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TONG KA WAN.

OPENING CEREMONY

POSTPONED.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, July 11. Owing to certain arrangements not being ready, the Committee for the Development of Tong Ka Wan into a world duty-free port has extend ed the date from July 20 to August 3 for the opening ceremony, after which actual construction will take place.

According to the Committee, the recent continual Feavy rain at Tong Ki Win has hindered much of the preparations in progress. The roads are very bad, and the ground is muddy and slippery. All this made it necessary to post

pone the opening ceremony to two weeks later. A circalar notice to this effect has been sent out to Mr.

Sun Fo, Mr. Wu Teh Shing, General Chang Wai Cheung and ather prominent officials at Nan king, who are directly connected with the Tong Ka Wan develop ment scheme. These gentlemen are expected to return to Canton and take an active part in the opening

eremony at Tong Ka Wan.

Thousands of prominent people from all parts of China have been cordially invited to attend the pening ceremony. The 5.5. Venezia

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1930.

"HANDS OFF" POLICY | WOMAN MURDERED

IN WANCHAI

BY CHANG.

MANCHURIA REFUSES TO EARLY MORNING TRAGEDY

TAKE SIDES.

REVIEW OF NORTHERN

SITUATION,

A Chinese message from Mukden states that there is now no more talk about the mobilization of the Manchurian troops to participate in the fighting between the Nanking Government and the Northern coali- tion. Chang Hauel Liang, who is staying at the summer resort of Peitaiho, is still undecided owing to the opposition of the senior leaders in Manchuria.

OF

AT A BROTHEL.

"RED HAIRED WOMAN,"

An old woman of sixty-two was

murdered at Ga.m. yesterday" in -brothel on the arst floor of 14, Swatow Lane. The victim was de scribed as a brothel mistress and was nicknamed Hung Mo Po, which literally

Woman."

"Red means

Haired

Living with the murdered woman were three girls and an amah, and on Thursday night they received a visitor who stayed all night. Short-

It should be noticed that therely after six o'clock yesterday morn are two parties among the leaders ing, the amah left the house to do of Manchuria-the New Party and ber marketing, leaving the stranger the Old Party. The former party and the four women in the house. is headed by Chong Hsueh Liang,

A cry emanating from the old woman's cubicle was the first, in- dication that something was amiss. The other inmates of the flat hastily got out of bed and saw the woman staggerng on to a passage outside and crying "Save Life." She collapsed almost immediately and died with a few minutes.

and its supporters include the younger generals, while the Old Party is headed by Chang Tso Hsiang, the Governor of Kirin, who is supported by the senior and conservative generals and officials, including General Tang Yu Lin, the Jehol Governor, and General Chang

The police were immediately comn- Ching Wei. "The Old Party bas ex- pressed strong disapproval of Changmunicated with and they found that Hauch Liang's proposal to parti- the woman had a stab-wound on her cipate in Sghting south of the right shoulder and several cuts on Great Wall.

the left hand. There was also a deep wound in the neck. They also come upon a le-a kind of im- provised dagger-which was ap- parently the instrument used for the dastardly crime,

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Advantages of Sitting on the Fence.

has been chartered to convey, tha visitors free of charge to and from Tong Ka Wan. The boat will leave Canton at 7 o'clock in the morning. on August 3 for Chungshan port and will return at 6 p.m. on the

Though Manchuria has hitherto same day. The invited guests may

"hands-off" policy, the also start for Tong Ka Wan from adopted a Hong Kong via Macao by any one Mukden Government has already of the regular boats on the Hong obtained many advantages from the Kong-Macao run. When they ar tive in Macao, they may proceed two factions, both of which are to Tong Ka Wan in any one of the trying to secure the support of motor lorries provided by the Com: Chang. It will be remembered that mittee free of charge. Guides will be on duty at the Macao wharf to Yeni Hsi Shan gave up Tsingtao and direct the Again, the guests may if they rolled by the Manchurian gunboats: guests' and visitors. Kinochow in Shanghai to be coa choose, leave" Canton in a Shekki junk the night before the opening Yen has also decided to appoint ceremony, that is, on August. Chang's bosson friend, Shib Yu The junk will arrive in Sheki

Governor of Shantung. San, as early the next morning. From there they can proceed to Tong Ka The Mukden Government has also Wan by automobile provided by the obtained the administration and re- Committee free of charge. This latter journey requires two tours. venues of the Customs at Chinwang- As in the case of the guests go- tao, which the Nanking Government ingrid Macao, guides will be« on ordered to be placed under the "on- duty at the wharf to welcome the trol of the Customs authorities at visitors and direct them to Tong Ka Wan.

