1927-10-13 — Page 7

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1927.

INDIAN FACTIONS.

MOSLEM GETS 14 YEARS IMPRISONMENT.

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POLICE WATCHFUL.

Delhi, Yesterday. Police précaution is being taken in all important cities following the murder of Swami Satyanand, who was stabbed by a Moslem on

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CHINA NEWS.

(Continued from figs 1.);

PAID FOR IT.

Money Prizes Bring Influx of Prisoners.

Young Marshal's Claims.

Peking, Yosterday.

Peking, Yesterday. Several internment camps are October 10 named Rajpain, which being prepared around Peking to was followed by the murder of cope with large batches of prison- ers arriving in the capital. Many another Hindu at Lahore.

Satayanand's assailant has been are being sent to Tientsin and it sentenced to 14 years' rigorous is understood that these will later be despatched to Mukden-Reu- imprisonment.

Pandit Indra, son of the lateter. Hindu leader, Swami Shradhan- and, has been arrested and charged with publishing anti- Moslem articles in his vernacular newspaper "Arjun." He has been Hsuch-liang in Paotingfu assures liberated on bail of £15,000.-the public that the reported vic

tories are not mere rumours but are actual facts. The young Mar- shal states that up to the 11th inst his troops captured 30 guns, more than 100 machine-guns, 10,000 rifles and great quantities of munitions and equipment from the Shansi-ites.

* Reuter.

PRUSSIAN LOAN.

AMERICA "BUSY 'WITH FLOTATION.

New York, 'Yesterday. Objections to the six million sterling Prussian State lean having

COLONY'S FINANCES.

$46,000 VOTES BEFORE. COUNCIL.

MORE TYPHOON DAMAGE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CINEMA NOTES.

"THE SONG AND DANCE MAN" HERE.

MEAT FIRM'S SUIT,

CLAIM $500 FROM LOCAL CAFE.

DEFENDANTS VICTIMISED?

TO-DAY'S QUEEN'S FILM. '

The following votes will be Scores. of pretty chorus girls A claim against the Bombay Cafe placed before the Finance Commit-take part in "The Song and Dance (Kowloon) and Sahih Mulli Khan, tee at to-day's meeting:

Man," the notable Paramount film proprietor, was made by the. Kow

the Recurrent:- which comes to Queen's loon Butchery Co. and Stall No. 48 Public Works, Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages, Theatre to-day with Tom Moore in the Summary Court this morn owlson, Typhoon and Rainstorm and Bessie Love as the leading Ing, the amount claimed being $620 players. These girls are members for goods alleged to have been sup- Damages, 328,500.00.

Provision made in Estimates, of George White's famous musical plied.

Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios re- comedy revue, "Scandals," the Supplemen-magnificent fan sumber of which presented plaintiffs and Mr. C. A. S.

Russ the defendants, is reproduced one of the set-

Evidence was given by the man- tinga for the film.

es to his The provision to date only covers "The Song and Dance Man" Isager of plaintiff firm the estimated cost of the damage woven round the adventures of a having solicited custom and as to conversations between the defen-' done in prior to the 20th August vaudeville player who seeks to gain dant and himself with Mahomed

footing in New York but instead Rajab acting as interpreter, finds himself the central figure in a dramatic situation that brings sudden fame to the young girl

$10,000.

Provision made by tary Vote. 364,090.

Total $74,000.

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Subsequently, the A special message from Chang

Shansi Cut off.

defendant's

cook called and made certain orders and the goods were supplied.

-SIX-STOREY FALL.

Estimate for reinstatement of damage occurring prior to the 20th August last (including $15,000 for

dancer he has befriended. damage to Police Pler) $74,000.

In the course of cross-examina- Estimate for reinstatement of The story of The Song and tion, Mr. Russ Buggested that damages in Kowloon due to the Dance Man" he been adapted Mahomed Rajab and the cook Shad Typhoon of 20th August last from the great taka hit of the heen in league to defraud the de- same name, and ha nnfolded in the fendant firm which denied having $28,500.

Total $102,500.

film is highly original Most of

received the goods. Sum provided in the 1927 Esti-the settings are in New York's

Several witnesses were called and theatre-land. They afford excel- the case was eventually adjourned. mates $10,000.

