WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1924.
.HONAN
AND HUNAN.
SIDELIGHTS ON CHINA'S UNREST.
BANDITS NOW ""REFORMED" SOLDIERS.
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The correspondents of *Central China Post "at Yencheng,
THE CHINA MAIT
RABIES SUSPECTS.
STATEMENT AT SANITARY BOARD:
NO CLUE TO ORIGIN.
UNLUCKY FORTUNE,
JOEL FAMILY GOING TO. LAW.
the
"BASE" BARNATO SUING,
The most interesting item in London, October 5-Mr. Jack laden guests and divide amongst yesterday's meeting of the Hong, and Mr. Solly Joel, two of the them the cargo of silver. The plot kong Sanitary Board was the reply richest meo la the country, are Den and his men passed Shonchow-Dr. Koch as to whether it had been after being mentioned in the High
case of rabies recently reported, or a few weeks. had any idea been formed as to its origin.
CRICKET YESTERDAY..
MALAYA V. HONGKONG.
LITTLE TO CHOOSE.
to Grenier. His "first loose “ball was nicely looked by Owen Hughes to leg for 4 and the 100 went up dt 3.08; Pearce was now 32 and Owen Hughes 10. Then the latter Was but to a very bad stroką,” phữŋy="" ing across a straight full tous which itched about a foot from the stumps. 107-5-107
-Bowker-went-in-and-Pearce-gave. very dificult chance to Phayre who ran from cover towards extra to make the catch. He had to re
wo, Ramsay (of Hongkong) field" ing for him... Bowker got out in almost identical manner to Owen, Hughes. 3.18. 117-G-1. bright outlook for llongkong as it had been thought that Mainya were
INDIAN OPIUM.
9
SCHEME TO ABANDON REVENUE.
(Router's Servico.)
LONDON, November 18 The "Manchester 'Guardian” în leader says that there is some. force in the Indian argoment that fudia would merely encourage her
Honan, and Shenchowfu, "Hunan, was successfully carried out and of the chairman to the question of ¦ defendants in a dispute which, triangulaz deries which commenced cover and hurt his wrist in trying by répressing her experts of opium pea pictures of the fu and got two stages beyond to possible to trace the source of the Court in 1919, is to be heard within day. Our report of td-day's play tire to the Pavilion for an over competitors to be inore active, but
In their latest news letters give Interesting unrest in the districts lying to the North (Honan) and South (Hunan) of Hankow, which is under the sway of Wu Pel-fu, the Loyang warlord. Under date of November 8, the Honan correspondent writes from Yencheng:
The weather this Autumn has favourable for the farmers. The Autumn crops have been gond, and the country looks green already with the wheat that was sown after the last raios. As Wa Pri-fu's soldiers have all gone North even their drili ground has been sown! with Wheat-they evidently plined to be away some considerable time
been most
As with the rest of China the chief subject of conversation is the the North. Most of the people are fatalists and feel they must abide by "The decree of heaven "whatever that might be. A large number would like to see
General Peng came out on top, So much money has been squeezed, out of the lately that they would be oody too glad of a new regime.
Loyal Reporta.
Pushih. Besides this load of allver these junks were reported to carry freight of cloth to the value of thirty thousand dollara,
On reaching Pushib we hear that things did not look too bright for Den-who subsequently sold the cloth cargo which he was to bring to Hungkiang, realizing twenty one thousand dollars for same. With this sum we are told he bought a Major's position in the Army and so today is beyond impeachment.
The Approach Of Mercenaries.
