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China Mail

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No. 25,787 HONG KONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1928.

A CANTON COUNTER OFFENSIVE.

HUNANESE QUIT.

Now Fallen Back On Base At Ichang.

PINGSHEK

RETAKEN BY GOVT.

A SPONGER.

Threats Against A Sister.

MAN SENT TO JAIL.

Lost His Tramway Job For "Mis-Collecting."

“SMALL BONUS.”

Union Waterboat Co.'s Meeting

SEMI-DIESEL ENGINE.

Sales Not For Below 1924 Record

PRICE, $3,00 Per Month.

AMAH'S WAGES.

European Mistress To Pay $39 & Costs."

SUMMARY COURT CASE,

Lady Advited To Save Trouble And

·Pay Amount Ordered.

Your Eyes Are Sale With Us"

LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician.

(Eatablished Uver Forty Yearsj." Manager:-RALPH A. COOPER, MAOA, Registered Optometrist by Canadian Govt. Exam. (Personal Attention).

$9,000 CLAIM.

Mr. Shank & Architect's Fees.

KOWLOON HOUSES CASE.

Counsel Alleges That Interview

THE "PRAGA.”

Cargo Of Arms At Chinwangtao.

SHIPPED TO MUKDEN,

Erroncos Report Of Battle With Nationalists.

Is Mythical.

A wash amah employed at No. A small bonus of 25 cents a An amah succeeded in a claim Concluding evidence for plain-

Peking, Feb. 1..' 30, Hill Road, West Point, charg share was approved to-day at the against her European mistress at tiff was heard this morning and

The steamer "Praga," carrying ed her younger brother before 23rd annual meeting of the the Summary Court this morning the case for the defendant open a full cargo of rifles for Chang Major C. Willson at the Central Union Waterboat, Co., Ltd., held before Mr Justice J..R. Wood. ed in the Supreme Court action in Tso-lin, the Manchurian warlord, The mistress, Mra, Castellian, which Mr. E. D.. Shank claimed arrived to-day at Chinwangtao. ON SUNDAY. Magistracy this morning with de-in the office of Messrs. Dodwell & TROOPS

manding $10 from her by menace,Co., Ld., the general managers.or. 2, Queen's Road, Central, was $9,751 in respect of architectural The arms were immediately In her evidence, the complain- Reference was made to the con- ordered to pay $39 and costs, the services from Loule Leung, of 9 transported in the direction of ant said that she was formerly struction of a new boat with semi- amount claimed

Connaught Road. The fees are in Mukden. Danger to Canton of an invasion by the Hunanese hordes from employed at No. 22, Pokfulam diesel engine and to the fact that The amount was made up of respect of houses defendant pro- Reports recently published by Central China has been averted by a successful counter-offensive Road where the accused continu-sales during 1927 were "not far work done from November 1, posed to erect in Kowloon

Chinese newspapers that the 1927, to January 13, 1928, at the The final witness for the plain- "Praga" had arrived at Tsingtao which drove the attackers out of Kwangtung territory. Pingahek,ously pestered her for money, below the record of 1984

and when he refused to give him Mr. W. S. Bailey complimented rate of $1 a day for sewing. a border town in the north of Kwangtung, was retaken by the Can- any he assaulted her. She had the management on the successful Whilst plaintiff was giving her plaintiff's who stated he had act- gunboat were erroneous. AsNo- tiff was a former employee of after a battle with a Nationalist

working.

evidence, defendant asked her if ed as interpreter at an interview ciated Press. tonese on Sunday and the Hunanese, according to despatches from given him money on five occa-

sions, amounting to $10. Then, Mr. T. G. Weall (chairman) she had not agreed to pay for between the parties early in 1925. the front, have fallen back on their base at Ichang (not to be con- in order to get away from the presided. He was supported by breakages.-Plaintiff denied this. At the time he was employed by fused with the Yangtsze port), a few miles inside the Human frontier. accused, she left her job in Pokfu-, Mr. C. G. S. Mackie (member of Giving evidence, the defendant plaintiff his name was Edwards.

lam Road and went to Hill Road. the consulting committee) and said she did not deny that the He was now known as Mr. Wood-stated, admitted that the sketch

The accused discovered her ad. Mr. D. E. de Sousa (secretary).amah worked for 39 days.

rough.

plans were submitted to him and were Shareholders present

Asked why she objected to pay- dreas and went to Hill Road and Mesars, W. E. Van Eps, E. Ezra, ing the amount claimed Mrs.

