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Hongkong Daily Press.

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ESTABLISHED 1857.

Ƒ¶T HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 1927. 伍拜雞

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

Kowloon Yaumati

Shatin

Taipo

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...Dep 6,37 8.00 695 9.18 10.0912,03

Dap. 6.4

Dep, 8.57

Taipo Karkat Dep. 7.18

7.37

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... Dep.

Shamshun

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9.09 10.08 11.00/12.83

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115287 3.00 4,37 5,497.23

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9.08 10.14 11.03(12,59) 2,12|3.18 3.40 5.34 8.41819

11.10 5.88

3.43 6.47

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Dep 7.14 8.0: 10.1 10.49 Shanghai Hop 121 BDS 1025 IGB Tasling Dep.-7.08.12 10.29- Taipo Market Dep. 7.86 8.9210.89-

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SHA TAU KOK BRANGE.

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SCARCITY OF COAL IN PEKING.

CHINESE PAPER'S FEARS.

MERCHANTS DEMAND REDUC DUCTION IN TAXATION,

PELINO Sept. 2nd. An editorial in Shuntien Skil Pou notes a scarcity in the amount of coal stored in leking and anti- cipates a shortage and high prices for the staing winter, The editorial blames the situation on the subversion of the means of transportation to military ends and asserts that the Tayuanshosi and the Government authorities are able to remedy the situation if they really have the well-being of the people at heart

SUPERTAXES.

FAILURE OF NATIONALIST PROPOSALS.

RESULT OF SHOW OF DETER- MINATION.

SHANGHAI COMMENT.

DIARY OF EVENTS.

Today,

Registore na a Newspaper at the General Post Office in the United Kingdom."

Hotel

Tes Dances: H.K. Hotel and Savoy, 430 p.m., King Edward Hotel, 5 p.m. and Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 4.30-8.30 p.m.

Hockey Club "A" r. Club de Recreio, King's Park, 5.15 p.m.

Naval and Military Y. M.Ö.A..~~ "Cheer O": Concert, 7 p.m.

Ping Pong League: Hop Ying Club . Hong Kong University (C.C.Y.M.S.).

Star Theatre: They Like 'em Rough."

Principal Mail:-Outward! Europe vid Siberia (Szechuen), 5

Saturday.

Golf: Autumn Meeting; Fanling. 6th Extra Race Meeting Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley- (first day).

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The failure of the "Nationalist effort to introduce tariff autonomy by the one-sided assertion of it and thereby not only to raise a sub-

Entries close for Macno 4th stantial amount of ready money ler war, propaganda, and other pur Extra Race meeting, 8 p.m. pesca, but also, to establish a con- spicuous pracedent for

the de- Suty's Theatre: "The Love of nunciation of all treaties, ought to World Theatre: The Splendid. have a heartening effect upon for Crime," Coal merchants along the Peking eigners resident throughout China, Saiyuan railway recently held a says the North China Daily New meeting and demanded a reduction It is proof that a very little show of the

determination in defence of 3 de nacelaneous duties imposed rights ersential to cominerend in traffic. In addition to the regular stead of the ever-fatal inclination duties, the coal, merchants were

tu compromise on a partial sur- asked to pay thirty dollars for each render, is all that is required to twenty tons of coal to the railway check the Chinese tendency to for the upkeep of the road. If this eliminate the foreigner by gradual were insisted upon, the merchants encroachment upon his rights. The threatened to stop business, and events of the past year growing upon consideration, the railway out of the British, American, and decided to reduce this charge by Japanese passion for placating the half: The rehabilitation duty forces of destruction, quite natural collected by the Transportation y led the Chiness of all factions to Commander's headquarters was also believe that to receive they had only reduced by fifty per cent. More to ask, and that whatever they could cars have been placed at the die seize by violence or guile "would poul of the merchants, and thee their forever. When we say service has been extended to Pan- "the Chinese" we do not mean chinotsun, where the best Ching the Chinese at large but those who Mei" conl is produced. According resume the rule of spokesmen for to the merchants, this coal costs China and prove their authority by only about fout dollars per thou- ppressing and booting all the pre sand casties, and its dust is suit" ductive elements in the country able for making into coal balls. upon whom the ife of commerce which are commonly used by the depends. Chinese. It is expected that this will bring about a gradual decline in coal prices-Chung Mei,

AN UNSATISFACTORY «

MARRIAGE.

