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TERRIBLE FERRY DISASTER SCENES
MUSHROOM
GROWTH OF
CHANGCHUN
ENORMOUS BUILDING
ACTIVITY
8-STOREY HOTEL
(Special to "Telegraph",)
Shanghai, Sept. 10. Changchun stands unique in the welter of the worldwide business depression as the
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WANG CHING-WEI MYSTERY
CONFLICTING REPORTS
·OF HIS PLANS.
(Special to "Telegraph.")
Shanghai, Sept. 10, Kir. Waus Chug-mai hòn non become the centre of a political mystery owing to the circulation of munierons conflicting reports, some saying that he intends return to Nanking and others that he will not leave for the capital under Any circumstances.~-~~
Reuter
to
tablishment there of the Man- WHOLESALE
chukuo capital has led to 1 building boom described
13
JAPANESE TROUBLE AT nothing short of phenomenal,
KIUKIANG
according to Japanese reports.
The city had a population of Home 40,000 when the new "govern- ment" decided to make it the
Consul Lodges a Strong capital of Manhcakuo. The num-
Protest
Shanghai, Sept. 10.
It is learned that the Japanese Counsul at Kiu- kinng has lodged a strong protest with the Chinese 'aù- thorities regarding the anti- Japanese movement in Kiu- kiang-Reuter.
FRENCH REPLY TO GERMANY
DRAFT HANDED TO SIR JOHN SIMON
BRITISH INTEREST
London, Sept. 9. The French Ambassador called this morning at the Foreign Office and was re- ceived by Sir John Simon to whom Monsieur De Fleuriau handed, for his information, a draft of the Note which the French Government are despatching in answer to the Government's Note of August 29th.
is
In view of misleading state- ments regarding Britain's position which bave appeared, it necessary to make it clear that the document was communicated, not for the purposes of consultation, but of information.
Sir John Simon thanked M. De Flouriau for his courtesy.
It will be recalled that the Ger- man Note has already been hand- ed to His Majesty's Government information, The for their Government are thus fully in possession of the facta regarding,
bers have more than doubled in the last few months and are still Increasing rapidly.
All new building is being made to conform to a town planning have scheme and enormous lots
been laid out for development. It
RUIN
ROYALIST DUKE PENNILESS
HOME RULE GIVEN. TO CATALONIA
is planned to make Changchun cap-Many
MEN BLOWN CAMERA CONTEST
HIGH INTO AIR
NEARLY ALL ABOARD KILLED OR INJURED
AT “HELL” GATE
New York, Sept. 9: Terrible scenes accompani- ed the explosion aboard the ferry-steamer "Observation" to-day.
RESULT
FIRST PRIZE TO MR. GRENHAM
· FULL LIST OF WINNERS
It gives us pleasure to-day to announce the results of the Telegraph Amateur Photo Competition, for which no
fewer than 685 entries were received. The winning ple-. tures will be found in the Pic torial Supplement.
The task of judging was very
The death-roll is believed to kindly undertaken by Mr. J. H,
be greatly in excess of prelimin-Hunt, O.B.E., and Mr. E. A. von
Sir Hubert Wilkins has not given
"ZIMMY BEGINS CHANNEL SWIM
.
LEGLESS WONDER:
CONFIDENT
LARGE CROWDS SEE START
(Telegraph Special.)
London, Sept. 9. Hundreds of people lined the cliffs of Dover to-day to witness the start of the Channel swimming attempt by the legless American
ary estimates of 20 killed and Kobza-Nagy, B.A., and, with all up his fantastic idea of travelling to swimmer, Charles Zibel- that variety of subjects oligible for the North Pole in a submarine. Hamann, nicknamed "Zimmy." 60 missing. It is feared over a hundred men lost their prizes the task was a most difficult is now in England negotiating for a lives.
new ship.
one. All the entries were care- fully scrutinised, and the awarda Bodies of the unfortunate men of the Judges, to whom we are aboard her were tossed high in greatly indebted, are given below, UNOFFICIAL WAR the air like rockets. Two of them together with their comments on landed, dead of course, on the roof the principal winning pictures: ['IN SOUTH AMERICA j«fa building near the waterfront.
Madrid. Sept. 9. of the wealthiest the New York able of housing a million and algrandees of Spain have been Rikers Island.
reduced to penury by the legisla-
build
* now
on
-CASH PRIZES. The ferry-ateamor was carrying
First Cash Prize of $60, won by approximately two hundred iron- Mr. J. C. M. Grenham.-A remark workers, who were employed by ably fine street scene, of excel-
Municipality to
lent perspective, with wonderful penitentiary
Technical movement of figures. quality perfect. The eye cannot; Thirty-seven bodies have al-run through the picture, a common The new projects are going tion approved by the Cortes amid
fault in such studies. nhead by leaps and bounds, and scenes of almost wild enthusiasm ready been recovered. they include an eight-storey hotel in the last two days. which will coat ten million yen to complete.-Reuter.
half people.