At this interview, stated wit brought to him by Mr. Lum on the plaintiff's behalf. Lum, who was asked her for $10. When she said W. S. Bailey L. S. Greenhill, Castellian said that five knives plans were prepared and defen- had been a friend of Mr. Loung's ness, defendant was told that the at that time in plaintiff's employ, that she had no money, he gave J. M. Alves, O. F. Ribeiro, F. Syme had disappeared and the amah dant replied that he wished some for some yeara. In fact, it was he her three daya in which to raise Thomson, L. G. S. Dodwell, A. D. had broken a vase which rested on alterations to be made. Mr. Shank who first introduced defendant to the $10, and threatened to assaultį

a pedestal in front of a door agreed to the alterations and the plaintiff. her if it were not forthcoming,

Humphreys and C. Mose... Chairman's Itress.

through which the amah was for-defendant stated that he would bidden to go. The convening tice was rend

return again in On January 31 she went to the

a fortnight's In answer to further questions Secretarial for Chinese Affairs, by the secretary after which the defendant said that she shared time. It was also agreed at the portant alterations to make to the Shanghai, Yesterday.

report and accounts were taken the amah with another lady at some reduction in Mr. Shank's house there was to be one for each Interview that there would be plans, relating to the staircases. Martial law has been declared and reported the matter

Instead of a single staircase to each The chairman then first, but later employed her her-charges as architect. as read. by the Nationalist authorities in to Inspector Andrew, who gave

two houses. The section ana the Chinese area around the In-her certain instructions. The ac-read his address as follows:

Profit on working for the year ternational Settlement and the cused 'came again to see her on

were sent back for the purch. of the alteration and it wAtext- ant's case that from that time the

ANTI-RED ACTIVITIES.

A feature which is encouraging for the Canton Government is that nearly all the local volun- teers, some of whom had had to flee from Communists in that area before the latter had to make way for the regulars, materially assisted in the counter-attack.

It appears, however, that 5,000 Yunnanese mercenaries near the war zone, took little part in the

SHANGHAI'S TROUBLE.

Nationalists Still Seeking

Revenue,

Report to S.C.A.

self.

His Lordship said he must give

Studied For Law.

Staircase Alteration," Defendant had some

very im-

French Concession of Shanghai. February 2. Before going down at $54,640.06 is approximately judgment against Mrs. Castellian Witness was cross-examined at hostilities, insisting on paymentĮ This is a safeguard against Com- to see the accused she sent an- the same as the previous year for the amount claimed and costs. somo longth as to his reason for plans had not been submitted again and supplies from Canton before munists' outbreaks, the latter other servant to fetch the police, but after allowing for deprecia- Defendant objected to paying the leaving Mr. Shank's employ and to him.

they would throw in their weight. This question is now receiving ur- gent attention and the Canton Government has ordered a march by the frontier Farrison into flu- nan, to co-operate with the Na- tionalist forces operating south- ward against the llunanesc.

No Canton or Kwangsi unit from other districts has been ordered to reinforce the frontier garrison.

being now active.

and also asked a Mr. Chan to note The Nationalist Government is down the numbers of two $1 using every means to collect re-notes which she intended to give venue so as to improve its finan- the accused.

British cial position. Wireless.

Naval When she saw the accused, she

handed him these two notes and Chiang Kai-shek Ashamed.

two others. Then a detective Shanghai, Feb. 3.

came and arrested the accused, Addressing the opening session and the $4 was

his found in of the fourth plenary congress of pocket. the Kuomintang at Nanking to

Replying to the Magistrate, the day, Generalissimo Chiang Kai- complainant said that her bro- shek declared that askle from the ther was formerly employed by "Behind" the Hunanese.

territorial gains whereby the Na-the Hong Kong Tramway Co., an Shanghai, Yesterday.

con- a conductor but was dismissed General Pei Chung-hsi (one of tionalist government now the big four of the Kwangsi mill-trola 16 of the 21 provinces of because of "mis-collecting fare." tary faction and a colleague of China, no advance has been made Since then he had done no work General Li Chai-sum of Canton) in other lines. He said he was and had put up with her.

ashamed to face the image of the

is planning to attack Hengchow,

late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who-origin-

General's Secretary.

Mr. Chan Heung-pak, who des-

COLD AND OVERCAST.

