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entered the hospital of the Eng- Hish Presbyterian Mission' and. attempted to conceal themselves among the patients were tracked down by the police.
One day Inst week "Red" circu- lars were scattered about Swatow, one of which fell into my hands." It was dated March 31st and described an alleged revolt of the men of the 6th Army at Walchow against their officers, who were anid to have been murdered, and a Soviet to have been established. A similar movement was sald to be taking place among the army on its march through the country to Swatow.
Needless to say, there is no
APRIL 18, 1928.
SMUGGLING LIQUOR TO
AMERICA.
LEADER OF GANG POSES AS
A BARON.
wero
An amazing story of how 500,000
Illicit quor casks of smuggled out of Ireland to America was told to a correspon dent in Dublin.
A powerful organisation was en- gaged in the traffic, in which it was said, English skippera owning their own ships took part.
High charges had to be paid for their services, in some cases as much as $10,000 for the captain, with a bonus of $500 for the crew
each voyage.
..
In one instance it is stated that two stonniers "by arrangement" were reported to have sunk, and were posted as missing.
truth in these inventions, and since to be found with these cir-
They were repainted and re- culare would be sufficient to leadgistered in fictitious ownership, to a death sentence, one can only and continued to ply their illicit marvel at the temerity of those trade until recently. who distribute them.
The 5th Army, after its long march up from Waichow, is Low arriving. General Esu King-tang came in some days ago and was welcomed along the carefully guarded streets with bursts of fire crackers. The official welcome to him and his Army is to be given to-morrow.
More Security.
MINE · FLOODED IN
STRIKE
NEVER WORKED SINCE.
· CANTON WELFARE
ALE HOMES
FOR THE CHILDREN OF LABOURERS.
The flooding of the Bryn Ball
A Welfare Home is being or Colliery, near Wigan, during the general strike as the result of the ganized by Mr. Mah Chao-tsun," withdrawal of the safety men, was Commissioner of Peasantry and the subject of an action in the Labour in Canton, for the foster- King's Bench Division recently, being and training of the labourers' foro Mr. Justice Salter. A claim children. Regulations have NOW, was made against the Colliery Com been drawn up, and the various any for £1,000 arrears of rent by Governmental organizations and Mr. George Henry Drummond, of organized bodies in the provinco Litford Northamptonshire, and have been separately requested to Mr. John Crocker Bulteel, of contribute funds for the cause. Milton, Cambridge, the trustees In order to ascertain the aum under the settlement of the Earl her of the labourers children to of Wilton's life interest in the enable proper means to be taken for Wilton settled.estates."
their accommodation, Mr. Mah has ordered, tan various factories, large and small factories, in Canton, to report within a limited, time the number of children bolonging to the labourers in their respective factories. E
Mr. Douglas Young, for the con pany, said that there was a defence of frustration which consisted of the flooding of the mine through the active intervention or refund of the Minors" Federation to Jet the safety men work during the strike of 1926. That could not be "The scheme has been evolved described as a proventible action, for the sake of lessening the bur A party of these "bottleggers," The company had not been able to don of the labourers in bringing ping the spirituous resources of and would never be able to work it with the policies of the Party in who for some years have been tap work the mine at all since that time, up their children, in accordance Europe, has just passed through again. When the contract was en-protecting the Dublin on their way to America. tered into in 1908 nobody in the labourers.
peasants and They were very candid in their re-industry could have had the pre- velations regarding their activities vision to contemplate that the bave sent in their reports, aro Among those factories which on this side of the Atlantic. Minors Federation in 1926 would'
"Subsidies."
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be so short-sighted as to destroy Ming Shui Weaving Factory, the the very corpus of the mines on Yuot-Han Railway Works, the Finding it necessary on their ar-which their own workers' depended. Water Works, and the Kwong Tal, Tungahan, and Hing Ah Match- rival in Ireland to give an impetus
All Capital Lost," " to the languishing industry of
making Factories, while others His presence in his now compoteen-making, they made a liberal Ho submitted that the inter-have also been busy. In preparing “TELEGRAPII" OFFERS PRIZE Army and officer in charge of the
bined offices of General of the 5th | distribution of subsidies.
ference of the Miners' Federation, reports to be sent to the Depart Illicit stills and appliances for being something entirely new to the ment for reference.-Canton OF $50 WEEKLY.
