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FLEET ADDITIONS,

THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING.

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THURSDAY

MAY 7,

1925

ANOTHER CHINESE WAR 2

· EARTHQUAKES.

PERSISTENT REPORTS FROM THE NORTH.

Peking, May 6. At the Bret ordinary general, There have been many rumoura meeting of the Hongkong Tug during the past few days in Tion- and Lighter Co., Ltd., this after-tsin and Poking that hostilities noon, it was announced that in-between Chang Teo-lin and Feng creasing demands made on the yu-hsiang are imminent. Company nepossitated adding further to the float, which will shortly comprise 33 lighters, three tug-boats, one motor junk and

one motor boat.

SHOCKS IN MANILA. JAPANESE FAVOURED FOR

ISLANDS MAY BE DAMAGED.

Manila, May 6.

TENNIS,

Manila, May 6 Howard Kinsey, in the course of a statement, says that the Six shocks of earthquake wore the Olympic tennis events, and Japanese will probably clean up registered here and four shooks he does not concede the Filipinos at Cebu during the last twenty-any chance of winning. Daily

four hours.

It is believed that the southern islands may be damaged.

According to ono report, the freight traffic on the Peking- Mukdon line is being stopped in order to allow the transport of

The contro of the disturbanco troops, and another report to-day Mr. R. G. Shewan presided and stated that five divisions have alis (believed to have been in the there were also present Mr. W.[ready started to move from Muk- Sulu Sea-Daily Bulletin. J: Carroll, Mr. Li Tee-fong, don towards Shanghaikuan. Mr. C. B. Brooke (for) Other circles, however, dony RECORDED IN HONGKONG. Mr. C. P. Marosl) (Consulting these reports.

the at Braga committee),

It is semi-officially stated this (necrotary), Mr. D. W. Munson, evening that the order for mobi Mr. J. Toppin, Mr. A. A. Botelho, lisation of rolling stock has been Mr. Tong Hok-ting, and Mr. S. C Cook (shareholders).

Mr. N.

-CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH.

The Secretary having read

the

meeting..

The Chairman goid:-Gentia-

cancelled.-Reuter.

4.

Royal

quake of considerable intensity.

Bulletin.

BUDGET DUTIES

DISCUSSED.

GUARDIANSHIP ISSUE.

A DYING MOTHER'S CHARGE.

SINGLE: COPY 10 CENTS

$38,PER AUNUMI

Royal Enfield Model 351,

complete with Electric Lights 3-speed-gear and · Speedo. meter.

Ready for the Road

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

·HARRY VALLEY

CHINA BANKRUPT.

UNABLE TO REPAY LOANS.

London, May 6

$600.

SHIP PIRATED.

WEST RIVER INCIDENT.

In the House of Commons, re- plying to Mr. W. Foot Mitohall,

BIG HAUL OF CARGO. Mr. Austen Chamberlain said that the British Minister at Poking mother with the care and wellious to the Chinese Government piracy, in which the Wuchow

That shows charged by a dying had repeatedly made representa- poing of the two infant boys con- with rospoot to the payment, to trader Huihol was again, for the Details of a carefully planndd

earned in the case, theroby boing British shareholders of the unpaid third time, pirated on the West

bocur.

"

appointed their, "compassionate interest on the Marcoal and River are disclosed in a police mother, and, further, that she Vickers eight per cent loans. roport received this morning, was the only surviving wife or The Chinese Government had From this it was made clear that conoubino of the intestato, was replied to the last of those notos, Chinese watchman employed the defonce put forward on behalf regretting that they had no funds on the steamer was hand-in-glove of Chan Chu shi, who contested, to meet these obligations, which with the pirates, and, if not, at the Supreme Court before Sirao doubt was true, as they had actually the leader, was an active Henry Gollan this morning, a been in a state of bankruptoy for instigator of the affair, olaim for letters of administra some time past. Therefore he The Hulbol left Hongkong on SIGNS OF DUMPING. tion in respect of the feared it was useless to urge the Sunday with general cargo under Enquiring

estate of Mr. Chan Ylu Chinese Government to make the command of Chan Chuk. As Observatory, Hongkong, as to

