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DON AMECHE ALLEN JENKINS.

MAX REINHARDT'S Production of

THE HONGKONG

Captain Of

Vessel Held

For Stealing

ALLEGEDLY MADE OFF WITH HIS SHIP

London, Sept. 2. The former skipper of the Girl Pat, the Grimsby trawler which sailed without Instructions from her owners on a secret treasure-hunting expedi- tion to the South Seas, landed at Grave's End to-day,

George Osborne, this reckless sen- farer, was immediately conveyed to London in a police van, to be charged at Bow Street with stealing a vessel

from British waters.

Capt. Osborne was remanded on

ball-Reuter Bulletin Service.

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER

3,

1936..

TERRIBLE Japanese To

COST OF WARFARE

Retain Old

War Vessels

THOUSANDS DEAD IN ANSWER TO BRITISH SPANISH TURMOIL |NAVAL MANOEUVRE

MOSTLY FROM MASSACRES

submarines.

London, Sept. 2.

The Japanese reply to the British note Invoking the Escalator Clause of the Washington and London Naval Treatles, saya that Japan intends to Paris, Sept. 2. retain 11,000 tons of surplus des- Well-informed. quarters estroyers and 15,000 tons of surplus timate that the seven weeks of civil war in Spain have resulted in the deaths of between 55,000 and 65,000 men, women children, of whom 40,000 were either executed or massacred and the remainder were killed in battle. Nearly 90,000 are be

Extension Of lieved to have been wounded,

Air Service

BETWEEN SHANGHAI AND CANTON

This is the Japanese answer to Great Britain's declaration of the in- andtention to retain 40,000 tons of sur-

plus destroyers,

It is estimated that the casualties in the current Irun hostilities op- proach 900 dead and 2,000 wounded.

The heaviest actual field fighting, thus far, has been on the Guadar- ramas front, where 2,000 are known to have been killed.

As, for the losses to national economy, it is said they went into at feast 1,000,000 pesetas daily.

The bloodiest single engagement of Canton, Sept. 3.

the war

General Francisco In order to cope with the increased Fronco's capture of Badajoz, in which business, the China Aviation Corpora- alr bombardments, executions and tion will maintain three services street fighting resulted in between weekly between Canton and Shanghai | 3,500 and 4,000 casualties. as from September 9,

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TRAFFIC

RESULT OF RECENT CENSUS

London, Sept. 2. The results of the traffic census on second-class roads in the middle of August, issued to-night show that in comparison with 1901, when a similar census was last taken, there has been

HELEN WESTLEY

RUSSIAN LACKS

PASSPORT

EXPULSION ORDER

MADE

J

Akim Peter Pavzanio, 20, un- employed Russian, appeared before Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central. Magistracy this morning, charged the Colony with having entered without a valid passport.

Sergeant Russell said defendant an increase in the number of pedal was arrested in Connaught Rond on cycles on the road of about 25 per Tuesday and was brought to the cent., of gooda motor vehicles of about Central Folice Station, where he 45 per cent, and of passenger vehicles stated he had come from Mucao. of about 33 per cent. while the num-Defendant had in his possession a ber of horse-drawn vehicles is de-Chinese passport which was valid, clined by about 27 per cent. During but not recognised in British porte. the week of the census, movements Sergeant Husself aided that if were recorded of about 100 million vis dicen applied for, it would vehicles or persons by an Army of Juve beef rufused,"

10,000 enumerators, Briti

over Wireless.

Defendunt received an exputalon Jorder,

Printed mud Published for the Proprieture by Frepenick PeRNY FRANKLIN, RE 1 and 3, Wyndham Brect-in-the--City-of-Victoria

·Hongkong?

in rearched on Barcelona, have com

Attention is drawn to the fact that A plune will leave Shanghai for the eleven rebet regiments which on July Saturday, and another fies north on pletely disappeared from the war Monday, Wednesday and Felday.map. Either they have been killed, captured or dispersed, or they have descried. 1 is sold that 5,000 civi- hans were massnered in Barcelona on the day the Tebels marched to storm the elty.-United Press.

Reuter.

