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CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.

LI TSUNG JEN'S CONSTRUCTION PROPOSALS.

TO USE BOXER INDEMNITY FUNDS.

PERMISSIBLE NOW MILITARISTS ARE EXILED.

[BY OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]

CANTON, August 15th. Marshal Li Trung Jen, Commander of the Fourth Group Army and Chairman of the Wuhan Branch of the Central Political Council, has to-day made known through a telegram to the Canton authorities that he is taking step to appropriate the British returned Boxer Indemnity Funds for the completion of the Canton-Hankow Railway. The reason why he adopted this course was that it was too difficult a matter to raise funds in any other way. Some time ago he sent two representatives to Canton, Mr. Li Yuk Tong, a well known merchant of Hong Kong, and Mr. Liu Teing Yu to conter with the local authorities respecting the raising money to the complete the project. But no satis- factory result was reached. It was because of this that the General decided to obtain money from the source mentioned. He submitted the matter, together with a set of elaborate plans; to the Wuhan Political Council, of which he is the Chairman. The Council adopted the Marshal's proposal and plans without a dissenting vote. The Council is solidly behind the Marahal"‍ in' this regard and has already, submfited the matter to the Ministry of Communication at Nanking for consideration. Linking Up Chinese Railways. In the petition submitted to the Ministry of Communication, the Wahas Political Council stresses the great importance of completing the project. It states that the Canton-Bankow Railway 1116 through three provinces, Kwang- tung, Hunan, and Hupeb. On the North it connects up with the Peking-Hankow Railway; and on the East it unites with the project ed Chengta-Hankow Railway. It China's, three

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

MESSAGE TO LI TSAÏ

HSIN.

WANTED BACK AT CANTON,

WANG CHUNG HUI EXPECTED TO-DAY..

¿FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.),

CANTON, Aug. 15th. According to atsuthoritative informant in an official position Marshal Li Tani Hsin is as anxious to get back to Canton Canton is to see him. It is hoped that he will be here again before the month ie out. A urgent wire was seat to-day by the leading officials asking the Marshal to return se there were a number of urgent and important matters that were calling for his attention. It'ia not surprising that Marshal Li Teal Hein has never felt entirely com- fortable at the Nanking Plenary Session, and his proposals have failed to meet with the approval of the high minded but not very practical gentlemen with whom he

has had to deal

THURSDAY, AUGUST

BIG FIRE AT CANTON

FOUR PERSONS KILLED.

STARTS IN DOCTOR'S DISPENSARY.

16th, 1928.

POLICEMAN AND FIREMEN ASSAULT CASE:

BOTH PARTIES BOUND OVER.

WAS THE POLICE WHISTLE SOUNDED?

Major C. Willson, O.B.E., at the On Saturday a fire broke out in a i

Central Magistracy yesterday after- house-in-Tat-Tak Malao Canton,noon decided that there was not as a result of which the two upper sufficient evidence to warrant a con-"| storers were destroyed. Four per-viction in the charge against the song lost their lives and two were three firemen of obstructing a can- seriously injured in the, confagrs stable in course of his duty, and tion.

The fire started through a can of

alcohol catching alight and explod tag when hot sealing was was being applied for the purpose of sealing the receptacle...

Sound over both parties for one. year in the sum of 8100 each.

The case has already spread over several bearings and the facts dia- closed showed that the quarrel þid arisen over a girl who was alleged by the defence to be the sweetheart of the Chinese constable. According to the complainant, the Chinese constable, he heard a police whistle being blown at a certain fat and following the sounds of the whistle he came to a cubicle

where he found several men assault-

ing a girl. In his attempt to arrest them the men joined together and

The first floor of the premises was used as consulting rooms by doctor, whose wife assisted in the preparation and dispensing of medicine. On the day of the catas trophe the woman in the process of preparing medicine, poured out some alcohol from a can. After taking the quantity she required, she dropped melted wax on to the stopper of the can for the purpose" pummelled" "him. of re-scaling it. The alcohol and denly caught alight, and the fame spreading to the inside of the can caused the container to explode, directions. The unfortunate woman scattering Saming alcohol in all

The defence was that the com. was drenched with the burning plainant had been informed that was the girl was in the fat with defen- liquid, and although help immediately forthcoming and blanket quickly wrapped around dants and that he went to the her to amether the flaines, the cubicle on his own accord to pro- serious injuries she sustained test as the girl was his sweetheart. caused her to succumb later.