London, May 6. deceased. The claim was made good its default at present, though the vessel passed Lap Szo Chung. The Channel ports have been by Chan Yeung, brother of the the Minister would naturally the skipper got a rude surprise whether the shocks were felt

vory busy with the importation of intestate, who applied on the

press the matter whenever a when Wah Chi, his watobman, locally, wo were informed by Mr.watches, clocks and motor-cars grounds that he was the bead of favourable opportunity might suddenly pointed a revolver at C. W. Jeffries, the acting Director from the Continent, apparently the family the only adult male

him and forced him to keep a that at 6.10 p.m. on the 5th instant dumped with a view to avoiding next-of-kin, and the rightful

Replying to Sir T. Vansittart straight course. Near Yes Kow, the McKenna duties, whose ro- guardian of the boys.

Bowater, Mr. Chamberlain said a boat containing about 15 men the Royal Observatory seiemo- Imposition on July 1st. was an Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., with the defaults in the German issue shot out from the bank, aad notice convening the TENNIS TOURNAMENT, graph started to record an earth-nounced by Mr. Churchill in his Mr. Elsley Zeitlyn (instructed of the Tleatsia-Pukow loan had came alongside. Armod men

Budget speech..

by Mr. J. A. Gordon Leask) wat dot yet been made good. The climbed on to the Huiboi and Questions were anked as to this for the plaintiff, and Mr. Eldon British Minister at Peking had took charge of the vessel, which in the House of Commons. Mr. Potter, K. C., with Mr. F. C. pressed the Chinese Government was then kept going until Kongmi - possible to state that the place of Churchill replied that he antici- Jenkin (instructed by Mr. H. K. to meet the British-held coupons was reached, when the anchor origin of the shock was about pated there would" be some in- Woo) defended.

without further delay-Reuter. 1,200 miles distant from Hong-not hesitate to seek the House's appeared some doubt as to on oreased Importation, but would Mr: Alabaster said that there kong, in

south-south-east authority to aate-date the opera-whom the onus of proof devolvad. tion of the duties if his revenue He thought if he read the state direction.

estimate showed signs of excess ments of claim his Lordshir ivo importation. In the meantime could see the position. His the Customs were keeping a cars client resided at 124, Queen's ful record of all importations, with Road East, and was the natural view to collecting duty retros- brother and only next-of-kin of pectively if such a course would mature age, of Chan Tiu, who be necessary. (Cheers)Reuter. died on May 24th, 1924, intestato.

TEA DUTIES..

There were two sons, aged thir" teen and eleven respectively, and four daughters, one of whom was married and the others infants. Plaintiff claimed that he was the nearest adult next-of-kin, and as such under. Chinese law and

man. With your permission, de MR. AND MRS. SAYER WIN From the records obtained, it is

the accounts have boon in your hands since the 29th ultimo, we will now take them as read. As

DOUBLES,

you will easily understand, "a

[BY," WANDERER."]

great part of the period under review was taken up in pre- paratory work, and it was noti Little requires to be said until the first fleet of lighters were said of the final of the Mixed The maximum disturbance was delivered to us by the builders Handicap Doubles played geatar- at 6.16 p.m., when the amplitude between July and December day. Mr. and Mrs. Sayer (owe of the recorded waves was 21.9 and the tug boats in 1/6) wore always better than Mr.

that and Mrs. Ironside (roc. 4/6) and millimetres. The main shock was anything won comfortably in two straight followed by smaller ones, two and

.. November last

o began to earn

year

FOREIGN POLICY.

1

a

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

LATEST FROM FRENCH'

ZONE

Paris, May 6..

was lot down. The crew were forced, at the point of the ro- volver, to transfer the cargo an to a number of waiting junka, aftor "which tho Huiboiwas, allowed to proceed.

