LOCAL AVIATION
ENTERPRISE.
AMERICAN COMPANY OPENS
IN HONGKONG.
PLANES FOR CANTON.
THE INDIA FEDERAL
UNION PLAN.
Kamanga
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empowered to secure the enact ment of such legislative measures as may be essential for the dis-
charging of his responsibilitica on these subjects. The Sub- Committee anticipated that in the
Ite event of
becoming посеаалгу to use these powers, ordinarily do so without consulting the Governor-General would not his Ministers, even though the re
would be his. Mr. A.W.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1931.
COUNTERFEIT COIN POSSESSION.
TWO WOMEN SENTENCED AT KOWLOON.
SHOPS VICTIMISED.
PAYMENT OF TAXES IN CANADA.
LIBERIAN SLAVE SCANDAL,
UNDERTAKING TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
COUNTER-MEASURES.
Further local developments in aviation are foreshadowed by the LE. Gale and Company, Fed, Inc., opening up in Hongkong of the and Hankow U.S.A considerable Aviation Interests which is well sponsibility for any action taken on charges of having uttered four the taxation references of Sir Henry Government accepts the principlò
company.
A
Constitutional Rights.
tranquillity in any part of India. Members of the Public Services must be secured in any right guar- anteed to them by the Constitution, and it is agreed for this purpose that the Governor-General must have special powers.
Chan Kai-tal, shop foki of 18, Tal Kou Ling Street, said the two defendants came to the shop on Sunday and bought four pairs of cloga. They tendered sixty cents in ten-cent pieces. They went away, but the first defendant ro- turned later and bought two more
that
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C. P. R. PRESIDENT ANSWERS C. NR. OFFICIAL.
"The figures quoted by the pre- sident of the Canadian National Railways in respect of the taxes pald by the Canadian Pacific Rall- way Company during the years Two women named Cheung 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 fall very
Geneva, an. 12. Mo and Chan Mut respectively, far short of telling the whole Nations has issued a copy of a let- The Secretariat of the League of
Kowloon Magistracy this morning, Pacific Railway, in commenting on stating were brought by Sub-Inspector story," said E. W. Benity, chairman Eleton before Mr. Buttore, at the and president of the Canadian Charge D'Affaires
ter received from the Liberian at Geneva, the Liberian counterfeit ten-cent pieces and of Thornton in his address before the of the recommendations of the In- known in the North.
possession. Summers, formerly connected with
Toronto Board of Trade Club re-ternational Commission of Inquiry, The first defendant
also cently. Wis Messrs. Thos. Cook and Son, Regarding the subjects in the ad- charged with possession of three "It was stated by the speaker,"
and undertakes to apply them "to Limited, and who was the first ministration on which the Gov-counterfiet ten-cent pieces with in- Mr. Beatty continued, that the the full extent of its resources,” Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong | ernor-General would act on the tent to utter, and the second de federal, provincial, and municipal
-Router. Flying Club, has been placed in advice of his Ministers, it is gon-pendant with possession of eleven taxes paid by the Canadian National charge of the South Ching head-orally agreed that in the last resort counterfeit ten-cent pieces with in- during these four years amounted
Strong Press Comment. - quarters for the Company's Avia- he must be responsible for the ar, tent to utter.
London, Jan. 12. to $18,709,000, or an amount only tion Division, his offices being rangements for securing peace and
$9,000,000 less than that paid by Commission of Enquiry Into the The report of the International located on the top floor of Union
the Canadian Pacific. While it existence of slavery and forced Building.
may be possible that the figures labour in the Republic of Liberia, The Aviation Division is under
were intended to be confined to in given much prominence in the supervision of Mr. G. W. Brophy,
taxes paid in respect of raliway newspapers. The report shows that United States transport pilot, who
operations only, the fact is that dur. this Negro Republic has been: has had many years of experience in
ing this period the Canadian Pacific tolerating, in the Commissioners aviation in Mexico, Central
actually paid in taxes of all classes terms, "conditions of criminal com- America and the United States.
In the sphere of finance, the Sub-pairs, paying twenty-five cents in over $31,400,000, or anoroximately pulsion scarcely Committee regarded
distinguishable as a funds three ten-cent pieces. She was $12,500,000, instead of $3,000,000, from slave-raiding and slave trad- mental condition of success of the given five cents change. After more than the figure given for the
ing " new Constitution that по room she had gone, witness discovered Canadian National. Of the total The Times saysThe repart should be left for doubts as to the that six ten-cen pleces were bad amount paid by the Canadian exposes a maladministration ability of India to maintain her and three were good. He ran out Pacific, $30,700,000 was paid in cruel and so corrupt, and the ex- financial stability, both at home into the street and saw the two de Canadian taxes, whereas a consider-ploitation of antive workers by and abroad.
fendants and asked them to changeable portion of the Canadian Na- their Negro masters so scandalous the six ten-cent pieces which they tional taxes are paid in the United and go shameless, that the civilized It would, therefore, be neces- did.
