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No. 19,850 HONGKONG, MONDAY,, JULY 12, 1926."
SWEEP BANNED?
LOCAL RACE DRAW DEEMED ILLEGAL.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
Police View of Stake on St. Leger.
KOWLOON WEDDING.
PRETTY CEREMONY AT ST.
ANDREW'S. *
MILLARD-RAPLEY.
St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon. was the scene this afternoon of a pretty wedding, the parties being. Edna Alice Rapley
Edwin Millard, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Millard, also Gosport, Hunts.
QUEER MOVE.
LANDLORD PREFERS EMPTY
HOUSES...
REFUSES HIGHER RENT, „
Sequel to Local Decontro) of
Property,
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
ADMIRAL'S VISIT.
IN CHARGE OF JAPANESE CADETS.
few
TO-MORROW'S "INVASIÓN."
To-morrow and for the following days Hongkong will en- tertain some hundreds of Japan- one cadets from the "Yakumo"
the and "Izume," ships from Japanese training squadron which are proceeding southwards from Shanghai on a cruise.
With the training ships is Ad miral Yamamoto, of the Japanese Imperial Navy,
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"VETERAN SOLD
SALVAGED HEUNGSHAN FOR SHANGHAL
INTERESTING, "CAREER.
Curious Shipping Rumours Denied.
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After a long honourable career. in Hongkong and adjacent ports., a brief period of inglorious a340- ciation with the Canton River's hot- tom, and finally a time of enforced idleness in the harbour, the old. steamboat Houngshan is due to go to Shanghal to serve a new owner.
A cash sweep in Hongkong has
That the landlord will not agree been deemed by the authorities
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. to a compromise but that he in- to be outside the pale of the law, J. W. M. Rapiey, of Gosport, sists on objecting all his tenants, For the first time in the Colony-Hants., England, and Cyril is the allegation made by some of at least as far as has been made
the tenants of a row of about public.
of twenty, Chinese houses, each of At Home, of course, the Police
which comprises three flats: " have "forbidden" the holding of
The Rev. G. Arrowsmith Hitherto of course, the block nany sweeps although the Cal-officiated.
had been within the scope of the The Japanese consul-general The Heungshan belonged to the cutta, the Stock Exchange and The bride, who was given away | Rents Restriction Ordinance, ex-and the President and Vice-Pre-Hongkong, Canton & Maeng Steam- the Baltic-all on the Epsom by Mr. R. J. Goodman, looked pired on June 30 Rents, how-sident of the local Japanese Asso-boat Co. Ltd. On the run between Derby-ure freely given publicity charming in a dress of ivory silk ever, were not unduly low-for ciation, together with representa-Hongkong and Cantor: she ran to mention only the best known.
A small paragraph in the Chin-marocain with lace panels." em-the part of the town in which the tives of the leading Japanese aground one morning. The wreek broidered veil, wreath of orange fluts were situated. Some were firms, will leave by launch to meet was sold for the proverbial song. blossom and silver shoes. Her used as tenements and soma as the Admiral. During the day the The buyer at a public auction). bouquet was of white roses.
club premises. The rents now Commander-in-Chief of the train sold it in turn, to a Chinese Miss Dorothy Goodman, the outained, it is stated, were not ing squadron and the comman-syndicate, for between Ave and six bridesmaid, wore A Becoming even, although each building was ders of British yessels in port will thousands of dollars and
several hundred per cent. profit. dress of helio crepe de chine with similar to its neighbour.
exchange complimentary visits. has to match and carried
Notice to Whole Block. The officers of the two vessels will The syndicate decided to save the
wreck. bouquet of orchids,
The difference in rents has no-be entertained later at the regi-
Good Price, But...... thing to do with the matter. Ondence of the Japanese' consul-
After somewhat laborious, but Saturday, it being the first of the general.
the Heungshan was towed slowly,
es papgin this morning said that the Police had indicated that a local sweep must be withdrawn, The report said that tickets were at $2 each and that the first prize was about $50,000. The name of the promoting organisation, as given in Chinese characters, enn
Still Sub Judice.
Moses.
PRAYA SHOOTING.
