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THE ABERDEEN RACE COURSE PROJECT.

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MR. NEMAZEE 'INTERVIEWED.

The scheine for laying out a ra coursa at Aberdeen, in which the late Sir Ellis Kadoorie and the late Mr. Lau Chu Pak were interested, has been again, re- eiving consideration. The expital jeres. sary is estimated at a million dollars

Mr. H. M. H. Neringare is one of those naw interested in the project and late Festerday afternoon he was interviewed by a representative of the Daily Press on the subject. He remarked that the article on the matter which had appeared in an afternoon contemporary was premature in some of its statements. Nothing haul been settled. The whole scheme, he said, had been discussed in an informal manner -only, It had been revived only "within the last week or ten days but during that time the Colonial Secretary had been interviewed by a deputation of those interested in the scheme. The Colonial Secretary was inclined to favour the scheme and informed the deputation that the scheme would be placed before the Government and they would be informed

of its decision in 'due cour900,

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The only thing that had been definitely settled, added Mr. Nemazee, was that there would be no difficulty as regards raising the necesar

funds to float the

scheme, The proposal is that twenty persons skall furnish the capital. Sixteen have signified their readiness to do so and the four other gentlemen in mind am at present out of the Colony.

"Should the Government consent to the

THE BRITISH EMPIRE

SCHEME

EXHIBITION."

HN HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 2015, 1993

THE

DISCUSSED AT CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

ALLOTMENT OF 22 BUILDINGS NOT

SUFFICIENT,

The proposed scheme for the Hongkong Section of the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition was discussed at meeting of the Chingge Chamber of Cosmice yesterday afternoon and, judging from a reply given by, Mr. Ip Lau Chuen (the General Secretary of the Chamber) to a question put to him by the Hon. Mr. Kotewall, the scheme,, will: fructuate sad shoukt provo a great anevesa,. M. Ip said that the 22 shop space, which are to form the frontage" of, a Chinese street in the Hongkong section, would not be sufficient.

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THE RECENT ATTEMPT AT

ASSASSINATION.

POLICE REWARD OFFERED.

We learn that the police are offering s reward of $2,000 to any person who can give information which will lead to the arrest of the would-be assassins of Mr. Shum, the Superintendent of the Chinese Telegraphy Administration, who was shot at and wounded on Monday Inst, wear the Hongkong Club.

COURT MARTIAL-

A CORPORALS. DEER IN

BASIN, S

Corp. George Henry Hawk of the King's Regiment, was court-martialled at Murray Barracks yesterday for allowing beer to be in the guard' room at2 9,30 p.m. and for obtaining beer from the Corporals' Room while in command of the regimental quarter guard.

Major AL. Cruickshank, D.so.. Mr. Shum's condition, we gather, is very | R.G.A., presided over, the Court, the anti-inctory. He is now well on the road | other members being Capt. 1. Newtou „do rrowvery and is expected to be released | King, of the Bombay Grenadiërs, and ́from Hospital in the cure of the next | Lieut. `G." J. Jones, of the King's Trai- week or so

ment, Lieut, J. W. Thompson Prosecuted { and the accused, who pleaded not guilty,) was represented by Lieut. C. P. Moore,

WAS THE MOTIVE POLITICAL!

We notice that the Crates Daily News] M.C. in complaining regarding reports in the Hongkong papers in connection with the This reply is of special interest in vier attempt to sasinate. Mr. Shum Te of a ramour that was afloat some timeoung, mannger of the Chinese Telegraph

Administration in Hongkong. ago that the Chinese were not taking to the scheme, as eagerly as was expected,

The meeting was presided over by Mr. Li Po zwar, who, in opening the meeting, asked the representatives of, the Chinese Chamber, serving on the joint committer of the two Chambers appointed to deal with the matter, to report to the meeting any fresh progres nude,

The Hou, Mr. KUTWALL said that Sir Robert Ho Tung and he had had a meet ing with the members of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commercs and they had sing ascertained that the sum of #130,000, granted by the Government to the would be specially devoted assistance of the Chinese taking part in

the exhibition. This money would be used

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The evidence showed that when Regi- mental Provost Sergeant Fowler strolled into the guard room at about 8. pau. on June 300h he saw a basin of beer on the table He asked Corp!.. Hawk,' who It says:-The report attributes the fans in charge of the guard, what it was attack as being provoked by a parely doing there and got no reply Later on

to be looked through the guard room window | political motive and then go support that accusation by showing that and saw the Corjoral drink out of the Dr. Sun had attempted to remove Shum basin and then hand it to a sentry, whe by sending another man to take his place, also had a drink. A military policeman From this incident the Hongkong papers to the sergeant that he had won the would have the world believe that the Corporal take a water-bottle from behind assassins were 'employed by Dr. Sun's some shovels in the guard room and on government to commit the attack.