Gomboes May Retire

SURRENDERS WAR PORTFOLIO

Budapest, Sept. 2. General Julius Gombocs, Prime Minister and Minister for War, has resigned his latter portfolio and is leaving here to-morrow for a rest cure in a German sanatorium. He retains the Premiership.

Field Marshal Somkuthy, Chief of le Hungarian General Stoff, has been appointed to succeed General Goinboes at the War Ministry,

It is believed Gentral Gomboes will also resign from the Premiership- shortly on avebunt of his continued ill health-Reuter.

U.S. AIR DERBY PROGRESS

CHINESE AVIATOR STILL FLYING

Douglas, Ariz., Sept. 2..

ITALIANS IN ACTION

Perpignan, Sept. 2.

It is reported that a column of

The Japanese note is under con- alderation-Reuter Bulletin Service.

Regent's Park House Afire

HOME FOR

FORMER

BLIND SOLDIERS

London, Sept. 2.

A residence in Regent's Park, which was formerly used as St. Dunstan's Home for the Blind, became involved in a fire to-day. The blaze spread to the roof and one of the wings before

being extinguished.

The building was recently pur- chased by Countess Reventlow- United Press.

LADY DOG-OWNER CHARGED

EVIDENCE

Italian anti-Fascists, exiles from | DISPUTES CONSTABLE'S their own country, communded by 'nn Italian colonel, have captured several villages. In Catalonia from the in- surgent forces and have severed the roud between Alumdeur and Huescu. They surrounded an Insurgent column near Vicien, capturing 200 Carlists. It is reported that 200 additional Carlist militiaren joined the anti-Fascists, providing the in- with two tanks and two vaders machine-guns of German manufac- ture-United Press.

CONTENDING WITH BARBARISM

A summons was brought against Mrs. George, living at No. 54 Pak Tal Street, at the Kowloon Magistracy before Mr. E. Himsworth this morn- was accused with ing when she laving permitted her black and white dog to run in the street unmuzzled.

Chinese constable No. 118 stated that at 9.45 p.m. on August 14 he ral Koun the Tal was on duty Cinema, accompanied by it fellow constable, No. 133, and saw the dog standing some 20 fect London, Sept. 2.

away, in Mau Ta Wel Road. Witness Newspaper reports reaching London upproached the dog which barked at from Ilendaye, on the Franco-P

him and started to run away, Into Spanish frontier, suggest that the Pak Tai Street, stoppping at the initiative of diplomatic representa- lives accredited to the Spanish Gov- ernment, on behalf of humanitarian mitigation of the sufferings imposed on the Spanish people by the elvil war, is meeting with some promise of success.

Staircase of No. 54 Pak Tal Street and ascending. After going up four. steps, stated the constable, he was stopped by an English who

lady asked him what he wanted in her house. He told her in Chinese that he wanted the owner of the dog, as Last week, a telegram from the the dog had no muzzle when it went Foreign Secretary to Sir Henry Chilton was published in which it up the stairs. The lady, stated the was stated to be the desire of the constable, told him to get out, saying a great deal in English that he could British Government to play its full part in any organised International not understand. The constable asked if he could use her telephone, to forces cfort to bring the

the call up the police sergeant

The trans-America air derby-mu-j-to-DETEOLO-11-tention of charge room and give him the facts

all too

chines were all landed at 11 am. to- cruelties, reports of which, day and started for Tucson, the next many of them substantiated, have control station, at 1 p.m.. where they appalled the outside world. will stay overnight.

From El Paso, Sui Fun-cheung, a Chinese entrant, led the take-off at 8.30 mm, C. A.

Crabtree, Oklahoma City, abandoned the race owing to recur- ring engine-trouble.--United Press.

TRADE QUEST IN MANCHUKUO

GERMANY SENDING

COMMISSIONER

Berlin, Sept. 2.

of

case,

Mrs. George stated that her dog had had a muzzle on when it went The Spanish Government is now

!lp the stairs, and that she could said to have agreed to the establish ment of contact through the Diplo-ring to Court witnesses who would back up her statement. She was with the insurgent accompanying two friends to the bus matie Corps lenders will a view to discussion of

stop at the time the constable came of warfare. Press tele- methods

to her house, and the two friends grams speak hopefully of a mutual

saw the dog with the muzzle agreement to abstain from the execu

whilst another friend saw her take tion of hostages and to exchange

the muzzle off when they were in prisoffers.

the house.