CONSTABLE TO BE TRIED. FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
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Legal Poser
A curious parthis ejectment notice in that ding to one
made
now transpires that the owners have sold her to the San Peh S. S.
co., or to Messrs. Hung On (said to be a subsidiary or associated firm of the Sun Feh) for $140,000. But the curious part is that the salva- gers are said to have lost money. The sum realised, now given as it was mentioned to a "China Mail" reporter, is believed to have just about paid the salvage, repair and general expenses.
But another fairly large sum is said to have
CANTON AND OIL been aten up by interest so that the yndicate is reported to have loat about $20,000 in the business.
STANDARD OIL CO.'S' NEW OFFICE.
The matron of honour was He read to mean Hongkong Com-Mrs. R. J. Goodman, who was at bined Charity Organisation.
tired in a dress of blue crepe de Chinese moon, the landlord (or Or Wednesday morning the nevertheless interesting, operations, cite trimmed with cream lace his representative) is reported to cadets of the training ships will if not triumphantly, back to Hong- On enquiry at Police Head and carried a bouquet of cream have served notice simultaneous-visit the Peak, Botanical Gar-kong, to be repaired and refitted. quarters" a "China Mail" report-
ly to all tenants, giving a month's dens, etc., after which they will
Since overhaul she has been lying er was informed that the matter
The best man was Mr. George notice to quit. Some of the ten-be entertained at the Japanese up in Shamshuipo Bar was still sub judice. It was Puncheon.
ants says that they immediately Club. leaving in the afternoon for
were a visit to the Hongkong Univer-time that the syndicate would put Rumours were current at one admitted that correspondence had,
After a reception at No. 6offered higher rents but. passed between a Mr. Haytor and Tantallon Terrace, Kowloon given to understand that the sity.
her on her oid run, that she would the Police with regard to a sweep Docks, the bride and bridegroom owner wanted possession" at the
H.E. the Governor and other be re-sold to the Steamboat Co, and on the St. Leger, Mr. Haytor are to leave for their Honeymoon stipulated time and would not prominent civil, military and that she would be converted into a had been informed that the sweep at Repulse Bay, the bride's tra- accept any higher rental, irrespec- naval officials are to be entertain-floating hotel." was illegal and would not be coun-velling dress being of flowered tive of the attraction of suggested by the Japanese community At any rate. bad times set in. It tenanced by the Police authorities, voile and crinoline hats trimmeded increases.
on Wednesday evening at the it was stated. The Police did with pink flowers.
A minority of the occupants Hongkong Hotel. not know the Hongkong Combin-
are making hasty arrangements
Thursday morning is to be de- ed Charity. Organisation and the
to secure other accommodation. voted by the cadets to an inspec- correspondence WIN with Mr.
Others are still sanguine that the tion of the port of Hongkong Haytor. Farther information
landlord will not be adamant The crew of the ships will be the cannot be given at the moment, r
While the remainder are undecid. guests at tea of the Japanese In the connection it has to be
ed and waiting for neighbours to Association at the Hongkong mentioned that & printed notice
take the initiative in negotin-Hotel in the afternoon," as reached the "China Mail,"
A visit to Fanling will be paid bearing the headings: "Hong-
The inquiry into the death of a 'tions.
by' the cadets on Friday morning kong Combined Charity Organisa-pig dealer who was shot by a tion, Sweepstake on St. Leger" Chinese constable concluded be- It read: "Dear Sir,-A meet-fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell, sitting as ing will be held at the Kowloon Coroner, upd à jury this morning.occupier-the tenancies do all The question of when police commence on the lat day of the Hotel, on Monday, July 12, at 6.30 p.m. to discuss matters connected officers should fire their revolvers Chinese (lunar) month. This with the above sweepstake" All arose at a previous hearing when person is informed that a calen- interested are invited
the constable said that he fired dar months' notice-by which he by the Committee to attend. Yours at the sampan to frighten the oc- understands a complete month. cupants when they failed to stop, from the 1st to the last day--is faithfully."
as he suspected them of having not good enough; but that a month's notice, from the day on The St. Leger is the last of the contraband on board.
