CANTON NOTES
Is Mr. Hu Han Min Coming to Canton?
PRESERVING THE TEMPLE OF THE 500 GENTI
¿From Our Own Correspondent.)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1933
AMERICAN TRADE LECTURE ON THRIFT
COMMISSIONER
RECALLED FOR REASON OF
ECONOMY
According to advices received by Mr. Thomas C. Barringer, the American Trade Commissioner in Hongkong, the office of American Trade Commissioner will be closed on July 1.
In future, the trade promotion netivities of the Department of Commerce in South China will he handled by the consulates, as they were before the Department of "Commerce sent its own trade repre-
sentatives abroad.
missioner Barringe
Trade
and Assistant Trade Commissioner David M. Maynard will leave Hong Kong early in July for the United States and will report at Washing- ton for orders.
AT THE CHINESE Y.M.C.A.
Mr. Lam Sing Fan, the assistant manager of the Bank of China, Ltd., gave very interesting talk On Thrift: Its Significance and Practice," at the Chinese Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street, last evening. This was the first of a series of Mr. Lam will give from time to time at the Chinese Y.3.0.A.
talke
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A large number of people listened
To-night. Mr. Lan will pealth
"Thrift and National
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By "The Scout'
IN PRAISE OF HONG KONG
Kong has been getting a "boost
It is gratifying to see that Hong and to-morrow night the subject of at Home from prominent residents his talk will be. Thrift and Per-of the Colony who are spending the summer in the Old Country, sonal Welfare."
Mr. P. S. Cassidy's address at the Royal Society of Arts, London, which was published in this paper during the past week, contained
SHOCK FOR DIVAN
KEEPER
REVENUE OFFICERS AS
This action is being taken in con- CANTON, June 13. sequence of the general economy to the lecture which was delivered in Chinese and at the conclusion a A state of uncertainty still pre-plans of the United States Govern- wails as to what the South-Western ment, whereby many Federal Bur-hearty vote of thanks was accord. authorities are contemplating, tol-eaux will he consolidated or re-ed the speaker., lowing their several outspoken organised to meet present condi- messages to the League of Nations liona. and the Powers, condemning the Nanking Government and reiterat ing their desire to take steps to safeguard national honour and the vital interest of the country. What the steps would be have not yet been revealed, and perhaps are int even decided. Publicity was given here a couple days ago to a telegrams from General Feng Chin Wu, an assecinte of General Feng Yu Hsiung, appealing to Mr. Hu Han Min to come out of his "Seel sion" at Hong Kong sod lead the Halion in the present crisis. Speak. ing more definitely. Mr Chow Lu, * Canton spokesman, is reported by the Toen press to have stated that Mr. Hu is being invited to Canton to take charge of the situa- tion here. More recent reports state that Mr. Hu Han Min has. sigmfied his willingness to come up to this city, and will do so after ranspleting Pertain arrangements. Generals Chen Ming Shu, the form er local Governor, and Chiang Kwang Nai of the 19th Route Army, who are now in Hong Knog after a lying visit to Canton, are said to have been having discussions with Me Hu, on the situation.
The Anti-Red Campaign.
1.
EVIDENCE TOO CONTRADICTORY
TWO MAGISTRATES SIT TOGETHER AT CENTRAL
CUSTOMERS
The keeper of an opium divia in Yuen Yuen Street at the back of the race course, Happy Valley, was fined 8223 by Mr. Wynne Jones yesterday.
much valuable information for Bri- tish manufacturers who are seek- ing a market in China for their products. Mr. Cassidy's residence in Hong Kong goes back a good many years and as he has been prominently onnected with pom merce during that time, Hong Kong could hardly have had a better
Sir Wil spokesman in London. liam Shenton was among the large paper gathering who heard the and, ever loyal to Hong Kong, Sir William did not miss the appor It was stated that two plain clo-tunity of adding a very eloquent thes Chinese entered the premises little speech-on behalf of the colony, and were duly served with opium. A JOCKEY OF THE PAST- A few minutes later, however, the keeper received a shock when R. O. Ward entered, and a raid car ried out. The plain, clothes men turned out to be Chinese detectives. A raid at 1, Tit Hong Lane, third floor, resulted in a woman being charged with possession of a small quantity of illicit opium. A fine of $300 or two months was Sub-Inspector O'Donnqvan pro-inflicted. Two men, who were ar- the secuted while Mr. C. Y. Kwan, who rested proparing opium on appeared for the defence, entered saine floor, were sentenced to six weeks and three months' gaol, res- a plea of not guilty:
Outlining the case, the officer pectively. The second defendant for said that about 7.15 a.m. on the who was stirring the opium, had
previous convictions morning in questi the woman three was walking along Pokfulam Rond opium offences. when she heard somebody, behind hear She looked round and a little later a man overtook her and then immediately turned and grabbed her by the wrist, after which he took off a finger ring from her hand.
