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BRITAIN SENDS WARSHIP WARNING TO CHILE

WATER DECISION

ALL RESTRICTIONS TO BE REMOVED

As from 4 o'clock this afternoon, all water restric- tions throughout the Colony will be removed and a 24- hour supply be provided through the maina.

This will mean the disuse of the street fountains. the new groups of which will be gradual. ly removed.

The welcome chauge in the situation in due to the heavy fall of rain in the past twenty-four hours, which had added 228 mil lion gallons to the reserveits up the Reven o'clock this morning. The total in storage is now 1,376' million gallons, being represented. by 1,029 on the island and 347

the mainland.

OBSERVATORY RETURNS.

Observatory returns show that tor the twenty-four hours ended" at 10 am. this morning. The rain all totaled no legs than 6 12 in clars.

The heaviest tall verurred in the three hours from 108,30 a.m. namely, to 1.30 p.m. yesterday. 4.20 inches. From 10,30 to 11,30, the fall was 134 inch, from 11.30 to 12.30 the fall was 248 inches, and from 12,30 to 1,30 the Fall was 1.20 Inch.

The year's rainfall now ammounts to 31.92 inches, as compared with an average for the period et 31.02 inches.

HEAVIEST FOR

16 YEARS

WITHIN 12 INCHES OF 1892 WHOLE MONTH RECORD.

for

The heaviest June rainfall sixteen yenre is certain to be re- gistered before the month is out. · Since 10.30 nm. to-day, further fall of 1.51 inches has occurred, bringing the total for the month Coy half clapsed) to 22.49 in ches.

In the past sixteen years, the

F1208 highest June rainfall 23.35 inches (for the whole month

in $925,

H. M. S. Durhan, which is under Special orders connected with the British warning to Chile,

CONGRESS STRIKE ULTIMATUM KENT WOOD

TRAGEDY

SUDDEN DEATH OF

MEMBER

London, June 14.

SABOTAGE FEARS

Mr. Edward Everett Eslick, SHANGHAI PHONE

the Democratic member of the for House of Representatives the Seventh Tennessee District.

H. M. S. DURBAN ORDERED collapsed and died in the House

TO CALLAO

READY FOR EMERGENCIES

London, June 14. THE British light-cruiser, H.M.S. Durban, attached to THE

the South American Division of the America and West Indies Squadron, and flying the pennant of Com- modore R. H. O. Lane-Poole, O.B.E., is proceeding to

Callao, Peru, in order to be ready in case of need for

the protection of British interests in Chile.

The Durban is the flagship of the South American

Division. Her commander is Commander J. C. Annes- ley, D. S. O., and she carries six 6-inch guns.

She was formerly on the China Station.-British Wireless.

SEIZURE OF SQUIRES'

CUSTOMS

BRITAIN AND MANCHURIA

PROPOSE TO TAKE NO ACTION

ELECTION DEBACLE

Ito-day.

He was addressing Congress in im- favour of the Bill for the mediate payment of the War Bonus to the Veterans when hat | fell to the ground and died almost!

immediately.

The House was adjourned |consequence.

Ets

Mr. Eslick had been a member! of Congress since 1925 and was aj lawyer by profession. He was 60 years of age. Praters American

Serrier.

FIGHTING ROUND HARBIN

SEVERAL SHARP

났다.

SKIRMISHES

anti-

1s

DISPUTE

(Special to "Telegraph")

Shanghai, June 15. Threats of sabotage by the strikers of the tele- phone company appear to lie behind' an ultimatum issued by their leaders to- day.

The development is one which regarded seriously and

J. B. Hobbs, who created a new

cricket record yesterday. '

CRICKET

MURDERS

SOLDIER BROUGHT TO BAY

ARREST DRAMA

MAN MISSING FROM SHORNCLIFFE

London, June 14.

The man arrested at Barnet this morning after a shooting duel with the police who tracked him down by means of blood- hounds, is revealed as а soldier.

trouble is to be feared. More Hobbs Breaks three women, whose bodies were

than a thousand Chinese emn-

ployees of the telephone com-

pany are participating in the strike, making demands which have been refused by the com- Jiny.

