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CUNNING BOLSHEVIK POLICY FORMAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE

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THE HONGKONG DAILY

FRENCH LADIES IN COURT

MADAME FLINT SUED.

In the "Sammary Court yesterday be BOYCOTT AGAINST HONGKONG fore the Pulsne Judge (fr. Justice Wood) Madune Bianche Mudes, formerly of the shop 4 Chic Farinen in. Tientsin, saed Madame Flint for three months' anlary at the rate of $300 per month.

TO BE MAINTAINED,

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a Chinese, who until a According to Yew days ago was a member of the

Mr. T G. Bennett appeared for the **Red" party in Canton, but has now plaintiff, and defendant was represented thrown off his allegiancs to that organi- | by Mr. F. G. Vaux. xation and fled the City, the Bolsheviks pretend not to be at all concerned over the possibility of armed intervention by the British

tion.

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INTIMIDATION

COOLIE SUBCO! BEFORE THE

CTORS

FEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBRE

ALLEGED LARCENY

SEQUEL TO LOCAL" SHOP PARTNERSHIP,

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Mr. H. S. Fitzroy appeared to prosecute in place of Mr. F. E. Nash, who appeared on the previous occasion, last Wednesday Mr. RE A Webster defended.

As the Central Magistracy At the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon, before Mr. SEE 30-day afternoon, bofore Mr SRB. Elderry, two Chinese, Li Yin and Li Wai, MeEliarty, Tam Tuk War, aged were charged on two counts of intimida appeared on remand to answer a charge of the larceny of $47.18, alleged to have They were first charged with intimida-bern stolen from a shop on the ground tion with respect to a coolis working at floor ut No. 10, Centre Street, of which the Po On godown on the end of August.the shopkeeper is Sin Chok Chat And

Mr. Voux said that he wished to make

A similar charge was also preferred where the defendant worked. a counter-claim for $91,000 for goods against defendants in respect of another delivered, but His Lordship refused to coolie who was working on August 21st grant leave on the grounds that the apat the Kowloon Godown at West Point They have made arrangements to ship plication should have been made earlier. Mr. B. E. A Webster appeared for the

At the first hearing. quantity of oil from Vladivostock, rice: From Bangkok Mr. Bennett said that plaintiff claimed defence. and Shanghai and coal from Japan with three n

moutha” salary under an agreement The rat complainant states that he jewellery, to the value of $250, was also pat touching Hongkong. They bays can made between plaintiff and Durant was a street coole and atm on included in the charge of theft

Before the case began yesterday, cellut the system of import and export acting as Madame Flint's attorney, in August and he was unloading four at permits so that the British shall have no which plaintiff was appointed agent at the Pu On godown Two men, the der. Fitoy intimated that he wished to drop the charge of the theft of jewellery further excuse for taking action against Tientsin. No money was advanced by the fendants, came up to him and told him them. Moreover, while they are open in defendant for financing the business, and not to work and not to engage other their opposition to the British and inform plaintiff had to advance-large sums of coolies to work, as he had been instructed their followers that they are never to money in order to fit out a shop. In ad.to do by Lau Yin of the Hop Fat coolie serve the imperialists," they are caudition to this plaintif paid to defendant house, Witness bad engaged about fifty tioning the strike pickets not to molest the sum of $1,000 as security for honesty,coolies and when he bad paid them off foreigners personally. The Bolsheviks, She received goods from the defendant that day the defendants came back and according to my informant, realise that to sell in Tientsin, and as she sold them told him that if he continued to work they cannot keep imperialist" strumensahe, reimbursed herself, for the expenses for from entering Clanton but they are satis fed that without day formal proclamation on the subject they will be able, through Intimidation and their agreements with the workers, to prevent sich steamers Josling or unloading cargo, with the hal

Chinese labour. A

LAMPORT AND EXPORT PERMITS.

and a few days in February." Sales fell

he had no direct evidence to prove m thatge

Mr. Webster said that the defendant admitted receiving the money from client of the firm in settlement of a debt

at No. 10, Centre Street, he did not hand defendant was a partner in the firm the complainant the money because of a partnership dispute and he was told by the other partners not to give the, money to complainant.

