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Hongkong Telegraph.

1924.

M. POINCARE'S" POLICÝ.

FOURDED. HEL To 12,448

式拜畫、挑登月四英港香

TUESDAY

APRIL

BATANE BOLF;

60 YEARS IN HONGKONG.

S.S. HEUNGSHAN SOLD. THE HURDER TRIAL

AN EXPLAN

LESS THAN $6,000 REALISED.

SPEED

BOATB

RECAPITULATION OF FRENCH AIMS.

A LUKEWARM RECEPTION.

(Renter's Service.)

مية

KOWLOON DOCK WORKERS.

SYMPATHY FOR TENANTS.

We reported yesterday how Chinese workers from the Kow- loon Docks had gathered in menacing numbers when demoli tion work was commenced on

the contractors' men decided to

demonstrators.

•

SIR PAUL CHATERS DIAMOND JUBILEE

TO-DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

For the sum of $5,800 a'Chínsse The trial of Chaung Khu, the mamed Woo Wing bought this Lantao woman who is charged (morning the wreck of the river with the murder of her husband, Sir Paul Chater, Mongkong?stasma: “Heungshan.” as it now The Tin-fu, at Lo Uk on January "Grand Old Man," to-day cele lies in the Canton River, on the 26th, “was continued before the brated the sixtieth year of his besch opposite Larkins Point Faime Juåga. (Mit, Justice residence in the Colony, and has |(Kellett Reach), Blenheim Pa Gomperts) this morning. Paris, March 31.

Mr. Campbell Proser In the Chamber M. Poincare made his Ministerial declaration. their homes in Cooke Street, until been the recipient of many conge. The anción al hich

gratulations in consequence, took place at Messrs. Lammart tinned his lengthy cross-exam chibe said the Cabinet had been formed in a spirit of repablic-desist, and police aid had to be Born at Caloutte, 77 years ago, be Bros. and was conducted by Mration of Mr Davey, the Sover amon and national concord, determined to pursue unflinchingly sought to calm the excited came to Hongkong when hat a L. E Lammert, was very largely mant Analyst on the qu late Government's foreign policy.

youth as an assistant in the Bank-attended by Chinese. Mr. W. R. Que tonic properties if the France would only withdraw from the Buhr in proportion as

Out of sympathy for their of Hindustan, China and Japan in de C. Mansfield, of the Union old found in the deceas ermany fulfilled her obligations France was most desirous of the

liest possible agreement with the other Allies and associates on fellow workers, who would be the year 1866 sterfed business. Insurance Society of Canton, the stomach, Mrs Dover that shire was A TIDAK Operations and security. Immediately the experts handed in their rendered practically homeless by as an exchangullion broker derwriters, was also present

démolitions, practically and later he becaare greatly in- Before the sale began, some between the veritable part, which the Government strongly hopes will lead, to a speedy these

whole labour - staff at terested in land development, consider ble discussion took taken directly from the pl neral settlement, the Government will be ready to seek with its the

Kowloon Docks

quit realising that there was a great place, prosective buyere asking that taken from the sto and the elements of a definitive solution. Any Power subse-the

Seventy per futurs for the Color Since for information regarding the deceased. The difference seeking to disturb European order and recover lost provinces work yesterday. And arouse universal indignation, and those who barsed the road cent. left at breakfast time, and that time, he has been Hong cargo. It was explained to them be due to decomposition.

the remainder followed later.

kong's most prominent figure that only the ship was being sold.

Mr. Prosser Do alkalokis al- would earn the approval of the whole world.

in real estate besiness in the fan graaived cargo belonging to ways lose their torio, properties France was not imperialistic, and given the peace which she

On enquiry this morning we Colony and by his keen business signees. On the question when they – decompose entitled France would march with the right toward the new sun. learn that there has been nothing acumen and foresight. complace of responsibility for loss, lengthy always bat qury often. long delayed rising of which is awaited feverishly by the world. in the nature of a real strike-it with an unshakeable liepen the explanations had to be given. Mr. Prosser --If the Ahome, the Government's main task will be drastic financial was merely a demonstration of

progress of Hongkond Kow- sform.

