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HONGKONG, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1925.

GOVERNOR ISSUES

STRIKE EXTENDS.

HOW PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE AFFECTED.

AMPLE SUPPLIES OF PROVISIONS.

Phenomenal Chinese Exodus

THE DOLLAR.

To-day's closing rate 2/8/ 9/16 To-day's opening rate 2/3/ 9/16

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STRIKE PROCLAMATION

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Kowloon Provisions.

owned services are being maintain- Special arrangements have been rd. made for the maintenance of a full | Along the water front an under supply of provisions at Kowloon and current of tense feeling prevalled, the K.R.A. are co-operating with but all authorised persons per the Dairy Farm in this matter, being formed their duties with admirable' in fact almost entirely responsible restraint. At some places it was for the direction of the main branch impossible to drive a car through n Nadhan Road, just as the Tailor the thick crowds of would-be to Canton.ger Ronnery are making them refugees, departing strikers, on-

selves responsible, for distributionlookers, etc. To-day the general strike of Chinese has assumed great pro- from Quarry Bay and the China The s.s. Empress of Acla came in portions, every hour adding to the numbers out. The authorities Sugar Refinery for that from East from Manila and it is. rumoured have, the situation well in hand, and an important proclamation has Point.

thar her Chinese crew may leave after being paid off to-day. been issued by the Governor. Food supplies are ample, and exports

Silver in Demand. and being strictly examined. At the time of going to Press the Last night there was a run on However, the liner is not due to Ferries and the Penk Trams were still manned by Chinese.

money changer establishments, sail till Thursday, and much may At several places subsidiary coils occur by then.

On Saturday a movement started This morning further signs of Blai The cafeteria system has been both Hongkong and Chinese→→ several Indo-Ching constal strike having and were visible. inaugurated as the Peak Hotel were not available and this caused on

At Brat skeleton crews At the markets, pork was not avail-where there are waiters. panic, the unthinking firmlymers.

remained, but now only the No, I' alde, the work bateliers having Residents help themselves on believing that there would be, n

are on board. In some cases of censed work last night. As Tank lines similar to those in operation boycott on Hongkong bank notes arean-going shipping, no Chinese to the Chinese wit beef is to at Café Wiseman and the great- and ultimately accepting change has stayed behind. Europ anus, the natives were much est despatch in this manner of at a discount." ineriveniëneed.

service is reported." The absence of trums will also On the Peak A number of bort the Chinese more than any Amahs returned to work this otlar eramunity although launchus | morning, stating that as all the are maintaining communication beamahs in the city were working, tween town and the outlying dis- they did not see why they should trets, like Shaugkiwan,

not work also. Of course, their

Profileers flirve not been slow lo

| tales advantage of the situation. | Hiev, pil, and other essential fxxl- stuff have moved up slightly in jorien, and fore was a itevrense) in) ith supply & vegetables this mon-

The Chinese General flamber of Commene has amonged an extra endióney meeting at 1p.m. today.

Making Mischief.

Most disquieting of all is the fact that no define object is given by, the [strikers. Those who belong to guilds merely state that thờir organ- bation is received instructions rum Camión. Accordingly, they streponded work. As they have not the wherewithal to entry on they (must quen, iq Farstaan, Hangmodą,

or some other part by whicht, they : can get to their native villages.

Strike money was being dis

| fríbutut some days ago, and is still | being paid out now, Every mon re- porting for Cunton is paid a certain

sum of money for travelling ex- penses. These who prefer to travel by nú are met, beyond the border, at Sawchun, where they are put on board trains for Canon. On arrival there they are allotted to quarters or are given free passes to travel by up-country skipping to further des- stinations. An enormous sum of monty must have been paid out in flis man, but body will or can say whence this support originates. Workers who are not attached to any union, mit been roped in mysteriously. Some months also, the guild embodying the houseboys enokos, etc., was dissolved. Never- theless, inlars have been passed | round quietly, and the ranks and five hare responded.

A mulicious rumour that firing on the Chinese will be opened without compunction to-day has had an aggravating offert. Those who are | not workers have fled to avoid) danger.

From one of the best-informed sonices, the "China Mail" learns that a batch of delegates, speaking] the Swatow dialect, have been in touch recently with the guild leaders, ranging strike

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Some of the China Navigation At some of the small retail steamer crews have also shown a stores and hawker stalls, notes tendency to join the movement, were also refused, vendors polite-and the Java Lin Tilsalak-departed ly suggesting silver when a bank-without her usual complement. note was offered. This turn of events also had an effect on the

Trespassers Arrested. Chinese masses.

