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THE STRIKE.
BRIGHTER OUTLOOK. There is, unquestionably, a gen- Gral and growing Improvement in
local strike position to-day, The City, the waterfront and the
of idleness which has
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDED 1831. No. 21,852
一拜 十二月七英港香 MONDAY,
·JULY
HONGKONG STRIKERS.
HOW THEY FARE IN CANTON.
NO MONEY FOR CIGARETTES.
MOTOR ACCIDENTS.
ABERDEEN BUSES FIGURE IN MISHAPS.
JUNE SETTLEMENT BILL
THIRD READING PASSED.
An Amendment, Defeated.
The Legislative Council met at Pokfulum 13.45 p.m. to-day for the purpose
the the Ordinance postponing the Jun
20, 1925. 日十三月五
TROUBLED PORTUGAL
ANOTHER SHORT-LIVED
REVOLT,
Cruiser John Revolutionaries,
Lisbon, July 19.
A number of passengers in an Aberdeen bus had a narrow escape from serious injuries on Saturday. A Hongkong Chinese who has when the vehicle skidded and
overturned
the on
A military revolt, headed by a harbour have lost that atmosphere just returned from Canton vis Road, Except that the driver of considering the third reading of number of officers who were arrest
boen 60 Macao gives some interesting | sustained a bruise on marked a feature of things since details regarding the situation left hand and that the passengers Settlement Day until July 23rd.ed after the outbreak of April 18th, Excellency the Governor and who escaped from the fortress attike became general." There is in which Hongkong strikers.in received a severe jolt to their His
nerves, the accident was remark-presided.
The Hon. Attorney Genarai (Sir of San Julino, brake out early this more of the general bustle to which Canton 'now find themselves.
able for its absence of serious He states that the strikers are, results.
Henry Pollock, K.C.) moved the morning. we are accustomed, motor boats, launches and native craft are again for the most part, billetted in the
1
The Government took, prompt
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SHIPPING OUTLOOK.
HARBOUR BECOMING
NORMAL.
THE PO HING FONG DISASTER.
DEATH-ROLL NOW: NEARLY SIXTY
FORTY MOTOR BOATS PLYING. Day and night, without relaxa- tion of effort, the work of clearing In common with other of the the wreckage at the scene of the important industrial concerna of Po Hing Fong disaster continues the Colony, the pore distinctly but despite the wonderful, escape shipping world shows a of the thirteen-year-old girl who more promising outlook, the was brought out yesterday, after principal difficulty militating over forty hours incarceration In sgainst an early return to the pile of ruins, it is feared that normality being the fact that the there is no hope of further lives majority of the seamen who being saved.
Every now and again, one of the migrated to Canton in the early days of the strike and since, are helpers discovers another mutlisted le in suspension, to find their way.
obviously been instantaneously back to the Colony.
There is no record of any mem-killed, while in other cases, the bers of the Seamen's Upion hav- bodies show that the unfortunate interesting to note that the crews tion. The death-rell has mounted of the President Pierce and up until the dead now number near President Grant have gone about their business here without in- sident and the vessels have been able to depart.
Numbers of seamen have re- gistered for work through the Labour Controller and through the various offices, though quite a few of these are reported to be men recruited by the Government from the Now Territories,
Yesterday afternoon, another third reading, which was seconded The cruiser Vasco Da Gama de alongside the Prays, whilst the pre-former gambling houses, which | bús belonging to the same Company by the Hon. Colonial Secretary (Siclared, in favour of the revolution-unable, whilst the river service body, the victim having only too
figured in a second accident, as a Cloud Severn, C.M.G.).. sence of a Douglas boat and a vessel have now ceased to do business. result of which the driver and The Hon. Mr. Alabaster asked aries, of the O.S.K. at their respective
to these an inspector of the Company whether under the third reading of wharves adds to the normality of They are alloted
There is, of course, little establishments in batches of are now in custody on a charge the Bill it would be proper to dis-measures to suppress the revolt, the things.
of negligent driving. The vehicle cues, an amendments or whether it For no resumption of the cargo move-about forty and the accommods was badly damaged in an aceldent was necessary to refer it back to leader of which; Captain Baptista, ing returned to work, but it in persons suffered death by suffoca
occurring at the foot of the Dairy the Committee. Farm Hill, near No. 10 Bridge, and
and four other officers, have His Excellency the Governor said already surrendered and been put The submission of the one passenger was removed to hos- that if it was desired to make any pital suffering from a bad cut on amendment, the proper course in gaol, the forehead.
would be to refer it back to the Vasco Da Gama fe momentarily Committee..
