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BRITISH CRAFT.
Fired At By Troops On Yangtsze.
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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1928.
CHINESE ON COUNCIL. BENGALI YOUTHS.
LI CHAI-SUM.
Returning Before War Starts?
DRIVE ON SHANSI.
Ironsides Now At Nationalist Front Lines.
ATTEMPT TO BOARD. Conant-General's Request For Safe Passage.
Hankow, Yesterday.
There is just a possibility that
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STOKER "DRIVER.”?
Ex-Hong Kong Banker Trying to Overawe The See Hong Kong In Ideal Charge Against Naval
Elected.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
Result Of Shanghai Katepayers" Meeting.
Shanghai, Yesterday.""
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couraging Communist
Propaganda.
To-night's 'Dinner Of Honour At
Government House..... SAMARINDANO YANA SA
Story Of Early Morning Driver In
Wanchai. ...
Calcutta, To-day.
The Japanese naval visitors: Stoker. J. Gahagan of H.M.S. The trial has begun of 20 saw Hong Kong in ideal settings"Hawking" was this morning
and would probably be operative future.
There has been no change in turned to Shanghai from Hang-cil; while six other Chinese were general conspiracy.
Shansi Positions Shelled. War reports from the North contain little of importance. The "Kung Sheung Yat Po" under- been stands that the Peking armies both are attacking the Shans! Na- some 25 tionalists on three sectors of the Hankow (which Shansi-Chihli front. Other des- patches indicate that the Peking
25 Miles Up. Mr. J. Scott Harston, presided They reported having oyer the meeting, supported by fired on by troops from the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, the banks of the river, Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, Mr.¡miles above R. G. Shewan, Mr. D. H. Blake, would be near Kinkow). Mr. T. G. Weall and Mr. C. G S. An attempt was also made by forces are advancing slowly but Mackie (Directors), Mr. J. H. men in funks to board the craft. making little impression with
The effort was abortive and Taggart, Managing Director, Mr.
FRENCH AT HANKOW.
Dispute With Chinese Settled.
British river craft have, been Marshal Li Chai-sum may return At a meeting of representatives for fired at by Chinese soldiers on to Canton to resume control of the of sixty thousand Chinese rate- Bengali youths, who are charged yesterday although the day was charged before Mr. R. E.. Lind- re-Middle Yangtze and forced to administration before the Nan-payers in the International Sette with conspiracy to "deprive His rather warm for sight-seeing. sell by the Police Traffic Depart- king Nationalist army opens an ment, of Shanghai, held at the Majesty of his sovereignty in During the day some 3,000 officers ment with two offences against ported at the annual meet-return.
The British Consul-General will attack on the Northern defences Chinese Chamber of Commerce India and overawe the Govern- and men, divided into numeroua local traffic regulations, as fol-
parties, visited various places of low:- ing this morning of the Hong Kong Telephone Company, Ltd., request the Nationalist Garrison along the Kiangau-Shantung fron- this afternoon, Mr. Tsu Yee-pei, ment of India."
Mr. Yuan Li-tung and Mr. Chao Three of them are also charged interest in Hong Kong, Kowloon (1) unlawfully acting as the driver of public motor car No. 190 and it was indicated that a de- Commander at Hankow to accord tier,
vessels safe passage in Marshal Li, accompanied by Chin-ching were elected to seats with unlawful possession of arms and the New Territories,
In Kowloon, some detachments without an appropriate driver's finite scheme had been submitted these
General Chen Min-chu, has re- on the Shanghai Municipal Coun- and ammunition in pursuance of
took train to Fanling whilst buses licence on April 8, and..
(2) unlawfully attempting to...... in two years' time.
chow but the date of his depar-elected as members of the various The Prosecutor stated that a were reserved for other parties
car No. 190 The profit for the year was re- the local situation.
the Shanghai cipher list was found at a board going to Castle Peak. In Hong drive public motor A tug and lighter belonging to tur has not been announced. It committees of ported as $220,999.59 after hav-
Municipal Council,
ing-house at Deoghar, where Kong, detachments visited the without an appropriate driver's preciation anfi for royalties in Ltd., and one belonging to Messra. come that he intends, if possible, the Bank of China, Mr. Yuan Li- taining the names ing provided for considerable de Messrs. Jardine. Matheson & Co., is from Canton that news has
Mr. Tsu Yee-pel is manager of these three were arrested, con- Botanical Gardena, Peak, Repulse licence on April 8.
