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THE UNREST IN CANTON.

FICKETS' DARING.

ARREST OF PERSONS WITH-

OUT AUTHORITY.

(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]

CHILD WELFARE WORK.

A THREE DAYS' CAMPAIGN.

ENTERPRISE OF CHINESE Y.W.CA

FREE MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 1927.

DISPUTE OVER A CAR.

QUESTION OF SECURITY FOR

LOAN

At the Summary Court yesterday morning before the Puiane Judge (Mr. Justice J. R. Wood), Ip Punj proprietor of Mesars. J. Gibbs & Co motor car accessory dealers, sued Sapooran Singh and Kartar Singh for $1,000, as damages for the

(FROM OUR CHIN251 CORRESPONDENT.] conversion by the defendants for

Useful work in child welfare is being attempted by the Y.M.C.A, 's in the larger cities of Chins on the advice of Shanghai,

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their own use of a Marmon motor car to which plaintiff claimed he was entitled."

Ia tohnection with the boycott, the pickets are beginning to asäilme the powers of a Government. The evil of arresting persons without authority is being revived and last

Mr. L. D. Turner, for the plain tiff, stated that his client advanced week-end some 30 pickets forcibly

to a Mr. Li Hoi San, alina Li Hoi took a man" into custody, notwith- The Chinese Young Women's

Kee, on November 9th last year, standing the protest of the Police.

Christian Association, of Hong The Reds" are doing their Kong, is now holding a child wel

the sum of 81,000 on the security of utmost to create trouble in Canton fare exhibition, and yesterday, a'

a bill of sale in respect of four, nod the vicinity but there is general series of lectures, followed by Mormon car,

motor cars, one of which was the confidence that the authorities will medical examination of childrea,ed to Mr. Li Hai Kee, who was All four cars belong- not allow them to proceed too far, marked the beginning of a three- trading as the Wanchai Garage. Suspects are being carefully watch-day campaign. Dr. K. S. Shin ed and it is expected that the supervised the medical and physical publie hire, and it was left in the The Mormon car was a vehicle for labour agitators who were recently examination.

possession of Mr. Li Hoi Kee. caught carrying red flags contrary to the latest police order will be

Turner, two of the ears were sold

A few months ago, said - severely dealt with. It is thought

and sent to Shanghai by Mr. that they will be executed.

unknown to the plaintiff. On Sept Representatives of Hong Kong

ember and last, his client beard rice hongs are now in Canton con-

that the Wanchai Garage was in ferring with the local authorities

bankruptcy and had gone into the for better protection. As reported

Dr. (Mrs.) E. M. Minett gave the first lecture on Feeding the Child. Other physicians assisting include Dr. S. C. Ho, a Chinese member of the Hong Kong Sanitary Board, Dr. C. W. Ho, Dr. S. T. Wong, and Dr. S. N. Chau. To-day

and to-morrow, in addition to those hands of the Official Receiver. He

CIVIL AVIATION IN CHINA.

A PRACTICAL AND PROFITABLE PROPOSITION.

CAPT. ROBERTSON'S INTERESTING LECTURE AT THE

HELENA MAY INSTITUTE.

The wonderful progress made in aviation, both in the Air Force and for commercial purposes was traged in an exceedingly interest- ing lecture which Captain E. D. M. Robertson, D.S.C., of the Royal Air Force, Kai Tack Aerodrome, Kowloon City, gave at the Helens May Lostitute last evening.

Capt. Robertson referred to the establishment of flying clubs at Home, and suggested that it was within the range of practical possibilities that there should be one ia Hong Kong.

He also referred to the prospects of civil aviation in China. and advanced the opinion that it would pay. Hong Kong, he thought, would form an ideal air centre, for trips to Canton, Hankow, and Shanghai, and also for linking up with the Siberian railway, and shortening the present time taken for the journey home. It was a pity that there was "not a larger attendance. Those present did not number more than twenty,

C.M.G., presided and briefly intro Commodore J. L. Pearson,

diced Capt. Robertson.

advertisement signs) which showed of special lights (such as used for

A rosy glow through 600 feet of: dense fog indicated the landing

Brock And Schles.

