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AMY'S TRIP

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WO. 23,42 IЯ MA†AX+##_FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1931.

POSEIDON RELIEF

FUND.

NEARLY $4,000 IS ADDED TO TOTAL.

$26,000 EXCEEDED.

In the twenty-four hours ended at noon to-day, further contributions totaling $3,920.50; were made to the Navy League! Poseidon Disaster Fund, which! has now achieved the excellent! grand total of $26,842.20,

NAVY LEAGUE "POSEIDON" FUND.

日四月五

U FER ANNUM

SINGLE COPY 10 ONATE

Famous British Airwoman Killed.

INTRIGUING

Daughter of A MOUNTAIN Mulish

FINANCE TALKS. Baronet.

Mr. Mellon's Visit

to London.

Lost Leg in 1928 Mishap.

SPECULATION RIFE. Burnt to Death

M

He was visited

DESCENT AT

Tricks in 110 M.P.H. Kowloon.

SENIOR T.T.

RACE...

The

STRENGTH/

FORT

FORT

DUNLOP

The Tyre of Ragged Strength

LOCAL BEANCH.

RUNAWAYS IN THE

BARRACKS.

Some commotion was created

Padder Widg.

TRIBAL CONFLICT.

34 Killed and Wounded.

BOTH PARTIES TO BLAME.

at Whitfield Barracks about 9.45 The Law Steps In.

Durban, June, 18. Seventeen natives have been killed and seventeen wounded in a severe inter- tribal conflict near Mtamo, the trouble flaring up to-day in spite of strenuous efforts to affect a reconciliation.

It now appears that the out-

The Fund Secretary personaly

London, June 18. o'clock this morning, when two received $2,582 of yesterday's total.!

London, June 18.

London, June 18. over $1,250 was received on

Mr. Andrew Mellon, the Serre-

The motor-eyele speed cham-pack mules tethered to a pack Onc of Britain's half of Die Navy League by the they of the U.S. Treasury Depart-

most pionship of the world will be cart suddenly took fright and Telegraph and Aloring Post and went, and one of the wealthiest famous women fliers, Miss contested to-morrow

along the main over the dashed madly lae sum of 385 by the Daily Press,

thy

Sicele O'Brien, daughter of famous 260-mile mountain thoroughfare. finally upsetting Hongkong is still very consider. World, is now th

courses in the Isle of Man. Sir Timothy O'Brien, was

the cart with its contents, and Lundos jably behind Shanghai but we feel

killed to-day in a shocking riders.

The world's best motor-cycle then, like repenting truants, al- mfortaal sure that with a concerted effort, progress in this rivalry in a gond,

from Germany, Belgium,lowing themselves to be led,| air crash.

| Sweden, Austria, Italy. Switzer-docilely away. rause will bring the totals close at his hotel

The machine caught re after ng Britain's supremacy though the time. His attention was drawn this morning by

land and elsewhere, are challeng The driver was not in the cart at together in the next few days,

Mr. Managi

H terrific impact with ormaa, The

ground, and Miss O'Brien was are confident of repeating their suc- hoofs and he then

the British manufacturers and riders to the escapade by the sounds of break was not entirely the fault Governor of the

saw the madly of the Amabomvus. The first burned to death, together with acesses in Bank of England.

Lightweight and prancing males coming along the woman companion, "who was fly, Junior T. T. events.

thoroughfare. They had a long

indicated gesticulated reports

that the talk a tially

jing as a passenger.

The world's championship race, wildly in an effort to stop them, but Hlongwas were on the warpath, the Senter Tourist Trophy content, the animals turned into a path thirsting for vengeance for a Mr. Norman

the winners of the twn events ul-between two sheds. Hatfeld. Miss O'Brien took up a staged to

cold-blooded attack Andrew Mellon light aeroplane to give a woman read held will participate, and lanches.

Mr. Mellon who had an inter Friend, who has not yet heen identis expected that an average speeding the road, and a steep stone in- yesterday, with the Prime Minis going well at the start, but after a view at the House of Communstified, a spin. All seemed to befof eighty miles an hour will be cline, and there was a grave dan- It was alleged that a number

renched.

ger of both animals and cart toppl-of armed Amabomvu braves aur- ter, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and few miles had been covered, the over a veure requiring many stiff other indian barred their progress, attacked the, revellers

a colossal average speeding into the road. Fortunately an- rounded a Hlongwa wedding party, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur plane was seen to be in diflculties climbs will also favolve mountain Shying wildly, the mules took middle of the festivities, set are It crashed heavily and Im descents at least 110 miles an hour! awift turn to the right. and, in to a hat, thus causing the death mediately burst into flames, A thrilling race is in prospect.--so doing, upset the cart and its of eight women and a child, and both occupants being Incinerat British Wireless. ed long before help was nval- luble.

