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JUNK PIRACY RECALLED 20,000 JAPANESE
"AT CENTRAL COURT
Demand For Property On
Forged Document
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MAN
A piracy alleged to have been committed in Chinese waters on October 25, had a sequel before Mr. T. J. Houston at the Central Court yesterday when an unemployed man, Tsang Yik-tak, appear- ed on a charge of demanding property on a forged document.
Tsang was alleged to have demanded $1,600 by virtue of a forged cheque 'from the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank, Ltd., on December 5.
Detective Sub-Insp. Ritchie was
In charge of the case, which was for committal, and Mr.C. A. Sutherton Russ was for the de-
fence.
Wu Hol-shan, a Canton repre- sentative of the Arm of Wu Kee Tobacco Dealers, in evidence, sald that on October 21 he chartered a junk to transport goods to North River and together with his as- sistant. Chen Cheung-kee, left Canton on board the junk. They arrived at Nam Sha, Nam Hol district, on October 24, where they stayed about a day, being held up by troop movements,
LORD PERTH
TO RETIRE
Succeeded By Sir
Percy. Loraine
LONDON, Jan. 3 (T/Ocean) -The British Ambassador to Ankara. Sir Percy Loraine, has been appointed successor
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TIENTSIN, Jan. 3 (Intl)--The Japanese navy suffers a loss of face by the Soviet refusal to renew the modus vivendi giving Japan. ese fishermen to operate in Soviet waters, although the naval au-
New Licences will be available at the Government Radio Office, thorities threatened late läst | Q.F.O, Building, First Floor, on ordinary business days, and will be issued against the receipt of a remittance of $12.00, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. except on Saturdays whan licences will be issued between 9 am, and 1 p.m.
Applications may be made :----
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month that they were rendy for
action.
(a) personally..
(b) by messenger,
(c) by post.
This means a loss of Yen 50,000, 000 profits a year and the idleness of 40 fisheries and 20,000 Japanese, after 30 years of fishing. However. the Ashing season will not start until April, and in the meantime Mr. Shigenori Togo. Japanese Am-applications should be accompanied by crussed Cheque payable to the bassador, is instructed to continue Hongkong Government. The new licence will then be sent by post negotiations in Moscow.
or messenger as soon as it is ready. Where actual cash is tendered a Soviet refusal to renew the new licence should be received in exchange before leaving the Licens-
It is essential under (c),and preferable under (a) and (b) that
In the case of renewal the old licence should be returned with the application.
fishery treaty is due to the facting Ofice. that there had been considerable espionage among fishermen close to the Soviet coast. Unofficially. Moscow's stand is prompted by Japan's adherence to the anti- Comintern pact.
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Before mid-night on the same Sir Percy Loraine" was born in Jerusalem, Jan. 3 (Reuter)-Be-Haiphong, Pakhoi and Fort Bayard Kingyuan....
educated at Eton tore the Chief Justice and daya gang of between 50 and 601880 and was mer, armed with rifles and re- and Oxford. Before joining the other judges, one of whom is a volvers boarded the junk from diplomatic service, he served in Christian Arab, four British con- sampans and threatened the crew the army and took part in the stables to-day stood trial on
African
He charge of the murder of an Arab. campaign. and passengers. All persons were South
The Arab, alleged to be a ter scarched and
relleved 6 started his diplomatie career as an were
to have been
Shanghai and Swatow." money and valuables. The car-attache in Constantinople in 1904 rorist, was stated
and later was transferred succes-killed while trying to escape while Shanghai and Swatow.. goes were removed to shore..
Wa identified defendant as one sively to Teheran, Rome. Pelping being conveyed from Jaffa to Tel- of the men who boarded the craft.) and Paris, In 1929, he became aviv. but the charge" declares that
British High Commissioner for he did not attempt to escape. TOOK PERSONAL CHOP
Egypt and in 1933 British Ambas- sador to Turkey:
Witness further alleged that, the defendant took his personal chop and a cheque book of the Shang- hal and Commercial and Savings Bank. Defendant examined the cheque book and demanded that Chen. the assistant, make out a
After con cheque for $10,000, versation, the sum finally agreed on was $5,000, with which Chen complied...
On December 3 the victims arrived
Wu at Hongkong · and went to the Bank and reported the loss of the chekue book and the chop and also stopped pay- ment on any cheques presented,
On December 5, in response to
a telephone call, he went to the
MME, CHIANG'S APPEAL
(Continued From Page 1) chuen Province alone were suff- cient to resist the Japanese in- vaders.
"Were we to depend on Sze- chuen only," she added, "China would be able to win the war from Japan, Japan's popula- tion is but 70,000,000 but the population of this province of Szechuen alone is far greater than that."
Those who had gone to Szechuen
Bank and saw the defendant to work for China or "to settle
NANKING-S'HAI RAILWAY
the
(Continued From Page 1)
expansion of Nanking and
of railway national programme development, there was every rea- son to believe that a high level of earnings had been established.
The successful fotation of the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ning- po Raliway camp.eulon loan bad shown that, with c01- fidence in the management restored, finance could again be obtained for railway develop- ment.
in asserted Mme. must,
past years, political
con
whom he recogized. He also saw down cheques for 53,500 and $1.600 Chiang. realize that "we are all siderationS and old established which he did not authorise.
