1926-10-14 — Page 5

Page

NORMAL CONDITIONS ON SHAMEEN.

ALL OFFICE EMPLOYEES BACK AT WORK.

OVER 2,000 PASSENGERS FROM CANTON YESTERDAY.

It is reported that conditions are again normal on Shameda and that all offices have practically their, full staffs. "Some amusing stories are told regarding these returning employees. An old amsh, with her bundle, was one of the first "to run the gazatlet." When it was seen by the onlookers that she was safely across the bridge, athers gained confidence and it was not long before all had followed her example. It is estimated that fully a thousand Chinese have returned since Monday,

Everything is taken for granted. In one firm, for example, the office boy started work without even so much as a Good morning." When the bell was rang he answered it and took away some letters that needed copying as though there had never been any interruption in his routine task. It is impossible to imagine such a curious situation in any country but China. The traffic to and fro is perfectly free and the general impression is one of thankfulness that all barriers between the two communities have been removed.

MERCHANTS AND SHIPPING.

The merchants are still waiting and watching, but it is expected that the policy now being adopted of sending the steamers to the wharves will convince them that the boycott has terminated and that they are st liberty to move goods. It must, of course, be remembered that they have had a particularly hard time during the past fifteen months and...a certain amount of caution, if not suspicion, is natural. If the boycott is ended, they asked, why do the steamers still anchor in the stream t The Fatahan intended to go to her "wharf yesterday and the Lungthan will follow her example to-day. The Sai On anchored in the stream, on her first trip but she also intends to go to the wharf in the next journey. As soon as a vessel appears it is surrounded by sampans. From all outward appearances, therefore, and particularly as far us labour is concerned, the boycott seems to be a thing of the past. The cargo, it is believed, will follow naturally but slowly.

THE HONGKONG PRAYA.

The Hongkong Prays was a seething mass of humanity yesterday about the time the Canton boats were expected. The Lungshan brought down over four hundred passengers and the Sai On about sixteen hundred. A good many of these latter appeared to be returned strikers. They came with their children and all their family belongings and many were rapturously greeted by friends on the water-front.

SHIPPING FACILITIES.

Each day now news is received of more and more ships being prepared in readiness to return to their former service. As is known, the Sunning of the China Navigation Company, is now at Canton. The Hop Sang, of the Indo-China, S.N. Co., goes up to-day. It is understood that the Fook On will resume the Hongkong-Kongmoon-Wuchow run this morning and that the Shekki-Hongkong tow-boat service will be started again on October 16th. The Awang Sui is in dock overgoing overhaul; so is the Tung On. The Tung Un, as soon na she is ready, will maintain a daily service to Canton in conjunction with the Sai. On

NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC.

ABOLITION OF PASSES.

STRIKE COMMITTEE'S STATEMENT.

The following comparatively short statement was issued by the Strike Com mittee to the public in order to advise them of the cessation of the Strike:

-up

47

"

FOREIGN DIPLOMATS'

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14mm, 1926

ATTITUDE.

CONFERENCE TO BE HELD SHORTLY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEKING, October 13th. It is anderstood that, foreign diplomat The public is hereby notified that will meet shortly to decide what action after the declaration of the strike by the will be taken in regard to the Canton Canton and Hongkong workers, we set surtaxes, but probably not until after the a blockade to both Hergkong and arrival of Mr. Yoshizawa, who is due in Macao, by dint of which we meant to

Peking on the 15th.

giva a soveré blow to the British Im- perialists in Hongkong, and to wipe, out our disgrace, as well as to redress the wrongs caused to us, by the massacres, of May 30th and June 23rd. We were very thankful to our fellow-countrymezi of various classes for their protection and support which enabled our work to be carried on in a very promising way.

Meanwhile the diplomats of all Lega- tious are reticentest regarding any likely

action

Shantung has also begun levying some what similar taxes to those proposed by Cantan.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

M. BORODIN'S VIEWS.

At present, our Northern Expedi- tionary Forces have been repeatedly THE PEOPLE ARE YEARNING FOR victorious, and thers has already beer a

PEACE. change in the general situation, so that

RE-INFORCEMENTS NEEDED FOR THE ARMY.

ATTEMPT TO RECRUIT 50,000 MORE MEN.

ARMS AND AMMUNITION HELD BY THE FICKETS.

(TAOM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)

PROMOTER SUED.

SEQUEL TO BANNED SWEEPSTAKE.

UNWANTED TICKETS.

A sequel to the banning by the Police of the St Leger Sweep sometime ago, was heard at the Summary Court yester- day, when before Mr. Justice Wood, Mr. A. E Broadberry was sued for $569.1d by the Yue Shing Printing, Offcès, of 47, Queen's Road Central. It will be recalled that at the time of the banning of the sweep a large number of tickets had been sold, and others were left on the hands of the promoters.