Mr. Horace Lo, who represente of notorious Bay, etc., whilst functions ar- accordance with the terms of the Butterfield and Swire were pros to leave before Generalissimo tung is general manager of the revolutionary murderers, places ranged in their honour included ed the owner of the car, a new franchise under which the Com- ceeding to Changsha (a Hunan
treaty port on the Siang River Chiang Kai-shek gives the order Ningpo-Shaoshing Steam Naviga- and incidents connected with a cinema show at the Grand Essex, was about to outline the pany operated.
"There had been considerable which runs from south to north for the offensive to begin against tion Co., and Mr. Chao Chin-ching their crimes, which were used as Theatre, a tiffin party given to the case against the defendant, when Commander-in-Chief by the Mr. Lindsell interposed and said is managing director of the Town passwords. It also contained 161 extension during the year under and joins the Yangtaze, above the North.
Syndicate and a member of names of "victims," who were Japanese community, an official that he did not see how Mr. Lo review and the service to sub- Hankow). The vessels set out.
réception at Government. House,could prosecute on behalf of the marked down for assassination.
and a dinner to Admiral Kato and Traffic Department. scribers had been improved by a this morning but had to return!
The conspiracy was widespread. some of the officers given by H.E. Mr. Lo then said that he was direct underground cable service later in the day.
The most important document Major-General C. C. Luard. Many bringing a third charge of assault instead of overhead lines,
found was a leaflet describing the officers were present at the tennis against the defendant, and on Articles of Association of a secret championship match between this charge he was prosecuting on society "for the establishment of Honda and Akiyama and H. D. behalf of the driver of the car an Independent Federated States and S. A. Rumjahn. •
(Tsang Yau-fat). of India by organised armed re-
Mr. H. C. Macnamara, who ap- Hankow, To-day,
The neat appearance of the volution." The Sino-French dispute was
Japanese sallors and their order-peared for the defence, pleaded satisfactorily adjusted to-day
The members of this society ly behaviour created a very fa- not guilty to all three charges. were enjoined to engage in Bol-vourable impression. Each party The case was then proceeded tween the Consul and the For-assembling of men.
Four Naval Men. arms and preter and the arrangements ap eign Minister.
funds, forcibly where necessary, peared to be carried through that the incident occurred in the Outlining the case, Mr. Lo said The French while reiterating and terrorism, and the establish-without a hitch. their determination not to budgement of Labour and Peasant Or-
carly morning of April 8, between from their decision in regard to ganisations to spread Communist arranged by the Japanese Consul,
To-day a tiffin party is being 1.25 and 1.45 a.m. ordinary political offenders revolutionary propaganda and en-Mr. Murakami, at which the at- was the driver of public motor The complainant in the case. agreed in future to hand over
courage. military. training tendance will be purely Japanese.car No. 190. At the time in communists and other dangerous Reuter. characters, and also expressed re-
This will be followed by a recep-question, he was driving the de- tion to the Japanese community fendant and three other Naval gret for the alleged lack of canr
at the Hong Kong Hotel- after men along Queen's-road East.. teales to foreign office! officials
which motor trips to points of When the car got near the Wan- during the recent calls at the
interest have been arranged. chai Post Office, abjut ten Consulate.-Reuter.
In the evening, a dinner will be blocks from the Wanchai Police given by H.E. the Governor in Station, the sailors wanted to honour of Admiral Kato and his drive the car. The driver object- staff at Government House," ed and stopped the car at the oc- An afternoon cinema will take cupants' order. The sailors then A "MASTERFUL WOMAN”. place at the Grand Theatre in got out of the car, and one of Wanchai, for a number of the them caught the driver by the. the Municipal Council and the of a Japanese Hairdressing business those of yesterday, will be made to No. 2 Police Station to make warrant officers and men, while throat and forced him, out of the A dispute arising out of the sale various trips, on the same lines as car. The driver thereupon went
J. P. Sherry, Manager, and Mr. the boats turned back. The unit their preliminary shelling of the after prolonged negotiations be-shevist activities and such secret was conducted by a British interwith.
