THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1930.
KOWLOON LADY'S ROUND THE COURTS. THE SILVER SCREEN. THE APPOINTMENT POLITICAL MURDER
DEATH.
MRS. F. J. GELLION.
On Sunday morning, Mrs. F. J. Gellion passed away at her resi denco, 18 Humphreys Buildings,
Kowloon, at the age of 61.
Mrs. Gelion was an old resident of the Colony, arriving bere in 1904 with her former husband, Mr. W. G. Hobbs, who died in 1907.
A family bereavement occurred last month in the death of her son, Frank, in Shanghai. The deceased lady leaves a daughter, Miss Eileen Hobbs, and her eldest son, George, who is resident in the Solemon
İslands.
Funeral.
Deceased was buried in the Old Residents plot at the Protestant Cemetery, Happy Valley, yester- day, the Rev. W. Walton Rogers conducting the Service."
The bereaved daughter and Mr. T. Ramsay were, the chief mourners, and among the attendance were Messrs. H. Dixon, R. Pestonji, P. A. "Dixon, J. Ormiston, A. Forbes, A. C., Morgan, W. Wotherspoon, O. Atkinson, R. T. Taylor," G. White, and Rev. Father Bora.
FOUR AGED HAWKERS AT KOWLOON.
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It was
ANOTHER DRAMATIC
SUCCESS.
The fact has been already alearly. Two men and two women hawkers whose ages were 60, 78, 82 and 87 demonstrated that a highly success- respectively, stood before Mr. T. S. ful rendering of a dramatic pro- Whyte Smith at Kowloon Magia. tracy yesterday, on summonses for duction can be given on the “talkie" screen, and Masquerade" at the hawking without ceases. stated that the women were in Queen's Theatre affords still further charge of a gang of little children proof of the satisfactory results whom they sent out to sell vege attainable. The story of a million tables. The oldest hawker had been aire-burglar's adventures is an previously convicted for a similar amusing and mystifying one, and offence and the Magistrate imposed is not without thrills. It gives a fine of 86 or nine days' imprison-great
opportunities for Alan ment. The other three were caution- Birmingham to show his ability as ed and discharged.
an actor, and not a mere reciter of words. “Masquerade" is a first- class Fox talkic," and more than that it is scarcely necessary to say. A number of Chinese youths were before Mr. Whyte-Smith for riding Leila Hyams is sec to advantage tegeles "in a dangerous manner. as the heroine of the story, and Two, who were stated to have rid-Clyde Cook supplies just the right den round in circles in a busy amount of humour to make the play thoroughfare, were fined $10 euch,
as bright as it is ingenious. Two others were fined $5 each for riding without lights. In another case à cyclist was stated to have wobbled across the road and nearly knocked a women down. He was fined 83.
CYCLE MONKEYS. »
OF MR. HUGHES.
BIG BUSINESS AND VESTED INTERESTS...
(UNITED PREIS.]
IN SHANGHAI.
KUOMINTANG COMMITTEE
MAN'S FATE
Shanghai-Wong Lob Ping was murdered in Route Cardinal Mer- Washington, Feb. 14.-Following vier last night, says a copy to hand ita battle over the confirmation to
of a Shanghai paper, up to the the Supreme Court Chief Justice tints of his death he was known as a ship of Charles Evans Hughes, prominent member of the Kuómiz- which took place yesterday over the tag, and was, in fact, a council- opposition of 20 dissenters, the lor of the Central Executive Com- Senate turned to-day toward remittee. To-day, in the Chinese sumption of the long-contented press and in certain official circles,
he is described as a Leftist It was learned, however, that the As a result of his cold-blooded assassination various govonmental opponents of Mr. Hughes plan to carry the issue into the forthcom-cials now in Shanghai are feel-
ing uneasy. ing Congressional elections.
Tariff Bill,
The outrage was committed at 314, Route Cardinal Mercier, an official residence and office. Round about 11.30 p.m. four men, armed with pistols, entered the house, three others remaining outside
Four Victims,
They will base their arguments on the allegation that confirmation of Mr. Hughes meant a confimation by a majority of the Senate of the Hughes conservative viewpoint on
The fracas commenced with one public utilities and property rights.
of the trio on the roadway firing Western insurgents and liberals at a watchman. The four enter- The star picture is preceded by will accordingly contest the re-eleed the premises and met with no amusing comedy by Ourtion of those who ted for Mr. opposition until they attempted to Gang," and the usual interesting Hughes, declaring that a vote for against a servant, He was prompt mount the staircase, when they ran assortment of news pictures.
him was equivalent to a vote for ly shot down and is now dead. - vested interests and "big businesg."
