1930-01-13 — Page 7

THIS EXTRALITY QUESTION.

BIG MEETING IN CANTON.

SOME RESOLUTIONS.

[O OUR OWN CORYERPONDENT.]

CANTON, Jan. 12.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1930.

CORRESPONDENCE. BLAZE IN SINGAPORE ROUND THE COURTS.| ANOTHER AMBUSH

THE FALL OF THE DOLLAR.

[TO THE EDITOR "HONG KONG· DAILY |

PRESS."]

Sin.--I should not have thought it possible that so many editorial

and comments

interviews with

One authority, who granted a

anonymous authorities" could have exhibited such a complete lack Over 100,000 people participated of comprehension of fundamental in the demonstration and parade facts as has come to light on this against extrality yesterday after-subject. noon in Canton. This huge gather- ing was to have been presided over lang interview, implied that if the by General Chen Ming Shu, but Hong Kong dollar had been fixed owing to business he was not able at about 2, we should," by our to attend. Consequently Mr. Po geographical position, have had a sentimental effet on Shanghai and Liang Chu, head of the Propaganda Department of the Canton Kuomin-prevented the drop in silver! It is tang, took the chair and delivered the opening speech. Practically all the high officials. of the local regime were present, and among the other

hardly censeary to dwell upon the absurdity of such a view. Most of the commentators seem with the idea that if it were not for

obseseed

CINEMA.

TWO PLUCKY OPERATORS.

BRIEF BUT THRILLING FIVE

MINUTES.

A KNIFE USED IN A FIGHT.

An electrician was fined $100 by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday for mali- ciously wounding a 1) holder Reclamation Street

oth parties were bound over to the peace. It was stated in evidence that the defendant approached the com-

plainant's brother for a refund of

IN SINGAPORE.

2 EUROPEAN INSPECTORS

WOUNDED.

POLICE KILL TWO ROBBERS: ONE CAPTURED.

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Two European police officers were wounded and two Chinese gangsters

What might easily have been a serious panic was averted by the Indian presence of mind of two Linema operators at the Pavilion

shot dead in a pistol battle which a loan of 30 cents, and on the was fought out in a Singapore Theatre, Singapore on January 3.

During the performance of the latters' refusal to pay be threaten- suburb on January 3. The follow- picture "Why Worry," at about❘ed to deduct the sum from an acing account of the affair is reprint-

count which he owed to the stall.ed from the Straits Times, sight pm, the film caught fire. The operators acted with praise. worthy promptitude and presence of mind, opening the box and throwing the blazing film on to the floor of the projection cabin, where was extinguished in less than five minutes with a fire extingui. sher.

The complainant interfered to see what the quarrel was about and heated words led to blows. The defendant got the worst of the fight and brought a knife into play, cut ting, the complainant, on the chin aud-wrist,

:

The Magistrate pointed out the seriousness of using a knife in a quarrel and remarked that if the

The resistance put up by the gang was one of the most desperate in the annals of the Singapore Police, and the inspectors and detectives on. earned showed great courage in a most dangerous situation.

The story starts with an urgent telephone message received at the Detective Station at about six o'clock the previous evening giving information of a proposed raid by a robber gang. Inspectors Byrde and MeIntosh immediately left in tires and went to the Havelock Road police station.

organizations taking part in the Rome imaginary conspiracy, we in they were trapped in the cabin. defendant took up a krite against two cars with a party of six detec

affair were the merchant guilds,

labour unions, the Chinese Overseas Association, and the Canton Legal Practitioners Association. All the schools, universities and colleges in the city also took part. These de- monstrators carried flags and ban- ners on which slogans were written.

Following were the resolutions passed at the big gathering:-(3) That a circular telegram be sent to the different cities throughout China, urging them to stage similar anti-extraligy demonstrations and parades in support of the Nanking Government; that the Central Gov- crnment be asked to seyer relations with any foreign country which dared to go against the abolition of extrality. The people of Kwang tung will be solidly behind any action which Nanking may take in this regard; (3) that the Central Government be asked to resort to revolutionary methods and at once declare that all the lopsided treaties with foreign countries are abolished; (4) that a circular cable- ram be sent to all the overseas Chinese asking them to stage similar anti-extrality demonstrations in support of Naiking:(3) that, the Central Government be asked to take steps to recover Macao.

