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THE CANTON RUMOURS.

MILITARY SUCCESSES GOOD FOR TRADE.

THE INCREASE OF UNEM PLOYMENT.

WORKERS THREAT TO SEIZE THE HOTELS.

[FROM OVE CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]

MORE CASH AND

LESS CREDIT.

· GOOD RULES FOR THE NEW YEAR.

CHINESE FIRMS RE-OPENING

AFTER HOLIDAYS”“”“

CHARITABLE WORK.

ETNOM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 1927.

CORRESPONDENCE. WATER CLOSETS

THE NANYANG BROTHERS TOBACCO CO., LTD.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE “KONG TOKG DAILY PRESS. "I

Sin, We have been requested by our clients the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd, to make the following statement on their behalf in view of the variom conflicting

rumours which have been circulat- ed and the reports that have during the last few days appeared in the

FOR CHINESE HOUSES.

IMPORTANT MATTER DE- BATED AT SANITARY BOARD.

A

D.P.W.OBJECTION" INSTALLATION.>

BECAUSE BUILDING DOES NOT CONFORM TO ORDINANCE.

ANOTHER SNATCHING

INCIDENT!

FRENCH LADY ATTACKED BY FOOTPAD.

ASSAILANT ESCAPES WITH HANDBAG.

Airs. Y... Cardelbled, who lives at the Peak Hotel, was the victim of a savage" attack by a footpad on Monday afternoon. She was roughly which contained her passport, some handled and robbed of her handbag money and a few pieces of jewel- lory.

It is alleged that the report con resuming trade after a week of New local Press In reference to the rest three European' and one native walking along Lugard Road on

Chinese business houses are now

cerning "the capture" of Shanghai | Year holidays. was circulated in Canton, in ordar The Rice Guild has announced to provide a favourable opportunity for Boating another series of paper money" on the markat! Of course, the shops selling Aro-crackers and the public garages having motor cars for hire did not care whether the report was true or not. They did good business on February 4th and 5th when all the Kuomintang labour unions celebrated the success by "cracker-iring and joy riding.

Following these reports of the "capture" of Shanghai, Canton is now being told that practically all the subordinate officers of General Sun Chuan Fang are disaffected and will toon openly mutiny against their chic

It is said that the minor officials of the Finance Bureau in Canton are opposed to the appointment of Dr. Kung Hsiang Hal na an assist ant to Mr. T. V. Soong, but & Kuomintang From agency desires it. Dr. Kung is & graduate of Oberlin College in America. He is the husband of Madame Sun Yat Sen elder sister. Mrs. Kung was at cze time private secretary to the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen.

that in view of present conditions shroughout the country the terms for large business deals within to Guild shall be cash or at most seven days credit. Commission merchants will charge six instead of five per sent for business passing through their hands.

The twelve laans or wholesale agencies of the fish trade in Hong Kong have advised their customers that settlements henceforth must be more regular. They will set to gether in refusing credit to fish mongers who fall behind in payment of their accounts.

decision to close down their face tories in this Colony for the time being.

The Company desire it to be clearly understood that their de cision has in no way any relation. to the political situation or that either the Head Ofice in Shanghai the local Board of Directors have been in touch or approached by any political party or organisation.

The Company, secondly, desire it to be known that there has not been aby trouble o difficulty in the re- lations between themselves and their workmen whether of the skilled or naskilled class nor with any of the administrative staff. The sugge- No Hong Kong Chinese firm with tion, therefore, that the threat of business connections in Shanghai out on the other has in any way

& strike on the one hand or a lock had received up to Monday night conduced to the closing of the works any confirmation of the Kuomintang is entirely unfounded and on the report that Shanghai had been taken. The Kuomintang announced in Canton several days ago that General Niu Yung Chien, a former private secretary of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, was the hero of the Shang hai capture."

date of the closing of their works were on the beat of terms. the Company and their employees

The free schools maintained by benent of the children of their em the Company in this Colony for the ployees are being continued and the workmen who were housed in the Company's dwellings have been allowed to remain.

An application for permission to type water closets, and one urinal at No. 22, Bonham Strand West, discussion at the Sanitary Board was the subject of an important

meeting: yesterday afternoon.