Quite a change has taken place
The action concerns two wills, those of the late Mr. Barney Barnato The reply was that there was and the late Mr. Woolf Joel, his nothing in the known moventents nephew, and the point in question of the dog in question from which is to what extent Captain Woolf any clus to the source of infection Barnato, son of the late Mr. Barney could be obtained. It seemed prob- Barnato, and Brst cousin of Jack able that the dog, was bitten and Solly Joel, benefit. Kate Joel, the wan mother of Solly and Jack, was a rabid dog in by dering phase of the disease, and Barney Barnato's sister. it hoped that the latter animal died without doing further A certain number of damage dog belonging to Mr. Stark, had suspects, among them being the
been examined by the Government
Was
in western Hunan recently. The Bacteriologist, with negative re- ex-bandits who were taken into suits. Eight other dogs had been
of Tsen Yi-mea of sent to Kennedy Town for observa service Phaching, have all had to fleetion. Of these one had since died, before the hordes of southern and the results of the bacteriologi soldiers who returned into Hunan cal examination would be notified from Tungjén, Kweichow.
one who could flee did so.
1
!be clear that
There are millions in this family. Mrs. Ascher, daughter of Harry Barnato, Barney's brother, was once in England, for she was his only reported to be the richest heiress
child, whereas Barney's money was split up among three or four children.
Captain Woolf Barnato, a tall, dark, young man, very well known in motoring and theatrical circles, is better known as 'Babe"
year.
of
After a day's struggle in which there were not many exciting in- Leidents Ainlyyn and Hongkong stand honours even in their inter port cricket match, the final of the
last week and should be over to
will be
found elsewhere in this issue.
Complete acores for the day are as follows :--
Malaya-1st Innings. Flight Lieut. G. E. Livock, b
Bowker G. M. Brand, b Bowker N. Grenier, b Quick
R. T. Foster, b Quick,
7
Not a
India is becoming-
opium
piston in increasingly aware that must be regarded as immoral.
Already the All-India Congress committes bas moved in favour of
0 unfortunate to be dismissed for 147, the abandonment of opium The 120 was signalled at 3.24 revenue and prohibition of its use for amenity purposes.. By x- 26 and two minutes afterwards a loud
such pressing
an opinion in 40 burst of applause greeted the 50 for legislation India could at least Tam Pearce, who had taken a little drive a deep wedge into the Far gover the hour to get his runs.
Lieut. R. A. Phayre, c Owen
Hughes, b Reed .... A. E. Holmes-Brown, b Reed.. 0 P. N. Knight, b Bowker. 24 W. N. Edwards, c & b Webster 14 N. H. P. Whitley, b Powell.. 4 D. F. Stiven, b Powell
4 Lieut. F. H. Thompson, not out 1
Extras
24
147
Total
-Fall of Wickets:-1 for 4, 2 for 19, 3 for 68, 4 for 87, 5 for 87,
6 for 95, 7 for 136, 8 for 141,
9 for 145, 10 for 147.
►
HOWLING ANALYSIS.
Bowker Hargreaver Rec Quick Powell Webster
.....
D). M.
E.
46
0 24 .11.2 27
7 3 10
4.3 1.15
1 1 0 Hongkong-1st Innings.
b Thompson R. E. A. Webster, & Grenier,
to the Board in due course.
