THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY JUNE
1984.
ADVENTURES OF H.M.S. EAGLE'S PLANES
Shuntien Gang Soon Cease Defiance
WARNING BOMB
DROPPED
GRAPHIC NAVAL STORY OF PIRACY RESCUE
SEAPLANE STRUCK BY BULLET
DEBTS CLEARING OFFICES
TEXT OF BRITISH
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BILL
PREPARED FOR REPRISALS
London, June 21. The text was issued to-day, of the "Debts Clearing Offices and Import Restrictions Reprisals Act, 1934," the measure to be put into operation in connection with the German defaults on the Dawes and Young loans, failing satisfactory negotiation of "greement.
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to put up clearing offices if it Clause 1 empowers the Treasury appears that, in the ease of any foreign country, payments
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STORY REVEALING THAT GRAPHIC BRITISH NAVAL AIRMEN WERE COMPELLED TO DROP A WARNING BOMB BEFORE THE FOREIGN PRISONERS OF THE SHUNTIEN PIRATES WERE RELEASED, HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED BY AD- MIRAL SIR FREDERIC DREYER TO THE AD-transfers to people in Britain will MIRALTY.
One of the seaplanes engaged in bringing moral pressure on the pirates after they had been located was struck by bullets from the gang.
Apparently, Mr. Grahame Nicholl was set free for the purpose of opening ransom negotiations for the other four British prisoners, but detection of the pirates by the aircraft, the dropping of messages in Chinese, threatening the employment of force, caused a hasty reconsideration of the position by the pirates.
It is also reported by the rescued naval officers that Mr. Yamamoto, the Japanese prisoner, was sent in a junk to Tientsin by the pirates to arrange terms, but no report has yet been received of his rescue.
A FORCE MAJEURE RELEASE
or
be subject to restrictions. An order under this section may apply to all debts due or becoming due In respect of gooda imported from such country into Britain.
Every person from whom -any debt to which the order applies is due, will be required to pay the debt to the clearing office. .
Clause 2 provides that the Board
of Trade may make an order pro- hibiting or restricting the im portation into Britain of goods
The late Mr. R. Soondøram, whare death occurred yesterday. For over 25 yours ho was on the staff of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
AGA KHAN'S
ASCOT VICTORIES
THREE WINNERS YESTERDAY
THE DEFEAT OF HYPERION
from any foreign country if it appears that in such a country discriminatory quantitive restric tians are, or are about to be, in. posed on the importation of goods of any class manufactured in or consigned from Britain, the Chan- nel Islands, Newfoundland, the Colonies, British Protectorates and protected States and any territory. 27 am) in respect of which a league man-
(Special to "Telegraph”)
(by Telegraph, Copyright. Tetegraphia. ¿ive- sace Ordinanar,
Rassiyad 2004.
June London, June 21.
date is being exereised by Britain, Heavy rain again marred the fashion display at Ascot
DOMINIONS CONSULTED.
Admiral Dreyer, Commander-in-, brought Mrs. Bee Bryan Lear-} . Chief, Chinn Station; in his report mouth, an American · passenger The Dominions Secretary, Mr. and caused the cancellation regarding the rescue of the five on the Shuntion, to the realisation J. H. Thomas, asked in the Com-of the Royal Procession Englishmon and Chinese official that a piracy was occurring.. mans if he intended consulting the captured by pirates from the Shun-
When some ugly-looking ruflana Dominions. Governments as to the along the course to the tion, show that of the morning of brandishing guns entered her
possible effect on their export Royal Enclosure. June 20, aircraft from H.M.S. cabin and tried to take her purse, trade of the proposed clearing Eagle, with the concurrence of the she said: "Have sonte candy!"
Punters' spirits were further house system for Anglo-German" Chinese authorities, carried out a
The offer was not needed, but trade, and the United Kingdom damped when Lord Derby's Hyper- search in the neighbourhood of the the desperadoes looted everything were already in touch with the ion (1933 Derby winner) who was position in which the captives had of value in the cabin.
Dominions Governments regarding an 11/8 on favourite, failed to win been taken inland.
the Gold Cup. CLASS EYES STOLEN.
the action It is proposed to take.
The Aga Khan's Felicitation, The Stock Exchange to-day She stated that Mr. Handley
Wednesday, decided that in view of the state well backed at 9/2, winner of the half a mile from the sca.
eye in Peking mont made by the Chancellor of On further investigation from four days earlier, was forced to the Exchequer in the Commons scored easily in the Gold Cup. He the air, a snmpan bearing a while act as an interpreter for the pir- last Friday, until further notlee led from start to finish, winning flag was observed in a position five ates, who employed him in this no bonds of-the-Dawes or Young unchallenged by eight lengths.
loans will be handled unless ne- miles to the east of this group of capacity all through the night.
