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IN HER WONDERFUL AND SPECTACULAR DANCES “The White Peacock”—“Humoresque” (with masks). “Asturianna”-“Ravel's Bolero" “Caprice Viennoise” (Kreisler) — “Vide· Breve” and dances from Spain, South America and India.
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BOY SCOUTS Shanghai's
FOR ITALY Spree Buyer TWENTY-FIVE PASS Escapes
THROUGH
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1937.
POLICE HELD AT BAY WITH BEER BOTTLES
FOREIGNER ON BAIL ON OPIUM CHARGE
10. D. Evans, of the 3.8. Javan- ese Prince, was charged before
Tear gas bombs and empty beer bottles flew when ~ Settle- ment Police sought to break into the Union Brewery in Ichang Road to eject about 200 strikers. Several policemen and strikers received minor injuries.
Although broken beer bottles. lit-
the tered the street and
factory compound, only two tear gas bombs were used by the police in dispers- ing the strikers who occupied and controlled the entrance. The rest walked out of the plant later with- out doing any damage to the ma- chinery. A number of windows were broken, however.
Officials from the Bureau of So- cial Affairs of the Shanghai City Government are to mediate the dispute between the management and the strikers. The workers are demanding, among other things, a monthly bonus equivalent to days' extra pay.
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agement: had asked the workers to
Mr.K Keen at the Central Magistracy this morning with being in possession, while at Taikoo Docks; of a quantity of non-Government opium. He was also charged with the ́ex- port of opium.
Mr. W. M. Thomson is con- ducting the case for the pro- secution while the defence is in the hands of Messrs. Deacons.
Defendant was remanded for 24 hours,
urs, bail being allowed in the sum བ ་ £15, while defen- dant's passport is also being re- tained by the Revenue Depart- ment.
ENORMOUS FORTUNE
The strike began after the man- IN NOTES remain peacefully at their jobs. It SENT SOUTH
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was reported that a set of demands had been presented to the manage- ment. All of them, with the ex- ception of one relating to monthly bonus, were accepted with modifica tion. The dispute învolves only those engaged in the bottling and packing department.
POLICE RUSH GATES Police advice asking the strikers to leave the plant having failed, an attempt was made to rush the gates. Every time the police ap proached the entrance, they were greeted with beer bottles thrown against them by the strikers.
consignment of legal tender notes, estimated at between $60,000,000 to $70,000,000 has been sent to Canton by the Chin ese authorities to replace Kwang- tung's currency notes..
The Customs cruiser Lien Hsing carried this enormous fortune, to the south. Over 300 wooden cages containing the notes in different de- moninations were loaded on to the were taken from the vaults of the cruiser in Shanghai. The cages
Bank of China and the Central Bauk. At the jetty, all the iron armed River Police. grilles were closed and guarded by
Using two tear gas bombs, & platoon of the Russian Regiment Shut off by the huge Customs
dispersed the strikers and forced the gates open, thus gaining en- trance to the compound. While about 70 left the factory, others re- treated to the second floor, barri- cading themselves in the bottling department.
This state of affairs continued for
shed on the Bund, the sight of. the loading activities attracted little attention from pedestrians. A small gang of workers pleted the task smoothly several hours...
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of the new
The monetary cargo is believed With a heavy police cordon to be the biggest ever carried away thrown around the building, the from Shanghai în a single trip. The Shanghai, June 25.
street was cleared of spectators in same cruiser has transferred large Because a Chinese shop-girl the vicinity. Every time a police-quantities of silver and notes to A troup of twenty-five Nanking got excited and left her post be man appeared, he was immediately and from Shanghai following the Boy Scouts, headed by Commission-hind a counter in the Hall and made a target by strikers who con-Government adoption er Professor J. W. Tsang, of the Holtz store on Bubbling Well Ministry
of Education, Nanking, Road to call the manager, Dong the floors above.
tinued to hurl beer bottles from currency system.” and Assistant Commissioner T. T.Tuh-ming, Shanghai's champion Yuen, of the Government Central shopper, again escaped from the University, Nanking,
passed hands of the police yesterday about two hours, the strikers re- through the Colony. yesterday, en afternoon.
jecting repeated advice by the route to Italy to join the Italian
police to leave the premises peace- Youth Camp. They sailed by the s.3. ...... Dong, a young man of about 27, fully. Two machine guns were Conte Rosso,
who goes about clad in a dark blue. trained on the building No great- Sun Yat-sen uniform, has given er disorder occurred, however. The troup comprised the follow-orders for almost $200,000 worth of Shortly before 3 p.m., the strikers merchandise at various stores in agreed to leave the building on the the city during the two weeks. promise of the police not to arrest
He poses as a member of the Cen-any of them.dat tral Executive Committee of the
ing :-
LION PATROL
Kao Tsun-feng (P.L.), Chen Hsin-
NEW MEASURES Measures for the retirement of. the small currency notes in Kwang- túng were announced by Mr. T. V. Soong, Chairman of the Bank of
China, on June 20 in Canton. The
total amount to be converted into legal tender notes is: $337,849,000, the ratio being $144 Kwangtung small currency notes to $100 na-
tional currency,
ming (P.S.), Ho Shao-hau, Wu Too-erally claims that he is Christmas clous at once.
A period of six months, ning from June 21 and ending Yi, Yuan Yao-chih, Shen Ting-huan, Wang Cheh-hsien, and Chang Kuo-shopping. His orders run into the Police instructions to all stores the entire withdrawal of the mall for the exchange of the notes. Before shing.
thousands and he promises to make and shops in the city have been to payment by sending his check the keep the man interested but at the the Kwangtung Provincial Bank
coin notes, which were issued following day,
same time to notify, detectives. The and the Canton Municipal Ban The man, who has been inactive sales-girl in this instance, however, proportionate reserve for for the past week, walked into the took one look at the man and imnotes will be maintained Hall and Holtz store yesterday mediately ràn for the manager & Kwangtung branch of the Carrency.
verfching as Nanking, and gen-big figures, the girl became suspiz December 81 this year, has
TIGER PATROL
Li Ping (P.L.), Loo Cheng-leh (P.S.), Yang Kwung-hsien, Li Ping- cheng, Tang Shao-vao, Lo Yung tang, Liu Ti-huan, and Chang Kuo- chen.
PANTHER PATROL
office.
Reserve Board.
afternoon and, approaching coun ter behind which a Chinese
Becoming suspicious himself, the girl was standing, proceeded to or fellow hurriedly left the premises der 76-dozen pairs of stockings, and when the girl and the manager Tu Pi-ching (P.L.), Chien Wen- Since all employees in the store had returned to the counter, he had tseh (P.S.), Wei Tao-hsu, Chang been warned to be on the lookout been able to put considerable dis-its occupants in the sea off the Brazil razilian naval "plane, found with Chuan, Hsang Shao-yao, Chang for a man dressed in a Sun Yat- tance between himself and the coast by the Royal Mail liner Asturias) Wan-fuch and Han Keh-ping.
was towed ashore by one of the ship's gave orders in (shop.
motor lifeboats.
sen uniform who