The complainant, in evidence, said that the defendant had been working at hi

he would be assaulted. Later, the two defendants assaulted him, one holding him and one punching him in the bitek. A shop since the beginning to the year. At on the next day, while he was working the time in question be was away on at the Po On godown, the defendants business from the shop for one day nud the following morning he saw the defend assaulted him and tore his jacket Wit-ant, who gave him two account books, which had been taken out of a drawer previously locked. The complainant went. to the drawer and found the lock had

setting up the agency. In that way she paid herself her salary for March, April off in June, and the landlord, took away the premises in July. There was no money to pay her salary for May, June and July; and she had now come to Hong. kong to obtain that money. To save deness afterwards took another job, because fendant's goods when the shop was taken ho was afraid to continue working at the away from her, she removed the goods to Po On godown, He reported the occurbeen broken and the defendant then tak her own home, where they now were.

renco to the Labour Maintenance Burenu.him he had collected a sum of $47.16 Evidence was given by plaintiff as to Lami Yin of the Hop Fat coolie house gave from one of the firm's clients and had

Her

him the money to engage and pay the given the money to one of the partners, the signing of the agreement solicitors had written to Madame Flina for the money owing to her, but no reply toulies at work at the Fo On Godown who denied receiving it. He was told that

Cross-examined by air. Webster, com- the defendant had received the money plainant said he did not know whether Mr. Webster asked complainant a num- had been received,

the defendants had tried to get work.' He ber of questions regarding the transfer saw them on the Praya and he was told of three partnership shares of 8500 each to get fifty men.. It was not true that bewhich Mr. Webster submitted had been was told by Lam Yin to get 52 coolies made over to defendant, who was joint and was given the money to pay 59. He manager and partner in the business with got paid $1.35 and six cash for each coolic the complainant. The complainant denied and he gave them $1.35 each. He kept uiat defendant was a partner or that any the casts and his own pay and that was shares had ever been transferred to him. the only profit he made on the transaction. Complainant denied that when the de- fendants remonstrated with him, he affered to pay them 30 cents each as com- pensation,

The introduction of the import and export permits, which have now been cancelled, caused a considerable amount of irritation to the Customs brokers and merchants at Canton. This developed to such an extent that at least the Customs Brokers declared they would cease to brokers if the system was function as continued. Then the Kuomintang EvoTo whom did you send the accounts way after an informal understanding bad To Madame Flint, and I have receipts.

His Lordship said the main point was een reached under which the brokers

whether she had earned her salary.

Mr. Vaux: Did you render accounts of your business up in Ticntain-Every month

How much were your cash sales in March 1-1 cannot say. We have kept all the accounts, however.

pred to sasist the strike committes in the enforcement of the anti-British boy-in cott by keeping the committes informed

garding the movement of the Canton- Hongkong, trade,

Mr. Vaux: What wore your cash sales March? $73881.

$110.85,- sum alto-hire coolios.e

'In April 1---$1,655.03.

May 1-8591.25 21 And June-$806.23. And in July gecher of 81,062.35. As stated in the Daily Pre yesterdays what was your salary and commission foreign firms, other than British, are now-Salary $300 and commission live per gradually resüming business in Cantonecat City

THE RULERS OF CANTON.

Wang Ching Wei, an old Kuomintang ulherent and a former private secretary

His Lardship pointed out that the position at the end of Jane appeared to be that Madame Flint owed plaintiff $1,197,02-

Mr. Vaux said that he had no evidence to call, and His Lordship entered judg to the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen, now one ment for plaintiff for the full amount,

of the three special commissioners in $500, with a stay of execution, on con-

Lan Yin, of the Hop Fat coolio house, said that he engaged the complainant to

Cross-examined by Ma Webster: He did not know that Li Wai was trying to set up in business as coolie sub contractor. Li Wai did not speak to him between five and seven o'clock in the morning of August 22nd and did not ask for a job unloading flour that morning. He saw Ei Wai hanging about after seven o'clock but witness did not speak to him and did not give him a job

Sergeant Carey, who was in charge of the case, gave evidence of identification.

· Mr. Webster said his case for the de

charge of the Government at Canton, has fdition that the mousy be paid into Courtonee, was that the second defendant,

is assigned by his colleagues to the direction of all civil affairs.

General

before September 5th.

Mr. Bennett made a plea that this was Li Wai, who could read and write, was salary, and asked that there be no stay at one time an agent for some sewing of execution. If the defendants consider machine company in Hongkong, but, dar- Has Chang Chi is in charge of military ed they had any claim on the plaintiff heing the strike, business got bad and be and financial affairs; and General Chiang wubmitted that they were more than cover had to give it up. He was approached Kai Shak of municipal and police affairs.ed by the $5,000, which plaintiff driginally General Chiang, who is also concurrently paid to defendants as against the stock Commissioner of the garrison at Canton she held in Tientsia

His Lordship found against Mr. City, is the supreme ruler of Canton out warily, "with M. Borodin as principal Bennett, and ordered that the stay of adriser, behind the scene. For the pre-execution remain,

zent, the Bolshevika bave only Canton City and the vicinity ander absolate control.

