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FOUNDED JASI

No. 142D

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934, 六拜體 號五月五英港香

HONGKONG OBJECTIONS

LOOP-THE-LOOP COLLISION

R.A.F. CRASHES AT GRANTHAM

PARACHUTE ESCAPES

(Special to "Telsgraph")

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Received

London, May 4,

Hay

What was narrowly near triple air tragedy, as the result of

a collision five thousand, feet above the ground. was averted to- day by the cool behaviour of mem- bers of the Royal Air Force.

Two machines attached to the Third Flying Training School at 'Grantham, were engaged in

aerobatic exercises

the nerodrome.

near

QUOTA SYSTEM

ANOTHER SILVER CONFERENCE

Senate Bloc To Visit White House

Washington, May 4. Leaders of the Senate silver bloc have decided to visit the White House to-morrow morning "with an open mind," hoping to have a full and frank dis. cussion' with the President in regard to legislation. for silver to be enacted before Congress adjourns. accord- ing to Senator King- Reuter,

Chancellor

Defended the In For

They came into collision in the

of tooping process evolutions.

The three occupants, two officers and an alreraftsman, jumped out of the interlocked machines and safely descended by parachutes, nlighting a quarter of a mile away from the point where the machines came to the ground to be imme- diately wrecked,-Reuter Special.

PARIS-TO-TOKYO NONSTOP

RECORD FLIGHT

ATTEMPT

Orthodoxy

MR. BALDWIN'S TRIBUTE

TRADE ULTIMATUM TO JAPAN

LIKELY TO CONCERN ·

WEST AFRICA ONLY

(Special to "Telegraph")

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London, May 4. It is learned in London that Hongkong has objected to any proposal to extend the threatened imposition of quotas against Japanese goods to Hongkong.

The objections are based upon the special circumstances of Hongkong's trade, the Colony's free port status and the dimeulties · of securing Any satisfactory machinery for control except at prohibitive cost, together with the fact that any quota system

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TO TOKYO DIPLOMATIC

Mr. Andrew Mallan (left) who faces a claim of nearly $2,000,000 an account of alleged under-payment of

income tax in 1931.

CONDEMNED

VIEWS THAT CAN BE DISOWNED

"HANDS OFF" COMMENT

CONTINUES

NANKING MORE SATISFIED

(Special to "Telugrahh")

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Rearford *#.30 15.10.) "

A sharp comment on |Japanese 'diplomatic tactics was made by Mr. Victor Soo, the Chinese Minister at

ASSASSINATION Berne, in an exclusive in-

DENIED

would probably deprive Hongkong Imam of YEMEN of a large Japanese re-export trade with South China.

It is rumoured that Ceylon has also expressed disapproval of any proposals to include her in the scheme.

It now appears, however, that

the threat would only be applied,

London, May 4. Speaking at the Albert Hall at Conservative party meeting, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Lord Pre sident of the

for the present, to West Africn, paid a tribute to the work of Mr. Where most favoured nation treat- Neville Chamberlain as Chan- ment arrangements with Japan cellor of Exchequer.

expire on May 18.-United Pres.

Council,

to-day

Chan-

WAR DEBT. FRICTION

Despite criticism, the cellor had stuck grimly and stout- ly to the course, which in the eult circumstances of the past Marseilles, May 4.

two years could not be, popular, The noted French airmen, M.umely the maintenance of the Codos and M. Rosi are planning hard stern old method of finance, Le Bourget envolving, for the time being, high to start from odrome at the end of the month taxation and the continuance of

those sacrifices that the British MR. CUMMINGS TO on a nonstop flight to Tokyo.

They will fly in the famous long-people had made with such magni-

Lo Scent courage. Joseph distance plane, the

Their example had created a Brix.

The object of the flight is a deep impression throughout the attempt to beat their own world world. long-distance straight line record of 9,104 kilometres from New York to Rayak, which they completed on August 6, 1933-Reuter.

TREASURY CLAIM ON

MR. MELLON

Hoping To Collect Two Million Dollars

Pittsburgh, May 4.

