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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1928.

No. 25,852

NORTH TO STAND?

DE TH SENTENCE.

HIGH HONOURS.

Change In Tone Of War Jury's Recommendation

Reports.

CHINA AND JAPAN.

New Views: An American Consul's Apprehension.

To Mercy.

LAI-CHI-KOK INDIANS.

Puisne Judge Agrees With The Verdict.

Sandager Singh, hitherto one

Marshal Li's New Designation.

EQUAL TO CHIANG?

To Command All Units In Two Kwang Provinces.

Marshal Li Chai-sum's de-

MOTOR RACER.

Fatal Accident On Race Track.

ITALIAN DRIVER.

Puccini Killed While On Motor Tour.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

SEAPLANE RECORD.

Important British Appointment.

FLIGHT-LT. GREIG.

To Command Royal Force High Speed Section.

N. LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician. (Established Over Forty Years).

Manager:-RALPH A. COOPER, M.A.0.A..

Registered Optometrist by Canadian Govt. Exam. (Personal Attention).

THE 50TH YEAR.

China Sugar Co.'s Fine Record.

1927 ADVERSE CONDITIONS.

Informal Meeting To Consider Potition.

落

' UNSATISFACTORY.”

Sir Henry Pollock And Council.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

Public Bathing Facilities And Children's Playgrounds.

Bogota, Colombia, Yesterday.

London, Yesterday At the 50th annual, meeting of According to an official an- Some kind of a stand must

The Italian racing driver,

Flight-Lieut. David Darcy the China Sugar Refining Co., Ltd.,nouncement issued this morning have been made by the Northern of eleven watchmen employed at signation as one of the high troops under General Chang the Lai-chi-kok installation of the officers in the Nationalist Party, Puccini, who was making a motor Greig has been appointed to com- it was revealed that the company relative to the meeting of the Tsung-chang in Shantung pro- Standard Oil Co., was sentenced Government and Army is to be tour from Baenoa, Aires to New mand the Royal Air Force high had returned an average of just Legislative Council on Thursday a report York has been killed at the result speed flying section at Felixstowe under 11 per cent. per annum to next, the Hon. Sir Henry E. vince against the advancing Na- to death to-day at the conclusion changed shortly, says

Pollock, Kt., K.C., (senior Unoffi- tionalists and the Kuominchun. of the Criminal Sessions trial in from Canton,, placing him on a of his car overturning during a with a view to attempting to win shareholders,

The tone in Chinese cables has which he was charged with the footing equal to that of Chiang trial spin on the Caf Race Track the World's seaplane record.

An announcement was made that cial Member) will move, pursuant Reuter.

owing to abnormal losses due to to notice, the following resolu changed preceptibly. Distances murder of Jetta Singh, a col- Kai-shek (the Generalissimo), the -Reuter.

tion- circumstances beyond the control: between various points in the war league, on the night of Feb. 18 or "Christian General" zone (mentioned in the order of 19. south to north-the direction of the Nationalists' march) will ex- plain:-

Yenchow (held by Nationalists) to

Ningyang Ningyang to Tawen-

kow

Tawenkow to Tai-

15 miles

15

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10

"

Tai-an to Tsinanfu 35

others.

and two

Reforms in the civil administra- After the Puisne Judge (Mrtion were announced in yester- Justice J. R. Wood) had summed

day's "China Mail." Now it is up at great length, the jury were understood that Marshal Li is to absent for half an hour. The jury become commander-in-chief of recommended prisoner to mercy.

the 5th Group Nationalist Army, which will be made up of all units in the two Kwang provinces.

be-

His Lordship's View. His Lordship expressed him-, self as in agreement with the ver

Closer Co-operation. dict. adding that there was no Hitherto Marshal Li has been doubt that prisoner was the man commander of the 8th, Route. who had caused Jetta Singh's The term "Route" has now A Stand Attempted. death and that he was drunk come obsolete. Chiang Kai-shek While the Nationalists hint when he committed the crime. commands the 1st Group, com- that they have been attacking Tai-It was probably because he was prising 29 army corps attached to an, and even threatening Tsinan- drunk, His Lordship continued. Nanking. Feng Yu-hsiang, the fa, a reliable report says that that the jury had added the re-Christian General," commands Tawenkow was the latest objec- commendation to mercy. This re-the Kuominchun, known as the tive of the Nationalists. The commendation will be forwarded 2nd Group. General Yen Hsi- Kuominchun, under the "Christo H.E. the Governor in dueshan, the "Model Tuchun" of tian General," was co-operating ¡course.. His Lordship then put Shansi province, commands the by keeping up a flank attack on on the black end and pronounced 3rd Group. The 4th Group is Tawenkow, which stands on the sentence of death.

