DEFEAT OF SWABUE NEW CAPITAL FOR
COMMUNISTS.
REDS STILL UNBEATEN IN ONE DISTRICT.
MAIN BATTLE SOON.
Swatow, Mar. 13.
An the news of the defeat of the Communist In the Hal-Luk Fung district comes through, refugees have been flocking back. Some go to pojnts nearer to their homes, i some get back to portions of tho district already recovered.
ELECTRIC CO..
APPROVED AT TO-DAY'S MEETING.
MARKED INCREASE IN NUMBER
'OF CONSUMERS.
CHEAP LIGHT RATES.
There seems no reason to doubt
At to-day's shareholders' meet- that the troops have been successful Ing of the Hongkong Electric on the west and south of the dis- Company, Ltd., the Chairman (Mr. trict, and that the Communists have Gordon Mackie) referred to the been defeated and forced to retire, proposed issue of bonus shares, in The campaign is, however, far the proportion of one to every two from complete. For one thing, the Commurists have their hill-fast held, and an extraordinary meet- nesses te which to retire, and where ing subsequently held approved of they claim to have ample ammuni- the increase in subscribed capital tion and supplies. For another, to six million dollars necessitated they are still unbroken on the cast thereby. of the district.
Although Luk-fung is reported taken, and the seaboard is watched by the Navy, yet the Communists are strong enough to have retaken Leng-kung and to have surrounded the district city of Hui-Lai, whose defending troops are sending ap penly for reinforcement. There may, however, be a plan of cam paiga to round them up in the Hui- Lai region, having driven them from ini-Lak Fung proper.
It was also stated that the sale of current last year was over 271⁄2 millions units, an increase of 11 per cent., whilst consumers had increased by 1,905 to 28,420,
were
Further announcements that the rate of lighting charges was now 40 per cent below that of 1914, and that it was hoped to complete the extension of the North Point generating plant without calling upon shareholders for now capital in the immediate
Chairman's Speech.
The Manager having read the notice convening the meeting,
Whilst other refugees were re-future. turning to places further away from Swatow, those from two villages only a day's journey away, over the Inland water south of Chaoyang, said that they could not ge. They had been warned to leave their vil lages empty, as it was expected that the main battle would take place thare. This may be based on spe- culation, but it would fit in with the course of the campaign so far, Our Own Correspondent.
The Chairman said:-Gentle- men,-With your permission, we will take the report and atatement of decounts ns read. The nett profit for 1927, after deducting for depreciation, is $464,200 $1,174,221.29 and with the sum of $33,204.67 brought forward from last account, we have $1,507:425.86 for appropriation. With this we propose to pay a dividend of $2.50 per share, absorbing $750,000; to place to reserve, $700,000; to carry forward to next account, $57,425.80. The dividend in the same as for the three preceding yents. The amount placed to The name of Mr. L. E. Haynes reserve is $200,000 more than in
ACTIONS BY MR. L. E. HAYNES.
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TWO MENTIONED IN SUMMARY COUNT.
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Ilis Lordship accordingly struck the case out
1926.
Bonus Shares,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1928.
NANKING ARMY ACTIVE.
ANHUI REPORTED TO BE
IN OPPOSITION.
NO ANTI-FOREIGNISM,
Nanking, Mar. 15. There is a good deal of military activity here, and the 87th Army has already left for the front,
Reports from Anhul indicate that the feeling" at present there. is in opposition to Nanking. The Headquarters Staff was due to leave here today for the front.
Up to the present there is no news of the movements of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. ·
No anti-foreign feeling is being
Wuhu, Mar. 15, manifested here.-Naval Wireless. Anti-foreigniam in apparently non-existent hore.
The "Ironsides" are likely to Pass through hero in the next few
Wircicas. days on their way north.-Naval
Wuchang, Mar. 15.
Strict martial law is now being enforced here.-Naval Wireless.
AMERICA FOREIGN SERIOUS RAILWAY
POLICY.
MILITARY ALLIANCES
CRITICISED.
MR KELLOGG ON UNQUALIFIED TREATIES.
