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No. 27,589 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1930.
POLICE STONED BY ARMY SERGEANT'S H. K. ENGINEERING
CALCUTTA MOB.
—
Gandhi's British Disciple Met by Procession.
BORDER UNREST BETTER.
Caleutta, Yesterday.
the arrival
WATCH.
Temptation for a Laundryman.
A FIRST OFFENDER.
COMPANY.
Capital Reduction Approved.
"OVERHEAD" CUT DOWN.
At an extraordinary general of the meeting of shareholders Hong Kong Engineering and Con- struction Company, Limited, held in the Board Room of Mesure. Shewan, Tomes, at noon to-day, to reduce the share capital.
.
SCARED OF PIRATES
RADIO FROM BRITISH
STEAMER.
SOME SUSPECTS.
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MASTER TAKES ALL
PRECAUTIONS.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/8 11/16.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
GATEWAY OF LOYANG ATTACKED.
National Forces Begin Great Campaign.
ENEMY STRENGTH WEAK.
Canton, Yesterday.
The Nationalists left wing undes
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TRAGIC MISTAKE STUNS CITY
Dainty Eyeglasses
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Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's Road Central.
Troops Open Fire While
Crowds Celebrate.
RUSH FOR ARMS.
MAID'S RUSE ON
MISTRESS.
Stages a Robbery and Fails.
JEWELLERY AND MONEY.
New York, Yesterday.
A 22-year-old Chinese maid Yang Fa-cheng have made splendid reports that it is now stated that
A message from Buenos Aires servant, employed at 2, Maple progress during the last two days seven persons were killed and 66 Street, was this morning charged on the Ping-Han line. A portion wounded during last night's out- before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith of Yang's forces having passed break, which, apparently; was due with the theft of 17 pieces of Talutien are now attacking Teng- to a terrible mistake of the jewellery, a bunch of keys, and Captain H. G. Hay, master of feng, 40 miles south-east of Loyang, Uriburuist troops, who, under the
Not being anxious to send him Thirty women were arrested in to prison. for a first offence, Mr. Congress Square to-day in con nection with a procession formed. S. Whyte-Smith this morning following
from bound a laundryman over to be of Madras of Gandhi's English dis- good behaviour for a year, and to ciple, Miss Slade, (who is known come up for sentence if required. as "Mirabai").
was charged with the The crowd stoned the Police,The man. who ordered the processionists to theft of a wrist watch and $25, Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga) presided, Ho Hong S.S. Co., of Singapore,
effect was given to a resolution
Sho
disperse, and an inspector and in money, the property of Ser-being supported by Six Robert He the local agents of which are the Linyue, 20 miles south of Teng the City, began firing while thou- pleaded guilty.
Tang, Messrs. J. Scott Hareton and Ho Thong Co, of 24, Des Voeux feng, as their objective. Teng sands of the population were de- Detective-Sergeant W. E.
jured.
Hostile Activity.
tary).
The Managing Director, (the the s.s. Hong Peng, owned by the while another contingent' are push- impression that Irigoyen's fol/529.60 in money, the property of
ing forward from Changfou with lowers were preparing to attack Wong Hing, a merchant.
two European sergeants were in- geant Serwick, "A" Company of. T. Bagram (Directors), Mr. Road West, wirelessed to the local feng and Linyue are known as the liriously celebrating Uriburu's Meadows said that the accused-
"The Police subsequently raided, the Somerset L.I., Mount Austin A. R. F. Raven (General Works agents last night that there were gateways of Loyang, the fall of coup d'etat. Guards at the Fost
the former two cities will isolate the Office extinguished the lights in yesterday made a report to her The exact wording of the radio latter. Asutoch Building, attached to Barracks. He admitted stealing Manager) and Mr. B. Alves (Secre suspects on board.
the area around the building, and mistress that her basket had been Calcutta University, in connection the watch, but denied having
Chairman's Speech...