Wen-Ho. Fighting on opposite banks of the Wen-Ho was heavy,

the report also states.

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the command at Hankow, for Hu-

Speeches To-day.

nan and Hupeh provinces; General Twenty-three witnesses were Li Tsung-jén is the commander, Another message says that the called by the Crown yesterday, he being a native of Kwangsi Nationalists are still 16 miles This morning. Mr. H. S. Fitzroy like Marshal Li Chai-sum.

fueting Assistant Attorney-Gen- In political circles, it is stated from Tai-an, or 5 miles from eral) addressed the jury and. Mr. that the change at Canton is to Tawenkow,

closer co-operation | Although the foregoing tends W. N. Thomas Tam (Instructed in about

1 .en Canton and Nanking. to show the Northerners as hay-by Mr. A. E. Hall) replied.

ere is

Canton even talk of ing attempted a stand, opinion is The jury comprised Messrs. F.

(foreman), J. practically unanimous that no Goodwin

H. sending a few troops North to join

concerted move. can be made until Raikes, S. Juman, M. A. Xavier, in the projected march to Peking. the sorely tried units can be with-S. E. Sousa, C. C. Wong and R. drawn to the rear and reorgan-Abraham. ised.

Junction Effected. Tsinanfo still appears to be the most likely point of defence and General Chang Tsung-chang is

Acting Detective

Two Sub-Commands, The 5th Group will be divided into two areas. The 1st area is to Inspectorbe under General Chen Min-chu

Lane had charge of the Police (who went with Marshal Li to

case.

MOTOR RECORD.

AMERICAN AND BRITISH

COMPETITORS.

KEEN RIVALRY.

London To-day. The world's motor speed con- test threatens to develop as the

reported to have ordered trenches WAITING FOR 'EM. Li's absence) and will function in tona.

to be dug and defences to be erect-

ed outside the south of the city.

Of General Sun Chuang-fang, who is mentioned by Reuter be- low) as having been traced to Ningyang, subsequent cables state that he

withdrew Tawenkow where he effected a junction between his own rem- nants and the troops. under his colleague, Chang Tsung-chang.

Not on the Run?

HAWKERS GREET POLICE JAIL BIRDS.

INDERWOOD & UKOREWORD, I. Yr

Nanking), functioning in Kwang-

Captain Malcolm Campbell. tung. The 2nd area will be under General Wong Shiu-hung (who took charge at Canton in Marshal result of Keech's record at Day Kwangsi..

Captain Malcolm Campbell has The 1st area includes the 4th, announced his intention to make 6th and 11th Nationalist army an early effort, possibly on sands corps and other small units. Gen-In Denmark, which have been re- eral Chen Min-chu has hitherto ported to him as being suitable, commanded the 11th Army and and Major Segrave is reported to the new appointment means pro-have said that it is impossible to: Since 9 o'clock this morning, motion for him as well. General allow the American's to hold the large numbers of Chinese hawkers Wong Shiu-hung has a part of the crowded the approaches of the 7th army corps and his own 15th Victoria Fail and Police Headquar-army corps in Kwangsi province;;

both will be under the 2nd area man inquired command.

to THIS MORNING'S “CEREMONY."

tera.

A "China Mail"

That the Northerners are, los-¡ ing, but not altogether on the run, the cause of this unusual gathering is indicated from a report that Marshal Chang Tso-lin, head of and learned that the seven Chinese the Ankaochun Government in ex-constables of the Police Haw- Peking, is sending General Sun kers' Department, who were in Chuan-fang $200,000, arms and November sentenced to six months' munitions; and also from a report hard labour for extorting "squeeze" that General Wu Chun-sheng-money from hawkers, were due to one of the old warlord type, of be discharged from jail to-day. conspicuous height and bearing-

at Tehchow, on the boundary be-

The hawkers were there for the

OFF TO AUSTRALIA,

START OF ANOTHER BIG SOLO FLIGHT.

