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COMMUNISTS IN

CANTON.

NOTORIOUS LEADER

ARRESTED.

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Oct. 18th... A Communist leader, Lo Now, has been arrested as the result of

A raid on his rooms inside the Tuet Shing Masonry Store on Man Fook

FRUÏTLESS STRIKE

OF FRUIT MER-

CHANTS.

ANOTHER TRAGI-COMEDY IN CANTON.

ITROM

OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 1928.

CHINESE METHODS SANITARY BOARD

OF NAVIGATION.

SECOND MATE'S CLAIM

FOR WAGES..

CHARTS AND COMPASS NOT

~ESSENTIAL!

That "conditions and customa in the Chinese Mercantile Marine differ very much from those pre vailing in the European Merchant

MEETING.

MR. G. R. SAYER PRESIDES FOR THE FIRST TIME.

OBJECTION TO A DAIRY

LICENSE,

For the first time since his appointment to the Sanitary Board, Mr. G. R. Sayer presided yester day at the fortnightly meeting of

DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL.

VISIT BY MR. W. T.

SOUTHORN.

His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government (The Hon. Mr. W. T: Southern, C.M.C.) and Mrs. Southern visited the Diocesan Boys' School yesterday' morning. The distinguished visi tors were received by the Hend- master and Mrs. Featherstone, the Rev. H. dr. T. Pyner, Mr. T. S

Chan (Bursar), and the four Senior Prefects, D. J. N. Ander- W. V. M. Koch, Mr. J. P. Braga, the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, C.B.E.,. Min Chiu Chong, Woo Chai

Eng, and P. A. Waller." Dr. G. W. Pope (M.OH.), Dr. S. C. Ho and Mr. J. Watson (Scerr tary),

Road. The paid was carried out by Municipal Government's imposition Service was again revealed on the the members of the Board. Other

detectives, led by Captain Leung Tae Kwong, who first drew" a cor- doa around the males in question, allowing no one to pass in or out. This was about three o'clock in the morning. The doors of the Yuet Shing Store were than forced open and the Communist seized before he had time to realise what had happened.

CANTON, October 18th.. The Canton fruit dealers, who have been on strike for the past two months or more in opposition to the of a 24 per cent. import tax on all fruit coming into Canton, are gradually yielding to the Govern ment. As our correspondent walked through the fruit market this morn ing, he saw several fruit stores open for business.

The great majority of the mer- chant strikers, however, are still holding out, refusing to open their shop unless the. L'antén Govern

resumption of the case at the Sum-members present were Dr. S. W. mary Court yesterday before Mr. Tso, Mr. Wong Kong Tia, Dr. Justice P. Jacks, in which Chan Tung Shing, second officer of the 3.5. Sun Sai Kai, sued the Sui Sang Steamship Co., Ltd., for the re- covery of 8334. Of this sum, 8954 | was anid to be the balance of wages due, and $100 as special fee for pilotage.

There was no business of public interest.cn the agenda. Some little discussion, however, ensued when a minute was read by the President

After inspecting the School huile- ings and grounds a photograph wns" taken, and the scholars, then assembled in the Hall. After the National Anthem had been sung. the Headmaster. addressing his Excellency and Mrs. Southern,

crigin, ment repeals what they term the the plaintiff, and the case for the relative to the registration of No. said:- On behalf of the Staff and

A search of the premises. reven) ed a large quantity of seditious literamare cf Communist The raid was the result of inform tion furnished to the police by a sp3, a native of the East River districts, who knew the Communist leader.

The prisoner was questioned when taken to the 2nd Sub-Police Station of the th Police District, and is said to have told, the police of his activities in the East River district. He said he was one of the händit leaders of the East River, and had come to Canton to look things over." He also said that the Eas; River districts are over

As n

Mr. C. A. S. Russ appeared for

defendant firm was conducted by Woosung Mr. A. el Arculli,

refuse the

Street, Yaumati, ground floor, as a dairy. He said that he proposed to application on the ground that the premises were already licensed as An eating house. The milk which they wanted to retail would be kept in balk and not in bottle, and for that reason he thought it would

abominable fruit tax. These merchants still cling to the hope that they can force the Municipal, the previous hearing, plaintiff had stated that he was engaged by Government to its knees. matter of fact, the Municipal Gov. the defendant firm in January 1928, and had served until July 27th ernment is just as determined to

just. He was second officer of the retain the tax, and the Government is gaining the upper hand, as is ship, and his wages were 860 a shown by some of the fruit mer month. During the term of his

Dr. Pope seconded the motion. chants resuming business and pay service he had been paid at iziebe better to refuse the application. zalar intervals, and whatever

What ing the tax in full.