La a report received by the policex Mrs. Cardelbled says that she was

junction with Easton Road, a Monday afternoon, when, near the Chinese, who was doubtless embol

seize her bag krustrated by the dened by the fact that she was alone, approached and attempted to Arm hold which the Indy retained came before the Standing Com-seized Mrs. Cardelbled and threw It appears that this application on the article, the footpad then mitten recently and that certain her viclently to the ground. Despite members of the Board ware in this, she still continued to struggle favour of the application, but the bravely with the man, but fically Director of Public Works and the had to part with the bag. Medical Officer of Health objected

The man made good his escape. to the granting of the application with the bag. Mira. Cardelblod undesirable to grant it in view of shouting out thief," but she soon The former officer hold that it was followed him for some distance, the fact that the building did not lost sight of her attacker, who took conform to the requirements of the turning to a cross road to provements were installed, thera Ordinance, and that where such im. |— should first of all be an improve the tub and come forth to ment of the property. There ap- taminate human food. All these peared, however, to be no sanitary nuisances would be avoided by the adoption of the water closets round for objection.

Oficer of Health was compelled live system. If my friend the Medios!! in one of these houses he would welcome the change. Will the Board deny the inmates of this class of houses the enjoyment of better sanitation or stifle the Chinese de- aire for sanitary improvement!

The objection of the Director of Public Works resulted in criticisms by Dr. S. W. Tso, who contended that the owner's desire to have water, bioacta was improve sani- tary conditions, and not to enhance the value of property. He sub ling water closets should not be dis- mitted that application for instal

couraged by the Board

Objections Raised.

Con-

I fall to see that the age and The Medical Officer's objection depth of a hogie should act so a was on the ground that a neglected bar to sanitary improvements. Is water closet was to be deplored, is our duty to suppress the value but Dr. Tso contended that thaj of these houses in order to induce Chinese should be given the means the owner to rebuild them? of sanitary improvement and said sure no owner would ever think of | that the keeping of a-water closet rebuilding these houses unless some clean lay with the owner, and had catastrophe causes them to tumble nothing to do with what style house down. it was installed in

A good deal of charitable work We are asked, however, to statà has been done by the Chinese dur. that the main reasons for the do- cision to close down the works ing the past few weeks A comtemporarily are, primarily, the The Chinese seamen formerly mitted of Hong Kong Chinese, with desira effect a complete overhaul with the China Merchants' Steam the Tang Tin Fook Native Bank as and where necessary a replacement Navigation Company, having been bon treasurers, have raised nearly ment and at the same to reorganise of the factory machinery and equip. discharged, are now asking their $5,000 for the purpose of supplying the administration. New premises Canton "comrades" for assistance. colins to needy families and for have been recently added to the fac Since the spread of the strike those who die without relatives to try and warehouse accommodanding fever in Canton unemployment has arrange their funerals.

Certain questions are outstanding Another with the Revende authorities in re risen from eight to twenty per cent. committee is also at work providing gard to the basis on which tobacco Dr. Iso said: according to one reviewer of the heavy cotton coats for the poor. A duties should be assessed and which Labour situation in the Southern number of the leading Chinese gave Capital.

"between them over 4,000 pieces of The proprietors of Canton hotels heavy cloth The Nanyang Brothers being unwilling to grant the 80 per Tobacco Co. paid for 1,000 cotton cant. increase in employees' wages coats and further donors are called demanded, there is some talk of the for The Chuen Hing Pawn Shop servante forcibly taking possession are acting as hon, treasurers of this of the hotels and running them on scheme.

prost sharing basis.

Opium smoking is inding many patrons these days because of the Kuomintang monopoly, and oficial figures state that nearly 10,000 taels of this drug is being consumed in Canton and vicinity daily. The Kuomintang is appointing inspeo tors to prevent any illicit sales.

