THE INDIAN MURDER.
Prisoners" Statements in Court,
The trial of the two Indiana who are charged with the murder of another Indian at Hungbom A proceeded with before Mr.
Lindsell to-day.
statement to make.
SHANGHAI RICKSHA COOLIES.
General Strike Declared,
The handy little vehicle which
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1916.
TELEGRAMS.
P. AND O. COMPANY.
is a boon to businessmen and at Passenger Rates May by Raluod, the same time the scurce of great annoyance, was not to be seen on
esireets of Shanghaifyesterday (Rectors Service To The Telegraph."') anya the. Shanghai Times of Doo ruber 3. Nearly evory ricksha
OBITUARY.
London, Received. December 9. There was no further evidence
At the P. and O. mesting, Lord taken. The prisoners were eau-coolie had gone on strike againet Inchospe said that owing to the tioned and asked if they bad say what was deemed to be unrenn- grest rise in working expensse, it able demanda made by the owners ( might be necessary to again raise The Brat prisoner enid ke enw of riokehas. One Company is said the passenger rates. He added the deceased go with his wife to to be solely to blame, and the that the amalgamation between the Sikh Temple on Novémber 6, coolies hiring from other com- the P, and O. and British India He was on duty at the time, but panies come out in sympathy.
Companies was working in every later went into the temple and
The first grievance is that one saw the two together. He (defend. owner insisted on making a dis-pect satisfactorily. ant) returned at five o'clock, but count of two cents on each twenty bis wife never came back until cent piece of the Kwangtang the coolies 6 colook. Witness asked why province. This, she did not come back before, argued, wat both areasonable a quarrel arose and be assaulted and unjust, inasmuch as the ber. His wife reported the matter exchange shops did not make a to the police and when the fo-discount on those particular coins. spactor came to see him on the They further argued that this. matter he said that he had struck discount represented the price of her because of her misconduct, a day's supply of food. In October last an Indian con stable told him that he had heard that the deceared had written to the head watchman at the Cement Works at Macao asking for an exchange of positions, so that be oould take the' defendants', wife to live there.
The second defendant said that after the decessed first visited their boass he (defendant) warned bim not to. Deosased replied that if defendant saw him going there he could kill him. Soon afterwards defendant saw the deceased go to the bones again, when be again saw the woman. Defendant told
If the
matter had ended at that, a strike would probably not have been declared, but when it was pro- posed to increase the hiring fro by thirty per cent., the coolies, almost without exception, refused to take out rickshes.
The firm referred to made a
charge of seventy cents a day for each ricksha and proposed that this fee be increased to ninety cents. The coolies argued that it was impossible to make a living if they were to pay soch a fee. This was the real cause of the strike.
The coolies not only refused to him to go away, as he would takeout rickshas but also prevent either kill him or be killed, ed other coolies from plying for They sized on every Later, at the Cement Works, hire.
Mr. A. Roche, M.P. London, Receivad, December 9. The death is announced of Mr. Augustine Roole, National at M.P. for North Louth since 1911, and formerly Lord Mayor of Cork,
AMERICAN POLITICS. Democrats Stand by President Wilson,
Loudon, Received, December §. Reuter's correspondent at St, Louis states that the Democratic National Committee has resolved to re-nominate President Wilson for the Presidency.
SPANISH POLITICS.
December 7.
be
(Havas Telegram.) A Madrid message says the the deceased said the Company ricksha they could see, and in Dat Ministry has resigned. It is Bo in-stated that a new Ministry of had given him a pistol with whioh many cases broke it or hould ahoot five men, Decensed jared the tyres as to make it Liberal opinion will shortly
formed. again went to the house, and, add very expensive for the owner. ed defendant, he could not stand Children going to school in the that sort of thing. Deceased told morning and engaging rickehas defendant that there were new for the purpose were requested regulations regarding the removal
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Meatre A, L. Anderson and Co.'s weekly share oircular (Shanghai, 4th December, 1915.) is under:-
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Cotton Mills. Hardly transactions have taken place, but there is a slightly better outlook at the moment for the mills. Ewos. The balance at øredit of P. and L,. is shown at Tis. 537,270.26, out of which it is proposed to pay a dividend on the ordinary shares The hope expressed by us last of Tis. 16, besides the 7 per cent. week of another period of sativity due on the preferencs issue, to W38
not immediately justified write off various accounts Tls. wing to heavy losses sustained 92.080 and after plooing Tis. by speculators on the sharp rise in 150,000 to Reserve Fund and to face their share commitments the mill-staff, to carry forward exchange rendering them unable paying a bonus of Tis. 10,500 to for 30th ultimo. As a natural Tle, 16,699.28. The stook of Yarn result the market ohanged and Cloth is valued at Tls, 354,- from a
boying to a sell- 205 50 and that of cotton at Tie, ing attitude, but it would 209,229 67. Tangtazepoo. A call
to descend, while the rickshaIn theevent of telegramis arriving appear that arrangemente have of Tis. 2 on those ordinary shares
was taken care of by the strikere.
he (defendant) would It became so bad in the Hongkow
taken
woman district that the ricksha ownere 15 had to apply to the police for the protection of their property.
