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CANTON AGAIN IN DANGER.

KWANGSI RUSE PROVES SUCCESSFUL.

NAVAL ENCOUNTER AT SAMSHUL

MORE DEFECTIONS FEARED.

(FROM OUR CHINESE COLRESPONDENT.}

CASTON, Mag 13. The situation in Canton suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse Festerday when the Kyangsi troops again resumed. their onslaught against the city from the North and

West Rivers,

Apparently the previous mass re- treat of the Kwangsi troops on the West River was nothing but a ruso

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entrap their enemies. When large numbers of the Kwangtung troops left the West River for the East River, leaving only handiel of soldiers under Colonel Heung "Ron Ping to protect the strategic points, the Kwangsi forces suddenly attacked and recaptured Shiubing, and the Cantonese forces under

Colonel Heung Hon Ping were forced to fall back to Samshui and

Ha How.

A. NAVAL BATTLE. The news of the fall of Shiuhing was received in Canten with great alarm. General Chen Taal Tong at once ordered Admiral Chen Chak to Samshui to stem the advance of the Kwangsi troops. Upon arrival in Samshui the Canton flest sight- ed four enemy gunboats and a battle ensued in which Admiral Chen Chak Bank one Kwangsi gunboat. Several hundred soldiers were on board the gunbont, and were all drowned.,

After the naval defeat the main body of Kwangsi forces retreated to Ewong Lee City, some distance west of Samshui, where they are re- ported to be preparing for another attack. The Kwangsi troops here are under the command of General Wong Koak Chu, and, are said to be over 10,000 strong. At the time of writing, fierce Sghting is report- ed to be going on in the outskirts of Samshui. It is learned that

since yesterday one can only go as far on the Canton-Sanahui Riway at Fatshan. The Kwangsi soldiers assume Marshal Li Tsai Hein Eas been executed, and will hold a mourning ceremony for him if and i when the capture of Canton is effected, it is snid.

Brisk fighting is also reported to be going on in the vicinity of Yuen Tanu, a strategic point on the North River. The Kwangsi soldiers on the North River are also report ed, be making some advance after a loll of a few days. It is the inten- tion of the Kwangtung authorities to hold firm their line of defence on the North River. No attempt, at least for the time being, will be made to launch an offensive either on the North or West River. /

MORE TREACHERY? An alarming rumour is in circu- lation to-day to the effect that Colonel Yu Han Mow," a hitherto faithful and staunch subordinate and supporter of General Chen Tsai Tong, has been arrested and de- tained in Canton. If this report is true, the Cantor, cause is doomed. It will be recalled that Colonel Yu En Mow had charge of the pro- tection of the entire North River districts, and it was he, who was sent against the invading Kwangsi troops in this part of Kwangtung..

THE DOCTOR'S COOK.

MYSTERY OF AGED MAN'S DEATH.

INQUEST PROCEEDINGS OPENED.

THE HONG KÒNG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1929.

MR. BLACK & BANK CORRESPONDENCE.

OFFICIALS.

STATEMENTS AT INTER-

VIEW RECALLED.

TREASURY CASE EVIDENCE

CLOSED.

BACON, AND BOARDING- HOUSES.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."']

KAI TACK AIR TRAGEDY.

'PLANE KILLS THREE CHINESE

INQUIRY OPENED,

An inquiry was held at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday into the deaths of three Chinese who were killed just outside Kai Tack Aero- drone on April 27 by one of a squadron of machines piloted by Lieut. A. O. Watson, R.N., which from escorting lived here for over 28 years and had returned have sampled the fare of the H.M.S. Suffolk which was conveying majority of the local hotels and H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester to have stayed at many boarding-Japan.

Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith sat as bouses in the Colony..

SJE,-While I was much amused A Coroner's inquiry was held

at the article on your front page yesterday by Major C.-Willson at

Four officials of the. Hong Kong Central Magistracy into the death and Shanghai were called by the entitled "Bacon. Boarding Houses, of a Chinese cook employed by Dr. defence yesterday at the fifteenth Bowlers, and Buses," by Mr. Her Ourensky. The Coroner said the day's hearing of the ease in which Bert Field, I heartily endorse his facts were peculiar, not to say the Government is suing the Bank complaint. He confesses to being nysterious. Deceased was 73 years for the recrediting of 8980,000 in-new-comer to the Colony. I have of age and he was found lying volved in the Carvalho Yeo frauds dead in the cookhouse of No. 12,

in January, 1927. The Chief Justice Quarry Foint on March 3 this year. (Sir Henry Gollan), received coun- The police found on his personasel for both sides in chambers to part of a watch chain" and on the discuss questions involved in the ground beside the body was a match

case to be put before the special box with blood stains on it.

jury.

