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JAPANESE BOYCOTT IN SWATOW.

COMMITTEE'S ACTIVITIES.

RESULT OF RESISTANCE TO

DEMANDS,

FLIGHT OF SHOP-KEEPERS.

(FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

SWATOW, August 9th. As in Canton, there is an Ad

SINO-AMERICAN TRADE

CHINESE GOVERNMENT BUREAU IN NEW YORK.

TO HELP MERCHANTS OF

BOTH NATIONS."

A trade bureau has been estali- lished-in-New-York, aamed-the **China Nationalist - Economic Bureau" by the Nationalist Gor- ornment, says the "Canton Gazelle“ This Bureau is in charge of Mr. Frank W. Lee.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 13th, 1928.

GIRL WHO LEFT HOME.

SOME OF HER "ADVEN

TURES."

STRENUOUS DEFENCE OF HER

HLANDLADY.

-PARENTS AND UNCLE CRITICISED.

A Chinese woman named Lam Lok, of No. 12, Peel Street, was

HOT AND WINDLESS · JULY.

RECORD AMOUNT OF SUN- SHINE. FOR THE MONTH.

HIGH TEMPERATURES RECORDED.

July weather was notable, for Boveral records. It rainfall, or rather lack of it, bas already been noted, having been 4.18 inches. compared with 4.87-inches in 1892, the lowest fall on record for the period."-

K.C.C. OPEN AIR CONCERT.

LARGE CROWD IN PLEA SANT SURROUNDINGS.

QUEEN'S" BAND GIVE POPULAR PROGRAMME:

A most enjoyable open air concert was held on Saturday night in the grounds of the Kowloon Cricket Club which were effectively illu minated by fairy lights for the occa- on. The concert given by the Band the 1st Quoca's Royal Begi-

and popular modern music, and also gorel festure by the Male Voice Chole of the Band

again before Major C. Willson at The amount of sunshine was the the Central Magistracy on Saturday stestess, on record being d7 hours morning, on charges of harbouring in excess of the previous record in sometimes of a young girl under the age of July 1918. The Lotal was 983.8ment, included classical, traditional,

imai; procuring her for immoral pur-compared with an average of 124

used for immoral purposes. poses and allowing her fat to be and a minimum of 139.6. 19.1 hours were recorded on the ith Mr. Hin Shing Lo, barrister, 19th and 25th, while there were 14 other days with more than ten appeared for the defence,”

hours of sunshine." The percentage of cloudiness was 53.

The necessity of some such bureau in America has been recognised for some time. In the past American

men häve business been fooled by Chinese

have also fallen an easy prey to postors, and "Chinese merchants American adventurers who have unloaded on the unsuspecting vic tim inferior goods at exorbitant prices.

ministration Board in this Port, managed by a Committee, consist ing of all the prominent members of the Kuomintang. Nominally this Committee is supposed to look after the interests of the Chinese public, But in reality it simply serves to oppreis the people and extract

At the previous hearing the girl giving evidence for the Crown said money from them in the shape of

With the establishment of this that she was "taken in " by the

The mean of the daily maximum more and more taxes each day..

Trade Bureau these difficulties will defendant and during her 20 days teltperatures, 985deg., was the Yesterday the Bureau of the Anti-be wiped out. The Chinese mer-stay at Peel Street she was seduced highest on record, except in 1889 Japanese Boycott carried out its chant desirous of making trade By a man who lived on the premises when it was 88.7deg. The mean America will, and who was known as. Ah temperature for the month, 835deg. campaign to search for and take through the Economie Bureau, be Cheuk. This man was stated to was also the highest on record, stock of Japanese goods still remain-put in touch with bona fide Ameri- be an interpreter at the Shamshuipo except in 1888 when it was 636deg.

can business houses. The Ameri- Police Station.

