REDS TO HACK WAY TO SWATOW.
REAPPEARANCE OF BANDS IN EAST KWANGTUNG.
PILLAGE AND SECURING OF ARMS THE OBJECTIVE.
A Canton report states that the
Y.W.C.A. GIRLS IN CLUB CONTEST.
GROUP GAMES FEATURE WEEKLY MEETING.
DISCUSSION ON 'MEANING OF CLUB MEMBERSHIP,
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1930.
OBITUARY.
MISS SOPHIA LIM.
FUNERAL AT. HAPPY "VALLEY.
The funeral took place yesterday at the Roman Catholic Cemetery of the late Miss Sophia Lim,
Forty-five girls from the Yeung daughter of the late Mr. Y. Lim
CONSERVANCY OF THE YANGTSŻE.
SHANGHAI PRESS AND COUNCIL.
TEN MILLION-DOLLAR PLAN. MR. FESSENDEN'S HIGHLY
DRAWN UP.
NANKING, April 12. The organization of a permanent special committee to attend to the
ing of the Whangpoo River at Woo. sung was decided upon at a special meeting of representatives of the
INTERESTING VIEWS.
A USEFUL ALTERNATIVE
SUGGESTED,
Reds under Chu Tak and Mo Chak Chung Girls School, who have form Aud Mrs. Lim and was well attend. carrying out of the proposed dredg. Press to Council meetinga would |
won
Friday afternoon for their regular Weekly meeting.
ed by a large number of relatives and friends. The Rev. Father Granelli officinted, and Mr. George
The opinion that admission of the
hamper rather than assist the Council in its deliberations and serve no distinctly useful purpose
Lim (brother) waa the chief Committee for the Reorganization was expressed by Mr. Sterling
mourner.
The deceased was only 16 years
Tung, which vacated the districtsed into a 1.W.C.A. W
Club, met at the Association rooms long the northern border of Kwangtung a couple of weeks ago; are now reappearing in Eastern
The Club has a plan whereby each" Kwangtung. It will be remember- ed that the reving Reds practically section of the Club programme ex- suffered no loss during their intends over a period of four weeks, of age and passed away suddenly vasion of Northern Kwangtung. On thus giving members the opportun on Saturday evening from heart the contrary, they obtained large ity to develop initiative, and re-failure following a long illness. numbers of rifes in consequence of sponsibility through taking charge She was a student of the St. Mary's their return, they having disarmed of the Club meetings as
battalions of the garrison, inan for four consecutive weeks. popular member of the Diocesan Girls' School's troop OF Girl troops and the people's militia in The regular leaders of this Club
Guides.. Namhung and Chihing, Before are fiss Tung Siu So and Miss large bodies of troops could be Tsang Sing Tak, both of whom are rushed to these districts" from Shiu- teachers in the Yeung Chung Girla
School. kwan, the Reds dashed to Southern Kiangsi.
twa
munistic bands in the districts to In view of the activities of Com-
the north-west of Swatow, the Reds recently moved from Kianga to Eastern Kwangtung, where the garrison troops are busily dealing Then with the lawless elements. object in revisiting the Eastern districts is to plunder the people and to obtain firearms, ammunition,
etc., from the garrison troops and people's militia.
It is stated semi-officially that the Reds have arrived at Linping and Woping on the East River and they intend, if they can, to fight their way towards Swatow-their objective:
NO WIND FOR EASSAGE DOWN.
chair.
School, Kowloon, and was 1
The Wreaths.
The many wreaths included those from" bur "affectionate mother, brothers and aisters (Haghio, The Club is at present working Georgie, Irene, Edna, Jesce and of which is to develop understand- Diddy, Carlos Chan (Godfather), on a programme unit, the purpose Jear), Auntie: May and Auntie
ing of the meaning of dub mem- bership and to establish standards
Betty and George, Henry and and rules of good sportmanship Grace, Frank and Micky, Ales and Mary Ahwes, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. through club activities. It is still Evans and Miss Fowler, Rine and near the beginning of the pewing, Mrs. H. Noronha and fami
school term, and 'as many students have come into the upper form, this particular programme, unit, is designed to give them training for club membership.
In the Confucian Manner.