Another curious point was that a promissory note was found near where deceased was lying. The medical evidence would show that the deceased niet his death by throttling and by asphyxia. Finger marks were found on the neck of the deceased and other marks on his arms.

Mr. H. G. Hegarty, acting Chief Accountant, said he had been in the service of the Bank for 23 years. He said cheque books arrived in sealed packets from the printers and they were delivered in that form to the customer, the first and last numbers appearing on the cover being entered in a register, and acknowledgment of receipt obtain ed

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Precautions for Mutual Protection.

Cheques for over 85,000

were

made by the police and they have "Exhaustive inquiries have been unable to find any motive of murder, if murder it was" said the Coroner. Beyond that, I can't! direct your attention to anything else, but it is a mysterious case and it is to be hoped that in the course of the evidence something will lead you to come to a conclusion as transpire to throw light on it and to whether it is a case of murder, signature appeared in the three dis- by some person unknown, or wheputed cheques.

a case of death by ther it was natural causes."

Evidence of the finding of the body was given by a young Chinese assistant cook, after which "Dr. A. Cannon, medical officer in charge of Victoria Mortuary gave evidence of the result of a post mortem exami- nation. He said deceased showed signs of marked acute bronchitis and mild cardial degeneration.

The doctor described details of the finger marks on the throat and left wrist and added that there was

fracture of the thyro cartelege, which had never been known to fracture except by torus, applied by another person.

The inquest was adjourned.

COLONY'S WATER SUPPLY.

QUESTIONS OF QUALITY RAISED.

At yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board, Dr. V. W. M. Koch observed that the reports from one or two districts upon the water supply showed that the water was not of a high standard and he thought some notice should be taken of the matter. He wanted to know what steps were being taken.

the

I have never known decent bacon Coroner, with a jury consisting of to appear on the breakfast menu Messrs. Yates (foreman), G: B. unless I agitated for it, while Witchell and A. A. da Silva.

gammon rashers were regarded as "extras."

I wish Mr. Field had gone" s little further, however, and made mention of the cracked water-jugs, rickets furniture and other matters in which the boarding-houses of Hong Kong and Bloomsbury are

akin.Yours, etc,

Kowloon, May 14.

FED-UP.

ANOTHER LETTER

Squadron Leader, Keeble sat with the Coroner..

Dr. J. E. Dovey said that he

Chinese,

examined the bodies of the three

One of the victims was not in a

state of good health prior to the accident.

his was the second machine to land Lieut. Arthur Watson, R.N., said of a flight of four.

"I approached from the East side. headed into the wind, and came down over the Eastern boun- dary as low as was safe," said

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Cheques were printed on special paper and with special decoration. There were cautions printed on the covers that cheque books must be kept in a place of security and under lock and key.

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St.As an old. Londoner, I was very much interested in Mr. Field's article.Bacon and Buses which appeared on the front page of your issue on Monday. His reference, to the smashing of the clock at the Oval recalis many poignant me

morics.

the veteran batsman's skill.

As a small boy, I often went with Dealing with the interview at the

my father to see Dr. Grace "doing Bank, on January 18 last year, at which Messra: Black, Dallin, Mau-old clock in the pavilion was minus his stuff, and for many years the

ghan, Prockter and Green were

4 glass. I believe the Committee of present, witness recalled that the Management decided to let the writing on the body of the cheques first thing he said was that the broken face stand as a memorial to was familiar to all. Mr. Dallin, ad dressing Mr. Black, said "Surely that is your signature ?." Mr. Maughan made a similar observa tion. Mr. Black. acknowledged it was his signature by words some thing like It certainly seems to be mine."

Mr. Black's evidence that he did not acknowledge the signature being read over, witness denied hearing this said at any time. Mr. Dallin broke up, the party by declaring it was a mare's best of Mr. Messer's and they had "better get back to the Treasury."

