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CANTON'S WAR.
CONFLICTING REPORTS
AGAIN.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVES,
in three days!
Judgmeat was given this morn The cat on whom the court)
A Chinese who thought he 'could With both sides threatening ing by the Paisne Judge Mrsat" in solemn conclave yaster-
Sir-Speed being the essence cape the vigilance of the law bycounter offensives," the reports Justice . R. Wood, in the Sumday to determine whether the of all trade, I am surprised that proferring a bribe to an Indian from the seat of war near Kwang- "mary Court. for Mr. N. V. „Acoolie in whose Bossession it was Hongkong's General Post Office on an additional count at the Magis- constable found himself charged
tung are again contradictory. Croucher. df. Mesers. Benjamin &
found was the rightful owner
General Ho Yao-chaq, tof Wu Potts (sharebrokers), in the case made another appearance at the has been allowed to be conducted tracy this morning. in which he is sued by Me. W. H. Central Magistracy this morning in the way it has described by three other men pulling a truck held and Yichyang.
Pei-fu's side it is claimed) is sup- Evidence was given that he and a heal architect. for pro when it was mentioned to Major you in the light of insinuations by up a tramcar near the junction of Sang-chi (according to the same posed to have occupied Changte General Tang Willson, the Magistrate, that Enquirer. AM reported yesterday Japanese who had noticed the re
Des Voeux Road West and Hindependent source) is said to Bourne maintained that he Sad
To banking, commerce, ship-Road West and continued on the have retired. done work for Mr. Croucher inport had paid a visit to the station ping or any other branch of busi-track after repeated, soundings. by.
On the other hand. combection with a piece of land.
same message states that The Japanese in question, said ness here time, is all too valuable. An Indian constable who witness-counter-offensive and is confident Tang's right wing is preparing a Wanchal Gap. purchased from the loverament, on which Mr. Croucher Inspector Pain, had been unable If we have to wait for mails to led the incident approached theof retaking strategic points with! to say whether it was his cat or be delivered and sorted it is high truck and those in charge of it. intended to build a residence.
Mr. Bourne hased his claim on
rime the Government put up post. took the number and name of un estimate that the projected house Major Willson expressed sur- at 115 per cent. he charged 8000, the map had gone back to consult can cope with eventualities. When defendant the offered him '70 cents would con: $60 fot. His fee being prise and the Inspector said that age rates to pay for, a staff which that as the defendant), indicating" COBHAM'S FLIGHT.
a summons would follow. The' Mr. Craucher had paid $150 into his wife and bring her to identify we were hard pressed last year to keep quiet about it and persist- court, but Mr. H. C. Maenamarat if it was the same as the one the Government found a big loaned in forcing it on the constable
He had not put in ¦ for, plaintiff's had described this they had lost.
to assist trade. Since big things constable eventually took the money in spite of repeated refušaja. The amount as totally inadequate, Mr.
an appearance again.
be accomplished, the com-and reported the matter to M. M. Watson was for the defence. After adjourning the case to see can
"Evidence Inconsistent,”
if the man returned His Worship paratively small matter of an ade-inspector in charge when he got again questioned the defendant as quate postal staff should be engi-back to the station. to what means he came by the
Defendunt. denied having offered ly handled.. CAL. The plaintiff, sues in contract for
Defendant replied that it
the money at the court this morning My residence in the Colony has and said that one of the other men professional services rendered. Or was his own cat which had run the question whether a ecntractual way during the "flood."
been long enough to teach me that with him had done, s. relation arose between these parties Commenting that this was a the Government will not stir until pointed out to him that in a state- The statements by the parties them-(different story to that given
ment made when Brst charged he selves are here the only material yesterday when he said that he scandal has been
had admitted giving the money but said that the suggestion came from
Rugby, August 5. “ one of the other men.
Mr. Alan Cobham's successful! Magistrate. Mr. R. Eight to Australia is regarded asi Lindsell, fined defendant $6 on an important achievement. It is!
The written judgment delivered hy His Honour read: —
unearthed,
The
the
11 was
66 SEE BRITAIN."
HIS ARRIVAL AT PORT DARWIN..
END OF NOTABLE FEAT.
London, August 6. A. telegram from Fert Darwin state that Cobham has arrived there.-Reater,
IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT.
Some Anxious Moments Described.
| evidence. I accept their bura had been asked by a friend to find Will unofficial members of the Ades. Their evidence on the inter- a cat which had run away, His Council please 'nota? Unless we views between, them is inconsistent; Worship sentenced defendant to advocate for a commission of in- and this is not surprising as they 14 days' hard labour. deponed to incidents of twelve
No. order was made 88, to the 19ury, to be fully representative, the charge of obstruction and $25 not the Brst time that Australia months ago--the present relevance custody of the cat but it is under-to go into the question, we shall on the charged of attempted bribery, has been reached by air, and Mr. of details not being then apparent stood that it has already made still have to wait for our mail, and the alternative being three weeks' Cobham did not attempt a speed in their minds, The plaintiff, in friends at the police quarters and wait unreasonably and disagree imprisonment.
