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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29th, 1928.

PIRACY IN EAST RIVER.

TO ERADICATE OPIUM.

TO IMPROVE FATSHAN. MURDER IN A FIELD. PRISONER OUTWITS HIS

RIVER DREDGING AND NEW TWO BARBERS CHARGED.

BRIDGE PROPOSED,

GUARD.

As an aid to the development of the commerce of the Fatahan, Mr.

THEIR PARTNER FOUND NEAR KOWLOON HOSPITAL

Wm. POWELL, Ltd.

10, Ice House. Street:

CARCO VESSEL RAN- SACKED.

GUNBOAT TO THE RESCUE

TWO PASSENGERS SHOT.

[PAOM OUR CHINESE CORRISPONDENT; }

CANTON, November 29th.

Beports have come to hand that the 8.9. Tejp plying between Canton and Sui Tung, has been pifated Bear Thi Sui Wawk on the East River. Two passengers were shot and killed, according to a state- nent by a person who has arrived here from Bui Tung. A large quantity of loot was also taken from the steamër. second misfortune "which has be- fallen the ship and it will be res called that she experienced a mishap near Whampoa on the 19t of this month. Something went wrong and water was streaming in by the port holes. The ship had a heavy cargo and over 200 passen

gers.

3.4.

WAR ON POPPY PLANTA-

TIONS.

EDICTS BY THE LIANG'KWANG Ma Hung Huen, the local ag15 | STRANGLED AND HIS HEAD

PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES.

-for-A-CHINCAR-CORERSPONDENT;}-

CANTON, NOV. 25th.

The Kraustung Government is facing great difficulties in enforcing the suppression of opium traite in South Chine. It is conducting a gigantic campaign to suppress the

trate proposes to dredge the shallow parts of the river approaches par- ticularly at Sha How, so that free access to the city may be available"

BATTERED.

Two-Chinsen-barbers, Lok-Chui-

ESCAPE FROM - KOWLOON COURT.

A CLEAN ESCAPE.

A Chinese who was held in polies custody awaiting his turn to appear before the Kowloon Magistrato yesi terday morning disappeared during either by the constable who had charge of him or the other persons

by water throughout the year re- and Lau Hon, were charged before the sitting of the Court unobserved gardless of the state of the river level. It is reported that a dredger has been ordered from a firm in Shanghai, at a cost of approximate ly $17,000.

Mt. E. W. Hamilton at the Kow loom Mistracy yesterday after noon with the murder of Lo Mei,"

a paddy field off Argyto Boad, near Chinese, who was found dead in

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Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy conduct-

present in court.

In accordance with the usual procedure the prisoner, who had

anco before. Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones on a charge of thaft of clothing from Shanghai Strest, was handed

The second plan of improvement the Kowloon Hospital, on October been remanded, since his appear. is the construction of a steel bridge 21 Hong with the one at King Shad the case for the Crown and the This bridge is to be named the two defendants were not legally

represented. Chung Shan Bridge in honour of the memory of the late leader: The

use of the drug in colaboration | to connect the wharf at Tap Si with the Provincial authorities of Kweichow, Yunnan and Kwangsi.

Some time ago the Canton Gor erament sent its envoy Mr. Chang

provision of a bridge so this point has long been needed as in the food

two Bridges is inundated to a con season the roadway connecting the stated siderable depth. It is hoped to take the work in hard on this bridge before the close of the pre sent year. The cost is expected to be in the region of 830,000. «

hich has the Min to attend the all-China Opium Suppression Conference at Nan king and Mr. Chang has now re- turned to Canton. In his report to the Government he that the main decision of the National Government is that the eradicating of the opium evil 10 The passengers were in panic but fortunately, the

China must necessarily be preceded Kwang Chang came to the rescue. by prohibiting opium smoking to Water was pumped out of the leakalt civil and military officials. The ing steamer and she was towed to Whampoa in safety but practically National Government is shortly to organise a big campaign in Nan king" and all government officials who are found to be opium-smokers will be appropriately dealt with Similar moves will also be made in other provinces.

the entire water:

To Raise Funds.