which was received by the Hong The Kuominchun under Chao the guards at Government House, opened and a gold ring stolen. with a demonstration, and 10
taken the money,
The Chairman, in addressing the Kong agents at 1:50 this morn Haou-gu and Chang Che-kung, who believing they heard the enemy Her mistress went to her room to
ing, was: "Have suspects on are students and 10 others not con-
W. E. meeting, said:-
now garrisoning these two shell fire, began to turn their masce if anything belonging to her Detective Sergeant nected with the University were
Gentlemen: Notice of this meet board. Taking every precaution. strategic points, are understood to chine guns on the Post Office and Meadows-asked the Magistrate to!
was stoler She found that injured.
amend the charge to one of laring has been given by circular to Hope to arrive Friday morning." be very weak in their fighting the Plaza.
When the wireless was sent out strength. The Nationalist Com The crowds fled panic-stricken jewellery and monoy, to the total The Government of India's ap. ceny.of the watch only, because individua! shareholders and also
confident of while thousands of hotheads rush-value o. $250, were missing. En- preciation of the situation up to there was the possibility that he by advertisements for the prescrib the Hong Peng was on her usual mander is therefo
ed period in the local Press.
capturing the cities without diffi-led for arms, ready to engage a September 6 states that the did not take the money.
Your authority is asked by ex-
culty.. Giving the facts of the case, the Peshawar border is quiet, but hostile activities on the Kurram Sergeant said that the complain traordinary Resolution to give border have been causing conant gave some clothing to the ac effect to a resolution that the! *$1,000,000 divided into siderable anxiety. Tribesmen on cused to take over to Shamshuipo capital of the Company be reduced
After the cloth- from September 4 strongly attacked to be washed.' Kharlachi Village and the militising had gone, Sergeant Serwick 100,000 shares of $10 each of post, but they were repulsed. discovered that the wrist watch which 95,500 have been issued and Seven villagers were killed and and money were missing. As are now outstanding, to $200,000 nine wounded, and one Sepoy was result of enquiries made by him divided into 100,000 shares of $2 killed and three Militia wounded, self, the accused was arrested. each and that such reduction be The enemy casualties were heavy. He took the Folice to the laundry effected by cancelling capital The situation is now quiet, but where, after unrolling a piece of which has been lost or is unrepre there were indications of a fresh his own clothing he produced the sented by available assets to the hostile concentration in
the wrist watch. There was no evid extent of $8 per share upon each
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STILL FAIR.
The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states:
A feeble anticyclone is cen tral near the Bonins.
Monsoonitions have set
In temporarilyover N. China. Forecast: East winds, mod- erate; fair.
Rainfall Rainfall to 10.a.m. to-day nil. Rainis since January
Peiwar area. The necessary defence that he actually took the of the 95,500 shares which have 1. 67.29 inden against an
fensive dispositions have been money. made.
A
continues at Bihar and Orissa.
paganda purposes.
for
been issued and are now outstand- ing and by reducing the nominal amount of all the shares in the Company's capital from $10 to $2 per share.
Promise Redeemed.
average of 69.15 inches: Last Temperare.
The temperature at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock was:—
Hong Kong Macao
4
Temperature
79
79
Pratas Island
8+
Manila
76
Foochow
81
80
78
70
77
Amoy Swatow Chefoo Shanghai
6
Rebels Retreat,
supposed foe. During the confu quiries were made and the ac was detained. When sion it was rumoured that the cused According to a wire from Gen Navy were bombarding the Capi- searched at the Police Station the eral Hsu Yuan-chuan, the Natal, and shore guns consequently property was found wrapped up tionalists succeeded in taking com fired on the ships. The firing con-in a piece of cloth, which was tied plete control of Si-hwa, 30 miles tinued all night long.
west of Taikong, on September 6 The morning found the City to her waist. after two nights' engagement with stunned by the tragedy of mis- The Magistrate: Did she try to the rebels, many of whom were understanding. All is now quiet, make it look like a robbery or a made prisoners, while the remnants but the City will be administered theft?
