HEAVIER MILITARY GOVERNOR-GENERAL
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 31st, 1927.
A NEW FERRY SERVICE.
IMPROVEMENTS AT PAYMENT UNDER DURESS.
TAI WAN.
OFFICIALS ON "PRESIDENT FROM V.R.C. TO JORDAN INTERESTING SCHEME FOR
MADISON."
BURDENS.
OF PHILIPPINES.
NO FIGHTING WITHOUT PAY.
ROAD.
YUNNAN LEADER'S
VESSEL'S VISIT TO THE
PRATAS.
FOR MOTORS AND PASSENGERS,
DEMANDS.
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
WITHOUT SALARIES.
Wood, Major-General Leonard de Governor-General of the Philip- pines, is a passenger on the Pre sident Madison which vessel WRA FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT1 experted in Hong Kong early vis- terday morning. General Wood is Southern Chinese, especially the ling to the United States on
Buliday. Cantonese, are to be called upon to
On the trip from Manila to Hong undertake heavier military burdens. Kung. however, the President General Chien Ta Chan, formerly | Madison picked up the distress ent send out by the Ganges Maru white was in diffienities near the Pratas Shoal, and wint out of bor
in order t
whether she could render any assistance. Latest reports are to the effect that Flanges Marn is quite safe and thitesident-Aisteon-wax. ed here at a late hour last even
ing.
commanding a division of troops in Canton only, is to be made a corps commander and as such, ne- eeding to regulations, he may re- eruit more men and draw more money from the Kuomintang war best. General Li Thi Hein Officer Cominanding the Troops in Kwangtong, recommended Nanking! to premute tieneral Chien to the corps commandership, in considera-:¦ tion of his event activities in run- ning down the Reds,"
General Fan
Shek Shang.
T
Course
BAR
BUT NOT BEING OPENED
TO-MORROW!
KOWLOON.
TENTATIVE AT PRESENT.
GOODS THAT, WERE NEEDED TO COMPLETE A CONTRACT.
GUNNY BAG DEALERS' CLAIM.
At the Summary Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. P. Jacks Plans have been drawn up for acting Puise Julge) the Wo Hing the reclamation and levelling of a large expanse of ground fronting Firm, of No, 8, Kwai Hrang Street, gunny bag dealers, claimed $450, the sea at Tai Wan in order to being money received by the de- add various amenities to this pfendnuts, Katch & Co., Ltd., No. An ambitious and important.
pulte Kowloon bathing bench. scheme is being planned out by the | There is at present accommoda. Government to provide another tion for not more than 20 people. ferry service between the Island! 12. men and eight bulbs at the
beach. but if the new and Kowloon. The new vessel will
carried through, the number of bathing billets will be considerably
cater for vehicular traffic including cars and lorries, and also carry a large number of passengers.
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The scheme, as outlined to Daily Pivas representative yes terday, is of very great interesting and importance, especially to local motorists.
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increased. The Tan Wan beach has atronly proved very popular now that Stanecutter's Island has been surrendered, as regard bathing, to the Military and Naval natho- rities.
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31. Queen's Road trutral, i porters and exporters, for the use of the pinintiffs,
Plaintiffs were represented by Mr. W. D. Owen, and Mr. L. D. Turner was for the defendants.
Mr. Owen Opening the case, said this amount of $150 was paid defendants by the plaintiffs to under duress.
that
Mr. Turner interposed duress had never been allegent |- Mr. H. S. Rouse, engineerin- fore, and if necessary, and if it "Charge of general works at the prejudiced his case, he would-ank Public Works Departtaent, describia Lordship to adjourn the casa eal his scheme to a. Daily Press at a later stage. reporter yesterday.
The scheme is not A. new one but Mrs Wond is travelling with the
it will be remembered that the Closerine General and accompany-
Governaient formerty proposed to the aum
Governor- General's Chief of Staff, Generat¦ run-a servive from the Praya, Bear 1 Loney with his wife and daughter the Central Market to Jordan Roadstami, refrestmont house and other
ing
them
I want to level up an area of acres at Thi Wan so that a band.
buildings might be erected upon
and Staff Major Read and Capt¦ in the Yamati district. After für- " he said. My scheme also
Ferreenary troup commander still controlling some 7.(K) more Fletcher, Talese soldiers scattered in Major General Wood, it will b different parts of Kaungsi,--willi minemboreal, was involved in a not leave the twe Kwang provinces, motor accident a short time ago ness the Kwangling Authorities and it is understood he has not pay him $120,000 and the Kwangsiger dully be yered from the in-
jih srceived, Authorities, 80,000 monthly. Gen erni Fan is willing to take his ten Reds," to Hunan to drive out the provided that the first month's subsidy of $200,000 is paid him without farther delay.
