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(326 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office of the abovo Hotel.)
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1927.
CAPTAIN COURTNEY'S MACHINE.
The Dornier-Whale flying boat on which Captain Courtney is attempting a flight across the
ADMIRALTY COAL STOLEN.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL PLEA.
There appears to be quite an epidemic of thefts of Welsh coal bolonging to the Admiralty, Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, hearing
Atlantic, via the Azores.
CORRESPONDENCE.
PRESERVATION OF TREES.
(To the Editor, Hongkong
Telegraph.)
Sir,In your issue of September
the third case in which the owner and, my attention was drawn to of a junk was charged in respect the fact that the Government is of stolen coal.
NORTH'S DEFEAT
CONFIRMED.
(Continued from Page 1).
unnecessarily frightened by such falsehoods, and is hereby request- ed to exercise its judgment and discretion accordingly,
"Furthermore, be it also here- by proclaimed that henceforth all preparing to pass an ordinance misleading rumour-mongers, when The mistress of the cargo junk, giving them powers to proclain discovered, shall be punished in was charged with being in unlaw- certain areas "Frehibited Arens."accordance with the martial law. ful possession of two and one-t is alleged that this is being done to protect the trees, etc., in
tenth tons of moal.
By Order,
PEI CHUNG-IISI
WORKERS WARNED.
Evils of Communiam.
Shanghai, Aug. 30.
Mr. Leo d'Almada appeared for these areas from the depredations,
of Chinese wood-gatherers. the defence, and described 'the
It seems to me that the best present case ag a very sad one, He said that he thought his Wor method of protecting our trees ship, after hearing the facts of from destruction is by an increase, i necessary, in the numbers and the case, would in his wiadom.eficiency of our forest guards, temper justice with mercy.
rather than the wholesale préven- The following circular notice on The defendant was a married tion of the public from enjoying the labour situation in Shanghai woman, but her husband was the innocent pleasure of freely has been sent out by the Unifica lunatic and simply roamed about traversing what is after all their tion Committee of the Shanghai the Colony, He was seldom on own property, especially in such a Labour Unions. the junk. Two or three months comparatively restricted area. as ago, the defendant had to borrow this Colony, where one already
"As the general condition is
a sum of money with which she feels a sense of confinement. very restless at present, all work-
purchased her cargo junk.
رجی
Further, a critical examinationers should exercise caution when About August 30, she had been of the present proposal to make about to go on strike, or they will engaged by a Naval contractor to the area in the vicinity of Sheko be subjecting themselves to the convey 50 tons of Naval coal to and Big Wave Bay & prohibited influence of reactionaries. We a Blue Funnel liner. The duties area, and that perfectly innocent admire those workers who are of loading and unloading were en-pienie parties will be persecuted, very prudent in their attitude, tirely in the hands of the contrac-makes one pause to think.
but a number of others are light- tor's inen, Defendant's duties) In the first place, such tree minded and will go on strike over were merely to take the coal from cutting as does take place, which a trival matter. Such workers PALACE HOTEL.
the Yaumati sheds to the steamer. is after all by no means extensive, will not receive assistance from aware that The consignment was loaded on is in the thick plantations near cer- us. Labourers are Tel Address "PALACE." Three minutes from Kowloon Whart, Ferry and Railway Station rough weather, the work of un-deen, Laichikok and Chin Wan. their privilege.
the junk at 7 p.m. and, owing to tain large villages such as Aber- Communists are robbing them of Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. loading could not be commenced Secondly it is suggested by some labourers have been ruined by the Over 300,000 Every Boom with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooma. Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. until three hours later. At 10 that the closing of the district Communists at Harkow, and are Tarms moderate. Special terms to families on application to:
p.m. the coolies started to trans- near Sheko and Pig Wave Bay out of employment at present. If Mrs. J. H. OKBERRY, Proprietress. fer the coal to the vessel and would prevent anyone not a mem- Communists are found intimidat- completed their duties at 2 a.m. ber of the Country Club having ac-ing labourers to go on strike, they the following morning.
cess to the bathing beaches of Big should be arrested and handed In the meantime, the defendant Wave Bay and Island Bay, thus over to us. We will deal with and her crew had retired for the making private beaches of the only them rigorously. Please warn all night and at two o'clock, when the two decent bathing beaches left in labourers." coolies had finished, she took her the Island.