The mean of the daily minimim ing in the hands of the merchants.

can merchant who wishes to trade, ・It is`

reported that it is the in- with China will be able to obtain tention of the above Bureau to authentic information from the Bureau as to the financial stability, put forward the scheme, tried re-and integrity of Chinese firms al cently in Canton, viz., to make the ready doing business in the United merchants pay 30 per cent. ad ralurem on any Japanese goods re- maining unsold after a certain

date.

In order to avoid getting into trouble, many piece goods shops are having cheap sales of Japanese goods at 40 to 50 per cent. reduc- tion.

connections

States.

Mr. Lo severely cross-examined temperatures, rd.deg., was the the girl who admitted that she had same as the previous highest on been seduced by Cheuk before she record, which also occurred in entered defendant's premises. She 1669, tan away from home because her

The maximum temperature was mother had chastised her fot sleep on the 30th, but the highest ing away from home. She had been mean temperature was 86.4 on the the mistress of another young Chi-20th. For the last eight days of nese who spoke of marrying her the month a maximum temperature Nothing came of it because she re- fused to pay the two months' rent for the flat which was to be their

The Mother, Who Wants Her Back.

The Male Toine Úkolt. Their singing of several sex Shanties and an old English round was very pleasing and the obvious pleasure shown by the audience in this item should encourage the band to sing us more songs next Thes time they give a concert. seemed somewhat shy, but now they know that the choir is appreciated they will probably sing with more vigour on the next secasion, and perhaps give us "Widdicone Fair" or some of the other traditional

English songs which are particularis well adapted for men's voices sing ing in the open,

Dancing On The Lawn,

The strangements made by the Club for the comfort of their guests were particularly good, the tables being well spaced and covered with over 90 was recorded.

little wind the mean velocity being time was spent by all present. The During this time there was very | white cloths, and a very pleasant

band acquitted themselves well throughout a long programme of which the Reminiscences of Scot- land" arranged by Godfrey was the most popular item, calling

for an encore and accompanied by shouts

below: 3.5.

The 14th and 15th were windy days with mean velocities of 35

4.

The mother of the girl said that.ph. and $2.7 mph with "a her daughter left home on June maximum squall of 76 m.p.h. 11.20 11th without saying where the was P.. oh the 14th going. Witiess was sick at the The meat velocity was 8.8 com time and could hot take immediate pared with a normal of 11.0. steps to discover the girl's where Show abouts.

A Central Clearing House. The Economie Bureau will act as a sort of central clearing house where commercial information of interest to "American" and Chinese basinesamen will be readily avail-home1- able. Statistics regarding the pro ducts, commercial facilities, and trade regulations of China will be compiled. Contact with the Cham bers of Commerce in the leading Yesterday afternoon the represen- centres of China, will be maintain tatives of the Boycott Bureau visited so that latest information as to ed two dried goods shops to search trade conditions will be available and take stock of Japanese goods. to American enquiters. The proprietors of these two shops réslated vigorously, and the Boycott Biriau at once sent instructions to the Electric Light Co. and the Water Works Co, to cut off supplies, and ordered the people not to pay day money due to these shops and also not to have any warò dealings with them.

It is most likely that these shops

Witness was the second rooms for the display of Chinese wife of her husband. She lived in products, both in the raw state and Shamshuipe where she was amply manufactured will be maintained, maintained by her husband. He de- For the benefit of the Chinese casionally visited her at Shamshuipo, will compile, and transmit reports in merchant in China, this Bureau and once he objected to the manier

which witness scolded- their

of the American Department of daughter for coming home late. Commerce, and the Chambers of Commerce in the leading cities of America. A directory of firms do ing business with China will be kept, with information as to the.

The Wrong Kind Of Interest! Mr. Lo suggested that neither witness nor her husband took any interest in their daughter. Witness hotly denied this and the Magistrate

The Defence.