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There are two changea of pro gramme at the Star Theatre, this week, and both of them good. To- day and to-morrow will be scen
In all these cases the cycles had Betty Bronson and Tom Moore in been hired.
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To Attack Opurt's Powers.
As an aftermath of the insurgent "The Song and Dance Man," while from Thursday to Saturday there Republicans' fight against confir- will be shown Glorious. Betay, "mation of Charles Evans. Hughes BOY SCOUT CONGRATULATED. with Delores Castello and Conrad
as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supre Nagel.
me Court, Senator Smith W. Brook- hart to-day announced that he in- tends to introduce a Bill which would deprive that Supreme Court of the right to overthrow acts of Congress.
Besides the floral tributes from the family, there were many tokens of sympathy from personal friends.
Floral tributes were sent br Bileca, George and Erlu," "Peggy and Derek," "Tom,"
Liley and Daisy," "Alex. and,
A Boy Scout of the 24th Troop Clara Clark and Anne," "Bob Hong Kong, was congratulated by and Jess," "Lionel and "Mimmie," Mr. Whyte-Smith for catching a Freda Dixon, Rev. and Mrs. W. thief. The latter atole some cloth Walton Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Laming from
Д house in Reclamation bert, Mrs. Ramsey and family, Mr. Street and ran away. The Scout and Mra Ormiston, Bella, Betty told the Magistrate that he had, "and Aadre Pestonji, Mr. and Mrs. been instructed by his Scout master D. A Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. E. always to help in emergencies, and, J. Ainslie, Mr. and Mrs. R. Peston- seeing the thief running away, be ji, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gibson and gave chase and caught him Louise, Mrs. W. Harris. Gill and Magistrate remarked that he was Miss Gill, Ada and Mickey Wil. ¦ very glad that he was carrying out liams, Mrs. B. Oxberry, Mr. and his Scout Masters' orders so well, Mrs. G. F. Taylor, Mrs. Louise and that he had done very useful White and Mr. and Mrs. G. White, work in catching a thief. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. “Kentes, Miss Hammerton; Mr. and Misses Heron, Mra Capell and family, Capt. and Mrs. W. Lee, Mrs. N. S. Moses and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sanderson Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Robin-
The
The thief was sentenced to 3 month's imprisonment.
PICK-POCKETS GAOLED:
"Three Chinese were charged with zon, Mrs. E. O. Murphy and family, pick-pocketing. The complainant
Mrs. Hopwar and Miss Hopwar, Mrs. R. Carroll and Tootsie.
countryman-said that he had just
At the Majestic Theatre, Kow. loon, to-day and Wednesday The Passionate Quest" will be seen, based on E. Phillips Oppenheim's unconventional story about unesa- ventional people.
$465,000. CASE IN SHANGHAI
LITIGATION IMPENDING OVER HUGE BANK DEPOSITS.
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Shanghai: After hearing which lasted until 4 p.m. Judge Milton D: Purdy in U.S. Court for China denied the motion presented by the National. City Bank of New York, the Beckman, Linden Engi neering Corp, and Mr. E. W.. Beardsley for dismissal of the claim for return of 8105,182.75 made by the Harbin Joint Stock Electric Light Company,
The sum claimed was in 1923 de- posited by the Company with the Harbin branch of the National City Bank in the form of joint ac
Mesars. Henry F. Bunje, P. arrived at Kowloon by, train and] tion of a tramway in Harbin, and..
Dizon, C. A. and I. L. Goldenberg, B. R. Roxburgh, C. H. Miles, F. Jason, W. Wotherspoon, A. C. Morgan, H. Dixon, C. R. Ham, Ho Bing Wan, the coolie amah, "Boy,"
Boy's wife, Ab Mui.
DISPUTE ABOUT BOILER PRESSURE.
CLAIM IN THE SUMMARY COURT.
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A Summary Court action which the pressure of boilers used in the manufacture of bean curd led to disagreement between the
parties was settled by the Puisne Judgo (Mr. Justice Wood) yester- day.
was on his way to the ferry when three men came up to him and onę snatched his wallet containing 830. He gave chase and caught the first defendant. The money, however, was not recovered as the defendant had passed the wallet on to another man who was not nerested. The complainant could not say for cër. tain if it was either of the other two defendants who had received the wallet.