tenancy expires, not five classic races of the Home Aat- In his summing up, Mr, Lind-which a racing season. It is for three-sell said that before the constable necessarily the 1st day of a calen- year-olds, over 14 miles and 132 could be exonerated from blame dar month, is needed. This being yards at Doncaster. The date the jury would have to consider a matter for legal experts, does this-year-is-September &
the following points(1) Whe-not enter into the present aspect, ther the constable had good and brought about the withdrawal of solid cause as to influence an or- the Rents Ordinance; of a land- dinary man of reasonable intelli-lord declaring himself willing to gence to suspect the sampan forego increased revenue in order people of being in possession of to regain possession of his pro- stolen goods; (2) Whether he perty. could have effected the arrest by other means; (3) If not, did he deliberately fire at the deceased': and (4) did he merely fire at the it is stated that the tenants of sampan in the hope of stopping it some Chinese flats at Causeway without intending or desiring to Bay, mostly of the manual labour class, have received notice of in- hit anyone on board.
crease in rents. Last year they The jury returned negative answers to the first and third paid $16 a month. The extra 15 per cent, permitted on July 1, questions and answered the last 1925, was availed of by the land- question in the affirmative. second did not arise. They added lord and the rent became $18.40. business under was
the opinion that the constable did Now the tenants are asked to pay which had been created. not exercise enough care, seeing increases of from $8 to $12, per
month, states the report. that he knew there were people on board.
The Coroner announced the
MOTOR SMASH.
TWO INDIANS KILLED IN, ACCIDENT.
TWO OTHER FATALITIES.
A serious motor accident occur. red on the Shek 0 Road at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of two out of seven
Indians who were in the car.
It appears that the car, owned by Mr. Lam Ying-yam. being, tried out with a view to purchase and overturned while negotiating a curve. The pas sengers were
Indian money- lenders and the car was under
morrow.
The
"Keeping Mum" Pays?
In today's vernacular, papers,
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The announcement that the Standard Oil Company of New York has opened an office in Canton for the selling of kerosine and gasoline is of considerablo' Interest in view. of the anomalous state of affairs
that has existed there since the Im- position by the Canton Government of taxes which are undoubtedly
legal.
A "China Mail representative this morning made enquiries at the local offices, of the Standard of Cmpany as to whether the latest move was signideant of general agreement on the part of the three big oil companies to withdraw the arrangement which was mutually agreed on to refrain from selling their products in Canton until the illegal tax was removed.
Before Goodbye.. Last week, the "China Mail" stated that Captain Elliassen, of the Sun Peh Co.'s s.s. Shinfoo had bad trouble with his crew in Canton and had come down to Hongkong with out sailors.
The Shinfoo is said to have left i
Shanghai for the south with the express purpose of towing the Heungshan away from Hongkong. Not to come down empty, she took on a cargo for Canton. From Can- ton she was supposed to be due, to leave for Hongay for coal, prior to coming to Hongkong to act a tow. Captain Paws, a technical expert of the San Peb Co., has been in Hong- kong in. connection with the Heung- shan's removal. On his sailors leaving the ship, Captain Elliassen
came to Hongkong direct instead. The Shinfoo is still in Hongkong and it le not known..when she will leave, or when the Heungshan will be towed away.
The China Mail" representative was assured that the Company had entered into no agreement with the Cunton Government. The latest The San Peh Co. is a large Chi- move was an attempt to, carry on riese concern, Interested in ship-1
new conditions ping, land transport, coal and--it
is believed-mining.
QUEER YARN..
No Norwegian Diplomatic Move.
"Entirely untrue," was the reply
When the Canton Government firat imposed the tax in April, 1925, The same same article also men-
the three companies had felt them- tions the fact that tenants who nelves justified, in view of the have been asked for higher rents Illegality of such imposition, in at- the control of an Indian driver. verdict as one of manslaughter
are, in the majority, inclined to tempting to create a famine of such A. European, (Mr. W. E. Price, against the constable, who will be reticent. They are of the opin- products in Canton. Owing to the given by the Norwegian Consulate of Taikoo) who was motoring appear before the Magistrate to-ion, it is stated, that once publi- importation through independent to a "China Mail" reporter whe that way, saw the men lying on
city is given to their case, the sellers in California and elsewhere called this morning in connection the roadway in a helpless condi-
landlord is left with no alternative of large quantities of kerosine and with current rumours about Nor- tion and reported 'the matter at
but to adhere to the request. On gasoline into Canton it soon bewegian shipping now engaged in the Shaukiwan Police Station.
the other hand, this class of ten- came evident that the attempt to trade with Canton and other ports.
