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MU. TAT PAN MALANT THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1929.
PROPOSED MOTOR PIRATE ROUND-UP NEW MOTOR ROAD
TAXATION.
STRONG CRITICISM BY CAR AGENT.
HORSE-POWER TAX AIMED AT
AMERICAN CARS?
PETROL TAX ENOUGH.
Strong criticism of the proposed new motor taxes was voiced by a
.
NEAR SHANGHAL
PIRATES PUT UP FOUR-HOUR BATTLE WITH TROOPS,
MOST DARING ESCAPE.
Shanghai, May 2.
A graphic description of a re- markable battle between a large gang of pirates and forces acting under the direction of the Shang-
hal Defence Commissioner, has
been disclosed for the first time to-lay.
The struggle took place on Mon- prominent representative of the day and it seemed when the motor industry in Hongkong in the authorities plans had developed course of an interview accorded to that the pirate gang was cornered the Telegraph this morning. beyond hope of escape, but they "The iden of a petrol tax is all made u daring burst through right," and the gentleman internaval forces operating with these lewed in a hundred per cent on Jand, and the majority got fair, because you pay as you use, clear away. and there can be nothing more rea- souable than that."
Regarding the suggested horse- power tax, the opinion was express ed that this would be iniquitous, "It is possibly the thin end of Life wedge," remarked our informant. "True, it is only $2 now, but be- Core we are finished with it may be $10,"
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PROPOSED.
GARDEN, BOWEN AND MAY ROADS.
MOUNTAIN LODGE PROJECT
NOW ABANDONED.
TO-DAY'S PUBLIC VOTES
TENSE SITUATION
IN. NANKING.
FENG'S RESIDENCE CLOSELY
'GUARDED BY TROOPS.
WAR FEARS GROWING.
Nanking, May d.
The strained relations between Marshals Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yu-halang continue, and it is reliably reported that by order!
of the National Government the Thirteen votes totalling $114, Nanking residence of Fong Yu- 782 are to come before the Fin-hinng and the Ministry of War, unco Committer of the Legislativo in which Feng is the Chief Ad- Council this afternoon.
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CONSTRUCTION.
LABOUR M.P. SUGGESTS CUTS IN PROGRAMME.
PREMATURE ACTION?
London, May 1
HR.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.
WONDERFUL WELCOME AT YOKOHAMA,
PRINCE CHICHIBU AWAITS ARRIVAL OF SUFFOLK.
LANDING CEREMONY.
Yokohama, May 2.
ago HRH the
A suggestion that the British naval construction programme should be delayed was made in the House of Commons to-day, by Commander Kenworthy (Lab.) who asked the First Lord of the who have been active for days, and reductions made at Geneva by Prince of Wales stopped ashore at
Berlin, May 1. Admiralty whether, in vlow of the huge mob indulged in serious riot- Mr. Hugh Gibson, of the United the Yokohama that wake dust by
Inelted by Communist agitators proposals for. naval limitations Seven years
The most interesting of these is ministrator, are being closely by ing in Berlin this evening, as the States' delegation, it was proposed later, to be levelled to the dust by a vole for $57,000 expected to be guarded by troops.
result of which six persons were to retard the prosent programme disasters in history: This morn- one of the greatest seismic spent this year on a proposed new
killed, including three police officers, of warship construction in Britain, ing, his brother, Prince Henry, wen Roads with May Rond, the ex-Suuchow (in Kiangsu) and the ed off comparatively quietly owing built would proceed. It was not, of the Garter for presentation to road connecting Garden and Bo- of Martial Law at Suchowfu,
The simultaneous enforcement and over 80 were wounded.
After an anxious day, which pass-that the work on ships now being insignia of the Most Noble Order Mr. W. C. Bridgeman replied Duke of Gloucester, bearing the penditure being met from balance concentration of a large force of the drastic precautions taken by approximately a humired despera dogment of the proposed inator have resulted in a tease situa-th
pre pirate boats, manned by of savings effected by the aban-Nanking groups in the capital the police, it was not. anticipated however, proposed to lay down the does, have been operating agile road to Mountain Luige, It.E. the tion, similar to the position in mensions would develop, but when towards the end of the financial an outbreak of serious di-ships of the 1929 programme until small craft in the Woosing dis- triet for some time pusf. authorities got wind of their are to a cost of the road le ex-Chiang Kai-shek detained Li Chai-thern Berlin, numbering several whether it would not be advisbie
Nanking some weeks ago when night had fallen, a huge mob of year.
working-class inhabitants of Nor- Commander Kenworthy asked whereabouts and a careful plan pected to be $108.000. of attack was drawn up, police
sum at Tangshan and disarmed and soldiers
approaching the scene by land, while naval boata co-operated.
