THE HONGKONG TELEGRAFH,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1926.
NEW YORK SENSATION.
NEGRO FUGITIVE KİLLS DETECTIVE.
New York, Aug. 11,
The whole police force is scour ing the dty to find a negro who
THE COAL MINES
DEADLOCK.
CRITICISM OF MODE OF VOTING,
killed with his own revolver at the CHURCH EFFORT CONTINUES. police headquarters à detective who Just arrested him for stealing n factor car.
Rugby, Aug, 11. The rejection of the proposals The detective brought the pri- of Industrial Christian Fellow sonor into the Record Office and ship for a fettlement of the soal was bending over å ledger record- ing the details, when the negro dispute has resulted in increased snatched a revolver from the detec interest being taken in the move tive's holster and riddled him with ment for settlements. by districts three bullets." There wore other policemen in the room but the murda distinct from a national settle derer rushed out of the office be ment. fore they were able to grab him, and raced down the corridor ded- ging other detectives. He reached the street and disappeared amid a saivo of shots front ha utstiers,
A negro discovered wandering in the streets in the Bowery district
hins been arrested.
Three detectives were killed last week alone in fighting desperate criminals-Renter's American Ser
vice.
ARMY CRICKETER'S DEATH.
M S. JACOBS EXPIRES
SUDDENLY..
Local sportsmen and many
regret of the death; which took: others will learn with the utmost place at Stoneclittera Island shortly after eight slclock last night, of Quarter Master Sergeant Jacobs, R.A. dan dind
The decensed was extremely
In Service and civilian circles, well-known and highly respected and was one of the Colony's best sportsmen. Cricket was his favourite sport, and he had on several occasions played for the Army here, being a most effective. It is atuted that a joint meeting bowler He was also keenly In- called by the owners of Notting- terested in the R.A.0.B. move- hamshire and Derbyshire pits toment, being a Brother of the local consider new terms of employment Lodge. He loaves a widow and has been summoned at the roquest six children in Hongkong, with of the miners in that area, and the whom the utmost sympathy will fact that the result of the district be felt in their heavy bereave- voting has temporarily robbed the Miners' Executive of a positive policy to end the dispute will, it is suggested, give impotus to local settlements-rada dik
The Secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. A. J. Cook, how A NANNING PROBLEM. ever, does not believe that the
HONGKONG DOLLAR
EXCHANGE..
remarkable solidarity of the miners during the past fourteen
He antici
weeks has suffered. patos--that at Monday's Delegate Conference, when the result of the voting will be made known, the miners will frankly accept their responsibilities, and, with their. leaders, will review the whole The issue, he says, is position.
now one for the rank and file.
There has been much criticism of the manner in which the vote With of the miners was taken.
ment.
The funeral takes place this afternoon at Happy Valley, and the deceased will be accorded full military honours. The band of the East Surreys and one hundred rank and file, no well as dotack- ments from naval ships in port. will figure in the cortege.
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A WOMAN'S RIGHT.
. "MA" FERGUSON AGAIN
CHANGES HER MIND.
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Austin (Texas), Aug. 11. "Ma" Ferguson has again exer- cised a woman's right to change her mind. A fortnight ago she sportingly announced that she did not intend to stand again for the Governorship, although Attorney General, Moody was nearly 2,000
A contributor to a Nanning vernacular paper finds himself faced with a problem. In fact, with ten problems. Under the heading "Ten Inexplicable Points," the writer indicates, in refreshing- ly candid language, that there is something wrong with the Nanning conception of things.
One thing which concerns Hong-the exception of Derbyshire, where kong in this article is the first inex there was a ballot, the decision plicable point, in which the writer was made at District Lodges or asks why it is that the: Hongkong mass meetings, some of which dollar has risen in value in the were but sparsely attended." A Nanning market to one Hongkong decision reached by a majority in „dollar for $1.50 Nanning currency, a Lodge curries with it the whole votes short of the required when the newspapers have continu-voting strength of that district, majority over all the other can- ally reported that Hongkong is re-and it is suggested that a vote-didates for the Governorship. verting to a fishing village, and taken by such means does not Ma now proclaims in a 2,000 word that the place is deserted by all adequately reflect the opinion of document, that she will re-enter
the campaign with all her heart.- good business people.
Reuter's American Service.
the miners generally,
A statement issued this evening behalf of the Industrial;
Our Nanning correspondent sup- plies an answer by forwarding a "Ten-cent paper bill issued by the on Bank of Kwangsi Province. He Christian Fellowship states that adds that Nanning has been the "favoured" with ore-cant bills, but just now the press is too busy on the larger-denominations.-
standing bonference of Anglicans and Free Churchmen has resolved to continue its efforte- to promote a just settlement of the coal dispute. It is stated that the relations between the Miners'
TOW-BOAT PIRACY. Federation and the group of
WOMEN COMMIT SUICIDE.
leaders remain very church cordial.British Wireless.