Barnato, He is often to be seen Their numbers have been greatly
The reply to the suggestion on in theatres and he has found augmented by the many bands of the part of Dr. Koch that in addition money for more than one theatrical ex-bandits and also the defeated to the "curfew" order, the Govern- venture, including "The Nine soldiers of Hsiung Keh-wu from ment should consider the advisabi-o'Clock Revite
His father disappeared from the Szechuan.. Great fear was felt, lity of bringing in a regulation that everywhere when their coming was all dogs in seagoing or river craft deck of a liner while he was on his A large number of Feng's sol-known to be fact. Shops were should be chained or caged while way home from South Africa in diets te originally from this optied of their wares and every such vessels are in harbour or in 1897. Mr. Woolf Joel was shot in communication with the shore, South Africa in the following district, and it is remark thin how
Their departure last year and was that it was recognised by the loval the mer seem to be in their
THE DIAMOND MILLIONAIRE. leader, and what good reports are early in 1924 gave but little hope Department that dogs on ships and brought and written home to their to any one who lived through those, junks, especially the latter, were a
Five years ago, Captain Woolf villages. People here often speak awful days of loot and kidnapping, potential source of rabies infection of the way the General rares for. To our utter surprise, however, the and the suggestion would be laid Barnato asked in the Chancery account of the hismen, how they are taught not strictest discipline has been main- before Government. "But it must Court for an
transactions a regulation dealings and only to fight but how to earn a tained so far, and little if any acts
port Barnato Brothers from the day of living when fighting days are of lawlessness have been reported,, affecting the shipping of a over, so that Teng and his army. The money tribute laid on dis like Hongkong cannot be enacted have a very large body of symtricts through which they pissed, without the fullest consideration difficulty will be that pathizers all over. Honan by men were far from light, but as these. One who have no connection with the largely affected the wealthy, the of distinguishing between junks Christian church. Whatever labouring classes did not suffer as plying to places outside the
Colony and those plying only father left him £250,000, and that faults Feng, may have no one formerly.
within our waters. It would be the claimed that he was entitled to doubts his love for his country
inhuman to condemn dogs on the proprotionate part of the profits and all fervently hope some great
latter class of craft to perpetual of the business, which, when his good will come to China as the
deprivation of exercise ashore." father died, had a capital of result of all the fighting in the
Dr. Koch: Does the Government nearly £9,000,000.
C.Q.M.S. A. Strijp, not ont North.
Since the hearing of the appli-Rev. T. B. Powell, b Knight - make any and if so, what profit on
cation in 1919 the 20 years E. B. Reed, b. Thompson The Chairman: The Gover-transactions have been examined the sale of Antirabic vaccine! ment makes a considerable loss on by an accountant. The task has the sale of antirabic vaccine.
been so heavy that the hearing of the action has not been possible Dr. Koch also asked the follow-till.now.
No express trains are tanning between Peking and Hankow, the ordinary passsenger trains only n as far as Shuentehfu, they are made up chiefly of tracks, so travelling on the line is uncertain and uncomfortable.
"When Knights etc."
The Hunan correspondent's letter is dated at Shenchowfu, October 28, and reads:-
Happenings here remind us of "Fridays of old, when Knights were bold", etc. Hearing from several and fairly reliable sources of an incident so true to life in these wild and woolley western parts, places but little tax on the credulity of the writer. If not true to the minutest detail, it is never theless true to life as we see and know it in these inland parts.
On leaving, their anathemas were all poured out on our gover- nor Chae Heng-ti. Now, however, they speak of him as a friend who has welcomed them back and their curses and hatred seem all to he directed against Wu Pei-fu and the wicked North."
Bound for Wuchang.
We fear that rest, recuperation and the fat of other people's land
Liquor Samplas.
his father's death down to February 28, 1917, the day on which a partnership between himself and the brothers Joel was dissolved.
It was then said in Court that his
is the immediate goal of these ing question: "Has this Depart- Brives, but their ultimate objectment, or any other Government in diamonds
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to
The Barnato fortune was made Barney Barnato,
we are told will be Chaagteh, Departments, power to authorise educated at the Jews' Free School Changsha and perhaps Wuchang. an officer to enter any establish- in Spitalfields, bought four claims of in a Kimberley miae, and floating Again refugees are fleeing into ment licensed for the stle
procure large companies later on, made our cities from all the country intoxkating drinks to districts
The samples from the bar for the many millions of pounds. Tragedy the west.
former men purpose of testing their purity? has followed the fortune. removing of the
If not, will the Government under Tsen's order have given the
the desired consider
advisability of smaller bandits their
that opportunity. One of these terrori introducing a by-law sing bands is that of Tsen's former effect?"
