A fine of 830 or one month was imposed on a Chinese woman who solicited a soldier of the Lincoln- shire Regiment in Nathan Road on Sunday night. A further charge of larcency of 60 cents was dismissed.
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When Chinese named Young Hee was summoned before him at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for placing unmanifested cargo on a ship lying in the Harbour, Mr. Wynne-Jones made it clear that that would be the last case of that type he would take, remarking that such carea, should go to the Harbour. Master.
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GANGSTER KING
OF CANTON
also of Shanghai had an aggre Shot Dead By Captain
gate of 308,-Reuter.
Tam
Harrison won the title in..., 1937 ; and 1932 He visited Hong Kong for the Triangular Interport last Six thousand young women and January, and lost to M. Budd (From Our Special Oorrespondent) girls have formed an anti-Com- the Colony No. 1). by 3 and 2, and munist Volunteer Corps attached to beat Capt. & V. Ednie. Mamla
Canton, Oct. 23. Army, and this unit held a parade the 49th division of the 19th Route, No. 1) by 5 and 3
How Lo Kai Hung, the uncrowned king of gangdom, who was res- at Lung Yen, West Fukien on Oc-
ponsible for the many explosions in tober 18.
teashops in Canton and blowing- up of towboats, was killed by Cap- tain Tam Chuck Yu of the Nam Hol County Reserve Guards, was" revealed to-day by this officer,
Lieut-General Chang Yen has supplied several of his best officers to train these #Amazonės” for warfare against the Reds. Dress~
Indaiðaklibbláákhátbidas
SILVER MARKET
ed in dark blue blouses and skirts (From Our Special Correspondent) and wearing bamboo hata „and... grass shoes, these soldiers present- ed a unique aight to the people of Lung Yen. Arms and arma-
Route Army. ments are supplied by the 19th
The total enlistment 1s about
8,000. As volunteers, these women Communists, Lung Yen is close to will garrison towns taken from the
Chang. Ting, headquarters of the Reds in Fukien, and these volun- teers will join the drive as rear- guard.
-London, October 23. Following are the Silver Quota tions on the London market to day:-
Oct. 22 Oct. 21 Spot
18.3/18 18.3/18 Forward
184. 781 The London on New York cross rate to-day closed at £=US. 4.601.
Meanwhile the question ob- stinately remains," what should Hong Kong do? It is in times of bad trade that good advertising and good salesmanship tell. We use; both words in their widest sense. Douglas Lapraik and Co., in 1904, Captain Stewart joined Messrs. A notable lead is being given by and relinquished his command of the Hong Kong and Shanghat the s.s. Raining in October 1931, Bank.
when he proceeded Home on re- The Bank has prospered tirement. because of a proper use, or sales- manship, of its greatest asset, In the Sahara of figures present-namely bed-rock security. Because ed to us by the Statistical Office the Bank is safe money has poured there are a number of landmarks into it, more money than it can whose "disagreeable prominence it lend with reasonable security, which
Cautor, October 23. would be useless to disregard. The is the proper and normal business in Canton is being completed by The number of sidewalk sleepers year 1932 saw an improvement on of a bank. "At the moment when the Tai Ping Road and Ching Hai DR RAFT Programmes and 1931, but so far this is not being a main source of revenue is partly Road Police Stations. Last night Extra Race Meeting to be held on maintained. Figures are deceptive choked the Bank is re-building to Road. West Bund and counted the SATURDAY, 4TH NOVEMBER, 1933 in these days, when every exchange the grand manner, and putting up number.
police started out from Tai Ping (weather permitting), may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Gloucester has the stability of mercury, but
of pavement sleepers. 2 structure to house Bailding, the Club House, Happy in this Colony the currency has itself, but a good many other bust-were awakened to sign the po- not only These "guests of the open air Valley, the Hong Kong Ulah the shown surprising steadiness for the nesses. Sports Club, and the Stabics, Village
A risk, perhaps, because age, name, and native village.