PEACE MANOEUVRES.
vres
New York, Mar. 15. The United States peace manocu- by were commented on Mr. Frank B. Kellogg speaking at a dinner of the Council of Foreign Relations to-night.
OFFENCE.
BOYS PLACE LARGE STONES ON E., C. R. LINE.
DANGER OF WRECK.
Complaints having been made to the Polica by the Kowloon Canton Railway authorities," that stones. were being continuously placed on the lines at certain parts of the
track between the No. 7 and No. 8 Railway Bridges, a special watch was kept by a Chinesp detective. and, yesterday, a 14-year old Chinese. was arrested In the act of placing a fairly large stone on
one of the rails.
The youth was prosecuted by Mr. I. B. Trevor boforo Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloof Magis- defendant admitting the charge, tracy this morning when gis- his Worship Imposed a fine of $50.
While vigorously advocating an unqualified multilateral anti-war the American Government would treaty, Mr. Kellogg emphasised that not become a party to any agree
The defendant said he dropped ment which directly or indirectly. expressly or inexpressly was an cont among the stones on the rallway track and in searching for military alliance.
the lost coln ho disturbed the rails. After recovering his copper stones, some of which fell on the he forgot to clear. the, lines.
Neither could the United States, use armed forces against other na ho said, pledge itself in advance to
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Mr. Kellogg does not believe that the peace of the world or of Europe can be assured by military alliance treaties. Pukow, Mar.15. Movements of troops are now taking place in this region.-Naval Wireless,
THE SUN YAT-SEN ANNIVERSARY.
HOW IT WAS OBSERVED IN SWATOW.
Swatow; Mar. 13. Yesterday was observed as public holiday to mark the third annual commemoration' of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Schools and officiala, with representatives of Labour Unions, held, a.public meeting in the new Tungshan rond, and public offices and other centres were decorated.
At the decorated doorways, two
lines from Dr. Sun's Last Will
were inscribed: "The Revolution Is not yet complete. Comrades must use the utmost energy in pursuing it." Flags were flown at half-mast.
Teserve, to.
France's Foors.
He hoped that France, which had admitted she could perceive no bar to the conclusion of an unqualified anti-war treaty with the United States alone, would be able to satis- fy herself that an equivalent treaty among the principal world powers would be equally consistent with!
Nations.
Mr. Trevor informed his Wor- ship that there had been an opidemic of this offence in that particular locality. If the stones were hard and small they might pass under the cowcatelier and quite probably break the flange, in which case a very serious accident might occur.
After warning the defendant of the danger of his act his Worship imposed a fine of $50.
membership of the League of HOW MUCH DO YOU
Mr. Kellogg pointed out that of the 21 American States represented. at the recent Havana Conference,
KNOW?
which passed a resolution unquali-TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS. fiedly condemning war as an instru ment of national policy, seventeen were members of the League of Nations.
Agrees with Sir Austen.
He agreed with Sir Austen Cham- berlain in opposing an attempt to
Mr. Kellogg concluded by express- ing the opinion that the world was making great strides towards the He would always support and ad- abolition of war as an institution. vocate the conclusion of appropriate treaties for arbitration, conciliation and the renunciation, of war.- Reuter's American Service,
define the meaning of aggressor.
FERRY'S USE OF SYREN.
The following general know- ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express,
Answers, for those who need them, will bo found on Page 14 of this issue.
was mentioned In two Summary Court cases which came before Mr. Justice Wood this morning for the fixing of dates. In one case
For many years it has been the Mr. Haynes, as attorney, sued
On the other hand, there was Mesars. Arculli Bros., for the sum policy of the Company to set
annually,
vast aside of $500.
When the plaintiff's name was amounts which have been expend- no public procession--a called he did not appear, and Mr. ed in, extensions of the piant to change from a year ago. Then, is the hey-day of their power, and on E. el Arculli, who appeared for meet the increasing demand for the Student Unions were still in
Some return the defendants, asked for the cuse electricity.
due to shareholders every occasion, not less than enco obviously to be struck out.
reserves, a week, sometimes more often, pro- cessiona wero held, pamphlets dis tributed, slogana, ahouted, and meetings held. Since the purga- tion of the Party by the expulsion. of the Communist element, theso methods have been discontinued, to
At the Marine Court this morn- the great advantage of the com- munity, and especially, one would
DS.O., R.N., Chan Yau, coxswain think, to the students' studies.-ing, before Commdr. J. B. Newill, Our Own Correspondent,
of the Star Ferry launch Golden Star, was charged with using his ayren for purposes other than navi-10 gation on March 10th. Defendant pleaded not guilty.
