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AĦD -+ALE SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1931.

日六廿月五

Astounding EUROPE ON EDGE OF THE PRECIPICE

Shanghai

Fracas.

Gang Attack on Soldiers.

SERGEANT HERO.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, July 11.

An astounding story of a British soldier's single-hand- ed fight with a gang of Chinese ruffians, when his companion had been knocked unconscious with a blow over the head with a bamboo pole. has been revealed by en- quiries after the arrival in the Shanghai General Hos- pital of both men, suffering from serious injuries.

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Sergeant Robinson is critical condition. He has fractured skull engl

bruises about the body.

Sergeant Hale is receiving at- tention for a broken head, and wounds about the arms. legs! and body. Both are members: of the British Defence Force.

It appears that they were gram- ed live at 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon and proveedy by launch to a Band resort at Riachow ou

the Pootung side of the river.

Missed the Ferry.

In

French political demands in return for financial aid Germany threatens to гацие an aparaval in that country. Abarr, Adolf Hitler, the "most dangerous man in Germany," is shown during one of his political parades. Thousands of mat contents are flocking to his banner,

FRENCH DEMAND ON

GERMANY.

36 PER ANNEM

SINGLE COPY ID-CENTA

RESISTANCE

FORT

DUNLOP

The Tire of Rugged Strength

LOCAL BRANCH.

Padder Bldg:

Bulls and Inners

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From the Office Butts.

The British triumph in the Ladies' Doubles at Wimbledon appears to have been particularly meritorious for. nccording to a contemporary, "Mrs. Shepherd and Miss Barron beat Miss Mudford and Madumuiselles Metaxa and Sigurt."

Being familiar with the subject

authority on women.

STARTLING REPORT OF doesn't necessarily make a man an

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BRITISH SUPPORT.

HITLER THREAT.

D.O

Scotsman

Clase call: maklug n bid at an auction.

There's lots of poetry in busi- TIONS, says Charles Schwab.

Going from bad to verse.

口口

One way of learning astronomy

That ghastly ple

That mara.our isle, Our ancient City hall; Decayed-forlorn-

Antique and worn—

Oh that some night t'would fall. A chance to glid,

nance

At least, rebuild,

Ifas firmly been refused:

So let it rot,

And Ko to pot,

It can't be more abusei).

The distant skies

Shall see arise,

A building tall and splendid;

But until then,

Know ye all men.

This rain won't be mended!

--CYN.

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la by studying heavenly bodies notes, Susan O'Kidd on Lily at a cinenia super-production. Brown are the month's attractions,

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Berlin, July 10. SENSATIONAL rumour is going the rounds that The only thing some people It would seem that what the Mr. Arthur Henderson has hinted to the German realise on their "Investments is Hongkong dollar requires is not a Ambassador in London that Britain would welcome!

what fools they've been.

moratorium hut a mausoleum.

ៗ ០ German compliance with the French demand for This exchange political guarantees in return for the moratorium relief speculation may

bu and financial aid of other kinds.

Ali right In its way, but

The report is to the effect that Mr. Henderson some people. told the Ambassador that Great Britain would be glad Ramble the to see a cessation of German warship construction and should limit the limit when they the renunciation of the Austro-German Customs Union. jumble.

The excitement created by the rumour is sufficient

The man who' indication of the dangers that still beset the moratorium said two could negotiations,

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live More Enquiries have been made of, the German Foreign Office cheaply than regarding the accuracy of the report, but hitherto Dr. Curtius one must have has neither confirmed nor denied it. There is no doubt that France!

is definitely demanding such pro-en

They spent the afternoon the KEEN CRICKET CANADIAN OPENmises in return for financial aid.

arki missing the tast Terry engaged a yoluh and serompaaled

by a number of Chinese passengers, started their journey to the Shang- hai side.

It was agreed Infare the boat

BATTLES.

started of that flake and Robinson SHOCK FOR NOTTS

should pay a dollar for the trip

On landing within sight of the Riverside Pawer Station, Sergeant Hale tendered the lansiah dokfar.; and was confronted with a demand for two dollars, which he refused to pay.

An argument ensued and the erew, sisted by the Chineses

AT LEICESTER.