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Dr. Wang Chung Hui, Minieter of Justice of the Nanking Govern- ment, is expected at Canton this morning having left Hong Kong last night by the .. Faithan. He has been in Hong Kong, since raturn from Europe. Dr. most important project. As reton by Mr. Lo Wen Chong, Com

Wang will be accompanied to Can- gards the execution of the project, missioner of Justice in Canton; Mr. Lu Wen Chiu, formerly Chinese the Wuhan Political Council is Resident Commissioner at Tibet

and Mr. Lo Shih Pao, a well submitting the following points for known merchant of Hong Kong.

Mr. Junkes Choy, manager of your consideration."?

the Kwangtung Section of the Carton-Hakow Railroad, dismiss The are spread with amazing ed 28 employees of the line last rapidity to the upper floor, the Tuéday, thus re-serting the stairway leading to which was rights of the manager to hire and quickly a mass of flames, thus cut- dismiss at his own diecretion-ating off egress. On that floor there right no manager had dared to exercise eince the starting of the labour movement in Canton,

The percentage of infant mortal ity in Craton appears to be very high. For the Arst, ten days in report of 955 August, there was births and 117 deaths of infants under a year old. Of adults, there were 150 deaths, 112 being men, and 76 women.

DETAILS OF THE SCHEME.

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From 1993 on, calculated on accumulative basis, Great

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apportioned to the construction of the unfinished portion of the Can

Britain's Boxer Indemnity Funds, as collected and kept by the China Haritime Customs, should mount something greatest $20,000,000. The Government should, rivers, the Hwangho, the Yangtze-therefore, be requested to make the Hiang, and the Chu-kiang, at their necessary negotiations with all the most important points and is parties concerned to have this sum. China's primary railway. The de velopment of Hunan and Hupeh is dependent upon this railway more thas upon anthing else. The pro- jected line is more than a thousand - in length, of which over six bun- Great Britain's Boxer In- dred is have been completed.demnity Funds will, when. com The route to be completed is only pletely paid, amount to roughly the 445 : According to the calcula- 8110,000,000. tions of the experts, the amount $20,000,000. from "this amount, as required for the completion of this length, that is, from Shiukwan to

Hankow, is about 885,000,000.

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ton-Hankow Railway. Though this amount, is far from enough, yet it will do for the first payment.

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During the storm on the night of | August 13th, three persons were killed in Canton and nearly a ecore injured by the fall of a live elec trio wire in Honsm.

Reports to the General Head- quarters at Canton say that the short-wave radio etation retently installed at Bias Bay is working order.

now in

Mr. R. C. Johnson, formerly chief engineer of the Canton- Samahui Railroad, has been elected President of the Canton Water Supply Company. It is expected that, with a capable engineer at the head of the Company, there will be fewer complainte of water shortage, and inefficiency.

HIGHWAY PLANNING IN

KWANGSI.

SCHÈMES GO FORWARD,

LINKING UP WITH KWANG-

TUNG ROADS,

Kwangi, is devoting considerable

General Wong Shiu Eung of

His police whistle attracted further Chinese constables who came to the scene, but the fighting did not cease until a European Sergeant arrived.

Mr. M. K. Lo who appeared for the defence stressed the point that nobody except the complainant had heard the "so called sounds of & were three adults and two child. police whistle being blown." The rea. The two children were lower-manner in which be described the ed to the street by means of a sounds and the rush to the rear rope, in the nick of time. Of the cubicle without asking standers-by three adults, one jumped over the where they came from, and the con- rails and was instantaneously kill Ricting evidence generally tended ed, while the other two were burnt to show that this was nothing but

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to death.