1 expected: The Council then went into Committee.
ment and the improvement to betion is of the poorest. They have noticed, is much more superficial than real. Hongkong's vital trade na beds, being compelled to sleep is still to a large extent non-existent on the floors. They are allowed at present.
two scanty meals a day by the Enquiries made this morning Government, and they spend Show that everything is proceeding smoothly in the work of the essen-most of their time sitting about tial sorvices. There is plenty of the premises talking. There labour for the. Sanitary Depart
frequent ara ment, the food supply is adequate for all (thanks largely to fresh the absence of money, vegetables from the New Territories promise of so much. afday] notceived by the police this morning the buyer would be placed in the troops are, over the week-end) and the markets having been fulfilled, and the regarding the occurrence.
are functioning almost as usual.
Several reports have reached us of emissaries arriving hera from
Canton on behalf of certain groups
Passengers in a Hongkong Hotel bus at 2.30 yesterday afternoon passed a car which had run off the road at Deep Water Bay and complaints of plunged into a low lying paddy. the field. The car appeared to have then overturned. No report was
men cannot even get a few. cigarettes.
OBITUARY.
"
re-
of
An Amendment,
same position as he would have been
ent-
Other revolutionaries are camped near Belem, but the move
4
ly sixty.
A close examination of the scene
above the retaining wall shows that large quantities of water must have poured over Caine Road into the excavation works. In "one spot where obviously there was n minor.. waterfall, a large hole has been dug out by the pounding waters.
The Hon, Mr. Alabaster said it ment is considered to be already
An eye-witness of the collapse was not clear. from Section 3'that suppressed. A large fores, of
told a Telegraph representative that. The Harbour to-day, with at the houses went down like a pack 18 a precautionary if he had repudiated his contract measure, guarding the President's least forty motor-boste plying for of cards and an idea of the terrific. on June 28rd. The Stock Exchange/palace. All-is quiet in the city, hire with their old cozewains on force which descended on the row of board, and with a number of houses so suddenly and with such launches running as before under disastrous consequences can be the control of their Chinese
Reuter.
did not open on that date, and if -Some of the strikers want to
the policy of the Government was of workers, in spite of the fact that return to Hongkong, but it ap
that there should be as little inter- prices ruling on June 22nd. His crews, presents an appearance in gathered from the fact that a huge great contrast with the stagnation boulder weighing somewhere in the the labour leaders there are trying poare that each section of the
ference as possible, it was desirable Excellency said it appeared to have of the past week or so. A few region of five tons was uncovered CARDINAL BEGIN'S DEATH.
that they should put the buyer in been assumed that the postpone to prevent all workers from return- men has appolated two repre; it would appear that many sentatives whose business it is to ing.
exactly the same position as he ment of the Settlement was noted members of the crews of the Harn the roadway, having clearly Quebec, July 19.
bour Office launches bave pre-ploughed its way clean through one would have been fed he repudiated upon with the approval of the sented themselves with offers of of the buildings. On top of the men are anxious to resume work, but watch the railway stations and
his contract then he should pay Government. What actually hap resumption of duty, but they have ruins of the houses towards the before they come down. they wish the boats leaving for Macso in The death has occurred be ascertain whether their old jobs order to prevent their colleagues Cardinal the Most Rev. Louis the difference between the contract pened was that the brokers said it breu informed that for the time back, tons of earth from the retain Roman rate and the rate ruling on June was impossible to carry through being they are not needed. ing wall has made a resting place, They fear that from leaving. However, quite a Nazaire "Begin, D.D., are open to them. If they return and then find that number of men have managed to Catholic Archbishop of Quebec 22nd. When the Stock Exchange the Settlement, and he assumed, The first of the tled-up ships to and there are huge masses of closed, it was entirely an operation on their own statement, that the lea78 Kowloon Bay is the Douglas granite from the retaining wall, they have no employment they will evade the watabere and have got since 1898-Reuter, "..
