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could have been terminated by the Soviet Government in the event of success of the action, was given yesterday in the Chancery Divi sion. It was decided that the holder of Russian five per cent bonds of 1906 had no claim on the gold deposited in the Bank of England and held by a lady agent of the Russian Soviet Govern
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THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE.
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THE RICE MARKET.
Rangoon, July 14.
The rice market has risen to 590 rupees for a hundred baskets, Business done in February, March and April in the new crop, was be- tween 4-10 and 45 rupees.
THE FASCISTI RIOTS.
of
Rome, July 14. Car at Viterbo, fired on
of the
were
The occupants
the the Socialist inhabitanta
towo.
the Hon. Mrs. Beckett, sister of Lord Grimthorpe, formerly Countess Czernin and her three children, of whom the son was killed and two injured besides the chauffeur.
PEACE WITH HUNGARY.
Paris, July 12. The Senate has ratified the Peace Treaty with Hungary.
OBITUARY.
Dr. Eric Arthur Woods,
-The London Missionary Societ and Alice Memorial and Affiliates Hospitals have sustained a sever. ins by the death on Wednesday from pueumonia, of Dr. Eiu Arthur Woods, who arrived in the Colony on June 24th, to assist i the work of the above Hospitala
Dr. Woods was bera in Hobart. Tasmania, and after taking th degree of B. So., at the University of Tasmanis, proceeded to Nex |College, Oxford, on a Rhodes
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BANISHEE ESCAPES FROM HOSPITAL.
|(From Our Chen Correspondent)| Collusion With Constable
PAY IN PENANG.
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DIVISION AMONGST SHANGHAI RICE DEALERS.
Majority in Favour
Stopping Strike. Singapore, July 14. Ho Tun, police constable,
Shanghai, July 8. The Municipal Commissioners - was charged before Mr Q.-N, Örme,
Chaos in the ranks of the of Pensag have postponed till at the Magistrsoy yesterday, with strikers" further ""dersloped November a motion for twenty.gross negligence of duty while in yesterday and the tale is now one ave per seat. reduction of lam-charge of a Chinese prisoner at the of disualon and divided counsel, porary allowances paid to officers Government Civil Hospital on The efforts made by: Mr. C. C and subordinates. The motion Wednesday morning.
Nieh in the opacity of mediator was put forward on the ground of | The prisoner in question was were entirely nullified as the the lower cost of living.
arrested about a week ago for result of a meeting bald yesterday returning from banishment before morning at the Chinese General SAWYERS' DISPUTE.
the expiry of his term la at Chamber of Commerce and at- Singapore, July 14. tempting to evado arrest he fell intended by some 800 rice abon Negotiations between the Saw the street and sustained injuries representatives. Mr. Yih Kung- millers' Association and the head which necessitated his removal toy, Chairman of the Guild, was in sawyers have not yet produced a hospital. He was to have been the chair. reduction of wages, The em.discharged from hospital on the Mr. Nish made a long speech in ployers are willing to make the morning on which he escaped. which be advised a resumption reduction tan per cent, instead of Defendant said he was suffering subject to guarantees that there twenty, but the men refuse to|from diarrhoea on Wednesday will be no police control and that accept this and the matter bas morning. At o'clock he found returns required by the Council been referred to, the Protector of the prisoner asleep and went to the may be furnished the guild. It Chinese.
lavatory. Un his return the appeared that quite two-thirds of prisoner had disappeared.. DISBANDMENT OF
those present were in favour of SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS. fendant tell your Worship that he opposition was forthcoming from Sub-Inspector Wills: Did do this solution of the difficulty, but Singapore, July 14. left the key of the prisoner's ward the more youthful and much The Singapore Volunteer Corps in the lock? The prisoner appar-more will disbanded on the 30th July ently saw. The Captain Super-meeting.
noisy action of the and will be succeeded by a new tendent of Police will prosecute in force wherein
THE CHAMBERS' VOLTE FACE. the voluntary this case.