BIG HOBBS-SANDHAM PARTNERSHIP.

passengers, attempted to throw MIDDLESEX LOSE.

Sergeant Hule into the river.

GOLF TITLE.

British Players in Form.

ALLISS'S RECORD.

Dr. Luther, the President of the Reichsbank, who is negotiating

for

loan in Paris, lengthily conferred This morning with French banking authorities.

French Demand.

Popular Government in Ceylon.

STATE COUNCIL OPENED..

since

planned to

jand reside with This wife's

people.

There seeme to be a rattling good business being don in second-band !ears in Hong kong just now.

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Tico modern little girls, on their way home from Sunday School, were audemaly discuN- sing the lesson. "Do you be lieve in the Devil?" waked nue,

"No," said the other prompt- ip. "It's like Santa Clava; it's your father,

OD There's only one way of learn- ing whether murringe is a success -mate and see!

The curfew talls

parting, day;

Anglers who are looking for. word to the coming season may be interest. ed to know that it uocan't improve your luck to fish with bated breath.

man

Menya who couldn't get a job in an orchestra plays second dddle at hame.

DO It's reported that the talkien are experienc- Ing 11 slump in Italy. Of correc they have Mussolini to compete with. 00

After reading of how the Cam- bridge oarsmen are made to turn out every day, even in the raw evenings, one realises how the the knell of 'Varsity manufactures blues!

The petrol merchant leaves the

wayside pump;

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Suggested chorus of a few years back for Cantab "wet bola" on the

Soon afterwards it was announci fed by the newspapers that he was unexpectedly returning to Berlin to consult with the Government re- garding M. Plandin's demand that French financial aid would be con- ditiond upon the renunciation of

Colombo, July 10. battleship construction Toronto, July 10,

and the. The new State Council of Custums Union.

Ceylon, which represents Nearly all the visiting British

the Later, however, making golfers are well to the front in, characteristically

biggest experiment in British i swift desin Colonial administration, the mass attack on the Canadian Dr. Lather devised to remain inj Open Golf Championship which Paris and to continue the negeti Status for the bigger parts of

the inception of Duminiorii jopened yesterday at Missisauga, tions,

Toronto.

Government circles in Berlin are the Empire, was formally open- -convinced that complaince with theter to-day by the Governor, Sir The spectators were aroused to demand would atmost certainly lead Herbert Stanley. G.C.M.G. Two of the gang left the attac-grounds throughout the country enthalten by the display to a serious upheaval in Germany. The Connell which met to-day are due 20 up at the Gloster symbol.

county kers and returned while the light in the past three days. The the most consistent form of all Government and to the substitution system of universal suffrage. H

jot Percy Allis, who has shown to the downfall of the Bruenlak has been elected under the new Building. was going on with bamboo pokoa. Sorgeant Robinson was hit over the brightest performance was the British plays in this year's of a Hitter regime. heart and went down he a dog with Somerset's convincing victory tournaments both in England and

The sergeants immediately

whipp. and the

tuff their coats and hats, and de pile ti

Slippery

Some

London, July 10. gre

keen exceptionally rain, detended themselves, a fierce cricket, some big scores tussle Between the two men and at some unexpected collapses, have feast ten assailants developing. been witnessed

ing from his head,

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and

wiary way,

Perspiring hikers plod their route to, the practice stream.- "Way down upon the Swann-pe Complete with blisters, corns, river."

bites and hump,

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A botanist suggests that the We are having swell times in local. Nudists might, appropriate- Hongkong.

Several new clocks ly, adopt a thorny plant for their He recommends Rubus rosarfolins, the well-known Hong- kong raspberry. has seven Ministers of whom five) What's good for wet feet!

០ his skull cracked and blood pour over Middlesex, while Notts werk America. He returned a sensas.

Government circles declarere Sinhalese, who preside over Wear pumps!

A woman motorist put out her perilously near defeat atmal scare of 67 "in the frx! their belief that if they agreed committees which are conjointly

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hand properly and made a perfect Sergeant Hale seems to have Leicester, where Genry had a round, attey Walter Hagen and to the proposal, chaos would responsible for all aspects of the With all those mosquitoes about, right-hand turn in the City the "seen red," He attacked the field day,

Tommy Armour, two leading

reign throughout the country.administr

[administration, except low and Texas Gainan in Hongkong would other day, but sped away before gang so Bercely that they began!

