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NO. 24,67
O BŁƑLAUFWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
BIG LOCAL WIRELESS FEAT. PIRATE AUCTION.
AUSTRALIA AND HOLLAND
HEARD HERE.
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CONCERTS RECEIVED IN EARLY
HOURS OF TO-DAY.
RECORD
ESTABLISHED?
KOCHOW VICTIMS TO
HIGHEST BIDDER.
POORER CAPTIVES FREED.
C.N.C. SETTLEMENT REACHED.
EXACT TERMS NOT YET KNOWN.
AN EARLY KESUMPTION.
Official
436 YER ANNUM
7, 1927. BETAA SINGLE COPE 10 CENTS
HOP TO H'KONG.
ROUTE OF WORLD FLIERS.
EffectiveAugust 1, 1927, we announce our appointment as Distributors for Hongkong and South China of the following, products of the Generat Motors Corporation:
BUICK MOTOR CARS. OLDSMOBILE MOTOR CARS G. M. C. MOTOR TRUCKS
THE DRAGON MOTORCAR CO., LTD.
Telephone Central 1946 or 1947. 33, Wong Wei Chung Road,
PREMIER'S POLICY
SLATED.
LABOUR LEADER A HITTER CRITIC.
"FACING BOTH WAYS.”
London, Sept. 6.
Happy Valley,
RUSSIANS' TRIAL.
PLEA OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.
VICTORIOUS TROOPS HAVE
"A FEAST.
The main subject for discussion JAPAN WITHDRAWING.
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Peking, Sept. 6. The trial begins to-day of 15 Russians seized in the Soviet
G.$25,000 OFFER REJECTED.
Calcutta, Sept. 6.. The "Pride of Detroit" has ar- rived here. Reuter,
Later.
at the Trade Union Congress at Messrs. Brock and Schlee, who Edinburgh to-day was industrial are flying the "Pride of Detroit" round the world after hopping peace, and Mr. Baldwin's appeal An agreement was reached across the Atlantic, have rejected in the matter.
Moving a resolution that the Embassy raid, between the parties at a confer-Colonel Easterwood's offer, men
The American lawyer, Mr. Fox, dustrial policy was the greatest who is one of the attorneys for ence held in Shanghai yesterday, tioned the other day, to fly from Government's legislative and in and the local guilds have received Hongkong to Dallas, in Texas.
They have finally decided that hindrance to a response to the the defence, made
statement telegraphic advices to this effect.
Up to the moment, however, the the "Pride of Detroit" shall fly via anpeal, Mr. Bevin asserted that declaring that 13 of the accused
Rangoon, Bangkok, Hongkong, Mr. Baldwin was mainly respon for causing industrial Shanghai, and Tokyo, and thence sible
troubles in recent years by back to America.-Reuter
The vernacular newspapers state
was confirmation. that of the many passengers who were kidnapped by the pirates dur-forthcoming this morning that the ing the attack on the 8.a. Koehow, dlapute between the officers of the the Hongkong-Wuchow boat, it is China Navigation Company and now learned that shortly after the the Company has been settled. pirates left the steamer, 12 persons among the captives were released.
After one or two days' stay with the pirates, another 40 persons, whom the pirates believed to be of very poor means, were also set free. To each of these the leader of the pirates gave a dollar, for their pas- persons were led by two pirates, who guided them to Fu Wan village, in the Ko Iu district, where they boarded the Shiu Hing-Canton tow- boat to go back to Shamsui. Here thirty of them took the s.s. Kong Ning, the Hongkong-Wuchow boat, back to Wuchow.
The satisfactory reception in Hongkong of wireless concerts from thousands of miles away is brought appreciably nearer by the feat of a local amateur who, during the early hours of his morning,sage back to Shamsui. These forty received a musical programme, from Melbourne, Australia, and also one from Holland. While the reception of one of these stations is noteworthy, the fact that two programmes were received from such distant places probably establishes a record for radio reception
in Hongkong,
terms of settlement have not been received in Hongkong. Reuter in Shanghai is glso silent on the point up to the present.
Asked for confirmation of the reported settlement, the Company intimated this morning that they had nothing to communicate.
