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from ono side of the road to the other. Ricaban on the stands near the entrance to Wing Lok Street are frequently run into while colli- sions with coolies carrying loads of their shoulders are common. Although this is a Chinese locality it would be worth paying some attention to it if only to obriste a motor or other accident when lives may be involved.
MASONIC HONOURS.
MR. PERCY SMITH'S PRO- MOTION.
CORRESPONDENCE.
"A WORD OF THANKS
To the Editor of the China Mail."
member?
STABBING CHARGE.
SERIOUS INJURIES
-INFLICTED,
WEDNESDAY HAY 80 1923
COMPANY MEETING.
HONGKONG HIDE AND LEATHER COY,
OFFER OF PURCHASE.
LINCHENG BANDITS:
ARMED AEROPLANE READY;
PRKING, May 29, Bir-May I have, the courtesy of At the Criminal Sessions, this
The Government have appointed. your columns, to voice my own morning before the Chief Justice
Major-General Chiang Wen-hai to and a considerable section of the and a jury Chang Hung was holders of the Hongkong Hide and Commission which is to proceed to A further meeting of the share-accompany the Foreign Military travelling public's thanks at the charged on four counts with consistent kindness shown us by the maliciously wounding Chalg Keh Leather Coy. Ltd, over which Mr Tsaochuang. Hongkong Tramway Co., Ltd. on March 2 and with wounding W. A. Dowley presided, was held The Commission will probably This morning isu caso in point, Chang Loy on the 7th of the same at noon to-day for the purpose of start on Thursday. reminding us as it did of Shakes month. Mr. A. Dyer Ball pro confirming the extraordinary re The Government is sending a para Mercy which you will re-secuted for the Crown. The jury solutioncarried at the extraordinary large neroplano to Tsaochuang was composed as follows:-Messrs. Keneral meeting on May 14 which shortly. It will be armed with is not strained. It drop. K. G. Blair, R. M. da Rocha, provided that 51,556 of the existing machine-guns and capable & pets, as the gentle min from heaven W. H. B. Muskett, J. P. Guterrez, unissud shares of $to be divided carrying heavy, bombs.
R. J. W. Carsons, D., Mackintosh into 129,140 shares of $4 cacly upon the place beneath,
these shares to rank equally with
ANOTHER CONFERENCE. At the last quarterly Court of thu, The rain dropped through those and G. T. Padgett.
Mr. Dyer Ball, outlining the case, the ordinary shares. and wentier-beaten canvas
After a confirmatory resolution sold it was a gang of Cantonese Grand Lodge of England, His old Royal Highness The Duke of Con- coverings this morning and cooled coolies who launched, the attack had been carried Mr. A. G. Coppin naught in the Chair, Worshipful as nothing else like Hongkong and the accused was supposed to was appointed a Director on the I noticed only one un-be the man who had stubbed Chang motion of the Chairman seconded B. Homco Percy Smith, the rain can. Deputy District Grand Master of appreciative traveller who unfeel-but Chang was so badly wounded by Mr. F. Cook.
Before closing the meeting, the Hongkong and South China had the ingly opened his umbrella and that he lost consciousness and was hant of the rank of Past Junior altered his snow-white clothes unable to recognize his assallants. Chairman said: "At the last any delay cannot be blamed on Grand Deacon of England con- from the drippings from on bigh:
As a result of his injuries Chang meeting when these resolutions them, VANE ferred upon him, and at the meet. ing of Supreme Grand Chapter the rank of Past Assistant Grand So journer was conferred upon lira, His many friends will gratulate Bro.. Smith on the hon. ours confered upon him and wish Į hím many years enjoyment of them.
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con-
KUMSANG'S" OPIUM.
.AN $85,000 SEIZURE,
'PasseNFAIRṛ.'
Yours, etc.,
Hongkong, May. 30.
SYMPHONY CONCERTS.
PROPOSED.
