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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1926.

GROPING ITS WAY.

"GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL STRIKE.

EMERGENCY PROSECUTION. Peaceful Picketing To Be Tolerated.

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COST OF LIVING.

COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR

CANTONA

OFFICIAL STATISTICS.

Canton's Bureau of Agriculture Both Sides are satisfied with the position in regard to the gen. and Labour has issued some very interesting comparative statistica oral strike at Home at the end of the second day..

of the cost of living in Canton Felty

The base figure is 100, worked out on costs in 1933 (second year of Republic). The latest figure, for the month of March, is 194.9 or nearly double.

A long struggle is being prepared for, and both the Trade Union Congress and the Government' are marshalling all their forces.

A plea is still being urged by many for the resumption of the "negotiations—no far without success.

HOUR TO HOUR POINTS.

"We are only at the beginning of an issue hitherto not expert enced, and the Government is groping its way." emphasised Lord Birkenhead in the House ef Lords, which passed the continuance of the Emergency Powers Act without a decision. Peaceful picketing will not at pre

sent be interfered with. The Government is not prepared to negotiate as long as the threat of a general strike holds the field. Regular though attenpated train Bervices, long distance and suburban are being maintain ed. The tubes are partially working. Buses are being marred by volunteers,

A special strike edition of the

Daily Herald was stepped by. the police, who seized a the copies already printed

Up to yesterday 12,450 voltsiteer

Workers had been enrolled.

The Trades Union Congress is confident of securing an honour- .able settlement.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

LADY'S INJURIES.

KOWLOON LADY CLAIMS $1,000 DAMAGES..

PINNED DOWN BY BUS.

under

char reasonable. N LAZARUS

ars most:

Hong Long's Only European Optician, 12, Queen's Road Central

A LADY'S WATCH

STOLEN BY A METER READER.

FOUND IN PAWN.

Arising out of a Kowloon bus A meter reader of the China incident, Mrs. H. A. Jones was the Light and Power Company was plaintiff in a Summary Court case brought before the Kowloon this morning (before the Pulsne Magistrate this morning to an- Judge, Mr. Justice J. R. Wood) Iswer a charge of larceny of when the Kal Tack Motor Bus Co.. gold watch from No. 28, Carnat Ltd; were sued for $1,000 special von Road, the residence of Mrs, and general damages for injuries Webb. alleged to have been caused by From facts stated in the case, negligence on the part of the com- accused went to the house to read

the meter and was given a chair: In the list is mentioned the pany's servants,

Evidence had not completed when to stand on Mrs., Webb later at present did not intend to inter-number of headings under each

found the watch missing and re- Bere with peaceful picketing but commodity, the number of grades, the Court rose for tiffin

ported to the police The article was unable to give an assurance

and unit figures, that this would be the list of the for the last two quarters

The list below is the average

was traced to a pawnshop where it had been pledged for $0. demanda that the "Government

Medical evidence of the extent 1926 would have to make on Parlia-!

Accused pleaded guilty and was 1926

of the injuries sustained by Mrs. sentenced to one month's impri- ment..

last qr first qrJones was given by Dr. Msonment in addition to paying the 180.6 184.8 Nicholson and Dr. W. Bealle cost of redeeming the watch, or 178.5 178.8 Thomas, Dr. Nicholson stating that another, three weeks.

He declared that the Government.

He reiterated that the Government Rice was not prepared to negotiate soOther foods long as the threat of a general Clothing strike held the field.

Tyrannical Power.

Lord Buckmaster, in supporting the motion on behalf of the Liberals, spoke of one of the most

ORD/ BUCKMA

Disorders have occurred through

tramcars and buses being at tacked in England and Scotland, As a counter blast to the British Cazette The Trude Unions Con-, ress is to publish a paper called the British Worker. Mails between Ireland and Britain wanton, exercises of tyrannical are suspended Sailings be power the country had been called tween Holyhead and Dublino to meet for centuries. have been cancelled.

Haldane, Cornered? The Government-notifies printers

The debate produce a dialogue

Fuels

161.8 167.1 259.8 269.5:

198.2 180.7

Metals and Build-

ing materialk... 166.4 Miscellaneous ...

195.3 Total cost

living

192.9192.0

HOME MAILS.

Arriving early at the G.P.0.-this merning delivery of the mail by the s.. "Empress" of Canada" com- menced in the forefoon..

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MT. J. Andrewes was for Mrs. Jones and Mr. D. L. Strellett de fended....

the injuries had every appearance

of being caused by a direct blow. Ulcers had appeared as a result of the tissues being destroyed. Week- neas of the muscles of the leg was still in avidorice and necessitated: the use of a stick and of an elastic bandage. Mrs. Jones would proba- bly eventually recover the normal use of the limb but it would take a considerable time. He had had to be consulted up to the present. on no less than sixteen occasions. On his advice the services of a mas- seuse had also been secured.