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The
A Dallas message of September policy of facing both ways.
stated: Colonel Basterwood, best contribution to industrial has cabled the "Pride of Detroit" peace would be Mr. Baldwin's airmen offering them a prize of resignation. G.$25,000 if they will fly from Hongkong to Dallas,
Mr. J. H. Thomas suggested that the Government should withdraw the. Trade Union Act, and appeal to the country.
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were members of the Embassy staff. The defence intends to raise the question of diplomatic immunity, early in the trial-- Reuter,
The resolution was carried.- Reuter.
London, Sept. 6. The Trade Union Congress at to Labour appeal
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Victories Celebrated. -
Shanghai, Sept. 7. A Nanking telegram states that the 7th Army, under General Li Chung-jen, has captured Chuchov, Sun Chuan-fang have retreated to from which town the troops of
The Nationalist gunboata con Shi-er-shu. Its reply was contained in a The 14th Army crossed the river
A Telegraph representative was
Due Here on Friday. The successful amateur was Mr. George Taylor, Inspector of
It was to the people on board the informed by the Guilds to-day that
On enquiry at the local offices of Lights, who stayed up through the early hours of this morning Kong Ning that some of these re-the agreement reached is to be listening to programmes received at Green Island. Mr. Taylor leased persons told of their experi- ratified when the wording of the the Asiatic Petroleum Company terms have been approved by the this morning, we were informed is well known in local radio circles and during last year lecturedence in the hands of the pirates.
It appears that the freebooters solicitors acting for them. Rati- that a telegram was received here with Mr. A. J. Chesterton at the Engineers' Institute. He is a devised
a convenient method of fication of the agreement may last evening from the A.P.C. office Edinburgh to-day replied to the Chang-pah-ling.
Hongkong to-day. The at Calcutta, stating that the round- Premier's prominent member of the Hongkong Radio Society and was actively auctioning their captives and loot reach associated with the experimental transmissions which were made in the presence of not only the officers will report for duty 48 the-world airmen will probably leaders to take a step in the dires- tinue to shell Kwachow and
gang concerned. in the Kochow piracy, but also a large crowd of hours after the agreement has reach Hongkong on Friday, from tion of securing peace in industry. who came from other districts and diate steps will then be taken to tion Spirit and Golden Shell Oil, on resolution which declared that no near Chinkiang on the 5th, and compatriots in the same "trade," been ratified, and, no doubt, imme. Bangkok. Supplies of Shell Avia- villages to take part in the pro- get some of the vessels which have which the flight is being accom section of the community was captured Yangchow on the 6th la
some months ago.
TWO VALVES AND SHORT WAVES.
ceedings.
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lation.
plished; are being held in been held up for two months out
more desirous of industrial peace the morning: readiness. to sen again.
Sun Chuan-fang's forces retreat- It is not yet known where the than the workers, but that the
greatest hindrance to theed to Paoying from Yangchow. - The Auction.
Some short time will elapse be- "Pride of Detroit' will land, but it Premier's repeated appeals for Generala Yeh Kai-chen and. His All the captives of the s.s. Ko-fore the normal service is resum is thought that a landing will be industrial peace was the legisla-Tao-yin have both arrived at Nan
divided into three ed, but it is not expected that made at the Kai-Tack aerodrome, as tive and industrial policy of the king, and will cross the river to chow were During the early hours of this don programmes on a short wave classes, according to their worldly there will be any considerable this provides the most suitable Government, especially its action participate in operations along the
It is stated in the delay once the officers have report alighting ground for a land main lengthening the miners' hours Tientsin-Pukow line. morning Mr. Taylor decided to try length with the object of making wealth.
chine. Definite details will, it is and class antagonism as displayed and receive the short wave trans- the London programme available vernacular press that this auctioned for duty.
