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LIABILITIES OF A LANDLORD.
USE OF BASEMENTS AS WORKSHOPS.
A CASE DISMISSED.
PREPARING FOR OFFENSIVE.
200,000 MEN TO FIGHT NATIONALISTS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930.
APPOINTMENTS TO MORE INDECENT
NEW BANK.
LITERATURE.
SHARE ISSUE AFTER YOUNG MAN PLEADS GUILTY "MORE/
'PLAN IS RATIFIED.
OR LESS!"
THE REBELS PLANS. COMING AGREEMENTS. FINES IMPOSED TO-DAY
also
Two prosecutions against vendors of Indecent literature were brought at the instance of the Secretariat
Grantham at the Central Police Court, this morning;
7. .
In the first case, the keeper of a stall at No. 6 Man Wah Lane, when asked if he agreed that saven books, seized by the police while being ex- posed for sale in his shop, contained obscene matter, said:"More or lesa".
TO-DAY'S WANTS.
25 WORDS
.$1.00,
($1.50 If Not Prepaid.). The following replies have beau received:
544, 545, 547, 550, 556, 666, 593, -596, 598, 618, 634, 638, 639, 642, 650, 667.
WANTED.
WANTED-Young couple returning to England in November, désire small furnished FLAT or part of house situated on upper lovel with easy "Writs BaX access to Peak tram. 666, "Hongkong Telegraph."
WANTED.-Wanted to rent long period, large garage near Magazine Gap. Write Box No. 880, "Hongkong Telegraph."
Furnished FLAT wanted from 1st June, 3 ort rooms, flush system, Kow- Particulare to Box No. 662, loon. "Hongkong Telegraph."
POWELL'S
10, Ice House "Street.
Special
Value
IN
SUMMER
PYJAMAS
The question of a landlord's
Shanghai, Apr. 23.
Basle, Apr. 23. In order to prove his loyalty to: Ilability in regard to the use of
The Board of the Bank of Inter- basements, under the. Public. Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, Marshal national Settlements has agreed Health and Buildings Ordinance, Yen Hsi-shan this morning officially to the following appointments: for Chinese Affairs before Mr. was revived in a case before Mr. announced his decision to dispatch Dr. Hulze to be head of the Grantham at the Central Police 80,000 Shansi troops into Eastern banking department and Court this morning, when Kwan Honan, there to be placed under the Deputy Director, Wing-nin, the owner of Nos. 7 and leadership of Marshal Feng in the Signor Pilott! (Italy), to be 23, First Street, West Point, was coming offensive against the Na-Secretary General, summoned for allowing the bare- tionalist forces along the Lung-Hai M. Paul van Zeeland (Belgium), ments of these houses to be used Railway.
to be head of the Securities as a workshop without the written
Marshal Feng is quoted as an-Department, and permission of the Sanitary Board.
M. Paul Quesnay (France) to be Evidence was given by a Sani-nouncing at the Chengchow confer-
He further stated that objection- of
the able photographs, found in a box, tary Inspector in regard to a visit ence that with the exception of 20,- in provisional charge which he made, when he found the 000 Kuominchun Garrison troops Department of Liaison with cen-were left there to be later called for, basements being used as work-which will be left to preserve or-tral banks.
by travelling traders from Canton.
MATSHED WANTED—A! Repulse shops, wherein wooden boxes were der In Kansu and Shenei, all the
A Japanese will be appointed to A fine of $50 was imposed. Kueminchun and Shanghai forces, All the position of head of the being manufactured.
Arrested at about the same timeBay for the coming season. Please consisting of about 200,000 men, exchange department. will be mobilised to attack Na-
as the defendant in the previous Write Box No. 646, "Hongkong Teles
graph." of raids king.
It has been decided that the case, during the series shares of the Bank of Inter-carried out by the police last week,
Settlements will national
a woman hawker, on whose be was issued at par a week after the stall, at Hillier Street, a book was FOR SALE-Side-board Wardrobe ratification of the Young Pact by found which contained improper and Dressing Table all with bevelled
storics. Great Britain and Italy.
mirrors and in excellent condition. Inspector John Murphy, pro- Also different other pieces of furniture As soon as the question of non-secuting, said the Secretary for No. 18, Tee Rouse Street, ground ▪▪▪▪▪▪ German reparations has been Chinese Affairs took a serious view floor. definitely settled, agreements of the case in view of the fact that similar to those between the Bank the woman was a licensed hawker and the seven founder Powers possessing facilities for the dis- will be concluded with Czecho-semination of immoral literature. Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. --Reuter.
