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Three Chinese, employed as "room CHINA'S CIVIL WAR. boys" at the Shamshuipo Camp were | *** at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning bound over to keep the| MARSHAL CHIANG SEEKS AID peace. They admitted a charge of
OF MUKDEN RULER. fighting over a gambling debt.
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FINAL STRUGGLE.
AT THE STAR.
SALISBURY COMPANY' IN
FUNNY FACE."
GRACEFUL DANCING.
Mr. Guttlerez of 3, Cameron Road, reported to the Police on Saturday that some time during the day some unknown person or 'per-:
"Funny Face" presented by the sans atole from the backyard of his
In view of the recent victory of Salisbury Players at the Star premises a Centuary water pump the Northerners over the Nan-Theatre last night, was principally valued at $1,100.
Shanghai, Saturday.
king Government troops, the talk noticeablo for some` graceful danc-
Other members of the company
In a report made to the Police of the formation of a Central ing by Miss Noreen Hamilton in last night it was stated that two Government at Peking, vis-a-vis the leading role of Frankie Wynne. Chinese girls jumped into the that at Nanking, again comes to harbour off the Naval Yard the fore. The difficulty of recon-backed her up nobly, which was per- wall, while the Yaumati Ferry ciling the opinion of the Left baps just as well, as the score is not launch Man Chung was making a Wing and the Right Wing of the one of Gershwin's best, the num journey. A stop was made, but Kuomintang regarding the legibers being complicated, and not the search which ensued' was timacy of the 2nd Executive over-tuneful.
Committee of the Party still re- One does not expect plot in this fruitless.
mains, however, the sole obstacle kind of entertainment, so that Mr. to the solution of all outstanding J. Grant Anderson had to work.bard
A Chinese life banished from political problems.
to carry the show along. As the Final Stage of War. gunman's apprentice he was in his the Colony named Ip.Kau-sau was
Marshal Chiang Kaishek is re-element, and evoked a great deal of at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning sentenced
Iported again to attempt to enlist laughter with the ridiculous situa to twelve months hard labour and 24 strokes the support of General Chang tions in which he found himself,
the Manchurian A word of praise is due to the of the birch, for disobeying his Hsueh-liang,
ruler, against the Kuominchun-orchestra, which handled the dim- This was his Shansi coalition. The final stage cult score in finished style.
banishment order.
tenth return.
of the war is beginning to develop "Funny Face" will be shown and the fate of the Nanking again to-night, and to-morrow the In carrying out a raid on the third floor of 168 Temple Street, final success in this struggle. from Toronto."
Government depends upon its company will present "The Man Detective-Sergeant Humphreys
Marshal Chiang, therefore, is burst open a door in the front room (determined to make the greatest and there discovered a married wo possible concession to the Man- man and a boy to be in possession churian leader if the latter pro- mises to attack the Northern enemy at their rear.
of po piu lottery tickets. At the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, the woman was fined $25 or three weeks' hard labour, while the lad was cautioned.
Charged before Mr. T. S. Whyte- Smith on Saturday with larceny as
"WHEN KNIGHTS WERE
·
BOLD."
DICK BARTY AS THE DEAN.
Marshal Chiang has despatched a special delegate to Mukden to Knights approach General Chang and tolia being offer him the following conces Salisbury sions:
(1)
A supply of $5,000,000 to- owing to the indisposition
An important role in "When Wero Bold," which produced by the Ca on Thursday and Friday, having fallen vacant
gether with a consignment of of ont of the company, Dick arms, including a number of Barty, the papular local entertainer tanks and aeroplanes.
has kindly agreed to fill the breach. Hopei (Chihli), Shantung and Honan provinces be turn- ed over to Manchuria to con- trol, The Manchurian Government task,
The part, which is that of the Dean, is of no small order and Dick Barby, who has undertaken it at three days' notice, has no mean
be allowed a greater share in Those who have seen and heard
a servant of jewellery and money worth $329.70, a temporary coolie The explanation for the increase employed by Mr. J. M. Masen, of 37 Jordan Road, Kowloon, "Was
(2) in the percentage last year may sentenced to six months hard be supplied by the fact that on labour. The Police record showed May 1 the whole of the traffic that the accused was sentenced to
two months hard labour in Janu(8) staff, consisting of 71 members, ary for false pretences. was transferred from the contral of the Electrical Engineer, Public Works Department, to the Post- master-General with the Traffic were seen. in
It is reported that if General bury has placed in our local talent. Superintendent in charge. Thus, to have cat brush wood, grass Chang Haueh-liang does not ac- under the new arrangement, the and dead pine, Mr. Whyte-Smith at cept his offer, Marshal Chiang ACTOR IN CAR CRASH. the Kowloon, Magistracy this morn-Kai-shek will probably be compell. Radio Office is responsible for ing imposed a fine of $5 or seven wireless administration and day's jail on three women. His Desperate Battle Raging.
