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APRIL 20. 1931.

日三月三

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Carpet or Linoleum

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PIRATES LOGT Police Fire On COLLIER RAMMED Australia Air QUARREL OVER PACIFIC PLANE.

AND FIRE Communists.

THE LIMCHOW.

INTERRUPTED BY DOCK TUG.

H.M.S. STERLING RUSHED OFF.

VALUABLE CARGO.

With orders to make full speed, H. M. S. Sterling was yesterday afternoon dea- patched to the scene of the Pannier wreck of the Cie

... Limehow, following the receipt of a dramatic wire- less message from the Kow- loon Dock salvage tug. Henry Keswick, announcing that the vessel had been looted and set on fire bv pirates.

It is understood, however, that the real situation is not quite so serious. When the Henry Keswick reached the scene of the suster, the master found pirates aboard looting the vessel, and scared them off.

AND SUNK

Mail Crash.

OFF WOOSUNG.

Serious Collision in

SIX MEMBERS OF

Misfortune Ends A

CREW MISSING.

Fine Flight..

Westphalia.

CEMETERY DUEL.

Berlin, Apr. 19.

A serious collief in hetwson Com monists and police at Hamm in Westphalia nccurred to-day, Uree of the Reds being killed and four seriously wounded. Five members. of the police party were mured in the hand to hand battle.

HONGKONG SKIPPER LAST LAP WRECK.

TO RESCUE.

LIFEBOAT MISHAP.

Brisbane, Apr. 19.

The experimental air-mail fight from England to Australia met with disaster after keeping Shanghai, Apr. 17. strictly to schedul for over No trace has been found of 10,500 miles. When the "City six merabers of the crew of the of Cairo" crashed, the craft wris Dah Chong which was rammed within 450 miles of her final fles- and sunk near the Block House tination, which would have been rebuoy on Tuesday night last by reached according to the pro- the Tah Hwa of the Ping An S.Sgramme laid down before she

It appears that the chesh ngrur red as a result of Communist fusal to obey the ruling of a police

guard in connexion with a com memorative gerenunity. The 20- thorities had given permission for one hundred and fity members of (the Communist organisation

march to the loen! cemetery to com. memorate the Communists killed in the disturbances of March. 1920,

When the procession arrived at the gates of the cemetery. The police found themselves faced by well over thousand Reds all de- termined to take part in the de- nonstration,

The police announced that only ne hundred and Bity would be allowed to pass. The whole moh Before freing, however, the | tried to forge an entry, and altazk- pirales, seeing that they Werk ed with stones and clubs the men- likely to be baulked of their prey.bers of the police who sought ta maliciously set fire to the upper works of the Limchow and the blaze got a fair hold on the ship before the Henry' Keswick's raw were close enough to extinguish It.

Valuable Cargo.

An exceedingly valuable cargo, and the possibility of finding bullion aboard the Limehow, at. tracted the pirate gang to the seen of the wreck, just as it is

ཏྠ*cཎྞrvJ1-j{p』¢« For the decision

in attempt salvage of the whip spite of the ofrenie diffealty of the work.

prevent then. The polien finally replied with their revolvers, and nine of their assailants were ser- inusly or fatally shot.-Renter

REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS.

REBELLIÓN FLARES UP IN EARLY MORNING.

Boston. Apr. 24. The revolutionary fever bas A week ago, it was requirted that the Limehow had sunk. Actually, renhed Honduras according to sho is beached in fairly deep wireless reports, which state that water, deep enouch to eworse eveni at revolt dured up at two a'einek her funnels to be submerged at in the morning. high tide. The exceptionally wide range of the tide in the region of the Hainan Straits, however, is such as to bring the vessel out of The water to the level of the tween reattered outbreaks have reprod

low tide. permittingsewhere. decks at vandals to po aboard as well as the salvage party.

