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GENERAL CHEN'S COUP AT HONGKONG FIRE BRIGADE.

A CANTON. REPORTED FLIGHT OF SÜN YAT SEN.

GENERAL, CHEN RETURNS TO CANTON,

In spite of all the efforts made to disguise the seriousness of the split be tween President" Sun Yat Sen and

The report by the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade. Mr. E. D. c. Wolfe, states

SPORT.

BASEBALL.

HONGKONG BASEBALL CLUB 2.-SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

"As result of one or two rather serious fras în 1920 and consequent ques- tions in the Legislative Council following on the representations of the Chamber of Commerce referred to in the 1990 re port of the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade an inquiry into the working of the Brigade (a mixed Brigade consisting of equal numbers of European Police the 3rd inst Volunteers and Chinese professional eve

THIRTY-TWO YEARS IN THE

FAR EAST.

RETIREMENT OF MR. W. HUDGE.

Mr. W. Budge, engineer-oversery of the China Navigation Company, is retiring

after 20 years' nasociation with "Tuíkoč, ̈ ̈

The game this afternoon at Happy Valley, at 4 pan., premises to prove att exciting one and has stimulated a STOLS deal of interest in the merits of the rival and members of the Institution of lingi. and Shipbuilders of Hongkong teams, This is return game icllowing neers the defeat of the nth Chin nine ou astabled in free, litst night, to wish him

South China claim that

his late Minister of War (Marshal Chen jaremen) was ordered... The Superintend- | cuL of the game in the previous trains Budge has been a member of the institu- of their most valued players were well ca bis departure to Australia Mr. everal ent who had inde special investigations and thest are strongly of the opinion that tian practically from its inception and of Fire Brigade matters while on leave they will come back strong and take this

in England undertook the inquiry and game from the Hongkong aggregation has held various offices in that body.

The Hongkong Club are equally confident of victory and predict a larger win than the previous game which it will be res

The South China line-up in

The opportunity was taken to present Mr. Rudge with an address, and he was also asked to accept. on behalf of Mrs.

nounce hisuelaims to any measure of. The main features of this report which membered was on a SECTS CI batting Budge, a most handsome silver toilet table

Jutor

was as follows:-

Chine "banaudo

the order is as follows:-K. S. Juue, $8 set, embossed with

b; Change; Hoer Harry Chinn. Th; L. Young, p: Young, lf: pattern of striking design. The address

Chi. H. W. Leong and Hui Beserves: Daniel Chian, ef: S. Chinn. 3h.

Captain Hoe has been putting his team through intensive practice during the las few days and all look to be in good coa dition,

The Hongong,

team will probably come

Chiung Ming) it has been obvious to those having a close acquaintance with the situation that there was not room

his report No. 7 of 1027, was published For the two men in the same province and laid or the Council Table on 18th unless one of them was prepared to re- July, 101. by order of H. E. the Governor. was adopted without modification was to military control.

abandon the voluntary system • äs President Sun Yat Sen's speech to a Colony hail outgrown it and forma gathering of Cantor journalists on the Brigade consisting of su Chinese profes 19th inst. when he talked of using eight-sionally trained Bremen under three Europenn profesjonally trained firemen. inch guns and poisonous shells on Chen's The number of land are fighting appli troops (some sixty. battalions) if they ances was to be largely increased and did Bod

ithdraw 30 from the City of improvements in the floats were also ad Canton within ten days, has brought the vocated to increase their efficiency.

The increase in are plant and improve trouble to a head.

Early yesterday morning Generat 1pment in of plant is now being carried Kai, who has been in command of the out. forces of Marshal Chen Chinng Ming i The new Central Fire Station, the Canton since the Marshal withdrew to want of which has been severely felt for his old quarters at Waichow, is reported many years was comment in an inntral to have taker possession of the principal This Station is located in forts in the vicinity of Canton also to position in Des Vaux Road opposite the have disarmed President Sun Yat Sen's Central Alarket. body guard and to have compelled the surrender of Sun's forces at the Arsenal. President in Yat Sen in reported to have taken refuge on a Chinese cruiser.

This information

in several Chinese telegrama yesterday,

Very few passengers" arrived by the early train yesterday morning, and the Canton failed to newspapers from. conit. They came later by. steamer. The usual bumber of passengers came down by the morning steamers indicating that, although the fighting was stated in the telegraphic message to have

steuner parted.

Came

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A temporary Sub-Station to house ad- ditional firemen and apparatus was built on the newly reclaimed inad in Wanchai in the Fastern portion of the City of Victoria.

GAMBLING RAID.

MANY RESPECTABLE CHINESE.

