO TONE NEWS NIPPON BUDDHISTS hold" great fete. - Marriage in bathing pool.

WITCHES' CAULDRON in Lonisania, Seattle's wonder BABY ATHLETE. Fistic Art East of Suez,

AT THE

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TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20

FAZENDA'S FUNNIEST FARCE

"FIVE and TEN

CENT ANNIE"

WITH

LOUISE

FAZENDA

CLYDE COOK-

Of this latter, Frenchmen have London, June 25.

given an instance in the fact that The Executive Committee of the after the first revolt had been Tin Producers' Association has crushed and one after the other resolved to recommend the uni- the chief leaders had been hunted form regulation of output effec-down and arrested, those captured tive as from June 1, the basis of one and all claimed to be Nguyen the regulation being that twenty. Thai Hoc, their Party leader, per cent. of the 1929 output is to while owing to every "crime" that be carried through on the quarter- was put in interrogation to them. ly quota. The actual production of all members of the Association, as well as of the Billiton Company The plan obviously was to and the Bolivian producers, is shield the identity of their chief, being published at regular inter- and for a time it embarrassed the vals.

French authorities until they. The Executive. Committee has were enabled by the ultimate also recommended that all produc-arrest of Nguyen Thai Hoc him: Police thought that the Salvation

"AT THE Army would interest themselves, in tion should be suspended for two self to sort out the different the girl, but Sergeant Barnicle in- out of the next three months. authors of the attempted coup

Reuter.

AMERICAN BASEBALL

RESULTS.

NEW YORK TWICE BEAT ST. LOUIS.

New York, June 25.

Arrest of Leaders.

:

Appearing for the eleventh time on a charge of hawking without a licence, a young Chinese girl was fined $10 or fourteen days' hard labour by Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. His Worship asked whether the

each in his own sphere of revolu- dicated that he did not think either tionary activities. Thus, in addi- the girl or her mother would agree tion to the Party leader, the to that course. Also the Salvation authorities found that they had Army, he understood, only accept- also in their hands the chief of ed orphans.

His Worship pointed out to the the Propaganda Department; the head of the Assassination and girl that she had been cautioned on Correctional Corps; the man in four occasions and fined five times another occasion her charge of liaisons with Canton and while on revolutionaries abroad; and other mother was bound over on her be directors of the many intricate half. His Worship also pointed out

The following are the latest wheels in the revolutionary to the girl's mother that if she did results in the National and Ameri- machine. can baseball leagues:

Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati

New York New York

Philadelphia Philadelphia Washington Boston

National,

13 Philadelphia”.

5 Brooklyn 11 New York. American...

5 St. Louis 16 St. Loui

8 Chicago

2 Chicago

18 Cleveland

3 Detroit

Reuter's American Service.

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Leader's Activities,

Of Nguyen Thai Hoc, who has 1 just paid the full penalty in com- pany with a number of his col- leagues, little was known until the recent rebellion, when it was 4 revealed that he had been actively organising a party modelled on somewhat similar lines to the Chinese Kuomintang, and to which he gave the appellation of the Young Nationalist Party. There is no doubt that he had come to a close understanding- with the Chinese organisation in Canton.

not keep the defendant from hawk- Ing her own licence would be can. celled.

GERMANY'S FOREIGN.

POLICY.

THE ATTAINMENT OF FULL POLITICAL FREEDOM.

Berlin, June 25, The maintenance of peace but the attainment of full political DIVIDENDS AGAIN:

freedom and equal rights will be one of the corner-stones of POSTPONED.

Germany's foreign policy declared The net result so far has been Dr. Curtius in the Reichstag R.M.S.P. COMPANY GIVES CITY the guillotining of 17 "comrades" during a debate on the estimates. with a much larger number who of the Foreign Ministry. He said ANOTHER SURPRISE.

have also been captured, swaiting that, the liquidation of the war London, June 25. their sentence by the Political was still incomplete and that The Royal Mail Steam Packet Tribunal at Yen Bai, Death at Germany did not want a division

of states into separate camps, Group has sprung yet another sur-the guillotine is

The League of Nations, he con- itself announces that it will not pay Nguyen Thai Hoc has only shared tinued, stands in the front rank the preference dividends on July 1 the fate. It is recalled that the of importance, but the provisions The subsidiary White Star com leader of the last revolt in 1918. for settlements of all inter pany has also not earned suf, when one of his legs was shot national disputes are still defec ficient to meet the preference divi- way under him by a shell con- tive. Dr. Curtius added that the dend payable on July 1 and the tinued to direct operations on a progress made in disarmament, stretcher, finally committing protection of minorities or Royal Mail Steam Packet Company is consequently liable under the suicide on recognizing that the economic co-operation was too

I cause was lost.

slow-Reuter. guarantee.Reuter

prise on the City. The Company these political inevitable and!

WILLIAM DEMAREST

HE GOT HER AT A BARGAIN COUNTER- BUT HOW SHE HELD HIM!

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