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NEW RENT POINT DEADLOCK ON COAL

FIRST DECISION IN FOUR YEARS.

FRESH TENANCY CREATED.

Four years after the Rents: Ordinance become law, and on the eve of its probable withdrawal

Wood in the Summary Court re-

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1926. BAR

FOUNDED 1681

No. 21,970

三拜體 號九月六英港香

LIBERAL SPLIT.

RETIREMENT OF DAME MELBA.

FILM

RIGHTS.

YESTERDAY'S ABORTIVE

A DEFINITE BREACH OCCURS.

ROYALTY AT FAREWELL PERFORMANCE.

QUESTION.

CONFERENCE.

MEN STILL ADAMANT,

London, June 8.

RESULT OF MEETING.

London, June's. The Liberal Parliamentary

As the outcome of Mr. Evan Party has been split into sections

Miners' Federation officials took

MEMORABLE OCCASION.

WAS CENSOR'S CARD FORGED?

SINGLE COFT 10 CENTS 156 PELL ANNUM

Firestone Wheels and Tyres for change over to full Balloon equipment. Au burn 6-13, Briscoe, Bulok Four, Chevrolet F.B. and Baby Grand, Clove- land, Dodge, 1918-1923 Essor, Gardner, Grant, Hupmobilo, Jowett, Loxington, Maxwoll, Nash Four, Oakland, 1924 Oldsmobile, Btudabakor, Light Six, (if after 10-2-24) and many others changed. over for.......................... $328. This price inoludos five 31 x 5.25 Firo- stone Tyres and Tubos, four wheels, five rians, etc. The price is for the wheels and Tyres fitted on the car.

STRIKE OFFICIALS..

ARRESTED.

LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN CANTON.

EMBEZZLEMEN'T ALLEGED.

been created in Canton by the Something of a sensation has arrest of some fourteen or fifteen

cently, and gave rise to a very in. Place this afternoon, lasting for 4t which thirty-three members staircase stood a bust of the diva vented from being shown on two. embezzlement of Strike Funds.

ancies."

but the whole house was rented to the defendants in the action for $190 per month.

MORE.COMPREJȚENSIVE CONTRACT.

entertain án

ware present.

under any circumstances or a re- 12 The voting thus favoured the eight-hours-day tion was rejected by 20 votes to duction in wages. They were of Lloyd George section. Opinion that reduction would be unnecessary if re-organisation were carried out.--Ernter.

The opinion is express that Sir John Simon will lead the Oxford acetion in the House of Commons. -Reuter.

THE DRAGON MOTOM. CAR CO., LTD. BE WONE NDI CHUNE AP. HAPPY VALLOY

PLACED IN IRONS.

GEN. WU TE-CHEN'S PLIGHT

INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE.

Rumours have been current in Canton to the effect that General Wu To-chen, former Chief of

1.

"THE KID" DISPUTE. London, June 8. "The famous Charlie Chaplin Their Majesties the King and picture, The Kid," has created a Queen were present at Covent new interest locally arising from by the legislature an entirely Williams' letter to Mr.' Herbert headed by Mr. Lloyd George and Garden on the occasion of Damen dispute over the copyright. members of the Strike and Bov. Police, who was recently arrested v new point cropped up in a case. Smith a meeting of the Coal-

Lord Oxford as the result of a Melba's farewell operatic perform. What is alloged to have been a cott Tribunal, who are accused of by order of General Chang Kai- which came before Mr. Justice owners' representatives and.

meeting in the House of Commons,ance. At the head of the main pirated copy of the film was pre- irregular conduct, including the shek, has been shot, but this story

surrounded by flowers. 34 hours, but it was abortive.

"occasions in Hongkong by the.

is not generally believed. It is teresting judgment this morning.)

A letter was read from Lord A Mineowners' statement" says

Their Majesties congratulated Hongkong Amusements. Company, were made following a scrutiny of rigorous.