Americans had both broken

The The New Zealanders twice de course record with sixty-eights.

Many supporters would at once finance. These departments re-be forgiven when she said "Hollo her identity was fearned, to get the worst of the battle, flared against Yorkshire in an

Join the Nazis, who have already main in the control of officers of Sucker?" gradually backed away

Walter Hagen who was

been first

strengthened by noffort to force a victory, but they

the the State. finally senteret.

How can you prevent freckles on home to-day, returned were frustrated by wet weathers and leads the field with

Hugenburg Party, and there The Governor, addressing the He then dragged his companion Worcester, whose match-winning:

would probably be a Communist Council declared that the new the chest? Button up your shirt anj through the mud to a Japanese gol-form has been one of the features ggregate for 38 holes

counter-revolution lending to Constitution would remove a flaw when chewing tobacco. of 136. ton mill, where he telephoned of the present season, sexistered Johnny Farrell,

binodshed.

which had hitherto led Sinhalese who took 69 ite hospital and then rollapsed.

round! yesterday,

[permanently to oppose Officials.- In went

# Dr. Luther's knowledge of this Reuter Stroke letter to-day, and lies really serious danger was responsi- second with 137. while Pereye for his first decision to leave, Allisa is third with 138. He took Parts, Int after a telephone inik 71 to-day.

with Dr. Bruening, he decided to qualified. Those of the competi-tiations on a purely financial basis.

Eleven British players have remain and to continue the pego-1

tors who were more than twenty leaving the political side to Del strokes behind the leader are Bruening and Dr: Cartius, whoi automatically retiring-Reuter's have been bury all day long dis-† An American Servier.

cusing the situation.-Renter

THE

POSEIDON SURVIVORS.

DUE IN SHANGHAI TO-MORROW.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, July 11. The survivors of the Poseidon disaster efi Welhalwel for Shang- hal yesterday evening aboard the 8.8. Shuntien.

The party. including Potts

another outright victory.

Hobbs and Sandham figured in another double century partner ship for Surrey's first wicket.

The result in brief, together with the principal individual per formances, follow:

another

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

Surrey beat Glamorgan by innings and 133. nt the Oval,

Hants beat Kent un first innings, at Tunbridge Wells,

Lancashire heat Warwick on Brst FIRE IN A PEAK

inalngs, at „Manchester.

Somerset hent Middlesex hy 132 runk Bath,

Worcester' beat Northants

Omcer Willia, will arrive to wickets, at Northampton.

by 10 morrow afternoon.

Leicester belt Notis. on the Arst

Accommoda-

tion is being arranged for them hunings, at Leicester.

at the Union Jack Club.

THE DAVIS CUP.

BRITAIN TO MEET AMERICA.

Prague, July 10,

Friendly.

Yorkshire v. New, Zenland-Drawn

HONOURS LIST. Batting.

Sandham (Surrey)

C. F. Walters (Worcester) Hopwood (Lancashire)

F. J. Perry and G. P. Hughes, Gibbons (Worcester) the British Davis Cup doubles Hobbs (Surrey)

Croom (Warwick)

pair, beat Menzel and Margalek by H. G. Vivian (N.Z.) three sels to one in the third Paynter (Lancashire)

Zone match of the European

*Not Out. between Britnin and Czecho-Slovakia.

Bowling.

The result of the remaining singles do not, therefore, matter, Geary (Leicester)

RESIDENCE,

DAMAGE, TO CLOTHING TOTALS $462.

the

British Empire Policy.

AUSTRALIA'S DEFICIT.

INCOME TAX TO BE INCREASED.

Canberra, July 10. London, July 10. A letter has been addressed by of £17.250,000 was announced by As accumulated Federal deficit Treasury to the President of r.

Thendore, the Federal

the Bank of International Settle-Treasurer, introducing the Budget ments stating that the Governments in the House of Representatives New Zealand, South Africa and

Great Britain, Australia, Canada, to-day.

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The Treasurer announced also India have accepted in principle the certain increases in taxation, in- proposal made by President Hoo-

290′′ | cluding income tax.

