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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1930.
FLOWER CHINESE IN SHOW
WORKERS OF ANNUAL
THE WORLD |
INTERNATIONAL UN- EMPLOYED DAY
TO FIGHT HUNGER POLICE READY FOR ANGRY SCENES
Athens, Yesterday. Communist agents have distri- buted manifestoes inviting workmen to assemble in the Town Hall to marrow (International Unemployed Day) to demand higher wages, and to endeavour to establish a Labour
Berlin. Yesterday. The whole of the police force has been mobilised to deal with pos-
I
Government.
into
1
BOWER OF BEAUTY IN CITY HALL
SOME FINE EXHIBITS
The City Hall was transformed a veritable bower of beauty
floral classes at the Horticultural Society's annual Show began to arrive.
MALAYA
SIR C. CLEMENTI AND KUOMINTANG
ACTION QUERIED
this morning when entries in the DISCUSSION IN HOUSE
OF COMMONS
London, Yesterday.
CASE SETTLED IN
A
COMMOTION
AMUSING INCIDENT *IN SUMMARY COURT
CORK WOOD DEAL
the sitting of the Summary Court this
The
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 175 5/16.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
GLASSES
N. LAZARUS
13, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel. C. 1203.
LADY SIMON GENERAL CHARITIES
REBUKED
NO CHILD SLAVERY IN CEYLON
funny, incident occered during ONLY ADOPTION morning. Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones and COLONIAL OFFICE TO
ENQUIRE
Mr. R. A. Wadeson were engaged in
a case between the Yee Woo Shun Kee firm and Messrs. P. M. Piriquet & Co. His Honour the Fuisne Judge (Mr. Justice J. R. Wood) sent is clerk out
to enquire if the solicitors were pre-
Honour came on the Bench.
London, Yesterday. In the House of Lords. to-day
Mr. Wadeson, who appeared for the Ceylon.
plaintiff firm, began to outline his case, and when he was about half way
ORGANISATION
EXPENDITURE EXCEEDED INCOME IN 1929
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Gon- eral Charities Organisation was
held in
STUDENTS' STRIKE
PARENTS JOIN THE RIOTERS
‘REDS” DROP OUT
the office of Mr. T. H. AUTHORITIES KNOW King at Pollce Headquarters, at
NOT WHAT TO DO noon to-day.
Manila, Yesterday.
Those present were Mr. T. H. King (Chairman). Mrs. Mc- Cormack (Hong Kong Benevolent Police school officials and the Society), Capt. T. T. Laurenson Philippine Islands authorities were (E.A.S.M.A.). Mr. J. M. Noronha unable to check the strangest school and Mr. Robert Chao (Society of St. rebellion over recorded yester- Vincent de Paul), and Mr. C. E. H. day, when the parents of 6,300 High Beavia,
School pupile on strike joined their
Entries were most gratifying, especially in the classes for plants In the House of Commons to-day in pots, and almost all the ground Commander Kenworthy (Lab.) aak-pared to go on with the case and, on Lord Templeton asked what steps space was taken up. There were ed why the Kuomintang had been receiving a reply in the affirmative, His the Government were taking to stop the alleged child slavery in in all 145 classes, covering a wide
Lord Pasafield replied that there variety of plants, flowers, and proscribed in British territories in vegetables, and including nine Malaya, seeing that His Majesty's
was no foundation for the Buggos- special classes for general ex-Government, in their diplomatic, re-through a commotion was heard in the tion that any
system of child hibits, open to all
lationship with the Government of corridor.
slavery existed in Ceylon. A Novel Settlement Besides this, Mr. Ho Kom-tong China, supported the Kuomintang
Used as Servants Hle Honour sent his clerk out to stop sible disturbances to-morrow--"the had a striking exhibit-not for China, and whether other, non-
Lord Passfield added that the the nolue, when the plaintiff
Hon. Secretary's Report came international fighting day against competition of flowers and veget- British residents of Malaya would
traditional practice of well-to-do
The records the working of the unemployment and hunger. "The ables grown by him from seeds, be prevented from engaging in poli-
Clagalese of adopting poor chil-General Charities Organisation for the Rotefshne publishes a proclamation supplied by Yates and Co., of Syd- tical activities connected with the
dren was formerly unobjection-year 1920 show that sixty cases have of Communist executives in Rusney. The exhibit was most ar parties in their own countries.
able, but latterly it had been used been dealt with, an increase of ten Mr. Luther Bowley, Director of siu, Germany and Great Britain, tistically arranged, and
as a means of obtaining domestic over the previous year. summoning the workers to demon- forth much admiration.
servants gratis. strate.
