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81 1926.

DRUG RING

Disaster of General Strike.

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Bugby, Dec. 80,"

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OPIUM SMOKER.

Incident in Police Court

ACCUSED COLLAPSES

tien troops southwards along the has been lost and to get back on JUDGMENT AGAINST WALLER are planned for the various large that the defendant had been

Peking Hankow Railway to attack the road to progress."

the Southernera

by passing through Wu's territory.

Eclipse or Rise? On the other hand, the vice commandant brother (Chen Yun- pang) is the možne,

"A series of startling events

Rugby, Dec. 80.

Arraign

Mr. The disastrous consequences of have taken place in North China trade union polley in the year now America reaper ble for half the electricity scheme, which was one

The biggest de ring in North The Government's big new Schofield at the Central Magis with important bearing on the closing are the keynota of the left drug traf the American of the most important, mèssuras iracy yesterday ante national situation: ***

New Year message. which Mr. continent for man years is what Daaned by parliament during the charges of possesDuty, Marshal Wu Pel-fu, from his J. Thomas, leader of the Na- the Canadian Governmente nar. last session, comes into force on and attempting to bribe, a police headquarters in Honan province isages, to that organisation in a discovered through official Inves

tional Union of Railwaymen, cotice departmeat claims to have January 1.

Iconstable, an elderly: Chinese col.. (to the north of the furthest Can-railway review.

Colonel Wilfrid Ashley, the lapsed in the dock and later had i tigators: impersonating a United Minister of Transport, is now to be given a seat, when giving tonese outposts above Hankow) Mr. Thomas declares that even States, narcotic importer, thus completing his task of selecting a evidence in the witness box, has ordered the removal of his the National Union of Railway-securing the rings conadence and central board which will be re Mr. D. McCallum, defending, man, which he had after prideda mass of startling evidence, show-sponsible for the working of the pleaded guilty" to the first charge and "not guilty" to the Yun-ao. Most of the other gen-able," had only emerged from the Canada, through the Atlantic. 280- The Board will consist of a second. erals in the factions are siding ordeal of the general strike bad-board by rum, runners and others Chairman and seven other mem Addressing the Bench, M with Wa Pai-fu and fighting hasly battered."

and distributed Rikover the country bers, and the selection of suitable McCallum said that a complica He adds: "Although the events consealed in other materials. already broken out in the camp, of 1926 may have hit you very

men who have no financial inter- tion had arisen as the interpreter Montreal is described as the big-est in electricity undertaking has who took the defendant's state according to Chinese cables re- hard, you are faced with a heavy gest narcotics base in

North proved, difficult,

ment had been admitted to hos. joint responsibility to perform an America. ceived.

A number of arrests

It is understood that the post pital, and he, Mr. McCallum, un- Wu Fel-fu is reported to look important public service. have been made; and druga valued of Chairman will carry a salary derstood that he would not be

This can only be executed at $10,000 have been seized on Chen Yun-ao as being opposed satisfactorily by team work in Reuter.

of $10,000 per annum.

available until January 10 at The first work to be, under-least. to operations against the Nation-which every grade pulls its full

taken will be the laying of a cable In reply to his Worship, Mr. alists. His latest action is con-weight in a real spirit of co-opera-

nking the electrical plants of McCallum, tion.

after consultation strued as a gesture to Marshal

London and nine other big cen with his client, said he was pre- tres. Chang Tso-lin to pour his Feng-Fretrieve as far as possible what

Then new super power stations

pared to proceed with the case.

Det. Sub-Insp. M. Murphy said. towns, London leading the way brought to the Police Station by To what extent the National

with two costing £3,009,000 each.in Chinese constable who arrest- Union of Railwaymen has suffer-

MR.. O'BRIEN SUCCEEDS. The existing power stations willed him for being in possession ed is shown by a statement

be enlarged. made at its headquarters that Summary Court this morning in Judgment was given in the

of illicit opium. When arrested, Water Power Schemes. £1,750,000 has been paid as strike the case in which Mr. J. H.

the accused offered $10 to the Big water power schemes for constable astea money" but the the last seven months. and unemployed benefit during O'Brien, of the Advertising and Wales and Scotland are projected. lukong promptly brought the Publicity Bureau, claimed $600 Experts predict a great increase man to Central Station. Accused This has considerably depleted from A: G. Waller and Co., with of the use of electricity, both for was duly warned before being the union's resources, and conse-

the executive has decided whom he had previously been em- industrial and domestic purposes. charged and stated that the Even during the last year lukong had asked him for $80 as levy of 3d. per week Ployed, The crisis is further confused on all members during the coming Plaintiff's case was that, hav. domestic use is stated to have in-it is a European holiday."" by the 'fact that Wu Pel-fu has twelve months-British Wireless ing left the employ of the defen-creased 30 per cent.

