CAMPAIGN AGAINST
BANDITS.
ACTIVITIES IN THE TWO
PROVINCES.
ADVANTAGE TAKEN OF RENEWED WARFARE.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,]
BATTLE FOR
PINGLOK.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1929.
"IRONSIDE" DETACHMENT
ENTRAPPED?.
TO DECIDE FATE OF
WUCHOW.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. }
CANTON. Nov, 13.
Some
THE WATER SUPPLY. ROUND THE COURTS. PUBLIC CAR DRIVER
RAIN REFRESHES THE
SPRINGS,'
SWEEPS AND. LOTTERIES,
HONG KONG..
The total, storage in the island reservoirs on the morning of Mon day, November 11, amounted to 1,635.60 million gallons showing a decrease of 43.98 million gallons during the past week; the amount collected from streams being 737 million gallons...
KOWLOON.
CARTON, November 13.
A battle is reported to be raging In spite of the seriousness of the military situation the Canton Gov in the vicinity of Pinglok on the ernment is once more launching a Kwei River between the "Iron-
The week's consumption amount big campaign against the bandits sides" wader Li Han Wan anded to 51.65 million gallons. aad pirates infesting the two Kwang Chen Tai Tong's troops. provinces.
three or four Canton bombing. The lawless plement has found a *planes have been daily reconnoiter- fresh opportunity in the militarying the positions of the invaders in tension, and their activities have Pingiok, and dropping bombs. The been felt particularly in the West outcome of the battle is unknown, and North River Districts. In Kam but the Ironsides" are still hold Chook Tan, Ma Ning and othering Pingiok which they captured places in the Sun Tak Districts they without much fighting several days have actually built matshed forta 480. in which
a permanent garrison The occupation of Pinglok, lives and exsets tolls and pro-strategic point on the Kwei Rive tection fees from passing junks. and about mid way between Kwei- A failure to comply with the de- lin and Wuchow, was "in accord- mands of these river highway men results in the sinking of the junk and the capture of its passengers for ransom
Some few vessels carry- ing an armed guard are able to pass these "forts" in safety. Dur ing the past fortnight" mary junks have been held up in this manner.
At present
ance with General Chen Trai Tong' plan," to lure the "Ironsides" on After they had been drawn into a rash advance the Government troops were to surround and annihilate them: The fighting now going ou near Pinglok is supposed to be part of the plan, but information is cases, where resistance vague and unreliable, was evidently expected by the sbou; 5,000 "Ironsides" are still bandits, the river was mined when holding the town, and if the Gor. the vessel was seen approaching
ernment troops fail; Wuchow will be in danger. A PLUCKY JUNKMÄSTER.
The master of a junk which re- gularly plies between Canton and Kung Yick in the Toishan District.
In some
20,000 "IRONSIDES."
According to the vernacular Prees
The total storage in the mainland reservoirs on the morning of Mon- day," November 11, incunted to 616.46 million gallons shewjpg an increase
of 82 million gallons during the past week,
Two Chinese printers who were charged before Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg of Central Magistracy yesterday for publishing the result of a po piu each fined $10. - lottery conducted in Maceo, wora
GAOLED.
POLICE OFFICER ALMOST KNOCKED DOWN.
MAN WITH A BAD RECORD.
A public car driver, who, oa His Worship, in inflicting the fine, account of a number of traffic confessed that he saw little differ-offences in the past, had his license. ence between the printing of such taken away from him by the Police results in newspapers. The Police Mfr. A. W. O. H. Grantham yester results and the printing of sweep Department, was charged before officer prosecuting, admitted that day on four counts of (1) driving there was only a very narrow without a license; (a) dangerous margin and His Worship then ob-driving; (3) disobeying Police served that he could not take asigual and (4) driving a car without very serious view of the offence..
the owner's permission.
ARMED ROBBERY RECALLED.
The recent armed robbery at No. 60, Jardine Bazaar, was recalled when three Chinese appeared at Central Magistracy yesterday charg The week's consumption amounted with participation in the offence. ed to 25.87 million gallons, not in At the request of the Police, a cluding 1.59 million gallons supplied week's remand was granted.
to water boats at Lai Chi Kok.
The yield from the Shing Mun River and streams during the week is 99.59 million gallons.
KOWLOON LADIES'
QUARREL.
SUMMONSES WITHDRAWN,
FOR PURELY FAMILY
REASONS."
The assault summonsca in which Elizabeth Mendonca, of, 10, Sha Po Kond, Kowloon City, was complain ant and Edwarda Kinolo and Bella Kinolo, of 18, Pilkem Street, and
Street,
It will be recalled that property to the value of nearly $900 was stolen and at the time it was stated that four men participated in the affair.
PICKPOCKET PINCHED."
Two Chinese who were apparent ly working together met with bad fortune when they atole a fountain pen from the pocket of Mr. F. Justus on Monday:
Mr. Justus, while walking in Pedder Street, felt someone jostle him and he turned round. While his attention was thus drawn" on one
Giving evidence, Sergeant W.' McLeod said that in the early morn ing of Thursday he was on duty at Osins Road when he observed the approach of a car with a number of passengers, talking noisily to- gether.
