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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. 1995

IMPROVEMENT IN SWATOW SITUATIÓN.

LABOUR UNION BUILDING, VACATED.

HOPE THAT ALL "REDS" WILL BE DRIVEN FROM THE

DISTRICT BY TO-MORROW.

Private telegrams reaching Hongkong yesterday confirmed the news already published that the Reds had evacuated

Swatow.

A message to one firm announced that the political situation was rapidly im- proving and that it was hoped all the "Reds" would be driven from the neigh bourhood by tomorrow.

The buildings which were formerly occupied by the Labour Unions have been

vacsied.

The prospects of the opposing military factions are discussed in our leading article. The Canton Guiette has no doubt at all concerning the issue and sums up the position in an amusing way.

When the generals of Chan Kwing

Ming, it says, heard that Tuan Chi Jut bad promised to support them and that Wa Pei Fa was willing to use his in- Bunner to supply them with 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition, they were greatly tempted and Segan to plan to ro-attack

Canton,

They are so stupidly blind," is the paperx comment, that they don't know when they have had enough. They seem to like punishment and they will get it in the neck this time."

AN ETHEREAL DREAM. "

"

The Gazette continues:- "The total of Chan Kwing Ming's troops is not more than 18,000. When

LARGE GUN-BOAT FOR THE SOUTH.

PEKING'S AID TO THE ANTI-REDS.

they heard that the Nationalist Govern ment had suppressed all the rebel troops, they began to lose heart ones again. It is reported that at present two-thirds of the officers of Chan have run away oving

to lack of food and ammunition. De-

PROPERTY - SALE,

EXCELLENT

PRICES REALISED.

At the present time ons hardly experts to see very good prices realised at pro- perty sales, but this did actually occur

MARINE COURT OF 'ENQUIRY.

MATE'S TICKET, SUSPENDED FOR TWO YEARS.

A Marine Court of Enquiry was held. at the Harbour Ofßes yesterday for the at an auction of property conducted by: purpose of enquiring into a charge of the Auctioneering and Brokering Co., misenaiduct brought against Mr. Percy at their sales room yesterday afternoon.. Roser Harris, second mate of the British Two properties were offered by order of B.5 Pheumpen. the mortgagee and both were disposed of The Court were Lient. Commander to one purchaser after the upset price. F. Hole, RN., Harbour Master (Pre- had been raised in each case by $20,000 sident), Lieut-Commander C. R. Harvey. The Brat lot offered was the very | R.N. (Supt. of Naval Chart Depot), Mr. valuable leasehold property known as the R. Hill (master of the ss. debilles), Mr. cause of the conflict between Lam Fe and remaining portion of Section M of Marine F. C. Gambrill (naster of this.

Lot 414 together with No. 1a and No Changle), and Mr. J. G. Smith (master Hung Chao Lin, they are not able to co-1, Eastern Street. The property, which of the sa Tong Tong) operate with each other. During the contains an area of 1,83 square feet or fight between the Kuomintang soldiers thereabouts and is held under a Crows and the troops of Hung Chao Lin at Lease for the term of 190 years, has a Tungkiang last Spring. Lam Fu refused Crown Rent of $37.60 per annum. to aid Hung Chao Lin's defeated troops. Li Yuo Fo, a well-known general of Chan Kwing Ming's army and a rival of Hung Chao Lin, is now resting his poor self in Hongkong.

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This lot was put up at an upset price of 30,000 and by $500 bids was advanced to $88,000, at which figure it was knocked

down to Mr. Li Chan Shi

The Court was opened by the reading. of the charge against Mr. Harris as entered in the log book on August 19th, the extract from which stated that Mr. Harris was found asleep. in the chart house of the Pheumpenh at 3.20 nm, ea August 19th, while acting as officer of the watch and that his sleep was caused by the excessive usó of intoxicating liquor.

The second lot offered was a leasehold In view of the above sate of affairs, property known as Section R of Marine the reattacking of Canton by generals Lot 414 together with the buildings there- Mr. Arthur Walter Hall (master of the of Chan Kwing Ming again becomes an

po known as Nos. 133 and 134. Connaught Pheumpenh) said that on August 19th ethereal dream. Natives of Tungking Road West. It contains an area of at 1 am. he went on to the bridge. under the terribly oppression of Chan 3,177 square feet or thereabouts and is The ship was then about thirty milea Kwing Ming's lawless soldiers have many held under the same Crown Lease as Lot north of Varella. Mr. Harris was en times urged the Nationalist Governmrat 1. The Crown Rent, payable per annum, duty na officer of the watch, and witness. to send Kuomintang soldiers to rescue is $5847.

told him to let him (witness) know when them.".