HINKLER'S ROUTE.

London, Yesterday.

OVERCAST & RAIN.

East winds, strong, moderating, overcast, some rain, is the official weather forecast until 'noon to- morrow.

The anticyclone is central be- tween

'North Shanghai and Nagasaki and now dominates the map.

GOLD MINE RAID:

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WHAT HAPPENS IN NICARAGUA.

SANDINO'S SCOOP.

New York, Yesterday.

of the management-a special com- mittee of shareholders had been appointed. After the annual moeting, this report was consider- ed at an informal meeting to which, of course, the Press were not nd- mitted.

agents.

"That the Answers given in this Council on April 19 to my Questions 4 and 7 are unsatis- factory."

The Questions. Question No 4 (with answer) was:

"With a view to the increase of public bathing facilities in the Colony, will the Government

(i) Put up additional. bathing cubicles, and pavilion accommoda- tion, for the use of the public at Mr. B. D., F. Beith presided. Repulse Bay?

The Attendance.

The meeting was held in the office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson The proprietors of the Ameri-& Co., Ltd., the company's generat can gold mine at Laluz, in Nicara- gua have cabled that the rebel leader, Sandino, raided Laluz, taking all the gold, merchandise and animals while he also made Those present were Sir Robert IIo

(i) Put up bathing cubicles, prisoner an assistant mine super-Tung, Mr. H. P. White and Mr. and a pavilion, for the use of the lintendent named Marshall and C. G, S. Mackie (members of the public, at the Bay near Stanley

all the employees,

consulting committee), Mr. E. B. where private bathing matsheds American marines were des-Clarke (secretary), Mr. M. H. have already been erected? patched in pursuit of the raiders. Turner (of Messrs. Deacons, the Answer:

The name of the Superinten-company's solicitors) and the fol- (i) At present 15 cubicles (10 dent of the mine, Mr. Amphlett, lowing shareholders:— Messrs, feet by 6 feet) are being erected who is British, is not mentioned A. A. Alves, H. Birkett, Choa Po. at Repulse Bay with fresh water in the telegram.Reuter's Ameri-min. Choa Po-sien, F. M. Courtney, showers, water stand pipes, etc. can Service.

GREENLY ISLAND,

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STILL PATCHING UP THE “BREMEN.”.

FITZMAURICE'S RETURN.

A. J. David (represented by Mr.Ten are for men and five for Frank Austin), F. M. Ellis, F. M. P. women. No provision is being de Graca, J. F. Grose, Joseph made for a pavilion. Gould, Ho Leung, P. M. Hodgson, been fully allocated; two or three (ii) The beach at Stanley has E. D. Kotwall, Lee Hysan, additional sheda might be erected Middleton, A: Nissim, B. L. Seton-

Winton, A. M. da Silva, R. Suther-beach, but this site is not con- on the higher ground above the land, A. B. Stewart,

sidered suitable. No public.bath- Chairman's Speech. ting cubicles or pavilion are being The secretary read the notice erected and no funds are pro- Murray, Bay. Yesterday. Commd. Fitzmaurice and two read his addreses, as follows

convening. The chairman then vided for this purpose.

Question No. 7 (with answer) pilots, with mechanics, spares and fuel for the trans-Atlantic plane been in your hands for the

The report and accounts having was:-

past Will the Government utilise "Bremen" have left Murray Bay week, I will with your permission one of the strips of Government for Greenly Island.-Reuter.

Relief Party.

New York, To-day.

land abutting on Salisbury-road a play-ground for Kowloon

take them as read.

'The statement of accounts sub-as

The rellef aeroplane has arrived mitted to you shows a net loss on children? Will the Government at Greenly Island and has brought the year's working of $1,189,295.69 also inquire into the possibility of spares for the "Bremen" also after providing for depreciation on various unbuilt-on pieces of ind underclothing, German beer, the usual scale, payment of interest abutting on Nathan-road being temporarily used for the pur- cigars, etc., for the German avia- and all other charges. tors-Renter.

The balance at debit of Profit & poses of children's playgrounds?

Answer:- Loss Account thus. stands at $2,723,088.74 after bringing for- ward the debit of $1,535,788.05 from the previous year.

BY-ELECTION.

LABOUR AGAIN RETURNED FOR HANLEY.

HEAVY POLLING.

London, Yesterday.