The Chairman (Mr. W. J. Carrie) replied that he understood from the Bacteriologist that in every case Loss of Cheques Not Notified... where the sample was not up to

It was would informa standard be

eight days later, on Water Authority who would take January 26, when witness 'heard for such measures as. arranged between the first time a denial that the himself, the Bacteriologist, the Medical Officer of Health and the cheques were signed by Mr. Black engineers.

If Dr. Koch desired, the Chair man could draw the attention of the Water Authority to his observa tions.

Dr. Koch replied that the Water Authority's explanation would be interesting, especially at the pre- sent time when the water supply was so low.

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ing stage."

Practically No Wiid.

said there was practically no wind In reply to the Coroner, witness

at the time. About two seconds realised that he would not pull up after he touched when landing he until he reached the boundary fence. He opened the throttle in

an endeavour to climb clear of the fence, but was unable to clear. He could not say definitely what exact- ly followed but he travelled across far side of the road. the road and hit a matshed on the

any opinion

Coroner Would you like to give as to whether the people were standing too close to the boundary fence 1

vened at this point and informed

Squadron Leaker Keeble inter

the Court & pilot could only see at an angle on account of the engine in front of him.

By the way, I think Mr. Field can hardly be correct in saying that the Doctor smashed the glass three

dould Wet Tarn, ... times.

It was smashed of one occasion by Hardy, a practically The foreman of the jury asked unknown South African bataman. would the machine have been severe- the Docter was certainly respon-ly damaged had it hit the fence. sible for the first and the last breakages, however.

Could Mr. Field tell us, as matter of interest, whether the broken glass and cracked dial of the clock were ever replaced 1

Yours, etc,.

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"KENNINGTON." Hong Kong, May 14.

[Mr. Field replies that the clock itself was replaced in 1910 and thanks Kennington" for hit kind correction which he accepts without comment.-ED.]

AND STILL ANOTHER.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG TONG DAILY„PRESS.'']

Witness replied that it was held together by a fairly thick wire caused the fence to be pulled down which apparently did not break and

for a considerable distance. At a certain low speed an aeroplane. would not rise. At the time, wit- ness was just above the speed.

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In reply to a query by Mr. Yates be steered clear of the fence, to whether the machine could Squadron Leader. Keeble informed. the Court that the span of the wing of the machine would not permit the plane to be turned at such a low height from the ground. The plane must bank to be turned and the wing would have hit the ground. Witness went on to say that his orders were to land reasonably soun after the Flight Commander in the first plane. Had the wind turned direction. The wind was varying st he would have landed in some other the time,

Coroner: Have you any criticism of the landing stage-It is big enough but not large enough to I can well remember similar allow for avoiding a mishap. thrills enjoyed by students at Edin- accident was caused through not Coroner: Do you say that the burgh University in my young days. We would race along Leith Walk in landing sooner 1-It is very hard to three similaf "chariots" and gallop myself quite enough room to take Bay. Apparently I did not allow past Waterley Steps in Prince's off in again. If I had had a breeze Street, in grand style.

I agree with Mr. Field that that of even 5 or 10 miles per hour the ring of horses' shoes on cobbie- against me I would have been able stones was far more musical and to pull up before the fence. romantic than the prosaic motor- bus. Yours, etc.,"

and Mr. Messer. Had the Treasury SIR, I am not a Londoner, but notified the Bank that 30 cheques. I certainly enjoyed your front page were missing from the book, the article on Monday. Mr. Field men- danger signal would have appeared tona the early morning races be in the account and any cheques of drawn buses.

tween the blue and green horse those numbers would not have been

passed.

Cross-examined by Mr. Potter, witness said the Treasury printed their own serial numbers on the cheques, but the bank was not con- cerned with these and went on their

In answer to the jury, witness stated that the Bank had not re- ceived any advice from the Treasury about serial numbers.

