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四月九英港費

THE NORTH CHINA WAR.

HEAVY FIGHTING THIS MORNING.

COABt.

KIANGSU'S ATTACK FAILS.

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INTERPORT BOWLS

HONGKONG'S SPLENDID GAME.

THURSDAY

but

SEPTEMBER":

CEMENT DIVIDEND.

THE DIRECTORS CRITICISED.

We have received the following fottor for publication

1024.

日六月八INOLET CDPY 10 OTH

INDIAN MURDER CASE.

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

Imprisonment For Life.

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which

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green folks.

former, because they

und the latter because they

we know, Particulars and prions on applisation.

REMEMBER:--A Used Car is onkt as good as the firm with which you doal.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO, LTD. 53 Wong Hei Chang Koně, „Happy Valley."

NEW SPECTRE FOR EMPLOYERS.

DRASTIC VIEW OF TRADE UNION ORGANISATION.

COUNCIL'S VERY EXTENSIVE POWERS.

London, September 3,

is much commented on, as invest÷- ing the Counoll, numbering thirty-two, with power not given to any single body of man since the Labour movement. launched a century ago,

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When the proposal, which is equivalent to appointing a trado unlon gonoral staff, was first submitted three years ago, it was rajected by a three to one major- Ity. It not merely permite, tho Council to take the initiative in a dispute, whether requested to interfere or not, but authorison it to render the union or unions in the dispute all moral and material support possible.

An Exciting Head Described.

(Our Own Correspondent). Sir-The usual announcercent by the Directors of the Groon Shanghai, Sept 4.

Joland Coment Co. of an interim It will be 'learnod with the The result of the. Interport dividend of 50 cents per share on greatest of interest by practical- The significance of the decision of the Trade Union' Congress Bowls match played yesterday afternoon was a win for Shanghai the Old sharob (the same as lastly every community in the yesterday evening in extending the powers of the General Counell

shareholders in general, The death passed at the lust Criminal CHEKIANG TROOPS ROUT OPPOSING FORCES. by a margin of six points, the year) was welcome reading to the Colony, that the sentence of Booro hoing Shar ghal 20, Hong addition of the rider, which it Boulons against the Indian kong 14.

wife, Hongkong was out-played dur-was thought fit to make, to named Chain Din, for According to news received from our correspondent, there was ing the opening hoads, the score the effect that "this Interim murder of heavy fighting near Shanghal this morning, the battle commencing at one time being fiftoon shots to dividond should not be taken to-day been commuted to

At the fifteenth head, as an indication that the same sontence of imprisonment for with an attack by some 10,000 Klangsu troops, along the railway nine.

final dividend (which must life.

Following the trial and the noar Hwangtu, at daybroak. The attack was partially successful, Hongkong scored throc, a one necessarily depend on the result

verdict of guilty but later the Chekiang troops counter-attacked and gained about being registered by each team of the working for the current jury e

much WAR

expree* during the next two heads. This half your) will be paid", is such there two miles.

of public opinion in Lator in the morning, there was a battle lasting an hour and a brought tho score to 18 for Shangan entirely unprecedented procesion half outside Liubo, in which Kiangsu troops were wholly defenthal, and 13 to Hongkong.

The od and had to retreat, with the Cheklang forces in pursuit: A general' There was most exciting play duro on the part of the Directors favour of the non-enforcement engagement is developing in the area between the railway and the witnessed during the eighteenth that I, as a large shareholder, of the capital aentonce. head. When Wotherspoon put cannot refrain from lodging a domestic circumstances down his last wood, Hongkong strong protest against it. In this preceded the murder were such protest I am supported by several as to oxolte public sympathy on lying six shots, battle, in which, according to was (Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Sopt. 4. reports, Chokiang's left wing was Aitkenhead, the skip of the other shareholders with whom I bohalf of the accused, and a peti- a large proportion of the Indian With the battle lines drawn up forced back, while the centro and Shangbai train with one shot, hava spoken and who dare my tion was drawn up and signed by within fifteen miles of Shanghai, right slowly gained ground, hold- still to play, sont up a perfect

until wood which just narrowly mlased It is a platitude to state that community, whilst there was a communications pro virtually ing succeeding attacks sealed, depending upon native reinforcements strengthened and one of the blocking woods and the final dividend will ho detor-proposal to draw up a petition At this morning's mooting of runners and reports of arriving brought up the left wing, when, ay second shot, cutting long mined by the results of the cur-signed by European residents,

At τίπο refugees.

o'clock. Chokiang Rong out of fivo. Had Hongkong ront half-year's working of the It is confirmed that fighting counter-attacked, making a gain been left undisturbed, the sucro factory. According to such results the Governor-in-Connoil the mat- broke out this morning near of about two milos. Firing then would have been Hongkong 19, the final dividend may be more or tor of the trial, vordist and sont- Hwangtu, continuing intormit-began to subsido.