Following the ant feels that bargaining will be create a famine could not succeed,
recent allega- more likely to succeed if conduct-continued our informant.
tions of interference by strike ed in private, without resort to The Canton Government having pickets, Norwegian shipping in- broadcasting an owner's name as found that the organisation invol- terasts in South China were said to ved by the maintenance of a mono- have requested their Legation in having "put on the' screw."
poly was rather too much for theim Peking to take the matter up so and having abrogated. it, the that an understanding could ground was cleared for further arrived, at. The foregoing did not trade, continuod bur Informant necessarily Include the "Shinfoo"
All the occupants of the car were conveyed to the hospital by ambulance. Jagar Singh, a well- known money-lender, died short- ly after he was admitted, and another, Sundar Singh, who was seriously injured, expired this morning..
Bathing Accident.
CHANG KAI-SHEK. »
LEAVES FOR WAR FRONT
THIS WEEK.
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Having officially. aaaumed the position which gives him nominal he already having the actual-- control of the Kuomintang Party and the Nationalist Government of fluenced by the prospects of A sixteen-year old Chinese boy Kwangtung, General Ching, Kal settlement of the boycott.. was drowned while bathing near ahek is now reported to be ready. It is noteworthy, states the agent the railway pier in Kowloon yea-to entrain for the Northern front (in Canton) to a native merchant terday afternoon. Others of the
on July 15,
principal in Hongkong, that General party attempted to rescue him This date, le mentioned specifi Chang has fixed July 16 as the date when he was seen to be in difcally in a message to the "Wah Tez, for his departure by train for Shiu- ficulties, but failed.
Yat Po." Kwangtung has, of kwan, where the great military The body was recovered an course, been practically at war camp is situated hour later and sent to the with Pel-fu's subordinates, in the By that time, according to cur south. At present the fighting (on rent belief in Canton, it is hoped Taikoo Death, · ́
Canton's behalf) is done mainly by that all proparations will have been A coolle working at the foot of General Tang Sang-chi, who accompleted to open the official peace a hill near the Taikoo Suger Re-knowledges Canton because of the conference with Hongkong. hence finery was killed yesterday after support ho gets. Canton's forces the commander-in-chief'a decision. noon by a boulder rolling down are spread out over the provincial The writer of this letter adds that from the bank. The rock gave border but have not taken up the he personally has not been as way without warning while he offensive at any sector
sured that there will be no post- was engaged in clearing the loose The march North has been proponement, but he thinks that Can earth at the foot of the bank. imised for some time but was said ton will be able to be resco fa time, Another coolle received a Trac-to be dezendent on improved trade as indicated by their official denial tured collar bone in the accidant, conditions which, again, were in- of rumours.
mortuary.
The taxes had not been finally re-
be
Incident. At any rate, the rumour was that representations were made pealed, but as against $4.40.a, case they had been reduced to $2, sub to the Legation because the vice This amounted to consul in Canton was not free to sidiary coin. about $1.50 Hongkong currency and act, because he was a British mer- whilst not admitting the legality of chant and therefore did not have any tax at all the Company, which free easy access to the city, had held large stocks in Canton for The Hongkong Consulate enid over a year, was opening up busi-that it was true that the local head ness on this basis. It was impos-of Messrs. Deacon's (not to be con- sible to say how long the issue of fused with the law firm in Hong delivery orders from their Canton kong) was the Norwegian Consul in Canton. But shipping interests! office would continue.
Our informant emphasised that had sent nothing to the Minister there were two issues involved in in Peking, nor had the Legation In short, the the general question of eli dealings done anything. in Canton. The Standard Oil Com-ramour was entirely untrue.. pany was not involved in that which concerned the strike and boycott,
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