One prospective buyer asked tions had been taken sympathy for the Cooke Street loon, he has done inder than any what was going to happen if the siologist and best.

To-day quite ninety other The new Government will continue its predecessor's policy for element

ma to develop the ship could not be salved, like the what would have beeir i storation of the devastated regions, but there must not be any per cent. of the men are back at Colony of his adoption.

48. Longsang, and it was explain-of his tut Z-Bays lation, since until France agreed with her creditors the situation work as usual. would require prudent handling. The Government will take steps

ed that she would have to be said, that the alkalold

the plant was toxic to prevent a repetition of the recent campaign against the franc

broken up.

-Another man wanted to know taken from the stom 4he colonial policy will be to develop the wealth of France's oversea

whether, should the ship ba ME The statement had a lukewarm reception by both houses.

aired and put into working Lordship, said fig condition, the owner would be of Mr. Dora E allowed to run her to Canton or competent faile

be: Macao.

Mr. Lammert:—Yes, you can ran her anywhere, and I wish|j02 you good luck (Laughter).

ssessions.

MACAO RACECOURSE.

SYNDICATE'S OFFER

ACCEPTED.

Our Macзo correspondent in- drms us that the Government accepted the application made by a syndicate composed of cal gentlemen and a number of anghai marchants to convert be open space between Tap Shek and Mengha into a racecourse.

The syndicate will pay down - $10.000 and have security of! nure for thirty years, agreaing o hold at least one big Race Meeting and three smaller ones per year.

Public opinion seems to favour! the racecourse being situated on

e new reclamation ground. or

FOOTBALL COMPETITION.

FOUE SHARE THE PRIZE.

The

Secretary for Chinese Affairs informed a Telegraph re- presentative this morning that

the demolitions have been sus- pended, pending some arrange- ment whereby the Dock Co. can obtain their men accommodation elsewhere.

A call at the offices of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. confirmed the above informa. tion.

There

was a very large entry for our Football Competition last week, in which four competitors CHINA PROVIDENTS. gave the correct goal-scores for the three matches coptained on the coupon. There were: --

W. H. Edmonds.

Public Works Department. H. Graca,

1

12, Lochiel Terrace. Kowloon. C. F. X. da Roza,

72, Caine Road. Hongkong. Ching Sha-pui,

:)

co The Dairy Farm Co. Chopped coupons have been

the open space between Green forwarded to the prize-winners. deland and the Porta do Circo, on presentation of which at this Instead of the other site, as it is office we shall be pleased to hand

them $12.50 each.

xpected that houses will spring |

in the latter locality during next few years..

WANCHAI SCENE.

POLICE SERGEANT ASSAULTED.

ALLEGED FRAUD.

MAN AND WOMAN CHARGED.

7

A QUOTATION QUERY,

We have received the following letters for publication---

Sir,-According to the daily Hongkong Stock Exchange quot- ations. China Provident shares are barked down as follows:- ($10) Old. $17; ($2.50) New, $6. If the New $2.50 share (quarter of an Old share) is worth $6 the

Old $10 share ought to be worth

at least $24.

Will the Hongkong Stock Ex- change kindly explain, as the discrepancy is causing confusion in the focal share market and

Chinese amongst the

banks, resulting in the spread of rumours detrimental to the Company's interests.

Yours etc.,

SHAREHOLDER.