The case for the owners is that the price of rabber and iron has so inoressed that it is impossible to make the business pay unless further revence were obtained in the shape of higher hiring fee.
too late for insertion on this page they will be found
on the Extra.]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE SHANGHAI
of persons out of the Colony or elro have
the November Од sway, the decessed came to the house drunk and not wearing a turban, and asked where the woman was, He was told that she wau in hos- pital and had better go away. They then struck the man with their sticks, and later found that the man had died. The same night No very serious trouble took
a rope round de- place, but "blacklegging" they tied ceased's neck and lowered the put down with a firm hand. Up Tokyo states it is understood that, body into the garden, afterwards to a late hour last evening no in view of the recent disturbances carrying the holy into the field agreement had been reached and in Shanghai, Japan is taking where it was found.
the position was assuming the measures to protect Japanese com-nature of a deadlock. The coolies, residents and interests, and several at the it is stated, are quite prepared to Japanese warships are already on
agres to a ten per cent, increase, į the scene. but emphatically declare they will not pay the increase demanded,
Pickets In Court.
Bath defendsats were mitted to take their trial Sessions.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Edwards.
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now been made as to the unpaid partially subscribed is made for for shares, and the Rubber 31st instant. market is again assuming a more Rabbers. A maoh quieter mar- Botive tons. Cottons, as a vehicle ket but closing firmer. So long of business, can hardly be said to as anything like 2/11 is offered for exist, but among General Seo- delivery six months ahead, there orities a fair amount of trafficking is no reason to expect any but fat has taken place. Today's open-dividend for the future, and while ing rate for T/T on London was the rise in exchange is certainly 2/01; the dollar rate being 73.1. {#gainst local companies it is only DISTURBANCES. Debentures.-The Municipal so to the extent of their divisible Council'e issue of four lakhs of profits. Renter's wire of this, London. Received, December 8. Reuter's
correspondent 5 per oont. 10/30 year was all morning quotes basere for first taken up at 5 per cent, premium; balf of 1916 at 3/2. Shanghai the total amount applied for has Klebangs. At the meeting held not been made public, but it was on 29th ultimo it was decided to probably in the neighbourhood pay a dividend of 0.40 per share of eight lakhs. With the rise in on 13th instant, and thereafter, exchange many intending bayers for reasons explained to the share- hava withdrawn from the market, holders to make juridical winding] while several holders have been up and re-registration. tempted by the favourable rate to = reinvest in the French and Russian War Loans, with the re- suls that lines of the leading local issues have changed hands as much as 3 per cent. below the prices ruling a fortnight ago.
DEATH OF LORD ARMITSTEAD.
Yesterday morning, at the Mix- ed Court, says the N.C. Daily News of December 4 as a result London, Received; December 8. of the agitation attendant upon The death is announced of the strike of rickeha ocolies well Lord Armitstead. [Lord Armit aigh one hundred cases were stead was born in 1824. He wAD dealt with. Most of the charges educated in Germany and re-bai, A further drop took place referred to damage done to presected Dandes in Parliament
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To commemorate the comple vehicles found by the strikers in 1808-73 and 1880 85. He has low sa $800, but as close a little firstrate knowledge of Cantonese SORTED HAMPERS SUITABLE FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON tion of their twenty-five years' plying for hire and, in nearly no heir.] married life, Mr. and Mrs. every euch case, the damage was William Thomas Edwards, of done to the mudguards or to the Hongkong, gave a disser to a valves of the tyres. In most ones large number of friends at the the sentences were for short terms Hongkong Hotel last night, and a of imprisonment from a week op- most enjoyable time was spent warde. vocal items being rendered by
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North Chinae ers wanted at 176. rickeha, He told Mr. Grant Jones,
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turing him and taking him and coat and was arrested in the place the ricksha to the Police Station. of his first prisoner.
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lser, while the charge for income tax will of course be heavier. Philippines have eased back to 3 without business, ́. Bsube havS mpaths.
been the subject of enquiry in the Twomonths' imprisonment was Bontb, and better than $33% could field saw two men rash out of a the sentence meted out to a man be obsined.
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Wharves and Godowns Location, three minutes from foreign lady. be apparently, a leader of the Shanghai and longkowa steadied City. Apply to J. VINCENT They turned her out and im- mediately began to break the men. Police evidence was given down to sales at 93, closing BEAGA, Toyo Kisen Kaisha,
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orowd and pointing to rickubus in was received by the American police to finish the work which he side streets to which parties of the Consulate General, Hongkong, had already done on the vehicle.. coolies were making their way. the Directorate, and its land, etc.,
The first defendant was sent to The men were apparently acting prison for two months and the under his instructions but instead second for one.
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