The districts outside are still in the. hands of those who are regarded as lake. warm adherents of the Folshevik cause. General Chiang, ne commandant of the military garrison at Wampos, receives a salary of $10,000 a month. During the last two years, many cadets have graduat ed from this academy, and they are now commanding or serving in the rank and flo of the Red Army in, Canton.

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

RE-OPENED TESTERDAY WITH

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SMALLER ATTENDANCES.

Complainant further denied that he was told that he could mos arrost his own partner and that he said he would charge defendant, although he was a partner, with the, larceny of other articles. The reason complainant had a safe of his own in the shop was because defendant bad been about to start business with another Chinese and during the strike the safe was brought to the shop for safe custody,

At this point, His Worship said the ense did not look like one of larceny. Dó fendant had admitted receiving the $47.16. but the way in which he had admitted taking it was not the action of man who had committed larceny. He did not think he could convict on the evidence that was ! before him. The defendant was therefore discharged.

OPIUM SEIZURE.

$25,000 WORTH ON THE "LIM

CHOW."""

In the early hours of Monday morning Chief Preventive Officer Clarke, Becom- panied by a party of Revenue Officers, boarded the vessel, which arrived in this port on Sunday from Haiphong and Palfici, and after an extensive search in the bunkers they discovered the drug con- Dealed under a farge heap of coals.

The opium was Hongkong opium, and there were 1,200 taels of a $10 & tael. quality and 500 lbs. of 824 a lb. quality. No arrests had been made yesterday. One of the crew, it is learned, suspected of participation in the attempted smugg ling has absconded.

Another big opiuro seizure was made by Li Tin, who suggested it would be a good idea for them to become coolic sub by the local Revenue unthorities on Mon- contractari They approached the master day morning, when they made a haul of the Hop Fat coolis house and asked for on the ss. Lim Chow, a French owned job, which the defence submitted they beat and flying the French flag, of opium were given. They went to the Po On estimated to be worth $25,000 wharf and asked the complainant. not to take the job out of their hands as they had been given i quarrel undoubted. ly took place between the defendants and the complainant "as to their dues and a fight ensued The fight, the defence claimed, prose out of the defendants baving had their jobs taken away by The majority of the non-Government complainant, who afterwards offered them schools re-opened yesterday, but the at-30 cents each as compensation. tendances were not so large as during At this point the case was adjourned pre-strike days. This was due to the until tomorrow (Thursday) morning at fact that after the closing of the schools 11.30 for the summer vacation, a number of the pupils spent their holidays in Canton, where many of them bad their homes They have, owing to the lack of transport and the other difficulties, been unable to return. Also, at the commencement of the A resolution for the voluntary winding strike a number of the boys absented up of the M. Y. San Company was put that there would be refused re-admission. themselves, and the headmasters decided. forward for consideration of the share holders at a meeting held on Pri Yesterday morning numbers of boys day. A similar resolution had been were on with satchels and books going. considered by another meeting bad back to the various schools, we

few months back, but it was thought The Government Schools will re-open on at the time that the liabilities could be September 7th The Government decided dealt with under a special arrangement some time ago, that the senior boys who and the financial position could be tided joined the strike movement would not be |-over" withopf" the Company, having to go readmitted. There will naturally be at the Central Magistracy yesterday ordered from France some cases of cbam-i

Out of business. The atriks, however,

M

SAN COMPANY,

QUESTION OF LIQUIDATION,

altered the outlook

Last works meeting after con cable discussion of the resol

d by the directors for: the

thực Company, a Goth

His Worship intimated that he would probably transfer the second charge to another magistrate.

DESTRUCTION OF TREES.

GODOWN KEEPER FINED.

The police on Monday found in

godown in Belcher's Street, West Point, * "large

rge number of trees which socmed to have been freshly cut. They had been covered with bamboo poles, as also were some other trees in the yard.

The keeper of the godown was charged

fewer students in these schools when they with possession of trees which hail been open a few days, hence, but the cut from, a hillside. Mr. Green, of extent of he expected redaction cannot the Botanical and Forestry Department, | be as yet gaugedi

said that the trees were cut from a plant The British pin, which are affected on below the Infectious Diseases Hon

on September pital at Kennedy Town.

made that shareholders/contaibute 3rd, the margin required this amount closed difignal za per cent, on their fepte The propos body of the ting closed on:

new plan won

Defendant staled that the wood had vike, resumes or Sen brought to the godown by a coolie The majority of the why lived and cooked there Peronal rgdents left for their homes prior to thị cha knew strike, and it is not known whether the At present, there ar SITE about 70 stadenta in the hostels.

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