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WHAT DOES THE “WE” 2 BRITISH BOXING
DENOTE?
A 'KINGLY' PRONOUN
ARGUMENT ABOUT TAXES FOR CANTON'S WAR.
'ONCE & FOR ALL' SUB-DEPT.
TITLES.
FIGHTS AT HOME,
STEWARD TAKES LIGHTWEIGHT
*CROWN FROM RICE.
FRANK MOODY LOSES.
London, Yesterday,
What does the "we" denote when used in official documents? At The Ring, London, for the This was asked by Mr. C. A. S. British lightweight championship over 20 rounds Sam Steward, of Ruas in the Summary Court this Lewisham, knocked out Ernie morning when he submitted that Rice, of Hounslow, in the 12th his client, who had used the term round.
-Ireland's Title. throughout an order, was a Gov-
At Edinburgh, for the British ernment official, because the and European middleweight "kingly" pronoun proved him to championship, over 20 rounds, be such.
Alex Ireland, of Leith (the hold er) beat Frank Moody, of Ponty- pridd, on points.-Reuter.
Mr. Russ's client, Li Kwong- yip, was said to be the head of the Sub-Department for the Collec- tion "Once and for All" of the shipping and rental taxes levied by the Canton Government to swell the war chest of the North- ern Expedition.
Mr. F. X. d'Almada, who a peared for the plaintiff, Ching Po cheung, a medicine dealer of Nam Pak Hong, sued for $1,000 alleged | to be moneys paid for and to the use of defendant (Mr. Ruse's client).
Jurisdiction.
THE TORNADO.
DAMAGE FAR EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS.
CROPS RUINED.
New York, Yesterday. Refugees who have reached San Juan over almost impassable roada report that the death roll in nine places totals 253 while coffee, sugar- cane, citrus and tobacco crops have particularly suffered.
·
LISE
1845
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 18, 1928, PRICE, $3.00 Per Month..
GOVT. WANTS EXTRA MONEY.
MANY ITEMS.
$826,429 AS SUPPLEMENTARY EXPENDITURE.
AERODROME LOAN,
---
Among the items of supple- mentary expenditure coming up
$18,350 for repairs at Moun. tain Lodge;
THE REST WHACK CHAMPIONS.
CRICKET FINALE.
LANCASHIRE LOSE BY AN INNINGS AT THE OVAL. SEASONS AVERAGES.
London,. Yesterday. The annual match between the
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FOREIGN CIVILIANS | DUTCH EAST INDIES
EVACUATED.
AT CHINWANGTAO.
·30,000 NORTHERNERS BEING `DISARMED NOW..
PRISONERS BEING REMOVED.
Tongshan, Yesterday.
AIR SERVICE.
PREMATURE.
JAPAN, CHINA AND BRITAIN.
EX-MINISTER'S VIEW.
NO QUESTION OF STARTING - | “MUCH MISCONCEPTION; EVEN
REGULAR SERVICE.
STILL EXPERIMENTING.
Amsterdam, Yesterday.
It has been prematurely in-
UNTRUTH."
BENEFIT OF CO-OPERATION.
London, Yesterday. The evacuation of foreign civil-
Count "Uchida, a former For- for consideration at the meeting Champlon County and the Rest at lans from Peitaiho and Shanhai ferred that owing to the despatch eign Minister of Japan, inter- of the Finance Committee of the the Oval resulted in a win for the kwan, the North China summer of Dutch aeroplanes with mail to viewed by Reuter here, emphasis Legislative Council on Thursday latter by an innings and 91 runs. resorts, has been completed. Hay- the Dutch East Indies that a re-ed Japan's sympathy with China. are the following. The total ask-296 and 216.
Lancashire (Champion County) | ing got out of the war zone, allį gular airmail is about to start He said :—
foreign civilians are now concen- with Batavia. Stay ed for is $826,429.
Japan bad great hopes of a It is explained that the four new China but nobody could tell The Rest 608 for & declared. trated on the Bluff at Chinwang-
tao. Henderson 174, Sutcliffe
machines are remaining in the what would happen there.
· He A reliable report states that East Indies for the local air ser- was unable to imagine trouble Hobbs 160).
