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二拜機 魏三月二年五十二百九千一英
WAR ON PIRATES.
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1925.
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(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Pakkai, Kongmoon. February 2.
Detective.
COMPENSATION, DEMANDED.
INFURIATED CAPTAIN.
(From Our Qin Cemrespondant,).
QUEER HOAX.
PET MONKEY AS “ARMED ROBBER."
FOUND UNDER A BED.
Unexpected Thrill for Detectives.
Home papers arriving during the last fortnight have given much prominence to the gat" burglar who has prove a terror to Mayfair residents. Not to be Behind the times, Hongkong has stepped into line by having an even bigger thrill-a "monkey' armed robber.
PAKKAL, KONGOON, Feb. 2: As yet unconfirmed a report has reached this port that one of H.M. West River flotila has played an active part in the unceasing a robber-one of several who tried Shortly befor China New Year campaign against pirates in this part of the Canton River delta.
Yesterday, the officials at thesage was sent through to the to hold up a shred by posing as Central Police Station were sum Central Police Station and the That a stem-launch flying the Victims are
accommodated in beaten to that Sawat city by Market where, so the report went,
stamp revenue detectives-wasmoned to a house in "Paddy's detectives arrived post haste. British flag and employed as con- close proximity to civilisation, hostile crowd, was pre-in armed robbery was in pre-zone" and on being informed that When, on entering the "danger sort to the Canton tow-boat hade, on a large plot of land in the pared for extreme because the gress. A posse of detectives the robber was still making a been "commandeered" and subse- middle of Chu Lin village. tax was considered xatious and Chinese in charge of Europeans-noise under a bed in a cubicle; the quently released through the Although they are practically robbery was the jwbric evil, intervention of a party of blue- under no restraint, none of the
held in readiness to cope with police officers" drew their re- Jackets from the British gunboat unfortunate people dares to at "China Mail" at the time, was down along Hollywood Road, each their challenge, the detectives Deceased, as reported in the serious crime of this class, dashed volvers. Receiving no answer to at Pakkni, is the gist of the re- tempt. escape as they are sur-subsequently identified as a non-man instinctively feeling for his surrounded the entrance to the port to hand.
rounded by small communities commissioned officer in the army. revolver to make sure Details have not been forthcom-friendly to or in collusión with,The captain of his company has would work
that it cubicle, from which a terrific din ing. It appears that the launch the outlaws. Then, again, Kong since marched his troops to the
at the required was heard from the direction of was boarded by some armed men "Mei is notorious as the pirates spot where the riot took place and
moment.
a Chinese bed. who are alleged to have claimed market, a good many of the mer-blocked alt prokress pending the Street (first floor)-leading up (barracks sergeant at the Central An inmate of No. 7. Tung Detective-Sergeant Chan Pui military authority. It is not known chants here having reputations of payment of substantial compensa- from Queen's Road into Paddy's Detective Office) rushed up to the if they were actually pirates, being alleged "fences" for rob- tion.
Market and part of the famous bed and pulled the miscreant out. However, they surrendered pos,bers. It is felt that a combined It has been reported that the locality itself-had started the On seeing his capture for the session when the sailors arrived. armed expedition comprising local Chamber of Commerce alarm by feverishly blowing a first time, he shouted out to the Six junks travelling in com- units from the local Chinese mili- parted with no less than $30,000 police whistle on the verandah. occupants (who were busy giving pany, with passengers and cargo, tary and the British Navy would before the infuriated captain would People in an opposite flat had the a description of the robber they were held up at Tai Wong Po, do much good. The razing of withdraw.. near the boundary between the these places to the ground would
presence of mind to inquire what had seen) that he had captured a [The
tax referred Heungshan and Sanwhi districts hamper the movements of the a comparatively
is bad happened, and the whistic-"iniature robber" and produced. new Imposi blower replied armed robbers," a pet monkey of the species usual- and thoroughly ransacked.
pirates to such an extent that tion, necessitating the affix As a result of this conversation inly seen in Hongkong. they would migrate.
-ing of revenue stamps. in stage whispers, telephone mes
In contrast to the North and East River districts, no political developments are expected here, but piracy is rampant and occur- rences are being-reported daily
for
Following the sensational land attack by bandits on this port on China New Year Eve, "when several Chinese were carried off,
ransom and a robber was killed by his confederates, the small community has taken panic. Approximately seventy per cent.. of the residents have fled and this. prosperous outlet for Kongmoon- appears dismally lonely,
A local resident who has re- turned from captivity in pirate
hands states that the majority of
DR. "SUN" YAT-SEN,
HIS SON DUE AT PEKING YESTERDAY.
Beyond giving the figures for temperature and pulse of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, there is little of interest In the vernacular papers this morn Ing.
