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MARSHAL LI'S POSITION.

URGENT DEMAND FOR HIS RECALL.

CURRENCY PROBLEMS.

MERCHANTS WANT $10,000,000 LOAN RETURNED,

CINEMA NEWS.

A LOCAL GAZETTE.

"WHISPERING WIRES.".

ANOTHER MYSTERY STORY.

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 9th, 1928.

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CORRESPONDENCE. ^] REFUGEES FROM SWATOW.

TSINGTAO AS 'A HOLIDAY FOURTH BATCH ARRIVES IN

SINGAPORE. RESORT.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG

DAILY PRESS."]

HOSPITALITY FOR CHINESE

CATHOLICS.

THE OPIUM TRADE IN CHEKIANG.

TO BE SUPPRESSED IN FIVE TEARS!

A new

The officials in Chekiang pro vince are coming to close grips with SIR-As the coasting steamers

SINGAPORE, March 20th. the opium menace, writes a North of the Indo-China Steam Navigation

A batch of 93 Chinese Catholics China Daily News correspondent. Company, and the China Navigation from the Swatow "district arrived The smuggling which goes on in this Whispering Wires" is called Company (of which Messrs. Jardine, in Singapore yesterday, making bureau has been created, by the

commodity is enormous. [FROM OCE CHINESE CORRESPONDANT.} } mystery comedy, though comedy/ Matheson & Co., and Butterfeld & about 750 who have found a refuge Central Government, for the sup-

sounds rather an inappropriate Swire are agents), run directly be title for a play during the course tween Hong Kong, Taingtao, and the of which two people are murdered Northern Ports, and as there are the lives of several others are also steamers of the Blue Funnel threatened, and two" evil doers are Line, Hamburg-America Line, Nord. quences of their crime. But there that quote round trip rates Between is a lot which is amusing, and Singapore and Tsingtao, and Hong actors continually Kong and Tsingtao, your readers akhough the

སྨན་ད་བར་ CANTON, Apil BE A cable received here to-day and stated to be from one of Marshal Li Tasi Esin's aide-de-camp at Nan-

in the Straits from Communist per-pression of the drug and those ad- secution during the past month.

dicted are being rounded up and These people, who arrived in a practically destituta condition, compelled to register. Those found their homes having been burnt and accretly indulging are to be mulcted by a minimum fine of 81,000. have all been cared for at the tigations throughout the whole of Chinese Catholic Church of St.

this part of the province. Regia Peter and St. Paul, Queen Street, tered amokers are allowed to pur-

king declares that Marshal Li sentenced to pay for the conso-Deutscher Lloyd, and P. & O. Lines their property stolen by the Reds, Inspectors are busy in their inves

being forcibly detained by Marshal Chiang Kai Shek. He urged Mr. Tai Chi Tao, a member of the

Political Commission at Canton/uggest that the house. is sinister will agree that so far as connection and Father S. Lee and his Church chase in quantities on a gradually

and a strong supporter of Marshal

, to take up the matter. The Canton City branch of the Kuomintang and the Kwangtung Provincial Kuomintang here sent two similarly worked telegrams to Nanking on Saturday urging Marshal Li to return to Canton,

current of Bolshevist plotting in Canton and the seriousness of the

bandit menace in the districts."

THE DISTRUSTED 20-CENT PIECES.

CANTON, April 8th.

anu gives them "the creeps," the is concerned Thingtao is by no atmosphere is rather that of one means out of their reach,

From these remarks you will those luxurious hotels in which Sennet comédies are staged. No gather that I crave your indulgence- morbid fears need keep you

to

from

committee have been hard pressed to meet all the demands that, have been made upon them,

Altogether four batches of re-

reducing scale and it is anticipated the evil will be alcaned up in the space of five years.

