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CANTON ALMOST

INDEPENDENT.

COLLECTING ITS OWN

.TAXES.

WHY WANG CHING WEI RESIGNED.

LABOUR UNIONS AGAIN RESTLESS.

[FROM OUR "CHINESE COREESPONDENT.]

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, 1927.

THE SUPPRESSION RECENT ORE CASE. CHINESE BANK SWINDLED. CARS FOR PUBLIC HIRE.

OF PIRACY.

PROPOSED NEW ORDINANCE.

THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY,

QUESTION OF GUARDS STILL

UNDER CONSIDERATION,

At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon the Attorney-General moved the first rendling of “An Ordinance to Canton is now practically icde-amend the law relating to the sup pendent of Nanking. The recent

pression of piracy." changes in its Snancial administra tien have reduced the power of the Ministry of Finance to a minimum.

In doing so he said: This Bill is one of the measures decided upon

LEAVE TO APPEAL GRANTED.

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES IN DISPUTE.

$10,500 HANDED OVER TO BOGUS COMPANY,

" INSTRUCTIONS FROM CANTON,"

A clever swindle perpetrated on a Chinese bank by means of a

A very important case concerning. the shipment of antimony supthide ere was recently heard in the Sum-fradalent letter sent from Canton mary Court before Mr. P. Jacks a bogus firm established here (the acting Puisne Judge), and this specially or the purpose was re- ease was fully reported at the time, ported to the Police yesterday. so that the facts are still fresh in the memory of readers interested.

Yesterday at a Full Court siting

et the Supreme Court an applica tion was made for leave to appeal against the decision of the Paisne

The victim is the Ting Hing Bank, A letter was received on September

Bank at Canton, with whom they 6th supposedly from the Kam Fat

have dealings. There were instrue tions in the letter to the effect that a sum of $16.300 was due to the

THE SCALE OF FARES.

MR. SHENTON QUESTIONS

THE GOVERNMENT,

The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton,

lative Council, asked: at yesterday's meeting of the Legis-

Are the Government prepared to deal with motor cars lying for publie hire in the publie streets of the Colany by, (a) Fixing a scale of fares, or (b) Insisting that each motor

Car so plying carries with it u meter registering an, approved scale of charges. The Colonial Secretary replied, however. that he regretted the answers to these questions were not yet ready.

Presumably the Government will reply at the meeting of Council

Taxes will be collected by the loent in consequence of the report of the Judge, which was in favour of the Kam Fat Bank from various banks, next Thursday afternoon..

provincial treasury; instead of hy the Nationalist Ministry of Finance whose Canton branch will have no real power.

It defendants.

will repeal the present Piracy Pre- Staning Piraty Commission.

The case concerned the claim of vendion Ordinance of 1914 and all Metsis. John Batt & Co., Ltd. the Regulations which have been (London)" against Messrs. Silva made thereunder, The present Netto & Co., exporters of Hong In view of repeated attempts to stem. therefore, by which ship Kong.

The plaintiffs asked for owners enter into a boud to carry 8432 damages under an alleged out certain regulations, "within and breach of contract for the sale of

interfere with the Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Line," the Canton Authorities have decided to

ordered to collect this amount and placed it with the Yaon Wah Cheung frot No. 6. Koshing

here. The Ting Hing Bank was

Road.

re-inforce the troops now stationed without the Colony, will disappear. 7 tons of Chinese Antimony Sul- Fat Bank with the same instructions

The Bill besides repealing the pre- sent Ordinance, and the regulations

The Ting Hing Bank carried our the instructions and two days later } another letter came from the Kam

phide Ore. That the ore contained at Cheungmotao, Sunichan, and

regarding the collecting of pay the right percentage of antimony.i other towns along the railway.

ments due, but this money was to was not disputed, but it was alleged be handed over to the Fat Shing The project of erecting a labour will give power to make new re- camp at Whampoa to house the galatons. The draft of the pro- that the percentage of oxide was Bank at Wing Lok Street.

regulations will, it is unduly large. The defence, how- unemployed pickets of the 1923 anti. posed new British boycott and strike is to be hopid, be published in the Gazette every arged that the ore was sold en Friday, September. 16th. That solely on antimony content. Arbi-

abandoned. The scheme would cust

PEAK RIFLE RANGE.

MACHINE, GUN PRACTICE.