At the outset of his lecture Capt. Robertson explained that he pro-spot. posed to cover the historical side. navigation, commercial navigation Brock and Schlee in the course of aircraft engines, practical flying. Capt. Robertson mentioned that and to conclude with a few words their round the world flight were about the future of China. going to attempt a fight from Tokyo of about 2,000 miles to the

bastion engine, he said, gave flying

The arrival of the internal com-

Midway Islands, without anviga.

at the time four junks full of rice already mentioned, Dr. Y, S. Wan. had been receiving interest. on the that which it required, and from tional aids, and it would have been and towed by two steam launches Dr. T. C. Wong, Dr. T. P. Woo, amount advanced and one month that time progress had been rapid, were pirated recently near Tungkun Dr. W. K. Fok, and others will was in arrear, Plaintiff consulted and more especially during the and up to the present all efforts help in the examination of children his solicitors and was advised that period 1914-1918, when the noc. out such aids All they had was i

whose parents apply for advice. he had a right of seizure under the There will be lectures and examina- bill of sale and owing to the bank tions every afternoon from 30 ruptcy of the guarantor. In .com during the health campaign."

The Chinese Young Women's himself (Mr. Turner) and the Off equence, plaintiff accompanied by

by the Chinese Navy to truer the culprits have been in vain. More than 30 rice junks are waiting in Hong Kong for departure to Can- ton but they hesitate to without some assurance of protes tion.

move

MR. T. V. SOONG."- Mr. T. V. Soong returned to Hong Kong by the Fatthan yesterday and it is understood he will return

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a hundred to one chance against them reaching these Islands with-

ex-compas, and he did not think they would have picked up the Islands, although there was a slight possibi lity that they might have done so. had done extraordinarily well, and He considered Brock and Schlee

relieved when they gave up the fight where they did.

ties of war led to continual periments and improvements.

An interesting explanation of the

given and a lantern slide was show mechanism of the acroplane was

which won the Schneider Cup this year. With the aid of lantern

various parts of the engine of an acroplane were explained,

Christian. Association of Kong has been a social service look for the motor ears.. They centre for child welfare work for found that two of the cars had been the last few years. Every Thurs sent to Shanghai and the remain-lides, and charts, the uses of the

- Commercial - Návigation, day morning, both at the Y.M.C.Aing two cars were in a garage at

Referring to commercial naviga- rooms in Bridges Street and at the Landale Street. At the latter place,

tion, the lecturer mentioned that in Y.W.C.A. in Caine Road, regalar they saw the first defendant with

Practical Figing. to Shanghai by the Empress of inspection of children is given. At two others, one of whom was pro

Speaking of practical flying, the hours expérience required it follow- view of the long number of flying présent some 40 boys and girisbably the second defendant. The lecturer pointed out that it had noted that most of the civil pilots must CANTON NOTES.

under seven years old are profiting plaintiff, through his solicitar, then progressed to as great an extent be ex-Air Force men. Commercial In the Canton Customs District by the service offered free of cost produced the bill of sale and de as it might have done, owing to the

flying demanded regularity, re- during October, a sum of 8111,870.30 Every child is physically and medic-manded that the cars be handed lack of grounds. There, however, liability and safety, each being was collected from the 23% and 5%ally inspected weekly and a record over to him. The first defendant appeared to be a possibility of bound up with the other. With surtax on ordinary and luxury im of the progress made is noted on refused to do so, producing a docu ruch more pretical ying at Home regard to safety in commercial ports. The regular Customs duty chart.

ment which purported to be a re in the future as the Air Ministry aying, it was, interesting to note amounted to $750,000 for the same

Yesterday, some 70 children regle ceipt for money paid for the par were subsidising and encouraging that no

chase of four motor cars, one of

British machine had period.

tered to take the special examina- which was the Mormon car. Since the formation of private flying as yet come down in the Channel. tion offered by the doctors just that time, said Mr. Turner, the clubs. mentioned

plaintiff had made further demands

Everything possible had been done for the care to be handed over, but

Singapore had a club, and by the British Air Lines to protect Scores of pamphlets, on practic-the first defendant still refused. Shanghai was talking of the posthe British public. In three weeks calendar in the calculation of ally all preventable diseases, pre- Mr. D. McCallum, for the desibility of establishing one. He time it would be three years since fence, indicated that one of "hig plens would be that the bill of sale was void is offending against the Bills of Sale Ordinance in so far

Capt. Robertson pointed out, that na in that Ordinance a special form of bill of sale was set out and the stunting was part of a pilot's equip document in question did not comment, especially in the Royal Air ply with statutory form. plaintiff, who said that at the time do the right thing in an emergency Evidence was called for the Force. A pilot was more likely to he advanced the money he valued if he had done stunting, than if he the four care at 84,000 and the par- were not good at stunting. issued at 81,300. When he last saw ticular one on which the writ was the car he valued it at 8700.

