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HONG KONG WORKERS IN CANTON.
ENTERTAINMENT BY KUO- MINTANG TO-DAY.
CANTON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.
AMERICANS HAND OVER CONTROL.
"WAR MUNITIONS.
AN ABSURD REPORT.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14th, 1927.
CREDITED TO BRITISH INDE- PENDED LABOUR PARTY.
CABLE FROM HANKOW.
Under a beading announcing that Wu Poi Fu and Sun Chuan Fang are obtaining British waz muni- |tions, the Canton Gazette publisken
CHINA MERCHANTS' | THE
STEAMERS.
NATIONALISTS TAKE A
HAND.
"TO SAFEGUARD INTEREST OF SHAREHOLDERS."
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.
A.P.C. THEFTS.
ONE FORGED CHEQUE CASHED.
PRISONER PLEADS GUILTY.
KOWLOON RESIDENTS'
ASSOCIATION."
HIGHER VOLTAGE AT SAMË PRICE.
NEXT YEAR'S OFFICERS.
At the monthly meeting of the FURTHER INQUIRIES BEING Kowloon Hesidents' Association "last"
MADE.
The young Chinese arrested in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank on Thursday morning pleaded guilty on
[FROM OUR CHINTAR COZRIAFONDANT. the following message from Hankow 9th details were giroa of the stepa Saturday at the Central Magistracy |
The 400 Chinese workers' dele- gate from Hong Kong attending a eonference in Canton will be entertained at the Canton Kuomin- taog Headquarters to-day (Mon- day). Yesterday, the Hong Kong delegates were guests of the Stre Committee at the Canton Educa tional Association.
The
Kuomintang Propaganda Bureau, uzder instructions from the Kuomintang Foreign Office, will start an English daily newspaper
dated-February 9th,
Reports received in Nationalist Government circles from the In
In the Daily Press of February
taken by the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company to reduce their expenses following the
| week a somewhat disappointing (reply, from the Associations' point of view, was read from the Govern- ment with reference to the exten- sion of the Children's Playground.
Change Of Voltage,
to a series of thefts from the offices. The General Managers of the the Asiatic Petroleum Co. and Chins Light & Power Co., Ltd, further crimes of forgery through wrote stating that when the conver dependent Labour Party, London, enforced idleness of the Company's certain documents coming into hission to the higher voltage had been
state that Lloyd Brothers, sa English concern, are supplying war munitions valued at ten (1) million pounds, sterling to Wa Pei Fu and Sun Chúan Fang. It would have added to the value of this extraordinary message if it
fleet on account of the impossibility of operating the ships under the conditions obtaining in China at the present time.
possession.
Details of the arrest were given in the Daily Press on Friday. It will be recalled that the man en- deavoured to pass a cheque for 500 forged with Mr. W. A Butter.
covered that he did succeed in cash- eld's name. It has since been dis-
The China Merchants' S.N. Co. had been stated who constitute tha is the largest Chinese owned ship- Arm of Lloyd Brothers. The firm is ping concern and one of the best certainly not well known as am-known abipping companies in the Far East: The greater part of its munition manufacturers-Ita qame
fleet had been laid up in Shanghai ing a cheque made out in favour of with the signature of Miss Gatty. decision of the directors that in view of the constant seizures of the an employee of the Asiatic Petro- ships by the various military facleum Company. Miss Gatty had tions, and of the utter impossibility made out a cheque for $15 for Dr. Burton but had crossed it. Thit
carried out, the present tariff would be lowered.
The letter stated:
in Hankow to be conducted along ing-in the Year Bock and Expore for over two months following the Dr. Burton or Order and forged aumers' and the Company's, point.
sa
the same lines the Canton Gazete. A number of English- writing Chinese are leaving for Hankow. for this purpose.
The members of the Restaurant Union in Canton, at the request of
dices not appear under this head Register of the Federation of British Industries,
of operating the ships on an econ.