Instead of going to. Wuchow the Huiho turned back to Hongkong and her skipper in a report made to the police yester day atated that the compradore and the cargo supervisor were taken off the boat by the pirates, A communique from Morroco apparently for the purposes of says the French contre columa ransom. The cargo stolen. Is has cleared Taounat heights, worth $10,000, and in addition to after a fierce resistance by the other ship's stores included in the snomy, consisting of regulars pirates loot was the vessel's four armament; comprising. assisted by local tribesmen.

The Temps has a telegram from Mauser pistols and 400 rounds

This affair is of particular. interest coming as it does after the receipt of blackmailing letters by up-river shipping circles from a number of pirate tongs who are reported to have combined foross for a conoontration of their activities on the West River. As

London, May 6, The House of Commons has passed the report stage of the tou duty, unaltered, aftor the reject- ing of a motion by the Labourits, Mr. H. C. Charlton, to reduce the custom was the proper poreon to Fez which says the French lost 4 of ammunition. JAPANESE MINISTER'S

ten duty from four pence to undertake the guardianship of the penny.

children and therefore was entitl-officers and 44 mon killed, and od to letters of administration. 150 wounded. The Riffis' casual-

ties wore ten times greater. The defendant, in her roply Reuter. claimed that she was the only

SPEECH.

she was charged by the mother of SIRDAR'S MURDER

the boys to take charge of her children.

DESCRIBED.

2

consequence, the

"owners

at all. The result for the nine sots by 6-1, 6-3. Mrs. Sayer was thirteen hours later. working months shows a dañoit the best of the four, her forehand of $17,346.88, but, seeing that we drives being very powerful and are quite a new Company and her spoed at the net proving a have to make our way against useful asset. Mr. Ironsido more or loss opposition from those possesses a strong service, but, interested in the old system of perhaps affected by the occasion, Chinese junks and cargo boats, he was very erratic in the rallies. and which can only be overcome Mrs. Ironside made many mis- in time as shippers and con- takes in the first set, but found her signeos realise the advantages of game latterly and several time8

Tokyo, May 6. an up-to-date and modern service, beat the Sayers with some good.

The Labourife, Mr. Rennie I do not think we need be at all cross-court shots:

In the course of bis speech at Smith, seconding, complained that the Gubernatorial Conference, depressed at these figures. Wo

Hyde and Evans playing their Baron Shidobare, Foreign Minis the duty was unjust because it have, in fact, to create a good third game in three days inter, said he felt gratified that the was just as heavy on the cheaper surviving wife or concubide of will of our own, and this necas the Handicap Doubles, 'did wollRussian questions were practi. as the dearer toas. He suggested the deceased gentlemen and that! sarily takes time, but our earn to qualify for the final by defeat- cally settled. He felt optimistic the matter might be adjusted by ings are increasing, and whereas

a higher duty on dearer teas. Montague Bates and that the improving Soviot policy- ing Col. our loss in March was $1.500 it Caps. West. They won the first and conditions facilitates econo-

The Hon. Walter Guinness in

potitioning the Hongkong Mr. Potter submitted that the

authorities for reinforcement of than $750. We havo, therefore, similar score and made a good confidence in had come down last month to less set 6-2, lost the second by a mic co-operation. He expressed reply pointed out that the tea

naval patrcis on the West River. the increasing duty was now lower than before burden of proof was on the plain-

"NINE MEN ON TRIAL

The Ming Kee Company, who every reason to expect that if recovery after being down in the Japan-American friendship, re- the war. He agreed that last tiff. In the last case of a similar very short time the result will be third to win 7-5.

are the owners of the Huihoi, sulting in both Governments your's remission of duty was at nature before the Court, they on the right sida. Wo bogan with

Cairo, May 6. bas found the piracy to her the craft on a modest scale, as we Dr. Valentine (rec. 4/6) defeated making sincere efforts at astue a time of change and was passed proved clearly that the position

Nine of the men accused in last straw, as this is the third thought it bost to feel our L. Forster (owe 3/6) in the handing of the immigration quest-on to the consumer, but at present was governed by Chinese law and

Handicap. Down ion. He urged special efforts at the consumer was no longer en-custom and that the person who connection with the murder of time their ship has been pirated way and learn by experience, Singlog "A" but it was soon evident that the 4-1 in the third he made a big Sino Japanese friendship, adding joying a full reduction. The aver made the application should es- the Sirdar have been committed within a period of 20 months. for trial at the Assize Court on They have decided to suspend It demand was more than the ton-effort and pulled the game round that upon China's "Far Eastern age price of both the more costly tablish his right.

