ARMED ROBBERY AT SHAUTOKOK,
ONE MAN SHOT AND BADLY WOUNDED.
CATTLE TAKEN AWAY.
OLD SINGAPORE RESIDENTS.
NEW GOVERNOR GREETS
FORMER FRIENDS.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
A human touch was added to the State entry of His Excellency the Governor into the land of his heart on Friday by his remembrance of Armed robbers, who gained en-
one of the oldest and most respect- trance to an unnumbered house ated of Singapore's citizens, saya the Tai Tong Wa village, Shautokok, Straits Times. early this morning, shot one of the inmates, wounding him severely and stole two bullocks and two cows, to the total value of $300.
In making a report to the police, 4 Chinese named Tang Chat-lai, a furmer, living at the house, states that early this morning, while he was asleep in a rear cubicle, he was awakened by the noise of the front door being broken opes.
He ran into the front room, where he saw five men, one of whom made him face the wall by threatening him with a revolver which he produced.
It was at the conclusion of the presentation of addresses as the public were leaving the Council Chamber when Sir Hugh Clifford caught sight of Mr. and Mrs. E. Salzmann mingling in the crowd at the far end of the room. He hastened across and greeted them most warmly, with an assurance that at an early date they would chat over reminiscences of forty years ago.
It was in 1874 that Mr. Salz. mann was appointed organist of St. Andrew's Cathedral and for many years his name was associat ed in one way or another with every musical and dramatic pro duction presented in Singapore, There were other recognitions of
OUR POST OFFICE.
A BUSY TIME LAST YEAR.
The number of mail receptacles of Hongkong origin" despatched ed during the year was 31,863 as compared with 32,044 in 1925-n decrease of 181, says the report for 1926 on the General Post Offico, Hongkong.
Receptacles in transit which were handled numbered 175,055 as against 121,343 in 1025-an in
crease of 58,712.
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A total of 8,900 steamers carry- ing maily arrived and 3,428 left, a decrease of 522 and 2,872 under the previous year's figures.
The
number of registered articles handlod amounted to 300,- 383 as compared with 887,661 in 1025-an increase of 18,722,
The agures for insured letters were 20,290 and 15,327 respectively
-an increase of 4,909.
Parcels, ordinary and insured, which were dealt with reached L total of 555,354 as against 397,729 in 1926-an increase of 167,626.
Echo of Boycott.
The increase was largely due to
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MONDAY,
MALAYA'S' GUNMEN.
SENSATIONAL AFFAIR IN
SINGAPORE.,
Once again Singapore gunmen have been at work,-
About 6.10 p.m. on June 4, a Chinese detective, was in Beach Road with a friend, when he saw five Chinese whom he know to be bad charactors. He called one of them by name, telling him to stop as he wanted to search him.
As the datective went up to him it is alleged that the Chinese drew a revolver and fred. He missed. The detective then drew his own revolver, but before he could pull the trigger two men behind him drew theirs and fired at him. The detective was hit in the thigh and
fall to the ground.
While the wounded man was down the Chinese who had first drawn his revolver is sald to have deliberately tried to boot him in the head; the shot however only just grazed him.
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The wounded mari was taken ta hospital while the fiva alleged aa- sailants made off.
In this position, he was unable to see what the robbers word do- ing, and apparently they went in-
Inspector R. Cowie and a number About 8.80 p.m. tax next day to an adjacent room from which place they took the cows and bul-old friends by Sir Hugh Clifford, the dislocation of freight services of detective constabits with an in locks, after which they left the 1t is incidents like these that win consequence of which shippersformer were on rounds-looking for bring His Excellency into sym-of valuable goods to South China
had to resort to the parcel post the men. pathetic touch with the com- munity.
house.
On finding that the men had gone, he ran out and raised an alarm."
On returning, be found that his brother, Tang Kwat had been shot, und was severely wounded.
SHANGHAI PUBLICITY
BUREAU.
IMPORTANT OBJECTS IN
VIEW.
service.
