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A GOOD RICE HARVEST.
FAVOURABLE PROSPECTS.
A SUN YAT SEN LIBRARY.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. Į
CHINA'S CURSE.
TOO MANY TROOPS.
MORE GATHERING ROUND SWATOW.
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 1927.
ANOTHER ** LITTLE AFFRAY? POSSIBLE.
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Swarow, October 5th.
CORRESPONDENCE.
ALLEGED MURDER,
HONG KONG BENEVOLENT WOUND INFLICTED WITH A
SOCIETY.
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONG KONG
DAILY PRESS,']
SIR-With reference to a letter of special appeal on behalf of the
Reports from the agricultural from OER SWANTOR CORRESPONDENT.] above Society, written by Mrs. districts in Kwangtung tend to show that, if there is no further
trouble, the rice"barvest throughout the Province this autumn will be more than satisfactory
The Provincial Council of Kwang- tung have approved the charter of the organization of the Kwangtans Amateur Athletic Federation. and the grant of 81,000 for initial ex- penses and 8800 monthly for main-
tenance for a year. Members of the civil service participating in the activities of the Federation are not permitted to draw any travel ling expenses from the fund.
The Overacas Chinese Labour Linion, long considered. 'defunct, seems to be coming to life again The Union was started in 1017, and at one time claimed a membership
of nearly 130,000 enrolied from 38 different foreign ports.
The All China Labour Federation
in Canton, suspected as **Reds" and suppressed last April, ro- appeared on October 4th, when a
A vague rumour is flying about to the effect that Yeh Ting has reach ed Tal-po (Ilakka country) with 5,000 troops and may have a dart at Chaochowiu. I should think the Cantonese have enough troops now i
in this district to tackle, the gentle tuan, but you never know if you
zay
Redto most of these people they bolt like a rabbit on a frosty morning.
PEN-KNIFE.
A YOUTHFUL DEFENDANT.
WILL OF A CHINESE MERCHANT.
COMMENTS UPON HIS
FAMILY.
HIGH TRIBUTE TO HIS WIFE,
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A Chinese bay, 11 years of age. was charged with the murder of
An interesting Chinese will, on another boy," 16 years of age, at which probate has just been gran:- | the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday ed. contains comments on the enn- before Mr. W. Schofield.
Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, assistant Crown Solicitor conducted the case for the prosecution. 2
The delen
Southern and which you so kindly published at the end of June, myi Committee feels that you will be gratified to know how good response has been received. We are riches by just under $900.00-- thus bringing our income up to the average" of some years ago, We realise that, in these impoverished days, this shows a very generous feeling on the part of the public.
But side by side with this wel come rise in our fortunes is an
monetary
I have just heard that 2,000 of increasing demand for to Chip Wu's Chekinng troops. assistance. By this I do not mean who were lately under the command that we spend our money solely in
duct of a brother and zephews, and the testator strictly lays it down that the latter shall not in herit any part of the estate he Reaves.
The will in question is that of Ho
Shia Chuen, otherwise known as Ho Chee C. Tong, late of No. 3. Fook On Lane, Tai Tsat Po, Can- ten, who died at that address on July 18th, this year.
cant was not legally represented.
Mr Whyte-Smith said that the defendant and the deceased were once schoolmates. On September that about 10 m. deceased was returning home when he met the defendant at Ngh Tsin Wai. A quarrel "ensued, and the deceased
Ho leaves estate in Hong Kong struck the defendant with his um- valued at $12,800, but he also leaves brella and then ran away. The extensive property in his native defendant was alleged to have run country, Kwong Chow and had in- after the other lad and to have terests in various commercial firms
of Wong Chun and have just arrived dales." On the contrary the stabbed him in the back with a from Kityang, are now lodged ideaand is always for work and the China Merchants godowns. I money is only given when it seems
is reported that the new Kwangsi pretty certain that no work is to people, General Ng & Co., propose be found. The state of unemploy
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pen-knife. The lad fell to the grand but later returned home when his mother took him to the Police Station. The wound was
to disarm the Chekiang crowd.ment in the Colony in lamentable dressed and he was then taken to The latter are expected to resist, and, we think, unprecedented. The the Kowloon Hcapital where he
may have another little days when a Benevolent Society died at 2.30 p.m. the same day. affray, though I doubt that it will Case" was often another word for
Medical examination showed that umount to much.