Pending its use by the Govern- ment for other purposes, a small area can be reserved as a child- ren's playground at the junction of Salisbury and Middle-roads. I very much regret having to There is, however, in the opinion

Poor Result.

to

| put before you such a poor result of the Government, no area at of the year's working, which, as Tsim-sha-tsui which is really will be explained later, is due en-suitable for permanent reserva- tirely to causes beyond the control tion as a children's playground; The result of the by-election at of your general agents. It is more and none of the undeveloped area Hanley Division of Stoke-on-Trent, regrettable in view of the fact that adjoining Nathan-road appears to owing to the death of Mr. Samuel this is the 50th annual general be suitable for conversion Clowes, was as follows:---

meeting of the company and it may

children's playgrounds, Mr. Hollins (Labour).... 15136 be of interest to you to know that Mr. Denville (Conservative) 6604 over this long period the average Mr. Meakin (Liberal)

3390 annual return to shareholders has -Reuter, been alightly below 11 per cent. refinery during the whole of Feb- The late Mr. Clowes had repre-

Cost of Raw Sugar.

ruary and November and part of sented the division in the Labour Our stocks of raw sugar and our June. Our total melt of raw sugar forward purchases were much be- during the year was 403,000 piculs low replacing cost at the beginning as compared with 662,400 piculs in of the year, but early in January prices of raws began to sag and This, as you will readily under- there was

continual decline stand, increased our cost of pro- duction materially. All our raw throughout the year.

is coming out of the fastness of satisfaction of seeing their former Manchuria to organise defences tormentors come out of prison.

It may be remembered that when Wing-Commander E. R. Man- record long, and that he will do intereste since 1924.] tween Shantung and Chihli, also the seven constables were charged ning has departed from Lympne his best to get it back as soon as on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the in a 35 horse power monoplane his new machine is ready, which

aensational on a solo flight to Australia, fol- he hoped would be in January. Magistracy, about 80 miles north of (i.c,, be- Central

given of the man lowing Capt. Hinkler's routes. hind) the Northern base at Tai- evidence was nanfu. Another cable says that forming a well organised circle for Reuter.

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[Manning, like Hinkler, fa an

In the envalry, 16th Hussars in France and Belgium; transferred to the R.F.C., and was in Irak and Kurdistan in 1922-24.]

OBITUARY.

WELL-KNOWN IN CHINA.

RUHR DISPUTE.

THE LABOUR MINISTER'S DECLARATION.

AWARD BINDING.

Berlin, Yesterday.

Д

The Labour Minister declares was a gradual fall until at the end that the aird in the Ruhr coal of the year the cost was down to mining dispute is binding.$8, Reuter.

HIS LITTLE JOKE,

Dayona Beach, Yesterday. Keech's right arm was burned when the motor back-fired in the last run yesterday, spraying his body with blazing petrol. Beu-TO-DAY'S SPASM FROM THE ter's American Service.

POLICE COURT. [Keech's sped was 213.9 miles

20.695602.]

.

1926.

In January the laid down cost of sugar has been melted and the re- raws at the refinery was approxi- finery is closed down. Wo have mately $12 per picul, in February no forward commitments of Raws.

Japanese Competition. it was slightly below $10 and there

We have experienced very severs competition from the Japanese re- finerfes during the year and the in- creasing quantities of Java white Gradual Decline.

sugars which are being Imported Prices of Java browns fell grad-into China is another very serious ually during the year, the exfactor contributing to godown Java quotations being prices obtainable for our refined Guilders 13 in January and reached fried products. their lowest point in December, ie., Guilders 8.65.

the

low

American Rivals.

New York Yesterday. u brigade of Manchurian cavalry "bleeding" the hawkers, who were

Lockhart will attempt to beat will be attached to Sun Chuan- required to pay between 50 cents Australian, he having been born in fang's command.

and $1.00 per week to the con- Sydney in 1889, the son of a solici- Keech's record to-morrow. stables. A collector went

Keech says that he will try tor resident there. round

He served in Tai-an Captured?

Shanghai, Yesterday. each Saturday to collect the money the War and won the Distinguish again if Lockhart succeeds.

It is noteworthy that the ma- from the hawkers, using a new ed Service Order (D.S.O.) and the Although the magnitude of the password each week..

