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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1926.

TRADE OUTLOOK.

China New Year Cush Stringency.

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LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS..

Winter Solstice Financial Settlement.

THE CHINA MAIL.

"SUNNING PIRACY looking for had an injured finger HANKOW DEMANDS. PEKING CABINET,

Evidence of Indian Guard.

A WITNESS KOW TOWS..

Certain Prisioners To Be Dischargedi?

which was bleeding.

The Crown Solicitor then call- ed Chiu Ching-tong, a Yunnanese merchant, who said that the pir- utes took away from his cabin a number of blankets and Shanghai and French money, including: nineteen Yuan Shi-kai silver dol- Flars.

RACE CLUB PROFITS TO BE TAPPED..

RECOGNITION BY THE POWERS.

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Hankow, Dec. 17.-

Peking. Deci -Notwithstand- ing the fact that the formation of a The Political Bureau has de

Cabinet supported by the Aukuo-- manded one fifth of the profits of ghun Army has been raised abroad, Three other Chinese passengers the Hankow Race Club, which, the question is still at standetül gave similar evidence, and his Worship adjourned the case untila is well known, is not only at appears that Marshal Chang Tso- lin considers that if a new Govern- Monday next a: 2.15 p.

race club but also tho chief for- ment" succeeds the Wellington Koo The Crown Solicitor intimated charge against curtain of the de- fendants on Monday as the ovid enice in some cases, especially that of the 16th, defendant, was very

small exter, prevails in Chinese which mineteen men are charged that he might withdraw the sign recreation and social amuse- Cabinet. It will still be a

The hearing of the case in

before Mr. R E. Lindsell with being implicated in the piracy of the 8.8. "Sanning" was continued at the Central Magistracy yester

Pessimism. though only to a business circles over the outcome of the financial clearance fathing due on the 22. the day of the winter polstice, one of the four settling days of the Chinese cat day afternoon!

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weak.

The Crown Solicitor is conduet- Even in normal tips and me..ing the prosecution and Mr. Leo so under abnormal conditions; the 'Amanda and Mr. M. K. Lo are winter, solstice settlement will defending the 2nd and 6th. nc-fact that he was the man who

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beef great importange ner with meriants here to the rigit eute

The first witness called yester that a necounts must be paid up:

day afternoon was Karera Singh, But "For "China New Your which a ship's guard employed on the falls on Feb. 21, some unrest is follated vessel Witness stated

His Worship: With regard to the 18th. defendant, I cannot see anything against him except the

went up to the Chief Officer's cabin for tooth-ache medicine shortly before the piracy begun,

Mr. Holmes; I have discussed the matter with regard to the

as this is the major settimment or that he was on board the "Sun-withdrawal against this man.

the year.

As all business calendar serple menta since the strike set in, there has been a good dead" of last. Those who were presse had a good ! Excuse the stringency of madnev owing temporary wetback in

trade.

Smatt Failures.

Now there with be Heth its blunge. It only watara what trade will take a period of time to recover, Accardingly, money is not flowing too freely and it is thought that towards the conill of the Chinese year there will be a number of failures confined mostly to smaller fems which have overtraded in the pist.

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The winter solstich settlement will be lookef apow ng try-out, a feeler to test the strength of fams about which connections we not too optimistic.

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Money for investment is not find

ing its way into commerce as it has in the past. Bonnciers preferring lower rates of return for turns on good class property,

Against thi there is the fact that even before the strike wet in. ad alta is boom times, the greater part of Chinese wholesale transactins were on cash or substantiel Basis.

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This Year's Sugar Boom. Take for instance the big sugar market. This year the big impon ters of raw stocks thoughs that Hong Kong "prites would not be worth whide. "Accordingly, com- paratively small lots, came here, but the market kept on rising steadily. The improvement Came very gradiendly, with hardly any serback adal and overybody who dealt in the commodity made a profit..

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It is situated in Chinese terri, ease the Anuochan Army has sp tory, a mile and a half qutside difficulty over the question of t the British concession, and is recognition by the Powers. Marshat gistered as a British company.

The Bureau also demands that the club's book be nudited by the Bureau, as are at present the books of all Chinese storekeepers in the native city.

All the Chinese jewellery stores have closed down on account of the demands by the anions and the high taxation-Reuter.

THE “T IGERS" CHANGE THEIR "STRIPES.”

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Chang Tse-n is reported to be try- to maintain the present Cabinet, but ing to persunde Dr. Wellington Kon he appears to be insisting on, but surrender of the Government. He will remain in offee as Poreign Minister-Toho."