The doctor and "a bervant suffered serious injuries in making their escape from the first floor.-Canton Gazeite,

CHINESE DAIRYMEN PROSECUTED."

ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF TRADE. MARK.

WOOSUNG STREET DAIRY FINED FOR" ADDING WATER.

trumped up excuse to visit the

His Worship remarked that in' view of the conflict of evidence al! be could do was to bind both par- ties over.

FAILURE TO REGISTER A MORTGAGE.

TIME GRANTED TO RECTIFY ERROR.

A mortgage of $90,000 made between the Fook On Assurance & Godown Co. and Ng Yuk Ching was not registered in compliance with the law. Mr. 0. 0. Alabas Two Chinese dairies "were ister, K.O., appeared in the Supreme court yesterday morning. The

Court, before the Chief Justice, Sir Shun Hung Lee Dairy of No. 41 Henry Gollan, yesterday to ask for Hollwood Read, were summoned an extension of time on behalf of before Mr. R. E. Lindeell by the the Fook On Assurance & Godown Dairy Farms, Ice & Cold Storage Co. so that the error could be Co., for having sold their own rectified. milk in Dairy Farm bottles. The Mr. Alabaster, who was instruct- master of a dairy at No. 57, Woo-ed by Mr. H. L. Dennys, said that sung Street, appeared before Mr the mortgage had been registered W. Schofield for selling adulterated in the Land Office, but through the milk on the 18th July,

inadvertence of the secretary, it had not been registered with the Regietrar of Companies.

Dairy Farm Bottles. Mr. M. K. Lo appeared for the Shun Hung Lee Dairy and the Dairy Farm were represented by Mr. R. A. Wadeson of Messrs.

Deacons.

stated in article one. 880,000,000 still remains. The Government

should, therefore, be requested to Kwangtung's Agreement. reserve this sum as an Endowment Continuing, the petition says: Fund for the Canton-Hankow

An affidavit made by Yue Ping Ever since the Wuhan, Political Railway. With this eighty million

Nam, a director of the Company, was then read in Court, which Council was organized, it has been dollars in reserve, the Government

stated that an indenture of tort- attention to road construction in Mr. Lo said that these would be | gage, dated May 8th, 1928, and. constantly confering with the in-should issue public bonds amount-

his province. A highway linking protracted evidence and argument made between the Company and fluential people of the Leung Huling to, say, $50,000,000. This will Pinglo with Wuchow has been start- on behalf of his clients and the Ng Yak Ching, the Company case WLA accordingly fixed for assigned to Ng Yuk Ching the Provinces regardingTM" means for enable to construction work to goed and the first section is said to

the Land bave been completed. This high hearing on Monday next. The ground registered in on without interruption.

way is in two portions, the first two charges are that the defendant Office as Sub-Section 1 of Section completing this gigantic project.

3.The public bouds should" at running, from Pingle to Honsien, Dairy had in their possession for A of New Kowloon Inland Lot No. was made The consensus of opinion has been

and the second from Honsien tosaic, or for purposes of trade, cer- 435. The assignment Wuchow. Mr. Tang Yin Juan is tsin milk on which a false trade ezbject to a proviso for redemp mark was applied, and that the tion of the premises on payment the director of this highway,

The draughting board is in co-defendante applied a falso trade by the Company at the expiration etant use for the planning of other description to certain milk. Both of one Chinese year from the date arterial highways through the pro- charges refer to a bottle of milk of the mortgage. of the sum of 80,000 with interest at the rate of vince. Many highways have been sold on the 8th August. decided upon, and will be taken

- Adulterated Milk,

$10 per $1,000 per Chinese 'lunar in and one at a time when the The matter the Wootung

month.

