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Needs the Best
SANITARY FITTINGS
C.E. WARREN & CO., LTD.
Calon Building.
RUBBER DECISION ATTACKED.
ALL PARTIES JOIN IN CRITICISMS.
DUTCH GROWERS DEFEATED CALCULATIONS.
CABINET'S REASONS.
London, Apr. 26.
Tel: C. 289,
10, Downing Street, this morning Mr. Stanley Baldwin and Lieut. Col. Amery being among those present.
The
Dollar on Demand: -28. 0.5/16d. Light-up Time:"8:48 pm, High Water:-222-pm- Low Water:-11.08 p.m. .
Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDED 1881 NO. 21,472
IƒL BLAØXNF FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928.
YANGTSZE BANDIT OUTRAGE.
EIGHT GUARDS' SHOT DEAD IN
CHINESE STEAMER.
VESSEL RANSACKED.
A horde of bandits attacked a Chinese steamer in the Yangtze about five miles below Wushan yes- terday, overwhelming the opposi- tion put up, and after shooting the guards, thoroughly ransacked the
veasel.
concerned.
$ PER ANNU.
BINGISH COFE 10 OLETE
LAND OWNERSHIP NEW PRAYER BOOK ALLEGED WOMAN
ACTION.
PLAINTIFF CLOSELY
QUESTIONED.
*
DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF FOOK
LEE AND CO.
BANKING FACILITIES.
In the Supreme Court this morn- A brief message to this effect was Members of the Government met received in the Colony this morning, before the Chief Justice, Sir the Civil Research Committee ating by the Naval authorities, but it llenry Gollan and a special jury, is impossible to ascertain, at the the land ownership dispute case was moment, the name of the steamer continued. The plaintiff was close ly cross-examined by Mr. F. C. It seems that the guards, eight Jenkin, defending counsel, with re- It is understood that they disarmed Chineac, put up a determined gard to his knowledge of the firm cussed the situation in the rubber resistance but they were overpower of Fook Lee and Company and industry following the Governmented by sheer weight of numbers, and Messrs. Thos, Simmons and Co.
Mr. Eldon Putter, K.C., and Mr. decision with regard to restriction, all were shot dead.
H. G. Sheldon ure for the plaintiff, discussionThe steamer was looted-of-her-and the defence is being conducted preparatory to the which was later to take place in cargo, and their mossession, though by Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.G., to
It is not stated whether any kid-gether with Mr. F. G. Jenkin. the House of Commons:
hla Before proceeding with On the motion for the adjournmappings took place. ment of the House Mr. Ramsay The occurrence is the first for cross-examination this morning, MacDonald proposed the discus-some time in this section of the Mr. Jenkin said he would be as handling of the rubber situation," been increasing alarmingly both in there were more facts that must sion of the "Government's mis- river, though bandit activity has brief as he could possibly be, but
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald severely the grea mentioned, and in the dia-be put to the plaintiff. criticised the Government's rubber triets about eleven miles, above
that methods had caused heavy losses.
policy, declaring their
All Parties. Attack.
All three Parties joined in the criticisms. *
Lieut. Col. L.C.M.S. Amery, the Dominions Secretary, replying, Baid that in 1920, the majority of the Malayan producers were in difficulties, and outside syndicates might easily, for a mere. Rong, have secured a great part of the Industry.
He reviewed at some length the history of the Stevenson Scheme and the Government's attempt in 1925 to make the achome more
elastic..
If there could be any blame for Axing the price at 1/98. per lb he would take it,
Dutch Influencs, ̧ ́
Lehen the inter place, they have been attacking smaller craft, and robbing the villages, whold- anle.
PROPOSALS FOR RELIEF OF LOCAL TAXES.
GREAT BOON TO BRITISH
SHIPPING CENTRES.,
London, Apr. 26. The Government proposals for the relief of local taxation are expected to have a beneficient effect upon the trade of British ports.
The Shipping correspondent of" the Times points out that harbours and docks are large payers of local Laxes and the high level of these has been advanced as one of the The Dutch suppliers had de-factors in the higher charges to British ports compared with those feated all calculations. It was
on the continent. only with the greatest difficulty that the price was maintained at 1/9d. between July and October,
1026.
From 1922 l 1927, while the British Industry,remained station- ary, the Dutch industry was grow- ing by leaps and bounds.