To find the funds necessary to

* *

In outlining the casc. Mr. Fitzroy

over to the constable who had.ar. rested him. It happened that the

was engaged earlier in the morning in several obstruction summonses, so for greater security be placed the prisoner in the dock.

said that at 9.20 a.m. on October constable in charge of the prisoner 21st an Indian constable on duty in Argyle Street noticed a crowd in the paddy field near the Kowloon Hospital and going there found the body of the deceased, who who later identified as Lo Mei, a barber of No. 359, Canton Road,

Shortly after 11.30 a.m. the can- stable was free to taken the pri soner out of the dock, but the man had vanished without anyone know- ing it. It is presumed that while the people concerned in the obstruc- tion cases were lining the front of the dock and attention was con- centrated on the proceedings of the

the door of the dock and sneaked out. After the unusual discovery there was a diligent search, but to no elect

The spot where the body was found was a lonely one and it was lying partly exposed. The head was badly battered and some tage Court, the prisoner quietly opened

was tied about the mouth. cargo was spoilt by

PIRATES ON BOARD.

cover the cost of building the bridge and buying the dredger, the follow- 1g schemes have been planned:-

1 To raise a subscription, by charging one per cent of the amount payable by the shop keepers of the city for their Trade Licenses

tape

later

This identified and

traced. It was drawn round the mouth and passing under the tongue was secured behind the neck. It appeared to be a case of strangling.

2. To solicit voluntary contribuThe injuries on the deceased's head tions from the public. Any person or firm subscribing upwards of the also pointed to murder. There were sum of 8500 will have his name numerous small wounds on the bead inscribed on a stone tablet to be which had apparently been made 3. To solicit contributions from by pointed weapon. The spot the merchants of other cities and was not far from the roadway, and from Hong Kong," as many trades- little pools of blood were found people of other centres are also in leading from the road to the body. terested in Fatshan's industrial!

Close to the body, a small granite life-Canton Gazette.

boulder was found saturated with blood. It had apparently been used

It took two days to repair the ship at Whampoa. She resumed her voyage from Whampos on the Etat of this month but several

The Kwangtung Problem. bandita disguised as passengers got on board. They had evidently plan- Our correspondent has been in ned the piracy with care and when formed by a well-informed govern the ship was off. Tai, Sui Wawk, ment official that owing to the geo-erected on the bridge. a signal was given and the pirates suade their presence known by their graphical conditions of Kwangtung leader thrusting a revolver in the the work of fighting the opium captain's face and ordering him to trafie wit be exceedingly hard. It stop the vessel at once, which he did. Several pirates then entered in an open secret that the poppy the engine room and took charge has always been and is cultivated there.

in weichow, Yunnan and Kwang- si, althongh in the latter Province the authoritics have adopted most drastic measures in checking poppy plantations. It is well known that in some of the opium-growing dis- tricts of Kweichow and Yunnan the military and civil leaders are come to regard the tax on poppy

PIRATE SAMPANS.

When the "steamer came to stop several pirate simpans came alongside and over a score of pirates then came on board all of them armed with revolvers and daggers The ship was then systematically ransacked, large quantities of cargo being carried off in the sampans. All the passengers were searched, their money and valuables being removed. Two passengers who at tempted to resist were shot dead,

KEMP INDUSTRY IN KWANGSI.

EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS TO BE PLANTED.

Under its programme of recon-

as the principal source of revenue,struction, the Kwangsi Provincial for the maintenance of the ministration."

to

batter in the head Other articles found a little further way were a pair of shoes, an axe or chopper handle, and some more

tape.

When the case was mentioned befe Mr. E. W. Hamilton shortly afte wards, Sergeant Clark inform- ed is Worship that the prisoner had raped and that the police wer making enquiries into the matter.

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It may be recalled that a similar incident occurred before where a prisoner escaped from the precincts of the Kowloon Court me was

neve wen again. There was a

sub quent case in which an Indian Court at the action of a prisoner - constable breathlessly protested in in custody who attempted to escape. The man expressed a wish to visit the lavatory, but did not come out When the constable went to a vestigate he was just in time to catch the prisoner by the legs na he was scaling the wall leading to the street..

The three men were seen having

A Chopper Blade In Hia TrouSETS.