Shanghai 16, but, as it was, Hong-it may be loss than that paid in once was considored, His Ex- cellency the Governor deciding tently through the day, but soom-KIANGSU TROOPS ROUTED. kong stood at 14 and Shanghat 16. respect of the roar 1023. But the to exercise the prerogative vested lovies on all the unions for running any strike it likes.

Tho, remaining three heads, inference one draws by reading!

brilliant play between the linos is that the in hiu of commuting the sent- At eight o'clock, a Kiangau thanks to tho Brigade, commanded by General of Campbell, saw no addition to final dividend may be expected to ence to life imprisonment.

BOOTO, Shanghai he less, rather than more, thou Ma Ya-zou, estimated at 5,000 Hongkong's The strife is confined to an men, attacked a 'Chekiang forco adding four, the game finishing 20 that paid last year.

What purpose had the Directors area near the railway, se ob of the same number outside to 14 in their favour.

Local critiqs were most onto serve by the addition of the servers who traversed the wholo Linho. This engagement, Lang

can and should! Area between Shanghai, Liuhowha reports, lasted an hour and a thusiastio over the bowling of rider? I hold the view that and Woonung found the whole half. when the Klangeu forca Wotherspoon and Omar, while shareholders district undisturbed, but 5,000 was wholly defeated, retreating Aitkenhead was considered to be claim the right of an explanation.

men near with the Cheklang

The suspicion is very strongly troops are stationed Liuho expecting an onslaught|pursuit. aimed at the capture of Woosung Forts.

ingly the battle was indecisive.

AIMING AT WOOSUNG

FORTS.

It is believed gonerally that a major engagement will develop

to-marrow

in

ENGAGEMENT DEVELOPING.

the region of both sectors. Nanziang and Hwangtu.

SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS

READY.

The Shanghai Volunteer Corps is standing by in readiness to take stations to defend the Settle- ment boundaries. Ono Company of French Volunteers was ro inforced to-day when 400 French sailors lauded,

A fourth Chinese Red Cross unit is being organised to-night. and is leaving to-morrow for the front.

viow.

in the star player of the Shanghai

team.

entertained that the warning note

all roporte Guy

that a general engagement is swiftly developing throughout the whole area from the railway to the conat.

A FAKED STORY.

been ahoson

ono

for

that

DISTRESSED BRITISHER.

SENT TO HOUSE OF DETENTION.

BEN

TILLETZ

Mr. Cook, secretary of tho Miners' Federation, who second- ad the resolution, told an inter- viewer that the Council can go to any length without calling a ballot or consulting the rank and file. It can even call a general strike at any time, and impose

Mr. Ben Tillott took a loss drastic view of the resolution and expressed the vlow that individual members were able to check the power of the Council; but the Liberal, Commander Kenworthy, who was attending the Congress as a guest, said the united trade union front was now the greatest spectre the employers had ever been confronted with. — Reuter.

THE DISARMAMENT DEBATE.

FRENCH PREMIER'S STATEMENT.

Geneva, September 3. of the Directors can Berve, no

John McFailon, who described useful purpose beyond that of himself as a British subject, was An army of two hundred pressmen who are attending the As "bear" point in the share market to-day sent to the House of Hembly of the League were received by M. Harriot, who, while he There were many casualties in THAT $4,000 ROBBERY. of one particular stock which has Detention after appearance before did not indicate the specific line ho would tako at to-morrow's dis 08 a favourite the Magistrato on a charge of armamout debate, declared that France would do everything in the manipulation being a vagrant.

favour of peace and continue the good work begun at London, in a of " Buile ".and "Bears, ". It Is Ho told Mr. Lindsell that he spirit of goodwill and loyalty.-Reuter. hardly conceivable

the mot with a series of misfortunes.

