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Hongkong Telegraph
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城一月十英港香
A OCTOBER 31, 1931.
日一廿月九 BINOLE COPY 19 GENTA
936. PER ANNUM
Tennis Players will be pleased to loirn that in consequenos, of the RISE IN SILVER-
DUNLOP TENNIS BALLS
cost only $12.00 per dozen.
Obtainable from all Sports Deзlera.
WARREN & CO. LTD.
Building,
HOW JOHN THORBURN WAS KILLED.
Chinese Official Admission Body Believed Burned.
VICTIM BRUTALLY
BEATEN.
SOLDIERS VIOLENT RETALIATION
FOR SHOOTING INCIDENT.
TEXT OF CHINESE NOTE WITHHELD.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
Shanghai, Oct. 31.
FIVE months after the disappearance of John Thor
burn, nineteen-year-old Shanghai youth, the Chinese authorities have admitted that he died of injuries out- side the wall of Soochow on June 2 and that his body was destroyed.
Thus, the mystery of the Reuter message from London earlier this week, indicating that a basis of settlement had been reached between Sir Miles Lampson and the Nanking Government, is cleared up.
The Chinese Government have addressed a Note to the British authorities, finally clearing up the affair, which has attracted the attention of the whole world; but the text has not yet been published andethe fight ies in Sharif NE ADDE issue a statement on the matter.
According to well-informed circles, however, the Note admits the murder of Thorburn, and says that the
military officials and soldiers who were responsible for his death have been tried, punished, and sentenced to to terms of imprisonment. BROUGHT REVOLVER INTO PLAY.
It is stated that Thorburn became embroiled with a patrol of soldiers on the railway line rear Quinsan.
The evidence obtainable points to Thorburn's having offered resistance and brought a revolver. into play, inflicting wounda on the soldiers, thereby arousing the violent retaliation of their comrades.
This retaliation culminated in his death after he had been spirited away to Socchow, and subjected to a series of brutal beatings,
It is believed that his body was burned to destroy all traces of the outrage.
Hongkong
hilirocks" may provide, thrill for thrill enkers as this picture, taken a thousand feet above the Kowloon
Golf Club, indicates..
Safety Last.
MOUNTAINEERING
IN HONGKONG.
Why go to Switzerland, when all the thrills of mountaineering, can be obtained within a few miles of the Star Ferry?
EXTRAORDINARY
SILVER RUMOURS.
DISCREDITED IN LONDON.
That is the question put by the i BRITISH CREDIT.
loral elimbing enthusiast who sends
us the remarkably impressive snap-
London, Oct. 30.
the
This acknowledgement is expected to bring an end to the from Lion Rock. The recipe, ap effect that the so-called Silver Pro-
shot above, taken during a descentting widely in India, to
An extraordinary rumour circula-: affair. It is believed that an offer of compensation to Thor-parently, is to look for the producers Syndicate is offering to pur- burn's parents is made.
The market is quietly steady, but DOLLAR MAKES A the hook is uncertain. The
New York market is sternly. JUMP.
DUE TO BASELESS RUMOUR,
The Hongkong dollar
19
1s. 3.1/1Gd. (demand) this morn-
blems instead of the paths. A dilli-
cult piece of climbing looms up chase, the bulk of the Government ahem. They way round is easy, of India's silver holdings, has been but the thrill-launter goes over the strongly discredited by'all bullion top.
houses in London, in the course of special inquiries by Retter's presentatives.
It is recommended that to meet The rise in silver is said to emergencies, new participants in d to a rumour circulating
kind of sport, Safety Last, take! irs In that a syndicate is offering along with them a strong rope and fo, parehase the bulk of the Govers-
maybe a bottle of Nerve Tonie! ment's silver holdings, but this re- port is discredited by London bul-i lion houses.
The cross-rale las dropped to! 19.85.
Îng, consequent on an 'improvement at 1.8.3/16d, and 18. 8d.. but, In Shanghai, the market opened
Inter the tone was easier.
in silver prices.
Silver la up 7/16ths In Bendon Locally, business has been stone and three-quarters in New York. at 1s. 31⁄2d. and 18. 3.5/8d., but dur- In Leridon, China and Indin bought, ing the forenoon ensier conditions but there were small offerings.manifested themselves.
British Trade Boom Spreads.
Steel Workers Re-Employed: Brisk Bids For New Factory Sites.
London, Oct. 30.
The industrial areas report a definite British trade boomt."
Holland Alarmed.