The
Too Much of Good Thing.
The pirate gang was surround- Asked what he considered would ed, the scene of the affair being be the fairest method of laxation, 13xiaomioahong, a few miles from the reply given was:-"I should Woosung. They put up a fierce not object to a reasonable licence resistance and fighting continued fee, which, however, should be and for four hours. Eventually, when form in the case of all passen the land forces had decided to ger cars, with an appropriate pet-launch a massed attack on the rol tax as well. The present y pirate defence, the gang took to tem of licence fees, with its the boats, and made a daring various classifications, is not a good one. There is certainly no Chinese gunboats and
escape, cutting through a circle of reason for fonding the motorist pursuit.
cluding with a petrol tax and a horse. power tax; that's too much of good thing."
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It TVAS also mentioned that the proposed new system of taxa- tion appears to be the commence- ment of discrimination against American cars, the majority of which, in Hongkong, were higher- powered than British.
it.
Bulk of Motorists Stress was laid on the point, in this connexion, that for its price the American car was more sul- table to Hongkong than the Bri-| tish ear, and as the proportion of American cars in use in Hongkong
Governor's
summer residence
1928 Items,
Four of the Items are in respect of the 1928 Estimates. These are follows:-$4,506 for transport of Government servants, the suo plementary vote taken on Decem ber 17th, 1928, having proved to be insufficient,
we
the Emperor of Japan, landed at has now risen Phoenix-like from the re-constructed port city which
its ashes.
Long before the cruiser HM.S.
Suffolk, bearing the Princo and members of his suite, hove into sight, huge crowds of spectators had gathered at every vantage point along the sea, front...
Distinguished Gathering.
all the Wahan troopa in Nanking. thousands, and armed with fire to delay further expenditure on
arms, clubs and heavy stones, ga- ships until we knew whore it is generally believed that athered together and made an or- stood as regards the future. war between Feng and the Nan-ganised rush from the side streets king Government would involve towards the
Mr. Bridgeman said he thought North China and possibly Man-Pankstrasse.
main throughfare, it would be premature to take any churla in turmoil, as
steps yet. He was opposed to already Marshal Yen Hal-shan, of Shanai,
Grove Affair.
taking action prematurely as it On the pier at which he was to Peking and Tientsin, has received
would not only not improve our land, a large and distinguished Nothing could stop the concerted chances of agreement, but would assemblage of Japanese notables, Instructions from Nanking order-rush, which had been carefully diaturb works in the dockyards.. senior ofcera, the supplementary mobilise troops concentrating at grave for somit hours. Police rein-the Government proposed to re-numbers of British residents for
$1,165 for rent allowances to ing him to be in readiness, to planned, and the altuation was
together with the British Ambar- Replying to a quastion whether sador and members of his staff and estimate of November last having Shinchlachwang. fallen short of actual expenditur
forcements were rushed to the commence the naval conversations whose accommodation special ar- by this sum.
An unconfirmed report from scene, and heavy fighting ensued. with America and Japan interrupt- rangementa had been made, were Peking gives an alarming state- $1,360 for Crown Agents' commont to the effect that General ricades made from street-repairing Locker-Lampson, Foreign Under-
The rioters quickly threw up bar-ed at Geneva In 1927, Mr. G. prosent awaiting his arrival. mission, due to the volume of bual. Chang lauch-Han head of the material, and placing it across the Secretary, said the Government sea calm as, accompanied by an The weather was bright and the
found afterwards,
The bodies of ten plates were Agents being greater than antici- not been taking an active part charge with their revolvers, etc.
news passing through the Crown Manchurian Government, who has street, prepared for the police was studying the suggestion of escort of Japanese warships, the and it is prted.
