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H.K. FIRM

CALLS GENERALS

TO CONFERENCE

TO TIE UP

General Chilang Kal-shek' General Chiang Kai-shek. the A Chinese military chief and virtual)

dictulur.

summoned Ain Military Council the wight of May 30,

7.SHIPS

SMUGGLING RUINING

COAST TRADE

MANY OFFICERS WILL SUFFER

Seven China Navigation Com- pany ships well-known on the Hongkong-North China service · are to be immediately laid up.

They are the Luchow, Liang- chow. Yingehow, Kangchow, Cheklang, Chengtu and Chung- king.

For some time past they have immediately following the tightening teen employed on the CN.C. of the North China erinin, after the kambing of a Japanese troop Traja..service between Canton, Hong- kong. Swatow, Shanghai and Tientsin.

GROWING TENSION IN NORTH

CHINESE CHALLENGE TO JAPAN?

ARMY CHIEFS

CONFER

The depressed state of the China Coast freighterage ser- vice is said to be the official reason for the company's deci- ston to withdraw the ships from service.

But a Telegraph Specia! Re- presentative understands from a reliable source that the under- lying reason is the gigantic | smuggling ramp in existence in

North China.

It is understood that the se quel to the withdrawal of the Peiping, June 1. | seven ships will be a correspond- Tension in North Chius, as a resulting retrenchment of the British

of the railway bombing on May 30, sen-going staff of the company. has been increased by the attitude of certain high Chinese officers of the

autonomous region of East topei, who have refused to accede to the Japanese demand for the resignation of the Mayor of Tientsin, Mr. Hsiao Chen- ying..

Mayor Hsino, it appears, was asked to resign before the bombing incident. Officers are urging Mayor Hsian. who is at present in Peiping, to go to Tientsin-and-resume-his-post immediately, pledging him their support in all eventualities.

Such action would he tantamount to a challenge to the Japanese, who as a counter-move would probably press for the withdrawal of General Sung Cheh-yuan's Twenty-Ninth Arny to the south, General Sung is chairman of the Hopel-Charhar Poli- tical Council-Reuter.

Reviving Dog-Racing In Macao

ENTHUSIASM IS SHOWN

(Our Own Correspondent)

Marno, May 31.

Synchronizing, with the national

It is feared that other ship- ping companies may shortly be forced to follow the example set by the China Navigation Com- pany.

Full Story on Page 7.

Nude Bathing At Midnight

MOTORISTS WATCH

DARING DIVERS

Silhouetted against a night sky, the pale forins of nude bathers startled inotorists along the Castle Peak Road late Saturday night

Young men sported in the water off one of the numerous beaches at midnight or later, and drew the at- tention of at least one carlond of people returning from an outing in the same vicinity.

of

Several of them dived repeatedly a small float, unaware of any audience, feeling perfectly safe from observation at the distance they were from the highway and any possible visitors to the beach. They may be interested to know, the motorists feel, that although they could nat be recognised they were easily seen from the road.

holiday, the Canidrome was alive MORE TRAMS IN

with activity from nine o'clock on Thursday evening when the enter prising persons who have been devol- ing untiring work to revive dog- racing in Macao on a better .scale) than formerly, announced to the teeming thousands that the track was recommencing to function..

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There are over 200 dogs and the

SERVICE

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ALONG CHEAPER

ROUTES

In connection with the reduction in

directors are planning to stage tran fares, which commenced to-lay,

eleven races every Saturday, and

it is understood that about 20 more

Sunday and eight every Wednesday. trams were put Into, service on the

Five dogs are to run in the hurdle, six in the Bat, and seven

in the handicap events. The stakes will be

$2 for place, $2 for winners, and 40

cents for pari-mutuel.

An amusement park is combined with dog-racing in the Canidrome énclosure. Fantan and roulette ure other forms of gaming while the side

shows will include' shooting galle rica, quolts, lotto, and bagatolle.

Open air dancing and roller skating

route between Kennedy Town

Whitty Street and Causeway Bay,

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The number for the Shaukiwan

route, the fare for which was not

reduced, remains the same.

NEGUS FOR LONDON

Gibraltar, May 31.

MONDAY, JUNE

1, 1936.

日三十万四

INDIAN TROOPS WHOSE GALLANTRY SAVED MANY LIVES

Above are pictured me of the handful of Sikh soldiers, mounting puard in the grounds of the British Legation at Addis Ababa, These men through their conspinous courage during the rioting which followed the flight of the Emperor from Addis Abubá, saved scores of lives, among those rearned befog the Ataerican Minister and his staff. Later, there sure men proudly refùard to observe the request of Haliau oficera that they use the Fascist salute. They are still at Addis Ababu,

"STAY IN” STRIKE SETTLED

FRENCH WORKERS

WIN FIGHT

FULL TERMS UNKNOWN.

Paris, May 31.