Mr. Lo submitted that he had no case to answer, Ed argued that a decoy had been employed to get the girl out of the house. (At the previous hearing the uncle had stat ́ed that be sent 's woman to call the

girl-his neige-down from the flat.) This method of decoy had not found favour with the Senior Magistrate (Mr. R. E. Lindsell) and the Row- loon Magistrate (Mr. W. Schofield)

may be forced into bankruptcy by fancial rating. Estimates, price also pointed out that the mother who had dismissed cases in which

refusing to obey the orders of the lists, and all information necessary Boycott Bureau. At present there will be obtained for Chinese firms it only one Chinese paper, which desirous of purchasing directly dares to speak openly about the from manufacturing sources. action of the Nanking Government. There is no freedom of the prese whatever. A Hong Kong Chinese newspaper is at liberty to publish

In Broad Street, New York The offices of the China Nation alist Economic Bureau are tempór arily established at 118 Broad

Street, New York, and all business

had scolded the daughter for stay ing out late and the father was very far from showing no interest..

Mr. Lo: Yes, but it was the wrong kind of interest. However, I will not press the point.

the police were not allowed to use the police had employed decoyF8. this method of apprehension, still less was it permissablé in the case of a private individual.

The Girl Hot To Be Bollered. Mr. Lo then attacked the evidencë Mr. Lo (to witness): Do you of the girl who, he said, was not charge the defendant with procuring to be believed. But even assuming your daughter for immoral purposes, that her evidence was correct, It

bad happened before she ever of this nature her evidence could entered the defendant's flat!

from Bigladders present.

The following number, s lox trot and a waltz, also proved a great success as permission was given by the Club for any of those of the audience who so wished to dance on the tennis courts. Many couples availed themselves of the privilege.

Programme,

The fill programme was follows:" 1.March: "L" Battery, H

Perry.

-Overture: "La Coronne d'Or,'

Herman.

3. Selection: The Girl Friend,”

Rogers. 4-The Male Voice Choir, Select-

ed.

6.Serenade from the Ballet:

e-Two Popular Numbers: (1) For "Les Millions d'Arlequin," Drigo.

Trot, The Don't Wanna,' Ager; (2) Waltz, " Diane," Rapee. 7-Selection: "Iolanthe," Sulli-

VAN,

8.-Ampliphone Solo: "Miduet,” Roccherini. (Soloist: Bdsm, C. Willis). 9-Selection: "The Reminiscences

of Scotland," atr. Godfrey.

what it likes, but this does not suit firms desirous of developing and in spite of the admission as to what was laid down Bé law that in cakes (.10.-Two Popular Numbers: (1) Fox the Nationalist Government, so the extending their connections in the entry of such paper into China is United States will be well advised prohibited if it offends the Aathe to communied to with this Bureau. ritics.

MR. SUN FO AND MR. HU HAN MIN.

STAYING AT SAVOY HOTEL, LONDON,

Mail advices from London an

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CITIES ON AIR ROUTE SELECTED.

PRELIMINARY WORK IN

PROGRESS.

two

nounce that among visitors from the time ago of the intention to estab- Since the announcement some Far East booked at the Savoy Hotelliah airplane services to the more are Mr. Sun Fo, son of the late important cities of the Dr. Sun Yat Sex, and Mr. Hu Han Kwangs, matters have been pro- Min, for many years the close ceeding steadily, says the Canton friend and adviser of Dr. Sun. The Gazelle.

not

The Magistráte: She does know that

Mr. Lo (to witness): Then do you say that your daughter is a good girl!

not be accepted unless independent- ly corroborated. No independent evidence had been given in corro- boration of her story.

using Her premises for immoral As regards the other charge of

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Bongs," arr. Tobani, Regimental March: "Braganza.” God Save the King.

Conductor: Mr. H. Perry, A.R.CM

purposes Mr. Lo submitted that MOTHER TAKES BABY TO there was no evidence "In support

GAOL.

WHILE SHE SERVES FOUR- MONTHS.