The upset price for this property was Varella was on a four point bearing General Hung Chao Lin and Lam Tu60,000. From this figure it was advan Witness then left the bridge nad weat arn now reported to be in Chao Chu Fuced by two hid's of $1,000 followed by to his cabin. ·Witness went up to the and **Swatow. It is reported that #500 bid, after which it was further bridge again at 1.45 am. when Yarella General Chan Kwing Ming has no in advanced by bids of $1,000 to the sum tention of launching an attack against of $50,000, at which figure it was knock to let him know when Varella was on was on the bearing and told Mr. Harris Canton at present. The project mayed down to the same purchaser, Mr. Lithe beam. About 3.20 witness woke up even." bo, as suggested, "an ethereal Chan Shi dream." But the Gazette says nothing about Swatow.

ADVICE FROM PEKING.

EARLY TERMINATION OF THE

BOYCOTT DESIRED.

At the China Auction Rooms yester day afternoon there was to have been à sale of leasehold property situated at Nos. 143 and 145, Queen's Road Central, by order of the mortgagee. This sale, however, did not take place, being post- poned until Friday, October 2nd.

THE "WAH SHAN"

TO BECOME A CHINESE NAVAL

TRANSPORT.

[THOM QUE CHINESE COERISPONDENT]

INFLUENTIAL BODIES AT WORK.

[BY SUE CHINESE COREEDPONDENT. ] By consent of Chief Executive Tuan:

In order that the forthcoming Tariff Chi Jui of the Peking Government, a'

News reached hers yesterday that Chinese ganboat of the larger type will and other conferences in North China' be assigned to the military command of may not be prejudiced, leading Cantonese the s.s. Wah Shan, the steamer which in Peking and Shanghai, Admiral Thai was recently captured while on her way the eight circuits in South-western

Ting Kan, ex-Premier Tang Shao Yi and from Kwang Chow Wan to Hongkong Kwangtung, where General Tang Pun others have, through their friends ar

with a cargo of livestock, is to be con-

and Varella was then" past the bearing (past the beam). Witness wondered why no one had called him and went up the starboard side of the bridge, where he found neither the quartermaster nor the officer of the watch. Just as witness came around to the side of the chart house, the quartermaster, came rushing out of the chart room. Entering the chart room, witness found the second mate asleep on the settee. He decided not to wake him until he had a witness. Wit nese went down and summoned the Chief Engineer to the bridge and woke Mr. Harris in the presence of the Chief Engineer, Mr. Harris seemed dazed and did not say anything.

The President: You have produced na

Yun is the general commanding. With riving at Canton, and Hongkong, been/verted into a naval transport vessel by evidence apart from the log entry to show

a large gunboat at his service, it is exstrongly advising the early termination pected that he will be able to render greater aid to the many militariata who are now starting a campaign to oust

of the trade boycott.

DELEGATES FROM HONGKONG. Hongkong Chinese, through the 24 the prescat Kuomintang regime from leading trade guilds, have decided to

Canton,

the Canton authorities.

that this was due to alcoholic liquor?

Witness: No. I was only daking a bare statement.

The President: Mr. Harris, have you any questions to ask the witness?

Mr. Harris No, air, I don't think

The Wak Shan, it will be recalled, was handed over to the Government, following her seizure, by the order of the Canton authorities, on the pretext that she had military officers on board at the time send a delegation to Canton to negotiate she was seized and also that political) so." A DOVETYUL SUPPORTKÉ

with the workers strike committee re-documents were found on the vessel Chinese press reports state that General garding the resumption of Canton-Bong- Hsiang Hch Wu, who recently arrived kong trade and communication, but the in Northern Kwangtung with irregular Hongkong delegation will not leave for troops on the invitation of the BolsheCanton until the arrival of the reply vika, is only a lukewarm adherent of the from Canton workers. Reds and may desert his new matere, whose position in Canton is regarded as

*ahaky.”

FOREIGN FIRMS IN CANTON. As stated in the Daily Press recently Japanese firms in the native section of VT UOB MAN

Canton have re-opened, their businesses Ex-Governor Wu Hon Man, although Owners of modern buildings along the released from military custody, is under West Bund are now receiving many constant surveillance, and will be closely offers from other foreign firms and watched until his departure from Can-agencies who wish to engage rooms there, too. It is stated in some quarters thas some intimating that they will maintain be will be'exiled to Russia

a city offico on the Bund, although they may eventually re-open their establish maata on Shameen.