Rice Intercepted. At the cargo coolies and harbour lighters were still working, a con- siderable quantity of foodstuffs was being shipped away, and in nearly every case the Depart ment exercised its authority. One lot of 1,000 bags of rice bound for Canton is known to have been Intercepted.

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Scenes at Cafe Wiseman's, Scenes of great activity" were witnessed at the Cafe Wiseman and the Hongkong Hotel through- out the morning. European ladies, most of them being con- nected with Lane, Crawford, Ltd., were bually engaged in serving large numbers of house wives at the Café with bread and other necessities. There being

no

coolies, these articles had to be wrapped up and taken away by the Europeans themselves, but there was a spirit of friendliness and good-humour abroad, and every one seemed to be making the task of the deputies as light as was possible.

Many ladies volunteered for the purpose of serving coffee, sand- A Batch of Northern Chinese fell wiches, etc., to the usual morning'

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNMENT.

The Government calls upon all citizens to continue their ordinary occupations. It guarantees full protection to life and property; and, if any person lose his life ps a direct consequence of being engaged in carrying on his customary work, the Government will pay to his family a sum of $2,000. Appropriate payment will be made in the case of injury.

In a proclamation issued this morning in the form of a Government Gazette Extraordinary the official notification is made of the calling out of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps, which took effect yesterday evening.

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Emergency Regulations contained in the proclamation pruit the export of ric tinned or preserved foodstuffs, gold and silver.coln in amoueeding five dollars silver bullion and bark notes of every description in amounts

five dollars.

The following regulations Lutherise action to be tuka: ung the gun c munications, the entry of houses, or arrest of suspected persons;~~~

1. It shall be lawful for any person authorised for that purpose by the Governor to censu and to suspend the transmission of, any telegram to or from or in transit through the Colony

2. No person shall transmit any telegram from or through the Colony without the permission of such person as may be authorised by the Governor to give such permission.

3. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General, or any person authorised by him, to seize, open, censor, and suspend the transmission of. any letter received by the Post Office, or by any person, for delivery in the Colony, or intended to be transmitted by any means from the Colony to any place out of the Colony.

4. It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police, or any person authorised by him, to take possession of, use, and control, any premises, for any purpose which he may consider a public purpose.

5. It shall be lawful for the Captain. Superintendent of Police, or any person authorised by him, to take possession of any vehicle and to use any such vehicle for any purpose which he, or such person, may consider a public purpose.

6. (1) It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works, or for the Captain Super- intendent of Police, or for any person authorised thereto by either of the said officers, to take possession of any coal, firewood, or foodstuffs, and to dispose of the same in any manner which he may consider desirable in the public interest.

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(2) Any coal, firewood, or foodstuffs, taken possession of under the provisions of this regulation and not returned to the owner, shall be paid for at such rates as shall be determined by a board of arbitrators hereafter to be appointed by the Governor."

7. It shall be lawful for any person empowered by any regulation made under tha Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922, to do anything, to effect any entry which he may consider necessary to enable him to exercise such power.

8. No person shall obstruct any person in the exercise of any power conferred on him by any regulation made under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922.

9. It shall be lawful for any public officer to arrest any person whom he may suspect of having contravened any regulation made under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922.

terms. return may be only for a day or Before the week, was out, these even half a day at the outside. delegates, together with the officials, had left the Colony.

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On enquiry at the Banks it into the hands of the Water Police was learned that the demand for yesterday when they visited Holt's

crowd, at Café Wiseman and did so very capably, too, with the re- sult that the business of the Café proceeded almost as usual. Cold tiffin was served.

Under European supervision. the new machinery at the bakery of Café Wiseman (Lane, Craw- ford, Ltd.) is being kept going and bread sufficient for all needs can be turned out as usual. regards general stores, also, there is no need for anxiety, Lane, Crawford, Ltd., having plentiful supplies in hand.

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that the only HOT WEATHER "Bessie's" (on the rst floor) and] – that at certain hours only (10 * NEED NOT WORRY am. to 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. p.m.) and that the meals are served at stated times also. The courses are restricted as regards variety, but excellent meals may be obtained at the moderate prices of breakfast 75 cents, tiffin $1, afternoon tea 50 cents, dinner $1. The Hotel eustomera will have to conform to a ticket system by which they will get a eard entitling them to the parti- cular meal at the main reception office on the ground floor. This they have to present inside the dining room door.

