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STRANGE Retrenchment PICTURES OF AMOY FIRE DISASTER.

SESSIONS

IMPASSE.

DR. UTTLEY ON

HOLIDAY.

A MURDER TRIAL POSTPONED.

Report.

In Hands of the Government.

NO RELEASE FOR SOME TIME.

The Retrenchment Committee has now presented its repart fo the Government, but, according, in official information. it may

MOST IMPROPER not be available for publication

Dr. K. Uttley, Medical Officer in charge of Kowloon Mortuary, left for a holiday in Japan on Friday or Satur- day when he was required to give evidence to-day in n murder trial at the Criminal unexpected Sessions. His

absence was strongly com. mented upon by both Judge and counsel.

Sir Joseph Kemp described it

zus "most improper" that Dr. Uttley should be allowed to ga away without leave of the Court, and, in adjourning the case until next month's Sessions, said that steps should be taken against Dr. Uttley regarding forfeiture of $200 ander his recognisances. It was shortly after ten o'clock when the Chief Justier took hi seat for the trial of Wong Cheung. aling Wong Silecheung, who is charged with the murder of Kan Shuk at Yaumati, on April

Late Jurors.

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for several months.

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This morning. « Telegraph presentative was informed that no definite date could be given for The release of the report. The Govermesil

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The report and its findings, and a ropy has alin bee sent Hume, Tand the report le nf an tremely egrohensive nature 14 cuggested by the fact that

LATEST DETAILS

OF BLAZE.

$200,000 DAMAGE ESTIMATED.

FORTY ENGINES ENGAGED.

of

Damage to the extent $200,000 is an unofficial es- timate of the result of the devastating fire which swept the property of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire at Amoy on Monday of last week, though details of the blaże are still very mengre.

It was, undoubtedly, one of the worst conflagrations suffer.

compiled it sections, and each. ed in the business district of the

point ensidered is the Committer Coast port, for not only did it LONDON'S NIGHT

la dealt with at greid length, totally destroy the offices and a

We learn that the full effects of godown of the well-known ship-|

the report, whether adopted inping agents.

but for

several

part or as a whole, will not be hours it oplaced in serious seen mutil the presentation of the 'jeopardy the buildings of thei Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Con-i deused Milk Company,

stinates.

NANKING PEACE

ENVOY

INTERVIEW ON ARRIVAL.

I now appears that the fire bu its origin in Messrs. Butterfield.

Swire's offices, though the rauge is not yet known. It spread | rapidly and took such a hok that; the combined efforts of nearly

appliance in every fire

Amoy i were insufficient to enable thei property to be saved.

CLUB QUEEN.

Again Sentenced to Imprisonment.

UNUSUAL CLAIM.

London, May 24, The ease had been previously

An unusual suggestion that a[ + put off for the purpose of giving

A strong wind aided its devas woman had claimed to be older Hoping to achieve settlement of time for preparation of a defence.the quarrel between Marshal Chiang tating progress, and the flames than she really was, was made in

the London yesterday, Mr. Somerset Fitzroy is for the Kai-shek and the Canton section of quickly enveloped one of

when Mrs. Crown, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, in the Kuomintang. Mr. Chang Chi.Company's godowns, which stood "Kate" Meyrick, the Night Club structed by Mr. I. C. Masnamara, State Councillor and Vice-Presi-between the offices and the pro- Queen, was sentenced tu xix of Messrs. Beacons, is assigned dent of the Judicial Council, arrived perty of the Nestle Company, months hard labour for using heri for the defence,

this morning on the French Mail |'

premises la, Gerrard Street is an ¦ Forty Appliances. Liner Sphinx on his way to Canton.

unlawful gaming saloon and for laterviewed, Mr. Chang Chi said Forty appliances of various selling intoxicating liquors with- On taking his seat, his Lordship | although there were politien dif-descriptions fought the flames tor out a licence, said:--I regret the Court has sat a ferences between Nanking and several hours before danger to The polled had for some time little late. I understand that the Canton, such disagreement" should neighbouring property was averi-been keeping watch on premises!