It is stated that the disclosures stated, however, that he is in Mr. Justice Wood" was naked to that the other side emphasised Oxford saying that nothing had the singer and wished her every Limited, and, in a summons for matters by an Investigation Gom-

confinement and decide the standard rent of pre-that it was not disposed to shift happened to alter the views he happiness in her retirement. lleged infringements of exhibi- tatives of various Labour Unions,

mittee, who reported to represen- heavily chained. mises, each floor of which was a

the position hitherto taken up recently expressed in, which he

At the conclusion of a memoration copyright in this connection, with the result that it was de his arrest, it is said that after bo and the dwners. regretfully. con-

Regarding the circumstances of separate letting on the all-impor-clude there appears to be no imme: criticised Mr. Lloyd George's at ble performance the stage was a they have named the How, Woo cided to affect the arrest of all tant date, December 31st, 1920, diate hope of carrying the mattor titude" during the strike.

mass of flowers, the audience Trading Corporation, a local off. those under auspicion, with a viewing taken to General Chang Kai- but whiel in May, 1924, wore let further.

A mation to the effect that the being keyed up to the highest shoot of a Chinese film corporation large detachment of pickets is

to ultimate trial. Accordingly, a shek's private residence, General as a whole house to a new tenant. The lessor having obtained the sur-phere of the conference was far publicity giver to the leaders the Royal Colonial Institute, hand-week after one sitting of the arrests...

Reuter learns that the atmos Liberal M. P's deprecated the pitch of enthusiasm.

in Shanghai, as the offenders... Lord Stanley, as Chairman of

stated to have visited the Strike..

Wu was strongly reprimanded for. render of the three previous ten-from conducive to peace. The

The hearing was adjourned last Headquarters and carried out the negligence differences, and hoping for restora

of " duty, miners, it is alleged, took up a

for not promptly "handing over his office The standard rent recoverable challenging and impatient attitude tot of unity, was carried by 20d bouquet and dwelt on the Court had arrived at the point as

admiration and affection which to whether the only person who several prominent Union leaders for collusion with members of the from the premises when the floors and absolutely refused to consider votes to 10.

Amongst the men arrested are to the now Police Chief and also were separate lettings was $93,1hours of working and would nor delete the first part-of the resolu- conveyed a message of love from tion.and was in fact entitled to the head of the Tailors' Guild and

After this, an "amendment to Dame Melba had inspired. any departure from the present

He had the right to bring the proseci- formerly of Hongkong, including every corner of the Empire.

Right wing of the Kuomintang. remedy, by the Copyright Act of the head of the Barbers' Guild. Dame Melba, much moved. 1911, was the owner of the copy- spoke of the grief that she would right and not the Hongkong

FUTILE APPEALS. Since Saturday last, the Strike never again sing with the be- Amusementa Company, Limited, Headquarters has been in a state

After this reprimand, he was loved walls of Convent Garden,

There was tumultuous applause ssignees of, the exhibition copy-quence of these arrests.

who were said to be merely the of disorganisation as a conse-taken to the Wing Sing Monastery, as Dame Molba repeatedly kissed right for China. Mr. R. E. Lind- her hand to the audience, women eil then auljourned the hearing. MR. CHURCHILL BLAMED. throwing their flowers, and bou-to look up the law on this subject. According to a recent Press

quets on the stage. Reuter message from London, the latest Brussels as long ago a 1887, and Dame Meiba made her debut in

LEGAL POINT DECIDED. theory regarding the Liberal con- she had thus beannging in this morning, his Worship summed When the hearing was resumed It did not appear to have been 'decided, said Mr. Justice Wood in

Churchill, Chancellor of the Ex-ble for nearly dyrs. She up the position. He said: Mr.. delivering judgment, whether

was born in Meth (after, Gordon Leask (for the defend St. John's Cathedral was this cheer, was responsible for it, which town she took her stage anis), at the last hearing of the when a standard rent, had been torson the scene of a very pretty took his Department are I The Liberal member, Mr. Mas name) and having studied in raris summons, raised the point under kong, Chairman of the Central long as the accounts of the Police: attached to a domestic tenement. wedding, in which considerable a new standard rent might become local titerest was taken.