lice register and to state Road.
last two years, and the fall of even if the accommodation of the Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON twenty per cent in the total of ex-new structure is lèt to the last at 1 am, the police called it a Starting out on their expedition on THURSDAY, 28TH OCTUBER ports and close on thirteen per attic, some of it will be rented to day by three o'clock in the mor-
By Order.
cent. imports, has to be taken on the detriment of clients, who owners was collected. According to ning, when the number of sleep- face value.
similar, but less attractive property. these statistics. thera The question arises can anything But the risk is being taken, 200 sidewalk sleepers in Tai Ping are about be done, or. must we watch our an advertising, a salesmanship of Road and along the Bund, trade steadily dwindle, uncertain the Bank's assets on a, princely number of beggars and vagrants The object to find out the whether dawn or final eclipse le scale! The local Government is in the streets of Canton with the 11TH NOVEMBER 1983,
ahead? The answer is that a great adopting the same policy. It is re-object of providing them with. deal can be achieved if the posi- building, and, overtaking arrears of living quarters in the poor houses THE space on the ground floor of tion be faced and understood. The the past.
the Law Courts under the easy explanation of the fall in
We can scrape the money are able-bodied persons-Central
or employment In
in factories if they Northverandah and including the trade is that the Depression is
to keep our harbour right, our Press. parement, will be reserved for those"
roads in order, our water supply who took part or had relatives who hitting us at last? In the first
adequate, our health services up to took part in the Great War, but who place that is accepting the De date. We cannot, however, afford are ineligible to view the Ceremony pression" as something incompre to let own real assets deteriorate traction; but only mean and near dent McKinley from Manila." Mr. Contract Bridge Tournament at
1933.
I
O. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
ARMISTICE DAY
Officers.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL
Two cases of diphtheric were re ported over the week-end.
Rotarian R. P. Dunlop, and his sub- of the Rotary Club to-day, will be The speaker at the weekly tiffin
ject, "Delicate Aids to the Senses.”
aboard the President McKinley on United States, arrived from Manila Mr. Louis Gourley, Consul for the
transfer from Medan to Hongkong.
dividuals must be hit by a big con- turned to the Colony by the Presi- Mr. and Mre Frank Howard re-
Howard is од the staff of the Chin- ese Bank,
widow of Dr. W. J. Henderson, Mrs. Jessie Elizabeth Henderson,
formerly of. Chefoo, benefitted un- der his will from the net personally in England, of £28,004, gross value £28,100.
+
Although blood-thirsty and dar-- ing, Lo Kai Hung was most elusive. and several times evaded cordons of government troops sent to round up his den, Then "Captain Tam devised a scheme by ordering sev-" eral of his own men to join Lo Kai Hung's gang. This was to find out the whereabouts and activities. of this notorious brigand.
The six guards who accompanied Tam to Lo's den were "members"" of the gang, and seeing Tam in the company of his own gangs- ters the bandit chief took no ape- cial precautions," Arriving at Lo's "headquarters" at Pang Kong Hou near Sham Shuf, Captain Tam said that he had brought with him 8500 Hong Kong currency as ransom money for the freedom of a cer- A rehearsal of the Philharmonic tain captive. Society's" production "Pizates of In the company of the six Penzance" will be held at the Ge- guards, Tam invited Lo to 21 thedral ball on Friday next at 8.30 opium house where distribution of p.m. All interested persons will be the money could be arranged, and welcome,
to show his good faith Tam hand- ed Lo the banknotes: When the brigand was counting the notes
A
It is learned that Comm Bianconi, Consul-General for Italy with both hands, Tam shot him from his trip to Yunnan and Indo- in South China, returned yesterday dead with a pistol China by the 8.8. "Ying-chow,”
Then the other guards, fired. a, hundred rounds, scaring away Lo's henchmen. The author-" ties offered 830,000 for the capture advised that it is proposed to hold reward, was given to Captain Tim "Members of the Peak Club are of this bold gangster, and the
the Club on Saturday, the 25th of
M.C.C. IN INDIA bers wishing to participate are re guested to keep this date free??
abs.