AND A BRIDEGROOM WHO DID

NOT FEEL HIS AGE."

THE WILES OF A MATCH. MAKER.

Foreign Treaty Righta These highly articulate ruling clements have as we say, “been encouraged to believe that the for- signer could be reduced to the status of the ruthlessly exploited Chinese workmah, farmer, or mez chant by the simple process of an assumption of unearned rights and a statement of unwarranted aspirs tions. Shanghai does not deserve much credit for display of moral courage or of coordinated resist ance, but such · feeble. show of a fighting spirit as it has shown bas been sufficient to rob the. "Nation-

Cricket League:-Division II. : H.K. Electric Co. v. Royal En- gineers E.M.S. Tamar v. Ř.A.O.C.-

Cricket: HK.C.C. v. Army (first day); Navy . H.K.C.C. and XI.: C.S.C.C. Northants: Chinese. R.C. C.S.C.C. 2nd XI.

Yachting Week-end Cruise, H.K. Football Longue:-Division I.: R.A.F. z. Chinese Ath.; Club v. Kowloon; S.C.A.A. v. Recreio; K.0.5.B. BA; Police Guards Division 11, Scots Joseph's . Recreio; Kowloon Club; S.C.A.4. "A" K.O.S.B.; University . R.A. ;Chinese Áth, r. S.CA.A. "B" Division II. "B": Boy Scoute s. S.C.A..A "A"; Chi- nese Athletic v. St. Joseph; South Ching "B". Kowloon; Moslems

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Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p.m., King Edward Hotel, 5 b., and Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 5-7 p.m.

Dinner Dansant at King Edward

Hotel.

Interport Polo Dinner, Hong Kong Hotel.

Queen's Theatre: "The Love of

Crime."

World Theatre: "The Splendid

Star Theatre They Like 'em Rough."

Principal Mails:-Outward: Europe via Marseilles, etc. (Ateuta Maru), 2.30 p.m.

PERING, Sept. add.

nata "of most of their assurance Sunya" An interesting case was heard and to elicit from them a confession the locul Chinese court recently of defeat. The cancellation of Nan- when the 18-year-old daughter of king's orders for the collection of Mrs. Pai sued her husband for caa- huge surtaxes, over and above extra eellation of the marriage pact. tonnage dues is a surrender which Miss Pai, the plaintif, was en-will have a marked effect upon the gaged to the defendant, Li Chang whole attitude of the exploiting fae- Ho last month through the intro tions in China towarda foreign duction of a professional match- treaty rights, and will have the maker. When the engagement was effect of re-establishing in all Chi- made, both the plaintiff and her nese minds some ittle respect for mother were told that the defen- international obligations." 'dant was a dashing youth of twenty- eight, and had a good job in Tien- tsia in addition to an inheritance of ten acres of land. The plain tiff's family received $100 from the defendant.

Sunday.

17th- Sunday after Trinity. Cold Dew (Hamlu). Charity Bazaar of the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood. Catholic Young Men's Club, 13, Caine Road.

Golf: Autumn Meeting, Fanling. Yachting: Week-end Cruise. 4th Interport Bowls Trial Croigengower Cricket Club.

The Foreigners" Victory. The foreigner's victory in this instance does not lie in the mere escape from & heavy burden on trade. It does not mean that a re- united, responsible and respectable Government of China should for- ever be held to a tariff schedule prescribed in the Tientsin Treaty of 1858, nor that a recognizable China should be denied the elemental right of tariff autonomy. If this were all the cucellation of the surtaxes meant it would not be a victory to be proud of. It is in the triumph of a principle which is absolutely essential to any sort of P.