vantage of the period when official debut as Gilda in "Rigoletto" at 1911, that the person having payable in respect of the same bridejgrunn was Mr. W. A. Nowers, reports of the parliamentary de-the Theatre de la Monnaie. Brus-right to remedy was the person no speechos made, but the Comcan see no reason for his "release. premises if merged in a more com- of the Asiatic Petroleum Company

bates have not been printed in wels. prehensive contract of tenancy. (son of the late Mr. E. H. T. coquence of the general strike she first appeared at Covent Gar-S.CE. Brooks (for the Hongkongsiness. Mr. Sun Fe reported the serious charges against Wu Te-chen following year who owned the copyright. Mr.mittee transacted considerable bu-Besides, there are other more He referred to a judgment in Nowers and of Mrs. Nowers), British Gazette extracts from Lord 25th anniversity of that appear Section 5, in which he submitted surer, and requested the Com- which it had been decided that a whilst the bride was Miss. Dorothy Asquith and Oxford's speech in ance by a famous performance at that apart from the owner of the mittce, to make an appointment to

Mr. Churchill published in the den in "Lucia" and celebrated the Amusements) replied by quoting resignation of the Municipal Trea- which new-granted sub-tenancy was in- Alice King (daughter of Mr, L. H.

are still under investiga- dependent of the amount of the King, electrical engineer of the the House of Lords, which appear Covent Garden in 1913. Her work copyright any person in whom was fill the vacancy, and also to ap-depend entirely upon the results tion. His future treatment will standard rent for the whole house. P.W.D., and Mrs. King).

ed to indicate that the Liberals on behalf of war charities was re-vested some right in the copy-point a member of the Educational of the investigations."* - The reasoning, which led to the Given away by her father, the Government.

fully approved the actions of the warded in 1918 by her being made right was allowed this remedy. conclusion that apportionment of bride iens attired in a gown a standard rent amongst compon- of white taffeta, trimmed with fracts from Mr. Lloyd George's either in Australia, or England, Mr. Brooks in this view, saying

Committee in the place of Mr. Mr. Churchill also published ex Most of her life has been spent a Dame of the British Empire.

Chung Wing-kwong, being absent ent sertions was int contemplat- silver tissue, and she carried

His Worship agreed and uphold on' leave. ed, was, continued Mr. Wood, not boquet of lilies and Honolulu peech in the House of Commons, and she has been one

A further interesting story is An official communique. an- wholly applicable to the case in creeper. She had as her bridespreaching purely the Defeatist in

which suggested that he which domestic tenements were maids, her sisters, Misses Mardoctrine, thus creating complete published her life story last year that the remedy was against any Revolutionary Army,

was world's most outstanding figures was made.

of the that as a matter of fact the point nounces the appointinent of Gene- in circulation regarding the in- the realm of song.

another ral. Chang Kai-shek as the, Com-jeldents which led up to the arrest She clapse in the Act which stated mander-in-Chief of the National of General Wu Te-chen.' garet and Rosemary King, who misunderstanding regarding the and announced were dresses of pale pink taffeta, statement made by the Liberal retire. trimmed with forget-me-nots and

her decision to person who knowingly infringing

is to the effect that on the night The appointments of Mr. Wei who carried bouquets of sweet

the copyright..

Huk as a member of the Educa- of the 3rd instant, certain military Mr. Leask said that he had tional Committee and of Mr. offers called at the Detective Mr. Masterman perser.ally heard MARITIME QUESTIONS. and must admit he was wrong,

looked further into the Ordinance Ting Chin-ng as Councillor of the Office of the Police Department, Government are also announced in other communiques.

The landlord, Wong Ling, was suing to recover rent reserved-by the tenancy of 18, Gilman Bazaar, and it was necessary for him to. establish that the new rent $190 was the standard rent for the house.

combined.

SIMPLE ARITHMETIC.

PRETTY WEDDING.

MR. W. A. NOWERS-MISS

DOROTHY KING.

Tho,

It

The bride's mother wore a dress of black lace on white satin.

One decisive ground for the concluion was the absence of any peas. machinery provided for any such apportionment, and when tene menta were combined, the problem! of combining their respective rents was one of simple arithmetic.

treversy

......

was that Mr. Winston.

leaders in the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

both speeches and declares that he views, but Mr. Churchill utilized expressed practically identical the official organ for misrepresen tation of the Liberal attitude.

meeting, declared that he had the Mr. Pringle, addressing a public knowledge that Mr. Lloyd George

In the

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE DEBATE:

clear by

GUILTY KNOWLEDGE.

