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ECONOMIC CONFERENCE BROUGHT

TO A CLOSE.

FINANCE MINISTER'S CHALLENGE TO THE MIDDLE CLASS.

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BUSINESSLIKE ATTITUDE OF

DELEGATES.

SHANGHAI, July 2nd.

The final session of the Economic Conference on Saturday morning was a cheerful affair, the delegates sitting down to a tiffin as guests of the Ministry of Finance. Speeebes were made, by the principal ones and there were replies by the Minister and "Vice-Minister of Finance.

"There is no doubt that the commercial community has grasped the gravity of "the demobilization problem id is prepared to pit the power of the purse against the militarists, should the need arise. Mr. T. V. Scong pointed out the issues with commendable clearness, finishing his speech with a warning that it depended on the merchant classes themselves how far they would be able to make their will prevail. He promised the whole hearted süp- port of the Finance Ministry.

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Mr. Soong's speech was a chal-

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lenge to the economic middle class. He told them that it was their problem as to whether or not the Government would carry through to fruition the resolutions which they had passed at the Conference. His meaning was clear to the delo

the Ministry of Finance would support them, but they had to go beyond the Ministry of Fis- ante, to the Political Council and the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang and only the business elements at the Confer ence could create ample public opinion to enforce their will upon these bodies.

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Mr. Boong's Speech,'

1928.

ROUND THE POLICE COURTS.

MINX AND WOULD BE

ADMIRER.

"WHITE, SLAVERY" CASE DISMISSED.

AN AUDACIOUS SCOUNDREL.

A visit to the Police Courts yes. terday revealed a little minx of a girl showing her resentment of an admirer's crude courting by trying to "frame" a theft charge against She Was the young Lothario. censured by the Magistrate and told that she should be ashami- ed of herself.

An incorrigible rascal was before the Kowloon Magistrate. He had been fool enough to go back to the scene of his crime a few hours later with the intention of helping himself to some more loos. He was caught and severely punished.

HER ARM TICKLED.

HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.

The Health Bulletin. of Eastern Pers for the week ending Jane 30th states:"

Plague.

Rangoon: 7 deaths.

Prom Penh 1 ense, 1 death. Bagdad: 1 case, 1 death. Cheribon: 1 infected rat in Zone

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Cholera.

Calcutta: 39--deaths. Madras: deaths. Negapatam: 13 deathe. Vizagapatam: 1 death. Prom Penh: 3 cases, 3 deaths., Saigon case.

Cantor 1 case, 1 death.

Small-pex.

Baarah 1 case, 1 death. Bombay: 17 casee, 11 deaths. Calcutta: 18 cases, 14 deaths. Madras: 13 cases, deaths Moulmein 1 case, 1 death. Negapatam: 6 cases, I death.. Rangoon 3 cases, à deaths. „Pondicherry: 8 cases, deaths,

Belawan-Delicades.

Dairen: 11 cases, 7 deaths. Mukdea: 1 case, 1 death. Osaka: 2 cases. Beirut cases. Bagdad: 3 cases. 1 death.

A STUDENT STABBED.

A Chinese student, 14 years of age, was charged before Mr. W. the Kowloon Magis Schofield at tracy, with stabbing and causing bodily harm to a fellow student. The case was remanded as the other boy is still in hospital suffering from a wound in his abdomen.

A young Chinese girl appeared Defendant was allowed bail in the before Mr. R. E. Lindsell

accuse sum of $25.

At the close of the function, says the Euo Min News Agency, the Minister of Finance, Mr. T. V.

Quite an excitement was caused Soong, after thanking the members at the Central Magistracy when a on behalf of the Government for hawker who was ordered to pay a" their earnest efforts during the fine of 810, made a dash for Conference, said :--

liberty. He ran along Arbutbrot "During the ten days of your Road for a short distance and was conference" you have laid down brought back, very crestfallen, he- most important principles for the fore the Magistrate a second time, economic rehabilitation of the coun try. You have discussed ways and means for the disbandment of sur plus troops, limitation of military expenditure, creation of a strong central bank, unification of nation- al currency, strengthening of national credit, regulation of bank note issue, abolition of likin, and other matters almost too any numerous to mention. In no uncer tain terms you have to-day also sent a circular telegram to the country, urging the unification of national finance. These, gentlemen, are achievements you may well be proud of.

