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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1929.

CANTON VICTORY SILK CARGO STOLEN. CORRESPONDENCE.

CLAIMS.

HUGE NUMBERS OF.

PRISONERS.

INVADING ARMY DISPERSED,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Dec. 13. The "Ironsides are retreating towards the northern part of Kwangtung and will probably try to rally at Ching Yuen, Yuen Tan and Chung Fa. The Canton Higher Command is not making any seri- attempt to pursue the enemy at present, being too busy with the reorganisation of its own Mesawhile the 'aeroplanes are re- connoitring the movements of the enemy, dropping bombs as usual,

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men,

THEFT ON EMPRESS OF ASIA.

JAPANESE VICTIMISED.

According to a report made to the Police yesterday, a Japanese merchant, Mr. H. Koga, who was travelling second class, on the Em- press of Asia from Japan to Manila, has been the victim of a robbery which took place while the vessel was in Hong Kong on Thursday.

The report stated that Mr. Koga on arrival as Hong Kong came visit a compatriot and ashore to left four rattan baskets containing expensive silk clothing in his cabin. On his return the baskets wero missing.

EXTORTIONATE LAND- ~

LORDS.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "' HONG KONG ..

DAILY PRESS."1

Sia, have followed with the liveliest interest the pros and cons of the discussion in your columns relating to the Rent Froblem in this Colony.

In the light of my

owa experience, I can well appre ciate the arguments brought orth by Supporter of Rent Problem

Committed to the erect, thus at IS high tune to call a cait Co the exploitation of unreasonably high rents an liong Kong,

If I may have a little of your valuable space, let me have the pleasure of citing a few instances by way of illustrating the vagaries or the

speculative and heartless landlords,

sired to catablish a

A "RED LIGHT" TRAGEDY.

GIRL WHOSE "REPUTATION WAS DAMAGED,"

·PERSÉCUTION DRIVES HER

TO SUICIDE,

SOLDIER ON HOLIDAY.

STEALS WHILE HIS COM-

RADES FIGHT.

ALSO UNLUCKY IN LOVE!

A young man who described him- An inquiry into the death of a self as Lieutenant of the Whompes young Chinese girl, an inmate of a Military Academy, was charged be "house" in Woosung Street, Yau- fore Mr. W. Schofield at Kowloon mati, who died at the Kwong Wah Magistracy yesterday with stealing Hospital-op-October 13 from a dose a quantity-of-jewellery-worth-8210, of opium, was concluded before Mr.the property of a resident of the W. Schofield at Kowloon Magis- Kumi Toi, Hotel, Nathan Road. tracy, yesterday. The jury return- ed a verdict of death by suicide, following ill health, brought on to some extent by the persecution of a man named Lee."

A tragic and sordid story was revealed by friends of the deceased, and the amabs of the house."

Made Her. WIL

restaurant in

Another man was charged ont subsequently discharged,

Detective Inspector Fallon told the Magistrate that the complain- ant who was an actor manager, and taken room in the Hotel. The de fendant and the mar discharged, occupied adjoining rooms. Early on Wednesday morning the com-

plainant had occasion to leave his room, and on returning, he saw

"The contents of the basket were valued by Mr. Koga at 87,000. Int With the lifting of the Iron-making the report to the Police, the ride "Kwangsi menace, Canton is fact that some Chinese shared the itself again safe and the tense cabin with Mr. Eoga was pointed anxiety, of the earlier part of the out, to the authorities, and atten. week, is rapidly dying down. Mar. tion was drawn to the possibility of mises, he spent from 84,000 to morning of the day she died and the defendant standing behind the tial law is not nearly so rigidly en- the baskets having been removed by forced and street "traffe, was allow. mistake. It is felt, however, that ed up to 10 o'clock. dars ago when the situation was take and that some thieves have at .ite worst no civilians were per mitted on the streets after 7.30. Public confidence in the men now

Not so long ago à Chinese drug- gist whose head office is doing an

A waiter at a branch some- extensive business in Canton, de- where along Queen's Road Central. Temple Street told the Court that After having secured the right pre. the deceased came to him on the $3,000 for the requisite decorations asked him to write ort a document and furnishings, as are usually seen for her declaring tha. she was not door. He noticed at once that his in the shop-front and interior of all indebted to anyone except her mis- jewellery was missing and had the A couple of there could not have been any mis- Chinese druggists. Before he badtress and emab, to whom she owed defendant arrested.