for the delay was that all be settled by diplomalle means, ed, but Mesars, Butterfield and which were known as the "4 the jurors who had been sum-Mr. Chang said his mission to Can-Swire's offices and godown were Club" and I was alleged that they moned were not present, That is ton was an obicial one. He was practically gutted.

found drinks being served during really no reason at all for delay-representing Mesars. Wo Tze-hui, : The warchonse contained the early hours of life morning. ing the sitting of the Court. IT Chang Ching-kiung. Tsai Yuan-pei; large quantity of general cargo, i The Club was raided by the any jurors are not present when and Li Shih-tseng to negotiate for the major part of which was lost¦ police and champagne was found Their names are called, they will.] peare.

yin the Bunes, but fortunately the on the Boor. of course, have to bear the blame Mr. Chang Chi sald that the firm's banks and records were it was also alleged that Mrs. "Kate" Meyrick bought cham- The utbreak was detected at pagne at eleven shillings per bottle

reason

and any consequences that might follow,

Mr. Jenkin said:--The Attorney General has just informed me that Dr. Uttley, who is the only mestical witness for the prosecu tion as to the cause of sleuth, left the Colony either on Friday or Saturday, unbeknown, of course, to me, and the Attorney General tells me that Dr. Uttley's departure was also unknown to him. That is a great calamity because, obviously. very-grent "deul will depend, from the point of view of the de- fence, as to the cause of death.

"Bighly Regrettable."

Continuing. Mr. Jenkin said: --- with He is the only person. inedical qualifications, who ex- atmined the, binly of the unfortun- ate deceased. In these circum- very material part of stances, a my defener is taken out of my hands. I think it highly grettabl that any Government Department should allow

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Medical Officer cancerned with a capital charge to leave the Cotony

in that way.

Government had asked Hu Han-minsavert. to return. to Offee in Nanking buti solar he had refusel.

DISASTROUS INDIAN

FIRE.

TEN DEAD IN GOLD MINE BLAZE.

Madras, May 25.

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Our pictures show the destructive fire at Menara Butterfeld and Swire's Amoy property last week at its height Top shows hoses being played on the blazing offices. Building at left in the Nestle offices and between is the godown which was destroyed.

Bottom shows part of the huge crowd which witnessed the blaze.

TRIUMPH FOR COOL HEADS.

Europe Passes A Crisis.

about nom, and it was some hours and sold it for thirty-four shillings BREATHING SPACE.

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Eater when the reraif was made.which was described Even this proved somewhat pre-iquitous price." mature, for about 10 pm, the fire Counsel for Mrs. Meyrick pleud- broke out again, though this time for a light sentence on it was extinguished

grounds that his client was [parativo vase,

years of age. but the prosecuting counsel said Mrs. Meyrick's age ns

inted was a matter of dispute. He declared that been added.

ten years had

lay.

So far, ten are known to have A disastrous fire occurred in a been killed and fewer than mine in the Kolar goldfields tosi sixty are missing. --Kenter,

Desert Tragedy: Arabs Flee From Italian Invaders.

English Explorer Rescues Half

Demented Survivors.

horses

BURMAN REBELS

ACTIVE.

NEW PHASE IN COMMUNAL ANTAGONISM.

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London, May 25. The European diplomatic emergency may safely be regarded as passed, at least, for some months to come.

FUGITIVE SHOT.

CAUSEWAY BAY INCIDENT.

Constable Fires on Fleeing Man.

Because he attempted, it

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is said, to escape from Police custody while being taken to Bay View Station for in- terrogation, a Chinese shot by a Chinese contable early yesterday morning. The bullet, discharged from a service revolver of .45 calibre, entered the man's left thigh, h |flicting a lesh wound, without entailing very Reridus conse- quences. The man is now re- Government cuperating at the Civil Hospital.

The incident has indirect con- nexion with the armed robbery previously reported as having oc- curred at No. 230, Third Street, West Point, where four men were stated to have entered and ter- rorised the inmates of the top- floor, subsequently escaping with over $900 in money and valuables. When details of the robbery were circulated, and various Police Sta flons were warned, a sharp look- out was kept abroad for suspects.

