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Chamber of Commerce, met the Nationalist General yesterday morning and urged him to control the irregulars and to stop the sniping, which had already caus- ed casualties to foreign forces.
FRIDAY, MARCH 25. 1927.
PLIGHT OF LADY MISSIONARIES.
HIDING FROM ANTI-FOREIGN MOD
MISSION HOUSE LOOTED.
Warned just in timo to make their escape, two foreign women The Nationalist Commander, whose attitude was moderate and Miss C.. Coleston, members of the missionaries, Miss B. Webster and reasonable, said he assumed re- C.L.M. are now in hiding from the ponsibility for the maintenance of fury of an anti-foreign mob near order and was taking steps for the
Kienping in Anhui province, examination of unauthorised
according to a letter received at bodies functioning in the name of
the mission headquarters in the Nationalist Government," He Shanghai last week. The news hoped the strike would bo called was scribbled in pencil upon a off. The British Consul-General
scrap of paper and gave few de- had reported that the attitude oftails as to how the women were irregulars and armed labourers, faring. led by Communist agitators, was still uncertain but order prevailed In the Settlement-Brilish Wire ices.
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OUR CENTRAL
MARKET..
BUILT 82 YEARS AGO,
In connexion with our leading articlo yesterday on "Our Mar- kets," Mr. J. P. Bragn writes to in- form us that the Central Market was completed on the 30th April, 1895, and opened on 1st May, thirty-two years ago. Mr. Braga bi-monthly illustrated magazine states that, in the Odds and Ends which he started and edited in 1997, there is a full quarto page illustration, in collotype, of the Central Market. building. The descriptive matter in the samo publication was compiled from the facts and figures contained in the offeinl report of the Director of Public Works for 1895.
A letter warning them that they
We reproduce below the article had better make their escape from frem Odds and Ends. It will be the town was received by them on
soon that practically no structural the morning of the attack, and alterations of importance Have this coinciding with advices from been effected on the markes build- Shanghai that their position was ing to bring it up to date of mo-. precarious, caused them to pack dern requirements in such a struc- up a few belongings and bedding, ture, This fact gives all the aand leave their home in a hurry, greater weight to Mr Braga's Agitators were holding anti-practical suggestions at the meet- foreign meetings in the town, anding of the Sanitary Board last. the two women had a dangerons Tuesday. time, reaching their hiding place.
deatroying
KUOMINTANG SPLIT.
Marshal Chiang Attacked. According to advies fro Hankow, the extremist leaders there recently decided to aave the Party from being dominated by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek and
The article reads: The new his associate, Chung Ching-kiang“ Roused to frenzy by the urgings Market is situated between the at a secret meeting which was at of the agitators a mob of labour- Queen's "Road and Praya, and oc- tended.by Mr. Hsu Chien, General ors and coolles marched to the cuples a site in a central position Tang Sung-chi, Mr. Ku Man-yu mission building, burst down the in the City of Victoria bounded on (the Kuomintang Chief propagan- doors in search of the women, and the north by Jubilee Street, south dist) Mr. Tang Yin-tak (Political looted all that was left in the by Queen Victoria Street, west by Director of the Army Headquar house.
everything Queen's Road and east by Praya ters). Liu Wan-tau (Political which could not be carried away. Central. The total area of the Director of General Tang Sung. The whereabouts of the two site is 51,274 square feet, and that chi), Liu Cho-lung, (Commander women is not known in Shanghai,
actually occupied by buildings of the 15th Army) and Sun Fo, but in their letter they state that exclusive of approaches and cen Wu Yu-chang, Yu Shu-teh, etc. they are safe and fairly comfort-tral avenue is 40,000 square feet. (Commissioners of the Central
The building consists of two Kuomintang)
blocks each two stories in height, the lower storey having the main entrance from the Praya and the upper from Queen's Road. Side entrances are also provided from Victoria and Jubilee Streets. Be- tween the two blocks is a central: avenue 20 feet in width; over this are constructed at each end ins- pector's quarters. The two blocks are connected by a covered way across the central avenue on The walls of the euch floor. building are of red brick with granite stone dressings.
able.
NAVAL OFFICER CHARGED.
CASE AGAINST LIEUT.COM. MAYERS.
Mr. Hau Chien declared at the meeting. it is reported, that the revolutionary movement will be come a success very soon, but if the Kuomintang leaders are not careful they will repent the failure of the 1911 Revolution, which was due to the Kuomintang leaders only paying attention to military achievements Mr. Hsu believed
Londen, March 24. that the Party was in a danger- |
Lieut.-Commdr. Colin Mayers, ous position for most of its mem-who is charged under the Offcial bers only recognised the influence Secrets Art was brought up at of a certain strong man (Marshal Bow Street to-day and remanded
until April 4h, bail being refused The floors are of concrete finish- Chiang) and overlooked the in-
Mr. Eustace Fulton, in opening ed in cement, the upper one being terest of the Pamy. "Thus, after we have overthrown the militar,the case for the prosecution, sali carried on cast iron columns and the defendant had allegedly wrought iron girders with steel ists in the country, soon we shall infringed the Official Secrets Aet joists and corrugated steel deck- have new militarists to face.” by retaining in his possession a ing, the cast iron work being ob-
idean.
