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BROKE HER SHAFT.

"BATAREIA" TOWED TO.

HONGKONG.

一拜望號六十月一十英港香 MONDAY,

the ther, the sis. Batarein broke her shaft during the week-end, it la reported.

Forty miles out of Hongkong, whilst on her way south to Kwang NEW APPOINTMENT|Chow Wan, and in not ideal wea-

A press report states that Che Kung Political Party in San Francisco has elected General

Fortunately after she had been Chan King-ming as its leader, and has formally notified him of the drifting practically helpless for result of the election, with the re- some time, the Cheong Yue S.S. quest to assume office at an early Co's Phranang, also bound for the same part, came in sight and she date.

was signalled for assistance. Originally the Che Kung Tang

The master of the Phranang de- was not a political party, but an as-eided to take the Batarcia in tow soclution which was formed by the and she brought her into Hongkong overseas Chinese in San Francisco after a heavy pull against the

N.E. monsoon. at the time of the gold rush-when Chinese labourers were employed in the construction of the trans- continental railway in the United

fr

went

cific Coast, and much lawlessness

and many dastardly crimes were

the

CROP OF MOTOR MISHAPS.

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MORE MINES.

SCHEME FOR WEST RIVER.

CRUISERS WATCHED.

Following the laying of mines in the Canton River, a report is now current that units of the Canton naval forces have been in-

NOVEMBER

16, 1925.日一初月十

SALVING I. 1.

ANISEED OIL.

CLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT.

Before Mr. Justice Wood, in the Summary Court this morning, the Kung Shun Cheong Firm, of 76,

Bonham Strand East, merchants, claimed the sum of $946.50 from

NEW EQUIPMENT TO BE USED.

VOLUNTEER DIVERS.

BINGOH, OOPT 10 ORNTA

'335 PER ANNUM

Before you purc

Motor Vškiolo, what it will do the HILLS in HIGH® GEAR.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LIMITED,

Tel. C. 1246 or 1247.

33, Wong Noi Chung Rd. Happy Valley

SOVIET GOLDFIELDS.

CONCESSION AGREEMENT

CONCLUDED.

Moscow, Nov. 15.'

The concession agreement for the!

TIED TO POST.

RECENT NORTH POINT TRAGEDY.

Lena goldfields which was provi- NINE MEN CHARGED. sionally concluded in April last be- London, Nov. 16.

The strange discovery made by a According to the Observer tween the President of the Supreme police picket at North Point recent- Messrs. W. A. Hannibal and Co., Berlin correspondent, the British Concessions Committee and Mr. ly, where they came upon two mon 81, Des Voeux Road Central. The destroyer Wolfhound is rushing to Walter Lyman Brown and Major tied to poles, one of whom had suc structed to carry out a like measure claim was for damages for alleged Plymouth with a new diving equip Frederick Gwynne, representing the cumbed to injuries believed to have at Ngai Moon, one of the main

breach of contract by the defen ment and somo volunteer divers Lena Goldfields Company, has final resulted from a severe beating with West River passages. The reason given for this step is said to bo dants, under date of August 5th, from Kiel Arsenal with a view to ly been signed by M. Djerzainski, sticks, has had a sequel in the st President of the Supreme Council rest of nine Shantung men within of Publie Economy, on behalf of the yard of the Netherlands Har the Soviet Government, and coun-bour Works, tersigned by M. Litvinoff. The

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He submitted that the counter-claim was wrong.

When the

PROMINENT VISITORS.

Also amongst the passengers are.

to accept and pay for ten drums an attempt to salve the ML. the prevention of warships of the

of aniseed oil. The defondante

The equipment, which will enable Northern Fleet from carrying out counter-claimed for $330.75, being divers to work at a depth of 500 operations in the West River delta.

damages alleged to have been

Two men are feet, consists of a rigid aluminium] conceded enterprises bave already

now hald on a Apart from the official reasons suffered for breach of contract by

the conces charge of murder and seven others given for the proposed step, it is the plaintiffs to deliver for shipment diving suit resembling a suit of been delivered to

Attached to sionary.-Reuter.

indicted with causing

grievous The Batarein was in dock as re-said that funds will be secured for ten drums of aniseed oll on Sep-mediaeval armour.

tember 28th. The defendants also the outside of the apparatus are

bodily harm, as a result of polica the support of the Southern Navy claimed the costs of the action. cently as July,

several tanks which are filled with

investigations. They are workmen by the charging of pilotage on all

Mr. el Arcull; who appeared for

in the employ of the Netherlands vessels making use of the Ngal the plaintiffs, said that the defen-water in order to give the necessary

Harbour Works, the Company which dants had put in a counter-claim weight to the diver. States--for the purpose of protect-WEEK-END ACCIDENTS. Moon pass.

