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'ARMS AND AMMUNITION
FROM RUSSIA.
ANOTHER LARGE CONSIGNMENT FOR WHAMPOA.
POLICE ACTIVITY IN CANTON.
PROSPECT OF SETTLEMENT OF
BANK STRIKE.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORESPONDENT. ] ·
According to a "Kuomintang Press agency report, another consignment of arms and ammunition from Bussia has arrived at Whampoa. This consists of some 20,000 rifes and more than a million
rounds of ammunition.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16ra, 1926,
PEACE AND ORDER.
THE NEW CAMPAIGN IN CANTON.
STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS
OF ARREST.»
WIRE FROM GENERAL CHIANG
KAT SHEK.
"A new pence and order campaign is on in Canton," says the Conion Gazeite,
SWATOW MOTOR
"BUSES.
SMASHED TO PIECES BY RICKSHA COOLIES.
LABOUR LEADER CAPTURED BY BANDITS.
BOTH EYES REPORTED TO BE.
« GOUGED OUT.
[rom ouk SWATOW CORRESPONDENT.]
SWATOW, December 13th. Last month an enterprising Chinese garage proprietor imported six moter buses with which he proposed to serve
process of
LIQUIDATORS REMOVED.
THE AFFAIRS OF THE ORIENTAL BANK.
SUMS WITHDRAWN AT LAST
MOMENT."
In the course of application made at the Supreme Court yesterday it was alleged that 91,600 was withdrawn from, the Oriental Commercial Bank on the day the Bank closed its doors. The ap pointment of a junjor clerk as trustee, who Was the holder of 200 shares was also referred to.
The application for the winding-up af the Oriental Commercial Bank and the semoval of liquidators was made by Mr. H. G. Sheldon (instructed by Messrs.
Mr. Sheldon said that the Bank was
a Political Council order and "a wire. from Chiang Kai Shek call for strict enforcement of the laws of arrest. The new Commissioner of Public Safety has issued instructions to stop all street rows, to institute careful patrol of the city and inspect incoming and outgoing some and, terrify others of Swatow's wilkinson & Grist) on behalf of Mr. D. The recent Kuomintang order forbid junks and steamers." An appeal has been teeming millions. The 'buses arrived in. Biggar, attorney for the trustee of ding street fighting by Labour Unions in made to Canton labour loaders by gov. parts and unfurnished The
ernment and party officials, before their preparing them for thead took several American Institutions (in liquidation) who Cantoà appears to be having some effect. On Monday only one such fight was re-departure to Wuchong, to continue their weeks. During this time it is reported were creditors of the Bank. corded by the Police when two gangs of co-operation in preventing any distur that ominous rumblings and groans were
bances in the rear.
frequently heard near the bead office ar incorporated in May, 1922, with register- pickets, each about 40 strong, had an
"As a result of these precautions which the Ricksha Coolies' Caion. One brighted offices in Hong Kong and a nominal encounter in Waisun Road. The Police „totervened and put a stop to the row and are designed to release all energies for morning last week Juggernaut sud- capital of $5,000,000, dividend into 200,000 less than ten men were injured. This the job at Wuchong and to guard against denly appeared outside the garage door, shares of 825 each. The amount credited somewhat unusual activity on the part of the efforts of reactionaries who will besic of him, like the cohorts of the as paid up was 8174,125. the Police is greatly appreciated by the the lookout for an opportunity to Assyrian, all gleaming with silver and
The American Institutions, whose make trouble during the shift of govern- gold. All day and far into the night residents and hope, is being expressed
monsters" aped through the trustee the petitioher represented were that attempts will soon be made to lessen ment, there has been considerable talk of these the activities of the "snatchers" and misleading nature, most of it trace City's magnificent thoroughfares; their the Canton Bank, the Anglo-Califonian able to sheer ignorance of the situation aides hulging with human freight.Trust Co., and the Anglo-Californian pick pockets, hundreds of whom prowl
or else to a willful desire to mislead. Swatow was en féte. Joy-riding was Securities Co., all of San Francisco. The the streets in search of victims.
