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HONG KONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1932.
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NEW OFFICERS NAMED.
BELGIAN MINERS CALL STRIKE.
General Walk-Out
To-morrow.
www.
Brussels, To-day. ⠀⠀ Following the unrest which
DISORDERLY ACTIONS OF EUROPEAN.
Lost His Ship When Arrested.
RELEASED ON BAIL.
Appearing before Mr. Fraser at Court this morning
bf being drunk Salisbury
or
The fleet of 11 Chinese gun-followed the numerous sectional strikes of the past month, an boats which has been, in Hong extraordinary session of the Na- Kowloon Kong waters recently, is expect-tional Congress of Miners has on a charge
general and disorderly decided to declare, a ad to leave for Canton to-day."
The officers formerly com- strike throughout all Belgian Road. Thomas Gibbison was re-
coalfields to-morrow. manding these vessels have been
They have rejected the settle-jmanded until to-morrow.
Mr. Fraser anketi Mr. A. H. substituted with new comman- ment terms submitted by the
aElston, who was prosecuting, whe ders, who arrived to take Government, which included over their duties. They are as revision of the wages scale, par-ther the defendant was in fit condi The Inspector re ticularly with reference to lower tion to plead. follows: Mr. Wong Ki-yuen, paid men. The Congress vote plied that he was, but when the Reu- prisoner was questioned he kept for the "Fai Pang; Ngai She was almost unanimous.
interrupting the court proceedings ting, for the "Chu Kong" Chau ter.
by trying to draw the Magistrate Yat, for the "Kong Ping" Chan
into conversation. Suf-tung, for the "Chap Shun;" Wong Pun-fong, for the "Kong Kung: Tam Hueng-wing, for the "Chi Lee" So Yeung-ching, for the "Kong Tai" Ho Fun, for the. "Hot Tong;" and Chan Chi- pui, for the "Ping Nam."
These officers came to Hong Kong with an additional crew of about 100 men, with which to complete the complements of several of the ships.
PAVILION FOR CEMETERY.
Hospital's Plans For Work.
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"I don't want to talk to you." prisoner said to the Inspector? want to talk to the Magistrate.
"I have a right to speak to Mr. Fraser, haven't I?”
Mr. Fraser Interrupted the pri soner and suggested that the case be remanded until Gibbisen was in fit condition to plead.
a seaman.
Mr. Chan Lim-pak. chairman
Mr. Elston told the Court" that of the Board of Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital. is the lead-the defendant had got his first job "If the de- It is probable that the vessels ing figure behind the move of in three years and was to sail last will
out for inland that body to erect, at a cost of night as be fitted waters duty, since they are un- $20,000, a pavilion at the Chin-fendant had been able to tell me of this when arrested, I would have! ese Cemetery at East Point. " fit for deep-sea work.
The purpose of the pavilion seen that he was put on boarding would be to allow those attend- his ship," the Inspector said.
Gibbison was freed on $25 ball. Ling ceremonies to rest or gather
BABE RUTH HAMMERS OUT there. The structure would be
HOME RUN.
(Co.tinued from Page 1.)
The following were the results:
National League,
attractively CAMPAIGN AGAINST
commodious and finished, within and without, and would generally improve the aspect of the cemetery's sur- roundings,
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Application will shortly be made to the Government for the R. H. E. granting of a building site.
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BEGGARS.
Two Hailed Before Magistrate.
Commencing a campaign against
AMMUNITION FOUND beggars, Kowloon, the police
Ac-
made two arrests on Sunday. carding to information received, offers warn offenders twice and
At midnight, on Saturday, Re-then arrest them.
8. 1venue Officers boarded a sampan
Pong Kwai was fined $3 or three!
lying in the northern entrance of days, without hard labour, for re
1 the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter, ceiving 12 cents from passers-by
2 and after a systematic search, on Nathan Road.
discovered over 800 rounds of sent to his home in Lau Kong. Both
2 rifle ammunition, besides about offenders were old men.
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But who was the killer who left a kias aus Isar Lipa
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"The number of beggars in the
cealed in a box. The ammuni- colony has increased enormously @tion was apparently en route to within the last month," police assert. "It is possibly resultant o Macao.
In connection with the haul, a from conditions in the interior, the Chinese, named Wu Yau, des-heavy rains, and damage to crops." 2 cribed as a cook, was taken into
70 custody. He was sentenced to ITALY'S THREAT TO
two months' imprisonment to-
1 He appeared
before Mr.
Wynne-Jones in the Central Police Court this morning, charg" 1ed unlawful possession of am- munition. He pleaded guilty.
0 Chief Preventive Officer J. Buller 1prosecuted.
QUIT PARLEY.
Arms Conference Called "Humbug.”
Rome, August 1. Mr. Büller stated that the man, That Italy may withdraw from when arrested, stated he was be what he terms "Geneva Disarma- 1ing paid $20 to ship the ammuni- ment. Conference Humbug," forms tion to Macao. The case had the gist of an article published to O been referred to Mr. L. HV day under the name of Dr. L. Balbo, 1 Booth, acting Director of Crimin Minister of Air, which, on account al Intelligence, who stated he did of this scarcely veiled threat · Is
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