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THE DEMONSTRATION IN CANTON.

FEW HONGKONG CHINESE ATTRACTED.

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]

The Kuomintang Ministry of Foreiga Affairs, according to & Kuomintang organ, has officially communicated to too Hong- kong Government the desire of tho Kuo- mintang to effect a settlement of the dif- ficulties which are preventing trade be- tween the two ports. The three special commissioners appointed to deal with the matter on behalf of Canton are Mr. Eugene Chen, Mr. T. V. Soong, and Mr.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THUESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 1925

KUOMINTANG WAR

BONDS.

A DRUG ON THE MARKET.

NO BID FOR GAMBLING MONOPOLY.

SCARCITY OF MONEY.

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]

According to reports from Kuomintang sources, the Kuomintang "troops. have regained Poching, in Hunan, and the forces under General Yeh Kai Chin are retreating westwards.

The Kuomintang Army in Canton, it is stated in other quarters, is unable to dis. patch further reinforcement to Human just now, owing to lack of“funda.

Mr. Fok Chi Ting, head of the War

FILING SHARE ALLOTMENTS,

EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED

MESSRS. WATSONS.

At the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. H. S. Sheldon, on behalf of Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co. applied for exten sion of time for the filing of share allot- menta

SUMMARY COURT.

HE LAW RELATING TO DOMESTIC

TENEMENTS.

At the Summary Court yesterday, Mr: Justice Wood gave judgment in a case in which a Chinese firm was sued for the

payment of rent. The defendants claim- He said a return. should have been fed that the plaintif was charging a highër Aled some time ago. Before December, 1924, the Company made a new issue of rent than he was entitled to charge.

In the judgment, His Lordship said that 30,000 shares, and on December 12th of the same year Messrs. Deacons filed the he was asked to decide what was the return of 23,838 of these shares which standard rent for 18, Gildan Bazaar, a had been taken up, leaving 1,164 va- allotted. These shares were later sold house consisting of three floors. In 1923 to Messrs. Benjamin & Potta Owing to each floor "was separately let at a total rent of $33 a month. Later the premises. accident and inadvertence, the allotment of these shares was not filed...

were let as a whole and $150 per was charged." Plaintiff was the lessor and the defendant firm the original lessee.

Sir Henry Gollan (the Chief Justice), granted an extension for seven days.

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Bonds Bureau of the Kuomintang Minis ALLEGED COPYRIGHT INFRINGE Plaintiff claimed that the new rent, 8130;

try of Finance, has handed in his ro

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was the standard rent, and defendant held

Chan Kung Pok. The communication, it is said, requested the Hongkong Govern- ment to appoint a similar number of resignation, as he has failed so far to dis THE DISPUTE OVER THE KID' that it was $93. presentatives with power to negotiate.

pose of any large amount of bonds

The Kuomintang, it will recalled, have among the Canton merchants. Less than

FILM.

The object of the legislature, said His The hearing of the adjourned summons Lordship; had been to protect existing $100,000, of the $5,000,000 bonds have been taken out by the Hongkong Amusements, tenants in their occupation. The tenants up to the present always adopted the subscribed. The Kuomintang propaganda Ltd., against the How Woo Trading Cor of the three floors in this particular house "attitude of "spectators" and have insist-division has tried to obtain support for poration, of Hongkong, for an alleged

infringement of copyright in connection were amply protected by the Ordinance. ed that the strike and boycott were at the bonds by arranging "demonstrations with the famous Charlie Chaplin film, Had they not themselves surrendered ters for the Hongkong employers and and by emphasising the importance of the The Kid," was continued before their tenancies, they would still be pro- But having surrendered their Chinese workere to settle between them-steps recently taken to abolish the oil R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy tected.

yesterday.

tenancies it could scarcely be argued that The resumed hearing led to further the Ordinance intended to go further and selves In order that they might change monopoly and to settle the boycott. The

to furnish favourable conditions for the their role, it is stated, the subsidiary results, however, have not been as good argument between Mr. E. S. Brooka organizations in the party were advised as was anticipated. Up till yesterday no(for, the prosecution) and Mr. J. A. to petition them for aid in expediting at. important Canton-Hongkong firm had The Kuomintang, as expressed a willingness to become agent early settlement. expected, replied favourably and appoint for the disposal of Kuomintang war bonds in Hongkong or to arrange for a party of ed their delegates as stated

Hongkong Chinese to visit Canton next Tuesday, "when the subsidiary organiza tions of the Cominunist Party and the Third International will hold a meeting of their comrades to support the

On June 15th. the Kuomintang Workers Conference, in organization of labour unions d'ominated by: the Third Interna- tional in Canton; will meet, and a resolu-

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tion, it is expected, will be passed em-policy of the Kuomintang in the coming powering the Kuomintang to carry on Northern Expedition." negotiations. Up to date 151 labour The Kuomintang are pledging certain unions in Canton have signified their in-public lands in Canton de security for tention to meet at the call of the Kuomin- their honda but as far as the public are tang Labour Division.