Canton if pictured as sesthing with within reach of the slenderest purse; 10 Bank were creditors to the extent of labour troubles. There is talk of Deves-cents return Custom House-Japanese $1,000,000, and the other two Companies were creditors. for $245,000. The latter was paid as a loan pending a sale, which
The shareholders of the Canton Water
Supply Company held a meeting on Tuessary repressive measures, and so on. Consulate-Ai Yah! That same night
day to protest once more against the
"But it is only talk. The situation in
The Creditors.
recent taking over of their property by regard to labour in Canton is unchanged. Union grew to an angry roar." Next had not yet been completed.
the Canton Municipality. The fact that
the Police did not put a stop to the meet ing is regarded as a good augury and there is a feeling now that the protests
of the owners will not be entirely ignored. In the Southern Capital women are trying to enter the journalistic field. A number of young women in Caston have engaged offices at Chong Hing Street for the purpose of opening & press, agency They expect to begin the service early in
January next.
Bank Strike Settled,
As a result of Farther discussions be- tween the representatives of the bank clerks, and those of their employers in the presence of Commissioner Chen Fu Mu of the Department of Agriculture and Labour, and the members of the Arbitro tion Committee on Tuesday, the strike, of the bank clerks has ended, says the Canton Gazette. Modifications of terms were agreed to at the insistence of the Arbitration Committee. The modified terms were to be aigned by the parties concerned at the Department of Agricul- ture and Labour on Wednesday.
As some of the bank employers and employees have left for Hong Kong or their native villages, work cannot resume for three days.
This settlement through the mediation of the Arbitration Committee is herakled in labour and merchant circles, says the Casette, as a forward step in the solu- tion of labour difficulties. It is expected that many industrial disputes will be settled by arbitration committees in the future.
In the great changes that are going on in China, Canton is perhaps two laps Micad of the rest of the country, but two laps is little enough in the long struggle out of blind feudalism. At present, Can- ton is neither fish nor fowl, and a result that is often overlooked is that many of the incidents, which outside Canton have been heralded as evidence of a new chaos, have nothing to do with new ideas at all. They are merely old quarrels in new
lothes.
transform.
The Bank closed its doors on June 9th,
1920, and at a subsequent meeting of creditors, it was decided that the Bank Lai Hin Mas, Kwok Tat Son, Ip Pak should be wound up voluntarily, Messrs. Chen and Lui Sui Sang were appointed liquidators at a remuneration of 3300 per month during the winding up. These re- solutions were confirmed later.
The Petition.
"
Mr. Sheldon then read from the peti
Lai Hin Man was a director of the Oriental and Commercial Bank and under circumstances that require inves. tigation withdrew $18,039.60 on the day that it closed its doors.
"Kwok Tat Son was an employes of the paying-in counter. the Bank, engaged as a junior clerk ät He is the regis tered holder of 200 shares of the Bank.
"Ip" Pik
Chuen, on August 3rd, through his solicitors, informed the Be- gistrar of Companies that, owing to ill- health, he did not propose to take an active part in part in the liquidation of the Bank ing of creditors that he resigned from
Lui Sui Sang stated at the first meet
the position of liquidator."
the rumblings in the Ricksha Cooliea'
morning, before Juggernaut "began his daily service, a large crowd of ricksha coolies, armed with hammers, bamboos, choppers, and knives attacked three of the 'buses and smashed them to match wood and scrap-iron. Huge chunks were carved out of the new balloon tyres, the engines were battered to bits and the woodwork was strewn across the road The other three buses were then attack-tion as follows:- ed but only partially demolished as their chauffeurs managed to run them into the Most of the street fights, for instance, Fire Station, where the police took charge are merely guild rows. Robbers and ban of them. For the moment." Juggernaut" dits are in large part a bad-hangover is dead. He will soon be resurrected from debauchery of the past High- though, according to the enterprising handed assumption of power, in spite of garage proprietor, "who advises us that law, is characteristic of that old Chine he has ten more where the first six came which the Kuomintang is working to from. Several observers of the ricksha At the moment, however, with a big coolies' attack tell me that it was in job on hand at Wuchang, the Nationaliat teresting to notice the attitude of the leaders feel that matters here should be Police on duty nearby. Ther lounged settled in such a fashion that the neces- sary referee's control of dificulties of about, hands in pockets, laughing and adjustment be reduced to a minimum.joking with the crowd and making no Another advantage will follow. Fewer attempt to stop the work of destruction.
