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THE BOYCOTT,

AN INTERESTING RUMOUR. (PRÖM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]

THE

LEAVING THE COLONY. PASSENGERS DEPARTING ON **EMPRESS OF ASIA." Several well known people are leaving Hongkong by the RM.8. Empress of faiz to-morrow at noon. "Some are pro ceeding to the North only, while others are going to England rid Cansda on boliday.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH ACIL

A DISTRAINT RELEASED.

GOODS ORDERED TO BE RETURNED.

THE YM.C.A.

A DISTINGUISHED OFFICIAL „VISITS” HONGKONG.

Before Mr. Justice Wood in the Sun- Hongkong, in the last few days, has mary Court yesterday, Mrs. G. G. Jorge had the pleasure, of a visit from one of claimed the suspension of a distraint Britain's most distinguished war women which had been made for the seizure ofano who had an enviable record for household goods at No. 3, Saifee Terrace, service-Hrs. G. F. Hitfeld, O.B.E., Honorary Secretary of the National Women's Auxiliary, YMCA., of Great Britain.

Kowloon.

I give for what it is worth a statement by a Wah The Fan special correspondent that Mr. Wang Ching Wei, chairman of the Kuomintang in Canton; Dr. C. C. Wu, acting Canton Mayor; and Mr. Fee

They include Mr. T R. Percy, Ping Sheung, Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Canton, acting as a Govern- general agent of the passenger depart- ́ment, have decided to, tako direct actionment of the C.P.R.," in Hongkong, who themselves to end the present strike and has been transferred to Shanghai,, and it was common ground in the case that y.1.C.A's over all the World, inchiding boycott new interrupting trade and who will be accompanied by Mrs. Percy. traffic between Canton and Hongkong,

CANTON'S MILITARY

EXPENDITURE.

Mr. J. A. Gordon Leask represented Mrs. Jorge, and Mr. D. McCallum wa for the landlord, Alessrs. Kaymally & Co.

bene-

892, two mouths' rent, was owing.

Mrs. Jorge stated in evidence that the Mrs. C. Russell-Brown, wife of Col C

property which had been seized belonged Russell-Brown, who is going to Kobe.

Mrs. A. Britton Schuyler, is accompany to her two infant children, for whom it ing Mrs. Russell-Brown as far as Kobe, was hell in trust. They were and then proceeding on a round-the-worldficiaries under the will of her mother in law, Mira. E. J. B. Jorge. Witness also stated that when the goods were seized, she did not know that her husband owed

tour..

Mr. J. J. Harrington, of the Cosmo- politan Dock, and Mre" Harrington, who are going to Vancouver."

FROM OVE CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] Owing to the heavy demands for funds from the military authorities in Canton

Mrs. G. E. Osland-Hill and Miss last week-end, the Ministry of Finance ordered the Salt Commission to remit Osland-Hill, wife and daughter of the $950,000 within three days. The latter Commissioner of the Chinese Post Office was unable to comply with the request. at Canton, who are going to Shanghai According to the latest estimate the to await the arrival of the Empress Kuomintang military expenses in Can-Canada, to sail from Shanghai on March ton and vicinity are about 350.000 a day. 2nd, on which liner Mr. Osland-Hill will Mr. Wang Ching Wei, chairman of the be a passenger. They will then proceed Kuomintang, in his address at the on Home leave. inauguration of the Educational Com- missign, the other day, wid that at the present time, no less than four-fifths of the public revenue of Canton had to be applied to military expenditure. A meagre sum was available for education just now, but the Kuomintang, hoped to see greater proportion of its income going to public education in the future.

CANTON'S RUSSIAN ADVISERS,

(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT] General Li Tsai Sum, commander of the 4th Kuomintang Army Corps who conducted the late campaign against the anti-Reds in Southern Kwangtung and island of Hainan, has replaced General Rogachoff, as Chief of Staff of the Kuo- mintacg. General Rogachof will remain as high military adviser to the Kuomia- tang Army.