The best of the Kuominchun
For the defence, Mr. M. K. Lo argued on the responsibility of the landlord in such cases. He recall- ed, as a parallel instance, a recent cane in which he appeared, before forces, consisting of about 40,000 the other Court, when he had sub-men, will be assigned to the task mitted that it was necessary to of penetrating to Hankow and prove that the landlord had rea- Wuchang, marching down from the sonable means, short of being a Peking-Hankow Railway, while detective, himself, of knowing that 80,000 Shansi forces will attack the a Boor, once condemned as being Nationalist forces along the Lung used for a disorderly purpose, had Hai Railway with Hacchow and again been used by new tenants anally Nanking as their objectives
Marshal Feng has also announced that the attacks against Hankow and Nanking will be simultaneous.
as such.
The appearance of some plain, clothes Kuominchun troops in the vicinity of
On much the same lines, Mr. Lo now again argued that discovery of the basements being used for the purpose complained of was
Hsuchow yesterday not sufficient in itself: it was necessary to show that the fund caused considerable excitement to defenders, who, lord, as quoted in a particular the Nationalist section of the Ordinance "had suf- however, had no difficulty in dis- fered or permitted" the base-persing the invaders. It is be- ments to be used as workshops--in lieved that the latter came from An- other words, that he had knowledge hui and are under of what was going on and had con- Tien-ying. doned in it by "sulfering or per- stressed the mitting." Mr. Lo onus, which he held was on the
prosecution as construed from the interpretation of these two. words, He asked the Beach for a formal ruling on the points raised.
Mr. Grantham said that many which he point were raised with
did not intend to deal, as it was not necessary. The Section quoted had mentioned "sulfer or permit," and he thought it must be shown that the landlord must have known, or, at any rate, had means of knowing that the premises were being used for an unlawful purpose. There was no evidence before the Court on that point, and he must dis-
miss the summons.
Sanitary Inspector Weed asked to be informed on the points on which his Worship required to be satisfied-whether it was
'person-
General Sun
Nanking and Manchuria.
300 MILE TRIAL FOR WOMEN.
LONDON-LAND'S END RUN
FOR A TROPHY.
An all-woman motor trial run from London to Land's End, or Possibilities of an alliance te-ganised by the Women's Auto- tween Nanking and Manchuria in mobile and Sports Club, is among
Mr. Grantham observed that only one book was found in her posses sion, and imposed a fine of $25.
In both cases the indecent matter was confiscated,
EFFECT OF COLD IN SCHOOLS.
MORE PUPILS ABSENT AS TEMPERATURE FALLS.
An interesting report on heating the coming war against the Shansi- the events arranged by women and ventilation in schools by Dr. Karminchun combination are re-motorists for the coming season. H, M. Vernon and Dr. T. Bedford It will start from Slough at mid-has been issued by the Industrial ported from official Nanking sources, which state that General night on May 16, and will be mo-Health Research Board,
delled on the lines of the men's Chang Hsuch-liang.
The absenteeism of 6,312 chil-
the
young
leader of the Manchurian Govern- Motor Cycling Club's Easter trial, iren attending 26 schools, ascer ment. is mobilising live Divisions in which women figure only as pas-tained for a three-year period, was
Manchurian of 25,000
troops to sengers.
lowest (7.6 per cent) at brdinary The fact that women are barred schools with good cross ventila- ruler the Shanhaikwan Pass with the intention of attacking the from competing in the M.C.C. has tion, and highest (10.2 per cent.) Shansi foyees from the rear.
been an additional inducement to at badly ventilated ordinary women to run trials of their own schools, while at floor-heated semi- but the offer of help from many open-air schools it was 8.4 per M.C.C. officials has been gratefully cent.
The reported movement of the Manchurian troops, if true, may have a most important effect upon the military situation in the North and may precipitate the announce men of general attacks on the Kuo- minebun Arny by Nanking.
Chinng's Movements,
accepted.
Men will help as
timekeepers,
"Absenteeism," the report says, routemarkers and observers on is considerably influenced by
emperature,
hills.
for the mean About 300 miles will be covered absenteeism between. November. in the trial, and the route includes and March was 8.9 per cent, in Lynmouth Hill and the notorious chools kept at 63.4 degrees, 11.1 al knowledge" <+ "constructive
Condieting reports concerning the Baggar's Roost, which will be nego- per cent. in those kept at 68.5 de- knowledge," as there was much to
dawn. These hills are trees, and 11.6 per cent, in those be explained between the two. Hethovenints of Marshal Chiang Kai-tiated at also asked for guidance from the sok have been received from Han- rough and very steep, and marks at 55.7 degrees." Bench in view of the many such kow. Sond quarters state that the will be lost for failure to climb cases which would come before the resident urged at Hankow at them. Court from time to time.
