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PEAK THEFT.
LADYS $500 BỤNG STOLEN.
WORKMAN JAILED.
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A diamond ring valued at $500 which disappeared from Mrs. G. Arthur's room in her residence at No. 377, The Peak, the other day. was found by the police, subsequent to the receipt of information, in a pawnshop at Wanchai, where it had been disposed of for $300.
The information "received by the etective department implicated
Come The
Hongkong Telegraph.
BLOBET MINGLE OOPT 10 CENTS
POONDED 1882
No. 21,59
三拜禮 #+#-## WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20,
1926.
LOCAL
HONGUR.
LIGHTER ACTION.
AT SWATOW.
SHIPWRIGHTS SUED FOR
TUBE FIRE.
EXCITING TUNNEL
RESCUE
HAMPSTEAD INCIDENT.
London's network of tube rail- ways which run at a depth in some. places of one hundred feet below the surface have been free from any serious accident since the first of them was built some five years ago,
MR. GEORGE DUNCAN GETS WRONGFUL CONVERSION.;
M.B.E. DECORATION.
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WEMBLEY SERVICES.
London, Jun. 19.
FEARS OF FURTHER TROUBLE.
SECURED AT AUCTION FOR $238.
RECENT. INCIDENTS. Whether or not shipwright had lost his llen on a lighter by A report from Swatow 'atates selling it to himself in execution that since the occupation of that
question, bir Henry Gollan was
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22 wasn NOI CHUNE BO,
HAPPY VALLEY:
TROOPS MOVE CANTON POLICY.
A RUSSO-CHINESE CLASH
OVER RAILWAY CONTRÓL.
PUTTING SOCIALISM INTO * PRACTICE.
DR WUS SPEECH. In the course of a speech last Friday, Dr. C. C. Wu dealt at.
ed how it was being put into prac- tice in Canton. The occasion was a reception given by the Pro-
Poking, Jan. 19.
Honours in connection with the
Telegrams from Manchuria te- Wembley Exhibition are Gazetted
veal that the dispute which has
twenty-to-night, and they include: asked to decide at the Supreme cession of troubles of a serious na-
Commander of the Order of the Court this morning when
Chan tere has taken place, which, instead the Chinese over the question of tween the Soviet authorities and Yuk-chun sued the Kwong Fook of giving the people peace and British Empire.-Mr.
Kee Sliphy Company for wrong-
the transportation of Chinese ful conversa a lighter, the order, has created the impression troops by the Chinese Eastern incial Government and the Muni- property of the quintiff, and for that there may be in store trouble Railway, is fast developing into a loss of profits.
Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by none of these issues has been satis-railway.
of a more serious nature, because struggle for de facto control of the ing the Kuomintang Congress.. Messrs. Johnston, Stokes and
of a judgment warrant was the part by the present regime, a suc-been proceeding for some time belength with Socialism and show-
WOOD STEALING.
a
INDIAN WATCHMAN ASSAULTED BY WOMEN;"
Three Chinese women appeared was effected, the ring had been before the second Magistrate, at the
flat which he often visited.
This, woman, in evidence to-day.
Andrew
of the George
[Much pleasure will be felt locally at the deserved honour which has been bestowed on Mr. George Duncan, of the Kowloon
a - balance of
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DEFINITE RUPTURE,
one picket, and the serious wound- General at Harbin ended in a de- of another. The latter is now finite rupture, with the result that in hospital under treatment and the the former have now adopted the two Japanese are detained at the
cipality to the delegates attend-
After dealing with various aspects of the Canton Govern
The first unfortunate incident was a conflict between the strike
Negotiations between the Chinese ment's policy, Dr. Wu spoke of pickets and a couple of Japanese,authorities and the Soviet Consul
the third point in. the late Dr. which resulted in the drowning of
Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Theory-namely; Socialism. Ho said:This is the most difficult theory to be fulfilled. But Canton is the base of revolution, and work along this line has been started. The most important problem
Japanese Consulate. The incident policy of armed
од
Intervention.