Friday's programme began with
y, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Alonce and family, Lee Kum Ming, Mr. and Mrs. Moon, Mr. and Mrs. Figueri do, FB: Silva, Mr. and Mrs. H Teale and Phyllis, Miss Pureza, D Silva, Misses Remedios and Basto,
the story of The Jester's SwordMr. and Mrs. Lam Sun and family;" related to the saying of Confucius, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest," Mrs. Woo The Canton Military HeadquarMak Taak," the title which he ters have wired the troops in gave to himself when he said thatley and family. Miss Eva Heung. North-Easterh Kwangtung to drive
te would use his voice to teach bis Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Xavier, Mr. out the marauders.
people, even though it were, but and Mrs. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. "C. like a bell with paly a wooden. Tock, Mr. and Mrs. Lam Chik tongue. The story was followed Shang, Mrs. Jan See Chin and THE MASKEE RETURNS TO by a discussion on the meaning of family, Mr. and Mrs. Clark and
.club membership: the qualities Brian, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lowes, SWATOW AGAIN,
that go into the the making of a Sue, Gus and Kwok, Mr. F. Tock, good clubmember; what a girl can Doris Lower, Mrs. Lysaught and get out of club life that is nf worth. family, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Peveril A blackboard was used to list the Guest, Mrs. A. White and family, points made, and when the discus, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Leong, Mr The latest news of the Maskee sion was at an end, it recorded to and Mrs. Field and family, Mrs. is to the effect that she has again the credit of club membership in Wong and family, Mr. and Mrs. returned to Swatow, the cause the words of the members—a chance H. Ching, Ada and Mickey Wil- being "no wind." This makes her to learn the principles of living: iams, M. R. Abbas and F. M. third unsuccessful effort to come to learn new things and have new
el Arculli, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. to Hong Kong from that port. I experiedees; group cooperation; Fincher and family and the Hong is indeed unfortunate that she has recreation; and the happiness that Kong Daily Press. met with such bad luck in the comes from belonging to a group. earliest stages of her round-the-Loyalty, honesty, tolerance, cour- world trip...
age; fairnes were named as the The master of the Fooshing, qualities of a good member, and which arrived from Skatow at 1. friendship and attainment to execu- a. yesterday, states that when he tive ability, as among the values of left that port on Saturday after-club membership. noon, he sighted the junk off Preparations were completed for SEQUEL TO RECENT RIOT IN Double Bland where she was' - an- chored. Aboard her were Messrs.minate in a garden party at the Stevenson, Banks aid Grenham
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.
WEEKLY RETURN OF
VACCINATION.
The number ofpersons vaccinated -free of charge by members of the Ambulance Brigde, up to and in- cluding, Thursdky," April-17 (since October 10, 1020 is as follows:-
Chinese Y.MC.A. Divi-
18,458
1,602
sion
King's Collge Division
(Old)
King's Collge Division
(New)
4,083
5,108
Railway Dizion
6,711
Indian Diysion
Kowloon vision
Mongkok ivision
29,760 46,904
Shaukiwa Division
7,008
-St. Josephs College Divi
sion.
1,404
Motor Divers' Associa
tion Drision
1,917
Chinese thletic Diylafon 10,828
Un Londres
Victoria Nursing Divi
sion Y.W.C. Nursing Divi-
sion
1,385
490
9:0
Total
12,493
ANTI APANESE FEELING.
the Club contest which will cul-
next weekly meeting, when judges will announce the winners in any or all of the following features of the contest: The best interprets tion of the meaning of "Pioneer;" the best poster on
one point of the Club code the best story illustrating another point of the
Club code: the best set of kodak pictures of club life; the best and most varied collection of smoke prints of leaves of big trees; the best club yell given at the garden
party.
Group Games.
In the midst of learning the new Club song, an old Chinese tung set to words that tell of a healthy body and s clean heart being the light and strength of nation, Mrs. Ng Si Seung, the chairman of the Y.W.C.A, Girls Work De partment, arrived to be one of the judges in the group games which were to follow, and was given a most enthusiastic welcome. The members divided into four groups
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S ́
ESCAPE.
NANKING.
A mild sensation was caused by the escape of Tao Tse Han, the principal of the Hsinchuang Normal. School, on April 10, a day after his arrest by the Gendarmerie Head- quarters in Nanking on a charge of treason against the Nanking Gov. ernment by the instigation of bis wool boys to make capital of the recent labour dispute with the Inter- national Export Co., a British firm. It appears that, Tao Tae Han, who
Fessenden in an interview with a representative of the N-C, Daily Newe last week.
The interview had special refer-
of Commercial Organizations in Shanghai Municipal Harbour Dredging. Bureau, the Kiangsu Pro- vincial Department of Reconstruc tion, and the Taiku Lake Conservence ancy Board bold yesterday under the auspices of the National Recon struction Commission.
to the resolution advocating the admission of newspaper repre- sentatives and the public to Coun-. cil deliberations under certain con-t ditions, which was defeated at the Ratepayers' Meeting the following day.
