THURSDAY'S PARADE.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY,
CHINA NAVIGATION
COMPANY.
THE NEW ARMY THE CASTLE PEAK
LORRY.
TRAGEDY.
NOT PERMITTED TO PASS THE THREATENED STRIKE. THE MORRIS SIX-WHEELER. | CROWN SOLICITOR OUT.
SHAKI.
NO TROUBLE ANTICIPATED.
THE ANTI-JAPANESE AGITATION.
CAPT. T. T. LAURENSON'S
VJEWS.
TO-MORROW'S DEMONSTRA- TION IN NEW TERRITORIES.
H.E. THE GOVERNOR TO BE
PRESENT.
The R.A.S.C. are, arranging n number of exercises in the New Territories to-morrow (Wednesday}
LINES THE CASE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.
HUSBAND IN THE DOCK.
A gruesome story was told in Court yesterday of how a man is alleged to have murdered his wife at Castle Peak and buried her in sand pit. In this way the crime
JUNE 21st, 1927.
There was also a rope around her neck. The mu taai was frightened out of her wits and burrielly left the out-house. When defendant re- turned she dared not say anything to him..
Went To Bed As Usual. That night on April 7th, the mai tesi and the children went to bed
7 p., Next morning she was awakened by defendant's coughing. She got up, went down stairs and saw the defendant drying his wet. Clothes before a fire. On April 8th, the defendant gave out that his wife had absconded. He told this gens Srst to 31r. Koo, minister of San Wei Church to which the decaseid
going to see. Li Wai, the brother of the deceased, but evidence would be produced to show that he did not go there.
Capt. T. T. Laurenson, the Hong Kong Branch Secretary of the China Coust Officers' Guild, who is now on a visit to England, was in [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]terviewed on May 22nd by a re- presentative of Lloyd's List in con- As previously announced in this celion with the threatened atrike column it is expected that the Juno of the officers of the China Naviga in order to demonstrate the capu- esenped detection for over a month belonged. Later he said, he was
bilities of the new Army Lorry-theand when the body was finally un Morris Six-Wheeler. It is expected earthed it was found to be in a that H.E. The Governor will be pre- mumified state. The husband is sent.
now charged with the murder of his wife, and the first preliminary hear
tion Company. 23rd "anti-imperialist" demonstra- Capt. Laurenson said the officers tion, as proposed by the axtremists, fully realised that the reduction will fail in its effect, as the Canton | was a temporary measure due to the Authorities, now no longer domin-political situation, but he pointed
out that the purchasing value of the dollar had decreased by half owing to the enormous inercase in the cost of living in China, and that any reduction in wages. would great distress, especially among the married men. He added
It is felt that very considerable use could be made of these vehicles in China and therefore the demon- stration, hay a two-fold value.- military and commercial. From the military point of view the object of the exercises is to train drivers in the handling of the six-wheeler both While the six-wheeled vehicle is not
ing was before Mr. R. E. Lindsoil,ed to Castle Peak with his con- On April 9th, defendant return-
at the Central Magistracy yesterday cubine and her sister. They then leave the place. ̈Two pigs were sold afternoon. The defendant was re- began to make preparations to
and all his belongings were packed up. On April 10th, they closed up
the mut tai and children went to the concubines honse at Cheung
presented by Mr. J. A. Gordon Leask, of Messrs. Gen. K. Hall Button & Co., and Mr. T. S. Whyte
ated by "Reds," will not allow the parades to pass Shaki, opposite Shameen. It was the desire of certain number of agitators to cause. trouble with the foreign concession, not because their policy was anti- that the prestige of the officers in on the road and across country Smith, acting Crown Solicitor con- the Castle Peak house and with foreign particularly, but because China was high, but it would be
CAUSE
they wanted to create problems kimpossible to maintain this unless difficult to drive, it is necessary for i secution, 3r. Whyte-Smith said that Sha Wan.
which would discredit the present pro-Nanking regime and show their
fellow" comrades" that they were not yet down and out" in South
China.
services. He also said that the they were adequately paid for their
officers had intended to ask for 20 per cent, increase, but this they had agreed to waive in view of the political situation. He agreed that the company had made a legitimate
ducted the prosecution.
