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THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

TEM

HONGKONG" DAILY

PRESS

SOMEBODY ANNOYED,

POLICE SECURE A CONVICTION FOR" STREET FOOTBALL,

At last the polie, have found somebody who has actually been annoyed by street thalers and this has multed in the local force swearing a conviction against three of a hand of youthful, footballers who ut congregates for a quiet game of * soveer" at the junesien of Wyndanm) Street and Genealy on the morning of

The fifty-fourth ordinary general meet- ing of the China Fire Insuranes Company was held at Union Buildings, yesterday morning, the Hon. Mr. E. V. D. Parri presiding. There were also present: The Hon. Mr. P. 11. Belycak. Mr. A. O. Lang and Me. D, O. Russell (Director), Paul Lander (Acting General Manager) and the following shareholders : --Meners. G. S. Archbett, ti, G. Franklin, W. R. Mansfield, J. W. Alabaster. V. L. das

When the ease was mentioned before Mr. Remedios, V R. Viro, M. A. R. Sonza, A. A. Alves. W. F. Gardner. R. Lindsell yesterday morning only one of the throw youths put in "an appearance and, M. C. da Cuulia und P. M. Hodson.

The CHAIRMAN said: -- Gentlehest. The as he pleaded" "guilty" to the charge, report has been in your hands for some was fined gt Immediately after the case had been disposed of the other two They time and, subject to your approval, 1 will follow the usual procedure and take defradants strolled into Court.

both trentonely denied the charge, one it as well the auditor's report as

saying that the bail rolled, towards him read.

The working account for 1021 shows a' balance of $919,841.94 to be dealt with. Your Diretors recommend that" this balance be appropriated as follows: ---

Dividend of $7 and bonus of $3 per share on 20.on shares

To

transfer

$200,000.00

to Building Fund"... ................. 100,000.00 To carry forward, to Under

writing Shepens» Account 610,894.54

8019.894.94

Empire Day

MILITARY TERRORISM IN SWATOW.

:

[my a warow CORRESPONDENT.

Their

SATURDAY, MAY 26:8, 1925.

MAIL SERVICE TO THE FAR EAST.

WELCOME ADDITION.

With reference to the improved Mail

It means a good deal more to the Man.

The Military Authorities are still carry- ing on with their high-handed, methods, | Service to the Far East, the Mouthly forcibly seizing coolies and doing exactly Record of the Munchester Chamber of what they jike. Nobody dares to uppesis Commercorsays; these dictators in any way. haviour here is getting beyond all bounds, chester travle with China than may appear and liusiness is gradually being interfered upon the surface, Hitherte it has been an question of time when it will cease. goods have arrived in Shanghai and other with to such an extent that it is only a all-too-frequent ocurreveč ty god that hayoghened that General Hsu Chang Shik parts before the documents (bills of failing. has demanded from the Chaochow preets) relating to them. As a consequente, freturn the sum of 82,000.000. These per. there has been serious delay and ingon fectures contain (4 districts, and these yenience in dealing with the goods at that The new @ervice inaugurated now will otherwi-s, I told, every responsibla districts will have to find the money;

mean that the Holt Line- bant, which person will be shot and the people tooted, leaves Liverpool each Saturday, will be and the heads of all Chamber of Comable to pick up at Suez, documents relat- ing to the cargo she carries providing merce will be wized and put into gaol,

end.

and he gave it a kicks and the second las people of these two prefectures dare they have been posted in Manchester hy

Have a complete denied of the allega

tions.

not oppose such a military threat; con. sequently the money must be found sous- how, and 82,000,000 seems to me to be a very large amount to hand over to the military brigands. The

way

this money

is collected is through the various Chim hers of Comferer and also through the -heads of varicus towns and villages. I

refusal is met with, a few soldiers ara taken round and they very soon colleet!

noon on the following Tuesday morning.

