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LAUNDRY STRIKE.
THE MATTER NOW SETTLED.
RINGLEADERS DISMISSED.
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Hongkong Telegraph.
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THURSDAY MAY-
8,
· 1924
HOUSE
CANTON RIVER INCIDENTY
BRITISH GUNBOAT CHASES SOLDIERS.
News roaches us from Canton to the effect that a British gun-i boat has been instrumental in preventing a robbery being carri- od out on a junk by Chinose
JAPANESE EXCLUSION.
PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS TO OBTAIN DELAY
END OF "GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT.“
(Reuter's Service.) The public will be interested to
Washington, May hear that, the strike of womon
President Coolidgo has informed the Congressional leaders that workers at the Steam Laundry has now
as regards the date, July 1st, for enforcement of the minigration boon Bottled. The soldiere.
It appears that a young couple, Bill, it is far, too soon to permit a diplomatie arrangement with ringleaders of the strike have been dismissed and now hands at 9 p.in. on the 4th instant, took Japan.
Stops are being taken to rally the sympathisers with the already started. Thore was no a small hoat for the purpose of delay caused by the strike of these enjoying the cool breezes of President's view in opposing acceptance of the conference report.
evoning and 448 tho wore the
The President said he would favour March 1st, 1926, as a better womon, as other "hauds transferred to the work on which boat was being rowed along date for operation of the now Bill, and hoped congross would accord
towards tho Shameon, another at least a few months dolny. they were engaged.
Washington, May 7. We understand that the wo-boat suddenly came up contain-
The Congressional committed has accepted Mr. Coolidgo's mon who went on strike woro noting six men in military uniform. the ironers, but calendar handa These soldiers bogan shouting to suggestion to roport on a provision making the Immigration Bill who were in charge of machinery the small boat to stop in order offective from March 1st. 1925, instead of July 1st next, on. the used for finishing the surface of to be searched for arms, but the understanding that the formal abrogation of the "gontleman's cloth under steam pressure. The couple, foaring robbery, rowed agreement" shall in the meantime be negotiated. The committee ananagement did not, it appears, off more strongly and began to has rejected the proposal to postpone the oporation of the Bill until
March 1st, 1926. object to the workers washing call for help.
sont Wan
CHINA TO BE RELIEVED.
their own personal clothes on the A British gunboat happened to. promises, which they have always be in the vicinity and it im- beon permitted to do. The objec-¡mediately gave chase to tie bost tion was against the washing of containing the soldiers. A boat clothes belonging to "outside
out by the British people. This practice was dis- marinoe, whereupon, three of the
BOXER INDEMNITY REMITTED. favoured beruuso it made chock-soldiers jumped into the water The other three
Washington, May 7. ing of customers' goods difficult and escapod. and possibly allowed a loopholoware, however, seized by the
Tho House of Representatives has passed a resolution by 211 in regard to shortages,
British sailors and handed over to 114 relieving China of further payments of the Boxor Indonmity However, the matter has now to the British Consul, who caused to the United States. boon adjusted,, and the laundry them to be sent to the Chinese) is carrying on business as usual. authorities on the following day.
STONECUTTERS BEACH.
LAUNCH PARES RAISED.
I
HONGKONG TENNIS
CHAMPION.
TO PLAY IN OLYMPIC TEAM.
We are informed that Mr.
Wo are able to announce to-day. Fionda, the Colony's singles
last year.
A new matshed for
dressing purposes fas buon
TROUBLE IN THE RUHR.
MINERS IN SAXONY AND SILESIA JOIN.
HINESE MAGISTRATE
HERE.
MAN WHO HELPED TO ROUND UP PIRATES.
938 PER ANUKN
BROTHERS STANDARD MODEL Motor: Dam Toomplete, with fiva
dise wheels and with five Cord Tyros).:" 3-passenger Roadster $2,400) -passenger Tousing......$9,450 SPECIAL MODELS (équipped ith £vel DALLOON TYRES, nickeled pnt and roar, bumpers, and MUCH OF ER D. Luxe equlpinent)
passenger Rondeter 5-passenger Touring.