Admiral Seminoff, commanding the Kuomintang Navy in Canton waters, visited the island of Hainan. Inst week, prior to his departure for North China on furiough. There have been rumours that he will not return to Canton, be

cause the, Political Commission ding proved his scheme to raise at least $2,000,000 a year by imposing a fee for the protection by special convoy of vessels plying in Canton waters. Ship owners strongly object to paying further in- pasts.

Mr. A. Nicol, of the Port Development Department. Hongkong, and Mrs. Nicol, who are going to England on holiday via

Canada.

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Mr. A. R. Blinko, a member of the Shanghai Interport Golf team which re- cently played here, who is returning to Shanghai.

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Mr. E. McBain, who has been down from Shanghai for the races.

Mr. F. B. Marshall, who has also been visiting Hongkong for the races.

Mr. C. M. Burnie, of the Union Insur ance Society, is returning to Shanghai..

FUNERAL OF MR. LEUNG KAM LUN.

IMPRESSIVE SCENES AT

INTERMENT. .. ·

the money.

In answer to his Lordship, she said that her husband had no interest in the goods, and replying to Mr. McCallum she said that her bustand could not claim anything in the houser

On his Lordship remarking that the facts as disclosed changed the aspect of the case, Mr. McCallum argued that if a landlord was not permitted to distrain because goods belonged in trast to some one else who had a beneficiary interest 21 wida in the tenaney, it opened up avenue to which there would be no end. A tenant could take premises, put in furniture and say they were someone else's. The possibility of fraud was un- limited. Under the law at Home specific provision was made regarding the pro perty of lodgers, strangers, etc., but even then the Court had to be satisfied that they had a beneficiary interest in the tenancy, property or premises. A deci- sion in favour of the suspension of dis- traint would make the position of local landlords most dificult

His Lordship held that in view of Mrs Jorge's evidence he had no option but to make an order for the release of the dis traint to the claimant, and "ordered the landlord to pay half the costs of the case.

There were impressive scenes at the funeral of the late Mr. Leung. Kom Lun, assistant compradore of the Hongkong AN ELABORATE DEVICE TO and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., on Tuesday, when his remains were interred at the Chinese Protestaat Ceme tery, Pokfulam.

A very large gathering of relatives and friends assembled to pay their last res pects to the deceased. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. G. R. Lindsay (Vicar of St. Andrew's, Kowloon), assisted by the Rev. Li Kam Tan (St. Paul's Church)."

STEAL OIL..

Mrs. Hathelti has been visiting.

the United States and Japan. The

Chinese YMCA of Hongkong in the th and the Europeas YM.C.A. » Row- on the 78th on the list she has had the pleasure to jaspect. She has commented favourably on all these.

This distinguished visitor is one of

and is a member of the National Council several women secretaries of the YM.C.A. of Great Britain, with a vote. Accord- ing to ore knowing her work, "the

woman had previously had, at the stepped into this unusual position which

outset of the War, and the organization no

of 40.000 workers, mostly voluntary, was her responsibility. This is her first holi day since those days.”

Upon returning from France she, with others, organized the work of the Women's Auxiliary Y.M.C.A. She was honoured by the King with the Order of an Officer of the British Empire (0.B.E.);

Speaking of the work in Great Britain, Mrs. Hatfield, among other things, said: "The boys work in the Y.M.C.A.'s öf England is especially for the unden privileged boy, and in London alone there are over 2,000 boy members. Many thou sands of others are, of course, reached from time to time in various ways. The great purpose is to enable these boys to make better use of their leisure hours. Among the activities of the clubs are music, socials, games, reading rooms,. some playground games, though there is not enough playground and only a few gymnasiams.

