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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1927.

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Dramatic developments have occurred in the North where General Tang, the Hankow war lord, who defied the Nanking Nationalist group, suddenly took ship and escaped. Looting has taken place in Hankow, with a fire in the native city, and at time of going to press a state of great tension prevails. Wu- han has fallen.

Contrary to expectations General Li Chai-sum, the Com- mander-in-Chief in Canton, has come down to Hong Kong by rail with Mr. Wang Ching-wei, and both of them have gone to Shanghai to attend a meeting of the Nationalist Convention and to meet General Chiang Kai-shek,

This week's issue of the "Overland China Mail" contains a full report of the Armistice Day celebrations in the Colony. This is sure to be read with great interest by all relatives and friends at Home.

Cricket and football matches are given full attention. particularly the former in view of the near approach of the interport games against Shanghai and Malaya.

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ABUSE OF DUTY.

THE CHINA MAIL,

PETTY TYRANNY.

OFFENDED_CONSTABLE'S RETALIATION,

CHINESE GRAFT.

NEW WAY ON EXTORTING MONEY.

MOTORISTS WARNED.

THE DISMISSAL OF JUDGE LOO IN SHANGHAI.

NANKING ISSUES, ORDERS.

INCIDENT IN PEKING.

In connection with the dismissal

Peking, Nov. 5. A new case of "graft" has re- of Loo Shing-yuen, ex-Chief Judge A case of petty police tyranny [cently been brought to the attention of the Shanghai Provisional Court, occurred on Thursday outside Toh- of foreigners who require Chinese

for in the licences we ascertained, writes the "Sin ahenmen and resulted

motor, vehicles In Renewal of these wanpao" on November 11, that the supension of the offender on Friday Shanghai. following orders have been issued afternoon.

licences at the present tima in Chi- by the Nationalist Government: Mrs. Cho is a widow and in the nese registration bureaux brings to 1The Kiangsu Provincial Gov- tailoring business. She has a son, light the fact that two small notices ernment has been ordered to

ap-aged 15, and in addition employs a had appeared in Chinese papers point an experienced Judge to act number of apprentices in her esta- one being, it is understood, the temporarily as Chief Judge of the blishment. Friday was fixed for "Shun Pao," calling the attention of Shanghai Provincial Court.

the wedding of the son, and as is whoever might have been fortunate 2. In accordance with the re-the Chinese custom, there was a enough to have seen them to the re- ports of the Kiangsu Provincial small party on the eve of the wed-gulation that all renewals were to Government, forwarded by Wuding day..

have been made between October 16 Chao-chu, Minister of Foreign When Mrs. Chao and several of and 31. Failure to comply with Affairs,

which and Wang Chun-huel, her relatives were chatting in the this, the announcement of Minister of Justice, on charges of bridal chamber and discussing reached so small a fraction of the abuse of duty, etc., the service of plans for the morrow, a policeman. general public, both Chinese and Loo Shing-yusu is to be terminated, named Ma, broke into the house foreign, as to make it negligible, re- and will be dealt with by the super- under the pretext of searching for sulted in fines. visory committee.

HAIHO SCHEME. MEASURES TO IMPROVE RIVER

gamblers. He hit right and left, A fine of $6 was imposed on pri-|

on hiro or and after injuring the groom-to- vate véhicles, $2.40 be and one of the young appren- public cars, 60 cents on rieshas and tices, searched the room of Mrs. 40 cents on bicycles. As no single! Chao and got hold of a mahjong instance of an application for ro

during the set. He then took two employees newal is on record

period set forth, the revenue which into custody and left.

Mrs. Chao was stunned by this the Nationalist authorities expect to sudden raid and in a moment of draw from the new, tax or "fine" is despair attempted to commit sui- understood to be large..

Other so-called innovations cide by hanging herself with The Ministry of Interior, in rope. She was saved in the nick of the motor car department is a new Peking to-day has announced the time. The arrested apprentices regulation that all cars must pass programme for the drainage of the returned after midnight for money an inspection before they can get Haiho, Tientsin.

to pay the finer which the police a licence. According to a Chinese

AT TIENTSIN.

