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POLITIKO 1891 三拜疆號二廿月八英港香 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1934.

No. 14351

NULLAH TRIAL TERMINATION

JURY FAIL TO

AGREE

ASTONISHMENT IN COURT

FRESH HEARING

NECESSARY

The jury in the nullah out rage murder trial brought| the proceedings to a drama-

tic end this afternoon when the foreman announced that| they were unable to agree upon their verdict.

This climax to long proceedings zaused a mild sensation among! the spectators, composed largely i of Europeans. -

The jury were deliberating on the case for two and three-quarter hours returning to announce their Inability to agree,

:

MARTIAL LAW IN VIENNA

Order Lifted At Midnight

Vienna, Aug. 22.

The state of martial law in the Vienna district which has beer in force since the attempted Nazi putsch In July, was lifted at midnight,

Reuter.

BOWES AND

TEST

AN EMERGENCY OPERATION

HELD OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE

日三十月七

SENSATIONAL STORY OF N.Y. GANG ROBBERS' COUP

BROAD DAYLIGHT STREET HOLD-UP

BRILLIANTLY PLANNED

,

OUTRAGE

$427,444 IN CASH STOLEN

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Rainbow, the 'probable defender of the America's Cup, which is to be equipped with a flexible boom simit

lar to that of Endeavour.

New York, Aug. 21, Police and coastguard contingents along the entire coasts of New York State and New Jersey are engaged in the intensive hunt for the MASKED

gang responsible for this! morning's sensational hold- up coup.

Is Lordship the Chief Justice pointed out the seriousness of the An emergency' operation was failure and asked the foreman yesterday performed on Bowes, (Mr. E. W. Blackmore) whether by the Yorkshire and England fast taking a little longer time for bowler, in the hope that he may discussion between them, the be able to play in the remaining scouring the metropolitan aren for jury might ronch unanimity. atages of the Fifth Test, although

opinion that he was afraid they

The authorities used, neroplanes, spoedboats and automblies while

Stanley Jackson, states Reu- the bandits, who are believed to be

RIDERS

IN ALGIERS

COUNTRYSIDE TERRORISED

H.K. TRADE GLOOM

STRIKING JULY FIGURES

•NEW LOW RECORD

ESTABLISHED

Hongkong's trade returns for July reveal that imports and ex- ports were lower than in any one month for a number of years, with the exception of the short month of February this year.

The sterling value of imports was lower than in February.

The Statistical Office of the In ports and Exports Department states that the total imports of merchandise into the Colony in the month amount ed to a declared value of 329.7 millions: (£2.2 millions), as compared with $38.7 millions (£27 millions) In July of 1933: a decrease in terms of locat currency of 23.37%.

Exports of merchandise totalled $23,2 millions (£1.7 millions). по against

millions $28.7

(£2.0 millions): a decrease of 19.1%.

For the first seven months of 1934, Imports totalled $225.2 milliona (10.4 millions), as compared with $207.0 millions (£10.7 millions) in the corresponding period of 1933, a decrease of 24.3% while Exports were valued at $180.3 millions £13.2 millions), as compared with $240.3 willions (210.0 millions) In the cor

Continued on. Page. 5.).

Mr. Blackmore expressed the ter, indicates that the appearance eleven in number and who are like ARAB BANDS ON réponding period of 1933, a decrease were likely to remain of their pre-of either Bowes or Ames is very | ly now to have scattered: Hent way of thinking, and the uncertain. jury was then discharged.

No date was fixed for the new trial that will be necessary, but the Chief Justice emphasised the urgency of the matter.

General feeling in London, how- ever, that little importance at taches now, except perhaps to reduce the margin of defeat.

England's hope of retrieving (The summing-up will be found cricket fame and fortune virtually in Page 5).

ended yesterday morning when the first five batsmen were sent back to the pavillon for the add tion of fifty-two runs.

