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nified into a breach of Chineso law. If they adopt this course they can safely rely on the Bri- tish Government giving them the fullest possible protection in upholding to the utmost limit al their rights, of extrality.
News in Brief
The roll of certified midwives is published
the Government Gazette.
in
It is notifled that the officer hitherto known as the. Assistant Colonial Secretary will in future be known and styled the Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary.
Thirty hawkers from the vicinity of Argyle Street and Canton Road appeared before Mr. Whyte-Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy on charges of causing an obstruction, it being alleged that they had abused the privileges granted by the Police. His Worship fined 29 defondants $1 each, and cautioned one man who had spent one night in the cell.
Sentence of three months" hard labour was imposed by Mr. Whyte- Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy on a fok of a junk, who admitted a charge of larceny of a quantity of property and money from two boxes which were being transported on the junk: The
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1930.
GANDHI LAYS DOWN THE LAW
HAICHING PIRACY *SUSPECTS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOCKED GRILLES
NO DISOBEDIENCE IF BRITAIN. ADOPTS HIS REFORMS
"ABOLISH THE C.L.D.".
A NEW COMPLEXION
During the proceedings at the
Bombay. Yesterday, Central Magistracy on Wednesday Writing in "Young India," in connection with charges arising' Gandhi' says that there Will Be no out of the attempted piracy further talk of clvll disobedience if of the 8,5. Halching, Mr. Great Britain initiates the reforms E. Kawell, second engineerhe auggests, including the total said that he was awakened shortly prohibition and reduction by half after 1 a.m. by the noise of shots') 'certafir' taxes and salaries in the und the ship's siren. He wont to higher grade of service, a protec
Wooward's cabin and tivo tariff on foreign cloth; the Mr. found it empty.. He then abrogation of the sedition section made his way to the bridge. He of the Penal Code; an amnesty for was not armed, and was not in any all politicals except murderers, and way molested. He had a revolver the abolition of the Criminal In--
vestigation Department-Reuter. in his cabin.
BRITAIN'S WORST ENEMY
Witness took part in the defence of the ship. He thought the pirates gained access to the deck through. The bunker hatch the bunkers. opened on the forward 'tween decks. There were grilles and locks over the bunker hatches, and the keys were generally kept in the en- gine-room. There was no routine RED PLANS TO SPEED REVOLT
IN THE EMPIRE order about keeping those hatcheв closed;
Captain's Orders Capt. Farrar: I think. Your Worship, that the witness does not I stolen quite understand the point.
the issued standing orders to officers and engineers stating that the chief engineer was responsible for locking the doors of the engine room and hatches.
accused's father, the master of the
junk. was also charged but was acquitted owing to lack of evidence.
The British Minister to China, accompanied by his son Graham, has left Hong Kong on H.M.S. Hermes direct for Nanking, where Sir Miles Lampson will resume his negotiations with the Chinese Gov. ernment in regard to the rendition informed at the Public Safety of Wei-hai-wei and the suggested Bureau, in the native city, that abolition of extra-territoriality. the new law must take its course Mr. Sterndale Bennett and other members of the Legation staff also and they were requested to go to left on the Hermes. the Police Court for the purpose of fixing up bail! This request, The Hong Kong Telephone Com- although repeatedly made by the pany requests subscribers to visit the main lounge at Lane Crawford's Bureau, was refused. The Consul in order to become conversant with pointed out that to detain a Bri-the working of the automatic sys tish naga officer at the very tem shortly to be introduced. As moment when extraterritoriality the success of the new method of working depends more on those who negotiations were being conduct handle the instruments than upon ed in Nanking might be of serious any other factor, everyone to whom consequences and not likely to the automatic system is unfamiliar help those negotiations. The should take advantage of this op portunity for a demonstration of Bureau officials were: also: apparita working." ently impressed by the fact that to make an incident, concerning a
At the Dockyard Recreation Club British naval officer, the first test Accounts Department, was presented Mr. G. R. Moore, of the Expense
case would be undesirable... It with a silver teaset, decorated was eventually decided to con-
with эселев of Chinose life sult the Mayor and only then in relief. The presentation was
made by Mr. C. C. was Commander McBride allowed Assistant Expense Accounts Officer. to proceed home, three hours 'Mr. Moore was also the re- after the accident had occurred. cipient of a blackwood tray, inlaid with a. Chinese seascape in silver, It was perhaps fortunate that tho from the Officers and staff of the Mayor happened to be available, Expense Accounts Department. He as if there had been only sub-leaves for Chatham on the P. & D.
