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No. 25,801 HONG KONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1928.
OBSTACLE TO UNITY.
NATIONALISTS AND WAR.
CHIANG'S DETERMINATION.
Differences To Settle Before Campaign Starts.
PEKING
PREPARING TO RESIST NANKING
FLOWER SHOW.
Mrs. F. C. Hall's Great Success.
•
NEW FEATURE THIS YEAR.
Exhibits Well Up To Previous Standards.
M.C.L. WORK.
Annual Meeting Held To-day.
MRS. SOUTHORN'S "INTEREST.
Branch Secretaries Asked To Report Activities,
- PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
BOY MURDERED.
Foul Act In Kennedy Road.
TWO ARMED ROBBERS.
! Stabbed' Whilst Walking With Young Lady.
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HINKLER'S RECORD FLIGHT.
LONDON - AUSTRALIA.
British Aviator Does Journey in 15 Days.
from London to Australia in record time, actually taking between 15 Captain Hinkler, the British airman, has accomplished his flight
and 16 days. In doing so he has established at least five new re- cords.
If there was a falling in quan- The annual meeting of the A young Chinese · student of St. tity, the quality at the 1928 Row-Hong Kong Women's Guild and George's School, Hollywood Road, [er and vegetable show of the Ministering Children's League was the victim of a cold blooded Hong Kong Horticultural Society was held at the Helena Maymurder in Kennedy Read last night.. was well up to the high standard Institute this morning, Mrs. The youth, Fuúng Man-chlu (20) set in previous years,
E. D. C. Wolfe, Vice-President, was walking with a young lady An experiment was made by presiding in the absence of Mrs. friend when they were accosted by choosing an earlier date so as to W. T. Southorn. She was sup-two armed robbers, who not natis- OFFENSIVE. avoid the fog.
Abundant pro-ported by Mrs. D. W. Tratman fied with robbing the couple of their SPLENDID INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT ON ORDINARY MACHINE,' Imise was shown and then came (Hon. Treasurer), Mrs. T. H. valuables, killed the youth without the violent fluctuations in the King (Hon. General Secretary), giving him a chance to put up a Obstacles stand in the way of Nationalist unity now that Chiang Weather. However, exhibitors Mrs. Luard, Mrs. Pearson and fight for life.
did their best with the result Mrs. Robinson. There was & Kai-sek, as commander-in-chief of the fighting forces, has decided on that some of the classes were good attendance of Branch Sec-not yet available, and the murder Full details of the foul deed are intensification of the campaign against Peking. One of his sup-better than those of last year. retaries and members.
which has been the subject of police The lay-out at Volunteer Head- After the adoption of the re-investigation throughout last night, porters, Tan Yen-kai, is chary of going to Hankow to absorb under
quarters was much the same as port and accounts which were la offering the detectives a lot of one command the army corps which have been friendly to Canton hitherto, with sections classified read by the Hon. Secretary and difficulty in view of rumours which and unfriendly to Nanking. Still, there are factors which show and mom left for tea-tables for Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. Wolfe ap- have been current this morning,
use this afternoon. The show is pealed to branch secretaries, who that some progress has been made towards settling differences be- well worth attending.
One of the romours which was Lady were taking on for the year to very prevalent was that the murder fore the Nationalists embark on another offensive,
Clement will present the prizes provide reports of their activi- was committed for a motive other ties to the General Secretary as than robbery and the valuables were at five o'clock.
they provided a useful record. taken from the victim, and his .com. Mrs. Wolfe quoted from a letter panion to put the Investigators off the award of championship cups which she said she wished to ex-
A new feature of the show was received from Mrs. Southorn in the scent. on the basis of points obtained (3 press appreciation for the whole- for a first, 2 for a second, and 1 hearted manner in which Mrs. for highly commended). Mrs. King had thrown herself into the F. C. Hall won both the cham- pionship cups for Peak classes. She also won one of the three challenge cups competed for by Peak exhibitors; and her son, Hays that he Hunanese and Yang Sen of Sze- Master Robin Hall, won first prize chuan solely in the interests of the for a basket of flowers set up by Nationalist Party. He expects to
children ten years of age and under. bring the campaign to a conclusion in about eight days, after which he
Meanwhile, the Peking. Generals continue to make preparations for resistance. There is no further news about possible peace nego. tiations with Shansi province and present indications are that re- vival of the war between Peking and Shansi is inevitable.
