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SUMMARY COURT ACTION
Claim Against Head Of Department
SEQUEL TO RAID ON FIRM
A claim against Mr. E. W. Hamilton, Superintendent of Imports and Exports, was men- tioned before. Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden this morning
G. when. Mr.
S. Hugh- Jones appeared for the plaintiff, An Ping Kuen, trading as the Tai-Lee firm. Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown Solicitor, was for the defence.
The claim, which is for $1,000,
is in respect of a raid on the
plaintiff's premises by certain Re-
verite Officers, acting under the
orders and authority of the de- fendant, the officers, it is alleged, remaining on the premises from October 31. last till November 6, and plaintiff is now seeking dam-
HE WAS ACCUSTOMED
TO HEIGHTS.
And Yet When He Fell A Few Feet→→→
For 15 ye George Edward Holwell had been an LC.C. fire-
He Tras accustomed to heights to climbing tall fire- escapes and so on.
Then he fell a few feet back. wards from a pair of steps while cleaning windows at Kertinda Town fire station. And he 125 killed.
Accidental death was the ver- dict at the inquest at St. Pancras last month.
MODERN CANTON
Up-To-Date City And Its Growth
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOV
THE DILWARA HERE
On Way Home From Shanghai
The transport- Dilwara arrived from Shanghai at eight o'clock (this morning, bringing the Wor- cestershire Battalion which is on its way to India from Tientsia, The transport will leave at three o'clock this afternoon and will take the following passengers, among others, from this Station:
For United Kingdom-Capt. L M. Smith, 3th Heavy Brigade, R. A. Mrs. Smith and family; Mrs. Foley, wife of Major Foley, R. E.;. Major M.P.M. Parkes, MC, Bori
al Corps of Signals, Mrs. Parkes
and family: Rev. E. C. Davies, Mrs. Davies and family; Lieut.!
Col. A.P.D. Whitaker, D.S.O
RAS.C: Major (Q.M.) C. M. Pri- mer, RAM.C.
For Singapore.-Capt. J. Ho per, RA, Mrs. Hooper and fam-
FASCINATING ACCOUNT "Modern Canton." by Edwardly When the case was called Mr. Bing-Shuey Lee. Published by the Hugh-Jones asked that the defen-Mercury Prese, Shanghai.
25zeń.
For Colombo.-Lieut. P. D. M. Ramus, R.A.
For India-Capt. Shean, East
dant be ordered to file a "state- "Modern Canton" is a book as ment of the defence and this was interesting and instructive as it Yorkshire Regiment. and Mrs. accordingly granted by His Lord is timely: for at this time when Shean.
ship.
the world
is forever
receiving
Mr. Abbott then asked that the vague hints of the modernisation
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CLUB JUNIORS' SHIELD TEAM
Strong XI To Meet Chinese Police
plaintiff he ordered to file a state the transformation of China, Mr. ment of the claim, but Mr. Hugh- Bing-Shuey Lee has produced Jones opposed this, saying that detailed and fascinating account| the claim, as set out in the writ of the extraordinary development was in his opinion, detailed quite of Canton, an account based on sufficiently. His Lordship, how-facts and figures. He deals with ever, held otherwise and made the the transformation of Canton from
The Hong Kong Football Club order.
ja "mediaeval walled city with nar
row tortuous lanes into a modern are fielding a strong team for their Mr. Hugh-Jones: Within what city with wide asphalt roads and Junior Shield encounter against the period, My Lord-Within four-public conveniences possessed by Chinese Police to-morrow on the any American or European city.K.F.C. ground when an exciting Will you make it three days, My We are introduced to Canton, encounter should be witnessed. Lord-Fourteen days. Mr. Hugh-the Canton which to-day may be
FOURTEEN DAYS
teen days.
Jones.
For Sunday nights, lovely Anita Louise, blonde star of the films, wears this dress of crepe, with accents of silver isme. Her hat is of black velvet, trimmed with a rhinestone" pin.
20, 1936
QUESTIONS IN COMMONS
Britain's Position:
Outlined
ECHO OF RECOGNITION BY ITALY AND GERMANY “
Landon, To-day-
The Foreign Secretary, Mr. An- thony Eden, was closely questioned in the House of Commons yester day in regard to the latest develop ments of the Spanish situation. In reference to the decision by the German and Italian Governments to recognise General Franco's Gor- ernment and to enter into diploma- tic relations with them, at the same time recalling the diplomatic mis-
sions hitherto accredited to the Spanish Government, he said the attitude of the British Govern- ment remained as previously de- fined.
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Mr. C. R. Attlee, Labour leader. said he took it from this reply that there was no intention of His Ma- jesty's. Government to recognise General Franco and his belliger-! ents. Mr. Eden pointed out that there was a distinction between recognition of belligerents and the recognition of any one side as the Government of Spain. On neither had he anything to add.
