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PRINCESS BORN AT GLAMIS.

DUCHESS OF YORK'S SECOND CHILD.

SATISFACTORY PROGRESS BEING MADE.

BULLETIN ISSUED.

London, Aug. 21.

News Flashed to King,

Later.

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A HAPPY TRIBUTE SIR ASTON WEBB

TO HOBBS.

AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS CHEER THE VETERAN.

LAST TEST MATCH.

London, Aug. 21. There has been no play in the final Test Match to-day, owing to rain.

Australians

had

DEAD.

DESIGNED HONGKONG LAW COURTS.

A FOREMOST ARCHITECT of MODERN TIMES.

IMPROVED LONDON.

BEAUTIFUL GIRL COMMUNIST.

USED CHARMS TO OBTAIN NANKING SECRETS.

PLOT FRUSTRATED.

Nanking, Aug. 22. A beautiful Chinese girl, dress- ed in the height of fashion, who used her charms to obtain secrets from officials for Communists was among the people recently arrest- ed here.

more

thin

Miss Amy Johnson

DUNLOP

TYRES and WHLS

on her

Moth machine

Pedder Bldg.

Tel. 24554.

YACHT SINKS IN FERRY COXSWAIN | BRITISH HOSPITAL

A GALE.

LIFEBOAT UNABLE TO APPROACH.

LIFE LINE GIVES WAY IN TERRIFIC SEA.

NOTABLES

DISCHARGED.

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF

*

COLLISON.

DAMAGED.

SHRAPNEL SHELLS DO MUCH HARM.

RED CROSS & UNION JACK IGNORED.

SIEGE OF NANNING.

RESCUE COMMENDED,

To Bo-tai, the coxswain of ́n Cheung Chau ferry launch who has been appearing at the Marine Court for the last few days' on The newspapers to-day express

DROWNED. the charge of failing to render much appreciation of an un

assistance to the crew of 'a junk expected little demonstration

with which his launch is alleged which the

London, Aug. 21. A Reater message received On the receipt of information

We have received from a to have collided, was discharged Her Royal Highness the

arranged yesterday evening, when this morning reports the death that Communists were plotting to The Fowey life-boat strove by Commdr. J. B. Newill, D.S.O., correspondent at Nanning a Duchess of York gave birth to Hobbs went out to play his last in London of Sir Aston Nanking, the police, under the yacht which was caught in a morning,

create disturbances throughout for two hours to-day to reach & R.N., when the case resumed this detailed account of the recent a daughter at Glamis Castle to innings in Test Match cricket.

siege of that city by Yunnanese As Hobbs came to the wicket, Webb, the famous architect who pretext of re-taking the census, violent gale off the coast of night, a bulletin issued from

• It will be recalled that after troops and acrial raids' by the Castle stating: "The the Australian players gathered in was responsible for the design conducted a systematic house to Duchess of York gave birth to distant, and, on a signal from their

a ring around him at a few paces of the existing Law Courts of house search with the result that Cornwall and which was even-yesterday's hearing his Worship Cantonese planes. For days, twenty "Reds," tually pounded to destruction reserved judgment till this morn- there were almost continuous a daughter this evening. Both skipper, Woodfull, took off their Hongkong. Sir Aston Webb including the girl, were taken into on the rocks, all aboard, including.

attacks, and during these, four her Royal Highness and the in-caps and held them aloft. At was 81 years of age, having been custody.

ing Commodore King M.P., Mr. Hin-shing Lo was for the shells exploded in the British fant Princess are making very Woodfull's lead, they gave him born in London in May, 1849.

It was revealed that the Com-being drowned. The storm also defendant and Mr. Somerset hospital, in spite of the Red satisfactory progress."-Reuter. three short-staccato cheers. An

munists planned, among other affected other coasts, seventeen Fitzroy was for the Crown.