3 chance to commence operations, some money, and in payment she the landlord camo forward with a would beneath her furniture and proposal to raise the rent by 60 electric fans to them in settlement. per cent, with the resulet that the business had to be abandoned.

Take as another example, a cer

ple,

been at work.

in power 13 reflected in the steady A CARGO OF HEROIN thin department store

rise in value of the Central Bank of Chino notes. During the first part of this week, the Government banknotes were quoted" around 39· cente to the paper dollar. But to- day they are at 70 per cent. A considerable amount of speculation is going on, and the value of these once badly depreciated banknotes is expected to climb still further.

SPOILS OF WAR.

PILLS.

HIDDEN ON JUNK IN TYPHOON SHELTER.

Acting on information received, the Police yesterday carried out à raid on a cargo junk which was lying at anchor in the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter.......

A search revealed the presence of a large cargo of heroin pills clever- Large quantities of arms nadly hidden in the stern of the junk.

The seizure is valued at several

Ammunition captured from

the

Her Reputation Ruined, The waiter told her not to be silly whereupon the deceased told him that a certain man had pro- mised to take her away from the

house but her reputation

At the Station nothing was found on the defendant but "later the Polige visited the Hotel and found the jewellery in the defendant's jacket which was in his room. The defendant had apparently made two trips and, had he not been so greedy he might have got away.

World Theatre, on Des Voeux Road. When the lease for the, old pre- mises was about to expire the land- lord insisted, as condition for read been ruined because another newal, that the store in question person had written to this man,

The two men had taken the room "agree to allow 20 per cent, redue informing him that she was in love tion of prices for purchases made with an actor-a very terrible ac- for the night but it was found that by his family in ordinary or special cusation under the circumstances. they had no money to pay for the sales, and to pay a bonus to the She had always wanted to settle bed, and the Hotel would have had. landlord at the end of every fonn down but go her cial year, so long as the renewed spoilt. If she did not kill herself to go without payment.

that night she would certainly do lease was operative. As &

so the following morning. quence, the store was forced to acquire a property of its own re ay to get out of the stranglehold of

the landlord.

cose-

chance was

The waiter went to her quarters the same afternoon, and found her boing attended to by a doctor..

A Jealous Lovar.

The defendhat, said be Was

formerly a student in the Whampoa Academy and later graduated as a Lieutenant, after having held the rank of N.C.O. He then went to Shanghai as private secretary to

enemy are being brought back to thousand dollars and is one of the just one more, and that is the deceased lived amid that the girl Cheng Kai Chung, the" former

Boberg,

trate.

HAICHING PIRACY,

FOUR MORE DISCHARGED

largest haul in recent years, Canton from Sun Kai and the West

The mistress of the junk will pro- River. These include several thou-bably be charged this morning or on ward rifes and a large number of Monday before the Kowloon Magis inaehine guns. The number of pri official according to 丸 statement published to-day, is well over 3,000, of whom 3,000 have been brought back to Cauton and the rest will follow. The majority' of these prisoners are Kwangsi men from the army of Wong Kuen, who were captured on the North River front. Practically all the prisoners have a lean, hungry and

FROM HOSPITAL.

Four of the twenty injured who were still at the Government Civil Hospital on Thursday suffering from wounds received in the course of the attempted piracy on the Hai- ching, were discharged yesterday.

Except for three of the injured, unkempt appearance. Their hair all the patients are making good and beards were long. When ask-progress. ed about this, they said that their superiors told them that the best place for haircutting and shaving was Canton and that they must hight their way there to have it done They are getting their hair cut and beards shaved off in Cau- Lon all right!

RELATIVE LOSSES. According to Mr. Au Fang Po, director of the Department of Political Tutelage of the Sth Mik. tary Route Headquarters, the num ber of "Ironsides" taking part in this last drive on Canton was over 10,000. The number who fell was over 3,000 General Chen Tsai Teng lost about 2,500 men. The enemy's loss does not, however, include" the Kwangsi troops under Li Tsung

PENANG TURF CLUB

DONATIONS.

With their customary generosity the Penang Turf Club has decided to give away nearly 810,000 in donations to deserving charitable institutions. Apart from purely local institutions the following will benefit:-The Ross Institute for

Tropical Diseases, Fresh Air Fund, Barnardo's Homes and the Child. ren's Aid Society. The Penang Convent and the Po Leong Kuk cach receive $2,000.

THE OFFICIAL REPORT.

