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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 1926.

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POSSESSION OF OPIUM,

YOUNG WOMAN SENT TO

PRISON.

Miniature Factory Raided.

Beethoven Quartet in C Sharp Minor The sale of illicit opluta at a

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THE BAGDAD FLOODS.

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Rise of the Motorship.

London, April 13.

Bagdad, April 13 private, house in Woo Sung Street, Lloyd's shipbuilding returns for) The food situation has slightly has been Interrupted by the Re- the quarter ended March 81 show Improved. The river is falling venue Department and with the that 843.000 tons are under con- slightly, but the flood level in the appearance of two women before struction in Great Britain and desert, is stationary. the Kowloon Magistrate, the bust-Ireland, a decrease of 42,000 'tons ness has, for the present, bron en compared with December 31, and tirely suspended.

222,000 compared with a year ago. Work has been suspended on 80,000 compared with. 74,000 March 31, 1925.

$

Five thousand men are still working day and night.

The ladies of the royal family A young Chinese woman, Re-

astato, a hundred miles north of have gone to the King's cotton scribed as the concubine of the

on

Bagdad. King Feisal himself is tenant of the house, was charged

Comporntly accommodated the with possession of 20 taels of pre-

The present totals are the lowest house of a wealthy Jewish mer- pared opium, 15 taels of raw recorded since September 1909, chant in Bagdad. eplum, 200 false oplum labels, and 1,047,000 below the average The damage by the floor da and with exposing illicit opium tonnage building during the twelve probably two million pounds' stor-

for'sule.

months before the war.

ling. It is estimated that three The w man's mother was charg-j

Altogether. 198,000 tons were hundred million tons of water ed with possession of slightly commenced daring the quar-have overflowed from the Tigris more than half a tael of prepared ter, compared with 160,000 during in the last three days, consequent- epium. ·

The fourth quarter 1025; but ton-ly a drive round the city walls in- The case for the prosecution au nage launched in the present quar-stead of griving the usual arid de- outlined by Mr. J. D. Lloyd (Sup-ter was 190,000, and is 25,000 be-sert vieta is more reminiscent of erintendent of Imports and Ex-low the previous quarter.

the Brighton promenade. ports), it a previous hearing, was

The local feminine fashions are A total of 1,167,000 tone is that Revenue officers visited No. building in other countries, a de-changing accordingly, the Traquí 22 Pilken Street, where the twcrease of 17,000 compared with ladies taking to anilor - hata,--

Reuter, defendants and h man were December 31 last, " found. On the floor six cat- The tonnage of motorships now dereens of oplum were discovered. building in the whole world is The first defendant produced a 913,000, which is 34 2/3 per cent bunch of keys with which the of of the steam tonnage. ficers gained admittance to No. remainder of the opium and the false" labels were found.

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GOLD SHIPMENT CANCELLED.

Tokyo, April 13. The original intention, to ship.

In the witness box the first destructing, but motor tonnage con-two million Yen gold to America fendant omphatically denied that she ever frequented the house in Woo Sung Street, although it had been given in evidence that she had been seen there on several oc- casions.

As regards the presence of the opium, both defendants claimed that they had no knowledge of itu being on the premises...

Mr. J. T. Prior, who appeared | for the defence, submitted in the case of the first defendant that the, being a concubine, was under the coercion of her husband, who was the principal in the business.

The first defendant was con- victed on the first two charges, bis Worthlanding that or the count of 1 ossession of the labels it was possible that she did not know what they were.

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THE PEKING SITUATION.

CHANG TSO-LIN'S INTENTIONS.

Mukden, April 13.- Chang Tao-lin, interviewed by various pressmen, stated:

"My sole object in this work iy [to eradicate Bolshevism from China. So soon as that is accomplished.

will withdraw to my own terri tory, north of the Great Wall, and my entire attention will henceforth be devoted to the reconstruction and development of Manchuria along the lines of industry and

peace."

Chang Tso-lin seemed embittered months hard labour with the op- against Feng Yu-hsiang. He de- tion of fine of $2.000, walle aclared he was not interested in a Ine of 10 was imposed on the who the next President would be, second count,

though a big man was needed, "I shall keep out of polities in China, my business being entirely in Man. churia."Reuter,'

The second defendant was fined $50.

HONGKONG GARRISON.

NUMBER FIXED FOR

"THIS YEAR.

Chinese Reports.

Shanghai, April 13. An extraordinary Cabinet meet- ing was held on the night of the: 12th at Peking,

Wu Wei-tek, Ho Tek-lin and others were all present, and it was decided that a circular tele-) gram be sent to the whole country stating that Tuan Chi-jui has fled and that the Cabinet is acting for the Executive.

The garrison of Hongkong has been fixed as follows for the year 1926-27-Royal Regiment of Ar tillery, three companies, 307 ef all ranks; Royal Engineers, one com- bany, 9 cfficers and 36 of other General Lu Chung-lin has re- ranks, Infantry, one battalion, 881quested W. W. Yen to organise of all ranks; Royal Army Medical the provisional Cabinet and carry Corps, 4 afficers and 26 men: Reout the duties of the Chief Execu- yal Army Service Corps, 7 officers tive until the arrival of Wu Pei- Lnd 37 men; Army Dental Corps, fu,

1 officer and 1 man; Royal Army The Kuominchun troops have Ordnance Corps, 5 officers and 35 telegraphed to General Wu Pei-fù men; Royal Veterinary Corps, 1 stating that Tuan Chi-jui has officer and man; Royal Army been driven away and the freedom, Pay Corps, 4 officers and 15 men; of Tsao Kun has been restored. Army Education Corps, 1 office Wu has been requested to come and two Len; Colonial and Indian to Peking to maintain crder. In Corps, 68 officers and 1,542 of reply, Wu staled that ho would ether ranks Total 2,999 of all temporarily defer his visit rariks.

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