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FOR 1931.
"TRADE WIND" LANDS AT BERMUDA.
LATER DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE,
DIRECTOR SHOT DEAD IN HIS OFFICE.
EARLY ADVENTURES.
Hampton Roads, Jan. 7. Lieut. W. Maclaren and Mrs. Beryl Hart resumed their trans Atlantic flight in the amphibian "Trade Wind" to-day, heading for: Bermudn, where they will re-fuel
STATEMENT BY CHAN MING-SHU.
COMMENDABLE PROGRAMME OF DEVELOPMENT.
ABOLITION
In
WOMAN TERRIFIED. before setting out for the Azores statement yesterday, General
Quite a different story is revealed by special enquiries, following the murder in Can- ton on Tuesday evening of a high official of the Indo- China
Branch of the
Kuomintang. It now appears that the shooting was done by another official of the or- ganisation and that it occur- red in the headquarters office.
their second place of call,
It is revealed that they must have been within fifty miles of Bermuda on Sunday
when they atarted out from LONK Istand. The whole journey is finly 85 miles, while in turning buck and at Hampton Roads, the landing
least 1.500 Mers covered t miles. The petcut sapply then practically exhausted and they émuld not have fown many mites further,
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The plane is carrying two han- The crime is attributed to dred pounds of tinned food as long-standing fend between rival cargo, the object of the flight be sections of the propaganda de-ing to demonstrate that regular partment of the Kuomintang in commercial seroplane #ghts be Indo-Chinn, and the four arrests] tween Amurien and Europe. vía | reported to have been made were Bermuda and the Azores are pos- feud. alble.-Reuters American Servier. in connexion with this The alleged murderer is not num-
Bermuda, Jan. 7, bered among the persons in cus-
Hart-Maclaren plane Trade Wind" has arrived and is tody, who include a woman.
re-fueling. The fliers propore to continue their fight to-morrow,
First reports stated that the assassination took place in Hung Tak Sun Street, being carried out by four hired gunmen,
Colleague's Crime,
It now appears that the murder took place at the Canton offler of the Indo-Chinn Kuomintang, at No. 8. Hung Tak Sun Street.
The
heading for the Azores.-- Reuter.
THE SOUTH WALES COAL DISPUTES.
POINT AT ISSUE NOW NARROWED.
KILLED.
TRAGEDY STALKS ATLANTIC TRIP.
سوالب
BELATED REPORT
TWO ITALIAN PLANES CRASH AT. START.
Rome, Jan, 7.
It transpires to-day for the first time that tragedy stalk- ed the commencement of the flight of General Balbo's air South soundron across the
of the Atlantic Ocean, five
within airmen being killed ten minutes of the start from Bolama.
OF LIKIN.
Canton. Jan. 7. the course of a lengthy
Chan Ming-shu, Chairman of the Provincial Government, outlined the policy to be adopted this year in dealing with Kwang- tung's problems. His review. covered all aspects of provincial administration. He indicated that Nanking's instructions for the abolition of likin would be complied with, and that the con- struction of the Canton-Hankow Railway, the Chungshan Port, the Pearl River bridge, the instead of ten of the twelve machines land port and the reclamation of Canton Bund would all be com- pleted.
The following is a resume of General Chan's statement:
It would appear from the latest information that only eight in
SUMMING-UP.
CUMULATIVE EFFECT
OF INCIDENTS.
THE LAW OF CONSPIRACY DETAILED.
arson
FOR ARABIA,
MARCONI CONTRACT WITH
*KING IBN SAUD.
MOBILE WIRELESS:
London, Jan. 7. The King of the Hedja and Neji has entered into a contract with the Marconi Company for the supply of a system of telegraphic communication for Arabla,
are to De
MR. JENKIN'S FACT.