stab wound waster" are long gone by. We the deceased' had During the recent occupation of have on our books some heart. below the right shoulder blade formal meeting was held at Honan. Swatow by the Reds," it is said rending cases of families whose The wound was 3/8 of an inch long Canton Police have been instruct that at least 190 persoas suspected bodies and souls must somehow he and 1/8 of an inch broad. It went of being opponents to Bolshevism kept together while the would-be downwards and inwards into the and connected with the previous breadwinner searches frantically for lungs. regime were executed without trial bread to win.
ed to guard against the further eireulation of pamphlets supposed to be issued by the Revolutionary Committee of the Nationalist Party in China. These pamphlets, although in the name of the Kuomintang,
and not regarded as representing
the true views of the party,
or investigation of any kind.
WEST RIVER TRADE.
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In this respect the Police Depart- ment is untiring in its efforts to help. But no Government Depart- ment of a Colony, which has pass
As a reply to the charge that SHIPS FLYING BRITISH FLAG ed through the fire as Hong Kong
persona at frat interested in the Sun Yat Sen and Wu Ting Fang memorials have already forgotten about these schemes, it is announ ced that an effort will be made to induce the local authorities to apcreasingly serious.
A report reached the Colony yesterday that ́ a. boycott agains! vessels Aying the British Bag or the West River was becoming in
has done, can afford to create work.
If any of your readers know of vacancies for clerks (of either sex); engineers, overseers, etc., we shall be only too grateful to be toll of
propriate $1,000,000 for the purpose Vessels on the Wuchow run arethem.-Yours, faithfully,
of building and equipping a Sun subjected to search at Dosing.
Tat, Sen Memorial Library. Of
which is the last but one port of call
THE HON, SECRETARY.
1296, The Peak.
before reaching Wushow. In order
course, no one expects to enjoy the advantage of the Library.
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Enquiries made from the de- ceased's parents showed that the boy had suffered from fits.
After further evidence had been given the case was adjourned.
POLICE REPORTS.
ACCIDENTS AND ADMISSIONS
TO HOSPITAL.
in Canton.
Probate has been granted to his
widow, Yeung Shi Lai Man, 4. Bonham Strand West, first floor. who was formerly his fourth con- cubine, and was made his wife.
The will states "My father gave birth to us four brothers and I am the third of them. Alter my father departed from this world we bro- thers partitioned the estate and lived separately, each earning his own living and leaving no encum- brances "whatsoever in existence.
y eldest brother, Shua Hing. was very affectionate to me and it
is a pity that he has already päss- ed away. He left two sons, my nephews, the elder being Kon Shan and the younger Shiu Tong. Both of them could now lead an inde pendent life.
My other brother, Tung Pak, the fourth of us, helped me in carry- ing on business. He was diligenti and careful and always cadeavour. Yesterday's Police reports revealed to do good. It is a pity that ed a series of accidents and admi he had no son after attaining the sions to hospital.
age of 40. The Sanitary coolie, who received
My late wife, Lerng Sti, did fractures to both legs and his right too soon, and the first, second and
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to avoid trouble and delay, some COOLIE AND CONSTABLE. when a Sanitary Department third concubines also died at dif
coolies from discharging or loading
larry toppled over the Praya nt ferent times. For this reason! Kennedy Town into the Harbour cannot help lamenting over PREPARING AND SMOKING
OPIUM.
this week, died in the Government, Civil Hospital on Wednesday. The cargoes for these vessels at Shiu. A Chinese constable, attached to driver of the lorry, who ran away hing. The result was that Shiuling No." Police Station, and a coolic, after the accident has not yet was also left out of the run, Then
the report was received that the were defendants in a case yesterday been found.
rowdy elements had also succeeded morning before Mr. R. E. Lindsell A European named John Rey
More than 80,000 Canton inhabit-vessels have of late omitted calling ants turned cut in Canton City on at Dosing Agitators resented this Wednesday formally to welcome the and intimidated the boatmen and return of the 2nd Route Army from the Northern Expedition.