The Hague, Oct. 30. In view of thò influx of importa) Several hundred Glasgow men, to Holland, following the suspen- who have been idle for monthssion of the gold standard by Great have been re-engaged at works British and Scandinavian coun- where orders for 4,000 tons of tries, a Bill has been introduced
steel shafts have been booked for in the States General to deal withi foreign buyers.
the situation.
Other Clyde stool works report The Bill authorises the Crown. keen enquiries..
after consuliing with a special Four foreign firms have ac- Comminalon of experis, to prohibit quired faclories in Birmingham, the Import of cortain goods from and further applications for sites any country for a fixed poriad have been received from Afteen where the total value of the im- English Arma, niso from France, ports of such goods exceeds the Germany and Holland.
Average Imports for the years 1923, on-1029 and 1930,
There are also tentative quiries from fourteen Continental nii American Arms.--Router.
Exemption will be granted In special chaos-Reuter,
1 HONDURAS DISASTER.
Credits. Extended.
14-
N.U.R. AND MR. THOMAS.
Deprival of Pension.
THE CRIME OF LOYALTY.
London, Oct. 30. An impassioned appeal by the Rt. Hon. Mr. J. II. Thomas to
Bulls and Inners
From the Office Butts, 口口
song:-Thr-riffs-n In referring to the lessons of the British election, one need not Inbour the point!
The
new
Boom-de-ny."
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"Fint Colony Proposed," says
nowapaper heading. Well, it's
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The wandering Maltese sparrow
pretty much that way now, except has returned homo. Probably the
for the sterling-paid offletal.
local birda made him cross,
Gandhi, we notice, at wears urgently advocated.
Dredging our harbour is being nothing but a blanket and a join these people jumping off ferries, With all
cloth in Landon. Must look how something will soon have to be
the average British taxpayer feels, done about it.
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Always borrow from a pessimist. He won't expect to he paid back, anyhow.
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Sez Hugh:-"The happiest of motor parties are sometimes glad to have an old crank with them!"
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The Daily Herald's reference to the Duke of Wellington is not a happy ono. We seem to recali that he had something to do with Waterloo.
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According to an expert photo- grapher, powder on the face makes it look bigger. Puffed out, its it
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Some of these girls are well red, were,
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Judging from what we know of
Another infamous saying: the Chinese language, the new sys-
tional Union of Railwaymen, "You can't lose much playing tom will make it easier to write
a delegates' meeting of the Na-.
urging reconsideration of the bridge at a cont a point." Executive's decision to with-
อ.
ground.
draw his pension, fell upon stony Some people
are born grent, the others
- Mr. Thomas addressed gathering for an hour and a half. greatness thrust have fle was received in strained silence.upon them, At the conclusion, the N.U.R. de legates overwhelmingly decided to endorse the decision to deprive him of his pension.
The Secretary of State for the Colonies, who has devoted all. his life to the interests of railwaymen, was sometimes tearful..
whilst atill
others under-
stand the silver
crisis.
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Judging from
letters to hand,
the autumn they bad in England easily beat the
The most dramatic moment oc- curred when he pointed emotionally to his wife and son and married daughter, who were sitting at the back of the hall, and cried: should they be allowed to after all I have done for rallway they didn't.
men!"
"Why
suffer
summer
which
Wile:
the wrong tone for the right thing.
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Why, Fred, you've got one hand browner than the other.
Some of these band (getting
Had Mr. Thomas remained in office with the Union until 1986, he Chinese Tailors would have been entitled to a pen-
do their work only after.. fashion....
Mr. "Jimmy" Thomas, deprived of his pension for loyalty to the Prime Minister and for putting Country before Party,
sion of over £500 per annum.- Reuter.
Premier's Plans.
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is large family) Can you tanned while on holiday with wonder" at Litt Alice? The
A stops telling her age when her age starts telling on her.
woman
Lots of these people who go to Fanling every week talk a wonder- ful game golf.
of
A render sug- · gests that we should laugh ourselves out-
of the trade depression AI that
always got one hand, in, my ste Lang; doy! qwcket.
Shouldn't the brokers rename these
We read that the Prince of monthly adjustments Wales journeyed to Colchester for the oyster feast. Obviously an opening ceremony.
"Unsettlement Days?"
Auto-Suggestion:-"It's
time we sold the car, dearle."
about
Tuesday was Settlement Day for the Labour Party.
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Little drops in dollars, Little grains of sense, Make the Civil hollera,
And the great expense.
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These are the days when men Scarlet toe-nails are the latest begin to wonder whether it is fad for ladies. They make hubby topee or not topec, see red..
