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PICKETS TO “REMAIN INDOORS."

LABOUR LEADERS'

INSTRUCTIONS.

THE TUG-O-WAR TO COME.

OFFICIALS DESIRE PEACE AND ORDER.

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[FROM QUE CHINESE CORRESPONDENT, ]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21st, 1926.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

THE SAIKUNG "PIRACY CASE.

FIVE MEN CHARGED.

The Criminal Sessions opened yester- day, whe before Sir Henry Gollan, the Chief Justice, Ave Chinese were charged with murder and piracy on the launch

Saitung.

Mr. Dyer Ball (Acting Attorney. General) was for the Crown, and Mr. H. S. Lo (instructed by Mr. Gordon The Union pickets in Canton and the Leask) defended. armed workers generally have been in. Mr. Dyer Ball said that the steam structed by the Workers' Delegate Colaunch Saikung left Saikung about 2.50 ference"to" remain indoors" for the

p.m. on September 12th for the regular trip to Shaukiwan

present pending the adjustment of their status in the Southern Capital

Since the aid given by the workers in bringing the Kuomintang to power in the middle of 1925, the labour leaders have gradually been usurping the rights of the

Government and have arrested and

punished not only members of their own

organisations but outsiders On Decem- ber 7th a Kuomintang order explicitly prohibited further outrages of this char

acter.

On December 16th the Canton police advanced to the stage of taking workers into custody for creating dis turbances and on the 19th inst. instrue

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THE CRACKER NUISANCE.

ENTERTAINMENT AT QUEEN'S

SPOILED.

ARTISTES INAUDIBLE.

The people attending the late afternoon

the Queen's Theatr entertainment" at yesterday had their enjoyment spoiled by the fring of a long string of Chinese crackers outside the Chins Building-

Dick Norton's Company of Globe Trot ters were occupying the stage when the pandemonium commenced. A song was being sung by one of the lady members of the Company. Naturally the din en tirely drowned her voice and there was nothing for her to do but to retire and the audience had to wait as patiently a possible for the noise to subside.

'. TRAFFIC OFFENDERS.

FOUR EUROPEANS FINED.

SPEEDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR.

Mr. A. C. Tinson was summoned before Mr. T. W. Ainsworth yesterday after- noon at the Kowloon Magistracy" for reckless driving.

Traffic Inspector Nicoli, said that the summons was taken against defendant on' a complaint received from Dr. Newton, who said that defendant's car only just missed hitting him.

Dr. Newton said that an December 8th

at about 5 p.m., he was walking along Chatham Road, Kowloon, with Major Lynch. They were on the grass at the side of the road. He heard a motor horn

The launch got to Sai Wan about 3 p.m. and picked up some cargo, no pas-

hooted, and on looking back, he saw the The disturbance, it is true, did not last car was about thirty yards away from sengers being taken on board. At tha time of departure there were

for any considerable time but it was ex bia. The road was cleared of all motor on the bridge, the coxswain, three Indian mely annoying and might easily have trafic at the time, but defendant's car Kuards armed with rifes and ammuni. lied to a counter disturbance inside the few past' him about a foot and a half{ tion, a male and female passenger and active in the matter and immediately tele given by Major Lynch,

theatre itself. The management were away. Corroborative evidence was also

their children. In accordance with the anti-piracy regulations, there were board certain grilles but it was not clear from the evidence whether or not they were closed. He (Mr. Dyer Bali) was of

opinion that they were not.

A few minutes after Shi Wan was left,

phoned to the police, but when the police

the crackerz had been fired under a arrived on the scene it was found tha! permit granted by the Secretariat for

Chiasse Affairs. It is understood that the permit authorised the hullabulio at

tions were issued to all Police captains three men, armed with revolvers, rushed any time between 5.30 and b p.m. As the

to regard workers, in the same way as all other citizens, as subject to arrest and punishincit for any violation of the law.

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up the steps leading to the bridge and attacked two of the Indian guards who were with the two passengers on the bridge Another. Indian guard who was inside the wheel house went to their

performance at the theatre commences at 3.15 the perimit must have been issued without much consideration, of the con- venience of others.

