1937-09-16 — Page 4

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THEY LAUGHED WHEN HE MADE COVE

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PUBLIC AUCTIONS

HE Undersigned have received

instructions to sell by Publici Auction on

Friday, the 17th September, 1937

commencing at 10.30 am. on the open ground adjoining Gas Company's premises, Ma Tau Kok

Kowloon

for account of the concerned About 14,500 Packages Miscellaneous Goods

mprising:---

Cotton Piece Goods, Fishing net Earthenware, Hemp Ropes, Bam boo Hats, Paper, Joss paper, Soy in bottles etc, etc.

(all more or less damaged by

-seawater) Terms: Cash on Delivery.

E CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 16, 1937.

CHINESE AND SEVERN LEIGH

Shanghai, To-day.

The Chinese Seamen's "Union has sent a message to the British crew of the steamer “Severa Leigh," chartered by the Mitsu- bishi interests, paying tribute to- their "sit down strike" in. Hong Kong harbour against the carriage of material to APRIL --

The Union praise the British sailors "for upholding internation- al justice and opposing the Ja panese aggressive war against China."--Reuter.

SEVERN LEIGH CREW APPEAR

IN COURT

The first-clas

sensation caus ed in local shipping circles last week, when the entire crew of the British ss. Severn Leigh, giving sympathy with the Chin- ese cause as their reason, indi- cated that they would decline to go to Wakamatsu. in Japan, had a culmination in the Marine Court this morning when 23 men ap- peared before the Hon. Comdr.

GEN. WU TE-CHEN B. Newll to anwser charges

AND CIVIC CENTRE HAVOC

Canton, To-day.

brought by the master, Capt. E. Ford.

The summons, framed under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894, reads as follows:→→

Beng a seaman lawfully engag General Wu Te-chen, Governor ed aboard a seagoing ship register- of Kwangtung, is greatly inter-ed at Bristol in the United King- ested in the visit carried out dom, to wit, ss. Severn Leigh y- yesterday by a Reuter correspon-ing in the harbour of Hong Kong dent to the Civic Centre at did combine with other members of Kiangwan.

the crew of the said ship to disobey General Wu was mainly respon-the lawful commands of Albert Ed- sible for construction of the Centre ward Ford, the master of the said and deplores news of its damage. ship to impede the progress of the

In an exclusive interview with voyage of the said ship.” Reuter to-day he declared:

The Centre has been destroyed under the iron heel of the enem

ADJOURNMENT SOUGHT

but the dynamic spirit of the Chin- Mr. D. L. Strellett, appearing for ese people in Shanghai is express-D. Crowder, W. Matthews and A. ed by their determination to build Macdonald, applied for an adjourn- and fight rather than waif and die."ment on the ground that as the

GREATER SPIRIT

summonses were only served at 6 General Wu added that by desp.m. yesterday most of the men had troying material structures the had no time to seek advice. In- enemy only strengthened a greater formation had been received that national spirit nourished by the other members of the crew had blood of those who died on the pressed a desire to be legally re- battlefields to defend China.

Every bomb, every shell dropped

presented.

on non-combatants by the Japan- Mr. R. M. King, appearing for the ese, he declared, was another nail master, said the men were warned in their coffin.

last Thursday that they would be

"I fully endorse the statement of prosecuted for disobeying the orders Mayor 0. K. Yui of Shanghai that of the master and he felt they had the enemy will not be there long,” had ample time to seek advice and The concluded.--Reuter.

arrange for representation. The court would appreciate, Mr. King

GERMANS CHARGED continued, that necessary delay

IN MADRID

Paris, To-day.

would cost the owners a great deal of money and it was imperative that everything should be settled as soon as possible.--

His worship granted an adjourn- Two Germans, Alfred Roeder and ment until 10.30 am. to-morrow- Heinrich Holtmann, and three Rev. Cyril Brown said that he had Spaniards, were arrested in Madrid spoken to the men and as he did on charges of espionage yesterday not think they would let him down, morning, according to newspaper re- His Worship need have no fear that ports..

they would fail to put in an ap Details of the charges are not pearance. revealed, according to the press, but The following are the names of the Spanish authorities state that the men charged: H. Steinman, M. gold and jewellery valued at £200,000 Paredes, D. Croyder, E. Power, F. was found in the apartment of the Trevavian, A. Macdonald, R. Red- two Germans.

mond, B. Burgess, R. Lambert, One of the Germans was a den-Stanley Eames, William Matthews, tist-Trans-Ocean..

E. O. Gantoa, James Bassey, Joe Davies, John T. Davies, James Isiah, Chiku, Dixon Jones John

17.

Badly Hurt By Tiles Stephens Coxon Ayama, F. Davies,

C. Todd and E. Hollingsworth.

Pang Ah-kam, aged 24, of No. 64, Tai Yuen Street, was struck on the head by tiles dislodged by recent rains and was admitted to the Queen The Royal Observato Mary Hospital yesterday. His con- this morning that an dition is serious. -

is stationary Japan, and a ridge While delivering newspapers at high pressure extends St. Stephen's College, Stanley, Li Chia

orted

Ng, agent 31, was badly bitten on Pressure is relatively the body, arms and legs by two trongh extending from dogs belonging to Mr. T 0 across the Philippines to the Paci Saunderson, of No. 5, Bungalow, fc south of the Loochoos Stanley. He was admitted to the Loca

Queen Mary Hospital for treat- Iment

Light S.E eds, fair, with local