Even under this arrangement, the tima allowed will often be found not. Lo he adequate for the completion of al! the| elative documents, but the hope is enter. taised that after the service has bewus un trial it will be found to be possible to speed up the transit between Lomlon and Surz in order to allow of posting in Man

OUTWARD MAILS.

Sergt. Elston said that he saw the tree defendants with another not in eustody playing football. The two defendants a fere the Court were defending the lower and of the strel aminst the attacks of two smaller boys playing down-kill.

So that it livelled The Magistrate: out the handicap I

Li Lich Chun was the stchester later in the week. Sergt. Elston: You" Continuing, wit, the money. Turning to the balance-sheet you will ess said he saw all the defendlauts kick (military bandit we had here, and he the ball, ench in turn, mui, he actually fenflected while here some 22,000,000 during ontier that sterling exchangé this year is 22 as against 27 inst which has the saw the second defendant kick the ball's two months' stay, in 'this' port. He effect of incrvasing the dollar quedent so that it passed within three inches of sold all die best billets in Ahe place u (of the Company's sterling securities. The the face of a small Indian child, balance at credit of the 1922 working arent is $1.898,920.07.

Notwithstanding the satisfactory figures befors you, your Diretors have decided,

The Magistrate: The street was block- a million dollars, and no don't a good in vies of the uncertainty of the times

many of these dollars have already be through which we are passing, not word. How do you meant

An the highest bidder. nnd the way he got money from the Chaulers of Cominerer and also by faxing the peopl; was >mne H is estimated that thing astonishing. he must have put into his pocket at least)

Indian with the child called out in Eng, lish to the defendants to stop playing, but they took no matier. The street was completely blocked.

the ball.

i

make any increas" be the dividenal distri- Witness: Noboniy could pass, without suit in Hongkong to buy land and shares. bution, and I have no doubt this policy running the risk of eating in the way of Tur money, staken from the Chinge people, chiefly merchants, has been the will comunend itself to you.

." When arrested,“* contimed the wit- cause für sometime past of sending your I now move til the Directors' report i and statement of accounts, as prevented, ness, the ball was in the hands of the bo rulpted, and after this has been third defendant,"

The Magistrate (jocularly): "That is a

seconded, shall be pleased to answer any reach of the rules of football, isn't it do not know Hongkong is made the

questions that ty be phil.

Mr. G. AnCBBETT seconded and ahel adoption of the port and accounts was carrie unanimously.

The Hon. Mr. E. V, D. Parr and Mr. G. 3. Dodwell were releeted to the

Yes.

Did he pick up the ball as if in a hurry, trying to escape! No, I don't th.tik en.

The second defendants asked if he had Board of Diretors on the notion of Mr. anything to say, said he had just return J. W. ALABASTER, sreonded by Mr. A. A.ed from making a purchase and when

was standing watching the game he was On the motion of Mr. DA CUNHA | arrested.

JALVES.

share prices up. Why the authorities in Flougkong do not depart all political refugees from the Kwangtung province." asyhur for all these military" bud hats.” Their headquarters are in Hongkong their plans are unde in Hongkong and their plunder is inken to Hongkong and invested in property and shares which will bring the same return and give them very security which is ma be had in any part of China to-day: I think a blacklist hutid he kept by the Hongkong Author ities and these gentry should in warned

seconded by Me. V. R. V. RIBEIRO. The Magistrate imposada has of* in dat they had better clear out and not

Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews each ease.. were re-eleted auditors for the ensuing " year.

This was all the business before the meeting.

THE STRANDED JAPANESE STEAMER.

POLICEMAN CHARGED WITH

MANSLAUGHTER.

WIFE DIES IN HOSPITAL AS THE ¦ RESULT OF A "KICK.

be allowed to plot in a British Colony.

General Hsu Chung Shih is quite a ang man. He is very ill and physically anfit to be in charge here. There is no discipline amongst his officers and men, and he is not consistent in anything that, h does. I understand that his twenty- second wife is in Swatow with him-the others aro in various parts of China.