The purchasing department has been made the temporary headquarters of the Hotel staff, and here Mr. Taggart and other helpers are in charge, not only organising but also doing con- siderable manual labour. The Hotels Company had made ar- -rangements for the employment of Portuguese and Filipinos in the event of a strike and this, taken in conjunction with the help rendered by the European staff, has enabled the Hotel to keep going very much as usual," Two Portuguese volunteers approached Mr. White, manager of the Hotel,

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In spite of rumours of pending subsidiary coins to-day was wharf alles revere there on an as's "China Mall" representative ICE CREAM

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developments the Peak tramway and higher than normal, but there was that the men were At the Dairy Farm.

Jerry services are maintained and nothing which could be described unlawful mission. Altogether five men were arrested three on the The absence of the usual morning Mail was informed that arrange-

upon making enquiries the "China as a "run."

Settlement Postponed?.

wharf and two on board a steamer milk supply was almost general overments have been completed by which Business circles were all agog The Colony this morning, the only they will be carried on by volunteer with excitement this morning as households not being so affected labour if

Offers of it had been stated that native being the upper Peak which gets its assistance from many sources have banks and native firms which take. supplies from Pokfulam direct. This been made to the Government and in "call" deposits had suspended dislocation was due to the dia among the most válaod of these are payment, or tributors at the Dairy Farm. Tee and those of the two guilds of the merments to 20 per cent. Cold Storage Co., Ltd. walking out enntile marine officers who will be lust night. The butchers also struck able to render invaluable service. about the same time, und this morn ing most of the clerks at the depôts discontinued work.

The three men arrested on the hart were charged before Mr. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning with were limiting pay-rospass and alleged intent to

intimidate the seamen, This news visibly affected Ice Worship held there was no doubt After taking evidence His House Street where the effect of that the men were guilty of tree- the strike on to-morrow's share passing on the wharf, but con- Peak Ladies Combine.

settlement (it being also the half-sidered that the other charge could Ladies on the Peak are determined yearly settlement) was the sole not be proved as the vessel had, No distribution is being made from to render whatever assistance in topic discussed. The "China left Hongkong. the Tairy farm but there is not the within their power and a Ladies Mail" was reliably informed that Sentence was deferred panding slightest need for alarm. There Emergency committee in boing some of the leading sharebrokers further inquiries. are plenty of supplies on hand, and formed for the purpose of cooking were interviewing the bank. it is only a question of sending to for patients and Sisters in Hospitals, managers pending a decision. It

A Caution the Main or Kowloon depota behelping nurses-in-the-performance was felt that with the alleged two men were charged with going At the Marine Court the other tween 7.a.m. and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.of their duties wherever possible, attitude of the native banks, the on-board the Merionethabire-with- to 4pm and to the Peak Hotel Holping in cases of sickness in pri- settlement would not be put out permission. They were cau Depot between 8 a.m. to 12 noon andvate houses and also helping with 2 p.m. to 4. p.m. Volunteers are children. asked for at the Dairy farm depôts,

through. At a late hour it was tioned as they were certified.to be still stated that postponement was visiting friends. likely,⠀

Exports Scrutinized,"

No sooner was the Government | Proclamation out than officers"

Lowest-Possible-Prices Peif residents were not able to not they are members of the socia19. cordon lo provatiti agitators / wère déspatched to scruilaise ex•·

SUNG SAN CHAN, 140, Wellington Streek," Agrats

SAM PAI LAU, Obeong Ke Lang, Bbangbal

in order that supplies may be pre-connection with the Peak Roai- The Committee is being formed in red for distribution.

Shipping Movements. dents' Association, but any At the Peak.

Thanks 10 what really amounts. ladies in the Roak area, whether on

establlabing communication with ports, stafarios patives, the strike among caman asos extended as rapid

swan expected.

get bread from the store until later tion, are asked to communciate than usual to-day but this was due with Mro. Mackenzie, 485 The Fook to the lorry despatched being held or Mrs. F. C. Hall, c/o The Peak up. Arrangements are now com- Club if they can spare time in the plete by which the possibility of morning, afternoon or all day-f recurrence of the delay is obviated duties in connection with any of the na far as possible.

above mentioned

It is understood that shipping clearance permite, during the emergency be referred to the Imports and Export: Departntent, The Steamboat Co.'s river vemola are making time behind Stonecute which is also la charge of the emne

Bland and the Chinese bargo on food.

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required.

(Continued on page 9.)

ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

City Hall, June 22, 1925. An Emergency having been. declared to-day by His Excel. lency the Governor, all persons wishing to offer their services in the public interest are re- quested to report themselves to the office of the Labour' Controller, City Hall.

Persons who have already registered at Police Head- quarters for essential services need not so report: their names are already on record. Companies or persons re- quiring essential labour should make written application to the Controller of Labour.

(Signed) G. M. YOUNG. Controller of Labour,

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