R. A. F. EXPANSION SCHEME
ROMISE TO WAIT FOR
GENEVA REFUSED
DISARMAMENT
DEBATE
London, July 5. In the House of Commons day, Mr. Baldwin re- sed to give an assurance at an increase in the Air orce would not be decided on before the Disarma- ent Conference had broken
wn.
He was naked in a supplementary estion, fratly, whether it was not fact that If the Air Force were rengthened, Britain would have en given an opportunity of ob- suing a Disarmament Convention, id, secondly, whether he would range that Britain's forces should qual to the fulfilment of our
the under ligations
League venant. Replying to the second of these estions. Mr. Baldwin said:-- That is, of course, a very grave sponsibility thist rests at any me on the British Government"..
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ALLEGED LIBEL & MENTAL ASYLUM
SLANDER
IN LETTER SENT TO
I. G. P.
A claim for $1,800 damages for libel and slauder was among the cases mentioned at the calling over list to the Supreme Summary Court before Mr. Justies Jacks this
OR GAOL?
M. G. CAR JOYRIDE CASE
ACCUSED FAILS TO APPEAR
Some pointed comments on the amaments situation and upon ie of security were made day by the Lord Privy Seal, Afr. inthony Eden, who expressed his anviction that If a Disarmament onvention was to be reached, it ould only be reached on the basis Chau, and defendant was Kwonki Wrancia Lee, of No.
I the British memorandum. "Thich, he emphasised, was
cheme of disarmament.
11
He did not accopt the view ometimes expressed that if only he British Government would be ore, forthcoming on the ques- lon of security, and would offer o do muro to meet the anxieties the heavily-armed Powers, a Convention could be reached with
ut further dimculty. There was security which the British Government could conceivably offer to-day which would, of Itself, enable a Disarmament Convention to be reached.
TWO KINDS.
morning.
Plaintiff was Liu Kwan, single' woman, of Sun Hing Street, Cheung
Ip, described as gentleman, of Tin San Shop, Cheung Chau.
When.
U.S.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
MOTOR PRODUCTION
INCREASES
New York, July 5. Business indices for the past week are as follows;
According to Steet magazine.
steel production was reported ne 16% of capacity, a decline of 7% from the previous week's figure.
Car Londings stood at 621,872 ears an increase of 4,223.
Automobile output for the week 80,936 Cars-4 Increase
was
of 19,660,
the summons nyninat 15 Robinson Hond, for having driven car No. Mr. M. A. da Silva of Remedios 2382 without a licence, and without & Silva, and Mr. M. W. Le, of Lethe permission of the owner, Mr. enlled before
Electric power production showed & Lo, appeared for the plaintiff and B. A. Proulx, was defendant respectively.
Mr. Hamilton, at the Central an increase of 13,000,000 kilowatt dant failed to make an appearance figure, while daily average nitro- Magistracy this morning, defen- hours over the previous week's duction was 10,100 barrels down From last weeks production.-- Swan Culbertson and Fritz.
Mr. Lo, in asking for an adjourn: and further and better ment particulars, said he had received Court. particulars of the alleged slander but not of the alleged libel.
Mr. Silva anid the circumstances
Mr. Hamilton was on the point of estreating his bail of $1,600. but Mr. C. E. 1., Grist, of Messrs.
Willkinson & Grist, appearing for
1984.
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(Queenie, David and Pearl), Programme.
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Steel-Quitar Specialty
"My Boy."
4. I Lost My Heart To You,
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Local Time and Weather Report.
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New Mayfair Orchesten. Voral Gems-Wild Violets (Stolz),
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8.30-8.10 p.m.
"An Eye-Witness Account of To- Day's Play in the Third Test Match by Howard Marshall," Relayed from Old Tafford Cricket Ground, Man- chester.
8.10.9 p.m.
"The Midland Studlo Orchestra"
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"The Shing Mun Dam."
9.30 p.m.
