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FOUNDED IS A THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1926.

BRIGHTER CANTON OUTLOOK. ALERTE FIRED ON. SECURED $200 WORTH

SIGNS THAT CARGO IS BEGINNING

TO MOVE.

News from Canton to-day shows that a much brighter atmos- phore is apparent amongst Chinese merchants there in regard to the resumption of trade with Hongkong. There is much activity in passenger business, whlist cargo is reported to be moying slowly. The Chinese staffs of British firms on Shameen have also returned to duty.

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A resumption of West River traffic is shown by the departure this morning from Hongkong of several tows of lighters and other craft, convoyed by British gunboats and armed launches.

FRENCH SAILOR

KILLED.

LATEST YANGTSZE OUTRAGE.

and another wounded.

place between Wäsuch and Kiu- kiang.

OF GOODS.

MESSRS. LANE, CRAWFORD VICTIMISED.

pleading guilty to the two separate counts taken out under this charge.

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SERIOUS OUTBREAK ON, "ROSANDRA.

GOVERNOR'S INTENSE

OPTIMISM

UNITED MALAYA WANTED.

No. 3 Settlements Association.

FEDERATION'S PROBLEM. "BOY" SENTENCED.

CARGO FROM HONGKONG. A Reuter's wire 'received this.

Rugby, Oct. 3.

A very interesting speech on the Obtaining goods by falso, pre- Twenty thousand more men re morning says that news has been

Port Said, Oct. 13.. The Italian steamer, Rosandra, delivered by His Excellency the futuro development of Malaya was received in Shanghai to the effect tences to the value of over $200, turned to work in the coal miners MERCHANTS NOW HOPEFUL that ring took place yesterday on from the grocery department of yesterday and it was authoritative from the Far Fast, is off the port delivered

ly stated last night that over with No. 4 and No. 5 Holds, and Governor (Sir Laurence Guille the Yantsze River on the Fronch

Messra. Lane, Crawford, Ltd, 217,000 miners are now engaged. In the engine room and bunkers mard) on Friday night at the gunboat Alerte,

The message says that: details Cheung Yin, a domestic servant at producing coal throughout Britain.afire. All means are being taken annual dinner of the Straits. are not yet to hand, but it it one time in the employment of Myesterday's increase was the re possibility of success.

The most important feature of to extinguish the fire and there is reported that a sailor was killed C. G. Darby, was to-day sentenced sumption of work by over 5,000 and No. 6 holds are being flooded During the course of his speech,

The firing appears to have taken to four months' hard labour on Lancashire miners. Several hun after discharging their cargo on the Governor said: Malaya is).

dreds more in that area have signed deck. The cargo is chiefly copra, destined to be one of the most on for work to-day. The break 40ya beans, cotton, pepper, tea, important members of the Empire. away from the policy of the Miners' general goods and olla.-Reuter. I doubt whether all you busy men Federation in this important area The ss. Rosandra is one of the have time to look ahead and realise. is regarded as a particularly sign-Lloyd Triestino fleet, the local how Important she is going to be ificant development, which must agents for which are Messrs. Dod. and how each one of you can help be taken into account when the wall and Company. She left Hong- her development and growth, Miners' Executive meets in London kong on September 11th, and on Frankly speaking" I think it is to-morrow. Small increases were board in Signor Giovanni Guavi, a your plain. duty to do so, and to also recorded yesterday in other Roman Catholic missionary, who take thought for those who come areas in which the Federation embarked hero,

after you and for the future of policy is well supported, namely

She was carrying nearly three the country to which you owe your Scotland, the North-Eastern coun- hundred tons of cargo from the prosperity. tries, Yorkshire and South Wales, Far East, consisting largely of All parts of Malaya are growing but the numbers at work in these cassia from Canton, a consider and developing separately. The districts is still only about ten per able quantity of tea, homp and Colony has attained maturity, and cent of those normally employed. buffaloe hides.

will continue to grow on well The Executive is meeting to-

«On 'enquiry at Messrs. Dodwell's established lines, accelerated by

In Hongkong, confidence is growing and Chinese merchanta are more hopeful of an early resumption of trade with Canton.

It is stated that French Admiral is proceeding up river, this morning.

