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一拜禮 號十月七英港香

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1933.

日八十月五街

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KEEN STRUGGLE BEHIND

Col. Lindbergh talking over flight plans.

ATLANTIC FLIGHTS

LINDBERGHS AND MOLLISONS

AMERICAN. COUPLE TAKE OFF

New York, July 9,

Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh. took off to-day on the first stage

THE SCENES

WEEK-END VOTE CATCHING

CRITICAL MEETING OF W.E.C. BUREAU

COMPROMISE LIKELY

LONDON, JULY 10.

AN AIR OF TENSE EXPECTANCY PREVAILS ON THE EVE OF THE MEETING WHICH WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE. BEHIND THE SCENES A TENSE STRUGGLE IS GOING ON BETWEEN THE GOLD BLOC AND THE NON-GOLD COUNTRIES.

The efforts to gain the support of the Soviet, Mexico and Hungary for the rival policies has provided the animating week-end feature pending to-day's critical meeting of the Bureau.

W

These are the countries which abstained from vot- ing when the motion for the adjournment of the con- ference was only evaded by a vote of seven to six, but although their support will be the deciding factor, there are no indications that it has been obtained by either side..

DUNLOP GOLF BALLS

"The Choice of Champions”

Played by

THE WINNER and RUNNER-UP of the

BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 1933.

TWO NANCHANG VICTIMS ESCAPE

The three victims of the shocking Sheng An piracy murders. They are from left to right: Mra. Axurieff,

Mr. Nicholas Axurioff, and Captain Boris Vikhman,

HITLER'S PROUD BOAST

THE NAZI REGIME ESTABLISHED

STOP

PRESS

Reykjavik, July 10. Reports of heavy seas off Labrador and fogs and gales. all along the route are likely to deter the Italian air armada from taking off for Labrador

infor

to fight to Greenland. They AMERICA HOPEFUL OF NEW PROGRESS The figlie sy political power in for some little time longer.

are making the journey by ency stages and their first hop will be at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The object of the flight is the carrying out of a survey for the Pan-American Airways for the purpose of discovering the best route across the Atlantle for a passenger and mail seaplane ser- vice.

Colonel Lindbergh will search for suitable landing-grounds and may continue the flight to Iceland and to Denmark provided condi tions are favourable and the early stages of the survey produce quick results.

Mrs. Lindbergh will take turns in piloting and navigating their machine.

MOLLISONS HELD UP.

New York is now awaiting with

Interest news of the start from

who

are

Pennine Sands, Wales, of Mr. and Mrs. Mollison, the British fliers: awaiting favourable weather conditions for a nonstop, flight to New York,

The start was originally sche- duled for Friday last when the moon was full but bad weather necessitated a postponement.

It is expected that they will take off immediately; reports from the Atlantic show that reasonably good weather in to be expected.

They are using a big Gipsy Dragon machine with a cruising range of 0,000 miles.-Reuter,

THREE HOME RUNS BY RUTH

GIVE YANKEES TWO VICTORIES

New York, July 10

Ington were also winners.

EDUCATION TO BEGIN

Berlin, July 10.

Germany has ended with appearance of the Catholic Centre A straight vote on the course hold out against financial string- Party, proudly declared Herr of action which the Bureau of the ency for very long and it may be Hitler last night in an address to Conference will recommend to the recalled that one of the reasons seventy thousand Nazi · storm- plenary session of the Conference advanced by President Roosevelt troops at Dortmund.

la considered unlikely and the issue. It is thought, is more like ly to be a compromise arrange- ment, thus presenting a unanimous Bureau decision.

Some observers consider that

the dollar's approach to parity!

for refusing to stabilise was his belief that the gold-countries: would ultimately be compelled to abandon the metal.

MINISTER'S WARNING.

The Chancellor of the Reich added:

Gigantic tasks still confront us, but we shall master them. No-body can resist us."*

The first task of the Nazi regime

It is significant, therefore, that is the education of the individual

in the course of a speech at St. German for the now State. This

General Balbo has received orders from Rome not to leave... until the weather improved - Reuter.

ARMY

SOVIET BORDER INCIDENT

ALLEGED ATTACKS ON SHIPPING.

JAPAN MOVING TROOPS

Harbin, July 10.

Soviet

A. DASH FOR SAFETY

PLANE SEARCH GOING ON

NOT YET BACK TO CIVILISATION

IDENTITY NOT

ติ

KNOWN

Shanghai, July 10. According to Japanesc ports, two of the thre officers of the Butterfici and Swire 3.5. Nanchang who were kidnappad sta months ago, have escape, from their captors.

