Page
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 1927.
NEW KUOMINTANG A COWARDLY ACT.
ORDER.
NO UNAUTHORISED PARADES.
SLOGANS TO BE EDITED BE FORE PUBLICATION.
7
CURRENCY CHAOS.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRISPONDENT. }
General Chu Fai Yat formally assumed the post of Commissioner
of Military Affairs în Canton yes. terday. General Chu is also - Chief of Police of the City.
By a new Kuomintang order,ull future public demonstrations must first receive the sanction of the Party Authorities and all slogans and watchwords, before publication, must be edited by the propaganda section of the Party.
SEVERE STRUGGLE AT: KOWLOON.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
FOILED
SEQUEL: SIX YEARS AND THE
BIRCH.
ANOTHER PIRACY
· RUMOUR.
NO FOUNDATION.
REPORTS REGARDING. THE
HIN SANG."
It was rumoured yesterday that the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company's steamer Hi Sang was The last case in the November in the hands of pirates.
The
calendar was heard at the Criminal rumour, however, as in the case Sessions yesterday before Mr. of the one regarding the Kiangsu Justice J. R. Wood (Ruisne Judge).on the previous day, proved false. The case was a sequel to an at- The report was made by a captain tempted robbery at 185, Laichikok of another steamer of the line chat Road, Kowloon, two men being his ship had passed the Hip Sang, charged with assault with intent tout attempts at communication rob, and, alternatively, with common
assault.
Prisoners pleaded""Not guilty.' Mr. H, K, Holmes (Crown Solicitor)
According to reports from quar-prosecuted. ters favourable to Mr. Wang Ching Wei some 6 members of the
Kuomintang Central Executive Com mittee attended an informal confer ence held yesterday at Shanghai. Mr. Hu Han Min, a leader of the West Hill, or Si Shan, clique, was absent.
.
with her had failed. It was from this report, presumably, that the rumbur had its origin.
The Hin Sang left Hong Kong on Wednesday afternoon, bound for Sandakan, and carrying only a few
It was explained by Mr. Holmes passengers. When scen from the
pre-passing vessel late on Wednesday night she was in the vicinity of
that the offence took place on mises which comprised a grocery shop on the ground floor, with a cubicle behind, and a cockloft above which was reached by a movable Reports from Wuchow state that ladder. On the night of September "practically all the Kwangsi troops 13th, the master closed the front
from Kwangtung have arrived there:
part of the premises, and his wife The reports that some Kwangsi troops in Kwangsi itself have bolted the back door, which led
Tami Ty, outside Flat Point.
and this gave rise to suspicion. She appeared to be anchored,
Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., however, had received messages to the effect that the Hin Sang, which had been recently overhauled, had developed. engine trouble through a hot hearing. The in Sang was
mutinied against General Wong through a kitchen to a yard, and later able to continue her voyage.
Shiu Hung's regime are apparently incorrect, according to latest infor- mation to hand
Interruption of river traffic on the West River is seriously impeding trade. Many junks and tow-boats have failed to return to Canton since their departure from the City after the coup, because of the fear that they might be commandeered by the Canton Military Authorities for troop transportation purposes,
The currency chaps, in Canton is acute, and only co-operation among the merchants will save the situa- tion. The Bank of Central China, a!
favourable circumstances. The mer-
from thence into a scavenging lane.
The occupants retired to sleep.. but later the master was aroused by the sound of someone descending from the cocklaft.
The two prisoners approached holding a blanket in front of them. The first prisoner seized hold of the master by the thront and attempted to gag him. Meanwhile, the second prisoner tried to deal in similar manner with the complainant's wife.
INCITING WORKERS TO
STRIKE....
YOUNG CHINESE CHARGED.
PAMPHLETS FOUND IN HIS
POSSESSION.
It is alleged that a young Chinese went about Kowloon calling upon the female textile workers to strike.
Chinese A
watchman, brought
The man was charged yesterday before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy. Evidence was was to the effect that he was seen near Mongkok Market urging a crowd "of female workers not to return to their work. He told the women that all labourers were out
A
OPIUM CASE RE-HEARD.
FINES AMOUNTING TO 880,000.
ARE FOXIS LIABLE?