Tsaochuang, May.29. The bandits have written to the
gentry suggesting a conference to morrow at Hsiaohsichung, 15 miles from Tsaochuang. They say that their demands are sithple, and that
Kch had been paralysed. Chang were put before you Mr. W. M. The gentry agree to holding a Loy was not so seriously injured Humphreys, the former managing conference, but they suggest at and in company with Low Kum he director, mentioned to...you that Kuochinchi pointed out the accused, on March there was a possibility of selling The bandits "terms appear ex-
was
TWELFTH YEAR LOAN,
3, to the police in Third Street. our property at a price of about $travagant, bat it is hoped that to
The first witness for the pro- foot. On the 26th inst the morrow's conference will lead to To the Editor of the China Mail."secution was Dr. Smalley, who Directors received a letter from an early settlement-Courtesy
Kave a description of the injuries firm of solicitors in the Colony Daily Bulletin.** Sir-1 have read with interest he found on Chang Keh when he written on behalf of a Chinese your report of the Concert held on was admitted to the Government gentleman that he is prepared to act as broker and to obtain a firm. Bunday at the "Star Theatre" Civil Hospital.
The medical officer said that it offer for the Company's property at Kowloon and the hope expressed
FATE IN DOUBT. for a continuance of them. A pit was possible that the paralysis a price of $4 a foot. The area of liminary objection seems to be the would not be life-long, but that it the property is 110,942 square feet the price is therefore hour at which these Concerts are was extremely improbable that he and
PEKING; May 29. held. Three o'clock on a hot Sun. would ever be able to walk again. $443,768.00 This letter.
The Twelfth Year Loan was sent of In reply to the Chief Justice, Dr. considered at a meeting. When the Indo-China s.sday afternoon is not a very con- Smalley said that Chang Keh Directors held on the 28th inatto Parliament to-day, but it is "Kumsang, which has just reached venient hour for most of us who are could only attend Court if carried, and will be considered further doubtful whether it will ever be here from the Philippines after probably taking an afternoon siesta. and his Honour consented to the Shareholders will no doubt be placed on the agenda, as neither Houses have withdrawn their grounding off the north-west of the Could not future, summer Concerts medical officer (Dr. Thomas) now gratified to know that the property vote of. non-confidence, hence Islandis, put into Hunghom Bay on be held at say 10.30 in the mornin charge of Chang Keh being call is worth so high a figure at pre- Parliament cannot discuss, the Monday night, a party of Revenueing.
ed. Dr. Smalley said that the sumably "scrap" prices so far as Cabinet'a financial proposals. Officers under. Chief Preventive
wounds on Chang Keh and Chang machinery is concerned. If the
The Cabinet, to-day, discussed Officer Clarke boarded the vessel
Loy were evidently caused by a Directors obtain a firm offer for the and seized over 7,000 tacis of pre-
sharp instrument, but he was not Company's property, at what they the terms of the new salt surplus Treasury Notes, part of which may pared opim valued at
prepared to say that both patients consider an advantageous Egyre be used for the redemption of $85,000.
were stabbed with the same instru- they will place the matter before the $14,000,000 Treasury Bills.
an extraordinary general meeting Courtesy Daily Bulletin.. ment, though it was more than proof the Company before proceeding bable.
was
about;
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The contraband concealed in Any way but was on the stokehold floor as though ready for moving. A number of firemen have been arrested in connection with the seizure.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Catholic Union Club in Hongkong is celebrating its "Silver Jubilee" on Friday and Saturday, June 8th and 9th.
The exchange banks will be closed on Saturday. The Imports and Exports Dept, will be open till noon but licensed warehouses will close all day.
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Yours, etc.,
Hongkong, May 20.
APPEAL.
CROTCHRT,
[Ta the Editor of the " China Mail.")