Mr. Amery made it clear. thal there would be no change in the policy of continuing the present restrictions until November 1st.
Replying to strong criticism on the score that New York had bene- fited by a premature announce- ment of the Government enquiry, Lieut. Col. Amery asserted that! practically no business was done on that day in New York.
Market Not Sound.
The real fall in prices occurred in both countries because the position in the industry and on the market was not sound. Prices
were bound to fall heavily directly anyone knew that the facts of the. altuation were to be faced.
Relief, therefore, from a pro- portion of the local taxes would be extremely welcome to the ports authorities.British Wireless.
EGYPT'S BACKWARD
STEP.
POSITION AS BEFORE TREATY PROPOSALS.
His Lordship commented, with a smile, that he was sure the jury would be grateful.
MEASURE.
BEFORE CHURCH ASSEMBLY FOR APPROVAL.
[STRUGGLE IN CHURCH.
London, Apr. 26. The struggle, in the Church over the new Prayer Book entered the last stage to-day when the Arch- i bishop of Canterbury opened a special session of the Church Assembly at the Church House, Westminster.
Could Not Remember, " Plaintiff was questioned with regard to the Fock Lee Firm and Fook Lee and Company. He de- clared he was always the sole pro- prietor of the former and knew nothing whatever about the latter. " He did not know the partners,
He did not know that Fook Leo and Co. and Messrs. Thos. Sim- mons were on the same floor. He the admitted that he had seen signboard of Fook Lee and Co. but denied that he had seen the game signboard in Hillyer Street where his own business was situated...
Mr. Jenkin :-Where did you see
the signboard? I don't even know the name of the street where Fook Lee and Co. is, though I have gone into the office.
Plaintiff added that he received a letter from a firm of solicitors at his residence, to which place it was brought by a boy..
Mr. Jenkin reminded plaintiff that he falled to remember that Incident previously,
The Assembly's task is to make
THIEF
IMPORTANT SHANGHAI
ARREST.
BIG THIEVING ORGANISATION REVEALED.
300 PAWN TICKETS.
2. Shanghai, Apr. 22, The arrest by the French police woman, who was of a Lottish found unlawfully on the premises
the final decision regarding the proposed alterations to the Prayer Book, and everything will depend on whether it grants or withholds of Mr. Moore, 374 Route Ferguson, on Friday, has led to discoveries approval.
The Archbishop of Canterbury which have revealed the existence formally proposed that final of a thloving organization which nnovative, trotten the French police believe, has been
Houses, dance of the Bishops, Clergy and Lally responsible for scores of thefts carried out in Shanghai in recent months.
Reuter.
In
Recently, when the Convocations
Discovery of pawn-tickets and a of Canterbury and York met, no difficulty was experienced Houses, but there was much dis- has enabled the police to trace 50 obtaining the Assent of the Upper large quantity of stolen property
sent among the Laity,
cases of thefts, but the total is
It was then stated by the Arch-expected to be. far in excess of bishop of York, that if the consent this number, anys the Shanghai were given only by the barest majority, it might be necessary to Times. withdraw the Measure. Thus the
EAST BASE AN
NEW AIR-SPEED RECORD.
British Airman's Feat Over
100 Kilomeres.
FRENCH LÖSE HONOUR.
London, Apr. 23, Captain Broad, flying a Do Havilland "Sound" at Stag" Lane Aerodrome; broke the world's 100 kilometre air-spoed record.
Carrying about a ton of lead, he averaged a speed of 160.9 miles per hour over a triang: - lar 100-kilometre course..
The previous record, held by the French aviator, Lasne, was 153 miles an hour-Reuter.
SORTER SCHEMERTALKLAND
·
House Searched. The woman, whose name
arrosted at Swanenburg, when 374 Route Ferguson refused to give any account of herself. In- vestigations of large-scale thefts, which have been proceeding for aome weeks, took on a new colour when Det. Sgt. Henry and Det. Martsstoff searched the woman's house.
BUICK 1928
BUY BUICK AND BE PROUD OF IT
Made in Oshawa, Canada,
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
Telephone Central:1846 or 1247 55, Wang Hei Chunt Boat, Happy Valley.
RUBBER GROWERS' CRITICISM.
LOST £250,000,000 AS RESULT OF DECISION.
