HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1930.
CORRESPONDENCE. MOTOR-CAR-MOTOR- KWANGSI CAMPAIGN NA.A.FI'S CLERK CHARGED EASTERN NEWS IN
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BRIGHTER HONG KONG.
| CYCLE COLLISION.
GARAGE PROPRIETOR SERIOUSLY INJURED.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG Lin, collided with a motor-cycle,
DAILY PRESS."]
S13,-Perhaps our gloomy friends who are out to make Hong Kong eren duller than it is will be de lighted to hear that the Hong Kong and Shanghai.. Hotels are assisting them in every way possible.
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NEXT ADVENTURE TO STRIKE LIUCHOW.
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WITH THEFT.
LENIENCY SHOWN BY MAGISTRATE,
BRIEF
PARS FROM EVERYWHERE.
british shipping interests will have The Chinese papers say that
Fitz Edward Schuster, formerly
clerk employed in the Navy, vessels on the Yangtze River on Army and Air Force Institute, was again before Mr. R. E. Lindsell September 1, and that the Chinese at Central Magistracy on Saturing of their vessols will have a companies, owing to commandeer-
day, when he was charged with
very small number, larceny of 92,350 from the Institute. Mr. M. K. Lo, who appeared
for the defendant, entered a plea of "Guilty."
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Asked by the Magistrate whether he wished to make any remarks, Mr. J. (T Prior. for the prosecu tion, asked for a lenient sentence to be passed on the defendant, who he said, probably did not realise
A motor accident, in which a motor-car garage proprietor had
CANTON, August 24. his leg fractured, occurred HLA
Following the crushing defeat of Causeway Bay shortly after 3 the Yunnanese troops the other o'clock, on Saturday afternoon.
day, the Canton Higher Command A private motor car, No. 969, has for the time being given up driven by a Chinese girl named Lits attempt to capture Nanning, capital of Kwangsi. It is concen- trating its forces in the vicinity of Punyang, an important point on the Lau Rirer still in the hands of the enemy. When this strategic point is captured, the pro-Nanking forces will be in a position to strike at Liuchow. If they are successful in
their attention towards Nanning
Mr. Prior sald:-Your Worship, pro-Nanking Yunnanese in this case the sun of 82,350 was forces under General Chu Lo were taken by the defendant in four badly routed last week when they different lots beginning at the end attempted to capture Nanning of May and finishing at the begin- Wong Roak Chu and Wei Wanning of July. There's no doubt Sung, Kwangsi Generals defending that he took the money, but he is Nanning, quietly slipped out of the young man, only 23 He had city under orders of General Wong large sums of money, $2,000 a week, Shiu Hung, pretending to retreat.passing through his hands and the The Yunnanese troops, not knowing temptation was very great. EUROPEAN ESTATES..
the strategy of their enemy, crossed ARCHITECT LEAVES 93,500 IN the West River and marched head
HONG KONG,
After advertising the usual dinner injury, and her car was not seri- this direction, they will again turn what he was doing at the time.
dance at the Peninsula Hotel on Friday evening, and accepting re- servations for tables from patrons -willing to travel from the Peak to Kowloon, they had the cool effrent ery to state that as the only avail able orchestra had been hired out privately, there would be no dane
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And this from a Company who pride themselves of being to the fore in catering for the public "Yours, etc.
DISGUSTED.
Hong Kong, August £3.
WIRELESS NEWS BULLETIN.
(TO THE ADITOR OF THE HONG KONG
DAILY PRESS."1
Sin-May I suggest to the Broad- cisting Committee that the Rugby wireless news be announced at 1.20
.m. instead of 11.30 am.
driven by air. Mak, the proprietor of a motor garage.
The motorcycle, which was thrown several yards, was wrecked
Mr. Mak had his leg fractured and he was rendered unconscious.