CAUGHT PLAYING FOR HIGH STAKES,

As the result of a police rail on a Chinese brothel in Hollywood Road, on

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1502. WILLIAM BUDOK Esq. 1900 Member of Committee 1915-1921: Vice-Chairman of Committee, 1916-1917: Chairman of Cemmittee. 1919-1921. SIR-In view of your approaching de- to bat in the following order-Pronks or parture from the Colony, on the termina Findlay, b: Church, 36; Deme Townsend or Hodgkins, It: Koch ortion of your membership of over 30 yours Scott, e: Bradford, rf; Benson drielou, duration, the Committer of Management, on behalf of the membera, avail themselves 1; Dowride or O'Connor, ef; Brown or Court Practice the Hongkong team looks of the occasion of bidding farewell to

Doc Brown, the slim place on record their drep sense of grati very good.

wirler, says his arm feels fine and thinks tude for the untiring interest of have. he can work some of his various to good advantage. Townsend and Rome for so many years evinced in the welfare are hitting the bull consistently, and of the Institution..

It is with iceling of deep regret that Church is covering third base in big engue style: Benson in left field covers plenty of ground and hits nothing less they say good-bye" but they take solace Findlay, the sub in the knowledge that it is the outcome than two baggers.

titute

reconil baseman, is the coming star of faithful service and the "well earned of the Hongkong forces. He hits power reward which they trust you may live

The fully and helds in keen fashion. dark-hore is the second string, pitcher, many year to enjoy.

whe throws a mean balt and

The address was signed by: them all guessing.

Messrs, G. J. Haeman (President), S. With few exceptions the players ou both teams have

Hoe and Chang wor

Basi

begun at 3 am.. the sitantion had not Thursday night, Chinese men, evid pro baseball, ye played college or sami Baker and Wa. Russell (View-Presidents), K. E. Greig (Vice-Chairinan). J. W become highly alarming in the centre ently of the upper middle class, were members of the Honolalia, Chinese SP. T. Farrell (Chairman of Committer). of the city up to 8 o'clock when the arrested along with two prostitutes for hall trai and Daniel Chinn played bas-McCubbin, The, Neave, A. Langston, J.

For the Hongkong. gambling. Sur Inspectors Patterson and bull in the States. Passengers had learnt that fighting was Fallon, who carried out the raid, found, Dome played for Scranton Univer. Tully. H. M. McTavish, J. E. Hansen, Adiniral Townsend: Washington Davidson, J. W. Puton. E. Cock, A sity: on the table in gambling stakes the sum

University Brown, College of Dental Leach (hon. Trena.), W. J. Stokes (hon. fi, At the Police Station the mau Surgery of California; Earties, Hart Librarian), and Wm. E. Dringas (bon.

secretary), said to be the baker, was released on ferd Colleges C

Church, Celambia: Dow tail of $1,000 the others were released rick, the Manila Cits and O'Connor, Los

Angeles Pacific.

in progress at White Cloud Mountain at the Areal and on the East Bund.

The Water Polier had ordered all the flower bouts and sampans lying along aide the East Burd to move away, and the common impression was that this was done with a view to Chen's troops being attacked from this position by the war ships which Sun Yat Sen has ander his control. Traffic to the east of the Bund had been stopped but the Western part of the City had not been affected.

on bails of.$10 each.

Of the men arrested only 12 of the men put in an appearance at the Magis tracy, yesterday, in auswer to i charge of playing fan-tan The two women also failed to put in an appear

ance.

The Magistrate, Mr. Lindsell, decided

Mr. G. HARAN made the presenta- ticas and in doing so inentioned that Mr. Budge was the oldest member of the Institution: be had seen it begut and had watched its passage through advers circumstantes into its present state of prosperity.

Botli teamy lock for good support when they take the "beit at four c'rices this afternoon and there are sure to be a goodly crowd in the counfortable grand stand to witness the gaine.

Urquhardt will probably do the

The healths of Mr, and Mrs. Budge and of balls and strikes und Dr. | their family were cathusiastically bon

oured and the proceedings concluded The Hongkong mine are particularly with a vote of thanks to Mr. W. J. anxious to get into top-hole form in pre- Stokes, who had drawn, op the addrers paration for the coming game with the to the President for uking the pre well known' University of California Basentation.

This game pro ball team, July, ud.

When the stramer passed Whampoa to estreat the bait of all the absentees on bases,

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it was observed that the men of war and gave orders accordingly., anchored there were getting up steam.

Mr. M. K. Lo appearing for the de- The farts showed no sign of having been fence, said that according to his very the scene of hostilities and passengers unlimited experients in Court he thought the steamer were inclined to discredit the

it was usual not to change the girls, as report that they had been captured.

long as they were not gambling. It was their duty to be on the premises..

