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TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT..

Hattan in January

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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

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No. 2153

TO-DAY'S ́ DOYCOTT

CONFERENCE.

四拜體 號伍十月七英港香

60,000 TROOPS.

CHANG KALSKER REMAINS IN CANTON.

CANTON'S BIG ARMY ASSEMBLING.

A GENERALS OPINION.

THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1926.

日六初月六R

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ECHO OF "TUNGCHOW" PRATAS STATION.

PIRACY.

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LATEST KUOMINTANG CHANGES.

NEW CHIEFS FOR THREE DIVISIONS:

INAUGURATION ON SATURDAY.

INTERVIEW WITH ADMIRAL. HAD FOCT 2.GU TATED,

As we reported yesterday, the Captain W. Mackintosh, one of ertiser Hoi Yang, belonging to the China Navigation, Corapany's the First Squadron of the Chinese Cumber of well-known Kuomintang

RATED

best-known skipper left Shang- ballast week for England on the

P. and O. steamer Karmala bear-]

COUND FOR THE MORTEL,

News from Shulkwan, the dr The conference between dele minus of the Canton-Hanker Rail-'] pherd in command of the gates of the Hongkong and Canterway, which is the headquarters of 1921, Capt. Government.: with a view to the the expedition against the North. Joan M. Anderson was given 21 settlement of the borectt. is begin-states that the whole vicinity looks hours' notice and discharged inning in Canton to-day, the meetings like a vast bec-hive of camps full November of the same year, and,

of soldiers. Troups have been inrrible mark of his encoun at the Supreme Court, before Six

coming and roing without ceasinger with pirates. He had to have Henry Gollan, this morning, he

for the past month and a half, and claimed against the Man Wing

it is computed that there are at Steamship Company for three

least 60,000 men- stationed along months pay in ljea of reasonable!

the frontiers of Hunan and Kinagat awaiting the order to advance.

notice..

taking place at the offers of the Foreign Ministry. The Hongkong deterates, who left gesterday, are staying at the British Consulate on the Shameen.

It is stated General Chang Kai- shek, the Commander-in-Chief of the Kuomintang Armies, will not leave for the Northern expedition until the result of the boyêu, con

Capt. Anderson agreed that so far as wages and emoluments were concerned he was engajed OF exactly the same terins as his preference is made known. decessor, but he asserted that no mention of the right of the Come

pany to discharge him on 24

In the course of a lengthy speet the general political situation, at the last meeting of the Central

a pet amputated as a result of the wound he received when the Chinese pirates seized his ship last January,

Captain Mackintosh was skipper of the Tungehow which WAS seized, by Cantozesa, pirates be- twenn Shanghai and Tientsin, at, Weihai-wei, and taken down to Bias Bay, a notorious pirate haunt near Hongkong, and then aban- Coned.

From the disposition of the troops along the fruntier, it would appear that the 2nd and 3rd Army Corps are assigned to invade Kings, and the troops of the th and 5th Army Corps are to consed as passengers, reveal! themselves they tried to compel Captain lackintosh to surrender,

hours' notice was made, and executive Committee of que Kuoperate with Tang Sung-che, while mintang Party, General ThYen-

- further stated that if that had been made clear he would have

refused the appointment, Hekai made a reference to the claimed $1.515, at the rate of negotiations for a settlement of 3505 per month.

the boycott Be mairdi-“Va ba

Mr. H. G. Sheldon, appeared

the question of the settlement of for plaintiff, and the company were represented by Mr. F. C. the Canton Henghong strike. 14 Jenkin.

SUCCEEDED CAPT. JONES.

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the 6th Army Corps is to be so stationed that it will be employed as a reserve for the 2nd and r Army Corps.

PULL POWERS.

stationed in the region, whilst Ceneral Chang Kai-shek will re- main in Canton to see the result of the conference for the setile- ment of the strike and boyectt.

General Chu Poi-tak has arrived Whichinopu has been in com- [at Shuikwan and it is stated that munication with the Hongkigg | for the present he will be rested Government Beenuse the Hong- | with full powers in directing the Plaintiff was serving on the s.s.kong Government considers the movements of the various units Haitan in the capacity of Chief strike as a thing of the past, it Officer in November, 1923, it was seems as if the Hongkong Gorerar tated by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, in ment has no sincerity towards the pening the case. Capt. Jones, settlement of the strike. But after the master, was due for Home leave making overtures over and over and he recommended Capt. Ander- again, the Hongkong Government zon as his successor. In an inter-is now willing to despatch three view at the office of the company.plenipotentiary delegates and the the appointment was confirmed, the date for negotiations will com- plaintiff to receive the 'same wages mence on July 15. Whether the and emoluments as Capt. Jones. strike will be settled The question of notice was not dis- doubtful, but the Nationalist Gov- cussed.

ernment will do its best for the people and the strikers."

