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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1934.

GRAND PRIX SOVIET

TRAGEDY THROWS

BACK CHALLENGE

MR. H.C. HAMILTON KILLED

CRASH ON THE LAST LAP

Berne, Aug. 26: Mr. H. C. Hamilton, one of the most prominent of Bri-! tish racing motorists, was instantly killed in a smash in the Swiss Grand Prix this! afternoon.

Mr. Hamilton had been driving magnificently in an exceedingly fast race and has just entered the last np of the course when the disaster occurred.

HIB powerful car skidded violently on a bond, ran out of control and crashed into a tree.

Mr. Hamilton was taken from the wreckage, but was already dead.

A piece of the tree fell and struck one of the spectators, who was sent to hospital with a frac tured skull in a serious condition The victim of the tragedy was driving a Maserati entered in the race by Mr. Whitney Straight- Reuter.

BICYCLE THEFT

SIX WEEKS' SENTENCE PASSED

BANDIT DESTRUCTION ON THE C.ER.

PERMITTED - BY “GUARDS"

Moscow, Aug. 26.

BUILDING COLLAPSE

FAMOUS MOSQUE

IMPERILLED

HUGE MASS OF MASONRY CRASHES

(Spania). to "Tatograph")

(By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphis Mom ed Ordinamos,

"Foovived" "Avomat BT, TAL AME

Istanbul, Aug. 26.

The famous mosque, of

bádly

It is learned from Harbin that Saint Sophia was a complaint implying that the shaken yesterday and there troops entrusted with the task of was grave peril momentarily guarding the Chinese Eastern of a collapse. Railway from bandit incursions

are conniving at its destruction, Workmen.clearing away debris has been made by the Soviet from the adjoining Law Courts Vice-Chairman of the CER. which were destroyed by fire early Board, M. Kuznetsoff.

this year, were indirectly respon-

ол.

The allegation is made in the sible. course of a statement addressed They had domolished two big by M. Kuznetsoff to the Man-walls of the Law Courts when the churian Chairman of the Board of supporting .columns in the base the C..E. R. and the Manchurian mont collapsed and a huge mass of Government representative there- stone and masonry became dis- lodged and crashed to the ground The Soviet Government repre- close to the Mosque, rocking the sentative declares that he has re-old building to its foundations. peatedly, made

Luckily a strong iron bar wall representations upon the fact of the failure of the acted as a buttress and saved the. troops to carry out their duties Mosque from destruction-Renter

Special. but without result.

U.S. MONETARY POLICY

He declares that the troops have not been fulfilling their maln function which is to prevent bandits from entering the zone of the C.E.R. and to secure the safety of the employees of the rallway. ARMOURED TRAINS NOT USED. BUILDING UP SILVER

Three special semi-armoured

RESERVE. trains which were specially provid-| ed to guard the line as the result

Washington, Aug. 26. of his representationa Are not The Government's monetary being used by the troops,

polley will, it is expected, be re- The trouble does not lie in the latively conservative for the next. incapacity of the military author-four months. The Treasury la Itles to deal with the bandits, but proceeding systematically to build in their failure to employ their up a 25% silver reserve. Gold exports to meet the weakness in the dollar will continue. Unified supervision of all banks will be by the Administration. Bought During the absence on casual leave Experts are studying all possible of Mr. H. T. Brooks the Deputy FeSuperintendent and Inspection Officer devices to prevent disastrous in-

M. J. C. Fitz Henry will

sallation; officials are convinced that Defendant was sentenced to six Superintendent in addition his adequate controls are available.--

other duties.

Swan, Culbertonu and, Fritz.

Hui Fong, 22, WAB charged before Mr.. Wynne-Jones at tho Kowloon Magistracy this morning with stealing a bicycle.

Defendant hired the bicycle from shop at No. 21 Chatham resources.--Reuter. Road for an hour, but did not return it. The Police found him 16 Matauwai Road. He ut No. had given a wrong address to the shop, but the bicycle was covered.

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