LONDON'S UNDERGROUND
SCHEME STARTED.
Rugby, Jan. 19.
The trains
Yesterday morning fire broky out in what is known as Ham stend the in the tunnel near Caldecott, of Malaya. Hampstead station. It was an-
Member of the Order parentky caused by the short cir- British Empire.--Mr.
uiting of cables, two men who were workmen in the issued from the tunnel into lamp-
Dense clouds of black smoke Duncan, of Hongkong."-
Honorary Member of the Order Masters) appeared for the plain-Cuctorily settled. employ of the Telephone Company.stelid station.
of the British Empire. Raja tiff and Mr. C. G. Alabaster K.C. The ring was transferred from the Two trains parked with people possession of one to that often their way to business had left Kechil, formerly Sultan Abdullah instructed by Mr. C. A. S. Russ
darended. the aution and were in the tunnel of Malaya. ather by a third man, also a tele-They were however stopped by
Mr. Jenkin said that at all Australasia gets the lion's share | phone workman, whose evidence automatic signals which were put
material times the plaintiff was of the Wembley Exhibition owner of the lighter, Chuen On, was taken this morning at the out of action by the breakdown
und stood in danger. One train honours, with six of the 35 which he purchased in April, Contral Magistracy.
which had not proceeded far into recipients. General Sir Travers 1923, for $2,100. The lighter, wa The two prisoners were charged the tunnel was brought safely back, Clarke heads the list with a Knigh
hired by the Po On Company at with the theft of the ring, and, but the other had proceeded
a rate of $100 per month. The under diplomatic negotiation Traffic has ceased and the Russians Grand Cross of the Order of the hiring began on April 16th, 1923. Foreign Affairs and the Japanese
between the Commissioner considerable distance
of have threatened to send. troops to alternatively, with receiving the
and was "article well knowing it to have been current.
unable to move owing to lack of British Empire. The only weman Sometime in April, 1924, the Po
Consul, who has expressed his re-
guard the line.
: Involved in this theory is the in the Hat, Lady Galway, who was On Company handed the lighterpret and agreed to pay all expenses! unlawfully obtained.
The officials however succeeded Chairman of the Women's Section wrights, for the purpose of having of the wounded man now in hos-
to the defendants, who were ship-in connection with the treatment forcibly occupied by Heilunghiang Several days ago, the Municipal A passenger train which was equality of Land Rights. Prosecuting in the case, Sub-in ruaning up to it an empty train Detective Inspector Shaftain said of considerable length which was
gets a Commandership of the her strengthened to permit the pital.
troops left Changchun for Harbin Council passed a resolution for the first defendant had pleaded thereby able to pass over a portion Order of the British Empire. The carrying of stone cargo. The de- No sooner was this incident on on the 17th instant under soldiers' the registration of land in the city guilty to possession of the ring, but of the mails which was still electri-list also contains four Knight
fendants did the work,
the point of a settlement than coercion, and 1,200 Chinese troops and its taxation. The Council pro- the evidence was very weak in the fed. The passengers were safely Commanderships, the rest being ledge of the plaintiff?
His Lordship: With the know- there followed an open conflict be matter of proving the charge of transfererd and brought back. No netua theft.
tween the police and the Bamboo were sent to Harbin by special pose to put this system into prac- It was ascertained personal Injury, therefore resulted. minor honours-Reuter.
Mr. Jenkin: It would be con- Makers and Carpenters' Unions, train
the following day tice in Canton. The resolution is that both men were detailed for The fire was extinguished after
templated by him. We admit that which has resulted in a strike, Reuter, duty in effecting some repairs to the train service had been deranged
pany would be lien against the Garrison troops to preserve order. any tien against the Po On Com- necessitating the calling out of the
based entirely on the Three Mrs. Arthur's telephone on the for an hour and a half-British
plaintiff. 12th install, and it was supposed Wireless Service.