I hear that Commander Lee Fook Lam has arrived to take charge of the military affairs of Swatow, and it is to be hoped that General Sha Chung Shih will clear out and return to Canton to see his chief. Dr. Sun Yat Søn.

I understand that Chan Kwan Ming in Hongkong and that his subordinate officers are making nitacks to the west-

The British Chamber of Commvred Agarwal (Shanghai) anys:-

The question of the mail servie has again received the attention of the Cou

of the coastin arrival of cargo ahead of mitte of the Shanghai Chomber if view the denments relative theret«. The ques

all was taken op with the Post Office in Stanghai and the Chamber has now been wals at various ports east of Fuz, and assured that whenever Transhipment of particularly Hongkong, will quieser delivery in uanghai the mails: Vill be transhipped,

Pesula

MILITARY POSITION IN

MANCHURIA. -= AVHY THERE WILL BE NO WAR

in

Mr. Lenox Simpson, Chairman of The Far Bastion Times, who recently returned to Peking from investigating the portion in Mancharia said that there was fittin danger of warfare breaking out between Chibli and Fengtion for the goul praya that Manchuria is overwhelmingly trong today.

The reorganization of the Manchurinu forces into 25 mixed Brigades, altirugh not yet complete, is sufficiently advanced to put an entirely different complexion on the situation, Since Inst year all officers of the old school have disappeared. The average age of fold ferrs is abeilt 20 Par Many offers have been traiand abrand and at least five foreign languages (French, German, Japanese, English and Russian) are freely used in the Commis signed ranks, All its have begft 19 equipped and the Manchurian army f becomin

training is being estrind artillers day strong in heavy

ה

on everywhere.

In the event of trouble the Manchurian armies would probably concentrate at Chinchow. hundred miles north of Shanhaikwan where not immense entrench. camp is in process of formation. The Bow arsenal, the epleted next establishment with a larger output tha year, will be a wonderfully up-to-date Man all the other arsenals in China. churian oficiala are, however, careful to declare that they want to mind their own business and are entirely indifferent to what happens inside the Great Wal. Iz no circumstances will they take the not the slightest attention to Central Government aggressive and they will pay

promulgated and accepted by all the autonomous provinces, when they will be willing to participate in the formation of a national goverühments

"I did not intend to do her any harm, was the statement made by a Chinese con STILL ON THE NINE PINS.

stable when charged at No. 7 Police The Japaness freighter, Yei Moru No. 2 Station with the manslaughter of his wife, which went on the rocks at the Nine Ping This statement was read out at the Magis during Monday night, has not yet been tracy, yesterday afternogu, when the case reflented, though the Taikoo Engineers came up for hearing before Mr. J. B. who are busily engaged on'salvage oper- | Wood. The suitement, went on to say ations, are of the opinion that they will that the wantin enine to the citation and be able to refloas the vessel with the as asked defendant for money.

He had sisthice of high tide. Meanwhile the work of jettisoning the cargo continues already paid her allowance and when she and up to yesterday afternoon 500 ions asked for more he had nohe to give, and ward of us, and also to the north of politics until the "Constitution has been of the 3,000 odd tous of coal on board, he kicked her unintentionally when she consigned to the Mitsui Busson Kaisha, threw their little child on to the ground. had been thrown overboard.

It was stated in evidence that the incid ent happened early on the afternoon of

General Hsu Chung Shih is raid to the 16th inst. A Chinese detective heard have a good number of troops, but frem the man and wife quarrelling on the steps what have seen of them passing and a miquty later hard eria of savo through the town, they are very badly TENNIS ASSOCIATION, live." He rushed out of the Station and equipped and some of them are no doubt first-rate pirates. They live on the people found the woman sitting on the steps in wherever they go, do what they like in great pain. Au ambulancy was telephon- their houses and altogther behave in a brutal manner-like all Chinese" "braves." ed for and the women was seat

SPORT.