BRITISH FINANCE
TRIUMPH
CRISIS CREDITS NOW ALL REPAID
London, Sept. 9.
SANK LIKE STONE
Second Cash Prize of $40, won by Mr. Loong Pei-tak-A splendid The title,
Big Bolivian Öffensive
An inveterate amoker, Zimmy
la taking a large supply of eigars which he will puff as long as the waves permit.
If he reaches France, and he is supremely confident of success, Zimmy declares that he may start the return journey immediately.
ENDURANCE TEST.
He is not out to break any speed rocords. On the contrary, he, depends for his success entirely
All Peace Efforts upon his powers of endurance.
in Vain
He estimates that the double journey will occupy him for 70 hours of swimming, a remarkable; feat in itself but falling a long way short of Zimmy's personal achievements la endurance tests. In July last year, for instance, for endurance ewimming Honolulu by staying in the water for 100 hours. He also holds the under-water record in the United Statoa for remaining submerged for 4 minutes, 17 seconde...
at
The Cortes to-day finally dis-
London, Sept. 9. ¡posed of the two most important The terrifle explosion brought study in expressions.
Warlike operations, involving mesaures of the session, passing crowds of workers to the side of Waifs, in conveyed in the im the Catalan Statute which gives the river and assistance was pression of suffering contained in heavy fighting sporadically, are Catalonin a wide measure of long-speadily organised. Numerous the eyes. Photographically, woll sought Home Rule and also dispos- rescues were made from the water, lit, and, considering that the ori-going on in half a dozen placese won the world's championship ing of the Expropriation Bill · but practically everyone who es-ginal was taken on a 8" by 4" film, in South America unchecked.
The unofficial war between The latter Bill provides for the caped with his life suffered in-a remarkable achievemant.
Third Cash Prize of $20, won by Bolivia and Paraguay is still pro- expropriation of the property of juries, some of them very serious. the nobility and most of Spain's
The cause of the explosion is a 'Mr. E. G. Tan.-A perfect artistic ceeding, according to despatches jank. from Reuter's correspondent at three hundreds grandees will be complote mystery. The vessel production of life on a ruined.
sank like a stone after the blast There is not a bit too much or a Asuncion, who says that hostilities and every member of her crew bit too little in the picture, which are now in full swing.
A triumph for British finance sale seizure
IA the Duke
of
jbalance.
heavy
STEAKS AND CIGARS. Zimmy lust his legs in a tram- way accident when he was;
The biggest victim of the whole-must have been lost-Reuter. is noteworthy. for Its perfect Bolivia has opened
feach.--Won by Dr. T. H. Nagelį Says an official message from the his accident he learned to swim, Three Consolation Prizes of $10 offensive from Fort Buuqueron, newsboy.in Chicago. A year after
ENORMOUS LOSS.
is shown in the prompt repayment, Madinacell. which is announced to-night, of the Fra.2,500,000,000 subscribed in- 1931 by French investors during the financial crisis.
The Duke was recently deprived of thirty villages for his share in The whole
ļa Monarchist plot and he now foreign credits obtained by the Treasuryoses, under the new Bill, over 125,000 acres of land. He is now
of the
during the national emergency almost penniless. have now been repaid.
A heavy task still awaits thePho deputies rose in the Cortes Treasury, but it will doubtless be and cheered the double event like! easily carried out.
schoolboys breaking up for al City authorities estimate that holiday, which in fact they were roughly $90,000,000 will be requir- actually doing after four monthe ed to redeem the balance of the of intense labour-Reuter, War Loan still unconverted, while £150,000,000 worth of Treasury Bonds will be converted or repaid during the autumn.-Reuter.
COTTON STRIKE
CONFERENCE
CHENG DECISION ON MONDAY
LENGTHY DOCUMENT
EXPECTED
at
the
recent
DEFAULT
RUMOURS
Mr. C. H. Chiu, and Mr. Richard Chau..
SPECIAL PRIZES.
1932 Model of Kodak 616 enmera, donated by the Eastman Kodak Company, for best Story!
GERMAN PAYMENT Telling Picture, won by Mr. J. C.
TO AMERICA
M. Grenham.—A remarkable pic-| ture of Chinese boys studying books at a travelling library. A very difficult subject to photograph without the subjects being aware
Beautifully composed.
Six London, Sept. 9.
"Agfa" Box Cameras, Persistent rumours circulated donated by Messrs, Waibel and for Schoolchild- through the City to-day to the Co., ("Defng").
ren's Section-Won by Masters effect that Germany has indicated Tony Green, L. Sanh, A. R. Abbas, to the United States that she is Paulie See Kee, Carl Bunfe, and unable to meet loan paments due Bei Wal-yeurig.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT of the presence of the cameraman.
at the end of the month.
Similar reports were in circula-
JUDGES' ADVICE.
the latest phase of the Franco- Cotton Conference, which will probe delivered on Monday at 10 a.m. been discussing the matter with the last year. Many beautiful · pic-|
German conversations which will continuo to receive their very careful study.-British Wireless.