Outlining the case for the pro-
obstacles and he should have home Li Ma Mu. She was the kit fat a driver to be trained to negotiate the deceased woman was named experience in choosing the country wife of the defendant. They were when the vehicle is operating on married about 20 years ago in the
virgin terrain." merabered that eighty" per cent. of it must be re-
country. One year after the mar the drivers in No. 38 M.T. Company
vious experience with six-wheeled vehicles.
Reports from Tungkun. an Enstose last year, but he thought a betare reservists and have had no pre- River district in Kwangtung, show ter method of reduction would have that the "Reds," in the name of been to curtail the running of some the pensants, have been causing
of the vessels rather than to intro- endless vexation to the, landlords, duce a general decrease in wages. The landlords have complained to Cantón, but here the matter ends that steps have been taken in Lon-An example of this vehicle was as Canton itself is too much predon to bring the position to the decupled with the presibility of notice of the Prime Minister and of anotlier return to power of the Parliament. Reds to concern itself with outside districts.
The original six-wheeler was pro duced by the Renault Co. with a The China Express understands view to crossing the Sahara Desert.
No one has yet dared to accept the vacancy in the Department of Agriculture and Labong created by the resignation of. Mr. Chen Fu Muh, who left for Shanghai several days ago.
to
Students from Canton schools are tour the inland districts to
them.
RIVER LEVELS.
KWANGTUNG CONSERVANCY
BULLETIN.
West River at Shiuhing: June rath, 15ft. sins. June 10th, falling highest level on re- cord 4 feet; lowest on re- cord Dia.
North River at Tangysen: Juse
18th, 10ft. Bine. June 19th, 1oft wins highest level on record 28ft. 7ins.; lowest in. North River at Samshui: June - 18th, 10ft 2ins; ; June 19th, Falling highest level on re- cord 271t. 3ins. lowest aft
About seven or eight years after age, the defendant left his wife in the country and went to America,
he returned, and set up house for Hong Kong. They stayed there for himself and his wife in High Street,
about three years, and after defend ant had bought half an acre of land at Castle Peak, he built himself a house and took his wife to live
there.
The house was a superior type of Chinese country house, with an out-house on the right flank, which played an important part in this hastly affair. For the last six
Peaches And An Explanation.
Cheung Sha Il'an, defendant paid After they had settled down at
periodicnt visits to Castle Peak to look after his interests there.
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back. one, occasion he took the ai trai and they brought some peaches
He took sobie of thear peaches to deceased's brother and away with a certain man. told him that his sister had run Next day he went back there again and said that it was not the man he had mentioned at first that bis wife had run away with, but she actually eloped with a bricklayer. He was advised to make his report to the Police and to offer a reward. This he did not do.
aequired by the War Department and tested. As a result of these tests it was decided that a Bogie. Suspension that would give more even driving torque on all four driving wheels would be advan- tugeous. Such bogie was designed
Li Wai began to get suspicious by the Experimental Branch of the
and on May 10th, he went to Castle R.A.SC. Training College, Alder.ars, the defendant had had a con- Peak and saw the Police, Follow- shot and, the patent is held by the cubine. This woman lived at Shaming this report, the defendant was shuipo, and had just before the arrested at Cheung Sha Wan. The All the present successful six murder removed to Cheung Sha Police took up the case vigorously.
War Office.
The
wheelers have adopted this patent for their Bogie Suspension. six-wheeler is essentially a commer. cial chassis and orders, have been placed with the principal firms manufacturing these vehicles in East River at Sheklung: June England and the Colonies. In 18th. ft. gins: June 19th, England they are chiefly used as
rules,
eft, in highest. 15ft. Bins: lowest 3ft.
**
If the
Commissioner grunts a regular pay. ment of $15,000 monthly and better service conditions everything will
e all right!
be
wheeler chassis..
TO-MORROW'S PRO- GRAMME.
met.
