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General Meeting of Douglas, B.S. Co., Ltd., at the Registered Office of the Company, 20 „Des ¿Vœux Road, Central, noone
October 20-Third reoting of Tho China Sugar Refining Co.. Street, noon. Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder
It is conceivable that the present] October 18,Extraordinary conflict will be allowed to be carried to some lengths-provided foreign lives and property are not endan gered-in the hopes that public opinion may finally be sufficiently aroused to insist that an offer be made to the Powers to take a hand in putting China on her feet. That a fonsible scheme in no way im pairing the sovereignty of China could be reached we ard certain. There we must leave the matter for to-day.
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November 6: Further extra ordinary meeting of Douglas 8.3 Co., Ltd. at 20 Des Voeux Road Central, noon,
DERBY OF 1923.
A
LIBEL ACHON.
AGAINST
CHIK
SUNG-LING."
TO AY'S HEARING.
A hol action against the winner of the Chinese Club Derby NAUJOTHER MESTINGO.
Sweepstake of 1923 commenced in September 12.--Annual mesting the Supreme Court this morning of the Hongkong Hockey Club, in before Mr Justice H. H. J. Gompertz the H.K:C.C. Pavilion, 5.30 p.m. and a special jury:-
September 10.- Lecture on Messrs. W. H. Bell, P. Lauder, Vegetarianism and Occultiem, at R Matheson, F. R. Marsh the E.K. Lodge The Theosophical W. S. Brown, Cyril Champicin,
Society; 5.45 p.m.
.LOCAL AND GENERAL.
.....
E. F. Aucott
The plafutif (Mr. Sydney Ng Quinn) was represented by Mr. Eldon Potter K.C., and Mr. Campbell Prosser,
i
Defendant (Chile Sung-ling) was unrepresented, deliher was he pre-
Bont.
The Hon. Mr. G. G. Alabaster, C, held a watching brief for the Chinese Club of Hongkong.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1924.
RIVER TRADE.
ABUNDANT CARGO AND PASSENGERS.
PIRATES AT MACAO.
ATTEMPT FOILED BY
PATROL BOAT.
BOY BELIEVED KILLED.
(From Our Own Correspondant.)
MACAO, September 9... In the small hours of this morn- ing, a fusillade of shots was heard in
STRIKE AFTERMATH.·'
Now that the Canton general strike in "officially" over, the river-steamers running to the metropolis from Hongkong, are again working capacity loads both for the up and the down trips.
passengers are plentiful
Cargo is abundant and Chinese Macao inner harbour, followed by It has more firing and the rounding-up of bcen noticed that better and ed in an attempt to pirate one four men alleged to have participat- middle class Chinese form the of the huge Beer of fishing junks majority of the travellers to Can-which seek shelter in Macao. ton, the inference being that these are refugees who now believe Canton to have quietened down.
If the amount of traffic on the river, is still the infallible reflex of Canton conditions, then it can be assumed that trouble, is not expected in the immediate future even with the talk of a fresh general strike.
Need Of Dredging.
About 2 a.m, shots were plainly
audible on the beach. On inquiry
Police Pier..
Those who profess to know Dr.
It transpired that the firing was Sun Yat-sen will readily admit
from the Chinese side of the har that he is sincere in his declaration
bour where a boat had opened fire of wanting personally to lead an
on a Chinese naval armed patrol expedition to attack the Peking
Saturday, next is the mid-
launch. Subsequent events led to Government's allies. But those
the suspicion that the boat of who remember recent Canton his-autumn festival. In consequence,
armed men was going to assist in a piracy on the fishing junk which tory will have reasons to doubt his the offices and stations of the intention of removing his head-Chinese Merlime Customs for
was lying in that pärt of the Kowloon and District will be Shiukwan. This closed to public business.