„[The deceased was born at Levis, of the brokers, and they should not Stock Exchange were entitled to steamer Haining which is now to which will require to be broken be arrested by the police as idlers aboard boats for Macao, stating
that they are shop fokis.
Quebec, on January 10th, 1840, gain anything by 4 postponement postpone is. He (His Excellency) be seen alongside her wharf tak-up before removal without danger and deported back to Canton.
being the son of Charles Begin, of the Settlement. Everyone want did not now apologise, because a ing cargo. Two loyal members is possible. farmer. He was educated at Levised to see what would happen, but legal adviser told them they were of the old Chinese crew have re- Up to the present it is only the Model School; Commercial College, now it was to be anticipated that entitled to do it, and shortly after-ceived advancement and these floors at the top of the houses which St. Michel; Seminary of Quebec, certain of the buyers would have wards that legal adviser found out have assisted in the choice of the have been penetrated to any ex- 1857-62, B.A. at Laval, and Prince, to repudiate, and it seemed fairer that he was wrong. So it appeared new crew, The Haining is scho- tent, and in the lower half of the or Wales Prize; Grand Seminary that they should pay damages as if that event lawyers in this Colony duled to clear-for-Swatow, Amos building, now buried completely of Quebec; Professor at Laval; Ipft repudiation had taken place at once. went wrong sometimes, That com- and Foochow on Tuesday. under piles of debria, many “more for Rome, 1883; ordained, 1865; Mr. Alabaster then formally moved pleted the extent of his. (His Ex- The Tung On left for Canton bodies are expected to be found. This morning, the police, with amongst the strikers regarding Laval University, 1868-84; Princi- added to Clause 3 of the, Ordinance,ter. After referring to his state-moon trip was made eventful by Engineer Co., H.V.D.C. andor Lieut carried out another raid for the are being told, for example, that pal of the Normal School until Oct which, he stated, he had hardedment on Saturday that the Govern- the fact that she went aground on R. H. Skelton joined the rescue..
THE IDLERS.
ANOTHER RAID THIS MORNING.
the co-operation of the military,
arrest of idlers, the venue chosen
Kowloon Dock workers.
In addition to being bald back
by pickets, the strikers who want
to return are told that if they
land in Hongkong, they will be
arrested by the police here; and this is stated to be a big factor in kouping the men back.
Meanwhile, all manner of falee stories are being circulated conditions in Hongkong..
They
Professor, Faculty of Theology, the following amendment, to be
DAVIS CUP.
cellency's) interference in the mat-this morning at 8 a.m. Her Kong-
A party of volunteers from the
workers yesterday and they did
to the Hon. Attorney General: ment should interfers to the smallest the Wangmoon Bar on the way the Colony's water supplies have 1888; Bishop of Chicoutimi, 1888:
"Provided that the measure of extent possible, His Excellency up, had to be emptied of cargo, on this occasion being houses in run out and that the light and Coadjutor of Cardinal Taschereau,
supplies have been cut off. Farther 1891; Administrator, Archdiocese damages for any breach of any such said the measure of damages in the and re-floxfed on the next high yeoman service, erecting shates by Hunghom usually tenanted by stories are. to the effect that of Quebec, 1894; Cardinai, 1914.), contract shall be the difference contracts had to be decided by law, tido. Her damage is practically means of which the earth and disposed of, and generally assisting between the contract price of any but he could not suppose that any nil. She brought down sit rubble might be more expeditely such shares and the closing price body would be very anxious to Europeans from Kongmoon."
H. M. S. Diomede, and her in every way." for the same on the 22nd day of throw good money after bad by relief, H.M.B. Concord, both left June, 1925, together with interest carrying on litigation over these Hongkong yesterday, the former on such difference at the rate afore-greements. He should Imagine
on her voyage to Blighty," and said from the 23rd day of June, that the brokers would have the the Concord for the North where 1925, until payment.".
"good sense to compromise in a rea she is to relieve the flagship,
sonable manner, and if it was H.M.S. Hawkins. Attorney General's Support. The Hon. Attorney General,necessary to take the matter into seconding the amendment, said Court, it could be settled by one that his own views on the subject test case.