"The pirates were the weirdest companied by the declaration of things alive," she
They a British banker or stockbroker said.
During this search, fre whs opened on one of the aircraft from
a group of junks in a creek about Derry, despite the pain caused by
junks This sampan proved to
at Tainanfu.
the removal of an
Churchill Stakes
FOREIGN CHALLENGE. The principal foreign challenge Boussac's
contain Mr. Nicholl and the Chinese did the most extraordinary thing that they were, on 15th June, 1934, came from M. Marcel official, Mr. Sun Fun-ling, who had Mr. Handley Derry, for instance the property of a British subject. Thor (100/7) who with a lato run been sent with letters for the pur had six glass eyes in his possession Following the announcement of deprived Hyperion of second place pose of opening negotiations with which had been given to him in this decision, Dawes and Young by one and a half lengths. Young the British and Chinese authorities Peking to enable him to discover loans advanced 44 and 214 points Lover was a close up in fourth
and the American runner Male was These two captives were rescued for himself which best suited him, respectively on the Stock Ex-place, the Italian Carporn was fifth
but the pirates walked off with all change-British Wireless. by seaplanes which landed near the
sixth. Hix."
Gordon Richards rode Felicitation Bampan and took them to II.M.S.
victory. He had Eagle.
never pre- viously won the Ascot Gold Cup.
Frank The trainer was Mr. Butters, who has had a wonderful run of success in the Ascot meet- ing, with eight winners up to the
HEAVY FIRE.
Meanwhile heavy fire had been oponed from the ground abreast of the group of junks on other, air- craft sent to investigate, in spite of the fact that no offensive action had been taken by them.
One
PIRATE IN EVENING DRESS. Strange sights were provided by the fact that the pirates ex- changed their clothes for articles robbed from the passengers.
MR. W. W. YEN'S RESIGNATION
to
Mrs. Learraculli saw one pirate
jacket WITHDRAWN OR NOT? present. dressed in a white mess
standing on and black trousers
Shanghal, June 22. guard with a gun, looking for all
Efforts are being made was hit the world like a gentleman handit of the aircraft
to
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PAGEANTRY IN MELBOURNE
THE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
Melbourne is to have a grand Parade and a battle of flowers that should be an outstanding feature of the Centenary Celebrations. Plans have been prepared by a committee representing the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association and the approved by the Centenary Council, the expenses of the carnival.
through the main plane and it was but for "the flerce giare in his persuado Mr. W. W. Yen to with- Aga Khan's three winners during theatrical industry, and have been
- necessary to return the fire.
A plzato junk then started to
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draw his resignation of the post of
Mr. Carneiro, the purser of the Ambassador in Moscow, but al in the Rouse Memorial Stakes, which has granted £500 towards
on
AGA KHAN'S GREAT DAY. Felicitation was the first of the the day, the others being Ali Shah, redhot favourite at 7-1 on, and Badruddin, who won the Waterford Stakes comfortably, backed at 7/4 A Central News message quotes against.
Tang Yu-jen, Permanent Lord Derby was disappointed Secretary at the Foreign Office, as with the failure of Hyperion and stating that the resignation has said that the horse would possibly been withdrawn.
|not run again—Router Special.
put to sea and anchored in shond Shuntien, who slept through the though it is believed that he will do water which made it impossible for first stages of the piracy, noticed 80, a final decision has not yet been
destroyer to approach her. on the saloon deck Monday given---Reuter, Aircraft wore, therefore, sent to giorning a man wearing a Chinese drop a warning bomb near this, Army uniform with a pistol tucked Mr. together with messages in Chinese in his belt.
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threatening the
Den
of force
to
he
The pin of the committee pre- vides that a procession of decorated. flats should move from St. Kilda Junction along St. Kilda road to Prince's Bridge. It is proposed ONE OF THE MOMENTS. unices
that all sections of the business the prisoners were He asked him pleasantly
community, charitable organiṇa- surrendered. These measures hand over the gun for which woro successful and the remaining assured the man he would give
|tions, and suburban municipalities DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF four European prisoners were re-
should be invited to provide floats receipt.
and also to arrange for processions leased in a sampan and embarked
lifo He got the shock of his
"THE BEST EXECUTIVE 19 THE ONE On Sunday, 24th Jung, the Catholics girls bearing garlands of in II.M.S. Whitshed.
when he found two pistols thrust wilo HAS SENSE ENGUCHI TO PICK of Hongkong will celebrate Papal, flowers and baskets of petals. Interesting stories were related into his back by two other men, GOOD MEN TO DO WHAT HE WANTS Doy. This Feast is celebrated each To add to the gaiety of the by some of the women passengera It was only then that he realised DONE, AND SELF-RESTRAINT ENOUGH year all over the Catholle world: it parade it is proposed that choral of the Shunilen on the arrival of that a piracy was afoot-Reuter.
is a day which is set aside as a mark societies should be invited to enter the ship in Shanghai to-dny.
of respect and reverence for the decorated Hosts large enough to Holy Father the Pope, Pius XI.
accommodate choirs of 50 or GO volces, as is the practice of the annual floral carnival at Nice. Brass
SHOOTING THREATS.
