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MACAO CLASH.

PICKETS AND TROOPS IN CONFLICT.

DETAILED STORY.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1881 Ha.. 21,800

二拜禮

DEATH OF LADY BLAKE-

WIDOW OF FORMER GOVERNOR.

LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.

“魏十二月四英港香

SHANGHAI TRIAL

AMERICAN SEAMAN IN DOCK.

STREET SHOOTING. It is with regret that we have

The case in which Thomas Details are to hund of the in-10 announce the death of Lady Baxter, an American seaman off the ident at Macuo on Saturday, when Bliku, widow of the late Sir Henry

Str. President McKinley, жав strike pickets entered neutral ter-Blake, who was Governor of Hong-charged with assault with a deadly

tóry near the Barrier Gate and kong for the ten years 1893 to fred on Portuguese troops. 1903. The news of Lady Bluke's Judge Milton D. Purdy at Shanghai

It appears that two sampans, death, which took place at Youghal,

on Thursday last. each with ten passengers, were County Cork, is contained in a proceeding from Tong Ga, when, Reuter's message received here foreigners, was arrested in a house

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this morning.

to

and dangerous weapon came before

Baxter, together with three other

It

TUESDAY, APRIL

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1926. 日九月三

SINGLE: DOFT 16 ENTS

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DANISH AVIATOR SAFE

FORCED LANDING NEAR NING PE

OFFICIAL NEWS,

Copenhagen, April 19.

The Foreign Office here bos re-

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HAPPY VALLEY

.$4000

STEAMER SOLD. AMERICAN PROHIBITION

THE "BATAREIA" FETCHES

·$60,000-

AMOY BUYERS."

On Saturday, the British steam- er Batarela, owned by the Wah On

* ENQUIRY,

JUNK PIRACY.

'DRYS". TAKE THE

STAND.

TERRIBLE ORDEAL FOR SEAMAN..

WINE-ROOM SEDUCTION.

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in 1925,

Washington, April 19.

J

Colonel Jenkins, of the Salva-

tioner Army, claimed that there

had been a great; improvement in

CRUDE OPERATION.

Bound for Amoy with a cargo.of

When the third week of the Pro-To the long list of pirasies carri hibition Conference opened this ed out on trading junks from Hong- ceived word that the Danish air-Co., of 94, Connaught Road West man, Commiander Botved, has been which Mr. Wong, proprietor of morning the "Drys" first witness kong has to be added another ins forced to land of Ninghai, Chean engineering and shipbuilding produced figures showing that con- tance in which one of these vessela victions under the Prohibition Law was intercepted and victimized by kiang Province.-Reuter.

firm of Mong Kok is the Managing [Ninghai-hsien is a city mid-Director, was sold to the Taj Lee row from 20,000 in 1922 tb 38,000 pirates from the Chinese district way between Taichow and Ningpo. Co. of Amoy, for $60,000 nett.

of Luk Fung, some four days' saile in Jukong Road in the early hours is about 40 miles from Ningpe No brokers or agents were employ

ing from Hongkong. The late Lady Blake, who was of April 10 after he was alleged to and 150 miles from Shanghal.] ed in the transaction.

Shanghai, April 19, The ship has for several months the effectiveness of the enforce-540 tons of kerosene and 20 cases. Commander Botved landed safe-been laid up at Shamshuipo, where ment measures, and he opposed the of matches, the junk left Hongkong

reinstatement of beer or wine. He: ly near Ninghai, Cheklang, Pro- she was originally held on the said: "Before prohibition, fifty per on the 20th March. Off The Ling. vince, to-day.--Reuter.

application of the Cheong Yue 1.3. cent. of the cases that came before which is in Chinese territory, the SHANGHAI'B VAIN WAIT.