London 1 pan. Exchange and Com- modity Quotation,
9.20-10.32 pm,
"Beethoven's Choral Symphony."
the defence, intimated that he OVER 2,000 LOTTERY sst Symphony No. 5 in D Minor
Hamilton had
defendant from bring
were peculiar in that the libel was contained in a letter addressed to the Inspector General of Police. understand Mr It was against Government policy excused to produce in Court letters address-present in Court. el tu the 1. G. 1', and rather than |fore their hands by subpoena it would be better it his friend, Mr. Lo, would admit that the letter was written to the 1. G. P.
His Lordship adjourned the enge to chambers for further discussion.
There were two kinds of security which could be offered. The first he would call territorial security. As to this, Britain had already one as far as she could go. They Stood by the Locarno Trestien, but ' were not prepared to extend their commitments in respect of those CHIANG treaties.to_other_parts_of_Europe.
with which they were not so in-
timately concerned.
KAI-SHEK
IN NANKING
TICKETS
سم
WOMAN FINED DOLLAR
PER TICKET
Mr. Hamilton said he had er tainly not 'given permission for defendant not to appear. He had informed Mr. Hugh Jones that he would grant a week's remand when Arrested in Fat Hing Street by the facts were put before him, and a district watchman # Chineso an application made.
woman was found to have. 2,559 Mr. Grist said there must have po piu lottery tickets concealed hven some misunderstanding, be- fall over her person, cause he understood from Mr.
The woman, Chan Yau, married, Hugi Jónes that His Worship_had_| agreed to dispense with defendant's bed 31 years, was charged be |attendance.
fore Mr. Macfadyen in the Central Mr. Hamilton said that another. Police Court this, marning. She
There remained security con- nected with the Disarmament Con- GEN. HIO CIHEN ALSO thing he wished to make clear was pleaded guilty to the charge and
of
ARRIVES
that he was not interested in a was fined $2,500 with the alterna- report from any foreign deptor, tive of three months' hard labour. as he understood defendant was consuing a German doctor.
vention itself--guarantees execution. The French Govern- ment had made it clear in April
Nanking, July 6. that there were then no guarantees
De General and Madame Chiam for execution of the Convention Kai-shek arrived late last evening endnut had either to go into the having disobeyed a signal at the which would enable them to agree to any immediate measure of Ger- did also, General Ho Chien, Mental Home or into gaol, The Junction of Stabs
he would accept Morrison Gap Rend. Governor of Hunan, who proceeded only certiflente
was from u Government Medical. Bu Wing-kwong, driver of lorry The Committee on Guarantees by train from Shanghai,"
No. 1666, was fined $15 for having Chiang Kai-shek will stay here
along. Connaught Road, turking to Nanchang,
man rearmament.
Road and
of Execution was now at work in for two or three days before re-adjourned for next Friday at noon. hour Geneva, but although its report
Officer.
The hearing of the case was driven at a speed of 25 miles an
would be examined with care, they Prior to his departure for Nan- should not place too high hopes on ita effect on their present dif-king, General Ho Chien had a flesity. For while the French lengthy discussiou in Shanghai |
OTHER SUMMONSES.
Central.
(Beethoven).
Conducted by Felix Wolngartner with the London Symphony Orch. Charni Work by:
Miriam Licette, Muriel Brunskill. Hubert Eldell. Harold Williams and Chorus.
1st Movement-Allegro on non
troppo.
2nd Movement-Molto Vivace. 3rd Movement Adagio Molto. 4th Movement-Presto (With
Choral Section). (Kindly loaned by a listener). 10.32 p.m.
Press
Newz. Rugby Mid-Day Further Exchange and Commodity Quotations from London followed by New York Opening Quotations,
19.45 pm. Close Down.
WARDER TRAFFICKING-
WITH PRISONERS
Automatic Dismissal: $100 Fine
Government had hitherto consis- with Mr. T. V, Soong, concerning Was cantioned on a summons for having overtaken and passed a bus to traffic with prisoners, and traf
tently refused to agree to any im- the National Economic Council's Hunan mediate measure of German rear-construction plans in
Province. The discussion was mament, the Germán, Government
centred on financing the con- had made it no less clear that they would not agree to a Convention struction of a highway. system. which did not give them some immediate rearmament.