Fecord. But the fight was carried order tesucceed, must show afirma- will not lack for a home.
out against many natural dim- įtively that the services were render-
culties, and. the only incident ed at
Wax the unfortunate death of Mr. A. B. Ellioti, his mechanic. The light therefore, means that we are within reason- able distance of passenger flights) from Britain to Australis becoming matters of every-day routine. It is also a triumph for British aircraft. for' Mr. Cobham's. machine lo "the" sume which he used for his fights to India and South Africa. When Britain, again the.
the defendant's request. This onus vi proof is here upon him. It has in my opinion not been
COMMITTED.
discharged. There was most likely i CONSTABLE, AND ALLEGED
a genuine misunderstanding. The
Camount of any remuneration--need-
SHOOTING.
not, therefore, be considered. 1 "MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. give judgment for the defendant i with rosta.
The Chinese Constable who is alleged to have fired into 1 From the above it is implied sampar which he suspected of that Mr. Bourne failed to prove harbouring men engaged in the that the sketch plan, was drawn at carrying of contraband (leading Mr. Croucher's request;, and that to the death of one of the occu- His Honour did not wish to pass pants) was committed to the any opinion on the amount of $150 Criminal Sessions on a charge of paid into court by Mr. Croucher manslaughter at the Magistracy being his defendant's) idea of what the payment for services should be.
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yesterday.
This followed the conclusion of evidence called before Major Willson, the Magistrate.
At the death enquiry the jury. expressed the opinion that the constable should have exercised more discretion having regard to the fact that there were others in the sampan besides those whom he 'suspected.
CHURCH FIGHT.
EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR IN
MEXICO.
CLASH WITH TROOPS.
On asking an earth coolie not to molest two Chinese girls who | were passing Kowloon Tong, yes
terday, an Indian constable was assaulted by the coolie and about 35 friends, it is alleged, who
Mexico City, August 5. threw stones at the constable, The new religious Ordinances The coolie was charged this have provoked widespread dia- morning before Mr. J. H.-B. ordera, accompanied by bloodshed, Nihill at the Kowloon Magistracy, the most serious of them occurring He said that the constable, at Guadalupe. The people inside a without any reason whatsoever, church fired on General Aguirre. approached the matshed where who was passing by. Troops were he was working and threw away summoned and the Inmates barred his shoes, (the defendant's) and the doors, mounted the towere, and because of this he protested. fired down on the soldiers. He denied having assaulted the latter battered the doors in and constable.
routed the inmates, who neverthe "You are a violent boy," said leas returned and tried to recapture Mr. Nihill, who passed sentence the church.. of ten-strokes with the birch.
ازه
"SOME RAIN" AGAIN,
The
lably.
Enclosing my card,
Yours, etc.,
C.K. Hongkong, August 6.
POSTAL STRIKE.
GOVT. INTERVENTION“(.
SUCCESSFUL.
WORKERS RETURNING.
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Canton, "Aug. 5. · The intervention of the Nationalist Government in the postal strike has proved effective.
The strikers are satisfied with the monthly subsidy allowed by Government for the amelioration of the con- ditions of life.
The postal workers will re- sume work.
[The foregoing has been received through Reuter's Agency.]
An earlier Reuter's message from Peking stated: The Cantonpostal strike has- spread to Swatow, but the co- operation between the foreign naval commanders there is ensuring that foreigners get their letters without interrup- tion.
to
Mails, are' brought Swatow by gunboats and are landed by marines. On the other hand, Chinese residents are entirely cut off from out- side postal communication.
-POST STRIKE ITEMS.
SCHEME FOR ATTRACTING VISITORS.
GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST.
Rugby, August 5. Representatives. of steamship Hines, railway, the Chamber of Commerce, and other organisations this
afternoon met Mr. AM. he lands in Samuel, Parliamentary Secretary of machine will have covered 60,000 the Overseas Department of the miley. When Mr. Cobhara innded Board of Trade, to discuss how at Port Darwin he received a tele- visitors can be attracted togram of congratulation from Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Australian Prime
Eritain.
"You have
A movement with this object is Minister, who said: being enthusiastically supported by made a valuable contribution to many of the leading organisations British aviation," and public men and Mr. Samuel
Graphie' Account. to-day took the Arst step on the Mr. Cobham describes in a cable- part of the Government to aasist it.gram to the Evening News how he The meeting was of a preliminary flew the last 400 miles from Koe- character to decide along what pang in the Dutch East Indies, to "We had to lines action could best be taken. the Australian coast.