£350
$700
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co. Ltd.
HIV 2
DEMOLITION. CHANGING CÁNTON,
ALLEGED ·ARBITRARY.”
ACTION.
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
PUBLIC PROPERTIES BEING SOLD
BURGLAR ALARMS.
CHARGES GREATLY
74 CURTAILED,
Canton was once
a city of There is loud praiso for the beautiful templos, religious and Captain Superintendent of Pollos An attempt to pull down a family, but it is being destroyed, on the action he has taken in house over the loads of the and the once 2,560 pabllo places reducing the charges for oleotrio tenants was alleged against the of all characters and for all pur- burglar alarms. landlord in the Summary Court poses are ling torn down to make Introduced about a year ago, this morning, when the Kam way for more substantial but loss tho-devion has boon found efficient Sang firm, of 27, Lyndhurst picturesque buildings, says the in scaring off would-be robbers from nativo banks and shops In Terrace, claimed damages and an Evening Star, injunction against the landlord, Until 1921, Canton still pos- the commerolal quartor of Wing- Wong Bao.
aesaed 76vamen, or high official lok Street and Bonham Stratid, Mr. C.A.S. Russ appeared for the buildings, and 98 minor offelal but on account of the high charge
A large number of asked for the installation and.. plaintiff and Mr. EC.S. Brookes (quarters,
theao buildings wore sold in 1923 maintenando of those devices by appeared for the defendants.
Mr. Russ said that his clionis, in order to roalizo funds for the Wing Hong Company, which were the monthly tenants of 27, military operations" and among has been Kranted the Lyndhurst Terrace, where they the large yanien disposed of in poly, the installations have not carried on business as embroidery this way were the old Tariar been as general as could have vamon in Wai Oj boon desired. After investigating makem. The landlord gave them General's
the
Presidential the matter and allowing a fair notice to quit and although ho Maloo and know that it was disputed, he Palace once occupied by Dr. Sun margin of profit, the Captain camo to the premises with an Yat-son at the foot of the Goddess Superintendent has cut down thị army of workmen, put up scaffold-of Morcy Hill.
charge from $50 to $10 par year.
There ing, took tilos. of the roof, and
Home two knocked holes in the wall. It was Work is being inaugurated oned up with Folice Headquarters,
hundred of those alarme connect a misdemeanour under the statute the Second West Band, Canton, to The groat reduction on the charge of Richard II and they could also
and should bring triedefonelve moane
ANOTHER MODERN SECTI' N.
are now
monTM
claim damage for trespass. That have more modern roads, was irrespective of whether the 2,500 foot of regular streets from against our armed robbers more notice was good or bad. It was 14 to 40 foot wide will be cor
a deliberate attempt on the part structed within the block lined within the reach of householders of the landlord to go behind the cast by Tung Hing Street; wast and tenants of the Colony. court and take the law into his Tak Hing Street; Fouth, by the own hands. If that sort of thing Second West Bund; and north CANTON EDUCATION. were allowed to go on, they would by Sup Sam Hong. The expenses get disputed.notices fought out in for the works are being borne by property owners through payment the streets Instead of in the courts.of a special assessment while the Nothing was more likely to cause
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
The latest statistics of the Bureau of Education of the Pro
u breach of the peace, and he construction is being planned and would ask for
supervised by the Canton Munici exemplary damages. He asked His Lord-pal Department of Public Works ship to amend the claim to Wing Hing Company is under vinee, of Kwangtung, show that $1,000 and he asked only that taking the construction of the there are more than 230 women because it was the limit the streets at the rate of $22.40 each engaged in the several modera Serious Effect on Industry,
Mr. Li Sin-kan, the Magistrato Court could award. The ront Chinese square feet, or each schools of regular standing in the Berlin May 7.
