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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MANILA'S ARTESIAN
WELLS.
TO GIVE WAY TO NEW WATER
SERVICE...
Artesian wells in the city of Manika will be a thing of the past as soon as tho filtration project of the Metropolitan Water Die-
MONDAY,
MAY
2.
1927,
$1,000 CLAIM.
WARSHIPS HIT BY
SHELLS.
(Continued from Pago 1
sending a propaganda corps to the' North River to work against the Communists.
CHINESE BANK'S CASE
SUCCEEDS.
this In the Summary Court morning before Mr. P. Jacks, act- ing Pulsne Judge, the Lai Yuon Bank, 62, Wing Lok Street, claim-
trict is realized, it was predicted"Red" peasants have captured/ed $1,000 from the Wing Fung
"Reds" Selze District.
Meanwhile, it is reported that by city hall officials, says the Bulletin. The elty, it is learned, where the officials have been out-The money was claimed
Nam-Ao, in Eastern Kwangtung, Firm, 119 Connaught Road West. will not drill new artesian wellsed, and a revolutionary regime se balance of principal due under a under present conditions.
up.
US the
October
The plaintiffs alko
Mr. J. M. Remedios was for tho plaintiff, and A. J. O'Donoghue for the defendants.
The board of directors of the District approved in principle at Swatow to suppress these insur 13th, 1926.
Troops are being sent from promissory note dated ita recent meeting the constru:- tion of a rapid sand type filtrationents, and they include two regi- system at a cost of approximately ching's command,
ments from General Io Ying-claimed their costs, 11,500,000. This followed the re- commendation of Abraham Gideon,
Released From Prison. manager of the District. The One effect of the clean-up of amount wil be taken from the pro- Communists in Canton has been Mr. Remedios explained that hel ceeds of the P3,000,000 bond issue the release of two leading Kuomin- of the district in the United tungites who were imprisoned understood Mr. O'Donoghue had! States. The system is capable of about three years ago by the late no further instructions, and ask- turning out 40,000,000 gallons of "Red" Government. These are
iltration water daily, which is General Isang Kea-wu, a veteran ed permission to prove his caso, enough to supply the water needs of the Revolution, and Mr. Lam which was granted, of the ity inhabitants and resi- Chik-min, one of Wu Han-min's dents of nearby, municipalities. old followers. Both were three The annual per capita cost of years in prison at Whamapao, and filtered water to the city inhabi- their release was ordered by Mar- other tants will be aproximately one shal Chiang Kai-shek the peso, which is less than the day.
were given average expenditure for specint-The released. „men water, bought by them, according special welcomes at Canton last 1 Manager Gideon. Considering Friday, the attendance of over 500 the reonomy in Water bill, members of the Kuomintang in- medicines, etc., due to sickness and cluding a personal representative deaths resulting from the use of of Marshal Chiang polluted water, the, savings to be brought about by the filtration | system will run into millions of The Red" peasants in Heung- pesos annually, it was explained.shan are becoming more active. While Manila water in its raw They have been joined by the state is satisfactory, it may have bandits and are fighting with the a disagreeable taste and odour at | Government troops,
Bandits Wage War.
Chalon, May 1.
The manager of the plaintiff bank said they lont $2,000 to the defendants on October 13th, $1,000 of which had been re-paid. No- thing further had been received. Interest was not claimed because on the there was no stipulation writ as to interest.
His Lordship gave judgmont for the plaintiffs with costs.
SHARE PRICES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of local
potations issued to-day-
certain seasons, Santiago Artlaga, The district magistrate of city enginees, said. The filtration Heungshan reported to the Gov-share
roject of the Metropolitan Waterornment yesterday that gendarmes District will remedy the situation in Langchun were attacked by the and do away with the necessity of artesien wells in the city of Manila, according to the engineer.
City Engineer Artiaga will in vestigate the causes of the revert od infection of city artesian wells, following an order from Mayor Romualdez,
GIRL THRASHED.
Continued from Page 1.) away from the house, but was however traced and brought back. The girl had always begged to be allowed to leave the house and to seek her OWN living
"Reds" and bandits on April 28, and us the troops were outnumber- ed by the "Reds" the latter suc- ceeded in defeating the soldiers, capturing all their ammunition and taking 20 prisoners.
The Canton authorities are re- quested immediately to send troops To help in the "Red" suppression campaign in Henngshan district,
A regiment from the 15th Divi- sion of General Li Fuk-lam's army was sent to Lungshan, Shuntak, on April 28 to have the "Reds" there suppressed. The "Reds" resisted, counter-attacking the Government troops, but finally they were round- Jed up and all the chief agitatory
were placed under arrest.
The Whampao Prisoners. The 300 "Red"""cadeta who were
by working for others, but wit-arrested recently are to be detain. neas refused to allow her to do so and promised to find her a in river junks, which will be derent husband as soon as possible. berthed near the Changchow forts. Mr. Lindsell: It appears pretty and be watched by the cruiser clear that the girl was rather a
Changshan and gunboat Kangkon. bad lass.
The cadets were formerly detain- Sub-Inspector James, for the pro-ed in the cruiser Chungshan, but secution: "I think that the trouble owing to the increase in the nura- is that they wanted her to marry shan is not able to accommodate be of the prisoners, the Chung- an Indian, and she would not agree to do so.
them all. The people next door
think highly of her and are quite A corps of 100 propagandists willing to adopt her. She plays left by the Yueh-han train yester with their children, and I have day morning to work against Com been trying to persunde them to munism among the farmers of the
North River. come into Court."
The propaganda corps will be anxiliary to the North River anti-"Red" army of which General Chien Ta-chun ia the field-marshal
Mr. Lindsell imposed a fine of 550, or in defaul four weeks' hard
labout.
