TROOPS CAPTURE HOIFUNG.
SECOND RED CITY IS CAPTURED.
MANY COMMUNISTS KILLED OR TAKEN PRISONER.
SOLDIERS' BRAVERY.
OPIUM SEIZURE
CHARGES.“
BIG CONSIGNMENT MARKED. AS CASSIA,
FINES TOTAL $1,000.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MUSICAL JOTTINGS.
Local Musical Season-Grotrian- Steinweg Planos-Tschalkowsky's 5th Symphony.
[BY "ALLEGRO."]
THURSDAY,
MARCH 22, 1928.
SEARCH FOR PIRATE SHANGHAI APPEAL
VESSEL.
STANLEY POLICE SEND OUT A LAUNCH.
JUNK RANSACKED.
DISMISSED.
INDIAN'S SENTENCE TO STAND.
FRAUDULENT CONVERSION OF FIRM'S MONEY.
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The Winter is drawing to a close and it is a melancholy reflection The smuggling of 3,190 tacls of that not a single instrumental-
A Water Police launch has been raw and 440 taels of prepared ist or singer has visited the Colony dispatched from Stanley in a opium, which constituted the big during what might be called the search for an unknown junk which seizure made by Revenue Officers "musical season." We have had yesterday' carried out a daring on board the Chinese steamer Tal to fall back on our own resources, piracy within close proximity to Ste Ma, formed the basis of the which are not too, plentiful but Hongkong.
FULL COURT RESULT. Following the recent capture of charge against two Chinese at the might well be worse. The K. O. Poo Tai Island, off whịch the Lukfung from the "Reds," official Central Police Court to-day. The S. B's. Band has given' us two or piracy took place, is well within The Full Court in Shanghai has, nows now comes from Canton to case against the second man was chestral concerts. Mr. Mason has the territorial waters of the according to a telegram received the effect that Government troops withdrawn, but the other was pro-given a few organ recitals and Mr. Colony, yet the fact has to be re-by Messrs. Watanan! Boolchand have succeeded in seizing Hoffung, ceeded with, Mr. C. A. S. Russ ap- Harry Ore a piano recital, and therecorded that while three fishing of Hongkong, dismissed the appeal the other stronghold of the Com-pearing for the defence.
have been Musicales at the Helena funks from Aberdeen were sailing by H. C. Bedi, lata manager of munists in the region midway The consignment, it was stated, May Institute, but that is all. in this region they wore suddenly the firm's Shanghai,branch, for between Hongkong and Swatow. was disguised under the mark of The Hand Concert yielded a small fired upon by an unknown boat. fraudulent conversion of various
Much courage was displayed by "Cassin, London," but it was inter-profit on the first occasion, which
One of the fishing boats was sums of money;" the troops under General Tang cepted by Revenue Officers, who was expended on presents for the forced to hove-to while nine "The Crown has had the control Yin-wah who registered the latest took possession of the, delivery artists, but at the second one a success, and, on the news of the order and other papers assisting in deficit arose which fell on the mem-pirates put off from the junk in a of this case and I request the Crown to help me get out of this victory becoming known in Canton, the identification of the ten bales, ber of the University staff who was dinghy and boarded her." thousands of refugees from dis-in which the opium was shipped responsible for the entertainment, The crew were completely ter-mess and bring to justice the pro- It is unfortunate that the numbers rorised and offered no resta per man who was the cause of all tricts now freed of Communists here.
On the same morning, Chief Pre-did not come up to expectations and aneeswhen the pirates ransacked this trouble," wrote Hirhsingh applied for free passages back to
ventive Officer Clark arrested the that even a concert of that kind the boat, removed the cargo, and Chatursingh Bedi in his appeal to their homes.
defendant, a foki of the Mun Tai should result in loss; perhaps if stripped the vessel of all its fish- the Shanghai Full Court last week. The Court was composed of His Wo firm, as the latter emerged from the expenditure on lanterns which ing tackle.
Honour, Sir Henry Gollan, pre- a concealed entrance in Ko Shing festooned the hall had been elimin Making a haul estimated to aiding, His Honour, Sir Peter For several outha intense | Street. The man was hurryingated, the enthusiast who organised "Red" Inwlessness has prevailed along, with one hand behind his the whole show would not have been amount in value to over $200, the Grain and His Honour, Mr. G. W.
pirates then salled away in an un-King. in the Hoifung and Lukfung dis- buck.
out of pocket! tricts and it was not until some two ·Seized by the Officer he was found Mr. Harry Ore has had experi-known direction..