Mr. McCallum said that he hitherto looked askance at Feng-Service.

dant firm in May, he was asked by Scores of great factories are presumed that a prime facie case the manager to retur in June to now being glectrified, and much of had been made out and that tien overtures to assist him by

do accountancy work for which he this development attributed to nothing he, counsel, could say The manager of the defendant true weeking to make them ion that it was a case for Louth was to be paid $50

the recent coal stoppage, indus would vary his Worship's ope firm stated that the work should selves as independent of coal as mittal. have been done before the plain-they can.

Big orders for electrical equip McCallum said that although his In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. ment are also reported to be com-ellent was scarcely in a condition ing in from many parts of the to give evidence, he would put world.

him in the witness-box for the Experts estimate that next industry will amount to £80,000,- year the orders in the electrical Purpose of making a statement.

Defendant, in the witness-box; 000, of which £50,000,000 will be admitted being a heavy opium- for Home and £20,000,000 for ex-amoker. He smoked illicit opium port-British Wireless Service,

because it was cheaper than that sold by the Government. He had just bought some before he was arrested.. The lukong de manded $30 which witness did

a fellow clansman and asked him hot have on him at the time.. Witness spoke to the constable as not to be too particular over the amount, offering $10. Witness Central Folice Station. was then arrested and taken to

for the Premiership

under Chang Tso-lin's wing.

by

sending troops into his small de SERVANTS DEMANDS main. The danger of a drive

"PRESENTED TO BRITISH CONSUL

the Kuomintang. may have hasten- qd this latest step. If General Chen Yun-ao is removed, Wu Pei-}·

fu will have succeeded in his first

Hankow, Dec. 30 The Servants' Union has present-

bid for the power he lost. Shoulded the demande mentioned

his subordinate resist sufficient ly, it may spell the final eclipse of Wu Pei-fu,

The Shanghai Campaign. Nationalist forces are again moving in Chekiang province in their effort to take Shanghai They are several hundreds of miles off yet and are facing Mar shal Sun Chuan-fang's outposts near Hangchow Bay.

on

December 18 to the British Consul The demands are now under the consideration of the authorities, Reuter.

ter.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The "China Mall" wishes its readers and advertisers a happy and prosperous

NEW YEAR,

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DAILY. TOUCH.

H.M.S. "RENOWN'S" WIRELESS

SET.

The Servants' Union's demands are as follows:-

First:-Members cannot be dis tiff left the firm and that the ar- missed or in any way oppressed rangement for the extra work Should employers have cause for was merely friendly one. Union, who shall deal with the mat-morning that he had been think- complaint they must brform the Mr. Justice Wood said this

ing over the case and he believed Second: Wages must be increas- the plaintiff's story. Troops are moving in various parts of this important pro-given at Chinese New Year.

od yearly and a month'e wages Judgment was given for plain-

London, Dec. 30. vince.

tiff with costs.

In conformity with the Ad At several points fighting has tend members behaviour, and that plaintiff and Mr. C. Gordon Leask using short-wave wireless to com- was a prima facie case against, Third: The Union shall superin- Mr. F. X. Remedios was formiralty practice of two years of afready broken out but no deci Union's inspectors shail visit dis- for the defendants.

His Worship ruled that there sive engagement has been fought.

municate in the distant warships the accused who would be com From Ningpo comes a cabled cretionally premises in which mera-

whereby daily communication has report that the local Northern bera are employed. authorities there have alreadyvide medical attention, with the ex-

Fourth-Employers must pro ARRESTED PUNJABI. proceeding to and from the Far

been maintained with warships mitted for trial at the next

Sessions.. gone over to the Nationalist cause, the Kuomintang flag heving al- ception of that for venereal disenge. ready been hoisted at the district | Fifth-Three weeks" holiday magistrate's yamen.

must be given yearly or a month's pay instead.

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CANTON'S POSITION. $20,000,000 TO BE RAISED AT

HANKOW.

BANK & TAXES SECURITY.

A public loan of $20,000,000 is to be issued by Mr. T. V. Soong, Nationalist Finance Minister, to unify the currency of Hupeh pro- vince (in which are Hankow, Wu- chang, etc.), this being necessary on account of the confused fin- ances.

Sixth-Vacancies as they occur must be filled by the Union.

A limit of seven days is given for (accedence to the demands, ..."