THE SHANSI SNAG.
fighting
the
Hankow, Yesterday. General Tan Yen-kai (who sume months ago relinquished command of the 2nd Nationalist Army to become a politician) has petitioned Generalissimo Chiang Hupch and Hunan provinces, and Kai-shek to appoint some, one, will then be free again to obey the else to the supreme command of the 4th Group of Armies at Hankow, as he is doubtful of his reception there..
[Note: Chiang Kai-shek has appointed four "group" comman- ders, three on the Shantung front and one for Wu-Han, the latter being Tan Yen-kat.]
"Ironsides" Wanted,
Peking Expedition. Naval Wireless.
British
Event for Children.
Judging commenced earlier this morning and was completed in
DRIZZLE PREDICTED.
N.E. winds, fresh, fair, at first, some drizzle or mist later, is the official weather forecast, until noon to-morrow.
Eye. Witness's Story,
the only eye-witness soon after the The story as told to the police by murder was as follows
According to But Pui-fong (19)
From cables printed below it will be seen that this splendid achievement was the result of the airman's unaided efforts, that his machine was an ordinary light 'plane and that the whole trip cost not more than £40, which is less than the steamer fare from Britain to the Antipodes.
:
NO OUTSIDE HELP.
Fort Darwin, Yesterday:
chines can do to link up the Em-
Melbourne, Yesterday.
topic. Mr. Bruce and numerous The flight is practically the sola
others have telegraphed congre tulations and the suggestion is mooted at the Naval and Military Club that the Government should?
I will stabilise the government of time for cards to be put up before shown to the N.E.. of Vladivo had been talking together" for a Hinkler's unprecedented flight, ¡grant the airman, £10,000.
orders of Chiang Kai-shek.
of
The foregoing is the reverse the tone in Hankow indicated in the Naval wire as message.
Chiang Golgothe Front. Chiang Kai-shek fe shortly going
Chinese cable.
garrison
L
the official opening.
List of Judges and Officials. The following were the judges for the show:-Pot Plants (Open) Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin and and Mr. F. A, Perry; Pot Plants (Peak) Mr. J. P. Robinson and Mr. H. Green; Vegetables (Open),
Com-
A. somewhat deep depression is
stock. A fresh anticyclone has formed over China. The mon soon will set in again along the E, coast of China and over the China Sea.
cure.
Again referring to
Oflcers For Year..
Mrs.
No Financial Support,
a spinster living at No. 350, Praya East, at about 8 o'clock last night
Hinkler arrived here at 6pire serially, ag she was in Kennedy Road in the fo'clock this evening, having company of the dead youth. Fung thus reached Australia in 16 days Man-chiu, They were returning to from England. Wanchai from a stroll. When they
Five Records. got to the top of Monmouth Path which leads down to Queen's Road
The papers give full-page head- East, they stopped to rest. They lines in tribute of Captain
denly became aware of the fact that
Port Darwin Yesterday. couple of minutes when they sud which ended with a 1,000-mile
Hinkler flew at an average of two men were behind them.
"hop" across the Timor Sea.
92 miles an hour from Bima and Stabbed to Heart.
Hinkler established five re was unable to sleep during the As the couple turned round, the cords:-in his trip from England night spent at Bima owing to a two strangers pounced on them. to Australia in 16 days; in his plague of mosquitoes. He declar- One of the men caught hold of the non-stop flight from London tod that the last stage of the flight girl and took from her a gold Rome; in making the fastest fit, with his engine in perfect con- caused him anxiety but he arrived bangle and a neck, chain worth $51. to Hsuchowfu (the Nationallat Mr. F. C. Hall and Mr. F. A. secretarial work and the splendid Young Fung was not given a chance journey from England to India; dition. He continues the flight to main base) to direct operations Perry; Vegetables (Peak), Col. manner in which she had tackled to put ap a fight. He was seized plane; and in making the longest
in the longest flight in a light Bundaberg at dawn.-Reuter. against the Peking armies, says a T. A. Robertson and Mr. L. Gibbs; all the problems which had arisen by the other ruffian
who imme- solo flight.
