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22.801 C# WITAXX#F TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1929.
DEFINITE BREAK IN ENGLAND'S SECOND SHANGHAI REFUSE
DROUGHT?
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN PAST 24 HOURS.
KOWLOON STORAGE RAPIDLY INCREASING.
EFFECT ON ISLAND,
The break in the long drought seems quite definite, and the only question « is whether present weather conditions will last long enough to relieve the officlal mini of anxiety regarding the Colony's water supplies.
Over an inch of rain was re- gistered at the Royal Observatory between ten o'clock yesterday morning and the same hour to-day, a large proportion of which fell this morning., The total for the past three days is 2.23 Inches, and since January 1st, 13.99 inches,
More Rain Foreenst,
Furthermore, showers, heavy and otherwise, have been fairly constant since ten o'clock, whils
the Director of the Observatory forecasts further rain.
While the amount of rainfall at
the Royal Observatory in the past 24 hours was 1.05 inches, other parts of the Colony bave had different experiences. In the New Territories, exceptionally heavy rain has fallen, but the island has
not bad quite the same good for- tune.
The showers of yesterday and during the night have not had an appreciable effect on the island reservoirs, which this morning showed slightly less in storage than yesterday morning.
Terrific Storm.
This means of course, that thei rain yesterday did not quite com- pensate for the amount of water drawn from the reservoirs, but it does not take into recount the terrific storm which burst, over the whole Colony shortly after 8.30 am.
Up to the present, the island reservoirs have gained little material benefit from the rains, though useful increases in storage will undoubtedly accrue from further heavy storms.
Kowloon's Position,
TEST TEAM.
CHANGES IN THE RANKS OF THE AMATEURS.
CRAWLEY & O'CONNOR,
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DISPOSAL.
DISPUTE REACHES AN ACUTE STAGE.
GARBAGE LIGHTERS SEIZED BY CHINESE.
London, June 24. The Test selectora have decided upost several changes for the Second Test Match against South Africa, which opens at Lord's on Saturday. Twelve players have AN been chosen, and the final selec- tion will be made on the morning of the match. The team will be chosen from:
J. C. White (Somerset, captain) E. T. Killlek (Cambrida and
Middlesex)
R. W. V. Robins (Middlesex) A. M. Crawley (Oxford Un.) Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) Hammond (Gloucester) Hendren (Middlesex)
Tate (Sussex)
Larwood (Notts)
Duckworth (Lancashire) Leyland (Yorkshire) O'Connor (Essex)
Three definite changes are made First Test, which was drawn, from the team selected for the
P.G.H. Vendur (Surrey), KS. Duleepinji (Sussex) and Free man (Kent) being dropped.
CAUGHT WITH "RED"
·PAMPHLETS.
CHINESE WRITE SLOGANS ON NAVAL YARD WALL,
TWO ARRESTS MADE.
日九十月五
COMMUNIST TRIAL AT MEERUT.
SCURRILOUS ATTACK- ON VICEROY.
ACCUSATIONS.
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TUNNEY'S "BREACH OF PROMISE."
NEW YORK WOMAN'S CLAIM REPUDIATED.
PERSONAL NOTORIETY,
MAJOR OGILVY'S EVIDENCE.
THE COURT MARTIAL RESUMED.
WAS NOT INSTRUCTED IN THE P.R.I. DUTIES.
On the eve of the anniversary of・・ A DEFENDING COUNSEL'S the Shakee shooting affair, two
New York, Juno-24,, Chinese were arrested by the
Gene Tunney, the former heavy- weight champion of the world, police in dongkong on a serious
who ta being sued at Bridgeport, charge of having identified them- AMAZING ACTION.ent. The men were detected on
Connecticut, for solves with the Communist move-
$500,000 for ANOTHER PRISONER. belug
bronch of promise, the plaintif CHANGE OF CLERKS.
Mrs. Catherine Saturday night in the act, it is A bitter verbal attack on Lord filed a Superior Court answer to hearing charges of negligence
King Shanghal, June 25
Fogarty, a New York woman, has alleged, of writing, with brush Irwin, the Viceroy of India, by one the sult, together with a counter-against Major G. M. H. Ogilvy, When the General Court Martin), The exceedingly serious pro-and ink, Communistie slogans on of the counsel for the defence in claim. Municipal Council affecting the blem confronting the Shanghai the wall of the Naval Dockyard.
