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THE LOW WATER SEASON.
SHIPPING DELAYED IN CANTON RIVERS.
DREDGING NEEDED,
(FROM OUR CHINESE, CORRESPONDENT.)
CANTON, Oct., 23rd.
The waters of the various rivers in the Canton delta are getting so shallow that navigation is becom- ing increasingly difficult. This is especially true of the East River where the depth of water is now about one and a hall feet except in the channels: The river junks plying between Cantor and Shex-
NATIONAL CHRIS-
TIAN CONFER- ENCE.
CLOSING SESSIONS AT SHANGHAI.
15
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25th, 1928.
"SHOOTING THE MOON." ROUND THE POLICE
BUSINESS " TRANSFERRED " AT NIGHT,
BUT THE SAME OLD
SMILING FACE."
A well-known ruse to which Chi- QUALIFICATIONSFOR MISSIONnese businessmen sometimes resort when in debt was explained by Mr. WORK,
C. A. S. Russ yesterday morning at the Summary Court before Mr. Justice P. Jacks, when the Shing Hing firm sued the Tung Hing and Li Cheung firms for the recovery of $182.10 for work done nad mate- rials supplied.
SHANGHAI, October 18th. The sixth annual meeting of the National Christian Council closed this afternoon.
During the day a discussion of leadership, begun early in the confer- ence was continued. It stressed again
Mr. Russ appeared for the plain- tiff firm, and Mr. F. I. d'Almada
served.
COURTS.
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VICTIMISED.
OFFENDER TO BE CANED,
the
A Chinese youth was charged before Major C. Willson at Ceatrul Magistracy yesterday for stealing a fountain pen from the pocket of Mr. F. H. Jewell, a American citizen visiting the
Cology,
The complainant said that he was standing still looking at the
WORK DONE ON THE "SHINYO MARU.”
HOW JOBS ARE FARMED OUT.
"NO TIME TO FINISH."
When the case was resumed yes- terday before Mr. Justice P. Jacks at the Summary Court in" coqace- tion with the claim of 8263 by one sub-contractor against another sub- contractor for work done on the 1.3. Shinyo Maru on July 3rd, of this year, it was shown how jobs of this nature were farmed out by o24 party to another.
The plaintiff in this case Was Kwak Yee, who received the work
Opening his ense; Mr. Russ The defendant was standing beside Tok Kee. This would show that twe
that his fountain pen was missing.
him as the time and witness seized hold of him. However, as the pen
released his hold. The boy, made could not be found on the boye
job from the original contractor,
parties stood to make moner out of the same job done by a third person.
the need for more trained workers was for the first defendant. The sights in the Chinese district whew from Li. Ming, the defendant. The Junk and Ho Yuen have already to take part in the activities of second defendant had not been he heard a faint click and found latter ip his tura had received the Buspended service because of these the Church, and for more adequate A good deal of time corditions, and those plying betraining.
was given to the consideration of that the defendant owed his clients tween Canton and Wajchaw about to follow their example, missionary, leadership and the pre- the money now forming the subject Formerly when the water was sufparation for it. In view of the of the claim, and although they had ragions, the account was still out standing.
art
Mr. W. D. Owen appeared for the
ficiently high, it took only about Present sitantion it was recommend. pressed for payment on several oc for a side lane in such a suspicious plaintiff, and Mr. A. el Arculli was
nine hours to go from Cantou to Wachaw. It now takes from 18 to 4 hours to traverse the Same distance.. "The masters of these
Mr. Russ added that before giving the full facts of the case, he would
have to refer bis Honour to the
Fraudulent Transfer of Business Ordinance. From the point of view of this Ordinance, the case before his Honour was a very bad one and
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manner that witness "guessed" that he was the culprit after all, He detained the boy and handed him over to a policeman.