His Lordship-It seems that May 12th.

further. operations, pending the diplomatic policy depends Japan's and the cheaper teas was only

Abdel Fattal-en-Alat asked to winding up of the Company. nage we had could cope with, and to such an extent as to win G 4. that to be able to furnish lighters In the Club Championship, general, international and diplo- about a penny less than before both parties claim guardianship

last year's Budgot. It was diffe- and what we have to find out is be allowed to make a statement, at short notice, we must have a Major Hattersley Smith was in matic policies."

and described how tho murder of Baron Shidehara said he con-u't to say whether the rise in who is the right one? large fleet at our disposal. We irresistible form and defeated

Mr. PotterYes, and there the Sirdar was carried out havo accordingly contracted for a Redmond in three straight sais. siders that the Tsingtao "atrike price was due to an increase in motor junk, a small motor boat,

was due merely to economic con-demand or a decrease of supplies, fore the person who makes the Reuter. another tug boat, and ten more

siderations, and he believes that but in view of the admitted short-olaim must satisfy the Court.

Mr. Alabaster, opening, said lighters to be delivered between

the world's armament limitation age of supply a further decrease

!!

THE COLOUR BAR.

the middle of May and the end of S. AFRICAN MINERS.attributes August, which, with what wo already have, will give us a fleet of 33 lighters, three tug boats, one motor junk and one motor boat, but I am in hopes that before

Cape Town, May 6, very long the demand may again

The Mines Works Bill, which overtake the supply. As regards lays down a colour bar against the accounts, you will notice that nativos and Asiatics, has passed we had $110,282.27 in hand on its second roading, and has been 31st March, but there will be referred to a salect committoo. nothing left of this after we have paid the remaining cost of the The Minister of Mince, Mr. new vessels, which will amount Boyora, deprecated speeches by to some $108,000 in addition General Smuts and others of the about $6,000 more for opposition, as tonding to cause accessories. There is still $4 disaffection in the native mind OFFICALLY CHALLENGED, yarn on the ground that it is

to

HİNDENBURG'S ELECTION.

Berlin, May 6,

came

are

CHINA'S TARIFFS.

THE COMING CONFERENCE.

Paking, May 6.

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY

is possible within limits. He in the duty was likely to cause that the defendant would tell

It is stated that Dr. W. W. Yan the existing inter-such an increase of demand sa to them that the charge to her was national questions as being due cause quite a disproportionate in-mado on the morning of July she embraced Roman Catholio has accepted the Government's to oconomic struggles, and there crease in price. Moreover, the 2nd, while the mother died short iam, the rosson probably being invitation to take charge of the foro he urged the necessity for proposed remission would moan ly after midnight. She would that she had a very good friend, bureau to be established in con-

nection with the forthcoming & promoting gommercial relations the loss of five millions of revenug say that she was so charged after who had long been a Roman requests by the intestate, but Catholic, and who was the

Tariff Conference. It is under- with the Powers as the best in a full year. Reuter,

evidence would be called to show Chinese counterpart of godmother stood, however, that on the ground policy.-Daily Bulletin.

ARTIFICIAL SILK. that this was inherently impro- to her children. The dying mor of economy Dr. Yon has suggest

bable, that it was almost impos- thor, the plantiff would prove by ad that the bureau should not be London, May 6. The joint standing committee sible, and they would prove by ovidence, asiced the children's

inaugurated immediately, "since of the cotton trade organisations evidence that, even were Chan godmother and her own step the opening of the Conference has of Manchester has passed a ro. Chu-shi so charged, it would not mother to take care of the has not yet been fixed; but in the solution protesting against the confor on her the rights that sho children. It was natural that meantime he should act in the she should do so rather than leave capacity of chairman of the Fin- proposed duties on artificial silk claimed.

