1,
· SEQUEL" T TO SALE OF GIRL.
MAN & WIFE CHARGED IN COURT.
ACCUSED OF TRANSFERRING CUSTODY OF CHILD.
FIRST PROSECUTION.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1929.
CANTON BECOMING ANOTHER KOWLOON REASONS FOR ISSUE
UNEASY.
"IRONSIDES" REPORTED TO BE ADVANCING.
CANTONESE RETREAT?
Canton, Nov. 7.
Once again a slight feeling of uneasiness prevails in Canton.
General Chang Fat-kwel and his "Ironsides" are reported to be making another determined effort to push through to this province.
obtained here as to the exact whereabouts of the "Ironsides", but it is report that not only have they taken wellin, but are now in the neighbourhood of Pingle which is only about 80 miles from Wuchow.
LARCENY.
COUNTERPANE STOLEN FROM EUROPEAN HOUSE.
PRISON FOR THIEF.
OF NEW LOAN,
“SILENT" MARTIAL LAW IN FORCE.
TREASURY BILL VOLUME TO FOREIGNERS BEING SEARCHED.
BE CURTAILED.
RECENT INCREASES.
London, Nov. 7. In the House of Commons the
OUTSIDE SHANGHAI.
CHINESE WOUNDED.
... . "
Mr. II. Ellis, of No. 281, Nathan
Shanghal, Nov, d. Road, was the complainant in a case at the. Kowloon Magistracy Chancellor of the Exechequer, Mr. duced in Chinese territory on "Silent martial law" was intro- this morning when a young Chinese Philip Snowden, explained the Saturday and thousands of people was charged, before Mr. T. S. reasons for the issue of the Five were compelled to stand still and Whyte. Smith, with stealing a Per Cent. Conversion Loan and allow themselves to be searched by counterpane which had been hang said it had been felt that it was armed military and police putrols. A eriminal charge has been/ No definite information can boing on the roof to dry on Monday most desirable to curtail the Passengers In motor cars, riekshas
morning.
volume of Treasury Bills, the and motor buses were searched, an The defendant was charged on amount of which had extensively well as pedestrians, and a sharp three counts. He was accused of increased in recent times. He look-out was kept for auspicious- larceny and alternatively of receiv-expected that future Exchequer looking characters. Foreigners ing stolen property, while at the operations would be conducted on likewise were subject to the search suggestion of his Worship a third advantageous terras.
regulations and a number The new five per cent. loan, made to stand still and raise their which is to be issued at par, will arma whilst being searched, in be redeemable in 1964 but may be spite of vigorous protests which redeomed on or after May 1, 1944, they made at the time. at the option of the Government. on three months' notice boing given.
preferred against a Chinese man and his wife under the new law which amends the Offences against the Person Ordinance' of 1865, and it is of special interest in view of the fact that this is the first case under the amended Ordinance to be heard in the Colony,
The defendants appeared before; MG E. W. Hamilton at the Central] Magistracy this morning and were charged as follows:-"That you,} Man. Yin and Wong Kul, an or about September 26th, 1929 in Victoria in this Colony, took part a transaction, the object of which was to transfer the posses sion, custolly or control of a minor, child under the age of 18 years, to wit. Ngan Ho, 3 female child, aged about four years, for a valuable consideration, 10. wit. thirty dollars, contrary to Seeboar❘ 45a of" Ordinance 2 of 1865."
in
The Law Explained. Mr. Somerset Fitzroy conducted The prosecution on behalf of the Attorney General and after refor ring to the Ordinance under which the defendants were charged, said it was a criminal offence unless the accused persons proved bevond reasonable doubt that the transe. tion was a bonus fide sale for pro- Josel marriage në udoption in nesi cordance with Chinese custor Up to September 19th lust, it was ot an offence to sell and traný- fer a child, but an rights of thei child passed under such a transue- tion. A transaction such as that
. was hot criminal.
.
It is further reported that the Cantonese troops have fallen back in Kwangi and are preparing to make a stand on the Kwangtung frontier.'
Both General Chan Chai-tonT Commander-in-Chief of the Cantonese forces, and His Ex- cellency General Chan Ming-shu, Civil Governor of Kwangtung, are at present in Wychow. General Chan Ming-shu was expected to fly back to Canton from Wuchow to day in the hydroplane "Pear! River," but up to the time writing he has not arrived.
of
recom
No definite confirmation of the advance of the "Ironsides" can be obtained here and the Information may prove incorrect, but certainly troop movements have menced in the city and large numbers are departing daily for Wuchow by the Canton-Samshui Railway and the West Biver, and for the North River districts.b the Yuet Han Railway to Shiu-
chow.
also been roped in for service with A large number of Coolies have the armies during the last few days-Our Qud Correspondent,
HOUSES INVOLVED IN BIG FIRE.
¿Continned from Puặc 1.)
Two Houses Gutted.