It was stated that between the 7th September and the 6th Octoben, The military authorities at Swatow have declared the strike at

THE PEACE MOVE. an end, but the Strike Committee is demanding its continuance.

and again on the 12th October, de The peace movement headed by General Chang Chun-kwei, re- fendant secured goods to the value The Canton merchants have so spority.

ported a few days ago, is deve of $210 from the firm by producing far displayed little confidence in This is the second trip of the loping according to a report

papers purporting to emanate as the announcement that the boycott Sai On to Canton since the calling by a

Chinese newa agency. has come to an end, though this is off of the blockade. On the first It is said that a document has been orders from. Mr. Darby. Appear "regarded as caution, the rest being occasion she had to anchor in prepared in large and

distinct ing again at the shop, on the latter "a matter of time. The .s. Foo-midstream, embarking her pus-letters, bearing the words:"The date, he was arrested. shing returned from Canton yester-sengers by means of lighters, but preliminary negotiations complet

Major C. Willson passed sen- day, with no cargo and only five with the handing over of the Tunged and signed between Tang Sung- deck passengers.

On Company's wharf at Canton to che and Sur: Chuan-fang" Ontence of two months' hard labour The 6s Hopsang and, the s.s. its owners, it is hoped to provide putting his signature to the docu.on cach of the two counts, the morrow primarily to receive disthis morning. we were informed the development which will follow Yatshing, and the large Jardine, the usual berthing facilities along-ment, the former à said to have terms being, ordered to be served trict reports on the various pro- that no news of the fire has yet on the construction of the Naval

launch Indo China, left for Canton curly this morning.

THE A. P. C.

side the Bund at Canton, as from declared that he is acting in the to-day. Transportation of cargo name and on behalf of General will accordingly be much sim-Chang Kai-shek, having plenary plified, and the local agents here powers-therefore the terms of A large convoy of Asiatic Petro-are waiting a telegram from their this document have not only my leum Company's launches and Canton office as soon as the Sal approval but also that of General lighters left Hongkong. at day-On arrives there. break this morning, with consign- Concident with this news is the ments for Kongmoon, Samshui, and announcement that West

communications "have also been Confirming this to-day, Mr. W. resumed, and to-day the steamer H. Bell, the general mannger of the Fook On is loading cargo pre- Company, said that the attitude paratory for her departure at a adopted by the A. P. C. was that later hour for Wuchow.

Wuchow,'

Chang Kai-shek."" The terms are not stated, as there are details of River some important matters which

In view of these reassuring de- the Canton Government has said that the strike and boycott were velopments, prominent. Chinese seen by a over, and the A. P. C, was taking businessmen, when them at their word. The Com-Telegraph representative to-Bay, pany was now taking the necessary expressed the unanimous opinion steps to open up normal business that if no difficulties arise over the new surtaxes, it will not be at the ports named.

very long before full resumption of trade is attained.

CONVOY SYSTEM.

PIRATE LAUNCHES CAPTURED.

H.M.S. Robin's Report.

"We are in receipt of in- formation to-day from the Hongkong Naval authorities, which They view

states that H.M.S. Robin captured two pirate. launches yesterday (Wednes day) near Hoichow, West River.

In connection with the resump-the present period as one of read- tion of traße between Hongkong,justment and of re-establishment. of confidence amongst those con- Kongmoon and Wuchow, the Hong-

cerned. kong Government is considering the advisability of re-introducing, the! SHAMEEN STAFFS RETURN. convoy system as a prevention of piracy, but no definite statement is yet available.

WEST RIVER TRÅDE.

tion at Canton.

and armed launches

The boats are being taken, to Canton, where they will be handed over to the local Chinese Government Authori- ties.

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THE BUDGET.

TO BE INTRODUCED

TO-MORROW,:-

The most important business at to-morrow's meeting of Legislative Counell will be the first reading of a Bill intituted An Ordinance to apply a sum not ex- ceeding.Seventeen Million, seven hundred and forty-one thousand, five hundred and for-three dollars to the Public Service of the year 1927.

The Budget Speech of H. E. the Governor will be awaited with much interest in view of the pre- | sent situation.

The Government is asking for | $17,741,543, or $1,026,284 lesa than. was asked last year, and over seven and a half million dollars less than was budgetted for in. 1925.