"A great many high school boys and university studeat help in tacss clubs, and sometimes there have been summer camps with students as leaders. Thiring certain strikes, the non-members who were uneraployed were given all the privileges of the clubs. The movement has spread At the Central Magistracy yesterday, over all England and Wales, and has now a Chinese was charged with being con- good national supervision. The loyalty cered in an attempt to steal large of some of the boys to their clubs is very quantities of crude oil from the tanks of great. In some cases, the only room that the A.P.C. installation at North Paint. could be secured for club purposes was It was also disclosed in the course of the cellar or basement, but the boys and case that a clever conspiracy was afoot, a few volunteer leaders fixed it up, and and that the thieves had hit upon an transformed it into a bright, honey place ingenious device to steal the oil. Had where the boys could meet regularly. In probable that large quantities would have ment, there are now 300 members. It is the theft not being detected, it is very one such club, which began in a base been stolen.

utterly impossible for a man in a big city club to understand the loyalty of these boys to each other and their club."

Inspector Field, of the Bay View Police The coffin was carried from deceased's

Station, said that further arrests might residence at No. 3, Ashley Road, How be made, as the case indicated the exist CANTON RIVER TRAFFIC. loon, through Haiphong Road to No. 1 ence of a conspiracy amongst the servants Wharf of the godowns, where it was lights on the wharf failed and this aroused of the Company. On Tuesday night the NO DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED placed on a lighter, which was lowed by the suspicions of a watchman. Defendant No difficulties are being experienced in one of the Company's launches to Jar-was soon after arrested on a water boat connection with the river service from dine's Pier, West Point, where it was ping alongside the whart at North Point boat was connected by a tap and landed, and placed in the beatae. pipe-line with one of the crude oil tanks, Hongkong to Canton and vice term.

As intimated on Monday, steamers

The remains of deceased were followed and some six tons had been got into the boat by means of this ingenious device. plying on this run are making quite satis-by many mourners, including a large re- The owner of the boat had not as yet factory trips considering existing condi- presentation of employees of the Godown been found.

The case was remanded for one week."! tions. There has been a marked increase Company.. In the number of passengers arriving here Near the University Cricket Ground, from Caston..

Pokfulam, the cortege halted in order Reports from both the Lungalian and that friends might pay their last res Patahan are to the effect that thers haspects.

Among those present were: een no interference by the strike-pic-

Mr. F. H. Crapnell (Acting Secretary Kets with regard to the disembarking or of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf embarkation" of passengers at Canton." and Godown Co.), Mr. J. Hooper, Mr. T. Ferguson, Mr. E. H. Neave, and Mr. Among the passengers who arrived in A. W. Heron (of the Company's staff), Hongkong on Tuesday afternoon by the Mr. Wong Kam Tak, Mr. E. D. Kote * Fatılan were Sir James Jamieson, wall, Mr. Lo Cheung Ip, Mr. Ho Wingmurdered man out of the house, and left Mr. H. K Hang, Mr. W. L. Ford, Mr. H. Gittins, Mr. Wong Tak Kwong, Mr.it in the street. This was done solely for A. P. Greeves, Mr. Shi Yu Han, Mr. the purpose of freeing the tenants of the Hung Hing Fat, Mr. Henry Lowcock, floor from any implication in the murder, Mr. Wong Tong, Mr. Tai Ming Tak and many others.

! - A very large number of floral tributes testified to the popularity of the deceased gentleman. Quite & large number of them were from European. friends.

HM's Consul General at Shameen, and the Senior British Naval Officer on the West River,

LATE MR. SIDNEY JOHN HARRIS. FUNERAL OF CHINESE ADMINIS TRATION POSTAL OFFICIAL

The funeral took place at the Pro- testant Cemetery, Happy Valley, on Monday of the late Mr. Sidney John. Harris, accountant in the Chinese Postal Administration, who died at the French Hospital, Causeway Bay, while on his way to Nanking from Yunnan Fu. The

MOTOR BUS WRECKED. COLLISION IN. KOWLOON,

A motor bus was badly damaged in a collision with a motor yan of the Hong. kong Police Force, near the Star Ferry, Kowloon, yesterday morning. The front part of the bus was completely wrecked. the ferry, and furned into Canton Road Both vehicles were proceeding towards

crashed into the side of the van. The van was only slightly damaged. No one was injured.