Mr. Andrew Mellon, one of

America's wealthiest men, former

And also

He was confident that if the people would only stick it out"! they would have their reward.

The Chancellor had already been able to relieve no inconsider- able portion of the burden this

year and he held out hopes of

better things next year.-British g

Vicetras

NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR

SIR GEORGE CLERK IN PARIS

"GIVE" RULING

JOHNSON BILL APPLICATION

(Special to "Telegraph").

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(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphia Mon

Ordinence, JANE. Received Jay

Washington, May 4. Relations between Britain and the United States are possibly involved in a legal study now proceeding in the Department of Justice.

AT SANÄÄ?

terview granted to-day to. the United Press.

"Since the Japanese fuund thomselves encountering world indignation at their "Hamis Or declaration," he said, "they have been endeavouring to patch things up by making Dr. Rajchman, the League adviser to China, the

ARMY MUTINY scapegoat."

REPORTS

NO RIGHT.

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Basic Value Price

Bigger and Better This Summer

The Telegraph's popular Amateur Photographic Competi tion will again be held this year. entrica opening on June 1st and closing on August 31,

In addition to cash prizes total. ling $260, which the Telegraph la offering, the Kodak Company has. promised valuable cameras, while other local firms have signified their intention of adding to the prize it.

Detaile will by later.

announced

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TACTICS

PERRY AND CRAWFORD

TO MEET IN THE FINAL

FOR

HARDCOURT

TITLE

London, May 4.

F. J. Perry and Jack Crawford, as was generally expected, will clash once again in a championship final, this time at Bournemouth in a battle for the British Hard- Court Tennis Championship.

Since Wimbledon last year they have mot in two national champion- ship finals, American and Austra lian, and Perry has won botli. final of the Victoria State cham-

pionship.

CENTURIES Party also beat Crawford in the

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BATSMEN START SEASON WELL

HUGE SCORE BY SURREY

London, May 4..

The brilliant England Davis Cup player seems just now to be at the top of his form and he is. favourite for to-morrow's match.

Aliss Dorothy Round and Miss Seriven meet in the Indies singles final.

the

Perry and H.GIN. Leu. British Davis Cup pair, went down in the doubles semi-annt

Six English cricketers to Crawford and McGrath in four.

nets. Crawford and his colleague paralleled the achievement took the first set at 0-1, lost the

Japan has no right to comment of Ashdown upon the League's reconstruction

FOREIGNERS SEEICwork in China: in the first place scoring a century in their the next two at 6-2 and. 6-3.

REFUGE

Cairo, May 4. According to reports from Hodeida, the rumour of the assassination of the Imam of Yemen is incorrect.

(Kent), incond 6-4, and then swept to n comfortable victory by winning

because she has deserted the Lea-first match of the season. • Kuc, accondly, because the tenth

Das Adam, the Dark Blue player, point in the Assembly's Sino-and Burling of Surrey were top were: Japanese Report of February 24,

Sutcliffe topped 150.

E. R. T. Holmes brought off the

1933, recommended the collabor-corers with 176, while Herbert ation of China and the League, and thirdly, because the Japanese voted against the Roport, for which outstanding bowling nahievement reason their good faith in the tnking 6 M.C.C. wickets for 16 matter is naturally open to ques- tion.

HONOURS LIST

"I think it is a strange practice

run..'

Batting.

It is stated that the Imam has announced his intention of leading his forces personally to defend und anything but drank, that the Sanan, the capital, and that he Japanese should express views in Das Arum (Oxford U........... has made a moving speech before such a way that the Japanese Gov- Berling (Surrey)... the Extraordinary War Council at ernment can disown them if they Sutcliffe Yorks)

And it to be convenient."-nited (Squiros (Surrey)... Sanan,

Press.

On the other hand, there are reports of mutinics of Yemenite troops, especially at Nejran and resi- Hodeida, where Yemenite stance to the forces of Ibn Saud is said to have collapsed.

Revolution is reported to have broken out at Sanaa and to have spread to other towns, and Ibag Sand's forces are said to have oe- cupled Hodeida.

FOREIGNERS ›SAFE,

FRENCH VIEWS.

170.

SEMI-FNALS.