Wan: The deceased knew of this eoncubine,, but they very seldom Evidence would be pro- duced," said Mr. Whyte-Smith," to show that the deceased and the con- cubine had a quarrel." Up to the beginning of April of this year the household at Castle Peak consisted
of the defendant, the murdered woman, their three children and a mui trai
They dug up several places in the neighbourhood but without result: Finally a reward was offered for information which lead to the re- covery of the body, On May 28th, the Police recovered a pair of Chinese trousers in a pond near the house. That wore later identified as belonging to the deceased,
Discovery,
spread-anti-Japanese, propaganda,- their mission being to arouse pub liofeeling-against-the -Japanese- troops on account of the landing of Japanese troopa in Chinese soil. Merchants in Canton' are being con demned by some workers and stud- ents as traitors" for their failure
passenger-carrying vehicles due to to appoint representative members
their greater comfort and econo- to join the students in forming a Chinese Seamen's Union in Canical running. In the Colonies they
An unemployed villager, jured on Mui Teal And Children Sent Out, Committee to classify all Japanese ton are still exercising the power of are popular for load carrying owing
by the roward, started digging in The murder was committed on goods with the object of laycotting arrest which they usurped during to their adaptability for negotiating
sand pit near the house. He at the Bolshevist regime. The other country where roads are non April 7th, and evidence would show first burrowed with his hand and that a day previous several persons unearthed some human hair. He A Workers' Delegate Conterence day a Chinese seaman arriving from existent.
The type of six-wheeler that is had seen the deceased. The muidug deeper and finding the head of the Kwangtung Chung Kung Bangkok was detained by officers Wai, or Central Labour Union, waż of this Union on a charge of taking being demonstrated to-morrow is tsai, Mr. Whyte-Smith said, would went to the Police. Mr. T H. held in Canton City on June 18th, piece work which is against the the Morris Light six-wheeler, I say that the defendant and his wife King, Director of Criminal Intel addition to these chissis, however, had a meal together at 8 am, on ligence, Inspector Lane, Dr. Dovey, with more than 200 delegates pre-
the mit tani and Li Wai's wife sent. It was decided to hold a
The Canton postmen, whose strike Messrs. Guy; Thoryncroft, Albion, April 7th: Immediately after the went there and dug up the dead
Karrier
Crossley and others are meal, the defendant sent the nur body. It was found in a sitting. larger convention with all members was called off on the 19th after a of the Union represented, every two days' stoppage will cease work producing a medium type six-teai to collect fir cones from the position with a rope around the hill side and told her to take the neck and another round the body. group of 500 being entitled to a for a few hours to-day to hear what
two elder children with her. While The rope was the same kind as the delegate. The delegates attending the Commissioner of Reconstruc
she was collecting fir cones, five one found hanging from a ceiling the meeting on the 19th were praction has to say to them.
other villagers joined her, and about in the house. The body was in d an hour later, the defendant also fair state of preservation and was tically all from the city" There will
came on the scene with the youngest identified by the mui tsui and de very few outside members present.
ceased's sister-in-law, child. The recent Kuomintang impost of five per cent, on all ship values, while receiving no opposition from ship-owners in Canton City and the immediate vicinity, has met with serious objection from inhabitants in the Swatow districts. The ship masters have been able to rally all a number of former military chiefs seamen to refuse service as a pro- at Cunton. They included. repre- test against the tax, and this has sentatives of General Sun Pao Faa, enused so much invonvenience to General Cheng Yuen Ki himself the travelling and shipping interests and several others. It is stated that the public have joined in the that the present Military regime in ditches and uneven ground whilst a cents to go.out and buy cakes. She said he could not-account for the request for the suspension of the Conton is trying to get the support fourth will cross bush and under- did so and when she returned, she rope from the ceiling. He did not impost.