PROPOSED BLOCKADE
In reply to Mr. A. V. Alexander (Labour), with regard to thel statement reported in the press of; Ja proposed blockade and possible bombardment of Barcelona, he said that Britain's position remained governed by the rules followed since the dispute began. In regard to thei protection of British shipping, the rules which normally governed in- ternational action in such matters would be pursued by His Majesty's Mr. David W. K. An, formerly ships in defence of British in- Shaw, G. Milne (Captain) and Mil-of the Shanghai Commercial and terests. lington: Himsworth, E. Bell, Walk- Savings Bank, arrived in the Co- den. Farmer and Sloan.
The following have been selected to represent the Club:-
reached by boat, train or зего- Forwill: Wilson and Bultmana; Dr. Mr. Hugh-Jones: But I do not plane, as some vague haunt of the need fourteen days, I can do it in barbarians right back in the le one day, now if you wish, Mygendary period. The writer tells Lord. No: I cannot do that. It of the supposed origin of Canton, will have to be fourteen days, the City of Rams, out of which Mr. Abbott then asked the "all things new in China come.” Court to make an order for the He tells of the early days of disclosure of the plaintiff's cor-foreign intercourse when Roman rect address, adding that he hadjenvoys were obliged to travel all written to the other side for this the way to Canton to present their and bad not yet received a reply. Įgifts; how Buddhism was intro-
JASPER CLARK CUP RUNNER-UP
The tie for the prize as runner-
LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
In reply to further questions lony by the Empress of Russia Mr. Eden said there was no reason yesterday to take up the post of why the German and Italian action; manager of the Bank of Canton, should invalidate the work of the which is to be re-opened next Mon-non-intervention committee. Ques- day.
tioned by Mr. A. Gallacher (Com-} munist) whether the declaration Sir Atholl and Lady MacGregor of these Powers was not an open returned to the Colony by the breach of non-intervention, be re- RMS. Empress of Russia yester plied: "Certainly not. It is quite day evening.
possible to pursue a policy of non- intervention protecting the supply The Hong Kong Travel Associa- of arms, while recognising the the thanks Government on one side or tion acknowledges with
other. So far as breaches are con- the the receipt of
following
cerned, there are other nations
Mr. Hugh-Jones: I can say now,{duced, and how the coming of the My Lord, that my attitude will be Portuguese heralded the new era the same three weeks hence as itjof foreign penetration into Ching.] is now.
I will not disclose the He tells of the old landmarks of plaintiff's right address, for if Ifthe city, strange and picturesque, did that the defence would have and gives us plenty of full-page up in the recent Jasper Clark Cup subscriptions: Hong Kong him arrested right away. If it is illustrations and a plan of
the golf Competition, held under the china Gas Co., Ltd. $50 and Ching more to blame than either Germany) security they want, I can
deal old city of the Manchu regime auspices of the Royal Hong Kong Motor Bus Co., Ltd. $50. with it forthwith.
compiled by himself.
Golf Club, was won by A. E. Lissa-
The case was then adjourned in order that the statements might be filed.
KING'S VISIT TO S. WALES
And then Canton is transform-man with a score of 76, against ed. The developments he tells us Dr. L. Newton's card of 77. of must claim admiration, and all
is told in a manner so lively that we are, not worried by the neces- sary detail, the statistics. We see the construction of wide roads, of modern steel bridges, the Pearl River Bridge being commonly re- garded as one of the features of
ECONOMICS IN
CHINA
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or Italy." He added that his in- formation on this subject was now: with the non-intervention COM-
Fong Chee king, aged 25, was mittee. admitted to the Government Civil When asked if he would seek a Hospital suffering from injuries specific assurance that the recogni- to his head, back and left ear, re-tion by Germany and Italy did not] ceived when he was assaulted by mean that they held themselves jan unknown Chinese
free to supply arms, Mr. Eden re- plied: "Certainly, our whole ob Knocked down by Bus No. 636 ject is to see that non-intervention modernised Canton, a bridge 600 seven years. He will also pay a in Belchers Streat yesterday, Yaen worka"-British Wireless Service. sical training for those out of feet in length and 60 feet wide, in-visit to his native town in Man Hoi, aged 6, died on the way to
the Government Civil Hospital work, and especially those pro-cluding a sidewalk on either side, Chang County, Hainan Island. moted by unemployed themselves, with provision for pedestrian and
İvehicular trafic
(Continued from Page 1)
He spent some tine examining the work of the Eastern Valley Sub- sistence Production Society, whose members, unemployed men,
Greater Canton
A greater Canton is planned,
(Continued from Page 1)
The following регвода have
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been appointed to take charge of Lang Kam and Yuen Chin Fook. the respective branches of the were admitted to the Government bank:
Civil Hospital yesterday suffering
David W. K. Au, manager of the from injuries received when they Bank of Canton in Hong Kong: accidentally fell while removing are enable to produce on the So the city limits expand, the popular Leung Ting-kai, manager of the some scaffolding at No. 18 Fung ciety's estate essential commodition grows, and suburbs in plenty Canton branch; K. C. Lee, mana- Fai Terrace. Yuen Chin-fook died ties for their own consumption spring up, the most fashionable New housing estates also engaged of which is the pleasant Tung-ger of the Hankow branch; and at five o'clock this morning.