A Heterogeneous Press, The Press in Shanghai Was heterogeneous, Mr. Fessenden said,
Chinese, in addition to some frank- being English, French, Japanese, "White" and "Red" Russian, and
The proposed Committee, which will also be entrusted with the task. of raising and controlling the neces sary funds for the project, will be composed of 11 members, one each from the National Reconstruction Commission, River Conservancy De- partment of the above Commission,
Organizations in Shanghai, Woo Alinistry of Finance, Committee for the Reorganization of Commercial tung River Conservancy Committee, Conservancy Board, Kiangsu Profluence. It would be impracticable, Earbour Dredging Bureau, Taibuly critical journals with fair in- vincial Department of Reconstruc therefore, to ensure that Council tion. Kiangau Provincial Depart proceedings would be comprehen-" ment of Finance, Shanghai Special aively and fairly reported. Municipal Harbour Affairı Bursau, Mr. Fessenden offered an alter- and the Bureau of Finance of the native to the proposed: admission Shanghai Special Municipality. of the Press. It would be far organization and functious of the presentatives to consult the minutes. A set of regulations governing the better, he said, for newspaper re- proposed Committee is now being and draft reports of Council meet- drafted by the National Reconstrueings, which were always in his pos tion Commission.
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$10,000,000 on the Yangtze. Surveys of the entire course of completed by the Yangtze River the Yangtze River bating been
Conservancy Board, a comprehen- sive plan, for dredging and other improvements to the river is being formulated for submission to the
Executive Tuan. The total cost of the improvements has been estimat. ed at $10,000,000 and in view of the fact that much of the proposed construction will be done to the
seaxion. This was not a plan dėris- ed to compromise with the present demand for more publicity in Coun- cil affairs; it had been in practice proved an efficient medium of in for some time and apparently had
formation
Exaggeration.or Distortion,
"I am a firm believer in publie ity, Mr. Fessenden added, "and I have always been of the opinion that publicity in civic affairs is a duty to the community. But, with part of the river through Hupehals, the Press in China has not the the exception of a few local journ- province, the Conservancy Board is now conferring with the Hupet Provincial Government in regard to the raising of funds,
EUROPEAN DESTITUTES.
SENTENCED.
ABSENT FROM HOUSE OF
DETENTION
Vincent Sullivan, aged 34, and Albert Edward Cavanaugh, aged 30, were before Mr. A. G. H. Grant- ham at the Central Magistracy on Saturday charged with absenting themselves from the House of Deten- tion since April 11.
Both defendants, pleading guilty, said that. they did not return, as they were engaged in attempting to Bad employment on board ships. The second defendant had, in fact, get a job and was going out to purchase clothing when he was ar- rested.
The first defendant asked that
was arrested on April 0, taking before passing sentence the Magia
trato would take into consideration that he had been in båd health dur-
advantage of his friendship with Commander Ku Cheng Lin, of the Nanking Gendarmerie Headquaring the last few months and he had ters, obtained permission to have a consultation with the officials of the Ministry of Educacion in connection with school affairs the next day after his arrest and on his way to the Ministry effected his escape.
only, recently come out of hospital. He would require medical atten- tion in prison, if convicted, and he hoped that His Worship would.
make a note of that. He also sub- nitted that he had had a good re cord, and a conviction now would a criminal, suggest that he was whereas he had not in fact reached that stage.
The case for the prosecution was of Detention on April 11, and were that the two men left the House
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necessary background to justify its admission to deliberations which, by exaggeration or distortion, might be to the detriment of the ratepayers.
"I think the best way of all would be for Press representatives to come to my office. All documents such as minutes and draft reports are at their disposal. What might interest one, newspaper might not be of interest to another, but the whole would be at their disposal and they could select what they wanted.
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"I succeeded for a brief time in making the Municipal Gazette a more interesting publication. Un fortunately, at present it is not all it should be as a link between the This was only one of my efforts to ratepayers and their Councillors.
ensure that the Council's duty to the community would be carried out satisfactorily. However, the Gazette can always be improved. I, 'for one, am in favour of more de- tails being given in its columns. I think that will happen after the after the Ratepayers' Meeting. Council settles down to business
A Better Way. "Another factor entering into this question of "admission of the Press is this: Under the provisos set forth in the resolution which is to be moved at the Ratepayers'
Meeting the Press would be asked to leave when matters of a vitally delicate nature are to be discussed. That might happen once, it might happen half a dozen times during a Council meeting. The whole pro ceeding would be undignified. It the Press to come here, as I have would be far better and easier for
asid. I will always meet news- were subsequently located in Row- paper men, and always have done loon, The Magistrate was told that so. By so doing, they can obtain agy destitute detained, it, he had just as much information as they means of getting employment out-would by sitting through lengthy side, would be granted leave to go discussions which might deal with out, but he must first report to the unimportant matters.' authorities. The defendants, had not complied with this rule.