States. The actual difference in world will not be satisfied until ef- sury to reserve to the Governor-
Leung Tung, foki of a grocery the Canadian taxation is, therefore, fective measures have been taken to General such essential powers as shop in 14, Nga Tein Wai Road, very marked,
substitute a system of justice for would enable him to intervene said that on Sunday Inst the twe "The published figures of the this reign of brute force, and to if methods were being pursued defendants came to the shop and Dominion Bureau of Statistics establish decent conditions of la- which would prejudice India in each purchased some articles. They show that the taxes paid in connex bour. The method by which the the money markets of the world, paid for each article they bought an ion with rail operations in Canada desired introduction of reforma
it was delivered. The money was were: Canadian Pacific, $21,865,- can best be effected, is rather de The Sub-Committee recommend received by the accountant He 000, Canadian National, $18,615,-llcate and a difficult international that efforts should be made to es- did not see the money they tender- 000. The Canadian National has a question. Liberia is a member of With business connexions estab-tablish on a sure foundation, and ed.
greater mileage in Canada by 0,700 | the League of Nations. These af- lished over A large aren, the free from any political influence, na
The accountant of the shop, Wan miles. The Canadian taxes per mile fairs are at the same time consider establishment of mail and passen-early as possible, a Reserve Bank Kam-pui, said that each of the de-of Hno for each system (rail opera-ed in Washington to be a peculiar ger routes running to schedule entrusted with this management of fendants tendered two ten-centtions only), are: Canadian Pacific, concern of the United States, and will be welcomed by business men currency, and exchange. With the pieces ench for the eggs they $384.81 per mile, and the Canadian the attitude of the State Depart in China, as they will be in much same object, provisions should be bought. He gave them back nine National, $170.18 per mile, exclud- ment in Washington is thus clearly closer touch with sub-agencies, made for the introduction of a Bill cents. They each tendered twoing eastern lines which extend cast of Immediate importance. branches and Important centres in dealing with coinage.
ten-cent pieces na they bought the of Quebec into the Maritimes, or In the meantime, the British Go- the interior.
other articles and were given their $162.2 per mile including eastern vernment has entored considera- change back. Each of them lines.
tion of the report as an.Item on the gave four ton-cent pieces. "Since the Inception of the agenda of the League Council at pieces to another customer who Canadian Pacific has paid on this national diplomacy will have to be Witness gave two of the ten-cent Federal Income Tax (1916), the Its forthcoming session, Inter- drew his attention to the fnet account alone $26,471,197,
circumspect as well as resolute, in that they were counterfeit. He "I have never heard it suggested order to ensure that national sus then called his foki and told him that the Canadian National Rail- ceptibilities do not hamper the ac- to run after the two women. The ways do not pay provincial or munition which the united opinion of With this exception, there be defendants were brought back to cipal taxes, though their federal civilization will demand."British would no difference between the the shop and handed them over to taxes must aggregate very little." Wireless, Finance Minister and any other a Chinese detective. Minister, and with regard to taxa-
After further evidence, the frat tion and fiscal policy he would be re-defendant said that she received sponsible.
The expansion of aircraft deve lopment in China within recent years is notable, evidence of this being found in the number of machines which took part in the recent uprising in the North, but with the cessation of hostilities commercial enterprise is taking a hand, and more and more atten- tion is being directed to the peace- ful branch of flying. China pre- sents an extremely inrgo field for transport by air because of the very meagre transport facilities avaliable by rail and water routes, and those air lines already in existenco give promise of much ex- tension in the future.
A welcoming hand in extended to Mr. Summers, for his success
The Sub-Committee were further agreed that the services of a loan for adequate provision for salaries may indirectly mean much in the under the guarantees given by the and pensions of persons appointed way of facilitating business operations and communications in Secretary of State should be secur- China. The L. E. Gale Company ed, along with special requirements, have offices at Shanghai, Hankow, aya Consolidated Fund Charge. Tientsin and Chungking, and they
Fiscal Policy. are representatives in the Far East for the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, the Detroit Aircraft Corporation, the Waco Aircraft Company, the Glenn I. Martin Company and the Warner Aircrft Corporation.
the
the coins among some change
The Sub-Committee recognised from a cloth seller, and together The Company has sold and de- that it may be difficult under exlat with the second defendant she livered over 75 aeroplanes in lesa
ing conditions to set up a Reserve went to pass the coins on to others. than two yoara. Recently an Bank immediately, and therefore They did not know the coins were agreement was entered into for the special provision will be necessabad until the clog seller Informed Company to supply six Waco in the meantime to secure to Billitary Typo aeroplanes, powered Governor-General adequate control them of the fact. with 240 h.p. engines, and two Model B-5 Ryan
commercial machines, to the Canton Aviation Bureau. Both the Ryans are, at present, engaged, on the Canton. Wuchow air line, under the super- vision of the Canton Government.