His Lordship granted an exten present Finglo Wuchow read is Snished. One road will be built Street dairy was hired $20. for sell-sion of 14 days, from Jangahan in the vicinity of ing adulterated milk on the 18th Honaica to Yungshow and Taochow July Evidence given by Mr. M. J. in Hunan, while a second important Reidy, Assistant Veterinary Sur maloo will run from Hoosier and geop, shewed that the sample taken Waitsap in Wangsi, to Kwongaing, on that date contained 8.8 per cent. Hoikin and Brewai in the province water and 7.75 per cent. zolids (not of Kwangtung. This road will then fat) whereas it should contain 8.05 be branched off to connect up at per cent, solids. a point along the Canton-Samshui Railway. It will be seen that when

a year,

the exact

in favour of getting on with it first be sold at a discount of 10 as soon as possible. The Council Per cent., so as to make them a more inviting proposition. People has also had many conferences with

buying these bonds should not be the Kwangtung Provincial Áð-

restricted to Chinese, but any ministration and complete approval

foreigner may buy them if they co has been evinced each time. The wish. The money," with interest, chief difficulty, however, lies in the will be paid back within 10 years raising funds. It will be recalled A certain amount will be paid that in 1922 Great Britain made hack twice the proposal that it would return

amount to be decided later. The to China its Boxer Indemnity persons to receive such dividend Funds. At that time leading Chi will be decided by drawing lots. ness people both at home and

4-A Canton-Hankow Railway abroad proposed that such. Funds.

Commission should be organized to should be used for constructing

take charge of all this money. The railways only. Reference was made

persons comprising the Commis- to the completion of the Canton-

sion should be drawn from the Hankow Railway. But at that time the militarists were at the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry renith of their power and the peo- of Communication, and other Gov ple were afraid that these funds ernmental departments. A strict record should be kept, so as to __would__bo_used_for_military_pur

ppaes. But now the militarists inspire confidence.

5. The unfinished route should have all been deposed and driven into exile, and the country has be constructed in sections. This be united under the Nationalist will hasten the time of completion, Government in fact as well as in which should not exceed two years,

is therefore pertinent Chinese engineers should that such funds should be appro played wherever possible,

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COMPLAINTS ÁGAINST A

SIGNBOARD.

CHINESE MERCHANTS AT

LAW"

An offending ignboard was the

these plane materialise, there will SHIPPING COMPANY SUED. cause of a Chiness merchant, Wong be a network of main roadways running through the three pro- vinces, Kwangtang, Kwangsi and Hunan.

Awangtung Asked To Go-operate.

JUDGMENT FOR PRINTING

FIRM.

Kai Wo, taking action against the Par Bang Tong arm, of No. 132, Bonham Btrand East, at the Sum- mary Court yesterday before Mr. Justice P. Jacki

The Kwangtung road authorities

The Sino-Portuguese Navigation The plaintiff, représented by Mr. have been requested by the Kwangai Company was yesterday morning C. A. S. Russ, claimed damages people to co-operate in this inter- ued by the Yang Hing firm of for trespass to the extent of $100 provincial highway scheme, to printers at the Summary Court on the ground that the defendant Survey and build the portions that before Mr. Justice P. Jacks for had wrongfally hung out a sign- Tie within this province. For the $232.91, being the amount due for board on the wall of plaintifika shop. Baveral requests End been sake of convenience, the executive goods cold and delivered office of the Kwängei Roads do- Mr. C. A. B. Russ appeared for made to the defendant to remove partment has been removed to the plaintiffs and the defendants the sign, but he had failed to do Wachow for the prezent. The were not present. Evidence was 130, Kwangtung Provincial Government, then taken from the manager of Defendant was not present in will attend to the construction in the plaintiff fra in support of the Court and after the case bad been thispry and engineers are claim

* praedd, his Iardship give intigment, already in the Bold-making the pre- Judgment was given-with-costs for the plaintiff with costs, and awarded him $15 nominal damages liminary survey-Canton Gazette.

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