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THE RECENT BRITISH RAILWAY STRIKE. AN EXPLANATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
While the recent short-lived strike was threatening the British railway companies gave wide-spread publicity to the follow ing statement:-
The Railway Companies consider it desirable in the public interest to state
MURDER OF FATHER SOENEN. AMAZING DETAILS. OF MISSION LIFE IN SUIYUAN,
CROSS PROTECTED BY THE SWORD,
Pxxiso, February 21st.
firm denial of the charges made in corection with the murder of the Belgian Faker Seenan has come from a fellow
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briefly their position with reference to prist in Suiyuan, whose name and ORCHESTRAL
the present trouble with the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fireten.
ed" Л
In November last the National Wages Board were called upon to consider an application from the Railway Companies for a reduction of wages. The claim put in by the Railway Companies represent
reduction in their Wages Bill of 4,000,000 per annum. In December the National Wages, Board issued its decision conceding reductions approximating to £500,000 per acaua, to be brought into force as from the third fuld pay week in January,
mission station for obvious reasolis is withheld. It is an interesting commentary on the situation in the Special Area and torches on the capture of Father Van Pret, whose release on February 15th,' was reported to Peking yesterday.
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MARCH 18TH, 9.15 P.M.
The letter say: "We have received as our mission the issue of the China Press of January 27th, in which we are struck by the statement that the murder of Father Soenen, on Christmas Day, is at- buted by some falsehood to his own avarians." This charge against our gelernt Christiana is followed by a statement suspecting the victim himself and his fellow-missionaries of deading ip BooKING ANDERSON MUSIC CO., LTD. arms.
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The National Wages Board includes re- presentatives of the Railway Companies"
The delegates sent from Peking, to and of the Railway Trade Unionis, to gether with outsile representatives of Hwei Hon Ting and Factowchen were employers, of the Trade Union Congress. gnanimous in saying that the murderers and of the Co-operative Union, under the started from a distance of 90 lg from Chairmanship of Sir W. Mackenzie, Hiskiae. They recognised after enquir President of the Industrial Court. The ing, that the four men who penetrated RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK case was exhaustively considered, and the the residence were military mer in dis decision was signed by all members of guise, the Board.
They stated too that, after commit- Decisions of the Board are nos obligating the crime, the men joined the runarte of their disbanded company in tory, but it is evident that if all parties. Toung Hao, with their booty, viz., signatory thereto are not. prepared to carry them out, the whole machinery of hori anil carriages, 33 guus (some being negotiation, established under the tail hunting guns) and one Mauser.
arns and munitions were in the residence ways Act of 1921 at the joint instance of for the occasional protection of the the men and the Companies becomes un Church, the residence, and the Christian workable. The Railway Companies had
community, the whole village, having at stated from the outset that they were different times been in danger before, and prepared to abide by the decision what-tet sufficiently guaranteed by the loca ever it might be. The National Union of Railway men and the Railway Clerk authorities. The present case is proof of Association have accepted the decision. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen refuse to accept it, although their representatives ou the National Wages Board were signatories to it.
this last statement.
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As for the authors of the falar report, we do not care for them. We do not accuse anybody, but it is our duty to defend the Church and the victim, pue of the most zealous missionaries, against calumny and slander.
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LONDON: Messrs. Glyn, Mille, Currie & Co. Socista Generale pour Favoriser Developpement du Commerce et de ladva trie en France. PARIS: Societe Generale Favoriser le
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To these circumstances, the Railway We know, however, that the crime Companies have no alternative but to has been slowly prepared by the inenpa- apply the decision from the date fixed.city, the inaction and the extortions of Any other courer would he Eantamount the local authorities of Ku Yang Asien.. to an abandonment of the principle of As for the presence of arms and muni- settlement by the approved machinery. tions in this residence, we invite the per-
- BRANCHES DY ASIA: and would be fatal to the prospects of anns who should long for further parti Changchen Hankow Manchoul Theatre collective bargaining in the future. The culars to the
Harbin Brouse of Soiyuan Chefoo
ng Uramichi
Tokohama Hongkong Pek Railway Companies-bave reason to be itself. When turning back to the coast Dairen lieve that this view is strongly held by cities (if they ever come back), they may Hailer Ksangar Shanghai the Unions who have accepted the devi tell you that here arms and munitions are not sufficient for the protection of the Christian communities, but that even fortifications had to be constructed around the principal mission-stations. at the cost of thousands of Tael where the mis- ionaries take refuge in such time as WO pas now.
Bion.