According to certain press agency reports Mr. Wang Ching Wei was yesterday visited by Mr. Sun Fe, Dr. C.-C. Wu, and other Nanking leaders at Kiukiang. On approach ing Mr. Wang, who is still respect ed as Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, Mr. Sun apologized for hiv- ing undertaken the formation of the Nanking Special Commitee contrary to the regulations of the Party and then explained his reasons for as sociating with the members of the West Hill group again. Mr. Sun requested. Mr. Wang to forget past
differences and to return to activity for the sake of the unification of
in extending the boycott against at the Central Magistracy. Theynolds, residing at Praya East, whe these ships at Takhing, but this
were charged with preparing illicit was found wandering in the East proved to be false.
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On
opium and with possession of non-ern District, was removed to the The .. Chung On, a vessel on the British registry, came into port Government opium on the third Government Civil Hospital yesterday, and in an interview with floor of No. 21. Second Street, West Wednesday. It was later ascertain a Daily Press representative, the Point.
ed that he had come from the master said that he had experi
The constable denied the offences French Hospital, #t enced no trouble at Takhing.
Causeway took on some cargo and a few but the coolic" pleaded guilty." Bay, where he was a patient.. passengers at that port.
A coolie fell off a motor lorry belonging to the Ching Sugar Re finery at East Point, and a Chinese
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Another British registered vessel,
the Patty and Country. Mr Wang the Tai Hing, which should have
Senior Revenue Officer G. Watt stated that when he visited the premises at 1.15 am. yesterday he
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family.
For the past 19 years, only my fourth concubine, Yeang Shi Lai Man looked after the family affairs. She worked very hard and never neglected anything from beginning
to ead. She was pure and chaste
and has been greatly appreciated
by me. I love her very much.
For the sake of having a person
to entrust the estate with," I pro- pose to select a lucky day shortly,
for the purpose of performing the ceremony of instituting her as wife so as to establish her personality, and as such to compensate her for the laborious task the has per-
is reported to have insisted that a left-here for Wuchow yesterday found the constable sitting on a was knocked down by a public formed.
&.. new
son then there would be no need for
me to worry.".
third conference of Party Delegates evening, did not sail and when our
Though I am advanced in age my should be called in order to clect reporter went on board. yesterday at outside the Kitcheu, transfer motor car near the Yaumati Ferry
afternoon to interview Captainring prepared opium from a jar to Wharf in Connaught Road Central physique is strong. Should I be Central Executive and Supervisory Committee to deal with Wilks, master of the "Tai Hing, itja tin. The, opium in the jar was on Wednesday. Both were taken to favoured by Heaven and get a good į
stated that the Customs still warm, and looked as if it had all party affairs. Mr. Wang dea was
the Government Civil Hospital. cribed the present regime in Nan-Authorities at Wuchow bad inform been recently boiled. The coolie
On the Kowloon side a Chinese was found in the kitchen boiling king as illegal and, according toed him that no port facilities or a
woman living on the first floor of reports, the parting of Mr. Sun Fo clearance would be granted to his opium over a charcoal fire,
The constable, in explanation, No. 18, Earring Street, was sent and party from Mr. Wang was not vessel, As far as could be learned
other vessels on the same run had said that he was taking some of to the Kwong Wah Hospital suffer at all happy."
A report circulated in Canton not received any similar intima. the opium to smoke.
ing from the effects of opium poi says that a Russian steamer arrived tipa.
stable for possession, but dismiss.soning stated to have been self- ed the charge of preparing opium. administered following a family He fined the man 8250, or three quarrel reported that an aeroplane, months' hard labour in default,
Mr. Lindsell convicted the con
nt Whampoa a few days ago with heavy cargo, believed to be arms and ammunition. Eesponsible per- sons, connected with political and
AEROPLANE ACCIDENT.
It is
of the Canton Air Bureau, whilst The coolie was convicted of prepar taken to flying over Canton on Wednesday, } ing opium, but the charge of posses-
military circles, could give no in- formation on the subject, and the report is probably without founda
A seven-year-old Chinese boy was the Kowloon Hospital,
In the event of his death with- out a son, testator catrusted the estate to the care of Yeung Shi Lai Man, and gave her power to adopt
a son.
In conclusion the will requests a simple burial.
"My daughter, Fung Shan, should she be grateful to me for had engine trouble and had to make sion brought against him was dis suffering from injuries to his arm, having given birth to her and tion.
a forced landing. The two airmen missed, He was sentenced to live caused by being knocked down by brought her up, should be filial and (Continued at foot of next columa.) were seriously injured.
months' hard labour
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