ARRIVE ON "PRESIDENT is carrying on reclamation work at With regard to the military alleging that they had broken the diver wants to rise these tanks are ing themselves against the,, violent

GRANT."

North Point, and their appearance operations in West River districts, contract and not the defendants. blown out by means of compressed acts of hoodlums along the Pacific

it is reported that General Chan

oxygen stored inside and controlled

at the Central Magistracy this morn- Arriving in the Colony to-day by Coast. Its existence dates back!

Cheung-poo with his unit stationed

President Grant froming came about through the holding Mr. H. L. Dennys agreed for the by the diver who is independent of the 6.5. to the early fifties when many bad

A coolie carrying milk and eggs at Nam Kong How, opposite Tak

number of identification characters among the Chinese, with was run into by a motor car on Hing, has telegraphically reported counter-claim to be amended, and air from above as he has oxygen Manila is Mr. Hugh Hunter, the of a

Canton manager of the Union paradca. sufficient for three hours. The a small admixture of traders of an the Praya East early yesterday to the Headquarters at Canton the objection was settled.

Insurance Society of Canton, who morning. He was not injured, but that he attacked the anti-Red Continuing, the solicitor for tho

It is possible that the charge of adventurous disposition,

the loss suffered to the goods he position at Lin Tan and routed the plaintiffs said that under the con- diver always has a normal pressure has been to Manila on a business across the Pacific-to seek per- was carrying is assessed at $5. anti-Reds who are in full retrent tract the delivery should be within in one atmosphere and does not and pleasure trip, accompanied by murder may be amended to one of

sixty days, and as the contract was auffer any inconvenience. He can his wife.

manslaughter against the two prin- sonal safety, in the case of the' A P.W.D. motor lorry, suddenly in the direction of Loting.

Another report states after the dated August 5th, the oil couldį former class, and fortune in case emerging from Shantung Street,

collided with a bus in Yaumati, on capture of Yeung Kong, the defeat- have been delivered on October 6th / be lowered or raised in two minutes Mr. Robert Tapia, who is to takej cipal accused, the prosecution stat- or. September as compared with three-quarters of the President Cleveland to San ing that the circumstances were of the latter. At that time many Saturday. The front mudguard and ed forces retreated in the direction The goods arrived

Mr. Tapia WES an hour for the ordinary diver, who Francisco.

such as to suggest that the assal- secret societies came into being head lamps of the bus were of Tia Pak, and the Red army made 28th.

previously in the employ of the a strong attack on Young Chun The defendants refused to take must be lowered and raised slowly, Dollar Line, and returns after about lants had not intended to go to the among the bad elements of the damaged.

At a point on the Praya East from three directions, one from the goods, both verbally and in welt-1

months rest. Mr. P. serious extent of taking the man's Chinese immigrants along the Pa-

where the road is under repairs, Yeung Kong by the 10th Division ing, because they said they should in order to enable the body to twelve two cars came into collision on and a portion of the Kwangsi unit, have been delivered in time for adapt itself to the different pres-Verstokt, a prominent fioilo sugar life only intending, to give him a

shipment on September 28th The eures. The diver communicates planter, is meeting his wife and

severe beating. family here before proceeding home, Saturday. Very slight damage was the second from Yan Ping by committed by the members of these caused, and no one was injured.. part of the 2nd and 3rd Army Corps, goods were sold on lober 11th with a vessel telephonically through and Mr. C. J. Rolly, a prominent Detailing the facts of the affair

now laiming the

a steel cable. It is opined that the member of Messrs. Getz Brothers: Detective Inspector T. Murphy Through his bicycle colliding and the third from Sun Hing by a and they ware societies, which called forth the

with a lamp post at the junction large portion of the 4th Army difference.

Corps, later surrounding the city, Mr. Dennys said the question to new apparatus will be most useful who has been on a pleasure and most violent, reprisals from

of Canton and Austin Roads, Kow with the reault that the disarming be decided was, who broke the in pearl fishing-Reuter.

Chinese was seriously' hoodlums, upon the Chinese immi-lacn,

contract. From correspondence it grants at large, without any die-injured, and had to be taken to the of the anti-Red forces has begun.

A further report states that Lauwould be seen that the defendants Kwong Wah Hospital, on Saturday. erimination.

A. R. Wharf. a season from Yuk-shan has been ordered to pro-persistently took up one attitude- Urider such circumstances, the H.M.S. Hawkins, was injured in the ceed with the 7th Army Corps to that they could not get delivery of Che Kung Tong was formed by the arm, when his bicycle collided with Kongmoon to be in readiness to re- the oil from the plaintiffs so that a motor bug, and he was thrown inforce Chan Ming-shui, as he is shipment could be made in time. better class of merchants and from his seat, on Saturday, in now operating far away from his It was important that goods should

REGISTERED IN HONGKONG. be delivered in time, as they could traders, as a protective organisa-Nathan Road, near the Kowloon base.

