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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1930.

HONG KONG'S RIVAL. DISPUTED LOAN OF WHITE GLOVES FOR CORRESPONDENCE,

STRONG OPPOSITION BY CANTON OFFICIAL.

APPEAL FOR DEVELOPMENT

OF WHAMPOA.

As previously reported. Mr. Tang Tin Wah, the Canton Reconstruc- tion Commissioner, is strongly op posed to the opening of Tong Ka Wan as a duty free port.

According to the vernacular "Press, Mr. Tang has submitted & petition to the Kwangtung Pro- vincial Government and the Nan king Central Government, request- ing then to put off the opening of Tong Ka Wan and to open Wham pon as a world sea-port instead.

In the petition, Mt. Tang states that the opening of Tong Ka Wan is one of the schemes laid-down by'] the late Dr. Sun Yat Son, who, in his work, the Outlines of National Reconstruction," insisted on the development of Whampas...

Though the depth of the water in the harbour of Tong Ka Wan is some 24 feet, the harbour is dried up during Winter and it is not expected that it can convenient Is afford anchorage to large ocean- going vessels. Besides, it is filled with pebbles and sand and is fre- quently exposed to strong wind.

Tong Ka Wan is very thinly populated, and communication with the interior is very inconvenient while the supply of fresh water is always insufficient, As regards the question of defence, Tong Ka Wan could not. resist any

possible foreign invasion.

Mr. Tang says that the develop- ment of Whampoa should be carried out without loss of time. As a sea- port it is much preferable to Tong Ka Wan, as communication with Canton and the interior is very east.

As a result of reconstruction, work during the recent years, there i

$50,000.

JUDGMENT - GIVEN FOR DEFENDANT.

BOOK ADJUSTMENT NOT

GOOD IN LAW.

After a hearing in the Supreme Court lasting over a week, the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) gave his decision yesterday in the 950,000 loan dispute between the Un and Ean families.

Mr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Mr. G.. S. Hugh Jones, appear- ed for the plaintiffs, who sought for a release of property which had been given for a loan for $50,000 which, they asserted, had been repaid. Mr. Eldon Potter, C.,

THE JUDGE.

AN ANCIENT AND PICTURES- QUE CEREMONY.

LOCAL OBSERVANCE.

At the Supreme Court yester- day, the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) was presented with a pair of white gloves by Mr. C. D. Melbourne, Registrar, following an old custom when there are no cases for trial at the Criminal Sessions during any one month.

accom-

{For dbvious reasons, the identity of his correspondents must be known to the Editor. 'All letters intended for publication must be panied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, un- less so desired, but as evidence of good faith. Correspondents who, da not give this information will not see their letters in print.-ED.]

A REPLY TO "R. ABBIT.'

[TO THE EDITOL OF THE "HONG KONG

DAILY PRESS."]

Sta.The fact that "R. Abbit ".

has been playing cricket for thirty Eve years is no evidence of his ability to understand plain Eng.

This is the fifth occasion on which Judges presiding over the Hong Kong Criminal Sessions have been presented with the token signifyinglish.

a clean calendar. In November,

1904, Sir Henry Spencer Barkeley, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by the then Chief Justice, was pre- Mr. A. el Arculli, were for the de-sented with a pair of white gloves. fendants.

1914, when Sir Henry Gompertz The second occasion was in June,

presided over the Court. Mr Justice Wood was the recipient in March, 1998, when he was acting Chief Justice, and in September of the same year Sir Henry Gollan participated in the ceremony.

In his submissions on behalf of the plaintiffs, Mr. Sheldon said that it had been overwhelmingly proved that 850,000 had been lent from the estate of Lau Ping, de- ceased, and that the money had been repaid to that estate. Counsel said that one of his most important points was that the first defendant had nothing whatever to do with the trustee, of the estate unless she had beneficial interests in the estate which were affected by the loan.

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In giving judgment for the first defendant with costs, his Lordship held that the plaintiffs had failed to prove the repayment of the loan, and that repayment of a loan by adjustment of books was not good

in law.