FITS SERIOUSLY OVERHEATING.
London, August 11.
BUSY ROTTERDAM.
SHIPPING CONGESTION IN PORT.
Rotterdam, Aug. 11. The harbour here was complete- Jy "sold out" at the beginning of the week in consequence of 167 vessels occupying anchorage. The colliery owners of South The majority came to bunker or Yorkshire are experiencing serious to fetch coal-Cargoes--of-new- which occurred on the 1st instant. irouble through the over-heating arrivals are, held up outside the It appears that the pirated boat, of the pits owing to the small num-new waterway and enter in turn. together with 70 passengers and ber of safety-men permitted to |--Reuter. cargo, was taken to the pirate work.
...Canton reports give details of the piracy of the Canton. Walchow tow-boat Wal Kwong,
stronghold and held until a few Gob fires have broken out in days ago, when the boat was re- many pits and the situation is.so- leased, but the passengers and serious in the Bentley Colliery, cargo held for ransom.
near Doncaster, that 600 extra
Whilst the vessel was being safety-men have been permitted to: escorted to the pirate stronghold, work. three-women-passengers-com- mitted suicide by throwing them.
The miners have declined to per
selves overboard after having been mit. extra safety-men for the Brod- shamefully handled by the pirates, worth' Colliery where there is ex cessive overheating although their
A mother of one of these women,
who becaine meritally deranged lenders have assented-Reuter.
in consequence of the treatment accorded to her and her daughter,
also committed suicide in the sam
manner.
"COBHAM'S FLIGHT.
THE FINAL STAGE,
Rugby, August 11.
jj
NO DETERRENT.
LAUNCH COXSWAIN'S FOURTH APPEARANCE.
"You have been cautioned, fined $5, and then fined $10 for this
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NEW WIRELESS SERVICE.
BETWEEN VIENNA AND
AMSTERDAM.
Amsterdam, Aug..11.
A wireless service between Vienna and Amsterdam has been Inaugurated by the Dutch Minis- ferat Vienna, Jonkheer Van Nispen Totsevenear. The first ram, transmitted was from telegram. President Hainisch to Queen Wil helmina.-Reuter.
MODERN VIKINGS.
Boston, Aug. 11.
offence on previous occasions! 6,400 MILES IN SMALL SHIP. Apparently such penalties have no Alan Cobham, after spending effect on you. This time you will the night at Charleville, flew to be fined $20." So sold Lieu
After a 6,400 miles voyage from Sydney to-day. He will probably Commdr. G. F. Hole at the Marine Berken four modern Vikings have stay there for the remainder of the Court this morning when the arrived in a tiny ship modelled on week and will undertake the final master of the ateam launch Elsie that in which Leif Ericsson cross- stage of his London-to-Melbourne was charged with mooring outside ed the Atlantic 900 years ago. - flight on Sunday-British Wire- two others alongside a steamer, Captain, Folgero, the leader of Fines of $15 or fourteen days the party, said that the trip was
less.
Later Cobham will fly back to hard labour were imposed"
mposed on the uneventful, except that they ran London.
master of the two trading junka; short of rations and were caught. which were under way without for several days in the ice packs exhibiting regulation lights. "'/'
BALKAN TROUBLES.
A motor boat coxswain was'
fined $10 for falling to observe the
of Labrador.Reuter.
Rule of the road. A policegeA Mme. Chaplin left home be
A JOINT NOTE TO BULGARIA. geant said that the defendant cause she alleged her husband
crossed the port bow of the Police insulted her after she had had her hair shingled. M. Chaplin Sohn Aug. 11 Launch No. 1
obtained a deed of separation for desertion. Madame brought in.a counter-suit; but judgment was Wharf denied the offence,ven against her on the ground declaring that they wore that however insulting the
It discharging cargo.
WAS epithots used by the husband
might have been, they were justi fled by the fact that the wife had her hair shingled without her husband's permission."
The diplomatic representatives Four boat people charged with of Yugo-Slavia, Rumania and obstructing Winglok Street'
Greres have handed a collective Note to the Foreign Ministor re- garding the activities of bands of Comitadjls.
The contents of the Note are given in evidence that the boat not divulged but officials declare scuttled away on the approach of that it is not an ultimatumn the police launch, and rafine of
·∙Router,
$5 was imposed in each case.
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