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GENERAL POST!
CANTON'S TREASURY
"REORGANISED."
MARSHAL LI'S SUBORDINATES TO TAKE HOLIDAYS,"
(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]
CANTON, April 91. Mr. Fan K Mo, the new Com missioner of Finance for Kwang
tang, will formally take over his office to-morrow (Monday). He is a keen supporter of General Chen Ming Shu. The former commis- sioner, Mr. Fung Chuk Man, an adherent of Marshal Li Tsai Hsin has left Canton for Hong Kong and
will take a rest."
BANDITS IN KWANG-
TUNG.
SHIUKWAN UNDER MILI- TARY PROTECTION.
KWANGSI TROOPS LEAVE HUNAN.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1929.
SUMMONS AGAINST
MR. DONALDSON..
THE CASE DISMISSED.
DEFENDANT'S REFUSAL TO SETTLE OUT OF COURT.
The summons against Mr. W. A. [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] Donaldson for an assault on an office boy was dismissed by Major C. Willson at the Central Magis tracy on Saturday.
Da the application of Mr. Donald son, Mr. Wai Po Cheung was recall
into the witness box. Defendant: You remember this unfortunate affair took place en a. Saturday afternoon ¡—Yes....
ANNUAL HEALTH
WEEK.
CHINESE Y.M.C.A.
CAMPAIGN.
MO.H. ON HYGIENE AND THE PUBLIC,
BLAZE ON MOUNT CAMERON.
SPECTACULAR GRASS FIRE.
CROWDS ATTRACTED BY THE SIGHT.
An extensive blaze occurred yes-
The opening of the Annual Health perday on Mount Cameron, when a Campaign, under the joint auspices | large tract of grama, and young, grow. of the Hong Kong Chinese Medicating trees caught fire. There was a Association, the Chinese Y.M.C.A. considerable quantity of smoke over and the Chinese Y.W.C.A., took hanging the summit of the hill place on Saturday, when a public which, illuminated at times, b
aceting was held in the YMCA. Blames, gave the appearance at a hall, Bridges Street. Dr. Chau Wai distance of a volcano in cruption. Cheung, President of the Medical Crowds gathered in the streets Association, presided and addresses in Hong Kong and Kowloon to On Monday" you came to me and were given by Hon. Dr. A. R. Well watch the spectacle and mary hun. asked what it was all about 1-ington, Director of the Medical and dreds of sightseers hurried on cars Sanitary Services, and Mr. Wong | and motor cycles to get as near ai Kwong Ting, member, of the Sani- possible. to the scene of the out
break. tary Board
CANTON, April 21. Serious trouble from a strong band of bandit-communists is re- ported from the Northern border of Kwangtung. They are under com-ed mand of the notorious, Chu Tak and Mo Chak Tung, and are said to have captured Mui Kwan Pass, and be threatening. Nau An, which is not far from Shinkwan. The 1st deflation and 2nd Regiments of the 1st Kwangtung Division under General Chen Tsai Tony have been sent to Shinkwan to protect the city, the outskirts of which are being patrol-
Mr. Fung has done exceedingly well, the big currency policy, which restored the depre. clated Central Bank of China potes to par, having been carried out
under his direction.
Mr. Fung resigned as soon as he
heard of Marshal Li's detention,
led day and night by armed soldiers, Meanwhile the 3rd Auxiliary Re- but was asked to stay on tempor-giment of the same division under arily. Now that he is gone practie lly all the important financial posts in Kwangtung will also charge
hands..
the command of Capt. Chen Kuj has been despatched against the bandits with orders to recapture
Mai Kwar. Pass and drive such öf the bandits as they fail to destroy back to their mountain retreats. It is intended to have this regi ment stationed in future in Nan
Bung in order to keep a check on any future rising.
THE KWANGSI ARMY IN RETREAT.
Mr. Fan Ki Mo has been pro moted from the post of Head of the Salt Gabelle Administration of the Liang Kwang provinces, having a few weeks ago succeeded Mr. Li Man Yan, another official of the Li Tsai Hain regime. This post has now been filled by the appointment of Mr. Chen Wai Chow, Mr. Fan The latest reports from
the had before then been Superinten- northern border of Kwangtung state dent of the Canton Customs, and that the last remnants
of the Kwangsi troops in Southern Hunan, that office goes to Mr. Yown Kunder Colonel Lui Woon Im, have been ordered to leave at once for their own province. These troops
Tsing.