"BULLDOG DRUMMOND."""
THE STAGING.
A FEW WORDS OF THANKS TO WILLING HELPERS.
(Contributed)
SHEFFIELD MADE
POCKET CUTLERY
stainless
with the "
"New Process
the
The case in which a master of a sampan was recently. Aned 840,000 and two fatis of the "same bost 810,000 each for having in their possession 500 taels of propared A.D.C.'s production at the Theatre
All those who have seen opium, was re-heard at the Bow Bayal this week have been consider loon Magistracy by Mr. W. Scho-ably impressed by the charm and feld yesterday on the application finish of the stage settings, which of Mr. A. E. Hall for the defence. are generally acknowledged to be M. G. R. Sayer, Superintendent
seen on the local, stage since the departure of Mr. W. Sineläie, who in this respect was in a class by himself and has since taken up theatrical production pro- fessionally.
of Imports and Exports, conducted prettiest and most effective the case for the prosecution.
Evidence from Revenue Officers was to the effect that in conse- quence of information received. they went out on about to lay la wait for the defendants sampan. Their vigil was rewarded when 2.45. a.m. B small sampan ap peared. The order was given for the sampan to stop but was dis- pheyed, whereupon S. R. D. Ward, fired a shot from his revolver:
The master of the sampan - 'Sm-
Station.
The A.D. C. are indebted to the
kindly and courteous co-operation
of local firms. Misa Honess of the
supervised all the colour schemes Sign of the Lantern" personally and feat the decorations and lamp
shades, which latter are the "Lan-
tera's " well known speciality.. They reflect great credit on her
mediately dumped something over- board and stopped his craft. The
taste.. Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Revenue Officers boarded he and Ltd. lent all the furniture which thrown overboard. He refused to specially made under the super- asked the master what he had has in a great many cases bern answer and the master and bis two vision of Mr. Long, and Messrs. fukin were placed under arrest and Kelly & Walsh, Ltd. supplied the taken to the Yaumati Police pictures. The jewellery lifted by Irma from the bank' and 'assessed Two dredgers were sent out later by that eminent authority. Carl In the day and after dragging the Peterson at "five thousand of the harbour for sometine, a bag was best" was supplied by the world fished from the spot where the
famous jewellers. Mesars. Wool- defendants bad dumped something worth of London and New York. overboard. At the Station, the We understand Peter's trousers master admitted throwing the bag were supplied-by-Messrs.-Poohoo- overboard and said that it comull. They are considered one of tained 100 five-fael fins of opium.
his best efforts.
Mr. Hall objected to the adinis-
The scenery has all been designed sion of the statements alleged to
and made under the personal have made been by the defendants supervision of Mr. W. A. Cornell, at the Police Station. His conten- who has for years ungrudgingly tion was that the defendants had given of his time to carry out this not been warned and therefore important work on behalf of the whatever they might have said was A.D.C: The lighting effects by Mr. not admissible.
Stopani Thomson "were also admir- With regard to the second modably invented and added greatly third defendantsMr. Hall said to the success of the production. that they were fulis to the first defendant and should not have been charged at all. "Unless the pro- secation could prove that they were not fukis, they should be dis- charged," said Mr. Hall. The case was adjourned for the considera- tion of this point.
-A DISMISSED FOKI.
In a heavy production like "Bulldog Drummond"" with five changes of scenery which have to be carried out in a very short time, success is impossible without the devoted work of the Assistant Stage Managers. To get through a long play with five changes of scenery in 2 hours, which was the time taken on the first night, is an achievement which might well he thought impossible of "achieve.
on strike and that they should not DEMANDS MONEY BY THREAT. ment by amateurs, and it reflects continue work.
