THE FURIEN STRUGGLE
Expectations of Early Fighting.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1923.
SANITARY BOARD.
ROBBERS IN KOWLOON RESIDENCE.
DAIRY FARM
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NEWS.
Powell
Tel. C.346,
Ltd
Next Year's Estimates
Passed.
Portuguese Lady Bound and Gagged.
The fortnightly meeting of the SUN PARTY'S AMBITIONS, Sanitary Board was held yesterday
Robbers attempted to rob the afternoon, Mr. G. R. Sayer pre-residence of Mrs. £. F. Xavier, siding. Those present ware the at No. 11, Ashley Road, Kowloon, (Our then Correspondent.) Hon Mr. T. L Perkins, Lt Col yesterday morning.
Fitzgerald, EMC, Dr. M. J. Amoy, May 4
Five men, armed with knives, The Fukien military situation Woodman, Dr. W. V. M. Koch, Dr. came in by the back door, surpris now seems to be shaping itself for F. M. G. Ozorio, Mr. S. W. Tsing the inmates, including a Par- definite action. All reports seem Mr. Wong Kwong-tin and Mr. Jtuguese female servant and a to indicate that a conflict is certain. Fraser (Secretary),
cook, who were kept under a very to take place within the very near Referring to the report of the close watch. Mrs. Xavier herself future sonewbere near Chuan-Committee un the proposals con
was bound and gagged, but sbel chowfn between what are now tained in the Estimates for 1921, the managed somehow to raise the known as the Foocbow forces and Chairman said his suggestions had alarm. This scared the robbers as thes were on the point of entering.
the Amoy or South Fuzien forces. been circulated to members, and the bedroom, and they ran away The South Fukien forces are the Committee had reported in without stopping to steal any- being led by Li Lieh-kwan and Chang Tse-peng, both of whom are favour of them. It was hardly thing
now in Amoy making preparations necessary for him to go into them for their expedition. These forces at length. He would like to mere
are now definitely allied with the tion that there was a subsidiary: Sun Yat-sen party of South report which, he understood, had China, and are also being assisted been subjected to amendment sub-1 by Tuchua Lu Yang-hsiang of scribed to by the members, to Chekiang and Chang Tso-iin which he was not in a position al of Mukden. It is reported that the time to subscribe. I reco this combination is now plotting and working for the downfall of eaded on increase in the staff of Wu Pei-fu and the present Pek-medical ofcers. He was pleased ing Government
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The professor in phonetics ask. to announce to the Board that heed his pupils to indicate by letters The Foochow forces are led by was now in a position to agree or other symbols that summer Sun Chusu-fang and Ong Eng with the appointment of an addi-was late in coming The best chuan, and are the appointees of tional medical officer to be pro- formalus was the one shown above. the Peking Government. They vided for in the Estimates for 1991. Can you road the message? are supposed to be respectively. In reply to Dr. Koch, the Chair-
Saturday's answer of Fukien. General Ong Engan said the appointment had been chuan was formerly associated Approved and would be provided with Hey Sung-cbi in Foochow, for in the Estimates
Governor and assistant Governor,
Dr. Koch: He will not start duty until next year?
No one can find the subject of
this riddle:
All their search for it will be
in vain.
Yet break it, just before the
middle:
The Chairman replied that that And in our very midst it will be was 50.
plain.
More Inspectors. The Chairman, continuing, said it was unnecessary to go into the
but later turned his face Peking- ward, and was recognised by the government. Seeing that the central of Fukien is vital to the smooth and unpampered oper ationa of the Sun-Chekiang- Mukden combine, it is therefore considered necessary to remove the enemy forces now in central other proposals in detail, but there of Foochow and North Fukien Wikt general remark which At present, troops of both sides applied to all others. and that was are concentrating in large cum-that he had not attempted in any bers within the regions of Chuansway to strike new ground. AD chowfu. Hingh wife, Hankong the proposals for additional per- and Yungchun. Letters from sunnel, stores and constructional Hinghwafu confirm the reports of work appeared to be absolutely real fighting last week, the result of which many was wounded and killed. As telegraphic communi- cations from these regions have been destroyed, news is slow in
coming in.
What word is represented above?
The word represented by the above verse is "Nowhere." If it
is broken just before the middle, it becomes "Now here."
Permanent Market in Kowloon City.
Mr. Wong Kwongtin suggested necessary to keep pace with the that a permanent market be built in development on both sides of the Kowloon City in view of the large harbour. The proposals included population there. The Kowloon Bay three additions to the inspectors reclamation was progressing rapidly staff; two for Kowloon, nae neces- and about, one hundred houses bud Local Chinese authorities think sitated by the large amount of build been built. with population of the Fukien conflict marks anothering going on at present, which would about one thousand climax in Chinese politics. It result
As the pre! a extension of the sent market was unhealthy, he means that If the Sun Yat-sen party is successful in Fukien... it
The second in thought the Government should will then be in a good position to Kowloon would be required to consider the construction of a per- clean up Kwangtung, and, laterist in the supervision of scaveng} manent market on the reclamation. on, proceed against Wu Pei-funga the third would take The Chairmail: What about the
and bis allies.