One of the principal points of For several days-past, steamers Macao (inner) harbour off the town, as many may know, is the
Mr. Potter's opening was that the leaving or entering Canton Har-water-front between the Steam- most northerly terminus of the Wong Chim, a Chinese, suffer- plaintiff now had evidence that a bour, have had the unenviable host Co.'s wharf and the Water Yuch-Han Railway, the continua- ing from injuries, to his leg, witness, who had been called by experience of having to wait for It is believed that the Chinese tion of which to Hankow was to through working cargo on board the defendants in the Arbitration spell untold prosperity for Hong- the SS. Oliva, tying off Kow proceedings (as a result of which high water or, alternatively, "sit-patrol boat returned the fire and that a running duel took place in kong. It also stands on an im-loan, was taken to the Kwong Wah the defendant had been awarded ting" for hours on a mudbank.
Last night, three of the down which the would-be pirates escaped. the $50,000,) had received $3,300 portant point on the North River. Hospital yesterday.
for the evidence he gave at steamers were four hours late, Before the hubbüb had died Geographically it would make an ideal base for an armed expedition The remains of a Chinese man, the arbitration proceedings. Mr. having to wait for the tide before down, shots were being red an against the North, but it also has aged 62, were removed to the Potter claimed that the man had they could make the passage down. the Macao side. From the hazy have been eyewitnesses, it appears. the disadvantage of being at the Kowloon Mortuary yesterday. He received $500 before the proceed- Other ships have also been hinder-accounts of some who claim to mercy of Canton should anybody died of gas poisoning, whilst ings, and $2,800 afterwards; and ed in this manner. there with sufficient power take it engaged in the discharge of cargo that whereas he had been before a on the s.s."Tairea" in the harbour, man in receipt of $10 a month he into his head to turn against him. How the accident happened, re was now in possession of a shop Shinkwan has not been a lucky mains a mystery..
In Shanghai.
Mr. Potter also claimed that the place for Dr. Sun Yat-sen as his former Northern Expedition was "Vegetarianism and Occul. defendant had taken over the routed there, as it was on its way tism" will be the subject of this liabilities of another witness after back to Canton to assist him when week's Pablic Lecture of the the proceedings and asked the he was bottled up in a cruiser off Hongkong Lodge The Theoso jury to consider why he should Shameen. Furthermore, with his phical Society, 16, Queen's Road. have done this if his story was hand away from the pulse so to Central, on Wednesday Septem. true.
Mr. Potter first of all expressed speak, Dr. Sun will not be able tober roth, at 5.45 p.m. All are wel
regret that the defendant was not exercise the control on the situa-come-Advt.
represented and said that he would tion which he would wish; nor
like the evidence of the plaintiffs to have been cross-examined and for him to have been able to cross examiine the defendant.
will his personality have the same restraining influence on his satel- lites as if he remained in Canton. No, we do not think Dr. Sun will go North via Shiukwan, at least not for some time yet.
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roof-garden of China Building At the time of the alleged libel when opportunity will be provided the plaintiff was manager of the for watching the full moon-first General. Exchange
Co..
and
of the year according to Chinese assistant manager of the China Specie Bank. Defendant was head superstition.
of the loan department of that: bank in Shanghai.
The alleged libel was contained in a cable sent from the defendant in Shanghai to Mr. Wong Kwong.. tin, a prominent business man in Hongkong. This was despatched on March 3, 1923 two days after the
race.
follows:
At this time of the year, the that the Macao authorities got on river is exceptionally low, but it is the qui vive and successfully came felt by river skippers that there is to grips with the first party of abundant room for improvement, alleged pirates who had already
boarded the fishing junk.
No official version was available
on the
More Changes. The s.6. "Hang Cheong," owned (at seven o'clock) this morning but by the Tung On S.S. Co., which has it is believed that four men who only been on the Hongkong- are at least irespassers Canton run for less than a year, fishing junk, were taken into has been taken off and placed on custody. It has also been stated the Canton-Macao run. She left that a boy, one of the fishing junk's Canton as usual last night, but did crew, was killed, four shots having not arrive in Macao till after 2 a.ra. entered his body, on account of having to wait for high water.