Sum provided by Supplementary lent glimpses of backstage scenes, Vote Message No. 11 item 88 the spectator in effect being taken (which only covered the balance among the players as they are re- required for reinstating damage hearsing before the empty theatre. The acting in the "The Song and prior to the 20th August last)

Dance Man" is of a high order, Tom Moore having caught the spirit of the title role in admirable Max Herman, a mechanic employ- manner, and Bessie Love possessed by the Esco Shoe Company, fell ing both the charm and the talent from the sixth floor of the Luneta Recurrent:necessary for the part of the young Hotel, Manila, at 2.30 on the morn- Typhoon and Rainstorm. Damages, dancer who leaps into fame. "The ing of October 5 and escaped with Found in front New Kowloon. Typhoon and Rain Song and Dance Man," therefore, is a fractured leg.

a picture that should be greatly of the hotel a few minutes after his fall, Herman was taken to the storm Damages $7,500.00.

Provision made in Estimates enjoyed.

Philippine General Hospital where it was first belleved he was the vic- tim of an automobile accident. In- vestigation of the sudden absence of all lights in the hotel, and Her- subsequent statements

Total provision to date $74,000. Sum now required $28,500.

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New Kowloon Damage.

Public Works,

Peking, Yesterday. As a result of Chu Yu-pu's cap-$64.000, been withdrawn, Messrs. Harris, ture of Shihchiachwang the main Forbes and Company, are heading Shansi army, operating south- a syndicate hundling the loan. It ward at Paoting-fu has been cut is announced that bonds will be of off from railway communication fered on Thursday at 961⁄2 to yield with their base, and it is believed .about 6.28 per cent. The issue is that they will be forced to retreat in the form of six per cent. sink-to their own province over moun- ing fund gold bonda due on October tains with only second-rate roads, 15, 1952-Reuter's American Ser-Hence Fengtien anticipates that only a disorganised fraction is -vico.

likely to succeed in making its escape.-Reuter,

OIL RATE WAR.

STANDARD STEALS À

MARCH.

Calcutta, Yesterday, A petrol rates war has begun here with the result that the price has fallen by one rupee four annas per unit of eight gallons.

It is alleged that the Standard Oil Company of New York has pro- cured large stocks confiscated by the Soviet Government which the

company is offering for sale Bombay and Calcutta.

That Attack on the Rear.

Peking, Yesterday.

It is officially stated that the Fengtien troops, moving from. Sinlo, have captured Hwailu (southern sector), west of Shih- chinchwang and also that all the Shansi troops who were outside Niangtzekuan Pass have been cut off from Shansi,

Chang Tso-lin wired to Chang Tsung-chang at 7 this evening in- instructing him to press the attack' against Feng Yu-hsiang along the Consequently the Asiatic Petro-Lung-Hai Railway with all possi-

lado ble strength.-Reuter. leum, the Burma Oil, the British oil companies have reduced their rates to dealers buying lurke are said to be quantities, who

hoarding stocks hoping for big pro- fits after the rate war, which is not likely to last long-Reuter.

Mrs. C. C. Wu's Arrest.

Tientsin. Yesterday.

$30,000.00.

Sum estimated to cover the making good of damage which ac- curred prior to the 20th August, 1927 la 21,000.00.

Sum estimated to cover damage caused by the Typhoon of the 20th August, 1927 $16,500.00.

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FRACTURED LEG THE ONLY INJURY.

"THE AIR MAIL"

The chief picture in the new continuous programme at the Star Theatre to-day is "The Air Mail," man's

a modern melodrama in which a brought out the story of his acci

dent. hand of crooks devote their efforts

According to Herman's story, to robbing planez carrying valu-

which was corroborated at Estables. The picture has many ex-

"THE PRAIRIE KING."

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in Shanghai and who now resides at the hotel. The boy returned' with the answer that the 'woman could hot see him.

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Total $37,500.0). Amount provided in 1927 mates $80,000.00,

citing moments, such as the flight the hotel, he la 26 years old Sum now required $7,500.00,

of a plane through hail, anow and and a German subject.' He arrived rain, to get the mail through on in the Islands about two months The "Beckwith Bell."

time, a man jumping from a plane ago.

On the night of October 4 he re- Harbour Department:-Stores with the precious cargo, and and Equipment for Lighthouses: battle in the air between a mail gistered at the Luneta Hotel and two rival bands of obtained a room on the sixth floor. Repairs to

Bell" plane and "Beckwith

crooks. The featured players are His name on the register Bays He left the $6,672.00.