Obviously the message is untrue, and the point worth considering is whether it was concocted by the In- omic basis, all services of the Com. Presumably gave the prisoner his dependent Labour Party in London
pany should be suspended until con- the workers, under the Fish Guild, by some member of the pro-ditions of trade permitted the ships have declared a boycott against the paganda department of the Nation-1 being operated without the ever-
fishmongers. Buyers for the restau rants in Canton have been ordered by their Union not to make any purchase of fish from the Fish Guild members. The restaurant proprie tors are in sympathy with the sh merchants, but it is the employees, not the employers, who have the deciding word in the boycott ques-
alist Government-in Hankow.
RUMOURS ABOUT CHANG TSO LIN.
REPORTED RESIGNATION OF "GENERAL SUTTON.**
tion. The workers of the Fish Guild THE RESULT OF A QUARREL, are asking for a bonus from their employers on all fish transactions, while the proprietors think an in- crease in salary ought to meet the
present danger of seizure.
The Company continued to pay
the full salaries of the officers and
the wages of the crews of the ships which were not in military hands, but the drain on the resources of the Company proved too heavy and at the beginning of February the Company decided that the services of all junior officers should cease and that only the master and the chief engineer of each ship with a skeleton crew should be retained in; the Company's employ, and on half-
A staff correspondent of the Canton Gazette writing from Peking on January 29th, 'saya "All is not well in the camp-of-Marshal Chung | pay. The number of Kuomintang mem-Tao Lin these days.”- bera in Canton has dwindled from "The British Legation," the writer continues, "has refused to,
case.
The number of foreigners affected was between 60 and 70 and the Chinese about 700.
Now, apparently, the Nationalist
65,000 to about 13,500 according to aid the Mukden warlord in festing figures published by, the Party Preasa 8100,000,000 Isan (based on the Government are taking the matter agencies. This does not mean, how- [2.5 per cent, Customs surtax) with up. A message from Hankow to ever, that the Party influence is which to wage war against the
Cantonese; the feng piao is collaps the Canton Gazette dated February ing in Mukden and General Sutton, British adviser to Marshal Charg has resigned, following a quarrel over money matters with General Chang Hauch Liang..
diminishing, but only that the Prince faction has been able to arrange matters so as to exclude the less extreme members from power. Some time ago the Execu- tive Committee passed a resolution requiring all local members to register again and penalising those failing to do so by preclud- ing them from voting.
The Mukden, warlord, it is aaid, was laughed out of the British Legation when he appealed for a
sistance in the matter of the loan.
"It is claimed that although he vowed he'd stamp Bolshevism from Most of China with the mones, that the
British refused to help him."
the members having no direct in- terest in the votes failed to re- register thus leaving the "Prince" faction, who introduced the resolu- tion for this purpose, in complete control. the City executive com- mittee at the last election,
This, the correspondent reports, made the. Mukden war lord exceed ingly angry and he assured all listeners that he was through" with the British.
Then follows a picturesque story of a reported row between General Sutton and General Chang Hsuch Liang (Marshal Chang Tao Lin's son).
Mr. Lam Yat Man, Commissioner of Public Works of the Canton Municipality, has recommended the "For" years," says the Canton
"the specta Gazette representative, reafforestation of the White Cloud cular Sgure of the Britisher has been Mountain just north of Canton City pointed out in North China as the proper. Mr. Lam's recommenda- man Marshal Chang couldn't afford tion is receiving considerable auptu lose. The general operated the Mukden arsenal for the Feng tien
port and will most likely get the approval of the Municipal Council and the Provincial Administration.
Pending the readjustment of the wage schedule of the outdoor staff of the Chinese Post Office at Can-
ath aya
idea and he stole a cheque from the
book, carefully extracting the stab as well to make immediate dis- covery difficult, and made this out; as stated, for $50 and successfully passed it through.
Sentence was not passed on the prisoner on Saturday, the Magie trate (Mr. R. E. Lindseli; order- ing a remand in custody till to-day for further enquiries to be made.
The charges were as follows:-
(1) Stealing a silver cigarette case and a silver cigar cutter the property of Mr. LM. S. Lloyd and a cheque belonging to Miss Gatty, on February 7th.
(2) Having forged a reference (for himself) in the signature of Mr. W. A. Butterfield with intent to defraud.
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(3) Entering the 7th floor of the A.P.C. building on February 9th and breaking out again, steal. ing a pistol and 16 rounds of am. munition and two cheques belong- ing to Mr. Butterfield, also a key with which accused opered a door to leave
(4) Forging and uttering a cheque for $500 on the Hong Kong Bank (in the name of Mr. Butter- field).