Shansi positions. W. J. Hawker, Mr. E. M. Ray- to which these troops belong has
Little appears. to have been ascertained. British mond and Mr. D. Tollan (Share-not been
done on the Chibli-Honan front holders). Shares to the number Naval Wireless. of 226,370 were represented, [Note: The part of the Yang-against the "Christian General,"
Chairman's Speech. taze concerned is in Hupeh pro-Feng Yu-hsiang. The Chairman, after quoting vince and is controlled by the Wu. the auditor's report, addressed Han Nationalists.] the meeting as follows:-Refer- ring to the accounts, you will
Meanwhile, the Ironsides from Canton (who opposed Marshal Li Chai-sum) have reached the Nanking Nationalists front lines in Kiangsu and are expected to be in action before long.
Wu-Han Government.
Hankow, Yesterday.
A BARBER'S SHOP.
JAPANESE PARTIES AT LAW.
matter to which I have just refer-Hunan provinces.-British Naval Chinese Ratepayers' Association was heard at the Summary Court to the chief points of interest on ja report..
had reached a "modus vivendi”
observe that the profit for the that General Reserve stands at year under review amounted to 875,000.00; therefore, if the appro- 3220,099.59 as against $194,-priations recommended by the 708.56 for the preceding year, Board in respect of the year under and is arrived at after deducting review be adopted, this account; As the nominee of Generalis-{ $154,288.64 for depreciation; will be in credit to the extent of simo Chiang Kai-shek (the comm $29,011. for the payment to the $125,000.00.
mander-in-chief of the Nanking several important commercial and Government in respect of royal-On the samets side of the balance Nationalist Government), Gen- educational institutions. — Reu- ties, in accordance with the sheet, under general plant, you willera Li Tsung-jen has been "ac-ter. terms of the franchise under find an addition of $165,905.89, the cepted by the local Nationalist Increase in Future. which we operate; $5,527.88 for major portion of which figure is leaders in Wu-Han as head of the On April 4 it was reported that writing off part of the prelimin-represented by plant of a perman-political Council for Hupeh and ary expenses; and $1,654.96 for ent nature, being in respect of the writing off bad debts.
Depreciation is heavier this yed, namely, the expenditure on lay- year by $23,186.69-in which re-ing underground cables in substi Iation shareholders will readily tution for overhead wires, a con- Uneasiness in Canton, follow. understand that the additions version which, under the terms of ing the startling bomb explosion made to capital plant must neces- the Telephone Ordinance, must be in Honan (the south side of the sarily result in an increased sum carried out with reasonable expodi-river) has died down, for depreciation in order to safe- tion. In this respect you will no However, reports have reached guard your investment.
doubt be interested to know that Canton that Communists are try- 1594.088 circuit miles of under- ing to stir un trouble in Waichow, As regards the royalties, you ground cable and 71,359 circuit! an important and strategic city will observe that the payment miles of covered distribution cables on the East River. 60 miles east) for the year 1927 is $3,077 in (were laid down during the year, of Canton. excess of that for the previous Automatic Plant Progressa. :- year; and it is well to bear in
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Cost of Royalties.
mind that this becomes an ever
Another item calling for speciali increasing sum in proportion to comment ia Automatic Plant (pre- the number of new connections liminary expenses) which, you wil
is
from this source.
Service Improvement.
Wireless.
Canton and Walchow.
PLATINUM.
RECENT DISCOVERY IN SIERRA LEONE.
PROSPECTING RIGHTS.
London, Yesterday. The Colonial Office states that
regarding Chinese representation this morning before Mr. Justice the Island and mainland.
J. R. Wood. on the Council, thus running a long outstanding Chinese griev
ance.
Masako Hayashida, of 47: Praya| East, Wanchai, a widow, sued Under this arrangement, the Shinjiro Nanayawa, trading as the Association forthwith appoints Yokohama. Barbera Shop, of 19
"GENERALLY CLOUDY,”
the China Sea,
the
When he came back, he found the car swerving along on the wrong side of the road. As the driver watched the movement's of HIS LITTLE JOKE. the car, there came & terrific crash about four yards from the junction of Lee Yuen-street and the car was badly damaged.