Meanwhile, the Senate, by 21

sion of all Government. Bends at

Some people always grumble, And all things criticise; Through life they blindly

stumble,

See naught but leuden skies.

Hollywood, like other places, may soon recover from the busi- nets depression. But it will take a long time to get over. Mr. Priestley's having · called It

respectable."

ធ ព Coats, the colton manufacturers, have reduced wagen by ten per cent. Even so, they are unlikely

They seek not for the bright to become threadbare!

So

acarching they

An Amerleun claims to have For the troubled, never-right discovered another moon. He

Ride.

For the dull and dismal day,

their They And fault with

fellows, With the civil servant's pay; Forget that kindness mellows. And chuses gloom away; They grow! about the seasons, Complain about the roads, Or find a dozen reasons, Why silver, only gonds.

they'd only lake for granted. That some things have to be; They'd and lift more

enchanted, And better peoplá be.

-CYN,' ធ ធ The British Isles have a surplus

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A small outbreak of fire occurred ver for the auspension of infer- at the residence of Mr. S. Lask, governmental payments, including votes to 8, has given a second of 370. The Peak, yesterday aftor from 1st July, 1981, to 30th June, Bill, which provides for conver- of 2,000,000 wemen.

reparation payments, falling due reading to the Debt Conversion noon, when damape to clothing to

1932. It states; the value of 3162 was caused through the overheating of a pipe standing questions as regards the

"As you are aware, certain out a lower rate of interest. Reuter, mamber Nelson's famous olgnal! 175 from a stove. 153 IL

Hoved of giving effect to President that an iron pipe method which leads from a stove in the kit settled by the Governments

proposal remain to bo 113chen Into the drying room became cerned. 10 overheated and caused some towels

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A pair of desertars from the Foreign Legion have just arrived con frain insofar as they are concern-In Aberdeen. Ая they hal conTM the meantime, theed from claiming any payment in nothing to eat on the voyage, the ไก falls dus on the 18th., but the unconditional and conditional venience them.

of The

should change his bootlegger.

The deplorable tendency to parody classical music is possibly responsible for the Tango coming Bach!

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Dr. Josiah Oldfield declares that a kiss should combine affec tion, respect and passion. We are not quite sure under which.cate- gory the Blarney Stone should be placed.

ᄆᄆ There's a great movement on foot in England just now-hiking. Watson's advertisement to-day would seem to Indicate that if an old pot drinks enough whisky he remains an old pot still!"

A contemporary says that Hong- kong is not supposed to have any pleasures beyond those of a health suppose that even these pleasures are taken,

Badly

which were, hanging near by to be natalment of the Greman respect of the Instalments of both | Aberdonian diet did not incon“ apa for gouty invalids. And we

Government annuity falling due on the 15th,

thanghai arbage coolies

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come ignited. The are quickly even if the German spread to

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to other articles of clothing were in a position to transfer this without are the German External Lu strike have promised to behave A realdent in a Kowloon board-

bondholders of With use of ...

instalment, to demand it would be: garden hose,

ing house wants to know what inconsistent with the Loan of 1924 and 7 for 27.0

the No. 1boy with assistance of manifestly

becomes of new razor blades. 6-fro 26. other servants, extinguished the acceptance in principle of the Hoo. Government 0% tnt ran themselves. Rubblebi

Loan of 1980, and on the under- · After" "Hatening to, the, alleged 6 for 68, fire without

outalde help, although ver proposal.

standing

ing that the terms and con-explofts of 11 Tocal motor cyclist, "Austin's Sound Recovery”, saya ditions of the suspension of this wo think he le under the mistaken a newspaper eadline. Hope this payment and of the eventual trans- impression that hat orthoothing does not ment that he has

(Continued on Paper Ja ventilato berellärsbilly friel); on the food Trays (CISUZUIA TER

Britain having qualified by 3/0 to Brook (Worcester)

Sibbles (Lancashire) meet the United States in the Verily Yorkshire) Inter-Zone Final in Paris next A. E. G. Baxing (Hunta) week. Reuter.

(Continued on Pate,?:)

6 for 67. Sergeant Kelly, of the Peak Police No Claims for Payment." "} 5 for.08. Station, later arrived on the scene The above-mentioned Govern

with the motor cycle appliancements have therefore decided to re-