LOCAL ESTATES.
PROBATE AND LETTERS ..
ADMINISTRATION,
WOA
DEATH OF MR, WM. R. BARR.
PASSES AWAY AT GOVT. CIVIL HOSPITAL
It is with sincere regret that we Mr. Bullers convicted the de- have to chronicle the death of Mr. of monetary policy and currency.
They assume also that the Gov-fendants on the first charge and William Robert Barr, who passed ernor-General will continue to have sentenced them to four months' away at the Government Civil the right of refusing assent
to each.
The first defendant was Hospital last evening trom tuber- legislative measures and of return-discharged on the second count culosis. The deceased, who
was ing any Bill for consideration, and, and the second defendant sentenc only 28 years of age, was a son of subject to any instructions issued ed to four months'
Mr. John Barr, who was for many the years with the Hongkong and China Gas Co., Ltd., at West Point and Kowloon
concurrent
to the Governor-General, that the with the first sentence on existing powers as to reservations second count against her! and this allowance will remain.
In the event of a breakdown of the Constitution, adequate powers must be entrusted with the Gov. ernor-General for the purpose of enabling the King's Government to be carried on.
Legislature Issue,
SIXTEEN RUNNERS
FINED.
ONE FISHED OUT OF THE HARBOUR.
STAGNANT SCOTLAND.
new in
in
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the two countries is so dispro- portionate. The peak of this exodusa was reached in 1923, when 46,343 persons sailed from the Clyde for the United States and 29,070 for Canada.
How the South has benefited at the expense of the North exemplified in the case of South- and ampton. The rise. to fuma prosperity of this important ses- port has all taken place in the last ten years. It has now B The late Mr. Barr, who came to population closely approaching Hongkong with his father as a 200,000, whereas just affor the war small boy, was educated at the it had barely 150,000. Southamp Blocesan Boys School, and later ton has seized Its opportunities he entered the piece-goods depart- with both hands and has gone on ment of Messra. Jardine, Mathe-developing its dock accommoda- Family bequests are contained in
son and Company. He then left tion. By 1931 the first section the will of the late Mr. Cecil Percy
In regard to the Legislature, the
their employment and went Home of a new scheme to double the Dawson, retired from the Chinese Sub-Committee proceed
to Yorkshire in order more closely present quayage will be opened. on the Maritime Customs, late of No. 100, basis there will be two Chambers house runners were brought be-ness. On returning to Hongkong, south and from east to
No fewer than sixteen boarding-to study the the piece-goods busi- In all Scotland, from north to Avenue du Rol Albert, Shanghalan Upper House, or Senate, fore the Hon. Commdr, G. F. Hole, he joined Messrs.
west. Hughes and there may be said to be not more who died at Shanghai on November comprising 150 members, and a at the Marine Court this morning Hough, auctioneers, with whom he than six places which can claim 12, 1930, feaving Hongkong estate Lower House comprising 200 mem- for boarding the President Pierce remained for some years, and in the distinction of a quick increase to the value of $10,500. Re-scaling bers.
yesterday without permission from 1924 he resigned his position with in population due to of certified copy of probate has been granted to Mr. D..J. Lewis, of
As to the qualification of mom the mager or the officer on duty. this firm and proceeded Homo dustries. Ballachulish and Kin
All pleaded guilty. Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Mas-bers of the Upper House, it fa
again.
Jochleven were founded for the Sub-Inspector Munro informed
came Subsequently, he ter, who is attorney for the widow, suggested that a principle similar
East manufacture of aluminium, and to those in force for the Council of his Worship that the defendants again, proceeding to Shanghai na a' within the last year Inverlochy, Pauline Louise Dawson, State should apply in British Pierce had been made fast along to the unsettled state of trade, he with that of hydro-electric crore, hal. The late Mr. Dawson
got on board before the President manufacturers' ngent, but, owing which combines this industry formerly of Victoria, Canada, Indin, and that the States should aide Kowloon Wharf. The pollee gave up this position and joined for a wide area in the Highlande,
Chung Lam, formerly employed take mensures to ensure the al a conductor by the Tramvay appointment of man of similar were called and the defendants the Linotype and Machinery Com- are illustrations of what can be were accordingly arrested. One of pany in Shanghal, in whose em- done to build up new communities. Company of Manila, who died in-standing. The Committee testate at No. 18, Yunnan Lane, gest that the Provincial Legislu- ing overboard, but he was taken
Bug them attempted to escape by jump-ployment he remained.