Mr. Lindsell pointed out that it was ap to the girls to turn up. If they did not they naturally lost the bail money.

Inspector Pattersou pointed out that $464 was found on the gambling table.

Mr. Lindselt: Heavy gambling, Mir, Lo

CHINESE LOCAL TRAINS CANCELLED.

Yesterday was the first time in the history of the Kowloon-Cuuton "Railway that no newspapers have come down by the early morning train.

Tanny

.or two

Mr. Lo: They are respectable-looking" people; and if the, cap alford & I don't see any objection to "that.

Later Mr. Lo suggested that the bail of $1,000 in the case of the banker was excessive. He thought 500 sufficient.

At this stage the case was remanded, to this morning, the banker's bail being reduced to $800. In the case of the re mainder the bail of $10 was extended.

"DOWN AND OUT.”, HAD TO APPLY TO POLICE FOR

mises to be a real test of the strength of the Hongkong Club team and there is considerable speculation over the outcome,

CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE

IN 1921.

WORST YEAR IN CHINA'S -COM-

MERCIAL HISTORY. ·

Some figures of zotable interest ar.co tained in the Maritime Castorns report en the foreign trade of China for 1921. Ip his review of the year, 3ir. J. W. H. Ferguson, Statistical Secretary, say

for

The passenger traffic on the morning train from Canton was very small. stead of the usual 600 to 500 passengers, the sum total from Cunton was not more than 100. The presence soldiers in the neighbourhood of the Canton station Neems to have the effect of preventing people Irom traveling. There were one European passengers who stated that when the trait left Canton everything was quiet in the district surrounding the ntation. There was an unusual number of soldiers patrolling the streets, fully armed, whilst a strict look out was kept on all people entering the station. One American passenger is said to have stated on arrival in Kowloon that Sun Yat Sen has been taken by surprise, but it is probable that he will within a few days regain complete control of the city.

Another very significant fact concern. ing the railway is that no news of any description has been received by Kow- loon railway authorities from the Canton railway authorities save one short tele gram in the morning stating that theat the yesterday' Magistracy, with naturally bad an important bearing on up and down trains from Sheklung to being a vagrant. Shumchun have been cancelled owing

HELP.

Starving aut destitute, a young South

VICTORIA RECREATION CLÜB.

MEMBERS REJECT PROPOSED CASH COUPON SYSTEM,"

Aa extraordinary general meeting of the Victoria Recreation Club was held yesterday afternoon, to consider and if though advisable, to confirm the proposal made at the annual general meeting re- garding payment for refreshments either y coupons or cash deposite in lieu of the Mr. W. Logun pre- Present chit system. sided and a fairly large number of mem- bers attended.

that he is by no means defeated and that African stive, who had been stranded culty in disposing of the increasing) Hon: Mr. Severn in proposing the 'eash

access to the train that all is now quiet.

"NORTH AND SOUTH NOW UNITED.

The information which reached the

The year, 1991 was generally a bad

The CHMAN recalled that the Chair. Jear China and will probably prove to have been one of the worst experienced man of the Club (HE Mr. Claud in the commercial history of the country. Severn; €31.G.) informally tested this ques- The trade depression of the previous year the fedings of members on had not run its course when the year tien at the last annual general meet opened: overburdened markets impeded

ing,

when members voteď in favour

cast

Coupon Bystem. Those the Bow of imports; the unsettled state of the

large districts in the interior, coupled not present desired that a presposal to with extensive foods during the rainy vary a practice that had prevailed over restricted exports, which in turn 50 years should be decided at meeting curtailed the purchasing power of the specially called for the purpose The

as evidenced

stocks on hand.system was actuated by a desire to instil Importers found themselves saddled with the spirit of economy into enormous quantities of goods, ordered bers. The Victoris Recreation Club was when the post-war boom wae at its height essentially a sporting club and where keen nad which they found it next to im. sportsmen were gathered together tery possible to dispose of without heavy lased to state that since the annual general little drinking took place. was pleas Theeadily declining price of silver, as expressed in the falling exchange rates, meeting, the sum of $1.100 out of $2,000 outstanding in chit accounts had been the course of trade in this silver using paid, and, in addition, $200 which haci

been written off on a bad debt. was George country, But it did not materially assist exports owing to the weak demand and declining prices in the Home markets already gutted with Far Eastern pro ducts.!

in the Colony since last January, was compelled to apply to the Police for help on Thursday...vening. The inspector on duty in the charge room at the Central Station provided bim with two hot meals and as a means of bringing his case to the notice of the authorities the man was charged before Mr. Hamilton

whose The ma

name

He had been in the

Mr. LoCAN the proposed that the sug gested new system be adopted. This was seconded by Capt. HusSZY.