Invitation To Archbishop
Stockholm, Yesterday.
called
Dr. Drummond Shiela replied that the Kuomintang had not been ac- The classes in the Open Section, corded registration or other recog- for carnations and sweet peas drew uition as a lawful society in Malaya, a heavy entry, some of the blooms but it had not been found necessary A remarkable feature of the Com being of a very high standard. | to take active steps for its suppres- munist demonstrations to-morrow
Early Winners is that the anti-Moscow section has
In the General invited the Archbishop of Upsala Section there
were some
one VRSC
to attend the meeting and discuss standing entries in the the anti-religious policy of the Soviets. The police have authoris ed three open air meetings for Moscow Communists, but have pro- hibited demonstrations street.
in the
Meetings Banned
Paris, Yesterday. M. Tardieu has instructed the police to ensure
peace at to- morrow's communist demonstra-
tlone. Street meetings have been banned and taxk-drivers may for fait their licences if they carry out
their threat to strike.
New York, Yesterday. Governor Whalen has warned
Exhibits
out Class
cut
of
devoted to flowers, to be judged for decora- tive effect. Mr. L. J. Davies had a fine exhibit of Phlox Drummondi, in the Peak Pot Plants Section, which took first prize in class 61, and was much admired, Indeed. copsidering the vagaries of the weather recently, the exhibits reached a high standard.
Major-General Sandilands took
first prize in Section 1, Class 5, for three pots of annuals or plants
alon. The Secretary of State, was telegraphically corresponding with the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, in regard to his reasons recently for taking such steps.
Commander Kenworthy pointed out that the 300,000 Chinese citizens in Malaya were the most valuable section of the community. Dr. Shiels replied; "that is recognis
́ed."----Router.
PRINCE OF WALES
NOW QUITE FIT
STOP
PRESS
London, Yesterday. » The death has occurred of Vis- count Gladstone.
Mr. Pearl Demaret, a typist attached to the American Naval delegation, fell from a window of the Mayfair Hotel early this morn- ing. She was removed to hospi- tal, where she is in a critical con- dition. She is 30 years of agu- Reuter.
Washington, Yesterday. President Hoover has asked Congress to grant $150,000 to meet the expenses of the Naval Delega- tion in London, in addition to the $200,000 originally voted.--- Reuter's American' Service.
raised from seed the same season. CONCERNED FOR REPUTATION dashing in and told Mc. Wadeson that
Mrs. Ho Kom-tong being a close second. Mr. Taggart, Major- General Sandilands, Mrs. Ho Kom-
women and children to avoid a com-tong, and Mr. L. J. Davies were munist demonstration. He will
amongst the earlier prize-winners, himself take charge of the police whilst Mrs. Ho Fook carried off the arrangements.
Challenge Cup for Section 1 with a
OF KENYA
g
HUNTING TRIP RESUMED
Rugby, Yesterday. Messages from Nairobi, Kenya, Demonstrations in America
In Section state that it is understood that ro Commissioner Whalen, head of fine exhibit of Stocks.
4. Vegetables, Peak Gardens further bulletins
regarding the the New York Police, has in- structed the Police to carry out only, Mr. L. J. Davies took the Prince of Wales will be issued. a policy of "free speech but no Challenge cup with his exhibit of He also had a
It is anticipated that he will be riots" as regards the Communists, Leeks in Class 102.
the cano had just been settled.
Addressing his Honour, Mr. Wadeson laughingly said "that the commotion which the Court had just heard had set- tled the case, and with his Honour's: permission they would like to with- draw.
The Ceylon Government were spontaneously introducing a Bill of Legislature with a view to stop- ping the abuses, and a Child Pro- tection Society has recently been formed in Colombo.
Lord Passfield added that no abuses were found to exist on plantations. The Colonial Office intended to watch the matter.
Replying to Lord Olivier, Lord Passfeld promised to enquire whe- ther a similar system existed in other colonies-Reuter.
STORM HORRORS OF FRENCH FLOODS
CEMETERIES SCOOPED OUT AND
BODIES SWEPT AWAY A
APPALLING DESOLATION
On the proposal of the Chal-sons and daughters and members. man the Hon. Secretary and Hon. of the City Council in deciding to Treasurer's reports, as given be-appeal to Governor General Davis and Senor Manuel Quezon, Senate low, were taken as read.