Peking, Nov. 11,

in

It has been arranged that in the man imposed upon them.. The case informant who had occasion to upper stream of Yuntingho River would have been ended there and question the new regulation, it is in the vicinity of Huailiai and then had it not been for an indis- being carried out in theory along Lukowchiao embankments will be cretion on the part of the police. the same lines as that employed by erected to prevent flood, while in man. Before leaving he said that the Shanghai Municipal Council. the down stream, tributaries will now he had got even with the Actually, however, two forms of in- be opened for letting the water family. It at once occurred to Mrs. Spection are gone through, one be to the sea, thus preventing sedi- Chao that several days ago she had ing a vigorous blowing of the horn

accumulations

of the cur and the other a switch- the offended Ma. mouth of the river. The total cost)

The widow yesterday afternoon ing on and off of lights to for the above is estimated to

be personally called on the police off-satisfaction of the officials who $32,600,000.

cer of the Tebshenmen district and then issue a licence, provided all At the same time, drainage will uncovered the case to him. The fines, etc., are paid. A big licence be started at Pelchung to lead the officer became very angry and at Plate is also being issued instead of water into the seu via Peitang cuce ordered an investigation. In the small disc used hitherto, the

the Embankments of different sizes will the meanwhile delinquent latter being placed over the largel

mentary

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also be constructed in the above policeman in suspended.-Kuo Wen. plate. vicinity. The cost for the latter work amounts to Д $2,000,000.-Kuo Wen.

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NASSAK DIAMOND.

TARIFF QUESTION IN U.S. CUSTOMS.

of

OFFICER LOST.

LIEUT, T. S. KNOWLES LONG OVERDUE.

Peking, Nov. 11, Considerable anxiety is felt here for the safety of Lieut. T. S. Washington, Nov. 2. Knowles, of the East Yorkshire The Customs officials are puzzled Regiment, attached to the Legation in regard to the famous Nasaak Guard, who is overdue from a hunt- diamond, sold by the Duke of West-ing trip.

minster to a Parisian jeweller who Lieut. Knowles got a fortnight's sent it to this country to be sold. leave three weeks ago for a hunt- The diamond, which is valued at ing trip in the Mentoukow district, $200,000 and which is supposed to to the west of Peking, leaving with have formed one eye in an ancient only a native guide. Since then

the

Crowds of Chinese wishing to re- gister appeared at the offices in Chi- nese territory yesterday but an in-f sufficiency of the new forms to be! filled in kept the line waiting for several hours, during which time) many of the fine-payers" left, in-1 eluding the Chinese who was at- tempting to renew his foreign master's licence.

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EASTERN PORTS:

HEALTH BULLETIN FOR LAST WEEK.

The following is the health bulletin for the November 12:-

week ended'

Plague: 2 cases at Macassar (2 deaths).

image of the god Shiva in India fighting has broken out in that area Cholera: 2 deaths at Bombay, 17 was first ruled to be entitled to between Fengtien troops and enter the country as an artistic Shansi raiding parties. The au-deaths at Calcutta, 3 deaths at antique duty free. But the dia-thorities fear for his safety, al-Madras, 10 deaths at Tuticorin, mond dealer here protested it though it is considered possible 4 casos at Singapore (4 deaths), should be taxed 20 per cent. under that when he found himself in the 2 cases at Batavia (2 deaths), 6 the tariff law, because it had been area of hostilities Lieut. Knowles cases at Canton ( deaths). cut and used as a jewel-in Eng- took refuge in one of the monas- Small-pox: 1 case at Bombay, 2 land.--Rengo.

teries in that region.

cases at Madras (1 death), 1 case Messengers have been sent to the at Rangoon, 10 cases at Tuticorin the Mentoukow district and Aukuo- (1 death), 1 case at Colombo, 1 chun troops art securing the case at Singapore, 17 cases at Western Hills in an endeavour to Bandjormasin, 1 case at Samarinda, trace him.

2 cases at Kuching (1 death).

HARD LUCK.

TWENTY MILLIONS LOST FOR A SUIT OF HARNESS.

Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 10. James Clandenning, 90, who years age was refusad the site upon which Winnipeg is built because he would not throw in the harness. (with a team of horse with which he|

was bargaining for the site, died here.

has

“HOT TIME.”

GREAT SALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN.