The Manager,

Hongkong Telegraph.

1/ Wyndham Street,

Herewith the sum of

STARTING EARLY deliure which I shall be gind

IN JULY.

LONDON-PEKING.

Warsaw, June 18. It is reported from Mos- cow that Miss Amy Johnson, the famous British woman flier, has advised the Russian authorities that she intends to make a new attempt to fly from London to Pekiny at the beginning of July,

if you

will forward to the Hongkong branch

of the Navy League in aid of the

Henderson, had a further inter- view with these Ministers in the dependents of the Poseidon victims, course of the afternoon, Nothing has been disclosed regarding the subject of the conversations, but Die usual rumours about war dett postponement and such like are going the rounds.--British Wire, Her

Name

Address

FORMER GOVERNOR'S

DEATH.

SIR 6. HADDON-SMPPR PASSES AWAY,

London, June 18.

FRENCH COURT

RENDITION.

FINAL AGREEMENT REACHED

Amy's earlier attempt, in January, ended in a mishap. near Warsaw. Warned of the perit of an attempt to fly across The death is annouured of Sirl Siberia when the ground

(Our Own Correspondent.) was! George Baddon-Smith, aged 69, certain to be several feet deep former Governor of the Bahamas!

Shanghal, June 19. in snow, she set out from Stugjand Windward Islands,

The final agreement for the ren- Lane Aerodrome on January 1st, He was acting Governor of dition of the French Mixed Court arrived hours late at Berlin on 1910 and was for 11 years Colonial and has been submitted to Dr. Gambia Colony for a short time was reached yesterday afternoon her trip from Cologne owing to

Secretary of Sierra Leone, acting: C. T. Wang, the Nanking, Foreign bad weather. ran into a storm on

Governor of the Colony

Minister, and the French Minis-

the way to Warsaw and erashed. Imany occasions,---British Wirelesster, for signature.

The famous England-Australia flier was not hurt, but the plane' was badly damaged,

Russian Advice.

}

After consultations with Bus- sian officials in Moscow she decid ed to give up the project shtring! the winter months, and commene~! ed a return to England by air when her machine had been TU paired.

ualujured.

RETURNING GERMAN

VISIT.

BRITISH STATESMEN GOING

TO BERLIN.

London, June 17. The Foreign Office announces that the Prime Minister and the

A Special District Court an similar lines to the Settlentent (District Court is provided for.

CHANG PASSES

CRISIS.

HOPES TO LEAVE HOSPITAL

SHORTLY.

The accident greurred

near

first women in Britain to take up aviation and was certainly among the first to make a savegssful Blight across the Channel in the early days of flying. She carried a woman passenger on that deen- sion,

Miss O'Brien was one of the

In 1928, Miss O'Brien hud n bad crash and lost a leg as result. In spite of the smash, however, she resumed flying as soon as she was able.

Jan

Such

FORECAST WELL ASTRAY.

NOT "INTELLIGENT ANTICIPATION."

He

The path led to the wall border-tribe.

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contents, which consisted of bag-speared a man who attempted to gage and soldiers' kit. They dragg-escape. ed the cart along for another ten yards or so and finally came to a halt, leaving in their wake a scene. of considerable disorder.

·

FRENCH ANSWER TO POCKET BATTLESHIP.

DECISION TO DELAY CONSTRUCTION.

Girls Insalted,

Luter Information goes to show that the trouble started as a rosult of an offenco by the Hlongwas. A party of Amabomayu

iris visited a Hlongwa village to attend a wedding celebration, and while they were there received undesirable attentiona

The girls immediately departed in a state of high indignation and their menfolk hurriedly mobilised an impi and surrounded the

Hlongwa village.

Trouble Dies Down.