The total revenue from the
Search and Its Result. Inspector Cowie and his party It was noticeable, too, that at the Birthday Ball at Government postal service in 1926 amounted to entered. People's Market, where House. His Excellency displayed $608,606.13 an increase on the pre- there were several funtan schools similar recognition of old Malayan, vious year of $54,894.61. The ex-going on; these soon broke up.. friends, and won the hearts of penditure for 1926 amounted to everyone by his rare gifts of $263,775.04 or $32,214.49 less than in that of the previous year: the decrease is principally due to re- Sympathy and worthiness.
covery of arreary of transit charges resulting from the statistics taken throughout the Postal Union during the period 15th October 11th November,
MURDERED BY MISTAKE.
1924,
The balance of revenue over ex-
The approval of the Municipal WEDDING GUEST RESEMBLED penditure amounted to $134,821.09.
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BRIDE...
sensational murder and
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packets in 1925.
The inspector's attention was at- tracted to a Chinese dressed in black who was hurrying away and as he turned one of the police in alleged to have recogulaed him as being among thinse who had taken part in the shooting.
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JUNE 13, 1927.
HONGKONG. WEATHER.
LAST YEAR'S FEATURES. The The report on last year, by the Director of the Royal Observatory, Hongkong states
The principal features weather in 1926 were:
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of the
(1) Phenomenal rainfall dur- ing a prolonged and very thunderstorm on severe
July 19, when 21 inches of rain fell in 18 hours, CRUST
Ing severe floods and land alldes.
(2) Rainfall much above the average in April, July and Septembor.
(3) Typhoons which passed near Hongkong on July 22 and September 27.
(4) Heat waves In July, August and September, and rela- sively cold spells in April and June,
FILM ABLAZE,
FIRE AT IPOH CINEMA.
Ipoh, June 4.A sensation was caused in the Harima Hall Cinema by the sudden blazing of a film.
The fire rapidly spread towards the stairs and the crowd rushed out.
Several Europeans and Boy Scouts.preserved order. The fire was got under control. There were no casualties except, bruises
from falls.
DAY BY DAY.
When the police gave chate the mian ran round to the back of the police barracks in Park Rond where he fell down, but he got up
Mr. H. W. Ray, of the Hong- again and run on
kong Amusements, has received Post Office by Inspector Cowie seeing that he from the
of Scottish was nearing a crowded distriot mistake a bundle
the including drew als revolver and took a "pot Scotch Bulletin and the Huntidy
newspapers shot," at the man. The distance
man was not hit. Eventually the the Post Office and Mr. Ray would was too great, however, and the Express. The error is due to the parcel having become undone in or-police lost night of him as he disbe,pleased to hear from the owner
police kept up their search for appeared down, a side street. The of the above mentioned papers, who several hours, but nothing more
will most likely have received the was seen of the Chinese..
bundle intended for Mr. Ray.
The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 7,836 consisting of 81,010 words against 10,524 with 122, 914 words in 1925, and 13,725 were received consisting of 156,128 words as against 13;180 with 175, 726 words in 1925,
Council has been obtained to the
Chinese Section. creation of publicity bureau, which will be financed by certain A
During the year the Chinese de- commercial and industrial in-suicide is reported from Gisborn, livery section handled 2.950,547 or terests of Shanghai.
New Zealand, where Mrs. Queenie dinary letters, 166,777 other ar- The following gentlemen have Pettit, wife of a prominent busi-ticles, and 9,164 postal Hong consented to serve as Directors: ness man, was shot dead at a
packets as against 2,654,170 Mr. E. F. "Gobdale (Director-in-wedding party by George Nowells, dinary letters, 180,907 other ar- Charge), Dr. J. Darroch, O.B.E sheep farmer, who afterwards ticles, and 8,922 postal Hong Mesars. 7. Funatsu, J.. R. Jones, killed himself, M.A., Dr. Evan Morgan, Mesars, Mrs. Pettit attended the wedding B. Lenox Simpson (Putnam party when she was struck by a Weale) and U., M. Tavella, with shot fired through the window and Mr. A. D. Bell as the Council's killed. Mr. Pettit, who did not "Representative. Mr. L. C, Healey know that his wife had been killed, will act as Secretary Mr. K.rushed in the direction of the shop, Begdon has been appointed Busi- and saw Nowells with a gun in his ness Manager.
