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POLICE "EVICT"" LOCAL” TENANTS."
300 YEAR INHABITANTS,
HONGKONG, RENTS ORDINANCE.
PETITION TO CONTINUE
RESTRICTION.
THE PROS AND CONS..
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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1926.
That Three hundred years associn.
a petition is to be prepar- tion is claimed by some local ed for presentation to the Govern- Chinese householders, who were ment was the decision arrived at Tevicted by the Police yesterday by the general meeting of the after a long series of "incidents Hongkong Tenants" Protective starting from a deluge of a few Association.. Iwer gunsons MADUDARNA
Early in the morning. Divi | sional Inspector J. Ogg, of Wan- lebat stution, tock a posse com- prising a European sergeant and ten blians and Chinese down to Wong-re-chong.` village.. With the officers were representatives of the Public Works Department, for which several gangs of coolies: had assembled to do the manual part of the joli,
Points mentioned by speakers were:-
Reasons advanced for rescind ing the Rents Restriction Or speakers opinions-effects of restric- tions on owners of property; the increase of 16. per cent.
dinance (in the
on
LINK WITH PAST.
DEATH OF WIDOW OF EX-GOVERNOR
LADY BLAKES WORK.
"Helped To Abolish Feet- Binding.
(Reuter's Serviço.):
- Lozen April 20. The death is announced of Lady Blake, widow of the late Sir Henry Arthur Blake, G.C.M.G., KC.M.G., C.M.G. F.R.G.S.. (ex-Governor of
PRICE, $8.00 Per Month.
ONLY A JOKE!
$10,600 FOUND IN SAFE OF PIG LAAN
HOTEL MYSTERY CLEARED.
That he merely hid the sum of $10,600 in notes, for a joke on the owner, was the excuse alleged to have been offered by a Chinese who has been taken into custody in connection with the disap- pearance of that sum from a re- sident at the Great Eastern Hotel, Connaught. Road Central Tast Friday,
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CAPTAIN FINED,
CAUSING OESTRUCTION IN HARBOUR.
RESULT OF "STRIND."
A fine of $40 (or, in default, one month's hard labour)) wna ini- posed on the captain of a local steamer, at the Marine Court this morning.
Defendant was Captain J. N Catela, master of the ms. "Wong Shek Kung who pleaded not guilty Before Lieut.Com cha Hole, R.N. (Marine Magistrate};.; The loss was reported into a charge of anchoring in the Saturday's "China Mail."""
harbour so as to obstruct. the fair ways at 8:30 p.m. on April 14
Hongkong) at Youghal. Ireland, On the Police being com-
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Lady Blake was in Hongkongmunicated with, detectives set standard wenta sanctioned last during the five years (1898-1905) to work, and a friend of the year) not being high enough in which the late Sir Henry Blake victim was detained..
Subsequently he is said to have ratio to the rise in other costs was Governor and in which period of living the number of vacant the New Territories were taken admitted taking the money, mere. tenements in the Colony.
over from the Chinese (April, for fun and with no ulterior 1890.)
motive.. Accompanied by police Lady Blake was the daughter and the owner, he led the way to of Bernal Osbourn, a well-known premises in the western district politician of the mid-Victorian which were used as the office of a period and the late Sir Henry pig nie, a wholesale pig Blake, who was a popular and depot)? able administrator, admitted that
Arguments against the rescind- ing of the Ordinance were ad vanced as follow :-If o nestriction is placed on the power to increase rentals. rents will be put up to such an extent that other costs will hage to go up in
Verbal notice had been given on Saturday that the houses were to.. La demolished. As iw characteris- tic of the Chinese masses, the in- hubitants of the village delayed things till the very last minute: When the Police arrived they took matters stoically-after having hoped against hope for months on end that they would be allowed!
Blake. in tenements which to stay nature had made both dangerous. and insanitary
There wis no "fun" similar to that when the Sheriff's officer went to evict the Clydebank workers who refused to pay rent. The only incident was when two women disputed ownership of al small board that was only worth a few cents. Knick-knacks and sundries that the foreigner was: positive nobody could have any Parthly use for were carried away with precision
Each house was of only one Boor nud three ordinary office
desks would have filled up the floor space up to the roof. The rei
Bu
ber of the hovels collapsed. With! the deniges repeated, the place was deemed dangerous,
His uncle gave the man a very
proportion, thereby tending to a The owed much of his success in life good character. The uncle, 19
to the advice and ability of Lady
stated to have explained that when he was asked to put the notes in the safe, he was told thar they were collections by the nephew.
·
When charged before Major C. Wilson at the Central Magistracy
Mr.W, R. Hillyer, boarding. officer of the Harbour Office, testi- fed that the steamer was three ships lengthe west of buoy No. B47, and that there was not enough room.
Replying to the bench witness said that the ship was actually causing an obstruction to the s.s. "New Mathilde," whose, captain he was going to call as a witness for the prosecution.