hoped, be announced later. missions now being sent out from to many distant parts of the world. took place almost immediately
A Celebration. Reported Terma. Caterham, Surrey by Mr. Gerald Some weeks ago transmissions after the pirates landed on the
On another page of to-day's issue in the recent trade unions legis-
The victory over Sun Chuan- Marcuse. It will be recalled that were maintained for 24 hours with shore at Lam Kong village, in the
From other sources it is learned will be found a picture of the two this well-known English amateur the object of
The resolution declared that anfang's army was celebrated at the aviators together with their mu- discovering the Ko lu district. The news that a
immediate repeal of the Trade Nationalist Government House in recently received permission to re- exact range of the station. big auction was going to take place that the agreement reached, pro-
Unions Act would be the best Nanking yesterday. lay parts of the Daventry pro-
Several local amateurs attempt-spread in the quiet villages in the vides for the reduction of ten per
evidence of the sincerity of Mr. General Li Lieh-chun represent- gramme on short wave lengths with to receive the London pre- vicinity like a forest fire, and a few cent, in salaries, this being agreed
Baldwin and his Government, anded the Government, in presenting the object of demonstrating that an
demanded that the country be to Generals LI Chung-jen, Ho Empire broadcasting service was grammes transmitted through the hours later large crowds of piratesto by the officers. It is understood Dutch station, and ane local and bandits arrived to attend the that there is to be no penalisation of certain officers who refused to
given an immediate opportunity of Ying-chin gand Pel Chung-hsi possible. Mr. Marcuse has now
The captives and loot from the move their vessels to other moor- started his transmissions and Mr. amateur was sugcessful in receiv-affair.
pronouncing its verdict upon the triumphal banners. of the programme. Taylor decided to try and receive ing part
A CENTRALISED AUTHORITY. Government's policy.
Fifty thousand dollars was de." Later it was reported that a wire-s.s. Kochow were distributed im-ings when the strike started. the messages direct from Home.
mediately after, the auction, as This point, it, may be recalled,
frayed, for giving the soldiera a cording to the story told by the was one which was maintained by
London, Sept. 6.
good feast in celebrating the vic- released men.
the Company through the earlier It is learned. that Lieutenant negotiations. It has now ap-General Sir Webb Gillman, who is port workers, in moving the
Mr. Wan gChing-wei arrived at paréntly been waived.
One point which remains to be taking over the duties of Master resolution, made a bitter attack Nanking yesterday from Hankow, by the warship Chuchun, which of Ordinance next month, is to be upon Mr. Baldwin adjusted concerns the payment of
He said that from the appeals also brought Mrs. Liao Chung-kai, mechanical responsible for all be Wages. It will
made by Mr. Baldwin it would Mr. Chan Kung-poh, Mr. Koo Man- vehicles connected with army
While searching round on the less operator on one of the ships lower wavelengths about mid- plying to China coast ports also night, Mr. Taylor received tele- received the transmission. Shang- phony, and the announcer gave the bai, Australia, New Zealand and call sign as SLO, the well known many other places also reported Melbourne broadcasting station. good reception from the Dutch Mr. Taylor continued to listen to station. the Melbourne station until 1.30 The transmission this morning. was clearly received. The modula-
heard extremely clearly.
Shock to Imperial : Pride.
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it
It is believed that the gång who attacked the s.s. Kochow thought
in that
auctioning their and their loot captives would save them the trouble of
tions with the families of the
the
remembered
com-
ing "the Empire broadcasting while yielding great publicity, tive, expedition against the vil-It is stated that the officers will
MECHANICAL ARMY,
The
BANK OF CANTON.
A Bitter Attack. Mr. Bevin, leader of the trans-tory.
Mr.
OFFICIALS MOVE.
carrying on protracted negatid- that when certain officers were transport-tanks and dragons, in seera he was intending to convey yu, Mr. George Hsu Chien, and Some comment was aroused at victims, on the one hand, and paid off owing to the expiry of addition to the design of guns and that the attitude of the trade General Chu Pei-tch.-Nam Chung
Articles they did so under pro- all fighting devices. This means unions of this country was a war- Pro.. tion was excellent, and it was quite the time that the London pro-would also give them the opprtost, maintaining that salaries that the mechanical engineering like one, and that they were nev obvious that local conditions were grammes should be made available tunity of obtaining hard cash..
should be paid-up to the time Ar- of the whole army is to be cer-willing to negotiate. extremely good for long distance to Britain's dominions through The Chinese press stated that reception. At Green Island the the enterprise of a Dutch station, the pirates alleged that they
"A Hankow Departure. weather was fine but cloudy with and the Home newspapers, saying boarded the s.s. Koehow by com Whether payment will be made up port in ordinary services.
date of the start of the strike.tion in the responsibility for trang. /ciliation and arbitration had in the main sprung from the claims a light east wind.
