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Chinese Seamen Union"
Rumours.
LOCAL MERCHANTS FEARS"
Canton Objection to Search of
Shops by Pickets.
HONGKONG,
UNRULY STUDENTS.
The
ESTABLISHED
CHINESE ORDERED TO LEAVE BELGIUM,
www
SEQUEL TO DEMONSTRATION,
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Brussels, Oct. 29. M. Vandervelde, Foreign Minis- bor, has announced, that all the Chinese students arrested, for de monstrating Against Confidence still prevails that an Treaties have been released. Some "unequal early solution will be found to been ordered to leave the poss-strike problems arising at try. The Government con- Canton but rumours prevail which siders that the remainder should be tend to confuse the situation. treated in the same.
Crofficially, a denial has been Belgian offenders.-Reuter.
manner as made that seamen who were em- ployed on certain Hong Kong river" bodas in June, 1925, have been freinstated, at the east of dismiss.
ig loyal crews, „
:
His Excellency the Governor has Then again, a report is cur-appointed Dr. George William Pour rent that striking seamen have to fet as Medical Offeer of Health, not been taken on yet but will be with effect from October 25. given positions on Monday. the rist of the month.
His Excellency the Governor has Another disquieting rumour is pointed Mr. Thomas Maynard that the Severance of Ekonomic Puzierig, M.C. to be Treasury Relations Association will func-Bukeitor. In addition to his other. tion as from Monday.
aloties, with effect from Noventber .
As a sequel, native merchants!
Hong Kong are rushing manufactured goods before the "embargo" comes into fores
MERCHANTS ATTITUDE.
"No Time Limit" for British Manufactures?
On the other hand there is faith in the ability of piecegoods; and metals dealers in Canton to holt out for a "rth time limit for telearance and disposal of British;
grood.
No immediate relief is appar ent in the picketing of the Steam- boat Co.'s wharves at Canton.
As reported in yesterday's China Mail," he British Consul- General made epresentations to Mr. Eugene Cn who communi) cated with the Police Commis- sioner.
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The sequel is the posting of detachments of armed police at the wharves but the plain-clothes pickets have not withdrawn.
Search Opposed.
downi
A report which came yesterday predicts that the Can- ton police will have matters in hand within a few days, the in- terval being needed for the "peace ful measures" to take their course.
It is expected that the authori-| ties Canton will communicate direct with the Strike Committee; with regard to calling off the alleged ex-seamen and/or pickets | from the Bund and wharves,
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1926.
PIRATES DEFEATED.
Gun-Crews Successful Fight.
DUEL WITH OUTLAW FLEET,
Mr. Poulter's Alleged Murderer Arrosted,
[From Our Own Correspondent.]|
Pakkai, Kongmoon, Oct 28. For "once a river tow-boat has decomplished a victory in an open fight with piratical craft in this: part of the Canton Delta.
"Tables" were turned when the Macao-Kongmoon tow answered the challenge of a pirate launch when near the crocks leading to Shokkí,
launch convoy resisted stoutly and Both the junk and her armed
swaring volley for, volley, even when other launches of the out- laws joined in the fray.
"Flagship" Crippled..
One round from a muzzleloader on the junk struck the "flagship"
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COAL STRUGGLE.
TRADE UNIONISTS VISIT CHANCELLOR.
FRESH PEACE HOPES.
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Rugby. Oct. 29. The Executive of the Miners') Federation and the General Coun cil of the Trades Union Congress mot this afternoon. After they had heon in Conference about an hour]
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Allies Counter-Attack on Yangtse.
WU PEI-FU" SERIOUS.”
Cantonese Losing Grip on "Kiangsi
By Our Special Correspondent.] the members of the deputatien nfj Old ground is being covered by the Trades. Union Congress which the Northern Allies under Mar on Tuesday discussed the coal situa-shal Sun Chuan-fang "in "their tien with the Prime Minister and latest counter-attack from Kiang- other Ministers paid a further visits, against Hupeh, along the 10 Downing. Street. conversation of some length with Previously the Allies had reach
They had a course of the Yangtse River.
Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancelleria position, as the result of a pro- of the Exchequer, after which theylonged and determined offensive; returned to confer with the Miners' but they fell back suddenly when Executive.