Tin Plate and Bullion. The vessel has a curge of in plates in her hold valued at over $320,000, while her coal is worth Another $50,000. The local agents

Pannier told for the Civ Telegraph representative that the Limehow was, in the halst of bringing large quantities of silver cofu From the Chinese Maritimes Customs in Hoihow to be luged in

the the Hongkong offer of Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The average amount of the coin in the past few months has been about $50,000, and it was probable. that the Lirichow was carrying bullion to that value when she was wrecked.

Accident Report. Fresh light is thrown on the

correspondent mishap by a

at Holhow who reports that the

fL

Several hundred armed men are at present marching on the impor tant fruit-shipping rentre at Tela, according to latest reports, while

At present it is set kosen whether the capital. Tegucigalpa, is affected.

The United States light-cruiser Memphis, which is in Nicaraguan it cunxion with the water trouble there, has been ordered tra

to the north coast proceed Honduras.-- Reader.

RICH

RADIUM DEPOSIT.

HUGE RESOURCES FOUND IN CANADA.

left Croydon.

Arrangements are being made

The City of Tacoma II. cause of the quarrel between three American Airmen, is shown above, the picture being taken when Lieut. Bromley was making his unsuccessful attempt to com- menes a Pacific light. The plane is discarding peirol, being

overweighted at the time.

MISSIONARY SET FREE AT LAST.

Airways Com-SIX MONTHS IN HANDS Air-Commodore

OF BANDITS.

Co. Thirteen pank-stricken pas-" sengers and fifty-four members to convey the City of Cairo's mails of the crew were rescued before from Kupung (Tingr) to Australia the ship sank. The stem of the in a tane belonging to the Aus Tah Hwa was slightly damaged. tralian National Missing members of the Dah pany, of which Chong's crow are the chief cam-Kingsford Smith in the head. pradore. third assistant engineer, The precise nture of the don- jeurpenter, X1 freman and two luge to the Imperial Airways llaer is not yet known. None of her grensers,

One life bout was launebril, buterew suffered injury, however, and the fails fouled as it touched the the mails are safe. water. throwing the occupants The B. and S. s.s. into the water.

LAST NIGHT'S VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM.

Rain Exceptionally Heavy For April.

COLLEAGUE HELD.

Was On

the

CAROL INITIATES

RUMANIAN DICTATORSHIP.

CABINET OF "EXPERTS" APPOINTED.

ELECTION DECREE.

Bucharest, Apr. 20.,

SHANGHAI FLIERS TAKE ACTION.

LEGAL BATTLE IF NECESSARY.

CAPTAIN ASH HELD

FOOLHARDY,

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Apr, 20.

The heated argument be- tween Major F. N. Shuma- ker and Lieutenant Bob Short, on the one side, and Captain Thomas Ash, the Seattle airman, on the other, as to who is to use Lieut. Bromley's plane, the City of Tacoma II, on & nonstop the Pacific, flight seems destined to develop into a legal battle.

across

Captain Ash has won the first round, the withdrawal of the power of attorney given to the Shanghai aviators having de

moment of legal right to pre- prived them for the immediate

plane.

Hankow, Apr. 20. Return Flight Off?

The Rev. Kristofer Tvedt, of

A fortnight's laborious Cabinet the Lutheran Mission, who has Presumably, the return #ght,

terday with dramatic suddenness. 21STER 2 USDA-Rue to leave Port Darwin on April been held in captivity by bandits making efforts were scrapped yes 27. will have to be abandoned, for more than six months, in

Minister in London, whom King though the huge demand for special company with the Rev. Bert 1 after M. Titulesco, the Rumanian vent him from taking over the air mail envelopes has indicated Nelson, of the same Mission, has Carol had expecially summoned, had

Taking advantage of the pre- that a very large, mail would been released.

completed the task of forming a

paratious made by Major Shumaker have been carried. The mishap He is expected to reach lian- broud Coalition Ministry. is unfortunate, though the per- kow this evening.

