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FAREWELL LECTURE.
TUESDAY, JUNIZ 5, 1928.
AL
SUSPECT ARRESTED.
MUSLIM MISSIONER MAKES BELIEVED TO BE A CANTON
COMMUNIST. PERSONAL, APPEAL.
the
The Muslim Missioner who is "During the Communist distur- passing through Colony,bances in Canton last December a Maulana L. A. Haldari, gave a Chincas employee of the Sun public lecture yesterday in the Company in that city abandoned City Hall in which he made a parhia position and disappeared, it bo- sonal appeal to those who were ing suspected that he had joined present to live in peace, to strife the Communists. The manage for peace and to Sacrifice peace..
for
$1,000,000 SHORT.
dollars were
THE
BLUE FUNNE
CANTON CHARITY FUNDS REPORTED STOLEN,' According to the Canton Gazette, the Trustees of 'Ming Lun Tong in Turig Kun district have so mis- used their funds that General Hau Rehabilitation Com- King-bong. missioner of Eastern Region, has suggested to the Provincial Gov- ment of The Sun Company report- ernment to put a stop to this cor The subject of the lecture wased the incident to the Canton ruption. Ming Lun Tong is a well
Police.
known charitable organization to "Islam, the religion of peace" and
On Saturday afternoon, in the which many rich people contribute in the course of his address the vicinity of the Western Market, a money for all kinds of philanthro lecturer pointed out that there" were two things necessary for the Chinese shroff of The Sun Com- pic purposes. It is charged that
a million well being of the human body.pany (Hongkong), met the man. over One of these was health, and the. He asked him why he had left his found short when auditors verled
position in Canton in such a pecu- the accounts of this institution: other, peace.
"The Provincial Government will liar manner and ordered him to accompany him back to The Sun organize a Reform Committee to Company's office to see the marin- look into the affairs of the Ming The suspect, however. Lun Tong and the Sandy Flats Ker. denied emphatically that he had Bureau which is an offspring of anything to do with The Sun Com-the first named concern. This Com pany in Canton and started to run.mittee will enquire from the far-1
The shroff raised an alarm and a mers and others in that district LONDON SERVICE Chinese constable joined in the as to how the funds pass through pursuit and affected his arrest. A this charitable organ, and will ap-1 Chinese report atates the suspect stated that he was tempted by money and the persuasion of his friend that he joined in the "Red" army in Canton in last December, but that in reality he was driven to it by poverty.
He then went into great lengths, showing how a man could make pance with his God, his parents, his near of kin, and his neighbours | and pointed to extracts from the Quran where men were specially enjoined to be peaceful.
He refuted the allegation that Islam was spread by the sword, explaining that peaceful methods of living, submission, and for- giveness were taught in Islam and that followers were exhorted time after time to live in peace and help all mankind to live in peace.
The lecturer then explained the things which would lead to a breach of peace and specially ap In connexion with the arrest the pealed to his haarens to avoid suck police raided the ofec of a certain things as they were harmful to Chinese shining company in the Connaught Rond Central yesterday the doer and to the human race.
At the conclusion of the ad-afternoon and detained two other dreas. Mr. A. Nemazee, whe oc- suspects, who were taken to the cupled the chair thanked the lec-police station.
turer for his address. The lec- The man first arrested was turer was also thanked for the working for the said shipping various addresses which he had company as an office boy. It is delivered all over the Colony and believed that he will be deported a vote of thanks, proposed by one to Canton. of the audience was carried with applause!
FLOOD PREVENTION.
MAGISTRATES TO BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE.
BULLION STOLEN.
SEAMAN DISAPPEARS 'WITH $12,800.
More details of the alleged theft of a large consignment of Shanghai
silver dollars, valued at 812,800, were available from the victimised bank, yonterday afternoon.
Owing to the incessunt rainfalls in the last few days, the water level on the West River has risen several feet with the result that the low- Innds may again be flooded, says the
The management of the native Canton Gazette. As a precautionary bank, Shui Cheong, No 10, Dex
trate
has
and military commanders
measure, General Chan Chai-tong Voeux Road West, states instructed that the various magis-that a few days ago the bullion was within his jurisdiction ahall make an entrusted to a Chinese seaman, inspection of the river banks and em-working in the compradore depart bankmenta within their respective mont of the s. Chaochow, by s districts. Their duties will include native bank named Heong Lee in careful survey of the river depths Swatow, to be delivered to the Bhui and the possible rise together with Cheong bank in Hongkong, but an inspection of the points that are when the a. Chaochow arrived in dangerous to navigation,
the harbour on Saturday morning fokix of the Bhui Cheong bank
Should they find any junctions on the river that are likely to enuse in- convenience to shipping or may in-boarded her and failed to find the undate the adjoining lands, they seaman, while they were informed are to call a meeting of all the people that the man had left the steamer in,tant particular district with a view with the bullion shortly after the to taking effective measures for im- vessel berthed at the wharf. provements and to preventing, ditas- Lers.
The same informant added that $1,200 of the sum was to be deliver- from Heong Lee bank to the Shui Cheong hank, whilst $1,000 was ATLANTIC CROSSING. from another Swatow hank named Yeo Yuen to the Yin Cheong native bank in Hongkong. All the silver is in Shanghai big dollara
A WOMAN AS AN ASSISTANT PILOT.
of
On previous occasions the RAMO New York, June 4. seaman had been entrusted with Mr. George Putnam, the pub-uch as and tho Shui Cheong isher, has announced that the management added that this method
to envo the expense three-engined, Fokker, in which s Wilmer Stultz flew from Boston to telegraphic remittance through other Hallifax to-day, is bound for Lon-big banks, don, via Trepassy, Newfoundland. Stultz will be assisted by an ex- perienced
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Miss Amelia Earheart of Boston. The aeroplane is equipped with pon- toons.-Routers American Service, bullion.
woman
The victimised banks are com- templating giving a big reward, con- Bisting of thirty per cent of the silver stolen, for the arrest of the atid recovery of the lost eAn
propriate the money for the build- ing of highways between Tung Kun City, Sheklung, and Tai Ping. If there is money left, after the completion of the highways, it will be used for educational pursuits in that district,
RUBBER INDUSTRY. NEW VALORISATION SCHEME
OF DUTCH BANKER.
Hague, June 4.. The wellknown Bagus banker Mr. Kloppenburg has drawn up a rubber valorisation scheme which has been forwarded to the Lon- don Rubber Growers' Association and the International Association of Rubber Cultivation, in view of the fact that the plan would re- quire the taking of identical legisla- tive measures by both British and the Dutch Governments.
Mr. Kloppenburg first sent copies Ministers as non-official informa- to the British and Dutch Colonial tion. The Dutch Colonial authori ties advised him to submit the plan to the committee appointed by the International Association of Rub- ber Cultivation, while the Britlab recommended the submission of the plan oficially through the Rub- ber Growers' Association.
The schemic is now presented to these bodies with the request thal they consult together in regards to the measures likely to lead to its practical realisation-Reuter,
“GIANT - OCTOPUS.” REPORTED RADIO AND CABLE MERGER DENIED.
London, June 4. The chairman of the Radio Cor- poration of America has tele- phoned his London representative declaring that the American press reports in regards to the negotia- tions for the sale of the Radio Cor- poration to the International Tele- phone and Telegraph Company are unfounded.--Reuter.
[A New York cable dated the 2nd inst. atated that a gigantic wire- less, cable and telephone octopus, covering the western hemisphere, is the forecast of the newspapers, which state that the International Telephone and Telegraph Com- la pany, which is involved in the merger reported recently, negotiating to acquire the Radio Corporation.]
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