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FOUNDED ant 四拜歳 號九十月二英港香 THURSDAY.

NO. 23,374

OFFICERS AT LOGGERHEADS.

FLYING DISASTER | JUNK SINKS IN A

INQUEST.

A STRUGGLE FOR CONTROLS.

SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE REGARDING PILOT.

HELD TO · BLAME.

London, Feb. 18, Must remarkable evidence was given at the inquest at Plymouth to-day concerning the deaths of Wing-Comman- der G. Tucker, Flying Officer F. K. Wood and Air. craftsman Rutledge, the three victims of the flyingboat dis- nster whose bodies were re- covered.

Responsbaing for the tragedy was attributed to Winget 'on

STORM.

ABERDEEN FISHING FOKI

DROWNED.

BOATS PICKED UP.

One fatal orcurred in mishap on the evening of February 14 when a fishing Junk, with 20 people hoard, was capsized by heavy wind and seas t

a place called Tam Kon Tha in Chinese

peristora

SHIP'S OFFICERS”

ANTI-PIRACY

OBLIGATIONS.

MISUNDERSTANDINGS

CLEARED UP.

GUILD SATISFIED WITH THE REGULATIONS.

AN EXPLANATION,

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Ju

المان

FEBRUARY

LOUIS WOLHEIM PASSES AWAY.

DEATH OF A NOTED FILM STAR,

"ALL QUIET" LEAD.

Los Angeles, Feb. 18. The death has occurred here of | Lottix Wolheim, the well-known jeitema star who made his biggest hit na Katzinsky in “All Quiet on the [Western Front." Reuter's Ameri.

en Service,

Louis Wolheim, "the man with the broken 12492,' WIN 44 years

zuze He met with

street

13 PER ANNUM ·

19. 1931. BAE BINDLE COPT 10 CENTS

READING'S WIN AT BRADFORD..

SOCCER SURPRISES

YESTERDAY.

CELTIC, CHELSEA, WOLVES & LEEDS LOSE AT HOME.

SCOTTISH CUP DRAW.

Luton, Feb, 18,

A number of league Butchos,

live results.

YOU INSURE YOUR

CAR?

YOU INSURE YOUR LIFE?

Then safeguard BOTH by fitting DUNLOP

The Safest Tyre on the Road The Dunlop Rubber Co., (China) Ltd.

Pedder Building.

SCHOOL AGE BILL LOST IN LORDS.

PEERS 'REFUSE A SECOND READING.

SNOWDEN'S RELIEF.

London, Feb, 18. The House of Lords to-day re jected the second reading of the Government's Education Bill for raking the school ago From 14 to 15 by 168 votes in 22.

Telephone 24554...

SILVER LOAN

EMISSARIES

REACH NANKING.

STRANGE REPORT OF PARLEY.

REGARDED AS ENTIRELY UNOFFICIAL.

The refusal of the Lords 'REDUCTION ASKED!

Shanghai, Feb. 18..

i accept the Bill ogensions no sur- interviews which Telegraph representative bad eldent when is imy, badly de poed owing to Cup-ties, and prise and it is not expected that this morning with Captain T. Tering

This face, but in interplayed off to-day, were prate the Government will endeavour to years this proved one of his nexts

of some Laurenson, branch seerpiajy of

A story is in circulation sug Rist astonishing restritate it.

In any event, its operation had gesting that negotiations for a In dive. First Division1 games, three teams weer victors already been rendered exceeding

his silver loan from the Unite i renite by the adoption. on foreign soil, while two away Commons, of Mr. Sewer's amend States o China have been wias Wise aromad 114 threrent. provided that Second Division-games,

it

A

to a report to the Police, Kwok the China Const Offievers' Guild. Worsun. The muster. Pod that

made clear that WARN This junk. No 1999 of alworl 1800 animerstanding with regard to bisnis ca party, was hohing at Tam the obligations resting on ships' Rom Tan, which i ubåt #1 hour-mest and dicers in commnexion putting Pi-bruary 14. The weather with anti-pirany measures bad bet man but as the evening work on been cleared up to the satisfre at the yank was baltered about tion of the Guild.

sub brom Visordoet, at about! 11

much that sh pray a leak Belesin it

to e da prevotis

to remain on taxed the very de-

inanden Tucker. Apparently rided to abandon the junk. They there was some sort of struggle put off in two small boats fat one best wing two ofleers at the con- for the fokis could not found, nud it dischuntjack i presumed that he was drowned

The two boats had not got away The evidence shower (hat Wing very long before the junk capsized Commander Tucker, who was ex-, and sank, all the property at the perienced in the handing of land-"]rrow going down with it. planes, but And had little to doj

Plus other's capabilities!