North-east winds, fresh, over cast, cold, some drizzle of mist, is the official weather forecast until noon to-morrow."des

The depression has deepened" and moved to the NE of Japan, A strong anticyclone is central to the north of the lower Yang- tsze valley. Strong monsoon may be expected along the S.E. coast of China and fresh monsoon over the Chian Sea.

in Hunan (about 100 miles from ated the Kuomintang principlescribed himself as secretary to/tion on the fleet to the extent of

the Kwangtong frontier) which

is held by the Hunanese."Kung Sheung Yat Po."

ANTI-RED CAMPAIGN.

No Relaxation by Canton Authorities.

Anti-Red activities have not been relaxed in Canton, further action having been taken on sus- pected premises and against the labour clement. It is not expect ed that the Government cam- paign will be complete for some days to come.

More Seamen Arrested.

Pakkai, Yesterday. The local authorities (appoint- ed by the Canton Government) have declared illegal the activi- ties of the Chinese Seamen's Union, many members of which

have been arrested and are now

detained at Kongmoon city. British Naval Wireless,

FUKIEN POSITION,

Nationalist Troops Arrive At Amoy,

The remainder of the 4th In- dependent Division, 7,000 in num

ber, will arrive here shortly....

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for the salvation of China.

Liquid Assets.

extra fees, whereupon His Lord- as to his subsequent career. In When the working plans were ship said she had better save reply, witness stated that there brought to him some couple of trouble and pay the amount were various reasons why he left. months later by Lam he immediate He had subsequently been con-have anything to do with them as ly rejected them and refused to you

awarded to the amah into Court,

Mrs. Castelliani.--Will

please tell her not to come intonected with Mr. Hancock on he had not approved of the section

my house again.

His Lordship Yes, if you will pay the amount into Court.

Mrs. Castellian, I shall be glad to get rid of her. She has been a tyrant in the household.

Parties then left the Court.

DUE ON FRIDAY, "EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA"

WORLD CRUISE,

SHORE ARRANGEMENTS.

The C.P.R. "Empress" of 'Aus-

Kong when it was on the Pacific run, arrives here from the South in the course of a round-the world cruise on Friday, being due at 8 am,

He declared that "three years General Leung Wing-sing, depos- $7,000 there remains a balance at have elapsed since the death of ed to accompanying the com- Profit and Loss Account of Dr. Sun, the father of the Chin- plainant to the S.C.A., to make a $56,864.61, which, with the bal-tralia," well-known, in Hong ese revolution, and despite the complaint against the accused, ance from previous account, fuct that tens of thousands of and to taking down the numbers leaves the sum of $63,508.24 for Chinese were killed in civil war of two $1 notes which the com- appropriation, fare, still Sun Yat-sen's principles plainant handed to him.

The accused said that he had of freedom for the Chinese people have not achieved either domes- fixed up a job at the Kowloon tie or international Justice. The Godowns and borrowed the $4 situation makes me ashamed to from his sister to buy provisions face the shades of Sun Yat-sen until he received his pay at the and others who have given their end of the month. lives to the revolution."

It is proposed to

Add to Insurance Fund $ 5,000.00 Place to Special Re

salary and commission and on plan. He was told that sketch months -he plans were befng, prepared but Inas- leaving after a few had studied at his home..

much as he had called for them and Witness stated that at one they had not been produced he had time he studied for the law. On nothing to do with it.

Counsel then went on to refer to being pressed by counsel as to the certain lettera-between the parties zumes of books studied, witness relating to negotiations with the Atated he could not remember. Public Works Department and - Witness also stated that he stated that defendant denied hay- was studying and collecting arti-Ing received certain letters: cles on peace and war and on the

When the account was sent to de- occasion of a visit to America in fendant by the plaintiff, the de-, March of last year he continued fating to the conversion of the Lots fendant paid the amount ($500) re- his collection of such articles. from agricultural Lots but refused.

Asked as to his means of sup-to pay that referring to drawings, port during the period of his un- etc. employment, witness stated that

A "Serious Issue.” Defendant denied absolutely the he had his own resources and his

Interview at which it was alleged there was discussion as to reduc mother helped him.

Witness stated that the first tion of fees. Counsel opined that time he had been asked to give his denial would find support in evidence in regard to the case was the fact that the interview was al this morning on his arrival from leged to have taken place after the The "Empress of Australia" Canton.

document relating to the two per will leave on Monday at 10 p.m. Witness denied that he had aced. It was clear that if this docu- cent commission had been render- The C.P.R. have issued a print- ceded to suggestions put to him ment had been based on any re- ed programme giving details of at the plaintiff's office with regard quest of the defendant it must shore arangements for the enter to the interview deposed to and have been in connection with an tainment and sight-seeing of the stated that he merely stated what interview which took place before Hard Labour,

members of this cruise. They he knew as he had now stated in it. Fiscal Autonomy.