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LUBRICATION.

Road and after a short chase, he was recaptured and brought once more before the Magistrate, this INTERESTING FILMS time looking quite crestfallen. He

reprimanded and SHOWN AT ENGINEERS'

INSTITUTION.

Her story a young man of theft. was that she was sitting outside her home, No. 12 Catchick Street, and to her surprise she saw the A Stimulating Atmosphere.

young man coming out of the A Chinese hawker was charged A license The atmosphere at a conference

house. She did not see him enter with hawking without and presumed that the man must and with bribing a police con- bave gained admission from the constable. He was fined 810, but of this nature counts perhaps for more than the actual resolutions

back of the house. She realised at when he was brought out to an ante-room to pay his fine, he made and atmosphere is hard to report,

the same time that there was no such funny looking creature" The N.-C. Daily News reporter who

sharing her roof, so she blew her a dash for liberty. has been following these sessions

police whistle and handed the has for many years been in attend

young man over as a sneak thief.

The young man, however, had a ance at similar conferences with,

different story to tell. He told the Magistrate that the young men in in many instances, the sanie people

An Apt Hlustration. that locality were in the habit of a severely present. But there was something

tickling the girl's arm and general made to pay his fine. "There may be a feeling that as making up to her." He saw different at this Conference, some- thing that makes it historic. And almost every one of the resolutions this on several occasions, and think FILTERED AND UNFILTERED

WATER. that was the decisivences and the you have paseed is of such far-ing that there was nothing wrong spirit of fight. There were to long reaching importance, it is too much in it, he did the same when he found the girl sitting alone out. speeches lasting hours. All the to hope that you could have come side her house.

to sound conclusions during" these Committees brought in their" re-

ten brief days. This reminds us of ports either printed or mimeo- the story of an eminent surgeon graphed and the subjects were dis- who once charged a wealthy man as a thief.

a. huge eum for a delicate medical The Magistrate recalled the girl cussed by reading the :opics rather operation. The patient protested and questioned her on this story. than the long reports and resolu- at having to pay euch a high fee She broke down under the cross- tions, which every delegate had on for an operation which had only examination and began to make

lasted a few minutes. You are contradictory statements. bis deek. Then the Minister and mistaken, my friend, retorted the the Vice-Minister both spoke crisply surgeon, you only know that the and shortly, so that they set the operation lasted a few minutes, but

the waterworks and had explained Mr. W. T. Stokes addressing the oratorical pace for all the others. you do not realize that in order to perform the operation in a few

that the defendant was away from gathering after the films remarked Debates were sharp and clear-cut. minutes I have had to forge tobac

the Colony for the greater part of on the great difference between Your Con. Then there was the decision that co for twenty years.'

Before Mr. W. Schofield at the the time between 1919 to 1928. De the modern and the old types of fendant was studying in America lecture. As a young man be had everything depended upon die band.ference indeed lasted only ten day,

but you bankers and business men Kowloon Magistracy a Chinese from 1910 to April 1926 and after listened to a mass of words and ment of troops and the Economic have been experiencing years and who possesses a most unenviable rea month in Hong Kong he again forgotten much of it, but cinemato- Conference really resolved itself years of misery from the mierule cord was severely dealt with.

went abroad and returned to the graph lectures such as they had o! militarists and politicians It was said that the man has a Colony in June 1928... into an indictment of militarism

just attended made their points and the bondage of unequal total disregard for the law.