The principal speech of the oë. casion was delivered by Mr. Cheng Kwok Ping, a Canton lawyer and representatives of the Canton Prac- titioners Association. Among other things, he said that the last year the Central Government set out to do four things in the year 1930.

These were to abolish extra-territor

iality, to cancel the rights of for eigners to navigate on inland rivers, to get the foreign powers to recall

abolition of extrality, and Nanking has declared it abolished as from January 1 last.

Hong Kong would really be asking in prosperity, with a 2/- dollar, and Surveying with aloofness the fate of China's silver currency. One of their complaints is that the banks should never have put us back on a silver basis."

Their arguments and comments overlook the fact that this Colony has always been on a silver basis. ur Hong Kong dollar in a silver duliar and our bank-rates promise pay only witres dollars. Yet a lot of energy is expended in arguing about the benefits of being on a note basis.“ What is meant by this " for these notes!

What backing is suggested

Every reliable currency is backed either by cold or silver. Oura is based on silver and we cannot blink our eyes to the fact. Any attempt to evade this and maintain our

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The position of the two opera tors was an unenviable one, since with the blazing, film, between them and the door, and the films to be anyone again he would be severely second performance punished. It was a cowardly thing were lying about on the floor. used in the

The blaze was force while it last. ed, the flanies shooting up to the ceiling and damaging the electric wiring:

The men were unhurt, except that one of them was slightly burnt on the arm by molten rubber. No ill effects were felt from the fumes, al though the small cabin was full of

them, and the incident at least served to show the fireproof quali

ties of the cabin.

Audience Undisturbed.

The cinema was crowded at the time, and the vast majority of the audience never knew that a fire had purred until they were informed The Fire by the management. Brigade was called, but the fire was all over by the time the engines arrived.

Police assisted in emptying the theatre and controlling the Asiatic crowd while their money was be

to attack an unarmed 'man.

Posted at Trafic Junction, The police had a description of the car in which the gangsters were INDIAN CONSTABLE WARNED travelling and the traffic constable

A hawker who was charged with cbstruction by placing his backers on the pavement, told the Ma- cistrate that the Indian constable of a penknife. who arrested him demanded a gift

on duty at this junction was in- structed to hold it up. The police divided themselves into two parties. holding either side of the road. They had barely taken up their the description supplied was scen positions when a ear answering to

coming along Outram Road. On reaching the junction it was held The Magistrate asked defendant "P by the traffic constable and the police parties approached from why he did not report the matter either side. The gangsters realised that only trivial things were usual to the Station. Defendant replied that they were caught in an ambush ly taken, but this time, the consta-police with automatic pistola

and immediately opened fire on the ble wanted an article worth 25 cents.

The Magistrate warned the con- stable not to be familiar with the

The two inspectors at once return. Sergeant Barnicle intimated toed the fire, but the robbers, being in the Magistrate that Indian police. the car, were in the more advan nien were on very familiar terms tageous position, and Inspector with the hawkers in that district Byrde fell with a shot through the near Kun" Chung Market.

thigh, while Inspector MeIntosh col- lapsed with a shot through his neck. The latter officer continued to fire, however, until the six cham- here of his weapon were empty. The detectives also brought their weapons into action and a hot ex- change of shota was maintained.

Gangsters Leave Car. Eventually the gangsters, were four in number, jumped out of the ea: One of them dashed along Havelock Road, but he was within a few yarda, to be found mortally wounded and he dropped dead later, with a bullet wound in his chest.

dollar at an artificial level can only bring into play 14 additional element of uncertainty to hamper our trade still more. It Us had enough to contend with the vagaries of silser without introducing a furing returned. ther sprenlative factor, in baving a

The management suffered consi-hawkers and not to bargain with factating premium or notes which derable financial loss, as the hook them. It he wanted a penknife as heats no relation to their silver ings for the talkie performance had cents was quite cheap enough. hacking.

Hong Kong is very little izen heary. Fortunately, however, neither the sound. apparatus nor fluence on the price of silver and the projector were seriously damag- was powerless to prevent the recent slump. The slump is serious, and Hong Kong and Shanghai are equal. ly hard hit by it. We are all grum

ling. But, whereas the Shanghai SALES OF CROWN LAND. prole recognise that the fall in due solely to economie pauses, the Hong Kong sufferers who have so far given rent to their feelings in the Prees seem bent upon Anding a

pegoat. In the course of doing so, a great deal of nonsense has beca published. Elaborate argu. ments have been buils up on false premises, not only by writers who admit that they are only, speaking as laymen but by “expertá do not appear to have acquired much grasp of the realities of the situation.

who

ed.-Straits Times,

LANTAO LOTS OFFERED.