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Geneva His Worship said that it seem-members of the Court of the Uni-

Amsterdam ed rather hard on the man to de-versity of Hong Kong for a tain him perhaps for another period of three years:

Milan... week if the Crown knew that they Chau Yue-ting, Alfred Her. Stockholm would be withdrawing the charge. bert Crook, Kenneth Edward Copenhagen

Oslo.... ferring to the evidence against Lo Chung-kue, Frederick Arthur Prague

The Crown Solicitor, after re. Greig, Li Yau-tsun, Li Yik-mui,

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would go into the matter very William Edward Leonard Shen- each defendant, said that he Perry, John Hennessey Seth, Besingfors carefully over the week end, and ton, Wan Man-kai, Wong. Kam-

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At 3.50 p.m. witness was Bur- Yet another Arm which did not rounded by four Chinese carrying think well of Hong Kong prospects firearms: He was then standing diverted all purchases to Shanghai near the Chief Officer's cabin. As the market rose there in His revolver and rifle were seized, sympathy with prices elsewhere, and two armed Chinese forced profits were also made by this firm him into the Chief Officer's but Hong Kong's furnover suffered, cabin, where he was asked for the Modernising Contracts. key of the grille gate. The key Imports of raw sugar by Chinese from him in his ammunition had already been taken away

all on a forward bagja buyers pouch.

Witness went on to say that having to put gp u eush margin and 'to. pay cash on taking delivery. he was taken to the guards' Similar tendencies in other trades room, where he was locked up

The hearing was adjourned with the other.three guards until to modernise contracts have greatly about midnight, when he was

until 2.15 pm on Monday, all the reduced the amount of outstanding obligations to be settled by Chinn taken to the poop deck and order- defendants being remanded in

ed to assist in the launching of a custody. life-boat. Witness was after- wards taken back to the guards' room, where he remained until about 8 a.m.

New Year,"

Where the alarm is felt is in the direction of smaller houses, which cater for a part, wholesale and part retail business. Credit is obtained. Cross-examined by Mr. Lo. not necessarily from the bigger witness said that he had been in hongs, but in advances and in Hong Kong three years and that periods of grice for payment. The had been employed as a ship's

That when the time comes for guard for nearly two years, demands to be made, more than u few will be faced with serious pres- Hure is now. predicted. But an

Passengers' Evidence. The Crown Solicitor then called a number of Chinese passengers, even blacker outlook was painted each of whom gave evidence re- last China New Year, at the height lating to the searching of their of the buyeatt, yet Hong Kong cabins by the pirates, weathered the storm then.

CHARGE OF MENĄÇES.

TWO YEARS”- JAIL.

NINE CHINESE AND ARMS

RAID."

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Each defendant denied the charge.

The case in which nine Chinese were arrested on board a junk in which the police found 18 Mauser pistols and 21,000 rounds of ammunition, had its sequel at the Kowloon Magistracy yester Wing Siu-tsau, a woman pas- Willson and Mr. T. W. Ainsworth day afternoon, when Major C. senger, described a quantity of jewellery taken by the pirates, ent cach of the nine men to two but said that she could not iden-years' imprisonment with hard

labour. tify any of the men.

Cross-examined by Mr. Lo, wit- Charged with demanding $50ness said that she did not know with menaces, a Chinese who when the pirates left the ship and was brought before Mr. T. W. could not give any information Aindworth at the Kowloon Magis-with regard to the launching of tracy yesterday was sent to jail the life-boats. for six months with hard labour. The next witness called was The complainant, an employee Chiu Fuk-chip, who caused some at the Kowloon Hospital, said that laughter by making a profound the defendant called at his office kow-tow' to the Magistrate upon and demanded $50 for ball for the entering the witness-box. Wit- December 7, the junk would be- complainant's brother, who, he ness said that the man who leaving Shaukiwan with alleged, had been arrested. Com-shared his cabin had lost all the plainant replied that he had no fingers of one hand, money, whereupon the defendant Mr. Holmes: I have called this said that if it were not forth-witness in the hope that he may coming, the former would be throw some light upon Mr. Lo's killed. Witness informed the questions about a man with an Police and the defendant was injured, hand; arrested.

Mr. Lo: I am afraid that Mr. His Worship passed sentence Holmes is only adding fog to the as stated above..

matter. The man whom I am

Inspector Ogg, in the witness box, said that the boat on which the contraband was discovered, was a trading junk; it had a crew of eight and was registered at Chiu Chow. The Police received, certain information that between 11 and 12 on the morning of the

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quantity of arms on board, party of Police went to Sai Wan Bay where the junk was found with all the occupants, with the exception of a young boy, asleep. After securing the men, the Police discovered the arms hid- den in various parts of the junk.

Their Worships passed sen.. tence as stated.

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