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No. 27,404 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1930.

OF A.. MURDER

SAMPAN GIRL

AUSTRALIAN AIR

TRAGEDY

LABOUR CLASH WITH HOUSE OF LORDS

FULL STORY OF THE TONG ON AMENDMENT RESISTED BY THE

COLLISION AT WUCHOW

A FARCICAL TRIAL

As WAS briefly reported

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mear-

age

about

month 24 the steam launch

Tong

Naval Wireless

A Collision

GOVERNMENT

1.

EXTREMISTS RESTRAINED

Rugby, Yesterday.

It appeared that the Tong On, which is under British registry, -Wuchow, came into collision with until June 30, 1933.

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CHINESE CHARGED AT THE DISTRICT COURT

ALLEGED CRIME DESCRIBED

The case in which Yu Sang, Li Sze, and Ip Sui-wan are charged with the

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NAVAL CONFERENCE DEATH PENALTY FOR CHINESE - MILITARY

PROGRESSING

DRUG GANGS?

M

SITUATION

COMPENSATION FOR WIDOWS THE FRENCH TRANSACTIONAL GREAT SUPPLIES OF COCAINE LOYAL TROOPS HINDERED BY

OF THE PILOTS

UNAUTHORISED FLIGHT

Rugby, Yesterday.

The Air Accidents Investigation

Wireless Service.

PROPOSAL

GENERAL AGREEMENT

Rugby, Yesterday.

delegation.

FROM JAPAN

CHINA'S APPEAL

London, Yesterday.

COLD WEATHER

ATTACK ON LAIPO

Canton, Yesterday. The First Committee of the Lon- In the House of Commons. at During last two weeks, the cold The Cabinet to-day after a meet- ago, Ing of the Parliamentary Labour murder of a sampan girl, Kwok Ching- Committee at Melbourne, Australia, don Naval Conference met at St. question time, Mr. J. R. Clynes wether had hindered the loyal On Party agreed to compromise in the mun. on board a boat at Cheung Chau has reported regarding the seaplane James's Palace this morning, A replied in the negative to a request troops from following up the rebels, (given out as the Tung On the conflict which has arisen between on the night of December 17, was again message) was detained by the Chin the House of Commons and the before Mr. J. S. MacLares, Assistant tragedy on January &hich communique issued later states, "In by a Conservativa, Mr. W. B. D. who were thus able to snatch a much District Officer, New Territories, at the Captain Hugh Grosvenor Tlight addition to the statements made at Allen, that the Home Secretary needed rest and to gather together the their remnants. Realising the pre- ene Military Authorities at Wuchow House of Lords over the Unemploy-Ceurt of the Southern District, Post Lieutenant Briggs and Leading-Air-the various meetings, the Commit- should consider introducing

craftsman Ewen were killed. tee had under consideration the death penalty in the case of those carious situation of holding only subsequent to a collision with a ment Insurance Bill. It is officially Ofice Building, this morning. "commandeered" launch, but so far stated that at meeting the The important witness for the prese- The report states that the flight French transactional proposal and a convicted as principals in the drags the Fu River, while the 6th Route Armies are pressing from the front, the actual detalls have not been Premier set forth the situation cution still being unavailable, proceed-was undertaken to give Captain series of draft resolutions outlining traffic.

Geneva, Yesterday.

and the Hunan forces from the rear, published..

created by the action of the House ings were confined to the reading of Grosvenor instruction in operating under five heads the compromise The full story of the collision, the of Lords in insisting upon their the prisoners' statements on the charges an amphibian machine, which was proposed by the United Kingdom'

At the Opium Commission, Sir the rebels were compelled to lead The state- subsequent seizure of the launch amendment, limiting the duration of murder and robbery.

Malcolmo de Levingne (Britain) the main body of their troops to the being flown under dual control. He point-ments were all verified by the men. and the trial of the pilot and of the Bill to one year.

Murder Denied

Authority was not obtained to make As arranged at the previous meet-alluded to the ever growing use of upper West River, and to combine coxswain WAR obtained by aled out that there were three courses On the murder charge, Yu Yang, on the flight under such conditions, and Ing, the discussion opened on the drugs in the Far East, and said with the Communistic army under China Mail representative this open, namely, to accept the amend-December 19, at the Central Police Sta- the flight was quite unauthorised. basis of the French transactional that a large part was of Japanese Yu Tso-pa, who had successfully

After discussion, in origin.

captured Nanning by driving out morning in an interview with the ment, reaist It, or amend it.

tion stated: "I did not murder her. There was no evidence of engine proposal.

the troops of General Lui Woon-yim. owner of the Tong On.