of Houngshan, is now on a visit of the premises was paid on the leng. These streets will be city of Canton, says the Evening Work in practically all the to Hongkong and has called on 28th day of each Chinese moon macadamized, it is understood. Star. They represent nearly one-
and officers now on duty, Canton also once had within The city now has 12 institutions>> that the Stonecutter's public tonn's champion, has been chosen nines in the Ituhris at a stand-the-Captain-buparintendent of and therefore a common law MORE "NATIONALISATION sixth of the number of instructors bathing bouch will be opened on play in the Olympiu com-still owing to the man's refusal to Police in connection with inatoa otice would expire on the 27th
or 28th The Chief Justice was the city 50 military barraoke or Thursday, the 15th. instant, and petition in place of Mr. Ohta, that the arrangements, excepting who is sick, and will leave for work over eight hours a day, in touching on the question of piracy going to give judgment on was stations, four. prisons and four of higher learning, and three of in one particular, will be almost Paris by the Atsuta Maru or, if accordance with the Government of British ships in Chinese point, and he would not address jails, and one workhouse for mis- thom are being supported by the
arbitration award..
waters, precisely the same as obtainedì possible, by an earlier boat.
Eighty-five per cent. of the Mr. Li will be recalled as the His Lordship on it. On Decemy demeanors. The prison attached overament; two by the public: ber 8th his clients received a to the Namhoi Magistracy had five by private organizations; and two by foreign societies. In minors have accordingly boon energatio
whose co- official
notice to quit from Messrs. G. K. bon mortgaged and will even addition to the foregoing, there locked out.
operation in recent moaBures Similar trouble has broken out taken against pirates was directly Hall Brutton and Co. but heually be sold. The Kwangtung
national government supporting in the Saxon and Upper Silesian responsible for the arrest of tho would submit that it was bad,Provincial Assembly Building ls are also 40 middle schools: the
for two roLeons, It was bad in jati intact, not having been sold. coal regins...
thirty-eight pirates concorned in
four; the municipal goverment common law, because it did not It. is now being taken over by two the provincial government spiriting away Thousands of motal workers the and man in other industries-are-steam-launch-Kwongtak from Crinoide with one of the perio soups for quartering purposes five: the district government of of the tonancy, and it was bad like the municipal advisory Nainhol and Pangu, five-the- The Canton authorities have likely to be affected, as the Ruhr Hongkong Harbour and who were because it was current on March council building in Tai-sha-tao. launches found that last your's given in to the owners of passen-coal reserver aro very small. lator executed en masse, after a 7th, when the legislation was Practically all street ward com public organizations, one; private prolonged trial in which tho
sionarios, 13. The higher and than a Hongkong Police Forces were passed which prevented rapacious mittees own a building, and once organizations, 13; and the mls-
landlords from turning out tenants they numbered more
middle schools numbor 58 represented."
except under certain conditioan thousand; and for a time most of A. Hongkong vernaculat paper
Some 376 persons ato being has of late roundly abused Mt. Li which did not exist in this caso. the 209. modern and 911 oldaltogether.
Continuing, Mr. Russ said that fashioned schools in the city for what it considers his pro-the landlord sent his men on April occupied theso prómisos. During fongagod as officers of administra foreign altitude in the norotia-5th and 6th. On April 7th, a 1923 many stroot organisations on in the higher and middle. In the House of Commons cipal object of ascertaining for Hastings, Donnys and Bowley authorities to redeem these placosmon and 5 womon are in the. tior B, and it was with tho prin-lotter was received from Mesars, were ordered by the military/20hools of Canton, of these 151
erected, and everything is in CANTON JUNK STRIKE. readiness for the pubic.
In the matter of ferry fare,
however, an inerenso has to be!
-made-this-yearzowing-to the fact that the Company operating the
LOCAL MOVIE CO.
GOVERNMENT CANCELS
TAX
THE SINGAPORE GESTURE.
No Response From Other. Powers.
дя
London. May 7.
of the
charges were too low. Instead of zor and cargo junks who went on haing 10 cents, the ferry faresjstrike as a protest against a new will be 20 cents and 30 cents. surtax recent imposed.