At the Summary Court yesterday Mr. Loo.. d'Almada was for the plaintiffs, while Mr. Dy Turner representëd the defendant.

"A. Laudable Ideą"

The group which wishes to sever economic relationship with Great Britain, is asking each of the four principal trade guilds of Cantón to sond five delegates to constitute the committee before Octo ber 14th. The Committee, supported by the extreme section of the Kuomintang and the Strike Committee, will, as preliminary step, classify all the leading articles in the Canton shops, showing which are and which are not British..

Mr. d'Almada said that the plaintiffs Kuomintang students in Canton will be were a firm of printers, who had carried asked to undertake this classification on business in the Colony for 40 years. According to the plaas already publish- The defendant, Mr. Broadberry, was in ed, all British goods are to be disposed the employ of Wm. Powell, Ltd. He was of in Canton within three months and the a bookmaker under the name of all persons possessing Hongkong cur-Frank Haytor. Sometime in June this rency must change it for Chinese money year the defendant, with a Mr. Wheeldon within the same period. As I have. be- of the P.W.D., conceived the " laudable! fore indicated, however, responsibly com-idea of running a sweepstaks for the mercial eireles, attach little importance benefit of the Hongkong Benevolent to these activities of this committee.

Society and the St. Vincent de Paul Replying to the request of the Kuo- Society. In connection with the sweep- mintang military authorities in Canton take Mr. Wheeldon approached plain- for the return of the arms and ammunitiffs,, and discussed matters with the tions issued to them since the beginning manager in regard to printing 50,000: of the anti-British boycott, the Canton sweepstake tickets for the English St Strike Committee has intimated that it Leger on September 8th, 1886. This first will be impossible, for the time being, arrangement was made by Mr Wheeldon, to surrender the arms now in possession and next day he brought in a draft of of pickets. It is the workers' intention the kind of ticket he wanted. This draft

were

to keep these arms for the organization was in the handwriting of either Mr. of a labour defence corps, a volunteer Wheeldon or of the defendant Terms movement fully armed and equipped to were arranged and plaintiffs were told to promote the interests of the labour party print 50,000 tickets, and plaintiffs were in Canton.

moreover told to have these tickets ready It is reported that the demands for as soon as possible, to enable the pro- reinforcements by the troops now in the moters not only to sell them in Hongkong Hupeh, Hunan, and Kiangai have been but also in Shanghai and other places. so insistent that the Kuomintang in After describing the tickets and men. Canton is now considering the recruit.tioning that the prizes on offer ing of 50,000 more wen. The suggestion $7,000 third prize, Mr. d'Almada said. 840,000 first prize, 818,000 second, and that the strikers who have not yet found that the defendant had paid a sum of employment should volunteer for duty $44 odd into Court, but this was not in has not been enthusiastically received. for other material supplied by the plain- connection with the tickets. It was due Many students, however, have already is. The quota of tickets were printed joined the Army; and complaints were at $750 and of this, $995 had been paid recently heard among the parents of on account Plaintiffs were now claim-

ing the balance. Kwangtung University students that some of their boys had enlisted without the knowledge of their home folk.

Various Iterns.

By special arrangement with the Sun. ning Railway, which has been maintain ing a telephone service for private use between its stations, the Telephone Ex change in Eongmoon is now able to con- nect its subscribers with persons in Kung yick and Toyshan Cities."

The Kuomintang, finding that a number of shops in Canton, Kongmoon, and other cities are still hoisting the five-coloured Chinese Republican flag, instead of the red flag of the party, bas again reiterated its order forbidding further use of the five-coloured flag. "..

A fire at Shekki, Heungshan, on Octo- ber 7th, destroyed many houses and caused 'over 40'casualties. The fire was originated in a matshed

The newspapermen in Canton have been instructed by the Kuomintang to organize a union so that they may be more efficient in their service to the party. Practically all Kuomintang news- Papermen have become members of this union. To celebrate their organization, the newspapermen declared d holiday of three days, October 11th to 13th inclu- aive.

NEW HOTEL ’BUSES.

ADDITIONS TO REPULSE BAY SERIVCE

our policy in opposing Imperialism must A representative of the Canton Gazette also be altered. In consequence, we have has had an interview with M. Borodin. decided to change our old policy of a The Daily Prees can, of course, accept mero blockade by the Picket Corps into no responsibility for this particular by the Hongkong. Hotel Garage to the

After discussing the military situation,

What are our plans for the future Merely to secure and consolidate the provinces now under the control of the Berodin. The people are yearning for Nationalist Government, replied M. peace,, resumption of communications and

Two new motor buses have been ad ad

Sergeant Mason and carrying seven passengers, one of the vehicles made.x trial run to the town and back to the Garden Road and Arbuthnot Road yes, Contral Police Station compound along

terday morning.

•

is It was very unfortunate." he con tinued, "that in the course of this sweepstake, the police intervened and restricted the sale of any more tickets. Defendant was brought up before Mr. Nihill at the Kowloon Magistracy, and fined $25 for running the sweepstaka."