The prosecution, said Mr. Fitz-damaged showed that Nos. 111 and A survey this morning of the roy, alleged that on September 100 were completely burnt out, 26th, a week niter the amended with only the walls left standing. Ordinance had come into force, No. 107 was partially burnt and in the man and woman took part in the purchase of a child. For years their house had been conducted as a clearing house for the selling of children, and as a result of infor- mation received, a raid was made on 20, Centre Road, second floor, where five different bills for the sale of chiktiren were "discovered. That was not a crime he must stress tha, Said Mr. Fitzroy. It might be reprehensible, But it was not criminal.
Three Children Found.
During the raid, three children were found on the second Hoor, and one was no doubt the daughter of the first defendant, aged about | 5 years. There was alse another child of about the same age, who was apparently bought several years ago and had been kept ever since, and the third une was about four or five years of age.
All the houses first affected were three-storeyed buildings. Nos. 111 and 100 were served by a common wooden staircase, and, as was to be expected, this staircase was the
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A LOCAL BOXING CHALLENGE.
A. B. Ewin Anxious to Meet ..
Joe "Hall.
DUE HERE THIS MONTH.
A B. Ewin, of H.M.S. Kent.. writes us from Shanghai, un- der date of the 3rd instant. to the effect that he wishes to challenge anybody. in the Co- lony up to 160 lbs., with or without side stakes.
He adds: hear that Jue Hall is at prosent in Hong- kong, and 1 would be only too pleased to fight him. I can make 149 IDs."
Kwid states that HALS. Kent will be in Hongkong on November 28th.
charge of unlawful possession of the counterpane was brought against him.
In reply to the charges, the de- fendant said that he had purchased the counterpane from a second- hand dealer.
Included in the prospectus is an offer to holders of five per cent. War Loan redeemable from 1929- to, 1947 to cancel their holdings for an equal amount of the new Ioan. Response to this offer must be made between January 15 and February 16 next.-Reuter.
21 YEARS AGO.
SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE
TELEGRAPH FILES.
were
and ended on the following morn Searching began at ten o'clock
considering that this was the best ing at six o'clock, the authorities time to comb the district of evil characters,
Double patrols of soldiers and police have been posted on duty and the different sectional police stations are being provided with | bicycles and motor cycles for use
in case of emergency.
The introduction of silent mar- tial law during the winter months is not by any means out of the ordinary, for it is enforced every winter, this being the period when armed robbers carry out depreda- tions with more daring than at other times.
We are informed that the unrest in central China has nothing to do with the matter, nor is there any fear of Communist de-uprisings, for the local authori-
tles have matters well in hand.
The following extracta are from the Hongkong Telegraph for week ended November 7th. 1908:
*
The rate of the dollar on. mand was ta. 9d.
*
Serious anti-Japanese riots oc- curred in Hongkong, instigated by the "Dare Death" Society. Many shops selling Japanese goods were attacked. The Riot Act was read and the military called out. Over twenty arrests were made.
The plan was first tested on Friday evening and resulted in the wounding of one man and the ar- rest of two others. A party of police was patrolling Paoshan- Road, Chapel, near the Shanghai- Nanking north station, when they noticed nine men walking together, Ses- Calling upon them to stop and sub- Shang-mit to search, the detectives ap- Hotel prouched when one man drew a pistol and opened fire while an- other fired three shots. They then ran off, the police following, firing men were brought down by the as they ran. One of the pursued police and two others were arrest- ed, the other six escaping. The Mr. G. A. Caldwell, of the Hong-three men were taken to the station
At the annual Licensing sions, applications by the Evidence of identification of the hoi Hotel and the Central blanket was given by Mr. Ellis. were refused. who remarked that the loss was re-
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ported to him at noon on Monday. The Champions Race at the he arrested the defendant with the was won by Gemini, ridden by Mr. A Chinese detective stated that Shanghai Jockey Club meeting blanket in his possession on Wed- Moller. nesday in Temple Street. After
any case rendered uninhabitable, saying that the counterpane be- The block situated to the rear, with ionged to his muster, the defendant ong and Whampoa Dock Co. re blackened walls and socrched win-said. that he had bought it fromceived the button of a mandarin dows, has been deserted by the a dealer in Hongkong.
of the 5th rank in connexion with majority of its tenants.
the construction at Kowloon Dock The master of a second-hand of West River. patrol cruisers for. dealer's shop, where the defendant the Canton Government. stated he had purchased the count pane, denied that he ever had the article in his possession. Fortunately, the On conviction, the defendant was tenants had ft ample time in sentenced to three months' hard which to make their escape, and labur the police have received no reports regarding persons, missing since the fire.
first to
The ground floor of No. 111, where the fire orginted, was oc- rupied by a native druggist's shop."
The
'H.M. THE KING.
GOES WITH THE QUEEN TO
LONDON THEATRE.
CANADIAN PACIFIC-
FARES...
ALL-YEAR-ROUND INTERPORT
RATES.
The Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd announces that effective im mediately, it is arranging for the sale of specially reduced round trip passage tickets as follows:
Hongkang to Man-
and will be brought before the District Court this morning. None of the police were injured.