Virtual agreement has been reach-

ABANDON RECORD ATTEMPT

QUEEN MARY HELD UP BY FOG

STILL MAKING FAST TIME

London, May 31. The Queen Mary's hope of

ed in the grave French meful works securing the blue riband of the

strikes.

Of the 79,000 "stay in". strikers only 8.000 now remain on guard in the factorics affected to-night. ---Trade-unlonists-einima victory.

Atlantic this trip appears to have been abandoned definitely, according to Renter's special correspondent.aboard tho-vossel, though the terms of the settlement The Queen Mary's position at noon have not yet been worked out. They to-day was 2,517 miles from Cher- provide recognition of the trade bourg. She covered this distance at j

demand for wages and an annual holiday

increased an average speed of 29.15, knots per

pay, it is believed.Reuter.

hour, in spite of delay owing to fog. The line is expected to arrive in quarantine at time to-morrow-Reuter.

unlonists'

ABANDON HINDU RELIGION

with

UNTOUCHABLES SEEK EMANCIPATION

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YANKEES DRAWING AHEAD

CARDS ALSO GAIN STRENGTH

CLOSE GAMES EVERYWHERE

New York, May 31.

The New York Yankees continued League. They beat Boston Red Sox in the American to forge ahead in twelve innings, five to four, when Cehrig and Glenn hit timely homery,

Boston hit ten times and New York nice. Each had one error.

Washington beat Philadelphia six to four. Kuhel hitting a home, rum. The Athletics had ten hits and the Seantore eight, and each had three

errors.

St. Louis Browns won a game marked by sensational, hitting, nosing out the last year's champions, Detroit Tigers, cleven to ten. Coleman and Cifft homered for the Browns. Detroit got twelve hits and St. Louis fteen. Detroit had an error.

Cleveland Indians bent the Whitn Sox at Chicago noven to Ave, Halo hitting a homer for the winners. The Indians had thirteen hits and one error. Chicago hit nine.

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$3000, PER ANNUM

AUSTRALIA WINS THE DOUBLES

ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR QUIST

THRILLING, FIVE SET MATCH

Germantown, Pa., May 31. Australia has taken a vital, and possibly match-winning lead, in the Davis Cup tie against the United States. To- day the Wimbledon champion- ship combination, Jack Crawford ani Adrian Quist. defeated Gene Mako and Donald Budge In the doubles encounter by three sets to two, after losing the first two sets. The scores, says a Reuter, message werz, 4–6, 2–6, 6—1, 7—5, 0—~).

The invaders therefore lead by two matches to one and it appears almost certain that they will secure one of the two re- maining singles to clinch the tie. Nevertheless the match is by no means over. It is worth recalħing, that the last time Australia and America met in the Davis Cup the Australians actually led by two matches to love only to meet with auch brilliant opposition in the next three rubbers as to lose them-and the Ancounter.

NOT UNEXPECTED To-hy's result was by no means unexpected. It anything

WO.. generally acknowledged that the Aus- tralians. In view of their site record, started the match with a slight edge. Although Mako siid Budge are n tional title holders and have thrice beaten Allison and Van Ryn, former U.S. doubles combination, within the apate of twelve months,this-was- their first big test in an international tennis match.

They made a magnificent effort to Justify their selection. According to Reuter the Australians were full of errors in the first two sets and were unable to cope with the ferocious smashing of the Americans.

But they steadied themselves in the third set, and by means of accu- rate baseline driving broke down the American attack.

No matter how the final result of this tie goes, Adrian Quist will be numbered as the outstanding perfor mer. Already he has more than jus tified his selection as a singles and ST. LOUIS WINS

doubles player. It was a bold stroke on the part of Clifford Sproule to in St. Louis still kept a precarious

clude Quist in both encounters, but it hold on the National League lender.

has been entirely justified by the suc ship by beating the Cincinnati Reds,

Ceas of the young Australian, who not sight to seven, in twelve innings. Each hit nineteen times, while thening the doubles, but on Saturday only ably assisted Crawford in win- Reds had two and the Cards one startled the crowd with clear-cut

victory over Wilmer Allison,

Allison will need to make a mendous improvement if he is to beat Crawford, and Quist is in such excellent dettle that he is perfectly capable of overcoming Budge, es- pecially as the red-headed Callfornian has now played two hard-going five- set matches on successive days,

error.

678 MILES IN FOG Aboard the Queen Mary, May 31. The giant Cunard-White Star's liner, Queen Mary, mindo a 678 mile run on the third day of her Atlantic crossing, in spite of fog-Reuter. "BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME" Paris, May 31.

Meanwhile Now York fell farther Bombay, May 31.. "Better luck next time," sportingly way from the leaders when the A conference of

the Frenchman in the run in seven.

Brooklyn Dodgers won by the odd the depressed [comments classes to-day passed

The Giants were sad- resolution street on learning that fog foiled the Dodgers did not score as often as ly out-hit, oleven to five, but the that only through a change in rell-Queen Mary's chance of beating the they gion had the Untouchables a way to Normandie's trans-Atlantic record errors, Giants one.

might. Dodgers had three emancipation.