On the first and third defendants pleading guilty the Magistrate dis charged the second man and sen- tenced the first man to four months' hard labour, and the third to three months' hard labour.
Another Chinesɑ was also charged with pick-pocketing on board the The Kwong Ah Company sued t.s. Canton. A police officer told the Wing Leong firm for the re- the Magistrate that the defendant was seen looking into the passeng- -covery of 8579.96 in respect of
boilera supplied to
the defendant sis pockets." He was searched and firm. The latter filed a counter-a wallet was found on him. The claim for 2484, alleged to have been man admitted that he had "picked!! of the passengers overpaid to the plaintiff, as the it from specification was for boilers able to pockets a few moments before.
The defendant who had a previous conviction against him for a similar offence on board a Japanese steam was sentenced to six months
counts to cover the cost of construc
withdrawals were allegedly, allow ed only when authorised by both the Company and Beckman Linden then an executive of the Corpora- Corp. Mr. E. W. Beardsley, was tion.
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The Bank took the stand that as both Beckman, Linden Corp., and Mr. Beardsley were at present out. side the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court for China it was not in a position to permit withdrawal by one party only.
This action is based on the feel- ing by liberals, that the increasing conservatism of the "Court, as manifest in the appointment of Mr. Hughes, may tend to frustrate the forward-looking actions of a possibly increasingly liberal. Con-
gress.
Candidate for Senatorship.
After searching through various rooids the four gunmen found Wong with a friend, Mr. Pan Te- chien, in a small reception room, peacefully talking. Both were shot dead.
Still holding their weapons ready out of the front door and rejoined for action, the assassins marched the three who had been kooping watch outside.
According to a report received this morning, Mr. Pan, the com- panion, was an adherent of the Left' Group.
There was a fourth victim of the had died down a wounded man was attack. After the pandemonium discovered some hundred yards from the house. It is believed that he was a pedestrian and had noth- ing to do with the affair.
THE "REDS" IN JAVA. SERIOUS MENACE
SUPPRESSED,
So far as can be seen the Dutch
Boston, Feb. 14.-Former Bena- tor William Butler, manager of the Coolidge Presidential campaign in 1024 and a leading New England manufacturer, to-day announced his candidacy for the Republican authorities have got the revolution. Senatorial nomination at the apary movement in Java well in hand, proaching primaries.
Mr. Butler received his previous heads who are now putting the says the Straits Times, and the hot- cat by virtue of action by Presid-principles of Communism into ent Coolidge to fill out a term which expired in 1928.
ECONOMIC STRESS IN"
SUMATRA
EAST COAST DEVELOPMENT
HELD UP.
practice in the jungles of New Guinen seem to have left few dis- ciples behind them. The situation was really alarming two or three years ago, however, and Mr. Hubert S. Banner, replying in British Malaya to same commenta on his last novel, recalls some of the sensational news that was fy. ing about Java at that time. An- swering his own question as to who ther he has exaggerated the Com munist menace, he says:
I was present at Kudus early on the morning following a massacre of Chinese, just such as I described happening at "Samberawa," and the affair was directly traceable to the visit of a white Communist agitator a week or so before.
It has been recently stated, writes Straits Time, correspondeat, that the East Coast of Sumatra, which is the main agriculture territory has suffered a large diminution in its labour supplies to the extent of at least of 50,000 people. It has Mr. H. D. Rodger appeared for
always been a problem to satisfy Again, when Hadji Hassan and the Harbin Joint Stock Electric
the demand of the planting com- his followers defied the Dutch Gov. ernment at Chimarémé and were Light Company, Mr. W. 8. Flem-panies for labourers, and it was ing for the National City Bank alleged that progress and expan-shot for their pain, a plot to mur der all the whites in Java came to of New York, and Mr. N. F. Allion in the jungle would have been
the Beckman Linden
completed much more satisfactorily, light. man for
if this handicap did not exist. Corp.
Bloodthirsty Plabá,
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PLANS OF SINGAPORE SPEEDWAYS, LTD. WORK ON DIRT, TRACK BEGUN.
stand to pounds preasure, whereas many of those received were only able to stand 48 pounds pressure.
Mr. F. X. d'Alzada, jar, ap. peared for the plaintiff and Mr. F. hard labour. C. E. Rendall for the defendant.
