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Port developments at Canton, costing near four millions of to accommodate Idolites, so as

sele-going vessels, are mooted in the "Cantor Guzeitę" which,'anys, inter alia:-

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1926.

POLICE FIGHT.

INDIAN CONSTABLE KILLED BY BULLET.

SHANTUNG MAN DETAINED.

EARTHQUAKE HERE ?

LOCAL TERMORS FELT BY RESIDENTS.

THREE SERIES OF "JUMPS."

Several local residents' claim to An Indian police constable was killed last night and a Shantung have noticed earthquakes. late constable is to be charged with yesterday afternoon, although the

tremors (or "unips," as describ murder on Monday.

While the annual police balted by one) were nothing to speak was in progress at the City Halfof.

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BRITAIN ALL READY.

British Wireless Service)

Rugby, January 22. Little known in London with reference to the reports from the Continent that a postponement of

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"A SITUATION OF SOME DELICACY."

LEADERS' ADVICE DISREGARDED.

(British Wireless Service.)

Rugby, Jan. 29, The rejection last night by the- delegates' meeting of the National Union of Railway wan of the re- cent award of the National Wages

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drawn up plans for the reforma. from Central Police Station. Mr. Claxton, direcvor of the Royal the meeting of the preparatory Board creates a situation of some tion of Canton water communica. T. 1. King (Director of Criminal Observatory, the "China Mai commission to the Disarmament delicacy which is being continued

Volunteer Head-curred before 3pm. yesterday meeting is arranged to take place

The rejection was carried by a tlons. The pian involves conser Investigation) and Dr. Paterson was informed that nothing oe-Conference is contemplated. The vancy, construction of forts and proceeded to

reclamationarters, where the wounded man The record for the time after that on February 15.

would be developed this afternoon So far as the British Govern-majority against the advice of constructive work in Honama, hau Ti Jawas lying.

An official statement given this when a statement would be made.ment is concerned. no steps have some of the Union leaders includ

A gentleman says that he first been taken to obtain a postpone. Mr. J. H. nomas.

It is regarded as certain that (Honam Point), and along the

noticed the tremor at about 5,10ment. It is willing and ready that efforts will as once be made to river to Chiang-chou. The Budge; morning, says Jim

F.C. B221, Gulam Mahomed. for this important task is esti

was on post duty at Volunteer, followed by two more in the commission should begin its

Each deliberations at the time arranged open fresh negotiations with the railway companies, which have This week is your last opportmated at $3,800,000 H.K.

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Within the past two years parts of the rivers serving Canten have shallow. getting been especially the part near Tai Mei Man which is. 7 kilometers (3.8 knots) from the West Bund

In 1917 the depth of water at that place during low tide was about 10 to 11 feet; but now it is Jonly 710 feet. This is of great danger to navigation. It is very common to find steamers aground Jon that spot. If this place is not dredged the time will come when Canton river will entirely be unfit for navigations!

The proposed method for fund raising is to leavy surtax. This will be applied to all Chinese and foreign merchants. The plan is As follows:-

Proposed Surtaxes.

a). Surtax will be levied and collected by the Customs on all custom taxes, except the ton- nage dues and the transit duty, at the rate of 5 per cent. of the original tax. Surtax will also be collected from goods which have, certificates for free duty,

the same rate,

About 10.15 p.m. the

in time.

two

men met at point at the end of REASONABLY SAFE..... Volunteer Headquarters parade

ground, near the road.

COLLAPSE.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH,

A quarrel started, for some JURY AND KENNEDY ROAD reason at present unknown. The ground indicated that there had been a fight or struggle of some kind during which the re- volver of Hsu Yuan-hua was. discharged.

U. S. COMMISSION,

Mr. Hugh Gibson.

Reuter's American Seruioe.)

Washington, Jan. 22.

FRESH INSTRUCTION.

RE-OPENING NEGOTIATIONS.

(Reuter's Service.)

It is expected that Mr. Hugh

London, Jan. 22. Gibson will be appointed United The N.UR. delegates' confer- States Commissioner to the pre-lence has instructed the Executive liminary Disarmament Confer-lo open negotiations immediately ence at Geneva, assisted by two in regard to the wares' question. military and, two naval technical

Expert evidence as to there having been no undercutting at The bullet penetrated the the spot in question, also us to the

- DISPUTE REVIEWED. groin of Gulam Mahomed, ap-cut itself having been dug in a rea-experts.