The Magistrate decided to con-

will be divided into two parties, court. The fourth plenary congress vict and inquired if there was]

6,980.75 one being taken on the afternoon MF. Jenkin: I put it to you that constitutes the most important anything against him.

of the 10th, for a motor ··ride gathering of the Kuomintang Inspector Andrew replied that

6,918.74 round the island, with tea at Re since the organisation of the Na-there was nothing on the police

pulse Bay Hotel and dinner at the tionalist Government, at Canton against the accused, but he was

$63,508.24 Hong Kong Hotel. There will be more than two years ago.

a scoundrel to sponge on his hard Tho chief problems facing the working sister

The dividend of $1,25 is the a dance at Repulse Bay Hotel on who was only same as before but on this occa that evening. On the second day conference, aside from the domes earning $15 per month. The ac slon seeing the comparatively there is an optional trip to Can- tic issues include the formulation cused had had a good job as con- large amount of liquid assets that ton and on the third day a trip of a programme concerning the ductor with the Tramway: Co., have been accumulated ja prepara round the New Territories. future policy of the Nationalist and was dismissed for "squeez-tion for our re-building pro- On Monday, February 13, the Government with regard to foring."

gramme your Committee consider tourists will go up the Peak and eign nations, especially the re-

it is only fair that shareholders in the evening the "Empress" will In passing sentence of one should beneft by the interest carn- sail for Shanghaf, (Continued on Pege 7.) month's hard labour, the Magised and we are therefore able to trate said that it was a very sad recommend payment of a small

The programme for the second thing to see a man like the ac-bonus, which we trust will meet Party is on similar lines, though

on different days. BANVARD COMPANY. used sponging on his sister and with your approval.

assaulting her when she had no money to give him.

TO-NIGHT AT THEATRE ROYAL

"Last night the long-looked for rived by the "Kashima Maru." It Banvard Musical Comedy Co. ar is the largest Company that Hong Kong has seen for some time; in fact, no company since the old Bandman Company has been either so large or so talented,

"

SAHARA SURVEY.

VENTURE OF THREE ENGLISHMEN.

Rugby, Yesterday.

34,658.75

pairs Account ... 10,000.00) Pay a dividend of $1.25 on 27,728 shares absorbing, Pay a bonus of 25 cents per share absorb- ing... Carry forward to new «

account

We have recommended adding a further $5,000 to Insurance Fund, bringing this up to $70,000.

Value and Maintenance.. .. You will see that the value of your fleet has been reduced by $18,600, being the proceeds of the sale of one old boat, which figuro is well in excess of book value.

FRANCE & U.S.A.

The

THE NEW ALLIANCE SIGNED.

Paris, Yesterday,

the interview to which you have deposed did not take place.

Witness: But it did. - Mr. Jenkin: And that your evidence is the result of sugges tions made to you this morning.

Witness: That is not so. Mr. Jenkin: And that you will- ingly accoded to those sugges- tions.

Witness: No.

"No Case" Submission. This witness's evidence con- cluding the case for the plaintiff, Mr. Jenkin submitted that he had case to answer. Mr. E. D.

no

His Lordship commented with re-

gard to counsel's submission that the interview déposed to had not taken place; Counsel had raised a serious issue having regard to the fact that Mr. Foster Turner and Mr. C. B. Shank had spoken definitely as to that interview. They had given the details of it and there could be no doubt about it, one way or the other.

Counsel stated he fully realised this,

Evidence was then called for the defence.

The case la proceeding.

A Missing File.

In the course of yesterday after- noon's hearing, witnesses for the plaintiff were cross-examined as to the loss of certain files in which It was believed that certain cor- Shank, the plaintiff, had admit respondence and, possibly, the ted quite clearly that unless the sketch plans were contained, eketch plans were approved he Counsel enquired how it was that, would have no warrant or author-if the correspondence file had been Ity to do the work for which he lost, certain letters had been put

Amoy, Feb. 1.: Some 2,000 soldiers belonging the 4th Independent National- ist Division arrived here from Shanghai yesterday morning in

papers recall that the had claimed. He had not been in for the plaintiffs purporting to two China Merchants" steamers These troops are now proceeding

On this occasion seeing that the bonds of friendship and sympathy able to adduce written approval of be correspondence between the older boats of the feet stand at between France and the United the sketch plans because they parties.