President, to grant their demanda. They are asking for the dismissal
The following in a summary of the cases, and the attached list explains how they were dealt with:-viz.
3 Cares (Europeans) sent out of the Colony by Government assistance. Cases (Europeans) by British Legion, E.A.S.M.A., Society of St. George.
6
16. Cases dealt with by Benevolent
Society,
of Senor Alejandro Albert, acting Secretary of Public Instruction, and
Education and one High School principal, and the reinstatement of four expelled student strikera.
Nineteen students have been arrested so far on charges ranging from disturbing the peace to resist- ing arrest and carrying concealed
weapons.
Another student was knifed, though not seriously, and one young
3 Cases dealt with by St. Vincent de girl was maltreated in front of the
Paul
High School, where she was at-
8 Cases (Indians, and Malays) rotempting to attend the classes. She
1
1
patriated by Police Department. was kissed, hugged and slapped and Case shipped by American Consul. several of the other students were Case sent away by Bpanish Consul,
1. Case found employment with Tele-
1
phone Co.
Case (European) sent home by St. Andrew's Society,
Cases assisted with Board Lodging by G.0.0.
braised in the general melee with
the police in front of West High School
The Communists have dropped Apparently and out of public sight.
they are frightened of publicity in
1 Case (European family) sent home the newspapers, which largely give by Benevolent Society and Masonic details of their propaganda activi.. Fraternity.
ties. The authorities are sllent: but are seeking means to stem the disgraceful tide of juvenile senti ment-Router.
7 Cases Unable to assist, considered
*undeserving. q* meka
2 Casen applied for relief, and did
not return.
Total 80.
From the Hon. Treasurer's report i will be seen that the financial assistance
Toulouse, Yesterday. Seventy coffins have been order ed by the Prefect of Tarnet rendered from the G.0.0. funds was
His Honour laughingly replied that Garonne, in the grim circumstance, $802.80 in excess of the previous year, that was a good way of eattling a case of the floods subsiding and the although the income from subscriptions
Excessive Weight
waters revealing the appalling de- was considerably lets. Mr. Wadeson then vouchsafed the in-solation of ruined houses, compel- The E.A.3.M.A. were unfortunately formation that the defendant firm had ing people to return to improvis-anable to make their annual subscrip
tion, but came forward and 'assisted in!
Two British families were assisted
to pay their own costs,
the
NATIVE RIOTS IN
CAPETOWN
ATTEMPT TO FORCE ENTRY INTO: THE ASSEMBLY
POLICE CHARGE RIOTERS
who have announced their intenfine exhibit in the class for a col- completely fit again in a few days, agreed to pay $100 to the plaintiff firm led shelters. The Town of Villemur several cases when asked to do so. tion of organising a series of un-lection of vegetables, which took His rapid recovery indicates the in settlement and that both partios were is one mass of heaped masonry,
Capetown, Yesterday. first, Mr. R. M. Dyer being second.mildness of the attack of malaria, The plaintiffs' claim against Messrs. the Town of Reynea is almost home to Britain, and various other Bri-
Several police and natives were employment demonstrations, begin- Mr. Davies took no less than eight and he has decided to carry on with Pinquet & Co. was for the refund of totally destroyed. Fourteen deat stish subjects to various parts of the
injured in a confilet outside the ning to-morrow, and culminating rats and four seconds in this
$466.78, representing The Prince himself and under protest to the defendants for the descended on
money paid were caused by the torrents which Empire. in a mass convention at Chicago, section alone, besides his successos
his plans.
Quite a Carcabaonne
number of Malaya and House of Parliament on the occasion 3 native demonstration in all East Africans are concerned for excessive weight of cork wood purchas- area and scooped out cemeteries Indiana applied for assistance, but as of to deal with the question of per-
in the others.
against the Riotous manent organisation.
Lady Ho Tung took the the reputation of Kenya, which mayed from the defendants under a contract and carried the coffins down the this was not considered in the province protest The Russian Socialist, Raphael Challenge Cup in Section 3, Vege have suffered through the reports of contracted for was five tons at 17%
dated August 9, 1929. The quantity river.-Reuter.
of the Societies they were referred to Assemblies B, introduced by Mr. the Police Department for repatria-Pirow, Minister of Justice, on the -Abramovitch, says the demonstratables-Open; and the Cup for Cut
The high lands of cents per pound. tions in the United States and elsewhere in the world are plan-Potts, who showed
Flowers Open, want to Mr. G. his illness.
of the healthiest some exquisite Kenya form one
·
ned by Stalin, "to bolster up the carnations. There was no award and most promising parts of the fallen prestige of communism" made this year in the Cut Flowere Empire in Africa.
outside Russia.-Reuter's Ameri- can Service.