Entries Closs for 880 yards open Championship of Colony, 880 Yards Chinese race, and 320 yards race for Mok Challenge Cup, V.R.C., & p.m. Theosophical Society: Lecture by Mr. R. E. Lanepart on "The Ar- cient Wisdom," Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 6 p.m.

The wedding took place about two weeks ago but when the girl alighted from her bridal chair she encountered a plain-looking man of more than 40 greeting her in the ceremonial robe of a bridegroom Seasing that something had gone wrong plaintiff refused to perform the marriage ceremony and insist ed on returning home at once and bringing the matter to the atten- tion of the matchmaker. But as it was already dark and as it was international relations that we must Aftor Dinner Dance, Leo Gaz- qure a distance between the Li find cause for religing. The prin- dena.

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bone and her own, the girl was ciple is that no treaty cam be Frincipal Mails:-Inward: PALACE HOTEL.

Emaily persuaded to stay overnight abolished or amended by unilateral | við Negapatam (Diomed). on the personal word of the father declaration but must be superseded

Monday.

Anniversary of the Republic of China,

Shanghai Interport Bowls Team arrive.

Golf: Autumn Meeting, Fanling. Yachting Week-end Cruise cox- clades.

eth Extra Race Meeting of Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley (second day).

Cricket: II.K.C.C. n. Army (second day); I.R.C. . E.K. Elec- tric Company.

of L that nothing detrimental to by a new agreement of some sort. her honour would be done.

According to international tradi- At the trial plaintiff declared that tion China is always to be dealt the marriage agreement was Bull with more leniently and indulgent and void, as there was a mistakely than most nations, but while the about the identity of the would-be overt breach of an international bridegroom. She also protested agreement by a genuine Chinese that she and her mother had been Government might be considered a cheated and that the only sensible matter for gentle remonstrance in thing for the court to do would be stead of an act of war, as in Ger to grant her request for a nullifica-many's case in 1914, a conspicuous tion of the pact. Counsel for plain-breach of a treaty cannot even be tiff also dwelt upon the difference discussed with an umrecognized in age and education between the local clique which shows as little two parties.

inclination as ability to abide by Testifying, the defendant nid any undertaking fast or present. that he was 43 years old and did some business in Tientsin, making Queried as to how he could main- about $8 a month. He said he hadtain a family with $4 a month he given 8100 to the mother of the said that he had some miscellane plaintiff and that the agreementous incomes which netted him more was entered into is all good faith than $300 a year, However he de- on his side. He insisted that the clined to reveal the sources of Steel, and Coulson's Billiard agreement was valid in the eyes of those incomes,,

the law.

The professional match-maker, & Acked how it came about that

woman, was not present but war he was represented as being only represented by a man who said that 28 years and having a comfortable his client probably had also been competence, the defendant blushed misled regarding the identity of but he repeated that be would not the defendant. The hearing was agree to a cancellation of the agree- concluded at a late hour in the ment, as he had already lost $100 afternoons and judgment was re- (Continuéd at foot of next column) | served.-Kuo Wai

Football: Civilians . Chinese Athletic, Happy Valley, 4.30 p.m.

Championship swimming races at Victoria Recreation Club, & plan,"

Tee Dances: H.K. Hotel and Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p.m.; King Ed- ward Hotel, 5 p.m., and Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, - 4.30-8.30

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League: R.A. v, Garrison" Sgt. Mea; D.R.C. v. St. Patrick's Club Northants

Police; K.O.S.B.. Warders; R.E. and R. Sigs, v. Revenue.

HK. University Union Double Ten Concert and Dance at Great Hall of University, 8.30 p.m.

H.K. Male Voice Choir rehearsal, St. John's Cathedral Hall, & p.m.

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