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life.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1926.

MISSION DEATH.

MR. WA. CHARDING OF YUNNANFU.

TRIBUTES AT FUNERAL.

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| From Our Own Correspondent.) Yannonit. September 8.

years.

ALIEN LABOUR.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY TO BRITAIN.

In the case of hotel and restaur-

A slight and very gradual, irr provement, then set in, and hop were held off of his ultimate re covery, and the improvement con- tinued all the following week until ant employees permits were issued August 31, when-nt mid-day a sud in most cases on condition that a den collapse mut in, due to heart British youth was sent abroad in Taiture, and all hopes of saving his exchange for an allen in order life were abandoned.

that he could obtain facilities for away at 2.15 p.m.

He passed

The funeral took place on Septen learning foreign languages and ber at the foreign cemetery, and for gaining experience in hotel: practically the whole of the for- business abroad.

NO MAJORITY.

FORECAST OF ELECTIONS

IN CANADA..

THE CHINA MAIL.

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THE PHIL.

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ANNUAL REPORT TO MEMBERS.

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ITEMS IN ACCOUNTS.

KOWLOON TONG.

ARE ITS REQUIREMENTS

OVERLOOKED?

A READER'S 'VIEW.

then there was

COOLIES WIN.

Continued from page 1.).

Murphy's

The Imprisonment fell into two, LIGHT ON THE SYSTEM.

TEN, SLÄNDER ACHONS.

sections, that before the arrival of the police and that after · their Rugby, Sept. 14.

[To the Editor of the "China Mail," arrival. In respect of both of them Ottawa, Sept. "14. The report of the Ministry of The early election returne indi- Sir-In view of the fact that action. The onus was on him to: the defendant was the cause of The foreign community of Yun-Labour for 1925 gives some part-eate that the Government will be there are over 150 houses prac-Justify his action. It was not pos- nanfu has been stirred to its depths culars of conditions under which unable to secure a majority in thetically completed on the Kewicon sible to justify it by the allegation by the andden death of Mr. W. A. C. aliens are permitted to enter this new Parliament unless the re-site, some eighty of which are as to theft of cement bags and with Harding, who passed away, after a country to take up employment. turns from Western Canada prove befax occupied, is it not time that regard to Mr. Wadeson's argument short illness, on August 30, aged) In the grant of permits regard a surprise...

astation connection was made that Mr. Murphy was lustifled in Is had to the conditions of the The contest has been bitter, and with the Kowloon-Canton rail-view of there having been a com The deceased had complained of labour market, and allens are not will result in at least ten slander way?

motion outside his house, he (His liver trouble for about three weeks, admitted to take work which actions pending among political There is a bus service along Honour) find no doubt that the only and had heen treated for this he could be equally well done by leaders, including an action by Mr.the Kowloon City Road but this charge present in Mr. the Mission doctor of Yunnanta British or foreign persons already Mackenzie King against a Toron considerable distance away mind at the time was to have them Dr. N. Bradley, but getting no re-domiciled in the country.

to paper for £50,000 damages and from many of the houses and in arrested for the theft of cement. lief, it was decided that he should Permits were refused in 120 two actions by Mr. Stevens, Minis-view of the fact that the railway bags, #onto Hospital for treatment,¡cases to theatrical, and musical

His Honour said he was not pre- which he did on August 15, when artistes, and 1,816 granted; 128 ter of Customs, against two news runs right through the estate it

would surely be in the interests of pared to and whether or not there papers for £20,000 each. it was discovered that he had were refused to foreign clerks and serious kidney trouble...

Stormy scenes took place at the the railway quite apart from the had been a breach of the peace by students, and 580 granted. Of meetings of the campaign in Mon- convenience afforded if a halt was the plaintiffa, Even aupposing He continued on strict diet until Hotel employees, 67 were refused treat where Mr. Fattenaude. Min- bulit at Kowloon Tong August 20, when he had conval- and 187 granted; 15 were refused ister for Justice, was unable to

there had been he found that the Several schemes have been breath was at an end at the time sions, and in the early hours of the to teachers of languages and 328 obtain a hedring. Fierce encoun-mooted only to fall through and of Imprisonment and in common next day blood-letting had to be granted. Of domestic servants tors occurred between his sup-it seems that the inhabitants of law, arrest by a private person resorted to in order to save his and nurses 416 were refused, and porters and his opponents, eggs, a growing locality are to get no-after the cessation of the breach

1,540 granted.

tomatoes, and other missiles being thing after all. First of all was not legal. There was no ren- The total number of permits thrown.-Reuter. refused has been 4,104 and there

branch railway line to Kowloon (som * apprehend a continuance of were 5.349 granted.

