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SHANGHAI POSTAL
STRIKE.
TO EMBARRASS NANKING..., GOVERNMENT.
THE COMMUNIST TAINT.
1.
BOY SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE.
H.K. PHILHARMONIC
SOCIETY.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS,
PROGRAMME FOR THE
SEASON,
Owing to the absence of Kr. C. E. H. Beavis, President of the
THE HONG KONG DAILY. PRESS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1928.
SHANGHAI MURDER
MYSTERY.
MISS THOMSON AND MR. DUDLEY LAW.
FULL DETAILS OF THE CRIME.
'JAPAN'S IRON DUTY.
OFFICIAL OPINION FOR E- SHADOWS INCREASE,
FALSIFICATION OF INVOICES.
CHINESE CUSTOMS
WARNING.
The unconfirmed opinions report- ed in the Japances Press of Mr. Yamamoto, Minister of Agriculture From the beginning of the pre- and Forestry, and Mr. Nakabashi, sent month (October)"so invoice Minister of Commerce and Indus-will be accepted by the Appraising try, foreshadowed an increase in the Department of the Chinese Mari- iron duty. The attitude in the time Customs unless endorsed to the
The North China Daily News of Hong Kong Philharmonic Societiculars of the tragedy in Keswick trade towards the subject differs, effect that its correctness is guar-
Baturday. gives the following de scription of conditions in Shang- during the recent postal strike which was settled over the week end
House to house delivery of bath European and Chinese mail was started: on- brief scale by the postal authorities.
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The work is being carried on by a large number of Boy Scouts who responded to the opportunity for public service and are valiantly assisting to restore the mail service to its former status.
undet, Mr. Whitcher, turned out 50 members who immediately left the North Soochow Rond headquarters with large bundles of mail and ⚫ inost
the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes con seated to take the chair as the annual general meeting of the Society held yesterday evening in the Cathedral Hall,
"Mr. Owen Hughes, said that the membership had fallen by 35 from the previous year. Some of these
members had left the Colony others had gone on holiday without pay. ing their subscriptions. The com
A copy to hand of the Worth China Daily News gives full par
Road, Shanghai, in which a nurs ing sister, Miss Dorothy Thompson
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killed and her companion critically wounded: Our contem porary states:--
The body of a dead woman, Miss Dorothy Thompson, well known among the sisters of the Victoria. Nursing Home, and. badly. wounded man, Mr. H. Dudley Law, were picked up in Keswick Road. by the police from Bubbling Well Station on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Thompson was shot through
The Public School Cadet Corps, nitiee desired to impress on pit the heart and was quite dead. Mr. Law, a piece goods merchant, had members the necessity of paying been shot from behind by a bullet their subscriptions before leaving the Colony in order that the as- counts might be made up correctly. I was hoped that members would do their utmost to induce others to join. He himself had been asso wisted, with the Society for a num
enthusiastically proceeded
with the work of delivery.
They were closely followed by inembers of the Jewish and French Scout organizations who numbered about 100 together, and to-day will
which entered his ribs and passed out," without penetrating his chest, five inches below the heart. An other bullet had entered his skril just above the left eye and passed through the head, injuring the bone, and splintering the bone at the back. Last night he was still
the steel interests being in favour | antied and the endorsement signed of a higher duty and the consumers | by'a responsible member of the firm. being in opposition. The iron con Customs. Notification No. 1134,
suming mills in Osaka have express ed their opinion against the increase with the Finance Department.
The Japan Chronicle says the ad vocates of a higher duty take their stand upon self-sufficiency in iron and steel, which can be effected in about three years' time with a reasonable measure of protection, which is necessary to free the in- dustry from the unsecure basis on which it stands at present. For the current year the output of pig iron is estimated at 630,000 tone, on which the government grants will total little short of a million yen, which will be twice as much in three years hence. This is a burden too heavy to be borne by the Treasury, which is already depleted. The best solution of the problem therefore lies in a high duty on pig iron, which will enable the industry to stand on its own feet and increase the revenue at the same time.