“SERIOUS INCIDENT" ordinate officials to deal with they 8.5. Mantua to-morrow.
TENDER ACCEPTED
Telfer,
A GREAT OFFENSIVE
Rīga, Yesterday. A resolution urging the speeding up of revolution abroad was pass. ed by the Central Council of the Red Trade Union. The motion de clared that the time had come to carry out a great offensive by ex- the most The Magistrate (to Mr. Kewell): ploiting unemployed as You were on watch when you left valuable revolutionary medium.
A new international fund musk port. Did you consider it your
immediately established to duty to make yourself personally be acquainted to see if the grilles, finance strikes and revolutionary. hatches and man-holes were lock-outbreaks, particularly in Aus- ed? No, I did not regard that as tralia, India, South Africa, the
Philippines, Cuba And Poru.- one of my duties, neither did I re-
Reuter. gard it as any other officer's duty.
The last time he saw the bunker
hatches was at Amoy, the day be
were fore the piracy, and they locked, although the grilles were not locked.
After the witness had replied to
It
further interrogations concerning this, Mr. Hamilton said "I don't think we will bother any more. is perfectly obvious that these grilles never were locked. I think Mr. Kewell has only a vague idea about it.
Mr. Andrewes:-The cook is go-
ing to say that it was not an un- usual aight to see the grilles and bunker hatches open.
Mr. Kewell: Quite right. I say the same thing.
Captain Farrar said that he' twice issued standing orders, which every officer signed.
Mr. Kewell said he never signed
Captain Farrar said he always understood the chief engineer kept the keys.
them.
•
The Magistrate said it appeared there was some sort of misunder- standing in the engine room.
Captain Farrar emphasised that his standing orders were very ex- plicit.
After the evidence the proceed- ings were again adjourned,
OUR FINANCES Figures to End of October
The financial' atatement for the month of October, 1929, just pub- lished. In the Government Gazette,
reads:
Balance of Assets and
Liabilities on. Septem ber 30, 1920........................$10,408,965.65 Revenue from October 1
to 31, 1920
2,147,685:46
$12,655,781.11 Expenditure from Octo
ber 1 to 31, 1929 2,500,848.52
Balance
-$10,054,852.69
Ten Years Ago
[From the "China Mall,**
January 31, 1920.),
To-day's dollar is worth 57- 6%d.
Housing: Talking of housing, why are people so foolish as to go on building houses on unsafo ledges of the foggy Peak, difficult of access, extra ́expensive, · 'and permanently inconvenient now A early General Election, in view that the new roads have opened It is notified that the following of the increased friction between up sites on the more salubrious tender has been accepted: Libérals and Socialists, is consider-southern coast? Even Shaukiwan Meagra. Kwong Hip"-"Lang. |'éd improbable in responsiblo was preferable. We could guess $1,550 for the repair of motor quarters, at all events until after a few reasons, if pressed for
launch Lila.
the Budget.
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The largest sailing ship'in the world, t Danish Koebenhavn, which recent
dicrppeared and must be presumed total loss, was for cadets.
would have acted, literally upon Nanking's edict and refused to re- The China Mail has been placed lease the British naval officer in possession of additional from illegal custody. And if he authentic details in regard to had not been a naval officer ther what has been called the "extra- can be little doubt that the so- lity test case" in Hankow. called new Chinese law would These fresh details lift the in-have been allowed to take, its cident on
to quite a different course and a British subject plane from that on which it taken to a jail in the native city stood through the scanty in- (if he had refused to find baji) formation cabled by Reuter's and perhaps incarcerated there Agency to the Hong Kong news-for,days if not weeks before be papers. The admitted facts dis- ing called to the bar of “Justice." close that Pay-Commander It is little wonder that in the Shanghai's Physical Fiends College centaraty, recently told a good McBride, of the Naval Office, was House of Commons Sir Kingsley THE Physical Culture Academy, story of a village cricket teagh
A certain earl, a most enthusiastic driving a, motor-car in the ex-Wood should have described the operated by Professor L. Knige oricketer, used to keep wicket for the German Concession of Hankow matter as a "serious incident" at 11 Seymour Road Shanghai, in team of which the umpire" was the with his wife when a Chinese The Secretary, of State for becoming one of the most popular call's butler At a critical point in boy, aged sixteen, collided with a Foreign Affairs could or would the early eveninge. The gyrfinusium deavoured to stump a roan.
placés in Town in which to spend the annual game with the heighbour- ing village the noble wicketkeeper en- rikisha, and swerved right indo more than promise "tõ en is filled morning and evening by
-"How's that?" he roared, as ho front of the motor car. As a require into the matter and sedates and gentlemen of all ages whipped off the balls.
