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TRANS-ATLANTIC.

GRAF ZEPPELIN LEAVES FOR PERNAMBUCO, Friedrichshafen, Aug. 29. The Graf Zeppelin left bere at 0.36 p.m. te-night on a non-stop fight to Pernambuco-Reuters Mundo Auto

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Harbin, arriving there at eight o'clock. She immediately fuelled and hopped off again for Chita at 9.25,

Shanghai, Aug. 29. Marga von Etzdorf' arrived at Hiroshima at 6.27 pm; yesterday and hopped off for Osuka at 7.14 Cake ones, refuelled, and than this morning

arrived_at]

loft for Tokyo at 11.24.

Tokyo, Aug. 29.

Miss Amy Johnson, who arrived here from Seoul yesterday at 0.30 on her way back to England, left Marga von Etzdorf arrived here again at 6.01 this morning. forlat 4.02 p.m. to-day-Reuter.

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THE HONGKONG

SHANGHAI TAILOR

DISPUTE.

ASSAULT STORY CALLED "WICKED LIE."

POINTED DENIAL.

"It is an awful wicked lle, is it not?" Mr. Hornee Lo suggested to

TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1931.

FLOOD RELIEF LOANS.

DENIAL OF DISPUTE IN NANKING.

$80,000,000 PLAN:

Nanking Aug. 31.

A Shanghai tullor who Kuve Threatening to, resign from evidence of an assault which he al-his post as President of the Le leged was committed on him by gislative Council if the National two other Shanghai Chinese.

SELF-CONFESSED.

BURGLAR.

STORY OF ACCOMPLICES DISBELIEVED.

FOUR-MONTH TERM.

A large

had

Plending guilly lo a churge of a burglary at 26; Tai-Ning Street, a Chinese who appeared before Mr. Schofield at the Central Police Court this morning was sentenced The three men were employed Government fails to accept his to four months' hard labour.

Inspector G. Stimson informed at Madame Chiffon's, the dress-recommendation for the issue of making establishment at Glouces $80,000,000 of Government Treals Worship that on receipt of ter Building, and the trouble arose sury Bonds for the purpose of mormor, it but to 20, Tal Tax of a burglary on Friday morning, he from an sileged discovery that the flood relief, Mr. Shao Yuan-Street to make enquiries and found men now answering charges of an chung said in an interview yes the place in dinorder. sault and intimidation had not terday that his recommendation box which had been taken from confined their efforts to their own particular establishment, but had, was not an attack on Mr. T.V. the complainant's cubicle secretly, so it is said, worked for Soong'a contemplated U.S. wheat been broken open and a sum of

SAGO stolen, another concern.

loan of $40,000,000. The man who complained of the Mr. Shao Yuan-chung aid officer concluded that it was im- On examining the premises, the assault was thought to have in-"It is an entirely wrong assumpossible for anybody to have en- formed his employer of the activi- tion that ite Legislative Couneltered the premises and left again

les of the other two, employees, has urged the $80,000,000 loan in That, in the opinion of the prosecu- an attempt to defeat the Finance a result of further investiga

without leaving any traces, and, tion, supplied the motive.

Ministers loan recommendation lion, the defendant, who lived on The case, adjourned from Friday, as the Council members fimly be the Aame floor, was 118 continued before

suspected. Mr. Williams lieve that the magnitude of the When questioned, he admitted his 4 the Central Police Court. this flood disaster in so many Provin-guilt. morning, Mr. j. T Prior is ap pearing for the prosecution and Mr. Horace Le for the defence.

Replying to Mr. Lo, complainant denied that he had had trumped up The first defendant Win's, an owed :

แค hend tallor at

The

Madame

to

He mentioned that the loins

conwill require the combined sum The defendant told, the police of $120,000,000 available by the that two men had gone to him two toank,"

and had arranged to be let into could be secured in saying that the premises at 3 o'clock on Friday morning. The arrangement was the cigarette tax imposed by the carried out and whilst one of the Government was more than samen went into the defendant's the cubicle, the other took the box, Micient for the securing of

jand, with aid of a chopper found not the kitchen, opened 11. A sum truth in the report that the Legis of $460 was extracted and the de Intive Compeli had appealed U dendant Marshal Chiang Kai-shek.

was given $30 as his share. considered such an act unneces Inspector Stimson pointed out sary, as the Legislative Council was to his Worship that there was no

$80,000,000 loun.

Mr. Shao said there was

ile

KAA

He had asked him twitness) to pawn a roll of silk on his behalf.

Mr. Lo asked witness if he did not think that would be foolish of the defendant, seeing that he was solely responsible for the custody of the material, which might at any moment be required by customers? independent body. Ita deci proof of any other men being in- Winess replied that it was not suon must be final and could not volved, and he doubted whether

the he changed by any individual.

defendant

actually silly as it sounded. It was not

The National Flood Rellef Cogi Inssisted by the two min men. surprising that tallora should

pawn their materials to tide over tem- mission at Hankow has receivettioned.

His Worship sentenced, the de porary Bnancial difficulties. In the $370,000 from the Central Govern case of the defendant, he had

ment, $100,000 from Marshal Chi-fendant to four months hard pressing need for money. It was ang Kai-shek. Yen 100,000 from laour. hot to be expected that his work the Japanese Emperor, G$100,000 men would contine in his employ ment if not paid.

that the roll

♫

The suggenowned, was made consignment of foodstuffs and the

wilk should be by the defendant when asked by witness for a loan.

Mr. Lo asked if that was not friendship stretched to a fuult, and witness replied that his use of the term "loan" was a form of

WAR hi wages he was asking from defend- He was sure that defendant

pective have arrived.-Kensha.

"STEPPING OUT.”

BROAD FARCE AT THE QUEEN'S.

from the U.S. Red Cross Associa-cracks" and Denny with his man- tion and $300,000 from the Finnerisms,

The story revolves round ofance Ministry at Nanking. Large

adventures of two Phl- husbands, the light landering rice from Shanghai and Wuhu res-of their views to a

Kay resort in over the border, apparently. high dudgeon (which is not allow- [ed to interfere with their enjoy- ment of the entertainments provid- ed for the purpose of

parting fools with their husbands' money.). The husbands give chase, grow sus- was left without any misunder- it must be years since Reginald picious, but find themselves once It standing. the choice of expres-Denny was

on

given a part which gain seriously compromised.

of provided him with the fullest scope all comes right in the end, "The allegation of assault was for his aptitude for burlesque. nothing but a wicked lie." Mr. Lo "Stepping" Out," now showing at put to witness in allusion to the in-the Queen's, comes very close to cident on August 25.

the right type but just misses per- fretion.

politeness. Actually, it

ant.

alons.

Witness: The proof is on my temple am in my torn clothing. The reason was that he would not let me continue

my work at Madame Chiffon's.

The ease was adjourned Wednesday..

A Turce of the broadest kind, it can nevertheless be recommended as sure cure for a fit of the blues. Charlotte Greenwood and Denny until share the burden of providing the Haughs, the former with her "wise-

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