Mr. Sheldon asked for a written judgment, which his Lordship said he would prepare and circulate at! a later date.

LOITERING IN FIRE STATION.

the

Addresing his Lordship, Attorney-General (the Hon. Mr. c. G. Alabaster, K.C.) said:-My Lord, the Chief Justice, on this first occasion on which the Full Court has sat and Criminal Sessions have been held since your Lordship became the substantive holder of the post of Chief Justice, I am in the happy position of being able to inform the Court that no indictment has been filed and I should like to avail myself of the opportunity of tendering to your Lordship the respectful felicitations of the Bar of the Colony.

May the customary presentation

He is pleased to be caustic in

dealing with my previous letter, in

Leeds, was angry not with the um- which I said that the crowd at

made an appeal against the light. pires but with the batsmen the

R. Abbit" pretends to be greatly tickled by what I wrote, honestly I cannot see the joke-it there is one.

but

What I said was that the crowd at Leeds was angry because "ad vantage was taken" of doubtful circumstances to make an appeal

BIG OPIUM HAUL NEAR MACAO.

FOREIGNERS THREATEN TO

SHOOT POLICEMEN,

Police" launches of the Canton Bureau of Opium Suppression, while on duty in the vicinity of Chungshan and Macao on August 16, encountered three junks, the inmates of which appeared to be acting in a manger quite suspicious for their calling as fishermen.. They were ordered to drop anchor and while one of the police launches was about to moor alongside one of the junks, the fake-fishermen. were seen to be throwing several recep tacles overboord before the Canton police could prevent them. These were believed to have contained.

opium.

Amongst the cargo of three junks, says the Canton Gazette, several

ately seized and towed to Canton boxes were found to have opium inside. The junks were immedi

by the police launches. The seven persons on board were also put under arrest and were found to be vagabonds. They will soon be tried by the Canton authoities,

Allegations Against Foreigners. One of the curious features con

to the umpires. That is the point,nected with, the big opium haul was advantage was taken," meaning that while the police were about a mean advantage was taken of an to fish up the boxes thrown into opportunity to make an appeal. the sea by the smugglers, some police with arms. Apparently, they foreigners threatened, the Cantor.

were employed as guards or what is also probable, had promised to give their protection" to the smug- giers for a consideration,

tell me that umpires are placed in I do not need "R. Abbit" to

the field to pass judgment upon such issues when they arise. My point was that the crowd at Leeds, observers who were watching the and the vast majority of the expert

question-while quite legal-was game, thought the raising of the

"not "cricket."

Careful inquiry among Chinese

nationality of these foreigners, nor officials has failed to disclose the

is the extent of the haul made known. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that the smugglers were assisted by foreigners who in thus aiding the smugglers are deliberate- violating, both Chinese and in- ternational laws.

"Sutcliffe himself has since ex of white gloves by the Registrarplained why the appeal was made, of the Court, in accordance with and the best he could say in de

feace was that the light was bad an ancient and picturesque cere-

at one end of the pitch, thoughIr mony, indicating the absence of I must confess the light from the Berious crime, prove happy other end was good" augury on this occasion in your

have been established a wireless SEVEN CHINESE FINED FOR Lordship's official career.

station and a number of warehouses, etc. Moreover, the development of Whampoa could be greatly aided by using a portion of the returned Boxer Indemnity.

COMMUNIST SCARE IN

CANTON.

· DRASTIC MEASURES BY GOVERNMENT.

Notwithstanding the drastic pre- cautions adopted by the Canton military and police authorities, fears of a Communist uprising are' prevalent in Canton,

In view of the strict measures against them in the city; the Com- munists have confined their 'activi- ties to the outskirts. Last week they held a conference at Lung An Tung in the north-eastern part of the city to discuss arrangements for A general uprising.

Acting under information, the Canton Government dispatched a squad of police to the place, but the Communists fed before their ar- rival, and no arrests were made,

Martial law has beca declared in the outskirts of the city in the evening."