The Chairman: The necessary Majons, Ling Daib-ching, who is
eigut cement powers are conferred on reparied to nave hundred gu is and over a thousand officers of the Board and thers by men. Fortunately the rice crops Ordinace 8 of 1896, but the TALES were good and have all been ground is also covered in respect
liquors intoxicating gathered in.
And whilst it is 11 no ima!! in-Ordinance 9 of 1911, and by convenience that the poor must departmental arrangement these
by
GIRL
"BILKER.*
THAT DECEIVED CAB-DRIVERS.
Rev. E. . Quick, c Holmes-
Brown, b Thompson A. W. Kamsay, 1.b.w. Knight T. E. Pearce, Holmes-Brown,
b Thompson
H. R. B. Hancock, Foster,
b Holmes Rrown
H. Owen Hughes, b Grenier A.-C. 1. Bowker, b Grenier Pay. Lieut.-Com. G. E. L. Hargreaves, st. Livock, b Thompson
Extras
Total
8
23
5
62
20
10
1
€
Tam Pearce. whose broad shoulders ably carried the lond: yesterday, for Hongkong,
Thompson was now put on at the Naval Yard end for Grenier.! having been given a rest as soon as he showed signs of falling off. Thanks to a rather lucky 4 by way
of leg, Hargreaves, who had sinco
12 joined Pearce, notched the 140, bringing. Hongkong within close range and giving a prospect of a fair,
L
0
.189
4 lead. But the visitors were vary keen, every man doing his utariost to keep down, runs. Holmes- Brown had rung his bowling! changes with precision, giving the take batsmen no opportunity to liberties, As a result Thomp Noit tricked Hurgreav
Fall of wickets:-1 for 28, 2 for 31, 9 for 96, 4 for 81, 5 for 107, 6 for 117, 7 for 345, S for 150, 9 for 151, 10 for 180.
· BOWLING ANALYSIS.
0.
5 0 21 Malaya-2nd. Innings.
af
Eastern traffic and there are grounds for hoping that Persia and Turkey are more likely to support her than they were until recently.
קדי
AMNESTY.
M. CAILLAUX IS PARDONED.
(Reuter's Service)
......
Paris. November 18.
The Senate has passed a resolu-
out tion granting amnesty to ex- his Prease and there Premier Caillaux and ex-Minister wax not a shadow of doubt Malvy whom the high court about the decision as soon as Livock banished for alleged activities in bud dislodged the balls.
3.42. war time.
Stripp went in after Hargreaves,
and Knight superseded Whitley half an hour before stumps were
A two by Stripp gave Hongkong to be drawn,
2 the lead at 3.47, & single having
Reed was applauded for all his
been run in between, but he was scoring strokes but was given out nearly caught in the slips.
M. R. W
Holmes-Brown so Thompson
0 25
1
Knight
..15 .12
5
| 145-7-12. 37
20
0
Stiven
• 20 13
Whitley
8 0.17
Grenier
Flight Lieut. G. E. Livock, not
Dut
11
W. N. Edwards, b Bowker
0
N. Grenier, e Hancock, b Reed
20
R. T. Foster, not out...
Exims
Total (for 2 whis.)
With.b.w, at 4.09, the total being 150, the score at exactly 150, Tum 12 head of Malaya's figure.