The other semi-final, résulta

Men's Singles.

F. J. Perry (Britain) beat. V. G.

Kirby (South Africa), 7-5, 6-1, 6-3. J. Crawford (Australia) beat Adrion Quist (Australia). 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2,

Women's Singles.

Miss Dorothy Round bent Min 170 Kathleen Stammers, 0-1, 6-4;

Miss Scriven beat Miss Betty 110 Nuthall, 8-6, 6-2-Reuter.

102

Mitchell Innls (Oxford).

107

Barber (Yorks). Gregory (Surrey) Hendreu (M.C.C.).

103 970

$1 BETTER

Bowling

E.R.T. Holmes (Surrey)...6 for 16 Japanese Too Prudent

Dyson (Oxford Un) ..... for 54 To Take Risks

The results were: Paris. May 4. Surrey defeated the M.C.C. by The explanation of Japanese an innings and 173 runs, policy towards China as given to The MLC.C. mnde 142 (Hendren

TIMES AT HOME

ANOTHER DROP IN UNEMPLOYED

London, May 4.

It is anticipated that a further reduction of approximately 50,000 in the number of registered un- employed in Britain in the month of April, as compared with the March figure, will be disclosed when the official roturns for April are issued on Monday.British Wireiras.

HI.M.S. Penzance has transferred. Barthou by the Japanese Am- 81: Holmes G for 16) and 243. President Roosevelt said to-day three hundred foreigners from basandor, Mr. Saito, is entirely Surrey obtained 658 for 7 wickets that Mr..flomur S. Cummings, the Hodeida to the island of Kamaran.atisfactory states the semi-official declared, the heaviest scorers be Attorney-General, is

ing Barling (176), Squires (110). expected The quarrel between Ibn Saud newspaper, Le Temps, shortly to give a ruling on the and the Imam is centred in the The paper stresses the impor- Gregory (99) and Hobbs (50.) London, Muy 4.

point whether the Johnson Bill, control of the provinces of Asirtance of M. Batthou's reply, the Yorkshire defeated Cambridge Ambassador to Britain, has dis-

Sir George Clerk, in presenting discriminating against debt de- and Nejran. Asir was too weak aubstance of which is that France University by ten wickets. closed that the United States his credentials as British Ambas- faulters, applies to nations offer to resist the encroachments of her could only accept consultation

Cambridge were dismissed for Government is seeking to collect sader in Paris to President Lebrun ing token payments,

powerful neighbours and Nelran between the signatories

of the He expects to send a War Debt is a $1,319,080 as additional tax on his to-day, expressed the hope that the

well-defined area, chiefly | Nino-Power Treaty if Jaw and 248 and 260. Yorkshire made 495 for 8 declared (Sutcliffe, 162; Bar- Lørder are menaced in Chinn, afrelations linking the two coun-Message to Income for 1931,

Congress within Inhabited by bandite.

it

her 103) and 14 for 0 wicket.

BILLS. penalty of $659,510 a total of tries, which sprang from senti- fortnight or three weeks.

Ibn Saud occupied both pro-

It adds that the Japanese Gov-l nearly $2,000,009.-Reuter,

monts and

Oxford University and Glou- traditious of true} Observers are of the belief that vinces about & year

ago. The

ernment is too prudent to risk

London, May 4. friendship, would, continue. the President will merely report Imam hotly resisted the occupa-compromising its chances by hasty cester played a drawn game. A total of £180,035,000 was ap

The maintenance and strength-on the debt status rather than tion.

inopportune action.

Gloucester narrowly escaped plied for in tenders for £10,000,- ening of those relations, he said, make a request for normission to

Le Soir is less optimistic and defeat. At the close of play they 000 Treasury bills to-day. The afforded the most solid security negotiale

settlements.

at the zero were 81 runs in arrears with one maximum amount was allotted in for the peace of Europe.