Mr. W. Schofield and Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones sat together to hear a case at Central. Magistracy yas terday when a Chinese named Wong Yuen was charged with stealing a gold finger ring and a $10 bill from & married woman, Chau Yu Fan, at Pokfulam, near the Government Vernacular School on May 28,
Jast,
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The magistrate remarked that de fendant was probably as expert at the game.
very
inasmuch as it was diametrically opposed to views generally held about Soviet methods. Mr. Justice Malcolm oxpressed great admira
for the British judiciary, ton which, he said, was being copied in a small way in the Philippines Mr. Justice Malcolm is a polished speaker and not only his views but his way of expressing them was a delight to fallos
WANCHAR'S "LUNGS
1
Prosumably the big unoccupied area in Wanchai between Johnstone and Hennessey Roads is intended aslang for this thickly populat-i ed area. If so, this "lung" needs attention as it is at present in an unsightly condition. The open- air cinema having now been re- moved, no serious attempt seem to have been made to f up the rats and debris left by the struc ture. Moreover the surface of the whole area is so uneven that after a rainfall pool of water are left on 34. A few dollars spent on At the Macao races on Sunday levelling and cleaning up this site I saw Mr. Eric Moller, whose con
would he well spent. The small nection with the turf goes back triangular space opposite the old much further than most of those Seamen's Institute also calls for with attention while the use made of now prominently associated
Johnstone Road and Lockhart Mr. Moller, in his day was an racing in this part of the world. the little space at the junction of excellent jockey and used to visit Road (as a dumping ground for the Colony each year for the iron pipes) is surely not the
best to which it could be put. Annual Meeting. He was popular with racegoers and his list of successes in Hong Kong is.OUR CABARETS a long one, although in his day
It may not be generally known he was up against auch stalwarts
that those enterprising persons kill, Mr. McBain and Mr. Vida, who provide dancing at night for as Mr. John Johnstone, Mr. Ber-
the younger people are ant having whose brilliant performances од the Hong Kong course are still such a good time as one might be vividly remembered. Mr. Mollerod to expect. Since the introdue- rode for many stables, including tion of cabarets, many such insti
come tutions have
and gone, crumpling under the pressure of Even competition. unrelenting those who have survived the early struggle appear to be feeling the pinch and there is a likelihood of the number of cabarets being "fur- ther reduced. Incidentally some-of The pulling down of the four
the girls engaged as professional tain in front of the City Hall de-dancers work under trying condi $10 bill from the lower pocket of
prives Hong Kong of an interesttions, it being reported that sick her inner jacket. The men then
ing landmark. It was presented to leave is difficult to obtain, that ran away but she followed the de-
A collision between a fire engine the Colony about 70 years ago by Merchants Support Boycott. fendant and when she met
and a Hong Kong Hotel motor Mr. John Dent, one of the first they must work until closing time Sanitary coolies, she told them that omnibus at the junction of Pedder merchant taipans in Hong Kong each night, which may be a mat water of 12.30 to 2 a.m. and that fre One of the first resolutions adopt the man had robbed her, and theyStreet and Des Voeux Rond on the The last time the fountain
Harquently the wages are in arrears. seen to play was when the at the first general meeting of arrested the man and took him to morning of June 2, resulted in the
All these are points which shoute the newly organised Union of Cham the No. 7 Police Station. When bus driver being summoned before tour pipe line was completed in
WAR 1930 and Sir Thomas Southern be covered by the regulations, no doubt, will soon be bers of Commurree in Kwangtung arched there, however, nothing Mr. Schofield yesterday. It
stated that defendant was moving turned the cock which connected which, Province, now in session in Canton was found on his person.