Increase in the duty on stoel is as important, it is stated. The current quotation for standard An inquest on the body of Miss goods rules it higher, than a year Thompson was held by the Regis year ago, but it must be remembered trar, Mr. A. J. Martin, sitting as that the market has recovered under the influence of the foreign market Coroner, in the Isolation Hospital.
and it may react at any time. The Dr. H. W. Webb, of the Isolation,
uncertain condition can be eliminat- ed by a higher duty. The Indian Hospital, said that the body view. ed by the Coroner was that of Miss pig is quoted at Y.47 or F.48 per ton at present, but it could be re- Dorothy Thompson of the Munici-duced, it is reported, to Y.40 with- pal Victoria Nursing Service and out loss on the part of producers, With increase in duty, the price of the Chinese Police Hospital, who had been known to the witness for is may rise to Y55, which will mean an increase of 1 per cent. in nine months. Dr. Well stated that the cost of finished goods, and not he had seen her at 0 a.m. on. Octo- more than 4.9 per cent. in water pipes which have the largest con- ber 3rd, and again in the evening sumption. The rise in the cost will
the Bubbling Well
not be permanent, for self-sufficiency Station, when she was dead.
will tend to reduce the price of pig.
sce the delivery, staf built up by ber, of reara and, was assured that in a critical condition.
the addition of 300 Chinese Boy.
Scouts under Mr. S. 5. Wong, it had given as rauch pleasure Scoutmaster, who will be used the residents of Hong Kong me any wherever the
greatest emergency
Warrants.
other society.
There was not much in the ac-
Members of the Chinese Or phanage have ajao agreed to help. and it is known that other youth-counts which called for comment. ful organizations are busily mak-
"Merrie England marked the ing plans to
A band in take assisting the Settlement to priv highest point the Society had its mail."
enched in their productions and Positions Being Steadily Filled." A score or
it was ironical that it should have more of the dis- gruntled employees who walked out resulted in # luss of $105.76. at the inception of the trouble ap Nevertheless the Society had Beared at postal headquarters and applied for their uld positions, hút balance in hand of $1,125.06, which on the whole the situation between
he considered a healthy state. the strikers and the authorities. is seemingly At A dendłock with neither side showing any inclina- tion to bend,
The vacated positions are mean while being filled as rapidly as Hossible by men who turn up at North Soochow Road and are found capable, but it is known there has
It was unnecessary" to comment on the production of "Tom Jones which the Seelers had in hand. He had been given to understand that it entailed cöorsiderable ex
at
Police
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issued by Commissioner F. W. Margy reads as follows:--
"The attention of importers in called to the fact that numerous cases of forged invoices have recent- ly come
to light, such invoices having been fabricated by ema ployees of importing firms and pre- sented to the Customs in place of the genuine invoices, together with false applications showing quanti- ties and valuations corresponding with the 'falne invoices. So serious f this evil that it is necessary to take special measures to prevent it, And to require that the correctness of invoices shall be guaranteed by. a responsible member of the im- porting firm. Unsigned invoices may be made by anyone,, and in- voices signed only by the shippers may be forged without detection; but the signatures of members of local firms cannot be imitated with- out serious risk of discovery. Im- porters are, therefore, requested to make on their invoices a note to the effect that the correctness 'is guar- anteed--such note to be signed, by a responsible member of the firm.
It is further requested that for the prevention of fraud on the part of their employees, importers will compare the amounts of duty paid, as shown by their books, with the amounts entered on the Customs passes.
It is only so long as invoices are above suspicion that Custoris examination can be dispensed with; and the co-operation of all impor ters is asked for in their own interests as well as in that of the Customs in stamping out this
been no dealing between the au- penditure for costumes and staging. leave in Britain. Wednesday after for it is reasonable to presume that species of fraud which has attained
thorities and the strike leaders.
Yesterday morning the Vice-Com- missioner of Communications, Mr. Li made a strong address at the Post Office to those who had re- nained on duty and thanked them on behalf of the Nanking Govern- He ment for their loyalty. especially stressed that the author ties were behind them in their work, and praised most highly the efficient way in which the skeleton staff has carried on since the walk- "out occurred.
The Society were fortunate in having again secured the services of Mr. W. H. Fitz Earle as Hon. Musical Director and of Mr. R. Davis who had made a name for himself as producer, and be
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trusted that the members would give them active support. It had
been the castom of the Society to donate money to charity but un- fortunately owing to the heavy de mands made by the production this year the committee felt they could not recommend this.