The meeting decided to act upon The people on several of the boats failure or structural defect, and the which Admiral Sirianni, Admiral Lt. Col. J. P. Campbell. (India) I got accident was apparently due to some Takarabe, Mr. Nagai, Mr. Gibson declared that a great quantity of

The loyal forces under Tsol Ting- the Government's suggestion that near by called out Thief." the House of Lords' amendment be frightened and jumped into the har crisis in the course of instruction. and Mr. Alexander set forth the cocaine was brought to India from kal and Chiang Kwong-nel of the

bour."

60th and 61st Divisions are now The Air Board recommends. £500 | views of their respective delegations the Far East, where the only pro amended to provide that the

The second prisoner, Li Sze, ztated compensation each for the widows on the principles of the proposal,ducing country was Japan.

moving from Mengkeng towards whilst towing a fleet of lighters to measure should continue in force that on the night of December 17, he of Briggs and Ewen: British the Committee proceeded to discuss

Pingnam and Konghow, with was with Yu Sang. They were ashore

Mr. Ito (Japan) expatiated the Kweiping, as their objective. It It in detall." the launch Tien Hoi at a spot below The compromise implies the ac-together. He saw that Yu Sang had a

| actions of the Japanese Government, When they got aboard the

The meeting of the First Commit- which had to face great practical/18 reported that General Chan Chat- Shiuhing on December 27. The ceptance of the principle of limita-knife.

tee of Conference was still proceed- difficulties in order to check the long will shortly proceed to Teng- Tien Hol was a Chinese vessel and tion laid down by the House of sampan, Yu Sang took two bangles from the girl, who called out "Save

to direct the ing when the heads of the delega, illicit traffic, and said that those

yuan, personally at the time she was commandeered Lords,

life" and then Jumped into the water,

campaign. tlons met at St. James's Palace to efforts would be vigorously followed by the Chinese Military Authorities. The reasons for limitation

He himself was at the bow of the boat

discuss the further procedure of the up.

Capture of Liuchow The Tien Hot ennk as a result of given in a paper issued to-day are at the time.

Conference. A communique states, the collision and the Tong On was that the House of Lords consider

Being responsible for the capture Selzed by the Neck

Mr. Woo Kal-seng again appealed "There was general agreement that on behalf of China for the restric of Liuchow, the 6th Route Army is Immediately placed under arrest. that, "Before passing permanent Ip Sul-wan, when questioned, iafd.

the conversations between the deletion of the manufacture of narcotics understood to have occupied She was excerted back to Shishing legislation It is desirable that op" know nothing. I did not murder

The Daily News. referring to gations which are giving good re-to medical and scientific require- Lutmuk, about 60 lis from Pinglo, As she was bound for Wuchow with portunity be afforded Parliament the girl. I was sleeping at the stern

ments, and demanded the publica- after a sharp encounter with the a great quantity of non-perishable for further examining questions of her boat." He added that he saw the conversations between the sults in preparing the way cargo, she was allowed to proceed relating

continue. The tion of all information regarding rebels. Laipo is expected to fall im- that Yu Sang had a knife. He also Japanese and the American dele. agreements must on her way. A military escort aurance."

aw him seize the girl by the neck. gates at the Naval Conference heads of the delegations will meet the flicit traffic is the possession of mediately. however, was placed on board.

When the girl called out "Save life," he yesterday says that the difficulty again to-morrow to continue their the Governments represented.-

A telegraphic message from Gen- The matter will come up for at once jumped into the water. Ho did over Japan's claim to 70 per cent. discussion in the light of the work. Reuter.

Jeral Mo Chlen, Chairman of Hunan, debate in the House of Commons not know what happened afterwards, of the American large cruiser ton of the First Committee."--British

states that two divisions of Hunar On arrival at Wuchow the matter late to-night. In the event of as the girl was still on the boat when nage persists, but it is generally Wireless Service.

troops under General -Liu-Chin-shu was reported to Military Head-modification of the House of Lords' he jumped overboard.