Expert evidence was called by both parties. A witness for the defence stated that the thinner material used in the boilers" could
The managing partner of the Sing bo tempered to stand & pressure of 30 pounds. The fact that the boil Les firm, 117, Jervois Street, 1st ers were not able to stand this test floor and several others who are was due to bad workmanship. He estimated the difference in the charged with keeping a common prics of the two types of boilers at gaming house, were again before about $2, or 10 for each boiler Mr. A. W. G. E. Grantham at including profit to the maker. Central Magistracy yesterday, the A witness maled by the plaintiff case having been adjourned from stated that the materialalode Friday last. After hearing the evi- would cost about 810 and twelve dence during which some side persons would have to work for lights" were thrown on the game two days, in the construction of pai kou his Worship entered a con- such a boiler. Witness was also of viction and fined the first defendant. the opinion that the material used 810, while the others had to pay could not stand the higher pres- 82 each.
A66. THE SIDELIGHTS ON "PAI KOW."
sure
His Lordship gave judgment for plaintiff for 805.03, with costs, not including the day's proceedings.
The set of domino cards and 812.00, which were found on the table by the Police on the nightf the raid, were confiscated.
Yet again, in November, 1920, riots were proved to have been, an abortive rising, designed originally to wipe out the Europeans and the
The difficult times, with their low market prices for agricultural pro. ducts, are not without influence on the prosperity of the East Coast of Sumatra, especially on the expan-native princes, and written instruc- sion policy of the large companies. It may be that in better times big reserves were collected, and that no fear need be felt, even if these con- ditions lasted for years, but it is obvious, that in this connection casures must be taken to cope with the situation.
profits, has cancelled many con- tracts for coolie deliveries, while their planting-programme is also curtailed. These are symptoms which cannot be misunderstood.
tions were discovered for the hang- ing of all the highest officials of the Dutch Administration.
Java is a long way from Eng- land, and the magnitude of its happenings is not to be measured by the space accorded to them in. the English Press. The 1998, riots were dismissed here with n briet paragraph; yet the rebels had scir ed the Batavia Telegraph Office and been besieged in it, and the troops had been out for weeks
MOTHER BARS SONS:
£20,000 LEGACY WITH BANISHMENT WISH,
Singapore:-Work commenced on the preparation of the race track for Singapore Speedways Ltd. at Alkaff Gardens Estate on February 17, according to the Straits Times.
Expansion Ceases. The site is at the corner of Ser- Angoon Road and McPherson Road,
In fact, a beginning has been The company went to allotment made in the stopping of expansion, recently on a capital of $50,000, and it may be that this policy will which has been privately subscribed be adopted generally if there comes locally, the managing director is no change in conditions. Already Mr. A. J. Reynolds, who arrived the H. V. A. (Handelsvereeninging recently from Australia, where Amsterdam), one of the largest com he was prominent in dirt-track racpanies in the East, which has al ing circles. The other directors ways financed; its expansions from are Meners T. C. Humphreys, M. E. Frassets, F. Vernon, and Syed It is expected that the track should be completed by Easter, and will accommodate about 30,000 peo. It is true that emigration in ro- ple. The illumination will be by cent times to the East Coast of floodlights, and the racing will take Sumatra has been very satisfactory, place between 8.45 p.m. and 11.30 so that the deficit is not so large As one would imagine, but the fact Amongst those taking part in the that further emigration is hardly
This clause appeared in the will first meeting will be . Dadson, needed is undoubtedly E
of Mrs. Theodors Beatrice Bowes, holder of the miles world's re-quence of the serious economic died in last May, leaving estate a widow, of Plymton, Devon, who cord. Len Stewart, Australian situation. There are pessimista, grass track champion, and Ted who expect & repetition of the value £22,575. Yates, another Australian rider. Acrisis of 1922 when 10,000 coolies She left 800-in trust for hec number of local Chinese riders, who
maid, Annie, May Stevenson, and a will be trained by these men, will
further £500 absolutely. also competo, it is stated
sidue, about £20,000, was left in trust for her one, Harry Theodore. Bewes and Robert Cecil Bewes, with reminder to their isme.
p.mt.
The contract for the building of the stands has been given to the Nan Yang Building Company. All other arrangementa, including the preparation of the tracks, will be carried out under the supervision of Mr. A. J. Reynolds,
were sent back to Java,
conse-
At any rate the first consequences have already been felt, not only by the coolics, but also by the Euro- nean employees. Unemployment is increasing in this wountry, where previously plenty of work would al- ways be found, and if more dis misals follow, it may become a serious problem.
"It is my earnest wish that both y sons should make their homes abroad, and not return to thin country, and I do not desire either of them to be present at my funeral, or to interfere in any way with the distribution of my estate and effects."
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