Much talk and speculation is now

Examinations have

to place before your reading public fugees have arrived, sent on from going the round of officialdom in just creepy enough not secing "Whpering Wires it is exactly what advantages Tsingtao Swatow by the Catholic Mission view of the new type of country be can offer them as a holiday resort,there, and they have been fed by mayor to be inaugurated in the riduculous, no more.

and I trust you will publish this the Church Committee housed part-near future. The story tells the struggle be- letter because many people can ly in certain honasing property in recently been held at which, it is and explaining at length the under "tween "Gregory Stockbridge" and better afford a few weeks holiday Middle.. Road which the Municianid, over 600 sat, to compete for crook "Morphy" whom he has in the Orient than the greater ex: pality had acquired for demolition. the 70 odd vacancies for the pro- caused to be imprisoned. Morphy pense of time and money it costs Persecution Of A Wealthy Village.vince of Chikiang. Successful can- escapes and with the help of a to go to Europe. This especially Chinese Catholics in the city have didates are to be sent to Japan for crazy inventor, determines to mur- refers to people who need a change given generous assistance, and Mr. the space of three months in order dor not only his ene but his on convalescence after fever or Wee Cheng Soon, the well-known to learn and inwardly digest the daughter and h lawyer as well. other tropical illnesses, and for contractor, has taken a large numethods of that country. Ten dol-{ On the side of right are a "buli them Tsingtao would prove an ideal ber of the refugees into his employ.lars a day are being allowed for In view of the continued deflation

dog"

detective, his two comio change, combining as it does sea airment. A number have also left for sundry expenses during the stay in of the subsidiary coins made in the assistants, a blood bound, and the and bathing with lovely surround-atacca, where they have relatives, the land of the rising sun-Forth' 13th year of the Republic, the Pro-lover of the daughter. The orooks ings in pine-clad hills, and the best and Father Lee has now no more Thina Daily News. vincial Administration bas again have the usual equipment of undersen beaches in China. In August, left on his hands. There are, how- decreed that such coins must be ground passages and trap doors, our warmest month, the temperature ever, still several hundred Chinese accepted in the market and in and really ingenious lethal wea- last year never reached 90 degrees being sheltered by the Swatow Mis Government offices. The Govern- ment order."states that the "per-

Farhenheit, the general average for sion and awaiting a chance to come Miss Amba Stewart who plays the that month being degrees. centage of silver in these new coins hereine is quite a pretty girl of

to the Straits. is practically the same as in the whom we expect and hope to see there are a number of good hotels With regard to accommodation old ones, being 70.93 per cent. Such coins should not therefore be dis adequate but there is no very bril-varying from the lowest pension cast are and pensions at Tsingtao, prices criminated against in making purant acting. chases. The only thing to be re-

"Whispering Wires " gretted, continues the declaration, is that there is a lot of counterfeit new coin on the market bearing the same date.

In accordance with the Govern

pons.

more, the rest of the

tory but it is competently made is not a fim which will make his and quite a good entertainment

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The "Hermes" Funeral, Perhaps the most interesting fea ture of the programme was the

rates of 8140 monthly, inclusive,

bigger hotels. during the season, to $300 at the

Of local amenities people will find muny to suit their taste, for it is possible to find quietness and real rest in Tsingtao; or, if visitors like

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time, and told pathetic tales of the The refugees had had a very hard

of them came from a village in the trials they had undergone. Many

Swatow district which was known, by reason of the wealth of its in habitants, as one of the richest vil inges in China., For that reason it was marked out by the Reds for destruction, and eventually they at tacked it. At first the villagers re

SOUTH MANCHURIAN RAILWAY.

PROFITABLE PAST YEAR.

MUXDEN, March 28th.

The accounts of the South Man- churia Railway Co. for the fiscal year 1997 are expected to exceed all expectations, according to pre liminary calculations made at Dai ren. The traffic receipta will ex- ceed the estimate made last year, by Y0,000,000, being Y.114,000,000

Fushun coal export trade has türn-

ment's decree, all tax collectors locally made film of, the funeral of amusements after spending the day sisted, but when it became obvious in all. In industrial receipts, the Have been ordered to accept these the victims of the seaplane disaster by the sea or pienicing in the hills, that the Government were not send- disputed twenty-cent pieces, proof inst week. This is the first pic there is a good Golf Course as well vided they are

not counterfeit.

fication to the city merchants to the

All the six merchant associations in Canton were requested by the Pro- vincial Administration to support the Government and issue a noti-tures of American gentlemen who Finally, I may mention that there however important they may be in is a splendid local hospital under their home towns are quite un-charge of a German doctor who has known to the majority of the audi- ence and as Dean Inge says "not been in Tsingtao for a long time though the lighting was not quite of I mention this as important for very pretty." The funeral picture well established, and highly thought steady throughout, as part of the equipment has not yet arrived, was convalescents. clear and very impressive.

regular part of the news gazette popular cafés offer excellent dancing ture of what we hope will be af as a Race Course, and at night local for these local matters are of com- siderably more interest than pie- and music.

same effect.