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retired in the direction of Fokou. like an armed fortress until all Sergeant Meadows: Yes, your During their retreat, the rebels (danger is averted. Four Post Worship. She tried to make out were intercepted by a portion of the Office clerks were executed for fir- that she had lost property, too. Nationalists, and suffered heavy ing on the Post Office Guard from The complainant, in reply to his behind. Fifteen men charged Worship, said that the woman After having successfully driven with looting have been sentenced worked well for three months. the Kueminchun westwards, the to death.
casualties in consequence,
•
Nationalists 9th division under Executions for Looting. The Magistrate (to the
General Chiang Ting-wen, who were able to join forces with the Shang- tung troops under Chen Tiao-yuan, are now besleging Lanfeng city...
Reds Defeated.
The Communists who attacked Changsha have been seriously de feated. Peace and order in the
...
are
woman): "A very serious mate Buenos Aires, Later."
ter this, because not only did The arrest of ex-President, Irigoyen, is authoritatively denied, you steal, but you tried to deceive your employers into thinking that It is stated that the Government someone had stolen the property. have consented to his request to Three months' hard labour." stay at the infantry barracks.
The new Government made an imposing display of cavalry, in-
"FISHED" FOR A PENCIL.
house coolie.
The Magistrate (to accused): Reports from the provinces gen: Why did you not return it?--I am erally are reassuring. The civil a newcomer, and I am not accus- disobedience movement in Madras tomed to the laws here.
You thought you were entitled
You might recollect that, at thơ: has definitely failed and there are
-annual meeting of shareholders on indications of waning enthusiasm to it?--Yes, yes.
His Worship remarked that the March 23, 1927, a shareholder sug in the United Provinces.
given gested that a reduction of capital Some improvement is shown in man seemed to have Assam, and gradual improvement some assistance to the Police in should be effected. My predeces
recovering the watch. Detective sor in the chair promised that the
city la now gradually restored. A fantry, artillery, and aeroplaner would receive the The report from the Punjab is Sergeant Meadows pointed out suggestion
number of the foreigners taking re in the City. Fedestrians were By means of a piece of wire, a consideration of the particularly reassuring, and the that other people in the laundry serious
fuge in Hankow have returned, cleared from the streets and all Chinese managed to fish for a movement is approaching stagna- were afraid of the Police making Directors. That promise was ful-
while the Chinese refugees in the transport is under Government rolled gold pencil from the servants' tion, with the exception of two or enquiries, so they made arrange-filled at the first meeting of the
neighbouring villages are continue control. Offences against martial quarters of the Kingsclere Hotel, ally coming back. Merchants are law are punished with draconian Carvarvon Road. He was caught, three-districts. The labour situa- ments for the watch to be taken Board held thereafter on April 7 tion in Bombay City is steadily to the laundry from a house in following, when your Board was of
severity. Fifteen persons have and was charged before Mr. T. S. Over 46,000 Yaumati
opinion that no useful purpose voyage from Singapore to Hong pursuing their routine business.
General Ho Chien wires to Han- been summarily executed becoming worse.
for Whyte-Smith this morning with Mr. Whyte-Smith added that it would be served by adopting the Kong, having left Singapore on mill hands are now out of work. must have been a great tempta- suggestion at that time, but the Sunday evening, between 5 and kow that he has despatched two bri-looting.-Reuter's American Ser- larceny, the complainant being a
Foolish Demands.... Referring to the Sapru-Jayakar tion for a young man like accused, matter would be reconsidered if o'clock, and it was calculated by gades under Li Kwok and Chance
British Trade Interests.
Detective-Sergeant Poyntz. om. and when the financial position of the agents that she must have Kwong-chung to pursue closely the
phasised that fishing for articles. negotiations the report says that
the Company rendered desirable been off Saigon at the time the retreating Communists, with a view
Rugby, Yesterday,, they failed owing to the unreason-
to exterminating them once and for
was a serious thing, and that there. the adoption of the course suggest radio was sent out.