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Nearly 20,000 Cantonese troops are being concentrated Lok cit. Northern Kwangtuor, in preparation for the invaste of the "Red" distrs in Human and Kiangsi. The 6th Bugade of she 7 Kuomintang Amy Vurps is now stationed there. Gingal Chien Ta Chun, until recently the Marrison 'omunissioner in Canton, has ar rived at bokehongi
AFTER FOUR YEARS.
ther consideration it has been includes the milding of a moie opt- found that it would be too expen- pusite the bench to enclose it com sive espremily-as-a-pier-would-be--pletely necessary at a point on the Praya
there
Should Be Done Now."
where the depth of water is con- If the scheme is not carried 15 | through woon,” added Mr. House, ** an excellent opportunity of put ting it into effect at comparatively
siderable, and where already so much traffic that the ferry would cause a serious conges tion.
In its modified form, the scheme now provides for the construction of puers at Jordan Road on the Peninsula side of the Harbour and
law rest will be missed. There has
been a slip of ground war the Dock Company's' premises, and if this material is not used for the levelling of the proposes new
A druge of driving i MoĹor evele without a rear light in Tai Po Rond 441 May 16th, brought against II: Pierce, revenue officer,in the neighbourhood of the Victoria gromal, it will have to do carried was dismissed at Kowloon Magis-Recreation Club on the Hong its a greater distance.. braey yesterday. Defendant sad
Korg side. The water is much
Cars And Passengers.
he had driven his cycle, for four shallower or the V.R.'., and years and had never used a rear the district is certainly more suit light. His Worship pointed outable for vehicular traffic. that the Regulations required dri-! vers of motor eyeles to illuminate | their rear number plates.
The ferries will be large doubles Defendant was dismissed with a ruders, like the Stur Ferries that
respect but they will be a cantion
-siderable improvement on existing
ferries in the Colony,
The vigilance now being exer cised over the cadet corps at the Whampoa Academy will be relaxed after June 1st. Some of the stud complaints received in Canton, still ents have been under suspicion of! in custedy pending further Jovesti- being dls " Daing the last gation. The Canton Foreign Office
Con
Some idea of their size may be gathered when it is stated that
Continuing, Mr. Owen said there was an agreement to sell certain goods made between the defendant firm and the plaintiffs in April this year. Jelivery of the gunda, under that agreement, because due on April 20th. Plaintiffs attended on April 20th and paid for the gunda, bar were refused-delivery of t them, the censum given for this artion bring that under another
contract.
not between plaintiffs
and defendants, plaintiffs by delay had caused certain ather gomis to
arrive late to defendants, and for?
damage caused they, the defend ants, claimed $450. Unless this was
de. pitid defendants refused to liver the goods to the plaintiffs.
Eventually, and ander protest, the plaintiffs paid the sum asked for, Because if they had not obtained It would be enablerably more
the delivery of these goods they reonomical to deposit, the ground would love suffered very severe from the slip upon the Tai Wan financial loss, as the goods had been area than to transport it to a dis-sold under contract to taner,"
firm.
another
"No Right To Stop Delivery." Mr. Owen argued that defend ants had no right to effect duress. on the goods and stop delivery until the money asked for was paid. At the time they were delivered, plaintiffs told defendants that the money was paid under protest, and action
Few weeks a mumber of the endets is being asked to do what it can to they will be able to carry 29 five completed before next season: but that there would be
have been removed on secount of their know sympathies with the Hankow regime.
effect their release
Mr. Chen Pag Kwan and some ten or a dozen other alleged "Reds" were arrested in houses along the East Band, Canton, on Saturday.
Hinter
motor cars,
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a propor- In adilition there will be acroin
modation for 510 ürst-class passen- ers on an upper deck, and for 251) third-class passengers of
a lower
deck.
The Kuomintang in Canton will levy a tux as from June 6th on ait : articles not considered necessities. From June 1st, wine and telangen., the north and the south sections of
vent. and Caston City have been on strike ding stages will be about !!
will be taxed 50 per
A tax is also to be levied yulurum. ou juss stricks and other articles ased in worship.
The crews of the ferries between
since Saturday, and this has caused great inconvenience to the general public. The sumpan men have also gone on strike as a protest against On Friday the Defeuse Commis-
a detonad from their employers to sioner at Swatow ordered the execu
do, an extra hour's work daily with found student who was
out any erease of wages. It is Red. guilty of being a
On the i same day nine students in Canton, expected, however, that the strike
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woman, were
including young arrested when a building on Yau Hing Street was searched. Five of these nine students were from the Sun Yat Sen University.
Since the "Red" downfall in Canton Inost of the extremist labour leaders have left the city. Consequently, among others, the strikers at the Cunton Christian College are left to their own re- sources. Some 200 of them are nak-
will soon be called off and the Kuomintang Commissioner of Agri- culture and Labour has been work- ing for a settlement.
The distance between the two
mites.