Neither of the two latter liquidators opportunities will be given for reports which must be denied, refuted, chal
had been served with a notice of the One is strongly reminded of similar petition, said Mr. Sheldon, as they were leaged, in order that people of China and occurrances in our own country; in Lar-out of the Colony. Neither bad taken an the world at large should not be misled. cashire and Yorkshire, when power active part in the liquidation, according
So Canton is to guard against any
to the petition. thing that might divert energies, or aid machinery was first introduced into the the enemy. Wherever possible, conflicts textile trade. It is the old struggle of |: ¦
Money Paid to Directors. that come from adjustments to a changed the band-worker against the machine Sheldon said that on August 3rd Messrs. Quoting again from the petition, Mr. world are to be arbitrated. Vestigial guild quarrels are to be settled over the which deprives him of a living. But in Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming reporting conference table. Precautions are to be this case also there is the other man's on the position of the Boak stated that taken against clever opportunists bent point of view. "Juggersaut » enables at a meeting on June 9th, the day on on causing trouble in Canton. By being
which the Bank closed its doors a orderly and peaceful, Canton can best many thousands of weary people, who second mortgage for $10,000 was granted co-operate with the nationalist govern- would otherwise be pedestrians, to travel to Messrs. Wo Cho Tai and Leung Yec ment in Wuchang and the military forces from one end of Swatow to the other for Koo од the security of the Bank at the front.
premises, granted against payment of This is the basis of the new orders. five cents. A ricksha-coolie would snort 10,000; that at the same time $1,000 There is no Inhour chaos. There is no,if one offered him 50 cents for the same had been repaid to Loo Fu against a fixed thought or necessity for a régime of journey! What more need be said deposit which was not due until November repression.
2nd, 1928; that sums amounting: to $16,039,60 were paid to Eai Hín · Man, one of the liquidators; that on the same date over $18,159.60 was paid to Leung Chak Tann, & director of the Bank; and that at the time these payments were made the Company, was insolvent and unable to pay its debts, the estimated deficiency being over 8000,000.
INTERESTING CHINESE
· Labour, Agitator's Fate, To-day (Monday) organised labour is arranging a procession of protest agains; the capture by robbers of one, le Chieb
The Arbitration Committee was not successful in securing the opening of the banks temporarily, peading the acttle- ment of terms. The employees consent. ed, but the emplofers insisted that terma acceptable to both sides be decided upon CEREALONY AT THE CHURCH OF Huz (Jong Sek Wan in Cantonese), the before the banks opened. The terms
agreed upon are a compromise between the demands of the workers and the employers.
Bride Kidnapped.
From time immemorial in China, brides on their way to the marriage festivities have always been free from molestation. Bandits have given them safe conduct and
י ן:
WEDDING.
CHRIST.
TWO WELL-KNOWN FAMILIES. Į
leader of the extreme section of Labour in Swatow. This man went up to his native city, Kizyang, some days ago, to Of great interest to the Chinese com- lecture to the Farmers' and Peasants munity yesterday, was the wedding of Miss Ruby Hom Yan To, the daughter of Union. It appears that he was kidnap Mr. D. Jackman, the manager of the ped by a gang of rowdies, and, according Wing On Co., Ltd., and Mr. William Wai Lan Ma, of No: 3, Kennedy Road, which to report, his eyes have been gouged out took place at the Church of Christ in and the teadon-Achilles of both feet eat. in the old Imperial days even a high W. L. Martin and the Rev. Lee Kau Yaa Chint, Bonham Road, when the Rev. E,
official travelling in state would give way officiated Mr. Ma is the eldest son of to a wedding procession. Now, however, Mr. Ma Wing Chan, the managing direc with the advent of democracy, customs tor of the Sincere Company, and returned to the Colony last April after being are changing and a report from Shuatak in charge of the buying office of that firm states that a bride while being escorted in London to. Makchuen with all the pomp and cere mony, usual in these occasions was kid papped by a gang of robbers and is being held to ransom...