The Argentine Embassy in Lon-was quite a lot of these offences able and impracticable nature of
The agents told a China Mau reall. In addition to the two brigades, the demands, which were so far have been put forward delibered.
ately for propaganda purposes. I am happy to be in a position presentative that the Hong Peng, the two divisions under Lo Lin and don has issued the following state being committed in different alley- He added that the "fishers" removed from practical politica as
WAYS. dor wishes to state that the re were difficult to catch. to suggest they were put for Intimation has been conveyed to to state that the time for capital which has a cargo capacity of Kung Peng-fan are hot on the heels ment: The Argentine Ambassa
carried mostly of the Reds. those responsible for them that reduction has now arrived, which 1,500 tons,
cent events in Argentina will in ward deliberately
and a
Hot On Their Heels.
Sentence of two, months hard certain pro discussion of the basis of the de- explains the object of this meet Rangoon rice
Another message from General no way affect the British Indus labour was passed, mands is impossible.
ing:
amount of general cargo from The breakdown of the conversa-
Financial Position.
Malaya. She has accommodation Ho Chien to General Ho Ying-ching tries Exhibition, which is to be held next March in Buenos Aires, "At the outset the attitude of tions may give a slight tem-
It will be within your recollee- on board for about 1500 passen, states that the Communists porary impetus to the civil dis- the Government was made clear. obedience movement. On the con-Subject to the essential condition tion, Gentlemen, that a private gers, mostly steerage, and besides now entrenching themselves in Liu- and that there is not the slightest ments had revolted against the Later telephone messages stato trary, the opportunity for the that the civil disobedience move- meeting of shareholders was con- the usual officers she carries four yang and Liling, and that large occasion for any misgiving as to new Government.
The contingents of the Kiangel army the present situation having any
instructed
that a great fire his started; near .to Intercept prejudicial effect on its success. misrepresentation that the Goyment would be definitely abandon-vened and held on April 22 last, Indian anti-piracy guards.
Government House.The armoury retreat of the Com-British Wireless Service. ernment is anxious for settlemented, the Government were prepar- when I reviewed the financial posl. Hong Peng is the second largest are
on Callé Can Gallo appears to be at any terms has been removed, ed, firstly, to withdraw those tion of the Company in great de ship of a fleet of four, the largest the
burning Firing has ceased, and and it is expected that moderate emergency measures necessitated tail. As a result of that meeting, being at present in dock, the munists from the Kiangai-Hunan
heavily armed - guarda ́ are opinion will recognise that the re- by the movement; secondly, to you will also recollect, it was other two are at sea, the third border. General Ho Ying-ching
posted about the capital. sponsibility for the breakdown move the local Governments sym-resolved that reorganisation of the having just arrived at Singapore has requested Chairman Luu Te-
Argentina is now ruled by a was due to the extravagant and pathetically to review the sen- share capital of the company be The run of the ships is Singapore ping of Klangal to despatch the Impractical attitude of Congress, tence of imprisonment passed on undertaken on lines suggested in Hong Kong, Swatow, and Amoy 18th and 50th divisions to Hunan effect the Argentine Revolution
relations between Argentina and wealthy, aristocratic Conservatives. persons convicted of non-violence the Chairman's speech at the The Hong Peng is well armed for the joint suppression of the will have on business and other Junta, whose civilian members are -Reuter.
offences directly connected with private meeting in question.. as, besides the Indian guards, all Reds.
In order to facilitate the directhe United States, which in recent Thus the control of affairs is once Reason for Failure...
too more in the hands of the land. the civil disobedience movement,
The proposal before you now is the European officers on board ton of operations, General Ho years have been none Rugby, Yesterday. Reference to the failure of the and thirdly, to secure a further to give effect to the wish for have firearms,
In Irons?