Mr. Gibson. When full proposals Suffolk at last loomed into view.' in polities in China Proper for thought that other losses were
some time since his
Extraordinary scenes followed, sustained on the bents.—Our Own
into Manchuria from Peking, has the casualty list was not higher.
retirement and the amazing thing is that ceed in the way, seeming to offer the Japanese
were available, they would pro- A thunderous salute of guns from mon-of-war 46. Correspondent,
dispatched a strong force to
best possibilities of success.sembled to greet the 'roval visitor Shankalkwan to watch the move-
Police Open Fire,
Reuter.
broke out upon the morning air. ments of Marshal Yen. Hal-ahan." The officer in charge of the $600 to purchase literature on difficult to receive the motive approximately 500 men with which If this report is true, Is it police of the area found he had public health and preventive medi- behind the action of the Man-to break up the affair. He re- cing in connexion with the reor-churian fender, for, by surface cognised that this force faced by ganisation of the Medical Sanitary Departments.
indications, Marshal Yon Haf-thousands of angry rioters was shan appears to be on quite likely to be overwhelmed in friendly terms with Manchuria. hand to hard encounter, and ordered the police to open fire on the mob.
AUSTRALIAN AIR
'TRAGEDY.
DEAD BODIES OF AIRMEN SEARCHERS FOUND.
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$833 in respect of a charitable pension of £52 per annum granted for the benefit of the widow of the late Sergeant Glendinning.
Votes under the 1929 Estimates are na follows:
New Motor Rend,
and
$57,000 for proposed road con necting Garden Road and Bowen
is very high, the imposition of LAND PARTY'S REPORT Road with May Road.
both petrol tax and a horse power tax would hit the great bulk of the motoring community.
"Of course," suid our informant, "the American cars would pay more in petrol tax than the British, but that would only be fair, as, being bigger, they are responsible for greater wear of the road, but to put on a horse-power tax us well would be hitting the motorist twice."
Petrol Tax Yield?
Sydney, May, 1.
vestigated from the air.
:
AUSTRALIAN COAL INDUSTRY.
GOVERNMENT WASHES HANDS OF DISPUTE.
Sydney, May 1.
Fighting developed rapidly,
MILITARY MEDICAL Suffolk went alongside the wharf
CONGRESS.
PRINCE OF WALES TO ATTEND BIG RECEPTION.
sharpshooters entering the pre- THOUSAND DELEGATES
mises in the street and firing nt the police from high levels. The police adopted similar tactics in their effort to quel the disturbance, while the police carried out series Inf charges at the barricades.
Pharmacy.
London, May 1.
Greeted by Prince Chichibu, Contrary to original plans, the
and tied up at 8.15 a.m. Prince Chichibu, the Heir Presumptive to the Japanese Throne, Sir John went on board to greet the Royal Tilley and others immediately
Visitor.
by
Aftor a short interval, the Duke stopped ashore, and the straina In order to provide proper fuel-
of "God Save the King," played lities for motor vehicles to reach
a naval band on the pler, May Road, proposed motor rout
swelled forth, the Japanese Guard- The land pirty which set out has been planned to connect this from Wave till to locate the dere-level to Garden Road (at the
of Honour presented arms, and all let "Kookaburra," Lieut. Keith junetion of Bowen Road) by a
One of the most important of present stood to attention, while Anderand's machine has arrived at route approximately on the line of
the forthcoming engagments of the Prince himself stood 'rigidly the seen, and found poignant con- the existing Magazine Gap Road.
the Prince of Wales will be at the salute. It is learned that the dissatisfied
reception at St. James's Palace on firmation of the inferences drawn
Armoured Car Used. The total cost is estimated at miners at Newcastle, New South when the stranded machine was in- $108,000. The scheme has Governments proposals for the defences of the rioters after hours Congress on Milltary Medicine and sentation of the members of the
Monday evening to the distin-
Addresses of Welcome. Wales, having rejected all the The police only broke through the London to attend the International the Guard-of-Honour and the pre- guished doctore who will come to Then followed an inspection of approved by the Public Works Committee.
settlement of the coal industry of grim fighting, and with the ald A vote of the above amount is dispute, it has been decided to of an armoured requested to cover
car and search-)
British Embassy staff, with each this year's intervene no further.
