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HANKOW INQUIRY.
(Continued from page 1), Corps, together with his sub- ordinates, commenced an advance
MAYA COLONY.
LONDON DEATHS.
PREHISTORIC AMERICAN
CULTURE.
FROZEN MEAT BUSINESS PIONEER.
on the 5th and are now at Fu-PROPOSED BRITISH SURVEY, GEOGRAPHICAL SECRETARY
yang.
Rugby, Jan. 13.
•
Rugby, Jan. 18. Judging from the fact that
Sir Alfred Haslam,, one of the some 300 wounded soldiers have Sir F. Kenyon, Director of the beer sent here, it is conceivable British Museum, has issued an best known men in the Midlands, that severe fighting took place at appeal for contributions to the has died suddenly in London.
He was founder of the well- Fuyang.
fund for exploration of the re- It is rumoured that a Regi-mains of early Maya civilisation known engineering arm at Derby
bearing his name. mental Commander belonging to in British Honduras. General, Chou Feng-chi's forces
The appeal states that the site has been taken prisoner by Gen of Labuantum, where operations were conducted last spring, shows. The two opposing troops here signs of long occupation and re-up auch machinery and cold!
chambers aboard ships. are still facing each other across latively remote antiquity. the river and the sound of gun-It is reasonable to suppose fire is heard occasionally.
eral Sun's troops..
Marshal Feng's Russian Base.
Peking, "Jan. 10. The Fengtien forces continue to advance in the north-west, press ing on Ninghsia from. Yuyuan with the object of cutting off Marsha Feng Yu-hsiang's sup- plies from Russia.
He introduced the patent re-
plant frigerating
into the Colonies, and was the first to fit
He was thus the pioneer of an
that an intensive survey of the important business that has de colony from an archaeological veloped in conveying frozen meat viewpoint would result in a great and other perishable foodstuffs contribution to our knowledge of from overseas to this country, the origin and development of prehistoric American culture. British Wireless Service.
Mahal Wu Pei-fuis forces, in Western Honan have completely instance of this was told yester- cleared the Mienchih district and day by Mr. H. Gray, an inspector are now attempting an envelop-in the police, who arrived on ing movement against the Kuo-board the "Tungwa." minchun at Shenchow.
Mr. Gray was one of the four Lunghai trains have resumed foreign officers in, the police and between Chengchow and Mien- after the Concession was taken chib and are carrying up reover was held a captive in his own infereements to the "Allies." station for a day. He finally made a dash for liberty and sue- Feeeded in getting on to the "Tung- Two."
· REFUGEE'S STORIES.
Baggage Coolies' Extortions.
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The death is also announced of Sir John Scott Keller, at the age of eighty-six.
He was for many years Secre tary of the Royal Geographical Society.
To him has been largely due the great development of geo- graphy as a scientific study which it has been the aim of the Royal Geographical Society to promote.
British Wireless Service.
MOSCOW SNUBBED.
UNIONS AGAINST JOINING FORCES.
Shortly before the ship set sail] on Thursday night Mr,, Gray,
Amsterdam, Jan. 18. All British men remaining in from the decks of the "Tungwo." The General Council of the Hankow are interned inside the noticed that a woman passenger International Federation of Trade A.F.C. Compound with supplies had just boarded from a sampan. Unions by twelve votes to six has enough for 12 weeks and fully Her handbag had been left in the rejected the British proposal to armed, according to reports given bout.
convene an unconditional confer-
by passengers who arrived on the Wishing to be of assistance he ence representing the Amsterdam Indo-China str. "Tungwo" which took it upon himself to go to the and Moscow federations with the sailed from Hankow on Thursday sampan and get her grip and in aim of the uniting the world morning and reached Shanghai so doing had to enter the Chinese trade union movement.-Reuter. shortly past 3 pm. yesterday quarters along the water edge. after considerable delay en route, On arriving there, he was accost- вауч the "North China Daily ed by about 40 ugly-looking Chin- News" of Jan. 11..
