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CREMATORIA IN COLONY.

INSUFFICIENT?

MR. WONG KWONG-TIN'S QUES- TIONS TO SANITARY DEPT.

USE OF SEA WATER.

Mr. Wong Kwong-tin is asking

ne

China Mail

No. 25,929

【BLISHED

1846

HONG KONG, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1928.

RAILWAY DISASTER WORLD'S RECORD FOR TWO YANGTSZE WARS

IN U. S. A.

EIGHT KILLED.

300 CIRCUS EMPLOYEES IN PERIL.

WAGGONS DERAILED.

Boston, Yesterday.

KISSING.

A POLISH GIRL.

7,001 WEDDING GUESTS IN A SINGLE EVENING.

ENDURANCE TEST.

Cracow, Poland, July" 8.

A village bride in the Polish

IMMINENT.

BANDITS v. TROOPS.

OLD 6TH ARMY THREATENING KIUKIANG.

YANG SEN POWERLESS.

Kiukiang, Yesterday,

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

RECENT SPANISH PLOT.

* LATER DETAILS.

HATCHED IN A WOOD NEAR BARCELONA.

ANARCHISTS AT WORK.

Paris, Yesterday.

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ROMAN TOMBS AND TREASURES.

GOLD ORNAMENTS.

INTERESTING FINDS BENEATH CITY OF CERIGNOLA. WOMAN'S SKELETON,

Rome, July 2,

THE RISING IN LISBON.

DETAILS TO HAND.

LOYALISTS USE ARTILLERY AGAINST REBELS.

THE CASUALTIES.

London, Yesterday. Details of the insurrectionary

A number of questions at to- A train consisting of trucks

A clash between the former According to the "Echo de Roman tomba, the precise morrow's meeting of the Sanitary packed with Ornate Circus hamlet of Tecane claims the 6th Nationalist Army (now com-Paris," the Narbonne Spanish epoch of which has not yet been rising in Lisbon on July 20 are Board. Most of them have to do waggons, under which 300 circus world's record for kissing. The

ascertained, have been brought to| with crematoria in the Colony; employees were huddled came to blushing lady, whose name is prising irregulare and bandits) plot was hatched in a wood in the light near Cerignola containing now available. They show that a water for cleansing purposes, in shire, when one of the waggons Press which reports this oscula (comprising regulara) is immin-Alfonso on the occasion of the the supposition that the persons that loyalists were brought up others concern the use of sea grief at Farmington, New Hamp-directly withheld by the Polish and the 6th Nationalist Army outskirts of Barcelona by anarch-numerous gold ornaments so rich number of officers at the Castello

iste directed against King

and finely worked as to lead to Sao Jorge Barracks mutinied and view of the scarcity of drinking rolled off, causing derailment to fory feat, kissed 7,001 wedding

the succeeding trucks. 'water.

Acent, on the borders of Anhui and opening of the new Trans-with whom they were guests in a single evening.

buried with artillery and vigorously be- The questions are:-

Eight persons were killed. cording to the published reports, Kiangal provinces. British Pyrenean Tunnel.

must have been figures of high sieged the barracks. (1) Will the Head of the Two waggons containing wild her husband, far from being Naval Wireless.

The plot was discovered by the contemporary importance. Sanitary Department kindly sup animals remained intact-Reu-stricken with jealousy, appeared

Narbonne police who, after two The finds were made during The mutineers, submitted. ply datn

[Note: Kiuklang is the port of arrests, raided notorious Spanish the operations for the new drain- The casualties are estimated at on the following ter's American Service.

to swell with pride at his wife's

Kiar gei. It is on the Lower haunts and made further arrests, age at Cerignola, and in one of the 7 killed and 30 wounded, including points:-

endurance.

Yangtsze. The 6th Army was including a French Anarchist tombs (a) The number of crematoria

where remains of a The event occurred at a wed-

implicated in the "Nanking in the Colony.

ding in Tecsoc, celebrated in ac-Rape of March, 1927. It was secretary with plenty of money. woman's skeleton were found, the a mutineer and some soldiers, cordance with the exuberant driven out of Hunan and then They seized compromising papers. workmen brought to light a gold also inhabitants in neighbouring ncar and far came to the wed marched into Kiangsi and as dis- Other arrests were made in coronet in which there still re- houses which were damaged by mained some precious stones, gold the artillery fire. Everything is ding; relatives, friends, acquaint-

[A telegram, dated London cloth sewn on to asbestos, pre- now normal.-Reuter. ances, and even uninvited guests,

July 12, stated:- Following a sumably wrapped around the, spurned by curiosity.