The folowing is a translation of

victory :-

I can multiply instance after in stance, but I have time to quote classic example of the old premises of the Kum Ling Restaurant on Whitty Street, near the tramway The landlord appeared terminus. to make such an absurd demand for

An aman of the place where the

was frequently visited by a man named Les. One night when the Magistrate of the Fo On District. girl went out and did not return He was at one time private secre until morning the man became annoyed and broke the electric fary to General Au Yeung Kiu, the and table clock in her room. The Superintendent of deceased was frightened of this Police." man and subacquently moved to another house."

high rent that the restaurant owner flatly refused to renew the old lease, and finally moved into the present premises. In the meantime the old premises have been vacant for

Another amah stated that, the the past few years, and up to com-giri was frightened of the man Lee, paratively recent date, the place who continually molested her. He was still unoccupied.-Yours, etc.,

was jealous of other men visiting the girl. Hong Kong, Dec. 13.

VERITAS.

A Rival Lover.

the Canton

He had received a letter a few, days ago from his people in the country notifying him of his forth- coming wedding, which they had arranged for him. He had arrived" from Shanghai with only a limited A Chinese clerk said that he supply of money and had stolen (TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG knew the deceased. On October 11the jewellery to enable him to re-

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he received a telephone message turn to the country. from a man named Lee who told him, not to visit the deceased in The Magistrate pointed out to future as she had not got a very the defendant that he should have Witness asked returned to Canton and to the good character."

SIR, The new spokesman for the Rent Problem Committee in the Fairness" has a big person of task before him, particularly if he pseudonym he has adopted: It is hot, disputed that he has shown | remarkable fairness to the cause he has embraced, by totally omitting to consider the other side of the question. As regards landlords, any protension to fairness has con- sisted of refraining to abuse them more than he has done.

the war.

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wishes to vindicate his right to the who he was and received a reply front and distinguished himself in! that they were rivals in love." Later he received a letter from this man denouncing her as the lover of an actor. He took this letter to the deceased who explained that the writer had always wanted "to lower her reputation."

A person holding himself out as a student of any problem must firet

rid himself of any opinion be has on the matter and approach it wholly without bias. A student of the rent problem of Hong Kong ought thas to consider, not only

Det-Sergeant Fitches, the officer in charge of the caee, told the Magistrate that the man named Len could not be found and had apparently absconded.

The jury without retiring retura- ed the above verdict.

the point of view of those who pay rent, but also that of those likewise, and prevent himself from who hope to receive it. Any lean-being, custed There are naturally It is ing to one side or the other must speculators in trade too.

perhaps those who can barely find point to the mind of a bigot.

sufficient capital to meet the de- mands of their bankers who have withal to carry on their prowess.

It appears that the members of the Rent Problem Committee are of rent. They have already made

The defendant replied that he was on vacation from the army so that he could get married!

The Magistrate: I am afraid the wedding will have to be put of Two months' hard labour.

TOURIST SHIP STELLA POLARIS.

ARRIVING HERE ON DEC. 24.

"

WILL STAY FIVE DAYS.

Jen, Weng Shiu Hung, and Pei the official report of the rece no further considering the problem to depend on renting their where here on December 24 for a five-day

Chung Hei on the lower reaches of

A tourist vessel, making her first visit to the Colony and will arrive

visit. She is a Norwegian motor the North River, above Samshui.

for The Kwange and Chang Fat up their minds; they have decided As what they have already in the yacht, the Stella Polaris. She was pleasure Mr. Au stated that the entire Fui rebels crossed the North River that rents have to be controlled. gamble, the acquisition of premises built exclusively

cruises and is fitted with the Kwangsi forces under these men attempted to cross the North River at Ching Yuen, Pei Miu. Po Kong, and their problem consists in think is impossible.

Unless the Rent Problem Com-maximum of comfort." The vessel a part of the and Wang Shot and made a driving out the best way of doing "mittee and their supporters can has previously been engaged on at two points as

on Canton. Our troops met I rent as an economic problem is

cruises among Norway's Fjords, general sampaign. Their immedi ate objectives were Chak Nai, Pei fought them for three consecutive really worrying them, why is it that think of remedies of a more con Nai and Lo Bow. But General days and nights, the battle raging no landlord has been asked his structive nature and approach the the Canary Islande and ports in Chen Trai Tong's defence linee furiously from the 9th of December opinion? Is it not because the matter of rents with less prejudice, the Mediterranean. held, and after two days' fighting, to this morning (Friday). We have members of that Committee, self-it is not easy for them to refute charge of playing to the the Kwangsi rebels were driven succeeded in putting the enemy to appointed, are also self-satisfied f

gallery."-Yours, etc.," The lot of the speculator in pro-

COMMON SENSE.. back with heavy lose. The number fight, capturing large quantities of