The not always get a 'eteamer.

Earthquake shocks which, ac-) tion, This Association has since Dispensary. Wharf's injuries were

story told by the defendante. was attended to by Dr. Smalley, and he

that one contract was cancelled, cording to Reuter, were felt by Manila residents on Friday night, and

contract another materially altered as regards the were very clearly recorded by the They THREE SERVANTS CHARGED. date of delivery. At that time Royal Observatory here.

there was plenty of oil on the mar-indicated a very severe disturbance As a result of the sensational ket. Mr. Hannibal, having been in the Pacific some 1,100 miles Information to the above effect) shooting affair in Chatham Road, guaranteed that it would be deli-south-east of Hongkong. late on Friday night, Li Kan, a vered in time, made arrangements servant formerly in the employ of for shipment on the 28th, and on was courteously supplied to the Capt. Joll, appeared before Mr. the 27th there was still no cargo. Telegraph on enquiry E. W. Hamilton, at the Kowloon The oil was bought in the open Observatory this morning. A read people," is Commander Kenworthy's

on that the Foreign Office was not re- one of them was already dend.. Magistracy this morning on a charge market in time for shipment when ing of the records showed that the indignant description of the fact came along, and freed the men, but of unlawfully firing at Sergeant the price was $150, The oil ar- preliminary tremers started The recent and continued in- Clark, with intent to resist arrest, rived in kerosine tins, and was Friday night, 13th instant, at 8 presented on the occasion of M.

came through at 8toria yesterday to represent the regard to the cause of death in Association had little or no connec cidence of malaria locally is doubt At the same time, Li Chun, who tested and re-packed in drums, so hours, 18 mins., 6 secs. The sur-Rakovsky's departure from Vic-i

the long Soviet Government in Paris, and dicated that this resulted from less the reason why, at to-morrow's was engaged by Col. E. D. Mat- that it had to be delivered early face waves

before shipment. He contended bours, 21 mins., and The precise reason why the name meeting of the Sanitary Board, the thews, was charged with being in the defendante did quite right in waves at 8 hours, 21 mins. 59 secs. also on the occasion of an official concussion of the brain and shock. From: these intervals of time, it reception at the Russian Embassy Detective Inspector Murphy anid institution of 272 anti-malaria unlawful possession of a revolver of Che Kung Tong has been campaign is to be urged. At that and five rounds of ammunition; refusing to accept the goods.

Evidence was given by a compra- was shown that the earthquake in London on Nov. 7. Mr. Goorge changed to Che Kung Ching Dong, meeting, Dr. J. C. Macgowan will while Lam Kan, employed by Capt.

Joli, appeared on a charge of un- dore and Mr. Hannibal. The lat-occurred at 1,100 miles south-east Lansbury and other Labourites in that the case was in the nature of The amplitude of cluding Mr. Oswald and Lady Cyn- manslaughter rather than of mur of Hongkong. or from Che Kung Association to move the following resolution:

the waves was 63 millimetres, thia Mosley, and the Turkish Am-der. It was evident that no sharp. "That this board respectfully lawfully assembling together with ter, speaking of the prices of the Che Kung Political Party, is not

shock,bassador said farewell to M. Rakov. recommend that the Govern- others at 10.30 p.m. on Friday in oil, said that on October 6th the yet known. Probably the recent ment take such steps as are Chatham Rond, without lawful price was $143, on September 30th. The tremors, from the first shock sky, who, in an interview claimed instruments were used. The in- $145, and on September 21st, $100. lasted about four hours, whilst fur-that Anglo-Russian relations were juries were apparently inflicted drastic measures taken" by the

Judgmont was reserved.. ther shocks from the same origin very much better than when he with fists and sticks. American authorities in suppres

occurred on Saturday at 16 hours, came, to London. He hoped that eing all tongs, and in arresting and! deporting tong members in New York city and elsewhere, has had be considered the proposed issue of dealt with summarily. something to do with it. Since a warning to the public against the

grown in membership, but a great was later taken back to his ship KOWLOON SHOOTING. deal more in material prosperity. in a police launch. The driver of From the very beginning of the late the hus was taken to the police

station. Dr. Sun Yat-sen's career, the Asso- ciation was his staunch supporter, and for the past thirty years tacit- ly recognised him as its leading spirit, or, more correctly speaking, right up to the time of the burning and oncking of Sai Kwanin Canton. From that time, it appears that the

tion with him.

HEALTH MATTERS.