The girl was assigned to the care of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
BRITAIN'S FIGHTING
SERVICES.
EFFICIENCY OF THE AND
FORCE.
London, May 1. The 150th exhibition of the Royal Arts Academy of
was opened yesterday, and at the annual ban- quet last night Prince Henry was the principal guest.
The Railway Trouble,
The Canton-Samshui railway is resuming service, with workmen from the Mechanics' Union. Mem- bers of this Union are also being Sent to the Yuch-Man and Canton- Kowloon railways to help in re opening traille for these lines.
Mest of the members of the rail waymen's union who belong to the "Red"
not faction have
yet
resumed work-Nam Chung Puo.
A DENIAL.
U. S. Major Not Serving. Several Cabinet Ministers at-
Contrary to press reports print- tended including the Air Ministered in Manila sometime ago, Vicente Sir Samuel Hoare, who, respond R. Barros, retired major of the ing to the toast of the fighting United States army, has no con- services, said that in the past nexion whatever with the Canton- years the Royal Air Force had ese troops in China, according to a doubled its strength in regard to letter just received by Major Pan- the number of squadrons. Itu train-lino Santos, of the Philippine Con- ing was more intensive, its equip stabulary. The letter was receiv ment more powerful, and although cd from Major Barros himself. only little more than half the size According to the letter, he is liv of the greatest air force in ing in Davao with his family, Europe, its development was salis- factory.
"Ever since I left my position as acting secretary to the mayor He referred in particular to the of Manila," he writes, "I have en- work being done by the Air Forne gaged myself in the business of on the North-West Frontier immigration in Davao." Mr. Bar- India, which had seldom been quiet- Fros also writes that he is beginning er. The Air Force was co-operat-to feel life is easy to live" in ing usefully there in defence work, Davno. He adds he is contemplat- in wild and mountainous country ing opening a firearms store in the in which flying would have seem-south-Manila Bulletin. ed impossible a few years ago.
Naval Needs.
Lord Jellicoe, roplying for the After recalling the immense navy, referring to the disarma, reductions in ships, officers and ment question said he entirely men since the war, he said that if ngreed with the terms of the asked to advise on disarmament- anewer sent by the British Gov- he would say, "Limit the size of erument to President Coolidge's your ships." One of the greatest great message calling for another mistakes at the Washington Con
on disarmament, . It ference was placing the size of conference could not be forgotten that the cruisers at 10,000 tons. Thati geographical position of the immediately put nearly every British Empire and the length of British cruiser on the obsolete list, empire communications nut Bri-and it enforced a standard of Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICKtain in a peculiar position in re- 10.000 tons for every cruiser built PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street, In the City ofgard to naval disarmament in future. There was no reason
different from every other country Victoria, Hongkong.
in the world.
GAY KEE
69, Dos Voeux Road, Contral,
Tel. C. 5503.
why a much lower lait should not be settled upon.-British Wircles.
Banks.
Hongkong Bank, $1,035 b. Chartered Bank, £20 D. Mercantile A. & B., 432 ǹ. Mercantile. C., £137
P. and O., B94 n. East Asia, 208 b.
Marine las,
D.
Canton Ins., $660 D. China Underwriters, 3.80 n. North China, Tls. 143 b Union Ins., $280 b. Yangtane Ins., $38
Fire Ins.
12.
b.
China Fires, $205] Hongkong Fico, $600 b.
Shipping
b.
Douglasos, $31 in. Steamboats, $221 Tugs, $1.10. Indo-Chinas, (Prof.) $30 n. Sholl Trans., 94/- s. Star Ferries, $52 n. Waterboats, $147 b.
Refinerles.
Chine Sugars, 3184 Malabons, $31
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Mining.
b.
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Bonguets, $1.70 Kailans, 38/-
Langkats, Tls. 21. n. S'hai Exploration, Tle. 4 n. Shanghai Loam Tis. 7 Raubs,
$4 n.
Tronohs, 21/- 0.
Ural Caspians, 8-n.
Docks, etc.
П.
n.
b.
Kowloon Wharves, $98 Whampoa Docks, $38 Hongkews, Tls. 135 Now Engineerings, Ta4n. Shanghai Docks Tis. 100 Tb.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
n,
H. and S. Hotels, $6.90 n. H.K. Lands, $52 5. Realtys, $6 Territorials, $11 n. Humphreys, $12) n. Princes Bidge, $89 21. Rural Lande, $1}
Cottons.
A.
X1.
Ewe Cottons, Tls. 7,20 b. Orientals, Tis. 2. S'hai Coltons, Th. 52 n.
Buses, Trams.
China Busen, Tla. 91 n, Tramways, $201 b. Peak Trams, (old) $15 S'pora Tractions 11/- B. Taris, $1 n.
.b.
D.
Miscelaneous.
Amusements, $17 Canton Tees, $5 n. Comenta (Comb.) $7 n. China Lights, $12 b. China Prov., $4.05 b. Constructions, $2.30 Dairy Farms, $15 1. Der A Wing, $6 n. H'kong Electrics, $512 Macao Electrics, $35 b Ropes (Old) $10 Lane Crawfords, $7 Mackintosh, $19 Sincoros, $9 United Asbestos, $20 Watsons $11. Powells, /86 Tolophone 3.70
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TO-DAY and TO-MORROW
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NORMA
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LEW.CODY
HIS
Directed by
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SECRETARY
Metro Goldwyn
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PICTURE
HOBART HENLEY
WILLARD LOWS
WORLD
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ICE FLOOD
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2.30-11.15 CONTINUOUS
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