Co., of China Buildings, of which us were drink addicts. Since was intercepted by pirates from a that Commander Botved was

A previous message, indicating Mr. Chan Yue-Teng is Managing of the

prohibition, only one per cerit. small boat, and the crew of eight missing, stated:

cnaes are traceable to Director, for a claim of $30,000 that cause, while wine-room were hustled into the hold, whore Shanghai, April 10.

which was charged for wowing the seduction, ОПСС 90 frequent, they were kept imprisoned for mander Rotved, who is flying from: vessel into port from beyond Gap Reuter's American Service.

The Danish airman, Cón-

is now a thing of the past."number of days. When one of Copenhagen to Tokye has been Rock after she had broken her pra peller axle. The Cheong Yue Co.,

he was

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on approaching Kwan Jo, near Macao, they were hailed by pickets and told to stop. The men in

well advanced in years, was prior

her marriage, Miss Edith have shot and wounder two riesa charge of the sampans took no Bernal, the elder daughter and co-coolies. notice of the warning, and proceed-helr of the late Mr. Ralph Bernal,

Sergeant W. H. Widdowson of ed to a spot on shore, where they of Osborne, Newtown, Annagh- could land. their passengers.

un laland in County Mayo, Ireland. Hongkew station who went to the She married Mr. Henry Arthur house in. Jukong Road at the ro Once ashore, the passengers Blake, of the Colonial Service, on quest of Chapel police, who report bastily made off in the direction February 7th., 1874 and cane with that some foreigners had shot

him to Hongkong when of Macao, the pickets following appointed, Governor here in 1893. and wounded two coalies said that them with rifles. Near the bar- Throughout her ten years stay, when he looked through a window Lad: Blake endeared herself to all at the house he saw Phillips, dress- duty, and they prevented the pic-particularly well liked by the 45 Colt automatic.

oy her charm of manner, being ed only in his underwear, loading The police ketu from entering Portuguese ter-Chinese community, by many of attempted to enter, at the same ritory. Balled in this way, the whom she is fondly remembered, time telling Phillips to put down pickets took cover behind some

Sir Henry Blake was later appoint- the weapon as he was dealing with

'Phillips opene pouts and began shooting at the ed Governor of Ceylon (from 1993 foreign police. Portuguese soldiers. One of the to 1997) and Lady Blake also earn- the door a little way and said, "If latter was wounded in the headed the affection of all in the sunny you come any closer I will blow

isle. Much sympathy

off your hends." Thereupon, more troops interven- ed and for a time there was an pressed for her on the death of Sechange of shots.

Sir Henry Blake, at their home, the Chief of Police, with armed Myrtle Grove, Youghal, in Februat the YMC.A.," witness related.

Tier, Portuguese troops were

оп

Eventually,

appeared on the scene," and ary 1918."

the trouble soon subsided.

was ex-

Al it is 23 years ago since Lady It is reported that three of the Blake was in Hongkong, she is Portuguese troops were wounded, remembered by the older com. during the affray, the one with munity only, although the name of the wound in the head being the Blake will always be perpetuated most seriously hurt. It is. not by Blake Pier and Blake Gardens. known how, many, casualties the pickets suffered.

A further report says that one- of the sampan men was

killed, whilst a woman passer-by

allightly wound d in the leg.

WAS

It is stated that the" pickets at- tacked the sompaas because there! were on board a number of Chinese

THE KUOMINTANG.

LATEST APPOINTMENTS.,

At the meeting of the Central

"We telephoned for the U.S. naval patrol, which was stationed

After the patrol arrived the men submitted to arrest. The .45 Colt was found between a bed mattress and the wall. Three live shots, denied having heard the shots firel, were in the magazine. Baxter nor did he know anything of the

incident.

Wu Pei-fu on His Mission.

EXTERMINATE BOLSHEVIKS! eventually reduced their claim to $6,700, but in the meantime so many other claims arose from vari. ous sources, such as the mortga- gors, officers and crow for wages, coal and water bills, etc., that sale was found to be assential.