The Congress will have a mam of whom the royal visiter shook. expenditure. The balance will be
lights. Further police reinforce- included
The Ministry responsible will,ments came up from time to timebership of nearly one thousand hands and exchanged a few words, in the 1930 Draft therefore, leave the Union and the and eventually the crowd
doctors, dentists or pharmacists Following on this came the pre- Estimates. The amount to be ex-employers to settle the, matter way.
who belong to, or have belonged sentation of various Japanese not. panded this year represents the between themselves.. balance of the savings effected by
"Hundreds of arrests were made, to the armed forces or to organian-ables and others, and addresses of
tions connected the abandonment of the proposed locked for a fortnight, and the avowed Communist, whio
The parties have been dead-one of the men detained being an
with milltary welcome by the Mayor of the city medical services.
and by a representative of the Bri- motor road to Mountain Lodge.
Forly different nations will be tish community, was leaving a The above is to be met from ruspect of a settlement is not caught just as he
bright.-Reuter, '
house with a white flag in
represented, savings under Road to Mountain
hand and a revolver in the other. Lodge.
Heavy Police Cosunities. The police casualties were three killed, and more than twenty wounded. The full extent of the Communist casualties is unknown,.
The dead body of Anderson's companion, Lieut. Milcock was found under the wing of the ma- chine, while Keith Anderson's body was discovered about forty yards away.
"I don't know how much the Government expects to get from the petrol tax," remarked the gen "The story of the tragedy is dif- theman Interviewed, "but I should ficult to reconstruct, though there say it would come to a tremendous can be no doubt that the men died sum, which, plus a reasonable] from lack of food and water. Ilcence fee, should be sufficient,"
In regard to the figures given showing that road maintenance last year was heavily in excess of the amount received from motor licences, the view was expressed that there was no legitimate rea- son why the car owner should be expected to pay for the upkeep of
.. roads used by the general public.
It was pointed out in this connexion that in the Philippines there is what is known as a Cedula Tax, under which every man, woman and child contributes to road upkeep; it does not matter whether a man has a car or not, he uses the road and is, there fore, expocted to pay his share,
Truck Damage.
Anderson and Hitchcock set out in search of the missing "Southern Cross" with her crew of tour, and themselves were stranded in the desert wastes of Western Australia. The machine came down miles out. of the course it was anticipated 11 would take, hence the days of fruit a searching of the direct by airman came across the açekdent-Renter.
JAPAN SOCIETY'S GIFTS.
DUKE OF GLOUCESTER TO PRESENT TO-DAY..
by
Masks For Ffremen.
$500 for rescue apparatus for the Fire Brigade. A
for this amount was provided in the Es-
Bum
NEW CHINESE R. C. BISHOP,
gave
·was
ono
The Congress developed out of the custom of pooling the medical experience of the Allied Armien during the War. It has already been held in Brussels, Parts, Roms London is the. fifth. and Warsaw. The Congress, in
Sir Laming Worthington Evans,
Linates for Ori nasal masks, but a MGR. TEHANG CONSECRATED though many of the victims of the winter, will open the con-
more suitable mask has now been placed on the market, and it is pro posed to order two peroxide sets In place of the former vote, which will lapse.
IN ROME-
Rome, May 1.
Luter. Rioting has now ceased, Reuter.
BRITISH CAPITAL ··
ISSUES.
-British Wireless,
MAWSON ANTARCTIC
EXPEDITION.
ROYAL VISIT TO THE "DISCOVERY."
of
All this being completed, the Prince and his suite, accompanied by the two Japanese Princos and cther Japanese and British of- ficials, boarded the royal train, which was drawn up on the pler waiting to take them to Tokyo."
On the front of the engine wore Japan and, as the train drew the crossed flags of Britain and slowly cut, thousands of school children, who had been assembled together for the purpose, burst into cheers and waved little flage on small bamboo sticks as they piped out their shrill gresting. The presentation of the Garter to the Emperor of Japan takes place to-morrow at Tokyo.~Reuter,
BANDIT RAID ON BANK,
NEARLY LAKH OF DOLLARS SEIZED.
Shangal, May 2.