of
Ол
J. Hirst, Mr. J. the Forestry Department, In-
that the timating
defendants £ plantation
licensing, in addition to traffic and Worship said: "We don't want to operating staff. Even then, how. have our hills without any trees on
them." ever, whilst it is shown that the from radio revenue
services
amounted last year to $190,532.92. MR. W. E. WILSON. the actual expenditure is not dis closed in this report. A table of
revenue and expenditure is pub- lished, but this is confined to the ordinary postal administration, revenue from and expenditure on radio being excluded.
DEATH OF FORMER POLICE OFFICER.
A SHORT ILLNESS.
The death of Mr. William E. ("Tug") Wilson, formerly of the Hong Kong Police Force, occur-
illness.
the control of finance
and this local entertainer, however, will diplomatic affairs of the Cen- have no doubt but that he will tral Government.
justify the confidence Mr. Salis-
ed to resign.
A tnessage
-
SALISBURY PLAYER PICKED UP
UNCONSCIOUS.
car
Peking, Saturday... A report from Tsinanfu states ** PĽUCKY“ APPEARANCE. that Northern officials claim to have captured Talan and Taining. Mr. Kenneth Birrell, a member Other reports state that the Ma of the Salisbury Company now.ap Hung-kwei forces are holding, out gearing at the Star Theatre, bad at Talan, but are unable to re- an unfortunate experience yeater- owing to a break in the line day evening, when a car in which at Tawenkow.
General Feng Yu-hsiang has near the 13th milestone at Taun he was travelling ran over a bank thrown in a further ave divisions Wan Tan. at Lunghal, where a desperate battle is still raging-Reuter.
The car was being driven by a friend, a member of the R.A.F Lunghal Front.
and overran the roadway when try- Shanghai, Yesterday.
ing to pass another machine going from Hsuchowfu In the same direction. In that table it may be noted red in the Government Civil Hos-states that the official intelligence denly another
Sud- that increases of revenue compital yesterday after a very short reports indicate that two Shansi in the opposite direction, with the
came along* divisions at Lanfeng pared with 1921 are shown under|
Mr. Wilson, who was a native Lunghai railway sector) have with to take a dangerous swerve, with (on the result that Mr. Birrell's vehicle had sale of postage stamps (over of Sheffield, was a very popular drawn to Chill, and the Lunghal disastrous results. $18,730) and postage from postage figure both in Police and civilian front at present la defended only by
The car was badly smashed, and With the threat of increased frankers ($200); whilst decreases circles. He retired from the ser- the Kuominchun armies,
Ivice about two yenra
Mr. Birrell was picked up ungon- ago, and in unpaid postage would have been 48 years of age Nationalist Army Corps reports: Icon Hospital. In spite of his Second scious, and later takon to the Kow- postal charges hanging like the occurred
money on July 22. Mr. Wilson suffered "The Kuominchun made a futile dector's warning, he pluckily play- aword of Damocles over the com- ($748); commission on munity-already sorely beset by orders and postal notes ($158): a particularly heavy blow in the effort to break through the left ed his park at the theatre at night, the many other exactions of and profit on exchange loss of his wife just before his re-wing of our line on June 27-28. A although it had been feared that he recent months-it may be of in-on. money orders
| Kuominchun division on June 27 Joining the Police force on attacked in the vicinity of Tai-ight be suffering from Internal terest to turn to the report of the tions (56,431). On the expen- September 2, 1912, after seeing kang and was repulsed by injuries,
our General Post Office for 1929 for diture side increases are shown service in the Navy, Mr. Wilson artillery, after which several other was eventually appointed Sub- attempts were made to plerce our enlightenment as to why this under carriage of mails transit Inspector on December 21, 1924, line in this sector. Then our left branch of the Public Service payments ($15,011) working which position he held on his re-wing launched a counter attack and TRANSFER OF CHINWANGTAO should be singled out to add to expenses ($29,818); cadet service tirement. He had been in Hong the Kuaminchan rebels were forced Kong since, but was actually ar- to make a precipitous retreat to the already excessive cost of ($835); launches and
ranging to return to Britain at the
wards Kaifeng The rebel ($862); postal franker (488); time of his fatal illness. living.