Satisfaction at Home, ・・ Mrs. Wolfe associated herself Cut Flowers (Open) Mr. H. B. L. Chiang Kai-shek is reported to
Dowbiggin and Mr. C. E. H. with this tribute and said that the lately stabbed him in the left side
His light plane non-stop range
London, Yesterday. be anxious to obtain the co-opera- number of Peking Generals who H. Green and Mr. J. P. Robinson;
Cables from Tientsin mention a Beavis; Cut Flowers (Peak), Mr. secretarial position was no sine-of the back with what the girl anw
was a sharp fnstrument. She was is 1,260 miles. It is a four- Hinkler's feat in flying to Aus- tion of General Chang Fah-kuei have reported movements of their General Exhibits, Mr. L. Gibbs
cylinder engine, rated at 80 horse-tralia in the record time on a On the proposition of Mrs. sure that it was not a dagger. (commander of the Cantonese commands up to the front in Shan- and Mr. C. E. H. Beavis; Censors, Wolfe, a vote of thanks to Mrs. and he immediately. collapsed. His power and flies twenty miles to greatest satisfaction here.
The blow entered Fung's heart power. It develops 80 horse, light aeroplane has caused the "Ironsides"") in the campaigns, and in the west of Shantung (for Mr. Ho Kom-tong and Mrs. King was heartily carried.
murderer then bent over his body. the gallon of petrol,
Port Darwin where Hinkler land- against the North and is prepared operations against the "Christian Aubrey.
The cost of the entire flight has ed, is nearly 12,000 miles from and took a gold ring worth $10 General.") to overlook his Red activities if he
The following officials of the Southorn's letter, Mrs. Wolfe said from one his hands, and then both not exceeded 240-Reuter. Croydon by the route taken. He will march north to join the anti- that the 5,000 Yunnanese mercen the organisation:Mr. C. E. Happreciation of the invaluable ran away down Monmouth Path.
From Canton, it is understood Horticultural Society assisted in that Mrs. Southern also expressed the murderer and his companion
Linking Up Empire,
left Croydon at dawn on February 7 and landed at Port Darwin at London, Yesterday. aries (under the Kwangai faction) Beavis (President), Mr. F. C. help given throughout the year
A Lonely Spot,
Hinkler's record making flight six o'clock this evening, Austra will be transferred from the Hunan Hall, Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Dyer, by the branch secreteries and of [Note: Several issues are frontier to the Klangst frontier Mr. E. B. C. Hornell, Mr. B. B. L. the offer of Mrs. Charnock to take The distressed girl ran about has captured the popular imagin-Han time, which was equivalent to raised. The Wu-Han Nationalist presumably to watch the Iron- Dowbiggin, Mr. H. Green, Mr. over the secretarial duties. aimlessly at a loss as to what to do. ation and inspired numerous con- eight o'clock this morning Green- Generals are believed to be un- sides) and to make way for a new J. P. Robinson and Mr. F. A.
The spot where the murder had ocgratulatory telegrams notably wich Mean Time. Thus the time friendly to Chiang Kai-shek who frontier made a gesture by appointing Tan troops..
of Kwangsi Perry (members of the
curred is a very lonely one and from Sir Samuel Hoare, Air taken was almost exactly 16 days. The Chairman announced the people seldom paka it at night Secretary, who cabled that the mittee), Mr. J. A. H. Plummer Yen-kai over their heads. The
and Mr. Andrew Tse (Joint Hon. following Committee for the com- Eventually, however, she found her flight has a further proof of what Wu-Han faction is friendly to the
Secretaries),
Lady way to a house in the vicinity where British pilots and British ma- also Mrs. F. C. Ling year:Patroness, Canton Government which, in
Hall, Miss Robinson, Miss Wells, Clementi, M.B.E.; President, Mrs. she told what had happened. turn, has driven the. Ironsides
Vice-President, Creasy;
Mrs. Miss Tse and others.