Inchinnan in Renfrewshire is an- Yaumati, on or about July 16, 1930, tures should elect members to the out of the water into custody.
Owing to reasons of health, the other place of mushroom growth. left local estate worth $3,200. Senate by
late Mr. Barr recently decided to There the manufacture of rubber single transforuble Letters of administration have been vote and that a fixed proportion of ench, with the exception of four hope of recuperating, but unfortun- portions that a new factory"
The defondants were fined $10 make a trip to Australia, in the tyres has assumed such pro- granted to the widow, Chung Tauf- members of the Senate be aht, living at the Yunnan Lane placed at regular periods.
ro who had appeared before on the ately his condition becure worse
same offence. One had served and on the ship's arrival in Hong- houses for operatives are being address.
being constantly
added, and The term of the Lower Chamber three months and the maximum kong on December 2nd last he had built as quickly as workmen can Local estate to the value of $1,000 members should be five years, fine of $50 was imposed on this to be removed to the Government put them together. was left by the late Mrs. Margaret unless the Legislature were dis defendant, while the other Broaddus, missionary, who died at solved Hooner by the Governor were fined $25 each.
three Civil Hospital, where he remained
Scotland needs more of these the Matilda Hospital on January 31, General.
a patient until his death last oven-
new Industries, for all too many 1930. Letters of
ing. have been granted to her husband
Difference of Opinion. bare sitting together. The Sub-The deconsed gentleman was of of the old industries are stagnant Mr. Emmett Lackey Broaddus, As regards the distribution of Committes are of the opinion that a very genial disposition and was and may never revive. The de In our population ia also a missionary, Ilving at No, 25, seats, there was a difference of some means should be devised extremely popular amongst all who crea
opinion in the Committee, as also whereby, in the interests of alabi- enjoyed his friendship. He did primarily due to that fact.
W. M. on the method of election, whether ity, an adverse vote should not on woll at school and was an excellent. direct or Indireet. Subject to any overy occasion involva resignation. Chinese scholar. He was, more- Two electric moter pumps, valued decisions of the Conference, placen
Task Nearly Over.
over, a talented muslcan and a man at $70, were stolen yesterday from should
marked organising ability. *be found for
The Round Table Conference is well-known and the basement of No. 65 and 67, minorities if possible in both expected to end Ite task this week. amongst the younger set in Hong- greatly liked Wonguelchong Road. They wore Chambers, and certainly in the It has been provisionally arranged the property of X. B. Lee, a build- Lower Chamber for the depress to hold a full mosting of the Con- kong, his death at such an early WARRANT ISSUED FOR Ing contractor, and his fokis. are ed classes, Indian Christiane, ference in committee on Thursday much sympathy will be felt for his age will be deeply regretted, and
EMBEZZLEMENT.----- suspected of having been the Europeans, Anglo-Indians, land and Friday, and a Plenary Ses-parents and alster, who reside at culprits.
lords, commercial representatives slon on the latter day, when the Bingley, in Yorkshire.
Falling to appear before Mr. Williams at the Central Police Bill Melhorn and Bobby Cruick-both European and Indian, and Prime Minister will make a speech The funeral will, it is expected. Court this morning to answer shank, the noted American golfors,
Labour.
outlining the Government's pro- take place to-morrow (Wednesday), charge of embezzlement of $0.20, arrived in the Colony this morning greater stability to the Executive, measure
For the purpose of securing posals, to be ambodied in a passing the Monument at & p.m. Cheung Chak-pul, a clerk formerly and were met by Col. Matthews, the suggestion was made, and Parliament.
for presontation to
employed by Messrs. A. S. Watson Secretary of the Golf Club. They found large support, that Minie-
& Co. had his bail of $1,000 estrent- ara to meet in an exhibition match
The delegates expect to say Mr. William E. Scotten, Ameri-ed, and a warrant for his arrest at Fanling to-morrow afternoon, an tore should not be compelled to farowall ond to another next can Vice-Contul, arrived here by was lasted, attraction which is sure to appeal resign unless there was an adverse Monday at the latest---British the s.s. President Pierce, en route to all golf enthusiasts.
I voto of two-thirds of both Cham-1 Wireless.
to his post at Sairbanta
administration
Po Kong Road, Kowloon City..
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of
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CLERK FAILS TO APPEAR.
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Mr. H. C. Macnamara," appeared for the complainants.
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