searching there the Sergeant found two The Kwangtung Government water-bottles full of beer in a whitewash appoint some one else to take, Shuma's hucket. He then took charge of the beer. place because there is proof that he and placed the Corporal unther arrest. abused his position in the telegraph office

. Drummer Wilkinson testified to having Hongkong

for political purposes been sent over with two water bottles to

it

did

at the Kwangtung Government the Corporals' Rodin where in accordance

Hongkong iti transit and by truusmitting

scheme, Mr. Nemazee went on to say, for the purpose of wovering freights and delaying telegrams which passed through with "Corporal ‚Hawk'a instructions, he

we will then get to work and make our plans, but up to now we have just had

page fares. As regards the dimensions in the of the buildings to be erected Hongkong Section of the Exhibition h

informal discussions on the subject." Asuggested that they had better leave the regards the new racecourse buildings,

matter in the hands of the Hongkong referred to in our afternoon contem committee working in London.. porary, these he was sure had not been discussed in any shape or form. It was certainly news to him to learn that the proposed buildings would be of reinforced

concrete.

As regards the new racecourse being worked independently of the dockey Club Mr. Nemazce sincerely hoped that if the scheme materialised there would be no suele independence, but rather that there would be sour sort of working perangu ment whereby the new race cours would bran in cooperation with the Jockey Club

„Mr.

Mr. Ip Lan Chuen spoke of the

P-sibility of Chinese women being sent

and deciphering code telegrams to Shen

he was deciphering the telegrams prove Hungying and other enemies of the Kwangtung Government, The fher tha

that he had a private cole in his pos sion. Thus all this time he was acting as the emissary of Wu Pei-fi and Shen Hung-ying. Besides, il telegraph office

Base them to Corporal Kite, Afterwards

Corporal Kite banded them Inek, full and he took them to Corporal Hawk. ·..

that the second charge of obtaining beer was entirely unnecessary, furthermore

Court, however, held the accused, guilty had not be proved by the evidener. The

Lient. Moore argued for the defence

had received several enquires on that to the exhibition and remarked that he Hongkong in under the estrul of the and closed the proceedings to consider its

point. As to the dimensions of the build-

ings he mentioned that it was the desire of the Chinese that the shops should be 30 feet wide. Amongst the number of applications for shop space, he had received there were included several from teakwood, rattan, Incefuer and em froidery firms..

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Sie. Rolert. Hu Tung informed--thi | meeting that he himself wished to apply Xomazec remarkid st nny for two buildings for the purpose of Chinese thought that the she would be exhibiting silk worms as reared by him in a great many making concern, similar to the New Territories aind of giving an ex- the fan fau, qunopolies in Magao, kutashibition of Chinese silk weaving. His far as he could' are there would not be applications were, of course, subject to a great deal of money to be made out of news from England as to whether the the proposed cours for at least, the first climatic condition, permitted the in-

sentener:

superior office in Canton and this was Shum has been sheltering himself behind why the change was ordered. However, CORPORAL WHO WALKED WITH |

A PRIVATE. the Hongkong Government at the time

that pegotiations have beea, geessarily Corporal A. C. Kite appeared forn carried on between the two governments the Court in connection with the supply in regard to this saster. The new of beer, mentioned in the first cas, and nominee is a prominent resident of I was charged. in addition, with neglecting Hongkong, persona grafito the to aley Battalion Standing Orders by Hongkong Government, and taking the walking out with a private soldier and by riesit. example of change in the Shameen being improperly dressed.

fics, it is expected that negotiations would soon be brought to a satisfactory conclusion.

The sale witnesses werd heard in con

nection with the supplying of the beer and Regimental Sergeant Mitchel gave From the report, it is apparent that he evidence on the other charges. He said was shot at, but the assassins had that on June 30th at about 2.45 p.m. he managed to make good their escape lear was coming along Queen's Road in ing no traces behind so far as we have ricksha when he saw Corporal Kite stead- been able to ascertain, in spite of thising outside the Soldiers Cinb talking to In reply to the Han: Mr. Kotwall, the the three principal journals in Hongkong two privates. The Corperal was impro Asked if it was part of the cheme to build a large number of houses at AberStorytary announced that the 22 shop in reporting the ene ended by saying that porly dressed--he was wearing shorts and sufficient to meet the motive for the crime is believed to be putters and had neither a waist belt nor deen, Mr. Nemazeo said he could not say and concluded the interview by emphasis the applications for space that he ex-political, and that the outrage had

five gears of its existence.

stallation of this feature,

spaces would not be

a regimentul cane. He put Corporal

ing the, point that the scheme just now !pected to receive during the next few something to do with ther events" mean- Kite under, open-ariest and ordered him

Was

in the ai

dase.

CHINESE PAWNBROKERS.

SIR R. HO TUNG'S ROUND EXCESSIVE RATES OF INTEREST

TABLE CONFERENCE

SUGGESTION.