The connection to the filtered clearly, were a great deal more and all the evil that it had done to treaties. Your resolutions.are, in- was only banished from the Colony

pipes was not made by him. It interesting and were not easily for China. No militarists were singled deed, not the work of ten days but two months ago for years but re- was done by someone else during gotten. He thanked the Standard out, but that in itself was moment decades of hard lessons and bitter turned almost at once, went to a defendant's absence. Defendant at Oil Company through whose cour-

experiences.

barbershop and stole a pair of clippers and other instruments: Once removed the connection when tesy they had been enabled to see

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Somehow or the other, the girl resented his action and blew her police whistle and banded him over

Mr. Lindsell discharged the de- fendant and told the girl that she should be ashamed of herself,

A FOOLHARDY ROGUE.

He

AN IMPROVEMENT ON OLD FASHIONED LECTURES. The summons taken out by the Public Works Department against

The lecture given on Thursday on "Modern Motor Transportation Chan Sai Man, of No. 131 Kow- loon Tong, for connected a service at the Institution of Engineers and pipe supplying filtered water to Shipbuilders of Hong Kong was the flushing tanke was dismissed followed yesterday by the showing The Story of by Mr. W. Schofield at the Row of two flms,

Lubrication" and "The Story of loon Magistracy.

Mr. M. K. Lo appeared for the Lubricating Oil"" Both were of defendant and admitted that he very great interest to motor owners #as technically guilty but asked and drivers. On Thursday the toll that the charge should be dis that bad roads make on cars was missed with a caution. Mr. In forcibly illustrated and yesterday added that he had seen Mr. R. M. the importance of correct Jubrica Henderson, engineer-in-charge of tion was stressed,

he received notice.

Mr. Lo expressed regret to the Court on defendant's behalf and admitted that the connection of the two pipes might have brought

about serious consequences.

the films.

"The

Story of Lubrication "

mere

gentlemen represent the propertied to six weeks hard labour on the him to point out the danger of the temperature.

connecting

presenting the Government, desire

to state with earnestness that your wishes will be given the utmost consideration and further consulted. when possible.

MORE SEDITIOUS LITERA- TURE.

practice of

'FARMING OR".

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A Chinese was charged by Mr. Carey of the S. C. A with, bring ing two Chinese girls from up country to be sold either in Hong Kong or some other ports into houses of ill-fame.

ous, for the absence of partisan-

Coming People's Conference, ship more clearly proves the sin-

The calling of the People's Con- He left the premises, went to some cerity of purpose.

ference, ordered by the Will of our stalls and sold his haul. This did Delegate after delegate seemed late Leader, Dr. Sua Yat. Sen, is not satisfy him and he returned

showed by photographs and dia once more to the scene of his crime

grams the necessity for thorough an event which the Government about a few hours later. to have the same idea-it mattered wishes to carry out as

cleansing of the lubricating system and for 5000 118 On his second visit he had the

Mr. Henderson also sent a letter

the right choice of less whether the full programme possible, but one must realize the misfortune to come face to face to the Magistrate and said that he lubricant: "The Story of Lubri should be realized than that there difficulty of convening & really re- with the owner of the shop who would leave the matter in the cating Oil" clearly showed every

presentative conference of the challenged him. The thief took to should be a programme, unmis: people in a short while. Therefore, his heels and after eluding bands of the Court, but that he step in the manufacture of various was not pressing the case. Accord-lubricants. Miles of machinery and takable in its purpose. In private until the Conference could be con pursuers for some distance, he was ingly the Magistrate dismissed the numbers of refining processes result conversations the suggestion of yened, the Government is anxious caught and handed over to the defendant with a caution and add-in a series of lubricants graded for

to coneult popular wishes whenever Police. failure was met with

ed that it was hardly necessary for every piece of machinery and every they can be clearly expressed. You His Worship, sentenced the man scoffing.

"This may resolve itself

These two films are not only very filtered into a mere paper conference," claes, the wealth of the nation, but first count and for returning from water to the unfiltered water.. instructive and interesting to the".. said one delegate to our reporter, your decisions have been through banishment, he was ordered to do

motorist but a splendid advertise- "with nothing but paper resolu out marked by the broad considera- another eight months'

"Hard"

mment for the Standard Oil Co., as tions. But that does not matter.tion of national interests rather and also to receive 15 strokes of the

one could hardly fail to have faith What does matter is that no Gov than by sectional or class interest: birch.

in their products after witnessing erament will be able to hold up its Therefore, in accepting your recom-

the scientific care with which they head which does not at any rate mendations and resolutions, I, re-

are manufactured. try to carry out that programme.'