CANTON AFFAIRS,

where he was placed in irons. Many of his colleagues, such as General Tan Yen-kai, General Chu Pui-tek, Mr. Sun Fo and Dr. Wu, later called од General Chang Kai-slick and interceded on At the last weekly meeting of his behalf, but they were all turn- the Committee of the Politieni ed away with the remark:-"As Affairs in Canton, Chang Ching-

THE LATEST CHANGES.

a seat on the Council. There were

ANOTHER STORY,

This

The ceremony was performed by

representing themselves as having the Rev. V. II. Copley Moyie, Chap.

On the 5th instant, Mr. Sun Fo come with a verbal order from lain of the Cathedral, whilst

As to the point of "guilty know-reported to the Government that General Chang Kai-shek to ask the No help was to be derived in the duties of "best man" were dis-"

ledge," which the Magistrate was he had assumed the office the ease before him from con-charged by Mr. D. G. Bruce. At

of police to accompany them to the. then called upon to consider, Mr. Mayor on that day. It is stated private residence of General Wu sideration of the object of the the organ was Mr. F. Mason,

Geneva, June 8.

Leask referred to the evidence of that he made no important changes for the purpose of making a search legislation, which was principally "A.R.C.O., L.T.C.IN

The eighth International Labour Sergeant Kennedy, who, had said in the personnel of the Municipal of the house.. The officer of the to protect existing tenants in their

mado overtures toward the Labour Conference closed, on June 6th and that a censorship card was shown ataif, with the exception of the watch reported this incident to the After the ceremony, a largely Party during recent months. Furthe ninth opened yesterday to to him, on which the How Woo Municipal Treasurer, who had re- Captain, Superintendent, who in- occupation.

attended reception was held at ther suggestions were made but deal with maritime questions, It Film Corporation appeared a signed. The original tenants of the pre- "Tanderages," 327 The Peak, the the Labourites rejected them, Al-international code of rules relat-that the defendants, when they Chung-yan has now received from Kai-shek, to send, a squad of structed the former, without any mises had surrendered their hold-residence of the bride's parents, though it is persistently rumoured

debated to-day the drafting of an being the owners. His case was It is reported that General Liwritten order from General Chang. Inge, and it could senreely beat which the customary toasts this is the first definite public! argued that the Ordinance intend, were honoured.

ing to seamen's agreements.

handed. the film to the Kwong the Treasurer, Mr. T. V. Soong, police to keep strict watch on the ed to go further and to furnish a favourable condition of occupa- in North China, the bride's going-Labourites, the Left wing declares for not applying the decisions of the owners. As to the similarity ral Li is preparing to return to went away. But soon after this, Mr. Cuthbert Laws, the British Chee Theatre, were in the inno- $350,000 and the promise that the house but not to go in with the The honeymoon is to be spent Lloyd George's relations with the the International Labour Office Woo Film Corporation who wore mitted to him in ten days. Gene-satisfy the military officera who

statement made regarding Mr.employers' delegate, reproached cent belief that it was the How balance, of, $150,000 is to be

re- military officers. This did not tion for a new tenant accepting away dress being of white crepe that Mr. Lloyd George did not want the Genoa conference. the tenancy of new premises.. de chine, with anxe blue hat. the Labour Party and that any

of the names, Mr. Leask explained Kwangsi in a day or two, and will they again appeared, this time at politician who tries to bring him Office replied and said the Genon poration of Hongkong, who were it is reported that his forces are twenty soldiers, all armed,

The Director of the Labour that the How Wog Trading Cor thence proceed to the front, where the residence of Wu Te-chen, with in will be himself thrown out from conference endeavoured to effect the defendants in this case, were finding great difficulties in making policemen, prevented the party.

a uniform settlement of judicial merely an offshoot of the Shang headway against the troops of Yip trance into the house, and came conditions for scamen and the hai corporation and, as far A possibility being discussed in with the Genon policy in drawing were merely acting as agents for Labour Office acted in conformity the film business was concerned,

Hoi-kum. ធម៌.

to a clash with the troops. Bo foro any serious results happen- many quarters is the gradual up register the return of allotment of ship, which is recruited from the delegate, opposed the proposals of