Contending that the general price in Canton has advanced more than

from Shanghai bare been busy with The East China football team social engagements during the past week in addition to playing the matches scheduled They attended the dinner given by the Hong Kong Football Association at the Savoy Hotel, a Chinese banquet given by Mr. Troi Kim Yung, chairman of the South China Athletic Association and teas at the Chinese Recreation

With regard to Faragraph II. 1 should say that if the drainage is in a good condition it really through the scavenging lane or matters little whether it passes under the house. La large blocks of buildings such as Alexander or Princes. Building is there no drain passing under the block of houses f sider it to be an argument in As regards Faragraph III. I com favour of the application being granted, for the water closet is pro perly partitioned off and is in a much better position than the exist ing dry system. cannot imagine anyone who has With regard to Paragraph IV. I spent a large sum of money in In conclusion we are instructed as been increased to ten times installing water closets would use to state that any report hitherto their original value although no them as dust bins. of the Company has becon wholly purporting to be made on behalf water closet ever existed there. I hope, Bir my criticism on these Undesirable.

minutes will not give offence for unauthorised and that this is the With regard to this particular no offence is meant, but I am bound only official statement issued by the application. When the application to express the Chinese point of fully, Lompany-We are, Yours faith was made the Medical Uhcer of view. K. HALL BRUTTON & Co., But, when it came before the Com

health minated "no objection." Lever To Improve. Buildinga. Solicitors for the Nanyang Bromittee, the Hon the Director of seemed from the minute that the Dr. J. C. McGown said that it thers Tobacco Co., Ltd. Public Works expressed his view objection of the Director of Public Hong Kong, February 8th, 1927. that it was andesirable to grant Works was mainly to force the permission to install water clasata landlords to improve their proper- 11. this type of Chinesa hauses They. They (the landlords) would if Medical Officer or Health agreed, this objection was upheld when ap- but other members did not. The plications were made to erect Euro- matter is, therefore, referred to the

Property Of Wealthy Chiasse. Director of Public Works and of Criticising the objections of the the Medical Officer of Health, and giving the Chinese view of the case, 1 beg to move that this applica paty's peculiar position es manu in a big Chinese business quarter arise principally from the Comtion be granted. Bonham Strand facturers of cigarettes within the and the houses there are owned and Colony and not as importers of occupied by wealthy man of bus

The owners desire to have themselves of the temporary suspen water closets installed in their pre cigarettes. The Company will avail Bess. sion of their manufacturing aomises is simply to improve sanitary these questions thoroughly with the enhance the value of their property. tivities in this Colony to discuss conditions and not, as alleged, to Hong Kong Government.

The value of houses in this locality

:

THE DIOCESAN. BOYS' SCHOOL.

50 per cent. in the last three year, Clab, the Chinese Bathing Club and while increase to teachers" salaries the Ching Woo Athletic Club. Last! [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG | Board for decision. Both the Hon. Pean water closets, have in many

Brscales.

Knomington movement.

DAILY PRESS."]:

parents

and

· Board on this endar??

did not amount to more than 20 Sunday they went to Macao as the

the Director of Public Works and down or effect many alterations

cases either to pull their houses per cent, the public school teachers gucats of the Hong Kong FA

the Medical Officer of Health have

The ParsIDENT (Mr. N. L. Smith) SIR With regard to the report since stated their objects in the of Canton are asking the Municipal Yesterday they paid a visit to about the probability of the Dioce: forin of minutes which you, 8 said, he thought the Director of Authorities to revise their salary King's Park and trips to the Peak, by the Military Authorities, we beg at issue is not merely the granting not be, he thought, any sanitary of san Boys School being taken over have just read. The real question on a sanitary ground. There could Public Works objection was not

round the Island and the New Terri to state that, although nothing or refusing of this particular apfection to the application. More than a hundred of the tory are being arranged. Before definate yet, arrangements

They have plication but it involves a queson knew nothing, however, of the Chinese labour unions of Hong they leave the Colony a banquet in been considered to carry on the of general principle. The objections habits of the gentleman applying, Kong, are sending delegates to their honour will be given by their Boarders and Day Boys, in ade general and wide in their applica not he knew how

School and Orphanage as usual, expressed in these minutes are so and they could not say whether or meeting in Canton. The idea is official hosts-the South

pull the plug. China quate premises with playing fields, tion that no owner of Chinese-type to organize themselves into a Branch of the National Chinese Alternative premises and grounds houses will ever hope to be able

Oficials Reply. federation and to support the Amateur Athletic Federation of ago. This statement is given to the carriage system. Many applica- Public Works) said this was not in Kowloon were inspected a weeks to enjoy the benefit of the water Mr. H. T. CRIAST (Director of which Mr. Wong Kum Ying is the Fress to Bestre local chairman. Mr. Mok Wing Yu, guardians in Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hons are now deferred considers su attempt to make any class dis president of the South China Athle- the welfare of the School has been

in the outports and in Formosa that tion pending the decision of the tinction, but his objection was based on the ground of wishing to tie Association will be the hoat at carefully considered and that they