In another case, Mr. Haynes sued Mr. N. I. Brewer for $1,000. Mr, Brewer appeared in Court but Mr. Haynes was absent.
His Lordship handed a letter to Mr. Brewer which the latter read, Mr. Brewer then said he wished to make an application for plead- ings.
Jis Lordship-I would not like to do anything in the absence of the plaintiff.
put
Mr. Brewer: If I could get my application for pleadings through, it may save my returning here again.
lis Lordahlp replied that he did not want to hear Mr. Brewer on the application.
Mr. Brewer said it would be wasting a lot of his time to come to Court again.
His Lordship replied that is view of the letter he thought he had better allow the plaintiff one week, or, maybe, twn. That ad- journment would give, the plaintill plenty of time.
Mr. Brewer:-The whole point
is that it means my coming here
again, and if I could placo my views before you→→
His Lordship: cannot hear
you now. One week or two?
Mr. Brewer:-Two weeks, my
Lord. I think it will probably be
Bottled.
His Lordship:-All right, I will adjourn it for two weeks.
"MY BEST GIRL”
MARY PICKFORD AT THE QUEEN'S.
Mary Pickford, universal film favourite, makes a very welcome reappearance at the Queen's Thea- tre with the screening of "My Best Girl," shown for the first time yes
in respect of such and your Directors now think that in order to give effect to this we should capitalise $1,500,000 of the Fund and declare a bonus equal to this amount to be satisfied by the issue of 150,000 new. shares in the proportion of one for every two in the Company. These shares to be issued on 1st July, 1928, and to bear interest from that date and in all other respects to rank with the existing shares.
Such a scheme requires your qu- thority to make the necessary in- crease in the capital, and at a meeting to follow this, we shall the ask permission to increase subscrllied capital to $6,000,000, which will allow us to make the proposed issue of bonus shares a balance. of 160,000 and leave shares unissued. We have thought it advisable to make this provision for a further issue at some future date.
Lighting Charges,
FOOTBALL FORECAST
COMPETITION.
PRIZE GOES TO KOWLOON CONTESTANT.
FINE FOR NEEDLESS ·|
SOUNDING.
1 Who was the first person to swim
the Straits of Gibraltar!
2 When did an English Parliament impone a tax on bachelors and widowers, and on births, mar- riagos, and funeralst
What king reigns over a popie- tion of one hundred Europeans? 4 What famous historical document has just been sold to an American collecter?
What world-famous bobl roud by many millions is associated with the date February 2, 17007
o Which is the leant od railway station in the British Empire?
7 What ghosts are supposed to haunt Hampton Court Palacél,
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What great historical dicavery has just been made in connexion with William the Conqueror!
9 What bird is declared by natur- alists to have a vocabulary of 800 words? What singular discovery'is stated! to have been made in connexion swith a famous writer whono cen- tenary was celebrated recently?
boon What newspaper has published daily in Europe for more than 300 years?
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What wonderful news metal is now being produced from waste?