Malaya's 2nd Innings. Pearce was beaten when he looked
1good to get a century. He seemed Once more Bowker opened th
to hesitate at playing, Thompson Hongkong attack from the Naval and sent the ball to Holmes Brown Yard end, Livock taking the
at mid-off, the Malaya skipper bowling at 44 Edwards was taking the ball with both hands moved up in the batting order and
above his head-a rather
eaby
Was
We hear of the scarcity of dol- lars in Hungkiang a large wood centre to the west of here. Owing
Emily Watson, 25, a servant, of to this five wood merchants went
Reet Livock's partner. down to Hankow and are said to flee, often leaving behind them pardalar tests are left to the 11. Harrington-square. Camden
bowled from the Law Court's end have brought back with them the their cow and pigs, and go to their Superintendent of Imports and Town, N.W., was sentenced to 6
Fall of wickets:-1 for 4, 2 for 7.ratch. 3.51. 150-8-62. who administers that months hard labour at West proceeds of previous sales aggrega relatives in the cities, or haddie Exports
When yesterday's report went to: Without question the stur bats till play teased for the day. ting to four hundred thousand together under
If any member of London Police Court for stealing few bamboo Ordinance,
out ut 4.31 and press, the Hongkong score was 100 man for Hongkong, Pearce played Edwards was dollars. This they got safely to mats, it is the wealthy who are the Board considers that grounds 27s. by a trick from Alfred Barton,
for 4 wickets and Pearce and faultless innings except for the Grenier, in first wicket down, at Changteh and from there transest inconvenie iced, and kid-exist for doubting the purity of a taxicab driver. It was stated
Hancock were still batting. barely possible chance mentioned.4.30, Livock having made most of by any that after visiting a shop she told shipped their precious cargu on the upped and he'd for ransom. So the liquors supplied janks of one named Dea from this situation, sad as it is, is level. particular licensed establishment the taxicab driver that she had. There was a double change of l'or him he was restrained as be there. When only ten minutes Mayang.
half. As usual, bis shots bore on Quick once more and the slow ling things up a bit in these parts. I shall be glad to bring the fact left her purse at her hotel and had
was at the wicket for an hour and rasnained for play, Hancock called All.co.nmodities are soaring in
the hallmark of excellence, scoring towler had hard lines as, off the last hall of his first over, he nearly price, but above all is the cost of labour skilled and unskilled.
At 2.50 Hancock was caught, neatly all round the wicket.
Going in next, Powell was disgot Planyre taught, the ball falling according to the score beard, by Foster, who was fielding at point missed without scoring. Instead inches from Owen Hughes, who to Holmes-Brown, although it apof stepping out he played back was the only man fielding in the all of the other 16 and the 2 leared the Stiven (slip) whoa-ball from Knight which hit his slips. This produced no run,
The middle stump. 3.55. 19-0-0, made the catch. 814-20.
Reed, last man in, partnered "extras" consisting of singles.
When a short distance from
Shen-chow, this man Den con- spired with a number of his boat hands to murder their wealth
HANKOW OPINION.
-FENG-VP-HSIANG, IS DENOUNCED.
Hsieh yuan,
son (Law Court's end) and Holmes bowling as Stiven replaced Thomp to the notice of the Superintendent. not sufficient money to pay for her
Brown went on for night. He leat her 275. and Dr. Koch: I understand that the purchase. Excise Department officers have no she re-entered the shop and left power to go into Bars and get by another door. samples of the drinks sold. The Mr. Edmund O'Connor, for the Trade Protection power was supposed to be relegat- Motor-Cab DETECTIVE DISCHARGED. ed. by this Department to the Society, said this was not e-case Police Department, and the Excise of a romantic young woman who Department have no bower at all, did not realise what she was I should like that point to be gone doing, but of an impudent, un, Hongkong slipper made some very stripp for fifteen minutes but they Foster was very cantions and took
FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER.
into further.
The Chairman: I will inquire further in to the matter.
Food Importation. A letter from the Government relative to the amendment of the Public Health and Building Ordin-with a
SHIPBUILDERS.
scrupulous adventuress who had neat strokes in form approaching is best and had got going when for some months been living by swindling and defrauding taxicab Malaya engineered his dismissal.