Victims Of The Shooting. Miss Thompson was an extreme- ly popular member of the staff of the Victoria Nursing Home, aged about 35 years.. She was English and had, at the time of her death, only recently returned from long
noon was her usual afternoon "off" from two o'clock, until five, but owing to an emergency case in the maternity home, she volunteered for extra duty, and her three hours "off" were thus postponed. was while she was taking this time off duty that she met her death."
Mr. H: Dudley Law is a piece- goods representative with offices in the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building, known and well liked among a large circle of Shanghai acquaintances, He is about 45 years of age and has a wife and family at home in England. Little hope is entertained for his re-
every.
It
considerable proportions."
NATIONALIST AND. MUKDEN TROOPS SLAY 6,000 SURRENDENED MEN
A Rengo message to the Japan Chronicle from Tientsin, dated September 6th, states:-
A different view is taken, on the ground that an additional burden must not be laid on consumers in any circumstances whatever industry, when protected with higher duty, will be sure to decline, the resulting increase in profit will not be employed in improvement is equipment and enhancement of efficiency, but devoted to the dis tribution of dividends in order to MASSACRE IN. THE NORTH? advance the market prices of shares. The rise in price of pig will create a tendency in many mills to pro- duce steel at the same time, reduc- ing supplies to other works where this vertical operation is not pos- sible. The steel interest advocates a higher duty for fear of over supply when self-sufficiency is effect- ed. But over supply is possible in bars and other items which can be produced comparatively easily, while black sheets and those requir "The truth has come to light Where The Bodies Were Found.. ing a more complicated process will
about the shooting of thousands of Little is known of the circum-e ehort. In these circumstances the
the Chihli Shantung forces by the of the death of Miss tariff problem should be dealt with Thompson or her companion: The in quite different way and the Nationalists and Mukdenites on Ladies were discovered by a for-
duties modified in each item,
September 23rd, as a prearranged eigner near the end of Keswick
after disarming them. Those Chihli-Shantung forces who Rond where it joins with Brenan Road, and within speaking dis
It is supposed that Miss Thomp-
were to be disarmed by the Nation- tance of the place known as the son and Mr. Law had then set out
Miss Thomp on a walk round Keswick Road,alists were taken into eight trains Red Joss-house." son was lying covered in mud near-down Great Western Road, with which left Luanchow for Tangshan in court of the men responsible for to his services, he was practically ly 100 yards from Mr. Law, whose the intention of picking up some!
head rested against the bank at the public vehicle later, From the at intervals of thirty minutes. the oldest active member of the side of the road which bears the position in which the bodies were
"When the trains were passing Philharmonic Society. He felt sure railway line. Mr. Law was also found they had probably met their Sukechuang, Kaiping or Kuych,
was brought by ambulance, sent south from Brenan Road for as soon as the police had been Keswick Road. Miss Thompson in ambush opened cross fire upon informed of the event. He appear
had scratches on her neck, other-
them with machine guns and trench ed to have every one of his posses wise there were no signs of a strug. sions still about him, though his gle, a 32 bullet passing through mortars without any warning. The her heart. Mr. Thompson, bears no Chibli-Shantung forces put up what wallet containing about 830 in nutes in an inside pocket was
marks of bruises other than might
resistance they could for a time, His keys have been received through the found 30 yards away. were in the mud quite close to him,
agony of wounded man rolling but they were overpowered, and aad two five pound notes which, it
от muddy road. The bullet about 3,000 of them were killed. is supposed, were in his wallet, wounds found in the two victims. were trampled into the mud close have led investigators to believe that pistols of two different makes by where he lay
were used.
The police yesterday raided a printing shop at 37 Chefoc. Hoad and seized 1,500 copies of a book entitled, "The Shanghai Postal r which was found to con- Worker tain highly inflamatory matter oc the strike situation.
An appeal was made at the Pro- visional Court for the confiscation of the books together with authority to close the shop and warrants for the owner and the person respon- sible for the work. The Court, the position since 1996. There was however, ruled that the printed matter should be only retained by no need to say much with regard the police pending the appearance
its appearance on the streets..
He wished to express deep regret at the resignation of the President Mr. C. E. H. Beavis who had held
stances
measure
and as being an effort of the Com- that Mr. Beavis would take the Fovered in a l'and elime when he sailants shortly after turning the Nationalist troops who had lain
greatest interest in the forthcoming production.