Searched after their arrest the livened the proceedings when the he ever asked Mrs. Fogarty to recess of three days to-day, Major
the Meerut conspiracy trial, en- disposal of the city's garbage, and men were found to have 115 pam-cano was resumed yesterday.
while acting as P.R.I. of the 2nd Tunney emphatically denies that K.O.S.B., renssembled after n the controversy with the Chinese phlets in their possession. These authorities of the Greater Shang- have been handed over to the Sec- Prosecutor, described the remarks "ailempting to exploit for personaled that he would put Major Ogilvy Mr. Langford James, Crown marry him and charges her with Miles, defending officer, announc hai Municipally over this ques-relarlat for Chinese Affairs for a "scurrilous."
notoriety and financial gain her in the witness chair. tion, has been brought to an acute translation..
Major During the opening address of acquaintance with him." stage by the seizure of refuse
The case was mentioned before the counsel for the Crown it was
Ogilvy had elected to call no other lighters belonging to the Settle-Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Cen-revealed that coded letters have forever be restrained from further
Tunney "prays that she may defence witnesses.
Major Ogilvy and that he ro- been passing between Phillip annoying him through a law suit." coived his first commission In Spratt, the notorious British Com-
Gene Tunney was married nine November, 1996. He had been 17 munist, and Moscow, and that months ago to Miss Josephine or 18 years with one or other of Moscow has been financing pro- Lauder, G famous American the KOS.B. battalions. When ho paganda dissemination in India.
heiress, and a great nieco of left Egypt in July, 1926, to go on Andrew Carnegie.
leave, there were two or three Mrs. Fogarty alleges, that after time ho commanded a Company.
officers senior to him. At that Meerut, June 24. sho divorced her husband in May After an adjournment of ten 1925, Gene Tunney proposed to about September 20, 1926, to take He was recalled from leavo days for the Moharram holidays, her and she accepted him. the trial of the thiry-one alleged
over command of the Battalion. Simultaneously with the filing of He had to make arrangements to Commuulet conspirators charged the action, Tunney's $14,000 estais remove the Battalion from Egypt with "attempting to deprive His at Stamford, Connecticut, was to China. He handed over the Majesty the King and Emperor of attached and banks in Stamford Battalion to Lt. Col. Comyn at his sovereignty and to replace the and Greenwich, where Tunney is Suez.
ment.
The seizure was affected by the Chinese muthorities yesterday, the news causing considerable sensa- tion in foreign circles in Shanghai,
Majority of Fleet,
It is learned from official sources; great majority of the fleet of gar that the seizure involves the
bage lighters operated by the Municipal Council, no fewer than sixteen of them now being in the hands of the Chinese.
A.M. Crawley, O'Connor and though the latter was mentioned as R.W.Y. Rolius
"caps" are new
In the past the garbage of the the probable choice in place of Settlement has been carried is a Freeman a fortnight ago. Killick dump in the Lunghwa district, but was given the position instead. recently the Chinese refused to The amatours, with the exception Permit the S.M.C. contractor lo of J. C. White, are all Varsity Blues, use
this dumping O'Connor's recent intting
ground.... feats although this, ground is used by have brought him under the eyes the French Concession and the of the selectors-Reuter,. Chinese themselves.
CHINESE TROOPS
MUTINY,
SEVEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS LOOT CITY.
NO-PAY GRIEVANCE.
Temporary Expedient. Upon this "action, the Harbour Master devised a temporary, ex- pedient, arranging for dumpage in a reclamation area in the lowlands of the Whangpoo River, below the Settlement.
SURPRISING LABOUR APPOINTMENTS.
Posts for Former Cab-Driver, Policeman & Labourer.
London, June 24. Some surprising appoint- ments just announced plete the Labour Ministry,
Com-
Mr. Ben Smith, a former cab-driver, has been appointed as Treasurer of the House. held.
Mr. John Henry Hayes, a former policeman and leader of the pollee strike, is mude Vice-Chamberinin.
Mr. Thomas Henderson, a Glasgow Jabourer who has been long unemployed, han been given the post of Com- ptroller of the Household.
