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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23.
CIVIL WAR
COUNCIL AGENDA,
TO-MORROW AFTERNOON'S
MEETING.
FIVE FIRST READINGS,**
MANY WARLORDS. ON THE MOVE.
CHINA NATIONAL STRIPE.
"Orders of the day" at the meet--Newi from places in the zones ing of the legislative Coleil to-where war fever is breaking out, is morrow (Thursday) at 2.30 p.m. contained in the following dos comprise the fire reading of the putehes to the China Press
(Shanghai) -
Yencheng (Honna), September 18. Actige rumours of impending war Soldiers are in circulation herd. are being recruited in this district
following
A Bill intituled "An Ordinance to authorise the Appropriation of Supplementary Sum of $2.702, 704:16 cents to defray the charges of the your 1924.**
ALLEGED THEFT.
THE CHINA)
STORY OF FIVE TONS OF COAL.
CHARGES AGAINST SEAMEN.
ROBBERS WARNED.
WHAT TO EXPECT OF CHIEF JUSTICE:
BRUTAL ATTACK-SEQUEL.
AFTER 3 DAYS.
THE DEATH OF POOR
SZIZI.
WIFES EVIDENCE
LEADS TO CONVICTION
HUSBAND.
"Tt in painful to dwell our what followed, for we had all grown to jpg love Zizi. Retreating into the ad• joining garden, she was there wounded by a shot, and leaped over. ́ ́a Oft, wall on to territory skirting Zizi is dead. For three nights the railway. There she took refuge When Thomas. Woods, who had the search for the leopard had in a thicket, where the end came newsvendor's stall was charged. been pursued, and a new plan with a fusillade. Some officials of the Guildhall with octaining th In sentencing a prisoner found to effect her capture had been the Jardin d'Aoolimatation soundole by froad, Mr. Pratt, prosed Further evidence was recorded
guilty at the Criminal Hessions yes. staborated. Hunting by a little arrived, and the police were re ting, mid he was going to call the the Kowloon Magistracy terday afternoon of robbery in the army of police, municipal guards, preached for having killed the wife - at yesterday in the case against five course of which a brutal attack and big game experts, bloodbounds, leopard. She could easily Love Sir David Burnett, the magia
with a dagger we made on the motorists, and motorcyclists had been taken alive, one of thom-trate: Call the wife to give erke Chinese seamer, which waa
woman of the bar, the Chief been abandoned by the authorities, asserted-keeping a sharp eye on donce against her husband Justice said: "Ive publicly an "No more guns and revolvers in the corpea the while, out Guichard, you realise what you are doing? again adjourned..
Three of the men from the nounced before, that I regard then divates the nature of the fresh the head of the municipal police, The clerk, said the wife could no steam launch "Poseidon" were gang robberies a very serious in- tactical plan which, however, has submitted that his man could not be compelled to give evidence.
Mr. Fratt said he wòa in u dif in seventeen different depots, and
charged with fraudulent conver-deed, and I propose to do my best not had to be put into operation. have noted otherwise than they had A Bill intituled "An Ordinance the troops, u kon as registered,
to make people like you appreciate Zizi herself had become tired of done. There was a pitiable, scene to and the Code of Civil Pro-are being snt ts Kucitabin and sion of five tons of coal, "the the serioustics of them. Not only guns and flash-lamps in the Bois de when the Malay hunter and keeper culty in proving his case, and He was in his only way he could do it was 20edure."
North Hoon for use in case of a property of the Ocean Steamship have you been found guilty of this Boulogne and during the early of Zizi came up.
The woman then gave evidencë A Bill intituled "An Ordinance Pengtien attack. There repris Company, and alternatively with robbery but you made a brutal at- hours of this morning she set of leather suit, and was carrying a calling her.
tack on a woman. I am always for Paris, feeling probably that she huge cloth with which he had in to provide for the registration in of minor outbreaks in vicinity Flongkong of letters patent grant of Vie-hsion and also in a direction larceny of the coal. The others very avere to ordering prisoners to was likely to meet with a more kind tended all along to envelop the against her husband.
Woods: She has done it for spita ed in the United Kingdom. of Nanyangfu in och Honan. were from Messra, A. S. Watson's be Hogged, but when men engaged ly reception from the flaneurs of animal, and thus capture her alive.