Chinese Point of View. “ bring the buildings which did not conform with tns Ordinance now dinner to-morrow. Mr. Li Hy San, have no need to fear that their boys, As the decision of the Board has into line. It had nothing to do a vice-president of the Association, who have just begun a new year's such an important bearing with whether the buildings were entertain the team at Les work with new books, etc., will have similar cases I feel I must give occupied by British, Portuguese or Gardena

their educational career unduly in the Chinese point of view on the

Chinese. terrupted. The New Term is due to objections raised by these minutes begin on Monday, February 21st. The keeping of a water closet in Yours faithfully

proper order lies with the owner P. 8. CASSIDY, and has nothing to do with the Hoa. Correspondent and type of houses in which it is in-

Secretary,

stalled On the other hand, W. T. FEATHERSTONE, keep a dry system clean in Chinese

Headmaster.

Gentral District they had found business premises is easier said Hong Kong, Feb. 8th, 1997. than done. Let me show him the neglected and not cleaned. There many cases of water closets being

Five fokie of a shop in Graham

picture of a Chinese business pre-had been many complaints on the Street after eating an elaborate

mises where eating, cooking and meal yesterday, became ill. The HONG KONG SCOUTS. sleeping apartments are contiguous matter, and there were not cases Police were called in and the five....

One tub is provided in the yard where the buildings were occupied. by Chinese. It usually happened persons were removed in an ambu INSPECTION TO DAY BY H.E. bounded on both sides by sleeping simply because there was not the rooms or kitchen to serve the need staff to look after the closets, and ance to the Government Civil Hos-

THE GOVERNOR.

of forty or more people living in that there was no one to supervise At the second annual election for Pital, where they are, lying in a

the same building. The regular the Kuomintang City Executive critical condition

This afternoon at 4:30, at Govern clearance of night soil depends on

looking after of them. He had

Chinese serving as constables in the French and British Concessions of Shamoen, numbering about 65, are to form themselves into a union. and affiliate with the Workers Delegate Conference of the Kuo- mintang in the native city of Canton.

ALLNESS.

Kuomintang representatives af NEW YEAR FEAST CAUSES Berlin, according to party reports, have cabled home that arrange- miants have been completed to engage three German professors for the Sun Yat Sen University in Canton M

The freight boat Man Fuch Hing, has been returned to the Chinese owners, says Kuomintang press

report.

Committee at Canton several days

VISTIMS. IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

The PRESIDENT: Of course not. Dr. G. W. Pors (Medical Officer. of Health) said that his objection to the granting of the application was based on the ground-that in any offices and buildings in the

Nativo shops which had zemainment House, H.E. the Governor the whims of the hight soil coolie no objection because in this case

Kong, will

the application was from a Chinese

ago, Mr. Sun-Fo, Mayor of the ed closed after the third day of the '(Bir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.) the when a typhoon occurs at Bource, but simply on the ground City was one of the successful canNew Year Festival were again open- Chief, Scout of Hong of the four days clapse before clesiazica be had outlined and w didates. He received 3,381 votes ed to business yesterday and the inspect the Scout

Canton comments on the pos event was marked by the usual Colony, and present the Prince of The lord knocks at night of the cation to erect threa European, and

takes place.

wazice he bad outlined in test the appli- sible rendition of Shameen feasting yesterday morning, The Wales Banner won, in 1998, by the state that the Japanese" would meal eaten at the shop in question 20th Hong Kong Troop for general body in the house and the odontote native type water closets and

night soil coolie, wake up every- be more interested in this question WAS- of the usually elaborato: kind,

efficiency fa Scouteraft than either the French or the Bri- and after partaking of a dish of year's work.

chicken, it is stated that the fokie. felt effects which are symptomatic of poisoning and collapsed,

tish. There are more Japanese in the Concessions than the any other foreigner.

the

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permeates the whole house and does Strang, West, was put to the Board: not disperse for half an hour or Five voted for, and two against, so. Flies, in many cases, breed in the President declared the appli

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