Military Cross. (M.C.) He served chine used by Keech was a triplex. Nationalist success remains in

Blazing Petrol Blaze. doubt, it is clear that a general

"Banana." advance has been made by the

One Saturday the "magic" word Nationalists, at the expense of would be "Banana" and the next the Northerners.

"Namhoi.". Unlicensed hawkers Tai-an, on the Tientsin-Pukow who were able to give the current Railway, appears to have been password and paid up their quota

I may mention that the importa- captured in the eastern sector were loft unmolested. whilst those;

tion to China of Java white or un- (the Tientain-Pukow Railway) who are not contributors to the LADY ROBERT HART ONCE per hour against Campbell's

When a Chinese woman was · Our average cost of raws WEB

refined, sugar has increased from but, on the western sector (Pek "aqueeze circle" were arrested and

this morning charged before Mr. much below replacing coat up to

59,775 pleula during 1920 to ing-Hankow Railway), the ad charged before a Magistrate.

Lindsell at the Central Magis- the middle of Jaly, and even under 2,361,884 piculs during 1926, and vance of the "Christian General," The constables in the circle had

ST. GEORGE'S DAY.

tracy for hawking cat fish with these circumstances our refined although the Customs, figures for Feng Yu-hsiang, may have been a club room where they met each

out a licence, the Magistrate in-product could not be sold in Chian 1927 are not yet available we are stopped.

week to divido the "squeezo" |

St. George's Day was yesterday quired if the fish were sold as to show a profit but owing to the given to understand that they will The "Christian General.” money, and each man's share was

A Reuter message announces the fittingly observed in Hong Kong. food for cats.

gradual decline, during-the re be higher than in 1926. In 1925 The supposed check to the considerably more than his monthly death of Lady Robert Hart-Reu- In the morning, as already report- Inspector Macdonald replied mainder of the year, the cost of our the imports reached the high water "Christian General" is due to the pay in the Police Force.

ed in these columns, a wreath was that cats never get much of the purchases was above the replacing mark of 8,284,568 piculs. still uncertain attitude of one of It was at one of these meetings [Lady Hart was the widow of placed on the Cenotaph; in the fish to eat although they were figure... his chief subordinates who, for the declaring of dividends that Sir Robert Hart, for very many afternoon the band of the lat Batt. called cat fish!

A London Opinion. when the commander of another detectives raided the place and ar- years he Inspector-General and Queen's Royal Regiment presented

Our London friends wrote us re- Our sales in the Yangtaze Valley cently regarding the production of allied unit was defeated on April rested the members of the circle "Grand Old Man" of the Chinese a concert programme on the

and the North generally have been white sugars as follows:- 7. showed an inclination to change which was stated to have been in Maritime Customs. Lady Hart re- Cricket ground, and in the evening

seriously affected during the year sides and join the Northerners, existence for at least five years. sided for some time in Peking, and the Society was "at home" to Ber Mr. E. Ralphs, F.C.S., F.R.G.S.. by the hostilities and political

More troops have been sent up During the rald one of the seven by the Nanking Nationalists, constables jumped out of a second made frequent long holidays in Vice: folk at the 'Queen's and Star M. R. San, I., Assistant Commis- chaos.existing and the consequent{ sioner of the Hong Kong St. John lack of transportation facilities these going up the Railway to the floor back window and was so badly England while Sir Robert gulded

Ambulance Brigade, will be the both by rail and water, together front from Pukow, which is op- Injured that he had to spend a the destinies of the "Customs." He

recipient of a gold lacquer coffee with the heavy taxes levied by the posite Nanking, and on the north couple of weeks in the hospital, was probably the best known Eng bank of the Yangtze, British and throughout the hearing of the liahman that ever lived in China

set and tray at the Education various military factions and lack Naval Wireless,

Office to-morrow at 11.80 p.m. of credit facilities, and owing to case at the Central Magistracy he from the sixties till the time, of

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juries to his legs.

ter.

1911.]

WIDOW OF "L.-G."

London, Yesterday.

Theatres.,

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR,

l'on demand, to-day was 2/0 3/16. on leave

MR. E. RALPHS.

Total Melt..

were compelled to close down the

"Unfortunately, as you know, the tendency in the whole world is to try to produce white sugar, If possible, for direct consump tion, and such tendency can only be checked by making the impor tation of auch sugars into cons suming countries more difficult.

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