The collapse occurred when Mr. and Lieut. Short, Captain Ash is is now preparing to take off October 5th last Titulesco declined to accede to from the beach at Samushiro lu formance of the City of Cairs fintil

missionaries Carol's eleventh hour request to in- Aomori Prefecture LWO the time of her crash is sufficient that

early next captured to prove the practicability of a

brigands, clude by were

11 certain personality (month, on the first moonlight when regular service Bad luck on the and they have been marched Argelinnu) in his Cabinet, and weather conditions are favourable.

from one hiding place to an whom jast lap cannot offset this,

Titulesco hud omitted. The King immediately withdrew

Name Changed. ather, though for some time they in 'the barulit

his commission of Cabinet-form- have been held strongholdin Yangkiashan gone ing to M. Titulesco and summoned 20 miles from Chillping in N, E, his old tutor, the well-known his Hupeh.

turiun, Professor Jorge. Pour days ago, it was learned

Within a couple of hours, Pro-kiwa Military Aerodrome to Samu- A serond experimental fight is that the amount of ransom paid to fensor Jarge had secured the King's

It was from Samashiro that due to start from Croydon to the bandit chieflaqns by the Luthe-requiescence in an interesting list

Lieut. Bromley made several un, Australia 017 Saturday extran Mission Headquarters at Han- of experts, who are. however, un-

two likely to be supported by Parlin successful attempts to take off last arriving in Australia on May 10. kow, for the release of the and selling out on a retorn light men. was $10,000, but it was not aditional KROWN whether Any on May 17-Reuter und Wireless,

amounts had been paid previously

The Colony was visited by

thunderstorm a severe

last night, as result of which rain co the extent of 3.2 inches fell at the Royal Ob- servatory between 7.30 and

fall 10.30. The total

from 3.90 m. yesterday to 10:30 a. to-day was 435 inches.

This amount has been 13- ceeded in April on only four eensions since 1884 as fol- lows:

1885 April 20 521 inches

1903

+

26 6.22 felis

12 4.91 inches

10 4.50 inches

1925 1926

four inches of rain fell at Fanting, yesterday afternoon. while only 0.03-inch

fell at the Observatory,

The rain was caused by violent vertical currentM.

The total for the year is now 11.95 inches, against the average of 9339. To-day's fur- the rain is expected to add appreciably to the total.

The Australia postal authori ties are confident that when the service is regularly established. Australia and the time between Kugland will be reduced to ten or eleven days,

WOMAN WITH THE CHOPPER,

HOME SECRETARY GIVEN

MORNING FRIGHT.

ment.

In the course of a paternal homi- to the nation, Professor Jorg

TRAIN BANDITS.

He has changed the name of the Tacoma II to Pacific, and is flying it, in a few days from, the Tachl

ahilo.

your.

using

A

Captain Ash is planning a non- stop sole light, which is an exceed On Thursday last, Mr. Daniel now discluses an intention to run ingly hazardous adventure. Nelson, a brother of the Rev. Bert the Government as a quasi-Dicta-" It is learned to-day

however Nelson, left lankow, to pay a for- torship, with mot ordre (work that Lleut, Short and Major ther sum of $7,000 to the bandits.nad quiet,) pending the elections, Shamaker are filing suit to pre- Although troops were known to be which will not be held until it is vent Captain Ash from

Lieut. Bromley's machine. in the vicinity of the bandits absolutely necessary.-Reuter. stronghold, up to Friday last they

Lieut. Short in Shanghal. had not moved to attack, and it seemed that the sole action being

Lieutenant Short is now back in taken to secure the release of the

Shanghai, where he told the story London, Apr. 15.

of the confusion which has been While the Home Secretary. Mr. missionaries was that planned by

amusing observers of the contro- J. R. Clynes, was having his bath the Mission and Mr. Nelson. Di- protests and Govern-

versy. The argument, he said, this morning and his wife was plematic

would still be going on but for awaiting him at the breakfastment promises had been of fio avail, Besides money. the Lutheran

the fact that Mr. John Buffelin, table, there were repeated sounds

Mission has sent the captives GENERATE WANAONAL MUNNUTTANAct of shattered glass.