Suspicious Parcel.

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Shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday ` morning, constable notleed the m

now In hospital appear at the tram terminus at Causeway Bay. His atten- tion was attracted to a parcel the man was carrying, And he stopped him for the purpose of making a search.

This appears to have been car- ried out without any attempt at op

position. The parcel was opened and, it is alleged, found to con-

AIR CHALLENGE in what appeared to be fuses.

TO SURFACE TRANSPORT.

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS REDUCE FARES.

FASTER SERVICE.

London, May 25.

The incident which induced the policemian to shoot and wound the, suspect, occurred as they were pro- ceeding to Bay View Pelsco Station.

Constable's Story.

They had gone some distance when the suspect broke from his captor's grip after having surpris- ed him with a sudden blow in the jaw.

The constable released his hold, and the suspect took to his heels, throwing away the parcel as he

ran,

The constable then, it is said,

An air challenge to surface trans-drew his revolver and aiming low, port in the matter of cost as well brought the fugitive down with a bullet through a fleshy part of his left thigh.

Later, the wounded man, who gave his name as Lo Tan-fat and his age as 50, was admitted into the Government Civil Hospital,

is speed is becoming formidable as ¦ a result of the increasing popularity of the services provided by the The British Foreign Minister, great British organisation, the Im- Mr. Arthur Henderson, returned to perial Airways. England yesterday froni the Geneva meetings of the League of possible in the development of their where he was pronounced to be in Nations Council, and the European

long distance route to introduce no danger. Union Committee, and he said, in considerably lower all-round fares,

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in and many of the reduced scales have Interview, that he hoped sears to come the work of the already come into operation. European Commission during last back has, for instance, been

The cost of a ticket to Cairo and week would be regarded

IDEAL WEATHER FOR first real collective step of nations duced by nearly twenty per cent. to end world economic crises. The trip can now be carried out

WHITSUN, The session of the League at a cost of £81 as compared with Council is the subject of comment

£100 previously,

London, May 25. in leading articles in several papers An example is the case of the

The Whiteun Holiday opened service from Croydon to Karachi with bad weather but ideal condi this morning. The Timer

says: "The main in India, which is 5,009 miles from tions obtained to-day over London ... problem before

the sixty-third London. It can now be reached in and the greater part of England. Council the proposed Austro-five days by air, for a reduced sin- The communal antagonism is German Economic Union, has been gle fare of 298. Thin, it may be

Rangoon, May 25. Reports of rebel activities and of engagements with the police are still arriving from various parts of Borma.

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Despite rain, 20,000 visitors

Cairo, May 26. When Mr. Clayton offerted his; A grim tragedy of the desert timely respite. the Arab bunds now utering a new phase. The suspended rather than solved by noted, is only £6 more than the went to the opening yesterday of His Lordship is most in- and a dramatic story of how a were half-demented, and it was Butthans are aftacking not only its reference to the Hague, but first-class fare by ordinary surface the new open-air Zoological Gar proper that they should be allow large party of Bedouin Ariths revealed that the

and indiana, but Karens, who are of the gain to European tranquility transport, occupying 17 days. For dens at Whipsnade, some 30 miles ed to leave the Colony without would have suffered

camels had been killed and eaten. Siamese-Chinese stock, and who in- is none the less immense, and an total un-

26 therefore, twelve days can be north of London, and today, im- leave of the Court.

nihilation but for the personal that the women and children, habit the central watersheds. international dispute, which. in suved-British Wireless.

mense crowds arriving by rail and Mr. Jenkin: There is no-Oke

unable to keep up with the tragiej A Karen village in the Toungos the absence of such machinery,

road, besieged the entrances, who can take his pince because Kallantry and determination of trekkers, dropped down and were district has been burned and three might by now have led to the use

At the seaside resorts, bathing else buy, seen the body. English explorer, have been left to the vultures,

vilingers killed, while a Karen, tem of violence, is safely transferred

was in full awing, and, hellday- Although there is power for his revealed by the arrival in Egypt

makers also took advantage of the The sufferings of the Araba can ple, the bazaar, and houses have to a legal settlement.", evidence to be read, I should most of the survivors of a harrowing he imagined from the fact that the been burned in another district,

warm weather for an exodus into strenuously object to is being trek across the Lybian Desert survivors

the country by motor car, coach, were absolutely raw-where some Indians have also been

train and on foot, The plight, of the party was footed. The number of victims murdered-Reuter, read, because I was prepared to cross-examine him at some length revealed when Mr. P. A. Clayton, cannot be ascertained, but the as to whether the cause of death henasigned is the correct one

110-000

or not.