The positions bring the holders into the closest con- taet with the Court of St. Jamen-Renter
ET EN ALMOST BLE
The ground is in the neighbour-tral Police Court this morning, hood of Black Point and was lent
when Detective Sergeant O'Dono- van asked for a formal remand. by the Whingpoo Conservancy, but the Chinese authorities entered strong protest against this
for a week. measure, alleging, danger to the public health.
an
Shanghai, June 24. A serious mutiny of Chinese
The seizure of the Settlement: troops, 7,000 strong, which occurr- ed on Saturday, wrought havoc at lighters brings
entirely Telmo, a flourishing Chinese effy new and unexpected position. Pome 26 nilles north-cast of Tsingtao, in Shantung Province
Council's Response?
DEATH OF MR. WM. DUNBAR.
FORMER WELL-KNOWN
FLOUR MERCHANT.
New British Prisoner.
garnisheed..
Lt. Col. Comyn travelled
existing government with the believed to have accounts were from England on the transport Moscow system" was resumed
which was to take the Battalion to before the apecial Magistrate, Mr.
China, |Milner White, at Meerut to-day.
Tunney retired from the ring, an undefeated champion, when A thirty-second defendant has
he was married. His wife la been added to the list, the new heiress to a fortune of at least comer being another Britisher, a G$60,000,000.-Reuter's American journalist named Hutchinson, who Service.
was arrested a few days ago at Nagpur.
The batch of prisoners were brought to the court specially guarded as before, and again they entered singing the International and wearing red badges.
Early Sensation.
There was a sensation at the outset of the hearing.
Mr. Sinha, one of the counsel
the
AMERICA'S RISING PROSPERITY.
He was consulted by Lt. Col. Comyn regarding the Battalion on one occasion at a conference hold on-board the transport. The principal matter discussed was promotion. He had been in com- mand for about three weeks whion he handed over to Lt. Col. Comyn.,
Major Miles produced a docu- ment marked "A 2640" and asked witness if he had ever soon it be- fore.
Major Ogilvy replied that he had ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPT. OF not, neither had its contents been
explained to him.
COMMERCE.
TOURISTS' SPENDINGS.
Was Never Warned..
The prisoners were remanded for the defence, after consulting
had his commanding officer given At no time, continued witness,. with Pandit Motilal Nehru, ‹ the President of the Indian Congress,
him warning regarding the pos who was seated among counsel for
Washington, June 24. ability of any fraud. The officer. Illuminating figures are contain- | performing P.RI. dutien when he the defence, drew attention to a recent speech by the Viceroyed in the annual report of the De- handed over command of the (Lord Irwin) in which he referred partment of Commerce issued to. Battalion was Captain Renney, to the Meernt conspiracy case. day. The prosperity of the United After being aboard the transport On the other hand, Kowloon's
Mr. Sinha described
States in 1928 continued the definite for about 10 days witness took position improves daily. The The city, as far as can be ascer-
Viceroy'a remarks concerning the "p-grade of the past years, the net over P.R.I. duties from that officer. Water Engineer told the Telegraph tained, was garrisoned by about 7, Shanghai Municipal Council has The action contemplated by the
case as "an insolent challenge to States from international dealings on two previous occasions for balance in favour of the United He had performed duties of P.R.I., this morning that the Kowloon Re-000 troops under Koo Chun, but not yet been disclosed.--Our Own
the law courts of India." servoirs are
showing an improvement, of about short periods. When the Bat- It is with the utmost regret now filling up very they appear not to have received Correspondent,'
Counsel for the Crown, in reply, 25 per cent, as compared with 1927. talion arrived at Hongkong the nicely. The rains of Saturday and their pay for several months.
that we have to record the death | described Mr. Sinha's statement as
The report states Sunday added-four feet of water to
The matter came to a hend upon of Mr. William Dunbar, a former "scurrilous attack on the Vice-financial turnover of international recollection, instruct him regard- that the C.O. did not, to the best of his the reception reservoir, and during Sometime last week, the troops the expiration of the agreement well-known Hongkong flour mer-roy."
between payments
the the last twenty-four hours, that demanded pay from their chief, between the Council and its con- chant, which occurred at Victoria
United ing PRA, duties. The Court overruled the objec-States and foreign countries totall- is to say as the result of yesterday's commander Koo. Chun, who, how-tractor for the disposal of refuse. B.C., yesterday, the sad news tion.