Madrid correspondent's announce body, gold amulets and earrings, R

LEGAL POINTS. ment last night, transmitting a small gold wand about six inches the official weather forecast until semi-oficial communique stating long and a figurine of the same DOES A SET OFF" "ABMIT" A

representing that attempts were being made metal, probably to take advantage of the ab- some Roman goddess. Gold Cloth. sence of the king and the head of

In another tomb, where the the government to stir up trou- ble, a Paris correspondent now roof had fallen in at some period,

A DAGGER.

(i) those established by the

Government.

by

CHINESE SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION.

(ii) those established

private bodies.

(b) The number of burials

which have taken place with- in the last six months,

A WIFE'S STATEMENT, Last week five Chinese were com-

(c) The number of eremations mitted for trial to the Criminal Sea- which have taken place dur-sions for alleged complicity in the ing the same period and at

recent armed robbery at the Chung Yin Chinese medicine firm, No. 84, Queen's-road Weat.

Slavic custom: Everyone from

TWO TYPHOONS.

East winds, moderate, fair, is

noon to-morrow.

Pressure is high to the north east of Japan. A typhoon is ap-

proaching the Bonins from S.S.W.

Another appears to have formed

ward.

Catalonia.

CLAIM?

"DANGEROUS PRECEDENT"

Several legal points concerning

A. el

A local rabbi's daughter was being married to a rabbi's. son. As Tecsot is situated in a corner of Poland, near three other coun cach crematorium...

tries, it was not surprising that (d) The number of cases (if

the guests came not only from ad- any) where cremations have

A similar charge against a sixth jacent Polish villages, but also been applied for and refused. man was withdrawn by the police from Czecho-Slovakian, Rou- (2) Is it a fact that the exist-and the man was discharged.

far East of Manila, moving west sends a Madrid telegram to "Le the skeleton and precious objects procedure in the Summary Court Hemanian and Hungarian settle.

Journal" saying that following found, were crushed and rendered ing crematoria are insufficient to

was detained, however, on a chargements. The star arithmetician of

the rumours of an insurrectionary almost unrecognisable, but, here were argued at considerable length cope with the demand for crema- of unlawful possession of a dagger, Teesoc counted 7,001 guests, in-

movement being planned all over too, fragments of gold jewellery before the Puisne Judge (Mr. tions and if such be the case, and on this charge he appeared be- vited and uninvited.. what steps are the Board going fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell and Major It is the custom of the coun- which the merchants tried to buy police have arrested a hundred

organised and undisciplined force Spain with the object of over- and ornaments were brought to Justice P. Jacks) by Mr.

Arcull and Mr. M. K. Lo this throwing the monarchy,

the light. to take?

In some of the other tombs, morning. try for the bride to give each off.

Mr. Lo had filed a counter-claim syndicalists and communists in traces of gold cloth mixed with guest a kiss. daunted, pursed her lips and Mention of the "5th Army" is the provinces of Madrid, Barce- asbestos were found adhering to in answer to Mr. Arculli's claim Mr. C.. A. S. Ruas appeared for implanted a kiss firmly upon the probably an error as this unit is lona, Saragossa, Biscaya and the bones, pointing to the prob- and, in one of the paragraphs, ask- the defence, and pleaded not guilty.lips of each guest. It took her in Kwangtung. The 3rd Army is Guipuzcoa.]

ability that the bodies were ed for Mr. Arculll's claim to be buried in rich garments traced "set-off." Mr. Arculli submitted Evidence was given by Chinese exactly four hours to complete more likely to be meant as it is in

out with precious metal.

that this was an implied admission detective sergeant who said that he her matrimonial kissing Mara- control of Kiangsi province.]

Five tombs have so far been that his claim was good. for effecting cremations at each found the dagger underneath some thon-United Press.

discovered, and' other discoveries are expected as the excavations proceed.United Press.

(3) Has the general public been sufficiently informed of the advantages of the cremations in Hong Kong-

(4) What are.

(a) the conditions and.

(b) the charges'

of the crematoria?

Sea Water.