Mr. Turner objected and said that as Mr. d'Almada WAS not calling any evidence on the matter, it was not ad- missible.

Mr. d'Almada dropped the point and said that when the defendant was stop- ped, he told the plaintiffs that he did not. want any more tickets. At the time the plaintiffs had printed the 50,000 tie.. keta.

چه

His Lordship and Sweepstakes. Replying to his Lordship, Mr. d'Almada was made said that the arrangement verbally with Mr. Wheeldon.

Mr. d'Almada: My clients sympathize. with the defendant in that he was stopped in carrying out bis laudable object.

His Lordship: I notice that the land- able object was to get 10 per cent. from the proceeds.

Mr. Turner: That is usual, is it not t His Lordship: I don't know; I have had no experience. (Laughter.) called and gave evidence as outlined by The manager of the plaintiff firm was his solicitor.

Likelihood of Misunderstanding. After evidence had been given for the defence by Mr. Wheeldon and Mr. Broad- berry, Mr. Turner said that on the one side the transaction was carried out in pidgin English and on the other in ordinary English. He thought his Lord. ship would have no difficulty in finding that there was possibly a misunderstand ing on the printer's part, or that he anticipated the need for the whole supply.

Mr.

d'Almada submitted that the printer was not the kind of man to print 50,000 tickets if he was only ordered to print „5,000.**

gaite prepared to put it on record that His Lordship remarked that he was in his opinion the printer was acting, as

he believed, under instructions.:

Mr. d'Almad asked his Lordship to accept the statement of the plaintiff, as, according to the tickets themselves, there must necessarily be 50,000 of them

The Judgment,

a new form of intensifying the severance interview but the views expressed are Repulse Bay Service. Driven by Traffic of economic relations with the British, interesting. and to withdraw all the Picket Corps from the various places at 12 am on the newspaper representative asked.. October 10th. At the same time the issue "of the pass permits to Hongkong by our Communication Department, the issuance of permits for the incoming and out going vessels, and the procedures for requesting the deputation of boarding internal development. This I under- ample scope for testing the efficiency of members from the Committee will be all fatand to be the principal task of the the brakes which acted smoothly even no him to have no foundation whatever: He Nationalist Government as soon as mili- sudden application without causing the abolished, while the Examination Detary operations have been completed.” partiment by workers and merchants will "What, in your opinion, is the next Passengers, and discomfort. also be cancelled. For fear of the above important task in Kwangtung!" queried

reporter. M

The sharp gradients on the route gave

His Lordship, in summing up, said be thought the plaintiffs had acted bona fide throughout. A suggestion that the tickets, or a portion, were printed after the sweepstake was forbidden seemed to accepted the plaintiff's evidence that be supposed he had a contract for 50,000 printed them as far as he could in the tickets at $75 per unit of 5,000, and he

have been a misunderstanding when the interests of his customer. There might

verbal contract was entered into, and he What will be the Government's has a bucket seat, the cushions and backs dant incceeded. Judgment would be for foreign policy from now on," he was being built on Barber double deck plaintifs for $44.15, which money had asked at the conclusion of the interview. springs, amply padded and upholstered already been paid Into Court, and costs. On this point, the Foreign Offico eas in brown leather, this together with the up to payment of that amount, the sub enlighten you better than 1, M. Borodin wide aisle and spacious windows making sequent costs to be paid by the defen- replied.

them ideal for local conditions,

the

being not known by all people, this noti-The ruthless suppression of banditry,

ment of trade, ho answered.

The new cars are Miller built models fittings making them the last word in on Studebaker chassis, the design and

fication is therefore issue for the infor. cfficient district government and develop comfortable travelling Each passenger found that on the main issue the delen-

mation of the public."

(Sd.) THE CANTON-HONGKONG STRIKE COMMITTEE OF THE ALL-CHINA GENERAL LABOURS UNION.

(10th October of the 15th year).

dant.

QUALITY BLUE

SERGE SUITS

AT

$65.00

Our Serges stand out as AI Productions. Made

from Botany Wools in various" weights and -GUARANTEED INDIGO DYE-

the wearer is assured of the best possible value and wear.

You are invited to examine our New Range without any obligation on your part to purchase.

Wm. POWELL, Ltd.

Gentlemen's Tailors and Breeches Makers. 12, DES VEUX ROAD.

NOW ON

GREAT REDUCTION

SALE.

THE WING ON Co., Ltd.

TEL. 198.

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

RECORDS,

VOCAL SCORE,

LIBRETTO,

ANDERSON'S

ASK FOR

MO SHEUNG

CIGARETTIES.

They have rapidly come

into favour with

discriminating

smokers

owing to their delightful flavour

and aroma.

Only

-matured Virginian tobacco used.

On sale at all tobacconists. NANYANG BROS. TOBACCO CO.

152