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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920.

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59-61 Des Voeux Road Central,

.HONGKONG.

TO-DAY'S

LA TELEFIRANES

GENERAL OFFICE 1865.

ALEX BRANGK

S*** Ro Enarson Rain,

BRICK WEST POINT BENCH 1345

WORK SHOP

CABLES.

(Rexter's Service to the China Mail)

MESOPOTAMIA.

STILL MORE TROUBLE IN KURDISTAN.

POLITICAL OFFICER KILLED

APPEAL DISMISSED.

THE KUNG, HONG CÁVE

THE CHINA MAIL.

POPULAR INSPECTOR.

LEAVES FOR HOME.

SIXTEEN YEARS IN BONGKONG.

SERIOUS ASSAULT.

TOUGH WHO USED HAMMER.

ONLY SIX WEEKS.

The Hongkong Police Force has

another valued member by the have been employed by a Chinese The "tough" who was alleged to Barture at noon to-day, on the ss. Kalyan," of Sub-Inspector James assistant because the latter had barber in West Point to assault his Hedge, who is retiring on well earned started a rival business next door service in the Force. Inspector by Magistrate Hutchison on à charge pension after sixteen years' faithfu

was yesterday afternoon convicted Hedges, Ive daw Fong yeng of voluntarily causing soleyous body 15, 1904, He saw four years' service hurt, and sentenced to six weeks

imprisonment with hard labour.

was for the defence.

Mr. C. F. Mason appeared for the prosecution, while Mr. B..L Polter

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THIS MORNING'S JUDGMENT.

The Full Court of Appe ing of the Acting Chief F Justice Gompertz, Mr. Justi. Turner, and Mr. Justice Wood judgment in the appeal of Fons Yeung Chau (appellants) and Wong Lam Sang and Chan Tse Ring (respondents), in which the apat the front.

A very popular man, Inspector pellants asked that the judgment în this action given on June 16th 1920 colleagues who gave him a right Hedge was much esteemed by his be set aside and that a new trial bej royal send off. had on the grounds that the verdict Among the many difficult cases was contrary to the weight of the Inspector Hedge has tackled during evidence and that since the date of his connection with the Force, the the judgment it had come to the Mee Cheong Studio robbery and the knowledge of, the appellants that the motor. bandits, both of which are steamship Kung Hong was attached quite recent, will be best remem- by the Magistrate of the Hoi Fung bered In both these cases district, in the province of Kwang Inspector Hedge took a prominent tung, prior to the date of alleged part and it was through his untiring agreement for sale and the respon efforts that the studio robber and at. dents have shown that sach evidence | least one of the bandits were brought could not under reasonable exertion to justice. For this notable service; have become known to the appellants, Inspector Hedge was recently award- prior to the date of the said judgment,ed the Police medal We join with and that Mr. Justice Gompertz improbis friends and colleagues in wishing perly admitted in evidence in this ac Inspector Hedge a bon voyage and tion evidence to the effect that there the best of luck! spondents. were entitled as principals into claim on a Chinese document dated January 10 1919, which was signed by Chan Tse Hang in which he was described as owner of the

Kang Hong."

LONDON, August 18." The Times correspondent at Teheran states that the situation Mesopotamia is not improving. The line of communication in Persia has been completely interrupted. Bakuba, 30 miles from Bagdad has been looted- It is reported that Colonel Leachman, a well known political officer, was killed at Feluja. An attempt was made to murder s political officer at Ersil 50 miles from Mosul, indicating a recrudescence of trouble in Kurdistan.

POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED.

LONDON, August 16. Alarming reports having reached London. via Paris, that the situation ia, Mesopotamia is becoming worse and that the rebels are trying to encircle Baghdad, Reuter learns that the position last week was admittedly serious, but more recent reports indicate a general substantial improvement, Radway communications between Baghdad and Persia, Baghdad and Hillah, and Baghdad and Mosul have been restored."

AN UGLY INCIDENT.

GERMAN CROWD ATTACKS FRENCH CAVALRY.

BERLIN, August 18.