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His Worship: (to defendant.) What have you to say?

whether I was guilty or not, as the in- Mr. Tinson-I really do not know

cident is so old.

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His Worship: Well, there will be a fine at 83.

COMPLAINANT AND DEFENDANT

ABSENT.

When another case for reckless driving

fendant was present. was called, neither complainant nor del

Inspector Nicoll told his Worship that the summons arose out of a complaint received from Lt. Col. Lewis, who said

shaws going towards the Star Ferry. A motor car, No. 1009, going at a speed

of about 30 miles an hour, almost ran into them.

Inspector Nicoll further told the Court that, he had just received a letter from Lt. Col. Lewis saying that he wanted the case withdrawn and that he would not be appearing, "to give evidence.

Many of the professional labour agita

crackers in the centre of the City should There is no doubt that the firing of tors regard this actitude of the authori ties as distinctly "unfriendly" but in the rescue, armed with one of the rises which be absolutely prohibited during the ordi- had been stacked inside the wheel-house. nary working hours of the day and pro- opinion of the majority of the public the Kuomintang policy of promoting the wel- The guard used the butt on the assailanta hibited during day and night immediately fare of the industrial and peasant classes and in the course of the struggle be outside of a theatre where the perform that he and some friands were on rick.

brcke the butt of the rise. Eventually, will best he carried out by making all he was forced to the ground and one of ances are practically continuous. It must persons understand that each individual the robbers, who would be clearly ideati be remembered that the site occupied by hed us No. 3 prisoner, drew a revolver the Queen's was sold by the Government is entitled to the protection of the law.

and fired at him as he was in a kneeling Generals Li Tai Hsin and Chien Taposition. Other shots were also fired, one with the definite stipulation that Chuo, now commanding the provincial of the bullets entering the abdomen and theatre should be built upon it and eare.

to the should be exercised that the people at and local troups in Canton, appear to be inflicting a wound which led anxious to afford protection to members Suards death in Hospital three days tending the theatre should not be an

necessarily disturbed. later. and non-members of the Kuomintang The two other guards either jumped alike, but it is believed that there will overboard or were thrown overboard, and took no further, part in the incidenta be some opposition to this suggested re-other than to return to the ship later,

when the police arrived on the scene. turn to a peaceful and orderly routine.

As the captured launch was approach- Canton bankers were able to maintaining Leang Shi Wan, a police launch was their rights the other day when they auc-sighted. The coxawain was told by the ceeded in getting the Kuomintang officials robbers to steam inshore and a fishing to. effect the release of a local bank boat was boarded by the robbers who went ashore and were last seen disappear cashier who had been arrested by the Oiling over the hills carrying with them a Workers' Union. The cashier contended small attache case and the three rides that he could not pay a union demand, taken from the bridge. unless the drawer of funds was able to furnish the same chop as the one given for identification at the time of opening the account: Kuomintang officials in these days appear to be quite reasonable

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The police launch came alongside the Saiking, too late to capture any of the robbers but the officer in charge conduct the launch back to Hong Kong and ad the wounded guard taken to hos pital. He also took notes of what he found on board.

The bridge of the Saikung bore eri

THE SHAUKIWAN MURDER CHARGE.

When asked as to the reason, Insp. Nicoll said that the driver of Car MIDNIGHT ATTACK WITH AN AXE No. 1008 was Lt. Sloane Stanley, and that possibly he might be a friend of the complainant."

The Shaukiwan murder charge was heard before Mr. Justice Wood. Mr. J. H. B. Nihill (Acting Assistant Attorney. General) prosecuted, and Mr. T. Addia defended,

The ship-building yard in question, said Mr. Nihill, was on the north side of the main street and the events, in question occurred on the building yard premises, in the place where the ployees slept.

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One of the witnesses who slept in the same room as prisoner and the murdered

His Worship remarked that that was very unsatisfactory. A car going at a speed of 50 miles was a danger to the Public. He would, therefore, remand the case for a week.