Hankow, April 19. Marshal Wo Fel-fo has talegraphed to the various- peace delegations, in Peling appreciating their intentione, but pointing out that certain foreign aggression bea caused a grave position at home, and unless the root of this trouble is destroyed, it will be impos- sible to save the nation."

Marshal Wu adda-The- traitor, Feng Yu-hsiang, is plotting to recover power with foreign assistance. Pok-> ling is a den of Bolsheviks, and until they are exter- minated, my work will not be completed. Reuter,

The injured coolics called told the same story up to the time of the shooting. They identified both Baxter and Phillips, and said that Baxter fired several shots {ከ Chapos Road and that Phillips had used the weapon after they got to Jukong Road,

missing since yesterday when he There was no altercation when left Canton for Shanghai. A

stated he passed over Foochow |

Her new crow, consisting entire

BRITISHI DENIAL

London, April 19.

I

them, more inquisitive than the

rest, ventured to raise the hatch

It is announced that there is no in order to assure himself of what truth in the report emanating from the robbers were doing, he was Washington that Britain has enter- immediately fired at, the bullet ed into a new agreement in the. United States to fight the anti-rum-lodging in his elbow. Then fol runners. The present treaty will loa period of intense suffering be unaltered. The British alm has for the unfortunate foki, and in always been to try to tighten up

the British regulations and help the the end the robbers were moved United States authorities, and, as by his wailings to extract the bul yl of Amoy men; from the masto consequence thereof, American let from the wound with a knife, ...

down to the cabin boy, is already on board, and her former master, Captain A. Aiken, has already left the vessel, which from now on will be sailing under the Chinese flag.

The Batareia is a steamer built

in 1905 and entirely reconstructed during 1925. Her deadweight capacity is 750 tons and her bun- kers contain in the neighbourhood, of 60 tons of coal. Her draft fully loaded is 13' 6" and her light draft about 8 t. She makes a speed of

carceration in the hold of the junk On the seventh day of their in-

the

revenue ships are permitted to vjele the Bahamas and carry out searches under certain conditions. The pre- sent arrangements are purely ex- the movements and noise on perimental and will be tried for a deck ceased, and, freeing them- couple of years to see whether they selves from their cramped quor work successfully.-Reuter.

ters, the crew went on deck. The veesel was freed of the pirates but 450 ases of kerosene had been re- moved, as well as the cases of matches. It is still a mystery why the pirates did not take away the

POLITICAL TRIAL.

..

IMPORTANT CASE AT PARIS. whole of the cargo of oil.

Sall was again set by the crew, Paris, April 19. for Samun, which was reached on

the vessel then returned to Hong- April 16th. A report was made to The tria, vaihis expected the authorities at this point and

& In a report to the water police conthe value of the stolen cargo ia

given as $1,720,

who were seeking to leave the Party Committee of the Kuomin-1 locality and who had several times tang, it was decided that in view the men left the riesha since they telegram received here yesterday 11 knots on a coal consumption of last a fortnight has opened at the tried to obtain permits but had of Mr. Wang Ching-wat's prolonged had bots been paid. been unsuccessful, as they could)

Baxter, the first witness for the at 2.20 p.m. and he was thus du 12 tons per 24 hours.. She has a Seine Assizes of the two Commukong. She arrived yesterday. not afford to pay the necessary eve of absence, General Tan Yen defence, said that he was 23 years in Shanghai about 6 p.m. yester Hongkong passenger licence for nista, Clere and Bernaden on

kai is to ust as Chairman of the of age and formerly a sailor in the day. A large crowd, includin, carrying 26 first-class, 42 second- charge of tut murder in Committee of Political Affairs and US. Navy. Relating the story of the majority of the Incal Danish class and 244 coolie passengers. nection with the shooting a fair of General. Chang Kai-shick as Chair-his movements on the day of the colony, vainly awaited him at the She has tween decks all over, and April last. man of the Committee of Military shooting, he said that he

came berodrome till dusk. No news has four sideports. Affairs, until such time as Mashore in the afternoon and went been received of the airman's Wang Ching-wai is able to resume to a restaurant on Jukong Road whereabouts up to the time of tele- the so-called Admiral Stark's flest four were killed and 11 wounded.

fees.

