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KONG'S NEW GOVERNOR

APPOINTMENT OF SIR WILLIAM

PEEL OF MALAYA

A HAPPY CHOICE

KEEN SPORTSMAN AND ABLE

· ADMINISTRATOR

GOVERNMENT

PRESSURE OF A BOILER

DISPUTE AIRED IN SUMMARY COURT

60 LE. OR 48 LB.?

Whether a boiler was capable of bearing 60 lb. or 43 lb. pressure formed the subject of a dispute at

The

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/6 5/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

SURPRISE PACKET

RELIGIOUS UPRISING

PROTEST AGAINST RED INQUISITION

BISHOPS UNITE

PRIMATES THREAT

COOK'S HOARD

AMMUNITION

There are Spectacles and Spectacles

.but What A Difference in Quality...........

and there are opticians and opticians, bat in Hong Kong, only one European optician who measures up to the highest qualifications. Optical men In every corner of the world re- cognise bla certificates and the modern equipment used.

LAZARUS

The Optician. Phone Mr. Cooper C. 2203 for appoint.

ment,

Ralph A. Cooper, F.LO: (Engl.), Registered Optometrist. (Canada).

OF DELEGATES

DISAGREE

AUTOMATIC PISTOL AND 2,780 ROUNDS OF BULLETS

PASSENGER ON STEAMER

Mok Kong (62), a cook, who ar rived in the Colony yesterday as

DISSENT AT NAVAL CONFERENCE.

U.S. AIMS

a passenger on board the s.8. TO SECURE GREATER

19.

BY

“PROTECTED ”

POLICE

OPIUM DIVAN KEEPER'S EVIDENCE

NOT VINDICTIVE!

Tsang Shing, keeper of an opium divan in Talkokisui, was again under cross-examination before

the Summary Court this morning TO CRUSH, OVEMENT | Shidzuoka Maru appeared beforo GUNPOWER & SPEED. Mr. T. S.. Whyte-Smith at "Kowloon

don, Yesterday.

Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning charged with the unlawful posses-

London, Yesterday.

Magistracy yesterday.

The

case

before His Honour the Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice J. R. Wood).

Their Gracen Archbishops of

sion of a large supply of arms In the House of Commons Lord is the one in which a Shantung The parties in the action were Lau Canterbury andk and His Emin-

and ammunition which comprised Erskine asked whether any foreign decharged with misconduct as Police Police sergeant and a constable are once Cardinal Booh to-day denounced Kwong-noi, trading as the Kwong the religious pertion in Russia.

the following:-one German auto-legation to the Naval Conference had officers, and also with accepting Ah Co. (plaintiff), and the Wing Speaking at a Invocation at Can-nati pistol loaded with 8 rounds made proposals entailing the scrapping bribes from opium divan keepers.

terbury, the Prim asked the Bishops of ammunition, one Colt automa- of battleships of the Queen Elizabeth Loong firm (defendants).

to have united prer offered to all the tic pistol, one Lugar pistol, 15 Mr. F. X. d'Almada, jun. appear-churches on Mar 18 and called the spare magazines, and 2,780 rounds and Royal Sovereign clausen, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald of ammunition. ed for the plaintiff and Mr. F. C. E. Soviet Governmento note the rise of

replied strong public opon, insisting that

"the answer decidedly in the negative." Rendall was for the defendant firm. satisfactory Brit and Russian diplo- Inspector Ogg intimated to the

There were two dozen queries to the A counterclaim was also filed by matic relations mit dopend not mere-Magisrtate that the Police would like two Magistrates to sit for the the defendant for the recovery of ly on material fantages, but on a common acceptan of the principles $497.65 representing money, over-af justice, liberty and humanity. paid to the plaintiff.