A WIDE GULF,
Central News,
into an instru
BRITAIN TAKES RISK.
.
the
! Yu Man, driver of n P. W. n.. Lt. L. P. Moore, II. M S. Proteus, ear
"I regard this as vory. serious. No. 872, was fined $20 for This is, in my opinion, an attempt having left his car,. No, 3144, unattended in Pedder Street out side the Union Insurance Company for eight minutes. Defendant had n-elear record.
is
yourse put these things
and a tramcur in Whitfield, West Beking with prisoners in any form of the Bay View l'olice Station.
very serious contravention of Trulle Sergeant Morris stated prison discipline," said Mr. J. W. that it was a particularly dangerous Franks, Superintendent, of Prisons. case of overtaking, because the bus when Warder Feroz Khan, aged Chan Yuet-fat, residing at No, was immediately behind the tram- 24, appeared before Mr. Macfadyen 116 Caine Road, was also cautioned car, and defendant could not have this morning charged with taking en a sunimóns of having overtaken seCH if anybody had run out inn-letter and two hoxes of Chinese and passed a moving tramenr infront of the tramear.
medicino pills into Victoria Gaol Whitfeld just past the Conference
Bay View Defendant admitted a previous without the authority of the There, then, was galf-wide ment for another purpose.
Police Station. Ho had a clear conviction for dangers driving. Superintendent. record. and deep and not bridgeable by
Altogether 27 summonses were Defendant pleaded guilty. K. C. Lang, residing at No. 1 dealt with, the majority being any security offer that the British
Acting Assistant Chief Warder Government could conceivably We almost alone among
Morrison Gap Rond, third floor, against lorry drivers for carrying Paice said accused was searched great Powers of Europe have was cautioned on a summons of excess loads. make.
He produced yesterday at 1:10. "The truth is," said Mr. Eden, persisted in pursuance of the
two boxes of pills and a paper "that for some months while our original goal of the Conference,
containing Chinese characters. concern in Britain has been om- namely disarmament. I say this
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
The Magistrate: 1 understand phatically to seek the fulfilment in no self-righteous spirit. Mere
that under the acction a conviction of the true work of the Disarma- self-interest, to cite but the lowest.
entails dismissal. OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT IS MORE There was a clean bill of health in mont Conference,
the motive, gives us special interest CRUEL THAN A TIGER--Confucius. namely
Mr. Franks: Dismissal is automa- |the Colony on Wednesday, realleation of'a Convention, the
tic if in the success of the Conference,
Worship convicts. minds of other great European if only because we have disarmed
Nowa has been received in the Powers, whether consciously or so much airendy....... It
Whilst working at Morrison into my pocket," and defendant. Colony that Mr. Alfred Morris, who yesterday, a woman, Cheung Mai, of UX- not consciously, have been other- nggeration whatever to say that recently left by the Empress of No. 16 Jardine's Bazaar, sustained sion to bring them into the prison. Mr. Franks: He, had no permis- nyise bent.. Germany has been oc in so doing we have disarmed to Japan, arrived at Southampton yes Injuries as the result of a fall and We had his boxes searched' when cupied with consideration of her the edge of risk.
terday. own rearmament for what
The man was aho
suspicion claims to be purposes of national
marched because we discovered the defence. France has been pre- "I am quite confident that there In altempting to alight from
prisonera
In the laundry paying Occupled with the problem of is no nation at present which looks motorbus on the Taun Wan Road yes-
"I came back to see a doctor about particular attention to his clothing security, made more intense and upon the armaments of Britain terday, while the vehicle was still in Immediate for her by the know-with suspicion. On the contrary, antion. Chung Kec, aged 38 years, fool," said Chan Luk, aged 81; which seemed rather suspicious.