Dr. Thomas of the. Tung Wah with the application to the Court in Sir,The British Red Crescent Hospital gave evidence to the connection with the resolutions Committee bas received from a effect that Chang Keh, this morn that we just passed" member of the English Bar, whose ing, could use his left leg and sit family have been long resident in up for ten minutes at a stretch, WEST RIVER FLOTILLA, Smyrna, the enclosed reports relat- The doctor went on to say that ing to the colossal and acute distress while Chang Keh's life would prevailing among the Moslom not be endangered, he would suf- population of Western Asia Minor, fer intense pain if brought to the The Turkish Government, faced with the work of restoring the destroyed towns and villages, is able to cope with this mass of suffering.
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The Committee, therefore, ven- ture to appeal to the Moslem ralers
CONVOY REACHES
WUCHOW.
Court. The Chief Justice decided (From Our Wuchowe Correspondent) that, if the man's deposition before the Magistrate, was put in, it would suffice.
The case is procceding.
KWANGTUNG CONFLICT.
ANOTHER ADVANCE ON SWATOW.
PEKING, May 29,--
It is reported from Kwangtung that Shen Hung-ying is advancing on Swatow, and that El Yuan-fu, WUCHOW, May 2 who is a follower of Hsu Chung- On Saturday last river steamers chih, has gone over to Shen Hung- formed a convey at Shiu Hing. Ying Chu The Tai Ming" "Ko Chow with the order to return with his Hsu Chung-chih has complied. Tung Kwong" and "Yung
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Kong the lighter B.PM army from Fukien. This army and princes, to Moslem mugnates have suffered a similar fate sud 87 belonging to the AFC arrived at Chao-chow on the return and notables, rich merchants and all whose inhabitants are likewise three passenger motor boats be Journey. hence the more hopefni tone of the
charitable-minded people, irrespec-sheiterless and niterly destitute. longing to Geo, Banker and Co.,
Sun Chuan-fang has wired to the cables Only last month we had
tive of race and creed, for such felp In 1921 I had occasion to visit a which were retrieved from the Government resigning his post, M. L'oincuro derlening that)
as their generosity and humanity few of the Mosques and other public Kwangtung Army by HM. Gun and recommending as his suc may impel them to give towards its buildings in Smyrna, in which a boats, the Standard Oll motor cessor Wang Yung-chuan. Horogo35, Welsh,day, Bay 30, 1993. | France would not budge from the
Formerly Vice-Consul at alleviation. | Rohr til Genoanj had poid the Palermo, Mr. Leroy Webber has
number of these Moslem refugees ship Glendale" and the Red Courtesy Daily Bulletin. The Committee believe that it were quartered, in order to distri Cross motor boat "Roanoke.” full sum claimed. Fen, he said, arrived in Hongkong to take up the local organisations were formed in bute milk pplied, I think, by the belonging to the Stout Memorial
post of Consul in charge of the various centres, as was done during British Red Cresent. would be held until the last sau commercial work at the American the Tripolitan and Bulkan Wors, Sterghindas, the then Greak High flotilla. They were escorted by Mr. G. Hospital Wuchow formed the And been sent in Pari Then we Consulate General..... "Esentially I've reparations folly had him waiting that the Gor-en,
for collecting relief funds under Commissioner, was doing his best HLM.SMoth, which was joined mmet end, if waly because neither was "eonsidering the possi
responsible and prominent leaders for these unfortunate sufferers, but at Luk Po by HMS. "Tarantula During yesterday the follow-good results would be obtained..
none the less their condition" was No untoward incident occurred and vidio can stated, 120 strain yy hhality of the evacuation of the Ruhring notitiable diseases were re- In the case of adequate response, truly pitiable. Since then their the convoy arrived safely "at logger.
Wuchow on Monday morning. Hier general stehen Germany gave tangible gune-2 small pox; 3 of enteric (one of Iration of the charity to a local increased, until now there are well left Wuchaw this morning and ported: 3 Chinese cases of plague: we propose to entrust the adminis numbers have, of course, greatly The Kochow" and "Taiming" beron inevit: Be, however, it is antees to free herself by means of an cash patients being Chinese, Committee consisting of Turkish over three quarters of a million of were escorted out of the danger juni possible the Powers couverted international lear, and not waiting British and Japanese); one British notables in co-operation, with some these victims all over Asia Minor. raight, blænder into a patchy settle-
English sympathisera under the Butual payment of reparations." | case of para typhoid fever.