The prisoner was ordered to be detained for 48 hours and to re- crive a caring, his youth. Being
taken into account,
A-HEARTLESS BRUTE."
for the defendant, who filed a coun ter-claim of 8278 representing the cost of work done which the plain- tiff had not satisfactorily earried out.
ed that the incoming Executive Committee be asked to make a plan for a thorough re-study of the entire question of the training and qualifications of missionaries in junks point out that unless the China Special attention was made depths of these rivers are increased of language study, the general feel- either by dredging or through ing of the Council being that the
which the Ordinance heavy rain, they will be compelled national language should be studied
altogether, as well as local dialects. It was specially designed to prevent. to suspend service They added that the present mode suggested that the Council should said that the debt was originally of navigating these rivers is most take a prophetic lead in this, look incurred by the Tung Hing firm, and insatisfactory and passengers haveing forward to the time when the that, like many others before them, national spoken language will be they at once changed their business to get off and walk on shore at some points to make the craft universally necessary in China. In name in order to avoid pagment.
in this case, plaintiffs after hay this connection it was pointed out Fighter. This is the only way to.
that in this Council meeting thereing pressed continually for payment. cross the extremely shallow points.
has been much less interpretation were one day advised by a painter Some of the larger boats plying than usual from one dialect to an
that the Tung Hing rm between Canton and Walchow are other, practically all the delegates changed the name on their sign. violently shaking and strangling it tractor Tok Kee. Any work done
able to go only as far as Sheklungspeaking one language. Here the passengers have to get
funds available from
had
board in the middle of the night, Plaintiff's representative went to In presenting the financial report ascertain it this Were true and out and trasfer to a much smaller for 1987-29, the Treasurer, Mr. H. C.although he saw the name of Li boat in order to get to their dea: Tsain, called attention to the de-cheang written over the name, "the tination. The freight is also trans-crease in
same old smiling fares were all ferred at this point to the smaller abroad which necessitates a marked there," except the mar, who was crafts for Wachaw. The Canton.increase in the support to be secured responsible for the debt.
in China. Hong Kong steamers are also more or less affected by these low water levels. Very often time they have
.
Commenting on this, Mr. Russ aid that it was well-known that the debt-dudging ruse had been adopted on many ocessions and that circumvent it, the in order to
Chinese Arid Japanese Christians.
Mention was made in the report to leave as much as two hours on on Christianizing International Re- either side of scheduled time forations of a number of occasions Hong Kong in order to catch high where it has been possible for Ordinance vas created. It was
water.
The water level of the Chu Kiang and its tribularies is always
Fraudulent Transfer of Busincas Chinese and Japanese Christians to quite clear that the defendants had meet together to consider Sing been shooting the moon" in the Japanese relations; also of a letter middle of the night, and he would show that sent to the Executive Committee of produce evidence to low this time of the year one-
although the name on the signboard the National Christian Council in had been changed, the stock and count of the drought characteristic
Japan relative to the Tsinan in-fixtures in the shop remained the of the autumnal season. The only rident, ope result of which has been solution, our correspondent was the visit to this annual meeting of told by the skippers and masters Mr. Ehizawa. Secretary of the with whom he has discussed the Japan National Christian Council. mattor, is. extensive and intensive
Rural Work,
DEATH OF LORD GLEN.
ARTHUR.
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same,
"
What Happened At Night. Evidence was then given by Yeung Wai, managing partner of the plain tiff firm, who said in March, this year, he was requested by Wong' Cheung Lau, a partner of the Tung Hing firm, to do some work in the shop. The work was done and n bill of $182.10 was presented to Wong, who never disputed it. "Wit mess went to get payment on several occasions but had been put off from time to time,
Plaintiff's ease was that he agreed to scrape and re-paint two goal bunkers for $610, to paint the bull for $88, and to chip and scrape
two deck houses for $70. The total charges were 87038. Work was to be A Chinese was before Major C. completed on or about July 9th, and Willson for cruelty to a kitten. It this part of the contract bar beep wks stated by the police ofEver, fulfilled. Plaintiff had been paid who was An eye-witness of the in any sums, amounting to 303. offence, that the defendant was leaving the balance claimed.
literally trying to squeeze the kit. The defence, opened yesterday, ten to death. He was walking was to the effect that the work was brakly up and down the street handed down from the criginal con
by the neck. Eventually he drop ped the unhapply "little creature into the gutter where it lay more dend than alive. The defendant declared that he was not being cruel to the kitten and pointed to the animal which was "mewing" and moving about in Court. A fine of $5 was imposed
"YOUR DOG?"--"YES."--
"FOUR DOLLARS."
