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MC. 15.0 KAR M+CALAST FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1932.

日五十月四

436 PER; ANNUM,

FINALE OOFI 15 GENTE

GEORGES PHILLIPAR DEATH-ROLL

FAILURE PERIL OVER

BANK ASSISTED OVER STILE

BRITISH CONCERNS

TO RESCUE

London, May 19. The Anglo-South American Bank announces that an arrange-

ment har, In printill, la con cluded with a group of banks hended by the Bank of England, under which certain assets of the Anglo-South-American Bank, con nected with the witrate industry. amounting to over 7 million pounds, which cannot at present he realised, will be taken over sub- ject to the guarantee of the Anglo- South-American Bank and the bank being nimustanously Peved of a demand Hablity for en equivalent « mount.

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The contingent liability in re- spect of this guarantee will rank after deposits and all other liabilities to clients.

The substitution of a deferred contingent liability for a nsh liability present payable UN demand, will strengthen the post- tion of the bank and afford an in- creased security for its clients.

A sharp recovery in Anglo- South-American Bank shares oc- curred on the Stock Exchange to- day.—British Wirelesa.

SHARES WHICH DROPPED FROM 120- to 2/6 RECOVERING.

Later. The Fercat Stock Exchange concern for the position of the bank lias now been completely allayed.

It is noteworthy that the bank's

MORE SURVIVORS

REPORTED-

MAXIMUM FATALITIES BELIEVED 38

M. LONDRES STILL IN

MISSING LIST

PARIS, MAY 19.

WH

WHILE IT IS STILL HOPED THAT THE LAST OF SURVIVORS OF THE “GEORGES PHILLIPAR” DISASTER COMPILED IN THE PARIS OFFICE OF THE MESSAGERIES MARITIMES THIS EVENING, IN THE LIGHT OF FRESH INFORMATION IS NOT FINAL, THE DEATH-ROLL IS BELIEVED TO

THE INDIA PROBLEM

EARL OF LOTHIAN'S

fair.

SIGNIFICANT

STATEMENT

London, May 19.

FORT DUNLOP

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"South China Morning Post Bldg.” Tel 24554.

C. E. R. BANDIT OUTRAGES

TEN RUSSIANS KIDNAPPED

Ten Russian

Harbin, May 20.

The anarchy in Manchuria has led to many episodes of barbarlam. Our kneeling on chains in a crucified posi picture shows an unfortunate coolis tion, torture which frequently causes death,

FAMOUS WOMAN EXPLORER

and thirteen Lord Lothian, the Chairman Eastern Railway were kidnapped Chinese employees of the Chinese of the Indian Finance Com-by bandits who raided the town nittee, reached England to-day of Hongtaohotze, on the castorn having travelled from India by section of the line yesterday.

Similar incursions are reported He referred In a statement to from several districts and it would the interest that the various com- seem, despite the claims of repeat- mittees appointed after the Rounded successes by the Japanese, that | Tablo Conference had aroused in the situation in beyond their India and paid a tribute to the control. co-operation and friendliness dis- played towards the members.

The story of the raid on Heng- He added: "Indian

Laohotze was conveyed in u public Jupille, near Liege, the building hat and will take a not less lively, or In order to enlarge the church at lively interest in our proceedings

opinion has certainly taken a most message from a Russian engineer

who evaded capture, bean eut in two and extended, a new inserted. Our photo shows the mov-posals when they are published the scene and urges the evacua

The message appeals for the part about twenty yards long being controversial interest in our pro- immediate despatch of troops to IN SHANGHAI ON ing of the back of the Church; at a early next month.

speed of 30cm. an hour...

tion of all women and children. It "There is no doubt that the says that if the troops arrive too

HONEYMOON dominant feeling in India to-day Into other railway employees will is the desire that the Government be either killed or carried off, and Parliament should come to

A body of about six hundred tion with the least posssible delay, bandits are now occupying Lida-

During the last four years, com-

hotze, where they wounded the mittees have been touring India wife of the assistant station- and conferences have been hold in master-Reuter. England on every aspect of the new constitution.

:

HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO A MAXIMUM OF BOMBAY RIOTS decisions about the new constitu-

THIRTY-EIGHT.