Cross and Union Jack being observer says it was one of the

A Committee was appointed. In things, to bomb the Nanking fishing boats lying in the bay at

In discharging defendant, his flown. Much damage was done most moving tributes he had ever Hongkong in 1894 to consider the Government Office and the police Filey being sunk and others Worship said, "I find that there is to the building 83 a "con- seen paid on the cricket, field. question of new Government build-and garrison headquarters.

insufficient evidence to show that sequence. The story as told by Hobbs record in Test Matches ings and Law Courts, and a major the leaders of the movement

Those arrested confessed that damaged.

the steam launch Sun Tai, of our correspondent is as follows: The Cornwall disaster concern- in a wonderful one. He first ity of members voted in favour of included students, men in the ed a Royal Yacht Squadron craft, was in collision with the junk No. oil boat attempted to go down

which the defendant was coxswain, played in Australia in 1908.

On the 2nd instant, an American” has had 71 innings, four times inviting competitive designs from Army and employees of the the Islander, which had been not out, with his highest score architects in the Far East for the Government telegraph and tele- chartered by Commodore King T5531 on the morning of July 24 stream, and was fired upon by the

phone offices. 187. His aggregate number of various buildings contemplated.

Yunnanese from the village of Ting- from the owner, Colonel John Armed with useful clucs, the Diggle, for a cruise in the Channel that an alibi has been established, being forced to return to her moor I do not consider Tsz Hui, about a mile down river, runs is 3.636 and his average 54.26. The Secretary of State for the police conducted night-time raids, On board with Commodore King

British Wireless.

Colonies, however, did not approve arresting most of the "Red" at the time of the disaster were

yct the identification of the inga. The following day was fair- of this proposal, adding that it leaders. They also discovered the one of his daughters, Commander launch by only one person who ly quiet. A number of Kwangel would be desirable to employ the Communists' secret printing consulting architects to the Crown plants, munition storehouses: and Searle of the Royal Naval Volun- was suddenly awakened and intent soldiers came over the cast wall by Reserve; Surgeon-Captain on safe-guarding his own vessel is 140-feet ladders and brought up rice, Agents for the Colonies, Masers. the so-called "Executive Offices" ter

vegetables, etc. The city is report Robertson. Brailey of unsatisfactory. Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, of the Communist Committee, the Arthur

"In view of the fact that nobodyed to be in a bad state as regards who possessed considerable experi- chairman of which was amongst H-MS. President, Captain Glaze witnessed the collision and that sanitation; dead bodies are heaved brook of Bishop Storthford, the ence in designing buildings for the those arrested. tropies.

skipper of the yacht and two deck- there is no evidence of damage to Into No Man's Land over the wall. hands. Surgeon-Captain Brailey the Sun Tai, I feel that it has was honorary surgeon to His not been conclusively proved that: Majesty the King and was con- the Sun Tai actually did sink the

junk, sulting opthalmic surgeon during wartime. Licut.

"I therefore discharge the de Commander Searle was a native of Berwick- fendant. on-Tweed.

The baby Princess was born at 9.30 to-night, the bulletin Issued from the Castle being signed by three doctors, including Dr. Myles, the well-known Forfar

SHANGHAI SALARY

COMMISSION.

PAYMENTS ON A DOLLAR BASIS.

He

J

Plans Accepted. Shanghai, Aug, 22.

The recommendations of Messrs. The report of the Municipal Salaries Commission will appear Aston Webb and Ingress Bell were in to-morrow's issue of the Muni-adopted and the plans for the Law cipal Gazette. The recommenda- Courts were received in Hongkong tions include the

The payment of towards the end of 1899.

opened early in alaries on a dollar basis, no child- building was ren's bonus and only six months? 1912. leave after five years' service in- Sir Aston Webb, who was a son stead of the present eight months. of Edward Webb, the engraver and -Our Own Correspondent.

watercolour painter, took up ar- The Council recently decided chitecture as a profession and made that to meet the situation caused rapid headway. He was president by the decline in exchange, one-of the Architectural Association in third of the salaries of the perma-1984 and of the Royal Institute nent staff having domicile of ori- of British Architects in 1902. vin in a gold currency country shall The restoration of the beautiful he converted into sterling at the Norman church of St. Bartholemew rate of 23, 6d per tael and re-con- the Great, London, was carried out verted and issued in silver at the by him and he was entrusted with rate of exchange prevailing on the the refronting of Buckingham Pa 15th of the month.

lace to replace one of the ugliest

practitioner who has been the family doctor to the Strathmore family for many years and who attended the Duchess of York for STATES' BANKRUPTCY

childish ailments when she was aj little girl.