The concluding stages of the
Fifteen wireless stations which Wing Lok Street
trial will lok every important centre in were entered upon this morning the joint Kingdom when Mr. Justice Wood sum-constructed, and four Marconi med-up, first dealing with the set, atted in lorries, are also to be supplied as mobile telegraph matter as it related to the two stations, which will enable King prisoners defended by Mr. F. C. Ibn Saud to keep in constant touch Jenkin.
with his two capitals, Mecca and; Riyadh, during his desert journeys.'
After pointing out that it was not necessary they should find all three prisoners guilty, and that. In considering the first two pri- soners, they should remember that their cases should be considered separately, his Lordship said that nobody could be convleted on any- netually completed the flight from thing that was a mere guess or Bolama to Natal, though it is supposition. A conviction had to curious that General Balbo, inter- be based something that viewed by Reuter, made mention amounted to reasonable proof and of ten planes as having landed nothing short of that was enough. safely.
The tragic part of the venture related to-day in messages from
Bolas, the capital of Portuguese
Guinea.
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Meaning of Conspiracy:
In Mecen, and, at Riyadh, four hundred miles distant, powerful telephone and telegraph trans- mitters and modern receivers will be installed, and the King will be nble to talk between his two Palaces by means of special mi- crophones.
British engineers will supervise the installation outside Mecca and provide
wards.
for maintenance after-
King Ibn Saud has sent four of his subjects for instruction in the Marconi School,-British Wizetesa.
Pedder Bldg.
SPEECH
ON CRUCIAL INDIA PROBLEMS.
RESPONSIBILITY A SAFEGUARD.
BUILDING UP THE FEDERAL STRUCTURE.
SOUND PROGRESS.
London, Jan. 7.
It is anticipated that the Federal-Structure Sub-com- mittee of the London Round Table Conference will com- plete its work early to-mor row afternoon and that the Chairman will at once begin the task of preparing its report.
The most important speech to-day was by Sir Bhupendra Mitra, the High Commissioner- designate for India in London. who is recognised as an eminent
Regarding the public debt, he authority on financial matters. said that all that was required was a clause in the 'Statute, ac- knowledging, in explicit terms. India's liability to pay the debt and interest, which should be n
second charge on the consolidated fund. He was not in favour of PLOT TO DESTROY any examination of that debt but agreed that if any future dispute SUGAR FIELDS. arose, the matter should be refer
red to an independent tribunal.
The Empire Court, which the imperial Conference recommended. would be a suitable tribunal.
End Talk of Repudiation..
PROPOSED ARSON CAMPAIGN
...IN CUBA.
Havana, Jan. 7.
Civil Affairs.
His Lordship denit with the Adjustment of Police Adminis tation: To increase the number
meaning of conspiracy, polating out that two people could have it of police to be posted in each dis- trict, elty and town throughout the
in their mind to burn down a province; to convert the troops at
They state that one of the planes building and they could not be ar- was forced down after climbing rested, but, once two or more peo- the magistracies and the local gar
and agreed to risons Into police; and to appro-to a height of only 160 feet. The ple got together printe a sum from the Provincial right float of the machine was burn down a building, then there treasury to meet the police ex- badly damaged in the crash into was an agreement which would be
of those districts where the gen.
conspiracy. penues
The jury had to be satisfied that local receipts are insufficient.
Purification of Administration:
Sergeant-Major Fols, who was the men wore accomplices with an- inside the flopt. (which was other person or other persone, and In weed out official corruption; and to establish an "official train- large enough to carry passen- that they had agreed to set fire The Government has discovered a ' Let there be no more talk of
ger) ing organ
examination was killed, and three to the promises.
plot to destroy the sugar-cane fields a repudiation or an The victim, Mr. Tze Sheung-mui.