His Lordship-There was no written agreement?

or not is

EAST RIVER UNREST.

Mr. Sheldon:---No. Capt. Anderson, rounsel proceed. ed, took command of the vessel in January, and on November 23rd, 1924, the company's interpreter, Mr. Ho, brought a letter to him. which stated that his services would not be required after the 24th. Capt. Anderson sought a

A good many soldiers have been reason but none was given, though sent from Canton to the East River' Mr. Ho said he was sorry and offer-di-triet, when rubbers are upalu ed him a month's wages.

THIRD OFFICER

ROBBINS AGAIN ACTIVE.

Very active.

In the meantime, the Kwang- ng Arsenal at Shekcheng, west- of Canton City, in working over- time.

alp a part of the command of the The Canton Naval Station, now

the Commander-in-Chief (Genaral Chang Kai-shek), will be located also a part of the command of

at Sunehow, near Whampon, where General Chung Kai-shek spenda most of his time when not in Can ton city proper.

LOAN FROM MERCHANTS,

Says, W25 expected to reack Hongkong last evening with re-

Somewhat over-

presentatives of the Chinese Gov- ernment for the inauguration of the new wireless station on the Pratas Shoals. due, the vessel came into the har- bour at eight o'clock this morning and exchanged the usual salutes with the port."

The Ho Yung is a small cruizer of 2,800 tons, and her armament consists of a 6-in. gan at bow and stern, and two 4-in. guns at each side. Her crew consists of some

MURDER TRIAL RESULT:

As a result of the departure of a

leaders from Canton during the last few days, three important divisions of the party headquarters were left ithout a chief. Since then, the pointed:-Ting Wei-fan, chief of following new chiefs have been a

the Young People's Division; Chen Kao-fu, chief of the Organisation Division; and Wu Tze-fei, chief of

the Workers' Division. None of these men are very well known to the Cantonese, who form a majority of the Kuomintang membership.

Mrs. Liao Chung-hoi, widow of the late Kuomintang Labour Divi- sien chief, who has been offered the Commissionership of Agriculture and Labour in the Kuomintang gime, has declined the post, declar-

post-Chief of the Women's Divi- Commis-

-

When the pirates, who were dis-three hundred men. The flagshiping that she prefers the present

M. M. MAL BOAT DESTROYED,

En Reute to Far East.

Djibouti, July 14. The Messagers Maritimes et mail boat, the Fontain- bleau, bound forlon, the Straits. China.adapan. has been destroyed here by fire.

The passengers and crew, and part of the cargo were saved, but some mail sacks have been lost-Reuter.

Djibouti is the seaport capital of French -Somaliland, in the golf of Aden, opposite Perim.]

The Fontainebleau, which was a new boat. was to have arrived in Hongkong од August 3rd.

She was here on-

her maiden trip to the Far East in the early part of the year. Previous to this, she had been engaged for some time on the Marseilles-Saigon run. She was nƐ 16,000 tons and was in the Company's "A" Class of liners.

As

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To raise cash immediately, the Ministry of Finance has issued $500,000 Treasury notes and is asking for a loan from a number of influential merchants with there

con- notos As security at a discount but he refusça. of from 3 to 15 per cent.

sequence, the pirates shot him, and Another war finance reheme is Captain Mackintosh had been in Dlost of there robbers are sup- to require all bouts and junks, spital practically ever sinte It was not until January 17th.posed to be former soldiers of Chun

regardless of size, to pay a re-dhaving his wound treated. 1925, that plaintiff found other em- Hwing-ming who have joined upgular water police tax for the Three men arrested on another ployment, and then only as third with bandits. A number of towas recipe of which a red car je to. and S. boat later and identified officer on one of Messrs. Jardine, have been occipled by these ban-be issued very vessel without as members of the pirate gang Matheson's boats,

dits. Tamshui being one of the red flag will be stopped and went to their death a few days In the box. Capt. Anderson | larger of the places said to be in payment of tax demanded. aga-before a firing squad in the stated that he had had 20 years' | the robbers' hands,

Chinese city at Shanghai' experience on the China Coust, and

The Canton Government is come-

11 of those years were spent in what concerned over this develop-

ment, coming, as it does, at a time when the army of General Ching

ROSSIANS WITH TROOPS,

military advisers have left with More than ten of the Russian

the troops of the Northern expedi- Chim was being withdrawn from tion. Their families have return- that as third officer in Jardines the East River territory that ited to Russia, since it is expected

the Norther

the employ of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire. He bore out his counsel's statement, and added

he was getting only $227.71.per might join

"month.

