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unwilling to return to mission schools.

You will be interested to hear that the All Christian schoola în Canton have | Chinese papers in Swatow frothed and postponed their date of re-opening as foamed over the reports of the speeches students and teachers are finding it made by Mr. A. MacGowan at the Hong- difficult to return to Canton from their kong meetings. He had a whole page to vacations owing to lack of transport himself and was dubbed. The Advo facilitive Before re-admitting scholars cate of War on China,”- dangerous the Christian schools will require a signed man who must be watched and much more pledge that all school regulations will to the same effect.

be obeyed. It is not anticipated that. As a matter of fact, we are all these schools will have any difficulty in disappointed that the efforts of the enrolling the usual number of students,

CHINESE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,

Hongkong Community have so far bern. unsuccessful in securing a favourabla response from the Home Government,

H.M.S. Foxylove relieves the Bluebell here next week-end.

ALLEGED ROBBERS.

TAKEN BY SURPRISE. AND SENT FOR TRIAL.

A mass meeting of workers and students. “FOXGLOVE." held in the auditorium of the Canton. Educational Association, Rau Yao Fong, Canton, on August 30th, resolved to dispatch delegates to Shanghai, Hankow, Tientsin and other large cities in Chiña to support the movement for the early restoration of the Chinese National Assembly. It was the idea of the meet ing that the corruption existing in the At the Kowloon Magistracy: yester Government and the inefficiency of the day, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, thres officials would provide an excuse for men were charged with having attempted Foreign Powers to oppose the Chinese to commit an armed robbery at 65, Bai demand for the abolition of extra-Tau Street, on August 19th. The third territorial rights and the restoration of defendant was further charged with tariff autonomy and it was considered possession of a dagger. that the work of the Government could

For the prosecution, it was stated that

not be properly supervised with call-whilst the mistress of the house was ing the National Assembly into being

Li #OOK LAM

it is stated that General Li Fook commanding the troops in Honum has been appointed member of the com- mission to progcute those who have been arrested for plotting against the Bolshevik Government. General a To Chen: chief of the Cantón Police and com mandant of the gendarmes, will, it is said, act with General Li Fook Lam. NATIONALISATION.

sitting in her doorway at 230. in the afternoon, the three men came up to her and commanded her to be silent. Her husband was upstairs, however, and, over- hearing the words, blew a police whistle The three men then ran away. One was caught immediately and the two others arrested later,

Defendants said that they had been invited to the house by the woman's daughter, but this was denied,

The accused were committed to the Criminal Sessions.

ARMED ROBBERY SEQUEL:

The report that the Bolsheviks intend to nationalise the Kab Naam Tong building, the largest office building in Canton, is denied. The building is now partly occupied by the workers strika

At 1.30 in the morning of August 16th, committee, but the occupation is said to four men armed with 'three revolvers and b-temporary only: The Kab Naam Tonga dagger, entered the ground floor of No is one of the few million-dollar buildings 59 Caine Road, by means of a back in Canton. It has just been completed stairway, the door of which had been by a Savings Society associated with the left open. They quickly overpowered the Baptist Churches. It is also rumoured three women, the sole occupants of the that the Bolsheviks are asking for the floor, and decamped with jewellery and return by the French mission in Canton money to the value of $902 of the sites now occupied by the St Three days later one man was arrested Peter's, St Paul's and other building at Yaumati, and two others at a house along the Tit-Tak. Malaco, a short disin Sharp Street, East Point, on the tance from the Brad.

ground that they were concerned in the rabbery. The fourth man is still at large. The three men arrested appeared be

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Magistracy yesterday on a charge of committing an armed robbery. Two of the men were represented by Mr. M. W After certain evidence for the prosecu Hundreds of Chinese gathered round tion had been taken, His Worship the Canton neno wharf at an early adjourned the case until Monday after- Hour yesterday morning to witness the departure of the s." Boom for Canton, the first boat of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company to re- sume the sailings since the strike. She carried a fair amount of cargo and about 350 Chinese and fifteen European passen

The Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, a Director of the Company was present at the wharf, and Mr. W. B. Scott, accom panied by three European Polica Ber- geants in charge of the Indian Guards of the ship, was among the passengers.

It was stated to Daily Prens repro sentative by one of the passengers, that many Chinese were going up the river in order to bring back their sous who were at present in Canton,

noon.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The following typhoon warning was received by the American Consulate General, Hongkong, from the Mac Observatory at 4.00 pm. yesterday:

Typhoon in about 130 Long. E. and 23 deg. Lat. N. moving N.W

LAST NIGHT'S REPORT The Royal Observatory report, issued Last night, reads:

Warning to Hongkong, Depression or typhoon of unknown intensity within 10 miles of Lat. 23 deg N. Long. 123 deg E, moving N.W.

Pressure has decreased slightly over

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Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 6 p.m. to day, 4.00 inch Total since January 1st, 13.66 inches, against an average of 07.04 mches,

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