The decoased gentleman was them to the care of the third con-

ancial Readjustment Commission Decessary raw material for the born in the Waichow district of cubine, a comparative stranger, and begin to make the necessary

Alabastor who only bacame partofthe establ per share uncalled capital to He argued, that the Bill only

cotton trade, and expressing the Kwangtung, Mr. fall back on, but wo do not pro-enacted the colour bar previously

opinion that the proposals are continued, but at an carly ishment because of the Chinese Preparations.-Daily Bulletin. “

that a bad omen to suporstition The Social Democrats have likely to add very considerably ago, in 1883," he pose to touch this till we ese ombodied in the regulations of what progress we make and how the Transvaal Free Stato, which officially protested against the to, the cost of production and Hongkong with his mother and could be cured by a good omen. goon still further tonnaga will had been found ultra vires. He validity of Von Ilindenburg's seriously cripple: a, branch of brother and never returned to the An illness is regarded as a bad bo required. I now beg to pre-promised careful consideration as election to the Presidonoy, on the

established a tailoring business oubino as a good omen. It was. pose that the report and accounts to what extent the bill should be ground of irregularities, and they industry which is rapidly de-country. In 1892, the brothers omen and the taking of a con- which flourished to such an only because of this that the do-

PROTOCOL DISCUSSION. The joint Industrial council of extent that when the assots were coased gentleman took as presented be adopted and applied in Capo Province. The demand that the election passed, and when this has boon Asiatic aspect was hardly dia declared null and void.-Reuter.

the silk industry condemns the divided two years ago their sharos defondant as his concubine. She

Gonovs, May 6. seconded I shall be pleased to an-quered in the later stages. of the

duties on raw silk and raw waste, wore $183,480 and $183,150 re- was, in fact, a mui tagi and he Mr. "Auston Chamberlain has awor any questions from share debate. Reuter.

and urges a drastic modification.pectively.. The ostato of the was instructed that she could convoked the League Assembly -Reuter,

deceased Was ostimated at write her own namo with diffou- for Soptember 9th. The agenda London, May 6. $189,000,

liy but otherwise was illiterate, contains the Gonova Protocol In the House of Commons, tho Tho kit fat wife of doseased, Mr. Alabaster said that the| Reuter. Hon. Walter Guinness informed married in 1890, died childloss in evidenco would show that the | This was carrisd.

BIG SUM NOT SANCTIO NED Mr. H. B. Loos-Smith that the 1904. Hanover took a tin fong husband was so distracted over Mosera. Poroy Smith, Bath, and}

silk duties were estimated to pro-wife, but three concubines at dif- his wife's illness that he stayed duce soven millions sterling in aferent datos joined bie, establish- in his shop and only visited the Mr. Munton proposed and Mr.Fleming were re-cloated auditors

The Haguo, May 6.

full year and four millions in mont. Tho first bore him house to enquire as to hor pro- Toppin seconded that the re-at a remuneration of $400, on tho

The Second Chamber has 1925-6, made up of natural silk the two song tho second gross, and that the newly-taken election to the consulting proposition

rejooted the Bill guarantooing a four and a half and two and a half died in 1912, childloss. In concubine spent most of her time committee of MOSSEN W. Beconded by Mr. Cook,

million florins in connection with millions, and artificial two and a Juno, 1916, the first concubine in the kitchen getting the mosla Carroll, H.M.H. Nomazeo, . Li This was all the business of the the holding of the Olympiad at half and one and a half millions, was taken seriously ill with con- for the people in the house. Tae-fong and C.B. Brooke (in the mooting.

Amatordam in 1928, Routor. rospectively-Reuter

sumption and before her death The case is proceeding.

holdors,

Mr. W. J. Carroll seconding, the motion Was carried un- animously.

BUSINESS MATTERS,

absence of Mr. C. P. Marcol).

of

Mr. Botelho,

DUTCH OLYMPIAD

GUARANTEE.

voloping.

ba

the

CONVOKED.

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