It has been alleged that the acceptanee of the decision will lead to extensive dexrading and dismissal of staff. There is nothing in the decision which in any way warrants this statement, and the suggestion is wholly without foundation,
It was further stated that heavy reduc- tions of wages will be involved in the case of drivers at present working on what is known as the mileage hasie, and that large numbers of these men will have their wages reduced hy as much as 223. ed. a week. Such statements are misleads
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The whole country has been in the hands of bandits for about two months. Up to now three residences were plunder. ad in one place (Terison), the missionary,TXX MERCANTILE BANK ÒY INDIA, Father Van Praet, was present without; arms and munitions, and was carried off by the bandits on January 19th. and is
in their hands
For a few days he had ng a. Fellow-
Out of 36,000 drivers, only 2,400 receive prisoner Dr. Thompson (who had no payment on the mileage basis, and the arms and munitions) who luckily enp average reduction of wages in the case of ¦ ed! these men is 79, 5d, a week. Only as "Last week another residency (Oukiun drivers will auffer the maximum redor. jouvanotre) was sacked and there were tion of 22. 6d. a week, and the total neither arms or munitions found! earnings of these men will average £6 19s. Most of the residences are abandon- 5d. a week even after the reduction based, as Msgr. Van Dyck beyed an order taken effect...
calling the most exposed missionaries to
the central residence in which they are fe owing to a mirrounding wall and to the continual watching of the Christians." --Chung Mei
THE EIGHTH WONDER.
SENSATIONAL FIRE WALKING IN FIJI
It is always posible that the applica- tion of a decision affecting large nom hers of men may involve cases of indivi- dual hardship. It is well known to all railwayinen that the Companies are at all times prepared to look into such hard cases, and that "machinery exists, for- bringing them before the management and getting them dealt with. The ceptioce of the decision of the National Wages Board by the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen One of the wonders of the world is the will not in any way prejudice the right spectacin of the natives of the island of of the men to bring forward any, instances Benga, in the Fiji group, walking on fire. of hardship which they desire the ComIt is not yet been ascertained how these papies to consider.
people can walk on the almost red. hot stones and cape any hurt at all.
One morning recently a party of resid ents and tourists set out in the little strumer Hobuse, to see the Feuga natives give an exhibition ის fire walking. This
is only
available once every three or four years. and when the opportunity were found waiting were, and
$50,000,000 LOAN WANTED. WUCHANG TO BUILD WORKS WITH | privilege is
BRITISH MONEY.
offers is eagerly availed of. Hundreds of General Hsiao Yao-nan, Tuchun of the visitors, who were
natives
to welcome Hapeh, has reported to Peking that for the vi the purpose of constructing municipal on reaching terra firma find the rare or lage squarded by neat stalin." works in the provincial capital, the Wi-
car. It then like a quite chang Municipality hex signed a Jraft
with agreement
that the natives were really bold- British financial cor.
Appeared poration, of
through its represen
a bazaar to raise funds to build
for their children. Alter lunch the for a loan of fifty crowd started for the tative in Hanko
fire-walking Chinese currency, under million dollars.
site be be quite modern. In
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Authorised Capital 40 £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital
Beserve Fund we
DIRECTORS:
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750,000.00
Mr. Pong WAT TING, Chairman, Hon. Mr. Chow Shou Mr. Kan Ying P,
Son,
Mr. Li Koon Chua,
Mr. Fang Fing Shao,
Mr. P. K. Kwok,
Mr. Hayah,
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Chief Manager. Hongkong, February 23rd, 1924.
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INTEREST allowed on Current Accounta to 2 per cent, per aznam on Daily Balanes and on Fixed Deposits at rates that may be sacutained on application.
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under which was fouch catre déte od hole Bad Oes brain such und sondents paid up capital
想
municipal taxes and collections of the some 12 or 14 feet in diameter filed with Wuchang city as guarantee. The loan to large stones. On top of the stones whe br
in 20 The chief of the heaped a huge pile of kindling and fire wond, which we t fire and burned pality.. shall be Chinese, but the chief engineer will be recommended to tho Provincial Government for appointment
with
Patola The hot ashes were onrefully
HEAD OFFICE-PEKING, HONGKONG BRANCHQ Road Central Branches sub-branch wa Europe, America, and other parta or world, London Bankers The National Pr vin cial and Union Bank of England, Ltd The Guaranty Trust Co. of Naw Tork
by the lenders. "Chèques must be endoyash remainel, poles, until nat one New York Bankarg. --The Irving Nations"
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Every Hoscripti ́n of Banking Busines transacial.
Loans granted on approved asepritias Special facilities for Home Exchar**
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• Bongtung, Beptember 8th, 192
natives seemed very by the chief engineer before
particular about this part. When all was ensuring that the money will not be mis some she hers, they were hidden and Fred Deposits. Terms on applies ready there was a fout, and from appropriated for political squabbles i in the provinc
dashed some eight av aine natives, gay in tion. In
unch their best, anla ez meke dress. spite of this precauting, some Hupeh Senators and Representatives are agitating Amid great excilement they went to the against the loan, and some of the anti bot oven, for it could have cooked an ox, Government members have even returned so hot were the stones. They gravely to Wachang add Hankow with the object paced round the stones, and then ran off. of obstructing the passage of the loan and gathering armfuls of branches of sembly-Asiatic. Hows Agency.
, dense smoke arose, and into this dashed the fire walkers. They squas ted in the furnace," ALHA BATK HOUZZ while their relations all around the circle ted weirdly to the beat of the drums or halin. Then the again walked all over the bushes. Even. "at this stage when a cloth was held over this hot stones it crumpled into ashes in ä flash, although held some 3ft, above the stones, It was 'n most impressive sight, and not one soon to be forgotten:
agreement by the Hupeh Provincial Asiatal threw them on the stones.
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