Eastern District gives more producing native whisky sprang up industry and beyond the contem- Gazette..... The "Hongkong
security to the local Government, in many parts of the country, and plation of any reasonable man, al- Telegraph" and it seems unlikely that the Com- even Dublin took a hand in the lowed of a defence of the character offers a prize of $50 to the readers munists can raise another serious manufacture. who send in twelve correct fore-movement for the time being.
put forward. During the strike One of the leaders of the gong, à great many mines were flooded, easts of the results of the English.
although he was said to be the son with the result,, as in this parti- and Scottish League matches
of a poor artisan of Southern Irecular case, that some were destroy- He was a chemist by profession, Miners Federation the company and a good linguist, speaking Gerlost all the capital they had put man, French and Italian, as well into the mine for twenty years." as being able to converse with the natives in Gaelic.
Doubtless in Ini-Luk Fung and
and Scottish Cup and League neighbouring districts there re-land, posed an a German baron.ed. Owing to the action of the matches (to be played on Saturday main pockets of peasant Com- next, April 21st) set out in the munists, and much work remains Coupon below. No goal scores to be done in clearing up the are required; only forecasts show-villages. But the armed forces, ing wins or draws,
the remnants of the "Red" force In the event of no reader fore- which took Swatow last autumn, casting all twelve matchee, a prize are now dispersed and out of the of $25 will be given to the reader district, so that local Communists who sends in the greatest number have less upon which rely, of correct forecasts; and in the event of two or more readers send-
ing in an equal high number, the prize of $25 will be divided.
The competition is in accordance with the rules published in the Telegraph during the weeks August |29-September 24.
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been made.
Refugees are now returning to the Hal-Lak Fung region. Special provision is being made for their journey back. Launches from hero are to carry them at a dollar a head.
There will now remain the serious problem of the rehabilita- Lion of the region. General Hsu and his officers coming through already saw..its parlous state and have put out appeals for 'relief.
Our Own Correspondent.
REFUSES TO GRANT "A. DIVORCE.
HOTEL BILL EVIDENCE IS
NOT ENOUGH.
Lord Merrivale, the President of the Divorce Court, refused bo grant a decree nisi "on the evi- dence of an hotel bill."
Mrs. Louise Elizabeth, Frances Aylward, of the Ladies' Army and Navy Club, St. James's-place, had aought a decree nisi dissolving her marriage with her husband. Cyril Bland Aylward, because, of his alleged misconduct with a woman not named at a West-end hotel.
Improved methods which he sug- rested for the production of the that the bootlegging brigade got whisky were readily, adopted, so
all the "stuff" they required,
Inquisitive persons were hood winked by the story that members minerals and bog. wealth of the of tho gang were exploring the
country.
Bootleggers Aeroplanes,
The "Baron" carried specimens of ore in his pockets na přeof of these assertions.
Vehicles were employed in the haulage of the casks and cases of "Mountain dew," which were labelled as Trish-grown produce,
Mr. William Young, who was manager of the colliery up to December last, said the first hint that the Minera Federation might event of a strike was made in 1921. withdraw the safety mon in the
The Federation refused to let the
company get coal for the boilers, The mine was closed down, and The mine became flooded within 38 pumping stopped in May, 1926.
yards of the surface, and it would take at least two years to have it deflooded and repaired.
Mr. YoungHow much do you, estimate it would cost to put it right? Anything from £20,000 to $25,000.
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Do you regard: the deflooding of the mine as a commercial proposi tion?--No.
A regular cargo and passenger
His Lord said he did not propose service of steamers was maintained | to give a decision on the case in its by the gang between Ireland and present state, and he ordered ani America, skippers and crews of adjournment until March 27 to en- various nationalities being engaged,able the parties to prepare evidenco In Chicago bootleggers utilised on the questions of misrepresenta- acroplanes to facilitate illicit traffic, tion and frustration raised in the raid the Bishop of Aberdeen and defence. Orkney in Glasgow recently.
The Mayor, Big Bill" Thompson, had his house surrounded by an army of soldiers and anti-aircraft guns to protect himself from- law- breakers, he added.
TINY GIRL'S SPEECH TO THE QUEEN.
COMPLETE EDITION OF
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D'ANNUNZIO.
ITALY TO MAKE GOOD AN OMISSION.