Li Lin, the girl driver, escaped
ously damaged. She reported the matter to the police by telephone, and detectives and an ambulance were soon on the scene. They pro Government Civil Hospital, but owing to the opposition of Mrs. alak he was rushed to his own home in a very critical condition.
posed to remove Mr. Max to the
"
The
on for Nanning. "No sooner was this done than the Kwangsi troops jump Estate in Hong Kong to the ed out of their ambush and sur- rounded their antagonists. A severe value of 33,800 was left by Mr. Charles Peake Anderson, architect, fight followed, Insting all day and formerly of Hong Kong, and late night Towards the end the Yun of No, E, Bulstrode Street Mary-nanese were badly defeated Over
ou lebone, Middlesex, who died November 23, 1929. Gross estate outside Hong Kong amounts to 2142153.
Ro-scaling of letters of admini- It is a very lucky business-man stration have been granted Locally who can be at home to listen to the on behalf of the widow, Constance radio at 11.30 a.m. Yours, etc. Anderson, administratrix, of No.
CRYSTAL.
112, Adelaide Road, Hampstead,
Hong Kong, August 21.
NO OUTSIDE FOOD FOR
**SOLDIERS.
OBJECTION BY MÉDICAL OFFICER.
London.
Mr... George Morrison, late of Taikoo Dock, who died at St. Paul's Hospital on or about Octo- her 13, last year, left Hong Kong estate worth 812,700. Letters of ad- ministration with the will annexed have been granted to Mr. John Laing, of Quarry Bay, who is at Charges of trespassing at the torney for the widow, Jeannie Mor Shamshuipo Military Camp on rison (or Kemp), who is residing Friday night were preferred against at No. 17, Ardgowan Square, two Chinese employees of a restaur Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland. ant, when they appeared before Testator bequeathed everything Mr.
r. Whyte-Smith at Kowloon Ma- to his wife with the provision that gistracy
on Saturday. It was stat- | if she died the estate should be ed for the defence that the defen-equally divided between their two dants were on their way to the chidren, Alexander and Carolino. barracks to deliver food ordered by soldiers, when they were arrested. Mr. F. Munford, whose wife em- ployed the two defendant, at the Camp Cafe at Sheungshawan Road, told his Worship that on Friday night chits for food signed by soldier, stationed at Camp were received at the Cafe. Previous to this occasion, food had been taken into the Camp and the military authorities bad not objected. The management of the cafe had no knowledge that the Military au thorities disliked the practice.
A Sergeant of the...Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders said that the objecton was at the instance of the medical officer at the camp, who did not approve of the men eating
certain food from outside. It waă just a precaution to safeguard the health of the soldiers.
His Worship discharged defen- dants with a caution, and told Mr. Munford that of the management of the Cafe wished to supply the men in the camp, permission must first be obtained from the proper authorities.
FATAL STABBING AFFRAY.
JAPANESE QUARTERMASTER
DETAINED.
A fracas on board the Saks Maru on Saturday morning is said to have resulted in the death of a Japanese ship's carpenter, whose body was later removed to the Kow- loon Mortuary.
THE DROUGHT IN AMERICA.
DISAPPOINTMENT OVER
PRESIDENT'S PLANS. '
[UNITED PRESS.]
"His misappropriation of this money," continued Mr. Prior, was bound to be found out within few weeks. It was found out, as he must have known it would be, only just lately. It is, of course, his first offence and I don't think he realised when he did this what
think that he realises. it now. He serious matter it was, bus I
will, of course, lose his job and it is almost certain he will have to
report evidently "slipped by the A Shanghai Chinese paper-the
censor warng the bankers 'not to take part in the new Government loan of $50,000,000, saying that Nanking
war would be concluded within promised that the
one month after the last lean of $10,000,000.
Mrs.
Irs. J. M. Coutts and ME. Ro- land A. C. North of Hong Kong and Mr. Alfred Car of Shanghai were among the 27 Resident Fel- lows, 92 Non-Resident Fellows and four Associates elected at the last meeting of the Council of the Royal Empire Society at which Colonel Weston Jarvis was in the chair.