Inspector O'Donovan added that city, is a decisión by the inerentile
a large community uphold the anti he examined the woman's clothes Pedder Street, and the fire en- the fountain with the Harbour published.
and they did not appear to begin was going East. There were pipe line. Thore wan
three fire engines, and two had gathering present to watch the Japaness boycott. A committee is soiled in any WAS. He added already passed, the last engine col-fountain play, for many people of to be appointed to promote the use from another source, he heard the liding with the back of the bus. long residence here, cannot recall of native products, and to assist the story that the woman had The defendant did not pay enough ever having seen water issuing public in distinguishing Chinese gambling and had lost both the attention otherwise he would have from the fountain and accordingly goods from those made in Japan. 810 bill and her gold ring in the seen the engine, as the siren was made it a point to attend a cere Over a hundred chambers of com- process!
being sounded. The damage to the mony which afforded them this merce are represented in this new
The complainant then made
fire engine was slight, amounting unusual sight. ili the witness union, and proposals from many denial
-box to about 820. evidence had been
The defendant admitted the districts represented at the meeting and after
from
other witnesses, ask for an appeal to be made to the taken authorities for a revision of the the Magistrates agreed that the offenes and Mr. Schofield fined him
evidence was too contradictory and 20. existing stamp duty, regulations.
discharged the accused.
The military leaders, on the other hand, are seemingly unperturbed by these gent developments and are reported to forging ahead with their plans for the anti-Communist campaign in Kiangsi, which this time will be earnestly undertaken, Marshal Chan Tai Tong recently summoned his senior officials from all parts of the province to the city where they have been in con
Three other mon arrived on the stant conference and are reported
scene about this time, and they to have completed their plans for the big offensive which will soon were alleged to have thrown the be launched by the forces of the woman to the ground and hall her three provinces of Kwangtung,while the defendant extracted the Kwangsi and Fukien.
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Sales Room for Japanese Goods.
The anti-Japanese Boycott Com- mittee has now drawn up regula-
two
been
Į
tions regarding the disposal of con- DEFENDANT HEAVILY FINED
THEFT OF MOTOR PARTS
scated Japanese goods of which a
great part is being stored in the Committee's godowns. A public
Prosecuting in a case in which
ales room will be opened where a Chinese was charged with steal- such confiscated goods will be offering a radiator cap from
2 ear
ed for sale to the public. A re in Kennedy Road on Thursday, Sul rispector Nolloth requested gular staff is to be maintained at
Mr. Schofield to take a serious the office, and after paying for the expenditure inenrred in connection view of the case.
Mr. Lee Ping Piu, the manager with this staff, the proceeds from the sales will be put towards the of the Central Motor Garage, park funds for the aerial defence of theed his car outside his residence city. Purchasers of goods from in Kennedy Road about 9.30 am. yesterday. Defendant was arrest this office will not be allowed to ed a quarter of an hour tater re-sell their purchases, which are Queen's Road with the radiator only for private use, and these pur- cap in his possession. Mr. Lee re- chases will he accompanied with ported at the police station, but receipts so as to prevent them from the man had been arrested before getting into trouble with the Com- then. mittee's pickets.
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A Place Frequented by
Tourists.
Mr. Schofield fined defendant 875 or six weeks' hard labour.
OBSCENE BOOKS
POLICE FIND IN LOCAL
SHOP.
BUS DRIVER IN COURT
FOR IGNORING FIRE
ENGINE.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON EUROPEAN WARDER
INCIDENT COMMITTED IN PRISON.
SINGAPORE, June 5. The story of the attack on Mr.
the late Sir Ellis Kadoorie's and Sir Paul Chater's. He still takes a keen interest in racing and I understand he has a fairly big atable in Shanghai.
