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The Telegraph,

TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1924.

time must elapse before such re- gulations can be enforced. Yet, according to the Gazette, these things are compulsory-not at some future date, but NOW,

The more we think of this pro- blem the more convinced do wÉ become that it has been tacklad from an altogether wrong angle The best and the only satisfac- tory method would have been

DAY BY DAY.

CALL & SPADE A SPADE AND ONE MIGHT AS WELL USE IT TO DIG ONE'S GRAVE-T Hamberstone.

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K. Keith, who was convicted

PIRATES POST

LETTERS.

ADDRESS OF " KWONG SHUN CAPTIVES GIVEN.

MORE REVELATIONS.

American's Loan to Mexico.

Washington, March 10, Testifying before the oil in- vestigating committee. Mr. The whereabouts of passengers Doheny denied that he, Mr. from on the pirated ferry launch Kwong Sinclair and others had financed Reuter's message Brussels says M. Theunis has re- Shun, who are being held to ran the present Mexican revolution...

som, has been disclosed through On the contrary he said he had formed the Cabinet.

the receipt in Hongkong yesterday lent Gen. Obregon five million. The Junior Championship Com-of three letters written on behalf dollars to put down the revolution. persons to local M. Doheng's attorney has ad- petition, played at Fanling on the of detained

addresses. The recipients took|vised President Coolidge that | for representatives of the Govern-19th insk, was won by Mr. these missives to the owners of inasmuch as the Government has

ment, the owners and the Guilds Murray, 13 up and 12 to play.

the pirated vessel and then to declined further payments for the the Police,

the construction of work on the to get together, thresh the whole

in Pearl The boldness of the pirates is Daval fuel station issue out and then draw up re-] gulations agreeable to all. Seeing for being absent from the House shown in the open maaner in Harbour, Hawaii, Mr. Dheny

of Detention without leave, was [that the Guilds represent the sentenced to a week's hard lab which their captives address has personally guarantee the the is disclosed. Each envelope bears company against loss, therefore this morning at

the work continues-Renter's most affected the men our

the chop" of the robber gang. who know the practical side of Magistracy.

and evidently the miscreantstowerican Service. themselves wrote and posted the the question from actual exper- Master Emil Danenberg's first letters, which give the stronghold

U. S. GOLF. iance, and the men on whom the public recital takes place this of the gang as being at Kau King duty of seeing the regulations ovaning in St. Andrew's Hall, Sha Mi, Tau Mun, Heungshan Bellair Heights. Florida,

March 10. The writers ask that carried out will principally de-when the youthful performer will district.

Hagen and Havers defeated valve-we cannot but regard it play thiry-one items, Mrs. D. J. preliminary ransoms be sent-

monas, canned foods, clothing. Ockenden and Kirkwood in à four as regrettable that they should.

silk, cigarettes, and opium are ball match by one up.― Reuter's have been shown so little con- A seven-year-old Chinese boy the articles listed. One missive American Service.

was knocked down by a motor deliberately states that unless the sideration in the matter.

car at the junction of Smithfield ransom be forthcoming within We think that the Govern-land Catchick Streets, Kennedy ten days, the unfortunate captivé ment should, without further ado, Town, yesterday, and removed to "will be shot without mercy."

men

Brown will also sing.

evening.

SWARAJIST OBSTRUCTIONISTS.

admit that it has made a mistake hospital, "where he died last

The money etc., asked for is Government Measures Defeated.

Delhi, March 10. really "tes-money." preliminary in gazetting the regulations at

In the debate on the Budget to the negotiations for the final this stage, rescind them at once,

the Legislative The usual Wednesday Public ransom. The envelopes which proposals in start all over again, take the Meeting of the Hongkong Lodge bear the pirate gang's emblem Assembly the Swarajista inflicted Guilds into full consultation, The Theosophical Society will be also have the Kongmoon and a series of defeats on the Govern

held on Wednesday March 12th Canton postmarks. The "chop" ment, refusing the customs grant issue at the earliest possible

at 5.45 p.m. at the Lodge. 15, is an imposing one, giving the of seventy-five lakhs and succes- rejecting by natrow moment such regulations as car Queen's Rd. Central Subject:name "Wong Ng, of Heungshan." siveis be agreed upon by all parties."Theosophy and. Science."-All The gang, it is said, is known as majorities the Government's pro- the Hung Yee Tong, and consists posals regarding the income tax. and later publish an entirely are welcome. ddet.

of ox-soldiers.

salt tax and opium. fresh set of rules. If these latter

Yesterday afternoon two lots

Moving the rejection of the The Manager of the Company should involve the necessity of of Crown land situate at Ho Mun which owns the Kwong Shun, customs grant, fotilal Nehru Structural alterations being Tin were sold by public auction.

the total area being 197,910 seen this morning, said future declared that while Indians wel- carried out aboard ships, then

action would largely depend on comed the change in the angle of square feet and the upset price what the authorities did. He vision evinced by Lord Olivier's sufficient notice should be given one dollar per foot. The lota to allow of this being done. As were purchased by a number of added that naval assistance from recent speech in London, the Hongkong was most likely. The British Government's reply to the The impression left on us as a things now stand. the whole Chinese, of the Wing On Com-offer of the Chinese Eaval com-demand for responsible govern- consequence of the interview question is in a shocking nudny, at a sum which works out mander at Kongmoon had been ment was wholly unacceptable. which one of our representatives dic. had yesterday with the Assistant

"HONGKONO, 11th March, 1924.

