FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922,
SEAMEN'S STRIKE, REPULSE BAY STABBING.
PARTIES REMAIN ALOOF
EMPLOYERS RECRUITING CREWS ELSEWHERE
RIVER STEAMER MONE RENARA
FRUTALESS.
The strike of Chinese senmen onter- ed upon its second work to day with both parties standing aloud Dom regotiation and adhering firmly to the "sur nder" attitude they adopted yesterday. Neither the Union unt the smployers had any fresh development to report this morning
QUESTION OF PROVOCATION.
Charged with having grievously wounded a compatriot by stabbing hm, a Chinese came before the Chief Justice and a jury at the Criminal Sessions to-day, He denied the charge and looked after his own defonc
THE CHINA MAIL.
TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE WEST POINT BUILDING
COMPANY LIMITED.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER
DEFENCE CORPS
Orders by Lizun-Colonel L. Q.
BOR, D.8.0. Administrative Commandant,
Parades
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN th of The West Point Building Compauz a Extraordinary General Maeting Limited will be held at the Offices of Mesara. Jardine, Matheson & Co. Limited Victoria, Hongkong, <10) INFANTRY DRILI., BAYONET FRIDAY, the 3rd day of February. FIGHTING and LEWIS GUN IN 1922, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon for STRUCTION will take place on Monday, the purpose of considering and il 23rd JaLuary at Volunteer Jed thought it passing as an Extraordinary quarters, and Kowloon Dorks on Friday, Resolution the following resolution 27th instant, at 5.30 p.m. for TRAINE
MEN and RECRUITS. that is to say
That the Company be wound up.
report of the proceedings at the first
The complainant said that the pusoner had often tried to brow money from him. On the day in question he was in a matshed at Repulse Bay whu the again asked him for money. He voluntarily."
And refused
the prisoner jin AND THAT on SATURDAY, th mediately stabbed him, intheting 18th day of February, 1922. #1 | serious wounds. Other evidence disrock in the forendon a further closed that the complainant homself Extraordinary General Meeting will be was a quarrelsome man and had been held at the Offices aforesaid to receive known to assault people. This lent colour to the prisoner's plea that the sider and if thought fit to entiem as Meeting above convened and to con
wki. to stick to the iden of and attacked him with a chopper passed at such Meeting. halding out until the 30-40 per cent first. The Crown decided to with- SHOULD the rezolution be confirmed reuse they asked for origh ally is draw counts of won ling with intenta further resolution will be proposed The Union hus also! to murder, and wounding with intrat at the stond Meeting for the appoint officully announced that the four to do grievous bodily harm but on
ment of a liquidator for the purposes delegates who have lately represented the remaining count of unlawful of such Winding Up. it are no longer empowered to act on
wounding the jury pronouneed him its behalf and that the compter-
guilty. posal to the employes' offer catieiind.
The Unnissed a notification to its members last night ag ug them to
romione together and with on complainant WILS the aggressora Special Resolution the resolution
granted.
A STRIKE BREAKING MOVE,
HD
Heussting the position with China Mad reporter to day the Alana (the Sentary for thiness Hon. Mr. E. R. Hifaxi said that arrangements were being made right and let to recruit etews froth ather
Countrie
In sentencing the prisoner to twelve mouths' jail with hard falour the Chief Justice said the complainant's story struck him as improbable but the provocation which the prisoner jundoubtedly reruixed did not justify it} inthet tgh gurvous
TELETON.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.
The Shipping complures were deavouring to bring segmen The Registrar of the Hongkong here from the Neth, from the Unversity has received a cable from Phalliyapes, from Formosa, Japan and Shanghai stating that the Peace Malay and Lawvars would probally Memorial Scholarship in electricel by making an appearance here soon. engineering, which is valued af This means, of course, that once 11,216, has been awarded to Sammual these
crews have been engaged Green who was educated in the Shang the jobs which the strikers have hai public school for boys. This vacated will be no longer opsa for acholarship, along with the scholarship them to run to.
for horticulture for which no award has been made this year are awarded by the Chairman and Secretary of the Shanghai Municijal Leoncit 28 trustees ni the quest on the results of the Hongkong University matriculation examinations. аг tenable at Any University
COMMENTATION WITH CANTON
BETSB CONSIL'S REPORTED ACTION
Dated this 19th day of January 1922. By Order of the Board, MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,
Secretary
to the General Agents.
9.
DRESS Plain Clothes.
Musketry.
No Musketry will take place ou Sunday, 20th instant. 3. Machine Gun Secticu.
Autondasca at parades baving been
quested to make an effort to attend those will be held on Mondays and Fridays at for the remainder of the Season. Drilla
5.30 pm. at Volunteer Headquarters and, as Training ebould be progressive, it is essential that attendances should hs conseculite. 4 Cadet Company.
Parade
poor up to date), Members are re-
The Company will parado at Headquarters un Monday 23rd instant, at 5.30 p.m.
Dress: Drill Order.
R. B. YOUNG, Major, A Adjutant, H. V. D. Corps. Hongkong, Friday, January 20, 1922.
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by order of the Superintendent of Imporia & Exporta
ON
SATURDAY, January 21, 1999, at 12 noon, at their Sales Rooms, No. 4, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Joe House Street,
About 6 dizen various Wines,
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HUGHES & HOUGH,
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Hongkong, January 20, 19% 2.
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GREAT
BOOT SALE.
LANE, CRAWFORD'S
ARE SELLING THEIR COMPLETE STOCK OF
BOOTS AND SHOES
AT ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS.
MEN'S HEAVY BROWN BOOTS MEN'S BLACK SERVICE BOOTS SMART BROWN WALKING BOOTS..