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London, Nov. 3. "Sinners of all descriptions are in for a hot time during the next few weeks," is the official comment The land deal fell through when of the Salvation Army on the cam- the owner of 20 acres around what paign during the present month for is now the corner of Main

and the conversion of Great Britain by Portage Avenues, Winnipeg,

dered-hot gospellers." manded the harness in addition to team. The site recently was as- sessed at $20,000,000.

LABOUR PROBLEM.

DEMAND FOR WORK IN JAPAN.

With

Tokyo, Nov. 10, a view to forcing the Municipality to raise the mini- mum wage and to provide em-

This salvation siege was opened. at 11 o'clock last night, when 2,000) men and women of all ranks con- gregated in the City Hall in Glas- gow.

Scenes of remarkable fervour and religious devotion were direct- ed by the septuagenarian leader of the Salvation Army, General W. Bramwell Booth, till 4.30 o'clock in the morning.

Similar night prayer meetings are being conducted by Salvationists in London and the Provinces.

CHINESE REMEDY TRIED IN LONDON.

ployment during the winter CURE FOR ASTHMA. months, about a hundred labour- ers forced their way into the pre- sence of the Mayor of Tokyo to- day and resorted to violence to make him accept their petition. Police subsequently arrested fifteen of the intruders.

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140 BILLS PASSED. RECORD DAY FOR PHILIPPINE

LEGISLATURE. ・・

There is new hope for those! suffering from asthma in the form!

Ivan Petrovich, the young Ser- bian actor who appears opposite Alice Terry in "The Magician" was prominently identified with opera before starting his cinema career. Petrovich, besides having a remarkably good voice, is also a talented violinist and pianist.

CHURCH NOTICES.

A. CHARGE OF ONE DOLLAR 18 MADE FOR ALL NOTICEA UNDER THIS HEADING

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, HONG KONG

V. D. A. Sunday. November 20, 1927. Sunday before Advent. Holy Communion (8 a.m.) Children's Toy Service (10 am) Matins (11 a.m.)

Preacher: Rev. H. A. Wittenbach. Holy Communion (12 noon).. Bilingnal Service in English and Chinese 3 p.m.

Preacher: Rev. Lee Ying-piu. Evensong (6 p.m.)

Preacher: Rev. W. R. Cauneli. Collections for the Victoria Dio- cesan Association.

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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.

of a drug, synthetically repro- (Branch of The Mother Church, duced, and contained in a curative The First Church of Christ, Selent- plant, Ma Huang, which has been fat in Boston, Masa, U.S.A.] known to the Chinese for thousands

Macdonnell Road, below Bowen of years. It is one of the features, of the Medical Exhibition being

Road Tram Station. Sunday Service 11.15 a.m. Subject: "Soul and Body." Wednesday Evening Meeting at Roading Room at above address,

Tuesday and Friday 10 a.m. to

Monday and Thursday 5 to 7 p.m. The Public is cordially-invited

held at Westminster.

European doctors all these years have endeavoured to obtain

sup- Manila, Nov. 11,

plies, but suspicious Chinese who 5.30 o'clock. The seventh Philippine Legia regard the plant as a certain cure lature adjourned at two o'clock this allowed little to come to the West. morning, after a 26-hour síno die session passing 140 Bills and de-covered a plant containing a new 12 Noon

Recently, English chemists dis-open- feating a measure submitted by drug which they named Enhedrine. Acting Governor-General Gilmore Though the quantity securable is for the improvement of inter-insufficient for testing its efficacy, Island shipping.

they are now manufacturing large to attend the service and visit the quantities synthetically,

WHEN DREADED CROUP COMES:

thing of dread, that comes in the night without warning. Just a hoarse, metallla cough, a choking,'gasping for

PROTECTION OF LABOUR.

Geneva, Nov. 7. The International Labour Bureau'

breath, a threat of suffocation. Oh at Geneva, pointing out that 25,000 the relief of knowing that there is a workmen died in the United States bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

In the house. See how it clears away in one year as the result of labour the choking phlegm, atops the hoarse. accidents, recommenda stera legis- cough, and brings rest, and sleep to lation everywhere to ward off such the little wafferor, Bold everywhere.accidents,

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