JAPAN INTERESTED
́ ́IN RUSSIAN OIL
PROSPECTIVE BUYERS IN
MOSCOW
Moscow, Sept. 9. Two Japanese representativos, Mesars. Mazucato and Mori, have arrived here to negotiate for tho purchase of Russian oil products.
Router.
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
REPORTED RETURNING TO NANKING
Shkoshal, Sept. 10.
war-zone.
All pacificatory efforts by the neutral Powers have falled of
LA PAZ
BOLIVIA
The black portion is the terri- tory involved in the Bolivia- Paraguay disputa.
sponse.
The Full Court judgment on the tion in Paris, but Reuter's Washing- The Judges state that, general- PROBABLY TO MEET ON
reserved points of law in tro trial of ton correspondent anys that Mr. ly speaking, the quality of the TUESDAY
Cheng Kwok-yau, who was found Ogden Mills, Secretary to the entries was astonishingly good. effect. Their latest scheme, to Treasury, has lasued a statement] Defects. In technical executión give Bolivia a "corridor" to the guilty London, Sept. 9.
special announcing that no formal notice were, however, apparent in many sea has so far met with no re- The Ministry of Labour is to- Criminal Sessions of procuring of postponementt of debt repay- instances, although in this res- night issuing Invitations to #
BRAZILIAN REVOLT. the murder of George Fung, is to ments has been received from pect the Competition showed a Germany. Mr. Mills has, however, marked improvement over that of bably take place in Manchester on
Reports reaching Buenos Aires Tuesday.
turas were ruined through being from Brazil also indicate that the The judgment is believed to be a German Embassy.
printed on the wrong type of
Insurrection there le spreading The Ministry will be represented very lengthy document.
FRENCH POSITION......
The Government is now faced with its Conciliation Officer, who was
Mr. Eldon Potter, K. C., and Mr. In connexion with the report that Amateurs should distinguish new revolutionary movements by San in Manchester to-day in consulta- F. C. Jenkin, K. C., the leading Germany already notified the Unit- between at least three different three other States besides
of negatives soft. Paulo, including the powerful ed States of her liability to mcot qualitian the payment of 33,000,000 marks medium, and hard. Soft negatives Rising Province-Router. on which falls due on September 30, should be printed on hard paper, on. medium it is noteworthy that French modium negatives financial and political, circles are paper, and hard negatives on soft awalting with considerable interest paper. This is the golden rule
at the Conference by Mr. Leggett,
tion with the leaders of both counsel for the defence, are at parties to the dispute In the industry-British Warelcas,
present away from the Colony
LYTTON REPORT
FORECAST
GERMAN NEWSPAPER
COMMENT
Berlin, Sept.
holiday.
BRITONS SLAIN IN NICARAGUA
GOVERNMENT
paper.
the decision of the French Govern- for producing the best results.
ment regarding the payment - to America dae on September 15.
Excluding capital repayment, France should pay approximately MAKES G$30,000,000, before the end of the
REPRESENTATIONS
year.
It is anticipated that the Herriot Government will decide to pay the The Japanese forecast of the
London, Sept. 9,'.
Interest and postpone the capital Lytton Report has not arcused com- An announcement has been mado | Instalment,—-—Reuters. ment in the German newspapers, that the British Government is with the option of Lokalansef- making representations to Maunga Any describes it as regarding the murder of British TATOMA And says, that
Struck by..an
U.S. LABOUR UP IN ARMS
DISARMAMENT.
CONFERENCE BUREAU TO MEET BOON
Genova, Sept. 9.. Mr. Arthur Henderson (Chair- PROPOSED WAGE CUT man) has convoked a meeting of
RESENTED
the Bureau of the ". Disarmament Conference for the 21st instant.
According to a resolution of the Disarmament Conforönce; such convonlar chunaikita, pastponed
Chicago, Sept. 9. Labour Brotherhoods throughout the country are incerined at si re-
having discovered that he could not sink.
During the Channel crossing he will be fed with steaks, chicken, rice and bread and butter and he' thinks he will need at least 100 cigara,
The difficulties of the swim have occasioned him no anxiety. His record for distance in swimming is 78 miles without a stop. Router.
IRISH OPEN GOLF. CHAMPION
YOUNG SCOT WINS EASILY
(Special to "Talegraph")
London, Sept. 9. The Irish Opso Golf Champion- ship was won today by Jack Mc Lean of Hayaton, the twenty-three- (year-old Scottish champion, who beat Brown of Waterford by nine and ofght in the thirty-six holos final at Dollymount.
PRINCE GEORGE IN SCOTLAND
TOUR OF FACTORIES AND WORKS
London, Sept. 9... Prince George, who returned from Biarrits by air yesterday, left by night train for Scotland; He arrived at Aberdeen this morning, where he made a private tour of factories and works, and later proceeded to Halmoral where the Klar and Queen, T. in rauttman
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