Control of Stock Exchange. coincided with those of the hon-
much disorder is taking place, The military threw & cordon
and that three or four 'mon are around three streets, including killed every day. These talos, of Wuhu Street and Bulkeley Street couree, are deliberate line, but and a house-to-house search was they are being believed by the carried out, with the result that strikers in the absence of nows sixty-two men were arrested, the to the contrary. majority being former Dock em- ployees. The cases of these men will be investigated, and those who are obviously strikers will be de- ported.
The raid was carried out under the direction of Mr. P. P. J. Wode- house (Captain Superintendent of Police), Mr. W. R. Scott (Aasis- tant Superintendent of Police for Kowloon), and Mr. L. H. V. Booth (Assistant Director of Criminal Intelligence).
"Others who have succeeded in eluding the pickets have tramped to the British border in the state of destitution, and we hear that nearly 600 came over into British territory last night.
REPULSE BAY ROAD.
AGAIN OPENED TO-DAY.
The new road to Repulse Bay, via Wongnaichung Gap, which RUSSO-GERMAN TRADE. was recently damaged during the floods, is now again open to traffic.
A auction of the, road between Shatia and Taipo is closed owing to the four-span bridge at Taipo baving been completely washed away. This will take some little M. Ganetzky, the head of the time fo repair, and in the mean- Soviet delegation which is negotiat-time motorists who wish, to ing the Russo-German trade agree-proceed to Fanling must use the ment, interviewed by the Rosta Castle Peak Road, which is opon News Agency, said that the to all traffic.
PROGRESS OF TREATY NEGOTIATIONS.
Moscow, July 19.
negotiations were
now Almost
ended, only a few questions being!
ALL LANTERNS DESTROYED,
SPAIN DEFEATS MEXICO,"
Mexico City, July 19. Spain has eliminated Mexito from the Davis Cup, winning all the singles matches.-Reuter.
France Eliminates Holland.
F
Noordwyk, July 19. ourable member. The Bill in His Excellency went on to say
In the final of the European zone its prosent form affected persons that he felt it was quite time that
SHIPPING ITEMS:
BACK FROM LEAVE.
HONGKONG RESIDENTS
RETURNING.
The P. and O. ocean passonger,
The Empress of Asia, which list gives the following names,
of the Davis Cup Competition, who had no control over the clos- the Stock Exchange business here left Hongkong on June 30th, amongst others, of Hongkong re from Homs leaves. Narkunda Francé eliminated Holland, Lacoste ing of the Stock Exchange on June was put in order. In 1922, the arrived at Vancouver on the 17thsidents who are returning shortly. The Empress of Canada left teft London on July 17th.-Mr. and Brugnon beating Van Lennep 23rd and he thought they ought Government having considered the stent and Diemerkool by. 6/1, 6/3, 6/8,, not to be damnified by the post-matter very carefully, suggested to Yokohama on Saturday and is and Mrs. J. A. Diokie. 6/4.-Reuter.
He thought that the the Chamber of Commerce that the due at Vancouver on the 27th ponement would dispel all un-time had come when the Stock instant. b.. Macedonia certainties and both buyer and Exchange should be run on the The P. and O. FIERCE FIGHTING IN seller would know exactly the posi- lines, as near as possible, of the left Singapore at 8.a.m. yester
tion in which they stood. Other- London Stock Exchange. The day and is dus here on the 23rd MOROCCO.
wise, it was possible that there would be numerous actions for the Chamber of Commerce, for reasons instant at 8 am.
which he did not remember, object- Bettlement of the amount of
only. I. K. M, Simpson.
8. S. Karmala, leaving London, July 31st. Mr. F. B. Pfordton
8. 6. Malwa, leaving London op August 14th. Mra. O. H Arnott and Mr. A. Sinclair.