IMR. RAMSAY MACDONALD'S PLAN;

Genova, September 3. gentlemen of the Board would in Japan. He lost his money in stoop to a practice of such ques-Yokohama; missed his ship horo Mr. Ramsay MaoDonald raised the voil on his disarmament tionable taste. Neither can I and again in Kobe, where he went plans when, addressing journaliste, be suggdated & Court of Arbitra- imagine that the same gentlemen in an andeavour to catch up with tion, the constitution of which should be decided between the various aro concerned in professional the vessel. Finally he pawned Governments. He was convinced that America would participate rigging" of the stock market. his watch and secured a passage in an ad hoc Conference on disarmament which should be held in give thoir integrity credit for to Hongkong on the President Europe, possibly at Clonova. In the meantime, the American plan being above that. Nevertheless, Madison. His destination was of disarmament would bo referred to a League committes for ex their error of judgment has com Melbourne; but now be had not amination. Reuter. mitted themselves to an inforonti-the means of going there.

A thousand coolle workers in Chinese territory surrounding Shanghai are being impressed for military service.

COMMUNICATIONS CUT.

The following telegram is from the Daily Bulletin:

Shanghai, Sopt 4. Communication with Shanghai

is now severed.

The Shanghai golf Course located at Klangwan, in Chinese Shanghai except vis Chefao.

No telegrams are accepted for territory. has booD closed following clashes between forumet over them and members and the soldiery. This exercised over telegrams and the

Post Office. affects 1,500 galfore.

PROTEST AGAINST BANK LOAN.

vast

and

for military purposes.

THE BATTLE BEGINS

Later.

Chi Hsioh yuan is reported to have secured six aeroplanes from Nanyuan.

FOREIGN WARSHIPS AT SHANGHAL

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We yesterday gave the story of robbery at No. 19 Ng Hon Road, in which a woman dispossessed of $4,000 worth of money and jewellers, by a man who entered the floor in the guise of an electric fitter.

It has since transpired that this report which was made to the police had been faked by the woman who represented herself as boing the victim in the case, П is the concubine of Sho

at conclusion that, by the public-

The prosecuting police officer

NEARING THEIR GOAL.

stion of the rider, they have said that defondant held a state- assisted the "Bear" group in an ment from the British Consul in AMERICAN FLIERS. CONTINUE TO PROGRESS. Halifax, September 3, extremely sensitive market like Yokobains to the effect that the Chinese merchant, and investiga-that for the Green Island bares defondant bad reported to him

The world fliers passed the oruiser Milwaukee a hundred miles tions which the police undertook It is a notorious fact that the loss of his money. If on in- yesterday have fixed the guilt on during the past few week "jobvestigation it was found that his from Hawkes Bay at 12.5 o'clock. Renter's American Service.

Plotou, Nova Scotia. September 3. bors" have been very active in story was true, the police hore

The world Giors arrived horo from Hawkes Bay this afternoon,

her.

;

It is now learned that during operations in Groen Islands. would ros if they could do any- the absence of her husband and They have carried their transac- thing to help defendant to get to after a flight of 6 hours and 18 minutos. -Reuter's American Service. the No. 1 wife tho con- tions to such absurd lengths as bis destination. cubino, alded and abetted by her selling forward for all dailveries! hor mother, hid the jewellery as far as Maroli: The abuse of and money, and between them the privilege of dealing in concocted the story of how they "futures" has been so extensive

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TO-DAY.

Closing Exchange 2s. 4. 7/16. Lighting Up-Time 6.38 p.m. Barometer Temperature Humidity

High Water Low Water

2 p.ui.

2 p.m. 29.72 RH

2 p.ut

74 0.38 mi

6.41 p.m.

AGENT GENERAL OF REPARATIONS. AMERICAN TO TILL IMPORTANT POST.

Paris, September 3. Mr. Seymour Parker Gilbort, former Under Secretary of the United States Treasury, has accepted the post of Agent General of Roparatione. He arrives in Paris in mid-September-Beuter.

BANKNOTE TRICK.

MÁCAO RACECOURSE.

HOW A WOMAN WAS GULLED.

THE SITE AGREED TO,

(Our Own Correspondent).

Maoso, Sopt 3rd.