MAGISTRATE ON RUNNING RECORDS.
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Praya East, and Mrs. Fuji Nanayawa, otherwise Fiji Aršma, trading as the Chidori Eating
* Question of Damage, House of 19 Peking-road, Kowloon
Mr. Lindsell remarked that the for $800 alleged to be balance of
question of damage to the car E. winds, moderate, generally purchase money due under
In connection with the dn
case could not be considered, as Mr. Lo cloudy, is the official weather agreement for the aale by plaintiff against Stoker Gahagan, reported could not get more than $50 dam- forecast until noon to-morrow. to the defendants of plaintiff's elsewhere, Mr. Macnamara, in ble age in the Court.
The Japanese depression has business, known as the Hayashida cross-examination of the Chinese Mr. Lo replied that he was not passed into the Pacific. The Barber Shop, of 19 Praya East. - driver of motor car No. 190 asked applying for damage. There other is central near Wekin. Mr. L. R. Andrewes was for how long it took the witness to run would be proceedings elsewhere in observe, now stands at $65,960.85; made.
The anticyclone is central to the plaintiff and Mr. M. K. Lo for the from Lee: Yuen-street to the No. 2 that connection. He mentioned east of Shanghai. Moderate defendants who are man and wife. Police Station, and Bad debts, you will observe, and, I am pleased to report that
was told it that the actual damage to the have decreased by $4,051.28 and very material progress has been
monsoon may be expected slong-
Mr. Andrewes said that he took about four minutes,
car amounted to $1,000. Mr. Lindsell: the S.E, coast of China and over had received a letter from Mr. Lo When told by Inspector Mac after the crash, the four sailors
A world's record. represent less than one half per made since the last meeting in re
Proceeding, Mr. Lo said that cent, on the gross turnover. gard to the question of a new tele-
Indicating the defence and stating This saticfactory atate of affairs phone system for Hong Kong. On
that the shop was bought by the donald that the distance between walked away in pairs, going in due
the two points was inside half-a: different directions." principally. the your Directors instructions, the the Government of Sierre Leone
to
The driver first defendant, the husband, only mile, the Magistrate remarked: recognised the man who had been introduction of the system of de-Company's Manager proceeded to posit accounts to which I referred England In May, 1927, and in con-has received a considerable number
"Four minutes is not very fast driving the car und followed him Wife Would Pay.” when I addressed you at the last junction with our Consulting En-of applications in connection with three Chinese Councillora, while and not by the second defendant.
the discovery of platinum in that six Chinese are added to the
time for half-a-mile, but its pretty and his companion, until they Committees. The His Honour asked whether this fast for a chauffeur !?. annual general meeting, and, as Igineers, Messra. W. W. Cook &
colony. Prospecting rights have Municipal
came to an Indian constable who thon prognosticated, has since in Partners, drew up specifications
the driver asked to arrest, the effect minimised to a great extent and invitations to tender for an been granted to all suitable appli- Council will henceforth consist of meant that in the event of judgment
two sailors. The men bolted in the risk of losses being sustained automatic installation for Hong cants and the Government of the five British members, three being entered it would be against
the direction of the Monument at Kong.
Tenders were duly called Colony, hopes before long, to be Chinese, two Japanese, and two the busband only and Mr. Lo re-
plied that the only person who fendant for various loans during Happy Valley followed by the for by our London Agents (The able to give its decision regarding American.
A noteworthy passage in the appeared to have money was grants of the exclusive prospecting
her husband's illness to the amount constable and the driver. They Oriental Telephone & Electric Co.,
If judgment was given of 3900. It was arranged that this were eventually found hiding in During the year under review Ltd.) and are now in the hands of licences, mining rights or mining final reply to the Chinese Rate wife
payers Association by the chair against the husband the wife would sum should be set off and that both a door way in Tai Yuen-street and the improvement in the Telephone the Board, who, I may add, are leases.
