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WHAMPOA CADETS.
SHOW HOSTILITY TO CANTON GOVERNMENT?
POSTERS IN MAIN STREETS QUICKLY REMOVED.
[FROM CUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON'S NARROW
STREETS.
BIG IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR SAIKWAN.
DEMOLITION WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDESİ.].
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 15th, 1928.
COLONY'S WATER
SUPPLY.
QUESTIONS BY HON. SIR H. E. POLLOCK.
MEETING OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DEPOSIT FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
THE RIGHT TO CLAIM IT.
LETTER CONSIDERED A. FORGERY:
A dispute arising out of a Gov. crament contract was discussed in
GODOWN KEEPER OR STEWARD.
A. CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?
TWO MEN WITH THE SAME NAME,
COST OF THE AERODROME?
A possible case of mistaken identity was before Mr. Justice A meeting of the Legislative
Wood in the Summary Court yes- Council will be held in the Council the Summary Court yesterday morn terday afternoon. The On Hing
·Co. was suing the Wai Hing Hong Kong (Sir Cecil Clementi) and Sakwan, the western suburb of Chamber this (Thursday) afternoon, when Li Ng, trading as the Navigation Co. together with Lam
Evidently with the object of show ing disapproval of the official visit to Canton of H.E. the Governor of
the cordial reception of Li Tsui Hsin and other members of the Canton Government at Hong Kong a dum ber of Whampon cadets yesterday posted up alogans against the Can ton Administration. Some of these slogans read as follows: Support General Chiang Kai Shek and his Northern Punitive Military Expedi tion against the Militarists"; Down with British Imperialiste"; "Ho Who Coalesces with the Imperialists is a Reactionary to the National Revolution" and "Annihilate all the Chinese Communists."
The narrow streets and alleys of Caston, are to be widened and modernized Elaborate plans have been drawn up by the Bureau of Public Works and the work is about. 27 begin. The crooked, na row, an- cicat streets to be, widened will in-. elude Sun Kei Street West, Yung Kwang Street, Poo Tsai Bridge Street, Hou Shing Sun Street, Chiang Lau Street, Sup Tint Po, Young Hong, and Chang Shau Li,
There are all busy streets and According to information from so teary has been the "traffe that official circle's the Whampoa cadets, wide modern roads, are now a dire ambering some 1,500 strong, are necessity. "The merchants concern. all General Chiang Kai Shek'ed have more than once petitioned men. Officially General Chiang the Municipal Government for this is on the Iriendliest terms work to be taken in hand and were with the Canton Administration.wing to pay overy cent of the These slogans have now been torn
oost, so that all the Canton Govern down, but the Goyoenment is taking ment had to do was to make the special precautions against any
necessary survey, draw up the plans possible trouble. So far, however, and supervise the work. But suc, all has besa.peaceful.
cenite Governments have been so busy with other things that they nerer thought of attending to the matter until now. -
The Whampoa cadets were to have gone up to Nanking a week ago, and when about to leave they suddenly received a cablegram from General Chitag Kai Shek, advising them to postpone their going until
The widths of these modern' roads have been specified and the mer
when the Hon. Sir Henry E. Pollack will ask the following questions:--
What information can the Gov. ernment lay before this Council as to the steps which are being taken in connection with the construc tion of the new reservoir in the Aberdeen Valley!
The
sold and delivered
Chin On Company, saed Ng Pui Chi Sang and Lening Wing for Lam, who did not appear. $1,000, the balance dne for goods plaintiff, said Mr. M. K. Lo, who
Judgment has already been obtain-. represented him, was a well-knowned against the Company, of which contractor, who had had extensive dealings with the Hong Kong Gov- erament, and had carried through big contracts, one amounting to a million dollars, for railways in
What staps is the Government taking by leaflets or notices to instruct householders and others as to the imperative-necessity of conserving the water supply of Colony! Whe cannot printed Chinese territory. notices, in English and Chinese, bo, sent out to householders periodically Is it not possible.
The Present Case,
In the present case the father that some economy in consump-in-law of the plaintin's third son, tion might be effected by reducing
a man called Taang Chiu had ob the amount of the free allowance of water to householders?
the two defendants are alleged to have been partners Yesterday Mr. Owen appeared for the plain.
while Mr. Russ appeared for Lenng tiffs'against the two defendants.
Wing, who was în Court. Lam. Chỉ Sang was not present and judgment was entered against him at the con- clusion of the hearing..
Collecting Money.
An accountants of the plaintiff.
tained a contract from the Hong, Chan In Him, told of his at- In connection with the answer Kong Government, but finding that tempts to get money from the Wal given to the Hon. Mr. Bernard at a deposit of $1,000 was required, Hing Navigation Co. Having failed the Inst meeting of this Council to the effect that the Imperial had borrowed it from the plaintiff. to get money from the firm, on Government was contributing Later Trang Chin had died, the February 3rd he went to see Leung £100,000 towards the Kai Tak Aerodrome, what is the estimated receipt was lost or stolen and came sum of money which the Hang into possession of the defendant, Kong Government will have to who claimed and received the contribute towards the cost of such aerodrome?