There was to have been” a principle is retained. There will be no exacting training on settered he did know what he Worship French Concession and Chinese ME.D. C. Wolle, c.s.., meeting of the shopkeepers of the drill grounds, but instead all thought of defendant's explanation. territory in the afternoon, but will be trained in the, Drill fall but his instructions to him were to presumably in view of the earlier Provision is made for payment of stand on duty outside the prisoners fiasco at the Chamber of Com- transport expenses. It is believed ward, to keep away from the door marce, the meeting was abandon- ex-servicemen generally do not and bet to go inside on any seed. The meeting had been called intend to join up. The prospects count. The water closet used by to discuss the advisability of of the experiment are not pro- defendant was inside the ward and resuming business. mising.
MISSING COMPRADORE.
was not built for the convenience It is interesting to note that of constables on duty. The pre-the Chamber of Commerce. sumers" ward was specially built by which at the outset took with the Atrikars
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Sugapore, July 14 A warrant bas been issued for the buspital authorities in view of sides the arrest of Ng Chun-seng, thee escape of many prisoners under and officially stated missing compradore of the Banquet 3 built in a manner that made should be abandoned, has now treatment in the hospital before-as to why the licensing order de l'Indo Chine, on a charge of
it impossible for any prisoner to circularized the rice shopkeepers cheating.
escape, except through the gate, urging them to resume business. SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL The prisoner in the present case AN ANONYMOUS CIRCULAR.
STAFF.
was a rather strong mao and it was
The following is a translation · Shangbai, July 1-1.
very important for defendant to of a circular issued among rice The Municipal Council annoua-
bare carried out his instructions dealers yesterday afternoon —–—– ces salary increases for all sub-cot to enter the ward except when
"My fellow traders! "You are there ia-
santher man ordinate employees but до
out familiar with the reason why we allowed to heads of ide with the key of the gate. have struck and have suffered He 3r Wolfe) could only at-loss. Is it not for the reason tha: tribute
creases are
departments.
GAMING ACT DECISION.
Shanghai, July 14. The Dutch Backs are appealing against the decision of the Oficial Receiver in the Judah Ezra bank ruptcy case; the Receiver deciding that the claims were not payable under the Gaming Act.
Judge Grain is hearing the case
in the British Sunneme Court.
CARGO BROACHING.
Hongkong's Bad Reputation.
STA
our
defendant's action orice shops are to be licensed ? either gross negligence or deliberata The Conncil has classed inteat. The prisoner was a des legitimate trade among brothels! perate character and the constable For the sake of mankind, as well arrested him had to resort to as for the sake of other legitimate violence to secure him. He had trades, we have take the initiative
truncheon marks. Mr Wolfe in protesting against the cruəl ** applied for the maximum pensity administration. Alas, not having Mr Orme: Supposing the can attained our aims, there are cer- stable on duty outside the ward is tain bad characters who for the taken ill, what should he do?
sake of personal gam wish to
We
M: Wolle: It ha was sick break up our unity. The Council FRENCH NATIONAL FETE. he should have mentioned it to the bave listened to mediators' com. Shanghai, July 14. devever, who would have kept promisingi proposals to show the A retrait aur Rambeans (retreat watch during his absence. Defeqweakness of the Chinese, and so with torches, participated in bydant should "not have used the when we recede one step the thousands of Chinese, marched | lavatory inside the prisoners' ward. Council advances one step. in a spectneyin display to openi In reply to his Worship, Mr Wolle bave endured till We can the 14th of July celebrations last said the dresser was & Chiowe. do 50 TO longer. and aight. There Wels receptions The Magistrate, to the interpre- there is no alternative for us but to-day A5 the French Con-tar: Tell the defendant that be to stand 6rm to tha, end, or we sulate sad at the French Club, and left the key of the gate in the leck.shall be foiled by bad characters sports, with Tonkiose drill, Lock Defendant said he was in a burry and a 've minutes patriotism', place this afternoon,
to go to the latrice.