Heavy fighting is now going on along the Canton-Kowloon Railway between Sheklung and Cheaag Mok The Canton Police to-day issued Tau between Li Ma. Tre'a troops

an order to the effect that anyone own serial numbers, and Canton forces. It is the in- caught selling or reading the Hong Kong Times, a Chinese newspaper tention of General Chen Tsai Tong published in the British Colony, to launch an offensive on the East will be executed. The Hong Kong River and every resource at his command has been stacked on this Times has long been attacking the drive. This is to provide an avenac Canton regime, and prohibited from of escape in the event that Canton entering into Canton. But in spite should fall. This was exactly what of the prohibition the paper has was done by Chang Fat Fui's been surreptitiously smuggled into notorious Ironsides when they the city where it has enjoyed a good were driven out of Canton by Mar- circulation. shat Li Tsai Hsin in the latter part of 1927.

KWANGSI DEFEAT.

RETIREMENT NEAL KWEILIN.

(THROUGH BRUTER'S" AGENCE.]

Sasha, May

·Mr. Black's Alleged Admittance.

Mr. R. A. Green said that at no time during the interview did he bear Mr. Black say that the signs ture on the cheques was not his own." All Mr. Black said was that his signature"stemed to be all right, but Mr. Messer's signature "might be forged.".

Fanling, May 14,

J.L.C.P.

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Witness, questioned by Mr. Patter fegarding the handing over of Mr Black's specimen signature

Coroner: Were you anticipating any wind?No.

Witness remarked that it was dif- Scult to get into the Aerodrome when there was no wind,

Others Land Safely.

Flight Lieutenant Pearce, said he was the Flight Commander of No. 440 Flight to which the crashed. machine belonged.

without permission from the Gov- successfully after Lieut. Watson,

Eight other machines landed ernment, said he gave it to Di A.B. A. G. Gibbs, H.M.S Shellshear, who had been asked by Hermes, said he was passenger in Mr. Jenkin to obtain it, Witness Licut, Watson's machine. The star- admitted blame for handing it over Board wing hit the tes horse. - He without permission from Mr. Gray-felt a thud and knew no more, untál Mr. F. H. Swayne, another, as-burn, but thought that his superior he came to his senses in the bottom sistant at the Bank, gave evidence had seen the specimen being hand of the cockpit. He immediately got of Mr. Black's visit, and request for ed over,

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the pursuit of the Hunan forces, Kwasi troods have retreated to wards Tachunkiang, near Kwelin.

LI MO TZE BEATEN. Latest reports to hand boweyer, state that Colonel 1 Mo Tze's forces have évacuated Sheklung and are retreating towards Cheung Mok Tau to Waicbow. Divisional Com mander Chiang Kwang Nai entered Bheklung Festerday with a large number of troops after a hot baille. A great many bombs were dropped by planca, which was mainly respon sible for the defeat of the Rebels

The steel bridge at Shek Táp, A mézsége from Tüúngafu, viá ness, said that to the best of his tween, that and the present signs. think you could bare cleared the which was blown up to prevent. Li Nanking, is that Lyng Yun, with recollection, Mr. Black said nothing ture. Mr. Messer's signature on fence-Yes, Mo Tre's troops from marching 20,000 men, is advancing upon at the interview about his own choques at the time of the occur

Witness also said he was stand- onto Canton, is now being repaired Kwangs to participate in the anti-signature or the writing in the body rences was checked by that appearing is in the machine and be of the cheques. Witness later visit- by a group of engineers sent out Kwangsi expedition. from the Tai Sha Tau station. The It is also stated that Marshaled the Treasury and saw Mring on letters and other cheques thought he saw a number of people. which were kept at hand for refer- running, apparently afraid of being repairing work is expected to bo Chiang Kai Shek, has telegraphed Messer, who did not say his signa

hit by the propellor. The pilot was completed by, Thursday, when traffic to Chang Tseng, the Garrison Comtures were forgeries. When he left,

The case will be continued at sitting down and so could not see witness bad, no doubt in his own 10.30 this morning when counsel will anyous. along the permanent way will be marider in South Fukien, to advance

to Kwanglung to assist the Govern mind that the cheques were gonnine, make their final addresses to the resumed.

ment forcer. (Continued on art Voluma).

(Continued on next Column). jury.

handwriting, but he only said that After a lot of search witness found not fealize that, there was. Dy there were no counterfoils for those specimen signature furnphed by danger when the machine landed. cheques in the counterfoil book.

Mr. Messer in 190 something, Coroner When, Lieut. Watson Mr. N. H. Prockter, the last wit but there was much difference be opened put his throttle did you

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