Chinese and must not differentiate practices had tended to retard the After further evidence, the hear-between
recon-introductions of economies and re- provinces. The ing was adjourned to this after struction of Szechuen means the forms, but, recently, considerable reconstruction of China. People progress had been made. Tais from every province must work nrogress is illustrated by the re- together. whether they be Sze-uced figure of operating expenses, chuen-born or otherwise.
noon.
SECOND TEST
. MATCH
M.C.C. Declare At
559 For Nine
CAPETOWN, Jan. 3 (Reuter)— In the second Test match between the MC.C. and Bouth Africa which was resumed here this morning. the M.C.C. declared their first in- nings at 550 runs for the loss of nine wickets" and at lunch the South Africans had scored "45 with all wickets intact. Mitchell had
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namely $9.893.535, a figure that Japan, Shanghai and Formosa.. Giving a glowing report of" the shows a reduction of $586,965 as splendid part which the Chinese compared with 1935-36, and a re- and the Chinese girl duction of no less than $1,158,093 student was doing insofar as war as compared with the year 1934-35. time service work was concerned,
SHORT-LIVED OPTIMISM and how they had worked hard in
Increased evinue and the re- hand with the soldier at the fight- ing front, the Generalissimo's wife duced operating expenses indicated specify mentioned the wark of that the prospect of the railway the wen of Kwangsi.
carrying the full loan obligation. At Talerchwang, she said, where each year, was greatly improved. one of the most fierce battles of and encouraged the administre- the present war had taken place. tion to view the future with op- the women of Kwangsi had stood timism. This optamism was short- Swatow
two months less than and fought shoulder to shoulder lived for
Amdy against the invaders.
after "the close of the financial Manila year, war broke out, and the con- Holhow sequent disorganisation and even- Fort Bayard bual disbandment of the staff Haiphong
railway prevented the
further Shanghai and
SWELOW functioning.
"We must be broad-minded.
must obey orders. We We must possess a spirit of sacri- fice. Mme. Chiang stated. "At the beginning of the World The War, there were only 60,000 Eng- lish troops engaged on the fighting
were
10 not out and Van Der Byl 21.
Five thousand spectators present in sunny weather. wicket was good.
Wright (27 not out) and Ken-front and Germany thought they Reth Farnes (1.not out) resumed could easily
exterminated be the M.C.C. innings and when within a very short while. Before Wright was caught, out by Nourse the end of the war, however, 250,- Langton's bowling at 32, W. R. 000 British had been killed or Hammond made the declaration. wounded in the battlefield. Final- The South African opening pair (ly. Germany came out of the war batted negatively against spin the loser."" bowling.
Scores:-
M.C.C. IST INNS. L. Hutton, b Gordon
1
P. A. Gibb, c Wade, b Gordon 68 E. Paynter, 1.b.w.. b Langton
W. R. Hammond, b Davies
181
L. Ames, b Gordon...... 115 W. J. Edrich, b Gordon
H. Verity, b Langton
D. V. P. Wright, e Nourse, b
Langton
Concluding, Mme, Chlang said: The Generalissimo once made a remark, "There is no necessity to ask where there is any way to save ourselves must ask China, We
The Japanese invaders are as arrogant as ever and won- dermicnt has been aroused as to what the official Japanese organisation known 218 the Central China Development Co. proposes to do, Inasmuch as its articles call for the opening and development of railways in China. This is tantamount to the confiscation of the pro- perlies mortgaged to British bond-holders.
The "Hongkong Dally Press" whether we are willing to struggle, understands that the Japanese are to work, to sacrifice for China's still running the Nanking-Shang- must ask ourselves hal Railway for commercial "pur- sake. We whether we possess that spirit of poses and, as pointed out in replies sacrifice.". And those are questions to questions in the House of Com- which arise in my mind as I ad-imgas recently, fares are being col- dress you to-day."
lected in Japanese currency-the yen..
B H. Valentine. Lb.w., b "Gor-
don
112
20
33 Rowan, b Wright
1.Nourse, not aut
33
12
Total for 2 wkts.),
121
K. Farnes, not put
Davies
Extras
Total (for 9 wkts dec.) 559.
BOWLING ANALYSIS
Langton Gordon Balaskas Mitchell
O. M. R. W
18 1 77 1
30.7 3 117
40 3 157
24 0 115
20 0 81
SOUTH AFRICA—1ST INNS. Mitchell, not out
Van Der Byl, c Valentine, “b
Verity
SHEFFIELD SHIELD CRICKET TIES MELBOURNE, Jan. 3 (Reuter)--|
3 In a Sheffield Shield match, South
5 Australia (488 and 60 for 0) drew
It would appear that the Ja- panese are treating all Chinese railways as booty of conquest. regardless of British interests, even the Engineer-in-Chief or the representative of the Bri- tish and Chinese Corporation' being prevented from making inspection tours in spite of re- peated requests and protests. The Japanese have appointed
with Victoria (499 and 283 for their own station-masters, and are wickets).
running Japanese trains, the ex- Lunch scores in Sheffield Stiteld cuse being that control is still a 36 matches at Sydney were as follows military necessity though, of New South Wales 214 and 204 w. |course, as everybody knows; no 97 Queensland 200 and 112 for 0. 'such necessity exists.
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