ECHO OF THE HELIKON

'PIRACY,

LETTER FROM CAPTIVE COMPRADORE.

In order to confirm certain rumours in regard to the com Tiradore of the ss. Helikon, who was captured by pirates recently, who was reported to have written the owners to ask them to enter into negotiations with the hoi chake for

TRESPASS.

As your Lordship is proceeding so soon on Home lenye, may we also wish you God speed and a happy holiday with your family in Eng-

Inspector K. W. Andrew, officer in charge of water front searchers, whose quarters are in the Fireland. Station, yesterday prosecuted seven men for trespass.

One of the seven was about to enter the officer's kitchen on the sixth floor when he was arrested. The others were rounded up on the ground floor where they had been sitting and reclining on benches, It was stated that they have made a disgusting mess of the place.

"The defendants were each fined 83 or, in default, were sentepeed to seven days' hard labour.

NO FISHING FROM BREAKWATER.

A NEW OFFENCE AT KOWLOON.

The question as to whether people fishing on the Yaumati break- water could or could not be pro- Mr. Whyte-Smith secuted by the Police was raised by at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, when Inspec tor Marky charged a Chinese with this offence.

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His Lordship returned, thanks for

I know *. Abbit" well enough to doubt whether he would “take advantage " of such conditions to make an appeal.-Yours, etc.,

STILL RIGHT OFF. HONG KONG: August 17.

NOT CRICKET."

I am with "Mirfield" which be aska for the restoration of the beautiful old Church of England service, because I feel sure that this is what is required by the old- time worshippera in the Colony, and one questions the right of the Bishop or the Dean to adapt the prayer-bock, or omit parts of it, to suit their own individual tastes.

might be very nice, but it is not Church of England, and we older Church people find it very difficult to get used to modernisation.

the token and the kind expressions (TO THE EDITOR OF THE," HONG KOKO The supplementary hymn books, too,

of the Attorney-General. He com- mented on the good work of the police and the capable manner"in

which the officers administered in

the various Courts, which, he said, contributed to the reduction of crime in the Colony.

7.

RECENT TRAM FATALITY,

"

CORONER'S INQUIRY INTO COOLIE'S DEATH.

A tram accident in Connaught Road, West on July 8 last was recalled at Central Magistracy yes terday, when Mr. H. R. Butters, sitting as Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the death of a coolie named Cheung Lok:

From the evidence of the motor man of the tram, it would appear His Worship asked if a charge that the man attempted to cross in could be brought against the man, to which Inspector Marks replied front of the tramline when less than that the breakwater was reserved as 30 feet away. "At the time he is a promenade Much inconvenience carrying a load of guany.bags and and trouble had been caused by a number of people, mostly those un- would have succeeded in crossing the loading junk carge, ps it was the road had not someone shouted a first case, said the Inspector, he warning which caused the coolic to would not press the charge...

The defendant was let off with a stand stock still in the middle of caution

the tramline. Though the tram was stopped by the motorman applying

WINE CASE ENDS.

DISTILLERY FINED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

The case in which the Revenue Department summoned a distillery.

the electric brakes, the accident could not be averted. It was stated in-evidence that the tram was at the time travelling at from seven to eight miles an hour and that it was pulled up within twenty feet. apine Fractured.

Dr. G. E. Thomas of the Govern licencee and two fokie on three ment Civil Hospital stated that the counts arising out of their remov. deccased was admitted on July 26

DAILY.PRESS."]

SIB. R. Abbit's " 'reply to Right Off" in your yesterday's to the meaning of the term "Not issue certainly supplied the answer Cricket."

Nothing can be more beautiful than the old chants and anthems go

ably readered by the Cathedral organist, who a few years ago used As a cricket writer, it was "not to give us (shall I call them im cricket" of him to indulge in un-promptu) little organ recitals after necessary and, uncalled-for sarcasm

the evening services. Nothing to- in reply to a correspondent's views, day, can compare with the heartfelt even if these views border upon manner in which the old and very criticism.

large congregations of service-men and civilians used to join in sing- ing auch hymns as "Pleasant are Thy Courts above," to quote one out of 600, odd.