INCIDENT

MAHOMMEDAN

The total number of passengers and crew saved from the French liner is now known to be seven hundred and seventeen. Trustworthy estimates placed the num- ber on board at 767, but it appears that twelve persons who intended to travel as passengers from Saigon did not join the ship, thereby, it is believed reducing the ship's complement to 755, out of whom 717 have been ARSENAL FOUND Indians

saved.

"A" shares which at mur time last POLICE STATION

year touched over 120/- dropped to 2/6. They recovered to 8/- yesterday in anticipation of the Blank

England's Assistance, which will enormously strengthen the concern's position.

According to the last balance sheet, the Anglo-South American bank has asacts of £70,000,000, its reapital being £5,500,000. -Reuter,

TOKYO CABINET HURDLES

ARMY REFUSES

SUPPORT

Tokyo, May 20. General Muto, the Director-

INVADED

RUSE FAILS

HARBIN BATTLE

AGAIN IN

LAPLAND?

(Telegraph Special)

Shanghai, May 20. WHAT INDIA WANTS.

Miss Violet Cressy Marcka, the What the people in India want

famous British woman explorer, to-day, British business men and

is at present a visitor to Shang- Civil servants no less than the INSURGENTS BEATEN adventure being marriage,

hal, in a new role, her latest themselves, in to know where they are. The sooner de

OFF AT LAST

She is on her honeymoon trip. cisions can be taken, if possible

having married Mr. Frank Fisher, Despite the serious recrudes-grood decisions, and action taken

Harbin, May 20.1

of Hertfordshire, at Santa Bar- cence of communal rioting this upon these decisions, the better will After repented furious attempta bara, California, two months ago. India be pleased and the sopner will to capture the township of Sung- morning, there are signs that political conditions settle down.-pu, near Harbin, the anti-Man- as much territory as Mr. Cressy Few of her sex have penetrated It is pointed out that a rew the trouble is ending and that British Wireless. additional names of survivors fresh outbreaks will be of less)

chukuo forces are showing algns Mareks Fisher without white have been received from Aden severity.

of exhaustion.

companions, and Djibouti to-day and

The Paris office of the Company | is still hopeful that the number Jof victims will prove to he fewer

than is even now indicated.

more.

it is

Skirmishes With A possible that there will be some

Swarm of Bees

was

A swarm of bees invaded Mong- kok Police Station yesterday and it hours later before many pener was even partially restored in the neighbourhood.

The insects have evidently taken

Con

may

It is considered ceivable that some reRCULES have been effected by coasting vessels and by African craft.

CHAIRMAN ON HOLIDAY. The chairman of the Mea- angeries Maritimes, M. Georges Phillipur, after whom the ill-fated vessel was named, was on holiday at Quimper when the news

of

a distinet liking to the premises) the disaster WAB received In for they were still pugnaciously France. He immediately hurried refusing to change their quarters to Marseilles. this morning.

on behalf of

Deep anxiety is felt in journ. No Anthony Arnistrong being alistic circles in Paris regard General of Military Education and present, an adequate impression of ing the fate of M. Albert Londres, Lieut-General Masaki. the Vice- the skirmishing above the married the famous journalist, who had Chiet of the General Staff, visited quarters is not available, though been visiting Chinn Lieut-General Araki,

it is understood that the coolie- Le Journal. the War Minister, this morning, and in-amah bee-removing squad hastily timated that the Army is not pre-organised by the owner was com pared to support a purely partypelled to retire in disorder Cabinet as it is convinced that only several ocensions.

National Government would be OPERATIONS SUSPENDED. able to command the confidence of

the nation.

ANOTHER SURVIVOR

FOUND

Operations which were suspend- BUT MISSING NOW STATED The Army is certain that only ed, are expected to be resumed to with the full support and confidence | day.

TO BE 49.

Aden, May 20.

Bombay, May 19.

The police are almost exhausted after three days of continuous duty, but are decidedly on the alert to prevent further grave develop- ments, us exemplified by the find- ing to-day of an araenal of

TRAM TRAFFIC HELD UP

we na hing, transpoed in the Collision With An

guise of a consignment of Jonves, DAGGERS AND HATCHETS.