The Chinese Chamber of Com- morce has addressed a lotter to the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation protesting Already the following warships had been forced by an armody indulged in that, in order to at the reported project to lond are at or off Shanghai: -British robber to surrender the valuables. check over-speculation, the Com- Peking £1,000,000 secured on Gor-Cricket, Boe, Dospatch, Durban! It was the discovery of the

| Exchange has vory wisely stopped man honde. The latter points ont and Hawkins, American-Isabel, empty inwaliory case on the roof mittes of the Hongkong Stook that the prosent conflict is causing Doria, Tracey, S. Thompson, J. D. which first drow the suspicionsin and a resolution has been

"forward suffering Edwards, Barker and Whipple. of the detectives working in the

passod prohibiting and such a Loan would prolong French-Colmar and Jules Ferry,caue. They searched the boxes contracts beyond a period of the strife, since it would be used Japanoso-Hira, Tone, Tatenta, belonging to the concubine and three months. The market"

and Ji.. Italian-Libia.

found part of the jewellery thoro- knows too well those mom- in. Later, the romainder of the bers of the Exchange NO BARRIER TO REFUGEES.

"surplus products, spoon-fed by baaring loot was found in a night soil responsible for Reports received by the Lung. It le understood that there is vessel, and without being aware

whom the bears" have been protective walls against British Dizoc- Will the wha Military Headquarters show to be no barriar to refugece com-jof the fact that she was being! Coments, and knows also by Governments with, high tariff)

an active anti-industrios. assisted by that a general hoavy attack by ing into the Foreign Settlement, watched, the old woman wont

now become Kiangsu troops, estimated to and also unarmed soldiers unless the kitchen and tipped the con-Cements propaganda. And this tors see to it that the now What has by

It was gazettei on Saturday. number 10,000, oponed at day-they ace in unmanageable num-tents out of the vessel.

The merchant, however, is unmost recent unwarranted notion kilos be erected and put into familiar to the police as the on the part of the Directors in operation with greater expodit." banknote confidence trick" has brook along the railway hear bors, in which case the question willing that a police prosecution connection with the interim ion than has been done with the again boon practised on a simplo that permission to band pyer the ground for the Rhoncourse had Hwangtu, resulting in a pitched will be reconsidered.

should be brought. He has ex dividend announcement comes as first, now yielding such satis woman in Yaumati.

been granted. We are glad to prossed his intention of sending a dramatic climax in favour of the factory results? The Colony

Yesterday, the woman, who know that, this enterprise will the concubine and her mother bort sollers, to the detriment is pledged to colossal public and goods arrived, and wore back to their homes in Canton of bona fide holders of Cements private works, o.g., Shing Mun ves in Shanghai Street, was shortly be put into opstation, the accosted by a man, an utter and according to what I can delivered, and defendanta were

who pin their faith in a key Valley Waterworks and paid in full. Plaintiff claimed:

industry of the Colony,

mammoth Dook at Kowloon, not stranger to her, and she socapted learn it is boned that this first that he was entitled to 1%

The Directors' attitude becomes to mention the Harbour Improve from him the custody of what races will take place sometime

parcel in the beginning of next year." brokerage charge.

all the more inexplicable whenment Works, and it will want all appeared to be

The promoters are to be con- In the Summary Court this The fate compradoza_of_de-

alac against procedent--they the coment that the Green Island containing, as the man said, morning, before Mr. A. Dyer Ball. fendant Company, who acted an Mr. Hon. Shui-man, of Messrs. intermediary to the partige, IN OCOUPLED GERMANY, gratuitously tandoy this gratifying Co. can produce in their thou $60 in money. She was asked gratulated on thelt perseveran

information concerning the suc-sands of tons, Will firms of to give security, and without and I kuzi hurs Alexander Rose, and Co., sued was called and gave details of

cess of the Day grate kilns. It is British architects remain so hesitation handed over: her their utmost to pu Duesseldorf, Sept. 3. Messrs Dixon Parker and Co., for the transaction.

well as the other $65.60, which sum he claimed was; Cross-examined, he said that In accordance with the London up to the Director and to show callous to British interests, British jewellery, amounting in value to into opkalion

have in Hand fdg the due to him as brokerage. Mr. Parker ought to have known Agreement, General Degoutte that live, practical insteld of enterprise, British capital and 136.

an order restoring, at only an academic): interest in British management es to grant a Mr. C. Byson appeared for the that a broker was party to the

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the the face of strenuous, foreign preferente bo foralen importations Later, when the man had gone of the, pablierës plaintiff and Mr. E. 8. O. Brooke contract. He did not Call Mr: midnight

Ition' to justifykketheir against the products of a Hong- away, shé, Parker that there was a broker. freedom

he: paan big dual rombastion by kong industry managed by an found

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