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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1930.
JAPANESE PRINCE | SPEEDING UP THE
ARRIVES.
LAW IN INDIA.
INFORMAL WELCOME TO THE ADVISED TO END LAHORE
COLONY.
No. 27,477.
NEED OF A BATHE. Spoiled by a Water Works Inspector.
DON'T WASH CLOTHES!
Mr. C. J. Tacchi, Inspector of DIGNITY AND RESTRAINT,
Chinese before Mr. R. E. Lindsell Members of the local Japanese with washing a coat and a towel in community gathered at Queen's the water of the new reservoir dam pier this morning to give a on the site of the old paper mills
to T. . H. Prince and at Aberdeen.
Mr. Tacchi stated that he found Takamatsu, who arrived participated in a May Day de-ing in the water which reached to Kashima Maru. monstration here, M. Voroshilov, fjust above their waists.
CLASH WITH POLICE IN LIEGE.
Moscow, Yesterday.
Water Works, to-day charged a
CONSPIRACY TRIAL.
VICEROY'S ORDINANCE.
Simla, Yesterday.
Another ordinance has been
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
CUTTING OUT THE PROFITEER.
CONSUMERS' COUNCIL · TO ENQUIRE INTO PRICES.
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Dainty Epeglasses
: N. LAZARUS
Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's Road Central.
“JOHNNIE WALKER"
Bottle Stolen from Mr. Walker,
COLONIAL SERVICE
CHANGES THAT MAY THIRSTY HOUSE BOY.
AFFECT HONG KONG.
· BROKERAGE INCLUDED. Mr. B. Walker of 4, Broadwood
Road, to-day charged his substitute ONE DEPARTMENT Rugby, Yesterday, house "boy" before Mr. R. E. The text is issued of a Govern- Lindsell with the theft of a bottle
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Eight hundred and fifty people the accused and another man stand-their way to Europe aboard the B.Superintendent of Police, Mr.may be appointed by the Board of Indian Bergeant brought the ac-Service is recommended in the
Continent Quiet.'
Paris, Yesterday.
were
to welcome His
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welcome promulgated by the Viceroy, ter- ment Bill for the creation of a of Johnnie Walker black tabe: SPECIAL BOARD
minating the preliminary trial of Consumers' Council. The Council whisky. Princess the accused at the Lahore con- is to consist of seven members,
SELECT CANDIDATES. Mr. Walker said that he did not here on spiracy case, in connection with of whom two at least must be know anything about the theft the murder of the Assistant women, but additional members until 10 o'clock last sight whon am
Rugby, Yesterday. The creation of a single Saunders, at Lahore, in December, Trade for any particular inquiry.cused to the house. Accused
The Sergeant report of the Committee which The reception which, at the 1928, which has been dragging on The Council will concern itself had a bottle of whisky in his hand has been considering appoint- the Commissar of War and was doing the washing, without
Prince's own request, was entirely for nine months, obstructed by with articles of food of general and asked witness If it Marine, isking the salute in Red (soap.
was his ments in the Colonial Office and Mr. Tacchi gave as his opinion informal, was nevertheless picture- demonstrations. The Viceroy has clothing material, fuels and any
minor delays and revolutionary consumption, wearing apparel, property.
the Colonial services. The Com- Square.
that accused had gone in to batheaque in the extreme, many Japanese empowered the Chief Justice of other article of common use which earlier in the evening, at about 6 Mr. Amery, Colonial Secretary Here Mr. Walker explained that mittee was appointed last year by and subsequently decided to wash ladies in their national costume be- the High Court to constitute a the Board of Trade may require o'clock, his wife had taken in a in the Conservative Government,
Ho called the o Two hundred and twenty-three his clothing.
fresh stock of ten bottles of whisky. with Mr. Warner Fisher as Chair- made here for men out of the water when he seizeding amongst the crowd of loyal sub-special tribunal of three judges to it to inquire into.