Major C. Willson dealt in quick time with several summonses relat, ing to unmuzzled dogs.
by the plaintiff was subject to the approval of the first party. The
mount now claimed by the plain tiff had been deducted by the original contractor because the work was not properly done and that some wires had been removed from
the bunkers through the negligence
of the plaintiff.
Ling the defendant, in evidence stated that he received) certain work to do on the Shinya Varu, and that he in his turu handed the job over to the plain- tiff. The work was as stated above. When it was finished, it was found that the tank tops and bilges had been left undone. He asked the plaintiff about this, who replied tha be did not have the time to A number of Chinese were called, complete the work. In this con- deducted the sum of $170 from the and the Japanese proprietor of the nection the original contractor Tokyo Hotel, all pleaded guilty to bill which defendant had sent him. the offence and were, each fined $1. The deck houses were painted satis
A Japanese women / was
then factorily, but certain wires insifle
eslied.
She could speak a little the houses had been hurnt through the negligence of the plaintiff Tok English, but not sufficient to under-Kee the criginal contractor and the stand the charge as expressed in Chief engineer of the ship com- plained about it and as a result. legal form.
the sum of $139.40 was again deducted.
However, the Magistrate 2000 overcame this language bar. Ad dressing the lady his Worship said: Your dog; no muzzle; all right ?" The Japanese lady bowed politely and whispered Yes,"
His Worship: Four dollars" The name of another Japanese woman was called, but the same Japanese lady appeared before the Magistrate. It was explained that she had authority to answer the summons on behalf of her com. patriot.
dredging. It would be far more In the Jerusalem Conference and profitable, he was further told, for at this annual meeting much en- the Canton Government to pay rhasis has been placed on the more attention to river dredging development of rural work. In this than to be always thinking of bow connection the Council voted to join with other national Christian or- to levy more taxes...
A painter whom witness employed ganizations and church bodies in once went to him on September 8th co-operating with the College of and told him that the Tung Hing firm's signboard had been changed Agriculture and Forestry of Nan the previous night at nine o'clock. king University to plan for the re-Witness at once paid a visit to the
His Worship (to the Japanese organization of the Summer In: premises and found that nailed over' stitute of the University which will the name of Tung Hing, was a piete lady): "Same thing. Dog. 2
of wood bearing the name Limuzzle. Yes!" more adequately meet the needs of Cheung. He, however, found the rural pastors, evangelists, teachers same people there. He asked for payment and was told that the and lay leaders, both
account would be settled in a few women. It also expressed the indays. Two days later witness went terest in the selection of 'n rural there again and found two or three new people in possession. He again asked for a settlement of the ac count and was then told that Li Cheung firm had nothing to do with
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Japanese lady: "Yes," His Wership: "Four dollars."
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A Chinese woman was before
Major C. Willson for attempting
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Mr. Arculli: The plaintif dlleges that it was not part of the contract to do the tank tops and bilger -- That is not so; it was most im-
ortant that they should do it.
Continuing witness said that he' the plaintiff remonstrated with about the work being so badly done and that some of it had been un- completed. Plaintiff's only excuse
was that he did not have sufficient time to do it.
The case was again' adjourned until Friday afternoon.
give a satisfactory account of him- self. He was taken to the Police Station where he admitted having stolen the clothes from the first floor. Twelve other pieces clothing were found discarded on the stairway.