AMY JOINS THE

AIR MAIL

PRACTICE FOR RACE TO AUSTRALIA

Rebe

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Ordinance, 1291. Brceived Amprat

London, Aug. 21. Mrs. Amy Mollison has accept ed a post as commercial air pilot.

FEEBLE BATTING........

There was

no question about the feebleness of the English batting yesterday. Walters, Sut- cliffe. Hammond and Woolley all fell victims to poor strokes, while Wyatt's false judgment lost him his wicket.

After nightfall, the aeroplanes had, of course, to be withdrawn as of no further assistance, but the remainder of the police resources continued the hunt remorselessly.

$427,000 IN CASH.

reports of the total loss was exag gerated, though the coup was sey- sational enough_und_represents the. biggest single cash haul in the modern history of American or ganised crime.

It now appears that the earlier

cash is missing as the result of the A total of $427,444 in actual hold-up. There were no securitics. It appears that the 32,000,000 pre- viously mentioned represented Walters cocked up a simple one the loss in the Rondout railway

to Kippax in the slips, and robbery, when $800,000 in cash Sutcliffe was netually guilty of and $1,700,000 in securities were "nibbling," and paid the

price. stolen. Woolley shaped but half-heartedly to a ball and offered McCabe a "dolly" entch. Hammond made a wretched stroke.

As always, the Australian feld- She will be the first woman ing was par excellence. Not pllot to be employed on the Im-single chance was allowed to slip parisi Airways' cross-Channel by. Oldfield's wicket-keoping was masterly in the extreme, again emphasising him as the stumper in the world to-day.

services.

It is understood that the famous aviatrix desires to got the maximum flying practice possible in preparaton for the London- Melbourne Air Race to begin in October next--Router Speciol.

TRAIN. BANDITS MAKE

LARGE HAUL

Another Daring Outrage in Manchuria

A

.IN PUBLIC STREETI Details of the machine-gun coup alow that it occurred outside the offices of the Rubel Ice Company ain Brooklyn' at noon to-day,

The armoured 'ear containing the money pulled up in front of the Ice Company to pick up the finest payroll after having made a series

of similar collections, in neighbourhood.

There is no doubt that the move- been carefully atudied for perhaps ments of the armoured car had weeks before.

GANG WAITING.

3

LEYLAND'S SIX,

O'Reilly which produced a six, Leyland's tremendous hit off was said by many critics to be one of the finest strokes ever made at the Oval. To add injury to the Insult. O'Reilly shortly afterwards felded a very hot drive by the Yorkshireman and hurt his hand. there was nothing to give rise to The dominance of Bradman and already on the spot awaiting ita suspicion, the bandit gang were McCabe late in the afternoon was appearance." easily the feature of the day's play. Bradman, with his hand bandaged. went to the wicket at a time when Clark was making his leg-theory very effective.

Shanhaikwan, Aug. 21.

BRADMAN RETALIATES, passenger train bound for Mukden was yesterday, attacked Bradman met attack with attack 'by a bandit gang near Sulchung, and receiving Clark's first ball to

"WARPATH"

(Special to "Talograph")

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ENGLAND'S TEST

INVALIDS

OUT AGAIN

ENGLE OOTY 10`CHIE HLOS PEL ANNUM

DUNLOP Fort

In a class by itself

FORT

BROWN SHIRTS RESISTED

COLOMBO ON THE

HEATH AGAIN

Likely To Be Fit For St. Loger

London, Aug. 21. Hope has been revived that Colombo will be fit for the St. Leger. He was exercised at Newmarket Heath to-day for the first time since his injury and was given a good bout of trotting.

Captain Hogg, Colombo's trainer, states that the horse will be resuming · normal work to-morrow-Bentce,

SUN HELMET

ON LAKE

CLUE TO MISSING EXPLORERS ?

HOPE FOR BRITONS ABANDONED

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Nairobi, Aug. 21.