BADLY BUNGLED.

Colonial Secretary is that the Sunday Sport.

in is still

not

at $1.10 per foot.

LOCAL CRICKET.

HOCKEY.

government

to

FAR EAST NAVAL BASE.

Government's Policy to be Announced.

London, March 10,

In the House of Commons, re- plying to questions. Mr. Mac- Donald said the Government was communicating with the Govern

found impracticable, as it would Sir M. Hailey described the mean that the Company would motion as an effort to bring con. For being drunk and incapable have to supply all the coal need-stitutional on the Praya last night, A. Free-ed in a search, which might be standstill.—Heuter. man and H. Hansen, described to prolonged indefinitely. piracy presention question is

The Bishop of Victoria. Dr. be seamen, were charged before being badly handled. For. more Duppuy, referred to the old boce Mr. J. R. Wood at the Police months than we care to remem-of contention yesterday-Sunday Court this morning. They ad- the offence and bis bez, the task of drawing up sport. The point of view of the mitted

discharging them Church is a sound one, namely Worship in regulations designed to combat that professing Christians should added the caution"Don't let the evil has been engaging the not allow games and general me see you here again."

The following will represent attention of the Governmeat and recreation to interfere, with the

Girl students and members of the H.E.C.C. Ist. XI against

ments of the Dominions and India the Chamber of Commerce. Lathanks they should offer in God's:

House for the very health and workwomen's guilds held a de- East Surrey Regt. at Happy

on the subject of the Singapore terly the China Coast Officer leisure that enables them to enjoy monstration in Canton on Satur-Valley on Saturday:-

T. E. Pearce (Capti, Col. T. Abase, and he hoped to be able to and Engineers Guilds bave sport of any kind. It is really a day, to observe International;

Banners were Robertson; REA. Webster. H.indicate the policy of the Govern intervened in the discussions and very small sacrifice asked for. Women's Day.

just an hour or so once a week. displayed with such inscriptions Owen Hughes. Res. T. B. Powell ment at an early dato, certainly put forward certain definite pro-This does not mean that those as Down with the Concubine G. R. More. A. 1. C. Bowker, before Easter.-Reuter posals. Now, without the least Christians who do not go to System.”

"We Demand Co-1A. V. T. Dean, E. G. Lammert, warning, the Government official- Church in Hongkong are neces Education" and "Equal Rights W. W. Mackenzie and D.H.F. PENNY POST MAY RETURN.

McMaster:" ly gazettes a new and lengthy parily permitting sport to inter-for Women in Voting."

fere with their proper worship, buti

The H.K.C.C. 2nd. XI. against

London, March 1o. list of regulations which are merely look upon Sunday as the It is reported that Mr. C. C.K.C.C. 2nd. XI. at home will be: The Postmaster General reply- take the place of those previously day for relaxation from work and Wu and Mr. T. C. Kuo, respec--G. H. Piercy (Captain), H. Eing to a deputation of the printing in forze. This step has been for pastimes. They would, most tively Secretary and Assistant Hollands. L D. McNicoll, C. R.trades, expressed the opinion that of them keep away from a place Secretary of the Canton DepartBaron. H. Griffin, D. Reid, A. K the restoration of the penny post taken despite the fact that the of worship even if there were no meut of Foreign Affairs, are leav-Mackenzie, E. C. Hagen. F. N. would be the most practical solu- Government

com-open-air recreation to tempting for the North shortly-the Young. J. A. H. Plummer and tion of unemployment in the munication with the Chamber of them. That is the bare truth of former to congratulate Marshal D. E. G. Nicholson.

printing trade. He would endes- the matter. Yet, as the Bishop Chang Tso-lic on his birthday,

Tourtoinduce the Chancellor of the Commerce on the subject, and said, Europeans are not on the and the latter to attend the birth-

Exchequer to agree to the finan apparently without taking the whole more irreligious out here day celebrations of Marshall

cial sacrifices involved.-Reuter. least notice of the two Guilds than at Home. Many persons Tua Chi-jui.