The unauthorized holding of pub- lic meetings and parades in Nan- king is forbidden by the local au thorities. For the effective main- tenance of local order at the pra Department has announced that sent time, the Metropolitan Police any civil organizations, schools and other organs intending meetings holding to hold Gendarmerie Headquarters before hand and obtain its permission.
2,000 rifles, a number of machine
Air-mail postage rates on the guns, and large quantities of war
Shanghai-Nanking Hankow air supplies were eaptured by the
mail service will hereafter be re- duced by 50 per cent, according to Kwangsi troops. The Yunnanese troops have retreated back to leave the Colony before he gets a decision reached at a meeting Pebseh, on the Right River. The another one. The prosecution will of the Board of Directors of the newly organized China National- very Aviation Corporation. It is speci- latest official dispatches state that he perfectly satisfied with a they are again preparing to attack lenient sentence, even if your Wor-fied that the present 16-cent. post- Punyang in accordance with the in-ship decides to bind him over or to
structions of General Chen Tsai Tong.
fine him."
Mr. Lo also asked his Worship to deal leniently with the defen- dant, paying that he must have been mad, stupid or absolutely ignorant to have committee the offence or he had not realised the dant's family, proceded Mr. Lo, seriousness of the matter. Dofen
One of the greatest difficulties in the Kwangsi campaign has been the unexpected activities of the people's militia everywhere in Kwangsi. These were organized and support ed by General Wong Shi Hung any may spring up and launch a surprise attack on the pro-Nanking bad made full reparations and the forces and disappear into the money had been repaid to the com- villages again any time.
plainants. Being natives they know the topography of their locality much more than either the Cantonese or Yunnanese
troops.
VERY EMBARRASSING!''
High
His Worship decided that as the prosecution had agreed with the defence in pleading for leniency, be would impose a fine. Defendant was ordered to pay a fine of 8250, or three months' imprisonment in default of Payment.
YOUTH'S TROUSERS TAKEN STORM SWEEPS NORTHERN
AWAY AS SECURITY."
"It is a very embarrassing thing to hold a man's trousers as secur- Washington, August 15.-While President Hoover's drought relief ly if he hasn't got another pair i", there has been no open criticism of ity for a gambling debt, especial-
EUROPE.
SHIPPING PARALYZED BY GALE.
Paria, August 13. While a 100
programme, announced yesterday, said Mr. Whyte-Smith on Satur-miles a minute gale is whipping the several Governors of the drought conference with the Chief Executive Chinese, who was charged with as- States who were summoned here for day at Kowloon Magistracy to a are making no secret of the fact saulting a youth.' that they are disappointed.
The Hoover drought relief scheme, The trouble started, it was stat it was pointed out, compels the ed, when the youth lost 50 cents to States to furnish the entire finan the defendant in gambling, and cial credit for whatever is to be done to help the farmers. Such a the winner took the loser's trousers move could have been made, it was a security for the money.. The stated, without going to the extra trouble and expense of going to boy was annoyed and used foul Washington,
language against the defendant, Government authorities said that who then seired the boy by the neck and nearly choked him. When the Police arrived, the "boy was
such purposes. no federal money is available, for
SMUGGLING EXPLANATION
TOF COFFEE SLUMP.
POLICE ROUND UP. GANG.
WITH SPECIAL TRUCKS.
Hamburg, August 15.-The sensa- tional slump of the local price of coffee beans found a curious ex- planation" to-day when the police succeeded in rounding up a gang of smugglers operating a fleet of trucks plying between the city pro per and the so-called free zone at whose warehouses the smugglers. (The deceased, it is stated, died obtained bonded coffee the bulk of of injuries from a sharp instru- which was stowed underneath the ment and among other cute was a bodies of the lorries under ingeni- serere, cash under the left arm pitously prepared false bottoms, while - Hazbara Furni, the shin'a agate, the remainder was placed on top
termaster way inter invite merring abstin lower the hyp
taken into Polion custody, it being on leaving the free zone in order alleged that he was responsible for to deceive the Customs officials, the injuries to the ship's carpen In this way they evaded the high ter. It would appear that both duties on several thousand bags men had been on a jaunt shore which they sold under the current but the cause of their squabble is price with heavy damage to the unknown
legitimate trade.
un.
conscious and had to be detained in hospital for two days.