The news that H.M. the King has approved the appointment of Sir William Peel, K.B.E., Chief Secretary to the Government of the Federated Malay States, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong, in succession to Sir Cecil Clementi, will come as a sur- prise to most residents of the Colony, since the new Governor is entirely a stranger to this part of the Far East. Yet this Colony has every reason to rejoice over the appointment, since Sir Williarnary 7, 1929, a representative of

Peel is not only an able administrator, but a keen sportsman and a man of vision and sympathy, who should quickly endear himself to the people of Hong Kong as he has done to those of Malaya during his thirty-three years of Government service,

SIR

WILLIAM'S CAREER

Rugby, Yesterday. H.M. the King has approved the appointment of Sir William Peel, Chief Secretary of the Government of the Federated Malay States, to be Governor

Commander-in-Chief

and

Plaintiff's case was that on Janu-

the, defendant firm called on him and ordered a' boiler for $24.82 which was capable of bearing a pressure of 60 lb. A specification was accordingly made out and sent to the defendant firm for approval. Subsequently the boiler was made and delivered. It was put to the test and found all right.

He was having ja careful enquiry made into the fes, and unless there was evidence of real improvement he would deal with the matter in Parlia- ment.

The Convocation unanimously agreed to a motion moved by the primate on the lines of his speech.

Persecution. Mast End

Cardinal Bour speaking at Hat-

The Archbishop of York, addressing the Convocation of York, urged the utmost efforts to terminate the perse sution, but point out the danger of giving the Rumen Government the Later the defendant firm request-smallest ground appealing to patrio- ed anohetr boiler to be made of a tism in suppe of ite policy, thus thinner. metal Plaintiff alleged adding to the surings of the perse that he had informed the defend-cuted. ferred to Penang in 1926, to be-ant's representative that if a boiler Resident Councillor, and of the same type were to be made from May to June, 1927, was act-of a thinner metal, it would not be ing aa Officer Administering, the capable of bearing 60 lb. pressure. Government and High Commission-vered from time to time, and pay- Boilers were then made and de- er of the Federated Malay States.

ments were also made to the plain- Rugby Enthusiast

tiff from time to time without any Knight in

deduction made. The amount now

the plaintiff.

come

of

He was created a

field, said that were unable to crush the spots movement in Russin the consequences would be ter- rible throughout the world.

case.

Mr. D. Ogilvie, First Clerk, in- formed his Worship that Major Willson, O.B.E., was willing to come over, and that Mr. J. Bennett had been instructed to defend.

The case was fixed for hearing at 4 p.m. to-morrow,

IMPROVING LATER

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

The anti-cyclone in cer.tral to the west of Vladivostock, but pressure remains high over Chinx.

Fresh monsoon prevalls alone the S.E. coast of China and a moder- ate monsoon over the. N. China Sca.

Forecast:-N.E. winds; moder- ute; overcast with rain at first, improving later.

Admiralty relating to naval reductions. Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord, affirm-

Mr. L. R. Andrewes, Assistant Grown Solicitor, prosecuted, and Mr. J. M. Remedios appeared, for first defendant.

After The Raid Remedios, said that two people, in- Witness, replying to Mr. cluding himself, were brought to

then

ed that the latest British programme of the Police Station after the raid 50 cruisers was subject to a satisfactory on hia premises. He was outcome of the conference, and and asked if he knew of any other cases that to return to the previous figure In which dofendants had taken of 70 would involve a substantial in- bribes. In any case, the Police al- crease of cruiser tonnage. He dedared ready were in possession of this

Information. that the reference to the British pro- posals showed that there was no inten- tion of scrapping any, of the latest British battleships.

The Speaker intervened when the Conservative member, Mr. D. C. Somerville (Barrow) suggested that the latest American

pro- posal was to scrap battleships and give the American navy a large superiority of gunpower and speed.

Delegatea Differ.

It became evident during the first discussion that it was virtually impos- sible to fix percentages of transfer- ence until the actual sets figures were

Mr. tabled by each delegation. Alexander auggested that all category

cruisers, should be described by dis- placement as well as by gân calibre. The Japanese supported this, but the Americans did not favour the applica- tion to cruisers. The French reserved

Lots of Divane! Mr. Remedios. If the police knew where to get witnesses why should they let you off on a serious charge?

was under police protection. Was any promise made to you by the Police, that if you got these witnesses against the defendants they would not charge you?—No, that in not so. Besides I was not the only person who was boiling oplum and I was sent out to get them.