People's Theory. Land in the that the theft was committed at
While the Mayor was investigating The bill, continued Mr. Jenkin, this matter; it is stated that the
village and country districta this time. A second ring, valued
Dock, for it is well known that it was somewhere in the region of Kuomintang representative, sent a HANDLING OF MAILS. has always been taxed, but that at $150, was also stolen.. The
$2,400. The Po On Company paid telegram to the Central Executive first defendant appeared in a card;
was largely owing to his personal $1,200, leaving
In the city has not. This is not party with some friends, and it
work, as assistant to the Hon. Mr. $1,400 which they were unable to Canton to the effect that the police, Committee of the Kuomintang at
equitable. If registration with was seen that he was wearing af
. R. Halifax, the Commissioner meet.
whose duty it is to preserve order,
taxation of City land is enforced, very valuable diamond ring on his
The defendants started an ac-have had the audacity, to create for the Hongkong Section, that the tion against the Po. On Company trouble with the Labour Unions, finger.
then it will be a new thing for This led one of them to) convey his suspicions to the police.
success of the Hongkong exhibit for the balance, the writ being and he urges that the names of the
China. With reference to th: . Before the arrest of the two men
was so marked.
A miniature. Underground Rail- increase of land value, this has For many years dated June 4th
On June 8th, officers and men of the Police De way for carrying letters and par- past "Geordie" Duncan has been correspondence between the plain partment should be struck off cels for the Post Office is in course been clearly explained by our late turned over to the second defen- Central Magistracy this morning, associated with the decoration of present case was started, and an tang.
tiffs and the defendants in the the membership roll of the Kuomin- of construction in London at a Dr. Sun in his Theory of Socia dant at a teu-house, and this latter! disposed of it at a pawnshop as the result of a scene which the City Hall for the St. Andrew's attempt was made to arrive at tion of the superintendent and completed at the end of the year.
This has led to the resigns- cost of £1,600,000, and it will be iism. In the capitalistic countries, through the millum of a woman) occurred hear the Hop Hing Ball, and 'his was the guiding settlement. Out of it all arose staff in a body.. who was the principal tenant of a Cheung workshed, in Kennedy that made the attractions of the defendants clearly knew that still pending settlement, a clasa nine feet in diameter and the sys- capitalists buy portions of land A double set of rails are accom- the value of land is easily col- the fact that in June, 1924, the
Following this incident, which is modated in an underground tube lected. For instance, if the road, near Kingsclere.
war-time "Heather Days" 50 Chan Yuk-chuen was the owner! told the Maxisliate that she was The first defendant was charged, notably successful.
between the Hotel Employees' tem links up all the main Post in the city and let them alono There has of the lighter. doubtful about accepting
Union and the strike pickets took Offices of London. the with stealing wood. and assault-acarcely been a function in this custody of such a valuable article,ing an Indian watchman, and the Colony with which he has not been pany and in the normal way
The Slipway Company obtained place on the 14th instant, with the are automatic and will travel at for several years, the value may judgment against the Po On Com-reault that injuries were sustained speed of thirty five miles per increase to double or triple the but on being assured by the defen-i
on both sides, and three hotel em hour.
original purchase price, thereby his sister, she consented to pawn assault.