He was happy to announce that Mr. W. W. Hornell had consented
to act as President, subject to his election by the members.
The adoption of the report and accounts, was proposed, seconded and passed unanimously.
In Chinese circles the strike is looked upon entirely as political munist Party of China to disrupt the communications of the country and to embarrass the new Govern ment which is being prganized in Nanking. It is explained that the methods used by the Communists are different from those in vogue during the Communist activity in 1925. At that time, Communist developed the general strike and tried to bring out as many workers as possible in order to swell the ranks and create an impression of tremendous power. The Com munist plan, at the present time, is to hold a series of progressive #trikes, the workers in one indus- try supporting the strikers in an other and settlements being made irrespective of demands asked. This means that, at a certain mo-. ment the strikers in-the-Post-Offices- may return to work even if their demands are not granted, but im- mediately thereafter strikes will break out elsewhere. The progres- sive strike has been used effectively mon. in European countries...
officers were
Election Of Ompers. The following elected:--
President: Mr. W. W Hornell. Hon Musical Director: Mr. W H. Fitz Earle A.R.C.M
Hon. Producer: Mr. R. Davis. Hon. Secretary: Mr. T Y. Har
into
"A still more gruesome scene was presented when the Mukdenites shot the 3,000 Chili-Shantung forces who had been already disarmed, at Anshan and Shimen."
Police investigators have been carefully over the ground, but their
A' Notorious District: discoveries are being withheld from the public. Captain W. G. Clarke, The district is notorious. At the in charge of the Criminal Investi- south end of the road is the spot
The Japan Chronicle adds:- gation Department of the R.M.P., where Mr. Mackenzie of the S.M.C. stated that the department were was shot in 1925 Various attempts Yesterday a Rengetelegram re prepared to make no statement at robbery, including several shoot-ported that the Chibli-Shantung whatever for the public Beyonding incidents, have since been re remnants who had surrendered. admitting that & foreign woman ported, and a municipal notice
had been killed and a foreign man now stands warning pedestrains suddenly mutinied and left their wounded, he was unable to say any that they use the road at certain traine. The telegram added that
hours at their own riak; thing.
Deceased An Open-Air-Enthusiast
The reason for this, so far could be gathered is the existence From friends of the late Mias of the Fan-Wah Village, a nest of Thompson, however, it was learned robbers and kidnappers, if well in-
after refusing to entrain again, the Nationalists were obliged to open fire on them, and a stiff battle fol
have
Hon Treasurer: Mr. R. Dormer. The Vice-Minister of Communica- tions, Mr. Li Chung Kung has Committee; Mr. D. M. Richards, that she was an open-air enthusiast formed persons are to be belièved lowed: This battle was said to stated (1) That the Union is utter Mrs. Bowes-Smith (re-elected) who liked walking in the country. This village is outside the Settle lasted for several hours, with ly mistaken in declaring its strike: Mrs. Bellamy and Mr. M. E. Bell.
It has also been learned that Mr.ment limits and little can be done severe casualties on both sides be- (2) that the Government Council
Low hired a car at the Shanghai in clearing up the menace. Mr. T. Harmon said that at Club at 5.25. He then drove to the and the Central Kuomintang have telegraphically instructed" the an extraordinary general meeting
A resident of the district describ-fore the Shantung troops agreed to Victoria Nursing Home where ed the thievith propensities of the bé, disarmed. The Chronicle took Shanghai Kuomintang and other held in January it was auggested Miss Thompson joined him. The Chinese in this village by instanc the liberty of heading this taleegram official institutions of this port to take the matter in-hand-to-effect that Tom Jones should be the two then presumably drove to Jessing the fact that to-day none of the
field Park and here they dismissed wooden posts put up by the British 600 prisonrs shot, on the assump a rapid solation of the tangle; and freet and "Patience" the second the car, the chit paper showing the troops when they took over and tion that the battle really amounted (3) that the Ministry fully appre-production of the season.
was only "Tom-hour 6.10 That ciates the meritorious services ren- dered by the loyal workers of the Jones" 'was: the biggest opers the minutes before they were found on
Keswick Road.
|_ by the Chinson, now that the enn tain more than bears this assump- Association.
Society had ever
"“tion out."" (Continued_on_nezi Oolumn)... | tanglements are not guarded.
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