BUT BETTER OUTLOOK.
London, Apr. 26.
A colossal loss by British sub- jects as the result of the Govern- ment's rubber decision was„SUR- gosted at, the annual meeting of the Rubber Growers Association In London to-day.
FATE OF TSINANFU UNCERTAIN.
HURRIED NORTHERN
CONFERENCES:
HIGH OFFICERS EXECUTED TO IMPART MORALE,
NATIONALIST ENTRY.
ورره
Mr. Erie MacFadyen, the out- going Chairman, declared the
Shanghai, Apr. 28. At a late hour to-day, no definite Stevenson. Restriction Scheme worked remarkably well, and might news concerning the fate of have been calculated to serve its Tainanfu was forthcoming, the purpose, equally well, if not better, cable advices from Shantung being very conflicting. It seems fairly for several years to come.
He criticised the Government's certain that both the Nationalists action, in announcing the with under Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, drawal of the restrictions; but con- and the Kouminchung under Mar cluded by declaring that the post-shal Feng Yu-hsiang, have entered tien of the rubber growers to-day the city, but with the vanguards of The Northerners, it is believed, had elements of strength which air forces only.
were absent six years ago.
The demand for rubber, he are still in occupation of a said, bade fair to grow as rapidly portion of Tainanfu, and one report states that considerable street. in Europe as it had done in
fighting, and skirmishing on the outskirts is taking place. Mr. William Duncan, who was elected Chairman for the ensuing America.
year, expressed the opinion that at least £250,000,000 had been lost owing to the Government's deci-eral Chang Chung-chang has lost alon, mostly by British subiccts, spirit and decamped to Tsingtao, It
-Reuter.
BREMEN CREW LEAVE GREENLY ISLAND.
Nanking Denials.
Although it is stated that Gen-
may be accopted that this is un- true. Howaver much the Nanking authorities dany that any Northern forces remain at Tsinanfit, there is sufficient evidence to support, contrary reports. Many of the Shantung troops have deserted, but quite a large force is said to be still in the field. GERMAN AVIATORS ON WAYA story has just come through
'TO ST. AGNES....
Quebec, Apr, 20.
The capture of Tung Ping and The Ford rellof plans has left The list of property reported Greenly Island for St. Agnes, Laiwuhsien, places only twanty. to have been found there, togetlier carrying the German aviators, miles from Tainantu, are definitely with pawntickets relating to pro-Baron, von Huehnefeld, Captain credited to Marshal Feng Yu- porty already disposed of, is stag Koehl, and the Irish Commandant, hsiang., sering.
300 Pawn Tickets. Typewriters, cameras, handbags and auitcases, a large quantity of jewellery, earrings, radiator caps, clothing, furs and other things were In the hottee. Six fox terriers were also found in the house,
from Tainanfu showing the cir cumstances before the entry of the. Kuominchun troops.
Northern Executions.
Colonel Fitzmaurice. Rester's The Northern forces were re- tiring rapidly before the Kus American Service.
minchun advance, very little ac London, Apr. 26. According to a message from tual fighting taking place. Greenly Island, the Transatlantic flyers have abandoned their nir-
When news of the Immediata plane there, and left this morning on the relief aeroplane.--British threat to Tainanfu came through to the city, the Northern troops Wireless.
sought means of escape from the city rather than indicating. readiness to defend the capital.
Stagnes, Apr. 27. The "Bremen" airmen, in the ro Further searches brought to light 800 pawntickets relating to lief plane, have arrived here. They a large and miscellaneous collec- leave for Washington to-day-- tion of articles on which money Router's Amercian Service,
had been realized at Chinese amount of
"Guess-Work." Plaintif replied: "It is so long Church itself would destroy a ago that I have forgotten the Mensure which it had taken 20 pawnshops. whole thing and it is guess-work years to prepare, and of which so
much had been hoped.
of mine."
In reply to other questions, plaintiff said he knew the office of Messrs. Thos. Simmons, which
The
money represented by the losses charged against the woman-who is believed to have accomplices still at large--has not been estim- ated owing to the difficulty the ing the owners of the property.
Cleverest Known.
he financed for three years, but he JOHORE WATERS BILL. French police are having in trac
did not know the name of the street.