United PreRR,

ska: Won't Japan, hour, snap her fingers at the Nine-wicket to full. Oxford made 397 bills at three months. The average Power Treaty as she did at the (Das Aram. 176, Mitchell-Inn's rate per cent, was 17/1,95d., as League-Renter

107: Parker, 5 for 69) and 227 for compared with 17/49d. a week

declared. Gloucester obtained ago, British Wireless. 270 and 267 for 9 Reuter,

LIBERAL-LABOUR

CO-OPERATION

SIR H. SAMUEL'S

ATTITUDE

London, May 4.

The President, replying, declar-

ed that in the common desire to

under-

new

FROM CHINA

work with firmness to increase and NEW DUTIES ON EGGS consolidate a confidont standing between ali people, noth- ing could better guarantee interna- Sir Herbert Samuel, addressing tional pence than the closest union Liberal Party demonstration at of Great Britain and France, bas- Bournemouth this evening, reed on justico and liberty.---| ferred to the suggestion of closer British Wirelcen.

co-operation between Liberals and.

Labour,

He exprossed bin readiness to co-operate with anyone who would

upon

Qghting

join in resisting attacks freedom and assist in against policies hostile to pehce British Wireless.

The Gazette contains revised con- ditions applicable to sale of Crown land in the New Territorien,

TIENTSIN BOMB INCIDENT

WILD RUMOURS IN CIRCULATION

Tientsin, May 4. Following s bamb incident In the Japanese Concession on Wed- nesday night, Tientsin is full of Suicide, by poisoning is believed to rumours of a large scale plot alm have been committed by a man, Funging at undermining the Adminis- Chong, whose body was found in a

room at the Wo Ping Boarding House tration. General Yu Heuch chung, Nathan Road, where he had been Governor of Hopel Province, de- Paying for some time. The remains claras omphatically, however, that

zomoved yesterday to the there 18.

fear. nothing to Contral News."

“were

“Mortuary,

Home Government Changes Form

London, May 4.

The following, specific rates of duty in substitution for the oxist- ling general ad valorem duty of

tow per bont, are announced:

On eggs, not in shell, liquid or frozen, including glycerinated eggs, 1⁄2, per lb. ' Dried whole eggs, 243, per lb. Dried yolk, 1d. por lb. Dried albumen, 244. Unground poppercorns, 58. Gil.

cwt.

The above rates, which come in- to force on May 8, are approxi matoly equivalent to ton per cent. of the current average import Ivalues of goods-Reuter

war

An armistice declared last March, but Ibn Saud accused the Imam of failing to perform his undertakings and thereupon swept down the Red Sea coast and cut off Invaded Yemen and the collapse of the Yemen army. Ho subsequently

tho

yemen trumps accounted the best fighters in Arabia, caused much surprise. It is stated, bow. that tha

kis Imam ill-paid men and treated them intolerably. Reuter,

AMERICAN AIR FORCES

MORE PURCHASES

EXPECTED

CHINA'S SECOND

DEMARCHE

Mr. Hirota's Verbal Reply

wickets.

TREASURY

NAVAL VOLUNTEER 90009006680

Nanking, May 6. Further light was to-day thrown by

the Nanking official on "hegemony statement" issued by the Japanese Foreign Omce.

He said the Japanese explina-

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(Special to "Telegraph"},

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"ENDEAVOUR". READY 56,51 namj

Washington, May 4.

London, May 4. The War Dopartment has an The yacht Endeavour, which is nounced that authority for the a challenger for the America Cup, immediate purchase of 110 now is now rondy for her triala,, which, planes will be naked shortly for if the weather is favourable, will the building up of the Army Air begin to-morrow in the Solent Corpa, United. Press;

|British Wfrolean.

COMMITTEE

GOVERNOR

APPOINTS

COMMITTEE

His Excellency the Governor hus appointed the following to boj members of the Hongkong Naval Volunteer Committee of which Commodore Frank Ellott, O.B.F.. IN. 18, ex-officio, the President, and Lieutenant-Commander B, S. Itouse, as the Commanding Officer of the Hongkong Naval Volunteer Force, is ex-officio, & mombor:

Commander C. H. Heath-Cald- well, D.B.C., .N.

Lieutenant-Commander F. H. E. Skyrme, RN.

Lieutenant T. P. K. Komblo, Hongkong Naval Volunteer Force.

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