Chien removed hi F.B.C. on the amicable. The existing harmony owners, as before the election of
New York, later. unofficial efforts by the moderate fair and adequate representation capital reduction. The huge da
The agents do not think that 7th to Yichiawan, near Luyang. between Great Britain and Argen-Irigoyen fourteen years ago. Hindus, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru at the Round Table Conference. Acit on Proft and Loss Account
are primarily out of contracts the radio message meant that the A regiment of Hunan troops tina, and the latter's inclination and Mr. Jayakar to persuade so that they would have full facentered into before December 1928, Hong Peng is in danger of being under Wai Bu-chung was success-to trade with Britain, constitute a The New York Times learns by Congress leaders to call off the ties for pursuing a constituand there have been heavy over- (Continued at foot of next Column several hundred Reds that wore swallow; while numerous other Aires that last night's disorders fal in disarming and capturing hard pill for Washington to wireless telephone from Buenos civil disobedience movement, la tional course,
head expenses carried in the past,
left behind in Pankiu. Among recent disturbances in Latin were due to a counter revolt, attri made in the Government of India's Defying the Law, The Company's overhead expenses
the prisoners, several Red leaders America are disquieting to Ameri-buted to Irigoyen's adherents, which weekly summary of the Indian "The breakdown of the conver are now reduced to a minimum. 1 pany be reduced fran $1,000,000 were found, and immediately en can business Interests.
broke out in various parts of thá situation. The failure is ascribed eations may give a slight and am glad to advise that more divided into 100,000 shares of $10 corted on September 7 to Changsha Buenos Aires, Yesterday. city, apparently In accordance to the unreasonable and impracti-temporary impetus to the civil disfavourable trading conditions ob each of which, 95,500 have been for court-martial-Canton News Commercial circles anticipate with an organized plots, follo cable nature of the Congress lead-obedience movement. On the tain at the present time and the issued and are now sutstanding to Agency.
an early reorganisation of the At least 20 people were killed era demandey b
other hand, the conversations fature prospects of your Company 2200,000 divided into $100,000
finances under the new Govern- and 200 wounded. Bulldings. The summary says: "Apart from have been unscrupulously used in are rather more hopeful.hares of $2 eat and that
effect seized by pirates. They believe ment, and with good harvest pros were simultaneously set on fire all prejudging certain issues of first-many parts of India as evidence Court Application udreduction rate constitutional importance, that the Government was an-
akira od by, caucelling capital which has that what happened was that peote, rapid commercial improve over the city, If your directors – these demande most closely affect xlous for settlement on any terms, ordinary resolut
moetzt been lost anrepresented by the officera had reason to suspect ment is anticipated.ee
of certain of the Chinese passengers It la strongly urged in business the re-arrest of Irigoyen, who is the financial interests of local and have been employed to en- ing obtain
the and have put them in Irons as a circles that Great Britain' should lying ill at La Plata barracks, Governments, and represent an at-courage volunteers to defy the law ceed with
been safeguard. The wireless message be the first country to recognise twenty-five miles from the city, tempt to impose the views of one on the assurance that prisoners
Hng has been turned over to the Police the new. Government and to bring him immediately to nominal by the local agents, and the C.LD. New York, Yesterday Buenos Aires police headquarters ares in the will, of course visit the ship on A message from Buenos Aires The arrests have also been er 310 to $2 her arrival in port to examine the yot Available of the mysterious ors and Deputies of the Irigoyen states that there is no explanation dered of all the Ministers, Senat
party without reference to the would be very shortly released
opinions of others, and to practi- This opportunity for Or
cal constitutional and financial misrepresentation is nor
considerations.
Mer It may also be
In the third aspect they in Moderate on
volve the recognition by the Gov. that
ernment of the action on restraint plukt
of trade and the continuance of
several main activities of the
disobedience movement d rcial sanction
Deliberat
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Supon
sfact Jution
Harsion,
suspects
The Hon carried British flag ¡Singa
net
Earlier News Washington, Yesterday Speculation is rife as to what
DOW
An order has been issued for
Peng, which flies the heavy cannon fring and fusillad regime; also the detention of the is registered in ing in the neighbourhood of Gov-presidents of committees of the and is a ship of 2525 ernment House yesterday evening. Personalista or Irigoyen branch She was built in Fifty people were injured but the of the Liberal party, UTE
public appa Sir Raviton, Dizon & Co.,
She was ori- Anvertville
the out
norant e The
of the Interior in Dekatates that in view
civilians, arma In