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SUES GENERAL CHAN LIM- PAK.

MERCHANT VOLUNTEERS.

Man Who Came From Zululand Border.

HONGKONG,

THURSDAY, MARCH 25

ROPE CO. QUERIES.

BEING "WISE AFTER THE

EVENT.":

RENT FREE AT PEAK!

Mr. Kelly Sayce at Annual Meeting.

SEA DISA TER

EIGHTY PASSENGERS LOSE 'THEIR LIVES,

CAPTAIN AMONG VICTIMS.

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BOYCOTT CANTON SITUATION.

RETROSPECT BY CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE...

EFFECTS ON TRADE

Incorporated with the annual ron port of the Hongkong: General Chamber of Commerce is a revie the principal event precedig

aubaequant to the

Canton.

EACH SIDE BDU, THE FOR A COUP

CITY "OUTWARDLY - QUIET.

Reports from Canton indicate that the situation le quieter and that conditions are reaching

| |Kuqmintang.". It is explained that the review is fach side seems to be waiting for mainly intended for the eye of an opportunity to bring off a overseas readers, and, therefore coup

An officer with a distinguished There was a time when houses: Array cnrest and said to be a ro- at the Peak could be lived in rent free, said Mr. R. G. Shewan to Ratiye of Lt-Gen Sir John Blaxally when predicting that the Woon who commanded the Secun- Colony must regain its prosperity derabad Division in India was the It was at the 42nd ordinary an- nual moeting of the Hongkong Rope plaintiff in an interesting case at Manufacturing Co., Ltd, held at the Summary Court this morn-the offices of the general manager ing.

(Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co.); this The plaintiff was Capt. Harrymorning that Mr. Shewan spoke at Vernon Woon, his address, being aome Tength. He also replied to given as the Carlton Hotel, Hong-cuestions by Mr. Kelly, Sayce, who kong

has been rather prominent in re was General cent years a result of the part Elgueiredo, F. J. Tavares and atmosphere in Canton.for conduct

"

The defendant

Chan Lim-pak who was in charge of the Canton Merchant. Volun teers.

✦ was entitled to: $2,000.. Half of this he waived to bring the

• Juction lato the jurisdiction of the ⚫court.

he has taken at similar gatherings.

After the chairman's address, Mr. Shyce asked how much more cash was needed to complete the now building (for the company) in Kowloon.

:..

Mr. Shewan replied that (as he shareholders in his had told

pended and a further sum of abput the same amount world be needed to finish it.

Janeiro Rid not come to hand up An enchier message from Rio de

to the time of going to preas.]

Sayce . H A A, Botelho.

there is much that can be, passed Although General Chang Kai- much of the ground we are all material successes last Saturday, over by the local Feas as with shek's partisans scored the major

familiari

a number of leaders, (believed to Thus, the Shanghal riots of Maybe loyal to him) have met with 30 are dealt with also the rebuffs.. Shameen Incident of June 23-the Osmunds My Alatter creating the necessary

After the secretary had read the convening notice and the auditors report, the chairman said:-'

tional" Government on Bolshevist ing the newly-established "NIC,

Hnes.

HARBOUR OFFENCES,

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A number of offences on the Captain Woon's claim was that

It is carefully explained that the harbour resulted in fines being. he had been appointed by General

Artificial Competition.

strike in Hongkong as a demon-inposed at the Marine Court this "Gentlemen-We now lay before stration of sympathy with those who morning, as follows- Chan in connection with the

you the report and accounts for the had been killed in Shanghatwas training of the Volunteers, that

year which closed on December 31, not actually a "strike" though that similar charge), native boatman, (With previous conviction on his services had been dispensed with without notice' and that he "peech) about $320,000 had been ex-1926 and as copies of these have word was mistakenly and care-$20 for dredging in men-of-war

been in your hands for some timelessly deed and was responsible for anchorage. past I will with your permission much misunderstanding in Labour Motor-boat "Wo Lee," $15 for take them as rezd

when I addressed you about 12 ganised withdrawal of workers for $7 for carrying seven passengers vircles at Home. It was an ornot having regulation lights, and months ago Bould I could not speak political purposes, a form of non-in excess of number allowed by optimistically about the prospecte co-operation Labour boycott. licence. for 1925 and I am sorry to say From June 19 onward Chinese that us you will have seen from employees of foreigner's left their Tabaquer $5 each, for failing MACKINTOSH the accounts my fears have been work, with many expressions of re-to observe "rule of the road." fully realised. The profit from gret and distress, and without sales of rope is $50,478.56 and we making any demands for higher steamers (as stated) when two For going alongside respective $19,996.23 in rents wages or improved conditions of other boats were already in post dadacting depreciation 2008.05 Jabour or indeed, any demands tion, $5 each on steam-purches interest paid $22,561.ting whatsoever. They went out in at Lee (along ss, Telema- committee and auditoresponse to methods commonly chus) and "Kwong Yue Loong the profits for the yearuced practised by agitators in China to.. $24,775.99 Under where secret societies, employing (along as. "Hopsang.”)