They were your neighbours?→→ Yes.

And they were all involved in this matter of keeping opium divans?—

Witness also said that the divans were all raided at the same time and not after he was arrested,

Hong Kong in succession to Str 1928, following the bestowal of claimed represented balance due to Two hundred and two churches of all MOSCOW BEHIND THE and not merely those for Yes they all kept opium divans.

Cecil Clementi-British Wire-

less Service.

Sir William Peel, the newly-ap- pointed Governor to Hong Kong, was born at Beston, Spa.. York- shire, on February 27, 1875, his father being the late Rev. W. E. Peel.

Educated

at Silcoates

the C.M.G. In 1926, and has been Chief Secretary to the F.M.S. Government, at Kuala Lumpur, since 1926.

200 Churches Closed

Moscow, Yesterday. The anti-religious movement in the Ukraine has grown recently between October, 1920, and February, 1990.

creeds have been closed by request of the people, compared with a total of 364 for the preceding five years. These

been In the counter-claim, defendants have

converted into village Soviet headquarters, schools, clubs and other educational institutiona-Beuter.

The Counter Claim

Formerly a great athlete and alleged that of 242 boilers deliver Rugby player, Sir William'a pre-ed to them, 233 were capable of sent recreations are riding and bearing a pressure of only 48 lb. AR

ja result of this plaintiff had ver golf..

bally agreed to a deduction in the case of the unsoldered ones from) 821 to $16.80 and the soldered ones from $21 to $10. They therefore claimed for the return of $497.65 in respect of money overpaid the plaintiff.

NO DUTY PAID?

Owner

School, Sir William graduated at-Warrant for Distillery Queen's College,, Cambridge, being placed as Seulor Wrangler in 1890. (an individual order of merit) for proficiency in the Mathematical tripos.

Leaving the University in the

Hla Honour said that the main TWO OTHERS INVOLVED

point in dispute would seem that Warrants have been issued for whether the bollers were ordered for 48 or 60 lb. pressure and if that the arrest of Woo Sang, master of point were established than it would the Tung Ah Distillery, Putolaettle the claim and counter-claim.

following year, his first appoint Island, off Stanley, and Li Yang, Solicitors for both parties answer-

ment 'was As a cadet in the Malayan Civil Service, when he

licensee of the distillery, for the

cd in the affirmative, and Mr. d'Almada pointed out to his Honour

was attached to the District Omen alleged unlawful possession of that in his letter of demand to the

Buhit Mertajam, becoming Acting District Officer in 1899, and Dis- trict Omcer, Province Wellesley, South, in December, 1901.

Colonial Secretary

He was appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary in 1902, and in 1909. was made assistant Superin- tendent of: Indian Immigration at Singapore. In 1905 he was acting Second Magistrate at Penang and Hon. Librarian of. Penang Library, whilst the following year he was acting Collector of Land Revenue, Penang, and acting Superintendent of Gardens and Farents.

dutiable Chinese spirit.

A third man connected with the distillery, named Ho Yau, was pro- duced before Mr. E. W. Hamilton this morning charged on two counts as under:-

defendant firm, a representative had consented to pay $350 in full settlement of the claim,

The case is proceeding.

WILL POWER

A Lecture by Father Kennedy

MASTER OF THE SOUL

an

TONGKING RIOTS?

ASCRIBED TO REVOLUTIONARY PROPAGANDA

16 KILLED AND WOUNDED

Paris, Yesterday.

their opinion and the Italians express- ed opposition to a rigid fixation and an individgel displacement of ships.

A communique states that the first committee of the Naval Conference con

Not Spiteful Answering questions put by the second defendant, the witness deni- ed that the charges were being brought out of spite because the constable had arrested one of the witness's friends on a charge of

sidered the matters referred to by the Experts' Committee and decided to re- fer their report to the heads of the de-trafficking in illicit opium.

rioting in Hanoi, Indo-China, relegations.