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have been stationed at Chenchow
and Yungchow and would have ad- vanced to Wuhan if the Kwangs clique hul not, been defeated. It is stated that the troops are march ing home in fairly good order. Some attempts were made to resist the command but on the whole the discipline is good. There are prac tically no Kwangsi troops now left in Southern Euään.
did."
I said I did not wish to discuss the matter with you --Words to the effect.
And after that you said "Well, he is going to sue you"-No. 1 said that during tiffin, members of the Chinese staff had approached me and asked me to subscribe to. wards paying for the boy's legal expenses and towards getting a solicitor.
But it is you who are paying the solicitor's expenses, not the staff The matter has not been decided yet.
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to me 1-1 said so and I am willing to do so,
You know a lot about it from the boy's point of view-The impres- sion that I had was that everything had been fixed up."
So that on the following Monday you pretended to me that you knew nothing about it when you asked me about the affair -I deny that pretended.
Mr. Donaldson's Casa, Mr. Donaldson then addressed bis
Worship said: "In the first place I think I am right in saying that this regrettable affair would never have been brought to your notice had it been left entirely to the com plainant. He returned to his job about an hour after the affair and everything since then had gone along very well.
The Canton Government has re ceived a telegram from Mr. Koo Ying Fun, a member of the Nation al Government, stating that he is returning to Canton next, week with his wife and a number of colleagues, to repair his father'a grave. But in addition to performing this pious exercise he will probably be appoint ed Commissioner of Civil Afairs. The present boiler, Mr. Hsu Chung Taing, is retiring. Mr. Chen Yung, former Chief Judge of the Pro- vincial Supreme Court, is alsoSUE ON--CHANG LING WONG, under great provocation.
returning to Canton and will prob ably be appointed to his old post. In a very short while a clean sweep will have been made of Marshal Li "Tsai Hain's administration.
CATHEDRAL WEDDING.
During the campain interest in health questions will be stimulated by lectures, medical examinations, and an exhibition. Lectures will be given on the following subjecta: Slorals and Hygiene, Air and Hygiene, Mosquito and Fly and Hygiene, Food and Hygiene, Care of the Eye and Hygiene, The Pro- vention of Infectious Diseases.
The walls of the hall and lounge at the Chinese YMCA are hung with numerous medical charts and whole toora is occupied by the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Co. with exhibits on the cares and feeding of infants.
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The Fire Brigade and the Afforestation Department were an able to extinguish the fire at first, although they did all in their power to prevent it from spreading. The glare of the blaze was visible for
some miles.
A high wind fanned the flames. making the work of extinguishing the blaze more arduous, "Central Fire Station received a notification at 8.20 p.m. when two appliances were immediately dis- patched, with another from the Wanchai substation.
WILA
Patient and Doctor.
Superintendent Brooks and Hon. The Hon. Dr. A. R. Wellington, Chief Oficer of the Fire Brigade} Mr. T. H. King (Acting C.S.P. and addressing Saturday's meeting also went to the scene. said: Ordinary persons do not live
Fortunately, no property And in dangerous surroundinge
When damaged, and the blaze had burned court disaster by choice. they do so it is either because they itself practically out at about 10 caroot help themselves or because P2, they do not understand the danger. Every one aims at bettering his position and to get the best pos- sible out of life. The desire for money and position is based on the comfort of mind and body wealth is supposed to give. Too often it 19 forgotten that without health there can be no comfort either of mind or body.
It is believed the outbreak was due to a dropped cigarette end or match, as the sun was setting when the fire started.
Firemen prevented it spreading by cutting down trees and bushes on the lee side of the fire.
The fire is thought tc have originated on the other side of the Island near Aberdeen Road. At about 11 am, dense black smoke was noticed, and about 1 pm, the fre bail worked its way up towards By 3 p.m. the Mount Cameron.
Every medical man knows that are living "It seems to me that the whole the causes of disease matter has been very much ex-
geams or seeds, which grow and eggerated. I have had several optiply when placed in suitable
so but which will die under un-hillside was ablaze. portunities of effecting settlement
favourable conditions. The best The fire reached within 100 yards and certainly would have done so had I been the aggressor.".
of Mr. H. A. Taylor's home The time the Mr. Donaldson went on to say
Shelling." and at one that he handled the complainant in
garage was in danger of being burnt. The residence, however, was. self-defence and that he did go
always safe as the fire did not move in that direction.
Reply for Prosecution.
seil for disease is the human body. Outside the body they are living at a disadvantage and they he is wait for an opportunity to enter.