SERIOUS CHARGE WITHDRAWN. ECHO OF WANCHAI MURDER. At the Central Magistracy yesterday, Detective Inspector T. Murphy applied for the withdrawal ol a' charge against two Chinese of being accessories to the fuct of a murder which was committed at Wanchai recently. He said that the defendants had taken the body of the

The two men pleaded guilty to a charge of having dumped the body in the street, and they were, accordingly remanded on bail of $100 each.

FOREST GUARD ASSAULTED;

TWO CHINESE CHARGED, AT,

KOWLOON.

Before Mr. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, two Chinese were

guard. charged with having assaulted a forest

There are at least six such dubs for boys in the poorer districts of London alone, financed largely by the National Women's Auxiliary, each club costing, on an average of about 2500 a year.

Mra Hatfield is to leave Hongkong for the Straits in a day or two.

Before visiting China, Mrs Hatfield was in Japan, going there from Australia, where she inspected some of the Associa tion activities. She emphasized the fact that the YM.C.A was among the indis pensable institutions for society to day..

Mrs Hatfield worked hard for the cause War, of the Allied soldiers during the travelling between England and the front co-operating with 40,000 other women engaged in similar service for the soldiers through the YMCA. huts on the fields. She was among the first to be recognized by the King for her distinguished services after the Great War.

DISOBEYED THE CAPTAIN. *** BRITISH SEAMEN SENT TO

PRISON.

** *

Before Lieut. Commander G. F. Hole, R.N., at the Marine. Court yesterday, J. W. Smith, an able seaman on, the Blue Funnels.s, Knight Companion, was sent to prison for four months for having. unlawfully, wilfully and continuously dis obeyed the lawful commanda of Captain G. O. Reed, the master of the Knight Companion, at sea, on February 24th, 26th, 27th and 8th.

Defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, His Worship also ordered that defen dant be fixed nine days' pay, out of which are to be paid the expenses of his im- prisonment, the balance to be credited On the appication of Mr. H: to Bovenue. It was also ordered that be Green Superintendent of the Botanical he paid off before the Shipping Master. and Forestry Department, who said that

for one week was granted. complainant was in hospital, a remand

Another Chinese was charged with cut- offering a bribe of $1.30 to a forest guard He was fined $50 on the first count, and

$5 on the second:

THE COMING FLOWER SHOW

flower and vegetable show of the Hong Long Horticultural Society should prove a very good one The entrics this year compare with those of last year as fol. lows

deceased was being accompanied on his almost at the same time, when the busting and damaging pine trees, and with the 5ne weather continues the annual journey by his wife.

The late Mr. Harris, was only 37 years of age, and was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harris, of" Haleyon.” Royal Parade, Eastbourne. Deceased had travelled extensively in Thibes and carried out considerable pioneer work in 4he Chinese postal service.

WEATHER: REFORT.

EUROPEAN LADY'S LOSS.

Last night's weather report, "forecast THEFT AT TREGUNTER MANSIONS.

and remarks by the Royal Observatory Mrs Backhouse, of No. 5 Tregunter said:

The anti-cyclone is moving eastward The funeral was attended by his Mansions, reported to the police on Tues widow, as chief mourner, Mra Macklen day, that sometime between February over 8. Manchuria. Moderate monsoon burgh, Mrs. Duppuy, Mr. A. P. Buagey, 18th and the 2nd inst. a thief entered may ho. expected along the 8.E. const of Mr. F. A Ferry, Mr. H. L. Mecklen her bedroom, and stole a handbag con- China and over the China Sea. burgh, Captain Alexander, of the staining money and jewellery to the value Local forecast:-P winds, generally

of $149. Afinaang, and Mr. A.. O. Suad

cloudy.

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