Increase of Expenses in the
other
airmen inside the float
Continuing, his Lordship rein Cuba by a campaign of arson, of the debt. who was a native of Halishang,
Magistracy and City Government: were slightly injured.
minded the jury that they had to starting on the 15th instant, and who arrived in Canton only a
employ capable officials so y few weeks ago, accompanied by
London, Jan. 7.
to accomplish all necessary affairs
consider the whole of the facts
the alleged assailant
and
together and draw their inferences to keep a most vigilant watch on the Government of India should not in the South locally. Hopes of peace
from them શૈક્ષ ફ્ર wholo. They high officials of the organisation:
Enforcement of Local Self-Gov
should have a cumulative effect of sugar properties throughout the subscribe to the conditions laid in Indo-China, was working at the Wales coulfelds at present centre
in the conversations between the ernment: To complete the urgan-ots which, Individually, might island, and to shoot and kill anyone down under the rules which ap- office at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday
secm innocent, but which, when attempting to set fire to the cane-plied to other States whose loans
fields..
were classed as trustee securities. when he was visited by his voi owners and the men's leaders sation of district, town, city and which began to-day in the pre-village luent selfgovernment and
considered together.
It is proposed to organise special: As to safeguards for securing Jengue.
longer scem innocent. Some sort of argument followed sence of Mr. W. Grabain, the Pres to train adequate guards for pro-
militia to protect the sugar planters a balanced budget, he could
picture no
which safeguards though two lady workers in thesident of the Board of Trade, and per protection.
and manufacturers.-Router.
Would not distract from the ruum, who were eye-witnesses uf Mr. R. Shinwell, the Mines Serre-
responsibility of the Ministry to produce a balanced budget, and The ihus precipitate a crisis, greatest safeguard against finan- cial breakdown lay in responsi- bility.
other
the tragedy, are unable to BAY exactly what it was about-and the visitor suddenly drew a volver and fired four shots at Mr. Tze at close range.
FO
Killed Instantly,
effective All four shots were and Mr. Tze dropped dead with scarcely a sound, his assallant fering from the building, before the two women had recovered suf- ficiently from their terror and the shock to raise the alarm.
The police were quickly on the scene after they had been inform- ed and before the evening was out, four arrests had been effected. The assailant, who is quite well- known, is at at Iberty, however, though the police hope to discover his place of refuge shortly.
Long-standing Quarrel.
tary.
Finance Matters,
7 Conference has adjourned To comply with the instructions and the Ministers will not attend at the Central Government regard- the resumed meeting but will being the abolition of likin. available for consultation,
To establish an Excise Burcay
An official statement says that in place of tax farmers. the points at issue have been de- To change the name of the Cen- finitely narrowed, and if the joint tral Bank in Canton into that of meeting agrees, the dispute will be the Kwangtung Provincial Bank; gain be referred to the Concilia-and to take the national currency thon Board and the negotiations as the unit. for settlement should have a lay- curable result.—British Wireless.
KOWLOON ROBBERY
SEQUEL.
PORTUGUESE CHARGED ON TWO COUNTS.
At the Kowloon Magistracy this Enquiries of other members of morning. there was a sequel in ti the Indo-China Kuomintang reveal robbery with violence on Monday a long-standing quarrel between last of a Japanese manicurist, Mr. the assailant and his victim, origi-S, Nishioka, of 68. Haiphong Rend. nating in Haiphong. Both are Kowloon, when Anastacio dos safe to have been members of the Remedios Marques, a Portuguese, Executive Committee while the appeared before Mr. Butters. victim was concurrently chief of
Accused was charged with rob the propaganda department. The bing Mra. Nishioka of $110 cause of the dispute is a matter money, a silver watch, a silk purse, largely of conjecture,
a Japanese chop and a key, the total value being $129.00.
in
Mr., Tze Sheung-mui was a exceedingly popular member of the
A further charge against the ue! Kuomintang Party and had been
eused was the use of personal his highly complimented by superiors for his work in Indo-violence during the robbery.
China. He was only 20 years of „age.
"LUCIA" INCIDENT.
MOVEMENT OF WARCRAFT · NOT AFFECTED.
London, Jan. 7. It has been decided that the cruiser, H.M.S. Norfolk, and the "L" Class submarines are to de- part for Lisbon to-morrow with the Atlantic. Floet.