STREET

FIGHTS IN

BERLIN

FIRST “REVOLT" FOR A YEAR

CONVERSION ARRESTS

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Berlin, Aug. 22. Openstreet resistance to the Brown Shirts by men of

the working classes occurred

in Berlin yesterday for the first time since the Novem- ber elections of 1933...

This somewhat startling de- velopment, it is reliably learned, in one of the results of the com-, mencement of "measures" to con vert the erring ten per cent of the Doople to Hitlericm.

The conversion campaign" has already begun and it is reported, that many arrests have been offcet- ed in the working class districts

the outskirts of Berlin, pre Bumably of known opponents of; the Hitler regime who may have been supposed to have voted "Nein on Sunday,

on

WORKERS RESIST.

In consequence of the discovery of a sun helmet floating upon a Street fighting did not assume serious proportions, onsisting remote, lake, acroplanes search- chiefly of minor and sporadie in-

Algiers, Aug. 21.. NOT LIKELY TO TURNing for traces of two missingcidente. Many workers were ob British scientists, scoured the Troopers, refusing to obey orders

served milling with Encouraged by the recent

the Storm outbreak of rioting in Con-

surrounding area extensively to- from the Brown Shirt headquar London, Aug-21 day:- stantine, armed and masked Neither Ames nor Bowes is like-

tars, while by sheer fisticuffs com- bands of Arabs are terroris-y to take any further part in the The hunt, however, proved fruit- polling the regular police to take ing the whole countryside in tand's five leading batsmen made boat in a storm and were drowned, Fifth Test match, in which Eng the explorers were caught in a lose and it is now presumed that

notice.

VOTE ANALYSIS. pillaging raids.

a sorry mess of things this morn their bodies, probably, being devotes has established that at least The Nazi analysis of the election voured by crocodiles. Amea' injury turns out to be

two million of the four million

looting

British Wireless,

U.S. FOREST FIRE

The supposed victims are Dr.

districts.

The gangs are operating in truc ing. highwaymen fashion, farnis and waylaying travellers on sudden attack of lumbago and Z. W. Dyson, well-known anthro: people who voted "No" on Sun- the roads and taking all their Bows as developed stalapologist, and Mr. W. . . t day, were residents in the Catholic belongings.ant.

The latest in

an expert surveyor. a long series of

chiefly in the Rhineland, and this knowledge is being mader outrages occurred ta-day. at

They set out in connexion with the signal for a big effort to bring Tocqueville, some sixty miles from

the lake. Rudolf and Rift Valley the the city of Constantine.

Expedition on August 4 and have not since been soon. In this Incident, a gang of armed hooded robbers swooped down. upon the entire-

community. plundering the houses and robbing| persons in the streets, afterwards decamping into the mountains with their booty-Reuter Special,

£100 FINE ON SHANGHAI BRITON

TWO SERIOUSLY

· INJURED

(Special to "Telegraph">

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Catholics to the Nazi

fold.

parties

Aeroplanes and land

The other two million members have cooporated In search for of the opposition" are largely traces of their whereabouts, but from Berlin, Hamburg and other. hopes for their safety have now Socialists admit that these will be large cities, and the National been abandoned.-Reuter Special.

harder to convince of Nazi idealism.

22, 1.08 ince, 1883. Raza At MORE. TREASURE ANTI-CHURCH SUMMONS.

pim

New York, Aug. 22. The great forest fire in the California lumber districts has at last been brought under control. Two fire-fighters were seriously. hospital-United Press.

For Dangerous Driving injured and have been sent to

L

PERRY AND WILDE

DEFEATED.

When the car arrived, although Under Influence of Liquor

Shanghai, Aug. 22. The third Briton within a fow months to be found guilty on the same charges, E.W. Westwood was yesterday ordered to pay the maximum fine of 250 on a charge of driving a motorcar under the GO influence of liquor.

He was fined a further £50 for reckless and dangerous driving i and

F. J. Porry and F. H. D. Wilde without a licence.

In the event of default of phy of the American open doubles wore defeated in the second round ment of the fines on the first two championship, yesterday.

