THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, JUNE 30.
1927.
PICKETS ASSAULT
FRENCH STEAMER ON
REEF.
STOLE FROM HIS EMPLOYER.
PASSENGERS.
CHINESE FROM LUNGSHAN MALTREATED.
INK DAUBED ON CLOTHING,
BLUE FUNNEL AND B. AND S. DISHONEST COOK-BOY SENT,
BOATS STAND BY.
ANSWERS TO S.0.5.
in
TO PRISON.
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A silver cake-stand, two silver bowls, 20 ivory chop-sticks and a Mah Jongg set, the total valuo be ing $183, were produced before Major C. Willson at the Central Police Court this morning when a Chinese named Leung Hing was charged with the theft of the ar- ticles. The defendant admitted the charge..
The de-
Two British vessels are now Our Canton correspondent, writ-steaming with all speed to the ing under yesterday's date, states assistance of a French steamer, the that "disgraceful treatment is 8.8. Figing, which is nground on a boing meted out to the Chinese reef between British North Borneo,
Cochin-Chinn, and who attempt to travel on the land Hongkong British steamers, by imminent danger of breaking up the pickets who ura boycotting stato wireless messages received these yossols as a reprisal for the by the local naval authorities this
Sergt. Rozeskwy explained that recent closing down of the Sea-morning.
The ss. Figlug is badly damag- the defendant was a cook employ- men's Union.
He cites the instance of thoed, and has been sending outed by the complainant, Mr. Yuk- Lungshan yesterday morning, urgent messages for assistance. tong, of 27, Kennedy Road, who whon Chinese coming ashore from The Blac Funnel lines, the 5. on June 28 missed the articles tha steamer were molested." The Dolius, and the Butterfield and and reported the matter. usual gang of pickets was lined Swire steamer Kiangsu have been fendant's belongings were search- up by the gate of the wharf, and diverted and are proceeding to the ed, and three pawn tickets relat-
ing to the articles were found. a fair number of police were pre-rescue.
The Fixing gives her position s sent, armed with truncheons, re-
traffic. gulating the
AB the Lat. 8.50 N., Long. 112.15 E.. dan- Chinese came out of the gate they rerous water, the London Reefs had to run the gauntlet of the and other outcrops being in the pickets, who pushed them violent-vicinity. The nearest port is Saf ly from side to side, and In the Kon. The distressed vessel is a case of yesterday's passengers, French steamer belonging to the they were even daubed with Cie. Generale Trans-Atlantique, different kinds of colouring mat-and is not known in, Hongkong
Formerly known as the Grantala, ter as they went down the line. Some of the pickets used printer's the Figlag was built in 1903 by of six weeks' hard labour. ink, others indigo, and others Messrs. Armstrong. Whitworth & again some form of sticky subCo., is a steel screw steamer of
stance.
3,655 tons gross, and 1,787 tons net,
The defendant had said that he stole the articles and turned them over to another man to pawn, but the other man had disappeared.
The complainant said he had employed the defendant for four years, and the man had not com- Imitted an offence before,
His Worship imposed sentence
KNOW?
Armed with short sticks of bam-and is 350 feet overall, has a beam HOW MUCH DO YOU boo enraying a wad at the end, of 15.2 feet and depth of 27.2 foot. The. China Navigation Com- the ruffians smeared the Chinese) passengers clothing, fases, and Pany's steamer, the Kiangsu, WAS on passage from Singapore to hair, thus probably causing Manila when she picked up' the hundreds of dollars worth of $.0.5. signals. damage to clothing. which was ruined.
There were erowds watching the "ith," and the police made no attempt to put a stop to it.
Badges Offered..
OBSERVING THE ECLIPSE.
BOLSHEVISTS HAVE GOOD CONDITIONS.
Oslo, June 29. Early reposts of unfavourable'
The local vernacular papera re- port that while the Tangshan was approaching. Canton yesterday mornin, with 47 Chinese pasaen- ! gers four pickets were seen ap- proaching the atoamer in a sampan, conditions for the eclipse of the and these men ordered that no other sampan should go near the sun came from Stavanger, Aal, steamer. Not being able to ret to fallingdal, and Fagernas. the shore by taking sampanse all the Chinese passengers had to go through the wharf, which resulted in all of them being assaulted by the pickets who were stationed in the vicinity of the wharf, and who amenred the laces and clothes of the passengers with ink.
On the contrary, the weather was.excellent at Ringebu, where the Bolshevist expedition was stationed, alan at Finmark and Nyborgmoen.-Reuter,
Dutch Expedition.
Utrecht, June 20. The Dutch eclipse expedition in Later, some representatives of the Seamen's Union came down to Lapland made successful observa-i the steamer and consulted with the tions. There were no clouds dir compradore department. requesting the totality period.-Reuter, ing that the department should
give the pickets the exact number
of the men in the compradore de-
Assets of Harvard College, ex- partment. The representativeschisive of land and buildings, are said that they would be given some is d
ist.
C.$36,540,000. This badges by the Seamen's Union, so makes it the richest, odpentional as to make their identity clear to institution in the world. The cost the pickels, and thus prevent their of running the various depart
is 0.$8,153,000. Salaries! being molested when they went menta
Jamount to G.$1,146,000 agretig. ashore.
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Who was Pericles, and when
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and by whom were they spoken: "Pair is foul and foul is fai, Hover through the fog and filthy air"?
What are the dates of Milton's
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