Changaha, Sept. 6. that Imperial pride had received ag up to the steamer on the same to the time of expiry of Articles saving effected by having a cen- out that for every actual stoppage of the trade unions, and he pointed
The office of the Commissioner Speeches from University. a big shock, urged that the B.B.C. pans that rowed near the vessel
tralised authority" dealing with should take steps to introduce an to sell fruits at the mouth of the or to the time the strike
menced is the point outstanding. *|
there were thousands of disputes for Foreign Affairs is closed.- The programme at the Mel- Empire
mechanisation rather than three settled across the table, of which Naval Wireless. 2 broadcasting service. Shamsui River, boarding
History of the Dispute.
authorities is one of the factors the public never heard. bourne studio was provided in Fress references resulted in the vessel one by one, and attracting
Hankow, Sept. 6... Amateur B.B.C.
to be considered apart from in- He declared that every act of
Mr. C. C. Chang has left Hari- part by the Victoria
making the following no attention. Touring Co, who gave an excellent statement, early last
It is understood that the strike creased efficiency.--British Wire-Mr. Baldwin had been in contra kow---Naval Wireless.. It will be recalled that Mr. R. month: selection of songs and musical
"So important Coes the B.B.C. Black, the chief engineer of the of the officers of the China Navi- less.
distinctión to his appeals for
TROOPS MOVEMENT. items, all of which Mr. Taylor regard the matter."
Kochow, the
was shot dead by the gation Company which has been in
peace, and that there had been official statement, "that It has de pirates, and over 100 of the pas-progress.for over two months has
more retrograde legislation re- conditions industrial garding A later part of the programme clined to accept premature and sengers were kidnapped. As re-been settled. Nows to this effect
Transport Comes Down-River. was devoted to speeches concern- unsound proposals, which...ported by us on Monday, a puni- has been received from Shanghai.
during Mr. Baldwin's period of
Kiuklang, Sept. 6. return to work immediately, or at
office than in any other similar
A Chinese despatch vessel has scheme, and Mr. Taylor was able to would certainly retard and pre-lages from which the pirates came
period. follow all the speeches with re judice the full attainment of the was carried out by a British naval any rate as many as can be con-
Mr. Thomas, the railwaymen's arrived with troops from up the markable ease. Messages were objective.
veniently taken on, though under party on Saturday.
leader, seconding the resolution, river. what conditions is not known. At broadcast from the University
In connexion with report endorsed the demand for a with least one of the Company's ships published by us yesterday that the val of the Trades Union Act, is sailing from Hongkong to-day,
loan the Canton Government Government could show its good- short time all will be on their
$1,000,000, we are authoritatively will. usual runs again.
The resolution was carried by It will be remembered that the informed that this is wholly in-
accurate..
acclamation.-British Wireless. strike started at midnight on June The terms of the loan, which 20 and involved about 500 British the Government of Canton is ask- AGAIN POSTPONED.
officers and engineers and close Ing of all the Banks there, are London, Sept. 6.
upon ninety vessels, 150,000 tons based on a charge of 4.4 per cent, A message from Corunna states The majority of these have been on the working capital of each regular provision - of effective that owing to unsettled weather laid up in China abast porte ever Bank concerned and in the ease- Empire transmissions. The pro- Orchestral selections, followed, blem is one rather of reception conditions, Captain Courtney has since. Some are at Bangkok and of the Bank of Canton, the charge
could not exceed the "I've Never Seen Straight
the next stage of his Trans-Atlan- The dispute arose over a ten per $176,000. Banana" being one of the items than transmission, and it is In this again postponed his departure on others at Singapore.
tic flight. Thick fog and eleccent wages reduction, which the We regret having given publicity broadcast. At the time the Mal- inuing elaborate research.
"The eventual service, if it is to trical disturbances are reported Company notified they intended en- to what was an Inaccurate and boure Station was transmitting on a wavelength of 45 metres, appar reach the majority, will be in between Corunna and the Azores. forcing, the officers demanding that misleading report. ently having discarded the usual terms of rebroadcast through British Wireless..
"To undertake now the relaying
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AN INACCURATE REPORT.