30,000 of the Northern Army (of) vice and that there is no question between Japan Following are the final first class which General Chang Tsung of starting a regular Dutch air Powers as regards China, not- and Foreign cricket averages:-
chang is the commander-in-chief) line to Batavia. in positions between Anshan and
withstanding much propaganda A fifth machine leaves here on to the contrary, Changli, are being gradually dis- October 11 and will return with There was even much miscon- armed by the Manchurian units the mails as an experiment by the ception and untruth in Man- which have now taken up the Dutch air lines with a view to the churia as regards Japan's stti- task of ejecting them. Those of ultimate establishment of the Northerners who have surren- dered are being moved from their monthly air service in 1929. area, by rall, to Chinwangtao.
Chinwangtao is quiet. Tongshan mining area quiet,
$8,000 for sanatorium treat- ment for Police Sergt. Robertson, who was shot in the execution of his duty;
$15,000 for final payments under contract in connection with the Eastern filter beds;
$40,000 for compensation, for resumption to lessees of Nos. 54
Jardine Hobbs
Batting.
87.15 82.00
E. Tyldesley ....... 79.57 Bowling.
Barnes is listed at the top with and 54. Morrison-hill-road;
an average of 10.25, but as he has $12,000 for Police secret ser-only taken 20. first class wickets! vice work;
the honour goes to:-.
$750 for incidental expenses of the Medical Department, includ ing the cost of sending a nursing sister with the late Dr. J. B. Addison to Seychelles;
ernment;
$444,000 for aerodrome and harbour developments, this sum to be recovered from a future loan;
Larwood .....:138 14.51 Freeman ... ..804. 18.05 Dick Tyldesley .104 - 18.06"-
-Reuter.
Fast Scoring. Hendren and Ames, who made 68 not out, put on 179 runs in 66 minutes, scoring no less than 60 in
threa' overs.
The is also
A coal train is being operated between Tongshan and Tientsin. Lonhsien bridge was damaged by the Northerners in their retreat and it is estimated that repairs will take three days after which trains will be running to further points. British Naval Wireless.
Reuter.
FIRST IN 25 YEARS.
SIR H. GOLLAN RECEIVES
WHITE GLOVES.
NO CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
a tude. Japan, at any rate, had no territorial designs there at all.
Britain and Japan.
Ile stressed the cordiality of Anglo-Japanese relations and ex- pressed the opinion that Anglo- Japanese co-operation was im- mensely to the advantage of the Powers concerned in Chinese affairs and also to China herself. Count Uchida spoke on the Unique within the memory of wonderful way the Siberian Rail- anybody present to-day, a pair of way is being run, as the result of white gloves was accepted by the his observations during his recent Cannonading Continues. Chief Justice for the second Journey from Japan. He had Shanghai, To-day, time in one year-on account of visited Lenin's tomb in Moscow Sutcliffe brought his season's score to 3,000 runs.--British Wire-that 25 carloads of wounded Man- calendar being a blank..
Reports from North China state the monthly Criminal Sessions and was surprised to find the fea- tures almost exactly as when he less Service.
churian soldiers passed through The monotony of regularity | last saw him alive. Reuter. Chinwangtao bound for. Mukden. was broken a few years ago. Then
Further fighting is going on last March, Mr. Justice J. R. THE “SUI TAI” FIRE. at Anshan between the Man-Wood (now on leave), acting as churians and the Northerners. Chief Justice, received the pair DANGEROUS GOODS" ABOARD The cannonading appears to be of gloves. nearer Chinwangtao than before And it was left to Sir Henry and most of the foreigners and Gollan, Kt., G.B.E., K.C., the pre- all women have been evacuated sent Chief Justice, to make the from Shanhaikwan.Reuter.
1
BRITISH SHIP ATTACKED.
Upper Yangtze Fire Returned by Armed Guards.
VESSEL
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
$20,000 for resumption com- His client, said Mr. d'Almada,
pensation at Kowloon;; and six others, had been engaged
The Governor of Porto Rico by defendant and sent down to
$7,819 to meet deficit in the Kingchow an Ngaichow (Hainan states that the poorer classes, In-Supreme Court accounts occasion- Island) to collect taxes. In Nov-cluding a million "Jivaros" ored by the failure of an auction- ember last, defendant (whom Mr. peasant farmers, are completely cering firm employed by the Gov- d'Almada believed to be the destitute. "farmer" for the collection of the
The authorities of Porto Rico taxes) recalled plaintiff. Defen- have taken. prompt action to check dant then gave plaintiff an ac-profiteering, while guards have been knowledgment of money due to told off to prevent looting. him, but subject to a written
Terrific Winds.