Mr. Wong Kwong Tin: In conversation with our cornee-money he drew from the company

objection is there to milk being pondent, a fruit dealer who has he had signed a receipt for. yielded to the demands of the times the company had no money, sold! Is there any danger of Government and re-opened his shop

ran with Communiste. A week old that the strike has been a com so ago, he continued, more than plete a failure, as there has been, thousand armed Communist bandits

no way of forcing the Government tried to storm Mah Cha village into repeal the tax.

Ever since the Teong Shing. These desperadoes beginning of the strike, small were armed with machine-guns and village fruit-dealers from Honam feld artillery. Fortunately, troops and the outskirts of Canton have stationed near by heard of this. and at once proceeded to check the raiders. Severe fighting ensued, both sides using field-guns and machine-guns, and the fring con tinued all night, but the following morning reinforcements of troops

At

and be would therefore have to

wait until they were in funds.

Plaintiff further alleged that while the ship was at Singapore he fell i The captain seeing that he was very dangerously ill sent for

of 840.10 ja doctor. Tin som Singapore currency was later de

contamination !

The President: Yes, if it is kept in bulk.

Mr. Wong Ewong Tin: But if to put the milk in they agree bottles, would there be any objec

Lion ?

After the M.O.He had explained the situation. Mr. Sayer decided to

Scholars of the Diocesan Boys' School and Orphanage. I welcome

Excellency that we appreciate very you here to-day. I assure your

highly the honour of such a visit. This School is fortunate in the very fine site which His Majestyis Government has given to it for educational purposes. The school

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grateful for the consideration which Your Excellency has given personally to the Committee of the

school during the inst few years. We bope that this ecension will be by no means the last occasion on which Your Excellency and Mrs. Southorn will honour the school with a visit."

Loyalty And Comradeship. In reply, His Excellency said he had derived great, pleasure from seeing the delightful new premises and of witnessing the progress the

heen coming to the city and taking ducted froin his wages to meet the hold the matter over until the next school has made under its energetic f

doctor's bill.

Mr. Russ, at this stage, pointed out to his Honour that such deduc tion contravened the Shipping Ordinance.

the places of the Cauter fruit mer- thants. These villagers have erected small matsheds all along the Bund where they carry on their business. They pay the import tax to the

Coming to his claim for pilotage, Government and consequently plaintiff said that on August 20th was arranged that he should pilot

meeting.

Authority To Inspectors.

It was also agreed that authority be given to Sanitary Inspectors A. T. Braley, T. S. Clark, G. W. Guan, J. I. Barnes, W. Fowgill,

Headmaster towards that perfec tion for which we must all strive,"

Continuing, His Excellency said:

You must all work together 'lor your school and at the same time-

came on the scene, and the Comceive the latter's protection and the vessel, from Singapore to San W. C. R. Lamprill and. J. Gellat, you must all feel that the honour

munist-bandits were routed.

The arrested Communist leader have informed is also alleged to the police of the, whereabouts of some of his accomplices. Detec tives at once set out to round up the gang, and three suspects have been arrested in Tung Hing Alley Nine ether persona were taken to prison as the result of another raid on a ricksha-pullers' club in Tung Sha Kok. All these arrests were made before daybreak.

encouragement, all to the detriment Chow, in Annum, for which service of the striking fruit dealers with he was to receive $100 as a special fee. He had many times asked for regular establishments. Through

this money, but had an far received these villagers, the small fruit nothing." dealers in Canton have been all along amply supplied with fruit, and many people never knew there has been a strike among the whole sale fruit deatrrey

Our correspondent was told that

It may be mentioned in passing that both the second officer and the captain of the Sun Sai Kalwers fermally coxswains, the latter hav- ing been in that capacity for 2 years on a 'revenue launch of the Hong Kong Government: Plaintif had almitted at the previous hear- it was purely because of the ineffecing that although he had no pilot's tiveness with which the fruit denters license, he knew the passage from Anuam. He also Singapore to have carried on their strike against Elleged that neither the captain nor lead the the Government that some of the the imate knew how to merchants are re-opening their ship" there. On Chinese steamers

very little navigation was don shops, Those who have so resumed by means of the compass and charts, business said they have sufferel too The man who had had practical FIVE CASES ON CALENDAR.heavily already, and that it does acquaintance with a certain course was always appointed to pilot the ship.