An official notification will; The authorities state that the appear io tomorrow's Govern-tax was intended to be used for ment Gazelle.
the protection of the junks, and! not for military expenses, but asi he junk people did not appear to approve of it, the lux would be
to whother cancelled. Iis Improbable that questioned
himself what Chinese public of tho Wushington the junks will resume business any for a few days, as most of them Treaty signatures had responded opinion, as claimed to have been to the Government's decision represented by the newspanor in have already left Canton.
regarding Singapore, Mr. Ramsay question, thought of him that Mac Donnid replied in the nogs- Mr. Li has come to Hongkong,
Meanwhile Mr. Li bas boeri tivo, and pointed out that no
granted permission by the Cap immediato definite response could be expected because Singa tain Superintendent of Poilce to pore was outside the scope of the carry a revolver. Washington agroomont.-Henter,
TO TRANSFER TO CANTON,
After having erected a spacious studio at Causeway Bay, the Sun Motion Picture Company has decided to transfor its activities to Canton.
now
For some time past a plant has
THEATRICALS.
"OLYMPIA FOLLIES":
COMING.
been under construction in Can- The "Olympia Follies," a com- ton designed to house the Company of highly talented variety This change in the artists, headed by Mr. Hamilton;
pany,
on
NEW MARKET RACES.
1.
original plans of the directors is and Miss Mills, soclety enter- stated to be brought about by the tainers, have arrived horo, follow- Result of the Two Thousand. successful discovery that Cariton and the ing
run in
London, May 7. surrounding country offers a lot-Shanghai and Manila, and will The Two Thousand Guinean ter location for tho "shooting" of hogin a sodeon at the Queen's, rosulted as follows: adence of a topographical or Theatre Saturday night. Diophon (112) .... dramatic naturo. The studio at Hamilton and Mills have a Bright Knight (100/9) 2. Causeway. Bay will be converted, wonderful selection of the latest Groon Fire (100/8) into residential flats.
London and Now York jizz songs,) Twenty ran. Won by a head, ballade, classical and sami with a nook between second and classical, many of which are third. Reuter, boing sung for, the first time in the Far East. Their duot "Tuck Me to Sleep In my Old Kentucky Home has proved a great hit
.....3.
MERCURY CROSSES
THE SUN..
had lost considerable business by the action of defendant. It was an ombroidery firm in a fashion- ablo thoroughfato, and with dirty coolice about the place it was Local. revidents who keep in only natural that business should' touch with matters astronomical suffer. bad opportunity to-day "of
"BATTLING KEY,'
WANTS A TIGHT IN HONGKONG.
stating that, defendant would upon their taking over as public higher and 173 men and 5 women commence the work of recon-building, the prices running from are in the middle schools. Asida struction within 24 hours and that $120 up a cheng, or 10 Chinese from the officers, there are 1012 any damage caused would be at square foot. By the nationalisa-parsons engaged as teachers in the plaintiffs' risk, On April 8th, an tion of many of those and the higher and middle schools and 20 woro professors in the undertaking was given by defend-sale of some religious temples the they are classified by 28 men and ant that he would not continuaist twelve months, the local au- until the case had been settled, but thorities were able to turn about colleges and 634 men and 18
schoola. he was guilty of deliberate inter- $6,000,000 to the war chest of the women instructors in the middle
Plaintiffs general headquarters. ference on May 1st.
The courses given in the colleges are arts and solence:
law, agricultura education, medicino, police and prison administration, olvil and raliccad engineering and those given by the middle schools are regular high school, lower normal kinder- The manageresa afated that
garten training, manual training, observing the planet Mercury half the business had been lost
commerce, sewing, art, physical crossing the sun's disc, looking since the scaffolding was put up, "Battling Key," of Singapore, training, mid-wifery, and nurse ilko a black dot against the fiery Mr. Brooken said he would in a letter to the Telegraph, states training. glow. Needless to say, one had submit that the Court had no that during his reoont visit to The number of studente is 9887. to look at the phenomenon jurisdiction as regards the in- Australia be learned a great deal in all colleges and middle schoole through smoked glass. This junction and that plaintiff, was about boxing. Ho adds that in the city, and some 3056 boys passage of the planet between not entitled to damages. Arising since his roturn he has met Eddie and 195 girls aro in the college the earth and sun takes place out of the second point he would Grady, who challenged him for and some 4935 boys and 170 girls periodically, though irregularly have to contond that the notice the lightweight title of Malays are in the middle grade schools. The last transit was ten years was good and that defendant was and defeated him on points. As to expenses for the schools 980, and another is promised in perfectly justified in his action, whilst on April 25th be met Nool the Bureau states that the higher CANTON PROTESTS
throo years time."