NON-INTERVENTION

on,

Inspector Portellion, appearing for

FERRY QUARREL SEQUEL

The British Government has rethe prosecution, left the matter in ceived, through the British Ambassa- the hands of His Worship, who de dor in Lisbon, notification from the clded to adjourn the case for seven Portuguese Government of the latter's days. acceptance principle of the pro- posal for an udvisory, committen in of representatives London, composed of Powers pledged to non-interven- and tion in the Spanish clvll' war, with the function of acting as a A permanent German Trade Com-clearing house for facts and ideas in mission to Munchukuo is being ap- connection with the aplication of

various non-intervention declara- FOUR MEN CHARGED pointed very shortly.

Manchukuo's Trade Commissioner tions.

The

AT KOWLOON Portuguese acceptance 19 in Germany, Mr. Kate, who has just returned here from Koenigsberg. accompanied by a number of sug-

Three seamen and pig-wash where for the first time in its short gestions and requests for explana- history Manchukuo participated in a

Yaumati foreign fuir, told Reuter that the Ger- tion which will receive considera carrier were charged with assault

ing two members of the man demand for soya beans was very

Mention and Paris.

it la understood that the Ferry Company before Mr. Macfad- big-Reuter.

British Charge d'Agatres in Berlin yen at the Kowloon Magistracy this

morning. They were Lat

Wong was in touch with the German Goaged 30, Lal On, aged 27, Lai Hung. ernment to-day on

this matter, and there is growing hopefulness in Bri-nged 27, all.

sramen employed by tish Melal quarters

that an early the Naval Dockyard. and Wong reply may be expected from Berlin Shing, aged 20, a ple-wash carrier. and that it will be favourable to the They were charged with assaulting Thirty-six entries for the Inter-scheme for a committee, which is in- Pang Lo, oller, and Leung Cheung, national Tourist Trophy Race at the

coxswain, both of the Yaumati Ferry Ards Cirult near Belfast, on Satur

"Man Lai." day include French, German and Italian teams. Six women drivers will take part in the racč; five, how- .ever, us rezerves only, It is the first time that women have competed in the race. British Wirelcar.

WOMEN IN T.T. NACE

London, Sept. 2.

PHOTO CONTEST TROPHIES

The three silver cups to be award- ed in connection with the Telegraph Amateur Photographic Competition, are on view in one of the windows of Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw. & Co., Ltd.

Falling to appear before Mr. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magis tracy this morning on a charge of distributing handbilla printed in Chinese without the permission of the Ilon. H. C. A. nt Laichikolt Road, Sung 1wong-wol, aged 20, a houseboy, of No. 3 Pullo Street, second floor, had his ball of 38 anirented. Acting Sub. Inspeetor To A. Hughes prosecuted,

creasingly regarded here as an essen- til afeguard of the non-interven- tionist position.-British Wireless.

Chickenpox

No Hindrance To Mr. Eden

ATTENDS TO DUTIES BY TELEPHONE

London, Sept. 2, Mr. Anthony Eden is suffering a alight attack of chickenpox, which necessitates his, absence from the Foreign Offee for a short time.

However, he will remain in tele- phone contact with his staff and ex- pects to be fully revovered in time to participate in the League of Nations Ausonibly meeting-Reuter Bulletin Service.

Acting Sub-Inspector T. A. Hughes said

that after the Shamshulpo launch had left the wharf for Hong- kong yesterday morning, and during the passage, the eller came up on deck from below and saw a man sit- ting on a grating. He told the man to sit elsewhere, but the man refused to move, and á quarrel began. A general night ensued, and all the men In Court appeared to have been Involved. No damage was done.

First accused declared that he tried to seperate second dcused trom drst complainant. Second defendant admitted quarrelling and said Arst complainant was the aggressor, Third and fourth defendants denied know- ing anything about the affair.

His Worship bound both first and second accused over in a bond of $5 to keep the peace for six months, and discharged third and fourth de- fendants.

Three cases of Diphtheria and two cases of Typhold were reporteil to the local Health authorities on Tuesday.

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