Hong Kong, December 13. of Kwangsi men killed and wound-arms, ammunitions and supplies. perty is not such a happy one as The number of prisoners taken ex- has been depicted. It may be said ed in these places, according to Mr. ceeds 10,000. The larger part of that those who live by speculation Au, is over 3,000. The number of Chang Fat Fui's force has been an die by speculation. Many are CHINA AND CHRISTIANITY. 25, the vessel will return to Europe. Cantonese killed and wounded is nihilated. It is not known whether caught when reactions set in; and insignificant compared with

Chang Fat Fui is still alive. Some although there be few who take to those of the enemy. The Kwangsi attack from the West River a personally directed by Wong Shiu Hung, Pei Chung Hsi and Li Taung. Jen.

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matter.

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DAILY PRZES:"}

The vessel Joft Southampton on November 2, and came out East touching at the famous Mediter- ranean cities by the sea, also Egypt, India, Java, and the Philippines. Leaving Hong Kong on December

Tia Indo-China, Siam, F.M.S., Burmah, India and Port Said.

Among those on board are Mr. E. Phillips Oppenhiem, the "beet feller,'

*** Mr. F. L. Konow, former SIB, I was very interested in Minister of Finance in Norway, and your representative's interview with Mr. Arentz, who is going to Aus Canon Streeter, when that gentle-tralia as Consul-General for Nor man expressed the view that Chris way. tianity could do a great deal to- wards solving China's problems. It is a pity, however, your repre- sentative did not put another ques for there is nothing which demontion to the Canon: What is strates the solidity of a business, so Christianity! So many Japanese much as ownership of an imposing and Chinese have endeavoured to building. Surely no sound business find out exactly what is meant by man would risk putting, a lakh's Christianity, and have been be worth of improvements in premises, wildered by the conßicting answerks the tenure of which is far from received from Christians who seem being secure 1 If the speculator. to have little in common but their could get a mortgage wherewith to contempt for all other religions. (Signed) Họ YixG CHINO, bay property, aurely a genuine re- YouŢă, eta,

CHEN TSAL TONO,spectable business man could do

Hong

say he was killed in action, others the speculator it is difficult to see [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG state that he was among the pris-how those of his tribe may be com

We are investigating the pletely eradicated without con-

"Over one half of the demning the innocent with Kwangsi rebels have been killed and guilty. wounded. The rest dispersed in "Fairness "mentions that there POPULAR JUBILATION. confusion, and can no longer he are firms which can put up a

called on army. In a few days all hundred thousand dollars in fix The Canton authorities are very these rebels will be rounded up. tures, and yet apparently are not jubilant over their victories, Auto

It was a crucial battle between in a position to purchase their own mobiles belonging to different Gov- the Revolutionists and counter- premises. The more is the pity, ernment and Kuomintang bodies revolutionists. Our soldiers, inspir were parading through the prined by the soul of Dr Sun in cipal throughfares in Canton yes Heaven, and the dignity of the terday afternoon, setting off fire Central Government, fought brave crackers and distributing handbills to the populace telling the tale of and won the conflict. The enemy is now being hotly pursued, and the victory. The Kuomintang is steps are being taken to relieve the planning to stage, a popular cole sufferings of the people in the war bration in the near future, and the every public organisation in city will be asked to take part.

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Sweaters

Comfy Pyjamas...

Socks (Silk or Wool) -

Scarves (White .or

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Golf Hase

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Slippers...

5.50

10.50

Trouser Presses

12.50

7.50

1.75

Tie Presses

2,00

Walking Sticks...

4.75

Handkerchiefs

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Coloured)... 4.75

dozen " 4.50

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Attache Cases

9.50

2,00

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19.50

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Writing Cases

23.50

Ties and Handkerchiefs...

Shirts (with 2 Collars

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Fitted Toilet Sets

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Hair Brushes (in case)

JAEGER

Specialities in a large assortment.

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The Store Will Remain Open Until 6 P.M.

The Spirit

Christmas

Viva-tonal Columbia

TABLE GRANDS From $100.

Less 10 Discount for Cash.

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Ladies' Salon

Have Just Received a New Range of

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also

Corselets with the new fastening at back

Rich Brocades and Lace

Other makes always in stock are

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