When a woman was sentenced to

Witnessi 1 am afraid I cannot JAY 30 DOW

Mr. Lo: Do you accuse the de- fendant of making your daughter | lead an immoral life 1

Witness: Blame or no blame 1 of that charge. All the girl bad want my girl back!

said that men had visited the pre- Questions were then put to wit-mises to play mah jongg. A woman ncas regarding the girl's age. Wit could throw her house open to men ness bad given the girl's age at 15 school mistress who would say that and still she could not be charged four months hard labour by Mr. but Mr. Lo said he could the girl's and misconduct herself with them

the girl's age was entered in the with keeping a sly brother" un- W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magi school register as 17.

The Magistrate decided to call less there was at least one other tracy on Saturday morning she told the father to clear the question. woman in the house. There was the Court that she has a baby,

Ask Her Mother!

no evidence of the presence of two only a few months old, and that or more such women on the pre- she” would have to take the child mise, i

to gaol with her. His Worship until to-day, so that she would have consented and stayed her sentence plenty time to make arrangemente

Tso Leung Wai, the father of the Experts from the Aviation De girl, said that bis daughter was partment have been touring the botn in Hong Kong but her birth provinces inspecting the various was not registered. Her age was cities where it is proposed to 18. establish aerodromes. Their find- Questioned by Mr. Lo on the ings are not available for publica point, witness said, you can ask tion but tentatively the following her mother." cities have heen selected as dir stations: Wuchów, Kveiksien, Nanning, Porch, and Lungchow

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lätter arrived dá Júly 17th, and Mr. Sua Fo was due on July 19th Their mission bad the special object of meeting leading public men in Great Britain. before they returned

Trapped By Her Uncle. home for the meeting of the Nan.

Constable No. 158 said that the king Executive Council. Mr. Sun in Kwangsi; Waichow, Swabue, girl's uncle-Chan Ching Lin-ap-

Fo, formerly a Mayor of Canton,

Dealing with the charge of pro- curing the gigl it was for the pro- secution to prove that the girl was not of an immoral character prior to her entering the house. We have the girl's own evidence in this case that she was a known im

The woman was charged with the. possession and uttering of spurious tweaty-cent piecce. It was stated in evidence that she went to a thop with another woman to make some parchases. She tendered a 20-cent piece in payment which was accept- Swat ligning, Woping, Hol proached him at about midnight din moral character prior to her goinged by the wife of the shop-keeper. how, Pakhoi, Yeungkong, Kong July 28th and asked him (witness)

The master of the shop, however, preceded the present occupant, Mr. mooh, Shithing, Shookin, and to accompany him to an address to the house." T. V. Joong, as Minister of Finance ingtak, id hangtung. The land in Peel Street where he wanted Mr. Lo also remarked on the utter looked at the money and found ing felds will be prepared on witness to arrest, his beice and take failure of the parents to look after that it was had. The womAH WAS to give another one, in the Nationalist Government of goverdinent of waste land if pos- her away from a house of ill-fame. their child Both parents saidquested t Hankow and Nanking. Mr. Huible, but where necundary, private When they knocked up the house Mr. Lo, know more about the which was also found to be bad.

She was then arrédiéd and when Iand will be taken over by the defendant and the girl came down girl's behaviour than they chose to Hah Mis Aided Dr. Sun Yat Sen gavstament, due

taken to the Police Station, ahe compensation stairs together. The uncle seized reveal to the Court."

was found to have in her posses; in the pre-war revolutionary move being paid to the ownern,

the girl and the defendant bolted In adjourning the hearing until sion bad coins to this value of and was caught when hiring a next Saturday, his Worship remark 59.20. The other woman with her ment in 1912, and later on became

Hoksha.

Ed to Mr. Lo that" harbouring "was also arrested, but the case the chairman of the Kuomintang

This closed the case for the denudes the Ordinance ayer against her was diazided the lendzht

widd term and covered every girl other woman was sentenced to four Political Council.

under the age of 21.

months hard, labour.

It is not known when the services will be started, but it is probable that in the not far distant future several experimental nights will be lundertaken.“

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