The Sierra Leone Government man, Mr. Stirling Fessenden, have to pay. Service has not only been maintain-
defendants should give plaintiff a taken to the police station. ed, but has also been considerably very satisfied with the results ob considers, however, that it is desir-reads "The Council quite appre-
Mr. Andrower said that plaintiff promissory note in respect of the Driver's Evidence.. able to announce that applications clates the point that, with full co- and her husband acquired the phop 8800 balance. extended-this being due to the re-
Although the The driver of the car corrobor construction of a material portion Definite Scheme. Bubmitted. for exclusive prospecting licences operation from the Chinese, the in 1824 and the business was business appeared to have been ated Mr. Lo's opening statement. Your Board are most anxious to have already been received in res proposed arrangement will in the carried on jointly until the hus-sold to both defendants, the wife He said he recognised the defen- vies to subscribers is gradually be modernise the Exchange Plant with pect of practically the whole of ordinary course of events lead to band's death in 1926. In order to was, in fact, the one who directed dant as the man who wanted to ing converted to direct under a view to being in a position to area specially suggested by the an increase in the number of purchase the house, the plaintiff who business, claimed Mr. Andreses, drive the car, and when witness ground cable circuits instead of the supply a telephone service on the Director of Geological Survey a Former Hong Kong Resident had not sufficient money of her own She was a dominating kind of wo objected, defendant, caught hold former overhead lines. A consider-most up-to-date lines, and it being worthy of investigation.
Mr. Tsu-yee Fel (Pui Tao-l in so she borrowed $700 from the man and plaintiff also appeared to of him with both hands and shook able portion of this work remains with pleasure, therefore, that I am British Wireless Service.
second defendantThe loan would have done just what she asked him, whilst another sailor sitting Cantonese) is well known in Hong Kong. He was manager of appear as material to the present The return of the plaintiff to behind pulled his hair. The de action. It was the plaintiff's case Japan and the arrangements she fendant was also the man in arrangements with a minimum of to the Government, whereby, sub- OFFICIAL ENQUIRY. the Bank of China's one here that the money was duly paid back made with another party to collect charge of the wheel of the car at
for several years and was recent but the note given by the plaintiff the outstanding debt by defendants the time of the crash. inconvenience, to subscribers, a cer- Ject to the Government's approval,
ly appointed a special juror, his tain amount of delay must perforce it is hoped that the whole system
name still being on the 1928 list as securly for the loan was never were detailed and it was stated that The case was adjourned until occur, apart from which the pro- will be converted to Automatic
He was recently promoted to the returned and plaintiff would call the second defendant wrote to the Saturday morning next, ceas involves heavy capital expen-working in less than two years
Shanghal office. Mr. Pel is com evidence to show that the second plaintiff objecting to the promissory diture. I think Shareholders will from date. As stated in my speech
paratively young and was educat defendant was for all practical pur note being "hawked about among agree, however, that the resulting in April, 1927, the matter mainly
London, Yesterday, ed abroad. He is very popular poses a money lender and that it other people and asking, In view of improved service fully justifies resolves itself into a question of
ment of the loan to retain the each other for so long, that the note your directors in sanctioning the initial outlay, and the subscription The Colonial Secretary (Me and is a shrewd and capable bust-was quite a habit of hers on repay the fact that they were known to YOUNG TREES DESTROYED expense entailed by such schemes. rates to be charged in order to Amery) has selected Lient-Colonel neas man, As a result of this programme, the effect a return on investment in Sir H. C. Moorhouse as Commis. The other two Councillors are promissory note by stating that she might be returned to second de number of complaints has been re- the manner contemplated by the stoner to proceed to the British not so well known in Hong Kong had lost it...
but they, like Mr.. Pei, also enjoy, duced to a low-ngurs, notwith- Telephone Ordinance, which, as Solomon Islands. Protectorate to an the respect of both foreigners and
ware," automatically pro-quire into standing that the
ber of anb you are
Chinese in Shanghai. ased subscription cuma vides for scribers' lines has been Increased during the year by 711 exchange rates when the return on invest ack ont reaches a predetermined par- cal
of our ser-
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to be done, and in order to effec-in a position to state that a de- tually carry out extensive plant re-finite scheme has been submitted
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fendant's husband. Plaintiff
Metz, To-day. wrote giving this authority and During aerial bombing practice plaintiff consequently she could produce no a Bomb dropped on the forest at although Ars- and started a conflagration "de", writen: she coul
lence, it which extended - for two miles, suficient to prove her Over 100 acres of the finest young trees were destroyed despite the
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