Chai andi Kowloon: City the disturbance when the imprison- was mooted and now that ment took place. seems to have fallen through; With regard to powers under the scheme Ordinance Feluting to disorderly be. in connection with the running of haviour by crowds, action could only trams in Kowloon, in which the in-be taken by the owner of the pro- terests of the Kowloon Tong in-perty in question, There was no habitants were to be looked after. evidence as to Mr." Murphy having And now it appears that we are acted on the authority of the owners not even to get a halt, if my in- of the property in question. formation is correct.

On the question of amount of eign community turged-out to pay A limited number of permita !

It should not be forgotten that damages His Honour asked was granted to assist in setting The report of the Hong Kong the settlement here is quite a Mr. McCallum had anything to up new industries in this country. Philharmonic Society for 1925-6 substantial one and is likely to be say.. such as artificial silk and beet (to be presented at the annual quite a factor in, the Colony's. "Vindictive Damages." sugar, and only on condition that meeting. 5.80 p.m. ( September 27 life. significant, too of the pro- Mr. McCallum said that it must, be the aliens were employed to train Cathedral Half), reads:- British subjects in the new pro-

igress which is everywhere in borne in mind that certain thefts The membership of the Society jevidence on the peninsular.. Is of cement bags had been committed cess-British Wireless Service. numbers 130.

constitutes a substantial contribu-prior to the incidents in question The Gilbert and Sullivan operation to the housing problem and and that every man was to a certain "Iolanthe" was produced at the the scheme under which the op-extent under suspicion. The man Theatre Royal in December to portunity is afforded tenguts of eriginally stopped by the Indian crowded houses, and resulted in a owning their own houses at rea- suard with sacks in his possession, profit ef $211.73. It was at first sonable cost is a worthy effort to also his colleagues, had sought to thought that the profit was near-encourage and reward thrift. justify the coolie's position yet they ly $700, but some unexpectedly hope the claims of Kowloon Tong had been treated in a most disgrace- heavy bills came in after the $600 to suitable recognition and provi-ful manner.

The freedom of the! shown in the accounts had been sion of facilities in acordance with British subject was one of the finest distributed to the charities named its importance will not be over traditions of British justice and in This resulted in a loss of $258.27 looked for ever. being carried to the General Ac- count. Your committee recom- Arailway accident occurred at mend that in future years any Newcastle, which is described is mined at the annual general meet- Murulla, 100 miles north-west of distribution of profits be deter- the worst ever known, 26 persor. ing. being killed and 50 injured.

The proposed concert in the Four trucks, Juden with wool spring was abandoned owing to became detached from a goods the poor support given by the train and ran downhill and crashed members, Harthing and the two boy in Eng. At the rate of 60 miles an hour into It is with regret that the com-Yaumati, to the tunnel and the in law that these men were coolies. Jand, one of whom is twin to the the north-west mall train, which mittee have to report the resigna necessity for a level track for They were entitled to vindictive

was running as a speed of 40 miles:tion of Sir Claud Severn who had some distance in establishing a damages. an hour:

been the President of the Society station. The scheme for connect His Honour aaked Mr. Wadeson The truck jumped over the en- since the re-start in 1922.

ing up Kowloon Chai and Kowloon if the plaintiffs had suffered any gine and first couch of the mail Mr. C. E. H. Beavis, who has City was never more than a sug-loss. Mr. Wadeson replied that train and wrecked the second coach, taken a great interest in the So-gestion, we are informed, and for they had suffered none. They were PARADE OF WHITE ROKED mail train were practically unhurt.

The driver and fireman of the ciety since. 1904, has kindly ac- the present, at any rate, the local still at work and said Mr. Wadeson,

ity is considered to be sufficiently sacks continued to disappear. A HOSTS.

-Reuter.

cepted the post.