The Turkish Government is im-forces of Kwangsi soldiers were
zone by HLM.S. Moth" Large Indian R.C...
C.R.C. DAONI. They certainly is This new stand is hopifidi, nat
Chairmanship of the Vali of
potent, for it cannot rebuild the observed above, Kong How below HK.CC „such lasing verglenient while their because it gobally wakes settlement Comcit is called for to-morrow
A meeting of the Legislative Smyrna,
devastated areas, and the whole Wuchow. Very few Kwangtung U.S.R.C. Yours faithfully,
country is terribly impoverished, soldiers were seen anywhere.
Kowloon CC........4. juelens tamark (old-France
AMEER ALI, ¡posible, int because it payes the when the Bill to amend the Rents
consequently these poor people
University President, Dave, Goanan, bittered. arif
Those anxious for Europe's Ordinance will come up for first
women and (chiedy old man,
TWO STEAMERS BACK.
Club de Recreio? British Red Crescent Society children)," just sit down and die"
Civil Service...5 Bolan impent. Patchy with safely would have marked this trend reading, and three Bilts introduced 1 mal, anyway would be vastly with greater pleasure bad
at the last meeting of the Council [Subscriptions may be sent direct is a near relative of mine lately The river steamers Kochow" bailer than the present flindy dis
will come up for second reading. to the Bankers of the Society, arrived from Smyrne, has told me. and "Tai Ming" arrived in the
C.R.C Mears. Coutts & Co., 440, Strand, They are abandoned by God and port this morning from Wuchow.
Queen's C. pared warfare which is handy runestination bocu a lasting and not a
London, W.C. or to the Honorary man and hardly a voice is mised in pately selesaont; had it taeant *g Bangs: #zarally and consour-
University Captain W. H. Baker, master of Treasurer, A.S.M. Anik Esq. Europe on their behalf.. Is it then NEW KOWLOON HOTEL LR.C....... that purtisan baggling would cease the "Glenariffe," evidently has a gully. Slowly but surely. Latest
would sense of humour as he signs his Fenchurch Avenue, London, EC. to be wondered that, seeing the and impartial mediation
Kowloon (A) magnitude of the sadistance being
WHO WILL RUN TT? Kowloon (B) Zables profcas 11 son new hope for{
begin. Not with Germany facing report to the local Harbour Office,&]
tendered to the Christian refugees,
Craigehgower ru early settles sent. Eerats, they
under the clause dealing with rolten." The
The Turks are accusing as of in Nearly every Kowloon resident C.C.(B) is zag, ure mong quickly toward internal crisis and France, feeling weather
difference to the sufferings of the who uses a ricaha passes each day Club deRecreio 4 other allengs to solve the pro the terrible financial strain, they "Glenariffe" arrived here this
Muslims because they are Muslims in Hankow Road a tall building Civil Service 5
blem. This Lope they have aposti
After all, it must be remembered several stories high which is rapidly Gralgengower will aut complain if any settlement morning from. Vladivostock.
that these sufferers were not the nearing completion and over whone C.C. (A) eports that Germany contemplates aan by and, however makeshift,
The attention of gas consumers
aggressors, but the passive victims entrance is now being painted the Netherlands new offer, framed with the co-opern-for the alternative is not pletenut
at Kowloon is drawn to a notifica The
of aggression,
legand Kowloon Hotels tion of the industrini leakers. Even to contemplate.