Jaffair were found lying in the
street after the armoured car had greas, and one of the first sub- jects to be discussed will be the broken through the barricades, Mgr. Telang, the new Chinese. Fighting has also taken place extremely modern problem $3,000 for the League of Nations Bishop,, was consecrated at Rome this evening in the Eastern and removing sick and wounded by air. Health Organisation Bureau, the today, leaving soon after the cere- South-Eastern. districts of tho sum for which was included in the mony for China. He is travelling city, which were plunged into 1928 Estimates but could not be via Siberis, and is accompanied darkness by the orders of the paid by the Crown Agents in time, by Mgr. Vandyck, the Apostolic police. The battle in these dis-
$16,000 for an extension of 20 Vicar of Bulyuan./
tricts was much less severe, and stalla at Shamehulpo Markel. The Mgr. Tehang's family have been the list of casualtics is not yet London, May 1. contract for this work was not Roman Catholic for three genera-available. Another point mentioned was The Japan Soelely in London, signed until September 6th, 1928, Cons, and three of his sisters are that, in the figures given in the which for over thirty years has and in consequence only a com- nuns.---Renter. report of the Hongkong Com-benn a social meeting ground for paratively small expenditure had mittee, no mention had been made British and Japanese, has offered been incurred by the end of the of the income from ricksha and to the Imperint University at year.
Other Capitals Escape.
London, May 1. coolie truck Reences. "These Tokyo a gold medal, struck.pt the
The Dominions Offices announce coolfe trucks," said our Informant, | Royal Mbit, to be awarded annual-
London, May 1. that the Duke and Duchess of York "do more harm, with their fron ly to the student who submits the
The May Day procession to will pay a visit of Inspection to the tyres, than any three-ton motor 1st essay on some subject con-
Hyde Park was the smallest for Royal Research ship "Discovery," Sensational reports have reached truck with pneumatic tyres."
nected with the study of the Eng-
Įmany year. The old electrical wiring at the ENORMOUS TOTAL FOR PAST
which is at present lying at West here of an attack by bendits or Approval was expressed of the Heh language or literature.
Peak Hospital is reported to be in
It is learned that the Labour India Docks, to-morrow afternoon, the Kashing branch of the Bank YEAR. The medal will to-morrow be a dangerous condition and should
demonstrations in Oslo were de proposed heavy tax on solid-tyred
Their Royal Highnesses will be of China. motor trucks, which is fully justi-presented by the Duke of Glou be renewed.
layed until the evening, when conducted over the ship by Sir: In all, a hundred bandits took fied. The opinion was also ven cestor to the Imperial University.
The amount voted in the
they were held indoors, while those Douglas Mawaan, the leader of the part in the affair, and it was at tured that Hongkong might with
The Society is also presenting Estimates ($10,000) 18 fully
Statisties compiled by the Mid-at Stockholm were postponed until expedition, to the Antartic, for first reported that the amount advantage follow the American volumes of Shakespearean studies, wiring at the Maternity Block, issues, excluding British Govern weather.
to the University 250 handsome allocated in renewing electrical and Bank show that now capital May 5th, both owing to bad which the "Discovery". Is now be which they took away waa
ing reconditioned,
$170,000. The figure is, however, system of having licence plate in recognition of Japanese appre Government Civil Hospital, Har-ment loans raised directly for na-
Mr. Amery, Dominions Secretary, now. put at $95,000. numbers of distinctive colour every year, which would make it clation of Shakespeare, a complete bour Office and certain quarters tional purposes, amounted during taken by the Paris, police also had tralla, and a representative of the the eyes by the intrudera, but the High Commissioner for Aus- The manager was a 10% between translation of whose works Into at Victoria Gaol. easy to ascertain whether, the Japanese has been accomplished by tary vota is therefore requested;
A supplemen. the year ending April 80th to the the desired effect, and the pro- High Commissioner for New Zea- it is expected that, despite
enormous sum of £389,665,000 ceedings passed off quietly, though and will also be present-British his injury, he will survive licence had been paid.
Dr. Taubeucht-British Wireless.. (Continued on Page 8.) :: British Wireless WAY (Continued on Page 8.)
Wireless
Our Own Correspondent.
Peak Hospital Wiring.
$2,200 for renewing electrical wiring at the Peak Hospital,
London, May 1
The strong preventive measures
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