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Mr. Sun Fo, Minister of Com- munications, to-day made public the following order regarding the China
There was an alternative charge. Merchants' Steam Navigation Conto No. 1, that of receiving the pany which has stopped its ser articles in question, but this was vices:
dropped on the accused entering & plea of guilty.
ROUTE MARCHES.
Sir,Ia reply to your letter of the 13th inst. relative to the in- crease in supply voltage, prepara- now being made by this Company, we beg tions for which are
to state that the matter is one which has had the most careful consideration before being de- cided on, bath from the Con-
of view, and we wish to point out that the change over to the higher voltage is one which is in accord- ance with the most modern prac tice, and is now adopted by the great majority of the Electric Supply Undertakings im the United Kingdom, in addition to those of cities in the East and Far East auch sa Bombay, Colum Hong Kong and Shanghai. bo, Calcutta, Penang, Singapore,
The conversion will be to the ultimate" advantage of both the Consumers and Supply Company, inasmuch as a saving in cost of underground cables owing to the smaller cross-sectional area 10- quired for the higher voltage will be effected, and also the number of "sub-stations required for dis- tribution purposes will be can- siderably reduced with a conse quent large saving in the cost of land and buildings. Oving to decreased expenditure, a lower cost in production will result and as it is the intention of this Com- pany when the conversion to the higher voltage has been carried out to give the Consumer the benefit of this by lowering the present tariff, thus compensating for any increase in the cost of candle power.
With regard to the question of alteration of electrical apparatus this is matter which will be given most careful attention by be Company, with a view to ensuring that Consumers' pro- porty will be altered and
with no expense to the ink Placed
and also that the apparatus will be returned in the same condi- tion as received from the Con- sumer with the exception that the altered equipment will be suit able for use on the higher voltage.
Yours faithfully, For Chins Light & Power Co. (1018), Ltd. (Sd.) SEXWAX, Tours & Co. General Managers. Other Matters:
The annual meeting is to be held on Monday, February 21st, and it is hoped the members will turn up in full force. The meeting is public and Kowloon residents are cordiali "Iy invited.
"Notice is hereby given that whereas the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company has While accused was going through suddenly on its own account dis- the A.P.C, offices at night, he used continued its sailing service, thus a torch found there, and this was deranging the communication left one desk with his finger-prints facilities of the country sad on it, thereby connecting him with jeopardizing the interest of stock the other thelts. holders; therefore the Ministry of Communications, in order to safeguard the interest of the Com- pany and its stockholders, under- takes to appoint a special com- mittee of investigation, Pending H.E. THE GOVERNOR THANKS the investigation no sale, mort gage, transfer of steamers, go- downs, wharves and other pro- perties by the present manage..
Volunteer orders, issued yester-the Committee's letter of July 28th, ment of the said company under day, announce that the General 1928, hoping to receive a favourable any pretext to whatever parties Oficer Commanding has received reply. shall be permitted or recognized the following from His Excellency Drait of report" for 1998 was as valid by the Nationalist Gov- ernment. By order,, Sun Fo, the Governor:
Minister of Communications, dated February 9th
party; wrote pro-Mukden articles, which the so-called scrupt- lous British dailies did not hesitate to publish, despite General Button's Head Office of the Company at This notification is sent to the affiliations, and made himself gene Shanghai, the General Chambers of rally useful to the old marshala
Commerce throughout the country been and have
the Bankers' Becently there
Association, rumours of differences between the Shanghai. ton, the local authorities will con- marshal and his British aide-and tinue to provide the bonus ofalways about money:
ACTION PROPOSED $15,000 monthly for the postmen and Jealousy of General Button in others concerned as it has done the Mukdea camp widened the
IN CANTON. - during the last six months. The breach, of course, and when, a few weeks ago, the Britisher demanded Chinese Fostmen's Union is to meet pay for some trench mortars for at Wuchong the next few days to which he had financed the construc further consider their positions: tion, he was met with cool refusal by the young general. A quarrel
FATE OF CHINA MER- CHANTS' STEAMERS.