His Worship sentenced defendants to 10 days' hard labour each.
It is believed that Tao has gone to Shanghai and is hiding in the French Concession there. Having learnt of what happened, the Nan- king authorities have issued a war- for contest games of a kind that rant for the arrest. of Tao and bis offer experience in team work and
associates with a view to tracing are helping to establish the club the real cause of the recent disturh missing since that date. The men rules and standards of good sporting incident in the capital. manship. The group
In the meanwhile, doubt bas been taken to itself the Chinese name raised as to the loyalty of Com- that significa "Fearless" carried mander Ku Cheng Lin and an in- first place in this contest, scoring vestigation has been instituted sa to 90 points in the four games of 10 the nature of the friendship" points each, and had 18 points to which is said to have existed be their credit for good team work, tween Commander Ku and Prin- fair play and the like. “
cipal Teo, who is now at large..
that has
PROHIBITION TACTICS.
LIQUOR BILL KILLED.
[UNITED PRESS,]
These relay games were much handicapped because of lack of pro- per apace. The plan was to troop down Ladder Street to the These groups have varying, pro- Y.M.C.A building for this part grammes adapted to their needs and ALLEED MANOEUVRES IN of the programme, but an import abilities, but one code in common
HINESE WATERS.
ant meeting of the Y.M.0.A. made with all the Y.W.O.A. Girls Clubs it impossible for the Club to have | In China, that offers a challenge to Shaghai, April 12-Reports to the use of their space, hence the youth to high ideals and a useful the act that the Japanese de girls had to play the games with life to self and family and country. stroy flotilla will hold naval considerable restrictions out of Miss Houng Chui Kwok, the new New York, April 12-After the mandavres near Chushan (off the consideration for the other com- National Girls Work Secretary, haswete" had put through the New Chelang coast) within the luaits peting groups and the door sup-been spending some time in Hong York Assembly, by vote of 80-60, of Cna's territorial waters on the ports of the house. All the club Kong, gaining experience and help the Cuvillier Bill which would 18th nstant after its return from girls of the F.W.C. A. are looking ing in the Girls Clubs activities. petition Congress to call a con- the pper Yangtze, have aroused forward eagerly to the time when she is in Toyahan at present, onestitutional convention for repeal of, conflerable public indignation, the Y.W.C.A can have a larger of the three rural centres where the 18th (Prohibition) Amendment, ording to the reports, the building with more space for sports the YW.C.A. has recently opened Benator Brown, of Schenectady to Jayneso destroyers are expected activities.
up works The Centre at Toyshun dag prevented consideration by the to krive at Woosung on the 14th The Hong Kong Y.W.C.A. has was formally organised on March 1,
Senate before the State Legislature | an will depart for Chushan on work with 11 clubs of girls of toen and now has 300 or more girls in adjourned sine die, and theth for the manoet vres. Mani- age, enrolling, a total membership Wa Kwong clubs. Miss Heung's re- The petition was accordingly kill, Fees protesting against such an of 500, among groups of school cent experience with the Y.W.C.A. ed and will not be sent to Washing, aged insult to the Chinese na girla,, home girls, industrial workGirls Clubs in Hong Kong should ten. It is expected, however, that th by a friendly Power are beers/mui tani and servant girls enable her to be of help in many at the next meeting of the Legisla
issued by various local, tivic and one group from an orphanage, ways in furthering the interests of ture it will be revived and pressed ganizations"
(Continued al foot of nezi column), the newer clubs in Toyshan. through earlier in the session
TRANS-SIBERIAN TRAFFIC.
QUESTION TO BE DISCUSSED AT MOSCOW CONFERENCE.
HARDIN, April 14.- The question of through trafio on the CER. and the Trans-Siberian Railway will be discussed at Mas- cow during the latter part of the month and several members of the Chinese Eastern Railway Adininis- tration are proceeding shortly to participate in the conference.
With reference to the C.E.R. dispute, the Director-General. Mr. Mo Teh Hui,Mr. Tsai Yun Sen (Chinese delegate to the Har barovsk Conference), M. Meliníkov, the local Soviet Consul-General," and the now Boviet Consul at Mak- den will hold a preliminary masting, here shortly to discuss various questions concerning the forth coming formal conference at Mos--
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