hand. Mr. Pettit wrested it from The cbjects of the Bureau will him, but Nowells escaped. He be to explain the functions of was later found dead in the stret. municipal government, and to los- Nowells was a young, married 2 recent ter a Sino-foreign public opinion ex-service man, and in favour of the gradual develop-arrival from England, where his mont of the Shanghai administra-wife is believed to be at present. tion, sons more adequately to It appears that he did not in- meet present and future needs. tend to shoot Mrs. Fettit, but Mrs. The Bureau will also take steps Oman, the bride at the wedding. to counteract subversive propa- He had previously threatened ganda, and will endeavour to Mrs. Oman, that if she married Create an atmosphere of friend- another than he would kill her. ship and co-operation between Mrs. Pettit bore a striking resem: Chinese and Foreigners,
blance to the bride, and Nowel's The affice of the Bureau will be apparently made a mistake of care of the Administration Bäild-identity. ing. 16 Hafkow Road.
SHANGHAI SHOOTING
AFFRAY.
RUNNING BATTLE IN LOUZA DISTRICT.
One armed robber is dead and three thers were arrested on Wednesday night in a running battle in the Louza district be- tween a gang of armed men, de- tectives and uniformed-Sikhs and Chinese, the latter taking up the chase after the initial shots were fired by the robbers.
The detectives had "spotted" their men, and it seems that the robbers recognized the detectives, who upon the approach of the
The detec former opened fire.
tives withheld their fire because of the danger to the crowd. The robbers turned from the corner of
IRISH ELECTIONS.
BLOOD OF A SAINT.
CROWD'S EMOTION AT
NAPLES CEREMONY.
The Naples correspondent of the London Times wires:
The ceremonies associated with the biennial liquefaction of the blood of Saint Januarius, the patron Saint of Naples, began at 10 o'clock on May 1 and concluded
at 10 a.m.
THE QUEEN'S.
A REALLY GOOD FILM.
"Woman Handled" showing at the Queen's to-day is a delightful comedy, in which Richard Dix, in the role of a fashionable New Yorker "goes West in the great open spaces in order to be a "man" to humour his sweetheart..
He finds to his dismay that the West exists only in books and that civilization has invaded it. He sees tennis courts, golf links, modern bungalows, baths and radiators, and even tin "lizzies, instead of the rough cowboy ranch with its horse and crude mode of living. Even the cowboys them- selves are enlisted from the city
discards.
In the morning a golden bust of the Saint was carried in procession along the streets of old Naples In order not to disappoint his under & rain of flowers from the girl he writes her cloquent love Cathedral to the Church Santa letters in, which he recounts gal
lant deeds of the rough riders.
attempt to create a "Westerly" im- prcasion in a modern 'ranch gives the audience many hilarious moment.
CLOSE TUSSLE ANTICIPATED. Chiara, and in the afternoon these comes to see him and his
London, June 13
the
The Irish Free State, elections will resolve themselves into a neck and neck struggle between Government party and the Fianna Fail (the followers of De Valera).
There are 150 seats to be filled, and at midnight the state of the parties was:
Government Fiznun Fail Labour
Independents Farmers
National League 'Sinn Fein....
phials containing his blood were similarly escorted:
The prescribed prayers began in the evening at 7 o'clock in the presence of Cardinal Ascalesi, the Archbishop of Naples.
There is much excellent fun, and
the rest of the programme is also
The expected liquefaction being unusually delayed, the cries and attractive. entreaties of the faithful became more frantie till at 8.40 the dried
blood began to dissolve into liquid. HOW MUCH DO YOU
The joy of the crowd was un- bounded, many weeping with
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emotion.
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The Agures show that the Con- stitutionalists muster 63 and the Republicans 32 seats.
Chekiang and Foochow Rond mak Mrs. Mary McSwiney, the leader ing off towards the French con-of the Sinn Fein party, has been секвієм: Several blocks further on, the robbers fired again but
struck no-one.