Captain E.. G.. Rapley, master of the ss. "New Mathilde," said that he was taking his vessel from the mooring. to Stonecutters Island and had to alter his course, thereby cutting, through the line of buoys, because of the other steamer being in the way.
Defendant stated that he left
high rate of living, demands for Increased wages, ete, the stale ment that if rents of restricted
Lady Blake took a keen interest houses the... those coming within
the movement organised to in: Ordinance) the
are put up abolish the compulsory binding of tenants can move to houses at present vacant," is not true in women's feet in China and Sir fact, as the question of situation emry Pollock, R.C., who was this morning with the theft of Canton, owing to the strike, and
Attorney-General during the late is of paramount importance to Sir Henry's administration, re- the money, accused was remanded had only a crew of two. He was short of gasoline and his company business, shops etc., bona fide calls a meeting in Hongkong, ad for three days. landlords do not Savour exploita-
had promised to have gasoline ready near Green Island:
The fine was paid. DÄNISH AIRMAN.
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tion in rents, for which specul-chessed by Mrs. Archibald Little, tors and subsidiary landlords moving spirit in the coganisa-.
tion, over which Lady Blake pre- Ec.. "principal tenants") are
the responsible;
number or (sided. vacant tenementa in the Colony, at present, la not due to the pre- sence of the Ordinance, but to married shortly after leaving. Hongkong, accompanied the Inte Sir Henry to Ceylon where he was
the crisis.
Lody Blake and Miss Olive their daughter, who Blake
As has been stated the meet-Governor for a short time on his
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TO-DAY'S CEREMONY. Another interesting wedding, in
oval was a matter of only aning was convened to discuss a pro retirement in 1907 and since his which the Chinese social com-
NO and then theposal to petition the. Government pioneers" set to work with picks to continue the Ordinance (after death, Lady Blake has lived at the munity was particularly interest- and shovels..
June 80, 1926) or maintain some late Sir Henry's home at Youghal,ed, took place at St. John's Cathe
Ireland.
dral this afternoon, the parties. When the Face-course- was form of limited restriction."
The late Sir Henry Blake com- being Miss Elizabeth fu-Sien Phuddled?" a, few years ago, the] The retiring officials were remenced his public career
in Wong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. village was flooded out and a num-elected en bloc,
Ireland, having been a resident J. M.. Wong; and Mr. S. B. Tan, magistrate and one of the five son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tan special resident magistrates Cheng-tuan, of Singapore. selected by the Government "to Concert and carry out measures large for the pacification of a portion of Ireland.
Prior to coming to Hongkong. the late Sir Henry Blake had een Governor of the Bahamas and of Jamaica.
Water
I stood several feet deep in the nar-
(row lanes, and earth was piled up
everywhere.
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Interchange of Lols. Negotiations are proceeding between the Government and respective owners for an inter- change of lots. During the last months. a number of the small owners have been paid at Gevern- ment expense to live away from their homes.
DR. C. C. WU..
NOT YET ARRIVED IN THE COLONY.
NO OFFICIAL NEWS?
Dr. C. C. Wu, the Mayor of Canton, who is reported to be likely to visit the Colony this. week, did not arrive yesterday..
Up till biffin time to-day there had been, as far as is known, no official intimation that he was Yesterday the real work of pull-coming down by the Steamboat ing the village down began and Co.'s steamer this afternoon. modern houses will, it is hoped, Vernacular papers indicate that apring up very soon.
if Dr. Wu does come down, his visit may only be in the nature of a complimentary return call to the Hon. Mr. J. H, Kemp (Attorney- General) who went up to Canton some days ago and entered into unofficial conversations with Dr Wu..relative to the projected con- ference to end the boycott.
A number of the inhabitants are very hazy as to the conditions and they are afraid that they may be in their opinion) unfairly treated. Their one obsession is to retain their present lots, but no one seems to be clear how he is going to keep the rickety house standing, or what he is going to live in. The Government has made a promise and a solution must come in time..
These people are of a clan which migrated to Hongkong long be fore it was ceded to Britain. Some have been there for not less.
years,
:
BOMB FOUND.
RESULT OF A POLICE: RAID
THREE ARRESTS,
the
JUNK PIRACY,
ATTACK IN CHINESE WATERS.
CARGO STOLEN,"
A report made by the master of a junk which returned to the Colony on Sunday gives details of a piracy in Chinese waters on April 8 while on a voyage to Amoy with a cargo of kerosene and matches.
The Rev. H Copley Moyle officiated.
NEEDLESS ANXIETY IN SHANGHAI
FORCED LANDING.