On the application of Sub-In- accused #pector Rozenkway, the was formally remanded for one week.
CHINA'S INTERNAL
PROBLEMS.
MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS FOR THIS YEAR.
To prohibit gambling and opium muggling and to abolish all minor.
taxes.
To urge the landlords to submit reports on their field areas,
To request the Central Govern- ment to discriminate between the National and Provincial revenues, and also between Provincial and District revenues,
Reconstruction Plans.
To complete the construction of the Eastern, all highways in Southern and Northern parts of the province.
To adopt plans for the promo~: tion of native industry, and to complete the construction of the Cement Factory.
To improve the silk industry, to expand planting, to open mines und to introduce a new fisheries systern.
To complete the construction of the Canton-Hankow Railway and Chungshan Port.
To regulate the administration of district and city Governments. Educational Progress.
number of
To increase the kindergarten and primary schools, To adjust provincial middle schools and to suppress all private middle schools,
To select qualified students to proceed to foreign countries. To check school property. To expand public education, To encourage sport and develop music.
Canton Municipality.
to
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A second plane made a forced at high speed after a landing
FLIGHT TEMPORARILY ABANDONED.
Miss Amy Johnson to Resume Later in Year.
ENTRAINING FOR MOSCOW.
Warsaw. Jan. 7. consultations After
with various experts today Mins Amy Johnson decided to post- pone her light to Moscow-en- route to Peking until later in the year.
The decision was reached nwing to the bad weather pre- vailing in Russia.
It is learned that Miss John- son is leaving for Moscow by train on Friday for the purpose of an interview with the Soviet aviation authorities to collect data regarding the flight from Moscow to the Chinese border.
Reiter.
flight of only ten minutes.
The machine made u bad landing and caught on fire almost imme- diately.
might
по
As to the external loans, he saw
The military have been ordered no reason why the future Dominion
Jesth
CHANG'S RETURN
DELAYED.
MUKDEN LEADER FACING FINANCE PROBLEM.
Financial Control.
His Lordship's Wait. Mr. Jenkin had said that it did not matter how far certain facts went to prove the prisoners guilty. if there was one fact establishing That was true, their innocence. -as there might be any amount of suspicion against a man.
which suspicion disappeared if he could! prave one fnet which cleared him. He would advise the jury to con aider very carefully whether Mr. Jenkin's comment had any applica-
His Lord tion to the prisoners. ship added that he had listened very carefully to hear what the fact was that was going to catab-facing the Manchurian Government would be, made to raise
arising out of the disbandment of umount of gold required for lish the innocence of one or the the large armies in north-western establishing a Reserve Bank with. ather of the two men, but he did China and the abolition of irregular jout external assistance.
not think there was such a fact.
.
He hoped, when responsible Government was introduced, with minimum Tientsin, Jan. 7,
of safeguards, 111 Much attention is being paid to countrymen would rise to their the postponement of General Chang responsibility and with the help of Hsuch-lang's return to Mukden the Princes, who would form an and the apparent financial crisis clement of federation, an effort
taxes in North China,
Rehabilitation.
disbandment scheme.
PRINCES' TOUR TO S. AMERICA.
the
is
If a breakdown occurred, let them dismiss the House. As a last resort, let them suspend the Constitution.
excess
of
No Denial of Attempt.
A prominent
niment spokesman of the Tientsin Government states that
Hsueh-liang After dealing with the evidence General Chang regarding preparation for the fire, awaiting the arrival from Nanking and it was not denied that there of the Contral Government's consent
He appealed to his British col was an attempt to fire the building. to Issue $30,000,000 worth of North leagues not to provide in the new his Lordship remarked it had been China
Treasury Constitution for the imposition of suggested it was for the Crown to Bonds in addition to the $3,000,000 safeguards much fu show that the prisoners, either or in cash from Nanking to defray the those introduced at the outset in both of them, were, perhaps, part-
the Constitution of Canadu. ners in the Tin Sang Tong. If it
European's View. were a question of the liability of Sang Teng, and the evidence was any individual debts of the Tin offered to prove that either of the Captain Boer, the commander men were partners, then, he of the plane, Lieutenant Barol-thought, it might well be held to cinti, Sergeant Nensi and Wire be Insumclent. The point was, less Operator Imbastari, were however, Irrespective of, whether burned to death before assis prisoners were partners or not, tonce was forthcoming,
they co-operated with other people in the plan to burn the building Both accidents were due to the down. heavy load of fuel which the
Methodical Preparation. planes had to carry for the flight.