Experts Busy Yu Sung, when charged on January belleved that the Japanese would

and Pan Ying, which are concen- quarters, and the Tong On was amendment being passed, it is ex-

London, Yesterday, At the Kowloon Magistracy this trated at Yungchow, ол the- peremptorfly seized. Fortunately pected that a modification will be with robbery, admitted that he took modify their attitude if some sub-

two bangles from the girl. He also stantial inducement could be held It is understood that the technical morning Liu Tsat, an unemployed na- Kwangsi-Hunan border, have beep there were two British sloops in accepted by the House of Lords. admitted that he brought a knife with out. A British decision to modify experts are first considering the tive of Tsang Hing, was charged be instructed to penetrate inta- harbour, and they intervened. The It appears that at a meeting of the him on the sampan.

or abandon the Singapore Base British and French proposals with fore Mr. Whyto-Smith with the theft Kwangai, with Kweilin as the: British Naval officers in command Cabinet with the Parliamentary The other two prisoners both denied scheme is one possible factor in a view to reporting thereon to their of an iron bar from a contractor at ultimate goal. of the sloops pointed out to the Labour Party, a compromise pro-any participation in the affair.

the situation.-Retter.

chiefs, when the latter have arrived Sha Po Road, and, also with returning Chinese Military Authorities that as posal was strongly refisted by a Prisoners were formally remanded

to the Colony before his banishment London, Yesterday.

back to the scene of their labours term of five years from August, 1929, the Tong On was flying the British section of the party, but counsela until Wednesday, February 12.

The Lancashire Cotton Carporn- Router. flag, she was therefore entitled to

had expired. v. British protection.

tion has authorised an increase of capital by £538,000 to

The increase £4,000,000.

Naval Intervention

As a result, the Tong On was placed in charge of the Commission. er of the Chinese Maritime Customs there, who himself was a Chinese official. The pilot and coxswain of

tody, and the vessel detained.

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to

unemployment

89

in-

of moderation prevailed.-British Wireless Service.

Three-Year Time Limit

London, Yesterday.

The House of Commons up- animously agreed to the Government the Tong On were taken into cus-proposal to substitute a three year time limit for the Unemployment Demands Preposterous Insurance Bill for the Ho: se of Meanwhile the owner in Hong Lords time

limit year.

The Bill Kong was notified and he at once will then be returned to the House despatched a representative to Wu- of Lords for rconsideration. chow to ellect an amicable settle- ment. The Military Authorities

Earlier Cable

SMOKE NUISANCE Summons Against a Ginger Factory

COAL OR COKE?

STOP PRESS

London, Yesterday,

over Is In-

for

SPARED A FLOGGING

Another report indicates that the 3rd Brigade of the 16th Hun Division is pushing forward to In view of the man's frail physique Fucheun, about 100 lis from Pinglo, ALLEGED BRIBERYthe Magistrate said he would not order and that the 1st Brigade of the 15th him a flogging but would sentence him Hunan -Division has captured

year's jail with hard labour for

to

tended to provide for the absorp- Charges Against Chinese returning from banishment, and six Kuansi, about 200 lis from Kweilin. tion of eight more companies, con- trolling 960,000 spindles-Reuter.

EXPROPRIATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES

Police

A SERGEANTS $1,000

months' fail for the larceny, the sen- General Liu Chin-shu has been sp- pointed C.I.C. of the advancing tence to run concurrently.

column.

Knowinchun New Commanders

Taiyuan, Yesterday. General Yen Hsi-sari on February Central 3, recommended to the

With

request into consideration and will

It was stated that the contractor

Issue Letters of Appointment to the

not there. The thief thus had no ́dif-j

under construction!

who was supposed to be on duty was calty in entering one of the horse

Troops Movements

Nanking, Yesterday.