C. Willson, O.B.E., sitting together the big Court at the Central Ma- gistracy this morning.

old shoes under the accused's bed

The bride, un-

RIVAL FORCES AT GRIPS.

on the verandah of No. 636, Shang- CHEFOO OUTBREAK. *. In view of the scarcity of jhal-street Yaumati, second floor. water, is it not possible for ar- When the dagger was found, the rangements to be made with the accused's wife said that they used Chief Office of the Fire Brigade it for peeling potatoes, etc. Accus- to utilise sea water from the led did not make any attempt to Fire Float for cleansing purposes, {contradict this. except for general house cleans-

ing?

ii. Is it a fact that water for cleansing streets is obtained from the means? If so, can not the Head of the Sanitary Department devise means to ensure a supply from other sources?"

SAND COOLIES.

GIVEN THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

Dare Not!

Mr. Russ said that the fact that accused did not contradict his wife was not proof of his guilt. He said that no married man would dare to contradict a statement made by his

wife.

Mr. Lindsell: But in this case the police were present,

Mr. Russ: Even under police, protection I would not dare contra- diet my wifel

The accused, in the witness box, Two sand coolles, Man Yau and denied all knowledge of the dagger, Lam Hi-fat. were charged before Mr. T. W. Ainsworth at the Dis- but said that he suspected it belong trict Court (South) this morning ed to a sub-tenant of his named Lai with damaging the shore at Tai Hung-wai, who was arrested by the Long, Lantao Island, by removing police in connection with the rob- sand on July 10 without a permit. bery.

Widespread Desertion.

Wanhsien, Yesterday.

INDIAN STRIKERS. MAIL TRAIN FROM COLOMBO DERAILED.

It is reported that a local com- mander at Kaihsien (to the north of Wanhsien, which la on the

Madras, Saturday. Upper Yangtaze) has revolted

The engine boat mail train against General Yang Sen and is marching on Wanhsien which from Colombo was maliciously: Yang Sen seems powerless to de- derailed near Tanjore but was re- Fighting unexpectedly broke out fend because of widespread deser-placed and the train proceeded. last night between Colonel Sze, re-tion in his ranks.-British Naval presenting the Nationalists, and Wireless.

AMERICAN WOUNDED.

Chefoo, To-day,

Dzung Djin-kao, representing [Note: Wanhslen and Kai- Chang Trung-chang.

hsien are in the extreme east of Dzung recently arrived from Szechuan province where several Tangku with 6,000 troops, posing Generals are striving for the as a Nationalist in support of Wen mastery and ex-Marshal Wu Pei- king Government, but now declares time.] Kien-kang, the nominee of the Nan-fu is supposed to be biding

himself an adherent of Chang Taung-chang, whose bodyguard he formerly commanded.

"CITY OF TOKIO.”

his

Indiscriminate Bring took place between midnight and 4 a.m. in the vicinity of Consular-hill, during NOW REFLOATED AND NOT which, ali telephone communication was impossible.

.. DAMAGED.

Whilst establishing communica- DUE HERE IN ABOUT 6 DAYS, tions between the war-vessels and

the consulate one Amèrican sailor)

Klukiang, Yesterday.

Collision With Police.

Later.

THE PRIMACY.

www.

would be establishing a dangerous precedent if a "set-off" were con- strued as an admission of the ori ginal claim.

His Lordship remarked that it

There were other points, as well.

Verbal Contract.

DR. LANG TO SUCCEED DR. DAVIDSON.

Mr. Arcull appeared for Tsaug 'London, Saturday. Shing, trading as Teang Shing Kee, The "Daily Telegraph" learns No. 14, Fook Bau-lape, who sued The police used firearms in a that the Archbishopric of Canter- the Wing On Lung contractors, No. collision with South Indian Rail-bury, from which Dr. Davidson 29, D'Aguliar-street, for $861.80

will shortly retire is to be offered for balance for work done. way atrikers at Mayavaram.

Nine of the police were injured; to Dr. Lang, Archbishop of Mr. Lo's counter-claim was bas- the strikers casualties are un-York, who has intimated his ac-ed on damages alleged to have been

known.

ceptance.

suffered by his clients through The police also fired on the The announcement recalls a plaintiff (who was stated 'to' have crowds which stormed the sta- sensation of 20 years ago when been the sub-contractor) breaking Hon at Tuticorin. One man was Dr. Lang was translated to York a verbal contract. The total dam- killed and several injured. from East London Bishopric of ages were put at $1,559.20, from Reinforcements were drafted in Stepney over hie superiora which when the original claim of from stations along the line which Reuter. aged by the rioters who have torn has been deserted and badly dam-

up the rails and cut the tele- graphs.-Reuter.