On a report being received at weeks ago, when the first column to be holding a number of chops.ence in Hongkong of disappointing of the anti-Communist Army reach One of the chops was similar to au financial results of concerts, the the Police Station at Stanley, a ed the East River. that Lukfung impression made on the delivery balance remaining after hiring the police launch from this Station order for the bales of casala. There City Hall and a grand piano, and steamed out in a search for the Following this. the main body was a wooden partition on the first paying for advertising, printing, pirate vessel. of Communist bandits retreated to four of No. 48, Des Vouex Road, etc., being on one ocension just man enough to pay for his ferry back to the mountainous district of Hol- from which the arrested fung.
was taken.
A Hard Task.
די
!
a Grotrian-Steinweg grand, about are thought to be from one to two which Mr. Ore goes into rhapsodies. hundred years old,
Two-Year Sentence. The appellant, Bedi,, was recent ly convicted in H.M. Supreme Court by a jury and sentenced by Hin Honour, Sir Peter Grain, to two youre imprisonment after he had been convicted of fraudulent
emerged when caught, which had a Kowloon. That may have been During the demolition of Arch-conversion of Tls. 42,000 to the Since then the task of the Gov-label bearing the name of Man Tal partly why he gave his last recital cliffe Fort, Dover, built by Henry use of a man named S. G. Verma Wo, but when C. P. O. Clarke visit-in a private house:--No. 2, May VIII. two skeletons have been during hia, Bedi's, term £18 ernment troops in hunting downed the premises he found the label toad. But another reason is that found near a bed of concrete, 15 manager of the firm of Watanal the "Reds" in the mountainous regions of Huifung has not been partly torn off and also came across he was enabled to play there upon feet below the surfaco, They Boolchand in Shanghai. He was an easy one, for while a portion indications that some papers had been burnt in a Chinese chatty in of the Communist Army resisted the kitchen. the onslaught of the Government units, others moved to Palol and the Puning, two districts in vicinity, spreading devastation as they wont.
The Attack Begun,
A few days ago, after resigning
his post as Chief of Canton Police,
General Tang Yin-wah arrived at
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Defendant's Denial, 10
I have just purchased one of the Grotrian-Steinweg baby grands
In Court this morning defendant through Anderson's. It is as beau- HOW MUCH DO YOU
tiful in tone and as responsive denied that he and anything to do! with the opium. He had been to touch as any plane I have ever
KNOW?
also found guilty on a second charge of making false entries in the firm's, books with intent to do- fraud.
Bed who has been a prisoner. in the Ward Rond Gaol since his conviction on February 15 appear- ed in Court in the charge of a police officer and bore unmistake- able signs of his confinement;
become considerably thinner since his last appearance | The following general know-in the Court and having grown a
beard.
come acruas, One of its character- employed at Man Tai Wo for only istics is its homogeneous Bound- a little over a month and beyond board, which is made up of timber the fact that he sometimes acted to curely selected that all thTO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
as cook and sometimes as chit pieces used have the same number
coolie, he knew nothing of the of rings to the inch, the result being that a similar velocity of
Walchow, a city to the cast of business of the firm. Canton, and he then ordered
ledre paper has been taken from 别 Cross-examined regarding the sound vibration throughout the en the Daily Express.
general attack on the "Reds" in chops, witness explained that he
tire board is obtained. Thus one
Answers, for those who need
the East River districts. In neceras taking them to the accountant was able to choose the instrument them, will be found on Page 14 |
dance with plans, practically all the Canton troops concentrated at Walchow and Pingshan, from which places they launched their attack on the "Reds" at Hofung,
From Saturday morning to Mon- day evening, the assault on Hol- fung continued, and after a stern tussle the city fell into the hands of the Canton troops.
of the firm who had sent for them. The man who had earlier been discharged was called and he substantiated a few details of the defendant's story.
No Guilty Knowledge.
(No. 160) in London, and have a tropical model of the type shipped here from Hamburg in full confid- cnce that the latter would have the desired tone, which proved to be the case. I understand that our Cathedral organist has now order- ed' one. The local Agents' lament At the conclusion of the evi- is that as soon as one of these dence, Mr. Rusa submitted that models arrives here it disappears General Tang Yin-wah person-there was no guilty knowledge on into a purchaser's house and there ally led his Army into the city and the part of the defendant. He is no opportunity for the public to In his brief telegram to the maintained that the Crown had Hee it. Personally, I feel so en- Canton Government he stated: failed to prove guilty knowledge.thusiastic about these instruments "Hoffung has been captured, and He added that his client did hot that if anyone who is thinking of the whole of our Army entered the appear to be the type of man to buying a grand would care to elty after the defeat of the "Reda."engineer smuggling on such a big write to "Allegro," care of Hong
Many Killed and Captured."
scale.
kong Velegraph, I should be glad to Hia Worship remarked that he make arrangements for his inspect- would not allow himself to being the one I have just bought, kulded by appearances.