By seven When he saw the dead bleeding She gave information to the the grand boulevarde.. A Bill infituted An Ordinance Marshal Feng is a recruiting launch, the "Tai Yuk Fong, and in committing offences, such as Juu o'clock ahe had reached Forte de la body he at firat almost cried. The people. to amend the Larceny Ordinace, large bodies of troop thin pro-they
Woode was sentenced to a month? were charged with uns have been convicted of and wan
tonly inflicting pain on others, I Muette, and rested there for awhile Malay is something of a linguist." lawfully receiving the coal. The strange part of it is that in
Boutence of one-month's imprisock Mr. T. G. Bennett prosecated. propose to order such persons to be in the playground of the Ecole-Léon Often be talks soothingly to his wild hard labour.
flogged. You will be sentenced to Pascal. Then she began to gumbol animals in French and Italian, but to amend the Companies Ordin spite of the presence of so many Mr. McCallum appeared for the ten years' imprisonment with hard about, and was in this merry now the first phase of his griet ment in the second division wor
rops, the handits continue in Ply arst three defendants and Mr.labour and receive 20 strokes of the humour what there happened to over, he buret out into strong lan passed at Bow-street on Exc their trade within a few miles of
J. M. d'Almada Remedios for
walk up the schoolmaster, who, like guage against the conduct of the Scott, of Feabody-buildings, Fa red, ' the railroad. Aa result of the
"The robbery took place at Kow.so many other Parisiane, had re- slayers, laping for this purpose into ringdon-road, H., for obtainin pobler manure there are numerous the other two.
Instead English idiom. The police good-the dole by fraud. Mr. J. Fraser, of Messrs. W. Soon Tong, and an Indian constable garded Zizi as a canard. kidnappings,
Bailey & Co., Ltd., who deposed who sew mau rughing shortly of joining the playful creature in naturedly sympathised with him. to having seen the transfer of after the alarm was given, chased her gambols, be unostentatiously The poor fellow resented anyone drawing 1 11s. a week in respec coal going on between the two him and was shot in the wrist and glided away to the police-station, but himself, touching the body, of himself, his wife, and three chif Another constable effected and soon a force of agents and gen- which was later removed tri the ren when he was earning £3 BED launches, was submitted to a elbow.
dures as well was on the spot with gendarmerie. Zigi is dead, and week and his food. He had recei lengthy cross-examination and the arrest.
great sadness has fallen over Paris. 413 through his fraud. emphatically held that the con- The prisoner's plea was that he guns and revolvera. tainers which were used wore went to see a friend on board a junk of coal and not and shortly after getting ashore he He baskets buckets of water.
heard whistles being blown. Mr. F. C. Todd, of Messrs. went to the other side of the road A. S. Watson and Company, gave and was arrested by police. evidence as regards the personnel of the firm's launches and also said that he was present when the Police visited the "Tai Yuk Fong" and found the port bunker full of coal.
1866.
A Bill inituled "An Ordinance
ance, 1011."
!
Business.
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1.-Financial Minutes. 2.-Statement relating to the re Distribution of unexpended balances Bogether with additiona: works to be undertaken under Public Works Extraordinary for the year 1995.
vince.
The anti-foreign agitations have subsided considerably from the con- ditions in July when the students were yelling. "Kill the English and Japanese. All is peaceful now and Resolution.
the anti-foreign posters have dis Assessment of rates of Kowloonppeared. Marshal Feng recently Bay Reclamation Lots Nos. 182, sent an invitation for one of the missionaries here to come and 227, 228, 248, 230 and 261.
proach to his soldiers and one of the officials was married here in the local Christian Churh.
TOKYO SCARE,
RUSSIAN
LABOUR DELEGATES' VISIT:
(Reuter's Service.).
year,
Changli (hibli, September 18. The region around Shanhuik wan and Shilimenchai, where much of the severe fighting took place last is nguin olive with war rumours. In addition to the priblic Chysteries there are actal signs of war netivity which is evident to all. Tokyo,"Sept. 22.