These six merchant associations in question have acted in com pliance with the Government re- queet, and have already notified their respective members of accept the coins in question. They are quite sincere in their support of the Government and are doing all they can to stem the deflation of these "coins. This is especially true of the Canton Chamber of Commerce and the Canton Finance Guild, which went so far se to suggest a heavy penalty for those refusing to

WILBUR PLAYERS.

Ten to twelve days at most will auffice to convey visitors here from Singapore, or say six days from Hong Kong. Steamer rates reasonable, but I leave that to in- dividual enquiry. There is no danger of any sort at Tsingtao during the civil wars, because it is out of the line of advance, and besides its

Yours faithfully,

THE EDITOR, THE TSINGTAO TIMES," Tsingtao, March 20th, 1998,

ing reinforcements they gave way, village and killed some of its in- and the communists destroyed the

habitants.

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUC TION COMPANY.

REPORT OF DIRECTORS.

The annual meeting of the share holders of the Hong Kong En-

Ltd., will be held at the offices of are gineering & Construction Companý,

Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co., on Saturday, April 14th at 11 a.m.

writing off 827,078.23 for deprecis

The Directora report that after

tion, which has been charged in the Working Account, the Profit and Loss Account for the year 1027 shows a debit balance of 852,020.03. This, added to the debit balance at the end of 1820, namely, 8461,081,97

The company will bring its fare welf visit to Hong Kong to a close to-day with Three Live Chests at 6.30 p.m. and "The Family Up stairs" at 9.15 p.m.. "Three Live Ghosts," adapted from the book of the same name, le a seasational position beside the sea makes it comedy with a London background. peculiarly safe for defence." Dealing with three soldier lada who are reported dead but return accept these twenty-cent pieces. ing and amusing complications. very much alive, it is full of excit The Government has likewise order-The Family Upstairs" is the clever ed that those who refuse to accept domestic comedy which scored such such coins will be dealt with during the company's previous visit a big hit when presented hers severely.

about a year ago. It is being re- But until the present order even { pested to-night by popular request Government tax collectors refused and cannot fail to ensure a great send-off for this popular company. to. accept the coins. Last week Booking is at Montric's and the when the writer was paying his Star Theatre at the popular prices "taxes on a piece of property to the of $3, $2 and #1 with children haų

price to the matinee. Municipal Bureau of Land ho

BANVARD COMPANY.

ONE DAY VISIT.

*HORS D'ŒUVRES". ON FRIDAY AT THE STAR.

ed out comparatively prósperous, Antan Iron & Steel Works have whereas the enterprises of the helped appreciably to swell the com- pany's funds.

The items under the heading of much, with the exception of retire expenditure have not increased very

ment allowances, which, on this оссваіон, amount to Y.7,000,000. This is due to the fact that, in the Bacal year under review, a large number of old servants of the com- pany, were due for retirement." It is a noteworthy commentary on the the most profitable and the best state of things in this country that

with the Chinese Eastern Railway managed railway is the one entire- ly owned and operated by Japanese,

a close rival in the matter of traffic receipts, the management of the

supposed latter being largely in Soviet hands, although the Chinese are to be joint-owners.— North China Daily News.

ELECTRICITY FROM THE

YALU

makes a total adverse balance at BIG MANCHURIAN SCHEME

December 31st, 1997 of 8514,014.00- which it is proposed to carry for- ward,

There has been no change in the Directorate during, the past year. Sir Robert Ho Tung, Kt., and Mr.

2dWty

MVEDEN, March 28th,

could not got the tax collector to PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK. Company of twenty-three Landon J. T. Bagram retire by rotation Yamamoto, Bresident of the South |

accept those coins. The collector

sisted that ho was responsible for every coin be collected and that be

Queen's,

The Banvard Musical Comedy, artistes, whood revues gave so much enjoyment during their season at the Theatre Royal and Star Theatre in February last, will be paying a Larewell visit to Hong Kong this week on their way home. Owing to engagements in India, the company will be able to give only one per- at 9.15 p.m. on Friday, April 13th." They will stage Hors d'Oeuvres," an entirely new revue including items from the latest London and New York musical successes, prin- cipally "Oh Kay," "Hit The

To-day: "Whispering Wires.". had experienced difficulty in turn, Tuesday and Wednesday: Laura ing the money over to the Govern-la Piante in "Silk Stockings." mont treasurer for acceptance. "The Wednesday at 5 p.m.: Miss Daisy present Government decree, bow-O'Keefe's Dancing Display. Songs ever, has forced these tax collectors by the Misses Aileen and Doris formance here in the Star Theatre to accept them, provided they are Woods. genuine.