London, Apr. 26. In the House of Lords to-day, the Marquess of Salisbury, reply-
Mr. JenkinWas Fook Lee and PASSES THROUGH HOUSE OF ing to requests for information re-Co. on the same floor na Thos.
LORDS. garding British relations with the Simmons 7-Yes, Egyptian Government, and asked Why did you go into Fook Lee no negotiations and Co.'s premises?-When I went there were going on between this country and out for a walk I casually walked Egypt since the rejection of the recent prosed treaty, said we had gone back to the situation existing before, any treaty was put forward.-British Wircices.
in there.
2
CORINTH IS TO BE REBUILT.
EARTHQUAKE-PROOF HOUSES.
Disorderly scenes occurred at the Tsinan-Kinochowrallway atation, where large numbers rushed in the hope of finding trains to take them away,
General's Decision.
Marshal. Chang Chung-chang took storn measures to restore. morals to his forces, a, number of officers and men being executed.
A telegram from Tsinan dated the 5th, states that a conference was held on Tuesday evening be tween Marshal Chang.. Chung Athens, Apr. 26.
chang and Mr. Pan Fu, the Peking The French police allege that Seismic shocks are still being political leader, who has arrived in the woman is one of the cleverest experienced in Corinth, but most the city with instructions from professional thieves ever to operof the population declare that they Marshal Chang Teo-lin, London, Apr. 26.
ate in Shanghai, and expect to will not abandon the historic town, The House of Lords has passed clear up many cases of lost pro- which will be reconstructed on the the third reading of the Straite perty. Already, they claim, 50
The new houses will be, ns far. To pay a casual visit of that Settlements and Johore Territorial cases of theft have been establish same site.
(Agreements) Bill-ed against her, but it is believed kind you had to go up in the lift? Waters
there are many more to be pre-as possible, earthquake-proof
Reuter. Plaintiff replied he had forgot-Reuter. ten whether there was a lift, but On the second reading last ferred.
The woman's arrest was the added that he always used a lift month, Lord Lovat said the Bill when there was one,
aimed to sanction an agreement culmination of patient Investiga- Mr. Jenkin: Yesterday morn between Sir Hugh Clifford and tion by the French police into a ing, according to my note, you said the Sultan of Johare, which pro-large number of mysterious thefts "I knew that Mesere. Simmons vided for a slightly altered boun-which puzzled everybody. and Fook Les and Co. were on the dary so that the centre of the At first, detectives concentrated same. floor in York Building."-water between the States would be their attention on the Chinese side, ba directed elsewhere. York Building I will say it in York almost the universal custom. It should
of Success came when the woman Building. London, Apr. 26. Counsel remarked that if the ran right up to the shores The South of England has been plaintiff would agree to every-Johore. Relations between Johore was arrested in Route Ferguson. No Previous Knowledge.
Lord Glasgow paid a tribute to enjoying this week unusually calm thing so readily, they would get and Great Britain were excellent. the Sultan of Johore and express Mr. Stanley Baldwin was not weather. In London this after along much quicker.
ed the hope it was understood that aware of the previous opinions of noon, the temperature in the shade any member of the Committee of was 70 degrees, Fahrenheit.
This miniature heat wave, how-
no restrictions would be placed on British warships if they wished to Civil Research.
anchor on the shore side of the
Asked whether the two cents tax was to be continued, the Dominions Sheretary, said that that would have to be considered by the Gov- ernments of Ceylon and Malaya In connexion with the review of
the whole position.
GLORIOUS SPRING IN ENGLAND.
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T
NEW PERSIAN OIL GUSHER,
Mr. Pan Fu put forward the views Chang Chung-chang to retire with of Chang Tso-lin, strongly urging his troops to Chikli, and to leave Shantung the direction of the operations against the Nation alsts, in the hands of Marshal Sun.Chuan fang. It is stated that It then transpired that Marshal Sun was averse to making an at tempt to hold the city, and that ho had agreed with Chang Chung chang on the advisibility of aban- doning Tainan to the Nationalists Basra, Apr. 26. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company and retreating to Tahchow, which have struck a new oil gusher nts in North Shantung, very bear Nattkaneh, in Persian territory, the Chihli border. BRITISH AIRWOMAN' IN near Khanikin, on the Irak fron-
Br. Amory denied emphatically BUT CALM IS FORE-RUNNER Yes, when you make mention of recognised as the division as was but it was soon seen that inquiries
that the Government appointed a "loaded" Committée with a view to bringing an end to the restrictions.