Adjournment Question.

His Lordsip-It must be heard If possible. Were you thinking of applying for an adjournment?

Mr. Jenkin: I was going to see what the Attorney General has to

Fitzroy :---I understand that Dr. Uttley has gone for month's leave and I should have no objection to an adjournment.

BAY.

Mr.

His Lordship:---Can that be verified 7

Mr. Fitzroy—Yes.

Mr. Fitzroy, left the Court, and,

on returning, said:-1. have been.

(Continued on Paga 7.)

the head of an Egyptian survey last party rescued consisted of party, sat out at the end of nineteen out of an original forty- SEVEN, AT A BIRTH. February to Beic up, the broken two. down ear of the explorer, Major Bagnold.

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Without the heroic determina-!

tion of Mr. P. A. Clayton, who SECOND' TIME KNOWN has been recoñmended for a

IN HISTORY. meritorious medal, few of them would have survived.

The Bedouins were refugess

Boven

German Chairman,

EMPIRE DAY AT HOME.

PRIME MINISTER TALKS The journal refers to the fact.

OVER RADIO. that Doctor Curtius, although; himself a partisan as the German

London, May 25. Foreign Minister, in the role of

Empire

Britain Chairman of Council was accepted throughqut Great by the thirteen other members, and Saturday and yesterday,

The Prime Minister broadcast a owed perfect tact and good feel-

tLossic- ing. The incident is a tribute talk from his home

Open spaces and streets in Lon don were thronged all day.

The usual London Cart Horse Day Was celebrated Parade took place in Regent'e, Un Park where nearly 800 horses: were on show,British Wireless.

to the growth of the authority of mouth an Saturday evening, and a great festival, with the massed aw In Europe.

The Daily Telegraph saya banda of the Brigade of Guards special choir, was held in remembered and that when it is how

ahock Hyde Park, London, In the after-

Austro-German customs proposal. the case with which it has been

severo Was

the

NOTED INVENTOR

KILLED.

Air. Clayton and' his colleagues. arrival at the scene of the breakdown. found party of atarving Bedouin Arabs squatting near the ear, and he learned, after

Lisbon, May 11. providing them with food and

For the second time, history, water, that three other exhausted from Kutra Oasis in the Lybian so far as scientifle records go. of the first announcement of the noon. British Wireless. parties were wandering aimlessly Desert, which was captured by: in the desert.

Italian troops at the end of woman has given birth January after 24 days' fighting, children at one time. An Intensive search was cont. A hundred natives were killed and The woman in the wife of a handled by the League of Nations' Telegraph pays a tribute to the success of the League of Nations menced and the Engilshman many of the remainder Bled, com- railwayman and aged twenty-seven. Council is a notable fact came across terrible evidences moncing a terrible trek across the All the seven children are giria It is true France has reserved machinery in dealing with what known inventor of radio of calamity, anding the bones desert in an attempt to reach and are doing well, as also la the the right to raise the political it describes as the first dispute bu electrical devices, died yesterday of women, children, horses and Egypt. They had been wandering mother. The only previous known aspect of the matter later, but an tween two Great Powers which burns received in an explosion

Council, his laboratory in his home camels strewn along the paths for weeks whon the Clayton-Party case was in Hamelin In Germany, interval of months has been won has come before the

German-Town of the unfortunate people,

The British WirelessTM came to their succour.-Raster. In 1600.

for cooler consideration.

EXPLOSION AT HIS LABORATORY.

Philadelphia, May, Charles E. Vawer; the w