His Worship replied that there had been no evidence of knowledge of any wart, On that he would discharge the defendant.
WOMAN'S 37 HOUR WAIT IN QUEUE.
AIM SEEIN IT-A PLAY OF EARLY MEMORIES,
Patience and pertinacity have always been qualifies attributed to North country folk.
A miner's wife from a little
village in Derbyshire has just given evidence of both at them.
10 o'clock this evening, while an
Observation in a school heated y hot water radiators left no Awards will be given for the loubt that the children were too independent repert says that he is motor-cyclists and car drivers mak-old. Hand temperatures below not expected at Hank until furing the best performances, and the 70 degrees ought to be avoided, 75
lock to-morrow morning.
highest number of marks will count legrees or more being desirable towards the Wakefield Trophy, to for the attainment of maximum be awarded to the member of the manual dexterity. W.A.S.A. with the best record in the three important trials of the
Anhui mèss es say that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek pusel there this morning on a Nanking gunboat, but the President's party did not go
ashore.
Nanking Envoys Arrested.
Two representatives of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek have been arrest ed by the Kuominchun authorities in Houan, on the ground that they were rousing the doubtful troops.in Honun against the Kuominchun re- ginte.
escorted by Kominchun troops to| The Nanking envoys have been
Shihchiachwang and it is under-
A1 7.30 one morning she took up stood that Marshal Yen Hai-shan a position outside the pit doors has ordered them to be sent to Pe-
ne
bunal.
of Drury Lane Theatre--a trium-king to be tried by military tri- phant first in a queue which had yet to appear cheerfully pre- pared to wait 37 hours until the doors were opened for the first night of "The Three Musketeers.”
"Ah'm seein' it" was all would say firmly, when questioned by a Daily Chronicle correspondent, Later, however, she thawed, mid explained that "The Three Musketeers" had been her favourite book since childhood.
Indicating the woman siting next to her, she said: "My friend was only two hours after Ee, an' she cums all way from the Isle o' Wight!
SQUALLY WEATHER
me.
The Royal Observatory reports that the depression has deepened and is now central over the Lower Yangtaze Valley. The local fure- cast is: South winds, moderate; squally, generally cloudy.
Confirmation of the reported understanding between the Kwang- si Party and the Kuominchun lend- ers comes from a Hanan report to the effect that the Kuominchun wireless station at Loyang is re- ceiving daily reports from a wire- less station in Kwanes where the anti-Nanking leaders, including Generals Wang Shao-hung and Pei Chung-hsi, are reporting the pro- Kruss of the Kwangsi war daily to their Kuominchun allies.
BRITAIN AND EGYPT.
DISCUSSION IN CAIRO ON THE DEADLOCK.
Cairo, Apr. 23. An Egyptian courier arrived here by air from London last night bringing a memorandum from the Egyptian delegation as regards the present deadlock in the Anglo- Egyptian negotiations,
The public is reminded that prac- the report until two o'clock in the Ministers immediately studied tically all the costumes used in the A.D.C's. recent production of "And morning and then re-discussed the So To Bed" will be sold by auction matter, in the at Messrs. Lammert's rooms to- afternoon to-day. morrow at 2.30 p.m. Many ladies and no doubt also members of the atorner sex will gladly avail them selves of this opportunity of ob- taining striking fancy dresses.
forenoon and
According to Al Mokattam, Egyptian opinion approves of the attitude of the delegation which "cannot abandon Egypt's legal rights in the Sudan."-Reuter,
year.
The most important question nised in the report relates to the substitution of open-air schools Miss Marjorie Cottle, the present for schools of the ordinary type, holder, competed in last year's "If the children are to attain Exeter trial on a tiny motor-cycle, full efficiency at manual work, and made the best performance, such as writing and drawing, and although some of her competitors if absenteeism is to be maintained were driving 20 h.-p. cars. at its lowest figure," states the Other items on the W.A.S.A. pro-report, "it is necessary that the gramme include a sports ball. in schools be kept at a temperature which a motoring pageant will be + much below 80 degrees, and in featured, and an international rally. any case not below 55 degrees.