To the Judge Advocate (Mr. raina, a further 10,000,000 gallons ever, did not comply with the A new agreement was entered being contained in a cable which
ed G$22,000,000,000, of which G$5,- Somerset Fitzroy): The duration British Agitators. have been added to Kowloon's sup. request.
000,000,00 represented the value of of the two previous periods when into with the same contractor who reached the Colony this morning. ply.
Mr. Langford James, who is American commodities sold abroad. I acted as PRI, were both about.. The soldiers thereupon mutinied disposes of the refuse from Nantao
The late Mr. Dunbar came to conducting the case for the Crown,
The report shows a 'balance of three months. They occurred in and completely looted the city, in-and the French Concession and Hongkong first in the year 1893, had not concluded his opening G$730,000,000 in favour of the different years. cluding the Government Revenue this was due to last for two years being the owner of a fleet of sall-statement when the coas Bureau, the
United States, as compared with Telegraphic ministration and a large number
ing ships. Later, he established adjourned. Ad- from Sunday, June 16th,
G$588,000,000 in 1927, himself here as a fibur merchant, It lo understood that the Chinese with marked success. He retired the of shops and residences.
The amount expended by Ameri- To-day Mr. James alleged that
British Communists
can tourists abroad cannot, of The C.O. did not discuss duties The soldiers also set fire to agreement but did not
authorities were aware of the new about ten years ago, going to carried on propaganda among the course, be stated with accuracy, but with him, witness went on. He Official figures given below show number of shops, which were razed dificulties until the day before it down with his wife and youngersities and had sent several English more than two and a half times the discussed P.R1, matters with the raise England, but eventually settled Indian students at British univerists spent $525,000,000, which is perience, and the fact that he had the report estimates that the tour- had to rely on his provious ex- to the ground after they had was to come into force. Then a son in Victoria. Both these were emissaries to India, been looted. The total damage suggestion of co-operation done is estimated to be aver a milincinerating
in with him at the time of his death. lion dollars.
amount of the war debts payments officer he took over from. There Intense interest was exhibited to the United Since Mr. Dunbar's retirement,
States from her were also certain Instructions in three municipalities, International, the business which he established when, later on, Mr. James read former allies-Reuter's American Regimental Standing Ordera, The lender of the regiment, Koo French, and Chinese, was put hes been carried on by is elder cryptic coded letters which passed Service. Chun, is missing and it is doubted forward. Objections were stated son, Mr. Lambert. Dunbar, the between the Red Internationale. and the notorious Communist
The reservoir le now receiving a further big supply from the heavy storm this morning, and it is anti- cipated that the rise will continue. Offcial Report.
that Kowloon received 32,820,000 gallons of water and used only 11,- 030,000 gallons.
The island reservoirs collected only 6,110,000 gallons from streams in the course of last week.
The Water Authority's weekly re- port statos:-
Hongkong Water Works.
The total storage in the island re- servoira on the morning of Monday, 24th June, amounted to 177.62 mil
lon gallons, showing a decrease of 15.13 million gallons during the past week; the amount collected from streams being 6.11 million gallons. The reduction of 11⁄2 hours per day in the hours of supply introduced last Tuesday is resulting In a saving of about 2 million gallons per day from the City Maine.
The week's consumption totale 27.14 million gallona and is made up as follows:-
From City Mains
1:
4
refuse of the
if he escaped the anger of his men. to the contractor taking the refuse
On Sunday, Government troops up river.. from the neighbouring towns, un-) der Wa Tze-yu and Sun Tin-ying.
Extraneous Mattera, aucceeded In suppressing the! Overtures by the Municipal rioters, who were totally disarmed. Council agreeing to co-operation in the matter of incineration were mot with a reply that the Chinese authorities required "co-operation in a friendly spirit" on all out standing questions.
DISASTROUS FLOODS
IN ASSAM.
REPORTS OF FATALITIES UNCONFIRMED.