THREE MILLION OUT OF WORK
SERIOUS POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES
PRESIDENT'S SCHEMES
Washington, Yesterday.
The White House denies reports that President Hoover is calling an
The Prince expects to leave for (Peak Section).
He will trave! Mr. R. E. Macdougall took the Uganda on Sunday. Challenge Cup in Section 2. by a special train to Tororo and The first prize for one vase of thence by motor car to Entebb-. Cut Flowers in the General Exhibits After a day's stay at Government Section went to an exhibit by Mra. House there, he will on Wednesday A. C. Hynes, and that for a basket motor to Butkaba, on Lakke Albert, of Cut Flowers for children under where ho will board the lake 10 years, set up by the exhibitor steamer. The steamer will be used without ald, to Margaret E. Hoare, as a base for hunting around the aged seven years.
lake. It is expected that the Prince
The staging of the Show at the will reach Khartum on the home- City Hall met with general ap-ward journey towards the middle proval, the arrangements made belof April-British Wireless Ser- ing in every sense eficient. vice.
The Officials
Officials of the Society, who as
unemployment conference. It is ted in the organisation of the COMPOSING WORLD'S
stated that every department of Show, were Mrs. R. M. Dyer (Pre- the Government is doing its sident), Mrs. R. E. Hoare, Lleut. utmost to speed up construction and Colonel T. A. Robertson, Messrs. relieve unemployment. It is felt J. T. Bagram, J. P. Robinson, H. that Congress is largely blame-Green (of the Botanical Depart ment), H. B. L. Dowbiggin, FW. worthy if the 8,000,000 unemployed Stapleton, Ho Kom-tong and Ho remain Jobless.
Leung, together with Mesars.
It transpires that President 3. A. H. Plummer, and A. Tsa Hoover agrees with the statement of (Joint Secretaries).-- Mr. Davis, Sercretary of Labour,
Mrs. Soutfiorn is to distribute
QUARRELS
PACIFIC REGULATION OF DISPUTES APPROVED
HOLLAND AND BORNEO
The Hague, Yesterday, The Second Chamber to-day that the delay In passing the tariff the awards at 6.30pm. The passed a Bill for the adhesion of legislation is more responsible for Championship. Cups had not been the Netherlands to sections one the creation of unemployment than adjudged up to the time of going to and four of the General Act In any other factor, while the House Press R of Representatives have taken no
Judges for the exhibits were Mrs. regard to the Pacifo regulation of action in regard to public building Hoare, Mrs. Danby, Lieut. Colonel International disputes, as estab-|| schemes which President Hoover T. A. Robertson, and Mesam. H. B. lished by the ninth Assembly of expects will provide employment L. Dowbiggin, J. P. Robinson, and for many of the workless-Beuter's Hi Green khan American Service,
PRICE OF TIN FALLS
JUNK IN COLLISION
ago Maru, has been
Hea The colllato
the League on September 9, 1928, and also the Bill approving the British and Dutch treaty conclude ed at The Hague on February 28, funk and the 928 defin
part of Dutch Borneo
Jonk makler) Kwok 1 and Sarawak
·
DRIZZLE
To-day's weather report from
the Royal Observatory' states: The anti-cyclone has streng- thened and is central over South Manchuria.
The position of the depres- sion is uncertsin.
Fresh to strong monsoon pre- valls along the south eastern coast of China and over the north China Sea..
Forecast: North
winds; fresh; overcoat with drizzle at first, Improving later.
Rainfall
Vote from Parliament
Paris, Yesterday.
tion.
ground that drastic powers were Hon. Treasurer's Report The Council of Ministers bas
necessary, owing to the great In- Dealing with the income, this was crease of Bolshevist propaganda decided to ask Parliament to vote thirty million francs for the relief short of 1928 by $800 duo to the fact among the natives. of sufferers from the floods.
that the Women's Guild and M.C.L. A large crowd of the public A moratorium for debis will im- place of $500 for 1028, the Benevolent natives attempted to force an en- were only able to contribute $250, in gathered "to see the fun," and the the Society reduced their donation by $60,
devastated departments.-Reuter.