According to evidence given in Kuomintang institution, in Canton, Court, it appears that the woman about his arrest and in his pocket has issued more than $22,000,000 was struck several times on the nine pamphlets. were found giving worth of paper inoney, and lack of face with a hard instrument, but instructions for a strike on Mon confidence in the Bank has made it when she heard something said day, November 21st. impossible for one. to negotiate about stabbing her, she called out note at par or to get any change "Don't strike, I will give you money back, when tendering a note for puror anything you want." chases less than the amount tender-
Eventually alarm was raised at ed. Shop-keepers in Canton City where the Police watch is strict the Shamshuipo Polices Station, and cannot refuse notes, but they do police were soon on the scene, but, business under exceedingly unremained on watch outside the pre- failing to obtain admittance, these
mises, chants are now trying hard to "remedy the present conditions. Ultiinately the second prisoner The Canton Authorities are to re-crept through a hole in the door peál their recent order to levy a leading to the scavenging lane, but on rice bran imported from refused to comply with the police abroad. This will be pleasing news order to stop, and was fired at and to those in Canton engaged in wounded. The first prisoner was. poultry raising,
discovered hiding in the cockloft under some newspapers. The floor was in considerable disorder, 'and it was evident that a severe struggle had taken place. The woman ap- peared to have been stabbed with a pair of scissors, which were found.
When charged, the first prisoner
tax
FORMER HONG KONG STUDENTS. The Hong Kong Chinese students who, during the strike of 1925, went to Canton with the workers and who-since then have been more.or
The case was adjourned.
GETS THREE MONTHS' GAOL.
great credit on, Commander Hole and Messrs. Wynne-Jones and Marshall. The A.D.C. JM0 far. tunate in having members who are A Chinese, who was once employ-prepared to undertake work of this ed as a jóki to a Chinese boarding kind. Nobody who reads the few house, attempted to extort $1,000 words mentioning these gentlemen's from his former employer by names on the programme can pos- THREE MEN SENT TO PRISON. | threats. He was charged yesterday sibly realise the tremendous amount
CHINESE ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.
Three Kwongchauwan Chinese were charged before Mr. K. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday with assaulting another
The show has been such a success
that the A.D.C. would like to give and the audiences so enthusiastic further performances But owing to the high cost of the glass broken possible. in the fight scene, this will be im-
at the Central Magistracy before of hard work which is necessary Major C. Willson and was sentenced to achieve the wonderful results to three months' hard labour. obtaincil.
-Evidence showed that the man was dismissed for stealing. He returned to the boarding house few days later and started a fight with another foli. He was turned out and a few days later a letter was received from him. demanding that the master of the boarding homac should send him $1,000, "ät
bank notes.
HELENA MAY INSTITUTE MUSICALE.
YESTERDAY'S PROGRAMME.
In connection with the winter season recitals at the Helena May The defendant was Institute the fourth entertainment, not there, but two days after he based on Romanticist Music, was
The programme was an excellent gain called at the hoarding house given yesterday afternoon, with two others and created a dis- turbance. The Police were tele-ane and thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. The musicals opened phoned for, but before they could with a' piano solo, "Toccata. Fugue arrive, the trio went away. This in D Minor" (Back-Tannig) by Mrs. Cashman, who later played time. however, the Police laid in The Nightingale" (Lizai), Mo wait for them and in about fifteen ment Musicale (Schubert), and
(Chopin). minutes time, they again returned "Etude in C. Minor
less subsidized by the Canton said I had no knife. I have Chinese, described as a labour a Authorities, will be disbanded at nothing to say." When the second cruiter for Sourabaya, "and stealing the same time as the unemplored prisoner was charged, he said "I from bin a sum of 876. A fourth to-day, the last day for applying came from the country two or three man was charged with receiving $50 for the bonus. The number of stu days ago. I looked for work, and of the stolen money. dents still left in Canton is small as I could find no work to do I walk- All the defendants pleaded but these are asking that the subed to and fro. I met a man who guilty," but the first defendant the Yaumati Ferry Wharf. [ aidy may be continued, or if this told me to go to the shop to steal pointed out that, the complainant The matter was at once reported is refused, they may be granted free some money for the passage back to brought down his brother, the to the 5.C.A who instructed a tickets to Hong Kong, the same as the country. Some people woke up fourth defendant, from Kwongchnu- Chinese detective to call at the the workers. They also request in the shop and I ran."
wan, but when the doctor refused wharf with the money in marked that they should be given prefer-
Mr. Holmes stated that during the to pass him for emigration he was ence when applying for positions in preliminary hearing of the case at left stranded here. This defendant Government departmenta.
the Magistracy, the second prisoner admitted that he had to assault MR. T. V. SOONG. had stated I went into the house the complainant to make him hand to steal a few pieces of woollen over Passage money for his brother Clinton hears that Mr. T. V. cloth to get my fare back to the to return to the country. Soong is to return to South Ching country by pawning it."