WERY MUCH-ALIVA,

Genral Chiang Kai Shek, commander- Zu-chief of the Red Army in Canton, is COMMUNICATION WITH SHAMEEN. very alive, despite rumours to the con- In addition to the Customs Iaunch trary. At the dinner which the Bolshe-which goes to Shameen regularly to wiks gave to the Canton, merchants on facilitate the work of the foreign staff, September 14th, his speech was the lougeat there are now motor-boate operated by of the evening.

Americans which call at Shameen, Feng- tsuen, Peak Hok Tung, and Tungshan The Commissar of Finance of the Kuo-several times a day. The Canton Chris- mintang Government in Canton has an College launch is also running and again wired the tangistrates of the cells at Shameen almost daily.

CAPITAL TAX.

.

different districts under Bed rule to ex-

pedite the anforcement of the "capital

tax" on all persons possessing a pro-

, 1,

Mr. A. Y. Forsyth (Chief Engineer of The decision to transfer the vessel to the the: Pheumpenh) mið that on August Canton Navy was made at a meeting of the 19th, about 3:30 a.m., he was called to Central Executive Committee of the Gov- the chart room by the captain of the erament and at this meeting it was point-vessel. He saw Mr. Harris asleep on ed out that the fah Shan was strongly the settee. The captain woke Mr. Harris built of steel and was capable of main in his presence and ordered Mr. Harris taining a good speed:

to his room. The captais sent for Mr. Harris the same morning at 9 o'clock and read out the entry that he had made in the log regarding the matter. ness signed that report as being correct.

Mr. Harris had no questions to ask this witness,

The Wah Shun is a small coasting steamer of about 300 tons, and her local agcats are Messra Sui Lee. She was em ployed on the run between Hongkong Maeno and Kwang Chow Wan...

FIREWOOD SUPPLIES. CHINESE DEALERS IMPORTING

FROM SINGAPORE.

Wit-

The President: On the night in ques tion, previons to 3.15, did you receive orders, from the master to call him when Varolla got abeam?-Yes, sir..

Mr. Harris elected to go into the witness-box and give evidence on his own behalf. He said he was second mate of the s.. Phewrpent and he was very very It is highly probable that the Govern- sorry that this had happened. Ho bad mont's depot at Wanchai for the selling been suffering from a form of dysentery of firewood will be closed soon, since the and it had left him weak. He had been Chinese vendors have a sufficient stock without food or sleep for two days or in hand now.

Since the closing of the so. He admitted the offence, and said West River districts whence supplies that about 3.15 on the morning of August come in pre-strike days, the Colony's 19th he, went and lay down in the chart applies have been brought from Singa room as he was feeling overcome with porc, and the Government were the first weariness and weakness and west to to approach this source of supply. The sleep. Chinese, firewood dealers have also re- ecutly got supplies from Singapore, and the price has bean towered, The Goveru ment took over the control so that there would be a fair division amongst buyers, The President: When the master was and to stop profiteering, Beveik previously on the bridge did you com-

Another event which has relieved: the frowood situation occurred during the last few days. Two lighters owned by a Hongkong firm were at the beginning of the strike loading firewood at Kan Kong Rayanus Officers were responsible for on the West River. They failed to get the finding of a large quantity of arms Away until a week or so ago and arrived in Hongkong with their cargo, which on the se. Amalitia Mars on which was particularly large. It was aficient search was conducted on Thursday. The to last the Colony for at least a fort

night. Tho Went Biver wood is better yosol had come from Swatow,

than the Singaporo produce, but there The haul included 31 Lagar pistols, is no doubt that had the Government not Ave Smith and Wesson revolvers, 77 taken up the rustter of importing sup- automatics and 17,000 rounds of ammuni- plica there would have been a complete tion.

stoppage.

HAUL OF ARMS.

perty worth $500 or more, the rate being SEIZED ON S.S. "AMAKUSA MARU."

40 per cent.

WEICHED W.

Reports from Wuchow state that the Bolshevika there are making the joining of a labour union by all workers com palsory. An order by the Federation of Labour of Wuchow says that employers shall not ranploy a дn-union worker.

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plain about fooling illi—No, sir......

The President: Have you may wit- ness to call—No, sir.

The Court then adjourned to consider, its fading, resuming again after about twenty minutes absence.

The President announced that the fuding of the Court was that “My. Harris, second, mate of the British Pheumpen, was found asleep when per forming the duties of officer of the watch on August 19th, when the ship was under way on the high sena. The Court, there- fore, adjudged that his certificate of competency as first mate should be auspended for two years,”

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