mediately be established in
Toulous, Later,
300 Perished Feared
and the E.A.S.M.A. discontinued the trance into the Assembly and inter- Mr. Justice donation of $100. On the other hand, view General Hertzog,
both the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Pirow received a volley of bottles, It is now feared that at least 800 and the Jewish Benevolent Society paid stones and pieces of wood, and the have perished in the floods, Over their full contribution to $100 each police, charged with their batons. 1,000 buildings have collapsed and the result for the year being a net de Police reinforcements then swarmed, stores of bodies are buried in the crease of $800 under the heading of out from the basement of the ruins, one hundred and fifty people produced $17.87 or $4.49 less than the Router.
contributions received. Bank interest Assembly and ended the affair.— were killed in Montauban alone. previous year. The total income was, Rescue parties, aided by aeroplanes therefore, $1,217.67, which was $304.43| are working heroically to save the less than last year. marooned victims-Router.
WARRANT FOR BANK CLERK
Turning to the expenditure, assist. anco rendered accounted for $818.50,
A warrant has been issued for the which was $302.80 more than the pre-arrest of a Chinese named Kwok Sze Rainfall to 10 am, to-day. A HEALTHIER CHINA vious year. The stenographer's salary at Kwok Chung-luon, of 12,
0.74 Inch. Rainfull: since. January 1, 4.65 inches, against' an average of 3.47 inches.
Temperature and Humidity
The temperature and humidt- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 0 o'clock Ware!
Temp. Humid Hong Kong 53
82 Масло
[46
89
Pratas Island
70
91
Manila
66
'88.
Amoy
52
93
Swatow
60
83
Chefoo
28
88
Shanghai
97
NEEDED
was also up by $275, and petty expenses Arbuthnot Road and employed as a increased by $17.80. On the whole, therefore, whilst 1928 showed a surpins clerk of the Sul Ken Bank, of 169 of $576.16, 1929 produced a Queen's Road Central.. LEAGUE APPEALS FOR HER $324.99, and the road a defeit of against him in that of "intent to do-
CO-OPERATION
SANITATION OF PORTS
Geneva, Yesterday.
The charge
able to meet this out of accumulated fraud his creditors" contrary to the surpluses of previous years lying in the Bankruptcy Ordinance. |bank at #866.18, so that at the close
of 1929 the reduced surplus account
in the bank amounted to $581.28.
A Lucky Surplus
TERRIER BITES GIRL.
The Health Committee of the
A fox terrier belonging to Mr. W. A Referring to the balance sheet, Weight, of 466, The Peak, was paster League: discussed the question of
Mr. King pointed out that expen-day removed to Kennedy Town for ob collaboration between the Chinese diture exceeded Income by $800. Woight's daughter. The girl was treat servation, after it had bitten Mr. Government and the Health Or This, he said, was due to two ed by Dr. Smalley at the Victoria Hos- ganisation of the League. The causes. First, one of the contri-pital, and the report of her injuries Directorate of Health section sub-buting societies had had to reduce stated that there is no suspicion of mitted the results of a three- unable to send anything. Fortun
Its contribution, and another was rabies months mission in China to the ately the G.C.O., had a surplus in
EVADED DUTY ON WINE end of 1929, and a requent to the hand with which they were able munity against the fraudulent and
Chinese Government to investigate to wipe out the excess in expen- undeserving beggar- Detective-Sergeant Toyats, at the the sanitation of ports, maritime diture and still have a balance, in Mr. King then proposed the
hand, Kowloon Magistracy, this morning, pro-and quarantine.
returned ex
adoption of the reports and ac- duced before Mr. Whyte-Smith, a Chin Dr. Woo Kai-sen
The second cause of the excasa counts. cook of the sa. Ewal Sang, who thanks on behalf of the Chinese of expenditure was increased Capt Laurenson seconded and wes charged with not paying duty on Minister of Health, regretting his grants in causs which had been re. the motion was carried.
mability to participate In the ported to the Hon. Secretary. In Votes of thanks were passed to efendant claimed that. the bot
sertion of the Committee. this connectio Mr. King empha Capt. F. Bayliss, Mr. Gubbay and The Committee Appointed a Bab-sized that the 1.0.0., was not an Mr. T. A. Martin for their“ ver-
nittee to examine the pro- organisation for the granting of vicen
48:
were found
Chinese Government assistance, but for the purpose of. The final business. the meet to collaboration with giving confidential reports to in- ing was she una mons section of
the dividuals about cases applying for Mr. O
reller, and thus protect the com
Chatro