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THE LOVE PARADE'
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1930.
CANTON STRIKE
DISPUTE.
COAL MERCHANTS OBJECT TO ARBITRATION AWARD.
DESIRE REVISION.
Canton, Aug. 7. Apparently there has been some misunderstanding regarding the settlement of the coal lighters' strike.
Yesterday it was reported that the Board of Arbitration under Mr. Hau Sung-ching, Commis- sioner of Civil Affairs to the Pro- vincial Government; had settled the strike between the lighter men and the coal merchants by in- creasing the lighteruge from Whampoa to Canton by 4 cents a ton, and the lighterage in Canton harbour limits by 2 cents a ton. It was reported that both sides had agreed to the decision of the Board of Arbitrators and that the lightermen would therefore resume work immediately.
It now appears that the majority of the coal merchants of Canton have refused to abide by the decision of the arbitrators and are petitioning the Board of Arbitration to revise their decision. The coal merchants in sist that the lighter owners cannot be classed as labourers and that, therefore the Provincial Government cannot enforce an arbitration which was meant primarily for the settlement of strikes and
disputes between
ployers and labourers, To the casual observer un- acquainted with the exact condi- tions of the coal trade here, it would seem that the coal mer- chants are behaving unreasonably. The lightermen have asked for il considerable increase in lighterage fees, and the Board of Arbitration has only granted them a small part of the amount asked. Nevertheless, the lightermen have agreed to the proposal of the Board of Arbitrators and it would scem that the coal merchants should be prepared to make some small concessions in order to settle a dispute which has been outstanding so long. After all, four cents a ton is not a very important increase. Our Own Correspondent.
THREE MORE OPIUM CARRIERS.
ONE MAN WITH SPECIAL
WAISTCOAT.,
Before Mr. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy this morning, Revenue Officer Grimmitt charged a Chinese with unlawful posses sion of 84 taels of raw opium con- cealed in a specially-constructed waistcoat: The man was arrested
HOTEL CECIL NOW A BEGGING MONK
VANISHING.
DEMOLITION OF A FAMOUS BUILDING.
OFFICES ON SITE.
CAUTIONED.
GARB DOES NOT JUSTIFY
SEEKING ALMS.
COLLECTED FOR SELF:
When charged before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, a Chinese monk, who was accused of begging, stated that he was.collecting money on behalf of a charitable institution and also to enable him to return to the country.
The defendant was asked if he could produce his account book showing the subscriptions he had collected, but was unable to do so.
London, Aug. 7. Demolition work has begun on the universally-known Hotel Cecil in the Strand which was recently sold to make way for a mammoth office building. ` Two hundred men have been employed to carry out the task in the seventeen weeks. They are working night and day and even the foundations of the hotel are being uprooted.-Reuter, |
The Hotel Cecil occupies a site of about two and a half acres It was stated that the defendant facing the Strand and overlooking had walked into the Yaumati Po- the Thames-Embankment. It is lice Station to beg for alma. When one of the most famous hotels in searched after his arrest, $20 were London. In the seventeenth cen- found on him. tury the site was occupied by the town residence of the Cecil family and during the war the hotel was used as the headquarters of the Royal Air Force. When negotin- tions for the sale were proceeding it was stated that the purchase price would be in the neighbour- hood of £1,500,000.
The hotel was bought by Shell Mex Ltd. In January a start was made with the dismissal of the staff. The total staff numbered between 500 and 600 and was gradually depicted as the various departments of the hotel closed down. Guests vacated their rooms at the end of February but the banquetting department, con- tinued to operate, until the end of April.
The entire contents of the hotel were sold by auction beginning on May 6 by Messrs. Knight, Frank and Rutley. The sale lasted for, three weeks and com- prised 11,835 lots.
R.101 GETTING READY.
FLIGHT TO INDIA TO BE MADE NEXT MONTH.
His Worship held that the de- fendant had been begging for his own benefit and commented that because the accused was wearing the clothes of a monk he must not think he was entitled to beg.
His Worship registered a caution. In the case of a mendicant who was arrested in Nathan Road; it was stated that the defendant was arrested on the complaints of re sidents of the district.
The defendant was stated to have been wearing a bandage on his arm and another. on his leg, but in
neither case was he suffering from any injury, the bandages be- ing a mere deception,
The defendant was fined $5 or seven days' hard labour in default,
MOTOR LEARNER CAUTIONED.
EUROPEAN WHO DROVE IN WRONG AREA.
Mr. H. Marriott, of the Kowloon Docks, was summoned before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning for driving a motor car on the Castle Peak Road which was not specified сп his learner's licence.. A Chinese driver was also summon- ed for allowing Mr. Marriott to
IMPROVEMENT PLANS. drive on a road not mentioned on
London, Aug. 7. While the airship R.100 is in Canada, work is proceeding on the preparation of the R.101 for her fight to India, which takes place next month.
the licence.