Bromley's backer who has spent G$75,000 in machines for The staff rushed out and found medical supplies and uther neces every pane of glass on the gardenities, from the lack of which they

hd badly suffered.—Kruter. level broken and discovered woman with a chopper in her hand still busy. She declared she want- ed to protest against Hose Office indifference to certain of hor legal difficulties. The woman was later remanded by the Police! Court magistrate.

Hanyang sighted distress signals an hour later and responded at once, but rescue work was ham pered by darkness,

Hanging Skipper's Story. Captain C. Harris Walker of the Hanyang, who is well-known in Hongkong. said that his ship sped to serne of the disaster until they heard voices in the

the

Edmonton. Apr. 15. The richest deposit of radium in the world fles on the shores of water. Immediately the engines shut off to avoid cutting the Great Bear Lake in the north-were west territories, according to Dr.ths in the water with the pro- Allan, Head of the lepartment of pellors. Anchors were dropped. of and chief officer C. J. M. Benuett University Geology of the

lifeboat commanded

which Alberta.

pitch-blendereeded in extricating eight exhausted survivors from the

of Analysts

KOWLOON LADIES'

LOSSES.

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BRITISH AIRSHIP

POLICY..

IN ABEYANCE SINCE R101

DISASTER.

London. Apr.. 15. Mr. Fred Montague. Under-1 Secretary for Air, in the House of Commons to-day said the future of British airship policy, which had been in the balance since the disaster to R101, was still under

A VALUABLE RING AND Struits were

with covered

A BROOCH blanket of fog, and the Linchow though it advisable to anchor.

The loss of a white gold The Klangsa and the Canton, samples indicate a richer content waters. These had succeeded inplatinum engagement ring, valued consideration, consequently ha both southbound. were passing of radiunt that in ores from the battling with the current for unt $400, has been reported to the was not in a position to make a through the Straits at four o'clock Belgian Congo mines.

hour before the arrival of the police by Miss A. Barnes, of 37, statement regarding the final dis- in the afternoon. The Canton. A substantial quantity is being which was following the Kiangsu, sent la Belgium for reduction. Hanyang.

struck is reported to have

the Until the results of these investiga- Limehow, damaging her so severe- tions are available it will be im- a practical ly that Captain Morgauti immedi- possible to form

estimate of the value of the de- ately sought to beach her.

posits at the Great Bear Lake.

She was sent hori! aground, enabling the passengers and crew to escape. Both the Kiangsu and Gomen picked up survivors, and Innded them at Hollow. Να donthe occurred,

AZORES INSURGENTS

SURRENDER,

been

"THE DOLE.”

"NOVEL & CONSTRUCTIVE" PROPOSALS.

MURDER AND ROBBERY IN BENGAL

Calcutta, Apr. 12.

over

Two were killed and several were injured when the younger, the flight-cabled to Tokyo from armed with Fevolvers, held up a

Tacoma giving Captain Ash autho- party of wealthy merchants in arity to use the City of Tacoma II, moving train near Mymensingh.

When the bundits asked for money one of the merchants pro- duced a few rupees, whereupon the bandits fired at three of the party, two of whom died almost instan taneously.

Seizing the baggage belonging to the merchants, which contained Rs. 10,000, the bandits jumped out of the train, when it slowed down, and escaped..

One of the passengers pulled the communication cord, but when the train did not step he jumped out through fear.

and withdrawing Lieut. Short's power attorney.

Shumaker on Way to Seattle. The Shanghai airmen are, how- ver, anything but satisfied with

the position,

and Lieut. Short tuld Interviewers

to-day that Major. Shumaker was on his. way Seattle to strike back at Cap- taln Ash. He will take legal ac tion if necessary.