The witness put up his hand as a signal for the car to stop." In
who was the defendant, sounded stead of complying, the chauffeur,
his horn and then accelerated, making it necessary for witness to jump out of the way to avoid being knocked down.
Defendant explained that he was asleep in the car, when it was start- ed by the car-cleaner. At the top of Garden Road witness woke up and the cleaner asked him to drive, | because the engine was giving i trouble. Witness restarted the car and drove. He said that he was travelling at only 14 to 15 miles per hour. Defendant admitted the other charges.
The Magistrate convicted defen. side another man brushed into himdant on all four charges and passed on the other side and managed, to centences totalling six months' hard
had an interesting story to tell, the main body of the "Ironsides Carlotta Young, of 21, Pilkem extract his fountain pen. The thier labour.
when he arrived here, of a very narrow escape. It appears that here advancing towards the North rectived at the last port of call River districts by forced marches.
blackmailing letter demanding "protection fees," but he took no notice of the threat. The river was accordingly mined but luckily the bomb did not explode until the vessel had just passed over it, and
They are estimated at some 20,000. The Kwangtung forces are also being rushed from Wuchow to meet them. The "Ironsides are said to have found the Kwangsi troops stronger than they expected and in'
were defendants,
were
brought before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at Kowloon Magistracy for bearing.
Mr. J. M. Remedios prosecuted, while Mr. F. C. E. Rendall defend
ed.
Addressing His Worship, Mr.
made good his escape, but left his accomplice in the hands of Mr. Jastos, who handed him over to the
Police.
The man was known to the author. ities, having served a term of im prisonment previously for larceny, He was given nine months' hard- Inbour.
did a negligible amount of damage any case they count on only having Remedios said that the complain- KOWLOON DAIRY SUMMONED.
to the stern. Immediately gan fire broke out on both banka but, once more the junk was lucky and man- aged to run the gauntlet with no damage.
TRAIN OUTRAGE PREVENTED.
From the North River comes a
story of how a band of outlaws tried to hold up a train on the Canton-Hankow Railway near Black
Stone Station last Sunday night. The cutlaws, who are reported to
to fight the Kwangtung Army when they leave Kwangsi.
GUNBOAT, CREW. AND MONEY VANISH.
CANTON NAVAL MYSTERY.
A report is current that a gun. boat was recently sent from Canton to Wuchow with a very large súm, in silver, for military expenses. The expected acknowledgment from
Wuchow did not arrive and in-
ant's mother had seen him and hand asked him to withdraw the sum monses against the defendants."
His Worship: All three aum- monies i
Mr. Remedies: Yes, Your Wor- ship.
Mr. Remedios went on to say that it was not for the want of ovidence with which to carry on the case but purely for family reasons.
Asked if he had anything to say, Mr. Rendall replied that he had not, except that he had a complete an swer to the summonses, and that
Mr. Geo. E Ahwee, of the Kow- loon Dairy was summoned before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at Kow Icon Magistracy yesterday by the Public Works Department for erect ing workmen's quarters and intrine on the now Kowloon Dairy site at Customs Pass without a permit.
Defendant's record showed that among bis convictions was one for dangerous driving when he took car out of a stand at Chater Road
and ran into a shop.
ROBBERS RECEIVE A SET BACK.
CATTLE DEALER PUTS UP A FIGHT.
City put up so stout a resistence A cattle-dealer, living in Kowloon against four robbers who entered his flat that they changed their minda" and took to their heels. On Tuesday Tarsing, according to the report given to the police, four men Mr. J T. Prior appeared for the in Metaukok Road king for "Ah knocked at the complainant's house defendant and pleaded not guilty.
Lui" The door was opened sad Mr. J. H. Bottomly, engineer of they rushed in shouting "search" the P.W.D., said that Mr. M. A. Xavier, architect to Mr. Ahwee, had the greatest determination and the But the cattle dealer resisted with! summitted a plan which was dis-robbers fled with the defender and approved, but the buildings were his foki in hot pursuit. The gang ezected.
These plans had since were met by Inspector Phillips who been approved and the buildings succeeded in arresting one of them. P.W.D. All that was being asked for was a conviction.
have been some 60 strong, blew up quiries revealed that, the warship only one of his clients was in any erected to the satisfaction of the
about 40 feet of the permanent way in the hope, of getting a rich harvest from the train. Unluckily for their schemes the train in question had passed half an hour before! It is suggested that a further motive for the outrage may have been an at- tempt on the life of General Chen Ming Shu who, was among the Sas- sengers on the train which ap hap- pily escaped.
had never arrived. Up to the pre- sent no trace has been found either of the gunboat or of any member of her crew from the Captain to the cabin boy.
PORTUGUESE LADY'S DEATH.
MISS INEZ M. SAVARD
REMEDIOS.
way implicated in the summonses.
His Worship remarked that he was glad to hear that the sum- monies had been withdrawn because Mr. Rendall's clients were hardly the type of ladies one Ends figuring in such proceedings.
