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大英六月十九號 禮拜四館 中華民國庚午年五月十三日
HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1930.
CUSTOMS SEIZURE AT UPROAR AT R.M.S.P.
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CENTRAL
THEATRE
To-day at 2.15, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m. BREAKING ALL LOCAL RECORDS.
[Paramount]
Picture
THE best of the season's
rollicking and tuneful," says The New York Telegram. All New York raved about it. The screen's first original musical- romance.
Trusical plays! It's gay.
MAURICE..
CHEVALIER The Love Parade
AN ERNST
LUBITSCH
PRODUCTION
JEANETTE MACDONALD LUPINO LANE LILLIAN ROTH
TIENTSIN.
FOREIGN SECRETARY REPLIES TO A QUESTIONER.
LEFT TO AMBASSADOR.
London, Yesterday,
CO.'S MEETING.
ROBBERY,
CHINESE CHARGED AT THE ASSIZES.
VICTIM STRUGGLES.
At the Aasizes to-day, before Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, and a jury, a young Hakka, LI
Yan, Was
CHAIRMAN GREETED BY CRIES OF "RUBBISH' AND 'ROT'.
LOWEST FREIGHTS KNOWN.
London, Yesterday. In The House of Commons to- "Rabbish" and "Rot" day Air. Arthur Henderson, ques- among the cries with which Lord were tioned regarding the seizure of Kylsant, Chairman of the Royal the Custome at Tientsin, said Mail Steam Packet Company, was arraigned on a charge of robbery thut in spite of the unsettled state greeted at to-day's annual meet- with three other persons of the country, negotiations about Ing of the Company. extraterritorial rights would 'con-
custody. Over 1,000 shareholders attend- tinue. He had left the mattered the meeting, which was chur- largely in the hands of the Minis-acterised by a liveliness which at ter on the spot, Sir Miles Lamp- ton-Reuter.
News From Tlentsin.
Tientsin, Yesterday. There have been no further de- velopments in the Customs situa- tion, and Mr. Lenox Simpson con- tinues to hold office. Work pro- ceeded normally to-day, all receipts being turned over to the Bank of Communications.
Mr. Lenox Simpson, interview- ed, stated that he believed the erisis was over,
but should an or der be received from Shanghai.for the evacuation of the staff, every means possible' would be used to prevent such an occurrence.
Meantime, he claims that the Customs organisation has not been seriously affected. "Should any trouble arise, it will not ori- ginate from our side. It is in- tended to carry on the Customs work peacefully, and with the primary intention of diverting the revenues from Nanking's coffers."
The new Commissioner reitera- ted that adequate appropriations will be made for payment of for- eign loans, and stated that he hopes to win the fullest confidence both of the staff and the public generallyReuter.
Seizure Denounced.
Shanghai, Yesterday.
Lord Kylsant.
times developed into un uproar. There was, in addition, some very blunt speaking.
not in
Prisoner was not legally repre- sented, and the case for the Crown was conducted by Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy.
a.m.
In his outline of the case, Mr. Fitzroy said that the crime with which the prisoner stond charged was committed on May 17 at 2.45]
The prisoner was living in a mulshed near the tunnel leading tó the Old Fortress, just on the hill- side above Bay View Police Station. Further up there was another mat- shed occupied by Tang Sing and his wife and Lum Fook and his wife. The two couples also had a daughter; each living with them.
Dangerous Implements. During that night someone had entered the tunnel and four people went into the matshed occupied by Tang Sing and others. Tang Sing would say that the instruders were armed with iron bars and other dangerous implements. One of
ther
had an electric torch: He put up a violent struggie but to no avall. They were overpowered, and the robbers then broke open a wooden box, from which they stole
watch, was also stolen from the wall. a jacket and $16 in money. A jacket, containing $4 and a silver
The prisoners then decamped, and, Lord Kylsant, who spoke with Counsel added, Tang Sing would out ceasing for 45 minutes, dealso any that it was dark and he clared that the R.S.P. Fleet was could not see the faces of any of the A message from Nanking states undervalued in the books. that the Central Political Council total of the reserve and allocated
The men who had attacked him. to-day discussed the seizure
Lam Fook; however, would say funds of the Groups on January 1 that all of the robbers had a torch the Tientsin customs, and passed exceeded £15,000,000. (Cheers) each, and that he saw them plainly. a resolution, firstly, that a declara- lion should
Rad State of Shipping. be Issued
He recognised the prisoner because by the The Chairman referred to the he was the man who had spoken to National Government denouncing present unfavourable state the seizure, and secondly that the shipping and said that over mission of the crime.
of him a few days before the com Foreign Ministry should approach 5,000,000 tons were laid up in the Sir Miles Lampson with a request world's ports, whilst the freight that Mr. Lenox
punished.
of
Identification Parade. Simpson be rates were the lowest on record. Fook picked up the prisoner at the Counsel added that in fact Lam Dr. C. T. Wang visited high optimistic reference to "better hesitation, and he would also say He concluded his address by an identification parade without any Customs officials this afternoon days in store" for the Company, this much for the prisoner that he and discussed ways and means of which was received with jeers. making a declaration to the Powers
had entered a straightforward denial regarding the, Tientsin Customs submitted to
Lord Kylsant subsequently was from the time he was arrested, and crisis. Reuter.
some very lively had not changed his plea in any questioning. A resolution of shape or form.
MALTA FERMENT: Matter to Remain Where It Is.
PREMIER'S STATEMENT.
thanks to the Chairman and the Directors was carried amid cheers Information was accordingly given and some cries of "Rubbish" and to the Bay View Police Station, and "Rot.". Reuter.
Police officers went at once to the
[A message of June 12 stated: matshed occupied by the prisoner. The City is discussing with They found him sitting on the floor some consternation the affairs of without a jacket on, and when his the Royal Mati Steam Packet jacket was discovered by the Palice, Company.
it was damp with perspiration. Rugby, Yesterday. It will be recalled that in Questioned about this, prisoner said The Premier was asked whether December of last year the Com that he had just returned to the the Government was proposing to pany decided not to pay dividends. matshed after climbing the hill and take any action to mark its dissatis A dramatic climax has followed he had perspired a lot. Nothing faction with the attitude of the this shock to shareholders. The which would connect him with the Vatican in connection with Maltese report for the meeting to be held robbery was found on his percon or affairs. He said that the Govern- on June 16 has been issued. It in his matshed.
ment was perfectly prepared so far shows that the Company suffered The Police searched further, and as its relations with the Vatican a heavy decline in profits in 1929. in the tunnel they found the jacket were concerned to leave the matter The Directors contemplate trans-stolen from Tang Sing. where it was.--British Wireless Ser-ferring £300,000 from insurance
vice.
reserve.]
The RECKLESS
LADY
After evidence the jury returned
a verdict of not guilty.
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