Boaton Bees defeated Philadelphia six to five, banging out the extra run in the eleventh inning on the

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The delegates affirmed their readiness to change their religion and as a rst step decided to cease worshipping the Hindu deities observing the Hindu festivals.

and

Heuter Special.

STILL HOPE?

London, June 1. Reuter's correspondent aboard the Queen Mary says the liner has work The conference is one of the largest ed up a surprising burst of speed and in recent times and is notable for the expects to arrive at New York two prominent participation of women hours ahead of schedule, despite the Renter.

delay caused by fog-Reuter:

50,000 PERSONS MARK POPE'S BIRTHDAY

Rome, May 31..

Despite heavy rain, 50,000 persons, including 10,000 pil

grims representing many nations, assembled in St. Peter's Square to-day to celebrate the seventy-ninth birthday of His Holiness Pope Pius XI.

A brilliant Papal procession wound Cathedral was crowded,

tru-

thirteenth hit. Phillies hit ten. The NEW H.K. POSTAL

winners had thres errors. E. Moore and Berger made up for these by hit- ting home runs.

Brubaker, Pittsburgh was nosed out Despite two homora by Suhr, and by Chicago Cubs, eight to seven. Demarco hit a homer for the Cubs. The Josora had seventeen hits and four errors. Cuba hit thirteen and errored once,~~Router.

Italy Rewards Her Heroes

RATES

COME INTO FORCE; TO-DAY

The increased postal rates récent- ly announced

come into

effect as from to-day,

The principal changes are that for the first ounce the local letter rate is Increased from three cents to four cents, U.K. via Suez from 10 cents to 15 cents, via, Siberia from 20 cents to 25 cents, and foreign countries

The rates to Macau and China are not affected.

RELATIVES OF DEAD rally from 20 cents to 25 cents.

RECEIVE MEDALS

Rome, May 31.

Il Duce to-day presented a number

Its way to the Cathedral, and march-1 At the conclusion of the Pontifical of gold medals to relatives of officers, ed up the nave. while Benedictino Mass, the Pope, wearing a red N.C.O.'s and men killed, thuring the monks and the choir of the Sistina mantle, was borne in 4 Gestatorial Ethiopian campaign. Chapel sang a Gregorlan chant. chair to the High Altar from whore

"Al religious orders and tho ho gave his blossing to the people." Signor Mussolini also pinned silver different categories in the Papal Thorcatter His Holiness was car-war murit medals on the breasts of

STOP PRESS

of the

Racing at Happy Valley, scheduled for to day, the Becond

poned owing to rain.

DUNLOP

TYRES

make every road

SAFER road

LEITH-ROSS ON WAY TO JAPANTM.

Shanghai, June 1, Sir Frederick

Leith-itoon, the famous economist, left for Japar yesterday aboard the Empress Canada and is expected to retur to Shanghai after staying a week, in Tokyo-Reuter.

FURTHER PALESTINE FIGHTING

TWO ARABS KILLED AT JAFFA

APPEAL MADE TO MAYORS

at

Jerusalem, Mar 31, The Arab mayers of Jaffe, Nablus, Ramleh, Lydda, and Hebron, in conference. Ramallah,, to-day decided to dis- continue their cities' administra- tion of services, including water supply, lighting and scavenging.

A number of Arab mayors' yester day met Sir Arthur Wauchope, High Commissioner of Palestine, who is presumed to have urged them to use their lufluence to terminate the Arab strike, which has started the fire of revolt throughout Palestine.

Two Arabs are known to have bec killed at Jaffa during the last few hours. Police and troops used a machine gun to quiet snipers and bomb-throwers, and the two men were killed in this action-Reuter.

Blum's Pledge To Nation

WILL WORK WITHIN CONSTITUTION Paris, May

31.

Tho, Socialist Party Congross gave a frantle and triumphant, reception to M. Leon Blum, Its leader, when he tolemnly undertook to implement the. programme already outlined.

Ife was determined to act within the Constitution, he said, and extract from it the greatest order, well-being and security possible, and justice for werkers. They had achieved a victory, for Sociallem, but the new Govern- ment would not be a Kerensky Gov- ornment, as ronctionaries affirmed.

Fascism was watching out for s chance to destroy the workers' cr- ganisations and they must stiil expect,

at home, ha warned.

The Emperor of Ethiopia left for / Court were represented by Cardinals.ied to the Vatican, amid shouts of his two sons, Vittorio "ard Bruné, ils Whitsuntide Meeting, has been post- perhaps, a flight of capitalƐand ·

and a Chinese theatre will also in London aboard. the liner Orford to rich robes, which lent colour to the and the crowd which lined the routa, law, Count Clans, and other officere.

Bishops and Monsignori, attired in "Viva Il Papa" from the congrogation nephew, Vito Mussolini, his son-in- ite the public.

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