The only alternative to shipping-
well-known, turf enthusiast, who
WAS
had
is at present on leave in London, agitator, Phillip Spratt, in which The deceased gentleman, who Spratt was instructed to organise once re-visited the Colony after a strong delegation from India to his retirement, was an extremely attend a meeting of the Pan- popular man and made a wide cir-Pacifist Trade Union Secretariat.at cle of friends, who, will hear with Canton, and after that, at Moscow, extreme regret of his demise. Te utmost sympathy will also be felt for the widow and children."
AND RUSSIA.
Settlement refuse up the river in LABOUR GOVERNMENT dumping it in the Whangpoo and the Soochow Creek, I refuse were allowed to accumulate, It
menace to health, would undoubtedly become a great DESIRE TO ACCORD OFFICIAL
Pollution of River,
༈་
RECOGNITION.
London, June 24.
Spratt's Schemes.
In a letter to Moscow, Spratt out- Hned a scheme for the establish- ment of an All-India Communist organisation at a cost of Rs. 2,400 per month,"
SOVIET VENGEANCE IN USBEK.
NINE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATHI.
The Judge Advocate:- rather gathered that it was only for a few days.-Oh, no,
Trusted Wylle.
Ho discussed what newspapers should be ordered with Sergeant Wylie, when Wylle was his clerk. So far as he remembered, they decided, on one paper only. That was the morning paper, for which they received an account.
Major Ogilvy stated emphatical- ly that he found Sergeant Wylie an absolutely satisfactory P.R.I. clerk in every way.
.
Moscow, June 24. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Usbek in Central Asia has passed the death sentence on him implicitly-Absolutely,"
Major Miles:Did you trust The letters also showed that murder of the well-known Usbek we can eco ho was worthy of the alne persons found guilty of the The Judge Advocate:-As far se money had been received via the writer, Hakimado,whom the local trust London, June 24.
frontier-Reuter. newa showing that no deaths have The India Office has received
accelesiastical and feudal lords Major Miles? Why did you Mr. Lester Hutchinson.
killed because they ented the trust him7-I knew that he had occurred as a result of the floods
anti-religious campaign which be Mr. Lester Hutchinson, the free was conducting by order of the previous P'a RL, and he had been In Assam, though many cattle
proved himmelf trustworthy to two have died and there has been
Reports have been put into cir-lance journalist, now charged at Government at Schachimardan, 4 clerk on the two occasions when I widespread damage to crops, Tho
The increased pollution of the culation suggesting that the Meerut, escaped arrest when the place of religious pilgrimage.
facted as P.R.I reports of deaths from starvation river as a result of this fa, accord. British Government: will shortly coup was carried out by the pollea Seven other persona arraignód are also officially denied..
Witness sald that it most cor- ing to the Shanghal Waterworks, resume diplomatic relations within March last.
with the accused were sent to not to be feared. It is of minor Soviet Russi A Reuter message from Calcutta importance when compared with
His lodgings in Bombay were prison for various terms, and nine-tainly was not at his suggestion states that the recont floods in what comes from shipping in the circles regarding these reports, part, and thirty-six items of books were ordered to be expelled from in 1920. He did not want to lose From enquiries made in oficial visited, and searched. His pass teen others accused of complicity that Sorgeant Wyllo was rolloved Assam have done enormous river. However the F.W.D. have Reuter damage in the low-lying country,
understands... that, no periodicals and newspaper cuttings the country.—Reuter, which is made up mostly of cul: come to a temporary arrangement definite move has yet been made, were taken away after the police. tivated tea estates.
for the dumping of refuse else but the British Government is had spent three hours in searching The storage in the mainland re- The damage to the jute crop in Hon of the deadlock may be found giving early effect to a desire to attention of the police after de where, and it is hoped that a solu considering ways and means of Mr. Hutchinson attracted the servoirs on the morning of Monday, reported to
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be only slight before the situation again becomes accord official recognition to the livering a series of lectures to the Reuter.
critical.
Soviet Government Reuter. Youths League.
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To Tanks.
Kowloon Water Works.
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Stonecutters Island this morning A big blaze was caused on by the burning of a quantity of unserviceable cordite,
him. He was not consulted as to whether he should be rellevad. So far as he remembered, the
on. He thought it was the 0.0. that he wanted to go in for promo- rosaon given for Wylie's relief was
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