The Post Office authorities are of the arrangements. It was there-July 5th, for the seizure and sale ed at the headquarters of It for him.
the building nineteen
yielding great proft to the capita- care, She admitted, however, on being secution it appeared that the watch-
of the goods and chattels of the pickets.
sach From the evidence for the pro- fore, fitting that when Hongkong, Po On Company. The bailiff was the strike plekets, and therefore this miniature tube. Each car
This incident concerns thirteen feet six inches long, for list owners. questioned closely by the Magtsman saw the first defendant taking as a Colony, had to concern itself shown the lighter, and was told it comes under the jurisdiction of the will accommodate ten hundred- trate, that she was paid $2 for her away the wood, and when he told with an exhibit at the Empire belonged to the Po On Company, Committee of Political Affairs. weight of mails so that when ali building of public ronds was "A few years ago when the share in disposing of the ring for her to return it, all three defen- Exhibition at Wembley, it called when at the time they knew it was Both sides were summoned for are running and carrying peak begun in Canton, the price of the large sum of $300. This dants assaulted him, tearing off his upon Mr. Duncan's services, which not. It was thereupon seized and peaceful settlement, the Hotel Em-load, a weight of forty-five"tons the abutting land was doubled evidence drew from the Magistrate turban in the process.
proved to be invaluable during the sold by (Mr. R. E. Lindsell) a caustic
The first defendant said she difficult preliminary period. Con- Hughes and Hough. The Slipway agree to the acceptance of the fol
Messrs. ployees' Union saying they would will be in transit, comment in which his Worship had taking the wood back, when the tributing himself in lagge measure Company something to say against what he watchman assaulted her, and the by special exhibits made in the the lighter at a cost of $238.60 the release of the three arrested the number of trains will depend ability of the landlords but to the
It will be possible to run thirty within a month. This increas themselves purchased towing terms by the strike' pickets trains hourly, although naturally in value was not due to the termed the "stinginess" of the other two defendants, said that Kowloon Dock-notably "Hongkong which was paid into Court and members of the Union, punishment on the quantity of mails to be second defendant in making such a when they saw there was
by Night"-Mr. Duncan went small rowird.
trouble they went to see what it!
some Home and supervised the erection later paid back to them, or to of the pickets who struck the first handled. A great saving above enterprise of the Municipal Go- Mrs. G.. Arthur went into the was.
and equipment of the Colony's their solicitor, by the Registrar. blow, payment of medical treat ground in horse and motor verament. For this reason, the witnene box to give formal evi-
On July 31st, the defendants ment to the wounded, free move-vehicles and also in manual labour Government ought on They were fined $10 each, or tenf
exhibit as a whole, and remained dence of the ownership of the days..
with the Exhibition during the were invited to return the lighter ment for sampans carrying passen will result from the innovation of the community-to obtain a ring. She said she last saw it ten
whole of its first year. He stayed being warned that legal proceedings gers and luggage to and from British Wireless Service. days ago, and only missed it two
at Home sufficiently long to see the would otherwise be taken. steamers which are not "branded," :
proportionate share of the In- daya ago, when she looked into
Hongkong Section opened for the It was their submission that, the and an undertaking by strike her box. She thought the second
crease in land values, By this second year, returning to the conversion of the lighter on, July pickets not to use force or violence. defendant was familiar in appear.
Colony in July last, to face further 9th, destroyed the llen The Jen in the discharge of their duties to-
the income of the Muni- ance to her, but could not pay
heavy work in Kowloon Dock at a of a shipwright for work put into awards the Union. It is said that
cipality will be increased and whether he was in the house on
time when his staff of workmen vessel was indisputable, but he lost the pickets refused to accept these
applied to the public welfare. But the day in question.
were on strike.
the Hen if it went out of his pos- terms and referred the matter to The pawnbroker was called and A week ago, a Russian named
First and foremost a worker and session and he also lost the lien the Strike Union at Canton.