SUGGESTED ANTI-MALARIA

CAMPAIGN."

a excuse.

It is intended that the first two defendants be committed for trial]

possible to undertake thorough and comprehensive! anti-malaria campaign."

"At the same meeting, there will while the third defendant will be

On the application of Sub-

the object of the Association is for practice of eating in an uncooked Inspector Andrew, the three defen-i

vegetables produced by dants were the advancement of the interests state

of the Chinese in América, and to Chinese methods of horticulture.

bring about a better understanding: between the Americans and Chinese people, a change of name was pre- bably well advised..

THE "BOBBIES.”

BASEBALL GIRLS NOT COMING

YET.

until all remanded Wednesday afternoon at 2.15 p.m.

GEN. SARRAIL RETURNS.

FRANCE'S MOSLEM POLICY.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.

was

MORE 'QUAKES.

Indicating a

very severe

business trip to Manila, is also on this morning stated that as a result board. He is accompanied by Mr. of examination of a number of wit- and Mrs. F. D.. Stephen. Mr.

nesses, the fact was elicited that Stephen is the newly appointed this had resulted from an acrush- manager to the, Shanghai branch of Getz Brothers, but both he and Mr. tion of theft of a box belonging to Kelly will be staying in Hongkong the inmates of a matshed within, for a short time.

the Company's work yards. The two men were taken out of the shed, which was occupied by three hundred Shantung workmen, on to the seafront, where one was tied to a telegraph pole and the other secured to one of the trestles of a platform supporting a lavatory house over the beach. All this London, Nov. 15. "Deliberate rudeness and petty was carried out by 2 o'clock in the at the pin-pricking, unworthy of a great morning. At six, a police patrol

ANGLO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS.

"RUDENESS AND PETTY PIN-PRICKING."

14 mine.; 18 hours, 7 mins.; and M. Krassin, his successor, would 22 hours, 40 mins.

The origin of the disturbance appeared to be in the Pacific, just east of the Visaya Islands.

FRENCH FINANCES.

GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS

ADOPTED.

The medical view secured in

The case was formally remanded

improve them still further.-Reuter. for a week by Mr. R. E, Lindsell.

AFRICAN FLIGHT.

THE RETURN JOURNEY.

Cairo, Nov. 15. The three British airmen who flew to Nigeria have arrived at Geneina on their return from Kano, —Reuter,

BRUCE PARTY GOES BACK.

Me. ourne, Nov. 15. The elections generally have passed off quietly. Mr. Bruce has been re-elected with a tremendous majority.

RESULT BO FAR,

Later.

Paris, Nov. 15. The result of the cloctions at The finance, committee of the and The "Bobbies" baschall team,

General Sarrafl has arrived. present appears to be that the Go Chamber had an all-night sitting from which was expected to arrivo in Hongkong yesterday, again dis-He was met at the station by M. De vernment has 46 eats and Labour and by 16 to 4 finally adopted the appointed and on enquiry this morn-Jouvenel, and was subsequently re- 28 seats in the House of Represen- Government's financial proposals. Ing we were informed that they ceived by M. Painleve. Gen: Sortatives respectiply. The Senate The committee decided that a sink- expected until rail in an interview declared he figures are most incomplete but ing fund should buy up part of the was not possimistle with regard to Mr. Bruce is confident of a Govern Reate Perpetuelle securities, and

That the Che Kung Political! Party should have elected Chan King-ming as its leader, creates no surprise, for since the death of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, there is no other name better known to mora. respected by the Overseas Chinese than his..

Paris, Nov. 15.

El Fasher, Nov. 15. The British aviators have arrived

Geneina.-Reuter.

ANTI-RED PRISONERS.

3,700 TAKEN TO CANTON.

From information gathered at the Tai Sha Tau railway station, it is said that over 3,700 prisoners were brought back to Canton on the Tith inet, by the rail from Shek Lung: These prisoners were marched off from the station under the guard of a detachment of the 1st Army Corps pending further orders from headquarters. It is said that those who are found unfit for active servios’wilk. Mr. E. B. Hornell, Mr. and Mrs. December..

Moscow, Nov. 15. be placed on parole and the re B. A. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. G. Mur- The team is now in Yokohama the situation in Syria. There could meat majority in the Senate. Mr. authorised the Minister of Finance ray and Mr. A. Morris returned and further details concerning their only be one Moslem policy for W. M. Hughes has been reelected to ask the Bank of France for a M. Karakhan, the Soviet envoy mainder will be employed as trans samsviknes Cology vésterday on the Pending departure are not yet France in Africa and Syria.-Rea by a majority of 17,000 for North fresh advance of 1,500 million to China, has left for Pekingsporting odolies in the south was the

are not now

M. KARAKHAN