The "Wing On" has come out of dock and is running alternately with the "Tung On." The other new ship "Sai On"-sister-ship to the "Tang On"--will also be placed on the run shortly,
MAJOR ZANNI
COMING TO HONGKONG.
CHANGE OF PLANS.
STREET NUISANCES.
TWO LORRY DRIVERS FINED.
For leaving two motor lorries unattended outside No. 36, | Nanking Street on August, 18, the drivers were, summoned before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Kow loon Magistracy' this morning. They were each fined $54 day
On imposing the fines, the
"You Magistrate said After all, Major Zanni, the Argentine world-flier, is coming to now nominally fined, and if you Hongkong. For this information, want to leave your lorries in the the China Mail" is indebted to road unattended, you must apply the Hongkong office of the Asiatic to the Police and obtain a permit Petroleum Co, who are supplying to do so. The law does not allow the aviators with juice" for their vehicles in the street, without a trip.
permit:
are
The cable, said Mr. Potter, ran as
Text Of Cable. · "Yesterday noon Ng See Ho, on the pretext to pay me a farewell 'Sentence of three months' hard visit, took away from Sung one labour was meted out to a Chinese race ticket No. 3,066 of the Chinese man by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at Club of Hongkong which was
"Major Zaoni's crash at Hunci the Kowloon Magistracy this morn purchased in Hongkong last few weeks ago, preparatory to tak ing, for receiving stolen property, winter, In the evening, 1ing off for Canton has necessitated The goods.Involved a pongee slik received from my humble his change of plans. A spare jacket valued at $2, which had nephew a telegram from Hong machine-a seaplane was shipped
en stolen during a burglary from kong and understand that the to Hongkong by the President sibility for the fines.. the servant's quarters of No. 3. above mentioned ticket has got Madison" and then reshipped that there was no sign of repairing The police evidence showed the the first prize. The fellow mem to Haiphong by the "Chukws being carried out in the garage on
bers were also very glad. My Mara" which should have arrived that particular day.... opinton is that the Shanghai branch there yesterday.
The manager of the garage stated that on the day in question,. the floor of the garage was being repaired and the lorries had to be shified. He look the respons
Before Mr. E. W.-Hamilton at Ten days ago, just before the the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, Chan Woo, charged with Mall" wrote that "In the South snatching a bangle from the wrist (of China) especially, a war con- of a child, while it was being sists mainly of propaganda-and carried on the back of its mother perhaps corruption to undermine at Wu Sung Street, yesterday afternoon, was sentenced to six an adversary's morale, and the.
weeks' hard labour and nine moving of numbers against num strokes of the birch. Sergeant bera." Our purpose at the time P. Murphy had chased and caught was to allay the fears of those who the prisoner. felt certain that fighting would break out in Canton. We had not been informed by the opposing parties that they would not fight for reasons of pride, or other reasons, but we took the view that the soldier in China is not true to his profession; hence the hope that there would be no bloodshed of it could be helped. Cinema news reels that have been shown in Hongkong gave the impression that the Northern troops did
Telegrams have been received is in diffcu'tles and has no money, According to the latest informa justify their existence; but since by the Hongkong Chinese General to support it; in getting this sumtion, Major Zanni has been staying then we have had, through Reuter, Chamber of Commerce and the it would help us a great deal. But at the Metropole Hotel, Hanoi, but the proclamation by Marshal Chi Tung Wah Hospital from Peking, Ng put me off and refused to see it is not known if he will continue Hsieh yuan in which he gives a the province of Husan and theme. Now Ng bad personally his flight round-the-world from scale. of rewards for differing province of Kwangsi, soliciting handed a valueless ticket No 3076 Hanoi (where he left off) or from **ranks of desertion to his flag, fixed funds for flood and famine relief to the solicitor. According Haiphong His machine was offers for arms and equipment Accordingly, a meeting has been to these circumstances, Ng had packed in two cases and as it took from the other side and in which convened for 2.00 p.m. on Thurs previously received a telegram Major MacLaren several days to Two men of Pokfulam Road, he concludes by "sighing" for the day at the Tung Wah Hospital from Hongkong and used tricks assemble his plane and undergo came before Mr. R E. Lindsell at services of the rank and file of his when Hongkong kaifongs will be to cheat me which is indeed pustrial flights, it is thought that the Central Magistracy this. enemy. Evidently, the preference asked to express a view as to the Ishable. Moreover, it would in- enveral days must pass before morning, on a charge of having fo for bluff and waging war with advisability of earmarking a volve the future prospects of the Zanni can be ready to start again. their possessions, twelve teels of money is not a southern 'monopoly. portion of funds collected for Shanghal branch. Ispecially send
for you to go. to the head office by the Asiatic Fetroleum Co, for ment opium. The first defendant Permission is being applied for prepared optum, not being Govern- -In-that case the day is not far die Kwangtung food relief, tant when the merchants will assistance elsewhere."" reign supreme, as they are the ones who really have the money.