Duchess-Reuter,

LAWS.

STRONG CRITICISM BY THE

SOLICITOR-GENERAL .

Chicago, Aug. 21.

facades in existence,

His plan for the surroundings of the Victoria memorial was accept ed and he thus revolutionised the appearance of the Mall, designing the Admiralty Arch at one end and the archiectural features which adorn the roads that skirt the white

marble memorial.

The Communist plot appears to have been well laid and there is no doubt that the smart work of the police nipped in the bud what might have been a serious out break-Reuter.

GRACEFUL ACT BY THE PRINCE.

REPLACES BROKEN VASE WITH STATUETTE.

London, Aug. 21

A charming little incident arose out of a visit which the Prince of Wales paid the other day to an old lady tenant of the hostel on his estate at Kennington.

lady, a vase fell from a bracket

Driven on Rocks.

The yacht was off the Cornish Coast when the gale sprang up. Night was falling and the yacht was driven on to the rocks in Lanlivet Bay, near Polperro.

last.

"Altbough

"The action of Chan Tai in rescuing the survivors is com mendable.".

STRIKERS GO BACK ON OLD TERMS.

Moonlight Attack.

On the 6th and 7th, there was desultory firing on both sides, there being a number of casualties among the market people. At 9:30 a heavy pm on the latter day, fusillade commenced towards the river. ́Six" large junks had erept up the opposite bank, the farthest up being about opposite the south wall. They were heavily fired at by the defenders with machine- guns and 3-inch-field-guns of which they have five mounted con the wall. It was moonlight add the attack failed, but it was be lieved to have been a "blind" to dis- tract attention from the north and cast gates, where the main attack.. Lille, Aug. 21.

was to be staged.. Following the arrival of the Minister of Labour the strikes At 9 a.m., for half an hour, on Then a tidal wave caught the amongst the metal workers and the 8th instant, the 3-inch guns on textile workers are now coming to the wall shelled the village of Ting Yunnanese their targets. The an end. The textile mills and the Taz Hui and registered most of metal works are resuming.

The Employers'

troops could be seen scattering into Federation the fields. states that there will be no increase in wages and that deduc

WORKERS.

The Fowey lifeboat went out! but could not approach the vessel. NO INCREASES FOR LILLE A life line was fired over the 1 yacht, and two men aboard were seen desperately hanging on to it until it gave way in the terrific

BCBS.

The Prince was accompanied by Bridgadier-General Trotter and other members of his suite, and, while he was chatting to the old vessel and altered its position, on to the floor and was broken flinging it against the rocks. One into pieces. The Prince immediate

was seen to dive from the ly promised that it would be re- yacht and begin to swim to shore, placed. Yesterday he carried out but he disappeared under the his promise, and the old lady re-water.

tions will, be made from salaries" ceived a small statuette in colours The Fowey lifeboat strove for on account of social insurance in depicting His Royal Highness in two hours to get near the yacht accordance with the new Inw. It hunting attire.-British Wireless.but the heavy seas and dangerous was the introduction of the latter rocks proved too formidable. which caused the strike.-Reuter, The yacht pounded to destruction and all aboard were drowned.

MAINTENANCE CASE

IN SHANGHAI.

CLAIM AGAINST MR. M. J. DIVECHA.

in

of

CURRENCY HOARDING

PENALTY.

NINE SHOT AFTER TRIAL IN RUSSIA

Moscow, Aug. 21.

|

Suburbs Entered.

جید

At 1.30 on the same day, the Yunnanese crossed the river below. Ting Tez Hui and, creeping up the Bund, were able to enter the south suburbs of Nanning outside the defences without being seen. They were able to launch an attack on. the south gate that night at 10.30, after a brisk fusillade, but they failed to make their objective and retreated, being heavily shelled by: the 3-inch guns on the wall.