The source of the report is n at all clear, as the story Indicäty that the two men have not yi succeeded in getting, into con with civilisation.

The identity of the men whi have escaped cannot, therefort, l ascertained, although it is state that, benefiting from the relati tion of vigilance by their band

captors, two of the prisenc.

made a dash for safety and ceeded in getting away.

AEROPLANES SENT.

Alleged attacks by

The Japanese authorities frontier guards upon Manchukuo, now stated to have sent nerop,ɔa shipping has led to the adoption of to reconnoitre the countryside. counter-measures by the authoris the vicinity of the known whet

abouts of the bandit camp with 1 object of lending assistance to t officers and guiding them t safety,

ties."

Three gunboats and three troop transports are leaving for the nsumer Sungari Delta and two gunboats

and two troop transporte, carry ing Japanese forces, are leaving} for the Ussuri River."

with sterling may mean that the Four Caing to-day, M. Lamoureux, task will now begin. Every Gor ABSENTEES

American delegation will be free the Minister of the Budget, re- man must pass through a practical

to discuss stabilisation Hooner vealed that if the present Trea-schooling.

than was expected.-Reuter.

ROOSEVELT SATISFIED. AUTRE ELKLER

New York, July 10. President Roosevelt is said

sury position was favourable, the outlook for 1934 was gloomy.

UNEMPLOYMENT,

He pointed out that there were The second task will be to con- certain receipta in 1933 which iquer unemployment, which is on a would not recur, while expenditure scale bigger than ever before in the seemed certain to history in

ON BLUE FUNNEL LINER

be quite confident that the World stout efforts were necessary if the metry of the Relch. It lay TWO ARRESTED IN

Economic Conference will go for-stability of the franc was ward and has been greatly cheer-maintained.-Router. ed by the new alignment in Lon- BUSINESS GAINS IN US.A don as indicated by the latest developments, according to the Washington correspondents.

HONGKONG

It la reported that the object | of this movement of troops and warships is to protect Manchukuo shipping from attacks by U.S.S.R. Red guardsmen..

It will be recalled that last wack

The men who were held prisoners by the bandits we Messrs. Clifford Johnson, the chi officer of the Nanchang, Messrs. W. E. Hargrave and Blue, two of the engineers,

THREE MONTHS PRISONERS

The outrage in which they we

a report reached Harbin annouc.captured took place at Newchar

Subsequently, their captors w attacked by another gang desperadoes and they found the selves in fresh hands as a rosu -Neuter.

ing that the steamer Tungsang on March 29, when their ship w to be which the State has ever been con-i

had been held up, her cargo con boarded and they were carried o fronted. Herr Hitler claimed that he had reduced the army of unem-

Two men, who were arrested fiscated and ten emigre Russian ployed by two millions in the last aboard the Blue Funnel liner guards captured. It was intimat- six months, and the Government would continue ita campaign until Protesilaus on Friday have since ed that strong action would be been Identified 18 Privates taken if the report was confirmed, the problem had been solved.

The Nazis, he said, would restore Grundy and Hall, absentees from -Reuter. the consumptive capacity of the the 2nd. Batt. East Lancashire German people and reinvigorate Regiment. trade and industry.

Business galns through the United States during the last couple of months have been of a very de- They declare that the President's finite nature, according to a state- scheme for a higher world price ment by the New York Board of level will not be influenced by the Trade. gold blog combination In

The Board has made a careful nor is the government dispused investigation through various or- off the gold standard. to ace the countries in question ganisations in over 100 cities and.

Paris,

100,000 PRISONERS. Meanwhile, it is rellably stated that as a result of the suppressiva activities of the Government, there are at least one hundred thousand people now locked up. In concentra- tion camps In different parts of Germany.

the replies indicate that real, im- portant progress has been made to FLIGHT FROM 'DOLLAR.

wards business recovery through Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary out the entire country.

The president of the Board, Mr. of State and head of the American delegation in London, is expected Percy Magnus, stated to-day: "The to make a constructive statement business depression is over and we The list of prisoners includes to the Conference early this week, are well on the way towards re-well-known scientists, members of

The Baltimore Sun says that the covery."

the medical profession, and politi- decline in the dollar is not only The survey showed an improve-cians who declined to bend their attributable to speculators or to ment in the numbers employed, in wills to Herr Hitlor's.

Hundreds of Republicans, al- governments, but is rather due to wages and in the volume of sales.

the national processes meaning no- An exception was recorded from though unwilling to leave thing less than "a fight from the Maino and Michigan, owing to Fatherland, are fugitives in Ger-

many-Router..

Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a double-hender against Do- troit to-day. The New York Yankees won both games. Wash- STABILISATION IN TWO YEARS! The report says that a continur- tion of the upward trend in busi- The New York Herald-Tribune nesa is likely during the remainder asserts that no stabilisation of the of the year and that belated buying dollar in terms of gold is to be may prevent the usual set-back-dur- -expected until about the middlong the summar months. In the of 1935 when U.S. prices will have Autumn, thore should be a consider- reached a satisfactory level and able improvement in many branches the budget will have been balan-jof trade.-Reuter. cod.

dollar" on account of the inflation closed banks and wheat crop fal- signs.

ilures.

In the National Longuo, the Giants suffered a double reverse. Reuter.

SOVIET INDUSTRY.

LARGE TEXTILE FACTORIES TO BE ERECTED

Moscow, July 0.

Spinning and weaving factories, with an estimated yearly output: of over 30 million yards of textiles, will bo established at Kaiseri, in

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GOLD STANDARD DOOMED.

London, July 9,

KIDNAPPING OF JACOB FACTOR

BANDITS DEMAND G.$75,000 RANSOM

The East Lancashires, who are) coming to Hongkong in the next GRAN CHACO WAR trooping, are at present stationed In Shanghai.

Privates Grundy and Hall were apparently discovered aboard the Protesilnus soon after the vessel 2,000 had sailed from Shanghai. On arrival in Hongkong, the master communicated with tho- Water Police, who arrested them.

Later, they were identified by the local military authorities as absentees and were handed over to military custody...

RESUMED

CASUALTIES IN 24 HOURS

PRESENTATION

TAIKOO

RETIREMENT OF ME

J. RUSSELL

On his rotirement from t Talkoo - Dockyard and Engineeri Co, Mr. J. Russell was, on Frid

writer and wrist watch by MFT/ presented with a portable-t E. Greig, on behalf of the staff Mr. Greig, before presenting

La Paz, Bolivia, July 6. Cannone were roaring again to- day in the Gran Chaco aren des- pite the fact that a commission of the League of Nations is under

Borvicos rendered to by stood to be en route here to ar- gifts, commented on alkos Bu range for the cossation of hostili Russell during his 101⁄2 years ties and a permanent settlement of vice with the firm, and pártisti the dispute between Bolivia and Ly thanked him for the work

had done in connection with Paraguay,

Siggi (Taikoo Club, In the agreement at Geneva fo accept League of Nations efforts Mr. Russell, thanking Mr. G to settle the dispute, neither Boll- and the staff for their giftage New Delhi, July 0. via nor Paraguay ayrood at the that the typewriter would b The Chinese airman, Mr. Sun time to cease military operations great assistance to him when Tung-kang, who is making a lo immediately. A special commiss-opened his private hotel and

the watch would always (ser} fight from Berlin to Nanking, alon will attempt to do that.

remind him of his many frienų:

CHINESE AVIATOR IN JODHPUR

|FLIGHT FROM BERLIN TO. NANKING

with an offensive of their own It!

was said here to-day. The battles Life Member of the Talkoo hes boon raging nearly 24 hours

The big sum of G.$75,000 fs be- rived at Jodhpur, to-day, making Learning that the Paraguayans Talkoo, The formation of a protective)

ing demanded as ransom for the a perfect landing to complete one wore preparing an offensive, theHe also appreciated the he alliance by the gold standard

release of Mr. Jacob Factor, the of the most hazardous legs of Bolivian forces decided to check it conferred upon him by being countries, in, the effort to main- "The Gold Standard is doomed" financler, who was kidnapped last löng Journey,- tain the value of European coun-declares the diplomatic correspon-week. This is revealed by his tries in terms of gold, have not dent of the Sunday Express, who son, dissipated the doubts whether asserts that the discussions in Mr. Factor, who a known as Asia the maintenance of the gold Paris yesterday showed that the John Jake the Barber Matarted water to and foxlatatandard in posible.

Jagt affort to keep the world on life as a wait side barbers and roso The level of the West River A wore announced horo na neatly

France refused to consider the

undertaken fraudulent as compared with. 22.8 no In England and át | Saturday, kh. Others Kwangi

dnapped he was rivers Are Leged): 74)

spediälläty are carried onto

A Turkish government industrial delegation, which has discussed tha

-FRENCH DIFFICULTIES.

Bozicks and WIn some circles It is firmly be suggestions of the

THE WEST RIVER

and the Paraguayan¬casualties