*e China Mail.sary. Immunity from concerted
lunga, Tursday, Bept. 9, 1824.
THE POWERS AND CHINA.
SHADOWS BEFORE.
Coming Events Advertised In The Mail,
ENTERTAINMENTS.
September 9.-Coronet Theatre; "The Acquittal."
"The Storm Daughter”
action by the foreign Powers has undoubtedly encouraged the belief that outside interference is no longer to be feared. A movement in favour of the Powers pacifically entervening in Chine is rapidly gaining ground in America and Owing to the growing menace to Great Britain. Now that the war September 9-World. Theatre;
Stormswept Woosing and the Northern borders has sprand from Shanghai to Peking,
September 9-Queen's Theatre; of Shanghai, a force of British, any, suggestion of peaceful inter American, Japanese and Italian vention would appear somewhat September Star Theatre; marines, counting
1,000 late in the day. The offer, how-"A Full House.* bayoneta, was landed in the Inter-ever, need not necessarily prove to Friday, Sept. 26-Promenade national Concession at 4 o'clock this late now that a demonstration has Concert at Volunteer Headquarters morning. In addition, the Shang- been given that the Powers do not at 9.15 p.m.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS: hai Volunteers were mobilised at intend to stand idly by and lot 6 o'clock. The situation in the China's military leaders of a day wea the immediate have matters entirely their own Liuho sector cause of further. marines being tooded some days ago French year agocha of the most marines ware beted in the French important and enlightened Chines Concession and should act as a suggested that the Powers- awould
over
way..
Jordan Road, Kowloon, on night of September, 6.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
DOPE TRAFFICKERS,
HEAVILY FINED.
of the race (tickets) at once Zanni to land here, presumably, at was fined $10,000, or one year's and stop payment. At the time of Stonecutter's, where the British and hard labour; the second $1,000 or purchasing this ticket the friends American world-fiers tied up on (six months' hard labour,
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
in Hongkong know it and in their call here. Shanghat there were people who 'saw this ticket being taken away # A large number of American and can act as witnesses I know officers passed through from that you are zealous in justice; Manila in the Canadian Pacific therefore. I ask you to devise liner "Empress of Canadian These means and to, give me a helping Included Majors A-W.. Blour and hand for which I thank you both |]. J. Teter, Captains. H..Case, W. officially and privately. Fram M. Chapin, Lients. F. L. Hayden, anxious and reluctant to tell you RA. Hill, JT. Dlamuke and R. the true facts and wait for your E. Round
reply,"
TO MEET NEXT ON SEPTEMBER 18,
The Legislative Council was to have convened on this coming Thursday, but the meeting has now been postponed. · The next September 18. sitting will be on Thursday,
On hearing the sentence, first defendant loudly protested that the upfum, was not his, but belobged to the second defendant, who had put it into his cubicle. For this remark the Magistrate imposed a | further fine of $250 or six months' hard labour for contempt of court::
ONE BLACK EYE!