The Canton Bureau of Reconstruc- followed between the two, and the tida has, announced that it will take old marshal, it is reported, who [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] over supervision of the Chinese had on the occasion of the previous quarrels sided with General Sutton, Post Office.
agreed, on this occasion, with his -Professor Chung Wing Kwang, vice-president of Canton Christian "General Sutton quitted, and is, Colice at oplak, Carton, bar at present preparing to leave Tien- informed the Kuomintang leaders isin with
that he has completed arrange- ments with representatives of the
con.
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The Kuomintang in Canton is proposing to seize permanently the five vessels belonging to the China
Canton chants Steam Navigation Con- pany now detained waters. Two of them are in Swatow,
The three C.M.S.N. vessels in! Canton are the ss. Suntai, Hin- who and wangler: These vessels, together with their cargo, were
VOLUNTEERS AND TROOPS,
"Please accept and convey to all ranks concerned my grateful thanks on behalf of the Hong Kong Government for the Route Marches recently made by HM. Troops and by the Volunteers through the streets of the Colony in order to increase the confidence of the people in the power of the Government to maintain law and order. The effect has been excellent."
His Excellency the Governor wishes the Corps to carry out a Route March, through the City to
morrow.
As the bathing season is approach- ing, the Committee decided to write to the Government to remind them of the scheme submitted to them in
adopted. It was decided to send copy of the report to all season ticket holders of the Star Ferry Co. as well as to members of the Association up to 1,000. A, Sub- Committee was appointed to deal with this matter.
A Warm vote of thankı was tendered to the Rev. J. H. Johnston for the able manner in which he had presided at the meetings, also to Mr. J. L. Parren for his work as Hon. Secretary,"
It was decided to propose Dr. Macgown for President, Mr. Stokes as Vios-President and Mr. Alves as Hon. Treasurer. The post of Hon. Secretary was left for the new Pre-
The Corps will parade as strong as possible at Volunteer Headquar-sideat to nominate. tera at 5.15 p.m.
Dress:"Khaki jacket, shorts, put-
ties, boots, helmet, belt braces, rifle HAI HONG" and bayonet.
Army Headquarters are arranging that a Band shall accompany the Corps.
FUNERAL
THE LATE MRS, BELLIZA 7.
·PEREIRA NORONHA, --
Trustees of the College, whose office presidency of the institution, which is in New York, to take over the will be known in the future as the institution and operate it as's Lingnan University. It is under Chinese directed concern. The Col- stood that the deans of the several detained by their crews who are Belliza J. Pereira Noronha took lego bas owed its success largely to faculties will be Chinese also.. Dr. American support and it is under.
er E. K. Edmunds, former president of members of the Chinese Seamen's place yesterday at 8p.m. at the stood that several American officers the College, is now in Canton on Union, three months ago when they Roman Catholic Cemetery, and was of the College have, offered to behalf of the Trustees in New York went on strike.
largely attended by friends and occupy less senior ranks so that to complete the details of the The cargo has since then, been relatives. Many floral tributes were Chinese may take higher and more
transfer. The College has been released on payment of a contribu-sent. responsible positions. It is most virtually in the hands of the Chinese tion of $50,000 to the Union by the Mrs. Noronha died in her rezi- likely that Professor Chung himself, for some time but the term begin importers who were really innocent dence at No. 28, Jordan Road. who in now officially known as the ning next September will see the sufferers in the controversy between Kowloon, on Saturday morning. Associate President, will resume the Chinese Board of Trustees in formal the Company and the striking She was the wife of Mr. 8. Noronha, (Continued at foot of next column.) control.
formerly of Bhameen, Canton.
везден
HITS PRAYA WALL.
When the La Hai Hong of the Douglas 8.8. Co. was manœuvring to make fast to the Douglas Wharf at eight o'clock on Saturday morn ing, she struck the Praya wall, sus- taining damage to her bows on the water line..
The accident was of an unusual
slowly ahead, when the order to go The funeral of the late Mrs. kind. The vessel was proceeding astern was given, but she appeared to gain speed and struck the Praya fairly heavily..
The fore-peak aprang a leak; but when the water was pumped out, an examination showed that the damage was very slight bland
The Hat Hong will, according to schedule, leave for Bwstow, Amoy and Foochow to-morrow,
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