adjudicate the cases without de- arrests
Excessive Prices,
She counted the bottles and then man. For some time past it had lay, and to meet the ends of picketing in connection with the accused, but the other man got jects who came
The Council is empowered to turned them over to the accused to been On the bank were two bas-Imperial Highneys. usual May Day strikes, also the away,
H.E. the Officer Administering justice and re-establish the re-examine anyone or call for written store away.
considered that certain kets, one containing some twigs 'distribution
changes were necessary owing to of revolutionary
statements and to examine books, When the Sergeant came with the the growth of the British depen- Gandhi's Honeyed Tongue. leaflets, but the day was one of and the other empty. Accused put the Government, attended by his spect for the law." Reuter.
accounts and other documents. accused, the contents of the store dencies and the new status of the the quietest known. The City his wet coat and towel in the empty A.D.C., greeted the Prince at the
Surat, Yesterday. pier, His Excellency having "paid a
Where the Council report that an cupboard were checked, and there Dominions as established at the basket.
Addressing a wore a holiday aspect. The ar-
meeting excessive price is being charged were only nina bottles.. Acensed sald that his coat was call upon the distinguished visitor
last Imperial Conference. It was .rests included that of the Com-
Accused claimed that at first Mr.found that under the growing munist Deputy, Duripst, and the blown into the water from the end shortly after the arrival of the Rander, Mahatma Gandhi appeal- it may set out what it charged Mayor and seven Municipal Coun-of his bamboo pole and he went in liner. cillors of St. Denis. No serious in-after it.
Asked about the towel, he said cidents occurred in the provinces, where strikers were fewer than that he always carried it over his shoulder as a sweat cloth and it was usual.
thrown over his shoulder when he Sofia, Warsaw and Berlin report
went in. He did not bathe in the that everything was quiet. Com-water or do his washing there. munist demonstrators at the Lustgarten, Berlin, 50,000.
The Magistrate asked what the
The Prince and Princess, on land- ing from the N.Y.K. launch, which. was
gally decorated for the oc- cnsion, after the official welcome by His Excellency, left in cars, Thoir Imperial Highnesses later being the guests of honour at a luncheon given by the Japanese Consul and Mrs.
numbered other man was doing in the water, Yoshida.
Liege, Yesterday
A number of Communists were injured in a scuffle with the police, who prevented the Communist marching to prison with the in- tention of releasing a comrade. --- Reuter.
"To Hell With Whalen...
New York, Later. Ten thousand people, supposed to be Communists, staged a rally! in Union Square after the square had been vacated by 15,000 ex-| service men. The police ignored. "Red" speeches. Police Commis- sjoner Whalen attributed the orderliness of the proceedings to the precautions taken. He drave through Union Square and was greeted by shouts of "To Hell with Whalen" and the singing of the Internationale, but he merely grinned and drove away.- Reuters' American Service.
Generally Peaceful,
London, Yesterday,
May Day was generally very!
and accused replied:
"Не жаз
The Officer Administering the there, standing beside me, but I Government and Mrs. Southorn wil don't know him."
give a dinner in honour of Their Imperial Highnesses this evening at Government House.
A fine of $10 or ten days' labour was imposed.
AN UGLY INCIDENT.
Attack On Japanese. Consulate.
Harbin, To-day.
hard
A mob of Chinese and Korean Radicals attacked the Japanese Consulate General· last night, throwing atones, and smashing windows and
damaging the furniture. There were no casualties, but the Chinese police arrested 32 per- sons. Reuter.
peaceful, but many arrests of ous disorder.
Communists were made, particu- paraded
the
"NO CHANCE.”
Judge's Consideration to Debtor.
QUESTION OF COSTS.
Great consideration was shown by Mr. Justice J. R. Wood in the' Summary Court this morning to a Chinese debtor, who signed a pro- missory note for $50, which fell due on April 20, the writ against him being issued five days later.
The plaintiff was Ip Kwai and the defendant was Siu Fong." Mr. Horace Lo appeared for the for- | mer.
The case for the plaintiff was that the defendant had borrowed
FINE TO CLOUDY. ·
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory statea: The anti-cyclone over Japan is moving eastward into the Pacific.