Fishplates Removed.

Madras, Yesterday.

The engine and three bogies of

week-

|$861,30 was deducted, the counter-

claim was put at $697.90.

SAD FATALITY. At the outset, Mr. Arculli ask- ed for 'judgment on the original claim because there was the im- CHINESE DROWNED IN

plied admission in the counter- HELPING HIS SISTER.

claim and a letter from Messrs. Lo & Lo which, Mr. Arculli argu- Sub-Inspector Langley, prose- He did not hear his wife tell the was wounded in the hand by a

Another bathing tragedy oc- The s.s. "City of Tokio," which the boat mail train from Ceylon curred at Island Bay,

ed, contained an express admission cuting, stated that on July 10 a police that the dagger was used for stray, bullet.

during the The American consul, Mr. Leroy went aground near North Cross were 80 miles from Madras, at Shek-0,

of the claim. report was made by the villagers chopping food, and could not say

Trouble Alleged. to the effect that two coolies if she had ever used it for that pur-Webber, called on the Chinese au- ing, about 30 miles below Kiu-night time, when the derailed en-end. Leung Kwok-kit, the vic were removing sand from the pose.

Mr. Lo differed. He read Items thorities early in morning for in-kiang, on the Lower Yangtze sine overturned. Two third class tim, aged 16, was a student of St. beach within the prohibited area

view to fixing] vestigation with a In his final submission in the ac

carriages were telescoped and Stephen's College. On Saturday from the counter-claim which main- She eleven passengers injured, one scri- he was swimming with several of tained that plaintiff had struck of the two sign posta.

cusad's behalf, Mr. Rues said that responsibility for the wounding of River, has been refloated. A coxswain was immediately much should not be placed on the the above member of the ar il suffered no damage. British cusly. The railway authorities al- his school-mates and his elder work and, by a show of force, pre- sent out to investigate. The wife's statement to the police, as

patrol.

Naval Wireless.

On seeing his slater in vented other workmen from com- lege that the fishplates had been re-sister. defendants were brought to the any wife would naturally try to the town state the Dzung, under the firmed by the local office of the

This morning posters throughout

difficulty, the deceased went to pleting the job; also caused the station. On being questioned, make excuse for her husband if he command of Chang Tsung-chang Bank Line. The steamer is due

[The refloating had been con- moved from the rails.

Bayonet Charge.

her help with the result that he work to be delayed for which de- the defendants produced a licence were in trouble, and it was unfor- has disarmed Colonel Sze, who is here on or about July 29, prior to

was drowned, while the sister fendants were Aned by the own and said that they got the sand tanate that often such excuseo do

was rescued by a European. Tho strike situation on the South The body was discovered yes going to expense for legal, assist- ers, and ontailed the defendants' according to the permit, Asked more harm than good. The accus-

a Communist.

sailing for Home.]

Indian Railway has become most terday and was whether they had excavated any jcd's silence, Mr. Russ again sub-riving shortly and Chang Tsung- Fang. Yung-chang's army is ar-

removed to the ance "in a series of interviews menacing owing to the violence of sand from the area within the mitted, was not proof of his guilt chang is coming in a warship in CITY OF YOKOHAMA. were injured when the Police made No. 44, Robinson-road. A telegram guards for the protection of the

mortuary.

with the Captain Superintendent of the strikers. Twenty-two people sign posts, the defendants, after Often a man of unassailable charac-a few days...

The deceased's uncle lives at Police" In order to secure armed hesitation, admitted that they ter had been libeled, and had met The British and Japanese Con

a bayonet charge on a large crowd has been despatched to the un-new workmen, and paying for the it effectively by maintaining a dig-suls have requested naval protec

which was holding up the Trivan fortunate lad's parents. drum express. nified silence,

had.

Cross-examined by Mr. F. X. d'Almada, Sub-Inspector Langley

said that there was damage to

Dignifled or Wlac?

the beach as a result of the exca- Mr. Lindsoll remarked' that the vation.

most dignified attitude was not al-

Mr. d'Almada argued that the ways the most natural.

sign posts could easily. be shift-

ed from one place to another.

The villagers themselves might

Mr. Russ: It is the wisest. Mr. Lindsell: Possibly.

tton.-Rauter.

THE PEACE PACT.

-STILL IN A SERIOUS

POSITION,

Colombo, Saturday.

Later.