$27,981 for the writing-off of qualification that it must be veri- The hurricane struck the Florida unnecessary rails for the Kow- fied first by defendant's partners.coast yesterday at noon, tearing off loon-Canton Railway. *.338.99 Plaintiff knew of no partners of roofs, uprooting trees and cutting tons of Russian rails together defendant, added Mr. d'Almada. telegraphic communications. Radio with 44.89 tons of fastenings at Mr. Justice P. Jacks (Puisne messages however report no casual- an average rate of $118.95 per Judge) asked Mr. d'Almada if ties. It is believed that the ton were taken on charge in the this case came within the Sum- inhabitants.. gemembering the dinas- Railway Stores in 1918.. mary Court jurisdiction. Mr.ter of 1926 in which there was heavy rails were intended for the use on d'Almada pointed out that defen- loss of life, moved to safety on re- the proposed siding to the Green dant had made an appearance, ceipt of a warning from the weather Island Cement Works at Hok Un, which was neither conditional nor bureau..
but as this scheme has been aban- under protest, Further, plain-
The latest messages from Palm doned, there is no further use for tiff had been appointed from Beach last night reported that the them, as they are too light for the Hong Kong. He had been recalled Hurricane was raging with a wind main line. In view of the fact to Hong Kong, and defendant was velocity of 125 miles an hour at that there is no possibility of re- domiciled in Hong Kong.
Palm Beach, while West Palm Beach covering his sum,with rails now and a fifty mile strip of the being rolled at 7 per ton, it was Mr. Russ replied that his Lord-Florida coast is isolated."
decided that the rate should be ship had made an order for sub- The Bahamas bave been isolated written down to $40 per ton so MR. HOOVER CONDUCTING HIS forced it back, but later had to torney-General) Mr. H. K. for a permit to remove stituted service which he, Mr. since midnight on September 15 as to reduce the amount at which | they stand to a reasonable figure.
write-off The
amounts $27,980.77.
Risk of Punishment.
Russ, maintained was bad be- and hitherto there is no news of the cause defendant was out of the extent of the damage--Reuter's jurisdiction. But because defen-American Service. dant had seen the notice in a newspaper, he preferred to re turn to the Colony to meet the claim here..
The Antilles Suffer.
"TO CARRY."
These
to
Hankow, Yesterday. The China Navigation Co.'s: Upper Yangtaze 6.8. "Kintang" was fired upon when about ten
102), a well-known landmark on miles above Wushan (at mileage
the River.
The armed guards employed on fre-British Naval Wireless. this. British vessel returned the
U.S. POLICY.
CAMPAIGN.
'IMPORTANT POINTS.
White Russians Lose.
Shanghai, Yesterday,
very interesting admission that In Mr. R. E. Lindsell's Court, at in his 25 years' experience both the Central Magistracy, this morn- a's Attorney-General and Chief ing, there was a sequel to the fire It appears that on Sept. 18 the Justice, this was the first time he on board the Steamboat Company's Northern troops" line, based on had participated-in such a cere as, "Sul Tal," soon after her ar Shih-men, midway between Luan-mony!
rival in port on Friday, August 24, chow and Changli, on the Peking-
Practically every, officer con- |last, Mukden Railway, was opposed by nected with the Courts was pre- The Hang Lam Chung firm of the 16th, 18th and 20th Man- sent, as were those who had been No. 2, Koshing-street, a Chinese. churian Armies, the latter over summoned for jury service. wine and spirit shop, was summon- lapping the Northern forces. On
ed by the Import and Export De Sept. 14, General Chang Tsung-
In 5 Dependencies,
partment for supplying to the chang's White Russians attacked At counsel's table were Mr. Superintendent of I. & E., incor- the 8th Manchurian Army and Somerset Fitzroy (Assistant At-rect particulars in an application
certain
surrender. Further fighting on Holmes, C.B.E. (Crown Solicitor), liquor from the a.s. "Sui Sai" to the Sept. 15 resulted in the Man- Mr. C. G. Perdue (acting Direc-8.8. "Nam Sang." churian troops advancing and en-tor of Criminal Intelligence).
The case for the prosecution, as veloping their opponents.