The complainant, in evidence, possibly before the end of this At the Sessions hearing yester denied that he voluntarily handed month in order to participate in the day, both prisoners again told the over the money. He claimed that present administration. The report
sime story that they wanted to steal he was knocked unconscious, and
Mr. Li Chor Chi seng “ Strophen is strange, as Mr. Soong's sister,
to the boarding house. The defende les fils d'eau," and was also little to get their passage back then. robbed. Miss Mayling Soong, is to become
On the charge of assault the cant was arrested but his two com- heard to much advantage in den the wife of General Chiang Kai to the country. They said that they
fessor Gauldi played the accompaní, Shek on December 1st; and if Mr. had both hidden in the house. before three men were bound over in the panions managed to inake good deisohn's" Wings of Song." Pro-
menta. #Soong returns to Canton before that it was locked up for the night...sum of $50 each to keep the peace their escape.
Mr. John Braga gave three violin The jury did not retire, but re-for, six months. On the theft date he will be unable to attend the
solos, "Ave Maria" (Schubert turned a verdict of "Guilty," and charge the first defendant was sen wedding ceremony at Shanghai.
"Minuet** (Rrethoven), His Lordship passed sentence of six tenced to six weeks' imprisonment to his good character, but this wit-Wilhelm); "Cavatina" (Haff) and Dr S. F. Lee, af Hong Kong, "a
mesa refused to go to Court and
Mrs. Sanger's contributions were friend of the Soong family, will be years' hard labour, with 18 strokes and fifteen strokes. No. 2 was
The told the Police that he had nothing Dedication (Schumann), "Lul one of the guests at the Chiang of the birch, in addition, and com discharged with a caution. Soong wedding from the South. in mented on the cowardly behaviour third man was sentenced to four to say in favour of the defendant. laby" (Uralims) and "Serenade" (Schubert), the violin obligato for addition to Mr. Lino Chung Hoi, of the men in attacking and stabbing weeks' imprisonment and the fourth The Magistrate passed sentence as
the songs being played by Mr. who left Canton for Shanghai the
Braga. 1ta six weeks. other day,
A woman
W
The defendant said that he had a witness to call who would testify
stated.
12
steel blades..
STRAIGHT NAIL SCISSORS. $1.50 $2.00 & $3.00
LADIES PEARL HANDLE PEN KNIFE Two Blades and Nickel Silver Ends 82.25 and 33.50 each.
N. PLATED HANDLE SHACKLE and two New Process stainless
stell blades
$4.25
TWO BLADES with ring
openers $1.50
BENT NAIL SCISSORS $2.60 & $3.00
8.
BENT MANICURE SCISSORS $3.00 pair.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
PHONE C. 4597.
Columbia
RECORDS
est New DANCE Records
The bes
4161.
THE GIRL FRIEND
Fox-TROT
WALIZ
THE BLUE ZOOM
4174
(WHAT CAN I SAY
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
4250
{TRY AGAIN TO-MORBOW
Fox Tzor ONE-STEP
TANGO
BUT NOT TO-DAY
2970 MELODIE DU REVE.....
JULIAN
THE ANDERSON MUSIC CO, LTD. ICE HOUSE STREET.
TEL. C. 1322,
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Jot it Down!
200 Styles of Diaries 1928.
ONOTO DIARIES.
LETTS DIARIES.
SMITH'S DIARIES.
K. &W's ENGLISH AND CHINESË DIARY...$2.00 K. & W.8 ENGLISH AND CHINESE DATE
BLOCK
K. & W.'s ENGLISH AND CHINESE DESK CALENDAR PAD," COMPLETE WITH STAND...
REFILL PAD ONLY
...$3.00 ...$1.50
K. & W.'s DIARY AND DATE PADS AS LISTED ABOVE ARE MADE EXPRESSLY FOR USE IN THE COLONY.
KELLY & WALSH, LTD. THE STOREHOUSE OF XMAS GIFTS,