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MACAO'S GOVERNOR.
TO VISIT HONGKONG THIS
WEEK-END.
As reported yesterday, His Excellency the Governor of Macao, Senhor Artur Tagmaninl de Souza Barbosa, is to pay a formal visit to Hongkong this week-end.
THE NATIONALISTS.
NANKING MILITARY
COUNCIL'S POWER.
จ
Shanghai, Sept. 20
WEDNESDAY,
alist. Government's attempts to re- tain Tang Seng-chi's allegiance has failed, and lends colour to a report that the Kuomintang will shortly issue a manifesto excom
Seng-chi. Tang
circles In Lisbon and has two terms of administration of our neighbour Colony. Recently, it will be re- membered, His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi paid a visit to His Excellency of Macao by aeroplane. On this week's further courtesies a municating full programme of entertainment Reuter. has been arranged for the distin- guished visitor.
SEPTEMBER
OBITUARY.
POPULAR DOLLAR LINE COMMANDER.
21.
1927.
RED RISING.
EIGHT COMMUNISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH,
Riga, Sept. 20. The military court at Tauroggen has sentenced to death eight more participants in the rising.
One was immediately executed, but Smetona commuted President seven to life servitude.
The Court sentenced nine others.
The many friends of Captain C.M. A Japanese semi-official. mes- Cochrane of the Dollar Liner Pre- sage from Hankow states that, in- siden: Taft, will regret to hear that he foll a victim to pneumonia on Sep- asmuch as the Wühan Government tember 9, three days before, the ves has moved to Nanking, the Japan-sel which he commanded arrived at His Excellency is well-known ese authorities at Hankow will re- Scattle, she having left Hongkong on In this Colony and is very popular cognise Tang Song-chi as the do August 24. It is learned that Captain Cochrane was in perfect health up in the Portuguese Community and facto authority in Wahan..
to a few days before his death, the outside it. He was born in Macao, This bears out information from
Afteen and twenty years respec- is connected with high official fother sources that the new Nation fatal disease having been contructed to life servitude, and three to three,
on his last trip homeward.
tively. All the condemned men's The deceased was a native of Hant-property was confiscated.--Reuter. sport, Nova Scotin, but later became a anturalised American citizen. At Previous messages stated that 38 years of age, he was the youngest revolutionary and Communist out- master in the employ of the Dellur breaks had occurred at Taurog- Line and was universally liked for nis gen in Lithuania, involving heavy general good qualities and cheeriness casualtics. The movement was led by Capt. Maijus, who was re- Previous to joining the Dollar cently expelled from the Army for Line, he was with Grace and Company supplying the extremists with in- and had been offered the post of formation about his brother off- Marino Superintendent, when the cars. amalgamation of the Pacific Mail dis- rupted business. Since that time, he has been with the Dollar interests in command of the President Taft, hay- ing been on one period of leave. He brought the President Harrison aut after her rebuilding and then joined his old command. On his death, the vessel was taken into Seattle by the Chief Officer.
25,000 HOMELESS.
DISASTROUS FLOODS IN
MEXICO.
under all circumstances,
'The Macao Governor will arrive here by the gunboat Patria be- bween 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Satur day morning. He will be accom- panied by his wife and daughter, also by Lieut. Pinto Abreu, A.D.C., and Commander Almeida Pinheiro, Chief of Staff, His Excellency
Mexico City, Sept. 20. and party will go to Governme.
It is unofficially estimated that House where they will be the 25,000 people are homeless in the guests, of Sir Cecil and Lady Cle-towns and villages along the menti. Luncheon will be a private Lerma River in consequence of the function, but in the afternoon the floods mentioned on Sept. 14 and visitors will attend a reception ut16. Only six deaths have up to the Club Lusitano as 4.30. In- the present been reported. vitations, have been issued by the Committee and members of the Meagre reports indicate that Club to the Portuguese community. most of the inhabitants in the After the reception there will be inundated region have escaped, a tea dance. In the evening there but thousands have suffered heavy will be an official dinner at Gov-loss of property. Acámbaro, in ernment House at 8.15.
the state of Guanajuato, has been QUEEN half destroyed. A rellef train has
On Sunday Senhor and Madame departed to the scene of the dis- Barbosa will have lunch with Siraster. Cecil and Lady Clementi at Moun-
Railway headquarters have re- tain Lodge, and in the afternoon ceived brief messages from other will make a tour of the New Ter-points indicating the flood is slight- ritories. Upon their return they y subsiding.-Renter's American will go to Repulse Bay. The Por Service. tuguese community is holding a dinner, to be followed by an in- formal dance, ut the Club Lusitano.
The Guard of Honour to meet His Excellency on landing will be composed of 50 members of the Portuguese Company of the Hong-|· kong Volunteer Defence Corpe] This is unique in the Colony's his- eory.
SANITARY BOARD.
OFFENSIVE TRADES AT
SIIAMSHUIPO.
IRISH ELECTION.