An umpire's decision may be final, but in questionable instances there shall always be criticisms later, and I do not think it is unsportsmanlike' to criticise where the general opinion is that a mistake has been made. If it is, then it was un- decisions in the last series of Tests sportsmanlike to criticise certain down under; it was unsportsman like to criticise glaring decisions by referees in certain international football matches played by English teams on the Continent; and it was unsportsmanlike to criticise the decision in the Scott-Sharkey fight. Abbit himself has given publicity As a matter of fact, I believe R to what he called doubtful decisions in write-ups or local cricket. Abbit" has written, there is no After all, in spite of all "R.

getting away from the fact that famous international cricketers like Faulkiner know exactly what they McLaren, Gilligan, Warner, and are talking about. And English spectators have sufficient sense of sportsmanship to know what they are barracking about-Yours, etc. WARATAHI. Hong Kong, August 18.

WHAT'S WRONG AT THE CATHEDRAL?

It should be possible for any Church of England man or woman to go into his church in any part the service, knowing from years of of the world, and drop right into training exactly what was happen ing. Such a contingency would be

the impossible in Hong Kong Cathedral.

Undoubtedly the laity of Hong Kong would like to do more for the Church, but the right is always criticism made in person is turned reserved to criticise, and if this down with such expressions as "the public of Hong Kong has got ideas," then one feels that one is to be educated up to the modern justised in-naking what good this expensive string of clergy is to the is spent out of the Colony, and in Colony, seeing that so much time the case of the Dean after only having been here a few months and knowing nothing about the people

or the wishes of the people,

Nothing detracts from this dis cussion so much as making com parisons with other religions. Take Catholicism and Free-. masonry. As wide as the poles apart, yet each organisation has a very ancient ritual. Their fol lowers are still increasing, and

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG nothing has been done or would

DAILY PIESS.”]

ever be done to modernise the his ransom, our representative calling thirty jare of wine from a and died on August 3. He was

beauty of the workings of "each 4d on Messrs. Wo Fat Shing, the distillery without complying with suffering from scalp wounds and Bia. Perhaps "Mirfield's" letter concern. What, then, have we gain- owners, yesterday, but was told that requirements of the Ordinance, was injuries to the spine, posthas hit the nail on the head bettered by the modernisation of our the only letter they received con- yesterday.

concluded at Central Magistracy mortem examination showed that than any of the bludgeoninger Church in Hong Kong for

the epine was fractured and that your other correspondents in the Cathedral has been like the All that has been done to alter contained a brief mesengs to the affect it sül be recalled that the grows the cause of death gard-to Cathedral

matter. That chat the composers, save exide to anaw that ran for his he should however work ofwendale to the older res

two European officers actually sawanid Dr. Thomas. He looked Bishop and Dean return to ask fident, added s ry to say that he had been the thirty jars of wine, leave the much older and was very debilitat them why they went on leave sounds has been the fact that these altern captured by pirates. Would the distillery's gate in a lorry Theed. He was blind in one eye." rather like asking a delinquent tione have been perpetrated in a corapany please let his (the cap defence was a complete denial. The jury returned a verdict of what sort of punishment he would few months by men who have had tive's) assistant look after all his His Worship accepted as true inDeath by misadventure.

like. They have both left the no previous Colonial experience. work Jay Pa

Colony, and Church affairs are, in 1s it to be wondered we seek the the hands of a very junior cleric, aid of the Press-Yours, etc.,

JOHN BLUNT. Surely that is crime enough.

(Continued on neat Column.)

No ration was made regarding ransom and nothing has been heard from him since.

every particular the evidence given No eye-witnesses of the accident by the prosecution and imposed a were called, as the Police, repre- fine of 8500 on the first charge and seated by Inspetor Alexander, said dismissed the remaining charges. that no one would come forward

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