The police at Central Police into the south of Kiangsi, from
Wolfe; Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. Station were immediately com- where Chiang Kai-shek is trying
Wynne-Jones; Hon. Secretary, municated with by telephone, to bring them to the front.]
Mra. Charnock; Military Branch, whence, word was sent to No. 2 Mrs. Luard and Mrs. Robinson; Police Station. Officers from both Wireless Confirmed.
Naval Branch, Mrs. Pearson; Stations, those from Central headed A message to the "Kurig
Police Branch, Mrs. Kent; Prison by Mr. T. H. King, Director of Sheung Yat Po" confirms the
Cut Flowers (open). Mrs. Branch, Mrs. Franka Peak Criminal Intelligence, arrived on wireless report of General Tan
It is learned that Marshal R. M. Dyer, for six bunches of Branch; Mrs. Hynes; Peak Child- the scene by motor cars a few ren's Club, Mrs. Gordon Mackie; minutes later. When they reached
London, Yesterday. Yen-kal being chary of taking up Chang Tso-lin (head of the Pek- antirrhinum. the appointment of army grouping Government) has returned to Cut Flowers, (Peak)-Mr. E. L. St. Stephen's Girl's College young Fung he was already dead. phone service has been successfully
The trans-Atlantic radio-tele commander of Wu-Han, where the Powers their Note on the land Sim, for roses.
branch, Miss Atkins: St. Paul's The body was removed to the Gov-extended to Stockholm. Calls are Hinkler had used this machine for the troops are more in sympathy lenses in Manchuria on the Pot Plants (open). Mr. Girls' School branch, Miss Woo, erument Civil Hospital and thence operated In the London trunk ex- touring England and Northern with Canton than Nanking. But ground that the Note should have Andrew Tae, for primula. M.B.E.; Belilios Girls' School to the public mortuary. it should be noted that there has been addressed to the Waichiao- Pot Plants (Peak). Mrs. F. C. branch, Miss Hughes; Kowloon
change which is connected with Europe: The machine had, how- No Trace, been no open quarrel and pros- pú (the Peking Foreign Minis-Hall, for carnations.
Stockholm by a through telephone over, proved its capability and re- Branch, Mrs. B. Wylie. pects of rapprochement have im- try), as the proper department Vegetables (open)-Mrs. D.
--Within a few minutes of receipt cable circuit.
lability in air races, having won A Children's Play. proved this week.
and not to him as commander-in- Houre, for tomatoes.
of the report of the murder the Count Hamilton, head of the many prizes. Throughout the chief-Reuter. Wounded Brought: Back.
Vegetables (Peak)-Mr. R. E. It was announced that the Gar-whole of the district surrounding Swedish telephone administration, flight Hinkler received no assist- Shasi, Yesterday.
[Note: The rejection" is on Macdougall, for Savoy cabbages. rison School children were pre- the spot was scoured by detectives, has sent the British Postmaster ence with his 'piane, not even in technical grounds, of procedure, Numbers of wounded troops A previous message stated that
Championship Cups.
senting a fairy play to be given at but up to morning it was understood General a telegram expressing his moving it on the ground. Never Pot Planta (open)Mrs. Ho Mt. Austin Barracks on March 1 that no trace of the murderer and appreciation of the fine technical during the whole fight was it have been brought back to Shasi, Britain, America, Japan, and Kom-tong, 49 points.
and at the R.E. Theatre on March his companion was found by the achievement accomplished by the necessary to make adjustments to It is believed that these took France entered a strong joint pro- part in the recent fighting in the test relative to the action of the Hall, 80 points, not able,
Pot Plant (Peak).Mrs. FC2 tickets for which were obtain, searchers: British telephone, engineers in eo- the engine, which is an ordinary vicinity of Temple Hill, between Chinese authorities the Wu-Han Nationalists and the Manchuria towards the leasehold- Kong Club, 41 points.
in North Vegetables (open). — Hong Hunanese army, British Naval ers of land in the Chinese Eastern Vegetables (Peak)-Mra. F. C. United Services Recreation Club Wireless.
Railway zone. The protest calls Hall, 14 points.. attention to Chang Teo-lin's re- Plants in Pots-Open to all except
Per peated declarations that foreign
Peak Gardens and Chinese rights in territory under his con- trol would always be respected.]