+
An official of the Board of Trade trust first in the reliability of our
Jaguar interested in the schame pointed out Siddeley
and engine; that:-
secondly, we had to depend on our "Our ruined.abbeys, our cathe-compass to bring us cut on a dend drals, our battlefields, and our reckoning. For hours we were out castles make a world-wide appeal. of sight of land, It was lonely There are few countries in the flying, and I had to content myself world whose history at one time or with keeping a correct course another has not been bound up over hundreds of miles of water. with Britain. That must make an I began to get a little anxious when appeal, if properly handled. It is the time which we had calculated for the consideration of such for the flight, had passed, but at points that to-day's meeting was last we sighted land at Bathurst caitedThe suggestions put for Island."
ward will be considered by the Regarding other stages Mr. Government, and once an agree|Cobham says "After leaving the ment is reached other conferences Mediterranean we had dust storma will probably follow."British and great heat in Syria and Wireless Service.
DRUG TRAFFIC.
DETECTIVE'S HAUL IN NEW.
YORK
TELL-TALE TRUNK.
41
New York, August 5.
Mesopotamia." Then came the trugle death of Mr. Elliott. When we continued the flight we had heat and stormy mist down the Persian Gulf to Bundar Abbas, where rough seas detained us. From Karachi to Delhi we had bad dust storms, and at Allahabad and Delhi the A fight between troops ayd
Canton, Aug. 6.
monsoon, which increased in vio Catholics at Guadalajara resulted
The Public Safety (Police) De-
lence as we flew south to Calcutta In six persons being killed and 14
and Akyab, in partment has sent out armed de-
Burma: We wounded...
managed to fly between the worst Milder disorders occurred tachments of police to patrol the
at
detective diaguised aa storma until, arriving at Rangoon, other centres, including Iraputa, city on account of the tense feel-baggage man ims put the final touch we were forced to land in a
was ing following the many. favourable beheaded, it is alloged, by Catholics. The public has been assured Little hope weather is held out for the begin- A band of crooks, profiting by
of Federal agents, engaged against tinued southward the rain lessened, narcotic activities. He is responsi-At Singapore we again had heavy ning of the week-end. Till noon the situation in Mexico City, are adequate protection.
Ble for the seizure of a large black rains. Then at Muntok and Bata- the official forecast diveating women of their gold Various shipping interesta at steamer trunk which was unloaded via we finally met fine weather and reads: - Moderute south-east crosses and necklaces on the plea Wuchow have cabled to the Union from. & Montreal express winds; generally cloudy, some of their illegal display of religious of postal employees in connection which was found to contain a large vice.
and clear skies."-British Wireless Ser.
At 10.55 a.m. to-day, the Ob. servatory reported: Pressure National Episcopate, in a statement. (from Canton?).-Wah Taz Yat Povia Switzerland.
Senor Siaz, Secretary of the with the transport of mail bage quantity of narcotics believed to have been smuggled from Russia has increased moderately from says that the Church has never
earlier. N.E. China to S. Manchuria and approved of an-armed uprising, but
Two "aimilar trunks, it is report- slighty over S.W. Japan, central if
The Nationalist Government ised, are on their way to New York, 'necessary it would go to
railway terminals.
to-morrow
rain.
of
where a Protestant woman
insignia.
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strikes. on
two months work of the tropical downpour.
China and at Tourane. It is Calvary with" the present struggle, mediating in the postal strike, and a watch has been sot on ali
DEAR VEGE
Kang Sheung Yat Po
KOWLOON BUSES,
nearly stationary elsewhere! A-Reuter. depression covers China and Indo- China and a feeble anticyclone extends from the Loochoos to the Boning.
A vernacular report says that: All obstruction-caused by fast Hongkong observations at 6 the price of vegetables in Hongkong month's deluga-in any part of a.m." to-day was barometer has gone up, this week on account Kowloon where the motor buses 29.71; temperature 81; humidity of a strike of workers near Canton, have been running, has been clear- 87; wind force 4, direction the strikers preventing supplies ed and all routes have been re E.S.E... weather overcast,
from getting through.
Isumed, states a roport,
The total value of the con- traband in the three trunks is estimated at $3,000,000 selling price-Hauter.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR,
The closing rate of the dollar, on demand, to-day was 2/2 8/16
As we
Cor
PEAK THEFTS:
REV. W. T. FEATHERSTONE'S
LO98.
ABSCONDING SERVANTS. The Rev. WT: Featherstone, of 81 the Peak, reports to the Police that some time between July 1 and August 4 articles of underwear and two raincoats were stolen from the | drawing room of his house, their
total value being $94.^.^.
Two servants who absconded are suspected.
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