His Honour said that part of the defendants' case was that plaintif was not entitled to recover more than the value of the car and, after discussion, His Honour allowed the writ to be altered to include the

Hongal Receiver went to the garage to depicting the Napier-Lyon engine he thought everyone was very much i

Canton property owners and landlords having houses to let are now asked to adopt the Western

monthly rentals. Despite the fact pared by the Council of Health and that the Western calendar was pro- the Chinese Medical Association, claimed as the official calendar in written in simple language could be

bad for the asking.......

the Republic, landlords during the

16 years in Canton have continued Dr. 5. C. Ho, chatting with the tu collect rent on the old basis, thus Daily Press correspondent, id taking in an extra month of rent there should be more work of this from their tenants every three character among the Chinese years, as the Chinese according to people. He expressed a desire to the old calendar is shorter by about ace some similar work started for 10 days. In Hong Kong the Chinese calender is still used by Chineas Chinese children across the Har- landlords except in the modern bour at Kowloon. office buildings.

According to Dr. Ho, the health Prospects for the silk season in of Chinese children does not com- the principal silk centres in Canton do not appear to be very bright, pare unfavourably with that of

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on account of unfavourable weather. European children. He thought second car in the plaintiff's claim. Moreover, prices have fallen. It there were fewer weak parents

is doubtful if $1,000 apicul will

be obtained this season. In good among the Chinese. In China, only. times as much as $2,400 a picul has the better endowed physically could been paid.

Employees of the Customs House in Canton, through their Union, are interfering with the orders of

the Customs Commissioner.

resist the many unwholesome sur roundings and survive and couse quently the Chinese parents were, generally speaking, "healthy speci-

The ment."

order for the transference of a member of the staff from Canton to Tsingtao for service is being opposed.

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Yesterday being the tenth an niversary of the Soviet Revolution: number of pro-Soviet labour unions met at the Taiping Theatre, Wing Hon Maloo, Canton, to show their sympathy for the Third Inter- national movement.. Among the workers participating were the prin ters, who took a day off, and Canton will be newspaperless again to-day.

ATTACK ON A.P.C. LAUNCH.

REPELLED BY NAVAL GUARD

This afternoon Dr. Chau Wei Cheung, President of the Hong Kong Branch of the China Medical Association, will lecture at 9:30 Nursing. To-morrow Dr. T. P

"Some Essentials in

Child Woo will

speak "Commen Diseases of Children and Their Prevention."

on

1:

on

HOLLAND'S INDUSTRIES

FAIR.

A SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION..

GOOD BUSINESS DONE.

This was valued by the plaintiff at

8450,"

In cross-examination, plaintiff agreed that the rate of interest charged (4 per cent, per Chinese lunar month) was high, but stated that Li Hoi Kee had been perfectly willing to pay it.

After further evidence the enee adjourned until the 14th instant.

Was

QUARREL OVER A DEBT.

INDIAN GUARD SENT TO PRISON.

Hoped that Hong Kong would not be left behind,

there had been a fatality in con- nection with the British air trans port of

passengers. The last fatality was on "Christmas Day, 1994,

Commercial Flying In China.

Captain Robertson spoke of the network of air routes at present extending across Europe to Moscow. and down to Africa, and prophesied their eventual extension to Trak, across "India and to the Malay or States.

Every pilot, whether Air Force or Civil had to maintain a certain standard of physical fitness, and examinations were held once twice a year.

Air Navigation. Theoretically, one was told to fly above the "clouds, but actually is practice most pilafs kept below the clouds, where they had a better chance in case of a forced landing The risk of engine failure had been practically eliminated by the three engine machine.