A chopper blade, of the kind generally used by carpenter's for their evening meal together at chopping wood, was found in the about 7 pm, and a witness would deceased's trousers. The handle be called to say that they left the

which was ad

just mentioned,

the premises at 9 p.m. Another wit other part of the weapon, was foundness put the time at 10 p.m. Though some 30 or 40 yards from the body. the hour of departure could not be How it got there could not be ex fixed the important thing was that plained, but the whole chopper was they did go out together, appar later identified as the one used inently to the temple. the house where the deceased lived.

Then there are the tens of thou- A GUNBOAT INTERFERES.

sands of farmers, carning their Just as the pirates were about to livelihood by working on these leavo. with their loot and captives. a small river gunboat on patrol poppy fields. The difficulty of find duty approached. From a distance ing other employment for oplum her crew saw the Teje at anchor plantation labourers after the sup with several sampang alongside pression of their crops will be a They were at first puzzled to see the ship at anchor in that lonely serious matter for the authorities. spot Then several rounds were fired across her bows and the pirates hurriedly left, carrying what they could. The gunboat then look charge of the pirated vessel and escorted

Furthermore, opium planted in Kweichow and Yuuman finds a

Government is paying considerable attention to the problem of develop ing the various industries of the province, and in this connection Hemp has come in for notice."

Hemp is one of the staple articles of export of the province. It is used locally for the manufacture of ropes, but the bulk of the crop is exported to foreign countries. The growing of the hemp is done on primitive lines, no change or in

ready market in Kwangtung, especi-novation having been effected in the ally as it is sent to Kwangtung icr methods that have been in use for

her to safety. No estimate could transhipment to other places be obtained as to the loss and it is not known if any of the passengers' "were taken captive.

KILLING CANTON'S RATS.

DEFECTIVE COLLECTING

SERVICE.

(FROM OVÉ CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Nov. 28th.

Therefore, if Kwangtung isto wipe out the evil once for all, the sincere co-operation of the Govern menta in Kweichow and Yunnan must be secured.

centuries.

Experimental Bureau.".

tour

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Robbery Not The Motive. Continuing, Mr. Fitzroy remark ed that there was no signs of rob bery. Twenty-five cents in money and two cigarettes were found on the deceased, and it was highly im- motive of the crime. However, the probable that robbery was the prosecution would call evidence to show that there had been disagree ments between the deceased and the two accused, who lived in the Bame house.

The Tape-Part Of Broken Pankah Cord,

The Return.

At about midnight a knock was heard on the shop door, and one of the inmates who slept on the pre- mises went to answer it. Ah Choi was heard saying that it was he and without waiting to open the and walked away. However, this door the inmate lifted the latch person distinctly heard the two voices of the accused; while & boy who was also sleeping on the pre- mises would say that be actually saw the defendants. The deceased wes not seen alive again after bin departure with the accused.

A Strange Reply The next day, October 21st, still stranger things happened. A man went to the shop and asked whe- "One of the ther Lo Mei was in. defendants replied that he (Lo Mei) was dead-on extraordinary reply for the next day!" said Mr.

The government believes that this industry could be developed into

The chopper would be identified one of considerable importance if

by witnesses, while the tape had scientific methods were brought to been found to be part of a cord used bear. A Mr. Ho Tsun Chung was for palling punkaha The two ac Officials Who Offend.

the cused and the deceased were part- Recently the Canton Government therefore deputed to

ners in a barber shop at No. 353, arrived at two resolutions. The various hemp growing districts in

Canton Road. Some time ago (in

new Fitzros. A certain amount of en- first is the organisation of an anti- the region of Wuchow to make the Chinese 8th Moon) the cord was opium smoking campaign among "investigations into the methods broken, and replaced by a

one. Evidence would be called to quiry as to the whereabouts of Lo Government the

and military used and the condition of the in- prove that Lok Choi was seen to Mei was made, and on October 30th.

drawer The number of rats killed in

oficials. Officials, who indulge industry. Working on the basis of a put the old cord in a Canton during the last montă,

while it would be further proved of the accused raid that Lo Mei according to the Municipal Bureau the opium habit will be given a embodying the results of his ol

Enquirers Recognise Polics ceased was the cord which had

Photographa alt collected from the special dead

Photographs of deceased were A Strange Thing. walls and and dismissal from the Government plans to establish a Hemp broken. rat bins, attached on telephone pates in various places ment service will be the fate of Experimental Bureau, to be attach-