of many former military leaders of
growth, a river and ploughed field found the house had been opened. know what purpose it served un The Kuomintang Authorities in Canton troops so as to remove all and will give a demonstration of her, bang them up and went out. had originally intended to hang the The defendant took the cakes from less-it might be that the defendant Nanking have instructed the Ad- possible opposition. General Hill cimbing and descending on a The mus trai was rather anxions murdered woman up so as to
give ministration in Canton to proscribe Chung Chi may, return to Canton. three powerful labour organizations, He was at one time commander-in-one in two gradient. Then there about her mistress, so she searched any explanation as to the washing will be a hot box demonstration for noticed was that the stairs were wet was no bloodshed, and the woman the house. One curious thing she of the stairs and the floor. There the Workers' Delegate Conference chief in Canton before the rise of cooking and keeping meals hot and and appeared to have been recently could not have vomated while she of the Communista Party, the Re- Chiang Kai Shek.
a cold box deinonstration for keep hero she found a piece of rope lust meal aho had taken was found She went upstairs and was being strangled, because the volutionary Workers' Federation,
about 11 feet long hanging from in her stomach. There was no other and the National Chinese Labour
the roof. Another peculiar thing reason to account for blood. Federation. All these have been There is very little foundation to
As for guilty projects, could under "Red" domination during the rumour that the "Red" work
was that the floor under the rope was also wet and appeared to have only cito one instance, but that the luat two years.
The Canton ers in Canton are planning to raise
been recently washed.
would show that the defendant at The maximum speed of the Morris Administration, so far, has taken trouble on June 23rd. Since the six-wheeler of the road is from 35 said that while still looking for her that he had made an attempt to Continuing, Mr. Whyte-Smith least knew of one deadly poison and no' action, as there is no Commis- departure of Mr. Chen Fu Mub, the to 40 miles an hour. The minimum mistress, the mui trai went into the procure it A Chinese druggist sionor of Agriculture and Labour former Commissioner of Agriculture pood allows it to follow infantry out-house. She saw two big bamboo would say that before the deceased apon whom the execution of this Labour, the alleged "Red"action on the petrol tank is 100 in such a way that the top one his shop with his younger son and without overheating. The radius of baskets there. They were arranged disappeared, the defendant went to embarrassing order from Nanking workers are without a leader of miles, and petrol consumption is acted as a lid to the bottom basket, asked for some ma chuen, which is
either influense would fall.
twelve miles per gallon. The reong. She took off the top basket and saw the Chinese name for Nur Fomica, particular Or
nined load on the road is 30 cwt, and the dead body of her mistress The druggist did not supply this (Continued in next Column). ability.
"across country one ton.
huddled up in the bottom basket, The case was adjourned.
The vehicles will be assembled in the neighbourhood of the Diocesan Boys' School at 3.15 a.m. They will leave for Chung Tay Ho (Shatin) On Sunday a bomb exploded in.
where they are due to arrive at front of Saae Hing Steamship Com-16.15. Then for half an hour there pany on the Shaki Bund, wounding will be circuit across wet, lopse saad two workinen. The culprit escaped, and mud and in the sea and also
The last fortnight. saw a visit of demonstrations of the methods off out. The mui taai would also say juries except a groove around the
UNFOUNDED RUMOURS.
fitting and detaching non-skid chains.
be a drive to Klung Tung where From Chung Taw Ho there will
At about 11a.m. on that morning,
A post-mortem examination was rain storm broke out, and the subsequently held by Dr. Dovey who party on the hill ran to defendant's found that the body was partly out-house to seek shelter. These mumified. It was devoid of blood villagers knew the deceased woman and the organs were quite healthy. and when they got on to the out. This, it was stated, was probably received no response, and the de buried. house they called her name. They due to the clay in which she was He could not give the fendant said that his wife had gone cause of death. There were no in- that although she had left the neck and body. The groove around house only two hours before, the the neck was without a break, and whole place appeared to have been this negatived the suggestion of suicide by hanging. His examina- closed up and looked deserted.
tions did not disclose anything Mui Tsai's Anxiety.
which might make stangulation in
The villagers left, and the defend. Į possible.. three vehicles will negotiate banks, ant then gave the mui tari, ten
ing meals cool, after which an ad journment will be made to Fanling where tiffin will be purtaken at
o'clock.
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