The Ordinance to provide for the registration and regulation of watch men and the Ordinance to amend the Naturalisation Ordinance, 1902, and to provide for the revocation of
money.
A More Figurehead. The deceased, Tsang Chiu, after he had borrowed the $1,000 from the plaintiff, discovered that he had no money to carry on the work, and
expenses, while Tsang Chin was to the plaintiff undertook to bear all
Wing but again failed to collect anything. He went to sen Leung Wing because the Company was no longer in existence and Leung ing, had told him personally that the Company had a capital
87,000 of which he had subscrib ed $700. Two days later Leung Wing came to see the accountant
the manager of the Navigation Com- Fany was afraid to come. He then at his shop, because, as he said,
some later dite on account of the chants concerned are just about te naturalisation,rights in certain cases hand over all money less 5 per cent said "Do not sue me for the whole
financial striagency at the Nation alist Capital.
NOTORIOUS RED TER-
RORIST EXECUTED?·· The arrest and execution al alleged Reds" in Canton con- tinues. Os of the alleged com- munists shot the other day, was Pang Pui, a young man alleged to be the notorious leader who has been responsible for the atrocities in the Heifung and Lukfung dis tricts. Many doubt whether the executed man was really Pang Fai, but the authorities concerned are confident that he was.
For the purposes of brigandage suppression, the no-districts of Kwangtung will be divided into Eve sections, instead of four at as first' decided
SPORT.
In the open volley ball champion ship now being contested in Canton, the Lingnan Laiversity team has
demolish there the front parts of
their shops. The work will be un- der the gearral supervision of the Municipal Bureau of Public Works, but will be given to contractors on tender. The contractors are requir. ed to complete their work within a certain fixed period and they must use the materials specified by the Bureau. The time limit for con pleting all the roads has been Axed by the Municipal Buveau at 100 days from actually starting.
will come up for a second reading.
Rount, sue the other partners of the Company as well."
The Firm's Books -
In cross-examination the witness
a meeting of the and it there had been any difficul told Mr. Russ that he borrowed two
FINANCE COMMITTEE. "Following the Council meeting there will be Finance Committee when votes amounting to a total of $34,036 for supplementary expendituro will be asked ter
which he kept for himself.
At this point Mr. Justice Wood remarked that the deceased was a mere figurehead, a man of straw
discovered that they were dealing tics, the Government would have
with a man of no substance.
Mr. Lo said he thought that in to Mesars, Hastings, Dennys and Bowley, He stoutly maintained law the plaintiff would be a part-that these books had been borrowed
om the treasurer and took them books of the defendant company.
The sum of $0,255 is required to net, and the plaintiff said he would and not stolen. He had tried to
complete the work on the path from Tn Ku Ling to Lin Ma Hang. This
In view of the impending de molition of their shops, the meris a re-vote of money already" ear- chants concerned in Young Hong marked for this purpose. and elsewhere are holding sales. The reduced priced should easily see the disposal of their present stocks.
In the opinion of the municipal authorities these new roads will, when completed, add much to the beauty and convenience of the city. Many wide modern reads have al- ready been constructed in Saikwan. but they are far from sufficient to
In the Attorney-General's office sum of $1,850 is required to pay the salary of a lady stenographer; three months at $150 a month and seven months at $200 a month, who is filling the vacancy caused by the retirement of the Attorney General's clerk.
New asbestos sheet roofing for the
have borne any loss, which might have occurred.
return those two books that morn ing so that they might be produced in Court. Leung Wing, he said, had told him on two occasions that he was a partner in the firm, which statement drew the comment from Mr. Russ, "He must have been a fool,
An Element of Doubt.
An Obvious Forgery. A letter was produced dated, February 8th, 1928, and purporting to be written by the deceased to the P.W.D. a day or two before his death in which he transferred the business to the plaintiff. The
"Another accountant of the On plaintiff in his evidence said he saw the deceased sign the letter a few Hing Company gave evidence which days before his death, which, how the first witness, but the former. corroborated part of the story of ever, ho maintained occurred at treasurer of the Wai, King Navigar dawn on February 6th. His Lord. tion Company, though he believed taat Leung Wing had subscribed letter ship considered this
an $700, could not say definitely whe obvious forgery, though Mr. Lother he was a partner or not. There suggested that he was putting too was certainly an entry in the books
the firm.
practically gained the championship.meet the needs of the busy commor European quarters at Hunghom will much reliance on remembrance of that Leung Wing had lent $500 to
cial metropolis.
cost $1,330. The quarters were roofed with French tiles which have. proved unsuitable to the weather conditions: Sanction was given in November last to re-roof the build ings with asbestos estimated cost of $5,130, which will
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events which occurred some time ago.
At Their Own Risk,
“A Poor Man, Leung Wing, the third defendant then went into the box. He had.