When the Court had assembled outlined by Mr. B. C. K. Hawkins, Newark, NJ. Yesterday,
General Pei Chung-hai con- and the usher had read the no-assistant Superintendent of Imports tinues to maintain a watchful tice, Mr. C. D. Melbourne (Re and Exports was that the defend- The maintenance of high tariffs attitude along the west bank of gistrar) said: My Lord, There ants appiled for a permit to remove Paris, Yesterday. Official accounts of the devasta-
and the continuance of immigration the Luanho River leaving the are no cases this Sessions and I 185 jars of "Sam Cheng and 15 tion by cyclone in the Antilles show
restrictions were points emphasis- Manchurian troops to clean up the beg Your Lordship's acceptance jars of "Sheung Cheng Chinese that 28 were killed in the commune of Petitbourg which was complete-
ed by Mr. Hoover in a speech in Northern troops. It is estimated of a pair of white gloves in ac- wine, but when Chief Preventive his presidential campaign. He de- that at present 40,000 Man-cordance with the old establish Officer Clark inspected the jars on clared that the position of industry churian soldiers are inside the ed custom. destroyed by a tidal wave.
board the "Sui Tai” at Kowloon Pointeapitre has also been de-
At the Central Magistracy this was highly satisfactory except the Great Wall.
Sir Henry Gollan replied:-Mr. Docks after the fire, they were vastated and the suburbs wiped out morning, a Chinese was charged betile industry, which the Govern
bituminous coal trade, and the tex-
Fitzroy, Mr. Registrar, During found to contain spirits of wine Mr. Russ referred to the use of with 800 dead, while over 100 have fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell with the un-ment must do its utmost to resus
Shanghai, Sept. 17. the last 25 years I have been en-which came under the definition of Reliable reports from North gaged in the administration of "Dangerous Goods." the word "we" in the "order" perished in other communes.
lawful possession of a large knife citate.
China state that General Chang the law, as Attorney-General or
Plaintiff bore out Mr. d'Almada's opening and then was cross-examined at length by Mr. Russ as to whether he (plaintiff) was a servant of the Canton Gov- ernment.
to return at the risk of punish-refineries were damaged and the ment for non-compliance. Mr. Crops injured. Russ's contention was that de
fendant must have been an officer
YANG SEN'S WAR.
in the Antilles show that 7 small
CHINESE WITH SUSPICIOUS- LOOKING ARTICLES.
Backs to the Wall,
MEMORY LAPSE.
1
Sophistication.
issued by defendant to plaintiff Many of the factories and sugar and some white tape, which could be Mr. Hoover asserted that the Tsung-chang, with his back to Chief Justice, in five different de Mr. Hawking put in the defend used for an unlawful purpose. He American standard of living was the wall, inflicted a severe reverse pendencies of the Crown, and ant's application for a parmit de
the, highest in the world,
· Official Report.
Wages on 10,000 Manchurians in the this is the first occasion on which claring the 160 jars to contain Chi- was arrested early on Sunday morn-were higher than ever and hours vicinity of Shih-men on Sept. 16. I have taken part in this inter-nese wine as stated above, and also Later. ing acting in a suspicious manner in of labour had decreased. in the Government to be able to
the ship's manifest showing that There are no details of the fight-esting time-honoured ceremony. Official reports of the havoc of
. He advocated that serious atten- ing up to the present. Reuter.
the "Suf Tal" carried 150 jars of use a sealed order in such terms. the cyclone in the French colonies Connaught-road West.
liquor, so that there could be no Accused pleaded "guilty."
tion should be given to foreign markets especially in the export of schooners and 15 native craft were Mr. Lindsell Inquired if the ac farmers', surplus production-Reu destroyed by a tidal wave in Marcused's intention was robbery.ter's American Service. tinique Roads. The.Guadeloupe is Accused evaded the question and GENERAL WHO LEFT HIM blocked with fallen trees and all said that the things had been given
NOW REJOINS.
communications wrecked. The hosto him by a man named Tsau Fook pital at St. Claude is almost des-to carry. CHUNGKING MOVEMENTS. troyed and alx fatalities are men Inspector Clarke told the Magis-
tioned.-Reuter.
trate that the knife was "similar to
·Sugar and Cotton,
those used in recent robberies. He New York, Yesterday. added that two other men had since
General Yang Sen, who has
been waging war intermittently
SHIPPING STRIKE.
NOT YET COMPLETELY
SETTLED.
Melbourne, Yesterday.
A COOK, A BLANKET AND
TOWEL.