NEW REGULATIONS,

Owing to the large number of troops now in the Colony there is difficulty in finding sufficient ranges for firing practice. An attempt will be made, therefore, to use the Penk. The Ting Hing Bank scenting range for machine gun practice this Something wrong investigated the winter. matter and found that the first The machine guns will be fired from the 600 yards range which

the road will have to be closed ar casionally, Leck out men with red ags will be on duty and wiring notices will be posted.

the Authorities more than a mi draft is not necessarily the fina tration took place in London be letter they received was a forgery is above the road. Although there lion dollars, it is estimated; and draft, becaus it has not yet received tween the plaintiffs and their sub-intended to forestall that of the is little danger this will mean that the Kwangtung-Kwangai party now the approval of the Government, purchasers, but the defendants ob- Kam Fat Canton, which did in fact dominating Canton affairs is afrad but it is expected it will represent jeeted that their own contract was arrive later. Whoever is responsible that the unemployed might tara fairly accurately what eventually not arbitrated upon and that the for this fraud must have an intimate again towards Bolshevism if herd- will be enacted by the Governoria contract with the sub-purchasers knowledge of the working of the

Council. There are two particular was of a special character in that Canton Bank. features in the

ed together in this way.

Rival labour unions hare again

new regulations. they purchased the ore for a parti-When the manager of the Ting rst of all they will relate solelycular purpose, not disclosed to the Hing Bank and Police officers went to nets to be done and powers to suppliers on this side.

to the Yaen Wah Cheung firm.. to At the Summary Court hearing, whom the money had been paid, exercised within the territorial limits of the Colony.

Secondly, Mr. L. R. Andrewes, of Messrs.in accordance with the instructions they are confined to the searching Johnson, Stokes and Master, apcontained in the first letter, they of vessels. They will contain nopeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. found the doors closed and the provision for any structural altera C. G. Alabaster, K.C., instructed premises deserted,

The by Messrs. Leo d'Almada and tions, grilles or, otherwise. question of the Piracy Prevention nephew, represented the defendants. Guards is still under consideration Yesterday morning, Mr. F. C. and it may be that the final gass-Jenkia appeared for applicants for ing of this Bill, or at least its final leave to appeal against the judg coming into effect, will be post-ment.

been giving trouble and taking the daw into their own hands. Tester day there was Eghting between workers both in the north and the south part of Canton City, the most serious disturbances being B Fui Ling Road and at Honam." The reported "resignation of Mr. Wang Ching Wei, Chairme of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, at Hankow, bas caused no surprise among the Southern Chineac, as it was known for some time that the civilian section of poned until that question has been Mr. Jenmin was making his open- the Kuomintang will have no chance further considered. It is probable, ing submissions and explaining the whatever of getting control of the therefore, on the next occasion this grounds for of the application for Party. Moreover, Mr. Wang has Bill comes before Council I shall an appeal against the Summary not got the support of the so-called move for the addition of a Suspend-Court decision, when Mr. Silva Shansi cique of the Kuomintang, ing Clause which will provide that Netto asked permission to make a the first group in the Party to the Ordinacee shall not come into oppose the domination of the Soviet force until such date as may be fixed

by the Governor-in-Council. Mission in Chinese affairs..

Canton Authorities

The Colonial Secretary seconded sidering the recent order to close the motion and the Bill was read a the Canton Merchants Associa-rst time. tion, which is now agreeing to the Kwangtung Kwangsi section of the Kuomintang in its forced loan of $10,000,000 from local sma mer- chants as well as from banks and. bigger firma. Armed police are stil guarding the premises of the Association, and an influential director has been arrested and will be freed or bis payment of $100,000 towards the loan.

arc recon-

DISTRESS IN THE RURAL..

DISTRICTS..

DUTIABLE LIQUORS.

QUESTION OF POSSESSION.

PROPOSED NEW REGULA- TIONS.

J

At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon the The Bureau of Industry and the Attorney-General moved the first in Canton having done nothing to Ordinance to amend the Liquors Bureau of Agriculture and Labour reading of a Bill intituled "An Folicve the suffering of farmers Consolidation Ordinance, 1911" from floods and pestilence which

He said: The Bill is explained have occurred lately on account of the unusual rainfall in Evangtang, very fully in the "Objects and

the Board of Carity which mot last Reasons." In fact the Tuesday have decided to appoin:

(4

Objects

A special committee to look into and Reasons" are longer than the

coods.

THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST "RED" BANDITS.

submission.

His Lordship, Mr. Justice J. R Wood, pointed out that these were ex parte proceedings and Mr. Silva Netto could not be heard. If the application was granted, Mr. Silva Netto would be served and would' have to appear later.