will be the laughing stock of out- After describing the lay-out of siders. Fellow Traders, what the ward and its gate, Mr. Wolfe will be our shame? and where said thers wrte a jew latrines out I will manki d be ? " side the ward and if defendnat had THE RECALCITRANT MINORITY, ved any of them without notising At a meeting held yesterday, a anybody he would only have been number of the dealers who are A requel to the loss by theft put on the report for leaving be opposed to the taking out of three bags of beche-de-mer, part vi pot. 3ir. Wolfe said defendant licences under any conditions the cargo of the air. Changsha, had been on regular duty for whatever met and decided that WAD heard Bi the Magstracy aix months. He bad spent four the Chinese General Chamber yesterday afterpood when a months in the police training school of • ommerce had no power Chinese watcbman in the etoplay in which deficite instructions were to deal with the rice ques of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire. imparted to recruits as to what they tion and they would never another man employed on one of Defendant passed the school may be reached by that body. ag-nts for the
Changsha, and should do while guarding prisoners. recognize aor decisions that. B. and S. lighters, were charged second class constable instead of Nur, they threaten, will they with larceny of the goods, valued recruit. Dunoz his brief career recognise any acts in connection as $450, while the mistress of a the force the only stain on his re- with the rice situation arrived at sampao and her son were charged cord was sleeping while on duty. by the Chamber. They have de- with receiving the stolen goods. which was a serious breach of recided to form themselves into a Mr E. J. Lewis appeared fur the galstions. "I take it your Worship body without the aid of any of prosecution and Mr C. H. Lgeoo will not give defendant the option their directors. for the boatwoman sed her son.
of a foe?" asked Mr. Wolle.
Mir. Orme: 1 don't mean to do
The evidence showed that o Tuesday night a cargo of beche-de- | that. I think that in view of the mer was loaded into one of B. and fact that defendant is a new man S. lighters from the Chaogsba. and the absence of direct evidence At 5 p.m. the following morning of collusion, I will not impose thr Chinese watchman of the steamer maximum pensity. observed three bags of beche-de. Defendant was sentenced to four mer being thrown into third defen. mouths' hard labour. dani's sampan, which subsequently pushed off and sailed toward,the sampan, did not leave the Hongkong. The watchman secured lighter.
the boat had
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CARDINAL BOURNE'S JUBILEZ.
Cardinal Bourne, the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, re- cently celebrated the silver jubilee of bis episcopate. HAND-CLAPPING AT PERSIDENT SIGNS PEACE.
A New Jersey message of July
|× boat, pursued the third defendant The Magistrate considered that 2 says: A messenger started to and overtook ber, When she was this circumstances and the early the capital to-day with the sign- taken back to the lighter the Chief bour when the defendants' boat wased peace resolution, ending war cholarship, where he took the Officer of the Changsha was not engaged, should have made the with Germany and Austria. The greta of B.A., B M, B Ch.. and fed, and on inspecting the cargo mistress of the boat realise that document was signed on a small e following diplomas-D.P.Hf the lighter, discovered six she was engaged for an unlawfumahogany table before group ₫ D.O. He subsequently took hegs, from which the becha-de-purpose.
including the president, the host M P. C.S (Eng,
OD and her found
His Worship saked Mr. Low and hostess (Senator and Mrs. .B.C.P. (London), kad was for a been extracted. It was stated by about five defendant's record and Frelinghuysen), Speaker of the ros on the staff of the Prince of the Chief Officer that if the first if he bad any remarks to make house, William Gillett, fenators Valas Hospital i Tottenham. defendant had been on duty on the with regard to cargo broaching in Kellogg of Minnesota and Hale
D:. Woods cate to his appoint lighter he must have discovered Boogkong. rent with the highest recommends the theft.
Mr. Lewis: This port has a bad finished signing, one member of ons from bis r«tructors and former Mr Lyson's defence was that bis repulation. There is nothing the group remarked: Well- ion workers, and during bis short clients had no knowledge that the known against the first defendant that's that, Mr. President" Pre- Lay of twenty days in Hongkong cargo which they carried had been Mr. Orme sentenced the first de-ident Harding replied "Yeş ntered into the life and his pro-tolen. Defendants'
fendant to six months hard labour that's it." smiling, and the others pective sphere of service with -ngaged by the first defendest is and the second accused to four responded with a burst of hands
the ordinary course of busines months. The Bostwoman
Waclapping. The president returned It was stated that the first Emed $20, or four months" impri the resclation to the messenger defendant, who was alleged to srament, and her son was die immediately and prepared to have loaded the beche-de-mer into charged.
turo to his golf game.
prest eatbusĪKST.
The Hospitals are much in need f such workers, and it is no easy
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bost
was
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