His Lordship dealt with the One of the two other planes! which came down in the sea is evidence regarding the insurance expected to arrive at Fernando by first prisoner, according to the Paris Noronha to-day and the other Crown case, of the promises and stock, worth only about $2,400 for to-morrow.-Reider
$31,000, and the methodical way in which preparations for the fre were made on all three floors of the building,
The case is proceeding.
.
the convenience of the poor, to encourage apocial industry and
Bund. To readjust land surveys; to to public utilities and public rohnbilitate
To complete the construction of the establishment of factories; malous, the Pearl River Bridge, and to devote attention to famine and the Inland Port and to com-relief.
To adopt better plans relative plete the reclamation of the
FINE TO CLOUDY.
finance and to The Royal Observatory reports
Nanking, Jan. 7. At a reception given to Chinese A previous report suggested newspaper correspondents to-day, that tho
Norfolk might not be the newly-elected Minister of Home able to leave, as hor Captain is Affairs, Mr. Liu Helang-ching, out- one of the members of the Court lined the policy of his department health; to reform the waterworks; regulate the original receipt of that the anticyclone central to the
He laid stress
service revenues, of Inquiry Into the Lucia for the coming year.
In conclusion, Chairman Chan complete of the of the municipal hospital.
axpressed the hope that his coun- submarines, of which the Lucia isons, the revision
system for the examination depot ship, might also be unable
To pay special attention to trymen would give him the noces to leave Plymouth to join the of Chinese Magistrates in the municipal education and to seek sary co-operation in the enforce
hsiens or districts, and the organi- the promotion of civilisation,ment of the policy outlined Atlantic Flest on its Spring cruise---Rauler."
sation of a census in all Provinces. To establish a loan organ for Canton News Agonov.
incident, and that the "L" Class on the continuation of anti-bandit to expand the telephone Auction
and to
the
LEAVING ENGLAND VERY SHORTLY.
London, Jan. 7. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Wales and Prince George are to responsibility to a Legislature
Mr. Gavin Jones, representing
business European
Interests, agreed with Sir Tej Sapru's pro- posals, provided a really workable constitution WAB
involved, in which the States were included and песеннату safeguards
were Introduced. He saw no alter- native to giving a largo measure. of
of all interests, and depart on their South American In which stable cloments would tour on the 17th Inatant. They will join a steamer at Santander, and There ought, he said, to be of the representation will probably fly from London to strong
Crown by nominated representa- The Prince of Wales is to open tives na the Crown would be the British Trade Exhibition at responsible for a big part of the. Buenos Aires-Reuter,
expenditure:
CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S NEW POST..
provall,
Mr. Jinnah's. Support.
Mr. Jinnah, supporting Sir Tej Sapru's proposals, said that one powerful Boction of his country demanded complete independence. Another section expected r real Dominion Status He
ugrood responsible 'Government could not be giyon without safeguarde for the minorities,
ACTING MINISTER OF EDUCATION: north of Korea is unchanged.
Nanking, Jan, 7 Marshal Chiang Kai-shek visited Strong monsoon will prevail along
the of the 3.E. coast of China and medo. rate to fresh moonsoon over the the official quarters
of Acting Minister of Education, North China Sea. The local fore-Ministry of Education this morn cast is:-N.E. winds, moderate; ing to formally take up the duties was contemplated
fine to cloudy.
Reuter
He was under" no misgiving that Dominion Status ForcORE- pletely responsible Government
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