Hundreds of Shuning ulice have begun to write for military Fearing a demonstration, onining and as was the practer bust the arrival of four Russian Labour year, carts belonging to the farmers delegates from China this after-are being commideered on a large noon, the Police arrested several scale. All Chinese who are in a leading Japanese Socialists at day-position to do so are leaving the city break this morning. Other pre-and this includes, the wives and pautions were taken, including the families of Fengsich officers who mobilising of 600 police; for- have been sunkioned at Lansien for bidding Labour songs, flags and on time, Traffic officers on the speeches and admitting only thirty Peking-Mukden Rainy claim o welcomers to the station platform. shortage of scd-class cars owing Orders As soon as the Russians alight- to seizure by the military. ed, the chief welcomer attempted have also been issued to prevent to greet them, but was immedi- curs from other lines being retion-) ately arrested by the police; ed to their proper destinations. ·
On September 13 trai-ked of whereupon the others shouted
This resulted in the artillery was dispatched in the diroc “Banzai,
|tion of Tientsin. The general feel- police arresting most of the re- maining thirty. Large numbers g is that there will be another out- break this fall just as soon as the of labour agitators, drawn up in
crops are harvested. front of the station, carrying flags | and crying "banzai," were also arrested after resistance and struggles which continued for nearly an hour.
The Russians are stopping at the Imperial Hotel for about a week, so that further scenes are feared likely, though precautions are being taken by the police authori- ties.
Ja
Russian Statement.
QUEEREST LIFT.
NON-STOP PASSENGER CARS ON ENDLESS CHAIN.
Mr. Remedios produced a re- ceipt from the Harbour Office referring to the fifth defendant's engagement by the MB.K., which was similar to receipts issued when new employees on launches were registered.
As stated, the case WVER adjourned.
WEEK'S HEALTH.
NOTIFIABLE DISKASE-
RETURN.
During the 24 hours ended Mon- day, the Colony had a clean bill of health.
The list for the week ended last; Saturday is.
Cholers: 2 cases, 2 deaths; 1 French, 1 Chinese.
Enteric faver: 6 cases, 'deaths; 1 English (imported), 1 Czecho Slovakian (imported), 1 French, 1. Australian, 1 Chinese
Paratyphoid fever: 1
disp.
AGBD 40: STILL HOING,
After more than 40 years' service, Fondon's quaintest passenger lift is still going strong at Monars, Rylands' premises in Wood-streek.
Really a cross between a lift audings. moving stairway, it is constructed on the endless chain system, like the buckets on a dredger.
The Russian Labour Repre- sentatives, after their arrival this afternoon, issued a statement, urging close co-operation between the world's proletariats by the exchange of personal visits. They instanced the British, French, German and other Labour repre- sentatives' attitude towards taneously
Russia.
Paris, September 2-A message from Berlin states that the Japanese airmen, Kawachi and Abe, vill de- part for Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Berne, September 22.-The Federal Council of States has up proved the arbitration treaty with Japan.-Router.
Fourteen cuss are carried at in- tervals on a chain that works through two wells side by side. seven curs descending one well and seven isending the other simul-
The grand reular tour at a com fortable walking pace occupies about two minutes.
Each car holds two passengers, and the installation, which serves eight floors, is capable of carrying thousands of passengers a day, is estimated to have carried between 10 and 11 millions in its time.
It
The easy pace at which the ears move makes stepping on or off the simplest thing in the world, and the success of the system has not been marred by any serious. accident in Paris, September 22.-At Mous10 years. If a car is full, a passen- seiffre, which is twelve miles from ger waits for the next, which is Bueida, says an official statement, never more than a few feet away, the Druses' attacked the garrison in and should he pass bis desired floor sssed formation but were mowed by mistake he reaches it on the re- down by the Foreign Legion and a turn joumey. battalion of riflemon. They lost 500 killed-Beuter,
No attendant is required, and 3a, day covers running expenses.
In-
The injured woman and constable identified the prisoner as the man who had committed the robbery and lind run away and the jury found him guilty,
Sent mce was passed as indicated' above.
Jam-Buk
CURES
FLESH-EATING
ULCERS
Mr. Frank Scudamore, the world-famous War corres- pondent, writing from Hen- rietta St. London W.C., England, says "A simple scratch developed into chronic blood poisoning. In spite of medical treatment, indammTEL - tion and swelling set in and my left log was full of ulcerated sores. Within week Zam-Buk dispelled all pain and inflammation, puri- fled the sores and started the After
· ricin-renewal process. a fortnight's plentiful use of Zam-Buk I was a sound man Lagala.”
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