DE. SUN APPROVES,

CHARGED, Prompted by a spirit of public service, Mr. Wei Po chuen prosented, the pro prietor of the Yat On Pawnshop at the Magistrncy, "yonerday afternoon, für hav Arising out of the recent interviewing charged an exepsive rate of interest published in the coluams of Hongkong on articles in pawn, Daily Press the other day, Sir Robert Ho Tung has endeavoured to ascertain from Dr. Sun Yat Sen his view on the uggs tion, of around-table „conference of the

Mr.Wii conducted his own

case

Mr. Wei, in the box, told Mr.

ing the negotiations for the change of the post of manger of the telegraph office at Hongkong. We cannot understand how or why this sort of a conclusion shou'sh by arrived at by the Hongkong journal inimiënt and prejudicial to the cause of the Kwangtung Government."

-to-return-to-his-barracks

After hearing the evidence the, Court closed to consider the sentences in the two

Cavex.

SAIGON RICE - MARKET.

The Compagnie de Commerce et del SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. | Navigation d'Extreme Orient, in their

The feast of the Patron of the Society report dateil Saigon, July 3rd, state of St. Vincent de Paul will be celebrated

There is no change to report in our

Court whilst the defendant was represented be held at 11 am. in the 31sdon House, and without important transactions.

on Sunday next: A general meeting will rich market, which continues very dull; by Mr. M. K. Lo.

Catholic Cathedral, at which an addreas A fair amount of broken fice bas been The Catholic Church and Leboursold to France and prices have advanced principal leaders in Chind as a pre- Melbourne that he was a member of a will be given by Mr. W. G. FitzGibbon, considerably, but, owing to the lack of lindinary s14) towards reaching a wndus Chinese, Amateur dramatic society aui B.A.

rice business there transactions are pivendi, and received the following telesome time ago'a number of articles "of The Society, which is the oldest charit limited. gram, in reply, from Dr. Sun, yesterday stage, regalia, were stolen by a boy, and able organization in the Colony, celebrates The total amount of rice exported from afternoon.

later pawsed at the defendant's Shup, this year the 60th anniversary of its January 1st to Jung 18th is 701,059 tons The articles were later recovered and when foundation, in Hongkong. Today it pro against 571,557 tone în tab he (the complainant) sent a man to the vides for 172 poor families of different. shop to redeem the articles he was charged nationalities. St. Joseph's Home for the 10 per cent. interest, instead of 3 per cent.Agu Poor, Kowloon Tong, was founded Mr. Lo submitted that the prosecution by the Society a few years ago, but has failed simply because there was nothing recently been, taken over by, the Little in the Ordinance which made the charging Sisters of the Poor

From the Generalissimo Dr. Sun Yat Sen Canton, to Sir Robert Ho Tung, Hongkong.

I have repeatedly expressed myself in favour of the peaceful unification of Chius. I therefore, approve your sug- gestion for round-table conference of principal leaders in country.-SUN YAT

FATAL ACCIDENT..

DOCKYARD WORKER KILLED.

A Kowloon dockyard worker was fatally injured on Wednesday and died on bis way to hospital. The deceased, named Chow Kim, was a boiler maker in the yard. He had just finished work and was proceeding along Dock Street to his home when a heavy piece of rock dialedged from the dock reclamation works near by drop

· ped on "his head, and fractured his skull,

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We quote to-day-White Saigon rice, No. 2 sifted, Japan, quality, Hongkong,

bo per picit, fol. Saigon, for, July- August shipment,

of excessive interest, an offence. There. Th Society has specially interested it whe a penalty provided for every other sef during rent years in providing for HONGKONG, SHARĘ MARKET irregularity but that. Mr. Wei, he said, the education of the children of the very was clever enough to bring the prosecution poor. It maintains two vernacular schools but he was not clever enough to read into the law.

Continning, Mr. Le said that his client was prepared to let Me. We have the articles back at a proper roto & interest, but in doing so he emphasised the point that he had no case to answer,

one in Wanchai and the other in Yau- "mati--and also pays the fees for an Eng

lish education for a large number of pror children.

The Society depends almost entirely for its funds on the proceeds of the annual Bazar, which is held each year in Decem- her, and in connection with which there is usually a draw for a motor car and other

The Magistrate, said he realised that Mr. Wei had been prompted by public spirit in bringing the case, before the Court, but drew his attention to the valuable prizes. We understand that thera ia to be £ special effort to make this year's point made by Mr. Lo.

Mr. Weinid that in the circumstances

He was placed in a motor ambulance and he was quite prepared to withdraw the Bazaar a record success, in commemoration,

despatched to the Krong Wah Hospital, but died before: the hospital was reached.

summons,

The summons was withdrawn.

of the 60th anniversary of the Society's foundation in this Colony.

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