It is officially announced that the

[The agitation being carried on by a section of the British Prees in re- gard to the anti-religious. movement in Russia, has elicited a reply from a high official of the Soviet, trans- mitted from Moscow, who declared that."Russian counter-revolutionsre priests abroad had evidently worked ported yesterday, is ascribed to re- The Arst committee has remitted the hard in exhuming atrocity stories

volutionary propaganda from submarine resolutions to the Experts. from the war archives, thus hoping to abroad.

---Reuter, Two French officers and terrify the British public." But he three non-commissioned officers balloved that the latter were too wise were killed, whilst five Annamite" WETS" SENSATION to accept "such trite stuff," and des- privates were killed and six wound- cribed the reports as "incredible ed-Reuter. tales." He admitted that in view

of the oppression by the Church under the Tear, the Soviet disliked religion, but fought it by education

and propaganda, and not by methods of the Mediaeval Inquisition.]

MYSTERIOUS FIRE

*

THEFT OF IRON Sentence of Six Weeks'

Hard Labour

Nominee Wins Con- gressional Election

REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD

Springfeld (Mass.),

Yesterday.

A political sensation has been

In re-examination by Mr. Andrewes, the witness said that he had not been told by the In- spector in charge of the case that he and the others would not be pro- secuted for dealing in oplum. The witness was questioned several times on the point but adhered to his

answer.

ว

$5,000. Bail!

Witness's wife said that she knew. that her husband gave "expense" money to the two defendants, and had seen the money paid on January 27 at 7 p.m.

The hearing was adjourned until

German Steamer Partly morning before Mr. T. S. Whyte caused by Mr. William Granfield, Thursday, February 20, at 11.15

Submerged

New York, Yesterday, The fire which wrecked the Muenchen was extinguished after 21 hours. The vessel is partly sub- merged. The hull is apparently la- tact.

Was

(1) unlawful possession at 4 p.m. on February 11, of 120 gallon jars of spirit not produced on the premises; and (2) unlawful, pos--4-- session of 320 gallons of Chinese

The cause of the fire is a mys- Father Kennedy, S.J., gave spirit which was not recorded in interesting facture at the

tery as the cargo St.

ordinary the books and on which duty had Patrick's Club last night on the potash, which is not explodive. not been paid.

The damage is estimated at workings of the mind. On the application of Mr. H. A. The lecturer described the dis- $2,500,000 and is covered by insur mind known asance-Reuter's American Service. of the Taylor,' Assistant Superintendent case

the ac-neurathenis, and also as paycho- of Imports and Exports, cused was remanded for 24 hours neurosis. The as furher developments

name for the disease, was known as are ex-

:

•

more common

FORGED NOTES

overwork, railway spine and mental Woman's Admission to

breakdown.

Then illustrating the parallel be tween the mind and * glandular

Magistrate

woman

In 1911 he was appointed Pre-pected. sident of the Municipal Comînlă-| sloner at Penang, and in that year

WATERBOAT DIVIDEND married Miss Violet Mary Drake.The Union Waterboat Company,

organ, the lecturer said. "Sensation Arrested at 874 Queen's Road is the food of the mind." Sensation West, a Chinese married daughter of the late Mr. W. Limited, advises that the net bal- was due to some external agent named Shui Sze (45), was charged Laing.

before Mr. E. W. Hamilton to-day ance at credit of Profit and Loss which stimulated it. Account for the year ended. De- Many people did not know the with the unlawful possession of 103 desire and forged $50 new issue notas of the .cember 31, 1929, is $46,129.68 difference between

| blind" craving || Hong Kong and Shangbal Bank.