H

Colony late last night tended to show the House of Detention and expressed of the list, revenue there reaching level of a defaulter. (Applause) that the telegrams which "eame down the hope that he would soon be able to from Carton in the morning exaggerated find work. - the fighting. There appears to have been very little. Oben's forces are numerically much superior to Sun's whom they appear to have disarmed without difficulty

to military operations." It is usual for Charles Clark and who spoke English the Kowloon railway authorities to re-uently, said that he was at his wits end ceive many messages daily from Canton and bad called on the Police to ask

Mr.-C. W. SEWYLL proposed en amend concerning railway business. None, save advice.

INCREASED REVENUE NOTWITHSTANDING. the one stated were received yesterday. Inspector Brown said the man was a

ment that the present system of collecting This prompted the authorities at Kow stranded pretna.

The total revenue collected by the Cus- accounts remain and the bye laws remaİT loon to wire yesterday afternoon for Colony face last January. During the toms during 1991 was Tls. 50,007,120, in 48 at present. He urged that in a social information and a reply was received strike he was provided with temporary cluding Tls, 4,544,485 famine relief sur club, where the bar played a greater part

The total collection. for 1020 was that oving to the military dispositions work but latterly he had been trying to tax.

thau in a sporting club, the suggestion in the neighbourhood of the station exist in a Chinese hoarding house, and thus exceeded by Ta, 4,642,750. Most of new put forward was in a measure, passengers were unable LO get easy now he was down and out. He had no the ports were able to register substantial feasible, but this was not so in the case.

The faspector suggested that developments. The telegram added money.

The increase at Tientsin of a sporting club. If the cash coupon. the man be sent to the House of Deten amounted to 1.8 millions taels, bringing system was adopted the Victoria Recrea tion. Whilst there he would be allowed that port's receipts up to 11.66 per cent. tion Club would gain an unenviable Dotoriety; It would be in a position cf out from 10 am to 4 pm. each day to of the total revenge collected. With an look for work.;

increase of 2.7 million tools, Shanghai isolated splendour; the only Club in the The Magistrate committed the man to easily maintained its position at the head Far East to adopt such a system

38.48 objected to being brought down to the, per cent, of the entire Customs collection.

The net value of trade in foreign mer- Mr. R. HE. MITCHELL seconded the chandise (excluding treasure) was amendment and said the disturbance caus- 1,507,377,076, compared with TIN,

ed by this topic had beer going on for 1,203,881,530 in 192 Exports contribut about 3 years. If the Committee enforcent FIGHTING PROCEEDING.

ed: The 601,255,537, am increase of 59.6 the bye lays no difficulty should be experi According to an account given to cur million taels, and imports Tia, 506,192,139, enced in collecting the money. In his

he was. One communication says that Dr. San hout, Sun was besieged yesterday morning

representative by a passenger on the night increase of 343.3 million taels.

younger days-17 years in treasurer, he had, no Yat Sen Dr. Wu Ting Fang (the Civil on the Kung Yum Hill. General In's

clapping à man on the

back

and arying Governor) and certain other prominent torces attacked, but were heavily repulsed

forget the club" Mcst,of the politicians being warned of the impend-by Sun's troops with machine gun fire.

The Compagnie de Commerce & de out standing debts, he thought, had been ang coup went to the Shameen. on The castallies aro estimated at over 70. Navigation d'Extrême Oriest of Saigon, carried by visiting members. Thursday night and proceeded from The cruisers Fo Fu and Wing Fung writing on June 6th says:-Our market Mr. ALVES, the treasurer, said that there on to a Chinese warship.

cleared for action, left their und

is still utterly depressed without any about three years ago he was directed General Ip issued a notice to reassure anchorage yesterday morning and took

not to post the names of members who the public, saying that North and South up a position with their guas command- The total amount of rice exported from had run up debts. are now united and calling upon Dr. Sun | ang the city.

the 1st January to May 22nd. 1922, is Yat Sen to renounce the title of Pre- The four other warships comprising 500.269 tons against 555,410 in 1921.

buyers.

RICE.

sident." It was reported from Canton the squadron were busily preparing for We quote today white Baigon rice No. last night that General Chen Chinig action as the Canlon steamer passed, but 2 sified, Japan quality, Hongkong $5.38 Ming had arrived in Canton.

these vessels are of heavier draught and

Per picul Lo.b. Saigon for June/July (Continued at foot of sext colums,) ·! cannot come so close to Canton

shipment

Mr. A. W. VAN ANDEL suggested that these members who ran up debts be put on a cass system-temporarily,

The amendment was carried' unani- mously and the meeting concluded..