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HUKUANG PAYMENTS.
Question of Paying the German
Coupons...
of Although
ever
Peking, June 23.
been funds have
Referring to the inauguration of Australia's new capital at Can- berra, he said: "The memory that historic ceremony will remain fresh in the minds of all allocated from the Salt Gabelle who were present, and I am con- for the half yearly payment on fident that it marks the opening of four portions of the Hukuang a new and glorious epoch in the Railway Loan, there is still the history of Australia." British! question as to whether any money Wireless Service.
will be available for meeting the coupon of the German portion,
The issue involved is whether In a farewell message to Lord the money should be used to pay
Message to Australia.
Stonehaven, the Governor-General of Australi, the Duke said:
Coupon No. 29, maturing in De-
The demonstrations of loyalty.cember, 1925, or to redeem the whole-hearted affection, and de- bonds drawn in June of the same votion to the Throne has far sur- year.
passed anything we bad imagined London contends that the and have most deeply moved us. drawn bonds should have priority. The loyalty to the British ideals but the Chinese insist on paying. for which the Throne and Empire the coupon and the matter is still stand Found their highest expres-}
sion in the commemoration of in process of argument. Anzur Day.
Several other issues have had
The purpose of our mission has to be cleared up before this one been fulfilled, and it will always could be discussed or even before be among the proudest memories payment could be authorised, of my life that I was called upon The first related to the disposi as representative of his Mastion of the salt reserve. In view jesty the King to perform the
ceremony of inauguration of the of the drying up of the channels" new capital of Canberra. We leading to the Centrul Adminis- shall always take the keenest intration this reserve is of con- ferest in the progress of the land siderable Importance to the
we have learned to love so much. holders of bonds secured on the The Duke also addressed a fare: salt revenue, well message in the children of
Originally it stood at $7,000,000
Australia, sending them "Love and best wishes from the Duchess and but having been raided in recent himself. inu have a splendid months to maintain payments on he various salt loans it had dwindled country, worth working for,"
"Give her the best you can. to about $4,500,000 on June 1. Follow the example of your mothers Now this Hukuang payment will and fathers who, with British pluck drain it to the further extent of and perseverance, have made Aus-around $1,300,000 leaving about tralia what it is."
says.
Mr. Bruce, the Federal Prime $3,000,000 in hand. Minister, sent the following mes- sage to the Duke of York:
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Bankers' Views,
The bankers hold that this As Ambassador of, Empire you money is purely loan reserve and have brought, the Mother country is held solely in the interests of closer to Australia, We trust that the bondholders, but the argu- upon your return home you will acti
acmont has been advanced within.
pro-
As our Ambassador and bring our the last year that a portion should country, its people and their blems closer to the hearts of Bribe set aside as a provident fund tish citizens, to whom we send a for, the staff. The argument that our idents are their ideals, and payment of the Hukuang Bonds, message that we are for the Empire, came up in connection with the that it is our most fervent wish but has now been decided in that we may be long associated as favour of the bond holders. partners in the greatest and freest
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As an act of grace, however, permission has been given to earmark a certain amount for the staff, but nothing like the amount originally hoped for.
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The Ministry of Finance, look- ing up the old agreement, found that the Hukuang Loan was
At Thursdays meeting of the secured on the Likin and salt re- Legislative Council, the second venues of Hupeh and Hunan, readings will be moved of the Bills From this basis they argued to authorise the appropriation of The case against Leung Sang there could be no lien on the a supplementary aum of $1,093,- in connection with the alleged Central Salt Reserve to meet the 899.42 to defray the charges of the murder of a woman in a matshed June coupon.
year 1926, and to protect the Re- at Kowloon City continued at the Criminal Sessions this morning,
For a time it looked as if the venue of the Colony.
The first reading will also be bondholders would have to go read of the Bill to The legal point as to whether without their money.
declare and or not the atatement made by the Chinese, bankers got busy and strikes and lockouts, to amend the Then the amend the law relating to illegal prisoner when he was first charg- had no difficulty in puncturing law relating to intimidation and to ed should he put to the jury was the case against payment. They breaches of contracts of service in decided in favour of its admission pointed out that the provincial independence of trade unions estab certain special cases, to promote the by Mr. Justice J. R. Wood.
The statement made allegations nisation of the Salt Gabelle under purposes connected with the afore- lien was given before the recog-lished within the Colony, and for regarding Ku Tsoi, a man who Sir Richard Dane, when it was said purposes. was previously tried in connection understood by the very nature of
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Prisoner in the statement, admit- the national réorganisation that ted having been present and hand- the Hukuang Loan was transfer- 3.30 p.m. ing the other man a chopper and red automatically to the care of 4.30 p.m. a rope when they were asked for.
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Mr. H. S. Fitzroy was for the Crown and Mr. Hin Shing Lo for the defence.
Evidence was given by various witnesses this morning regarding 8.30 am. 8.30 am. the arrest of the prisoner and the nature of the many wounds inflicted on the deceased woman.
The dairyman whose concubine the deceased was, spoke of the deceased woman's last statement Jin consequence of which the man previously charged with the mur- der was arrested. The present prisoner had not been arrested until after a statement had been made by the first man who had been arrested.
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Witness' denied that he visited 130 p.m. the prisoner in his cell at Kowloon .5 p.m.
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