On
defeated-Reuter,
GRAMOPHONE DEAL.
METEOROLOGICAL
REPORTS.
INCREASED AND FROM SHIPS.
The uniformed men took up the chase and at least three Sikhs and three Chinese pursued, Avenue Edward VII, one robber foll struck by four bullets. The "COLUMBIA" CO. AND JAPAN.report on last year.
party broke and the police, fol- lowing the "various members, ar rested three mare: It is believed
one man got away"
POET'S CORNER.
THE EAST.
The Filipino Jazz musicians Aro playing a wind-low tune, That floats through the shadow
palm-troes
Under the moon.
The number of British ships sending message increased from 687 in 1925, to 1058 in 1926, saya the Hongkong Royal Observatory
This was due in a large mea- The Columbia Graphophone sure, to the co-operation of the Company has gained control of the Navy. The number of ships of Nipponophone Company of Japan other nationalities increased from by the purchase of considerably 752 to 831 in 1926 and the number more than 50 per cent. of the Or- of messages received from these dinary shares, says a late Home ships increased from 1762 to 2376. an appreciable increase, but still paper just to hand.
representing only a small percent- age of the ships within call of Hongkong.
The Nipponophone Company is a firm of over 20-years, standing and controls the Japanese market, manufacturing and marketing An appeal for regular observa- yearly thousands of gramophones tione from ships has been made through the International Com- and tens of thousands of records.
The merger, it is claimed, will mission for Maritime Meteorology. provide a great new outlet for the In addition to meteorological And wine-coloured silks are glid-best English records, for Japanese registers kept at about 40 stations In China, meteorological loga were ing:
musical taste is intolerant of me dlocrity and absorbs readily and received from 230 ships operating East. These logs, in growing quantities classical in the Far and celebrity records of all kinds. representing 8,680 days observa There will be no new publictions have been utilised for ampli- offer of capital in connexion with fying the weather maps the deal, although it is understood verifying typhoon tracks." that a very large amount is in- corresponding figures for the year
1926 were 1658 and 6,697," volved.
White throats and shingled hair,
And lanterna cluster'd like magic Fruit in the air.
But I am alone and searching" The dream-blue depths of the sea, Where somewhere, my love is sall.
ing
Away from me.
PEAKOQUE.
and
The
KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
The following general know- ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.
Answers, for those who need them, will be found on Page 12
of this issue,
1.In what battle did a French commanded by an army Englishman defent an English Army commanded by a French- man?
2-What is (a) the area, and (b) the population of the British Empire? 3.--Which two overseas dominions have the smallest population in comparison with their size? 4.What are mirabolans? 5.-Who was the author of "Auldi
Lang Syno"? B-Who wrote the story on which Mozart and Rossini based two "Figaro" poras?
7. What is a neap tide?. 8.-How many is a billion (a) in England, (b). in America, (c) in Franco?
Who said, "Dead men toll no
talca"?
10-What in alpaca?
11-Who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" and The Woman in White"?
12. What mammal lays eggs? 13-How did the lawyer's fee, of
Those assisting in an excellent entertainment for the troops given at the Cheer O., Y.M.O.A., Chater Road, on Friday, were Mrs. A, T. Hamilton, Miss Eileen Woods, Mrs. H. Balean, Mrs. C. P. James, Mrs. Harry Woods, Mrs. Costen and
Burnett, Messrs. G.W.C. C.W.E. Bishop, J. W. Blackley, T. G. Paterson, F. McCormac, B.- Batt, E.. W. Pearce and Poxon. The City Hall has been taken for next Saturday night when especially attractive programme will be provided by many of the Colony's amateur artistes.
an
The
During the year 1926, a total of 4,360 deeds and documents were registered under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1844 affecting 6,165 lots or sections of lots. total consideration on sales, mort- gages, surrenders and miscellane- ons land transactions amounted to $115,045,589.39. The total amount of fees collected by the Land Office during the year (exelusive of the $77,861 being $2,804.25 more than New Territories) amounted to
Land 'regis the preceding year. tration fees in the New Territories amounted to $4.453.65 and Crown Lease fees to $60.
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