The man in whom disease is deve. loping or bas developed in is like a man with a gun or poison, though Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, for neither he nor his neighbours know the prosecution, pointed out the it. improbability of a Chinese, of the mentality of complainant, fighting European with his fists only. I the complainant had been the ag gressor, he would certainly have armed himself with a knife or some other implement, before he attack
in St. John's Cathedral on Satur
A pretty wedding was celebrated day. The bride was Miss Edith Sue On, of No. 1, Beautiful Terrace, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sue On, of Brisbane, Aus tralia. A GENERAL TO GO?
She was born in Brisbane and came to the Colony two years There is a rumcur in Canton that ago. The bridegroom, Mr. James General Hau King Tong, Com Chang Ling Wong, of Bonham Donaldson He asked his mander of the Second Kwangtung Road, was eduensed at Taung Hua Worship to find that the complain- Division, has been dismizsed by College, Peping, and later at the ant had proved the case and sug order of Marshal Chiang Kai Shot Massachusetts Institute of Tech gested that the defendant or, if and replaced by Tang Yin Wah, one nology, Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A..necessary, both parties, should be of his subordinates. The reason for where he took a course in Nava bound over. his dismissal, it is said, is that he Architecture and Marine Engineer. has failed to make clear his atti-ing. He graduated in 1994 with a tudes towards the Canton regime and to Nauking. The General is at present in Hong Kong confering with General Chen Ming Shu,
THE GALE.
The gale which swept Canton on Friday proved ever more destruc. tive than was at first feared. Be sides an unknown number of small sampans, three large junks were capsized and over 150 dead bodies have already been recovered and brought back to Canten for identi- Scation and burial.
A search of the river is still going on as it is thought there were many more victims,
GRAND OPERA.
WEDNESDAY AT STAR.
degree of B.Sc. He has since been connected with shipping firms in U.S.A. Belfast, and England. He was appointed by Alfred Holt & Co., of Liverpool, s Assistant Superintendent of the Blue Fuined Line in Hong Kong, of which Megars. Butterfield & Swire are the local agents.
The Dean of St. John's Cathedral, Dean A. Swann, MA., D.S.C., officiated and the Rev. N. V. llalward. M.A., M.C., was best man."
Summons Dismissed.
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To prevent him hurting any one precautions must be taken both by him and by the neighbours.
Every man is a fort and every discase germ is an enemy, aiming at the destruction of that fort. To be healthy you must prevent the germs from fading place inside you, or if they have found place you must aasst your body to destroy them..
In the vast majority of cases the core of disease lies in the body itself. All the doctor does is to
aasist nature to effect a cure. In one way he is the general who His Worship: Mr. Donaldson, in directs the campaign but the fight his remarks addressed to me, laiding forces are the cells of which the stress on the fact that he had had body is composed. many opportunities of effecting a settlement, but preferred to bring the matter to Court. That fact has been present in my mind, through out this case and I think it is very significant.
As regards the defendant, his own witness, Mr. Wai, said that he was very irritating. In this case, as Mr. d'Almada had foreshadowed in the opening, there was only one man's word against the other, and, owing to the conflicting nature of the evi- dence I do not think I can do otherwise than to dismiss the sum
REMOVAL OF CHINESE GRAVES.
NEW BURIAL GROUNDS "
. PLANNED.
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My object in saying all this is to show that the prevention and cure of disease is the concern of every one of us.
Each sick man should realize that, not only is his disease a danger to himself but it is a danger to others, and every healthy man should understand that the sick person is a reservoir of dis- case he is the man with the gun and should be prevented from doing harm to his neighbours..
At about 9.30 pm, a gang of men from the Botanical and Fores try Department, under the super- vision of "Mr. J: Carr, attacked the summit of Mount Cameron. They cut down smal bushes and beat the fre out. Balf an hour of hard Aren to a work reduced the smouldering heap, and by 11 p., the blaze was totally extinguished.
A number of grass fres occurred in various parts of the Island yes. terday. There was a particularly bad outbreak at Deep Water Bay.
spitting spreads consumption. The danger being realised he now re- frains from spitting, partly to pre- vent himself from spreading dia- ease, partly in the hope that others will follow his example. The floors of the trams, buses and trains are
how clean and great benefit has ensued.
I.have been working among Chi- nese for age twenty-four years and I think I know something about them. I have always found them most intelligent and always ready to cooperate for the good of the whole. I feel sure it is only necessary for them to understand The germs which escape from the the situation regarding disease and body do so mainly by the excre- the means of combatting it, to get tions. Once outside they are at a their full co-operation in measures disadvantage and they lie in wait, for the protection of the public watching an opportunity to eater | health. another person.
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The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Walter Sue Dn, and attended by four of her sisters, the Misses Gertrude, Lian Sue On as bridesmaids, and moca."