A captions critic might say that question that the fare in question the absence of any cases for trial were those consigned to the des in Court presents a flattering ap fendants from Macao. A pearance because the fre Mr. M. K. Lo, for the defence, quency of gang robberies and the whilst admitting the application as skill with which they are organ that of the defendant; said that he While in the set of leaving the ised and carried out show a cer- could not admit, the ship's manifeat 8.8. "President Jefferson" yeater- tain amount of sophistication in as conclusive evidence that actually day afternoon, a substitute cook our midet.
there were only 160 jars of liquor was searched, and amongst his But the fact remains that on on the "Suf Tal," For, all they personal belongings were found two occasions within the last six knew there might have been other along the Upper Yangtze, is still Reports that the Porto Rican been arrested,, and asked for a re- The Waterside Workers resum- a blanket and a towel, the pro- months there have been no cases jars of liquor on heard which by at Fewchow, which is in east sugar crop has suffered losses of mand for the police to make ined here and at Sydney, Hobart perty of the American Mail Line for trial at the Sessions and I some subterfuge was not declared Szechuan, below Chungking. 26 per cent. of the estimated yield quirica
and...elsewhere under the new He was arrested. This morning think it is a matter of congratu- in the manifest, According to a British Naval through the hurricane bas produc- The Magistrate, agreeing, remark award but the Brisbane and Fre he appeared at the Kowloon lation both for the community to Evidence was given by C.P.O. wireless despatch, General Wued a very arm tone in the sugared that the kalle, although it had mantle men have rejected the Magistracy in answer to a charge be able to lead such virtuous lives, Clark that on August 26 he went Yang Sen, is now apparently re-points above the previous closing be described as a dagger, Hsin-kwang who recently left market, prices closing one to four been specially sharpened, could not terms and declined to attend of theft and for our police force, our very aboard the "Sul Tel" at Kowloon
"pick-ups."
Inspector Spear Bald the efficient police force. Docks and transferred to a junk 25 jolning him.
The cotton market has been siml The Inspector agreed, and said Shipowners decline to consider blanket and towel were supplied There Is one other matter to large and two small Jars of spirits Up at Chungking, which is held larly affected and closed easy at that It was a butcher's knife, gestion for a conference until all The usual procedure was that call attention and that is a state other lars which were leaking and the Waterside Federation's sus by the company to its employees, which I should like to of wine. There were a number of by Yang Ben's opponents, there net advances from to. 14/25 points. Mr. Lindsell suggested that should the ports are worlding Reuter the latter return the articles to ment which I have seen in to-day's those were immediately broken and
the police Inquiries not produce any res Rellet.
the company on being dismissed evidence against the accused, they
the service. The defendant had papers, that the Attorney-General the contents allowed to run into the harbour Witness did this be Washington, Yesterday might consider charging him under
(Sir Henry Pollock, see page 6) President Coolidge has appealed the Arms Ordinance, which provided
not done so. He had made one has met with rather a serious ac- cause he was afraid that fire might voyage on the vessel. to the nation to contribute, prop for a heavier penalty for the pos56 Marshal Chiang Kai-sielc is go fendant pleaded that he had quita ing on behalf of the bar in wish identical with those of the jars he In answer to the charge, decident. I am sure I am speak Again, break out on the ship. He also recovered 48 large jar "bungs". forgotten to return the articles ing him a speedy recovery.⠀⠀ He was only a substitute: cook and had only made
have ben considerable movements -Reuter.
of troops down the Yangtaze, pos
sibly to launch an offensive
agalust Yang Sen at Fowchow.rh
THE PACT
ADVICE GIVEN TO PERSIA'S GOVERNMENT.
mend Pact
eran, Yesterday. nittee appointed to
bean.
Pact recon
ly and generously to the Red Crosssion of dangerous weapons.
Relief for the sufferers, at Porto
Rico and the Virgin Isles. A re
lef ship laden with provisions" is
leaving for Porto Rico Immediately, and the
Bent Incomplete. Reports
here to the of
tre to the con:
off cer
ents.
Meagre and incomplete
hurricane still prave
dent of the
Est Okechobee.
Beach
THE NATIONALISTS.
Shanghal, To-day.
ing to Nanking this morning but the other Nationalist Party lead ers are
Shangha meet Mr. here by due he
Manila
The Schofield,
trate
removed to the Junki
PS:
the
JARS OF SPIRITS. By Mr wkins: The first that
of the
atanding decki