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boat back to the anchorage where It is already scandalous that thei the remained until the 2nd., inst. Government of Hongkong should when she
was arrested by the apparently have built, at Police, who discovered the coal mous public expense, a road for a under the bottom boards.
small group of privileged indivil- duals, and I hope you and others will, by freely ventilating the,
UNWANTED "REDS."
Orders for Their Arrest.
Shanghai, Aug. 30.
The police department of the
It was possible that the coolies had put the coal under the boards matter, prevent the general public Chinese areas of Shanghai haye
so that they would finish earlier.
FAIRPLAY.
Hongkong, Sept. 5, 1927.
RUBBER NEWS.
Mr. d'Almada pointed out that Yours, etc.,
from being further victimised.received special orders from the had the defendant stolen the coal she would not have left it on board her junk for such a long period. The, fokisj whom the defendant employed had since absconded and it was pos- sible that they were involved in putting the coal under the boards. His Worship, in fining the de- fendant $25, said that he thought it was her duty to see that her junk was emptied and that no con). was left at the bottom.
ORE CASE ENDS.
(Continued from Page 1.) oxide running through the sulphide, it being impossible to separate them altogether. With good sulphide
ore there was bound to be a certain amount of oxide with it.
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Nanking Nationalist Government to bring about the arrest of a long list of 'Communists, said to be in hiding in Shanghai, principally in the international Settlement.'
Two Communists whose hames are known to the Chinese authori- ties, have been ordored arrested for having created disturbances at the headquarters of the Kuo- mintang Party in Cuba. They are also charged with having organi- zed the Taeng Nyi Club for he purpose of creating opposition to the Kuomintang and to have acted as "running dogs" for the Com- munists in Cuba. These mon are reported to be in Shanghai.
The list of men ordered arrested has been sent in Shanghal Chin- tax.ese authorities and le contained in six groups. The second group contain the names of men wanted for publishing advertisements in newspapers opposing the Nanking Nationalist Government.
The following are the replles te to-day's questions:-
the greatest artists is paint who has over
Members Expelled.
Defendant agreed with Mr. An- HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? drewea that he did not agree to settle for £200, as suggested by the plaintiffs, neither did he ask the bank for the return of the accept-
The third group lists nine men ince. He admitted that he was 1-A fteenth century Italian. ene of who have been expelled from the willing to take responsibility was a pupil of Pablo Uccelli, an Kuomintang.and who are alleged for damages, if it could be proved arthat chladly noted for his research work in that the ore was not good merchan- the laws of perspective. 2-Glatta (12877 to be working in opposition to the table sulphide.
1839) 3-Anthong Van Dyck (1800-1841) organization. The next group
His precision and minste attention to de The plaintiffs did agree to com- Jan Vermeer of Delft (1032-10rs): 1sts a number of alleged Com- promise, first by offering him and he and de Hooch were disciples of the munista who are reported to have school of Rembrandt. 6.-Henri Fantin-Latour allowance of £1 per ton, which he (1830-1904). It was executed in the slandered the Kuomintang Party did not accept.
stitute of France by the Italian artist, Ben-in Siam. reauto Cent (1800-1871), 8-A movemett Mr. Andrewes further cross-permeating the whole of Western Europe, and Group No. 5 reveals the names examined at some length on the ear-olding a revolt against the claruls tra of certain Chinese who are re-
of art. It was an appeal to the emotiona respondence and telegrams which rather than to the Intellect, in which origina ported to. have supported the had passed between the parties. y and Imagination were given free play. It manifesto issued by the Com-
In addressing the court, Mr. century. Ils leaders in France were Gericauit munist party in China. Alabaster said he had pointed out (1701-1824) and Dulacrale (1798-1883), 9- time and again that a thing was maor, Wiastaw Homer (1866-1910). 11 names of several men who
Raphael (1488-1520).· ́10.In the opfalon of The final group contains the
everi if it was not good for a special Angelo, who painted the "Delphic Sybil in munism and for attempts to des-. Teniers, Anthany Van Dyck, 12-Michael purpose, unless that special pur-the Butine Chapel, Rome. pose was communicated to the ven-
troy the Kuomintang Party after having joined the organization.
Orders to arrested these men have been issued locally by the
partment.
rescued its ellmax in the early nineteenth
are
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