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It later proceeded down the
river with Tang Sheng-hi and his
of Melbourne, the speakers of B.B.C. programmes on short including Sir James Burnett, waves would arouse temporary CAPTAIN COURTNEY'S and it is expected that in a very Bank of Canton had agreed, to as the best way, in which the staff on board.-Naval Wireless.
the Vice Chancellor of the interest, but would be followed University, Sir Harry Silver, Mr. inevitably by keen disappoinment Harald W. Clapp, of the Victoria and disillusion when the measure Railway, and Mr. Harry Roberts, of the unsatisfactory character of the President of the No. 1. Rotary the service was fully comprehend- Club who broadcast world-wide
od.
greetings to brother Rotarians. "The B.B.C... is pressing Further messages were broadcast by Mr. Stan. Clapham and Major forward with its plans for the
Stevenson,
A
one which is in the neighbourhood
direction that the B.B.C. is con-
existing colonial broadcast
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of 300 metres for that particular -atations. Meanwhile the B.B.C.
transmission so that there would be better chance of the Empire broadcasting messages being re- ceived in the most distant parts of the world.
wishes amateur transmitters every success in their efforts."
•
FLIGHT.
.
the dispute go to arbitration in ac- cordance with an agreement bo- tween the China Coast Officers
Bum of
"
THE BIGGEST "HOP" TO DATE:
CHINKIANG AND SHANGHAI
Rail Connexion Restored.
Chinkiang, Sept. 6.
with Railway communication Shanghai has been restored.
The Customs House was oc cupied by troops, but they were withdrawn on the request of the Commissioner of Custome.
Sun Chuan-fang is rumoured to be in Pengpu-Naval Wireless.
JAPAN'S POLICY.
Troop Withdrawal Unaffected.
Tokyo, Sept. 6. Despite rumours to the contrary, the War Office does not consider. that the change in the situation. arising from the reverses of the 'need Northerners
upset the Japanese evacuation programme, declared the War Minister at today's Cabinet meeting..
FROM AMERICA TO ITALY.
Old Orchard, Maine, Sept. 6. The aeroplane "Old Glory," piloted by Messrs. Lloyd Bertaud and James Hill, took off at 6 Guild and the Marine Engineers when representatives of the Com- o'clock this evening, London time, TREASURY FINANCE. Guild of China and the Company, pany and of the Guilds met under in an attempt to fly non-step to and but the latter claimed that the terms an independent Chairman in Shang Rome.Reuter's American Service.
[Pictures of the airmen A Call To Australia.
of the agreement were that "arbit hal. The negotiations were con- AMERICAN ARRANGEMENT.
ration must be by mutual consent." ducted privately and very little in their machine will be found else Mr. Taylor received the Dutch
Several days after the strike com- formation was available as to what where in this issue:] station at 1.40 a.m., local time, at
Washington, Sept. 6. menced, the Company dismissed was taking place. On August 8 a The September financing of the two Masters and Chief Engineer hitch in the proceedings was re- After Mr. Taylor switched off strength R6. The station, which from the Australian station he is owned by the Philip's Company Treasury Department comprise who bad refuged to move their ported. Quite recently the two heard further telephony on a still announced the wavelength as 30. two offerings of new securities, ships and this action led to the parties were brought together lower wavelength, and when an 2 metres, the same as that used for totalling G:8500,000,000, the first withdrawal of all striking officers again, and now comea news that announcement was made found ather short wave transmissions in being certificates of indebted and engineer from the ships the strike has ended. that he was listening to the well recent months. Mr. Taylor heard ness boating 3 per cent. interest, at Shanghand Hongkong. The first movement of the fleet. piano solos and songs, the latter maturing in six months, and the July 9 sufficient officere were ab was registered to-day when the 6.8. known Dutch Station PCJJ, Jo Includings "Whitebirds, and also second being Treasury, notes for tained to engle three or four Anhui cleared for Singapore, un-reduced Its re-discount rate to 8% endangered through the fighting, cated at Enidhoven in Holland.
It may be remembered that this a general call, showing that the to 8 years, at 3 per contships to sall from Shanghat. The der command of Captain Penne per cont-Reuters American Ser-Reuter.,.
(Continued on Page 15) station recently relayed the Lon-
Impass continued until August 2, father, sailing at 12.30 p.m..
And Then Holland,
Reuters Anterieän Service,
U.S. BANK RATE.
He made it known that Japan, however, is not prepared to sit Chicago, Sept. 6. quiet if and when the lives and The Federal Reserve Bank has property of Japanese residents are,
dict.
(Continued on Page 11.)