As was stated in the Daily Press yesterday special facilities were being offered to visitors from Hongkong to

Canton between June 11th and 18th in order that they might attend the great demonstration of loyalty to the Party that is being organised.

According to the Min Kuo Jih Pan, a Kuomintang organ in Canton, the Can ton-Strike Committee will issue special passes to Chinese from Hongkong at $10 cach. Those holding these passes may travel from Hongkong to Canton on June 11th to 14th, and return from 15th to 17th. The Min Kun Jih Pan states that more than 1,000 Hongkong Chinese were ready to proceed to Canton in these terms.

concerned this furnishes no guarantee that the bonds will not be repudiated by some subsequent administration.

So far no syndicate has been willing to make an offer for the gambling mono- poly in the north section of Canton City, except on a daily basis. Even the upect price of $10,500 daily without the usual official-gift" has not attracted many applicants.

Gordon Leask (for the defçnce).

When the case came up last week the point was raised by Mr. Leask that only the owners of the film had the right to bring proceedings for infringement of copyright. Mr. Brooks repked by quoting

a clause in the Copyright Act, which be argued, gave the Hongkong Amusements Co. that right.

Yesterday, His Worship upheld Mr. Brooks' argument.

Mr. Leask then referred to the evidenco

of Sergeant Kennedy that on the ceaser- ship card the How Woo Film Corpora- tion appeared as the owners. His caIS was that the defendants, when they hand ed the film to the Kwong Chee Theatre, believed that the How Woo Film Corpora- tion were the owners,

new tenants. The new tenancy granted to the defendant firm in 1994 was the tenancy of a domestic tenant, and what- ever, character each floor may have acquired previously had become dormant. Judgment with costs was given to plaintif

Mr. L. R. Ardrewes was for the plain- tut and Mr. Owen for the defendants.

ALLEGED MAKING OF CANNON, CHARGE AGAINST A CHINESE ENGINEER.

The case in which Lai Tak, the master of the Tin Lee engineering shop at Ne 3534 Reclamation Street, Mongkok, is. being charged with possession of six dismantled cannon and spare parts was continued before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill at! the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday after-

Asked to explain the similarity with regard to the names, Mr. Leask said that the How Woo Trading Corporation of noon.

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Hongkong (the defendants) were an off- "Sergt. Kenhedly said he found several shoot of the Shanghai corporation (How pieces of cannon on defendant's premises. Woo Film Corporation) and, as far as the Two parts were found on the foreshore film business was concerned. merely acted nearby. Defendant, through an inter- as agents for the hiring of films to local preter, had informed the police they they had been put there to see whether they would leak salt water.""

theatres.

Mr. Brooks mentioned that he had been informed that Mr. E W. Hamilton, who Chan Chan, & watchmar. and cook at. was acting as film censor at the time, the Ho Lat Kee timber yard, which is adjacent to the Tin Lee engineering shop, said he remembered the police searching the yard on May 7th and 8th when some were found. spare parts of the "canner

To raise a large sum of money under the pretext of Whampoa Port Develop ment, the Kuomintang in Canton have had not to the best of his recollection, announced the organization of a Wham-censored the film at ah and Mr. Brooks poa Port Development Syndicate, part of added that it was extremely probable the the capital of which is to be contributed censorship card produced to the police

An arrangement had been made whereby. by the Kuomintang. The initial capital sergeant was not a genuine one. will be $10,000,000 to be divided into Mr. Leisk objected to this but His the Tin Lee could use the yard for dollar shares. The first board of direc Worship interposed with the remark that storing articles. The articles found in tors of the syndicate will comprise 11 it was extremely strange that the card the yard had been put there by the

owners of the Tin Leo shop. members, six of whom will be nominated has disappeared.- by the, Kuomintang...