Thursday to Saturday: Florence Vidor and Ricado Cortez in "The THE $10,000,000 LOAN. Eagle of the Sea," a thrilling

pirate tale.

rest of the Canton

*World.

and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

The accounts for the year have been audited by Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, Chartered Accountants, who being eligible offer themselves, for re-election..

THE S.S."PRESIDENT GARFIELD."

If present plans materiālize, the harnessing of the Yalu for hydro-. electric purposes will soon be an accomplished fact. Mr. M. Fuku- Japan, is to confer with Mr. J. of the Toho Electric Co.

the subject. It is said that the Manchuria Railway Company, an

power thus harnessed could not only be used for electricity and motive purposes, but would assist appreciably in the manufacture of nitrogen fertilizers. This scheme appears to have appealed to Ameri- can capitalists, and Mr. Anderson, of Mesars, Dillon, Reed & Củ., the underwriters of the American Joan floated by Daido & Co., of which Mr. Fukuzawa is likewise Preat- dent, is reported to have telegraph- ed to Mr. Fukuzawa, proposing the The President Garfield ar investment of American capital. Be Good." "Hors d'Oeuvres," also Albert Wilson in command.

"According to Mr. Fukuzawa's || She contains original sketches specially discharges, 14 Gral-class passengers, be derived at a cost of Y.250 per written for the production, and

152 bags of mail and 885 tons of kilowatt. Mr. Fukuzawa, who is darices in which the Banvard benu-

general cargo, tim

also President of the Chosen Elec tier will wear costumes brought direct from the Folies Borgere.and Among the prominent passengers tric Power, Co., has applied to the Chosen Government for a franchise.! the Moulin Rouge. As "Hors were Mr. Marcel A. Annett, Shanghai, where it was considered. Griffith, Ltd., at Hong Kong and 38,250 kilowatt capacity, Koryo d'Oeuvres scored a big hit in Managing Director for the T. E. The proposed, power housez. ATG

Koryo Power House No. 1 with to be the company's best show, there Canton; Mr. Charles J. Clackett Power House No. 2 with 18,120 ir sure to be a crowded house: on

the Far Eastern Inspector of kilowatt capacity, Rinter Power. Friday, hence it is advisible to re Agents for the Cadbury Bros., Ltd.. House with 13,600 kilowatts, Sun- serrs seats car. Booking is at England: Mr. and Mrs. John Bsho Power House No. 1 with 13.606 Moutrie's and the Star Theatre Fleming. Mr. Fleming is conhected kilowatte, Sunaho Power House No. Prices of admission are 84, 83, 82 with the Goodyear Rubber Co., at with 16,470 kilowatts, all costing

Sigapore.

(.31,200,000)

"

Finance Guild, representatives of To-day: Charles Ray and Pauline Dock," "Stop Flirting", and "Lady rived on Saturday with Capt plan, 800,000 watts of power might

At the

the Canton Chamber of Commerce, the City Merchants' Federation, the Starke in "Bright Lighte

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Merchants Association, and the Street of Forgotten Men,"

Tuesday and Wednesday: The Merchants Co-operative Association, and the Canton Finance Guild, fomance of the underworld. held a meeting last night to discuss

Thursday to Saturday: Douglas measures for getting back the Fairbanks in." Robin Hood."

Star. $10,000,000 loaned to the Govern- ummit a year or to ago to avert the To-day: Wilbur Players at 5.30 impending fuoncial panic. They in "Three Live Ghosts," at 9.15 in stated that they are now in sore "The Family Upstairs." No cinema need of money and that the Govern performance. ment should pay the money back as Tuesday and Wednesday promised. A committee was ap- "Tongues of Flame." pointed to confer with the Govern." Thursday to Saturday: Ship

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