"Isn't it terrible to have to return to drab reality, after show like that?"
FOR SALE.
PREMISES TO LET.
TO LET.-Six roomed European electric light, gas, flush system, use style HOUSE (the Upper House) of garage and tennis court. Rent $200. Apply Dr. Heanley, Mount Dayla..
TO LET-Bathing shed at stanley beach Apply Box No. 667, caro "Hongkong Telegraph."
TO LET Office Rooms, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building. Apply to Sang Kee, same Building,
A GODOWN at Whitfield Road con- sisting about 2,500 sq. ft. next to Kwong Sang Hong Gliss Factory. Please apply to Kwong Sang Hong
td.
FARMERS UNABLE TO COOK.
DEMAND FOR ENGLISH
HOUSEKEEPERS.
Wives wanted Housekeepers wanted! Come and SKYC sume lonely bachelor farmer from starvation and his loneliness!
This, in brief, is an appeal made, to English girls by the wife of a Canadian farmer, and the appeal) is creating a stir in the minds.of some of Britain's "surplus"- `wo-
men.
interest in the Durham district Sq great; indeed; has been the alone, telegraphs a correspondent, to assist women in their merciful; that official steps may be taken
task of taking care of otherwise uncared for Canadian farmers.
More than 100 letters were re- ceived from women in English agricultural areas, and Councillor Wilkinson, an ex-Mayor of Dur- ham, was asked if he would con- sent to an interview with the La- hour Exchange authorities with a view to the matter being handled Settlement under the Empire scheme.
He has accepted the suggestion, and will discuss the matter short- ly with a woman supervisor of the
Exchanges.
Farmers in Western Canada, says the woman whose appeal hus opened the subject, are in such dire need of housekeepers that,
starving be some of them are cause they cannot cook and have no one to cook for them. They work hard, and have no time left i for attention to culinary mattera, } There have even been cases, she claims, of men actually dying of starvation.
AGED COUPLE OFF TO AMERICA.
GOLDEN WEDDING TRIP TO SEE, CHILDREN.
To celebrate their golden wed. ding with their children in Ame- rica, one of whom they have not seen for 20 years, Mr. and Mrs. John Ambler, of Halifax. ...are making their first Atlantic voyage. They sailed from Liverpool for New York in the Arabie.
Mr. Ambler, who is 70, has been employed as a labourer by the Halifax Corporation for 40 years. He has been granted two months" holiday to allow him to make the trip.
"It was my wife's wish that we should go," Mr. Ambler told a Daily Chronicle" representative be- fore sailing. "We are going to do the thing properly and spend £150 on the trip, but I should not have gone if I had not been able to get off from my work"
Mr. and Mrs. Ambler will first viait a married daughter, whom they have not seen for 20 years, at Rhode Island, and go on to Spring field, Mass., to join a son and daughter.
Price
$5.95
per suit.
Made from an excellent quality Cambric in plain White, Cream, Grey, Blue, Heliotrope, also many colours in fancy stripe designs.
Priced at $5.93 per sult they offer the utmost value obtainable.
We allow 10% discount for Cash.
Cut on full, free lines with half Sleoves and Knee Length Drawers, they are ideal for Summer Wear, B. V. D. Sleeping Suits $4.95
With Long Sleeves and full Length Trousers $7.50 per sult.
CRETONNES
INSPECTION INVITED.
A NEW RANGE OF MODERN DESIGNS FOR WINDOW DRAPERIES AND LOOSE COVERS,
ARTIFICIAL SILKS,
IN GORGEOUS RAINBOW EFFECTS.
ARTS & CRAFTS
LIMITED.
UNCORPORATED IN HONGKONG.)
1-3, Wyndham St. (5. C♫ M, P. Bldg,) = Tal.' G. 4175.
Majesty
THEATRE
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY af 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
ADOLPHE MENJOU
Serenade
PARAMOUNT PICTURE
Menjou, irresistible, sa
a musican who achievo.
world fame because of a beautiful
girl's inspiration-and who, when he has reached the top, forgets her! Down,
down, down does he go until-but that's where "Serenade" proves to be more than "Just another movie !"
Two more sloops of the same They wore the Penzance and the They will have covered 7,000 type as the Bridgewater and Sand- Hastings the naming ceremonies miles by the time they return to wich, now serving on the China being performed by the Hon, Alice
Station, were floated out of the Brand, sister of Admiral the Hom England.
dock at Devonport on April 10. Sir Hubert Brand.