The Isists drifted apart

and with the control of flying-hours, when down broke, they were not insisted upon taking eburge on the within wight of marh other. ocrazion of the Gand and tatal of the boats was foil by a Lead dight.

Oficer's Stary.

in junk at about 7 a.m. the nexİ day and the occupants were taken. to Macao, while the ofle WIN Flight-Lieutenant Ely, one oferen by another ink and the occu the three survivors of the mishap.rants taken to Tai told the Coroner that on two se- The value of the uk is assess

C

t

Livo

should rat come into aeration impened. leation is male of the

in. Nanking of an Aut had heen pussed nuthorisarrival The entstanding performance was Reading's victory at Bradford, fun to me the cast incurred Peking, though it is not made.

ing expenditure out or public. American representatives from

white indorsfield lid well 1

by non-provided schools in curry-clear whether they are supposed beat Chelsen af Stamford Bridging out the requirements of the to be financiers, diplomatic re-

Rill. An interesting fixture, a sort of

presentatives, Or agents of preliminary run before the sixth The Bill, with the amesalmen silver-producing interests.

crude! of the English Cup, snow West Bromwich Albion trounce the Wolves at Wolverhampton. They most at the Hawthorns in the 'up.

Celtic Failure,

fuctuded, was eventually currad by a margin of eighteen votes, but was regarded more or less as a dead letter,

with

It is stated that they have already been in conference with Nanking Government offeints, in-

I will be revalled that in N- vember last, the Government fesus eck in new anti-piracy regulation objectal to be the which ad the time was vigorously read as follows: The master or Guild. This other person in charge of a ship hall take effective measures 10

Efforts have been made since to eluding Mr. Hu Han-min, chair- cause. and he shall cause the

reach movements of his ship to be in ac

a compromise

than the Legislative Council, feardanen with those regulations.

Roman Catholics, who sponsored | Mr. Sun Fe, Minister of Railways. the amendment, but an agreement and Mr. Yu Yu-jen, chairman of and he shall take effective meas

In the Scottish League, Celtic between the religious bodies has the Control Council. sures to provent, and he shall pres

went down sensationally before persistently eluded the negotin- Shanghai business circles are yent the coming on board or en barkation of any person and the as a fim slur, for he was usually places Clyde, while the Rangers

their own supporters to lowly.tors.

frankly sceptical of the authenti- By the rejection. Mr. Snowder city of the report, though it goen bringing on board of anything east in somewhat villainous parts, could, do no better contrary to or not in accordance At one time, he was a Professor of points with Ayr United, Mother-ning with half a million sterling negotiations

than share will anve à substantial sum, begin-so far as to suggest that the with these regalations."

Mathematics at Cornell University.

have been very but later he went on the legitimate well increased their lead by a cone-annually, rising later to £9,000,000, anccessful and that an agreement

vincing victory. stage. subsequently taking up Immediately the regulation was in work with immense success of the Scottish Cup was matte He afa wonderful work in one of issue. Captain Laurenson. on the leading characters

but it is pretest against it, on the ground

stated that his impersonation of gations on ships' officers.

Initial Protest.

The draw for the Fourth Round

ensions during the trip, he thought in the master at \$2,000 whit half of the Guild, entered strong lon the Western Fin “All Quicé“f to-day, following the result of thet it necessary to attempt to regain the property lust cost approximate-ihat it placed unreasonable obli- The role of Katzinuky led to winning, by two clear goals.

$1,000, making the total loss $3,000,

control. On bath occasions, Wing-e Commander Tucker kancked his hands from the controls.

At the last moment, just before The giant machine hit the water.,

said Lieutenant believing BRITISH AIR MAIL

Ely.

that Wing-Commander Turker had misjudged his distance from the water, he grasped the wheel and puited back the control.