"AMOROUS UNCLE”
PARSON'S IMPROPER
LETTER
London, Oct. 9.
An extraordinary, letter, written by the Rev. Eric Farrar, aged 61, trø plied to Farrar's advertisement for Dorothy Sheppard, aged 16, who re- a young lady to net ne companion to
ubject of n libel netion at Ryde. an elderly gentleman, formed the
A carpenter had been at work in this shop and it is believed that a pile of savings left on the pre- mises had caught fire from a chre-
London, Nov. 7. lessly discarded cigarette.
For the first time since his ill-
ila and return.. IIk.$140.00 contents of this shop are reportedness, the King will to-night, attend The man took the police back to
to be insured for a sum of $3,000.
Hongkong to Kobe a theatre. He and the Queen are)
And return
.. 280,00 the house on October 1st, when he Structural damage to the build-going to the Theatre Royal. Drury Hongkong to Yoko-
placed as produced a bill. Which had sireng univëd la
over Lane.
hama and return 310.00 $10,000. heen translated and proved cor
These fares will be on sale all Roth yesterday and this morn- With the firemen were the Hän. rect. The document related to the
ing his Majesty received several the year round and will have a final small child, in which the first desMr. T. H. King Acting CSP of his Ministers at Buckingham return limit of three months from and modest to consider this. Other.
Electric Company and PAW.D. P
Palace-British Wireless.
date of sale.
Tendant stated that the child was
born about the 4th day of the tenth presentatives, in addition to the moon five Fears ago, and that her Fire Brigade Superintendent, Mr. family were willing to present the H. T. Bronks, and Station Officer child to some one else. They first G. C. Mnau,
called upon her near relatives, but, no-one wished to take her, and he (the defendant) had agreed to take her for payment of thirty Hongkong dollars.
all
Offered to Go-Betweens.""
The remaining bills were similar purporting that certain people were willing to present their. daughters to someone else. They had been refused by their near re- latires and had been offered to "go betweens" for a certain number of dollars,
Continuing, Mr. Fitzroy said that in answer to the charge, the man said:"A Chinese family pre- sented them to me", and the woman replied: "I bought the child for $30."
FLIGHT OF R101.
BALLOT FOR TRIP BY MEM-
BERS OF PARLIAMENT. ·
London, Nov. 7. One hundred and fifty-nine mem- bers of the House of Commong hav- ing applied for eighty places in the first Parliamentary flight of the airship R 101, a ballot took place yesterday.
Three women Parliamentariane, Lady Astor, Doctor Ethel Bentham and Dr. Marion Phillips, are among those who were auccessful in the ballot for scata.
The flight will probably take place on November 16-British
WEEKS AND CO. TO
CLOSE DOWN.
OLD SHANGHAI FIRM GIVES UP BUSINESS.
District watchman No 99 gave Wireless. evidence of taking part in the raid on 20. Centre Rond on September 30th, when he found both defend- ants on the second floor. The man claimed to be the principal tenant. Ho searched the floor and found six documents (produced) and later, after he had detained the defendants, the man took him to the house again when he produced, from under the mat, a document relating to the sale of a child. ".He |‚' also found three children on the floor, one of whom claimed to be the daughter of the first defendant. Mr. E. W. Hamilton anid that would be all the evidence he re- quired that day, and he would re- mand the prisoners until 10.30 a.m. on November 19th..
Shanghal, Nov. 8, Weeks and Co. Ltd.. the fifty. year old general department store, unanimously decided yesterday to close the business.
The premises of the Company were recently sold for seven lakhs of tnels to the Shanghai Power Company-Reuter.
.
SALLE 1929, BY NTA SERVICE, INC,
RESU. 5. PAY, OFF.
"Anyway, the evening dresses will be long."
Farrar wrote:-"Your reply is one of many. You ought to know that my uncle is an amorous gentleman of Gi, and might desire to take liber- ties. but he will treat you gonerous ly and take you to all sorts of shows. I nam sorry if you are too respectablo
wise, you will not regret it financial-
Lv.
Farrar admitted to the police that he had inserted the advertisement and had sent the letter, which his. sulictor described as grossly improper and' senseless; but not libellous. Far rar was committed for trial.
ENGINEERS' MEETING.
CONCLUSION OF CONGRESS
IN JAPAN."
Tokyo, Nov. 7. The World Engineering Congress and World Power Conference have concluded.
Prior to the closing ceremony", a general meeting of the Engineer- ing Congress passed a number of resolutions, including one to op- potat
a preparatory committee, composed of prominent engineers of all the leading countries, with the purpose of organising a World Engineering Federation.-Router.
JAPAN'S BUDGET.
A BIG DECREASE ON THE ESTIMATES.
Tokyo, Nov. 7.
The coming fiscal year's Budget," for prosentation to the Diet to day, is fixed at Yen 1,609,000,000, approximately a decrease of 104, .000,000 on the ourrent year's da timates. Reuter.
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