GOVERNMENT HAS SMALL
MAJORITY.
London, Sept. 20. That the Government will win by a short head is regarded as cer- tain in the last lap of the Free State election race, of which the results of five seats remain to be declared.
56.
The present position is: Government, 59; Republicans.
Twelve Independents and five A meeting of the Sanitary Board Farmers returned are regarded as was held in the Board's offices supporters of the Government, and yesterday afternoon, Mr. N.L. twelve Labour, members, two Na- Smith presiding. Others present tional League and one Irish Work- were Dr. G.W. Pope, M.O.H., Dr. era are counted as Republican S.C. Ho, Dr. S.W. Tso, Mr. H.T. supporters.-Reuter. Jackman (acting D.P.W.), Mr. J.P. Braga, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, and Mr. D. Davies (Secretary).
Dealing with the question of! offensive trade licenses at Sham- shuipo, Mr. Braga said the evic- tion of those tenants with small capital by the end of 1928 was a hardship, especially after they had
FUN O' THE FAIR,
THE M.C.L. DOLLAR STALL.
:
If you want a thrill for your been permitted to commence their money, you must patronise the M. business. Small businesses were C. L. Dollar Stall. It is run by valuable to Hongkong, and harass-Miss Woo, M.B.E. and the pupils ing such people did not foster of St. Paul's School. You take a business. He pleaded for a dollar ticket which is numbered longer period of grace.
and your ticket entitles you to a Replying, the Chairman explain- gift from the Dollar Stall. It may be worth $10 or it may be worth ed that legally the tenants were si--it just depends on your luck. not entitled to the grace they had But everyone who pays a dollar already been given. He pointed gets a prize. Books of 10 tickets out that in four of the five cases
can be obtained from Miss Woo, the people were living in tenement St. Paul's School, Macdonnell Road. houses, so that they could get other houses. He proposed that the matter be held over for fur- ther discussion and this agreed to.
The sympathy of his many friends in Hongkong, and especially among the shipping fraternity, where he was well known and respected, will the bereaved wife and out to children, who are now resident in
San Francisco.
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FAVOURITE STOCKS SLUMP TEMPORARILY.
ex-
New York, Sept: 20. The Stock market has taken a sensational switchback. The cursion of a flood of selling orders hit the market, lowering recent favourites five to fifteer points, particularly industrials, and caus- ing first serious reverse to the up- WILHELMINAward trend of the past month.
OPENS NEW SESSION OF PARLIAMENT,
The decline, which was widely predicted several weeks ago, was stimulated by advancing the call money rate to four per cent. coin- ciding with calling about fifteen The million dollars in loans. market rallied strongly before the close and practically all the favou
were reinstated.-Router's Pacific Service,
Hague, Sept. 20 Princess Juliana for the first time accompanied Queen Wilhel-rites mina when she opened "the new session of Parliament. Her Ma- josty in a speech from the throne, expressed gratitude for the pooples THE HEALTH RETURN. participation in the celebrations connected with Princess Juliana's! entry into public life. The gen eral situation of the country with regard to commerce and industry was satisfactory, though the
ONE BRITISH CASE OF ENTERIC FEVER.
financial position was less so.. The health return for Monday With reference to recent trou-shows that there were three case bles in Java and Sumatra the of enteric fever, one Scottish, one Filipino and one Chinese: One Queen stated that measures had
was from Victoria and the other been taken to protect the popula- tion against similar future threats wo from the New Territories.
The return for the week ending to prosperity and security.
A bill for the reduction of the cases (one fatal) of diphtheria and September 17, shows two Chinese
tax was income
announced. The whole scope of outstand four cases of enteric fever: Two
of the latter proved fatal. ing Belgian and Dutch questions was an imported case. There was were the subject of fresh investiga also one case of small-pox. tion in Holland. Additional legis- lation would be introduced with the view to facilitating the conclusion of commercial treaties, etc. There:
be were still great difficulties to overcome, especially with regard to artificial barriers to international trade. Reuter.
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AMERICAN LEGION.
AGITATORS SILENCED.
Paris, Sept. 20. A procession of Communists carrying red flags draped with crepe in memory of Secco and Vanzetti did their utmost to in- troduce discord into patriotic de- monstrations at Marseilles, Havre and elsewhere, particularly at Clichy, where demonstrators tore down the French and American flags and came into conflict withi
arrested, Mr. David John James, who the police. Four were was disappeared recently on the eve of but attempts to create distur his wedding, has arrived at his bance were: shortlived in the face It was generally agreed to re- parent's home in Bridgend, of the nationwide celebration of sume, as from October 1, the full Glamorgan. He was unable to the presence of the American) house cleansing system, which give an account of himself. His Legion. For example, in Paris, temporarily curtailed in clothes were wet and he appeared despite heavy rain, the Place de February.
dazed. He remembers nothing la Concorde and Champs Elysees about the arrangements for the were black with people. There An application for the registra-wedding, but he recalls that he
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