The defendant was ordered to pay 82 to the boy as compensation for nearly choking him. From this sum, the 60 cents due to do fendant might be deducted before Payment was made to the boy,
BRAZILIAN CONSUL'S SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
DRAMATIC SCENE REPORTED
FROM LISBON,
Lechon manggis
age for each unit of 20 grammes, will be changed to 15 cents for 40 gramme. Passenger, fares between Shanghai and Hankow will also be reduced by 30 per cent..
According to information from the Ministry of Communications, trial tests of radio tele-photo ser vice between Nanking and Wa shington and between Nanking and result of negotiations by the Minis Paris will shortly be made. As a try, with the representatives of the American Radio Corporation and the French Long-Distance Tels. phone. Company, apparatus will 'he shipped to Nanking from abroad for the tests. Plans will be made for the operation of the two Ber- vices together with the German service.
will be interested to know that The 1st Somerset Light Infantry
their 2nd Battalion at Tidworth has gained much kudos for its share in experimenting with infan- ber it is to show the experts how try attack formations. In Septem
machine guns carried on and fired from Carden Loyd armoured car- ringes can practically join the as- sault ruah with the riflemen and help them with a eloss-support de- vastating fire. Thig really means that the machine gun so used doss
charges home with the bayonets. the work of a light tank and more, effectively as the gun more or less
situted,
are
Channel and the coast of the North Sea where shipping is almost ecm-
It is learned that the construc- pletely paralyzed, torrential rains tion of aviation fields and the erec are pouring down, over north-west- tion of radio stations in Ichang and Chungking, the stopping places ern Germany, the Netherlands, for the Hankow-Chengtu section of Belgium, northern France and the Shanghai-Hankow-Chengtu air Paris, where the rain is occasion mail and passenger service, ally varied by snow. Weather ex-vision of technical experts sent by
now in progress under the: super perts hold out but little hope for the China National Aviation Cor- an early improvement and it is poration. The work is expected to feared that the steadily rising be completed in September. Trist flights between Chungking and rivers may cause terrific foods. Hankow wilt first be made. When Incidentally the storm over the the operation of this section of Channel, de seriously interfering the air line is satisfactorily in- the preparations for with the training of several Chan- Chungking-Chengtu service will be nel swimmers, including two Bontà | started.. American, candidates, Miss Peggy Duncan and Miss Retief, and of From October next the Govern- the British swimmer Miss Westment of India is to tax a thriving industry founded in the Andaman If the bad weather continues for Islands by the Japanese, and for some days more the swimmers may long" unnoticed officially by the have to abandon the attempt alto authorities. In the shallow waters round the islands are bed, of & gether until next year,
molluse called (Trochus Turbo, For Beveral years enterprising Japan- ose have come in light vessels from Singapore, harvested the molluscs and returned with their boat, full of the shells, which make agree able mother-of-pearl ornaments From the next fishing season, which begins in October, the Eshers will have to take out a licence, and hay, All her rÁRV
It is stated that the Coneul General after drinking a bottle of wine draped himself in the Brazilian colours, called a member of his staff into his room and in
details have just been revealed re-head The motive is believed to be catches to the Governmen revenue from this source is garding the alleged accident" to partly financial difficulties and
rds to be Rs 40,000 a year which the Brazilian Consul-General which ly an unhappy love alinir. He is will be a net gain to the Govern dramatic form of suicide, now appears to have been a highly now hovering between life and ment, as hitherto the Japanese Be fiabers have not contributed a ples death and is not expected-to-re-taxation to the authorities in (Continued at foot of next column.) cover.
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