A feeble anti-cyclone is cen tral over the lower Yangtaze alley.
A depression is contral to the west of Harbin, and pres- sure is relatively low over the southern Philippine Islanda.
Forecast:-E, winds, light to moderate; fine to cloudy.
Rainfall Rainfall tq 10 am, to-day nil, Rainfall since Jant ary 1, 12.98 inches against average of 12.08 inches.
Temperature and Humidity
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The temperature and humidi- tý at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock
were:-
Temp. Humid.
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17
85
75
91
Pratas Islands
80
87
Manila
76
88
72
92
75
91
56
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67
100
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a proper price and recommend the Walker had denied that the bottle system of independencies there Board of Trade to make an order produced by the Sergeant was his. were now many anomalies. The for the purpose of securing n
A Matter of the Label. Colonial Office itself, for example, compliance. Upon the issue of Mr. Walker admitted this, and has become a dual department, such order by the Board of Trade, explained that he usually got red that is, the Colonial Office proper contravention will be liable to label whisky; therefore, when he and the Dominions Office. penalties of £5 in case of a first saw the black label he was doubtful.
The report deals with the terri- offence, or not exceeding £10 or However, when he examined histories handled by the Colonial three months' imprisonment or stock he found that this time ten Office. These comprise different both together for subsequent bottles of black label whisky bad territories, covering more offences,
than The Board of Trade been delivered by mistake. order may not only govern actual
2,000,000 square miles, with a Accused: The mistress checked total population of more than gelling-wholesale or retail prices the whisky before I stored -but brokerage or commission bottles away.
50,000,000 people of varied_na- rates.-British Wireless Service..
tionalities and religions.
FAULTY WORK.
Parts of Theatre to Be Rebuilt.
ORDER AGAINST CONTRACTOR
Fr
An order to demolish defective parts of the roof of the now Sir Robert Ho Tung Theatre Mangkok Tsui which, when com- plete will accomodate 2,000 people, was made by Mr. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this mor- ning, when the Chinese contractor of the building, which is still under construction, was, summoned by the, P.W.D., for faulty, work.
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Mr. T. W. Carr, of the Public Works Department, prosecuted and stated the faulty work involved the He uzing of defective concrete.
In Tokyo 15,000 $50, against which he signed aed to Mohammedans to participate length the note promising to liquidate the in the campaign, against the Salt had inspected the place himself,
of
whole amount by April 20. He Law and drinking and for the by
larly in Paris, where 839, includ- capital, closely shepherded
The defendant, pleaded that the
the
Magistrata: Yes, and there weTO
SPORTS' OF INTEREST.
Further details of the match between Worcestershire and the Australian cricketers are to hand to-day, revealing the magnificent debut of Brad- man, the youthful cricket wonder.
In an unofficial International Golf match between America and Britain honours in the singles, went to the British Indies.
Hull were defeated in the Second Division of the English Football League.
The opening of the local lawn bowls senaon is dealt with by "Short Head."
See pages 8 and 9 to-day.
Higher Expenditure.
The expenditure of the Colonial Governments alone has risen from £19,000,000 in 1909 to £68,000,000 in 1929, and the Governmental staffs have increased from 93,280 to 220,770.
Recommending the creation of a single Colonial Service, the Com- mittee urges that unified special services, such agriculture, medicine and education, should be organised with this single ser- vice.
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• With regard to appointments now made through the machinery of the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State, it is recom- mended that the final selection of candidates should be made by the Colonial Service Appointments" Board, which should be set up, consisting of a Chairman and two members nominated by the Civil Service Commission.
ing 96 foreigners were taken. in /6,500 police, while Osaka, the in-failed to do 80, and the writ was promotion of spinning. He said concrete was mixed in the presence ton at 6 p.m., yet when the bottles) custody, and at Riga, where 200/dustrial centre of the Empire, issued against him five days later.that thereafter their hearts would of a representative of Messrs. Den-were counted again at 10 p.m. there of Governors, the Committee re
were arrested in
attempt-
ing to defy the
a parade of 30,060.