No Playing To Gallery, As part of the general atmosphere

Seditious literature advocating a! The case was heard by Mr. R. E, of the Conference, it is interesting

Communist upheaval in Kwang- Lindsell at the Central Magistracy to note that there was little pub-

"Lastly, I must state that whe-tung and also the wholesale mur-yesterday afternoon, but owing to licity, little puffing, no attempt to ther your proposals remain castles der and overthrow of the British, the girls' refusal to give evidence attract the galleries, to

or be carried into American and Japanese were found against the defendant the case had diplomatic victories. No effort was in the air

It is not generally known that made to boost any official of the execution is a responsibility de-in the possession of a Chinese who to be dismissed,

The charge was first brought the 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Ministry of Finance or any parti- volving largely upon yourselves.was arrested in Wilmur Street a

against the defendant as a result Regiment, since their arrival in cular delegate, The Chinese Press Through the Standing Committee fortnight ago..

The leaflets referred to the of the statement made by the two Hong Kong over a year ago have. was treated similarly, mimeograph-ou elected this morning, this Con-

ference will, after its formal Shekki incident of 1925 and were girls their arrival in the been carrying on without a regular ed resolutions of the various com closing, be enabled to advise the of nature calculated to arouse Colony. When questioned by the Bandmaster. This appointment has mittees being made public, without Government in putting into prac- the ignorant public against for representative of Po Leung Kuk been filled by a Sergeant acting in too much individual advertising.tical effect the measures you have eigners.

(Society for the Protection of that capacity, and those who have This is something new because brought forward. The Ministry of

The possessor of these incriminat-Stray. Girls) they said that they often had the privilege of listening with regard to much less important Finance will loyally support your ing papers was brought before Mr. had been brought to the Colony by to the excellent music provided by questions, columns of individual views, and it you will only realize R. E. Lindsell, who asked him the defendant to be sold to the Battalion's combination will are constantly being that eternal vigilance is the price where he had obtained them, # licenced houses sither in the agree that the N.C.O. in question handed out by Press agents,

It was on fully justified his brevet rank, saya of liberty, our Conference will pro- The defendant said that he did Colony or elsewhere:

The P. & D.8.8.' Kushmir which Mr. Soqug and the otlier mera duce startling results for our coun- not know that the documents were this statement that the defendant bers of the Ministry who are to

of a seditious nature and that they was arrested.

arrived on Thursday, brought Band attend the Financial Conference left

were given to him by another man. However, when the case was call master. E. Perry from Home and he for Nanking on Saturday night. At

He took charge of them on ed in Court, the girls declared that has now taken charge of the Band this Conference, a practical at The last act of the session was being promised 20 cents.

they had come here to learn of the Battalion. He has previously.

Yo! His Worship held that if the man farming." tempt will be made to turn these to elect the eleven members to

been in the Royal Artillery. In the “ resolutions into a National budget. form a Preparatory Committes to chose to carry things for others he The Magistrate closely question afternoon Bandroaster Perry was Buccess at the Financial Conference organize the Association to Pro- must bear the brunt of it. He was ed, and finally decided that he visited by the NC.O.'s at Sham- depends upon how many provinces mate the Disbandment of Troope, accordingly sentenced to six must dismiss the charge against-ahuipo Camp and received their are represented, how many of those which was decided upon at Friday's months hard labour.

j the defendant as the witnesses re- best wishes for success, in his new which bow fly the Nationaliet flag. meeting. NO. Daily News.

fused to give evidence against him appointment.

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Working For Disbandment.

(Continued on next Column).

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BANDMASTER PERRY FOR THE QUEEN'S REGT." ARRIVED ON THURSDAY.