Sergeant Goldsmith stated that he was on duty in Police Launch No. 5, on the day in question, but was at the moment standing on the seawall to the eastward of the Owing to the fact that two of Star Ferry Wharf. IIo observed
Chicago, Feb. 9. A negro who the mutches given on last week's the Golden Star approaching Taim Football Competition coupon were Tsha Tsui Wharf and when about postponed and that two of the re- 150 yards off, she sounded one had been discharged from a pack- maining ten matches resulted in a long blase. At the interval of ink works took a revolver and, after draw, there have been compara-half a minute, another long blast killing the man he considered to tively few claims for the prize, was sounded and subsequently have been responsible for his dis- although the entry was again high two blasts at an interval of five missal, began to shoot at large. Two claims have been received seconds. There was no obstruc- Before he himself succumbed to a in respect of nine correct fore- tion, as it was a Sunday and there pollée ballet he had killed three casts, but in one case an error in was little traffic in the harbour, more men, including two palico- and the number of consumers has the personal duplicates must have A small yacht was passing ahead men, and wounded two others." increased by 1,905 to a total of been made, for in the coupons re- of the Northern Star, which was, 28,420. No change has been madeceived by us from this competitor at the moment of the sound signal, In our charging rates during the eight correct forecasts is the picking up passengers at the your, and the average price obtain highest number. The competitor wharf. It appeared that the syren ed has consequently been practic-who succeeded in getting nine signal was made as an informatory ally the same as in 1926.
The sales of current in 1927 amounted to just over 27 million units, an increase of 11% en 1926,
*10 correct waa
Mr. A. C. Gomes,
492, Nathan Road,
Kowloon.
Our rate for lighting is now 40% below that of 1914, and from recent inquiries in England and America we believe that our charg- ing rates compare favourably with and if he will kindly call at this those in other places, and that our office we shall be pleased to band constituents have reason to be him the prize money of $25. satisfied in this respect.
This wock's coupon will be found on another page.
Bad dehis, you will notice, stand at $11,959.53, as compared with 338,706.32 in 1926 and $81,159.48 in 1925. This reduction is due to
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one to the ferry boat lying along- side the wharf. This evidence was corroborated by the coxswain. of the police launch...
Defendant stated that he had used his whistle as a warning to a yacht which was in the vicinity of the wharf..
His Worship pointed out that the sounding of whistles and syrens was governed by the Inter- national Collision Regulations. A warning" was not correct, unless it complied with those regulations
as to an alteration of course.
Plans for the British attempt to the fact that since 1925 we break the world's heights racord terday.
have asked nearly all consumers for
The defendant was adjudged The film is refreshing and amus cash deposits to cover their liability of 18,800ft,, held by Sig. Donati, This has been have undergone drastic revision ing, being of the best type of to the Company.
Bristol single guilty and a fine of 86, with the comedy. The theme le somewhat the custom for many years with with a view to increased safety. conventional, dealing with a shop other supply authorities in the The machine, girl who falls in love with the son Enet. Few, if any, public services seater, had specially lightened alternative of five days' imprison- of the rich store-owner, though un here are rendered on credit, and I wings, and it was thought that if ment, was inflicted.
no reason why electricity the pilot temporary lost con- sciousness through failure of the aware of his identity, but it is ex-see tremely well handled. There are shoud be an exception.
In the accounts, consumers' de- oxygen supply, the aeroplane FINER WEATHER PROMISE. some very funny incidents, espect- ally in the girl's home. These are, posits stand at $306,316 and of the might go into a steep dive and Indeed, the most amusing of this amount shown under the heading tear its wings off. To obviate
being modified so that it will bo
report states:-The anticyclone type we have seen for a long time. of sundry debtors $586,000 was due this danger the machine is now The Royal Observatory weather Mary Pickford is her old delight to the Company for electricity up automatically stable. Should the has weakened and is now central ful self in "My Best Girl," her act plied to consumers, ing throughout being admirable. The total of the consumers' de pilot of the new machine lose con-
well supported by a very posits is, therefore, less than the sclousness it will take up a gentle over South-East Karen. Fresh to strong cast, in which Charlie amount, due the Company and as gliding, angle and there will be moderate monsoon may be expect.. Rogera, the new young star, figures interest is paid on all deposits of prominently, The film is, most de $60 or more, we think that our cidedly, worth ecoing.
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"As I am suffering from an in' a state of unsound mind," was curable disease, I intend recorded at a Loughborough June taking my own life. The tion inquest on Albert Louis ner, Mr. A. Douglas Cowburn Colyer, 88, a motor-engineer, who who described the case as a very served with distinction in the sad one, sald that there wa War, obtained a commission and no doubt Colyer's complaint wa contracted tuberculosis, The brought on by his War service Ministry of Pensions had granted him a 100 per cent, pen