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Selection of Governors. With reference to the selection Defendant did not deny the be purified and there would be no sion, Ram, Gibbs, architects for the were nine. witnessed
commends that prior considera- police There, were smaller demonstra-debt, but told his Lordship that occasion for them to fight. Still, theatre.
At this juncture Mr. Lindsell tion should be given to the suit- no demand had been made to him they could fight then if they wish- tions in other cities.
Concrete Defective. ban on demonstrations.
directed Divisional Inspector Mac- ability of officers holding' high The
for repayment.
ed.--Reuter. few places
Mr. R. S. W. Paterson said that ho donald to send for Mrs. Walker as office in the Colonal Services. where disturb- Large groups of women parad-
Mr. Lo admitted that his firm antes occurred included Vienna, ed, among them being 1,500 at had never been instructed to de-
inspected the roof trusses, which her evidence was necessary, she be- The Committee produces figures where 25 Communists were ar- Osaka and 1,000 at Tokyo. (mand payment, but he thought
are five in all, and spanning the roofing the only person who counted ten which serve to show there is no of The features the Tokyo that the plaintiff himself made HONG KONG TELEPHONE of the theatre. In his opinion the bottles in taking delivery of the new real ground for the suggestion that the older universities have
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concrete used was defective. It stock.
was probably badly mixed when To Mr. Walker: Was there any anything like a monopoly of dry; and badly mixed when wet and other whisky in the house?Only Colonial appointments., British insufficiently rammed. There was one bottle, half empty.
Wireless Service.
also a surplus of water used in the Pending the arrival of Mra. process, and at a great many places Walker Mr. Lindsell decided to pre- the reinforcement bars were show-ceed with the case,
Ing.
"This theatre le to hold 2,60 peo-
Different Yarns,
LOITERING AT WHARF.
Three charges concerning loiter-
to a
rested after a conflict with the police, who used rubber trun-parade were colourful banners that request. cheons effectively. A number of and red flags. The women chorus- In giving judgment against de- police was injured in a scuffe ed Labour songs in the presence fendant for the amount claimed, with Communists at Bratislava, of the police, who marched in his Lordship said that he was not and a score of Communists were groups between bodies of demon-sure as to the question of award- arrested at Moravia after con- strators.
ing costs. It seemed to him that flicte with the police.-Reuter.
Besides 200 precautionary ar the defendant had not been given New York, Yesterday.
rests early this morning, about a chance to avoid the action. Had May Day was peaceful, al 100, were arrested in Tokyo dura demand been made, he might though "Reds" demonstrated in ing the day. Extra police were either borrow the money or do
ple, and they are certainly taking a| The Indian Sergeant said that he New York and other large cities maintained at publle buildings all something to avoid the action,
great risk of the roof collapsing at stopped the accused in Broadwooding, pawning without authority, and without disorder. Forty arrests day long-Reuter.
thus saving himself from paying
any time," Mr. Paterson concluded. Road carrying the bottle of whisky giving wrong information were made in New York..
costs. London, Yesterday:
His Worship held that the de-wrapped in paper. When asked pawnbroker, were preformed against -Reuter's American Service.·
fendant was responsible as he was where he got it from, accused sald Mr. Lo said that the matter Hunger marchers, Including a
coolie at the Kowloon Magistracy contingent of women, from Lan- was a small one and he did not
the contractor, and it was a serious that it was given to him by his
this morning. At the house the master cashire, who have been tramping wish to be hard on the defendant.
affair as hundreds of lives of people master.
The first charge was that he wan would be in danger, during a per- denied that the whisky was his, and All these arrested in connection to London from unemployment He would leave the matter entire
formance when the theatre was open then accused claimed that he had found loltering in the Kowloon with the May Day demonstrations, areas, foined the usual "Red" ly in his Lordship's hands.
Wharves and Godowns Company's His Lordship gave judgment
to the public. He would not im bought it. except 31, have been released. May Day march to Hyde Park.