Mra. H. L. Warren, who
WAB
with her two year-old son, refuaed MAN & WIFE MISSING
to unlock her cabin door until
she heard the voices of two other foreign woman pleading in the corridor;
SUICIDE PACT?
FROM STEAMER
"Please open the door or we suicide-pact. n Chinese married
In what is thought to be
disappeared from
TO KEEP FROM MEDDLING WITH THEM WHILE THEY DO IT."
Li Kan and a woman named Tang
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of
WATER LEVELS.
Kin wore fined $2,000 and $1,000
CS. Rosselet, of Hongkong Amuso- the Kowloon Magistracy this morning Magistracy by Mr. Wynne-Jones this military bands, will also be respectively by Mr. Wynne-Jones at menis, was fined $10 at the Kowloon for being in possession of 10t tags morning for speading in the controlled invited to join the procession, and of oplum at No, 72 Chutham Rand, siren in Nathan Road on June 2. It Boy Scouts will be requested to lino accond floor.
was stated that defendant was going the route. at B2 miles an hour, Private Shord, Inspector Stinnen made an applica of the Lincolnshire Regiment, was couple hall be shot down,
the tion this morning before Mr. famil-fined $10 for driving a motor cycle, soon as she did so, the steamer Talahan at Capauimun ton, at the Central Magistracy, for which was not licensed, and $5 for pirates rushed in and took overy-Pass, while the vessel was on its the confinention of 60 bags of salt having no licence for himself. thing of value, including her wed- way to Hongkong from Canton, on and 24 packages of sugar found on
the steamer Tal Les, Wednesday night.
Chan Kel, 30, stated to bò aut of The cargo ding ring.
Other passengers recounted The couple, who had registered wed into the manifest; and was work, was sent to prison for three unclaimed. The application was months with hard labour by Mr. Mac- how Mrs. Handley Derry, wife of themselves in the ship's list as Mr. granted.
fadyan in the Central Magistracy the British Consul at Tsingtao, and Mm, Fung were seen on deck
this morning for the theft of a walor was struck over the head with shortly before the vessel reached the butt of a revolver when the Capaulmun Fans about 11 p.m. refused to part with some trea- Wednesday, but Inter they could
ured valuable.
not be tracch. It is feared they ind jumped overboard and wore BEBA "HAVE SOME CANDY".
drowned.
FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS
The River Conservancy Commission
Sentence of six weeks was passed tap from the second floor of No. 162 for Kwangtung Province notifies that on Li Chi, an assistant of Tanaka's, Wellington Street. It was stated by the height of water in English feet the Japancae photographers, of Kow- Detective-Sergeant C. Goodwin that in the West, North and East Rivers. loon, by Mr. Wynne-Jones at the the door was vacant for three days, is as follows: Kowloon Magistracy this morning for and when the Chinese detective, who
June 20 Júno 21 theft of three rolls of developing arrested the defendant in the street, West River at Shlubing 20.7 paper and a bottle of metal sulphito went up the floor he found water North River at Tring Bare foot running, the sound' of} Mr. Fung had given his age worth altogether $8. Defendant,running to waste in the kitchen... De- yuon
144 18.8 "cullie and two shots mingled 80 years, and that of his wife as who had been six years with.Tanaka's, fendant admitted three previous con- North River at Samshul : 14.0 14.0
(wikh yelling in Chinese 25 years.
admitted the charge.
vletlon...
East River at Shokiung.": 0.4
21.2
7.0
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Remanded from yesterday for medical observation, Chan Kau, aged 43, charged with mendicaney, 0.32 provided further comedy in the Central Police Court this morning, when he continued to curse the Indian constable who arrested him. Shortly before the Court sat, Chan Kau could be heard in the cells below. As ho came up the stops, his cries became louder and when he eventually took his place in the dock ho would not squat, në the other prisonora, but stood up and continued his tirade.
As the Magistrate, Mr. Mac- fadyen, ascended to take his scat
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Mestre, Benjamin and Potts have on the Bench, Chan Kau roso, and, received the following Straits
cur- giving a Benil-saluto, said "Allroney quotations (buyera) froni, Tight."
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· Sub-Insepctor Mist handed up a medical report, and asked for Chan's discharge, stating that the police would send him to Canton. Chan Kuu, Boemed satisfied when told of the polico decision and as
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ho left the dock on hia wobbly minutes past ten. In a few hours loga, he stood to look at the clock I will be leaving for Canton,
he said, "It is now twenty Good:
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