Yingkow to prevent possible seizare by Yen Hsi Shan.

HONAM-CANTON BRIDGE,

FOUNDATION-STONE LAID,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}

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Serious fighting continues near Yenchow in Shantung on the Tien-

tsin-Pukow Railway. The Nanking forces claim to have recaptured Kofow and Taiwenkow, and to have forced the Shansi invaders to fall back northward. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek bas ordered his troops to recaptare Tsinan in ten days, Yen Hsi Shan is reported to be in Tainan CANTON, Jaly 11.

directing military affairs. Recently The foundation-stone commem- the Shansi troops organised a orating the construction of the "dare-to-die corps, which will be steel-concrete bridge connecting Hona:n and Canton proper at War armed with broad swords, to serve Sun Road was formally laid by as shock troops. Mayor Li Wan Koi amid an in- pressive ceremony yesterday after- noon at 2 o'clock."

An exquisite pailau covering large area was erected for the oc

casion.

Practically every official of the Municipal Government, from the Mayor downward, was present at the gathering.

The foundation stone measures

width, and is cemented at the side Lf Wai Sun Road close to the bridge under construction.

Stupendous Engineering Undertaking.

Aerial Battle..

"ABERDEEN MOTOR

ACCIDENT.

POLICE EVIDENCE ON LORRY'S BRAKES.

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WITNESS EXPLAINS CAUSE OF ACCIDENT.

The-driver of the lorry-which was involved in a motor accident at Aberdeen recently, as a result of which two persons died, was again before Mr. R. E. Lindsell yester day on a charge of manslaughter.

Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, assist ant Attorney-General prosecuted, and Mr. Horace Lo appeared for the. defence.

NICOLA'S MAGIC.

ESCAPE FROM STRAIT- JACKET IN MID-AIR.

LARGE CROWD WITNESSES DARING PERFORMANCE.

If a stranger, to the Colony passed along the waterfront Dear the Post Office-st-tiffin-time-yeater- day, he or she would have thought that we were preparing a right royal welcome to some distinguish- ed person about to land at Blake Pier, for this part of the tow was crowded with people of all nationalities.

But such was not the case; there was no welcome to anybody whatso- Acting Sub-Inspector Saunders, in ever, and the crowd had only collect the course of his evidence, stateded to see the great Nicola do one that he tested the lorry and found of his many clever stunts. This that the lorry was not fit to be was to take the form of freeing driven at any more than 20 miles himselt from a strait-jacket whilst an hour, but that it was his opinion that at the time of the accident it must have been, travelling at 30 miles an hour.

Mr. Landsell: Apart from the ac- cident, would you consider that a dangerous speed to drive at on that part of the road t-Yes, 30 miles an hour is an excessive speed,

Is it an excessive speed for a lorry in any circumstance -Yes, in any circumstance.

Mr, Fitzroy: Especially in a down grade-Yes.

Continuing, witness said that he had tested both the foot and hand brakes. Both were in good work ing order. The chassis was intact. At 20 miles an hour, the lorry was stopped in 18 feet by means of the foot brake and in four feet when the band brake was applied.

In the pubicle where the old woman slept there were obvious signs of a struggle. After the usual

Steering Gear Slack. body was removed to the public photographs had been taken, the

The steering of the lorry was not mortuary. The police carried out too good and it was difficult to con

mates and others who might possibly it was difficult for the lorry to keep their usual interrogation of the introl owing to slackness. The effect of the loose steering wheel was that be of assistance.

a straight course at anything over 29 miles an hour except in a straight

LAZY SERVANTS.

DUMPING RUBBISH IN THE

STREETS.

An amah and a boy employed at 4, Kimberley Road, were each fined 810 by Mr. Whyte-Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for dumping rubbish in the streets on

Thursday night.