The Society has also sustained a

served by the 'buses.-Editor of great loss by the resignation of the "China Mail."]

their respects to the deceased.

Chinese Tributes.

A service was held in the hos pital chapel at 1,30, and the core tege started from there at 10.00 waghing the cemetery at about 11.00 where the ceremony was con ducted by Rev. A. Evans of the United Methodist Missioną, hnd the Rev. H. A. C. Allen, of thự CLM. Mr. D. J. Harding was supported' by Rev. H. G. Clark, of the Australian Mission and Mr. H. N. Bishop..

The Bora tributes were very numerous and beautiful, and mapy: Chinese, wito had been familiar, with the deceased attended the funeral The large number who. attended; the ceremony attested lo the high respect in which the desir ceased was held by all.

The sympathy of all goes out 10 the father, Mr. D. "J. Harding, whose daughter died under similar circumstances only four years ago in Yunnaaft. The two. lie side by

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Sympathies also go out to Mrs,

derensed.

"We can never forget him."

K.K.K.

NAMES KEPT SECRET.

Washington, Sept. 14.

The Ku Klux Klan opened their

third biennial. Klanvocation to- day. It was preceded yesterday

"TRAIN SMASH.

RUNAWAY TRUCKS JEMP OVER MAIL.

NEARLY BO CASUALTIES.

Sydney Sept. 14.

NAWORTH DISASTER.

Verdict Against a Dead Mar

London, Sept. 14.

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Mr. Stanley Collett from the post lof hon. musical director and cor- ductor on proceeding to England.

this edse it had been trespassed on to an extent which was truly dia- Yours, etc.

graceful, the guards using loaded Á RESIDENT. rides on them. In spite of the Kowloon Tong, Sept. 14.

plaintiffs' assurance to Mr. Murphy that they would do

he [From enquiries it appears that wished them · to do They the scheme for providing a halt had been handeuffed and Kowloon Tong entailed greater marched through the streets in full difficulties than at first anticipat view of their fellow workers, It ed owing to the gradient from did not make the slightest difference

His Honour commented that the judgment would rahabilitate, the plaintiffs as regarded their fellow workmen. Aa regarded personal damages he assessed these as $25

Advertisements were inserted THIEVING YOUTHS. each in respect of the five plaintiffs

in the papers for a successor, and one reply was received, Mr. W. R. Fleming being appointed to the

Other Changes. Messrs: Piercy and Mathieson resigned from the committee on leaving the Colony, and Messrs.

BOY SCOUTS LIBRARY STOLEN.

BROKE INTO CLUB.

Not many are aware that in one Ost and Bowes-Smith were co-of the small buildings adjoining opted in their place,

Mr. Gillingham carried on the valley, grounds is a club house the path through the Happy duties of, hon. secretary until De-for the Hong Kong Boy Scouts. cember, when he resigned and the

by a spectacular parade of white-At the inquest on the victims of robed hosts through Washington's the Naworth railway crossing die main thoroughfare.

ater on August 30 a verdict of man- post. Although the Klanvocation was slaughter was returned against the attended by many thousands of level crossing gatekeeper, Oliver. Klansmen all names "were kept who, the jury fuund, was killed as secret, and, whilst newspaper men the result of his own negligence. are admitted to the exercises they Reuter. - are not given the names of the speakers or the presiding officers. The principal speaker was in- troduced s "The Exalted Cyclops." He

predicted the exclusion. of emigrants to the United States within 27 few years and declared that the Recent Eucharistic Con-) gress in Chicago was a challenge to America. Reuter's Ameritan Service.

A Washington cable of August)

NAVAL MISHAP.

SEQUEL TO SUBMARINE'S SINKING.

LIEUTENANT DISMISSED.

Devonport, Sept. 9

who had been handcuffered and $15 in respect of the one who had not. Defendant would also pay costs.

MOTOR ACCIDENT.

BOY RUN OVER AT PRAYA EAST.

DIES IN HOSPITAL,'

work was taken over by Mr. H. J. Scotts with club facilities was o'clock yesterday afternoon a few The movement to provide the An accident occurred at about 5. Best.