The omission of Messrs. A. S. evolution of a new political party Governments had nover criticised the hiring of films to local thea- Watson and Company, Limited, to under Mr. Lloyd George's leader-

Convention which the.

od, a large armed force from No. 2 Police Station was despatched. Mr. Henson, the British workers'

to the scene and at. the sight of certain shares issued in 1924, was the subject of an application at the colleagues as well as from the Laws submitted for the observance replying that it had come to his Supreme Court this morning, when section of the Liberal commoners, of the International Seamen's knowledge that Mr. E. W. Hamil

Conservative and Labour the employers which Mr. Guthbert

MISSING CARD.

this force the soldiers fled, but STRONG TREASURY POSITION. one of the military officers' was. Mr. H. G. Sheldon for the company who

Mr. Brooks caused surprise by

caught. On the arrest of the want boldér leaders than Statute as fixed

Washington, June 8.

military officer being reported to at Genoa ton, who was acting as film censor prosperity of the United States is ter denied any knowledge of the Mr. Sheldon said that the Com-.

Remarkable evidence of the General Chang Kai-shek, the lat pany issued 20,000 new shares in

at the time, had, to the best of his shewn in the statement by Mr. incident, and it was then revealed. recollection, never censored that Mellon, that for the first time that the case was a serious one, film at all, and it was extremely since, the Government started its whilst the captive was at once financial programme, placed under Irons, ponding further

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OLD CHARACTER DORMANT.

After consideration of the terms of a domestic tenement, as contained in the Ordinance, he wns of opinion that a new tenaney was granted on May 4th, 1924, and that whatever the character of

ONE YEAR LATE,

SHARE ALLOTMENTS NOT FILED. #

A NEW PARTY? ··

a

each floor might have been previ ously, that character became dor mant, and would remain dormant until each floor again became separate letting during the cur

To find the standard rent applied for permission to file late. Lord Asquith and Oxford and Renter.

rency of the Rents Ordinance.

The 1164

г

Lord Grey.

Another possible development

tres.

"

U..S. PROSPERITY.

The

their en-

was only necessary to enquire the rent of the premises when let as December, 1924, nnd a return in mentioned recently was the recon- Socialistic, although it is aggres-probable, Mr. Brooks added, that post-war a. whole, and, in the absence of respect of 28,836 of them was filed struction of the Labour Party, sively active in protecting the the consorship card produced to there will be no quarterly offering investigation into the matter. any evidence to show that they by Messrs. Deacon's. were so let at any date earlier unallotted shares were sold to Mr. whereby Mr. Lloyd George's un-interests of the proletarint against Sergeant Kennedy was not than May 4th, 1924, the rent Benjamin Potts, but as Mr. J. A. doubted ability as a parliamentary Foxploitation by landowners and genuine one. fixed on that date must necessari-Tarrant was engaged in making up tactician will become available. industrialists.

aof short-term securities for re- ly be the standard rent.

funding purposes. The revenue the accounts for the year 1924, the He accordingly found for the return was not filed.

It is asserted that the majority

Thla statement drew a protest receipts from income tax, etc. plaintiff, and entered judgment

of the Trade Unionists are not in- eagerly discussed as a sequel to evidence had been given on the wide margin that it will now be Those possibilities are being from Mr. Leask, who said that exeaed the catinates by such a The omission was not discovered toreated in Socialism and have lost the early disappearance of the matter by Sergeant Kennedy, who possible to meet all current expen- been appointed Commander-in- for him with coste.

Admiral Charles F. Hughes has until a summary made up for 1925 confidence in their prosent leaders, Liberal Party from Politics, but had also deposed to having seen the diture and retire $384,000,000 of Chief of the United States battle Mr. L. R. Andrews appeared was presented to the Regletrar. for the plaintiff and Mr. W: D."

but would welcome Mr. Lloyd Mr. Lloyd George, hae recently name of the Chiness film corpora outstanding short-term debt An extension for seven days was George as a loador of the De- declared that he intends to remain tion thereon as ownera. Owen for the defendant.

granted:

mocratic Party which is not Libéral.

without further borrowing fleet effective in Septem (Continued on Parcs AR

Washington, June 8,