Nurse Beevors, who attended the Duchess when Princess Elizabeth was born four years ago, was also present. The Rt. Hop. Mr. J. R. Clynes, the Home Secretary, was also present at the

Cambridge Honour. Castle in accordance with custom.

In an address to the Convention

London and the provinces owe The news of the birth of the of the American Bar Association, to him many fine buildings. He Princess was flashed to their Mr. Thomas D. Thatcher, Solici completed the Victoria and Albert

Versatile Politican. Majesties the King and Queen at tor General of the United States, Muzeum, South Kensington, and de-

Commodore King was one Sandringham from where mes-condemned the American bank-signed the Royal College of Science

most versatile "men in the Con-1 sages of congratulation were im-ruptcy laws as "perfectly design and the Imperial College of Science

servative Party and was regarded mediately sent to the Duke and ed to encourage dishonesty and and Technology there, the offices reckless disregard for business of the Grand Trunk Railway of

Shanghai, Aug. 22.

as destined to hold a high place'

These shrapnel shells caused a some future. Conservative integrity on the part of large num-Canada in Cockspur St. and the

Maintenance payments ordered

great many casualties, and four Succession Strengthened. bers of people, owing to the ease French 'rotestant Church in Sohn. on a separation deed formed the Administration. He was 53 and

exploded in the British hospital: with which debtors procured their

It is officially stated that nine in spite of flying the Red Cross and 'London, Aug. 22. discharge without an investiga-

When Christ's Hospital School subject of a case in the British still young as politicians go. He

the country, he Court yesterday when Mrs. O. N. had been Junior Lord of the persons found in possession of Union Jack. There was only one The birth of the Princess tion into the causes of failure, was transferred to the new build- Divechs claimed from Mr. B. J. Treasury. Financial Secretary to large sums in silver have been serious casualty, but great damage strengthens the succession to the Reuter's American Service.

ing in which, the insanitary quad- Divecha, the well-known sports- the War Office and in the last shot after a trial by the 0.G.P.U. was done to the building, the top Throne in the female line. The

on charges of hoarding silver storey being riddled and one ward baby becomes fourth in order of

rangle system was abandoned. In man, a sum of $960 due under a Conservative Administration was

Heavy rain in charge of the Mines Depart-coins foreign currency and gold made uninhabitable, succession, following the Prince

gress Bell collaborated with him in deed of June 16, and. $150 costs.

and of An adjournament was granted, ment.

spreading counter-did not help matters, as the roof of Wales, the Duke of York and

this commission and also in the

Tumours. The failed to function as such in vari- Princess Elizabeth, to which the

Before he entered upon his revolutionary plans for the Birmingham Law an agreement being possible.

Duke of Gloucester and Prince

Courts, a somewhat florid terra Our Own Correspondent.

Parliamentary career he took part action by the O.G.P. followed aous places. cotta edifice. Sir Aston, who was

In the defence of Antwerp, served widespread shortage of silver 'George have, up to the present, stood next-Reuter.

elected a Royal Academiclan in

in the Gallipoli campaign and 1903, was knighted in 1904, creat-

was with the Royal Naval Siege ed a K.C.V.6. in 1914 and a

guns in Flanders-Reuter and G.C.V.O. in 1925.. In 1923 Cam-

British Wireless. The two thousand Indian bridge bestowed on him the hon- in Glamis Castle, the importance labourers employed at the Naval orary degree of LLB.

Succession Question.

National Interest was centred

SINGAPORE BASE STRIKE.

TWO THOUSAND INDIANS RETURN TO WORK.

Singapore, Aug. 21,

-of the event lying in the fact that Base bere, who struck work earlier

Varied Achievements.

In 1919 he was elected Presi-

1

ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT.

GOVERNMENTS ASKED FOR PERMISSION.

Washington, Aug. 21.

coins.-Reuter,

AMERICAN INCOME TAX.

REDUCTION MAY NOT BE

MAINTAINED.» ·

Washington, Aug. 21. The Treasury sees little row.