A Chinese woman and a man the latter defended by Mr. A. E. Hall were charged before Mr. Hongkong.. April 1st., 1924. Mary Howard, Spanish Joman, was fined $30 for solicit-E. W. Hamilton, at the Police:

Dear Sir, I shall be much

g, and her amah $10 for assault-Court this morning, with con-obliged to you if you will allow

Sergeant Hallam when the spiracy to defraud a jeweller's me

shop.

your

We have not the space, to do anything like full ustice to Sir Paul's manifold activities in the Colony during the long period of his redenee here. One or two facts may borever, be The first piece put ou record of land which bought in Hong was a lot in what now known as Caine Road, where he built himself a residence and occupied it from 1869 to 1905, when he sold it. Ever keenly interested in the development of Kowloon, he was the first to build wharves and go dowas there. After a typhoon had destroyed the preliminary work in connectioz" with build. ing of & Hetall on the other side of the barbour, he induced the Government to rebuild the wall at his expense and then caused "godzing and

Jardine,

If the ship had to be broken UP asked another here could the buyer get dynamita!

Mr. Lammert offered his assist ance in this matter, saying he would apply to the Governmen for it personally,

After another enquirer, “had been informed that there were 70)

tons of coal on board, bidding

menced.

that

would be recs When the first bid of $1,000 was

Mr. Prose (made, the auctioneer remarked Mr. Davey I that he was not selling a steam to rebut their launch. Bidding was very slow, Dr. E. W. Minnet the price offered rising by bids and was oTORE-SER of $300 and $200 to $5,700. At Prosser, H

bis figure to advance was when the experi recorded for a long while, and animals were ma then a bid of $100 by Woo Wing the postmortems put the price at $5,800. Roland found nɔ signa. further bids were made, and the st alf in the orgift ship was knocked down at that figure.

GERMAN ARMS.

HAUL AT GODOWNS.

Mr. Prosser Do you that one of the qualities of alkaloid is its toxidity?—Yes!

Do you agree that two solution of the same alkaloid that girà thá same chemical reactions comid differ in toxidity? The chemistry of alkaloids is very complicated and it is very difficult to answer [that question.

the

E. Liadsell to the affect that gold chain valued at $70 from of the daily Stock Exchange amalgamated with Sir Paul's ven- pistols and 13,800 rounds of should want to investigate further tinued Mr.

enough space in esteemed paper for the following. Sincer took the former into The case for the prosecution

stody, in Wanchai last night.

Being an interested scrutineer vidence was given before Mr was that after having bought a

the shop, the woman was later quotations and holder of Provid- discovering the Sergeant's sent back with a chain purportingents, may I take the liberty of Hentity after her hand had come

to be the same one as purchased, enquiring whether any of my tato contact with his revolver, but which was found to be false fellow holders or members of The Spanish woman called out to when tested. The allegation was the Stock Exchange can enlighten her servant who was with her, that they had substituted theme on the method of calculation And the lafter thereupon started

at which the rate for the "OLD" genuine chain but had added one to assault the Bergeant, clawing fink bearing, the mark of the and "NEW" shares respectively

this face and hair.

Divisonal Inspector Aris said shop to the false chain to make $17 and $5-is arrived at?

The Sharobrokers Association the deception more effective. The Howard was well-known "in Wanchai to the Police, and the object was to sell the chain back quote 82714 nominal, and if one to the shop. The case was buys, gay. 500 shares the pur- remanded.

cbase is understood to be 500 Old Shares at $2734 plus 87 bonus shares gratis, plus 1,176 new shares at $2.50. This is as it should be.

present strict supervision in the district arose indirectly from a recent case in which a respect- Fable European lady was assault-

d by two American sailors,

BRITAIN'S. SHRUNKEN

REVENUE.

ALL-BRITISH COMMUNICATIONS. :

Now, according to the Stock Exchange quotations, if the Government to Have Interest."New" be worth $6 ($2.50 paid up), then the Old should be London, March 31. worth $24 or thereabouts, as they The House of Commons has are $10 fully paid up. Therefore Less Wealth in the Country. unanimously passed a resolution can any reader explain the sanctioning expenditure not ex-Stock Exchange rates of $17 for London, March 31. coeding four hundred thousand "Old" and $6 for "New" and The United Kingdom revenue pounds sterling, in the form of a exactly how arrived at, as I have for the fiscal year ended March loan over a period of thirty years, enquired of at least a dozen 31st is eight hundred and thirty-to provide a system of all-British brokers and not one was able to reven millions sterling, compared cable and wireless communica-give me a reasonable and reliable with nine hundred and fourteen tion with the West Indies and solution? These rates also lead millions last year.