Chang Kai-shek struck at them in
It is estimated that this week the another direction. output of British enak will be about i Since the full-and as three 1,100,000 tona. Last week it was Southern onalaughts on the Kiu- 9,080,000 tonat In the Arst nine kiang-Nanchang line have failed weeks of the steppage the uverige-Sun Chuan-faqng has been mov- weekly output was only 58,000 ing his men onwards again. Acti tons,-British Wireless Service. vities are, however, confined to his
right wing.
LAST SATURDAY'S "STAR" MATCH IN THE SOCCER LEAGUE.
In This MATCH BETWEEN
·SOUTH CHINA
AND" CHINA. ATHLETIC/
LAST
SAT GREAT INTEREST WAS SHOWN
EY HONG HOM,
SOUTH CHINA
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·BALL AT THE START- -THIS WAS
то
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WITH
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AND EVEN LATCHIKOK
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THINK HE
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HAVE" IT"
COAUE
WHO.
BEING
A. LITTLE HORE
SYMPATHETIC
•LET IT GO IN;
WHEREON. THE ATHLETIC FORWARDS APPRECIATING THIS, Took
IT ALONG AGAIN.
FIM THE
CORNER
LOOK"
AND ONCE MORE LET HIM. HAVE ANOTHER GOOD VIEW OFT IN THE NET.
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In spite of agitation' mer-; ehunts and shopkeepers in Canton have made representations against the forcible search of business premises by Labour Unions.
The big crowds which used to follow Traffic on the flects of the "out-Sath China faithfully have switched" over to the Athletic, who are known as "the Tiger" because of the colours Side" companies continues to be the stripes on their jerseys, encouraging
Chinese football organisation in local "open" competitions, until this season.
Chinese Athletic, the new soccer club, defeated South Ching A.A. by 2 goals. to nil The latter were the only
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KONGMOON DELAY...
Why Beats From H.K. Carry No Cargo.
From Our Own Correspondent.] Pakkai, Kongmoon. Oct. 28. As far as shipping is concerned. services with Hong Kong have. (been resumed without incident
and the situation is approaching the
normal.
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that joint receivers managers for Wolseley
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The boats from Hong Kong dided by Mr. Justice Tomlin in the not go alongside their wharves Chancery Court on an application simply because these structures by the first mortgage are out of repair,
debenture
stockholders. The owner of the Railway Co's Counsel stated that the reason jetty estimates that overhaul to for two managers being appointed his property will cost $10,000 and was the "magnitude of the under take a month to complete.
taking. which employ 3.000 Very little or no cargo has been workers, and the fact that there imported from Hong Kong be-were large contracta on hand. cause of a revision in the dikin Reuter. tax. Formerly likin was paid on whole cargoes but the local authorities are now insisting on collection on each denomination of merchandise.
of the pirates and crippled her. The other launches gave up the running fight.
In the heavy exchange of shots,
7,000 Mare Men Back
London, Oct. 29. An official report states that 270,000 miners are working an in-f
Concessions Obtained.
a number of casualties were increase of 7,004-Reuter. dicted on the desperadoes and the tow-boat brought back in triumph to Kongmoon three dead pirates -two shot and one drowned.
Thirty per cent, of the value of the cargo was paid to the gun- crews as reward,
Foreigner's Assailants.
piracy of the Customs" launch There has been a sequel to the
peeted murder of Mr. Poulter of "Kongmoon Chai" and the aus-
the Customs staff, who was in
charge of the launch when, at
London, Oct. 29. The Trade Union Congress inciliators have succeeded In obtaining concessions from bo'h the Government and the miners
Japanese reports on this front predict that the Cantonese may have to retire clean out of Kiang- si, as: they are unable to exert Zur- ther pressure.
Unofficial Local Truce,
That Nationalist headquarters dces not anticipate much danger from Wu Fei-fu is evident" from their transfer of Major-Genera) Chan Ming-shu's famous division! of "Iron troops" (from the 4th Army), from Hankow to the Kiangsi front.
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But Wu Pei-fu insists that he is serious. Latest reports make out that he is still moving down slowly from the North but has not crossed the Hupeh frontier to any
extent.