THE GIFT OF JOHN DENT
A POLISHED SPEAKER
CITY NOISES
waere
Which is the naisiest part of the city during the day time? It would be difficult to find more din than around the junction of 'Des Voeux Road and Peddar Street,
benoon doos ida theblinking" duty. Here the trams, the buses. the taxis and the motor car seem Those who were privileged to to vie with each other in the matter hear at first hand the addrom of in tooting, changing gear, ringing Mr. Justice Malcolm, Justice of belle and all the rest of the traffic So noisy is this dis the Supreme Court of the Philip cacophony. pine Islanda at the Rotary Clubtrict that in the Sanitary Board must have been impressed by the room, which is on the second floor vions which that gentleman held of the Post Office Building, it is on the questions on which he spoke. impossible tb fallow the proceed- His reference to the Commanistings even if one is only a few feet. Court was of particular interest away from the speaker!
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FAMINE IN RUSSIA? programme, and 8,000,000 hectares more than the area sown during the same period of last year and 6,000,000 hectares more than 1930,
London Paper Accused of "Shameful Lie”
ALL'S LOVELY ON THE FARMS!
A. G. Smith, the European gaoler of the Johore Prison, by a Chinese prisoner, on the morning of April 10 last, and the eaving of his life by Mr. H. E. H. Humphries, a Singapore warder, who was being taken round, was related before Shaikh Bakar, the second magis- trate, at the Johore police-court yesterday, during the preliminary
Moscow, May 27. inquiry into the charge of attempt- ed murder against Chow Toon,
Commenting on a report in the There was a second charge of Daily Express, London, entitled voluntarily causing hurt to Mr. Failure of the sowing program Humphries against the prisoner, man of the U.S.S.R." alleging that but this was stood over until the no more than 40 per cent. of the conclusion of the Assize case, the plan has been sown throughout the accused having been committed for trial.
Chow Toon, the prisoner, was serving a ten-year-sentenos for cal pable homicide at the time of the attack, and he should have been released on May 29 last, but owing
were sown.
"Sprouts are in good condition and the yield, judging from the early spring sowing and the high: quality of work, promises to be very good. Not only our friends but also our enemies know this and particularly brokers of cotton exchanges are well aware of the fact. Such an invention appeared in the Daily Express may have been needed for exchange specula- tion and creation of a fresh boom." Foland Thinks Otherwise.
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Warsaw. According to reports Soviet Union and that this lailure current here, famine conditions in has prompted the Soviet Govern- the Boviet Union have reached ment to buy wheat from foreigu such a pitch that the Moscow Gov- The Municipal Government is
vesaola in England and elsewhere countries, the Pravda, organ of the ernment is hastily charactering Communist Party, writes:
for the transportation of foreign taking steps to preserve the Wah Lam Temple, which is well-known
"The slanderous attack by the grain to Russia to relieve the dis- Peasants in many districts for the Hall of the 300 genii or
Daily Express upon the Soviet tress. "lohana" (one of whom is being
An application for Confiscation to his having a number of black Union has been immediately fol have been compelled to use, an food, indentified with. Marco Polo) a
of a quantity of obscene picture marks" against his record in pri fowed by the diehard press: They the grain they had reserved for. books, place which is almost always "done"
imported from France, by foreign tourists who visit Can- which were being sold in a Chinese, he had to spend a few more must have taken advantage of the seed and the Soviet representative ton. The said temple was one of shop, was made by the Police bo weeks in goal. The date of his complete ignorance of their readers at the Paris Trade Fair has been release should have been July 4 in telling such a shameful lie refusing orders for grain for some the Big Five" monasteries of fore Mr. Wynne Jones yesterday. Canton, owning extensive grounds No representative of the shop. Inche Abdul Hamid, the Deputy about the progress of the Soviet days past. which have since been largely built was present the books and a few Public Prosecutor, prosecuted for sowing campaign. on until only the temple is left. As indecent pictures were impounded the Crown this is of much historical interest, by the Court for seven days. the authorities are therefore making. the necessary repairs to the build.
ing so as to keep it in a good state of preservation.
Present-day science is favourable
to idealism.--Sir James Jeans,
If Communism
unism meant prosperity for England; I should be a Com munist-Lady Houston.
The spring sowing plan for 1033 is progressing with the heroic mass enthusiasm of the grandiose, the echo of which resounds far, be yond the borders of the country. By May 20 over 63,000,000 hectares, which are two-thirds of the sowing
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Further confirmation of the des- perate, internal state of affairs 18 provided by the crowds of Russia, peasants crossing the border into Foland despite the sharp watch kept on the frontier by Russian guards and the severe penalties for attempted escape.
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