ENTERPRISE.

1

Aberdeen and replay between Dundee, at Aberdeen, the latter

The draw resulted as follows;

Scottish Cup Draw.

Celtic

film being banned in Germany, it In last week's issue erf the

being considered that the part gave Curement Gazette, further amendments of the regulations. Wrong, impression of a German

IN.C.O. were issued, from which it was dis

Wolheim took soldier parts in Third Lanark closet that the regulation to which the Guild had taken such several other war films, whilst he Cowdenbeath strong abjection was being retais.was also starred in "Sorrell and Bo'ness

Son," "The Tempest." "The Shady Lady, and "The Wolf Song,"

d.

--He saw the softhe| FROM CAIRO INTO HEARTopla siew of the Guild's previous.

begin to rise, but it was too late. She struck the water heavily and; broke in two.

APRICA.

London, Feb. 18. The first time-table for 1 Lawrence of Arabin.

Narth African section of the X.. "Aircraftsman Shaw** better du miles inperial Airways Ori. known to the world as Colone}} tain-South Africa rouale, which Lawrence of Arabial who is at opens on February 26th was issued tachel to

evidence.

Flying

Roalter-slay.

abjection to the regulation, a Telegraph representative this morn ing called on Captain Laurenson in order to ascertain how the posis tion now stood

A Conference..

Captain Laurenson at once ex tick that the position bad heen satisfactorily cleared

Jap

NEW THEORIES ON JESUS CHRIST.

AN AUSTRIAN PROFESSOR'S

DESCRIPTION..

Aberdeen.

V.

1

St. Mirren. Motherwell. Kilmarnock,

Matches to -February-

132 played

Lively gap

-Reuters American Service.

KARACHI CONGRESS

UPSET.

DEALERS OUTWIT. THE CLOTH PICKETS.

may be signed in the near future. the Nanking request for a re- duction of the amount from 1,000,000,000 ounges to 200.000.000 or 400,000,000 ounces is accepted What China Would Do With-fi.'

The

silver "borrowed willia stated, be used for the minting of new silver, coins, in conformity with a Nanking Karnchi, Feb, 18,

plan for unifying silver currency" Congress circles. have bes all over the country. fluttered by the resignation of the

A Nanklag Government spoken- sea foreign eloth boycottman is reported as saying that the ent BIL

as a result of the Avis American-delegates-are-likely to

SL

ar expreted at slenge of an increasing number of agree to the sealing down of the athug may happen. Horox Park and at Cowdenbeath, dealers being engaged in secretly loan figures, and that provided the trading in foreign clot!: notwith Central Political Council agrees, The arrangenients for the loan, Mieren will find it no easy outstanding their pledge to abstain.

The dealers throughout have ta fispose rf the Second Division!

which is strongly supported by ontwilted all the Traders, white

Congress Mr. Hu Han-min, will be soon com- the ber match picketeers, - Roster, lenks in easy thing for Kilmar-

pleted. apnek. Bo'nese have met withi

New Delhi, Feb. 18. natonishing success in the Cup The conversations between the Competition. They are at the bot. Viceroy and Gandhi were continued tom of the Second Division of the to-day and lasted three hours and | Scottish League with only five forty minutes, wins to their credit.

Gandhi 'seemed cheerful, and will Today's league matches rendit-now consult the other leaders, after which he will resume his talk with Lord Irwin,--Neuter.

Squadron at Mount Button. My- This milition to the Empire air. He stated that at the time of his mouth.

Kave remarkable routes extends for 2.670

inile protest, the Colonial, Secretary In- from Cairo, on the Nile. to Khar formed him that the Government He stated that the men of the tosins and her via the great

HUNCHBACK DWARF. no intention whatever of Squadron were disinclined to Lakes to Mwanza in Tanganyika.placing the onus of searches on up with Wing-Commander Tucker and it will connect Britain by air ships officers, and that the regula

London, Feb.19. He would have flown with Tue-with the Sudan and with Central tion to which exception had been homely figure of four feet nine

A small, bent, hunch-backed,l: ker if he had been ordered to send East Africa and bring India, taken would be found innocuous inches, is the sensational descrip- 20, but not as a matter of choice. Persia and Irak into direct air if read in conjunction with the tion of Jesus Christ in a new book Cheira

Jury's Finding.

communication with North-Eastern other regulations.