tion appearing among to-day's ad-
The tendering of a little assist vertisements that a number of
There has been much speculation ance, a slight demonstration of sym about the project and inquiries receipt forms for the month of April have been stolen from the aware Anatolia, with the expoption pathy in the name of humanity for made by a China Mail reporter to-
GENERAL PEREIRA'S Hongkong and China Gas Co's perhaps of a few small and insigni- these Mosleme by a British institu- dey disclosed that Messra, Tung
LECTURE: Periodically complaints hove shroff, and that these are being re- deant districts was, between 1914 tion would, I feel confident, goa Wa & Co. who own the land and would st23 very much dosdit whe cropped up about. Chinese boys, placed by forms printed on yellow and 1918, untouched by the scourge long way towards removing the are putting up the building for bitterness and distrust felt in Tur themselves, have not made up their lber Trace could show herself apparently of the schoolboy class, paper,
Brigadier General G. Pereira, C. With the advent of the Greek boy against Great Britain............... minds about it yet. A representa B., C.M.G, D.S.O., is to lecture at ready to wale serms. Indred, creating a mutence and making
tive of the firm hinted that thred 10 am. Friday, June Ist, in the rovinsing the utterances of her themselves dangerous hy recklessly As a result of a number of crocs in May, 1919 Anfoline Your respectfully,
Ky propontions were being considered Command Reference Library, Vic- stafcatuen, very much dooding beygen in busy trong Chinese trying to get into the Kau troubles commenced. The regret
fames. Before Statue Sauce became U. Fong Theatre, at about 10. last lable excesses indulged in by the (Signed) LEONARD R. WHITTALL, Tum the botal themselves, to torla Barrack his subiect, being whether he will accept ang offer, the huning-ground of footballers night, without payment, a serious Greek troops were soon emulated by
Release it and to sell it. The building. “ Peking to Lhasa. ".: Seats have for it is clear that her anxiety for and kiteflyers, thered to be a disturbance was created." Central the worst elements of the local FB. March 27th, 1928: 1 bave will probably be completed in about been allotted as follows actual reparation mores still con- nuinder if he who indulged in Station received a telephone mes-Greek civil population in and just received the following wire 6 weeks time, he said. Royal Navy 25, Royal Artillery dicta with her even greater desire ring round Queen Victis statue sage for help and a squad-under around the town of Smyrns, with from Mr. Eric B. Whittall in There is no foundation, the 15. Royal Engineers 50- 2nd Bn.
as a good speed until a stop was pat the Divisional Inspector, Central, the result that a considerable Smyrné
Menaging Director (Mr: 1. Hg. The King's Regt 20, 24th Bombay for security datedly, of to the practice, Theit that part off was despatches to the scene. The amount of Turkish properly was Twelve towns completely twenty gart) stated emphatically the morns Grenadiers 30 Departmental Corps that the Hong 15. A limited number of seats will coure, Benning's interual disataan Best bear the boundary trouble was son quelled and three destroyed robbed pillaged or loot partially 550 villages total 80-100,000
od many Turks lost ther lives, and bouses destroyed. Eat ste minu kong Hotel Co. intend to acquire be available for the ordem, which "o-day's cables moviet betsreen Trim Tas Tau and Yan Chinese were jurrested.
the town of Aidin was completely mum 400,000 soula destroyed by fre
svero Se spußrent that Germany would make a.. adéquate affermane
Dangerou Practice.
ihak would sendy Britain, say—we
Irati came into the rubbe ceya, i ecule, might rell change the Wheir Nosices on stel wem doomed a problem. Ewald political diskur danger to the
broces uuke Germany Bolshevik
Prasce “might find it better podzy Round
to nenes goading her old enemy mal have
further troubia and - take what
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BOGIAL" AND "PERSONAL..
[Enclosure.]
Gray's Inn,
High Holborn, W.0. March 21st, 1928: Rt. Hon. Syed Ameer Ali,
P.C., OLE,
2, Cadogan Place, S.W.1.
Dear Sir,As you are doubtless
of war.
During the Greek retreat from
the Zangaring to Afen Carahissar
and, thence to hundreds of vills pletely dest
Coinmissioner Duce, of the Sal yevation Army in Japan, arrived hers West, on the P. & C;" yanza "yes anta thnk rend about | day en route for Home. He is accom-
dingpanied by Mrs. Duce.
"A Reuter messsago
the death
the buildin
from
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