Huge boulders together with tree- trunks were among the obstructions

The "City of Yokolama" has wire- piaced on the railway line, the

'15 NATIONS ANNOUNCE ACCEPTANCE.

Washington, Saturday. have excavated at the sands and After consultation with Major

With the receipt of the Japan Africa on July 22, after bankering the defendants blamed. He also Willson, Mr. Lindsell announced ese unqualified acceptance to the will proceed to the scene but will pointed out that there was no case that they had both decided to con- Kellogg proposals all the 15 invit take from 5 to 6 days to reach the for him to answer as there was viet the accused, and passed sen- ed nations have responded fainer-Reuters no direct evidence against the de-tence of two years' hard labour. fendants,

The defendants, given the bene- BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. fit of the doubt, were accordingly discharged.

A RECORD.

AROUND THE WORLD IN

-29 DAYS.

New York, Yesterday."

EXTENSION COSTS NEARLY 11⁄2 MILLIONS.

THE MERSEY ENTRANCE.

$1,500 FINE.

·AT MAGISTRACY,

guards who cost $189.20.

Mr. Lo argued that he had made no dellberate admission; that if he had made an inadvertent admis sion, His Lordship had power to lessed to-day that she is in the same strikers also stoning passagers in "STARVING" MAN'S SENTENCExercise his discretion in his (Mr.

the train. position and is awaiting assistance.

[Lo's) favour to allow him to with- About 800 men surrounded the

[draw that admission... His Lord- The "Katuna" due here from East Ceylon boat mail and two other Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the ship decided in Mr. Lo's favour. passenger trains a hundred miles Central Magistracy this morning, a from Madras and attacked the pas. Chinese was charged with the un- Limit Exceeded! sengers. The Police fred on the lawful possession on the water- Mr. Arculli also submitted that ach crowd and as a result of the clash front yesterday, of 25 taelɛ of pre- defendante counter-claim was fifteen people were injured. A pared non-Government opfum. He "bad" In that In offect it was real- vourably except Czecho-Slovakia, [A telegram from Colombo, dated In the clash at Mayavaram five said that he was employed by a ly for $1,550.20 and therefore ex- whose response is imminent.

July 20, statedThe City liner, were killed when the Police used man on board the sa. "Talhing" ceeded the $1,000 limit for the "City of Yokohama," from firearma-Reuter Australia" has sunt a wireless mea age from a point 1,160 miles south of Colombo, stating that she is disabled and wants assistance. The GOLD MEDALS. FOR CREW AND | lócal agents will probably send a ahip to the finer, which is believed

Another Acceptance..."

Washington, Yesterday. Czecho-Slovakia `has... · accepted Mr. Kellogg's proposals Reuters American Servicë.

DR. RICKLING

APPEÁL AGAINST THE COLMAN

WE DECISION DISMISSED

to have experienced engine trouble.]

THE ITALIA.”

RESCUERS,

+Manila, Yesterday,- The committee which organised the Italiaxpedition has decided

to carry the drug ashore. He had Summary Court's jurisdiction. His to undertake the job because he Lordship reserved this point, had no employment and was starv On Mr. Arenlli's application, ing Remarking that the accused with which Mr. Lo concurred, an did not look like man who was adjournment was ordered, with starving, the Magistrate imposed a costs for plaintiff on the adjourn fine of $1,500, or, in default, four mant, because he (Mr. Arcullf) had months' hard labour;

been "embarrassed by the receipt of the letter from Mosara Lo & Lo which he took to indicate that de- fendants would, admit his (the ori- and Mrs. Stevens, ginal) claim and conône the hear-

ny, Wickford) ing to the counter-claim and he

"golden accordingly," had not-brought"

London, Yesterday. The Earl of Derby formally open- ed the new Mersey entrance to the Mears, and Collyer have returned, Birkenhead Docks, constructed at a completing the Journey In 28 days, cost of £1,800,000 to meet the de- 16 h, 21 min, thus beating the mand of the increased facilities of record by over four days -Reuter's the shipping engaged in the Far | dismissed but it is expected that The closing rate of the dollar on sign aircraft which participated In Ess

be will be reprievod: Reuter, demand to-day was 2/0 5/16.

American Service,

East service-Bet

Paris, Saturday.

Dr. Rickling's appeal has been

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR.

to award specfal gold medals to the Brigadier:

of the "Italia" and the fox of the

Fere

rescnewark Reuter. A weeks wedding.

evidence.