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Mr." Remedios: . Nevertheless, Your Worship, the defendants are pretty well known to this Court.
His Worship: None of the ladies are known to me?
Mr. Remedios Then your pre- decessor.
Mr. Rendall remarked that the
summonses, were withdrawn and it was not befitting for Mr. Remedios to make such remarks,
The Magistrato dismissed the
summonses.
J
The permanent way was quickly repaired the following day and the service is now normal, except for
There was a large attendance of the fact that passengers are few members of the Portuguese com- and far between. Railway travel-munity at the funeral pesterday at ling has ceased to be a pleasurable the Roman Catholic Cemetery of "experience on the Canton-Hankow Miss Inez Maria Savard Remedios, Railway!
youngest daughter of Mr. Carlos General Tan Tao Yuen has been Savard Remedios, late of the China sent against the bandits in the Sugar Rofaing Company. Mias North River District, and his troops Remedios, who was 18 year-old, are scouring the mountains hear passed away at the French Convent ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, Yingtak where they are said to have morning.
Hospital at delock the same their headquarters.
The chief mourners were the par- Vigorous measures are also beingents of the deceased and Mr. Viera Ribeiro (uncle), and the service wIE takon against pirates on the West conducted by the Very Rev. Father Hiver and San Shan How, a parti-G. M. Spada, assisted by Rev. cularly notorious district and the Father Rosti. headquarters of 's notorious gang,
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Mr. Xavier, is evidence, said that the defendant was seen with the dog alter the plans,had been disapprovat Shum Chan Station and was ed he gave an order to his assist-warned that he was not allowed to ant to notify Mr. Ahwee, but the take the dog on the train. intter did not personally speak to guard found the dog in the lavatory Mr. Ahwee. Witness waited for of the third class coach at Shatin Mr. "Abwes to come in and see him, Station and subsequently found the and on not receiving a visit he forgot all about the matter.
His Worship observed that it was a mistake on the part of the architect and registered a caution.
MUI TSAI EMPLOYMENT.
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owner.
A fine of 815 was imposed.
A BANISHEE'S QUEER .
-EXCUSE,
A returned banishee pleaded that he had no friends in Canton and
Bemarking that his excuse had nothing to do with the matter, the Magistrate sentenced him to eight
imprisonment and months strokes of the birch.
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For taking into her employment that he knew nobody out of the a mui tai, twelve years of age, a Colony, having came to Hong Kong Chinese woman living in Bulkeley from Singapore as a small boy. Street, Hunghom, was convicted by banished last Friday for ten years The defendant, who had been Mr. Whyte Smith and fined $25. The woman claimed that the girl was arrested in Hong Kong five daya was given to her as "an adopted Inter. daughter.
Mr. H. R. Butters prosecuted" and said that the girl was sold by her woman in Hong Kong and later re-sold to the defendant for $100. A complaint of ill- treatment was made to the Police and Sergeant Post, who went to the defendant's house, was handed & document relating to the original sale... The allegations of ill-treat- - Charged with robbery in brond ment could not be substantiated. daylight at 314, Shanghai Street, af Evidence was heard and His Wor-114.m. on Tuesday, and stealing ship registered a conviction and blankets and silk to the value of the fact that the girl in her evidence are months' hard labour by Mr. said that he took into consideration 8150, a Chinese was sentenced to
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desired to return to her.
possession and when questioned ad- boys, boarders or day boys, should
mitted that, he had stolen the Last week's return of notifiable send in their names
articles. He took the police to the disease showed 5 fresh cases of posible and arrangements will be
house where he stole them. The force of marines at Bias Bay smallpox and 7 deaths. There were made to bring them to Stanley on is also to be increased and Admiral 4 cacs of typhoid and 5 of diph November 30, for an entrance ex- theria, with 3, fatalities All canes Chen Chak has sent three more com- were Chinese except 1 British amination at 9.30 an panies to that notorious haunt. He typhoid case, and 1 Eurasian diph- has stated that he is determined to theria case
Either the Warden or Mr. Ia Tsoi prevent the Bay being the scene of Fatalities from non-notifiable dis- Tung, Bank of China building, will any more piracy outrages against ense were: Tuberculosis 44, malaria bo, pleased to supply prospectus cither Chinese or foreign vesacia. 22, influenza 2. All were Chinese. and entry forms."
The new school year at St. Stephen's College, Stanley, begins on Tuesday, December 3
The
is being carefully combed. A com- HEALTH OF THE COLONY hotel will be occupied before that pany of regular troops and the gun- boat Ying Jeb left Canton yesterday for that place.
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AFTER HOURS:
A Chinese living in Moon Street was before Mr. Whyte Smith on 'a charge of importing a dog into the Two Japanese, the licensees of Colony by train without a permit. eating houses in Peking and Canton The defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. Roads were fined 825 each by Mr. Railway, told the Magistrate that their premises, during prohibited E Winyard, of the Kowloon-Canton Whyte Smith for serving beer on
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