BANISHEE FROM MACAO.
of
smuggle a $1 note to a prisoner in gaol. The woman pleaded that she thought the money was neces- Answering a charge of returning
was if the prisoner
to from banishment, two Chinese told have some degree of comfort. She Mr. W. Schofield that they had had come from up country where been deported from Matso for cer- needed were allowed to prisopers. money and such articles as they tain offences. They arrived from Macao by the 8.3. Wing On on Mr. J. W. Franks, Superinten- Tuesday night and were arrested deat of Caols, informed the Magis in Koskon yesterday morning. trate that the $1 note was care-
The police informed his Worship fully concealed in the cap of a that the defendants had not told thermos flash. Remarking that them this when they were taken to
The death occurred on" Septem-hurch in which a correlated pro- ber rd of Lord' Glenarthur, the gramme will be carried out as an head of Arthur & Co. (Export), experiment, using local leadership Limited, the well-known firm of assisted by experienced workers. Nanking. The place selected is neaṛ
For the defence, Mr. d'Almada manufacturers and wholesale ware-
anid that Mr. Rass had not proved Anti-Opium Dimpalgi. housemen of Glasgow, London and
In connection with the report of purchased the goodwill of the Tung that the new firm, Li Cheung, had Leeds. The firm was established nearly a century ago and carries the Anti-Narestic Committee the Hing firm. He contended that the Council placed on record its np. Li Cheung had bought up the stock on a world-wide trade. It has had proval of the Government's an although no legal transfer was made It was also obvious that the plain- a. branch in Hong Kong for the nounced policy of total suppression tift did not look to the La Cheung past fifty years which was formerly of the planting and trade in opium firm for payment, because when he that put a different complexion on the Police Station in reply to and assurance to the Government went there the first time after the the innocence plea, his Worship which the defendants thought that
name had changed, he was told by made in a few days. He agreed to wait and that could be taken that plaintiff was willing. It was only on September 11th when he went to the new firm again and was told. that the old firm was responsible for payment. Plaintiff was advised to approach the Tung Hing firm but he did not do sỘ......
in charge of the late Mr. Alex.
Mr. H. J. Lamb.
Mackenzie and is now directed by of the whole hearted support of the the old firm that payment would be Christian organization" co-operating Lord Olenarthur died in Ayrshire in the Council. It also assures the at the home of his son the Hon National Anti-Opium Association of Cecil Arthur, who succeeds to the the continued support of the Chris tian constituency in the fight against title. He was for a number of
Chairman of the Royal opium and Darcotic drugs.
years
Western Indrmary, Glasgow, and was Chairman of the Glasgow and
Kellogg Peace Fact,
The Council recorded by resolu- South Western Railway until the tion its approval of the Kellogg time of the amalgamation of the Peace Pact and the meeting closed various railway companies into with devotional service led by Dr. groups. He was also for some time head of the Glasgow Con- Cheng. General Secretary of
I'the National Christian Council. servative Association.
$1 note confiscated.
imposed a fine of $25 and had the it was useless as they knew that they would go to gaol in any case. The Magistrate ordered them to be remanded for 48 hours for en- quiries to be made,.
AT KOWLOON.
A Chinese was found guilty of
STOLE A BABY'S, BANGLE. two larceny and sentenced to months' imprisonment by Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magis A Chinese was found guilty by The defendant Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon After further legal, arguments, his tracy yesterday. Lordship held that the Ordinance was arrested by a Chinese detec Magistracy of snatching a rattan to him that the Li Cheung was ton Street, Taumati, He saw the Po and was ordered to receive 15 did apply to the case. It was clear tire who was on duty in Hamil-bangle from a baby at Shum Shui currying out the business of the defendant, who was wearing a long strokes of the birch and six months' Tung Bing Grm and therefore they cost, emerge from the stairway of hard inbour. It way stated that must have the goodwill Judgment No. 20. The detective questioned the defendant threw the bangle was given for the plaintiff firm with him and the defendant failed to away just before he was caught by
(Continued on 'next: Oolumn), a Shantung policeman.
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