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BADOGLIO REVIEWS HIS ARMY

20,000 MARCH PAST. "VICEROY".

THURSDAY, MAY 11,

1936.

Strikers Stone INFLATION

Athens Trams

MINOR CLASHES. IN GREEK CAPITAL

Athens, May 13. The twenty-four hours striko passed off quietly in the provinces Addis Ababa, May 13. and is considered to have been unsue. Field Marshal Budoglio held a re-cessful except at Patras Calamata view of troops here yesterday, in Volo, where shops and work were which 20,000 men marched past, giv-closed. Attempts by strikers to create ing the Fascist salute.

trouble were not succcenful.

The Italian flag flow from the

Royal Palace and salute of twenty- In Athens, the strikers waylaid and

one fans was fired.

stoned tramcars and did damage to In a terse speech, Marshal Badoglia shops in the main streets. There sald:-You, at my command, have were minor cinsties between the conquerul Abyssinin for Italy.strikers and the police-Bruter's Words are useless; nction has brought | Bulletin Service, us victory."

It is reported that many Ethiopian chiefs were present at the parade

the guests of the Italians. Reuters Bulletin Service.

ELK

ROUNDING UP "GANG RATS"

WASHINGTON STARTS NEW DRIVE

Washington, May 13, The Chief of the G-Men. Mr. Edgar Hoover, has urdered his men "to get the bond and Jewel rackelrers." The Federal agents will go out to smash the gangs dealing In stolen valuables.

PENANG CHINESE

WEDDING

WELL-KNOWN

FAMILIES

FORCES' SUCCESS

FRAZIER-LEMKE BILL PROGRESSES

Washington, May 1, The proponents of inflation won the first, test in the Frazier-Lemke Farm Mortgage Bill's hearings in the House of Representatives today, on an Administration had opposed. unimportant amendment which the

to substitute the Bill with another An earlier Administration attempt farm measure failed when Represen tative Clifton Woodrum, Democrat of Virginia, ruled such, a procedure out of order.

Representative Marvin Jones, Demo- crat of Texas, proposed a substitute carrying less drastic and Indirect inflation permitting the Federal In- termediate credit banks to issue $2,000,000,000 h notes secured by | G$800,000,000 from the Stabilisation fund.

The lenders of the House are seriously worried over the prospects for the passage of the Bill. Two well-known families of Penang

The speaker of the will be united, when Mr. Choong Joseph W. Byrns, spoke personally to House, Mr. Min-fatt, Secretary of the Chinese the House and read a letter from Mr. Consulate, is married to Miss Por Joe Willians Green, the Chairman of the daughter of the late Mr. Por American Federation of Labour. Yam-hong and Mrs. Por Yam-hong.arging Labour's friends to

nt

has been

the Chinese Town Hall Mr. Choonge vital on May 24. attached to the Chinese Consulate for the past 13 years is the only son of the Yew-neng. He is a very popular Inte Mr. and Mrs. Choong

Since the million dollar kidnapping Misa Por is a brilliant English and member of the younger set of f'enang. "racket" has been suppressed that Chinese scholar. She was until re crime is "definitely out of the why.cently a pupli of the Convent and the at least for a while, Mr. Hoover Yeok Lum School. says. This means that many agents heretofore tied up in detail work in that connection will be available for

other tasks,

"We won't stop until the rest of the rats are placed in prison," Mr. Hoover proclaims.-United Press,

NAVY RATINGS ARRIVE

OVER 300 ABOARD H.M.S. DAUNTLESS

Consul, Pennug, wil officiate at the Mr. Shu An-chi, Eleve Chinese wedding.

EAST INDIES COMMAND

vote

against the Frazier-Lande Bill,

This letter gave ucension for some consternation among the Bill's up- porters.-United Prena.