this is not the most important closely questioned on the point Ramon Drakodoff, was sent to the of a quiet and unassuming nature, by wrongful sale of the property. These are only a few of the
result of the 'project. The most whether he had any suspicions House of Detention, after appear- it is peculiarly fitting that Mr. Subsequent redemption of pos- troubles which Swntow is now
Important aim is to prevent a few when he accepted the ring. Heing at the Central Police Court, Duncan should have been made session did not reinvest the lien. passing through, but are sufficient Mr. Hoover, in a statement, landlords from monopolizing the replied that he had no particular on a vagrancy charge, and the the recipient of this tangible appre- Mr. Jenkin then quoted cases in to jeopardize the peace of the port, estimated the consumption of land. The value of land cannot rubber in the United States during be inordinately increased. If the December as boing 7,000 tons be- price of land is kept low, houses will be built at a cheap, rental, low November. While he regard-and the poorer people will have ed the reduction as partly seasonal, decent houses to live in, This. he thought It indicated a desire on is one way to put. Socialism into the part of the American public practice." to reduce consumption on account
"At the same time proper of high prices. He added that registration, and accurate survey American rubber manufacturers of the land will be carried out, had covered 76 per cent. of their This project has been clearly requirements for, the next slx explained In the "Outline of months by advance contracte.. National Construction" by our taken active measures to terminate merce Committee of the House of in Canton city will be clearly Giving evidence before the Com late Dr. Sun. By this the land the practice of trying to smuggle Representatives, Mr. C. E. Walters, marked out and tax will be Chinese to Australia on the birth attached to the Bureau of Stan- equitably assessed. Therefora, stated that the headquarters of hibited the use on a large scale of increase the income of the Muni- certificates of, dead Chinese, It is dards, said production costs pro- this project will on the one hand the conspiracy are at Hongkong reclaimed and synthetic rubber efpality and on the other put Reuter.
Reuter's American Services Socialism Into practice."
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dant that it was a ring worn by other two were charged with closely identified with the details writ of execution was issued on ployees were arrested and detain
was
RUSSIAN VAGRANT.
TO BE DEPORTED.
auction by
and as they are all still unsettled, Chan Yuk-chuen was called and there is apprehension amongst the he gave evidence in support. people that they may complicato
reason to doubt the bona fides case came up again this morning ciation-a matter on which he, him- point. of the woman, as it was quite a when he was charged with being self, would have been the last to common occurrence for rings of in the Colony without a passport. think.]
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this description to be taken to his The defendant said his passport shop.
and papers had been taken away The Magistrate found that by pirates. there was insufcient evidence to Sergt. Elston applied for neon- convict the second defendunt onviction without a penalty, in or- clther of the two charges. This der to enable the police to obtain) man was decordingly discharged.ja deportation order against him. but the first defendant was sen A conviction was registered. tenced to six months' hard labour, as he had pleaded guilty.
IRISH COINAGE.
NEW BILL IN DAIL.
London, Jan. 19:
CONSPIRACY.
He was being cross-examined further gues. at length by Mr. Alabaster when] his Lordship suggested that Mr. Alabastor confine himself to the point at Issue, whether there had been conversion by reason of the sale of the lighter.
Mr. Alabaster, who had clícited the fact that the Po On Company The Irish Free State Minister or were tenants of plaintiff's premises their amans to the pawnshops. Sub-Detective Inspector Shaf Otherwise he could have made an Finance has introduced a Bill in as well as charterers of his lighter tain asked if his Worship would order for the ring to be returned Dail Elreana providing for the said the plaintiff had also to prove make any erder in regard to the to Mrs. Arthur without payment establishment of a "new coinage that he was the owner of the light ring.
or, on such terms as he might have currency in nickel, allver ander. His Worship said that there was thought fit to make. As it was, bronze. The coinage is proposed to
He. also, baked leava, to Ble no evidence of bad faith agafat he could only order the ring to be subject to similar limitations counterclim but permission was the pawnbroker, as it was quite be returned on payment of the as regarde legal tender as is the refused. customary for Chinese to send principal, hout any interest.. existing British coinage-Router. The case is prooeeding.
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SMUGGLING CHINESE" TO
AUSTRALIA.
Melbourne, Jan. 19. The Federal authorities have
THE RUBBER QUESTION.
FALL IN U.S. CONSUMPTION.
Washington, Jun. 19.
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