D'Annunzio, the soldier poet, is most expensive man in hie SURPRISE VISIT PAID TO
whims. Some time ago he com- plained that, like the prophets of CANNING TOWN.
old, he was not appreciated by his At the conclusion of the evi-
countrymen. No complete edition Standing at the salute, a diminu-of his work had been published dence Mr. Bayford, K.C., submittive Brownie (a junior Girl Guide) In Italy. ted that Mrs. Aylward was entitled | presonted a big basket of carna- to a decree nisl. It had been tions to the Queen when her proved by evidence, he said, that Majesty attended the annual meet the husband and a woman not hising of the Canning Town Women's wife had stayed together for the+Settlement.. night at an hotel..
been formed by the Government, Now a National Institution has and the great work of bringing out a special edition of everything D'Annunzio has written has been
And the Brownie spoke out started.
Mr. Bayford: The inference is boldly: "Please will your Majesty Twelve thousand pages of prose, that misconduct was committed. Accept these flowers? And we poetry, plays and political essays
Lord Merrivale: I have said.sen us."The Queen asked her.
thank your Majesty for coming to will be published in forty volumes. before that cases of this class are
reproach to the administration ago, and patted her hand.
There will be an edition on hand- made paper, only 2,500, copies; an- other on parchment, only six coples; and still another, on er- dinary. paper.
..
Price Contrast, No volume will be sold separate-
The so-called popular edition will cost £60, the edition on hand made paper will cost £180.
The edition de luxe will cost £100 per volume,'
Italians are expected, for patrio-
Strike out the teams which you think will lose, but make no marks in respect of matches which of justice in this division. If nearly all the members pre you think will be drawn.
"The husband and wife here sent the Queen's visit was so much All claims must reach this office were in a good position," the judge a surprise that when she walked not later than Wednesday follow- went on, and after four or five on to the-platform they turned to ing the date on which the matches years of married life had some dis-the Queer mazement, much to
Queen's are played. No prize will be agreementa. awarded for which a claim has not "Later the husband went to his Afterwards she had tea at the ly
wife and made proposals to her settlement, and before she left she Before sending in your coupon, that she should assist him in prpinspected the" kitchens, welfare mark your forecasts on the dupli- curing the dissolution of their centre and other branches of the
work cato list given below. Keep your marriage. dulpicate lists and compare them "He told her he was in love with later with the published results of another women, gave the woman's The vicar of Scarborough, the the matches and if you find that name, and again suggested that Rev J. W. Capron, at a parochial tic reasons, to purchase D'Annun- you have eight or more correct his wife should help him in pro- church meeting, said he led re-zio's works but as the Church Boldler: send in a claim for the prize. ⠀ curing the dissolution of the colved an anvelope containing a authorities placed the.
Mark your envelopes Football" | marriage. Vi
cheque for £600, the 16th annoy- poet's works on the Index, many on the front and write your name "Then he sent the wife what the envelope, **
£60 on religious principles, poly- (without address) on the back of might be called a formal latter, mous gift of a like amount to the will seize this pretext and save On October 15, 1980, the accond MARK AND KEEP THIS DUPLICATA bill, which speaks for itself, see been reduced to £258. A little be celebrated throughout Italy." saying that he enclosed an hotel St Columba Church Building Fund within five years, 'The debt, had
millonalum of Virgil's birth will LISTADO NOT FORWARD IT TO US. ing how things stand between girl, he added, had given her IT 18 PRINTED POR2 YOUR CONVENI- UB,"
Under the auspices of the Am- ENCE SO THAT YOU¬ ́MAY' KEEP A
savings for two years of 3d. a brosian Library at Milan, a re- RECORD OF THE FORECASTS YOU HAVE
"The husband," Lord Merrivale week.
plica of the copy of Virgil, owas BENT IN. ***
} continued, "la apparently a1self-
ed and annotated by Petrarch, will respecting win, and there is no Two of the chief German orbe published and sold at cost Indication that he was likely to ganizations of ex-service men, reprice" commit misconduct with any presenting. 4,000,000′ old soldiers, chance woman.
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v. Swindon.
Newport. Plymouth Hamillen.
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Raith Rovera,
This book was illuminated by have agreed to co-operate__with "No doubt he stayed at the hotel the British Legion and ex-Service Simoni Martini, of Siena, and with the object of a decree nisi men's organizations, In France, bound by Pietro Parenti, of Flor- being obtained.
To my mind it is time that the Slavia, Belgium, Portugal and made in latter Italy to popularise
Poland, Italy, Rumania, Jugo ence, in the 18th century,
It represents the first attempt practice of resorting to hotels in Szocho-Slovakia in arranging, a
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order to make out a prima facie would congress to discuss monte the works of a great Latin poet. cano should be stopped." He dismissed the case.
of ensuring world peace. over made by Italian scholars.
It contains some of the best commentarios.on the Virgilian text i
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