The increases demanded range from about 10 per cent. in the case of highly paid men to 100 per cent. for the lowly paid men.

MORE JOBS.

FEWER PEOPLE OUT OF WORK:

Rugby, Dec 30.

40

Bast, H.M.S. "Renown" has been Mr. McCallum: I trust your fitted with a standard Admiralty Worship will consider the ques- set, and it is hoped to maintain tion of bail? He is obviously a daily communication with London very poor man, p Australia and back, during the Duke of York's trip to His Worship asked what the

Police had to say.

STILL NO NEWS FROM LAHORE.

jabi at present in custody of the When Diwan Mangel Sen, a Pun-

local Police who are awaiting fur- The Admiralty appeals to short. ther instructions from Lahore, was wave amateurs not to attempt to brought before Mr. R. E. Lindsell call H.M.S. Renown as such morning, Det. Sgt. Elston informed only cause interference-Baubertainly not the case. Bail should at the Central Magistracy: this calls will not be answered and will

his Worship that there was no fur- thar news from the Punjab. · An-· other telegram had, however, been sent to Lahore and a reply was ex- pected at any moment,

SAVING MONEY.

Rugby, Dec. 30. Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Australian

Mr. Lindsell I am not diaposed to go on holding this man-indefni. tely. Surely the Indian authorities Premier, In an interview in New

Police jurisdiction. I don't think Insp. Murphy: It is beyond it is allowable. in such cases.

Mr. McCallum; That is cer-

be allowed in all cases except murder and serious felonies, and bail should never be prohibitive.

In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. McCallum said that he could offer $500

His Worship said that he was

can come forward with their in. York, on his way homeward from prepared to allow bail in the sum structions?

the Imperial Conference, declared of $1,000. Mr. McCallum asked Sgt. Elston replied that it was that Australia had no intention whether his Worship would ac The loan will be for three years The latest return of unemploy-anticipated that the second tele, of appointing a Minister either infcept $500 in cash and a surety for and the securities to be offered ed completed in December 20 in-gram would have some result, The Washington or anywhere else at the balance, to which his Worship are (firstly) the Hupeh Govern-dicates that the country is rapid man had already been held for four present. mental Bank and (secondly) recovering from the effects of teen days. taxes on land products in the the coal stoppage...

His Worship granted a further

province. Interest will be at 8 The total number of anemploy remand until January 3 at 10a.m. per cent. per annum and the loaned was 1,809,700, which was 100,- will commence as from to-morrow, 678 less than the week previous. The amount of a public loan for It was 207,800 more than a year

British Wireless Service,

the adjustment of finance

has

also been fixed at $15,000,000, the security again being the inland taxes on productions. v

Naval Department.

From Whampoa, the National-

HOLIDAY WEATHER

THEET FROM MOTOR CYCLE

Mr. A. Souza, residing at 88 Granville Rose, has reported to the Police that thieves yesterday re-. moved one battery and one genera Till now to-morrow, the official tor from his motor-cycle which was ist Naval Department has been weather forecast for Hong Kong, parked at the Kowloon Star Ferry removed to Canton. The direc- the adjacent count and Formosa Pier. The battery has since been tor's office will be on the south Channel Ia-moderate north east recovered and one man has been bund; the political and other sec winds, fine. tions on board the gunboat “Po

200 arrested

Pik, anchored on the Tien Taze Lieutenants (Flying Officers, (government) wharf and the RAF.) HRM Nicholf C.R.V. whole department is soon to have Pugh and A Waring have been 25 the Aviation Department pre-appointed to HMS. Vindictive.

(Nov. 19).

mises.

ANOTHER STACE

Benghazi, Libya,

Sir Samuel Hoare's airliner ČINE. arrived here. — Reuteri

bags replied that he had no objection She would make such an ap- provided the surety was approved pointment only when the number by the Police, of questions pending with any country made it desirabla. Mean- while she enjoyed for nothing the advantages of Great Britain's world-wide diplomatic and consu la services. British Wireless Bervice..

ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY

Ten days ago, a Chinese succeed. ed in making a pawn-broker's clerk believe that a silver-gilt hair orna

gold,

The Hague, Dec 29.In the Upment was made of soverei por Chamber, the States General Returning to these

has approved of the Conventions broker's shop on a similar errand concluded at Berng in 1924, regard. yesterday aftergoon, he ing railway transport of passengers promptly arrested, which ever and goods, and also on the use of sulted in his appearanc prepared oplum and the production E. Lindsall at the and prepara

tracy this mornin

ommerce

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