"Not at home, my lord,” was the sult of this accident the unfor- what could be done! As we hinted ehdition: Every: deaing num getting themselves into fine physical tunate lad was killed. Comman- Tuesday in this column there ber of interested spectatora watch A Retiring Archdeacon der McBride, however, had to is little doubt that he has been the pupils exercising. The "Pro-A POPULAR ecclesiasticts the Lord Atkinson suffer the indignity of being anticipated by the British Lega-fessor is training a number of his Venerable. Er. E. Holmes Arch-ORD ATKINSON wached the zipo
pupils of both sexes, for a-big bom-deacon of London, who is retiring at taken to a Chinese police-station, tion officials and a further queen nimetic and appris meeting, the age of 75. He is a fine preacher, tom, two years ago be reus selively on where he was told that under the tion in the Commons after Sir which he intendo ataging in the tear terested in, among many other things, fcd he wan succeeded by a cont has written extensively, and le inn ago was en- ged as a Law Lord, and when he re- new instructions" that is, the Miles Lampson reaches Nanking future, and will offer gold and theatrical charities, Government's announcement that ought to be productive of some winners and runners up of every various London theatres, and one of his
silver medals, and a diploma, to the He used often to make eloquent and art, Lord Atkin, twenty years his
dior. simusing appeals, from the stages of
Of Lord Atkinson it has been sald extraterritoriality was abolished thing more tangible, than was event which will include wrestling friends was the late Siz George from January 1-he would be meted out to Sir Kingsley Wood boxing, fencing, weight lifting and Alexander. dealt with in accordance with last Monday..
was Archdeacon Many well known Equally rental The extrality gymnastics.
Holmes's predecessor, the late Arch- faces will be seen among the som deacon Sinclair, who was known as Chinese law. The British Con- rights of British subjects have petitors, as most of his pupils are "Fleet treats. parson. He belonged sul intervened, and was told the not been abolished and the sooner from the various offices in the to the old Press Club, into which he same thing. Fortunately, how Chinese officialdom in Hankow City. Prof. Knige himself is strolled almost daily to smoke a pipor enlivened many a dinner table with ever, the Mayor of Hankow had or any other part of China traning hard dally to make an at Playgame of bilferds, and
was known personally to scores of recently returned to the ex-realises the fact the better lifting record. At present 2
tempt on the world's middleweight pournalists, Bussian: Concession, and on the will it be for China's future re this is held by a Frenchman Traising in Sall British Consul General éxplaining lations with Great Britain. And who, at the last Olympic games IF Sir William Garthwaite's huge them an Imperturbable, fard and to him what had occurred the in the present temper of Chinese Professor has been able to lift and a would partly pay for herself by
lifted and pressed 226 lbs. The tion is adopted of building by monished with a disarming covineis... puulle. subscription, and endowing Mayor gave orders that the Com officialdem in spite of the fact press 224 lbs. and at the forthcom caftyles Tragis fallers cars, Onco bo prosecuted to Popery, a
There was a great deal of Enik fell-rigged Balling that time of packed furks in. Froland: mander should be released that extrality, conversations are ing meeting he hopes to be able on the Consul General's assur actually proceeding at them to beat the world's record. grist on to witold Veralt. It not ender who wan causing e Porgy an ance that he would be ment would be well to advise
vallable whet
HeBride
,
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at ha is one of those people who look
when they are young, and young. Wied they are old. This anomaly may doe, in his case, to a certain stolidity of countenance that has always mirked'
Yet, in spite of this sphinx-like do
pour, which was rarely relaxed, he
epiflow of genial stories of Irish- favour. When he was Arper moral for Ireland it was the dought of Nationalist members to badger and nd him, but he always turned upon
solely a question of antideks, and Chat, and obtained a conviction in ch WHEN William's lost Garthpool, the last, Bri- | Alin
tish, deep water Gwind Janeyer" lokasjon "Did, gan pack the jury?" asked merchant servies have been trained in packed jury so completely."
Most of our finest tamen in the or his Nationalist opponents. T
sail, and the fact that sail is almost thy calm reply,
In the British subjects, in China to The Parl TET ELABERRIA picturesqueness, and of replacing. Bir ate of a hosted "deplay, of partisaw
do their utmost to avold even Lod King Chub dinner re I ORD FRUISHAM, who presided At the Consul had been trivial trouble that
cently, in connection with the King's
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