"It was suggested by witnesses to Changchow (in south Fukien).

figures approximately their valuea States which were tied 150 years were unfortunately lost. He had The whole of the troops of the

for breaking up purposes. It has ago will today by the signing of not proved verbal approval befor the plaintif that certain let

tera had been recovered. 11th Army, now, stationed in The Banyard Company, is a com- Three young Englishmon, Fran- not been necessary to allow so the Franco-American alliance cause he had not called Mr. Lam, With regard to the alleged con- Changchow, are to enter Kwang pany of really talented artistes of eis and Peter Rodd, sons of Sir heavily for depreciation, but to treaty, be strengthened.--Havas, formerly in the employ of the versation at plaintif's office con tung shortly.

a standard that Hong Kong has Rennell Rodd, late British Ambas- offset this maintenance costa are

plaintiff, who was supposed to March..... 25 when defondant rarely had the pleasure of seeing sador in Rome and Augustus Cour-far higher end for this purpose It

have acted as interpreter between was stated to have chang Comprising 23 artiates, it includes a rauld (7) have returned to Eng-is propose to allocate 310,000 to ing conditions on the Yangtze the parties as to the sketch plans, ed his mind regarding the very pretty chorus.

land after many months spent in meet contort special overhauls dur-River and we feel confident the Mr. Lim was in the Colony form of the houses to be erect To-night they will open at the re-surveying the Sahara, ing the coming yearsal S new boat will prove a great ässet.

ed and suggested Acting on telegraphic sum- Theatre Royal with the great" They travelled by camel and New Host an Experiment. Runing costs, will be lower than His Lordship: But there is the Foster Turner, witness for plain- mons from Admiral Yang Shu- musical comedy succus from the their equipment included a special. To replace the old boat that has coal and the boat should prove evidence as to the interview of chuang, General Lin, the local Gaiety and Daly's Theatres, Lonly designed portable, wireless set, been sold a new heat is already specially useful in case of urgent March, 1925, as to the working stated that a BIr. Edwards acted as interpreter. He believed Garrison Commander, left for don, namely "Katia the Dancer With Culs they picked up time on the stocks and should be in calls for water, at short notice and plans certainly having been that Mr. Edwards had been sub- Foochow on January 30 to make a The leading comedian is hir. John signale, by indane of which they commission about middle of the invaluable in the event of further proved. Ordinarily, it is possible, report to Admiral Yang on the Hagan, who has played "Leander axed the latitude and longitude, of yeni In this instance, we have inhour troubles in the Calony 1 the sketch, plans, according to the poenaed but witness had not soon conditions of Amoy.Toho, in "Katja, the Dancer on tour for mountains and valleys and found decided to instala seml-Diesel in hope many of you will avail of an evidence, should have been signed him in court.

Mr. Alabaster explained that Mr. Marince Victory,

two years under the auspices of existing maps in many cases fané terual combustion engine consum opportunity to Inspect the new ad: But in the interview of March, 1923 Edwards was in all probability as Daly's Theatre. Shanghai Yesterday

ing heavy oil uel manufactured dition to our fleet when she is put the matter was discussed again, and riving in the Colony that night "Katja" la Miss Winifred Dalle, curat

by the well-known makers; Mesars, in commission the working plans were shewn to

from Canton Detachments of marines at a briliant young artister. In fact The mapa, made are being pre- Norris, city Garners While Your feet has been mulatáloed the defendant when he promised to tached to the Nationalist Navy in all, the artistes are of a brilliant sented to the Royal Geographical this new copartum limes be looked in a high state of efficiency and as comes back and deal with certain Fukien province have defeated nature and the performance will be Society

upon in the light or it cape opportunities occur it is our inten matters. In these circumstances. I bodies of guerillas, known as the of a very high standard, so there Touaregory, Ouareg, and Noman- a large number of these engines Les to dispose of the remaning do not see that I can say there is “People's Army," in the south of, should be a full hour to greet the die tribes encountered by the are alrendy giving centire satisfacr

no casa Fakien province-“Kung Sheung Company at the initial perform- travillers(ware invariably friendly. tion in pole charge of Chinesɛ

Mr. Jenkin then opened tha Yat Po."

British Wireless Services wingers espaitally under

for the defendant. Defcadast

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