COST FIVE DOLLARS.
Mental Anguish. The Prince Regent of Japan, Mr. Potter asked the jury to according to a cable to the Dally picture the mental anguish of a Bulletin, granted an audience to man who, knowing himself to be Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson, on innocent, was found guilty of
"A Chinese youth having run} relinquishing his contmand in the
short of money, applied to his ar fast, he once cordle dishonesty and fraud as a result of Potter) asked for exemplary master for the wages due to bim."
| arbitration proceedings and said damages. thanked Sir Arthur for the co-opers that he was determined to leave
His request being refused. the Evidence was then given by Mr youth gave his master a'black eye. top of the British ships at the no stone unturned to prove to the Wong Kwong-tin, who received As a result he appeared Before time of the earthquake.
world that he was not a thief, the cable which is alleged to con Mr R. E. Lindsoll at the Central Mr. Potter said that the defend tain the libellons statement, and Magistracy this morning. He was A well-known resident of the ant's case was that he had pur. By a representative of the Hong Bhed Spätn September 11.-Launmert Bros Colony is leaving this week after chased the winning ticket number kong and Shanghai Bink who at Sales Rooni, Duddell St., post-residence of some 16 years in 3,067 on Ianuary 5; but the case of produced the cheques of payments age stamps, 5.16 p.m.
the Colony. This is Mr the plaintiff's was that he certainly by the defendant to certain persons September 12.-Lammert Bros. Hamilton, of Talkoo. Mr, purchased a ticket about, that date, after the arbitration proceedings. at Sales Room, valuable household milion has been sixteen years on the fourth in fact, but that its The witness sald he had been furniture, etc.-2.30
Engineering Company and during sible for the defendant to live producing them on the grounds with the Talkoo Dockyard and number was 3,076. It was impos-asked-to-register e protest against- Jeptember 10.Firal ordinary his stay here has made many purchased the ticket on the date he that they were private, sithough The death took place suddenly
friends, all of whom will be sorry claimed at evidence would the shield by the bank
Yesterday evening of Mr David
COMPANY MEETINGS.
OBITUARY.
LEWIS.
timely warning to the Chinese best serve the interest of Ching it un mesting of shareholders to see himiga 3SANONEiven thất all of the tickerg in the His Lordship said that he would say Lewis, inspector of Riggeris! leaders of what to expect if foreign they insisted on the contende F.K.Besity and Trunk Co Helt well-known and liked in book containing the winding, num» note the objection,svete Nival; Dockyard, Mr Lewis, who
livea or property ure endangered parties meeting in conference until
The Powers have no desire to their various claims are
Lid at Hongkong Hotel, noon bowling circles, being
September 18-Extraordinary of the Lawn Bowls Associa
airman bor were sold on December 24 13MP MAK. Lo of Lo and Lo, had been in the Colony for a few general meeting of The China and one of the Taikoo Teap
asion: Mr. Potter sild produced a list of names of people years, was about to proceed. Home, Bugar Befining Co., Ltd., at the layers. On Saturday night
that the ydelendant" had filed of to whom defendant had authorized on tranfers Sympathy will be, take drastic action unless they are and a Government sceptable to Registered Office of the Company large number of sfondi patatements that he made cat He also regist-red: =| England
| defence to the elect that he would payment to be made and Cheques expressed for the widow who forced to do wo but, as pointed out the whole of Chine-fin
Pedder Bireet, neon.
entertained him at the Yee Woo had made and she had hot pin lit protest which was sipted pe October 9.-Second, meeting of restaurant, West Polot. Mr. the China Bugar: Refining Coz Hamilton-la-procsading home to plátani's first step in the
En appo
the 'All of these witnesses had been lica sub poensed; take up an appointment there, Street, noon.
tion of his character and Ko (Mirë, piks (Case proceeding:
by Bir John Jordan, there has never lished with foreign aas
Vendi". wilful disregard for for ancist and
'nign righ's and firm sotion la nocecessary.
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