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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1930.
PLAN TO CRUSH RED
BANDITS.
Vigorous Campaign by Cantonese Troops.
LITTLE RESISTANCE.
REFORM BILL.
TEXT APPROVED BY LABOUR PARTY.
Rugby, Yesterday. By 138 yotes to 20 a joint meet- ing of the Parliamentary Labour Party National Executive and Labour Peers to-day approved the text of the electoral reform Bill, including an alternative vote.-- British Wireless Service.
Earlier Report.
POLICE INTERPRETER CHARGED.
Thirty Dollars from a Hawker.
MARKED NOTES.
Canton, Yesterday.
Addressing the Bench for over The 60th and 61st Cantonese
an hour this morning. Mr. M. K. divisions under General Tsai Ting
Lo, defending Li Sean-pui, The Labour Party Executive has Police interpreter, on a charge of kai and Chiang Kwang-nei, who are entrusted to crush the Communist- drafted the final proposals for the having obtained $30 from a hawk- bandits in the southern part of Electoral Reform Bill, including er by false pretences, submitted
succeeded Klangsi, have
in re- the alternative vote, a reduction of his final pleas, before Mr. E. H. Mr. T. Murphy, 2nd capturing many towns and elties. election expenses, the restriction williams.
for the pro~ A thorough search of outlaws was of the use of motor-cars in elec- A.D.C.I., appeared made on every place they called. tions to the sick and disabled, the secution. So far little resistance was offered abolition of plural voting, a redue-
The Declding Factor. up their tion in the quota of votes to save In the course by the bandits who gave sphere of influence before the deposit from one-eighth to. ene- Mr. Lo emphasised that there was abolition of university no direct evidence to support the arrival of the Cantonese regulars. tenth,
He .submitted The vanguard of the 60th division qualification, and the division of charge. are reported to have left Suicheun double
of his address,
membered constituencies, throughout the whole case
that
there
for Nanking on Tuesday and are into two single momber consti-wns only one bit of corroborative
British evidence, and and
that was the evi- expected shortly to join forces with tuencies.--Reuter
Her dence of plaintiff's mother. the other Cantonese, stationed in Wireless Service.
the
eyidence was the greatest and Namhung and Chhing on Northern Kwangtung" border.
most important. It was the decid- ing factor in the case.
Nankong Bandits.
under
FATAL ACCIDENTS.
and
Whilst engaged in work at the Continuing Mr. Lo pointed out According to report, some 2,000 Communist bandite
the new National City Bank building that the money was handed over leadership of Lo Kuei-poh have at the Junction of Queen's Road directly, and that it was more of entrenched themselves in Nanking Central and Ice House Street, a an agreement between plaintiff, district, 20 miles south-east of stone cutter, named Lai Sap (58) the district watchman, and the de- He asked his Worship Kanchow. In view of their rapid accidentally fell off a plank from fendant.
forces a height of four feet. The unfor- to bear in mind that the defen- Cantonese advance, the should have come into contact with tunate man hit his head on a stone dant was over 40 years old,
in all events-had-for-19-years-a- this gang of bandits yesterday, if beneath and died.
Lau Kun (23), an earth coolle, clear record in the Government the latter fail to evacuato Nan-
He asked his Worship was yesterday afternoon killed service. kong.
whilst wheeling A barrow of also to bear in mind the conse Kwangtung Safe.
stones, on a platform from which quences that might follow a con he fell. The incident happened at viction, and that it would be hard! Cantonese divisions from Kiangsi, the new dam at Aberdeen where for the defendant to start fe the districts in northern. Kwang- the Hong Kong Excavation & Plie again anew. tung will be free from further Driving Company are the builders. menace by Reds, who will be in a
By the approaching arrival at the Kwangtung border of the two
Prosecution's Points
risk of being completely exter- minated, on the ground that they advancing southward to crush the comment on are being enveloped in the southern bandits. part of Kinngal and are not easy to break a way out since the different sides are well fortified by Govern-
ment troops,
Air Force Needs. There is at present in Kiangai only the fifth Aviation Squadron,
which is
Mr. Murphy, for the prosecution, said that he had a few points to the evidence. He went on to state that the defence would only be in connection with the loan, and added that the mark- ed notes were found in defendant's insufficient to meet the pocket when he was arrested or surrendered.. Both complainant distribution when hostilities begin. More National troope under the General Lu Te-ping has wired to and defendant were born in Hong Chengchow Garrison Commandant Marshal Chiang Kai-shek for the Kong and both walked in differ- Cho Meng-ling and General Wang despatch of one more squadron of Chin-yuch of the 9th Army, air force to Kinngsi, in order to stationed in Honan, are being effect an early liquidation of the mobilized to participate in the anti-Red brigands. Red campaign in Klangai, leaving
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There was no evidence before the Court to say that the defen- dant was friendly with hawkers to
the extent that he would lerd money. 141 submit," concluded
the defence there to be taken over General Ho Cheng-chun in com- by General Chao Kuan-tao of the pany with various generals after Mr. Murphy, "that the evidence of the prosecution is substantially 6th National Division. The 160th having attended the Luahan con-
correct,'
Interview-
brigade under General Cho were ference returned to Hankow on His Worship adjourned the entrained to Hankow on the 16th Wednesday morning. and the 161st and 162nd brigades ed by Pressmen, General Ho in- hearing to Tuesday morning. are now on their way to the same timated that complete plans regard-
"Don't ever borrow money from destination, from where they will Ing the total extermination of. proceed to Klangs after a brief Communist-bandits were drawn up him--he's a shark. He wants fifty atay. The 9th Army under Gon- during the conference and that per cent. In the Winter and sixty eral Wang are under instructions same, would be carried out ac in the Summer." to mass at Pinghalang so as to re-cordingly by the different, route place these Nationallats who are armles-Canton News Agency.
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