Market Gardeners, we Marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens). Kowloon Cricket Glub 1; Mr. Choa Po-slen 2 tong 17 Mrs. Ho Fook 2.
Nasturtium (tall varieties). Dabilas Mrs. Ho Fock 1; Kowloon Crieket Clubi UG. Chùa Lady Ho Tung L Po-sien 2
PROFESSES LOYALTY,
Friend Of Canton And
Nanking
General Pel Chun-het (one of the
big four of the Kwangel group now
TECHNICAL GROUNDS.
Chang Tso-lin's Promise of Protection.
Peking. Yesterday...
C.P.S. OFFICIAL
in supreme control at Centon) la DEATH OF MR. C. E, E. USHER
quoted by one of his senior sub- ordinates at Hankow, in a cable to the "Kung Sheung Yat Po," as bei
AT MONTREAL,
THE AWARDS.
Challenge Cups.
Salvia Mrs, Ho Kom-tong 1; Mr. JH. Taggart 2.
Annuals or plants raised from Beed the same season (excluding
ing friendly and loyal to Chiang A cable has been received by Nasturtiums). -- Mrs. Ho Kom-
Bal-shek, Former reports of differ ences between Pal Chung-hs and Chiang Kai-shok pre attributed to
the local office of the Pacific Steamship Co.
them of the death in Mont
malicious, interested Japanese February 22 of Mr.
Usher the General
Fel Chung-hel's subordinate alss Traffic Manarer.
tong 1 Mrs. Ho Fook 2 Mr GA
se, highly commende
Aunuals
the sam
Arum
plants raised t16
Antirrhinum. Mrs, Ho Kom-
tong
Heliotrope, Mrs. Ho Fook Mrs. Ho kom-tong 2
Petunia.
1;
TO STOCKHOLM.
EXTENSION IN THE RADIO-
TELEPHONE SERVICE.
Hinkler has not only easily beaten the record made by Sir Ross, Smith and Sir Keith Smith who in 1919 flew from England to Australia in twenty-eight days. The manner of his doing it has been extremely remarkable. He made no big preparation as he had no financial support and his seroplane was not a big, high- powered machine but an ordinary light machine such as anyone can buy for £675 pounds,
For the past 18 months
The vicinity of the murder was operation with their American col- standard 30-horsepower Cirrus, also thoroughly searched for the leagues in establishing the new aer-which is of itself a remarkable | weapon used by the murderer) více so successfully, British Wire-testimony to the good workman-
which it was surmised he would leas Service. naturally sook to get rid of, but
this also proved fruitless?) to
Hospit
· KNOCKED DOWN.
WAR FINANCE!
WHAT WE WILL PAY AND
RECEIVED.
ship of this British made engine. The coat of the flight has been only about £50 which is less than the cost of travelling to Australia by sea
Mid Fastest, to India.
Begonia. Kowloon Cricket Club 1; Mr. J. H. Taggart 2.
| 1. It has to be added that Hinkler Geraniums Mrs. Ho Kom-Two Chinese were yesterday, re-
incidentally made the first non- moved to the Government Civil
|stop flight from London to Rome as the result.of being
And also the fastest time between knocked down by public motor cars
England and India. The latter he in Queen's Road East in one-in-
London, Yesterday. accomplished in seven days, stance the driver of motor car No. Mr. M. A. Samuel, Financial which is of itself an speech-mak- 236 failed to stop after the accl Becretary to the Treasury, stated in Ing achievement, dent. Both injured men's cond-the House of Commons that for the Newspapers state this evening tions are not considered serious, financial year ending March, 81. It that the Insurance which was sup
was estimated the receipts from posed to have been effected at allied war debts would be $10,700,- Lloyda against Hinkler beatin 000 and receipts from reparation the record of 28 days set up by about 214,800,000 while payments the Smith brothers was never to the United States would be about executed, and therefore £83,000,000—British Wireless Ser gain nothing financially sam
Wireless Services-
Ho Kom-tong
Verbenɛ.
Mr... Ho Fook
Linaria (tall wa Ho Kom-tong Cineraria Mrs: Ho Kom-tong, mendeda
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