DR. SUN'S LATEST. mentioned, except to point out of irreprochable life are

churchgoers. It is merely a sigo verbally that the suggesticas put of our times that we now observe. Hongkong yesterday with several The transport Sicilia arrived at

The following" will represent Recruiting in Shanghai. forward by these bodies are im-Put, bluntly. churchgoing hasi officers

Shanghai, March 11.-The and married families the Club against the East Surreys: practicable. To us, this sudden lost its appeal. The problem aboard. Among those who dis- at the U.S.R.C. on Wednesday North China Daily News learns action of the Government is facing the Church to-day is how

to win these people back to the embarked were Lieut. Col. Bac-F. W. F. Mills. C.L.R. Becher, G. that a Chinese recruiting cara- inexplicable.

chus, R.A.P.C, Major Lewis, Murray, E. J. R. Mitchell, A. S. pain, on behalf of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, habits of their forebears. As a M.C., Capt. Davies R.A.M.C. Het, E. L. Sim, C. R. Baron, is being actively pursued in According to Mr. Fletcher, the lay journal we shall not attempt and Mrs. Cooper, wife of Lieut. R. E. A. Webster, G. R. More, Shanghai. A thousand men have

to discuss the subject further, new regulations are merely of a except to record our own view Cooper of the East Surreys. The Woodward, B. D. Evans (Capt.) been enrolled and are apparently Sicilie will leave to-day with a

The Club second team against to be despatched to Canton. temporary character and can be that thera

small draft of the Loyal Regi- observing the Sabbath amended at any time. We re-of

ment under Lieut. Bulling, for a Navy "A" team at the New Router.

Hockey ground, Kowloon (near) than by indulging in healthy gret

to say that we cannot

the Marina Ground) on Wednes- recreation, maybe after six days regard them as being any more of strenuous office work.

When two coolies appeared in day. at 5.15 p.m. will be:-A

Bower, W. H. Edmonds (Capt), THIRTY LIVES BELIEVED "temporary" than other official-

LOST. Mr. E. W. Hamilton's court thisG. H. Piercy. the Rev T. B. Troublous Ireland. ly-gazetted regulations. All aro

Shanghai, March 11. It is so long since news of moming, in reply to a charge of Powell, the Rev N. Evans, D.

F. Lyon.

H. Hold man, H.

Thirty are believed to have been Niable in amendment. from time serious Irish events last came to assulting a tallyman employed

S. H. Garrod, F. killed in a fire at a Cantonese to time, as circumstances war-hand that one reads of the present by the Ubina Manure Company, Meacock, rant. These new regulations trouble with something of a shock. the complainant said he had re- Schnepel, L. R. Blacking. have all the appearance of final-The press of other items Lad fused them work on account of a served to drive thoughts of Ire-disageement. He pointed to a ity in the sense that they goland's problem out of mind, until man seated amongst the other forth as the Government's con-it became possible to hope that spectators in the court as having sidered opinion of what is needed the problem bad reached a final helped in the assault by pushing him into the harbour. His wor solution. We learn DOW of to prevent or minimise piracies. threatened disturbances by de- ship called the spectator up, bad Taken in their strictly legal mobilised men (mostly ex-officers) his name added to the charge and aspect-and if they are not to be of the Irish National Army, placed him in the dock. This man The Free State Government later received an order, in com- strictly enforced they can have

mon with the two other defen- has recently found it neces- little value-they mean that any

a policy of dants, to play a fine of $5 or to to institute sary ship which leaves this port economy, and the reduction undergo seven days' hard labour,

is army without complying with any of of its the conditions is committing one of the means of effecting a saving in national expenditure.

worse &rc

ways

North China.

STRUCK OUT.

PLAINTIFFS AESENT FROM

SHANGHAI FIRE.

filature last night. Hundreds of women and girl employees' were rescued with difficulty. The building was gutted. Reuter. PALESTINĖ AND THE CALIPHATES.

COURT.

Jerusalem, March 10. A hundred accredited delegates Before Mr. Justice Gompertz, in from all over Palestine have con- the Summary Court this morning, ferred with the Moslem Supreme Hing Lan 6rm for possession of King Hussein the Caliphate on the Kwong Hing Lung sued the Council and unanimously offered the ground floor premises of No. behalf of Palestine Moslems.- 81, Queen's Road East, and for Reuter. ja breach of the law. When it is With the return of comparatively against them. proves that the$42, being two months' rent, and

hatchet of dissension has not been electric charges. borne in mind that the provis- peaceful government a large arm-nally buried.

We can only The plaintiffs failed to put in ions include the construction of ed force has been found unneces trust, with the memory of previous an appearance and the case was struck out, Mr. aary. We can sympathise with

anarchy still in mind, that some accordingly dodgers." screens of bullet-proof these demobilized officers, who means of settling this fresh trouble Justice Gompertz in reply to Mr. has been virtually settled by the material the entire breadth of are faced with a serious unem-will quickly be found, and that Russ (for plaintiff), intimating cardroom amalgamation with the bridge deck, metal or grille ployment problem, but their action the new cloud on Erin's horizon that he would reinstate the case drawing from the Thornham mill in saizing weapons and ammuni- will be dispersed while it is yet but on good reasons being shown dispute, which will thus become doors to the engine rooms, etc. tion is indefensible. Their con-

an isolated question.Reuter,. defendant. intelligence that a considerable discrimination is being shown

active

it will be obvious to the meanest tention that old political cloud, "no-bigger than a man's Mr Macnamara appeared for

hand."

COTTON MILL DISPUTE.

London, March 10."

The threatened cotton lockout

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