(Reuter's Service,)
Shangha, April 19. The Danish airman, Lieutenant Botved, who is flying from Copen hagen to Tokyo, has been missing since yesterday when he left Can ton for Shanghal
The telegram received yesterday stated that he passed over Foochow The bride, who looked charm at 2.20 p.m. He was thus due at ing in a dress of white satif Shanghai about 5 o'clock yesterday A large crowd, includ- charmeuse" and georgette embroi-afternoon. dered with silver, veit also embroi-ing the majority of the local dered with silver, and trimmed Danish colony, vainly awaited him with orange blossoms, was given at the aerodrome till dusk.
No news has been received of away by her father. Her bouquet. was of white roses and maiden the airman's whereabouts up to the hair ferns.
time of telegraphing (12.35 p.m.)
Located at Ninghai..
Copenhagen, April 10..
Bam The Misses Beatrice (cousin), Estelle Mayes and Jose- phine Wong (sister) attended the The Foreign Office has received bride as bridesmaids and Masters word that Lieut. Botved has been Stephen and Enoch Wong forced to land at. Ninghai in
Chekiang... (cousing), as pages.
CAPE FLIGHT.
The bridesmaids wore pretty dresses of shell pink charmeuse satin and georgette and of pale blue satin and georgette, trimmed ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRON with silver and mauve, and car ried, bouquets of pink roses and baskets of roses.
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The bride's mother wore black satin embroidered dress with red skirt.
RETURNING.
CORDIAL SEND OFF."
Capetown, April 19.
The Royal Air Force flyers have The duties of best man. were started on their return flight to carried out by Mr. Y. K. Wong. Cairo.
A reception is to be given at the They were seen off by a large Chinese Merchants Club after the crowds including the Ear of ceremony and the bride and bride. Athlone, Governor-General of the groom will leave later for N. Union of South Africa, and the China, the bride's travelling dress various Cabinet Ministers. being of mauve crepe de chine embroidered with beads.
V.R.C. SPORTS. ALTERED ARRANGEMENTS
SPANISH “ACE.”
ESTEVEZ AND MECHANIC RECALLED."
About 18 men set off from the shore near Sze Ling in Chinese territory and, bringing their boat alongside the junk, chambered aboard. Brandishing revolvers, they drove the crew into the fore hold and closed the hatch on them. One member of the crew than seven generations, whilst What appears to be a bomb was who attempted to lift the hatch others maintain that their family found on Saturday when cover to see what the pirates were has lived there for three hundred police entered the ground floor of doing was shot in the elbow,
No. 24, Yee Wo Street, Causeway The men were imprisoned for Bay, in consequence of which seven days and the only food three Chinese were arrested. which the pirates gave them was Sub-Inspector Field brought one meal a day Hearing no noise the men before. Mr. R. E. Lindsell on board on the last day of their
MANILA FLIGHT OFF. at the Central Magistracy this Imprisonment, the crew scrambled morning and asked for three days out and found the pirates had
(Reuter's Agency.) formal remand. The accused gone, having taken with them
The annual athletic sports of
Madrid, April 19 were accordingly remanded in cargo to the value of $1,724,
the Victoria Recreation Club fixed
The Minister for War has tele- police custody until Friday morn- The junk made for Samun for Saturday has had to be post graphed instructing Captain ing.
where a report of the occurrence was made to the Custome poped until May 8, owing to the Estevez, the Spanish air "ace, Pleading guilty at the Central authorities, and then steered for vagaries of the weather and to and his mechanic to return to Magistracy this morning to a Hongkong, The Water Police give the competitors more time for Madrid as soon as his health per charge of falling to produce his were notified, on arrival and had in consequence of the altered will not be able to continue his
training.
mits. Therefore Captain Estevez motor driver's licence when asked the injured man sent to the date, the closing day for entries flight to Manila to do so by a traffic officer, Me, Kwong Wah Hospital.
has been extended until Monday, F. Baker, of the PW.D., was fined
May 8. 86.
in the property boom of three years back, a number were tempt ed to sell their" "heirlooms." But they did not leave the place. They went a little higher up the hill, "marked out a claim on Crown land, put up matsheds, and are still living there to-day.
RICE" THEFTS.«
OFFENDERS BENT TO
PRISON.
Imprisonment without the option of a fine was meted out to offenders at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning in further thefts of rice.
Three women pleaded guilty ta
A coolle employed by Messrs. theft of 218 lbs, rice from the ss. Two bales of raw silk, valued at Trollops and Colls was sentenced
Kwongtung" and were each given $440, are reported to have been at the Kowloon Magletracy this. two months' hard labour.atolen from a truck left unattend-morning to undergo one month's A beatman and a woman who ed at Ko Shing Street yesterday. imprisonment for theft of 15 empty were charged with receiving the Another report made by a Chinese sacks from the Peninsula Hotel. rice, knowing some to have been woman states that $240 worth of stolen, admitted in answer to a jewellery was stolen from a safe in question that they knew the rice her house at Queen's Rosa West was swept from the decks of the vesuel, The man, having a previous conviction, was sentenced to four months' hard labour and the woman; to two months.
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