1922-11-30 — Page 7

MADAME ISIS PROSECUTED.

Police in a Quandary.

Our Own L'orrespondent.)

Shanghai, Nov, 30.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

P. & 0. FARES.

"SUI AN" PIRACY.

Substantial Reductions.

Three Men Held on Suspicion.

Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie and Co. advise us that they have A report roaches 115 to received telegraphic instruc- the effect that firemen have been The police have charged

tions from the Managing arrested Madame Tois, fortune teller, with Directors

** Shaukiwan OB of the P. & O. suspicion of being concerned inj violating an old English law. On Company in London that on and the Sui An piracy. the eve of the hearing, she married after the 1st, praximo revised! It is stated that certain pr an American. A now law prevents rates of passage money will come party was found on these men ber becoming an American, but into force.

which warrants the suspicion that

Peter Grain dismissing it.

to London DOW

A later report is to the effect)

the five

she has lost herBritish citizenship. Substantial reductions bave they may have been indentified The case was called at the been made to all ports, the 1st with the affair, and that they; British Court this morning, Judge and 2nd. class single fares are being held in custody pending

The police are thus balted, and £86 respectively, against the fication.

being £120 arrangements for their identi- Further details are not as they are unable to proceed former rates of £146 and 106; available. against her in the U.S. Court, and while the rates to Singapore, the Mixed Court calls into play Coloraba and Bombay are now that Chinese law, which respects quoted at £18 £44, and £48 ist. apprehended on landing from a fortune-telling.

class and £14, £26 and £38 2nd.junk at Shaukiwan, it being. class respectively.

stated that the vessel bad come from Shan Mei. After in- vestigations, it is said, two of the men were released, but the others were detained.

MR. NOYES SAILS FOR HONGKONG.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Nov. 30. Mr. Frank Noyas, President of

the Associated Press of America has sailed for Hongkong on the

LOCAL WEDDING.

Buckberrough-Meyeringh.

men

were

Pirates Said to be Located.

The Canton authorities have isays the Canton Times) received day, the wedding took place of attacked the Hongkong-Macao At the Registry Office yester.information that the pirates who

Mr. W. R. Buckberrough, pass-s.s. Sui An on November 19 have enger agent of the Canadian been traced to Shua-liu village, THE SHANGHAI SENSA- Pacific Steamships, Ltd, and Liemsban, near Swabue. Colonel

3.5. President Jackson.

TION.

(Our Own Correspondent)

Canton and Hongkong Co-operate.

Madame Rose Meyeringh, of Lee Ping Wing has instructed Empress Lodge, Kowloon. The Major Fong at Waichow and witnesses were Mr. E. E. Anderson Major Ho at Pingshan to proceed and Mr. D. J. Cuthill, whilst Mr. there immediately to overtake the f Shanghai Nov. 30. Thomas Monaghan, Catering culprits. Colonel Yuan Tai will The police have established the Superintendent of the C.P.S.S., reinforce the expedition by sea. fact that threats had been made was "best man." The bride was with gunboats. against the life of the late Mr. attired in a tailored suit of saxe Goldenberg, Manager of the blue and fawn, embroidered with Victoria Cineca, who was brown, with hat to match. She

carried a bouquet of pink roses.

There was a large attendances the reception given later at the| Hongkong Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. Buckberrough receiving the con- gratulations of many friends. The honeymoon is being spent in Dr. M. M. de Colbert, the Ger.Japan, the couple leasing to-day man who is being held by the by the Empress of Russia.

recently murdered.

DR. DE COLBERT.

To be Tried by District

Court.

THE CANTON LOAN.

Japanese Bank to be Admitted.

Our Canton correspondent says it is reported that the Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Hongkong! called on the authorities & fer days ago in connection with the Sui An piracy and suggested that the Canton Government should

operate with the Hongkong Government in measures to capture the pirates, and also that British warships should cruise off Pingboi and Sbao Mei. The Canton authorities are said to have agreed to the saggestion for) |co-operative effort, and to have de. cided that Chinese gunboats shall carry out the suggested cruise. General Cban Wing.900 and General Chow Tin-lok have, as a consequence. bean instructed despatch two large and two all gunbosts to the region for

pirates.

District Procuratorale in con- nection with the bomb outrage of October 19 in Canton, will soon be tried by the District Court bere, says the fandom Times, Li Kuo Ying, an attorney-at-law, bas been retained to defend the German doctor. Mr. Li has re- quested the press not to further! comment on the case so as not to Our Canton correspondent prejudice the interests of the de-states that the Government has fendant.

received a telegram from Mr. This will be the first criminal Brander, of the syndicate which case to be tried in a Chinese Court recently concluded the foreign the purpose of tracking down the

in Canton in which a foreigner is defendant.

Our Canton correspondent re ports that Dr. de Colbert's wife bas seat a petition to the Court asking that ber husband either be tried without delay or released on bail. The Court has referred the matter to headquarters.