8.8. Mantua, leaving London on The many friends of Sir September 11th-Mr. R. O. Blak damages. In any case, it woulded and did not proceed with the be very difficult for a jury to matter. He (His Excellency) now state what was the fair market thought that with, the experience Claud and Lady Severn will er, Mr. and Mrs. H., F. Buoja, Mr. value of shares. It was advis of the past three years, regulation regret to bear of the death of and Mrs. L. a. Cossart, Mr. A Marshal Petain has arrived and able, he thought, that they should was necessary, and the matter Mrs. T. Lowndes Bullock, the Dreyer, Justice and Mrs. Gom ccurred at Woodlawn, Oxford, H. Gillingham, Mrs. Moncreiff, begun work with his general staff. about the closing rate prevalling should again be taken into con-mother of Lady Gavern, which pertz, Mr. W. G. Gerrard, Mrs. A
sideration. Enomy pressure in the centre and when the market finished on June
FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS
-ARRIVE.
Fez, July 19:
on the northern front is palpably 22nd, and the partios to the con-Prior to the voting on the amend. yesterday. The deceased lady. Mr. and Mrs. S. Thomson. GE
was a charming personality and
on September 25th. Mrs. L slackening. New attacks on the tracts would know," both buyers ment, the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotowall who ikat year visited Hongkong. Kashmir, leaving London: Alphastouf and Ainnicha posts were and sellers, where they stand, said he was interested to a small made many friendships during heretix Trench, Mr. and Mrs. unsettled. He declared that the LAMOCKS LIGHTHOUSE. | repulsed with heavy loss, The The Settlement could then be extent and he would therefore re-er stay here. It was on account
her jilness that Lady Bovern P. S. Cassidy, Mr. and Mrs. A.Hi French had no casualties, The made on certain definita linas,frain from voting, Soviet had agreed to make impor
Generals in various districts are He suggested that the amendment| The Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak askjeft some little time ago for Home, Crook Mr. Douglas, Miss M. Pipkin, Mr. and Mr. C. H. Robson, tant concessions, but the German
not meeting with great difficulty was the most reasonable course ed whether the proposed amend-
.. Mores, leaving London government had derhuded further concessions while not making a
The many friends of Mr. L. W. on October 9th Mrs. A H The air force is very busy re- for them to take under the ex-ment was not very much on the lines of the letter written to the Gov provisioning, stations, compelling ceptional circumstances. anglo concession Itself. But the
ernment, by the brollers; to which Franklin, Ooneul attached to the Barlow, Mrs. Cousland, Misses appointment of Count Brockdorf
Capt. Tabata, of the O.S.K... assailants to flee precipitously.
The Governor's Speech.
the Attorney General replied in the US Consulate General in Cousland, Mr. and Mrs. The first detachments of the Frantanu to represent Germany Hozan Maru, raporta that at 6
H. E the Governor said that it affirmative.
Hongkong, will be interested to TT Claxton, Mr. and Mrs. seemed to prove that Germany 4m, on Saturday when half a Moroccan division from the Rhine realised the importance of the mile off the Camocks Lighthouse, land Have arrived at Oujda: seemed to him they were going on the vote being taken, the ear of his marriage, which took G. H. Cuthill, Mr H. B. L. Dow
Later
back to the Bill largo parts of which amendment was only supported by blace at Fredericksburg, Virginia, biggio, Mrs. A. M. Fletcher, Immediate conclusion of a Treaty he observed threo rockets fired and he was sure that Germany The Japanese master stopped his A communique says the French were omitted on Saturday. Ho the Hon. Mr. Alabaster and then June 11th. The bride was Mr. and Mrs. W. Grolg, Mr. and
aon make concessions, and vessel and a signal was hoisted lost the posts of Babhosein and found it difficult to believe that Hon. Attorney General, and was would soon that with goodwill the Treaty indicating that all the lanterns Wedbamein, after a violent Ria the Settlement had taken place on therefore declared lost.
The Bill later passed its third might be signed in a few days on the lighthouse had boon do-attack, in which the Ritts lost June 23rd, as expected, the persons concerned would have traded at
reading and became, law stroyed.
heavily-Router,
.༡ ;
Miss Butler B. T. Robinson, Mre. Hedley, Mrs. A. 0, Lang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Mrs. W. G. Lay, Mrs. A. 8) Mat Frederick H. Robinson. Mr. and Kichan, Mrs. Maitland, Mrs. R M. Franklin will be arriving In Simpson, Mr. H. Staples Smith. Hongkong in the near future, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tully.