́HONG KONG BOY'S SUCCESS. MR. ALFRED MARIA DE LOURDES SOARES.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
THE OBSERVATORY REPORT.
Creditors Displeased.
August 4th, continued Mr Sheldon, At a meeting of creditors, held on blessrs. J. H. Seth and S. B. Ross (on the proposition of petitioner) were up- animously appointed liquidators in sub
stitution for those appointed by the Bank
Sabsequently, this resolution was con- sidered by the legal advisers to the peti- tioner and it was thought that it was not suficient and that a further resolu tion should have been passed. Conse- quently, this resolution was not proceed. ed with
The weather yesterday was again much an order in miscellaneous proceedings in On August 13th, the petitioner obtained The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of flesh pink satin the same as on Tuesday, and was attend the matter of the appointment of an ad- embroidered in pastel colours with a neted with thick fog. The Royal Observa- ditional liquidator. On November 6th at veil Exed with
a meeting of creditors attended by up: a pearl bandeau and orange blossoms. Her bouquet was of tory report of yesterday, however, in- wards of 48 creditors resolutions were dicated that there is likely to be a passed that in the opinion of this meet white chrysanthemums and white roses
The Misses Ada Kwok, Lily To, Elsie improvement.MAN
The temperature recorded at the Obing, the rights of creditors will be pro Ma and Lizzie Ma were the bridesmaids.
judiced by voluntary winding-up; that Their dresses were of pale maare, pale servatory at 6 am yesterday was 71, with application be made for removal of the orange and pale green georgette trimmed the humidity at 96. with silver lace and silver beads. They The Yangtaze Valley depression has four liquidators previously appointed; carried bouquets of pink and white roses deepened and moved to South-West that the attorney for trustee of the afore- The bride was also attended by Miss Japan, whilst a strong anti-cyclone covers mentioned firms in San Francisco should of the Bank by the Court and the re- Mary Lee, and Master Arnald Ho (grand South-East Mongolia and South Man make the application for the winding up son of Lady Ho Kai) was page, and Miss churia,
moval of liquidators.". Kum Of was flower girl
In the Michaelmas Examination of students of the Inns of Court, held at Grays Inn Hall, London, in October, by the Council of Legal Education, the re-
Mr. Ma Hin Wing was "best man" sults of which have appeared in The and Mr. Ma Wai Man, groomsman. Times, Mr. Alfred Maric de Lourdes Following the ceremony a largely Soares, qualified in Constitutional Law.
attended reception was, held at No. 3, He is the son of Mr. A. M. L.. Soares,Kennedy Road, the home of the bride J.P of Hong Kong, who a few years groom. To-night a dinner party is being ago was known as a very keen race borec given at the Yee Wo Restaurant, West owner in the Colony.
Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Ma expect to go England after the Chinese New Year.
Mr. Alfred Boares was.educated at S& Joseph's College and later at Cambridge.
to
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Case for Enquiry 7 One of Mr. Sheldon's submissions Was that there was a case for enquiry,
THE EVENING REPORT:
Last night's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued from the Royal The Chief Justice" made an order - in Observatory at 6.55 o'clock, stated -- accordance with the petition, Messrs. Lai The depression over S.W. Japan is Hin Man and Kwok Tat Son to be re- moving towards Tokyo. The monsoon moved from position of liquidators, and will set in again along the coast of China..überty to apply in Chambers was given Local forecast: Light N.Ewinds, petitioner in respect of the two not freshening, fog at first, clearing later. served.
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