The follow sales of Crown land by public anction are notified in the Gurernment Gazette:-

On Monday, January 20, at. 3 p.m., ut the P.W.D. Offices.

Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2296, situated at Mong Kok Tsui. 1 covers an area of about 9,496 square feet, the upset price is 817,078 and the annua. Crown rental $108.

New Kowloon Inland Lot No.'| 1269, at Sham Shui Po. The area is about 3.400 square feet, the upset price $5,100. and the annual Crown

rental $39.

The

BANTSHEE RETURNS THE

SAME NIGHT"

A Chinese who had been banished for 10 years was taken across the British border to Shum Chun on January ; but returned the very same night and was arrested the next day!

Defendant said that he returned Lo get some clothes.

His record showed convictions for turning stealing in 1923 and 1924, and re-

from

hanishment four times.

The Magistrate, passed a sentence of one year's hard labour and 24 sirokes of the birch.

AGED HAWKER'S FIRST

OFFENCE.

who

Another man ran in the direction of Kim Seng Road, but was track- led and captured by the detectives. The two remaining men got away, and at the time both were supposed to have escaped. The Chines driver of the robbers' ear was shot in the thigh and is now detained in hospital.

An ambulance was quickly sum moned, and Inspectors Byrde and McIntosh and the wounded driver were rushed to the General Hos- pital.

The following morning wae it discovered that the police had had a third success. Shortly after nine ama Sikh watchman employed in the vicinity found the dead body of a Chinese on a piece of vacant

too old. He reared ducks for liv.fifty yards from the scene of the ing and sold them to deniers in battle. The body had no less than. Kowloon City. This was bis first eight bullet wounds, and it is astonishing that the robber man- aged to run as far as he did,

Some argue though we have only been on a silver basis for the past three months, others demand a gold basis with the dollar fixed

An old hawker, stated to be 70 at, 1/3. 1/10 or 2/, under, the delu their troops now stationed in China,sion that this, will give us an im-

At Lantao Island,

years of age, and a young man, and to get back all the Concessions mense advantage over Shanghai in

On Friday, January 24, at 11 . without a license.

were charged with hawking ducka The old man and Settlements. The most import our trade dealings with China. Can at District Office South, the follow said that he employed the boy to it be seriously believed that if we ing lots at Tai Po, Lantao Island: ant of these, he declared. was the could miraculously transform our Lots Nos. 322. 323 and 324 which all carry the ducks for him as he was lend at Alexandra Road, about

system into a gold baeis at this very cover about 675 squre feet. moment, with the dollar, say, at upset price in each case is $13.30, 1/10, our trade with South China | and the annual Crown rent $2. Lot

offence. would be on any better footing No. 295 covers an area of about than it actually is? Would the 6.00 square feet, the upset price is defendants with a caution, and the The Magistrate discharged the mainland, with its depreciated silver 8120 and the annual Crown rent old man left the Court calling currency, be in any hetter position $14.

down blessings on the Magistrate to huy goods from us! Obviously, On Friday, January 24, at 11.30 for his kindness. it would not. Great Britain, with am, at District Office, Tai Pe, 10 its gold basis, cannot sell its goods | lots of varying artar. Yoa. 1-5 are to China at the moment is it rea- to be sold as building lots, No. 8 conable to suppose that Hong Kong as a kerosene store Lot, No. 7, for : with a gold basis would be in any a threshing floor, and Nos. 8-10 as better case 1 Critics are apt to for agricultural lots. The upset prices According to the Canton Gazette, get that Hong Kong is practically a vary, the highest being 331 for Lot two more gunbosts of Admiral Chen depot and for trade purposes we Chak's Expeditionary Force to Hai.and South China are as one entity.

THE HAINAN REBELS.

ADMIRAT. OHEN. CHAK'S EXPEDITION DELAYED.

I do not wish these remarks to be

construed as "an attempt to justify a low dollar" or a showing no sympathy with the wage-earner whose purchasing-power hoe heen reduced by the drop in exchange (most of us are "in the same boat in that respect). This is outside is that we must face the fact that the province of my argument, which

No. 8.