DRIVING WITHOUT A PROPER LICENCE.

For allowing his Indian chauffeur. to

Captain Morris was fined $1.

and, in this case, they ruled that banking dence of the struggle and, in addition man woke up on the night of October drive his car without a proper licence,

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to Winchester rifle amounition, which 10th-20th and saw the prisoner standing

bad evidently been taken from the in the room with a blood-stained axe in The chauffeur, who WAA summoned.

pouches of the guards (some of this was lying on the floor) there was also am munition on the floor fitting revolvers of three different calibres.

Tell-Tale Coins.

The Crown Solicitor then went on to detail the results of the despatching of hu, 4 Police launch to the district where

his hand. Awakened by the cries of this witness, the brother of the murdered man also awoke and then observed that his brother lying text to him was covered in blood. The alarm was given and the prisoner arrested.

separately, was fined $10 for driving a car without a licence..

practice should be observed.

Notwithstanding the activities of the anti-British Boycott. Extension Society most of the firms dealing in foreign goods haye forty per cent. or more of British

Another offender aummoned for 1 goods in their stocks. The failure of the

similar offence was Mr. E. Paradise. It larger shops to buy as freely as usual

When arrested prisoner was unsteady was alleged that he allowed his motor- for the year-end business is attributed to

on his feet and his breath smelt of drink cycle to be driven by another man who the unsettled conditions brought about by the robbers had last been seen. Evidence Evidence would show that he had pur did not possess a licence. The driver, labour tyranny and uncertainty regarding of a shop-keeper with whom five men had chased a bottle of wine that evening and the future rather than to any desire to left rifles and not called back for them a bottle which had contained alcohol was Chief Petty Officer Jones, was also

was referred to, also that a money found in the room in which prisoner slept. sammoned. shut out goods of any particular manu-changer identiård No. 1 prisoner us Prisoner had on the day preceding the the man who had changed a number of murder unsuccessfully endeavoured to Hong Kong ten-cent pieces with him, borrow money from the deceased and The amount received in Cantonese money other employees and had also tried to Iwas found in the possession of this obtain advances on his wages. prisoner when he was arrested later, as was known he had had no quarrel with asleep in a public lavatory at Tap condition when arrested there seemed no the murdered man and apart from bis a small village on Grass Island.

The arrest of Nos. 2 and 5 prisoners reason why the attack should have been had taken place at the shop of a tailor made.

Prisoner's Iiness. in the same district. The men, it ap peased, had ordered new clothing there

facture.

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So far only Wuchow bas an anti-British Boycott Society working directly in con junction with that at Canton, but the professional labour leaders connected

with the movement claim that their agents have already sent to Shanghai and that as soon

as that port comes into Kuomintang control, an active movement will be launched there.

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The Canton Seamen's Union is still de- taining the three China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company vessels and are not allowing the consignees to unload the cargo on board, despite daily attempts

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Trafo Inspector Nicoli told the Court that the offence was a serious one, as the cycle had a side-car, pa which, two per sons were sitting, and there was another Passenger riding on the back seat of the driver.

given to C.P.O. Jones for repair. He Mr. Paradise said that the cycle was met Mr. Jones on December 4th in Salisbury Road, and Mr. Jones told him that the machine was all right, and took Prisoner's brother, who also works at him on a trial spin. Witness had some and were being fitted at the time the the yard, spoke of sleeping with the de friends with him at the time, and they AA appearance. One of erased on the night he was murdered all got into the side-car. Witness fur- police put 10 the men was naked at the time and fied He woke up at midnight on bearing ther stated that he had only known Mr in this condition to a wash house where cries, and found his bedste suffering Jones recently, and was told that he (Mr. he was arrested. No, s fled to a cock from severe gashes in the face. Witness Jonta) was a motor mechanic instructor loft where he also was arrested. One of did not see the wounds inflicted. Under in the Navy. Mr. Paradise said he the seamen from the police launch had examination and cross-examination he thought that be bad a licence from the accidentally discharged his revolver and held that he was sleeping at the time Authorities for driving a motor vehicle. wounded the prisoner slightly.

the wounds had been inflicted, and only C.P.O. Jones pleaded guilty to the The other two men were arrested in awoke on hearing cries. He further charge of driving without an appropriate hut on the hillside in which was found stated that he saw his brother (the licence and said that he had only been in prisoner) in the room with an axe in his the Colony three weeks, he had not had the attache case already referred to.

have the time to take out a licence. He hand.

used to drive at Home.