"The Messiah Jesus and John the Blackpool Africa.

in order that the situation Baptist," by Doctor Eisler, Profes-Leeds Un. Alter direction by the Coroner.

Specially designed multi-engin. might be made clear, a meeting or of Historical Research at Vien- Portsmouth the jury returned a verdict of "Aced air liners and flying boat built

was held at the Crown Solicitor's en University. cidental Death," and expressed the in Britain have been flown to Africa Ore carty in January, being at-1 opinion that the accident was due for use on, this route,

Dr. Eister has lectured ip must tended by the Crown Solicitor, the British universities and at the Paris to an error of judgment by Wing

From Cairo to Khartoum the Inspector-General of Police, a re-Sorbonne. Commander Tucker, who made the service will be operated by triple panies, and Capt. Laurenson

presentative of the shipping com- He revives the theory that the Innding, due to his itusperiener

asworks of the historian Josephus of flying-boats.

screw Armstrong Siddeley

representing the

China Coast were severely censored when Chris. Biners. and From Khartoum The mishap occurred ព

Guilds.

tianity prevailed, everything ob- February 4, the machine, a Black-wards into the heart of Africa by

At this meeting, said Captain noxious to Christians being erased. Exeter barn-trin all-metal plane, one great Short all-metal flying boats, Laurenson, the regulations of 1928 the largest and fastest of its.type gines developing a total of 1500 ench driven by three Jupiter eu-

Dr. Eisler is of the opinion that were examined in detail, and it the crucifixion was a sequel to a crashing into Button Bay.

Ply-

was made clear that the regula plot to seize Jerusalem, the thieves Airdrie mouth, in the full view of thou-horsepower. The flying boats willtion to which the Guild had taken being merely armed followers of Hearts

use the rivers and great lakes exception referred to the obliga-

Motherwell along the route as a natural alight-tions of ships' officers after the

6 Clyde Hing aren. British Wireless.

fle explains the "resurrection" Celtic

Ayr Limited

2 Rangers police had completed their gearch, by the existence of a twin-brother

of Jesus, who impersonated him.

Scottish Cup Re-öläy.' Dr. Eister admits that his revon. struction is purely hypothetical.-

sands of spectators.

Nine Fatalities,

were revi

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CEMENT COMPANY

PROFITS.

DIVIDEND, PROPOSALS

There were twelve officers and: men aliourd the craft and only three escaped with their lives, the majurity of them being trapped in the fuselage. Four scued, but Flying Olee Woud died) in hospital. and the bodies of Wing Commander Tucker and Air- craftsman Rutledge were sub.

ANNOUNCED. sequently recovereil from the for ward part of the

Subject to quilt, the Directors machine.

of the Green Island Cement Com- The other half of the machine.pany, Ltd., will at the forthcoming which broke away when the back inceling of shareholders to be held buckled, sunk in deep

on Wednesday, the 18th March. *Renter,

recommend the following allgea tion of profits

smashed

water-

WEATHER REPORT.

To pay a dividend of 20 cents per share on the oki shares.

To pay a dividend of 4 cents per share on the now shares..........

The Royal Observatory reports Ts write off obsolete Ma that the anticyclone has wenkened

chinery Stores and is now central over the Yellow To place to General Re- Boa. Moderate monsoon along the]

Jesus.

Officers' Duty. "In other words," said Captain Laurenson, "the Government at-Renter titude could be summed up these words: The police done their job; it is now up to the officers of the ship to ser that no one else

have

SUICIDE.

Result to he Stated, Captain Laurenson further ex- On the man's arrest, 15 toreign plained that during the meeting. coins stolen during the robbery he suggested that, in fairness to were recovered. the ships officers, the pollee

First Division.

I

1

Aston Villa

Buddersfield Birmingham Leicester Manchester C. 1 Sunderland

Second

Division.

Bradford Everton

Wolves

1

1 Reading

Barnsley West from, .

J

Third Division (South).

2. Waball

Scottish League..

3

4 Hibernian

1 Falkirk

3 Mortun

NEW US. MINISTER TO HOLLAND.

CHICAGO LAWYER GETS APPOINTMENT.