Grotrian-Steinweg uprights also
Talking of baby-grands, reminds
of this issu¶.
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The attack on Hoifung was made- from two directions, and the
At the request of his Worship, are made for the tropics; there was bravery of the soldiers was a big C. P. O. Clarke stated that the lovely model in Anderson's the factor in the success attained. offence was very serious far the other day, but it may have been Large numbers of Communist bandits were either killed or taken eyes of the authorities, He under- sold by now.
stood that the opium was prisoner, while the remnants of the force retreated in the direction going to Shaukiwan where it would of Puning, north-east of Hoifung: The retalled, and added that it was me of an incident which happened 10
certainly not going to London, to a well-known local resident who Mr. Russ: It is far less danger-has now been out of the Colony for a few years. It lustrates the known in Canton, large numbers for this stuff to come into the musical pose" that some folk are 18 of refugees from Holfung and Colony than for arms to come. I Lukfung applied to the floi-Luk-would not defend an arms case.
Fines totalling $1,000, or, in de- fung Merchants' Association for free passages back to their own fault, four months' hard labour, country, the number of applicants being several thousands.
and nearer Swatow.
When news of the success got
NO AGREEMENT WITH PERSIA.
SIN 'AUSTEŃ CHAMBERLAIN'S
· STATEMENT.
London, Mar. 21. Sir Austen Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, stated that no settlement of the questions, out- atanding between the Persian Gov- ernment and the British Govern mont had yet been 'reached, and he could not, at present make any 'statement regarding the negolia. tions for the establishment of a sivil air service between Irak and India. British Wireless.
SETTLING NANKING
INCIDENT.
NOTHING" CERTAIN AT THE
..MOMENT.
London, Mar. 21.
were imposed by his Worship,
HOME FOOTBALL..
MOTHERWELL WIN BY ODD GOAL.
London, Mar. 21. Swindon and Motherwell scored the narrowest victories in lengu matches played to-day, while two matches resulted in goalless draws.
The results were:
Division I. Middlesbrough 0 Aston Villa
Division II (South),
Swindon
Crowe
3 Bournemouth 2 Division III (North).
↑ Lincoln Scottish League:
Cowdonbenth 9 Motherwell
0
0
-Reuter.
Buffalo, Feb. 22-The crimes of Big Ben circling the globe greeted the United States to-day. They had been re-broadcast by. Bir Austen Chamberlain, at station 2FC Sydney (Australia) question time in the House of and again re-broadenst by the Commons to-day, said he was un-station WMAK here.
able to stato at the present time!
whether the discussions in, Shang- At Selwyn College, Cambridge, hat between Sir Miles Lampson the Rev. Arthur Cecil Blyth, for- and the Nationalist Foreign Minis-marly scholar of Christ's College, ter over the Nanking incident last has been elected to a Fellowship year, would result in a settlement. and appointed Dean and Lecturer
Reuter
In Theology.
(Continued on Págo 8.)
Who was St. Valentine! What famous legend regarding Stonehenge is now declared to be baseless?
having
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Documents Submitted.
There were two documents sub- mitted to the Court on which leave to appeal was sought, one being in the handwriting of the prisoner. and compiled by him and the second being legal document filed in correct legul phraseology by Mr. Jones.
What great enterprise for or ganising 100,000 square miles of fish and mother-of-pearl cultiva- tion is being arranged this The document handed to the Court from the prisoner read' as springf What discovery relating to the follows: earliest Egyptian wara has just been made in Palcetino?
:
At what famous remort are there no motor vehicles of any descrip tion?.
What prominent public man has established communication with a death-watch bello?
Where in the United Kingdom in there a village which is TRIL entirely by electricity?
What links with prehistoria arters are still living, and where are they to be found?
9 What strange monument, tradi- tionally identified with a familiar Bible story is about to be destroy-
edp
How much money was paid in Great Britain last year in un- employment benefit?
tow many puenible hands are there in a pane of whist?
Which is the world's largest
active,vocano?
Which brings us right back to the same question: "can
this country support my art?".
"Grounds for appeal- aro as follows:
That is was not a fraudulent conversion, because one who de- pends on the profits and losses of the firm, how can that man try to put himself under loss?
(Continued on Page 8.)
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