In the Court below the respondents; were defendants in an action brought by Wong Lam Sang and Chac Tio: Hing in respect to the purchase of the ship Kung Hong, running between alleged that the defendants agreed Hongkong and Shan MI, Plaintiffs to purchase the vessel for $76,000 but failed to do so, thereby causing plaintiffs to suffer damages to the extent of $21547.

.

AMERICAN CONSULATE.

HE ANDERSON NOT COMING BACK.

GONE TO ROTTERDAM.

has received a letter from Mr. George The American Consulate General E. Anderson, Consul General, to the effect that he has been ordered to Rotterdam for duty. While no de- The judgment was for the plaintiff.finite assignment of Mr. Anderson to Mr. W. H. Drummond, instructed another post than Hongkong has been by Mr. W. B. Hind, appeared for the made by the State Department it is appellant, and Mr. Eldon Potter and indicated that he will not return to Mr. F. C. Jenkin instructed by Mr. the Far East. The Consulate Gene- G. R. Haywood, for the respondents.ral at Hongkong has no information

In the course of his judgment the as to a successor. Acting Chief Justice said the first ground of the appeal was that the

in the Court below was against, the finding in favour of the respondents

weight of the evidence. He had

Crowds at Kattowitz in 'Silesia demonstrating against the Russo-Polish war, attacked French cavalry killing a trooper, The French replied with machine guns and grenades, killing nine and wounding twenty-six rioters.listened very carefully to the argu The police refused duty and the crowd besieged the police stations in order to obtain arms. The French ultimately withdrew from the streets.

STREETS BARRICADED.

BERLIS, August 18.

ment for the appellant but he was unable to alter the findings

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

of fact at which he arrived in the LBY COURTESY "HONGKONG DAILY Court below. His Lordship formed

a very pror opinion of the appellant's box and had occasion to caution. candour when he was in the witness

was

PRESS."]

Subsequent to the sanguinary encounter at Kattowitz, the people paraded the streets singing "Wachtam Rhein." They then sent a deputa-him more than once that unless he tion to the inter-Allied Commission at Kattowitz at 11 o'clock in the night would return a straightforward an requesting the disarmament and withdrawal of the occupation troops.swer to a plain question it The French colonel emphatically declined and the crowd's anger increased. appellant's case on this grounding retrenchment of Government De-

bound to tell against him. At 1 o'clock in the morning there was uninterrupted rifle fre. Hand failed. grenade explosions were audible. It is reported that a French officer was then addressing the crowd. The Vossische Zeitung later reports that French troops barricaded all the streets of Kattowitz,

"COUNCIL OF ACTION."

REPRESENTATIVES FORCED TO LEAVE-FRANCE

PARIS, August 18. Messrs. Adamson and Gosling departed for Britain this evening after a day's sojourn in Paris.

When lunching in a boulevard cafe the. Police Commissary intimated that if they had not left by this evening an expulsion order would be issued. The delegates subsequently visited the Interior and Foreign Offices with a view to obtaining permission to prolong their stay. Permission was refused.

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN AMERICA.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, August 18. The House of Representatives ratified the women's suffrage amendment which the State Senate passed last week, Tennessee being the 36th. Siste in favour of the measure. This makes the Bill valid which Congress already passed giving women the federal vote..

THE

“NANKING."

NEW UPPER DECK.

IMPROVED VENTILATING SYSTEM.

A new upper deck was built on the China Mail steamship, "Nanking" while she was docked at San Fran cisco before her present homeward

voyage.

A HOLD UP.

JUDGE VERSUS CRACKERS.

A SUPREME COURT EPISODE.

RETRENCHMENT IN DEPART- MENTAL STAFFS.

PERING, Aug. 18. The A Mandate is being issued order- On the ground that fresh evidence fartmental Staffs, by the elimination had been obtained by the appellant of "men of indifferent ability holding since the date of the judgment His concurrently several posts. Lordship commented on the affidavits

It is estimated that if the instruc that had been filed and remarked non is carried out the reduction will that the Court asked Mr. Drummond affect about eighty per cent. of the to satisfy them that if admissible staff, and an economy of abour sixry this evidence would be in any per cent, in the expenditure will way conclusive in favour of the result appellant, It was put to Mr. Drummond that the attachment of the vessel appeared to be by way of the vessel was released on a bond security only, that it appeared that being given and that in any case she would have been finally released on Drummond admitted that he could put the capital quietly, on Saturday, de-

PEKING ALL. 18. the payment of a sum of 17,000. Mr.