Mr. Hugh Gibson has been in parently severing one of the sonably safe manner, was given

(British Wireleza Service.) at the resumed enquiry yesterday the diplomatic service since 1908, main arteries.

into the deaths of four earth and has seen service in Brussels,

Rugby, later. coolies which resulted from London, and Paris. He has been

The Delegates Conference of collapse behind a new house in attached to foreign diplomatic

missions to America, and was a the National Union of Railway- Kennedy Road.

member of the Inter-Allied Mis-men, which yesterday rejected the aion to the countries of the former award of the National Wages Austro-Hungarian Empire.]

Hsu Yuan-how then report- ed to the Indian constable on duty at the Garden Road traffic post that there had been a fight and that Gulam Mahomed was The jury returned a verdict of shot. This constable wens with "Accidental Death," and added Hu Yuan-hua back to the spot that they considered that the cut where Gular Mahomed was was made at a reasonably safe lying on the ground and tele-angle, and that there had been no phoned to Police Headquarters. lack of supervision. The deceased constable, it is understood was put in a chair, but expired before reaching the Central Station.

As far as is known, and from (b) Steamers having a net tonnage of 550 tons.must pay a finquiries at the time, the shot was must pay a tax of 2 candereens not heard by others in the vicinity. per net ton, once they anchor

in the harbour..

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ter Those goods free from duty, excepi silver and gold. should pay a surtax at the rate: of .025 per cent. of their value.

ub laiand swamers running on schedule and having a net tonnage of 250 tons must pay a surtax at the rate of 25 cun- dereens per net ton, once the enter the port and after they pay custom duties.

WAR PENSIONS.

TWO

NEARLY

MILLION PERSONS BENEFITING.

ITALY'S DEBT. EXPERTS WORK IN-

LONDON.

CHANCELLOR BACK FROM COUNTRY. (British Wireless Service.).

The

Rugby,, January 22.

01. Chancellor

Board, decided to-day to re-open negotiations with the railway companies:

A meeving between representa- EMPIRE RESOURCES.tives of the Union and of railway companies will take place on STANDARD OF LIVING AT Monday.

HOME

DECENT CONDITIONS NECESSARY.

(British Wireless Service.)

Rugby, January 22.

For the proper understanding | of the dispute it is necessary to recapitulate the circumstances leading up to it. The National Union of Railwaymen prepared wages pro- and presented & gramme for a grades which, it is estimated, would cost the railway Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary of companies forty millions" sterling. the State for the Colonies, speaking at yearly. The companies put for- Exchequer, Mr. Winston Char-Edinburgh, said that the economie ward a counter-claim for wage re-, chill, has returned to London after problems of this country must be ductions of four shillings per week COST TO THE COUNTRY, . public engagements in the coun- based on the maintenance of an industrial areas and six shill- try, which have kept him away standard of living for the people ings per week in rural areas re (British Wireless Service.) during the last two days and this which would give them a decent presenting a saving of about four

afternoon he and Count Volpi wat wage and decent conditions of and a half millions a year.

life. To ensure such a standard The award of the National! Rugby, Jan. 22. again meet. Six and a half years after the The British and Italian experts we could not depend only upon the Wages Board rejects both these The above rule applies to steamers running betweer Can-Armistice 1,906,000 persons were have meanwhile been engaged in resources of these small islands. progranimes, and leaves the con-, ton and Hongkong and Macao. in receipt of compensation in form data relating to the Italian debt It could only be sustained if we ditions of the present railway em- It provides, of pensions and allowances from and their studies will be the sub-brought in the overseas parts of ployees unchanged.

Ofject of to-day's discussion between the Empire with their limitless however, that new entrants to the the Ministry of Pensions

Our industrial and service shall receive only a basic, these 51,000 were disabled officers the principals of the two delega-resources.

economie problems must now be wage without a cost of living and their dependants or depen-tions. idants of decensed officers.

A communiqué la expected to be considered along with those of the bonus.

great Dominions of the British These facts are brought out in issued this evening.

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cavation of rivers

Bigger Ships To Enter. If the above plan is enrried out, then steamers having a draught of 19.8 feet will be able to enter Chton harbour.

The following is a detail budget of the different expenditure for the work. (1) Tab Mei Mun.

(a) The necessary funds for putting the construction work into operation here will be about $295.000 H.K.

th) The fund for completing the construction work will be $1,835,000 H.K.

(The first item of expenditure includes the excavation of the river to Tai Mei Mun, blocking up of the river to Luk Kou and the removal of the Tui Mei Kokt dyke (2) Tai Sek Lau, Kong Sha And Tal Shek Chap.