During the Typhoon which struck Warner Baxter as the daring air simply "Herman." the Colony on 20th August, the mail pilot, Billie Dove as the young building shortly after and returned "Beckwith Bell" with the exception girl who wins his love, and Douglas about 1.80 a.m. A room boy offered of the mechanism, striker. and Fairbanks, Jr., as a youth who to show him to quarters. The boy cylinders, (which had been re- idolisus the pilot and later saves later stated Mr. Herman was in-

toxicated. mored for overhaul) was totally the mail through, the use of n

When Herman reached his room parachute at a critical: moment. destroyed.

The Swedish Trading Company "The Air Mail" was produced by he gave the boy a note to be deli- Madame C. C. Wu was arrested who erected the Bell in 1924 quoted Irvin Willat, the man who made vered to a woman whom he had met by the military police when board-£655 for all necessary parts deli- "Wanderer of the Wasteland" ing the "Hwashan Maru" for vered insured in Hong Kong. Shanghai after having been on a The repair of the foundation and visit to her mother, Lady Ho Kai, the erection of the Bell will be Mme. Wu was escorted to the undertaken by the. P.W.D.

A supplementary vote for $6.672

Beginning with the colourful police headquarters, where she is still detained. Her mother and (1665) is accordingly requested to scenes of a typical Spanish fiesta

in a border town, "The Prairie Important. other relatives have, so far, made meet this unforeseen outlay.

King," which is the feature at- A few minutes later Herman was unavailing attempts to interview

traction at all performances in the found unconscious in the street in London, Yesterday. her. No reason for the arrest

Public Works, Extraordinary World Theatre from to-day to front of the hotel. At the Philip The committee of the guarantor has been announced, but it is as

Recon- sumed that she is held as a host-To lay a tennis court and erect Saturday, moves along in strong, pine General Hospital, he said he plausible sequences to the happy had been drinking and in attempt states of the Austrian struction Loan has met in London age. Mme. Wu's visit was partly walling to L.L. 947 $2,000.00.

Under Clause 4 (c) of the condi- ending.

The story takes its first dramaticing to return to the lobby became and decided to authorise Austria to for health reasons and her arrest

tions of surrender of the area from

dow. .f. 947 required for the row Ro turn with the reading of a will confused and fell from the win-

an eccentric old miner

The long fall was interrupted binson-Conduit Road, Government made by

each not. contracted to lay a new tennis naming three persons, court and erect the

necessary known to each other, as the heirs when he struck and broke the He next struck the in darkness. condition Changsha, Yesterday. walling in

therewith. to a rich gold mine. Woven into lighting wires, plunging the house eaves and bounced outward and A labour procession to restart the The leaste later verbally requested the exciting events that follow to

The hero of "The Prairie King" down to the ground. Herman pro- labour unions was followed by a that the new tennis court be not a charming love romance, meeting in the public hall yester- proceeded with as he wished to re- day.

A bomb incident took place. tain the area for the erection of garis Hoot Gibeon, and it need hardly bably owes his life to the wires In an added statement made to The inauguration was not very suc- ages. He is now unable to pro- be paid, with such a star, that which broke the force of his fall. cessful. Martial law has been put ceed with this scheme and wishes most of the action takes place out in foree.

the tennis court laid. As the vote, of doors, with plenty of hard rid the police, Berman denies an at- for the work is closed, authority for ing and brisk scrapping, and a tempt to commit suicide. laugh for every thrill the expenditure is necessary,

AUSTRIAN LOAN. HUGE SUM FOR PRODUCTIVE PURPOSES.

raise a loan to the maximum is occasioning anxiety among her

Martial Law.

amount of 725 million Austrian relatives and friends.-Reuter. echillings (twenty-one million sterl- ing) for productive purposes, 83, for example, the electrification and other developments of the Federal railways and improvements to the postal. and telegraph services.-Reu-

ter.

BRAZILIAN LOAN.

SEVEN MILLIONS OFFERED, IN ENGLAND.

London, Yesterday. Particulars of a big Brazilian loan are published. Seven mil- lions sterling are offered for sub- scription in this country. This is part of an issue of eight-and-

Kiukiang, Yesterday.

Chief Commissioner C. C. Wu, Sun Fo and others passed through to-day for Nanking. and Hau Chung-chih and others for Shang hai.

Nanking, Ichang and other Yang- taze ports are quiet.-British Naval Wireless.

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A Tennis Court.

Yaumati Station. Kowloon-Canton Rallway: Special

Expenditure, Road Approach to BENEFIT OF DOUBT. Yaumati Railway Station $1,200.00. The approach road to Yaumati Railway Station required repair- ing.