STOWAWAY TROUBLE.
7.
A Nuisance to Liners.
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district.
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Special Expenditure. Referring to what he described as Special Esperliture, the Chair man said the main item WOND large amount for exhumation work in Kowloon. for which he put
Mr. Bennett appeared at the Police Court this morning in the 81.000. It was for exhumation atļ case remanded from
ed with towing away
vester the Cemetery at Matauwall The
on the
vision of threw additional motor
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Mr. Wone replied that a site was provided by the Governmget and marked out as block No. 1. It covered air area of about - 14000 square feet.
Mr. To supported Mr. Wong's) there was nothing definite as to the He understood tlust
suggestion
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day in which a man was chargother important er was the Preserving it for purposes of public Empress of Asis. Mr. J.R. Wood recited the facts as reported wat vans. He proposed that theility, may I suggest that the Kai Tak Company, the proprietors nl yesterday, and asked Mr. Bennett. Two vans used to convey meat fromį who appeared to represent the the Kennedy Town to the alte reclamation, put up a site for
the building of Canadian Pacific Steamship Com-Market be transferred to Kowloon
a permanent war- ket Would the Government allow pany, what charge he intended They were too heavy for the Hong- bringing against the defendant. kong streets, but would be them to collect the rents i Mr. Bennett mentioned that the tremely used to carry meat from The Chairman: So I against Empress of Asia was registered the slaughter house
to Yannati the law.
The Chairman explained | French rev at Vancouver and he believed he
and other markets To replace that tære Kad begi a ComporaryDark firen could bring the charge under Sec- tion 237 of the Merchant Ship-hose, he had asked for three market for sene tune, hat the basi lighter vans for service in Houg. uess was insulfiviera to justify stal The trouble occasioned on liners) kong. He proposed to get two holders eccupsing it.
Mr. Wong The temporary struc by repeated occurrences of this more water cars, but would not character was emphasised by the carry out the plan until the water ture on the reclination is too small Chief Officer. He said that be-situation was more satisfactory. to afford protection to the stall csuse of the liability to a penalty
holders from the of $500 (Gold) should any stowa that be hand to repent many items That is the reason they do not use ways without the necessary im that had already occurred in the it. Besides the matshed has been migration papers get away from public Works Extraordinary for blown down twice, once in a small the ship, great trouble had been caused in the necessity to marshal
1923. It was probably unnecessary typhoon. the crew at the end of every trip for him to remind members that to sea that none were missing or these items were extremely import- that no
ping Act of 1894.
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The Chairman wear on to
say
Diphtheria.
Bud rain.
Dr. Ozorio said he would like
unauthorized personsant He could not select any ene were found amongst them. This of them as more important than support & vote for a small item for rali-cell had to be conducted in the others. as to the dusting the buying of anti-tocsin for the state rooms to enable the stations, for instance, it was dyphtheria. The new test was to other parts of the vessel to be phrions that they were necessary and out if the Chinese were suscep thoroughly searched.
at convenient points along the tible to dyphtheria, and if possible. Sentence of four weeks' hard seafront. There was a shortage at to indace people to use it It would labour W13 inflicted by "his Worship.
present. The next point was with re- nut be far wrong to say tha: gard to latrines. In a town where up-dyphtheria claimed a good many per floors of tenement houses had no deaths in the Colony, and if they latrines, it was obvious that, they could save one or two thousand must provide public latrines A lives by this means it would be at
FAMILY COAL MINE.
The Chairman said it was a mat--
Mr. W. Alison, an engineer.no fresh food was allowed to be blessing. has discovered coal on the land sold in places other than the mar- which he purchased from Lordkets. they had also to meet the ter for the Medical Department. Newton's estate, at Middewood, East Cheshire. He has put down needs of the public. The Chairman He would draw the attention of the plant, and is working a seam with then moved the adoption of the Medical Officer to it
a staff consisting of himself, his report of the Committee on the Ibree sons, and a workman.
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proposals in the Estimates for 1924. Seconding the adoption of the report, Dr. Koch expressed the hope that the work of great urgency pro
vided for in the Estimates would be expedited.
The report concerning the Es timates was unanimously passed.
Another item on the agenda, was the authorisation of the Assistsat Medical Officer of Health to set tor the Medical Officer of Health dur ing the latter's 'temporary, absence from duty.
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