Army Mule Cart

The weapons consisted of a re- markable assortment from a stock For more than half-an-hour this. of clasp-knives, daggers and hat- morning tramway traffic in Queen's chets, and were being driven in a Road East, between Wellington Bar- baker's cart by a Mahomnicdan racks and Arsenal Street, wao com- dressed as an Hindu.

pletely paralysed while the remains . Attention was attracted to the of a heavy military mule cart were, scene by a minor riot. Hindus removed from where it had been discovered that the driver of the struck in a disastrous collision with cart was a Mahommedan disguisa West-bound tram. ed and attacked him, nearly beat- ing him to death.

CITY NOW QUIET.

The position of the cart after the mishap, its length astride the tram tracks, leaning precaristaly to one side, showed that it

Sungpu has suffered severely

In the past nine years she has having been caused by shell-fire turing, seldom being accompanied In the baltic, enormous damage been all over the world, adven- while the casualties among non- by a white companion. combatants have been extremely

For sixty-seven days, she heavy.

travelled within the Arctic Circle A military report received this from Lapland to Russla, necom- morning states that the anti-guides and tenure anders as Manchukuo forces

reindeer. are showing signs of abandoning the tempt and are gradually with- | drawing-Reuter.

at

She has shot big gamo in the Rocky Mountains, the Himalayas, the Congo and the Dyak country of Borneo,Router,

DAVIS CUP DUEL SENATORS SNEAK

ONE MATCH ALL AT DUBLIN

London, May 19. The Davis Cup contest between was Ireland and Hungary commenced

The police t once suspected enc'envouring to cross the road in Dublin to-day, the teams break- that there was something strange when it was struck aquarely broad-ing even after playing two singles about his consignment of loaves side.

matches. and unearthed the arsenal.

The cart, drawn by two mules nud, In the opening match, II. Lyttle The city is, at present, quiet. driven by a Sepey had appeared, ton Rogers, the Irish giant, who and all attempts at looting are rather suddenly, through the Naval has shown such excellent form on being promptly checked.-Reuter. Ordnance Gate, bound for the mili-bard courts recently, defeated tary gate almost directly across the Gabrowitz (Hungary) by three way near Seven-and-Sixpenny Hill. Rets to one in a very keen tussle It was called upon to cross in front Rogers took the first set at 7-5, then in front of a tram going in the went away to win, 6-4, 7-6. other direction.

of the people can the country be brought sately through the present Up to the present, the Station The number of missing in the

has been rather fortunate. The Georges Phillipar disaster is now | are that ist bee-swarming upisode on re-stated to be forty-nine, following MORE SAVE-WATER todas going one way, and lost the second at 3-6, and then

Crisis.

The indications now Baron Hiranumma is likely to becord occurred in May Road some the discovery of yet another sur- summoned to form a Cabinet to little time back. On that occasion viver, Mudame Dubot.. narrow. Reuter,

AIRMAN SILENT

NO NEWS OF SENOR REIN Y LORING No news has been received to- day regarding Sonor Rein y Loring, who is engaged on a flight from Madrid to Manila and landed at Monka, in Tongking, yesterday. It was expected that he would take off carly this morning for Hongkong, but he had not turned up by 3.30 p.m. and at that time no nows had been received of his departure.

IRISH OATH BILL

PASSES FINAL STAGE

.

IN THE DAIL

Dulin, May 19.

the bees thought to take up re- It seeins possible that the 767 sidence in the bedroom of the flatnentioned as the complement of of a European, and some time the ship did not include the 12 elapsed before they were conxed who failed to board at Saigon and to quarters more congenial to the that there is some confusion as original occupants.

a result.

DOLLAR DROPS A FARTHING

REFLECTS FALL IN

SILVER

in

In sympathy with declines silver prices, the Hongkong dol- lar dropped a farthing to-day to

THE MISSING.

The missing passengers include the noted journalist, Mr. Albort Londres, a lawyer, М. Лоусих. stated to be from Hongkong, and Madame Bertrand Vigne.

The Hakone Mara and the I. and. O. 8.9. Camorin are conveying some of the survivors from Aden to Marseflies.

-Renter,

The local agents of the M.M. company state that M. Joyeux

1. 2.7/8d. The local market did not board the Georges Phili- inclined to bo easy, the inter- bank rate being about 18. 3.

par in Hongkong, and he does not appear in the list of 'passengers Silver dropped a farthing in from Shanghai... London, the fall being due

to

China nelling. India and China|

SLOGANS

CONTEST CLOSING

TO-MORROW

PLANS GO WRONG.