Hitherto, the strike bas aut interfered with the normal work- ing of the telephone system which has beer carried

largely through voluntary helpers.

Record

Thrilling Games on Several Grounds

He has been charged with the wilful triple murder of the

discovered at King's Wood yes- terday.

The accused is

James Thomas Collin, described as a private serving in a regiment stationed at Shorn. cliffe, near Folkestone. The regiment stationed at Shorncliffe is the 2nd Batt. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and presumably he is from this balta- Hon.

London, June 14. J. B Hobbs, the world- famous England and Surrey batsman, not out in his fiftieth year, established a new record in cricket annals to-day when he completed a century against Essex for the second time in the match. The feat of scoring hundred in each innings brought his total of such achlevements to six, beating the the records of C. B. Fry, who ac- un-complished it un five occasions, un

Soon after dawn, however, R toward incidents will rest with four occasions for Sussex and once

for Hampshire. On three other man with a gun was observed to the company unless 71

satis-

occasions, C. B. Fry failed by only made a bid for Iberty on sight- inctory reply is given to the one run.

160 and 100 demands of the strikers,

The ultimatum delivered the company declares that "responsibility for any

to

Harbin, June 15. Several brisk skirmishes have

RESORT TO THREATS, neeurred to the south of Harbin where riding parties of

The failure of the strikers to Manchukuo troops are exceedingly cause any embarrassment to thei through the simple; active, carrying out lightning at company tacks On the Manchukuo and process of striking has doubtless

persuaded them Japanese, outposta..

A resort to With the recent defent of the threats. anti-Maneh.40 Tones on both sides of the city, the Japanese military authorities now declare that Harbin is no longer in dange❘ of occupation by the Insurgents."

Traffic between Harbin and Fucbintien is being suspended every night between the hours of 9 p.m. and 7a.m.

The Manchukue, meanwhile have stopped recruitingi into their army, so as to prevent terises the Company's statement: That the United Newfound unreliable and undesirable, that it has not employed White

ments from joining the colours. land Party, composed of

The Several units of the Manchukue Russians as "a slander, an insult iz! Conservative elements

the Army have have

scared

PARTY WIPED OUT

(Reuter's Special Service).

Langdon, June 14.

London, June 14.

the Britain's attitude to Japanese control over Man- churia was to-day again re- vealed as entirely negative. The Government was asked to forward a protest to Tokyo re- Opposition, garding the retention of the funds

Reuter.

an

authorities.

deserted- recently

101 and 1-3

The Strike Committee. charne-|

and intrigue."

MODIFIED DEMANDS

The strikera, incidentally, have modified their demands, but are

been of the Chinese Maritimes Cus overwhelming victory over the

toms in Manchuria, but Captain Liberals, led by the ex-Premier. THE DISARMAMENT insisting upon an increase of pay The greatest fall on re Anthony Elden indicated that the Sir Richard Squires, in the cord is 3437 inches in 1892 while British Government did not pro- Newfoundland general elections.

pose to take any action In the mat is evident from the latest

in 1916, 2.36 inches were register,

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tor.

PARLEY

de-

AWAITING RESULT

DISCUSSIONS

STORY OF ARREST.

his The story of

arrest i# dramatically featured in to-day's. newspapers. The police suspect- Ing that the murderer was atmod and probably roaming about woods in the vicinity, scoured the countryside nfl through the night without succean..

WAR

ing a police constable. A hue v. Warwick in 1000.and cry was immediately set up v. Cambridge in 1925. and the fugitive soldier 101 and 101 Somerset in 1925. brought to "bay. 112 and 104 v. Hampshire in 1927.! 17 and 111 v. Glamorgan in 1930.j 113 and 19 e. Warwick in 1932.

Not out.

Surrey defented Warwick by nine wickets, hitting up 252 for 1 wicket in the fourth innings.

MIDDLESEX RECOVERY.