OF THUNDERSTORMS.
The position was clearly that ever, is not expected to last, thun: the Dutch had been benefiting at derstorms followed by cooler and the expense of the British. It was, more unsettled conditions being therefore, time to remove the predicted.-British Wireless scheme.
The Government's announce-
Casual Business,
Mr, Jenkin: Why did you go to the premises of Fook Lee and Co.
Because my son was there as compradore to Simmens.
. Did you go into Fook Les and Co.'s office? Yes.
new line.
Lord Lovat did not, think there need be any anxiety as regards the protection of the Fleet.
MORE RAIN 'PREDICTED,
TROUBLE.
FORCED DESCENT IN NORTH TRANSVAAL
HALF A MILLION GALLONS DAILY FLOW.
tier.
The present flow is estimated to be at least half a million gallons daily-Reuter.
Peking Critical
Lator the Northern leaders wirk ed to the Peking Director, Mar- shal Chang Teo-lin, outlining their scheme to shorten the defenalve line by abandoning Tainanfu for
CHEUNG CHAU FERRY. Thehow.
TIME-TABLE FOR SUMMER
"AND AUTUMN.
The reply from Peking, Shang- hul reports have it show that Chaug Tao-lin is extremely criti cal of the manner in which the campaign is belog conducted.
Nationalists Enter,
London, Apr. 26. Why-Well, since I was there I
Lady Bailey, who is engaged on a fight to Capetown, is experienc ment of the enquiry would not Rubber, Exchange there, but, said went in on casusi business,
But you don't know anything
ing difficulties. She arrived at have perturbed the equanimity of Mr. Amery, he was not prepared to
Buluwayo yesterday from Living- the House if the rubber market admit that any American could about it and you do not know the
stone, having made this stage des- had not been entirely artificial, thereupon ficece anyone in Great partners. Why go into an office of
The following is the Choung while he was strongly of the Britain by selling rubber, because a firm the members of which, according to you, were abso-
Todays Obsórvatory report plto an attack of influenza. N
She said she had had a trouble-Chau ferry time-table to take effect opinion that the losses caused by British firms were then closed.
anys:The anticyclone over North
clearly that the Nationalist-vani, the New York "bears" would have In conclusion, Mr. Amery aald luto strangers?-I dare not tell
September." ho did not doubt that the rulers exactly who the partnera were but China has strengthened. The some fight owing to the strong from 1st May and continue to 30th A later cable however, show occurred sooner or later.
From Cheung Chau to, Hong-guard has entered Tsinanfu, and la that all you know about that oriental depression is moving wind, The announcement of the en-of Ceylon and Malaya were kept my two sons were working there.
E.NE. towards B.W. Japan. - The quiry was given to the whole fully informed of all developments, Preas, including the American, at They, like British territory direct firm, that two sons of yours were Korean depression has passed to burg but did not arrive, Some kong -3.00a.m. 740. &m, 8.16 that. Sun Chuan-fang is carrying
ly administered, would despite the working here?
Plaintiff replied that he had the north-east of Japan and the anxiety was felt, but later Lady p.m., (Saturday excepted), 8.45 out his polley. The main body of remains Bailey was reported to be safe. p.m. (on Saturday only), 7.00 pm the Northern forces has retreated Immediate difficulties, greatly
heard outside that they were Tongking depression
One or two of the Northern DREA bonefit in the long run,
Those sons were Fokstationary. The forecast up to Shortage of petrol and off has From Hongkong to Cheung from the city, only a few remains
Transvaal British day excepted), 2.00 pm. (on Satur-
sional leaders and a few Briga On a division, the Government partners.
winds, moderate; overcast; some Northern
day only), 5.30 pm, 7.00 pan. secured 194 votes against 94 Chung-yuen and Fok Tat-ful, noon to-morrow 48:North-east caused a forced descent in the Chau-6,00 am, 1.00 pm, (Satur- ing to challenge the South
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six o'clock in the evening.
Telephoned to New York
Some-one telephoned to New York before the closing of the (Continued on Page 4.)..
Kard
rain.
To-day she was due at Johannes-
Wireless.