On Mr. Brooks offering to call evidence

Replying, to Mr. Fitzroy, witness said to support his allogation, Mr. Leask that the owner of the yard and defendant - Local enquiries, however, suggest that

Friends of General Wu Te Chen have again objected, saying that it was irre-were good friends, and the defendant very few Chinese will go from Hongkong. wired to Mrs. Sun Yat Sen, a sister of gular as the prosecution bad already often made use of the yard.

Replying to the Magistrate the witness Moreover, the permits which were to have Mr. T. 7. Soong, a Kuomintang lender closed its case. He (Mr. Leask) had

now in close touch with General Chiang merely raised the question of the card said that he did not notice whether the small gua " was partly covered with been forwarded by the Canton Strike Kai Shek, to use her influence to effect because it, arose on the point whether

boards. Committee had not come to hand yester-Wu Te Chen's release. Mr. Wu To Chen the defendants had guilty knowledge

Wong Kong, a draughtsman employed day.

is regarded as a friend by the whole Bun regarding the rights of the film. Following further discussion family..

where this card might be, Mr. Brooks by the Kwong Tak Cheung Engineering" The officers of the 17th Division of the held that it was for the defendants to and Shipbuilding Company at To Kwa Kuomintang Army, formerly commanded

produce it if they had it. Continuing, Wan, gave it as his opinion that the

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The Min Kun Jih Pan also reported that six Kuomintang corarades-Tshi Po

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Kun, Wong Ming Yi, Tom Yen Pok, Liby General Wu Te Chea, are jointly peu Mr. Brooks said that Mr. Hamilton was "gun" parts could not constitute &

Fong Po, Wong Shiu Hung, Lá Chen Fong, tioned General Chiang Kai Shek for his

a great admirer of Charlie Chaplin's pic-machine. On being shown a sketch which and others were to organize a Kuomin- early release and a number of labour tures and would have remembered if he the defence alleged was a pian of the tang branch in Hongkong.

unions are also doing what they can on had passed" "The Kid." He was fairly big "gun" witness considered that it

A Kuomintang organ states that the his behalf.

Canton-Hongkong strike will be settled within 45 days, and possibly within 10 or 20 days.

MISS VIOLET CAPELL'S PUPILS. PRESENTATION TO THEIR TEACHER.

AN UNLUCKY DISTRICT.

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positive be had not.

His Worship intimated that if the card Information has just reached Canton could be produced to show that the film that the heavy rain in the Lienhsien dis had passed through the censor's hands be trict, North River, on May 25th, was would not proceed further with the case.

Mr. Brooks: My friend has it. He can responsible for the collapse of nearly 1,000 homes and the death by drowning of produce it. some 150 persons. Nearly 20,000 mom el cultivated land were fooded. The suffer ers are asking their clanamen in Canton for aid and relief service.

was not what it-purported to be.

Witness further stated that he had seen

a hand-turned peanut crusher, but had never seen a piston or rod used. He had never seen a crusher similarly made to the big" gan."

Replying, to Mr. Fitzroy, witness said His Worship: There was no suggestion in the evidence given by the police ser that he had learnt draughtsmanship in geant that it was handed back I was the firm where he was at present employ- under the impression that it was stated ed." that the card had been mislaid by the police.

Referred to the sketch, he agreed that

it showed the drawing of a piston, and at the end there was a packing flange.

There was a large attendance at the Theatre Royal yesterday afternoon, when Miss Violet Capell's pupils gave another Lienhsion has been one of the many un- dancing display. During the performance lucky districts in Kwangtung. In the last

At this juncture His Warship adjourned cers were presented with bouquets nine years, from the time when the late by admirers and friends. In addition to Dr. Sun Yat Sen began his operations in the case so that both solicitors might At the same end there was a tap, and those already mentioned Kiss Capell Kwangtung, "this district has been the make inquiries in the Police Department desires to thank Mrs. Day, Mrs. Loman, centre of 4 faction" wars," and every regarding the card and might and out opposite there was a valve. He, there Mr. Young and Mr. Slipper.

time the real losers have been the local whether there was any reference to the fore, agreed that a part of the drawing Miss Capell also wishes to thank her inhabitants whose resources had to be put censoring of the film on the official was similar to one of the exhibits... pupils for a present of a dressing gown at the disposal of the armed forces on records.

either side... and silver articles for her dressing table.

The case will be continued to-day.

At this stage the case was adjourned unfil this afternoon.

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