W. P. Chang. manager of the his special attention, and the King shar. Regarding Shameen, the
Li Ching, aged 27, was admitted called on several occupants.
author expresses his bitterness at Shanghai branch, and also acting The cordiality of the welcome the "discrimination against the general-manager for all the banks to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday Mr. T. K. Lin has been appointed suffering from the effects of im- everywhere extended to the King Chinese in their own country on
to take charge of the branch atmersion when he jumped off the whose continued until the whole pro- territory
jurisdictional
Bangkok
launch Man Tak. He was rescued gramme of visits was completed sovereignity legally comes within
Invitations have been issued in [by, a cook from the Tagawa Maru and when the royal train finally the scope of the Chinese Govern-
the name of Mr. T. V. Soong, moved off it was to the accompaniment." He regards these bars chairman of the Board of Direc ment of rousing cheers.-British against the Chinese people as in-tors of the Bank of Canton, Ltd..
A European, J. Richards, was sulting to the race as a whole. for the ceremony on the occasion taken to the Government Civil
Canton's Three-Year Plan 35
of the re-commencement of busi-Hospital on Wednesday suffering London: The King's deep in- very adequately dealt with: we
ness on Monday next, at 9 a.m. from a wound across the nose. terest in Wales and his concern learn of the enormous programmej
The injury is stated by the police for the hardships of the depress- for increase and improvement of
to have been caused by two other · the ambitious knowledge." ed areas was further emphasised public utilities,
Europeans. last evening on his return from plans for a wider education, and his tour, when His Majesty approv-the important new measures in
Wireless Service.
KING'S MESSAGE
Other Projects The Inner Harbour Project and
ed of the custom of singing "God land administration, in finance, the Whampoa Port Project are The Old Blues annual dinner Save the Prince of Wales" after and, happily, in social welfare and given prominence; the water sup-will be held at the Gloucester the singing of the National Anthem public health. With reference to ply, the automatic telephone Hotel on Tuesday, November 24, Old Blues who intend at any Welsh gathering where it the educational progress the au-system the fire brigade, and all at 8 pm. was customary to do so in the thor writes that much is being the attractions old and new are to be present and have not yet past when the title Prince of done to combat the deplorablej also adequately dealt with, be informed Capt. R L K Allen, Wales had a holder
illiteracy of the Chinese masses.Įsides which the book containe General Staff Office, H. M. Naval
The King also sent a message "Mass education work in the useful and interesting appendices Dockyard, are asked to send their to the counties of Glamorgan and sense of teaching illiterates to classifying the Three-Year Plan, names to him at once. Monmouthshire, declaring that he read and write is carried on giving all manner of statistics
was greatly touched by the warmth through the medium of day and and offering a number of sagger-
of the welcome accorded him wher-night classes. The day classes tions for improving Canton. The CNAC plane Fukien, ever be went. His first feding are conducted for the benefit of It is a book that will appeal to which arrived here from Shanghai was one of admiration for the the children of the poor. The night all who have any interest what yesterday afternoon, brought spirit in which the people of South classes are mainly attended by ever in Canton, indeed, one might three passengers for Hong Kong Wales were facing the ordeal of pro- adult workers between the ages say say interest in China, for the They were r L N. Tai, Mr. longed unemployment. He was en- of 30 and 40 who are taught arith-achievements of Canton cannot be Richard T. Aldworth and Miss L couraged by seeing the ine efforts, metic and the essentials of citi-isolated. It has its use and inter-Y. Wong The last named dia both. Governmental and voluntary, zenship besides how to read and est even for the casual visiter, for embarked here for a brief stop- being made to help them, and arg-write Chinese character. Tuition it gives the location and history over and will continue her journey ed them not to lose heart, and to is free, and lecture notes, pencils of all there is to see, it is well by air to Canton. “When the plane rest assured that their troubles had and paper are provided these pe illustrated and contains a dozen left for Canton yesterday there not been forgotten Reuter Inarious seekers of elementary usps and charts.
were zo passengers.
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