TENSE MOMENTS. The man armed with

gun and a police constable with 1 revolver faced aach other, watch- lug every movement. wadily. neither daring to make the first attempt to shoot, the officer ob- viously bolag dosirous not to do circum-

for all workers, double pay for! Middlesex to-day secured a bril-so unless compelled by Sunday work, the reinstatement liant victory over Worcester by nstances.

attention While the soldier's of all dismissed workers. re-margin of eight wickets. The

was kept h: his direction by the further dis- metropolitan side were 118 runs OFstraint from any

itz missals and no increase

the in arrears on the first innings, but tension of the moment, a second a wonderful bowling feat by constable who had appeared on telephone charges-Reuter.

K. W. V. Robins changed the whole the scene unobserved, stalked him complexion of the game, and Mid- carofully, and with a final dash dlesex mnde 209 for 2 to secure rendered him hors de combat. victory.

London, June 14.

The total to date 22.49 inches compares with an average of 7.14 regards the Customs administra-

Asked to state the position as patches from St. Johns,

The results which have already inches and a record minimum for Manchuria and whether the been declared

reveal that the Jane of 2.3 inches,

British Government would make Opposition have already WOR I representations to the Japanese twenty seats while only one At a private meeting of the Dis- Gavernment insisting that the Liberal member has been return-armament Conference Procedure whole of the revenues. Should be eil regarded as definitely allocated to the Chinese Government adminis- tration, Captain Eden provided the stork answer.

HIS EXCELLENCY INDISPOSED

COUNCIL MEETING

POSTPONED

DIFFICULT AND ANOMALOUS

Present conditions

it!

Both Sir Richard Squires Lady Squires were defeated their constituencies,

Only five results are still come in.

In

Committee to-day a resolution was and adopted the effect of which is to work of the suspend the main Conference until the conclusion of to the discussions now taking place be-.

tween representatives of the Big to Powers-British Wireless.

Wan

an angry

BEHIND SCENES AT GENEVA

IMPORTANT TALKS INFERRED

A broker, Wong Wing-heung, living

London, June 14. Statesmen in Geneva spent to-; the police that a man to whom he handed a bangle worth $200 with the view to sale, is absconded with the day mainly in informal conversa- article.

tions.

The election was a sequel Man-': the recent, political disturbances The Legislative Council menchuria, he said, necessarily erent-when Sir Richard Squires ing which was to have been held a difficult and anomalous situa-forced to flee from to-morrow afternoon has been tion in regard to the Customs ad- mub, which besieged the Parliat 13, Sailung Street, hus reported to postponed unil the 23rd instant,ministration.

mentary Buildings demanding. his His latest information was that resignation, This is in consequence of the hitherto the new authorities in a priest.

He was reseed, by indisposition of His Excelloney Manchuria had not interfered with

Omeer Administering the the administration itself though. Government (Hon. Mr. W. T. there was difficulty in remitting Southorn, C.M.G.).

the surplus of the Customs

Manchurian

the

We understand that His Excel-vende collected in lency has been confined to his bed !ports to Shanghai.

re-

for some few days with a slight in the cireujaslances, he said,

NULLAH TORRENT TRAGEDY guests of Mr. Hugh Gibson, the

attack of bronchial entarth, but it hardly seemed desirable to make WOMAN SWEPT OUT TO SEA BY SUDDEN

that he is now much better and the suggested representations,~er

is able to move about.

DE VALERA FOR OTTAWA

IRISH DELEGATION ANNOUNCED.

London, June 14.

Reuter

THE SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE

MAJOR. LAWRENCE NEW COMMISSIONER,

London, June 14.

TERRIFIC RUSH OF WATER

one

The heavy rains yesterday fore-found to be suffering from rather, noot transformed a big nullahsevere injuries, and was removed at Talhang Into a swirling tor- to the Government Civil Hospital. rent, with the result that

Later, the police were informed man nearly lost his life when he that a woman who was last scen

the was swept away by

flood, washing clothing In the nullah, before the and Intensive downpour before noun, sho went to an upper reach of the

while a woman is believed to have was missing. Just

to

been carried out drowned.

Hen

who

Home

The All-India team put up their highest enre of their four against Lancashire, hitting up 493 runs. Naidu and Amar Singh completed three-Agure Boores,

!

THE VICTIMS.