There has been no "news from the interior of Kiangsi for more than a week. To the west of the Allied base at Nanchang, the Southerners are believed to be holding their ground in close proximity to the Northern camp, with neither side wishing to call off the unofficial local truce,
YANGTSE COMPLEX.
ANTI-BRITISH AND ANTI-
FOREIGN.
Peking, Oct. 29... The situation in Szechuan pro- vince continues to worsen. At tempts are being made to intimid- ate all employees of foreigners, and the boycott is now not only. anti-British but anti-foreign and is extending.
to
There have also been outbursts of anti-foreign feeling" and it is feared it will be necessary evacuate all British from Cheng- tu and places in the interior of the province shortly, in view of the inability of foreign warcraft to proceed up-river further than Chungking-Reuter.
NEW AMBASSADOR.
·PRESENTS CREDENTIALS ́TO TURKEY.
Angora. October 29. It is believed that the conversa-f M. Daeschner, the French. Am. tions for coal peace are proceeding bassador, has handed In his treden cr the lines of resumption of work tials to Mustapha Kemal,
Both
on district settlements to be co delivered speeches advocating the ordinated nationtally-Reuter, Lightening of relations between Conference Adjourned. France,and Turkey. Havas.
London, later. The conference between, the
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Memphis,,, Oct. 29.
A conference of bankers and cot ton men voted in favour of "estab-
miners leaders and the Trades COTTON FINANCE. tacked.
Enion Congress mediators was ac-1 Yesterday a man was arrestedjourned till next week to enable thef in the streets of Pakkai; alleged | Miners' Executive to consult the to have been one of the gang who sprang on the "Kongmoon Chai"
National Delegate conferences."
The Trados Union Congress. at Kongmi. A watchiman of the Farranging a Jurther conference ighthouse at Kamchuk, after with the Prime Minister-Reuter.
Rests with Miners Delegates lishing a corporation with a capital making inquiries, had traced the man
to Pakkai and the local
London, later. The miners have agreed to con-drawal from the market of 600,000 of $2,750,000 to finance the with- Volunteer Militia made the arrest
sider the resumption on temporary on his information. .. Customs Brokers' Attitude.
"tain of repayment by the owner of Commander Chan Cheung-po, district settlements, co-ordinated bales-Reuter's American, Service.
the cargo... Hitherto no likin was paid on
the famous pirate hunter, has nationally, pending the hammering Customs Brokers are in the been transferred from Kongmoon out of permanent, national, agres- cargo coming here from Hong same position as they anticipate to Shekki. He has been singular-menta.
jx Kong.
the authorities will hold them re-ly successful in operations The Trade Unions Corees negro- Now the tow-boats which carry sponsible for likin on the new against outlaw strongholds in the tiators are hopeful of inducing the Till noon to-morrow the wea- the goods onwards (Pakkai being scale.
vicinity of Si-laam and has cap Government to set negotiations ther forecast is:N.E. winds, only an entrepot), have tem- porarily refused to touch ship export, such as brooms, produce, name of Un Ki-kwong.
Small quantities of cargo for tured a notorious, chieftain by afoot, but a miners' delegates' con- moderate to fresh fine. This is forence is necessary for the rat for Hong Kong, the coast and ments because they are not cer-etc., have been taken away by
neation of any provisional plan or Formosa Chantiel. Continued at foot of next column, ateamboat to Hong Kong,
settlement-Reuter
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR
The closing rate of the dollar, on-demand, to-day was 1/10 13/18
One result of the lifting of the. boycott' here has been the mobili».. sation of Canton troops in the During the 24 hours ended on vicinity of Chu Tau Shan fort Friday a case of enteric fever The object of the military dato (typhold)
ફ The subjugate pirates on up-country patient, is a Eurabian from the routes.
city district,
THE WEATHER.
At 11.25 a.m, to-day the Obser "Red" Money
vatory reported, incidentally, that Moscow, Oct. 29. a fresh monsoon may be expect The Central Council of the Soviet eft along the BE. coast of China Labour Unions has decided to trans and over the North China Sea. fer, to the British: Miners" Federa. The typhoon is now in about Lat. tipnTM 1000,000 reubida from, funds 48 N. Long, 127 E., moving N.W. collected by the Unions on their The Bitti-cyclone over China has Lekaifs: Reuter -
strengthened.
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