To. Mr. Sayce's next query as to whether a loan from the bank Captain Weon's case was that would be necessary in the circum he had been engaged verbally by stances, Mr. Shewan said: No, we General Chan in August, 1925, in have our call (on capital). connection with lending support.

Mr. Sayce then asked about, in to General Chan Kwing-minterest on the money and Mr Plaintiff had come to Hongkong Showan replied that they would do from Notal where he had been as before. farming on the borders of Zulu A discussion between the two hund He had there read of the rentlemen ensue in which Mr trouble between Hongkong and Sayce remarked that it had cost Canton and wondered if his exten- the company about half a million sve military and police service dollars to build their (Chinese) would be of use.

housee; they only got about $19,000 rent which was not enough pay the $23,000 interest.

Capt. Woon's record was hand

to the court showing that he was commissioned as a Ligut in 1881 and had seen service in South Africa, Borneo and other places,

Policy A Mistake

In a conversation which he Mr. Sayce asked Mr. Shewan if Chrt. Woon) had had with Gen he thought it a mistake to build Peral Chan Lim-pak in Hongkong Chinese, houses and transfer the on August 16, a salary of $600 a factory to the mainland, which, in, month had been suggested, said his opinion loaded shareholders the plaintiff, but the Chinese Gen- with empty flats and no dividend." feral said that the expenses were. Shewan: We can all be wise already heavy and eventually $300 after the event. This was done at was decided on. He was later in the express request. of share- troduced to a Chinese gentleman holders. and had received cheques, from the latter whom he was told was responsible for the Merchant Volunteers' finances,

collected

* Reasons Unfathomable-

Unjust and unreasonable though

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cumstances we regretannot subterranean and unscruplous recommend the pay a divi- methods, Eze common. dond on this occasicall dur markets we have had competit for Mr. Shewan: Yes, but we hope:such as we have never before fad that the present conditions will not be contend against. Factories In was the reasons why Hongkong Manila can and a good market in was included in this attack are Past

the United States as their ship-not difficult to fathom For many last night as the President, for ments go in free of duties which, Chinese Hongkong and Canton are the current year, of the Chung. as regards shipments of rope Yarns alternative places of residence, the Shing. Benevolent. Society one from here, have just been fixed at two cities have always been closely of the leading Chinese organisa- Other officials elected included 49 per cent, ad valorem; that issociated commercially, and in retions of charitun the Colony. of course a very heavy handicap cent years, during the frequent for us. As there are four factories recurrence of civil strife in South Mr. Luk Fang-sham (chief man- over there you will appreciate that China, Hongkeng has often beenager, Bank of Canton, Ltd) Mr we have had a hard struggle to meet cro

crowded to its last Chinese cubicle Tsang Foo (ccal merchant), such artificial competition. The with refugees. A daily ebb and flow Mr. Wong Kwong-tin (of the political trouble at Canton which of 50,000 people between the two Kai Tack Co.), Mr. Lau Yuk-wan affected all our shipping customers places is not uncommon at such a (Hong Nin Insurance Co.) and Mr. San Cho-wing (manager; was naturally reflected in our local time. sales which for the last half of 1925 An anti-British agitation having Kwong Wing Hing Hong and shew marked falling off as begun however unreasonably Kwong Wing S S. Co.) against those for the first six dongkong as the familiar local months of that year. "Sales abroad exemplification of the British Em- also shewed the effect of the compire, was from the Canton point of petition I have just referred to. In view an obvious target. Hongkong boycott of even these two nations. face of all these adverse conditionsschool boys, emulating the example was, however, found impracticable. it is not surprising that our total of students elsewhere, were the and, therefore, as the British were deliveries for 1925 shew a reduction of over one million pounds and our sot profits from working account are down to $60.478.60 as against $100,744.04 in 1924.

Another question was if the locality of the new factory (in Kowloon) was thought to be nuit able for the company's business. Mr. Shewan: Certainly, otherwise

we would not have taken it.

Spying Out The Land. He had several times asked for instruction as to what he could price we paid was cheap?

Mr. Sayce: Do you consider the do in Canton but other than a

Mr. Shewan: It was very cheap visit to Canton on September 3 at the time we bought it. "to look at the lie of the land" he|In conclusion Mr. Sayce said that bagi received no instructions Hene expressed the views of a large wis, however, told to hold himself number of shareholders in assert in readiness.

ing that the company should get In January of this year, plain-out of property and leave such to tiff wrote a letter to General Chan the land companies, and confine Linpak asking for salary which themselves to the rope business was in arrear and asking if his which had proved so profitable in

the past. services were not required that he Should be given the necessúry Friotice.

The Chinese General in reply assumed no knowledge of employ ment of plaintif Mr. Sheldon plaintiff's legal representative in the court this morning) referred to vague threats" which had been used in the course of this reply.

Plaintiff tried several times, to get in touch with General Chan Lim-pak and was told that he was

:

There was no other question and the business of the meeting pro-

ceeded as outlined below.

Mr. Shewan was supported by the 'Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, Mr. H. P. White, Mr. Allan Cameron (consulting committee), and Mr. J. Coulthart "Checretary).