Very stringent police measures for plaintiff for the amount claim-
pose even a nomimal fine as the
Accused told the Magistrate that premises and enspected to have com are indicated in other parts of ed, but adjourned the case until A meeting of Indian journalists penalty of repairing would he had bought the whisky at mitted a felony. It was also
May 10 in order to consider the summoned by Indian-owned
heavy enough, but he Sincere's three or four days pre-alleged that he, without lawful au- A Sydney message says police Shanghai, Yesterday," broke up a small demonstration. With all the police mobilised with seventeen arrests.
Allens Expelled.
Paris, Later.
Seventy foreigners are being ex pelled from France-Reuter,
For East Situation
the world.
and special police and volunteers It is reported from Paris that
INDIA PRESS BAN. Journalists to Hold a Conference.
FUTURE POLICY.
Calcutta, Yesterday.
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question of costs and instalments. papers throughout Bengal to aus and manke an order for the demoll-
would regletera. conviction, viously for $4.10.thority, pawned a long slik gown,
NAVAL TREATY.
standing by, the authorities took very strict police measures are To Go Before U.S. Senate
saast stringent precautions against being taken
for Ratification.
SHORTËST DOCUMENT,
un-
The Police were of the opinion the property of some person pond publication pending the tion
known. of the defective parts, that the whisky could not be bought withdrawal of the Fress: Ordin-
Dat-Sergt. Kellet prosecuted, and ance, has decided to hold a confer these to be built to the satisfaction for under $4.70.
accused was remanded for 24 hours. ences of Indian journalists at of the Building Authority.
Allahabad in the middle of May to decide the future policy-Reuter.
INDO-CHINA-REVOLT.
any possible disturbances with New York reports that 18,800 the result that Labour Day la police are on duty. "Reds" there "passing"off" quietly. • The only expect a hundred thousand sym- trouble up to three o'clock in the pathisers to attend a meeting in afternoon was, a minor demonstra- Union Square* this afternoon. Washington, Yesterday, tion in Nanking Road, when geven The meeting has been allowed on President Hoover's covering Nine Annamites Saved arresta were made. Reuter, condition that it is halda full letter is one of the shortest of
Poking, Yesterday hour after a celebration arrang such documents in history I] by French President. Labour Day has hitherto passed by ten thousand war veterans transmit herewith the treaty.". ed of very quietly, with no alga and patriotic botes. Reuter.writes the President, adding its
of demonstrations or disturbances.
Patan, denokyo,; "Yesterday,”
·Over 50,000 people, participated
In Japanese Labour observantes
on May Day which were general
I orderly
that hundreds of porary detentions:
the fact and tem
ARRESTS IN COLONY!
Vain
nts to Distribute Kitératur
Chines
Chawade
full title and the list of signa- tories) to the ratification of which I ask the advice and con- sent, of the Senate.”
INCOME TAX.
London, Yesterday,
Mrs. Walker then deposed to counting ten bottles at 6
pm, and
to finding only nine when she count- ed them again at 10 o'clock. She
YEN AND FENG.
Peking, Yosterday. Yen 'Hai-shan arrived at Shih-
Tory Amendment for 4/-aid that the price of the whisky
was $5.80 a bottle. in £ Defeated.
Accused persisted in his claim that he had bought the whisky for chiachuang early this morning. $4.10, whereupon he was convicted and Feng Yu-halang is en routs The House of Commons by and sentenced to two months hard to Shihchlachuang. They are
pected to meet to-day, after which 255 votes to 189 rejected the labour.
developments are expected to be Conservative amendment to retain
much more rapid than for the the four shillings income tax,
paat two months. Reuter.. Taris, Yesterday. and thus confirmed the four and
FOUR TO BE EXECUTED.
The President, M., Doumergue, six tax, Liberals and Labourites
NOTICE TO MARINERS:
A floating beacon showing an in- bas commuted to life imprisonment voting together after the debate, termittent flashing light of weak Washington, Later with hard labour the death in which Mr. Snowden, claimed, power has been moored in Latitude Under 24 hours after the sentences on aine Annam
that today's reduction in the 4 degrees North, Longitude 112 American delegates had handed participated in the recent
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