The victims of the tragedy, it will be recalled, were Mrs. Janie Swift, 65. the licenses of Ye Olde Sportsman's Inn, near Whitstable. 35. her Mrs. Jennie Stemp. daughter. Miss Peggy Stemp. 13. her granddaughter.

Senational was the defeat of Notts by Somerset. An advan. tage of 23 runs was secured by

The bodies were all found with- Somerset on the first innings, and bat excellent bowling by in a few hundred yards of unch Larwood produced what appear other, partially buried ed to be an easy task for the undergrowth of King's Wood. Notts butsmen. They failed near Asford, Kont.-Router. badly however, being defeated by 13 runs

Mr. Ramsay Mnedonald and Sir John Simon were the luncheon

Lo victory was registered by Hamp chief United States delegate

Derby. the Disarmament Conference and shire at Southampton. in the afternoon conferred with shire declared with eight wickets Signor Grandi.. The British and down in their second innings, met- French Premiers also had a long ting Hants the task of scoring 307

Perhaps the most remarkable SEIZURE OF

canversation this morning. British Wireless.

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG

BUSY PROGRAMME IN LONDON

runs to win. The went

out for the runs, Arnold and

In the

ALFONSO'S

PROPERTY

Philip Mead getting right on top NEW SPANISH GOVT. of the bowling and success. WAS secured by a margin of six wie- [kets! ·

Further details will be found on the Sports Page.

DECRÉE

(Reuter's Special Service).

Madrid, June 14. The immediate attachment 07 ex-King Alfonso'a privata pre

the perty, including

persona effects and furniture, bonds an

NA current accounts with the tional Bank are provided in 1 new Government decree issue to day.

BETTER WEATHER

THE LIBERIAN DISORDERS 1. M. the King has approved of In Ita course, the torrent awoptjnullah and relatives who missed

London, June 14. the officer appointed, to succeed Bir through the village of Taihang, her came to the conclusion that Arrangements completed to-day Harold Bittermaster in the ad- and a Chinese coolle

ven-sho must have met with

Sir Robert Jo Tung, who has LEAGUE OFFICIAL TO for the representation of the Irish ministration of the British Somall- tured within reach, was carried off accident. A search wau initiated bean bually engaged in explaining

INVESTIGATE Free State at the Ottawa Con- and Protectorate being designated his feet and swept downstream. with the assistance of the police the Chinese situation in trading, ferenca provided that Mr. de Valera Commissioner and Commander-in-| Fortunately, his career was stop-from the Bay View Station, but no financial and shipping quarters in

London, June 14.

The Royal Observatory reporin will bend the delegation, accom- Chief of the Protectorate.

ped when dashed against a group trace of the woman was found. It Loudon, was entertained to lun-) Dr. Mackenzie, of the League of panied by Mr. Lomass, the Minister The King has also approved of of rocks jutting out from the bed fa now belloved that she was swept cheon to-day by the Chittone Con Nations Secretariat, has been ap that pressure remains highest to of Industry and Commerce, Mr. the appointment to this post of of the nullah. Ho desperately down the nullah and carried into sul-General.

pointed Commissioner to Inquire the east of Hekkaido, but has de Ryan, the Minister of Lands and Major A. S. Lawrence, Secrentary clung to his rather precarious the harbour,

Among those also present wore into the disturbances among the crossed considorably. The depror- Fisheries, and probably Senator to the Government of British position until rescued by the

in Liberia and to alon, over South China continuus tu Similar mishaps are known to Dr. Alfred Sze and Dr. C. T. "~~Connolly ̄and Senator Johnson, "the "Somnitimaa, Vie Will nanumo "the police

Invecured pier tasty when Robert Hub Wokers He decrease in Intensity. Local fore Inst representing Labour-British Commissionership on 18th June. The man, Chang Chnu-houng, the nullah was flooded in similar for the Continent in a few weeks, leaves - Londemais o morrow!!*TOP FGANG MAWILI, FREUDUTACTS:

aloudy, rainy, probably improving.. Monrovia, British Wirdlers, 5 Wireless.

aged 29, P.W.D. employee, was circumstances.

British Wireless.

timo-Router.