The main body of the 2nd Route Army are transferred to garrison

ELUDED THE WATCHMAN The manager of the Yee Loong

Mr. L. R. Andrewes, Assistant the Ginger Factory appeared at

convictions two provious Kowloon Magistracy this morning

Crown Solicitor appeared for the against him for larceny, one in 1927 before Mr. T. 3. Whyte-Smith in

Crown at the Kowloon Magistracy and the other in 1928, Chinese was answer to a summons .issued

Canton, Yesterday.

this morning before Mr. T. S. at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn-Government the appointments of against defendant to abata a amoka In connection with the con-

ing sentenced to four months' fail with Generals Li Ming-chung and Chang nuisance.

struction of roads in the outskirts, Whyte-Smith, when Lance Sergeant hard labour for stealing 32 white Chi-chiang as Commanders of the there demanded $2,000 for the sal At the meeting of the Parlia

Mr. F. H, Loseby appeared for the Bureau of Public Works has Tao Chin-shuen and Polico Constable galvanised tiles, the property of the Kuominchun. It is learned that the vage of the Tien Hoi. $4,000 for re-mentary Labour Party mentioned pairs and another $1,000 for the this morning which was address- the defendant and said that the fac-issued a notification that no re- La Paolu both of the Wei-hai-wel Lim Yue Kea em of building contrac- Government will take General Yen's

tors in Prince Edward Road ed by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald tory was a newly built one and had muneration will be given to the contingent of the Police Force, ioss of gears,

a chimney about 40 feet in height. owners of lands, partly expro- The demands made were too who pointed out the three courses They had not fully complied with priated, whilst those whose lands faced amended charges of forged employed six watchmen, but the one two generals before long. preposterous, to say the least, and open, i.e., the Acceptance of the the owner asked the matter to be Amendment, Resfatance of the the Sanitary Department's orders, re totally taken over, by the Goy-chops and bribery which were first taken before a Civil Court. Either Amendment (signifying dropping but would like an adjournment so ernment, will be compensated ac brought against them on Friday, there was not A Civil Court in the Bill), or Amendment of the that the factory management could cording to the usual regulations. when a remand was made.

Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios Crown Solicitor appeared for the CHINESE BIOLOGIST DEPARTS Manking and the Tain-Pu Line, Wuchow or the Military Author- Amendment. The meeting decided to try the burning of coke or briquettes.Carton News Agency. ities were not agreeable to this, amend the amendment to provide They had already begun stoking a

W. H. TAFT GRAVELY ILL

Mr. Romedios applied for ball,

leaving the 13th Division, together the case was brought before the for the operation of the B 11 better quality of coal.

Mr. Loseby intimated that coke

Canton, Yesterday. Military Tribunal. At the trial, June 30, 1988.

but Mr. Sparrow opposed, the

with the 5th Route Army, to take was liable to give of sulphur which was held subsequently, no

Washington, Yesterday.

Accompanied by his subordin-over the defence of Wuhan area and It also announced the Govern- vapour, carbon monoxide

Magistrate pointing out the seri and di-

The doctors this evening proousness of the charges.

ates, Mr. Wong Keung, the Direc- the protection of the southern soc- attempt was made to investigate ment agreed to concur with the oxide, which was rather Incon-nounced that ex-Chief Justice the circumstances surrounding the Liberal proposal to postpone the venient.

In regard to the $1,000 which was tor of the Special Industrial Com-tion of the Ping-Han Line. colliafon. Neither the coxswain consideration of Part I. of the

Taft's condition la serious. Sav- the property of the sergeant, Mr. mittes of Hainan, called on Sun- North-Eastern Bituation The Magistrate adjourned the eral specialists have been called Remedios said that he wished the day for Hainan to resume his

Liaoning, Yesterday. in for a consultation-Reuter's Police not to retain it and that post. It is learned that his for American Service.

Due to disagreement arising out he was "not going to do work mer collections of biological and without being paid”! "...

mineral specimens have been total- of the Sino-Russian negotiation, With reference to the money ly destroyed during the recent re- General Chang Hsueh-lang has in- actually paid Mr. Sparrow in-volt on the island-Canton News &tructed the border-defence troops not to relax their vigilance. Com- dicated that they would never be Agency,

plying with this order, General Hir able to trace it at all.

nor the pilot was allowed to pre Coal Mines Bill until other pro- case for three weeks. sent his case. The presiding visions and new clauses to be pro- judge at the Military Tribunal put posed had been disposed of

one very ambiguous question to Reuter.

the pilot which could either be

meant "Were you responsible for

the collision," or "Were you res-

ponsible for the ahip."

"Confesalon"!