AMY MOLLISON

AT CAIRO

NEXT HOP WILL BE TO MALTA

Cairo, May 13. London, May 13. Amy Mollison, who is attempting The Admiralty announces that to break the record for a flight from owing to illness Vice-Admiral F. F the Cape to England, after her Rose, Commander-in-Chief, East Auccess on the reverse route, landed Indles, is returning to the United | here from Khartoum at 8 pan. to-day. Kingdom. On his departure Captain

The airwoman's next stop is Malta. J; G. Grace is to assunte teinpora make a direct flight to England.—

after which she will endeavour command, and his appointment as sculor naval officer in the Persian Gulf is to be regarded as an independent command until successor to Ad- miral Rose arrives-British Wire- ICAR,

A number of reliefs for the Chinn Station, including 305 ratings, ar rives here this morning "aboard H.M.S. Dauntless. The cruiser, which

CLIPPER SAILS escorted the P. and O. liner Ranpura. enrrying the Chinese art treasures, from Colombo on her way nut Here,

Alameda, May 13. has on beard the following, officer Wake Island at 9.40, a.m. to-day and The China Clipper left Midway for reliefs: Lieut. D. A. H. Hornell, A/Cumer (T) P. S. Booth, HMS H.M.S. Duncan, (Vice Lt.Cdr. Bratt); the Hawaiian Clipper left Wake fo Medway, (Vice Gar. (1) Savage);

United Press. Lieut. It. T. Gardiner, IL.M.S. Duncan (N), (Vice Lt.Cdr. Alexander);: Lieut. T. I. Canning, IL.M.S. Medway, (as spare S/0); Lieut.-Cdr. J. New- ton, IL.M.S. Medwny, (Vice Livut, K. Brindley): Lieut. P. II. Matheson,

THE NOBLEST MIND THE DEST CON- H.M.S. Ber. (Vice Li-Cdr. Torback); Surg-Lieut. W. F. Viret, H.M.STENTMENT HAS. Spenser,

Tern; A/Gunner R. C. Oliver, HMS,

Reuter's Bulletin Service.

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A British Wireless message says she will beat the existing recerc for the Cape to England fight if she | reaches Croydon before 3 a.m. on Sunday, but newspapers think she may complete her fight to-day,

OFF FOR ATHENS

Cairo, May 14. Mrs. Amy Mollison hopped off for Athens at 3.11 a.m. Greenwich Time,

Midway Island about an hour later to-day. She will not stop at Malta.

--Reuter.

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

the

One case of Measles was reported to the local Health authorities 011 Tuesday.

to-ending at 10 a.m. to-day, totalled 0.11-th. The total since January

Sandwich, (Vice Gnr. Deuchar); Pay.- An amended notice states that Lieut. L, Lumley, H.M.S. Bec, (Vice P. and O. liner Rajputana is due Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours Pay.-11. Coloman); Lieut. E. 0, here from Shanghai ht noon Bickford, HALS. Odin. (Vice Lient, morrow. Fraser); Lieut. (E) J. E. Achery, H.M.S.Hermes," (Vice-Lient, (E)-

An unclaimed telegram-addressed of-15,12-inches. Andrews); A/Gunner J. G. Moses, to Ralph Graham, .s. Empress of H.M.S. Folkestone,

Russia, Tron London, is lying at the

1 is 9.72 inches, against an average

The Dauntless will leave for Woo-Eastern Extension Telegraph Com-steamer Rinshan, was admitted to the sung with the Ranpura at 5 pin, to-pany's office. day, will go on to Shanghai and Welhalwal before returning to Home!

Fau Tai-hung, 17, a printer at the waters with the officers and men who Sun Wah Printing works, Kennedy are to be relieved,

Town, was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday suffering from crushed right hand, caused when it was caught in a printing machine.

TELEPHONE WIRE THEFTS

MAN CAUGHT IN

THE ACT

A seaman, Chan Wing, from the Government Civil Hospital about 1 p.m. yesterday suffering from a stab wound inficted by another seaman on board the steamer.

Mr. G. B. Gifford Hull, engineer in charge of the dam construction, re- ports that there are 60,000,000 gal. lons of water in the Shing Munre

A fine of $5 was imposed by Mr.servoirs and another 11 inches of Balfour at the Central Magistracy rain, representing $40,000,000 gallons, capacity this morning on Cheung Shiu, 27, for would be needed to reach tamaging growing trees on the side

point.

of Kennedy Rond. Sub-Inspector. Mombers of the Kowloon Cricket Johnson said defendant picked the leaves for medicine for a sick child.