Dr. J. T. Smalley, of the Kowloon Hospital, gave evidence as to the wounds from which the Indian guard succumbed,

The Coxswain's Story.

Replying to Mr. Addis, witness said that prisoner had been ill for some time." Mr. Addia: nat illness did your brother have 1--The only illness he had

Traffic Inspector Nicoll:,, Your Wor. ship, if he has driven at Home, he would have no difficulty in getting licnou

Mr. Paradise and Mr. Jones were fined 83 each.

PROPERTY SALE,-

FOUR HOUSES AT KOWLOON DISPOSED OF

made by one importer or another to effect the unloading..

Kuomintang Ministry of Finance is still issuing a warrant for $10,000 daily to the Strike Committee in Canton for the sup- port of unemployed' werkers. Since the collection of the surtax on imports and The coxswain of the boat spoke of the

was that he could not eat any rice.- Three men, he (Laughter.) exports the $10,000 has been appropriated attack by armed men. from this account!

said, armed with short firearms appear- Replying further to Mr. Addia, witness The Salt Bureaux in Canton and ed on the bridge, whilst two others ze said that the prisoner was always Swalow are to appoint agents in Fukien mained close by. He had recognised the morose, and did not like speaking, to to Assume control of the salt tax collec-third prisoner at an identification parade

people.

Replying to Mr. Nihill, witness said tion there. Since 1918, the Cantea in Yaumati, and now recognised No. 1 nuthorities have been gradually collect and No. 5. When the attack was made, that he liked his brother "as brothers ing the salt tax formerly under complete an Indian guard who was in the wheel-like brothers." Peking control.

house went out and hit the third prisoner

A Narrow Escape.

At the China Auction Roosas yesterday' Following similar instructions from the on the head with the butt of his rifle.

afternoon; Mr. R. V. M. R. de Sousa. military and the labour union headquar- The butt was broken off. One of the

Another employee at the yard said that by order of the mortgagee, sold New ters forbidding publication by Canton armed men then fired at the guard, who earlier in the day prisoner had asked Kowloon Inland Lot No. 817, with four newspapers of reports concerning them fall. The two other guards ran down him for the loan of a dollar, stating that European houses situated thereon in the except in the form of authorized com- the steps. Later the third prisoner he wanted to go back to the country, course of construction. munications the Police have also issued pointed a revolver at witness, and order- Witness told him he had no money! Ha

The area of this property is 92,950 orders denying the sight of the Press to ed him to steer in another direction. saw prisoner later that night, but did square feet, and the annual Crown rent gather and publish news of police activi. A police launch appeared and witness not speak to him. At about midnight, is 8428) ties. Boon every Canton journal, it was ordered to steer for the shore. Five witness was awakened by being, struck The apset price was $60,000, with bida seems, will become an official gazette. men, including the first, second and fifth and found prisoner in the room with an of 8500 acceptable. There were no more According to one Canton journalist, how prisoners, whom he recognised, then got axe in his possession. He was being held than a dozen interested persons, at the ever, the papera are still at liberty to into a boat and rowed sabore, before the by the last witness. Witness said that he sale, and only three bids were made, the reprint a post office mail notice without police launch liad time to come up. was wounded in the forearm, which was property being knocked down to the special consent from the Kuomintang At this stage the Court adjourned to | luckily on his forehead as he slept. Sincere Insurance and Investment Co. Chief of Posts.

inspect the launch,

At this stage the case was adjourned. for $60,500.

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