MYSTERIOUS DEATH

It is understood that an inquest

is to be held to-morrow afternoon

Taking it to mean the latter, the pilot truthfully answered that on the body of a

Chinese em-

TRAFFIC MISHAPS

Girl Jumps Off Moving

Motor Bus

CYCLIST KNOCKED DOWN

Neglecting the rules of the 'bus he was responsible for the ship, ployee of the Royal Naval Dock-by jumping off while it was in mo- The Military Court then held that yard, who is alleged to have auction resulted in the removal to the man had confessed to his combed through consuming a the Kowloon Hospital this morning guilt! The ship remained under piece of cake containing arsenic berley Road, who received skin Sofia Chinese girl, living at 9 Kim- detention and the pilot and coxs- wain were placed in (stody, that had been intended for a rat, bruises and cuts to the right hand They were, however, well reated. The incident is said to have oc-Land knee.

·during their incarceration.

curred a few weeks ago, but; so The girl was not detained at the The owner of the Tong On, far nothing has been divulged by hospital. " whilst realising that his employees the Police or the Dockyard Kutho Mr. A. A. Remedios, realding at 61 had not been given a fair trial rities, although it has been known Gordon Terrace, Hanoi Road, bas and that the demands made were that investigations have been pro-reported to the Police that while too unreasonable to comply with, ceeding.

refrained from enlisting the aid] -

of the British Consul at Wachow

for fear of bringing about Inter-

national complications,

Citarance Granted

In the meanwhile his repro

riding his motor cycle, solo along Waterloo Road toward Prince. Ed. ward Road and between Suffolk and Norfolk Roads, a-Chinese-rid

across in Ands was knocked

Hong Kong until Saturday, nghe Ing a push bicycle suddenly came

had been delayed on

the Chinese

New

tative had bean busily making Up to now be does

negotiations with The owner

Ceived here

guarantee his Alvon to the but his

the Alen Hof, and the lurt Naval Wireless was on Febru

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OVERCAST, AND FOGGY

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:

· The anti-cyclone is centrai

to the North of Vladivostock. "The apex bf A V shaped de- pression lies to the B.W. of Japan.

Light, variable winds over the China Sea. Aj

Forecast NW or variable winds moderate, generally. overcast, fog.

Rainfall

Rainfall since January 1.. 223 inch, against an average: of 1.77 inch. Sher Temperature and Humidity The temperature and humidi

at certain specided this morning at

sergeant.

3

of his troops, who are still stationed' along Ching-an.

Mr. Andrewes Intimated that It CANTON-WUCHOW BUS SERVICE Yu-chun has ceased the withdrawal was not within the Magistrate's Jurisdiction to settle the retain- ment.

Canton, Yesterday,

The Walchow Garrison Head-

Szechuan Generals' Conference! . The Magistrate, in saying that quarters have ordered the resump-

Chengtus, Yesterday- . he was disfuclined to grant ball, tion of bus traffic between Can- General Liu Wen-hui, chairman of fixed the hearing for Tuesday and ton and Walchow, as the bus ser Szechenn Province, General Tien Wednesday, February 11 end 12, at vice is now practically the only Chung-yu, Commander of the 29th 2.15 p.m.

of communication, the Army, and General Teng Sik-hour waterways being too shallow for have proceeded to Kanyang to at JAPANESE CONSUL: HONOURED | navigation-Canton News Agency, tend the military conference, in

The China Mail le informed that Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands has been pleased to appoint. Mr. T. Thida, acting Consul General of Japan, who recently took charge of the Imperial Consulate General in Hong Kong, an officer in the order of Orange

means

SPITTING IN COURT

At the conclusion of a case in the Kowloon Court to-day a contractor's foks witness was brought before Whyte-Smith for spitting in the Mr. Whyte-Smith cautioned the man Court room, fig

order to solve the problem for set- tling the present trouble-Canton News Agency,

WATER WASTERS

Two Chiness married women appear-

Hr. Yoshida was formerly Secretary caught, a heavy line would be the re- Kowloon Magistracy this morning and told him that the next time he was od before Mr. T. S.-Whyte-Smith at the

of the Imperial Japanese Legation, in The Hugant

IDLE LIST

sult.

AMERICA AND HAITT.

Stater

charred with allowing water to run to waato ut a street fountain at Ha Sha Fo ing Kowloon- City.

Both admitted the offence, and were, ined $2 each.

The Magistrate Intimated that com stantly when wallding through Canton, Hoad or any other atrast, he saw poople; washing their alothes and letting the overdowsin the buckets, and t (to; him, that the defendants

kryskibed contra from ther

Can: Bervice