Was
Mr. Hau also attacked Mr.number of plans relating to sub-tained from Messrs Newton Cham-. Chang Ching-kiang, who was marines X1 and 01 entrusted to hers & Co, Sheffield, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang, call him by his chief officer, the Com- wrought iron work and steel from ing him a follower of feudal mander of H.M.S. Dolphin. the Horschny Company," Shrop-
Other Commissioners also Defendant
Instructional shire. The roof is of double pan delivered speeches on the neces-Offeer · and Senior Submarine and roll tiles carried by wrought sity of supporting the Soviet and Officer at Gosport. He had been iron trusses 12 feet apart and of the labour and peasant policies.
Commander of Submarine M2.51 feet span, the purling being of The Police Department in Can- He retired on January 26th and yacal timber 6" x 3" in section ton has ordered the newspapers in entered employment with Vickers, running longitudinally and placed PALACE HOTEL.
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Tel: Address "PALACE." Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station, pertaining to the recent split be- quently, a number of plans issued roof was obtained from Messrs. Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. tween the two factions of the to him were found to be missing Cochrane & Co., Duddley. Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Kooms. Kuomintang. The censors are in- Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprictress,structed to carefully watch this
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ALLEGED ATTACK ON
OLD WOMAN.
The southern block, containing 46 shops, is devoted to the whole- sale dealers in fish and vegetables. The shops are 15'6" x. 12'0" with the exception of two of the fsh shops which are 23'0" x 12'0": four of those in the fish acction being fitted with water tanks with water laid on to meet the require- ments of the dealers in live fish. The ground floor of the northern block containing 150 stalls 6'0" x 6'0" is devoted to the dealers in
A "Citizens' Congress."
Shanghal, March 25. The Central Executive Com- mittee in Hankow has telegraphed
A Chinese was brought before to Shanghai to the effect that the Mr. H. E. Lindsell this morning Kuonatang has recognised the for a brutal assault on an old Congress of the Shanghai Citizens, Chinese woman. which held' a mass meeting on Inspector Grant explained that fish, vegetables and pork, each Wednesday, as the only legal the defendant was seen by Inspec-section containing 50 stalls: 20 of authority retresenting the varkustor, Witchell chasing the woman the fish stalls are fitted with wa- classes in Shanghai.
in question with an iron crowbar.ter tanka. The vegetable stalls The Central Kuomintang bas Defendant struck the woman be-are fitted with tiers of receding appointed Generals Ho Ying-karp, cause there was some quarrel be-shelyes and the pork stalls with
Tit-ping, Nin Yung-chen, and eight others as Commissionery of
tween him and the women who iron rails and hooks. the Political Council for the pro-wanted his step-mother to lend him block contains 46 shops 19'0" x was his step-mother, Defendant. The upper floor of the southern vince of Kiangsu.
12′0′′ x 12′0′′, 20 of which are de- voted to the sale of fruit and 26 to that of beef and mutton, the Intter being fitted with iron rails and hooks. The upper floor of the northern block contains 46 shops of the above dimensions, all of which are devoted to the sale of
money,
General Niu Yung-chen, chief of
The old woman stated that she the "Civilian-Dressed" Corps, who
was the second wife of the defen- has helped a great deal in the
dant's father. Defendant went recent Nationalist success, and whose forces are being disarmed by th her stall and struck her but the regular Nationalist troops, has she could not say why he did so. tendered his resignation to the She mentioned that defendant pro- Central Kuomintang. Generally was angry because his father Niu, being an extremist leader, is did not, support him after marry-poultry. not very well disposed to Generals ing. Pei Chung-hsi and Ho Ying-kam, commanders of the
Mr. Lindselt adjourned the case regular until 10.30 to-morrow in order to Nationalist forces.-Nam Chung call the defendant's father,
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New York, Sunday-The United States House of Representatives has decided to emulate In its own way the reputation of the House of Commons as the best club in the world. It proposes to spend £700,000 on the erection of a new office building for its members, to“ be equipped with Turkish baths, swimming pools, ping-pong and other table games, as well as flesh- reducing and muscle-developing devices, ⚫
The consent of the Senate, whose members at present enjoy vaatly better office quarters, than the members of the Lower House, must, however, be obtained before the new project is put into execu-
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As the market is open from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. some means of ar tificial light was required, and a
contract was entered into with the Electric Co. to carry out the necessary installation and supply the current from the mains in Queen's 'Road and the Praya. The installation consists of 43 in- candescent lampa of 50 candle- power each, 37 oraz candle-power, and 12 of 16 candle-power, making. a total of 92 lamps with an aggre- gnte candle-power of 3,526.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was summoned at Hurat, Suasex, re- cently because two of his 'doge, an Airedale and an Irish terrier, had worried sheep in a field near his home at Crowborough. His solicitor expressed Sir Arthur's regrot and said evory precaution would be taken to prevent any re- currence of the offence. An order was made for the dogs to be kept under proper control."
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