Partnered by Owen Hughes, The charge of murder preferred
drivers not only of their fares but against the Chinese detective at
of part of their hard-earned money. Pearce continued to raise the score
One
driver she approached and Holmes-Brown gave the ball
dejected and forlorn the Criminal Sessions yesterday was reduced to one of man-ance, stated that the amendment appearance, carrying a wreath, and slaughter later in the day and on to the Public Health and Building pretended that she was arranging Hsino Yao-un, Wu Pei-fu, this he was found not guilty by Ordinance, recommended by the for the funeral of a relative.. Board would be introduced when She engaged him to drive hef t> a suitable opportunity occurred. In a girage, where she said she the meantime should any urgent wanted to hire some mourning necessity arise the Government coaches for the funeral. At the would be prepared to take action garage she told him they wanted under the Imports and Exports Es. for hire of carriages, and sha had only £4. The taxicab.driver Ordinance of 1915,
lent her £, and then, after being. driven about to other places, she gave him the slip.
Renter's Service.)
Shanghai, November 18. inanifesto sent out from Hankow last night, signed by Chi San Chuan-fang, Chin-ha, Tu Shih-kuci, Ma Ten chio, Tsai Cheng-heun, Chow Yin- jen, Sah Chen-ping, Chang Fa-lai, Li Chil-chen, Lin Clam-ho, Liu Usiang, Yang Sen, Tang Shil-bao; Yuan Tau-arg, Lin Fu and Hung Chao-lin declares that. Feng Ya- hsiang is traitor and that all man- dates since his entry into Peking majority. are void.
the jury who originally came to ti sir decision by a majority of four to three. His Lordship said this was unacceptable so the jury eventually retired again and announced that their decision had been reached, by a five to two
The resolution of the Board was that the Government be respectful The main contention of the ly requested to amend the Public The manifesto announces the defence was that the revolver Health and Buildings Ordinance, establishment of a Military Gov-which prisoner was alleged to so as to give the Board power to ernment as an energency measure have fired at a man running away mike laws prohibiting the importa- which assumes duty in suppressing from him on the hillside around tion into the Colony of any article rebellions and eliminating traitors. Tai Hang had gone off by accident of food, drink or ice.
Mr. D. W. Tratman, presided It includes the Yangtsze and Yel- when the prisoner fell.
over the meeting and the follow- low river Provinces, with the
His Honour summing up saiding members were present: Mr. seat of Government at Wuchang, to that this was an extremely inter- C. G. Alabaster, K.C, the Hon. be admittered by the commanders esting and important case, The Mr. H. T. Creasy, Dr. Koch, Mr. of the army and Navy of the police for the greater protection S. W. Tao, Dr. W. Pearse (Medical respective Provinces: All State and safety of the public were Oficer of Health) Dr. Severa affairs will be decided by these invested with great powere but (Assistant M.O.H.), Mr. Kennedy commanders in council, who shall these could not be used with ima-Skipton (Secretary) and Mr. D. elect a
President und Vice-Pre-punity. The greatest discretion Davies (Assistant Secretary)***** sident of Council.
should be used in exercising them,ugu. True Tast of Mass The Millary Government shall and they should never be used consist of Ministries of Foreign cruelly or wantonly. The charge mises to do, bat by what he bar dose,
You judge a mia pot, by Home, Finance, War and Com- in this case was originally framed mas is the only true bert. munications. This Government shall be dissolved when the Con- a murder but the jury were safe lala Cough Remocy judg stitution becomes fully operative in regarding it as one of man-maadsed has no maperior.
again,
'slaughter merely
Pubern, speak of 15 in the { of praise. ^) for saló evicywhe
Detective-Sergeant Welshy said
she was put up for identification by 24 taxicab drivers, and identified her as having swindled
them.
LAST SHOWS TO-DAY JACKIE COOGAN
DADDY
13
The Queen's Theatre
SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS. FORGE MASTERS,
only got 8-runs, Reed claiming great pains to keep up his end half the number as Stripp did not but Livock tried to get runs in his
it but and gave the impression forceful manner. that he was trying to delay the end so
OXY-ACETYLENE, ANL ELBOTRIC WELDERS,
MECHANICAL AND ELBOTRICAL
Malaya last night were 8 runa. as to give Malaya about ahead with 3 wickets in hand.
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