Mr. Silva Netto asked if it would' be necessary to have another sitting of the Court if he wished to oppose this application.

DOG SHOOTING ON THE

PEAK.

THE WEAPONS USED,

FURTHER QUESTIONS BY HON. MR. D. G. M. BERNARD,

To meet public convenience there will be no firing from the 600 yards range between 8.30 am and 9.30 a.m. and after 4.30 p.m.

The experiment will be given & six months trial after which the question of using the range for machine guns will be further con- sidered in the light of the ex perience gained.

HARBOURING AN UNMAR- RIED GIRL.

MAN. GETS FOUR MONTHS GAOL.

Two Chinese, 100 B and a woman, were charged before Mr. H. E. Lindsell' at the Central Magistracy yesterday with unlaw- fully harbouring an unmarried gir! under 21-years of age.

Mr. R. A. C. North, of the Secre Following the answers given by tariat for Chiarse Affairs, prosecut- ed. The evidence was that Chan the Government to his previous Choi Wan, a Chinese girl was gold questions" relating to dog shooting to a married couple as a muitmi Was 8. She is now on the Peak the Hon. Mr. D. G. . when she

eighteen and was working as Bernard, at yesterday's meeting of tobacco sorter. While her master the Legislative Council, asked:— and mistress were ay from (1) What experience is consider- Hong Kong for a month the girl

ed necessary before Police took it into her head to run away.

She met à Chinese girl and was Officers are entrusted with the

introduced by ber another shooting of dogs, and

woman. It was at this woman's house that she met the male accused. After staying with this woman (the

(2) What weapons are used. The Colonial Secretary replied:

to

(1) A knowledge of and experi-second defendant) for a few days,

ence in the use of ebot-guns. Care is taken to select "men who are good shots.

she was asked to accompany her and the ́male, defendant to the railway station as the latter would

(2) Shot-guns and Greener riot take her back to her relatives. They

guns.

His Lordship indicated it would Mr. Silva Netto was proceeding to refer to the costs of such a procedure and to the fact that there were precedents when His Lordship directed him to sit down as he could not be heard at these proceedings.

Mr. Jenkin said that he would make the point which he believed Mr. Silva Netto wished to bring up. It was provided in the Ordin

the judgingat. The present date IRS aner that leave to appeal should be applied for within seven days of

had been fixed by His Lordship's own clerk and as the Ordinaner provided for extensions,

His Lordship, commenting that

IMPRESSIVE CHINESE

FUNERAL.

went away in a motor car and while waiting for the train in the Chinese territories, a Chinese detes- tive came up to her and, in can- sequence of some questions asked. the party was arrested.

KAN HUNG CHIU LAID request of another man who claimed

TO REST.

the girl as his wile. He bad no.. knowledge that she had run away. Mr. Lindael! sentenced the male labour and discharged the woman. accused to four montha'' hard

The male defendant said that he was taking her to Canton at the

Traffic was held up for a con

the mistake was of no importance siderable time yesterday morning and would not effect the appeal. for making the application was Mra Kan Hung Chiu passed through Counsel said that his first ground when the funeral procession of

spent.

town. The funeral was 蟲

THE LAICHIKOK -ROAD INCIDENT.

TWO MEN CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY.

A sequel to the shooting of an alleged armed robber at Laichikok

heard at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday Mr. W. Schofield.

robbery, and the third man, who Two men are charged with the

was shot, was stated to be in a serious condition.

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the situation. Reports from outside Bill itself. But stripped of all de districts indicate that the coming tail and omitting the more or less that when the action was heard, an the autumn harvest will be affected and lessened on account of presence of technical and consequential amend- application for an adjournment by Grent Affair" and several thou insect pests following the recent ments the short point of this Bill refused. It had been agreed, ben sands of dollars must have been

the solicitor for the plaintiffs was is as follows: It is intended to tween the parties that the corre The 63 towns and villages in the make it quite clear that when a

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In reply to his Worship, Inspec Kuomintang Army for the Suppres he quite impossible, for the pro- correspondence there was very geed about 2,000 coolies were employed ter Fallon said that the female ce sion of "Reds," recently establish section to prove that the duty on graund for the application, for an carrying banners and tables. In oupant of the house was scratched ed at Shinkwan North River Dis-ang-particular lot of liquor has not adjournment being granted. tricts, will be removed to Canton been paid. It ought generally to

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