Later. After the fighting mentioned

London, June 18. The Deily. Hemld's, forecast of the Report of the Committee on Finance and Industry in declared by Lord MacMillan, the chairman of the Committee, to be "entirely She was one of six daughters of unauthorised and a complete tr Sir Timothy O'Brien, the noted vesty of the contents of the Re-

Paris, June 18. -After a

long debate in the Irish haronet-sportsman, and for-port." cricketer-Bruter, mer Oxford

The Daily Herald suggested that Chamber on the 1931 naval build- Middleuex!

the feature of the report would being authorisation BI, which in-earlier, the trouble has now died slashing attack on the policy of eludes provision for the. condown, the Hlongwas having agreed the lending banks of the world.mencement of construction of a to let the law. tako its

23,000-ton cruiser as a counter to They have called off their arrange- Loudon, June 18. the new German pocket-battleship. menta for a counter-attack. Lord Macmillas. Chairman of the Deutschland, the BI was the Committee on Finance and Bnally adopted. Industry, hopes that the report of An Important development, the Committee, which in political however, was the passing of an circles is believed to be of a very amendment to the Bill, virtually comprehensive and important nn- deleting the credit for the build- [ture, will be, presented to the ing of the cruiser.

Chancellor of the Exchequer in It is understood thut The laying

LORD TRENT'S FORTUNE.

VALIDITY OF WILL DISPUTED.

JERSEY DOMICILE.

London, June 19. Engine troubie enused Yor 10 Secretary of State for Foreign

Legal circles are debating the! make a forced landing at Klodawa, Affairs have accepted the invita

Nanking, June 18. question of the validity of the will but again Miss Johnson escaped ting of the German Chancellor and feller Hospital in Peking have is Jesse Boot, who left

The authorities of the Rocke the late Lord Trent, formerly Sir his entire Herr Curtins to visit Berlin on The new fight, it is hoped, will July 17th-British Wireless,

reporting that estate of between two and thre General Chang such-liang's -million pounds sterling, to his wife. ness has passed ita crisis. He is who la a Jersey wormin. expected to be discharged in about !. three weeks' time.

be attended by better weather con- ditions. Miss Johnson stated in an interview that she will be in no particular hurry, and had no idea exactly how long it will take. for her to reach China. She hopes, however, to make a quick trip. Reuter.

PHIL SCOTT'S LAST CONTEST.

BEATEN BY CANADIAN NEGRO.

SHOCKING SYDNEY] Ir get beaten. 1

AFFRAY.

London, June 13.

will nover fight again," said Phil Scott, the British heavyweight champion, us he entered the ring at Leicester | to-night before 30,000 spectatora. A few minutes ator, Scott was | knocked out In the second round! of scheduled fifteen-round con test, by the Canadian coloured Sydney, June 18. champion, Larry Gains, One man was shot, and seven, Scott was out-manoeuvred and policeman and 16 so-called anti-down with his usual bang in the evictionists wore Injured to-day in Argi minute of the second round.

POLICE BATTLE WITH REDS.

a fiece battle arising from an anti-j eviction campaign sponsored by Communista called "Unemployed Workera Union."

The struggle raged round a house whose occupants had re- calved an eviction order and which was converted into n veritable fortress, surrounded by electrified barbed wire entanglements, and Harrisoned by 60 men.

hold

WRECK LOCATED.

DIVERS DOWN TO ST. PHILIBERT.

St. Nazaire, June 19. Tugs hir ve located the wreck of

sued statements

In

a codicil to the will. Lord Trent declared his domicile to bel

Renter.

the course, of next week.-British down of the craft is to be suspend- Wircless.

Jed, pending a further study of the.

question-Reuter,

FRENCH LADIES OVERWHELMED.

BRITAIN'S GREAT TENNIS VICTORY.

INDIAN PRINCE'S

CHATEAU.

NOW IN THE MARKET FOR SALE.

Paris, June 17.

The magnificent chateau Holkar

who

London, June 17.- In the second day's play of the General Chaug has arranged a Jersey, where there are no death women's international lawn reception with foreign and duties, but it transpires that under tennis match against France at at Steermain belonging to the Chinese newspapers correspon- 5 Jersey law, a man camot leave Eastbourne to-day, Britain again ex-Maharajah of Indore, dents to give his viewa on the bia widow over two-thirds of his won all the singles and doubles married the American Miss Miller present Southern situation.

estate.

matches.

in 1928, in the market. The The Jersey law provides that the

During the two days' encounter reserve price is £200,000. remaining third must go to other Britain won by 12 matches to love..