The 9th and 10th of August were tolerably quiet, both sides hastily making preparations for offensivé and defensive measures. At 10:30 a.m. on the 10th, a Cantonese plane circled over the city and dropped three bombs, all of which, appar- ex- ently found targets. The plosions were" particularly loud. On Sunday, there was continuous rinering all night.

Another Attempt,

Notable Career. [Commodore the Rt. Hon. H. b. if the baby had been a Prince the this week as a result of an an- child would have stood next innouncement that wages would be

King, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., has succession after the Prince of reduced by ten per cent,, resumed sident of the Royal Academy, being The State Department has asked been Conservative M.P. for South Wales and fts father, to the work to-day after a lengthy con- the second architect to hold that the permission of the British, Paddington since 1922. He was Throne. It was for this reason ference with the agent of the Gov-position, which he had to resign Dutch, German and Japanese A.DC to HM the King in. 1922- that Mr. Clynes travelled to ernment of India and other owing to ill-health in 1925,

Governments for Roger Williams 25. Born in 1877, he was train- Scotland a fortnight age in order officials. The reduction in wages Sir Aston Webb was a man of

and Ted Lundgren to fly over their ed on the Conway, and later served to be in close touch with the will not become effective until the large views and identified himself respective, territories on their on sailing ships, joining, the P. pect of maintaining next year the a heavy attack by massed Yun-

end on October. Our

domestic event.

The fact that the second child

pondent.

of the Duke and Duchess of York

is a daughter does not affect the

succession. The direct heir to PRIVATE COMMITTED

FOR TRIAL.

LORD BIRKENHEAD.

PNEUMONIA CAUSES HEART WEAKNESS.

aimed at enlarging the aesthetic Reuter's American Service. understanding of the people" His very varied achievements in his profession leave their mark on the the Throne, of course,, is the

architecture of the period. He Prince of Wales, and if he were

was a strenuous advocate of great without, issue, succession would

schemes of town-planning and es- fall on the Duke of York. After

pecially of vast and far-reaching. him the next ruler would be his

changes, in London which would eldest son, or, failing a male

make that city one of the artistic issue, his eldest daughter, the

wonders of the world. Princess Elizabeth...

His idens were not merely those The famous obstetricians, Sir Army Medical Corps, has been of an unpractical dreamer, but of Henry Simson and Dr. Frank committed for trial before the fered practical solutions of many Reynolds have been staying at Supreme Court on three charges of problems which arose in connexion

(Continued on Paps 7.) forgery, Our Own Correspondent with the housing question was fed

THREE FORGERY CHARGES IN SHANGHAL

Shanghai, Aug. 22. Private Bourne, of the Royal

measure,

On the 11th, at 4 am, there was

ing the sea. & few years later, he Income Tax which it allowed as the south gate was again assailed

emergency

The 3-inch gune on the wall again Mr. was eventually called to the Baran (1905), and then took up politics, Mellon is of the opinion that the shelled the retreating troops and entering Parliament in 1918. He general business conditions of the the Hospital and numbers of pri- was many years in the R.N.VR, country are against a continuvate houses were hit with explosive being made Commodore In 1927. ance of the redaction-Reuters thrapnel. Joining up in this unit on the out- American Service.

break of the War, he was in the

siege of Antwerp, at the Gallipoli

* Forty-nine civilian casualties, all wounded by shrapnel, were treated between 7am. and 9.30 am, nỗ

♫ number of women and children be-

London, Aug. 21, landing, and in other per mand of the Drake Battalion, ing Included. Two died and & Although Lord Birkenhead is novice ashore and afloat. - For R.N.D. He was a Conservative third succumbed later + Casualties- longer as critically ill as he has his distinguished service during Whip in 1921, was a Lord Com continued coming in all day to the been, a medical bulletin states which he was wounded, he missioner of the Treasury 1922-24, Emmanuel Hospital. It was Zound that the anfeeblement of his heart was mentioned in despatches and Financial Secretary to the War somewhat difficult to house them all, consequent on preumonia can only given the D. 8. O. and Croix de Office 1924-28, and Secretary for and dressings were running short. be expected to pass off gradually Guerre One of his important Mines 1928-29. He was appoint. At 430 Dauton that, ma

spel? 1892. go