In Morano, of the Malay States, institutions spond yearly. 61.272, Apart from the statuto AGAINST "BOCIALISM."
The first contact was short common law, if they gave a whom he knocked out in the 145; the middle schools 81,667, ly before six o'clock this morn tonant notice to quit and he did second round. During Race 229, or a total of 82,919,372. ̧.·| There is, according to the
Wu Pol-fu requests Router to ing, and the egrese was just be not leave at the expiry, they Week, he will fight Domy Bantos, Gogorally speaking there are
were at liborty to enter and take of Maolla.
somo 1400. officers and teachers vernacular papers, fear of a gon-
on titled: Como Round Hong-state that there is no truth in the fore two o'clock this afternoon,
the roof from over his head. Koy further statos that boxing engaged in the higher and middle oral striko in Canton.
Mr. Russ-I admit that, but in Singapore is now in full swing, schools to give instruction to tho It appears that there is much kong With Us, Boys," Hamilton, foreign press statements con-
wo are statutory tenants.and there are many boys there 10,000 students, tome 2500 of resentment at the Government's and Mille had the honour of being corning his alleged "soizure - of first artists to broad railway, funds at Tsingtao and
"THE QUAINTS.
Mr. Brookos-It shows that from Manila, including Young whom being girls. There is a proposal to "nationalise". all tho
wo are justified in common law Pelky, Jamito and Domy Blentos, faacher to every 70 students, and house property on each ido of cast their songs through radio in oleewhere for military purpose,--
TO OPEN ON SATURDAY. and it is for Mr. Rues to show Iron" Bux recently met Young ovary student costs these institu- roads which are now being China. Thoy sang into the trans- Reuter,
mittor from the roof of the Robert
that we word not justifled under Polkoy, but lost on points. Buztions about $300 asoh-to support. widoned in the city.
We are asked to state that the statute. S
was rather slow, but Pelkoy did Shopkeepers have now joined Dollar building in Shanghai, and
owing to the late arrival of the Continuing, Mr. Brookes said not seem able to meet him, forme with householdors in a protest their songs were picked up by 300 miles!
8.8. Prosidont Pierce, The he would submit that even under Key is anxious to know whether against this proposal, fearing that passing steamors
Fuonza, May 7: Quainte will not open at the the statute plaintlife were not he can get a fight in. Hongkong their turn may come next. If the away. Government does not cancel the The Company, includos.
The sciamographs hore for two Star Theatro until Saturday. entitled to damages, and that and whether the colour bar in
was still maintained, Hd order, it is expected that thoro vivacioua little serio astist, Holon
day can have their money against him on that point, the would be quite willjog tomo will be a general strike through Rachinaky, classical dancer, and hours registered a violent earth-Those holding tickets for Fri- even if His Lordship out the whole city in order to pre- tho well known Jan Domaradzky, qu sko shock,
The case is proceeding.
loffered: vent this form of Soolallam Their dancing is said to here are affected is believed to refunded or their rests troba amount claimed was excessive here if euficient induskme.it were
ferreding an Bodsational in the extreme.⠀ radually put into affect
GENERAL STRIKE?
WU PEI-FU...
and is sure to delight Hongkong. DENIES SEIZING RAILWAY Miss Mills has an excollent lyric soprano voice.. Their repertoiro includes a song specially written and composed for Hongkong
FUNDS.
Poking, May 8,
ANOTHER
BIG EARTHQUAKE.
the noit tenetorn Asia.-Router..
TO-DAY
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