Sanitary Inspector Roylance stated that defendants wrapped the refuse up in paper. The practise was quite frequent in some quarters, and was a source of great nuisance. An employee of 8, Kimberley Road, was also fined $10 for a similar offence. This man stated ordered to be detained in the cells that he was unable to pay, and was,

till the Court rose."

There was a great battle between COXSWAIN HEAVILY FINED. three Napking and five Shansi

OFFENCE.

'planes near Yenchow on Thursday, LAME EXCUSE FOR SERIOUS when Machine gunfire was exchang. ed. Troops below watched the fighting with keen interest, and the

quickly left the scene.

and level roud.

Fung fu Nam, who was a passen ger beside the driver on the day of the accident, stated that he was a visitor to the Colony, and that he slept overnight in the defendant's garage on the night prior to the accident. In the morning he went with the defendant na the lorry and picked up a number of coolies near the Sairingpan Post Office.

The witness stated that just before the accident, a woman appeared on

the road. She meant to cross and the lorry swerved to avoid her. It wobbled visibly, and defendant could not recollect very much more, except that the lorry turned com- pletely over and he was buried underneath. He said that he him- self was a stranger in Hong Kong and was not speaking to the driver at the time of the accident, as he was occupied with studying the Acenery.

At the close of this witness' evi- dence, the case was adjournel.

DISAGREEMENT "OVER" CONTRACT PRICE.

CONTRACTOR'S CLAIM UPHELD.

suspended at a great height, and as such sights are not very common in this part of the world, no wonder every body was anxious to have a "look see."

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The stunt was timed to come off pin, but there was a slight delay and it was not till a few

minutes after the scheduled time' that the magician got into the jacket, and was strapped in by one

with an officer of the Fire Brigade... or two of his assistants together

He was then hoisted into the air on the turntable ladder of one of the fire appliances, and although he was securely bound hand and foot, he freed himself in something leas than five minutes amid much applause. It was indeed a smart piece of work, as the magician was hanging with his head downward, and it could not have been very comfortable looking down on the. ping sheet held in readiness by a squad of firemen!

Hot Work!

Nicola came down again sweating! all over and almost his first words were "Not very nice work for hot

in the endeavour to free himself, weather!", and judging by the way he had to twist and wriggle about one is inclined to agree with him. sentative why he chose that locality Asked by a Daily Prees repre- to do his stunt, the magician said that it was because the harbour, the pers and some of the prin cipal buildings could be included in the pictures which he had taken.

That will be something uncommon when the film is shown in America," he explained, and it is always in any film of this nature as pos better to have as much local colour

sible. Besides I had an excellent. view of the Harbour up there, and if anybody likes to have a try at it,

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can thoroughly recommend

Niegla ended up the conversation. by saying that be deeply appreciat which Superintendent Brooks and ed the careful and efficient way in

his officers handled everything, and the pains they took to ensure his safety should anything unexpected

happen.:

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

MURDER CASE INCLUDED IN THE CALENDAR,

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When the coxswain of a launch of the Bhansi aeroplanes was finally appeared before the Marine Magis-staurant business at 454, Queen's Hung Tak Bank has been included five foot in height and one foot in brought down after. the pilot was

shot. The rest of the Shansi planes failing to exhibit a starboard light trate yesterday on the charge of

whilst his vessel was under way, In view of the critical situation be gave the excuse that he had a at Yenchow, martial law has been light originally but a gust of wind declared at Hauchow, the headquar- blew it out. In his opening speech, Mayor Lin said that the steel concrete bridgeters of the Nanking troops, General as one of the most stupendous en- Kin Han Ting's Kiangsi division-bas gineering undertakings in Canton. been rushed to Yenchow as re Work has been going on regularly inforcements. ever since last December, and the

bridge will be completed in about

a year and a half.

The speaker then went on to lay

"Rod Spears" Recruited.