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A amart-looking lady dentist in pirates probably accounts for the The existence of all these radio Shanghal is doing a roaring basi bias baying which comes from our noss amongst men. They simply neighbour's loudspeaker.
ache for her!
It
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The crossword girl's answer to (Crime Alma are beginning to loss among American
The deeds of Splitlip Al Cohol,
The talkie racketeer,
In league with dangerous Broad-
way Moll
And the Man with the Twisted
Ear,
Have earned the "bird" in
The Prime Minister left Down- proposal of marriage: I'm their attraction- ing Street this afternoon for (English county), Henry, but I nudiences,) The Bank of England announces Chequers where he will remain another county); (South Ameri- that the Bank-of France and the until Sunday evening. He has can Republic) fellow, but (famous Federal Reserve Bank of New York and an extremely strenuous fort-lighthouse) be my husband." Inve agreed to extel for a further night while engaged in one of the Solution:-Surrey, Kent, Uruguay. three months, franc and dollar cre- hardest fought contests of the Ushant! dits amounting to approximately jelection and, at the same time, £15,000,000.eneli.
giving the necessary attention to
New The original amount of those affairs of State. There is a wish tlon" is practically anything a man
Definition: "Interrup credits was £25,000,000 in cach should take as much rest as pos
among his political friends that he says to his wife. from the Governor of Bermuda worth of gold bars in part payment.week.
London, Oct. 30.
ease, but the Bank of England has The Colonial Secretary has heard arranged for the sale of £16,000,000 aible before the opening of the Parliamentary Session on Tuesday that the Legislature has voted £500 for the relief of the hurricane disaster victims in British Hon- duras-British Wireless.
RELIEF PROVIDED FOR VICTIMS.
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John Thorburn, the manner of whose death is now admitted by the Chinesa: authorities.
-Reuter.
HOME MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
ECONOMY THE MAIN. ISSUE.
London, Oct. 30.
The recent protests against the cuts in' police pay at Home wore Mr MacDonald's first public pronouncement following the elec. 10 doubt based on the saying tion will probably be at the Lord "Spare a copper!" 9th. He is expected to be engaged Mayor's Banquet on November |
ឆ ធ most of next week in considering Way to Save Country," says now
"Nanking Forbids Dancing as the reconstruction of the Cabinet,
for which purpose he will bo in paper heading. Those revolutiona
are a bit tiresome. close touch with Mr. Baldwin and Sir Herbert Samuel. There is o meeting of the Cabinet on Tues- day-British Wireless,
Polling in the Municipal alec. BLONDE'S RACE
tlone takes place on Monday.
The
Parliamentary elections have overshadowed the local con- tests, but in many instances vigorous campaigns are being con- dusted by the opposing parties.
In the provincbs, one-third of
the membership of the Councils
TO THE CAPE.
ATTACK ON KIDSTON RECORD.
London, Oct. 30. Flyinka Puss-Moth aeroplane,
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U.S.A.
Where the fim fan's grown
too wide
To pay for the stuff in a picture
play When the real thing's free
outside.
"To ride a pony, the first a jockey. We always thought it thing you need is balance," says
was a pony.
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A ship's captain says that
Vessels don't hall one another as
A reader suggests that hobody they used to. Where are the can enjoy the scenery when ahoys of the old brigade? motoring at forty miles an hour. Slow and Bohold!
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Infamous Baying: "I hato taking your last cigarette."
The frat thing most Hongkong girls do when meeting a young man for the first time is to weigh nippy these mornings, Lan't it?" Some famous sayings:-"Qualte him in the bank balances.
"How the nights are drawing in.". D D
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Maybe it's a good augury for
Often the only way to have.
will be renewed, but in the case equipped with a 120 h.p, engine, next February's Genova Confor harmony at home is to play second of 28 London Boroughs all the Miss Peggy Salaman, a pretty fair-ence that Disarmament won the fiddle,
members are re-elected at one iuired nineteen-year-old society Cambridgeshire Staken.
time..
girl, left, Lympic Aerodromo
In London, about 2,700 to-day, "accompanied by Mr. Gor- candidates have been nominated don Store as navigator and second for over 1,800 sentsi
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It is predicted that motor-cars,
pilot, In an attempt to make a Shanghai who threw his mother to 800 a sleepy little two-seater We hear of a young man in will have wings. We'd would love The main lasue overywhere a record flight to Capetown. | economy-British Wireless.
The plane is named the "Good in-law out of the window. Youth fluttering up to its perch in the Hope."--Reuter.
will have ita fling.
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