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HONGKONG.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

CHINESE WINES TRADE UNION.

mony.

Speech by Hon. Mr. Kotewall.

Yesterday the Chinese Wines Trade Union of Hongkong, which was formed shout 14 year ago. formally colebrated its establish ment at the Yee Wo Hotel at West] Point, the Hon Mr. R. H. Note wall performing the opening cero- The membership of the Union is composed of over 30 firms of distillers, about 400 wineshops, and nearly 3,000 employees. There a large gathering about a thousand, focluding many Indien, leading Chinese merchants, and representatives of other unions, guilds and societies.

was

function with "more

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1923.

EARLIER "TELEGRAMS.

DEATH OF GENERAL SIR O'MOORE CREAGH.

London; August 10. General Sir O'Moore Creagh, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., is dead. [General Creagh, who received his military education at Sandhurst, had a distinguished military career, serving in the Afghan War of 1879-80 when he received his Victoria Cross, and later in the China Expedition of 1900 when he was mentioned in despatches. From 1903-1906 he was in command, 1st Class Dis- trict India and later was appointed Secretary of Military Depart ment, India. He held the position of Commander-in-Chief in India from 1969, retiring in 1914. Rorn in 1848 he was 75 years of age.]

PAN-PACIFIC CONGRESS.

Melbourne, August 10.

The majority of the delegates to the Pan-Pacife Congress, which is to open here on Monday, have arrived. They include famous authorities on Forestry, Stock Diseases and Phthisis. Subjects for discussion include the health of the natives of Naura and New Guinea. The best brains of the countries bordering the Pacific are meeting to exchange their knowledge for the common

benefit.

BALLOT PRINTERS GO ON STRIKE.

Mr. Kotewall said that he accept ed the invitation to this interesting than usual pleasure, for he desired this op purtunity to express publicly his approval of a union such as this, which was composed of bott em. ployers and employees-in fart, of

The ballot printer's wages question which is acute owing to the distillers, the distributors and the men working under both. The the extraordinary rise in the cost of living, has resulted in the great majority declaring in favour of a strike. It is hoped that whe tendency in recent years

the state printing works will not be involved as the shortage of for the master and men to

paper money is causing a serious inconvenience. Thousands of drift more ni at more spart in interests, with the result that people are waiting outside the Reichsbänk all night long for money.

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Berlin, August, 10.

GERMAN SHIPYARDS CLOSED.

London, August 10.

A message from Hamburg says that the great shipyards of Blum and Voss have closed down It is reported that this is due but it is probably in, consequence to trouble with the workmen. with the Ruhr blockade.

LOST 200 PEARL,

loes until she got out of her motorcar.

misunderstandings had at times arisen, which cot only had! done harm to the two parties im mediately concerned, but had sisu prejudicially affected trade gen. erally. The success of trade and commerce, or of any particular business undertaking, depended mainly upon the cluse and bar- monious ca operation of Capital and Labour. Applause. A business was! ike a machine whose various parts were inter dependent, and the loos.

A police officer said on June 21 ening of a single seres might some.

he saw the prisoner atop a num- times impede its smooth evolution,

ber of men whom he kaew to be or entirely stop its working. He harl heard it said that the idesis and The sequel to the finding of diamond merchante in Hatton aims of Capital and Labour lay in lost pearl, valued at £200, the garden and offer them something different, if bot opposite, directions, property of Mrs. C. C. Manzine, of apparently for sale. Each man in and that it was therefore impossible Hereford gardens, was heard at turn shook his head and handed for the two to co-operate successful Marlborough-atreet Police Court, the article hack. The prisoner The hon Willia Kiddy, aged jnext went to a group of four neu ly for any length of time. Chinese Wines Trade Union, which seventy, labourer, of no fixed and offered them a pearl, and said,

Aix had been going

smoothly abodo, was sentenced to "Give me fry quid for this already for agent, and which was months' imprisonment with hard marble." When witness asked the prisoner how he obtained the gaining strength from day to day, labour for stealing by fin ting.

On

Labourer Sent to Prison.

was a direct cantradiction of sucre. Menzies, an evidence, said paart he replied it had baen given abe lost the pearl, which was bim in France in 1915 by an old a view. (Applause). What was re quired was goodwill on "both sides. attached to a diamond pendant by pal. Finally he admitted that he and a willingness to learn and a platinum chain, in Burlington-picked it

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the other side. (Applause). sincerely hoped that the other trade unions and societies would of follow the good example this Linion, so that Capitel and Labour night work hand in hand. to the prosperity of their own business undertakings, and of trade generally. Loud applause i

HONGKONG BASEBALL.

Club Lusitano v, "Americans.

The Club Lusitano and Ameri- can baseball nines will cross bats at five o'clock on the Happy Valley field this afternoon. Owing to unfortunately weather conditions the past three weeks only one scheduled game of the Longue has been played so far and this will be the American teams' first time in action. They, how- ever, have been practising faith-

make a good) fully and should showing.

The line ups will be as follows:

American,

Lusitano. Church .2b. R. da Rocha Dome... .8.8. D. Alves

.c.f. A. Remedios.

Wilson

O'Connor

P. L. da Rocha

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Lewis..

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.l.f. M. Rull

Koch

...lb. D. Xavier

Scott

.c. J. Soares

-H. Prata

--G. Osmund Umpire. Dr. Urquhart. Hongkong Baseball League, 1923.

Owing to bad weather during! the last three week-ends, the old) schedule of games has been can- celled and the games for this! season will be as follows: August 11-Americans-Lusitano.

12.-Japanese-Indians. 18.-Americans--Indians. 19.-Japanese-Chinese. 25,--Americnus-Japanese 26.-Lusitano-Chinese. Sept, 1.-Americans Chinese.

2.-Lusitano-Indians..

On August 4th the Japanese won their first league game against the Lusitano, and the game scheduled for August 5th between the Indians and the Chinese will be played sometime next week on arrangement be- tween the two teams.

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