General We Pei-fu, who arrived in his case no higher than this and was parted on Tuesday evening. informed that the evidence seemed to Tsao Kun teaves on Thursday, and the Court in no way conclusive and Tuchun Chang Tso-lin on Saturday. would not appear to be a valid defence. The Court refused to hear

it was not covered by his notice of Mr. Drummond on the ground that

THE VICTORS LEAVING THE

CAPITAL

Techun

motion. Mr. Drummond then applied that they should be stopped if for leave to amend his, notice of possible. motion. The appellant filed 2 Mr. Potter gave the undertaking declaration on August 10, in which and said that the cable lad already he stated that the documents obtain been sent... ed from the Chinese Court afforded Their lordships agreed and order. conclusive evidence that the ship at ed that in case of dispute the ques- all relevant times was not the tion should come before the Acting property of the respondents. This Chief Justice and the Puisne Judge. Information then was before the appellant's legal advisers for at least a week, yet no application was made.

For abour ten minutes the business to amend until the, point had been

of the Appeal Court was held up this decided against him. In His Lord. morning by the explosion of a long ship's opinion the application was string of crackers. For two or three too late. On the third ground that minutes the Acting Chief Justice evidence was improperly admitted, Her boats have been placed on the matched his vocal organs against the His Lordship reviewed the practice newly constructed deck, thus leaving noise. He lost.

the... Court in, dealing with He stopped the of the whole of the spacious promenade reading of his judgment and leaning Chinese documents and held that dock for recreation and sports of the back held converse with his learned this ground also failed. Dealing passengers. The life boats had for brethren; awaiting a. cessation of the with the application suggesting merly been on the promenade deck, which, although wide, was not consi- smiles faded from the faces of judges mest His Lordship said that in his din. As the minutes passed the on the translation of a Chinese docu-

that evidence should be dered roomy enough for the 260 pas and counsel, an extremely bored look view it was no more than an applica sengers the ship carries. The two weeks required for the building of becoming general. At last came the tion by a party who bad failed in the the additional deck had been provided nerve shattering finale.

Wigs were Court, below for by the company in making up adjusted and the judgment-proceeded. now evidence which was available to be allowed to call the ship's schedule so that she is But only for half a dozen words. The him at the trial but which he did not still running on the previously noise of crackers rang out again bus choose to call. He thought the announced time.

it was only a short spasm and the appeal should be dismissed with

A new midship ventilating system Court proceeded with its business.

will be installed in the "Nanking"

at Hongkong on this trip. The new

estem will greatly improve the

ventilation of the cabins on the

second and third decks..

TYPHOON WARNING.

The telegram quoted below was

On her return voyage the "Nan-received by the American Consulate

..

taken

COSTE.

Mr. Justice Skinner Turner abo gave a written judgment, being of opinion that the appeal should - bẹ dismissed with costs.

Mr. Justice Wood: agreed. Mr. Potter explained to their lord-

king" will take to America 250 Gbi: General from the Manila Observatory ships that it had been necessary for

nese university students who are beat 10 p.m.. yesterday:- ing sent under the terms of the re

them to get certain documents from turn of the American share of the China Sea to the Pacific, across the other side. He asked that the Low-pressure area extending from Canton in reply to so affidavit by Boxer indemnity. They will be dis Nothern Luzon and the Balingtang expenses in connection with this tributed to various universities Channel A real Typhoon may destruld be moder throughout the United States.

I vélop later..

Mr.Drummond raised no objection, simply siking for undertaking

plainant with a hammer in Fat Hing The defendant assaulted the com- Street, inflicting an ugly wound on his head, which required five stitches.

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HE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, "(For Account of the Concerned.)

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SATURDAY,

August 21, 1920, at 10.30 am,

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Several Cases Vango Sweet Sliced Chutney.

(Just arrived from Calcatta.)

To be sold in lots to suit buyers. Terts Chah..

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, August £0, 1920.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigne! have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction,

SATURDAY, August 21, 1820,

at 11 a

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