British Guiana, under the control to a great deal of misunderstand The decrease is chiefly count of the Pacific Cable Board,ing. ed for as follows forty-nine replacing the agreement with the

Thanking you for the above anillion in property, "income tax West India and Panama Tele insertion, and super tax. The expenditure graph Company, expiring in 1924, chargeable" against revenus is puder, which the State paid a seven hundred and eighty-nine subay of twenty-six thousand Smillions (eight hundred and twoły sounds sterling per annum --

pakiloukkaat yası).--Reuter, day

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Yours etc.,

INTERESTED.

Chater

NEW SOLICITOR.

MB. H.-J.-ARMSTRONG ADMITTED.

before his

If you gave the alkaloids des cribed above, one solution to three A big haul of German arms animals and the second to three, was made by Revenue Officers at and the first three animals died the Kowloon Godowas yesterday. and the second showed no signs wharves to be erected there. At

Eight cases which were lying of toxic symptoms, what would that time, Mess79.

in the premises were taken you say then 7-I should say at Matheson and Co. owned godowns possession of, and when opened frst that one of the solutions was forced at West Point, and they then were found to contain 117 Mauser toxic and the other not, but I robbery. ture, and thus was born the ammunition. No arrests have than that. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf been made.

With regard to unknown during the and Godown Company, of

The cases bad but recently alkaloids, is the animal test the had been which Sir Paul

and been landed from the s.s. Aachen, best one? It is a very good one. years and fifteen

cat. the head of Messrs. Jardine from Hamburg. This morning. And invariably used?--Yes

Matheson and Co. are permanent before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at invariably, but other tests are Hi Lordship directors. In reclamation work the Police Court, the arms and made in addition.

judgment, said that in the Colony. Sir Paul Chater ammunition were confiscated, on The case is proceeding,

evidently very dange has greatly interested himself, the application" of Revenue

ters and a zenase to and the first scheme of this nature Officer Ward.

Lan Chung, was ringleader and he wo which he fathered was that which gave the city the land on which

make some slight Connaught Road now stands. He

tween then. Täl has also been prominently as-

sideration the fact that sociated with the present Praya SOVIET VICTIM " LEAVING East Reclamation Scheme. Asa

already unda RUSSIA.

At the Supreme Court this Company director Sir Paul has

morning, the Chief Justice (Si Chung would be served numerous local concerns,.

W. Rees-Davies, K.C.), admitted years hard labour

cho to four of which the Hongkong and

Rome, March 31. to practise in the Colony as a The Vatican has been informed solicitor and prootor, Mr. Harold Each was to Whampos. Dock Co. specially mentioned, whilst he that Monsignor Cieplak, whom the John Armstrong, who is to join

original shareholder Soviet have released from prison, the firm of Messrs Deacon's. in several other companies, has departed for Rome-Reuter, The Hon. Mr. H. Pollock, K.C. including the Dairy Farm.

moved his admission and stated fjer Sir Paul's

many other

that all his papers were in onder activities are well-known, for he

His Lordship, addressing, 14 has ever been a leading spirit in

Armstrong, said that he had had all public mattery in the Colony. John's Cathedral, the Union an opportunity of peru "He has served for many years Church, the Seamen's Institute, papers which bore

on the Executive and Legislative the University, and many others, Integrat Councils, Being still Senior organisations, whilst he was re Unofficial Member on the former sponsible for the erection of 8 body. He is also known as one Andrew's Church in Kowloon

biggest and for the gift of the Vicara of the Colony's benefactors and no worthy and Church Hall there cause fails to secure-help from Wajoin with the him when needed. In this connection, it may be mentioned many more a that

was" an

may be

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