Club are reminded that the presenta- tennis, tion of prizes for cricket. bowls and billiards will take plure next Saturday at 9.15 p.m. In cont nection with this, a very fine cabaret concert is being arranged by Mlessta, Grenham and Simpson, Lady and vited, and there will be no charge for gentlemen friends of members are in-

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"I think the defendant must be the sole. perpetrator, because since his Itemarking that he wanted evidence arrest there has been a more thefts," of the Ruding Mr. Balfour t the commented Detective Sergeant. Central Magistracy this morning ad- Cashman in the Central Police Court Joined until to-morrow an applica- this morning when llo Chuen, ulian tion made by 1.0. Grimmitt for the llo Kain, appeared on remand before confiscation of 900 tanis of prepared Mr. Halfour, charged with the theft opium found in a sampau ut the admission. of two telephone wires from 180, Des | bottom of the harbour. The confisca Voeux Road West.

tion of the pampan was also applied On Mr. A. N. Braudie, of the Hong-for.

charges of escaping from kong Telephone

Lalchikok Prison on August 14 and Company, was the complainant.

Det-Sergi Cant

Himsworth at the Kowloon stated that posed by Mr. Balfour at the Central Magi

thin murning. Chief at 4.45 am. on May 10 two Chinese Magistracy this morning on

Magistracy constables on special plain clothes duly Ki, 24, for the theft of a canvas bed defendant was arrested in Canton

Chan Detective Inspector J. Murphy said Faw the defendant outside No. 160 from 21, Wing Lok Street, Sub-Insp. the local police and sent down to by examining the front door. They con Johnson was for the prosecution. Hongkong. He had a very bad record. ecaled themselves and saw the defen: Hemanded from yesterday, Cheng Total sentences of 12 months' hari dant cilmb up a barred window and Wing-chan, 20, unemployed. pull down two wires. He was climb-bound over for stealing two yards of 24,

was inbour were imposed, to start on July when defendant's original ing a second window when he was arrested and taken to West Point repo from the Fancy Bazaar, 42, sentence expires,

Queen's Road Central Sub-Inspector police station. During the last six Sabey prosecuted, weeks 100 telephone wires had been damaged and people had been greatly. inconvenienced. He asked his Wor ship to take a serious view of the

by Three monthin' hard labour passed,

One month's hard labour was im- Mr. E.

theft, Wong Sing, 29, appeared before

CRAC.

HUGE FLOATING DOCK

Was

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Balfour

Complaints made to the Wanchal Police by realdonts in Jaffe Road and Sang, GO Chung

years,

was Tonnachy Road of football being sentenced to six mouths' hard labour played in the street resulted in a rad

Mr.

at the Central being made yesterday and two youths, Magistracy, this morning for com- Chang Chung, 17, and Taol Fun, 18, mitting a breach of the hope ton bingered

Schofield, at They Ordinance. He was banished for ten appeared before Mr. W. years in July, 1931. Another man, the Central Magistracy this morning, Ghung Tin. "37, arrested for begging and wore each fined $. Inspector 8. for food at Queen Victoria Street was Logan said windows in soveral found to be returned banishec.houses had been broken as a result Sentence of four months' hard labour of Inds playing football. was passed. Sub-Inspector A Johnson prosecuted.

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The Hongkong Working Artists'); Guild is convoning a gathering of At the Kowloon Magistracy this members and friends at the Cecil morning, Mr. E. Hinsworth granted Hotel on Friday (15th instant) at G a 48 hours remand, on the applica- p.m. to see the mural decorations of Washington, May 13.)

tion of Det Sorgt. A: Kinnear, when the ball room by Mr. Wong Sui-ling. The United States Navy is ready an unemployed seaman, Tang Cheung, before he leaves the Colony to under- to construct immediately a ten mill was charged with armed robbery, to take other commissions. A statement lion dollar floating dock at Pearl gether with others, not in custody on will be made about the Guild and its Harbour, Hawaii, announced Admiral a trading junk near Saushimum on co-operative studio, and discussion Standley, acting Secretary of the April 20. Defendant and his com- and suggestions will be invited. Any- Navy, to-day.

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