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Two of the armed guards from the vehicle attempted to enter the Rubel Ice Company office, where- upon a bandit, disguised workman, drew a sub-machine-gun from beneath his apron brought thom to a halt.

the In

meantime, another

DOWN TO TWO YOUNGSTERS

A prison sentence of two months wards were outplayed by two of the younger school af American tennis players, Gene Mako and LUANHO AGAIN IN Budge. Further details of the play will be found in the Sports FLOOD

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FROM SEA

"EGYPT" GIVES UP HER GOLD

A smashing challenge to Hitler's campaign to convert the two- million Catholle "No" voters to National Socialism appears to-day in the official Catholic Church journal, which reprints the aum mons of the Hitler Youth Leader. August Hoppe, as follows:

London, Aug. 21. Gold bullion valued at about "We must summan all forces for $162,000 was brought to Plymouth the final battle against Christian to-day by the Italian salvage ship, ity Germans free yourselves Artiglio, from the wreck of the from the domination of the priests. liner "Egypt" which, sank, off who are alien to the Citadel and Ushant over twelve years ago exploitation.

will only deliver you to Jewish after a collision in fog.

The

consigamont

reaching

The Catholic organ is demand- Plymouth consists of 38 bars of ing an explanation of the mess ourcos, 18 bara of 371⁄2 ounces and 400 ounces each, 44 bars of 100 | age-United Presa, . fifteen thousand sovereigna.

Practically all the gold valued

at over £1,000,000 lost when the

Numbering about eighty, they him on the leg, executed a mighty bandit armed with a machine-gun, charges, he would, have to serve. They won the first sot but after "Egynt" sank in a depth of 400 succeeded in seizing control of the hit which sont, the ball sizzling who had taken up à position in train after exchanging fire with through the five fieldsmen around

an ice-cart parked in the street,. the train guards.

his leg stump.

had suddenly uncovered the 'wan- Passengers' baggage

The effect upon Clark's bowling pon and had covered the driver. thoroughly looted and all com- was electrical. Ho, lost accuracy of the amoured car, who could pelled to hand over thoir valuables and length and thereafter could offer no resistance. before the train was allowed to make no Impression. Bradman, resume its journey to Mukden;" ignoring his hand, which had been

Central Nowa.

through

bo

QUICK GETAWAY,

In a trice, companions of the

No passonger was kidnapped, rather sovorely brulsod but the bandit haut fa, bolloved to be fielding batted masterly two bandits who made the first to the value of $160,000.- fashion. McCabe, novor In moves in the coup, had rifled the difficulties, supported him to the car of its entire contents In cash, full.

and the whole party had made, s The weather forecast for clean getaway in three high- 'OCCASIONAL `RAIN `. day, fe:---Mainly fair. There is, The Royal Observatory reports saya Reuter, a alight chance of powered automobiles. that pressure Is highest over the showers: Paelic to the East of Japan, and relatively low China sa over the Northern

| Local: forecast :—Fas winds moderate; cloudy, occasional rain,

They were pursued, but the bandits left the chase far behind The P and O. s. Ranpura loft and on reaching Gravesend Bay Shanghai for this Port on the Eist Instant at p.m. and is dus hers on took to watting speedboat and the 26th instant al about 7 a.m. disappeared-United Presi:

Tientain, Aug. 22. The Luanho River is again in

feet has now been recovered.*** Work has extended over six Beasons, the first two of which were occupied. In locating the wreek, Work was further delayed when the first Artiglio and its crow of experts were lost in an explosion which occurred in nn] other wreck soon -after the

British Wirelens.

flood. Dykes along the river have DOUG. IN HOLLYWOOD "Egypt" had been located burst at five points submerging twelve villages and destroying

yun district are reported to have - properties. : Crops in the Feng-

boon completely ruined by Blood# water-Central News.

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