Mr. Jenkin asked witness if 07 days of the currency of the three months for which he claimed the wages, were not spent on Yuensang, for which he was paid $280.52. Witness agreed.

Mr. Jenkin asked his Lordship to notice that if that sum was sub- tracted from the claim, the amount would then be $1,294.48.

24 HOURS' NOTICE.

Mr. Jenkin: There were three

other European, officers on the Haitan?—Yes.

peditionary Forces.

ex

KOWLOON LOITERER.

MAGISTRATE'S DISTURBED

SLUMBER.

Charged with being a rogue and vagabond. by being found loiter ing in the vicinity of the Obser- vatory during the early hours of this morning, a Chinese who ap

of

the First Squadron, she had aboard Rear-Admiral C. L Chen,

who has instructions from the Minister of the Chinese Navy to proceed to Pratas for the par- poses of the inauguration of the new wireless station. When she

leaves Hongkong at one o'clock

sion-to the office of a sioner in the Kuomintang Adminis-

tration.

THE DRAGON MOTOR

CAR CO., LTD..

33 WORKINDI CHUNG AD.

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BIG DEFICIT.

CHINA PROVIDENT ACCOUNTS.

AUDITORS' RESERVATIONS.

The annual report to sharehold- ers of the China Provident, Loan and Mortgage Co., Ltd., for the year ended December 31st, 1925, issued by the General Managers, Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Co., Ltd., states:

The actual result of the year's working shows a profit of $16,125.- 57, plus $200,000 ansferred back. from Reserve, giving a credit balance of $246,125.57.

After making the following ad justments, which are considered

necessary:-

Write of Property Write off Investment

Account Transfer to Reserve for Bad and Doubt- ful Loans Transfer to Reserve for. Bad and Doubt- ful Debts Transfer to General

Reserve

$ 800,529.92

144,951,50

1,123,380.18

26,106.30

161,786.83

$2,251,915.66

A special court which recently tried the accomplices in the murder. of the late Mr. Liao Chung-hoi, has found..Leang Pok, one of the four defendants, guilty of conspiracy to murder and sentenced him to death: while another defendant, the result is a debit balance of Lum Shing, has been found guilty

$2.105,790.09, less- $18,925.59

Consulting Committee.—Messrs. J. H. Taggart and T. de Weester retired on leaving the Colony, and Mr. W.-J. Hawker was invited to join the Committee in place of Mr. J. H. Taggart.

to-morrow afternoon for this des tination, the cruiser will take Rear-Admiral C. C. Hsu, Director of the Chinese Coast Guard Ad-of murder in the third degree and ministration (under whose juris- sentenced to three years' imprison-brenght forward from last year, Two other defendants, ble leaving a nett dößeit of $2,086,- diction and control the new Sta- ment. tion will, appropriately, be plac-Kwong-pel and Kuo Min-hing, both whom were military officers at

85-450. ed): the Directors of the Peking

the time of their arrest and were and Tsingtao Observatories; and, it is hoped, Mr. A. A. Claxton superiors of Chan Shun, a petty (Director of the Hongkong Obser- officer who is said to have actually killed Mr. Liao, are to be commit- vatory); the officer in charge of

ted to the General Headquarters of the Cape D'Aguilar Radio Station;

the Commander-in-Chief Commander Hole (Harbour Mas- etr), Mr. E. W. Carpenter (of the Public Works Department), and Mr. N. R. M. Shaw (Commission er of the Chinese Maritime Cus- toms for Kowloón), Invitations have been sent out to these Tofficials and others to make the trip to Pratas Shoals and be pre- sent at the inauguration ceremony on Saturday morning.

to

be

court-martialled. The late Mr. Liao was assassinated August 20th last year and the defendants were arrested a few days later but not tried until early this year. The special court to try them did not render its verdiet until July 13th.

CAFE COMMOTION.

MANAGER BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.

at

THE EQUIPMENT.

Vice-Admiral

the C. C. Hsu. Director of

Coast the Chinese Guard Administration, was inter-

Shortly after eleven o'clock last viewed by a Telegraph reprusen- tative this morning, and, speak- night, a commotion occurred in ing with some diffidence on the the promises of the newly-opened accomplishment of what admitted- Cafe Restaurant Parisien, ly has been an immense task and Pedder Street, as a sequel to which one which reflects the highest the manager, Mr. L. C. Taylor, possible credit to the efficiency appeared before Mr. R. E. Lind- and ski of the Chinese officials sell, at the Central Magistracy concerned, he stated that amongst this morning, on a charge of dis- the equipment installed on the orderly conduct. Pratas Shoals are a marine light- house, a radio compass direction- ander, a sparks set for communi- cation/ ship stations, vacuum sets with a range of 1,500 miles for continuous communication day and night with Observatories of the Far East.