RICE THEFTS.

FIVE CHINESE SENTENCFD.

bis official duties.

Witness then went to a cafe in

The circumstances pointed to, a carefully organised The ship was formerly one of attack on the Fascisti, of whom under the same name as at present. holding revolvers.

Olerc and Bernadon were arrested

Two other vessels of Admiral

The former Stark's fleet have been seen in the latter asserts that he picked up says he fired in self-defence and

Hongkong waters, namely the Magneta, later called the Wo Ping,

Was

but did not fire the revolver,

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U.S. AND WORLD COURT.

WILL NOT ATTEND GENEVA CONFERENCE.

BOME MATERIAL

THREE CHINESE CHARGED.

and the Paris, later called the On number of celebrities will be call- Ping, which latter vessel

ed as witnesses, including M. M.

Washington, April 19. Following the discovery of alleg- towed by the Wo Ping from Mana Boncour and Blasco Ibanez, whose Caillaux, Leon Blum, Malvy, Paul

The Secretary of State, Mr. Kel- ed bomb' material at 24, Yee Wo to Hongkong at the time of their connection with the case is not logg, has sent a formal notification Street, Causeway Bay, on April purchase, by a local shipmaster clear. The majority of them have that America will not participate 17th, three Chinesa were charged However, the On Wo s.s. Co., which written to the Judge regretting in the World Court Conference at with possession at the Central bought the two last-named vessels, that they are otherwise engaged Geneva on September 1st. to the Police Court this morning.

later visiting several of the cafes graphing-Router. An official communique analong the street, where he dane d nounces the appointment of Kung and drank.

As Gi-yuen, Commissioner of The discovery of a large quan- Foreign Affairs, and Superinten tity of rice on board a sampan, dent of Customs at Wuchow, to the Western district and stayed by a, European Sergeant patrolling act concurrently, vice Lum Taze until after midnight when he went Fung, who, it is reported, will be to the Franch Concession where he the harbour yesterday, led to the given the post of Director of Cas-/met Phillips. On the way "back) arrest of three females of the toms Service.

Phillips fired three shots into the coolie class and two members of

Another communique announces air. He had never been in pos- the promotion of Chang Ching-yu session of the weapon. the crew of the sampan, all of

inding prisoner not guilty, to the post of Chief of the Avia- whom appeared before Mr. J. Htion Bureau.

Judge Purdy said: B. Nihil, at the Kowloon Magis tracy this morning. on charges arising out of the theft of 218) pounds of rice from on board the! Mae Kwongtung.

females

Against the

three charges of larcenes were prefer red whilst the two boat peoplej were charged with receiving stolen property.

It was merely swept from the decks of the ship.

KWANGSI UNIONS.

STRICTER GOVERNMENT

CONTROL

Reuter.

did not meet with much success, "I am of the opinion that the Sub-Inspector Field said he had and the Wo Ping is at present ly- wounds are not gunshot wounds. been instructed to ask for a remanding gutted off the Kwong Fook It seems beyond conception that for three days. The defendants Cheong shipbuilding yard at Yau-

nillips should fire in such a man-were accordingly remanded in mati, while the On Ping was gold VOLCANO OUTBREAK. ner as to barely scratch the lag police custody.

to, u Chinese concern of Canton about ten months ago.

or foot of both men.

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Phillips should surely be pro- secaled. I have no patience with

HOTEL THEFT.

SEQUEL IN COURT.

a man who will come to a city suchi From Nanuing, a report is receiv-as Shanghai, take US. Govern

ed which states that as the Trade ment property ashore and act in

and dissatisfaction, the authorities hal,

A feature of the sale of the Batarein was the number of solici- tors employed to watch the inter- esty of the vessel's many creditors. While the

owners

American Legation at Berne for divery to the League.