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The construction work here will cost about $257,000 H.K. {3) Yuen Kony And Sapa Ngon,

The construction and recon- struction work in these places will cost about $1,095,000 H.K.

(4) The reconstruction work of Canton Harbour will cost about $661,000 H.K.

(6) The cost of machinery, apparatus and other expenditures XXXXXXXXXXwill be approximately $1,198,000

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Rugby, later:

ลม Я Further progress was made in the negotiations. for the funding The cost of pensions, allowances, of the Italian debt at this after- between Mr. medical treatment, and administra-noon's meeting tive expenses for the year was Winston Churchill, Count Volpi, 460,122,000 bringing the total ex- and the British and Italian penditure in connection with war experts. pensions since the establishment

The parties will meet again on

of the Ministry in 1917 to 2598,- Monday. .000,000.

The cost of the official adminis-

ration, as distinct from expendi

*ure on benefits for the year,

worked out at under one shilling in the pound.

ECONOMY BILL.

"NO CHANGE."

COUNT VOLPI INTERVIEWED.

(Bruter's American Service.)

London, Jan. 29.

shows no "The barometer

CLASSIC AUTHOR.

DEATH OF MR, CHARLES DOUGHTY,

NOTED WORLD TRAVELLER.

(British Wireless Service.)

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Rugby, Jan. 22.

The main grievance of the mer is this clause regarding the new entrants, and upon this the re- renewed registrations will centre.

WIDE MANDATE.

DELEGATES ADHERE TO DECISION. (Reuter's Service.)

London, Jan. 22.

It is understood that the NUR. delegates adhere to their

The death has occurred at the decision to reject the award of age of 83 years, of Charles the Wages Board, but have given Doughty, author of "Travels in the Executive'n wide mandate to Arabic Deserts" which was pub-negotiate again with the com lished 38 years ago and is still re-paries. garded as a classic.

At the end of the year the

MEN INSISTENT. nggregate number of beneficiaries

London, later, to whom compensation had been

His writings show profound

Arrangements have been made. paid since the outbreak of war change," declared Count Volpi, knowledge of life and manners of was £4,560,000..

when interviewed by Reuter in peoples, encountered on his extenfor the Railwaymen's representa regard to the progress of the sive travels in all parts of the tives to meet the companies on Monday to re-open the negotia- world. Italian debt negotiations.

tions, which hinge on the Wages. The Court said that he and Mr.

HE. the Governor, Sir Cech Board's decision depriving newly Winston Churchill to-day discuss- ed a tentative scheme for the Clementi, K.C.M.G., has beengaged men from receiving a pleased to accept the position of bonus payable in old times when draft agreement.

The experts will spend the Honorary Colonel of the Hong employed on the same grade. The men are pressing for the removal week-end continuing the draft kong Volunteer Defence Corps.

of the clause in this connection. and threshing out the minor

Captain James Charnock, Army Meanwhile the railwaymen's dele." points in roadiness for the re- Bumption on Monday of the dis-Educational Corps, has been ap. gates' conference has been ad- cussion of the big two funda pointed a member of the Board of journed to Monday. mental points which are still un- Education vice Captain A. E.

Watts who has left the Colony,... "IWATE'S" CRUISE.

GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR

COMMONS.

EFFECT ON THE ESTIMATES.

(British Wireless Service.)

Rugby, Jan. 22.

HOBART.

PEINCE ON BOARD,

It is understood that the Gov-settled. ernment's Economy Bill will be

The case in which a young VISIT TO MELBOURNE AND before the House of Commons at the same time ke the Estimates; Lasut Col Frederick Eaves, Peruvian is charged with obtain- and Parliament will, therefore, be D.50. Assistant Land Ufficer, The money by a fretemes by Mr. C. A. B. Melbourne has been able to envisage both. has been nominated by the Gov- the issue of false passports was appointed a member of the The papers state that the ernor as a member of the board of continued yesterday at the Cen- Licensing Board for a further Cabinet Committee on Economy, arbitrators to determine the tral Magistracy and adjourned period of three years. The term presided over by the Prime amount of compensation to be until Friday, of office of the Justices of the Minister, in another fortnight at paid in respect of the resumption Peace member, Mr. C. G. most will have completed its task, of Sun Shan willige lot. Untera Alabaster, K.C., O.B.E, having at any rate for the present with the owner of the lot nominates a expired, an election will take place the result that the expenditure member within seven days the in the office of the Registrar of the be budgeted for in April will cer. chairman of the board will ap Supreme Court on Tuesday tainly be lower than the total for point a representati

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