Owing to the notoriously bad private letter boxes ($1,290); and Mr. Wilson's younger brother mander barely escaped, with his practice of unloading over a miscellaneous services (87,356) is serving in H.M.S. Somme, which life; and over two thousand pif- soners and a quantity of munitions dozen annual Departmental re- The only motable decrease is The funeral will take place this were seized-Restor ports on us in the one week--and under the heading of senior afternoon, the cortege passing the an exceptionally heavy Legislative clerical and accounting staff Monument at about 6 o'clock. Council: week at that few of ($24,067),
transac
crews
tirement..
is at present in the North.
BATHER'S FATE.
DROWNED AT BIG WAVE BAY
A POOR SWIMMER
The commander of the
BACHELOR TAX
SINGLE MAN PENALISED
GERMANY.
com-
CUSTOMS TANGLE.
SERVICE.
"TO CIRCUMVENT YEN,
Nanking, Yesterday.
The Custojas administration... orders the Customs at Chinwang- tao, heretofore under the jurisdic tion of the Tientsin Customs, to beInpediately transferred and placed under the control of the Shanbaikwan Customs, as a pre- these reports can be done ade. As regards the sale of stamps
Cautionary measure to prevent the quate justice in the shape of it is noteworthy that this rose
Chinwangtao Customs being selzed editorial comment. It may be, of from $788,000 in 1927 and
and utilised by Yen Hal-shan. ̈ course, that by some Departments $761,000 in 1928 to $780,000
The Navy Ministry states that SPINSTERS AS WELL.
Chang Hsueh-liang has despatch- this may be regarded as an admir- in 1929. Money order trans-
cd the gunboat Tinghal, belonging able... arrangement, tending to actions, on the other hand,
Berlin, Saturday.
to the north-eastern (Manchurian) There are, approximately naval squadron to inwangtao cover up any apparent extra-showed a net decrease of £1,038,
A sad drowning accident occur-1,600,000 unemployed persons in to enforce the transfer-Reuter. Or any patent weak- If charges for postage stamps red on Saturday afternoon at Big Germany, according to Herr nesses on which an eagle-eyed are to be increased, it cannot be Wave Bay, when Chinese nam Bruening, the Chancellor of the critic would naturally pounce expected that the revenue will ed Lo Kan-tung, aged 29, was xchequer, who declared In the Thus, even in the Postal Depart Increase in ratio. It is all very carried out to sea, and drowned Reichstag to day that new taxes whilst bathing. He was in the were urgently needed to cover the ment a public utility in the best well to argue that we have the company of a friend, Chan Cho- cost of the burden, and also to sense of the word, from which cheapest postage rates in the ting, who is said to be the man- cover the Budget deficit profits ought always to be sub Orient, that of itself cannot siger of an export firm, at the The new taxes will include a taxTo-day's dollar is worth
181⁄2d time the tragedy occurred, on bachelors and spinsters, yield- ordinated to service it is re-convert
an already overburdened The victim was poor swiming 111,000,000 marks; a five fer
About a couple of months ago, to enthusiasm over mer, and in fact it is understood cent. surtax on incomes of over outlays.for. postage that he could only swim a few £400 per annum, yielding 58,000, or perhaps a little more than that,
There must be a limit
we ware voicing the complaints of There were a number of 000 marks, and a non-recurring Peak dwellers about their ad. strokes bathers on the beach at the time, emergency tax on the salaries of mittedly deficient water supply. patience, and but they were unable to do any officials, which will yield 186,000,-
vagances
vealed that last year the percent commu age of expenditure to revenue was 45.21. That is the highest stamps. percentage in ten year
the to the
Ten Years Ago
[From the China Mall" June 30, 1920.3
exception of the strik and boy increased postage rates may just thing the swimmer being carried 000 marks. Various cuts in the Some of them had to come down -
of 1925
exhau that ence away by a big wave before he Had estimates of the different town to have a bath. Now we time to cry out Dr. Daswani, Ministries, it is entimated, will have found out that the P.WD
the t rcentages
who was
Brief
threw out life)
unfortunatë
Fup to
save 100,000,000 marks
Reuter has already laid the new pipes Thales agenda which are to remedy the situation
Evidently the PW.D. people are (meat freal dagpendants of the guy who
at about
didood deed by stealth, and blished to find em fame. In this Instance. PW.D. stands for P
Jelivered.