BILLIARDS.

loan, stating that subscriptions are freely coming in..

It is stated that the Yokohams Spacie Bank has asked to be: included in the loan, and that it has been decided to grant the Bank a share therein.

DAY BY DAY.

Another gang of pirates is causing some concern to the Canton authorities. This 8808. some 300 or 400 strong, bas District and has prevented the Katbered hear the Sun Hu

farmers from reaping their harvest until "squeeze" money

is paid. The authorities in CAD- too have accordingly ordered that two detachments of troops

PIRACY.

H. H. the Sultan of Perak. to-be went to protect the farmers gether with all the Royal family, and rout out the pirates. Hawkins v. Merlin. (in the State robes, were filmed The first of a series of interest-for cinema reproduction recently. ing billiarda matches-which are being promoted in the Petty On enquiry this afternoon we Officers' Recreation room, H. M. learn that the condition of Pay- Dockyard-took place last even-master Commander Ratcliff, of ing between the Petty Officers of H.M.S. Tamar, who was severely H. M. S. Hawkins and H.M.S. injured in the affair which took Merlin, several good games result-place on board his ship on Tues ing as follow:

day morning, is much better.

H.M.S.

Wilson ...

Halee

Breed

McAvery

Day

Esglestone Goeden...

H.M.S.

Wakefield

Goble

Tomlinson

Ruddy

Rennison

Hanwood Harcourt

HAWKINS."

CRICKET.

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95 According to the Ping Mun News Agency, it is reported that 100 upon entreaties on the part of the 100 Commander-in-chief and the Civil 100 Governor and the advice of his 96 personal friends, Kim Chang has decided to withdraw his resigns tion as Mayor of Canton.

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A Volley of Shots. Further details of the piracy disclose that a volley of about reported in yesterday's Telegraph

forty shots were fired by the desperadoes before they closed in with the fishing boat which was then sailing off Ping Hoi, in Chinese waters. None of the crew

were hit. however, and meeting with no resistance, the gang. numbering eight, set sail for Tatau, which they reached at eight o'clock on the moming of the 25th. With the exception of two men who were made to steer

There will be a Cinematograph the junk, all the crew had been 81 Performance at the Helena May 77 Institute to morrow, Friday, Dec- kept in confinement in a cabin.

81 ember 1st at 5.30 p.m. It has sad were not released until the bost had reached its destination.

100 been specially arranged for the When they came on deck in re-

children of members of the In-

stitute and their friends. Charge sponse to

wri

order, they

for admission will be 20 cents found that the pirates had cleared each person. Will all member of, probably in the three masted-

Indian R.C. v. Hongkong desiring tea kindly inform the jock by which they had come.

C. C.

This match will be played on

Matron beforehand.-Adit.

the LR.C. ground at Scokanpoo With regard to the racent out- Valley on Saturday at 2.15 p.m. break of fire at the Hongkong

Two men left on the fishing boat) rowed off in a small boat as 3003 as the crew appeared on the deck. They went ashore at Tatau.

On the return of the fishing:

to

The following will represent the Club andexe, the Hongkong junk to the Colony, a report was IndianaA. el Arculli, S.H. Electric Co. state that the fire made by the master at the Shau-I Iemail, J.S. Curreem, S.D. Ismail, could not possibly have been kiwan Police Station, the total S.A. Ismail, S.A.R. Ismail, A.R.M caused by the overheating and value of the property and equip- Samy. A. Kitchell, A. H. Madar, fusing of electric wiree as there ment stolen being stated Sirdar Khan and N.B. Kitchell. were no such wires in any way amount to $1,194. The gang ap- H.K,C.C. 2nd. v.I.R.C. 2ad. connected with the electric supply peared to comprise of Hoklos and This watch will be played on in the immediate vicinity of the Hakkas, and they were armed the H.K.C.C. ground on Saturday portion of the building damaged. with rifles and revolvers. at 2.15 p.m. The following will

It is this report which gave represent the Indiane 2nd. XI:~~ When the Blue Funnel 8.8. rise to the incorrect rumour E. Moosdeen, R. Nazarin F. M. Achilles came into port this yesterday that a number of the Arcolli, H.D. Rumjabu,

O. morning, it was learned that a Sui An pirates had been captured Ramjahn, J. Ackbar A. Ž. Minnu, very big seizure of ammunition at Shaukiwan

I. Hasan, D. Mahomed N. M.had been made whilst the boat Bux, and A. A. Razack.

was in Shanghai. The roport is

to the affect that a large quantity

Caruso, Elman, Kreisler, Melbe, Pachmann of ammunition-supposed to be

Geraldine Farraz, eto,

enly an

VICTOR RECORDS

MUUTRIES;-Excluzive Dutzbralam.

cearly a ton in weight--was die covered hidden in the ship'e bunkers. The second fireman was arrested and handed over to the Chinese authorities,

THURSDAY: NOVEMBER 30, 12

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