Referring to the chopper, Mr. posted on the Police notice boards in the city. The heakh officers are those who fall. The second parted to the Liuchow and Kingyuen

as to the whereabouts of Lo. Mei, He went of the opinion that the number

ordinarily strange thing for the axe actually killed must greatly exceed of the anti-opium scheme consists Barren Lands Development Bureau, Fitzroy said that it was an extra and a man who had been enquiring this, as many people do not trouble in the calling of an anti-opium This Bureau will carry out kemp blade to be found in the deceased's recognized the portrait. to put the dead rats into the bins. conference with the Governments growing for experimental and re- trousers, and the prosecution would to the Police Station and identified. not offer any explanation of its the post-mortem photograph as that "The body had only They simply throw them into the

presence there. There was no blood of Lo Mei. strects to be crushed by passing of Kwangsi, Kweichow and Yun- search purposes.

Regulations governing the organi- either on the handle or on the been identified by photograph," traffic. Sometimes they are picked nan, when definite decisions wit be

Purely Circumstantial Evidence. up by the rat collecting coolies made and the four Provincial sation of this, Bureau, and the blade of the axe, and it did not said Mr. Fitzroy.

The evidence was entirely cir but very often they are left till Governments in South China will general plan covering the work of appear to have been used for the they are finally eliminated.

Diagite Over Accounts,

cumstantial but was sufficiently planting the hemp have been pre- pared. According to these hemp

As mentioned the deceased and strong to bring home the guilt of growing grounds will be opened in the vicinities of Ku Muk, ai Shit the two accused wore in partnership the two accused," said Mr. Fitzroy. Chang and Muk Mu Village a ha in the barber shop, and a quarrel The only known motive for the Brose between the deceased and the crime was the dispute about the Tong, near Liuchow, Separate two accused over the accounts. The account a matter of 840. Nothing

of Health, is £4,403. These were certain period to cure themselves servations, the Kwangsi Govern. that the tape used to gag the de, had been killed by a motor-car.

In the same report the Health take joint action in suppressing Burea states that the quantity of poppy plantations. garbage collected for the same month was 10,850 piculs. This was sold to farmers as a fertilizer.

FEWER TRUANTS IN

CANTON,

Kwangsi's Determination. The determination of the Kwang

crime.

deceased claiming a sum which pris oners denied was due to him.

si Government to eradicate the

areas will be marked out on hill

known The men lived together in cultivation of the poppy is shown slopes, and low-lying level ground,

else in the way of quarrels was a shop on the ground floor, the by a recent order issued by the as it is a known fact that hemp

To Joss Tor Good-luck. Nanning Administrative Council Brown on bill sides is of better

It has further been learnt that partnership having been formed quality than that planted on level decreeing that during the coming ground. Why this is the case in the day after the dispute (October only about five weeks ago.

- Canse Of Death. Dr. J. E, Dovey, medical officer [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] period of re-construction in China not known, and one of the aims 20th) the deceased apparently, made CATTON, Nov. 28th. it in casential that opium-smoking, of the Bureau will be to maintain up his mind to take tickets in a

careful observations of the growth Chinese, lottery, and be also decid-in charge of the Kowloon Mortuary According to the statistics re which is most injurious to the and condition of the crap under ed to go to a temple to "joss" for said that he examined the deceased and found that death" was due to leased by the Municipal. Bureau of physical development of the young these different conditions, and if good luck The deceased had ap Education there are to-day fewer.'

they all started together at about sion. The injuries on the head were children not attending school in er generation, should be wiped out possible, to discover what causes parently told the two secused, and multiple injuries, shock and concus the difference in quality. To facili Danton than they have been for once, and for ever Severe punish take the experimental work, alla-pm Lak Choi (ist adrused) was deep and fractured the skull. The Long time Five Stars Agon the most will be meted out to las pipts will be of five mau only fur heard to ask a woman in the shop witness was of the opinion that number of boys and girls not, at

pointed object, used with consider When the first trop bar "been | were away"- school, was 31,085. This year the breakers who have planted poppy the time being to be extended tale w look after the place while they they had been caused by a heavy

(Continued on next Columa). able force. in Kwangai. number has been reduced to 11,220.

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