$15.00
$14.50
$19.50
ft.
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$18.50
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$18.50
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$17.50
THESE ARE ALL OUR REGULAR LINES AND MAY BE HAD IN ANY STYLE AND SIZE,
THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
Agation,
00
TUESDAY.
the 7th February, 1922, at 9.30 am.. H.M. Naval Dockyard, Hongkong. About 77 lote Firewood Packing Cares, Whiting, &c., &c. Terras-Cash on delivery.
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BEG TO ANNOUNCE ΤΟ
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St. Stephen's Girls' College
21-22 22-23 .23-24
TO-NIGHT!
24
10
Teang Foo Schools
.10
Seamen's Strike
.24 .25-27
}]
Bulk Oil Lighter
.27
Nervous Junk People Correspondence
11
"Feng Shu
.28
11
High Collars: High Cost
.28
THE QUAINTS
12
Local Jail Escape
28
13
Cupid Still at It
.28
ic another
They
Happy Valley Graves.
12
Company Reports
.29
Naval Wedding
.29
be
Desperate Mother
.14
$76,000 Fraud Charge.
99
Still They Come
14
Prince Hirohito's Visit
.24
Arrested Police Clerk
15
Sport
30-33
A Good Old Scrap
15
Shanghai Golfers
33-34
15
In the Social Swim
.34-35
The Dairy Farm
.15
$18,000 Opium Kaul
To-morrow Saturday
Grand Farewell Performanta
36
24, Haiphong Raud, Kowloon.
New Draft Bilis
16
Special Cables
35
16
Let off with A Caution
.35
Children's Corner
16-17 $200, 00 Sale
.35
Fairy Chain
17
Armed Robbers
36
A Business Tragic Comedy. Company Promotion R.A.M.C. Men Legislative Council
17
West Point Murder
.36
.17
Cook's Claim Succeeds
36
17
Criminal Sessions
36
18-19 Passengers
36
19-20 Exchange
36
.20
Local Share Market
.37
: 11 the world but won only by a scholar with Brit sh parent of pure white descent on both drs whose lather has lived in Hong kong for at least three years,
The return of the river steamer Kinshan" who ft yesterday with an aimed pays crew and is due to are ve bark in Bongkang this alternan is being awaited withi considerable interest. In is known
that definitely pretty
klie will
The tide tables for 1922 are out. Ist be bringing ADY supplies back with her and some light The Harbour lice began issuing is throw u un the situation by a message thein to-day. from: Canton which states that the British Counsul there has refused
permits for the shipment of cargo be hver steamers. At present the reason for this action is not known bat in teresting developments may exported.
H
VANTON GRIEVANCE
ESSENTIAL. INFORMATION FAILS TO
ARRIVE.
by
St. Andrew's Church
Hidden Revolver
Three Chinese seamen, who were rescued from a raft 200 miles from the coast, were brought to Calcutta | Local Boxing recently by the s.s. "Ribara" bound to New Troops Here that port from Australia with wheat, Buys the Statesman.
to
Owing to continued bad weather, salvage operations on the wreck of the Eastern Shipping Co's steamer Perla" which foundered in a gale off the Langkawis in August last, has beer temporarily abandoned, says the
Gazette. Prior Canton pesule complain that with Pinang
the the suspension of the river steamer stoppage of operations good progress service their interests have received was made. The salvage party was scant attention. Business, they say, successful in clearing the forehold and has been greatly hampered by the the vessel was moved 30 degrees from failure of rule to reach Canton with her original position. The men with the test,xchange quo:ations. market their gear and tackle are still in the rates and tones. Possibly, writes vicinity of the wreck, and it is hoped one correspondust, the Honkong that work will be resumed within a Government and shipowners fortnight's time 00 the afterhold Dul know such A place which has still to be discharged,
do
A Canton exista, 80
far
as making any apparent effort to
furnish essential information is con- cerned.**
He then adds sarcastically against the action of private com- that Canton is in latitude 23 and long-panics operating Government passen- itude 113, this for the information of ger liners employing Chinese.
those who would like to be interested Action by the sailors' union began in anything about Canton." "The when Chinese were employed in the general apathy," he concludes, "is steward's department on these rossels. simply astonishing and it seems in- Agitation was renewed by the sailors' credible there bould be such absolute union in Seattle yesterday when 158 iLcapacity for the Hongkong Govern-Chinese boarded the Government ment to deal with the situation as it liuer "Pine Tree State" in Seattle to be exists." But this of course, was assigned to the steward's department. written before: the Government In their protest, the sailors' union organised the manning of river said that private lines were operating shipping board boats with unfair
steamers by armed naval ratings.
SHIPPING POSITION.
AMERICAN VESSELS AND CHINESE
CNEWS.
The number of ships in the harbour this morning was increased to 133.
It is reported that one Japanese liner
which left Hongkong a few days ago met another Japanose vessel outside
|
labor.
Officials of the sailors' union have been carrying on the fight against employing anyone but Americans on Government liners The shipping board instructed thee mpanys operat ing shipping board vessels to employ but. American citizens wherever practicable.
Private companies state that Chin- so are the only once suitable for the work in the steward's department and other domestic work aboard vessela.”
and took off the Chinese members of The strike should have the effect of
the latter's crew in order to prevent the newcomer from being drawn into
the strike,
Au interesting sidelight on sho ponition of American vessola is furnished by the following dipping from a recent inuo of the San Francisco Chronicle:-
"Formal protest has been lodged, by the Sailors' Union of the Pacife with the Vulfed Biatos shipping board
giving a big boost to the agitation.
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