LAWN TENNIS. .

L. Phospital. According to Dr. Smalley, the deceased was suffering from à ruptured!

H.K. LAWN

LEAGUE TABLE,

Division.

P. W.

ARC.

4

4

O.E.C.

1

4

H.K.C.O.

4

3

U.S.R.C.

2

University london

4

Kowloon

3

1

Civit Sorvica .......

.5

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Club de Recercio ......

"B" Division,

O.R.C.den Queen's College University K.C.C. "A I.R.C.

Civil Service ....... Craigengower "B" Kowloon "B"

„Club de Recreio „..........

Netherlands T.O Craigengorer "A

3 spleen and the injury rould be either;

2 caused by a blow or fall. The diceased collapsed shortly after admittance to

1

.0 hospital and died the same afternoon.

"Cross-examined by Mr. A. E. Hall for

P. W. L. PE

TO-MORROW'S PLATONES. MA!!-Division. Chib do Borreio y. C.R.E. University v. 1.AC. Kowloon v. U. 70.

**B*, Division,

Kowloon "A" CRC.

•

LEC Civil ftion

4

#

3

Club de Hecreio Netherlands T.0. Craigangower A. Howloon. Queen's College

angower

but luckily sune distanes away. The attacking party consists of a sinal number of troops and in the west they have dready been dispersed, hat they may re- fun and attack again.

we

the defraer. Dr. Suialley said the prisoupled with the seriously embarrassing

oner came to the hospital just before the

decenard died.

He came here of his own freswill ?..

3 Yee.

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REGISTRALION OF TRADE MARKS IN CHINA.

The following Notification (No. 1016) has been issued by the Chinese Maritime Customs at Shanghai-

Acting underinstructions from the Inspector-General of Customs I have to notify the public that on and after July Int 1923, all applications for the filing of a Trade Mark or Patent must be seem panied by a Chinese version in deplicate of the letter of application and of the

Any application received after that date: description of the Trade Mark or Patent

accepted. without such Chinese version will tub be

HONGKONG YARN MARKET,

Messrs. Polishwalle and Kotwall, cution and yarn brokers of Hongkong in their report dated May 25th. sinte:--

Since our last report on the 20th April the increasing lawlessness and brigandage, political ituation in China; is detri

· PLATE GLASS WINDOW. inentally affecting the entire trade, Our yarn market has suffered heavily and has

"Looking through my Torie lenses ig mained inactive during the whole interval except for a smail business for like looking through a fine plate, glue, Yunnan market, at reduced rates, mostly window sald an American lady, in the And he was very this: 7-Yeg

ira best gindes of 10 12 yarn,

Under the above course of her remarks while in a träméar Inspector Caygill said the defentant about 5,000 bales. was wearing rubber shoes at the time, unfortunate circumstane, the Foreign the other day. She said just the right holders, not anticipating any substantial thing. It cost a bit more to build * He ordered the defendant to remain ind improvement in the near future, aro Barracks after the incident, and when he anxious to part with their stocks even a plate glass window and it cost a bit more rrived a message from the Government pent low rates, but buyers, are quini to make a pair of Torie lease than the Civil Hospital that the woman was dying and are making limited purchases only, ordinary fat kind. Torics are more than for their immediate requirements; hence he sent for the defendant but found he at the close the tendency is weak and worth the small difference in cost to you in the added comfort you dorive from was missing. On the Inspector's arriva! uncertain.

Unsold stock: 18,000 bales. Bargains in their use. Torio lesses of any prescrip at the Hospital he found the defendant Chinese hands: 8,000 bales standing alongside the bed. The woman

Shanghai-Owing to present favourabl, tion are manufactured by The Hongkong was then dend

prices, & moderate business is reported in Optical Co., successors to Clark & Caf | Manufacturing and Refracting Opticians, "After further evidence had been taken local mills yarn during the interval.

sub. Japanese Yarn-Notwithetanding a

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