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大英三月十三 禮拜鄭 中華民國庚午年弍月十肆日
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930.
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DAVID CHRISTIAN WILSON, ndhám Street, Hong Kong.
A NEW OFFENCE
A summons taken out against a sumpan woman, based on a recent
ment Gazette
notification appearing in the Govern-
MISCHIEVOUS ACTS IN MALAYA
HOME PRESSURE?
MILDLY "ANTI-IMPERIALISTIC”.
PAMPHLETS
CHINESE SENT TO JAIL
The Chinese youth who was yesterday remanded by Mr. R. E. Lindsell on NO RECOGNITION OF a charge of unlawful possession of sedi. tious papers at the race course during forbidding sampans: RED ORGANISATION the race meeting, was again in Court
this morning.
and other craft from carrying prostitutes to steamers In the harbour was heard this morning at the Marine Court by Comdr. J. B. Newill.
The defendant pleaded that she
did not know the women she was carrying were prostitutes.
Inap. Chevalier, prosecuting, said that he stopped defendant's sampan last night, and in it he found four gaudily dressed women hiding in the cabin.
Defendant:-I did not know they were prostitutes.
Tell Tale Dresses Insp. Chevalier:Anyone could see they were from their dresses,
The Magistrate (To defendant): What is the difference between the dress of a respectable woman and a prostitute?-I don't know.
Insp. Chevalier:-No respectable women would go out to a ship at 11 o'clock at night.
Defendant was fined $10.
London. Yesterday.
Inspector M. Murphy resorted that; In the House of Commons to-accused's master. had accompanied a district watchman to Kowloon City, day Commander Kenworthy (Lab.) They visited the shop but accused's asked for a further statement re- father-in-law was not in. They foun garding the action of the Gay-accused's mother, and when it was sug. ernor of the Straits Settlements gested that she should stand guarantee
of the for her son she refused. and High Commissioner
A Bad Character Malay States, Sir Cecil Clementi,
in suppressing the activities of Mr. Lindsell (to accused): Not even the local Kuomintang, and whe- your mother would come forward to ther, in view of the importance of help you out of this trouble. That the Chinese community in the goes to show that you are a bad char- Colonies, it was proposed to reacter. voke the action.
Accused: Perhaps they went to the
Magistrate: Nothing of the sort::
Dr. Drummond Shiels replied wrong house! that the Kuomintang had for some years not been accorded recogni- your master took the watchman to the house. As you have no guarantee you tion in the Malay States.
Lord must go to jail Passfield was communicating with Mr. Lindsell remarked that as the the Governor on the matter, and pamphlets were not anti-British and pending a receipt of the dispatch, only mildly anti-Imperialistic, he would ¦ Dr. Shields said he was unable to sentence accured to only
hard labour. reply mpre fully. (Continued at foot of next Columu)
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PIRACY GUARDS
Proposals By Shipping Companies
London, Yesterday.
In the House of Commons at question time, the First Lord, Mr. A. V. Alexander, said that the date of cessation for sup- plying anti-piracy guards to British merchant ships in China was further being con- sidered in the light of propo- sals made by the shipping com- panies concerned. Reuter.
"CRIMINALS"
Strong Words by German Deputy
NO MONEY TO PAY
Berlin, Yesterday. The Reichstag passed the third reading of the Young Reparation Plan to-day. Socialist shouts and jeers greeted the Fascist Deputy's description of the Government parties as "criminals," for adopting the Plan without knowing where to get the money to pay reparations.— Reuter.
́CHARTERED BANK
Directors Recommend Bonus of 68. 3d.
The Hong Kong branch of the Chartered Bank of India, Austra lin and China has received the fol lowing telegram from Head Office in London:-
"At the approaching meeting of ahareholders, Directors will recommend dividend for past half year at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum free of income tax and a bonus of 6s. 3d. per ahare free of income tax; £50,000 and set asido to meet contin- ! gencies; and £190,754 98. 11d. io be carried forward.”
NEW AMBASSADOR TO US.
Bugby, Testerday.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, the new British Ambassador to the United States, in succession to Bir Esme Howard, accom. panied by Lady Lindsay, sailed fron Southampton in the Aquitania to-day to take up his post, British Wireless Borvice.
[Sir Ronald Lindsay, KCB, has | boen Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office since 102B. He is the fifth son of the late Earl of Crawford, and was formerly an Attache at Washington. He
married in 1924, Elizabeth Sherman, of New York.]
Earl Winterton asked whether the House must understand that the Government were putting pres- sure on the local Government to refrain from putting an end to the mischievous actions of this Communist organisation!
: Dr. Shiels replied, that Earl Winterton must not understand that--Beater,
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