He added that a rough transla- Tell and sustained injuries necessitat- who was charged before Mr. Lee at: lodge of the German rearmament if there is anxiety at all in respect is removal tu Kowloon flat the Kowloon Magatracy this morning tion of the letter showed that the
of our armaments, it is rather for treatment.
with returning before the expiration bearer was to be paid $10 for two at 10 years. He was sentenced to boxes of pills. They found in his "Italy, pursuing a polley which doubt, leat, having reduced them
Fix months. alie clalma Lo be essentially so far in a world which has been
boxes another, letter written in A book that should prove of con- realist, has come
armaments. to rogard dis- increasing its
Weiderable interest to horse lovers is
English by a Singapore deportee Com- The Women's Auxiliary of the who had since been released. This armament as something, which should not be in a position to to Te published next month.
pro- Society for the Protection of Children deportec tould speak and write cannot now be roalised and has fulfil the committments we have piled by Col. D. G. Kozikis. urged limitation at the present undertaken."
prietor of the St. George's Hiding desire to acknowledgo with grateful Buently. level-n solution which, in addi.
Mr. Eden added that while they Academy, it will contain elementary thanks the following donations: Mrs.
"The circumstances show that tho tion to its unsatisfactory churae were as anxious as ever to restine rules and advice on the freeping of S. W. T'ao, $50; Mrs. Teot Cheung, tor would be in practice no hard Disarmament Convention, this ponies. There will also be instruc- $601. Mrs. Wong Cho-chor, $20; Mradofondant was taking these things
ona, pertaining to trealment to realise as disarmament itself, could only be done as the result of cases of liners, feeding, growing, ho, $204 Mra. Tael Yat-ho, 820. Mrs.
in Wong Hak-king, $20; Mr. Taal Yat in not for himself" he concluded. The Magistrate imposed a fine of Russia has been concerned to agreement between nations-watering, training, and stabling in Wong Cho-tong, 310; Mira, Taol Wal-3100 or, in default, two months"
local climatle conditions.
hard labour. shu, $10. chango thà whole character of British Wireleas
-claims.
NO SUSPICION,
is no
was sent to the Hospital.
Government Civil
arose.
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BAYER
BURGLAR OUT OF
LUCK
CAUGHT WITH STOLEN GOODS
AND
HAWKER
CONSTABLE
ASSAULT CHARGE
PROVED
Lam Chung-hue, unemployed, Just as everything cemed to be going along nicely, a burglar's was charged before Mr. Hamilton, scheme was spoilt by the return at the Central Magistracy this of an old woman who was wide morning, with having hawked pre- awake enough to recognise a lea-served fruit without a licence, and ther case belonging to her son, with assaulting an Indian 'con- and had him arrested.
stable in Leighton Hill Road This was related to Mr. Lee at yesterday.
Defendant denied bath sum tho
this Kowloon Magistraty morning by Inspector Mair who monsts, saying that his mother. charged Kwong Chol, aged 13, un was carrying the bags of fruit, and employed, with breaking into No. he was following behind. The 4. Hong Lok Street and stealing constable struck him on his head. brown leather case containing 14 and in so doing damaged his watch.
Karkar Singh, an Indian cone, pieces of clothing costing $12 and $35 in cash.
stable, stated that he grrested de- Defendant, it was alleged, prised fendant who was selling olives, open
the lack of the door and gained Defendant siruck him on the face, Admittance into a cubicle where he and a struggle ensued. during obtained the case and the clothing, which his watch was damaged. The money was in the case. He Mr. Hamilton convicted and was strolling casually down the fined defendant $4 or in default stairs when he met an old woman seven days on the first count and named L Ng, the mother of Fung }$25 or in default ono month on the Pan, who owned the money, the charge of assaults o clothing and the cane, Share-
cognised the case and stopped dofondant was taken into custody him. A constable wanaout "On "pleading, guilty, defendant for and after further Inquiries, I was sentenced to four months.
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