It was intimated that the motor while the Chinese driver was car belonged to Mr. Marriott,
teaching him. The car was being driven on the Castle Peak Road instead of in Waterloo Road. Since the offence, however, Mr. Marriott had been examined and had passed his driving test,
The R.101 has Diesel oil engines and is the slower of the two ships, but she is being equipped with Mr. Marriott produced his. two new engines out of her com- learner's licence and pointed out plement of five, and these, it is that according to an endorsement hoped, will improve her manoeuvr- on the back he was entitled to ing capacity and provide a cruising drive anywhere between
7 p.m. speed of sixty miles an hour. and 10 p.m. whereas the offence A meteorological investigation took place at 6.20 p.m. Therefore at the Ping On Wharf. He plead-indicates the existence of an he was merely somewhat too early, ed guilty and was fired $2,500 or almost permanent north-west wind The breach had been committed
current in the Middle East and the unintentionally. R.101 is likely to follow the northern course after leaving Ismailia, while the return journey from Karachi as far as Egypt will follow the southerly route over the Indian Ocean.
six months.
Another Chinese was charged with having unlawful possession of 20 taels of prepared oplumu. The man was arrested in Wing Lok Street with the opium tied round his legs. He was fined $3,000 or six months.
The same officer charged an other Chinese, who was arrested in Des Voeux Road with 30 taels of prepared opium tied round his lers.
A fine of $4,000 was imposed, or, in default, eight months.
WRONG SIDE, OF THE ROAD.
MOTORIST WHO WAS IN A HURRY.
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A new bay amidship is being added to the R.101 and this is expected to increase her lift- British Wireless.
KOWLOON FIGHTS. CUSTOMER INJURED WITH A CHOPPER,
His Worship remarked that it. was not a serious incident and cautioned both defendants.
FLANNEL DANCE.
ENJOYABLE FUNCTION AT
THE Y.M.C.A.
Favoured with ideal conditions, the third of the monthly series of open-air flannel dances, organised by the Social Committee of the European Y.M.C.A., and held last 'night on the tennis courts, was another big success, some hundred dancers Indulging in a programme of popular and novelty events.
Several fights of a minor char. acter, although in some cases the participants were admitted to hos-
The courts were converted into pital for treatment, were mention- ed before Mr. Whyte Smith at the delightful scene by the arrange- ment of national flags, fairy lights Kowloon, Magistracy this morning.
In one case it was stated that and pot plants, and the comforts during a dispute over the difference of the dancers were fully attended in the price of a chopper, the ven- dor struck the purchaser across the Shanghai Hotels again supplied The band of the Hongkong and hand with the weapon; inflicting a nasty though not serious wound to his wrist.
Mr. J. R. Parry, the owner of car No. 2228, was summoned be fore Mr. Lindsell, at the Central Police Court this morning, for overtaking another car on his left. The offence was stated to have oc- curred in Queen's Road East at 4,60 p.m. on July 30th.
His Worship (to defendant):-pensation. | Why did you do it?
Mr. Parry:He was holding to the centre of the road, presumably going stright. I wished to pass him. I was in a hurry, so I pass- ed him on the left.
The Magistrate:-Fined; five dollars.
CEMENT COMPANY
CAPITAL.
FIRST STEP IN SCHEME OF REORGANISATION.
The assailant was fined $10 and ordered to pay his victim $5 com-
Two instances were mentioned in which some of the men engaged in fights were in hospital and would not be discharged until Monday. These cases were accordingly re- manded until then.
DROUGHT RELIEF IN AMERICA.
PERSONAL DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT.
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the music, and Mr. G. W. E. True, as master of ceremonies, played his part in the enjoyment and success of the evening. Novelty dances included the tag, card dance and Paul Jones, all of which proved very enjoyable.
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The number of aliens who enter- ed and left the United Kingdom last year was considerably greater than that of the previous year. Accord- ing to statistics issued by the Sec- retary of State for the Home De- partment, the number of aliens who came in in 1929 was 457,414, com- pared with 439,419, in 1928, and those who left it, 449.745, against 432,853. These statistics refer to Washington, Aug. 7. separate entries and departures, Preparations to extend rief to that is to say, they take separate the drought suffering nation are account of the many visits of busi- proceeding apace under the person-ness men and others during the al direction of President Hoover. period under review. Last year Reports pouring in here indicate 3,963 aliens arrived for the purpose that the damage as a result of the of entering Universities, or other drought, will reach two million educational establishments. The dollars unless the rains come soon. year witnessed no marked difference A reduction in railway freight in the number of aliens from any rates on hay fodder to the cattle particular country; there was a is being made on new shares, while breeding areas is contemplated and slight increase in the number of French and Scan- Final arrangements have not yet port of livestock to the unaffected dinvians who arrived; and a slight the old shares will be paid back. there is a possibility of free trans- Germans, been made, but will be announced grazing lands. Reuters American falling off in the arrivals from
Japan.
Complete re-organisation of the capital of the Green Island Cement Co., Ltd., is contemplated and a call of $4 per share has been made upon all members holding shares upon which only $1 per share has been paid.
The Company states that the call
in the course of a few days.
Service.
ALL TALKING MOVIETONE
Another great Movietone offering by William "Fox Pa, ma and their young 'troubles", the children, in humanly dramatic hig aituations. Made from that. great stage play. Family Upstairs.".
"The
Harmony Gat Home
AT THE
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Directed by Kamilton McFadden
with William Collier, Sr. Marguerite Churchill,
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**THE SHAKE DOWN"
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