OCTOBER CRIMINAL

SESSIONS.

CARVALHO YEO TO HAVE

SPECIAL 'SITTING."

The Criminal Sessions for to-morrow Octoher begin from morning. There are five cases on the calendar, of which two will be brought before the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan The other three cases, all of robbery, will be heard by the Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice P. Jacks.

It is understood that Carvalho. Yeo, who had been committed for trial on charges of defrauding the Hong Kong Treasury, will be tried, at a special sessions to be arrang- cit before the November Sessions."..

PRAYA MANSLAUGHTER

CASE.

ACCUSED WOMAN DISCHARGED.

Recently a Chinese beggar women was committed for trial by the Second Magistrate on a charge of manslaughter, as the result of the death of a woman with whom she had had an altereation on the waterfront.

The medical evidence showed that the deceased had a weak artery in the region of the neckwhich was liable to give way, under severe strain, or excitement. Death, was caused by the bursting of this artery, but this was not necessarily directly due to, though it could have been aggravated by, fighting.

After considering the evidence, the-Attorney General has entered wolle prosequi in the case. The woman has accordingly been re- leased.

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not pay to continue the strike any longer. However, the great majority

The Captain's Story.

of the dealers still think differently, Before the captain was called to are are still holding out against the give his evidence yesterday, both solicitors engaged in the case had a local authorities. The present situn-ively argument over the amounts tion, however, seems to indicate that mentioned in the claim. Mr. Rass, before long all the fruit dealers will for the plaintiff, suggested that Me Aruulli had agreed to the balance he brought to their koers.

of wages due, but repudiated the Mr. Arculli said he pilotage fee. had admitted nothing of the sort. With regard to the item of the doctor's bill, Mr. Russ again aug. gested that Mr. Arvulli had agreed te it. The latter replied that Mr. Huse should not be too optimistic, adding that if he would refer to the reports of the local European Press, Mr. Russ would see that he (Mr. Arculli) had admitted nothing.

GRAND TATTOO MOTOR

PARADE.

LIST OF PRIZE-WINNERS.

The hames of the prize-winners in the Motor Parade at the recent Grand Tattoo are as follow:-

TRADE CARS.

1st Prize-Standard Oil Company

Model Service Station.

Picking up a clipping from a local paper, Mr. Rusa said that although he was not supposed to refer to newspaper reports, he found that Mr. Areulli was report- 2nd Prize A. Lung & Co.'s "Chrysed to have admitted nothing.

ler

Hau Feok, master of the Sun Sai Galleon. 3rd Prize-Asiatic Petroleum Co.'s Kai was then called to the witness

Products Exhibita.

PRIVATE CARS.

Mr. C. R. Ham's "Amilcar," de cerated na a dragon pursuing the moon. (Only One prize given in this class).

MOTOR CYCLEB,

is

Prize The Sincere. Company's "B.SA." Exhibit, decorated

ns & crane's nest.

2nd

Prize-Mr. Sand's

to enter premises and inspect, and seize un wholesome food, in accord- ance with section 53 of the Police Health and Buildings Ordinance

of 1803.

of the school is in the individual

keeping of each separate boy. Each of you must make it his own special duty to uphold the school's honour in work and play alike. And no school rules and regulations will by themselves maintain a boy on that high plane which your school deserves. Vountory discipline alone alope can do that, for, a tinguished Frenchman eaće said,

dis.