On the Kinochow-Tsinan Railway

streza on the importance of such Lin Shantung, severe fighting is re-

a bridge, maintaining that it is ported. Two aeroplanes have been indispensable to "the growth and atosperity of Canton." Canton," dispatched from Nanking to assist

he said, is a world port, and the Han Fu Chu's troops which" are" most important commercial centre concentrating at Weihsien. Han in South China. Later on it will be directly connected by rail with has enlisted 6,000 bandits known as Hankow and other big commercial the "Red Spears," and has wired centres in North China. It is also Nanking asking for rifles and am- ar important shipping centre. Dr. Sun had long conceived the idea of munition for the newly enlisted men. developing Canton into a world The Shansi troops on this sector port, and had drawn up some com- have established their headquarters prehensive plans towards this and at Chowtsun

The cutres trains such an importeat.

commercial outre the construction The Titllation giong the Langur of a steel-concreta bridge spanning and the Peiping-Hankow Railways the Pearl River has long been felt remain quiet, no fighting being re- to be indispensable."

ported. Feng Yu Halang has dis. A wooden model of the bridge patched two divisions of Kansu under construction, showing exact troops to reinforce the Kuominchun ly what it will be like and how who are fighting along the Peiping it will operate when it is completed, Hankow Railway: They have arriv- was on display.;

ed at Esuching.........

The Magistrate said that he always took a serious view of such offences as it was a very dangerous thing to do. He accordingly im- posed a fine of $50 with the alter- native of a month's imprisonment.

There are sever. cases in this month's Criminal Sessions calendar which will open at the Supreme Court next Monday. Four of the cases refer to robbery and wound- irg, while two of the decused will Further, ovidence was called by have to answer separate. indict the defence yesterday in the Summents under the Banishment Ordi mary_Court action in which Kwat nance. The trial of a Chinese in Taz Company, carrying on a re- connection with the murder at the

Hop Hing Kan Kee, for balance due trial will commence before the Road West, were sued by the Keung in the present Sessions Yung Kan, trading as the Loung It is understood that the murder

for renovating the premises.

Chief Justice on Tuesday morning. Plaintiff claimed a balance of The other case will be taken by total of the contract was 81,584.45, Ho Xan will be charged with the $394.45 on the ground that the the Puiane Judge.

Defendant had paid $1,900 and theft of clothing, the property of denied further liability, alleging Fung Ching Yee. Accused has to that the plaintiff had agreed to face another charge of returning carry out the work for « that | from banishment." amount.

Li Sing, alige Li Fok Kwan, will Mr. E. el Arculli appeared for be charged with theft of clothing Plaintiff and Mr. F. X. d'Almada, and money in a dwelling house on inr, for the defendant firmy. the night of June 28-27, and on a After further evidence by defend- further count of receiving stolen ant's witnesses, Mr. d'Almada sub-property. Returning to the Colony mmitted that the evidence of the during his period of deportation is defence should be accepted in pre- another indictment against the ac ference to that of the plaintiff, wbs cused. had made. denials in the witness- box even AB to the taking of measurements of the premises before doing the work. The plaintiff had stated that he was given carte blanche in doing the work without indicating what the cost would be. Mr. d'Almada said that such s The ferry launches Manchi and course was unusual in dealing with Mantak, which were constructed by a contractor, who could send a bill the Hong Kong and Whampoa for any amount he liked. Dock CormLtd, for the YaumztiHis Lordship-pointed-out that Terry Company, we subjected to the paint claimet tehakse their trial runs on Thursday, when authorised to proceed with the work they proved highly satisfactory. and to make a reasonable charge. They will be delivered to the Ferry After the work was completed, an Company in about two weeks time, account: was sent to the defendant, thus augmenting their service be who appeared to have raised no teen Hong Kong and Yaumati question regarding the amount They are similar in design to the Judgment was given for the plain Star Ferry launches.

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A charge of wounding a woman named Yim Chi with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, with ap alternative count of maliciously wounding the woman, will be pro- ferred against Ho Yung. The alleged incident occurred on May 12

The trial of Wong Kam is in connection with uttering & 8100 note, purporting to be a note issued by the Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, at the Kum Tor Hotel, Nathan Road, My 1930. There is another count of obtaining. 810. by uttering the note, knowing same to be forged.

Li-Man Pan will be indicted with the murder of Fung Sik Cheuk at the Hung Tak Bank on May 24,

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