The best laid plans of mules and men at that moment went agley. The first vehicle was cleared, hut Only one more day remains for by the time the cart reached the entries to be sent in for the Tele-tram lines the oncoming tram was graph's Save-Water Slogan Com-almost on top of it. In vain the petition, the contest closing to-tram driver fammed his emergency brake. There was a fearful crash, Hundreds of slogans) have been forwarded, and from the and the cart, caught squarely latest batch we make the following broadside, toppled over on one side, selections:

strowing its load of chipped wood across the roadway.

niorrow.

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No. 25:The harbour does not want your waste water; Tytam docs,"

No. 20:Our rations become less when we use water to ex-

Cess."

No. 27-Considerate citizens consider Colony's condition."

No. 28:"Help-not to waste. Waste not-to help."

·

No. 29:"When 'running' taps| inside, kindly remember the 'erawling queues outside."

No, 30: "Hats of to off!!

Von Kehrling, the Hungarian jernck, easily defeated Macguire (Ireland) in straight sets. The score was 6-3, 6-2, 6-4,-Reuter.

MOTOR TOOTING

NUISANCE

OFFENDER BLAMES

MASTER

In admitting a summons accus

AHEAD OF YANKEES

Win Both Games of A Double Header

New York, May 19. The New York Yankees have.. yet to fathom the methods of the Washington Senators and after to-day's double-header, both of which games they lost, It is rumoured that they have rushed an agent to St. Louis appealing for the tip..

Babe Ruth socked out a home run in the second match, making his eighth of the season and second in two days, but it served little purpose, the Senators coming out at the long end of a hard-batting quel, 12-7.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Foxx is has- tening to put a long distance be- tween him and his home-run rivals. He scored his eleventh to-day. Terry has hit nino and Ruth and Cochrane eight each.

Resulta to-day:

Cincinnati Pittsburgh

National League 3 Chicago (12 Innings).

3 Brooklyn

American League

6 Washington 7 Washington (Second Game) 4 Boston

The Sepoy escaped with a shak ing, and a sobered pair of animalang him of having, unnecessarily were unlimbered and led away.

sounded his horn in Pedder Street, Half-an-hour Inter, some dozen

the chauffeur of a private motor trams unable to proceed either way Schofield at the Central Police

car who appeared before Mr. Now York New York on account of the obstruction across Court this morning remarked that Philadelphia both tracks, were released, and he trafic returned to normal.

After throwing himself from the Beat, Taumati ferry wharf, Connaught men? Road Central, yesterday, a would-be suleldo, Loung Shing, described tapy being without employment and hav ing no fixed abode, changed his mind

-Reuter.

had been instructed by his employer to Aound the horn,

His Worship:--Does your mas- tor drive the car from the back

Serious head injuries were suffer. after the manner of some ed by a little girl, Tai Sze, aged 5, when she was knocked down by a hire car in Hollywood Road yeater- master Defendant:-My

In day. After the accident, the victim structed me to sound the horn. I was taken in the car to the Govern

Sergeant Molanis Informed his mons Civil Hospital, The tank of judging in being tually getting aboard the ferry boat boon standing at the top of Pedder the hor

and swam back to the wharf, even Worship that the defendant had undertaken by the Hon. Mr. W. E. then being berthod fair

The defondant, who had a good 1. Shenton, whose decision will be anbaoquently went to the devient shop and the defendant was at record during nine years as

alongside. He Street. His mistress was in a Civil Hospital,

1958 tracting har attention by sounding, driver, was finod 15,

bought at the decline, and the The Royal Observatury roports market closed stendy. After the that pressure is highest over the The Do Valora Bill for the re-offeinl fixing, the market ruled Pacific to the cast of the Bonino. moval of the Onth of Allegiance to very quiet, with a steady under Depressions are day passed its final stage in the tone. Amerien holding off. Dall Errann by 77 votes to 69.

situated over South Manchuria and to the north New York reports allver down of Haiphong. Local forecast:- It will now be submitted to the 18/8th on a steady market. Futures S.E.

winds, moderato: Sonato-Reuter.

Iare also down.

generally,

final.

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