Mr. Kellogg says he, thought it would be a matter for regret if tho Council did anything to create the

WONDERFUL SIGHT IN HAWAII. Impression that there were, subs-

New York, April 19.

adhero to the Court.--Reuters American Service

tantial difficulties in the way of direct communication with the. A message from Hilo, Hawaii, various signatories, and the Ameri The first three defendants ad- Unions of the different districts of such a degrading manner. He in The theft of $10,600 iu money the firms of Mesars. Le and steam over the sea due to the erup-sary to give effect to the conditione engaged says that despite a dense cloud of can Government does not consider that any new agreement is neces- mitted having taken the rice from Kwangst are proving themselves to disgrace to the Navy. Such uc from, the cont of a Chinese walle Russ, A. el Arculli, and Leotion of Mnanatoa, airmen took n and reservations, on the basis of the s.s. Kwongtung, pleading that be the source of many contentions any city in the world.but Shang-Great Eastern Hotel.resulted in a former of which also appeared number of views: "They state. It which America is prepared to

tions would never be tolerated in he was asleep in his room at the d'Almada And Nephew

(the Chinese being charged with the for the No. 1 mortgagor,there be was intensely hot at a height of His Worship imposed sendence have issued an order to the Magia- "As far as Baxter in concerned, theft before Major C. Willson ating three or four mortgagors 8,000 feet. Fountains of Lava, ea of two months' imprisonment cach trates to cancel the registration of don't think for a minute that he ning,

I don't believe he la guilty. Ithe Central Police Court this morall); Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, timated to be 400 feet high, leaped The other two defendants stated all Trade Unions. In their respec- over intended to assault anyone,

DISAPPOINTMENT AT GENEVA, that they were taking the rice tive jurisdictions, and to organise It is barely possible that Phillips three days in police custody..

appeared for the Cheng Yue s.s, from three different craters at the The defendant was remanded for Co., Messrs. Hall and find for 8,000 feet level, These supplied

Geneva, April 10, shore for the females.

the Allied Union of Workmen of might have Ared and inflicted the|

Captain Aiken: Messrs. Woo and great rivers of lava, which zigzag-

The American refusal to part- In reply to the Magistrate, the them into one Union, to be called wounds.

Nash for another mortgagor: and Red down the mountain, side defendants admitted that they the Allied Union of Workmen of

liko dragons, giving a brilliant elpate in the World Court has Masara. Jobsson, Stokes & Master coloring to the clouds and creat produced know the rice had been obtained Kwangsi.

for the purchasers.

disappointment In from a ship in harbour.

lips was a dangerous man to ao-

ing the illusion among passengers League circles, though it is felt This, it is said, wili simplify the riety with the weapon in his por

of steamers in the vicinity of a One of the defendants, against over the workmen, and especially wise in not going into the hous question of Government control sesalon. I think the police wer

R. A. F. MEN LEAVE

great Inferno in the heavens, Old that the conference will be held. whom, a previous conviction for a over the professional agitators who after bird and in having called the

Cape Town, April 19.

The forthcoming wedding is Hawallau Kalunas (medicine men) on Sept. Ist despite the fact that ahallar offence was proved, was are now exploiting the ignorant US patrol.

The R. A. F. fyers have started Leonard, of Mosers, Palmer and ancient form, appealing

announced of Mr. Francia Daniel ineffectually chated Incantations of none of the signatories" Sentenced to four months hard mass with much success to them nad Baxter not guilty of the They were seen off

to Pele plied to the League's Invi on their return flight to Cairo. Turner, residing at No. 83 Wong the Hawaiian Goddess Labour. The other accused was selves, and disastrous results to Chris kinst him and he is disamu

softer attend. It is the sent to prison for two months trade.

Larg No Chung Road to Me LoM with the clok!

"I have no doubt but that Phil-

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