The mall comprised 354 bags from the USA, and other countries,

Mr. Surellet asked witness if he Included in which were three bags had been present when an examina letters and seven bags newspaperation was made by Dr. MacGown and from London and seven bags, from witness said he had but His Honour the continent despatched via disallowed farther questions on this Siberia, also eight bags from the point as the evidence of Dr. United Kingdom vir Canada.

MacGown was not to be called.

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Mrs. Jones' was accorded a. Bent.

THEFTS.

SEVERAL INCIDENTS"

REPORTED

· EUROPEANS' LOSSES.

Severnl cases of theft are dis- closed in reports made to the police yesterday.

Sergeant Major Edwards, of thei Royal Engineors, while at Victoria Barracks left his cout on a table in the office of the Survey Depart- ment. A sum of $140 in bank notes was stolen from the pocket..

Mrs. R. Miller, of No.. 3. Mody

in the witness-box. The effect of Road, Kowloon, lost a sum of $400 enormous increase of motor traffe her evidence was that on January || in bank notes from a locked drawer as compared with the last industrial 27. between 11 and 11.30a.m., she in her dressing room The theft upheaval the enim earlier was returning home, with her aunt was committed between Tuesday prising of people unxisuk to reach † (who had since left for Australia), afternoon and yesterday.

business in the city by motor or by a Kai Took bus, from Kowloon The house, of a Chinese foreman afont, and the unusually browded | City, having come from the Kowloon of the Kowloon-Canton Railway at ften shops supplying breakfasts, golf courses.

Shatin was entered: on Monday There is an increase in the prices. The bus was going very quickly. night by three men, one of whom of its insistence in any settle-between Lord Haldane and Lord of certain food commoditics, notably Near Bailey's yard, the driver carried a torch. Acecas was gain- ment of a clause preventing Birkenhead, when the latter defish, which has doubled, and milk, seemed to icse control and swerved ed by the front door which was victimisation of those who aremanded a clear and unequivocal which is 26

dearer to the right, falling over on its left closed but not locked. Ransacking doing their duty to the country. statement as to whether Lord to-day.

side. She was pinned to: the the house they took a small quan- The official view of the whole Haldane approved of the general

ground with the, bus over her lega. tity of money and clothing. position last night was very

"I think the driver Whis half". A Singer sewing machine valued reassuring.

Lasicép,” added Mrs. Jones who also at $100 is reported to have been The effect of the strike on cricket

spoke about the left rear whael] stolen from a tailor's shop at Un. .. and racing is reported on our

coming of. She was at the left|Long. Sports Fuge

end of the front row of seats. The bus, which was "very old," was full.....

On the Cabinet heavy losses by growers of new potatoes and fruits intended for export to Great Britain are feared..

A strike of motor car, factory workers is reported in sym-

A

strike.

per cent.

Both Sides Satisfied. Both sides are satisfied with the position.

The burden of Lord, Huldane's contributions Wax that the The Government spokesman negotiations ought to be continued." to-day broadcast that the position

throughout the country, was satis CONDITIONS: DIFFERENT. factory. There was no sign of

panic or even of great excitement, and no serious disturbance any- where. Food supplies were normal and 12,450 Volunteers had sd, far been enrolled in London. Volun teers are flowing in all over the country.

Second Day's Impressions in London:

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Although it was the second. day pathy with the British strikers.of the strike all the roads to the The American Press describes the city were crowded with traffic, strike as a tragedy, but ridi-chledy an endless procession of cules any idea of a Revolution. private cars and food lorries, yet In the House of Commons. the conditions were most different. lengthy debate was opened on twelve mile run yesterday took the emergency regulations, two hours and to-day one hour, There was no personal rancour, all being anxious to assist in the search for a solution. Mr. A. Henderson created a stir by referring to a formula which the Labourites had prepared to present to the Prime Minister when the negotiations were broken off..

DEBATE IN LORDS.

Not the Last of Government's Demands.

(Reuter's Service.)

A number of omnibuses. are working on the principal routes, in feluding the, London and General, besides independent buses manned by volunteers, even the stalways of these being packed.

There were distinct evidences of regular, although attenuated, train services, both long distance and suburban:

The tubes are partially working. Queues are waiting outside the stations, which yesterday were closed.

Unions Confident.

PRESS OUTLOOK.

Labour's Official Organ.

In dross-examination, Mrs. Jones stated that the bus fell quickly; she did not have time to step down and. save herself. I hung on to the bar or would have been killed," she said.

not.

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LOCAL SCOUTS.