The post of hon. treasurer was progressing gradually and several yards from the Wanchai Police fulfilled for the season by Miss R. Well-wishers had sent books and Station resulting in the death of a Mow Fung who, since the close of Finding the place.closed yester-ed by walking in front of a motor Chinese boy from injuries receiv- the financial year, has hurriedly day, two unemployed youths broke ear. The boy died in hospital left for England owing to the ill-into the club room by smashing shortly after admission. ness of her sister. Mr. H. J. Eest

other contributions.

is at present acting in her place. la pane of glass and unfastening The motor car concerned was 13 stated:-The Ku Klux Klan The court-martial held in connec-

The committee desire to express away with a dozen books when Yes Wo Street, Causeway Bay. the bolt, They were walking one from the World Garage, of has requested permission

tion with the disaster to Submarine their thanks to all those who they were detected and arrested. From a statement made by the march unmasked up Pennsylvania H.29 on August 9 sentenced Lieut-worked so hard to make the opera Avente from the Peace Menu enant Malcolm Edgar Wevoll to be a success; to the Cathedral Body before the Magistrate this morn he was in the rear of a tram car The defendants who appeared driver of the car, it appears that ment at the foot of Capitol Hill to dismissed from his ship and for the use of the Cathedral Hall the Treasury Department,

on severaly reprimanded:

for committee meetings, etc., anding to answer a charge of theft travelling in a westerly direction September 13. Major Edwin B. The Court found that the hazard to Messrs. Thomson & Co. for who had a brother working as a before the trant car reached the were Alim Semin, a Javanese, and decided to overtake it shortly Hesse, Superintendent of Police, ing of the vessel was due to kindly auditing the accounts, said a permit would be granted accused's omitting, to give orders The Society is to be congratu-golf caddie, and a Chinese aged halting place near the Police as a matter of form. He refused for trimming the submarine in allated on carrying forward

19 years A

Station. At that moment the boy permission for the Klan to march definite manner, not immediately balance of $892.72 to season guilty to the charge. The Javan-in front of the motor car, The Both the defendants pleaded ran from the rear of the tram car masked.]

investigating the flooding of the 1926-7. tanka, and omitting to ensure that Urder "Iolanthe account, of age, was ordered eight strokes but it was too late.

ese youth, who was under 16 years driver attempted to stop his car, the hatches were closed before the ceipts, appear:sale of tickets tanks wore flooded.-Router. (nett) $6,345.97, advertisements

with a cane, while the other was!

"Police officers were soon on the|| In programmes $600.

sent to prison with hard labour spot and had the injured boy sent Other receipts for the year (in-

for two weeks.

to hospital. While investigations cluding old, carry forward) total-

[were still going on news came led $1,594.87.

from the hospital that the boy died.

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

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GEN. CHANG'S, REPLY TO EUGENE CHEN,

In connection with the recent announcement by Canton regard. ing property of foreign missions, General Chang Kal-shek has issued the following, dated roon September 8, 9 miles from Wachang:-

Minister. Chen,

Waichiaopu (Le. Foreign

Ministry),

Canton

REBEL COLONEL.

SOLITARY. CONFINEMENT FOR LIFE.

Madrid, September. 14.

GEN. CHANG'S BROTHER:

Dr. Crichton Miller, the well- known paychologist, in an address "Essential and Extrinale

The brother of General Chang Features of the Public School Kai-shek is reported to have ar- System, made some interesting

GIRL GUIDES,

The Court-Martial, composed of the "Lungahan, but it is not poral punishment. In many cases, ing classic conducted by the Di rived in Hong Kong yesterday on references to the question of cor- The Girl Guides officers' train General Officers sitting at Segovia, known if he is on sny mission. he said, corporal punishment trict Captain, Mrs. E. B. Red sentenced to death the Colonel Commanding the Army Artillery

might be of great value to an are starting again on September School in connection with the re- A message from Akyab re adolescent by but there were 20 at 4.15 p.m. and are being Your telegram of 25th duly cent unsuccessful revolt, but His Porta a volcanic eruption on other cases which it might held at Government House, by noted.

Majesty, in accordance with Bamri Island, Lower Burma, near land him in the asylum. Tad kind permission of H. the Regarding protection to for Government suggestion has com- the township of Kyaukpya. A the good fortune, he proceeded, Governor. The secretary Mrs reigners, I have given instructions muted this to solitary confinement hill about 500 feet high was to be at a public school where WB. A Moore, Not 468 the

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