Beat Sind XI. By 92 Runs
November, at 8.30 p.m., and Mom
Karachi, October 23.
A bag snatcher, who failed to escape was sentenced to three months' hard labour by Mr. Balfour yesterday. The matching took Sunday night when a woman who I a three-day match between place near the Central Theatre on
was proceeding to her home in the M.C.C. and the Sind XI, the Upper Lascar How found her bag former immerged winners by 92. stolen from her. She raisedan runs. Barnett and Jardine scôred alarm and the thief was pursued by 122 and 101 not out respectively for
Chinese who affected his arrest." the M.C.C., while Verity took 6 for.
46 in the first innings.
M.C.C
..
from the Hong Kong Club. Admishensible and omnipotent. The plain sion will bo by ticket. Accommoda
sighted government can deprive any :: more than we can afford tion is limited to 300. Applications truth is that Hong Kong, is being plagues, Hots and famine." the Colony of the compensatory for tickets should be made to the damaged by two forces, quite out Staf Captain, China Commend, by side American and European dis- may take years to revive. A social place of residence and a seat of held to-day at 8.30 p.m. at Messra. Trade in Europe and America factor of growing desirability as a A special general meeting of the 8th November, 1938. Members of tress. They are the
Royal Hongkong Golf Club will be the Services and the Police should
Chiese and political reconstruction is
industry. It may be that Hong Jardine Matheson and Company's apply through their Commanding tariffs imposed last May, and the progress, intricate beyond measure. Kong will undergo great changes, Board room
cumulative effects of the chaos and China's [19/7 disorder up-country.
far simpler and forfelt some of her, place as China has The Republic needs machinery, and a port, but there is absolutely no lost her purchasing power, and until that recovers Hong Kong,
many forms of factory goods, vary reason why even a permanent trade figures will not return to the g from canned pineapples to shrinkage of trade should not be Rolls-Royce cars. In time her own to a very large, measure counter- Industries may supply these things, balanced by enterprise in other jurious to Hong Kong, for exampy but for generations, even with directions. The normal expecta then the fact that China is not most efficient and nationalistle tion is, however, that South China former Foreign Minister and grand. Eight out of eleven Chinese who Bcores and growing her own rice. The cost of government, she will at least be will recover and increase her old rice from Bangkok and Indo-China buying equipment for the making power of purchase from abroad, has to be deducted, very largely of equipment. from the purchasing power of West
Hong Kong has to be prepared for Even if chaos and war descend that day, and to be ready to give ern manufactured goods. If there again on China Hong Kong re-the shipping,, godowning, banking was no bill to foot with the for mains a safe and well-governed and other services we have been HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. einer for the daily meal, the money abode. Trade cannot sink below the foundations
LOCAL MAPS
Peak District,
Kowloon,
Victoria, New Territories.
old levels. Nothing is
more in-
could be put into fertilisers and a certain level and many
1st Innings (for 5 wickets,
declared
Barnett, 122
Mr. Hideo Yoshizawa, a son of a
made a new departure in opening a bling on board the Kinshae on
on of the late Premier Inukai, were taken into custody for gam-AMENTS bar in Tokyo. He learned from the Saturday afternoon were fined $2 master cocktail-mixers of Paris, each by Mr. Balfour at the Central The Christmas Parcel Mail for person was fined 83 while the two Magistracy yesterday. One other Great Britain will be closed in the who failed to appor had their bail General Post Office on the 10th estreated A sum of #2.87 picked November per sa Burdwan." This up by the Police when the raided its past pros-mail is due to arrive at London on the school was put in the poor
the 17th December.
-box.
Jardine, 101 not out. 2nd Innings (for 8 dec.):"
1st:Innings. Met Verity, 6 for 46:
2nd Innings
-Renter
∙1897
167:
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