Lieut. Short is cheerful in spite of the disappointment so far ex perienced. He believes that even- iually he will obtain the necessary permission from Mr. Buffelin

The train arrived at Mymensingh with two dead men and eight pasily the plane. sengers only.

Mymensingh is in Bengal, not far from the Assam. border. and about 75 miles north of Dacen.

WEATHER REPORT,

The Royal Observatory reports contral that the anticyclone is near Tokyo. The depression over Tongking is slightly shallower this morning..

to

He says that Captain Ash Is In experienced, and that a solo at tempt would be foolhardy.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S BIG FEES..

£39,000 PAID DURING: PAST 21 MONTHS.

London, Apr. 16.3% Thirty-nine thousand pounds In

Granville Rond, Kowloun. She posal of the airship R100.)

He told the police that she maat have

hoped a decision in the Captain's Narrative,

dropped t somewhere in Gran-matter would be reached within Captain N. Boyka, for two yearsville Road.

fortnight. Mr. Montague added skipper of the Dah Chons, gave a Mrs. Ezra, of No. 7. Humphreys that the total expenditure on graphic description of the colll Avenue, Kowloon, also reports airship development from 1920 to sinh. Shortly after passing that on Saturday she dropped a March 31, this year had Block House Buoy the Tah Hwa black onyx brooch while on her approximately £2,410,000. was sighted her course being set way from her home to the Peak The ornament Is across the bow of the Dah Chong Tram Station. He steered his vessel hard aport in valued at $260. an effcrl to avoid the Tah Hwa, but the manoeuvre failed to avert the collision, and with a terrific

DAVIS CUP RESULT. erash the Tal Hwa rammed 'Into

The General Council has consistent salary and fees were paid to the ISSUED.

Sir William the starboard side of the Dah

GREECE BEATS AUSTRIA BY

ly maintained that unemployment Attorney-General, Chong. Lisbon, Apr. 19.

ODD MATCH.

benefit should be available to all Jowitt, during the last 21 month London, Apr. 11.

the Solicitor The Government hoa Tusuall

Water rushed through-the gap-

genuinely unemployed persons and and £12,000 to Athens, Apr. 19. The Times Labour correspondent on a non-contributory basis. but General, Sir Stafford Cripps, In watch decided it bellion" in at least

of the engineer on

In the Davis Cup Competition, says the evidence which the General the Council urges the necessity of the past six months. work with the gang threatening Azores islands is over.

would be useless to start the Matoika (Austria) bent Zerlendi Council of the Trades Union Con- ensuring the solvency of the fund These Aguros were announta, attack at any time, wirelessed to Tho

gress will submit to the Itoval Com- and niso raises objection to further in the House of Commons to-day, announcement is to the pumps. Accordingly they aban-Greute) by 6-3, 6-2, 6-8, 6-3. the local naval authorities for pro-effect that the insurgenta at Fonte doned stations and fled to the Garanglotis {(Greece) beat mission on Unemployment In- burdens on Industry. It will make "May I ask whether thin!!? tection.

del Garda aurrendered this morn-deck where they found the passen Artens (Austria) by 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.surance will be ready early In May a suggestion of its own for mak socialism in our time," asked the The destroyer Sterling Is

It will be found that the pro- ing and keeping the fund seturial- Conservative Sir Kingsley, Woo Xing, with the exception of a few gers and other members of the 4-8, 0-2 pected to reach the Pochin Pagoda who escaped to the Canary Islands crew rushing madly toward the Greece won by three matches to posals are novel and constructive. Jy sound...

amid laughter. Aome time this morning,

two Reuter. aboard a steamer.-Reuter,

(Continued on Page 7.)

OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE

Protection Asked, Pirates were soon on the scene, and it is believed that they have removed a good deal of cargo at low tide. The Henry Keswick found them at work, and realising the danger of attempting salvage communique revealing that the "re-ing hole with such force that the

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