CARS COLLIDE.

ACCIDENT NEAR DEEP BAY.

All these, said Vice Admiral Han, that the fighting will last for As Professor Roffey, of the are aids to navigation, and useful some time. There has been quite Hongkong University, was driving from the point of view of their con- a change in the Russian colony motor car No. 2122 at 7.10 p.m. nection with researches in co-opera- during the past few months, most yesterday, along the Repluse Bation with the Observatories-sf-top of those who were in Canton | Rond near Deep Bay, in the Far East. Naturally the new wire- formerly having returned home direction of Hongkong, a collisionless station will be placed under the and their places taken by new-occurred between his car and control and administration of his motor car No. 363, driven by Mr. Department of the Chinese Coast Hannibal. Mr. Hannibal's car was Guard Administration. slightly damaged.

comers.

RAILWAY PROTECTION.

DANGEROUS REEFS.

The Magistrate said he under- stood that further proceedings would be instituted in the case, and he proposed to remand Mr. Taylor on the charge. until Mon- day.

Mr. Taylor, who was on bail of $100, was informed that he would be allowed a continuance of the bail in the same amount.

NEW YORK STRIKE-

COMPANY SUES TRADE ·

UNIONISTS.

In accordance with the Articles of Association the Very Reverend Father L. Robert, Messrs. H. P. White, T. G. Weall, Lee Hysan and W. J. Hawker retire, and are eligi- ble for re-election.

Auditors. The accounts have been audited by Messrs. Linstead and Davis and Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and. Fleming who are eligible for re-election..

Notice has been lodged with the Company, by certain shareholders, that it is their intention to propose the election of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews as auditors for the current year.

AUDITORS”, REPORT.

The report of the auditors—- Messrs. Linstead and Davis and Messrs. Percy. - Smiths : Seth and

Fleming--states: A

We beg to report to the share- holders that we have audited the foregoing balance sheet with the books, documents and vouchers of the Company.

We have obtained all the in- formation and explanations - we have required.

We have not seen receipts for certain loans made by the Com-“ pany, which loans we understand" are at present being investigated. We have not seen satisfactors

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To guard against the Canton- A Chinese, living at 119, Queen's

New York, July 14. Hankow Railway in Kwangtung Road East, was accidentally knock- The Pratas are placed at some

The Inter-Borough Subway Com- being tampered with by encr-ies ed down yesterday, as he was considerable distances out in the pany is suing striking trade union vouchers in respect of the sum of during the absence of the main coming from the bathing sheds at Pacific, and, situated as they are, ists for $239,000, representing. $112,946, ander the heading of body of the Kuomintang Army North Point, by motor car No. 19, right in the way of ships' routes, revenue lost through the strike. Lighterage No.2 Account, being It is also applying for an injune-cash payments described as work- from Canton, a special military driven by Mr. Goldsmith, of the they have become something of a area will be marked out on the F.W.D., as the car was travelling terror to navigators.

The chief tlon to prevent the Union continuing expenses, made during the **All on 24 hours' notice?--I don't peared before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, railway. It is feared that if along the Shaukiwan Road from reef is formed of low land, horse-ing the strike-Reuter's American strike..

Was the Chief Engineer on 24 at the Kowloon Magistracy this measures are not taken, enemies west to east. The Chinese reshoe in shape, with a lagoon of shal Service.

morning, stated that he had been of the Government may be able to ceived injuries to both his knees, low depth in the middle, and, visiting same friends who were Northern Expeditionary Force injuries are not serious

to the but refused to go to hospital. His except in the very clearest weather.

should they try to interfere with employed at the Observatory.

the transportation system of the

know.

hours notice? I don't know.

Capt. Jones was on 24 hours' "notice; was he not?—I did not know at the time. He was on agree

meat.

His Worshi

At the interview which took make so lace at the company's office, was up everybo

total of what happen- I live

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It appears to us that owing to

the late állatment of certain shares, the dividend for the year 1924 wis

loss to the Company.

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it is hidden from view until it looms BETTER FRANC RATES, incorrectly paid, involving a small up when the mariner has approach-

ed within very close distance. With the Paracels, where the Chinese Government will next pro- cend am a similar task of providing ess station) and lighthouse,

and

£hat "reason" one

RESULT OF DERT