:

Washington, Feb, 18. The Chicago lawyer, Mr. Nathan William

been MacCheaney has appointed United States Minister Lo the Netherlands.--Renter's American Service.

Entirely Unofficial. '

recom-

It is pointed out, however, that any negotiations now proceeding in Nanking must be entirely un- official. The American Govern ment has given no sign of inten- tion to comply with the mendations of Senator Key Pitt- man. In any event, it is an im- portant part of the Pittman pro- scrumme that the silver loan should be of an international character, A Inan from America to China direct would offend the terms of the Consortium Agreement.

Even if negotiations are going ou, their result can have no value, except possibly as weightage in support of Senator Pittman's scheme.

Senator King Now Interested, Washington, Feb. 11. Coincident with submission to

Senate foreign

the

relations roport of com- sub-committee Senator Democrat

committee of the Pittman the

commerce

William H. Kinx.

Mr. MacChesney is, the senior member of the legal firm, Mac- Chesney and Becker. He Was Judge Advocate at General Head-

aarters of the American Expedi-mittee tionary Force in France during 2. Dunder

the war and was recommended by of Utah, called upon President General Pershing for the D.3.M. uover to take action designed to The revised lengov tables are for exceptionally meritorious and one, with the silver situation, appended:

conspicuous services." He is the editor of several legal publications and the author of standard works on American law.

Aberdeen

Pirat Division.

Goals P. W. D. L. F. A. Pis 28 18 7. 3 93 42 43 30.16 8 094 00.40 7 81 55 40

comes aboard and Arrested in connexion with an that no more cargo is brought on armed robbery at 21. Shapo Road, board; otherwise, the police search Kowloon City.

Arsenal оп Monday, becomos nugatory: "

Chinese named, Chung Leung-kl. Wednesday 30 176

Aston Villa The position being explained aged 34, of 1, Cook Street, Hung Derby 20 14 78 78 56 35 thus, added the Guild Secretary, hom, committed suicide in his doll Portsmouth 20 11 10 8 possible objection could be at the Kowloon City Police Station Manchester C. 30 13 6 raised to the regulation..

by hanging himself with strips of Huddersfield 20 12 7 his cell blanket, which he had torn. Mhidlesbro. 30 13 6 up for the purpose.

Liverpaal 29 11 8 10

20 12 4 West Ham Sheffield U... 28 10 2 Lelconter.... 28 13 8 12 Chelara... 20 10 8 Sunderland 20 9 8 12 40 28 10 6 12 8 Harbour Rekula- Blackburn result of any soarch when it was peared in the

29 11 4 14 61 08 26 completed,

and this was agreed to. tions, for the information of Newcastle A proviso to the effect now appears the case for some years, le sux Bolton

masters, but this had not been Birmingham

Grimsby in the amended regulations.

Another point which Captain geated that the former practice Leeds Lauronson brought forward at should be resumed, and the pro-Binckpool 3944,421.75 | the meeting was that the anti posal was sympathetically re- Manchester U. 306-4-21 38 85 14

piracy regulations previously ap

ceived,

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$120,000.00

16,000.00 should give a certificate etating the

sorve

20,000.00

100,000.00

of next year's account

88,421.76

RE const of China and over the To carry forward to credit

North China Sea. Local foreenat:

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LATEST PHONE EXTENSION.

LONDON AND PRAGUE ÑOW LINKED.

London, Feb. 18,

In view of the continued growth of telephone traffic between England and Czecho-Slovakia, a "through" telephone service between London and Prague has been brought into operation.

Calla between Great Britain and Czecho-Slovakia have hitherto been switched at Berlin-British-Wire

Senator King asked that Presi- dent Hoover appoint a commlasion to study the sliver situation. He urged that the President negotiate with Great Britain for an agro-. ment to act in concert with the United States to solve the pro- blems treated by depressed silver values:

Failing success in negotiations with. Great Britain, Senator' King anid, he would introduce lato the Senate resolution calling upon the

President to appoint an American silver commission.

Muth Speculation.

In some quarters the request of Sonator King caused considerables speculation. In view of the fact that it was made when: Benator Key Pittman, Democrat of Navalhe was presenting his plan for a huge aliver loan to China as A IGRIÍS Ó (Continued on Page 12)