It has been reported that Mr. Sun Fo (Dr. Sun's son and ex Mayor of Canton) and General Li Lich-chun, former Chief of Staff to the Canton Military Government, arrived at Tsingtao on February 1, and were due in Peking yesterday..
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OPIUM PROBLEM...
AGREEMENT NOT YET IN SIGHT..
TRÍBUTE TO INDIA.
(Reuter's Service.}
Mrs. Liu Chung-ol, wife of ex- Governor Lin, together with Mr. T. V. Soong and Mr. Chan Suf-pak left Canton on Friday afternoon and proceeded North by "President Jefferson" on Saturday
Geneva, February 2. morning from Hongkong, says the At the sub-Committe of the "Canton Gazette." Mrs Liu, who Opium Conference to-day, the is an old friend of the family, Indian delegation submitted a decided to go to Peking in order detailed note re-stating the Indian to be with Mrs. Sun, on whom the position. strain has fallen most heavily by the illness of her husband,
RIVALS OUSTED.
Mr. H. B. Clayton declared that India was the only producing country which signed The Hague Convention and carried it out. Indin had reduced the per capita consumption of opium to a figure as low as, or lower than, Euro- pean countries, and well below the figure agreed to by the Committee (From Our Own Torrespondent.) of experts as permissible.
LEUNG HUNG-KAL DIGS HIMSELF IN.
PAKKAI, KONGMOON, February 2
General Leung Hung-kal, of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Cantonrue Army and Director of the Sze Yap districts, has now finally established himself as the unchallenged "cock. of the walk" in this part of the province.
He has gradually ousted all milltary detachments not directly under his banner.
The discussion continues to
morrow.
Another sub-Committee. ap. the establishment of a permanent proved of articles dealing with Central Board of Control.
JAPANESE EFFORT.
business records. Detectives have made themselves obnoxious by their methods. In fusising on ex amining receipt books in public Yesterday the China Mail's". Cantos correspondent reported. that the Canton (Chinese) Chamber of Commerce had petitioned the Civil Governor to rescind the tax.1
COMMUNISTS IN JAVA-
ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE NEAR BATAVIA.
ONE FATALLY SHOT...
SIX POLICEMEN WOUNDED,
Subsequently the monkey was traced to an adjoining medicine shop, whence it had escaped and climbed up into the cubicle, It.. had become entrapped in the motley array of pots and pans invariably found under a Chinese bed, and was kicking everything in its excitement to get free. Ita efforts were put down as those of ☀
"armed robber"-and that was how the fun started. Later the; pet was returned to its owners, little the worse for the adventure, but ignorant of the fame thus achieved.
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Sr W -Mitchell Thomson, Postmaster Gener, in a written reply, gives the fallowing detalis as a rough estimate of the work of fthe post office during the year l'ended March "31st:-Letters. 3.340,000,000; postcardx470,000,000; printed papers 1,615 000,000; news papers, 150,000,000.
Dr. Schmidt, Munich, claims "to have found the cause of cancer.
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BATAVIA, February 2 Communist disturüffices have occurred near Batavia, (Java).
The police shot one and others were seriously injured.
Six of the police were wounded la the encounter.
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It sounds simple, 'doesn't it? It is simple. Just as simple.as it sounds.
The Japanese delegate, Mr. Sugimura actively endeavoured to conciliate the British-American
It is merely a question of seeing views with reference to fixing the Before Mr. BW. Hamilton at how many good friends you have, Hitlerio only two small batches date on which the effective pro- the Kowloon Magistracy this who are willing to work on your were leftct Sanwul City-under hibition of the use of prepared morning, an unemineyed seamanbehalf, who are willing to vote Commanders Tang Kong and. Ngopium in Far Eastern territories was
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magistrate of Sze, Wid, West Mr. Sugimura yesterday receiving the arms koowing them coupon, e River) and the latter has been lengthily conferred with Viscount to have been siplait A further transferred to Heungshan
Cecil, and also with the French charge of returning from banish Failing to keep pace with the delegation. e
ment was also preferred mgalast Incessant demands for funds by Apparently, no side is disposed him
Canton, it is reported that the Sanwuf magistrate, Chan Wing-kal, a Kuomintang member, will resign,
The two Houses of the Swiss Parliament, in a joint sliting, have olected Dr. Musy as President of the Confederation for 1925
to yield up to the present, and The revolver found in the pessimism therefore prevails possession of the fan was the one again.
which was recently lost by Mr.
The dutcome noi: to-morrow as Walter: Webb, tuskinted in a Committee meeting is uncertain, Police report. Me Webb, who is but it is believed that Mr. Porter, shortly leaving the Colony, gave the American Delegate, ie anxious formal evidence of the loss of the to save the fruits of the second weapon, BLAN Opium Conference.
The case was adjourded.".
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