A Twenty Minute Service. The iden is to run a regular twenty-minute service, possibly from G 20.20. to midnight daily, but the netual times, of course, have yet to be worked out.
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The cost of clearing away the debris of the landslide and using it to level up the proposed site is estimated at from $20,000 to $50,000, and the cost of the mole at approximately the same figures. If it were possible to start the work to-morrow, it could not be
there are many obstacles in the later for recovery of this maney,
Mr. Turner admitted that the de- whole thing is possible fendants received the money, and great expenditure of also that they gave a receipt for it. continued Mr. Rouse. He added that there were two de The project is at the motaent fences. The first was that even merely tentative I cannot say supposing the plaintiffs were not i whether the Government will pliable to pay $450 to the defend- prove it."
ants they had in effert paid $450. as a consideration for obtaining delivery of the goods under the April contract.
way.
The without money."
It
The second defence was that the
It is also proposed to straighten out the bend in Tai Wan Road, which if done will provide a con- siderable stretch of ground for the Mr. Turner argued that plain. parking of ears. The scheme does | tiffs' had waived their legal rights not include the erection of build-
to recovery of the money. There will be three ferries, two ings upon the reclaimed site; the on the run and one in reserve in ground would probably he divided plaintiff firm agreed with the de case of breakdown, or the docking, and let to various undertakings. fendants that damage had been of one of the others. Also it will A similar project was suggested incurred, and offered $100 as com- be brought into action when extra as early as last July, but an steps pensation to the defendants. This service is required.
were taken to put it into effect. offer was refused by the defend. At present it cannot be stated Theoretically, the new plan is com- ants, but later plaintiffs agreed to when this new ferry service is plete and work will be commenced pay $450 as compensation. likely to come into operation, but if the sanction of the Government
can be obtained. There it will not be yet awhile. Communistic strongholds and dis- are yet many details to be worked mont's approval cannot be gained out, including the design of the the acherae will not be abandoned
RUSSIAN "GENERAL"
ARRESTED.
it
According 1.43
from report Swatow the work of breaking up
banding Peasant Corps-the latter half andits, half "Reds"-is being
If the Govern†
ing to be taken back to work, but carried on vigorously in the East boats, and the decision as to where but merely left in abeyance until
Hiver district.
the College is suspended and no
On May 26th the Military authori- more workaren are necessary for the time being. Previously the Bureau ties despatched a number of troops of Agriculture and Labour, under to raid a yidage in the Po Ning the administration of the "Reds" district near Swatow, and round up in Canton, was all powerful and
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some" Reds" known to be shelter-
Wak
could force an institution to accepting there. They caught a bigger fah than they were angling for, the terms of the warkers, but now
and arrested a Bussian "general," conditions have changed.
Professors of the Sun Yat Sen who had got detached from the pensant corps he leading University in Canton have not been
against the Cantoneso forces and 'paid for some time, and they are
was in hiding in this village, wiring to their absent president, Mr Tai Chi Tao, to do what can to influence the local authorities in Canton to give them something to go on with.
The dozen Kuomintang leaders arrested by the Portuguese autho rities at Macao are, according to (Continued on next Ünlumn.)
He was taken at once to Swatow
under heavy guard and is still there under arrest, with the prospect of the Canton being tried when Authorities roe fit.
they shall be constructed, quite Apart from the building of the necessary, wharves.
The new service, when it does. come, will be heartily welcomed, especially by golfers, and other
car owners who live on the Kow-
favourable opportunity occurs
OFFICERS FINED.
MOTORING OFFENCES IN KOWLOON.
Evidence was then called for the plaintiff's case, and the plaintiff stated that he paid this money be cause if there had been a delay in
been trouble in the market and
taking delivery there might have
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Mr. Turner said that he under stood that Mr. Owen had two more witnesses to call, and unless his Lordship cared to sit until five. loon side, to say nothing of those
Two Naval Officers Lieut. Beard o'clock or after, it would be un who like a jaunt through the New
and Lieut. Munro, were autmoded likely that the case for the plain. Territories, and who are now putat Kowloon Court yesterday for tiffs would be concluded. He, to the trouble of having to send.
The charges therefore, suggested an adjourn motoring offences. their cars on a special, and very were that defendants rode their meat. slow, car ferry and to travel on
motor cycles in Nathan Road with- another one themselves.
out lights in proper working order on May 10th and again in Peking Road on the night of May 19th.
It will be a big advantage for business firms who will be able to send their larries to and fro with a minimum of bother.
Mr. Owen offered no objection. Mr. Tarner remarked that it would be better to reserve a whole day, if possible, for the hearing of Lieut. Munro did not appear. the case, as it was likely to prove The other defendant said that lengthy in view of legal argu Rates of transit and fares for the lamps had been newly filled ment. EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE.
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His Lordship reserved Wednes day, June 15th, for the further
hearing of the case.
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