LATEST NUMBER OF THE “SILVER WOLF"

NOTABLE ISSUE

Her husband had owned a car An announcement is made by the for years and she considered her. Trade Unions Congress that the self to be a judge of speed. response of the workers to the "An Indian constable who was on strike cull has surpassed expecta-duty at the spot, at the time; said

No. 1, of volume 5, of the "Sil- tions The difficulty of the General he saw the bus going very fust. He ver Wolf," is out.. It is the Council has been to keep men at turned to take its number and the official organ of the Boy Scouts work in trades which Are "the bus fell over as he was about to do Association of Hongkong.. second line of defence." Every so. He was not sure as to whe- Mr. C. H. Blason is the editor; where there le order and good tem-ther the wheel came off first, or and Messrs. M. J. Baptista, E. L per. The Council is confident of

Sim and A. Kirk are the art edi- securing an honourable settlement, Sergeant Smith of the Traffictors. Officials of the Association, Offce, Police Department, gave ex-of twenty local troops and five pert evidence. Examining the busWolf Cub packs are given, to that same afternoon, in the com-gether with a list of members. pany's depot, he found to be in There is some very interesting.. good condition except that the left and highly instructive reading. rear wheel had come off. The max! matter in the mazazine. Attain- mum speed was 15 miles per houring to exemplary, ideals, the although some buses were capable"Silver Wolflike its predeces of 35 miles an hour A Police Borshas much to tell the layman mechanic watched the Kowloon and those not yet acquainted with. buses every day. If there was any scouting.. bus which seemed suspicious, it, Items of particular note are: was pulled up. This witness also The Commissioner's letter, camp spoke as to the condition and shape ing notes; what to do in case of of the road. His personal opinion fire; competition details and re- was that when full, a bus was top- (sults; "Bottings," A message to heavy.

Scouts and Girl Guides from the The question having arleen of Chief Scout; A trip to Hangchow; whether that stretch of rond was troop notes and notes for Cubs, wet (after being watered), Sanitary Rovers and Scouters, and c Inspector Brewer was called by Mr. Andrewes. By d

Apart from an attenuated Times, the "British Gazette," the financial People coming to the City by long papers, and the "Daily Mirror," the routes from the suburbs are most last of which succeeded in distri- good-humoured in spite of the veryuting in London, and the new Londen, May 5. dismul weather, drizzle, and 'mist.. bulletin, whose five-line leading The fact that we are only at the A novel feature is the posting in article exhorted its readers to beginning of an issue hitherto not windows of, broadcast news bullet-stand fast in support of the Govern experienced and that the Govern- tins, which are surrounded by eager ment, no papers are published in ment is groping its way was em gerowds.

NEWSPAPER SEIZED.

Police Raid on "Daily Herald". Offices.

A cordón of police surrounded the "Daily Herald" offices whilst a special strike edition was being printed.

They stopped the machines and seized all the papers so far printed, which were removed to Scotland Yard,

London to-day,

The Trades Union Council announces its intention of respond- ing to the Government's "Britiah Gazette by publishing from the Dally Herald" office a newspaper called the "British Worker.

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A characteristic of the British touch of "Revolution" is the dell Mr. Brewer was asked if he con- very of piles of telegrams to the sidered himself an expert on water Trades Union Congress headquarcarts and Mr. Brewer admitted ter in London by Government that he had constructed the motor employees, also the American water cart in Koy loon, out of a de- maila being conveyed in motora | partmental van: "The driver of that from Southampton by volunteers, motor water cart (also employed by whom the Trades Union Congress the Sanitary Department) gave designate as blacklege, and also the ovidence There was no exact re Government telephones working cord of the van having been on normally at the Labour Bureaug, that bit of road on the day in ques- ↑ It is noteworthy that the strikere tion but it might have been there

cut off the Daily Mirror" from the The general rule was that ronda If a Revolution is in progress in Telephone Exchange and persuaded with metal surfaces were not water. phasised by Lord Birkenhead in the Great Britain it is being carried so the cleanin staff to leave the build. ed., Inspector Browar gave it an

EART

BRITISH PHLEGM.

Enormous Increase in Motor Traffic.

House of Lords in supporting a far with the traditional Britning u motion to continua the Emergency phlegm, the most striking outward tion of Powers Act, which was carried evidence of which had bean the without a division

amazing manifestation

the publies, his opinio

"Continued on Page 0.),

hat on metal roads the buses ran, where

A case of small-pox was notified, from the city district, yesterday, the patient being a Chinese

A Chinese engineer and coollie: working on the R.AS.C. motor launch Staun, were taken to the Government Civil Hospital yester day with injuries to their hands and luge. They were thrown down by back fire from a motor,

slippery. The term used by the ramining Jolfcitor : was "danger- the road surface, ous but witness substituted his uld render the roads own definition.

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