Mr. Lo also pointed out that the been for 87 years a godown keeper married and had four children and letter was acted upon by the at the Kowloon Godowns. He was P.W.D. while the work was an earned $40 a month. He had no other doubtedly done for the Government, source of income and, far from being ing at an but His Lordship replied that the able to save, had great difficulty in making both ends meet. He was P.W.D. paid him at their own risk, not a partner and had never had
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the
of the Chiu Of Company, and in his opinion the contract lapsed t
Volley ball is now the principal ball game in Canton City owing to the lack of grounds large enough for football and other ball games. Basket
The Provincial Government bas ball, which also takes very little pointed out in the proclamation the room, is also a popular game,
deplorable depletion of forests in The South China Athletic Asso- Kwangtung and. the absolute neces ciation baseball team, under the nity for aforestation, The move management of Mr. Richard Shim, went will to-day be put on a arm will visit Canton this week-end, and basis. "The citizens of Kwang it will play two games on the tung," states the Government pro- be reduced to $4,230 when the as Tsang Chin was the sole partner campus of Sun Yat Sen University. On Saturday afternoon, it will play the US.S. Sacramento and on Sunday, an all Japanese team from Shameen. The South China Athletic
The Government has further pro- Association has several officers and lamed that today as a general baseball players now in Canton who holiday. The Government, however, will be glad to meet the visitors is most earnestly requesting its from Hong Kong. Those in Canton citizens, especially the school and ment should bear a larger proportion include Mr. Lee Shing Loon, of the college students and other members of the cost, and it is proposed to
Dragons. (8.C.A.A.), Mr. Henry Panhoe, a former player of the of the younger generation, to 50 increase the contribution to a sum 8.C.A.A., at present Commissioner to the University Farm at Shekpai equal to half the hiring and operat- [to] listen to the speeches and parti-ing costs of the thres launches ex cipate in the general programme.cluding personnel.
of public works of Canton City, and Mr. Hin Wong, formerly hon. general secretary of B.C.A.A.
clamation, "must be taught the French tiles are taken from need of trees, the preservation of roofs and returned to store. forests and the role the trees play in human life.
a share in the Wai Hing Company.
a sum ax $600 to the firm
How could be afford to lend so large
the death of the contractor. Another Man,
The last witness was the former Armed Launches.
Mr. Lo said that the Government manager of the defendant company, Provision, has been made for a would have a right of action in who was looking after the winding monthly payment of 2300 fox the respect of completion of contract up of the firm. He said he could not get the money which was owed three armed launches on the West if the contract were unfinished on as the books of the firm had been River piracy patrol. The Admiralty the death of the contractor, but his font have requested that this Govern Lordship said there could be no Certainly there was a Leung Wing right of action against the plaintif at any time.
who was a partner; said witness, but it was not the man in Court The partner was a stewardzina steamship, which would not be back in Hong Kong until May. There were two other partners, of whom the second defendant was one, but both of them were out of the
A Complate Stranger. The only thing for the plaintiff to do, continued His Lordship, was to take an action against the per Colony, A special train will convey the It is estimated that this will sonal representatives of the decons An Adjournment, participants to Bhekpai. So far, entail an excess expenditure of ed, legally he had no connection Mr. Justice Wood entered judg KWANGTUNG FORESTS.
several thousands of people have $7,500 during the year and a supple whatsoever with the Chiu On Comment against the second defendant. but aiked Mr. Owen if he would like-judgment postponed in the case To-day, March 10th, boing Arbour already signed up to go. Most of mentary vote for that amount is pany
Mr. Lo suggested that even ad- of the third defendant until the Day, the Canton Government, in them are college and middle school accordingly requested. co-operation with the College of students. The preservation of peace
pleting the contract, at least Loung Wing. There were difficulties in the way of this, His Lordship Agriculture of Sun Yat Sen Univer and order at the agricultural gather Entertainment Of Foreign Omciale mitting this irregularity in com- arrival of the ship with the other sity, is carrying out an elaborate ing-will be undertaken by the boy No vote appears in the estimates the plaintiffs had completed the pointed out as he himself might before this event which would programme to impress upon people scouts of the Sun Yat Sen Univer to corar expenditure connected with work, and thus indoubtedly had very probably have left the Colony the ceremonial entertainment of a better claim to the money necessitate the whole case being re- the significance of the occasion.sity, under Mr. Huang Hain Chao. ~ There will be tree planting on a In addition to this a group of foreign distinguished visitors and than the defendant, who was a com- heard before another judge.
his client, stated that he would large scale on the University zealous student lectures have been forces, and of official return visits. plete stranger and had had nothing Mr. Owen, after consultation with perimental Farm at Bhekpai, and disseminating farts concerning A supplementary vote of $12,000 is whatever to do with the contract. prefer to wait and Mr. Justice On the application of Mr. Lo the wood granted an adjournment line lectures be University, professors aforestation in Kwangtung villages. requested in connection with the and Government officials on afores This touring student lecture cam official visits of H.E. the Governor, case was adjourned until March Wie conditionally on the plaintiffs action should the case then come tation
paign started last Tuesday mora.to Cantou, and of the Japaner 24th, when the matter will be paying the costs of this present
to Hong Kong
further considered in chambers belars another judge: ing and will end to-night.
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