It is reported that the Mahara legal heirs,

-British Wireless.

jah and the Maharaneo have de- Lord Tront loft n son and two

cided to live in Paris. The Chu- daughters.-Renter.

GOLD SHIPMENT,

AUSTRALIAN SENATE PASSES BILL.

Canberra, June 18. The Senate to-day passed the Dill authorising the shipment. of gold to Britain to cover Australla's immediate liabilities.

The Bill thus becomes law Renter.

DR. C. C. WU'S LIKELY SUCCESSOR,

MR. WELLINGTON KOO MENTIONED.

are

course.

The Amabomvu perpetrators of the attack on the Hlongwa village arrests have been made hitherto, belig rounded up and two

All is now quiet in the tribal area-Reuter.

ASCOT GOLD CUP,

FAVOURITE GETS THE YERDICT.

London, June 18 Owing to brief but sudden rainstorm which began when the King and Queen were about to drive down the course on their. visit to the Ascot Rnce Meeting

to-day, the Royal party went past the enclosure in closed landaus.

The principal race in the pro-. rumme was for the Gold Cup, alch resulted as follows: Brig. Gen. Lambton's Trendon ... Mrs. James Salmon Leap Lord Glanely's Singapore

The betting was 3/1 Trendớn; Leap.

Copenhagen, June 18. teau and its grounds contain a 6/1 Singapore, and 100/8 Salmon Czecho-Slovakia defeated Den compléte theatre and bathing pool, mark by five matches to nil in the while the Maharanee's apart. The total takings of the totalf- Davis Cup European Zone semi-ments are kept cool by means of sator to-day exceeded £66,800,---- final, the final clushes to-day tiny fountains.

British Wireless.. resulting as follows:

Menzel (C.S.)

beat

Worms

(Denmark). 3-0, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.

Hocht (C.S.) bent Ulrich (Den- mark), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

The match between. Great Nanking, June 19.

Britain, and Czecho-Slovakia will Following the resignation of take place in the second week in Dr. C. C. Wu, Chinese Minister to July, after the conclusion of the Washington, a semi-official raport Wimbledon Tournament.-Benter. THE NAUTILUS. mentions that Mr. Wellington Koo.

ADMIRALTY OFFERS ASSISTANCE.

London, June 19..

formerly the Minister to Mexico, United States and Great Britain, and Chinese delegate to the Parla and Washington Conferences, will probably be appointed shortly to the vacant post.

In recent years Mr. Koo been associated with the

the ill-fated St. Philibert and The New Chronicle, which is has

DO-X AT BAHIA.

HALF-WAY ON TRIP TO RIO.

New York, June 18,50

DISASTER TO “BERMUDA.”

CATCHES FIRE AT

WHARF.

INDIA'S FUTURE.

SPECIAL FRANCHISE

COMMITTEE.

London, June 18, Asked In the House of Commons to-night whether, In determining

Hamilton, June 18. The magnificent motor liner the details of the Provincial icon- Bermuda due to sail for the West atitutions in India, it is propo Indies to-day with 800 passengers to bold conferences of the inter and a crew of 800, was destroyed affected in sach province separa by fire at her wharf here. The the Secretary for India. Mr We origin of the cutbreak is unknown, wood-Benn, said it was not pró

Partios of sailors and soldiers ed to hold Pearlnels

Forty police stormed the strong divers subaequently descended. financially supporting the pro- Manchurian Government and

facing A hail of missiles and The wreek was found to be lying posed Arctic trip of the submarine some two months ago was General The great Gefman flyingboat, poured water from all avaliable at the proces after a furious fight wherein a on its side, but the divers were Nautilus, in return for acclusive Chang Hough-liang's envoy to Do-X, which started to-day on her pumps on the ship in a vain, at- Hibe came Police Inspector's skull was frac unable to enter the hull. They reports of the adventure an Nanking. His appointment to trip down the Brasilian coast to tempt to check the conflagration, relating to tured by brick, the occupants, zaw no bodies. It is believed nounces this morning that the Washington la - considered almost Rio de Janeiro, has arrived cafely, 3 The Berrüilda - was, the finest stikienak Including members of the union that the task of refloating the Admiralty has offered foxy salt certafit, as Marshal Chiang is kösa at Bahia, completing half the ship on the weat water and well-known Communists, were craft will: prove extramely Sie Hubert. Wilkins to repair, the ith "maintaining friendly relations Jourday, Reute"/""American: Ban: the log Co

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