ese boatmen who came along in The "Tungwo carried 80 pastwo sampans. sengers, of whom 23 were child- Before the officer could get the ren. Besides the usual discom- bandbag on board several of the forts which weré necessarily ex-number stepped up and demanded perienced on the voyage in which from him $300 before he could irst class accommodation usual-get the valise. Having only $90 ly allotted to 12 passengers on his person he was shortly re-pany will introduce a new feature stretched to accommodate 80lieved of it. there was anxiety on board re-
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Rugby, Jan. 13. The British Broadcasting Com-
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on Saturday when for the first time a gunning commentary by garding two sick ladies for whom The gang then made off in their eye-witnesses of the Rugby foot- ambulances were waiting at the two sampans. The handbag was Wales will be broadcast from the ball match between England and Old Ningpe Wharf, where the finally recovered from the sam-field-British Wireless Service. steamer berthed.
pan coolie who seemed to be of Like the refugee from Han the more honest type. During kow who arrived on Saturday and the incident there was not a per-
lot Sunday, yesterday's
had: son in sight and the pirates row- boarded the steamer at short ed on into the darkness with their notice on Wednesday evening loot.. and were able to bring only hand The officer was able to borrow
EXTENDED. luggage. Stories were told by 310, the only money with which these" passengers about the dif he arrived in Shanghai.
Rugby, Jan. 13, ficulty of getting their baggage On board the "Tungwo" were
The Postmaster-General has on beard, picketing coolies being several other refugees, all women announced that the trans-Atlantic on the Hankow wharf and insist who were forced to evacuate, the telephone service will be exterided ing upon carrying the foreigners" Concession with no money, all to all places in the State of New luggage at outrageous charges. they had on arriving in Shang-York from Saturday next.”—Bri- One foreign lady said that she hai being what they could bor-tish Wireless Service, had paid $20 for five small pieces row in small sums. and that a lady accompanying her
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In spite of this the spirits of had paid $40 simply because she the women were far from broken
The salute fred in the harbour had it.
and there was a spirit amongst
this morning was connection From French Concession Tos. them which was truly
with the arrival of the Japanese British living in the French ordinary. What was one's seem gunboat "Uji" from Formosa. The Concession were told on Wednes-ingly belonged to all, each shar-"Uji" is on its way to Canton. day night that they would haveing his belongings with fellow to leave within an hour in order passengers and doing all in his,
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Rumours Denied. almost no luggage. Questioned >>Rumours were current in about the belongings left behind Shanghai yesterday that the one of these refugees said, "Han-Hankow branches of Mebars, kow is finished as far as we Eri-Whiteway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd., tish are
concerned and I don't and Messrs. Hall & Holtz, Ltd, expect to ever see anything that had been looted by Chinese. I left behind again.”
There was some ground for suchTHE DATE for the closing of The "Tungwo" had bad luck belief when one hears the reports from the start, according to the of refugees being robbed or until WEDNESDAY, 28th January, first officer, as she struck a junk "gouged" by hooligans. Inquiries 1927, at 5p.m. shortly after leaving Hankow, at the Shanghai offices of both. then had to anchor in pouring companies disprove this rumoury rain, causing a delay of several as the firme in question received
advice Another stop was made telegraphic
yesterday
hours,
in Nanking where a doctor was morning that their premises were taken on board to attend 'a intact.
maternity case and Mrs. Ramsay suffering from a spinal affliction. Supplies of bread were also taken
on at Nanking to relieve the pas- sengers of the tedium of a biscuit diet.
the passengers, me
'PEKING MARRIAGE:
Peking, Jan. 10. Mr. Ferdinand L. Mayer, Coun- Two members of the Hankow
sellor of the American Legation at foreign police force were among Paking, iq marrying Miss Katherine Diar quietly in the Legation, this Not only were the refugees aub-afternoon. jected to inconveniences while The marriage is being expedited they were evacuating the Conces owing to the coming departure of sion, but the bandit gange and the American Miniator, Mr Mac- bad characters of the river plied Murray, when Mr. Mayer will be- come Charge" d'Affaires; hence he their trade well as the destitutes will not be able to proceed to Naw made their way to the refugee, York to marry there as be had ships lying in the stream Auintand 3d.
entries has been POSTPONED
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C. B. BROWN,
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Secretary.
Hong Kong, 14th Jan., 1927.
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