The lecturer spoke of the difficul- ties of estimating the force of the wind when flying above the clouds, owing to the changes at various altitudes, and explained the Won derful method employed to inform a pilot when fixing above the clouds of his exact position. -

The difficulties of landing in dense for were also touched upon by the speaker, who said this pro- blem, while not yet finally solved,

Speaking of the chances of civil aviation in China, he said "that China was a country of enormous possibilities, and very largely un- competition from railways, he co- developed. Having little or no sidered that civil aviation would prove to be a paying proposition. Hong Kong, he remarked would form an ideal air centre, Canton would be one hour away, Hankow instead of five days would be six hours away, while Shanghai, flying against the North-East monsoon would be 12 hours away,

An air station established at Hong Kong or Hankow would con- nect with some point on the trans Siberian railway, and this would sare perhaps another seven days for those making the journey home viá this route.

At the conclusion a vote of thanks

the motion of Commodore

Before Mr. R. E.. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday, an was well on the way toward solu was returned to Capt. Robertson, Indian police guard was charged tion. A leader cable, which would with assaulting a private watch- | give direction, and the employment | Pearson. man, also an Indian.

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The complainant said that he obtained judgment recently against the defendant for the pay ment of a sum of money. Arisifig from this action, it was alleged, defendant attacked him with

the Netherlands in Hong Kong arm.

The Acting Consul-General for piece of wood and injured his reporta that the 17th Dutch Indus

It was stated that Sub-Inspector tries' fair, held at Utrecht from Nand Singh, on hearing of the September 6th-18th proved very masault, kept a watch on the Canton successful from every point of view. boats and arrested defendant on

"There was na increase in the the s.s. Fatihan,

.RETURNING TO HONG KONG

PASSENGERS ON THE

"MANTUA"?

LOCAL RESIDENTS.

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Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Carpenter, Miss Carpenter, Mrs. E. M. Clark, Mr. W. G. Clark, Mr. Chambers, Miss L E. Dorling. Miss H Davies, Mr G. Dodd, Mr. and Mrs. B. Guest, Mrs. Gould, Miss Gould, Mis. H. M. Gill, Miss Gill, Mr. „A. British naval wirelcas message

and Mr Gould, Mrs. H. E. Gill, from Canton, dated Sunday, an-

Miss Y. B. Harrison, Comdr. A IL nounced that an armed guard had

Hulfhide, R.N., Mrs. A. G. Little- been placed on board the A.P.0.

Several local residents are given | dale, Master "Littledale, Mrs. 04 Fuen-ting at Kubo that morning. number of exhibitors-807 against | In denying the charge, defendant in the advance passenger list of the Lanrd, Miss Luard, Mr. G. Mellis, At the eastern entrance of June 761 at the fair at Leeuwarden last said that he simply went on board P&O as Mantua which is due Mr. and Mrs. S. B. B. McElderry. Miss M. S. McElderry, Mr. M. R. upon from the bank and from an all sections. There were 562 ex- He had no intention to go to Can

The list of passengers. aampan containing nine men. There hibitors from Holland, 54 from ton, and as for his arrest the Sub under: Mr. and Mrs, 1 Adam, Mr. and Mrs. Newhouse," Mra. I werd approximately 20 men on the Germany, 39 from Austria, 38 from Inspector also had a grudge against Mr. and Mrs. C. E. H. Beavis, Nainbs-Luxmore, Mr. and Mrs. G. beach. The guard on the launch France, 31 from England, 19 from him.

Mrs. F. K. E. Blair Miss K. H. Ringnalda, Mr. H. L. Robertson, returned the fire and three men Belgium and 17 from USA.

The Magistrate convicted and Blair, Miss E. K. Bişir, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Sutton, Miss Sutton, from the sampen were either killed

passed sentence of six weeks' hard Mrs. W. H. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. R. Miss V. Searles-Wood, Dr. J. R. or drowned. A

labour. In addition, defendant K. Batchelor, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Banders, Mr. A. J. Steele, Miss Several other small boats have

was ordered to pay $25 to the com- Brooks, Miss Brocks, Mrs. I. M. Irene Taylor, Mr. J. G. Wood, Mins recently been attacked in this

plainant as compensation, or serve Brace, Mr. K. H. Batger, Mr. E.E. M. Wella, Mr. B. E. Wadding- vicinity.

further term of one month. H. Braithwaite, Miss Braithwaite, } ton.

tion Channel the launch was fired year, and good business was done to take some clothing to a friend here on Friday morning is as Montgomery, Mrs. M. D. Moore,

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