Valuntary discipline is worth more than the most elaborate laws and restrictions that may be placed on the statute, book." "*

Witness, continuing, said that he gave plaintiff notice on June 18th, and asked plaintiff to call at the Shipping Office to sign off on June 20th. Witness went to the Shipping Office on June 20th with 850, which amount was then due to the plain- tiff as wages. He found that plain- tiff had not turned up as the Ship ping Office, and witness therefore handed the money to the Shipping Superintendent to give to the plaintiff if he should call to sign off. The money was, however, re- turned to witness, as the Superin- tendent of the Shipping Office re-politan character. fused to krep it.

Plaintif turned up at the Com- pany's office on June 23rd, when witness handed the money to him and asked him to go to the Shin ping Office to sign off. Plaintif however, only took 450 out of the 800, and said he would call for the balance after he had signed off. There was therefore only 340 due to plaintif

Government Pays Regularly. Cross-examined by Mr. Russ, witness said that when he was a coxswain in the Government Ser- vice for 27 years, he had always been paid regularly and that for every payment made, he would have to give a receipt.

Mr. Russ: Yes, of course, but what about your company 1-In Chinese companies, we don't sige for money received. It is entered in a book, and if there is a dispute,

we lose the money.

Mr. Russ: Yes, of course; that's our case, thank you.

Mr. Russ: You were a coxswain box for the defence. He said he and know nothing about piloting personally had engaged the plain-If I can't pilot, bow can I be a Liff as second mate at a salary of Captain. $60 a month. Plaintiff had never neted in any other capacity than" second officer, and witness had never promised plaintiff 8100 as special fee for piloting the ship to Anaam. Sickness Cured By Oplum,

His Excellency said there was one thing in particular about the

Diocesan Boys' School which pleas ed him, and that was its cosmo- You have boys

of

"many nationalities and from widely different places. English, American, Chinese, Japanese, Por- tuguese, and Indians are all re- presented in your ranks-boys from Hong Kong, boys from Swatow, Amoy, and Formosa, Let loyalty to your school be one of the links which will bind you together in bonds of friendship which will help to bring peace and prosperity to the peoples of China."

If they wanted an example on which to base their conduct and so build up traditions they might be proud to hand on, His Excellency commended to them. Lady Haig's tribute that distinguished soldier and great man," Lord Haig, who gave his life in service for the men who had served under him in the War. Lady Haig said:" May his memory inspire us to follow his example and cherish as faith- fully as he did the same simple true and honest virtue, goodwili good fellowship, good citizenship, loyalty to King and country, patriotism, pride in the high tradi tions of our race and land, and above all, comradeship."

Io conclusion, his Excellency said Mr. Russ: You do not know he was going to ask the Headmaster if he would be so good as to grant Annam, and you had never been

them a half-holiday in which to there 1-But I can find it by the chart.

enjoy on their playing fields the To further questions, witness ad- glorious weather which had follow. mitted that sometimes there was no ed the trying heat of the summer. It was true that plaintiff sudden ready money at the company's (Applause)

affice, and those who desired pay-Headmaster asked D. Anderson, the Alter granting the holiday the ly became very ill when the shipment would be made to wait. He

Wil

Senior School Prefect, to speak. Morgan," was at Kwong Chow Wan..

could not say why plaintiff should nena was informed of this by the tell a lie about the doctor incident, Anderson said that on behalf of the supercargo. but when he went to

and Mrs. Southern for their visit, res the plaintiff, witness found that because no doctor was ever sent for school he thanked His Excellency

to attend plaintif prizes were offered for these he had been cured after amoking

-Asked his opinion why plaintiff adding that His Excellency's speech cars; but a suitable memento a few pipes of opium. Flaintiff should only take 850 when 890 was would long be remembered and will be presented by the Aaso had told him that it was only a fit offered to him, witness suggested treasured by prefects and boys ciation to the ladies participat which lasted for a few minutes. that so long as plaintiff, did not He then called for three cheers for No doctor was sent for, and plain- take the full amount that was due the visitors, which were given very The prizes will be distributed af tiff was not telling the truth when him, he was still on the articles,

beartily. the annual dinner dance which will be said that sum of 840.10. bad.

and that being 80, was entitled to he held at the Peninsula Hotel, been deducted from his wages to

8 a day. Kowloon, on Friday, Deccinber cover medical expenses.

! At this stage the proceedings were 14th.

(Continued on next Column). again adjourned.

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