· Controller, of Labour-

#

In 1918, Sir William became which amount the members of the will. Desire was President of the Municipal Com- Consulting Committee will, at the which presented itself to the She admitted the charge, and missioners of Singapore and in approaching: meeting of share-intellect and demanded satisfed when asked by the Magistrate 11 1919, Joint Passage Controller holders, recommend to be allocation. It was lucky if the will

and Food Controller. The follow-pay dividend of $1.25

Car’ho, WAS ¦

Controller received ointment of; Br Advis

followed the desire if the desire was good. If not the latter must a ↑

be crushed. Impulsa was the same per share,

$84,653.75 desire, only more blind Man Pay a bonus of $.25 per s

was the slave of impulse, he could share

6,980,75 not will e Kedah, Carry forward to New

When the will was controlled, Account artnost ~ of the

4,539,78 then man was the captain of his soul, and master of his destiny, Ho was trans-

$46,123.63 so far as God allowed him.

she knew the notes were forged re plied that she did

Mr. Hamilton remarked that pro- bably she intended to spend the money at the races!

Detective Sergeant R. Clark, who prosecuted, naked for 48: boutaire- mand in order to make further in- quiries, and his Worship granted the application directing that ac cused, be, held in Police ezstody.

At the Kowloon Magistracy this

Smith, two Chinese, one unemploy ed, and the other a street coolie, were charged with the thefts of 48 and 84 bars of iron, respec- tively, from two contractors' mat- sheds in Frince Edward Road,'

The second defendant, who pleaded that he was hired by the first defendant to carry the iron, was accordingly discharged.

Detective Sergeant Fowlie stat-1 ed that the fret, man ordered the

second defendant to hire a truck but they to transport the fron were haulted at Pitt Street where Chinese detectives accosted them. The first defendant, who had a previous conviction was sentenced to six weeks hard labour on each chargo.

Sergeant Fowlle pointed out that the value of the iron was $100.

DISASTROUS FIRE Twenty Incinerated in Soviet Mill

Moscow, Yesterday, Twenty persons were burnt to death and 16 badly Injured in a fire which broke out at the State mills at Rostovondon-Reuter.

AFRICAN APPOINTMENT

Capetown, Yesterday. The Earl of Clarendon has been appointed Governor General of South Africa in succession to the Earl of Athlone.-Reuter."

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a Democrat and a supporter of the

Mr. Remedios asked for ball for Wets, successfully contesting the his client

The Magistrate agreed Congressional special

election.

but requested the police to name a This is a Republican stronghold. sum. Unemployment and business de- Mr. W. le Bart Sparrow, A.S.P., pression are assigned as the prin- Kowloon, said that he must ask for cipal reasons for the change, but $5,000. The Magistrate according- Prohibition doubtless was also sly allowed ball at that sum! factor.

.

Hotels Warned

New York, Yesterday. Another well known hotel, the

LEAGUE BILLET

"Cornish Arms," has been raided Corresponding Secretary by Federal Prohibition Agents.

in China

According to the Prohibition Administrator these raids are in- tended to give hotals in the Metro-

Nanking. Yesterday. Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary-

polis notice that they must not General of the League of Nations, serve wine or allow their em informs the Foreign Ministry that ployees to bootleg on the premises Colonel Liang Tact-suon has ac- of hotels or night clubs. If found cepted the post offered him on De guilty they will be padlocked for cember 20 of corresponding mam- ber in China of the Secretariat of Patrons of hotels no longer may the League Nations-Canton News drink their own liquor brought, Agency. with them to the tables of hotels

a year.

and may not serve glasses or other

accessories for such illegal, drink- Ing.-Reuter's American Bervice.

· KNOCKED DOWN BY BUS

Yesterday afternoon a Chinese woman, aged about 45 years, was knocked down by a Kowloon motor bus In Nathan Road, near Public Square Street.

She received Injuries to the head which rendered her uncon- acious and had to be taken to the Kowloon Hospital for treatment. Her condition fa critical

FRENCH WARSHIP'S VISIT

The Hong Kong Amusements have very kindly allowed free ad- mission for 100 French Sailors at the Star Theatre each day, except Saturday and Sunday.

French salfors are also allowed in to 2.80 and 9:20 programmes at the Queen's at reduced rates every day except Saturday and Sunday during their atay here. F

Peak Trams, HK. Tramways and Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotal bases have all given travel facilities.