At Ping Shan Land Office. On Thursday, January 23, at 19 noon, at the Land Office, Ping Shan Lot No. 1807, situated at San Tui two lots will be put up to auction. Taun covers an area of 7.000 square feet. The rpset price is $6 and the annual Crown rent $1.

nan Island, cft on Thursday, and two aeroplanes the following day. Admiral Chen Chak is reported to have said that his work of ex- terminating the rebels in the Island will be over in a fortnight, as his forces consist of picked marines and naval ratings. The Admiral we are on a silver basis, that at no our attention to the six schools time have the hanks been under an sending in the largest number of obligation to pay other than silver candidates, the results are little against their notes, and that all better. Out of a total of 323 candi. suggestions as to our dollar being dates entered, only 112 or 35 per maintained at 2/- or 1/10, when it cent. passed. In other words only is worth hut 1/84, are not only one student in three, educated by foolish bat futile-Yours, etc., these schools is deemed by the A.LT.S. University to have reached a entis- Hong Kong, Jan, 11, 1970, factory standard. JUNIOR LOCAL EXAMINA

was given a warm send-off at Naval Headquarters.

A telegram received later by the Naval Headquarters from Admiral Chen Chak stater that he arrived at Chappo, Kaochow, anchoring there owing to high wind. As soon as the weather is better, he will sail for the Hainan Island.

ни

THE S.S. TUNG ON.

SEEKING A SETTLEMENT.

TION RESULTS.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."],

I think, Sir, such drastic results show very serious lack of under- standing on the part of the Univer aity of local conditions, and call for explanation. Surely the teaching in the Colony cannot have deterior ated so much in the course of one ver! These variations in the stan- dard from year to year redues the examination to pure farce and as such one wonders whether it might not well be abolished: Might I ask

COOLIE'S HARD LINES.

A contractor's coolic who was charged with stealing 13 bars of iran from a contractor's matshed in Mody Road, pleaded guilty. He enid that he was formerly a cook at. the contractors shed but manager had given up the business the

wages for two months. He was is and left without paying him his need of food and committed the theft. The prosecuting officer agre ed that it was very hard lines on the defendant and that contractors often "walked out" leaving ployers without paying them.

em-

fine

The Magistrate imposed a of 8t or seven days hard labour and remarked that thefts from con- common. tractors sheds were becoming too

HAICHING PIRACY CASE,

4.

A FURTHER REMAND.

re-

Pistols and Daggers Found. automatic pistol containing six By the man's body was a large empty shells and four live rounds were in his pockets. Another auto- matic was found on the robber who was found dead the previous even- ing, and three daggers were also found. One dead man was a Hokien and the other a Cantonese. Their car is believed to have been hired from a garage in South Bridge Road.

One of the four gangsters is still are proceeding vigorosuly at large, and police investigations

reported to be making satisfactory Both the European officers are progress. Inspector Byrde has a clean wound through the thigh, and Inspector McIntosh had a narrow escape, the bullet passing close un- der the skin of his neck.

B.A.T. FAREWELL DINNER.

MR. E. A. ANDERSON LEAVING

CANTON.

The staff of the Canton office of the British-American Tobacco Co., Ltd., gave a farewell dinner last week at a Chan Tong restaurant, in Phonour of their manager, Mr. E. A. Anderson, who left Canton on Saturday for some other office of the Company.

Yet another week's formal mand was granted by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at Central Magistracy on

Mr. Anderson has been in Canton Saturday in the case in which two

oklos are charged with the mur- for nearly a year and was very der of Frank Kingsley Woodward, popular in both business and socia! third officer of the pirated ss. Hai- circles. Mr. 8. M. Mayes of Hong Kong-has-been sent to succeed Mr. ching

Mr. L. R. Andrewcs, Assistant Anderson. Mr. Mayes is very well-

mdicated tree the prosecution Police of me

their

SIR-I think the following figures According to a Naval wireless concerning the recently pablished message, the s. Tung On is still results of the Junior Local Exam in custody of Customs Authorities ination are worth considering and wandkorresponents, eraught the more widely known that is association of Crown Solicitor for the Crown known to the staff of the Canton

being made for owner's represente tive to interview local authorities in order to effect a settlement of the

case..

Out of a total of 35 candidates (boys) entered; only 183 or 28 per cent. passed. Evoli if we reattiet (Continued on next Column.)

teachers in the Colony.to take up auch matters?-Yours, etc.. Hong Kong, Jan. 10, 1930.

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