Shareholders present were Messrs. A. L. Shields, L.W. Shewan, D. W. Munton, 3 Toppin, Keily

rat to make a demonstration by ceasing to attend school, but the Arst serious manifestation of Hongsong's inclusion in the hostile polley took the form of a with drawal of ships creive on June 19. Hongkong To Weather. Storm.

On June 20 the usual British river "The price of Manila hemp as steamer from Hongkong failed to usual fluctuated greatly, the quota: nut in an appearance in Canton, sought to-morrow it, will be the

tion for the grade mostly used by or crew having left some hours us went from Pesos 25.00 per pleut previously. On June 21, ail Chin- in January down to. Pesos 23.60 in June when it began to rise steadily ese employed by foreigners on Shameen, Canton ceased work, again closing at the end of the leaving the foreign community year at Pedes 39.00 per pical practically isolated. Meanwhile, in

"Our investments are now all disposed of the last sold leaving a pront of $408225 As shewn to the profit and lose aggpunt.

regarded as the prime agents in the effort to maintain foreign rights in Chine, it was decided to concentrate on the British frat. It has been openly stated in the "Canton Gazette" and other Chinese papers that fo-day it is the elimination of British trade and influence which turn of the Japanese and after that of the United States of America."

Regulations were promulgatad by the "All China General Labour Union" and the "Canton-Hongkong Strike Committee governing trade spite of reassuring, announcements in Canton. The fact of these Re- (one of these was dated as early gulations was to allow all firme as June 12); lasued by the Hongkong and persons, other than British, to Government, promising full protec- start business again in the Native The returns from our house tion against intimidators, there was City but not on Shameen. Far- property have been most disappoint

PROTECTED

ing owing to the great exodus of a general exodus of workers from ther Regulations issued by the same Chinese during the strike. At the the Colony. In the course of bodies stated that no British goods METAL ROOFINnot in each time he went. He an army career and medals which beginning of the year there were the next two months, however, might be brought into Canton, whe disillusioned "demonstrators bether in foreign bottoms or Chinese: was also told that the General was he had won. Witness had no in 64 lata fully occupied, but in Julygan to find their way back to Hong Further, no British ship might visit

tention of employing Capt. Woon. the demand for those quickly fell in Hongkong bút did not wish to Capt. Woon mentioned that he of til, at the end of the year only Kong by devious routes, in order to Canton and no ship of any [see him.

Cross-examined by E. S. C. could get 500 English soldiers to 50 fats were in occupation, Rents avoid the attentions of pickets at nationality might call at Canton if Brooks (for the defendant) wit assist General Chan Kwing-ming were of course reduced and our 23 Canton, who dealt, unmercifully it called at Hongkong. Similar with anyone whom they caught at restrictions were imposed, at Sole Agents:S

ness denied that he had pressed but witness did not like to have houses which when fully occupied empting to board steamers or Swatow which is only second in DAVIE, BOAG CO. LTD. peas,

ang thing to do with it. in normal times should bring us in importance to Canton asian gutlet Bank of Canton Building him and that the General could cheques having been paid to Capt. rates we were obtaining before the tortle up the victim naked in the

Witness knew nothing about about $50,000 per annum at the

punishment frequently adopted was for Hongkong trade. Samples and particulars on application hold out no hope of anything Woon until he received a solici-strike are now only yielding us

Ubude. Treaties Defied. Directly after these regulations. definite.

tor's letter. He never gave in total rent of from $8,000 to 39,000 un ally Payment of a bribe General Chan's Evidence.

structions for Capt., Woon to be per annum Bus when we have to the pickets, usually enabled the appeared; statements were publish General Chan Lim pak gave paid anything on his behalf. shifted the old plant to Kowloon we worker to reach Hongkong withouted in the Canton Chinese news- orference, though, later, permite papers that the new "Nationalist", evidence, stating that he was head Mr. Brooks submitted that on | shølf have a site for 128.

visit Hongkong were only issued Government was in no way respon- of the Canton Merchant Volun- the facts he had no case to of which only, 28 have been bu

shops guaranteed, the worker's sible for them: nevertheless the toer Corps under General Chananawer The plaintiff, he sub in one of the most congested.

thin seven days,

Government allowed these extra- Kwing-ming. Witness referred mitted, had "come along in the of the town standing in our books

the Shamoen Incident the ordinary conditions to be imposed. to his milk goods and mining in hopes of picking something up at the low valuation of $0.50 per

yoott was increased and to remain until the present teret in Canton, and said that he and this, Mr. Brooks stated. was foot and which ing

Russian Bolshevista. time in defence of Treaty Rights money certainly bring un

Shameet with Chins and the ordinary usagen Shanghai delayed, going back to Canton for an attempt to extort some time prior to September of from General Chan Lim-pak Rope business may

Initiate their of Intercourse between civilised

Britain, nations. last year as the feeling against His Lordship commented on sent and capitalists was rather high. the fact that plaintiff on his own but Hong

tain Woon approached him in admission had never had and asked if he could find to do and said that he

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the late STEN TING,

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