Beatrice and
Miss Gwendolynne Sue On ̧ as flower girl, with her small brother, Master Derek Sue On, as Page boy. The bride looked very charming in her wedding gown of ivory satin embroidered with silver and pearls, and a long veil of silk lace. She carried a bouquet of lilies. The Hong Kong music-lovers will be bridesmaids were dressed in mig.
The whole object of the science The current Gazette states that rase pink and mauve glad to learn that Signor A Carps, nonette,
cricollie hinta it is the intention of H.E. the of hygiene is to render life more of the Carpi Italian Grand Opera taffetas with
Governor to make an order on the vigorous and death more remote, Company, has arrived in Hong match and carried bouquets of roses expiration of six months from April by promoting those factors which Kong and that he has arranged for and carnations.
19, 1929, directing the removal of raise the bodily tone and counter- the Company to open a short sear A reception, held after the cere- all graves in those portions of acting those which lower it, and son at the Star Theatre on Wednes.mony in Lane, Crawford's Restau
Sections A, B and C in Sai Ya by waging war against the germs day with "Il Trovatore."
rant, was attended by a very large-Shek Cemetery, which are shown in which are the cause of disease. No trouble or expense was spared amber of friends, and the usual blue on a plan deposited. in the
in the selection of the artists, Signor Carpi himself has person ally visited many cities in Italy in order to secure the best. The Company's repertoire includes some of the operas which, owing to the coatly settings required, are seldom taker on long tours. Among these may be mentioned "Madame Butterfy" "Faust," Mignon," *La Tosca," "La Boheme, Gar- men," "Cavalleria Rusticana "Rigoletto, The Company is ac companied by a fuil orchestra and ballet, making a total of over seventy artists and musicians.
and
Shanghal papers are loud in their praise of this Company, and Hoog Kong theatre-goers may expect
treat
Booking is now open at Moutrie's and Theatre.
tcasts were offered.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
BRIGADE.
VACCINATION RETURNS.
132,259
837
Week ending April 18:-
Brought forward From April 11-19 2
Grand total
********. 333,089
DONATIONS.
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The Hon. Treasurer begs to ne knowledge the following donations towards the Funds of the Brigade
Sir Robert Ho Tung
*****... $200 Mr. Kwok Hin Wang...
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I wish the Y.3.0.A. and the Darkness, dirt, moisture and Y.W.O.A. every success in their stagnant air are favourable to them endeavour to assist the people and and unfavourable to many light, I hope that their efforts may stimu cleanliness, dryness and fresh air late others to join in the good work. are detrimental to them and favour.
Tribute to Medical Profession, able to man.
Mr. Wong Kwong Tin said: As a member of the Sanitary Board, I cannot but be interested in any movement which has for its sim the betterment of the health of Hong Kong's residents, campaigns in the past have been most successful and have been in- strumental not only in cultivating sense of responsibility in matters pertaining to health and wanitation, but have also meant education and enlightenment to many.
Government Laws.
These
Office of the Sanitary Department The laws which are made by in this Colony. Such Order will Governments to promote the Public be made for the purpose of the Health are made with the object exsention of a public work namely of ultimately helping the indivi- I know of no body of men who the laying out of roads and build dual. But laws and regulations are has the spirit of self-sacrifice more ing sites
of little avail unless there be co-deeply instilled in them than the Similar orders have been made opération between the people and members of the medical profession in respect of Sections A, B and C the authorities. The people will and the members of the Young in Mount Caroline Cemetery, which respond heartily when they under Men's and Young Women's Chris- are shown in green colour on a stand but if they remain ignorant tian Associations, who have or deposited plan Section A and they will misconstrue the intentions ganized this campaign. The saying Plague Trenches in Kai Lung Wan | of the authorities and there will Health is Better than, Money East Cemetery, shown in green on follow apathy or opposition. Iwell known to every one. Books on the deposited filan; also Tũng Wah know of no better way of spread Hospital Cemetery at Kai Lunging the necessary knowledge than Wan, shown in orange colour on through such movements as Henith the subjects. It is practice of what deposited plan. Such Orders will be made for the purpose of the execu tion of a public work namely the proper laying out of such arena for the purpose of Guriel therein of Chinese dead.
Week.
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public health and sanitation can
give you no more than theory on
we know to be sanitary is what 'we Until a year or two ago spitting | need. So I say, go ahead with was common in England. Through what you are dolog. See that the health propaganda the working most ignorant practice cleanly man has come to understand that 'habita, had my wishes pre with you
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