CHINESE CONSTABLE DISCHARGED.

At the Central Magistracy yes- afternoon, Major C.

three-quarter millions sterling of UNIVERSITY EXAMS. maintenance of this road would be terday

Brazilian six and a half per cent. bonds, the balance of which will 'be offered in Holland, Switzer-

land and Sweden.

GROWING POPULARITY IN

The note was written in 'Russian and has been translated as follows: "Please come down and see me, I shall not ask you

again."

FOR

FOR SALE.

SALE-American Fears, Grapes, and Apples arrived on 16th October per "President Taft," «KOON TAI & CO, 24 Des Vœux

Road Central. 'Phone C. 417.

NOTICES.

NOTICE.

No provision was made in the 1927 Railway Estimates for this work as it was anticipated that carried out by the Roads Depart Willson discharged Chinese con-

stable Tang Wai-tong who was HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. ment of P.W.D. W

As the road is now in very bad charged with intimidating and state it is advisable to put the work assaulting an unlicensed hawker to At the same time approximate-

In hand as soon as possible, and it prevent the latter from giving evi- is considered more correct to pay dence against the seven policemen

TH ly a similar amount of external

will be drawn at the Jockey sinking fund bonds namely, forty- Evidence of the increasing popu- the cost from a Railway vote. A of the Hawkers Department; and THE SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS one and a half million dollars is larity of the Matriculation, Senior Supplementary vote for $1,200-the with misconduct as a police con-

and Junior Local Examinations con- estimated cost of the work-is stable, f ducted by the University of Hong therefore requested. Kong te afforded by the large num-

being offered in New York.

The bonds are offered at 91 per cent and the issue is expect ed to be promptly oversubscribed,

British Wireless Bervice.

FIRE THREAT.

DOZEN BLOCKS DESTROYED IN -AMERICA.

FAR EAST.

bez of candidates who have regis tered for examination in 1927. The

A Club. Stables, Causeway Bay, on

The defence was opened by Mr. FRIDAY, 14th October, 1927, at 5

D McCallum yesterday, and a p.m. Chinese woman who stated that she was the accused's "sworn sister gave evidence.

Matriculation and Senior Boys Girl

Boys Girls £60 is required for Crown Agent's the refund of $5 which had been

Junior Local.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary

New Pumping Station. Public Works, Extraordinary: total number of candidates regis-Hong Kong Waterworks, Eastern

Hong Kong, 18th October, 1927. tered is 1,001, distributed as fol- Pumping Station $495.00.05 She said that the complainant, łowa:~~~

A sum of $494.85 equivalent to Man Cheung, demanded, from her

GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS”. account for part ayment of Con-pald to save a follow hawker, from

LITS LIMITED. 582 97 sulting Engineer's lee In connection arrest, In spite of this payment, with a proposed New Eastern the hawker had been taken into Total 836 165 Pumping Station, the scheme for custody, hence this demand. An Candidates have been entered by which is for the present in aboy- altercation followed between her (Incorporated under the Companies

and the complainant in the course Ordinances of Hong Kong), of, which the accused interfered New York, Yesterday, schools in Shanghai, Canton, ance. Fire threatened to destroy Ocean Batavia and Sockaradja, Quarry Bay Schoo

Singapore, Penang,Semarang,

and assaulted the complainant. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ness's evidence, Major Willson de ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of City but was finally controlled by No less than 874 candidates are Education: Incidental Expenses. At they onclusion of this wit that the TWENTY-FOURTH dynamiting all buildings in the path being presented by schools in the provision of soil for Garden af cided that there was not sufficient Shareholders of the Grand Hotel, of the flames. Nearly every build Colony as follows

Quarry Bay School $250.00. evidence to support the charges des Wagons Lits, Limited, will be ing in a dozen blocks in the centre

Boys Girls Provision made In Estimated brought by the prosecution, and held at the Registered Office of the of the city lies in iraing-Reuter's Matriculation and Senior 255

floor), Des Voeux Road Central, Suficient funds are not avaliable the accused was given the benent Company Exchange Building (2nd Hong Kong on SATURDAY the American Service,

under sub-head No. 7 to cover cart of the doubt and discharged

29th October, 1927, at 12 o'clock age and deposit of 2,000 c. It of

Noon, for the purpose of receiving Statemen of Accounts and he port.

Directors, for the

Júnior Local..

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