WOMAN FINED.

HOUSE OF ILL-REPUTE

posals for intensifying the struggle, including the withdrawal of safety- -men, but as the extremists are alude in advocating this project, It. Is unlikely that steps will be au- thorised to carry "it out.—British Wireless.

Later, To-daya increase in the number

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Base, the progreas in aviation and the evolution of an Imperial Air route. The Federated Malay FIREWOOD HUNTERS. States are comparatively young and are still growing. The Un- federated; Malay :: States

are younger still.

DESTRUCTION IN STANLEY PLANTATION.

They are still rather unknown quantities to the majority of dwellers in the Colony, but they are developing fast with Forestry Department officials great possibilities ahead. are somewhat concerned over the inroads made by firewood hunters

o plantations on the daland. To

ONE UNITED MALAYA

What I want you all to realise the case of the plantation between is that these various parts of Stanley and Repulse Bay, which Malaya can only attain their full has been marked for a big affores development by working together. tation scheme next year," measures were to-day taken by the Superin-I do not menn,by this expression 48, members of one united Malaya. tendeal; Mr. Green, in the charging anything like fusion of the States of a number of the culprits before with the Colony. Any such action Mr. R. E. Lindsell. One woman would be a violation of our was fined $25; while three other Treaties with the States, and could females, who said they were not be thought of for a moment. stone-breakers," but who

wer What I'mean by a united Malaya is unable to convince the Magistrate,

a loose union of independent mem- that the firewood was discarded bers, a partnership based on com dead brushwood, were also mulcted in a fine of $5 each.

"Mr. Green, replying to the Magistrate, said that. last Satur- combined aetion on uniform lines. day he 'surprised a gang of fire- That the Colony and the wood cutters in the district, and (Federated Malay States and to a confiscated one-and-a-half tons of less degree the Unfederated Malay wood on a motor-lorry. He was States are mutually dependent fu of miners returning to work is not sure that the defendants were commerce and trade is generally 7,019. The total number of men not of the same gang.

realised, but the fact is not yet.

In the current week's Com- petition, several entrants have bech sending in various batches of coupons in separate, envel- open. It will greatly facilit- nto the checking of claims if "each competitor makes a point of using only one envelope for all his coupons. This can be done by collecting the coupons up to Friday night, and then sending them all in together on Saturday morning.

mon interest and mutual loyalty and expressed as far as possible in

JEALOUSY DYING OUT.

A British wireless report, sent lout by the Rugby station, says:

"According to Canton telegrams. the strike and blockade aro de-l We are informed by the local finitely at an end, and the pickets nuval authorities that there are no have all been withdrawn. Un require further discussion before further reports regarding the situa-restricted communication is now the full text of the compact can

taking place between Canton and be drawn up. :

now producing coal is officially From the same source, we learn Hongkong, and the Chinese are However, it is said that the five

.. In a third case, against a fully recognised with regard to stated to be 224,896. that several tows of lighters and again coming in large numbers to allied previnces, Kiangsi, Anhui,

man, it was shown that the development and policy. We must foreign Concessions

Statements made yesterday at defendant merely stripped off the not only keep before us the ideals other craft left Hongkong this the

On Kiangsu, Chekiang and Fukien,

the Labour Conference by Mr. morning, for Kongmoon, Shamshui Shameen Island, where the antive will retain their status quo. The In proceeding against a woman

bark from a tree. An Interesting of mutual" help and co-operation, and Wuchow. They are being pro- staffs of British firms are return-fact that no hostilities have taken on a charge of keeping a house Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the statement was made by Mr. Green But we must carry those ideals

place for the last three or four of ill-repute, before Major C. Labour Party, Mr. J. H: Thomas, in this connection, to the effect into practice. tected from pirates by an escorting to work. provided by the British gunboats "It is impossible as yet to days would appear to bear out the Willson at the Central Magistracy the Railwaymen's leader, and Mr. that this bark was considered to

Ben Tillett, the Transport Workers estimate the degree to which truth of the above report, and it this morning, Sub-Inspector Bloor

possess medicinal value by the trade is being resumed, and pro- may be that the developments of produced records of two previous leader, showing that the minere can Chinese and was exposed for sale When I came here six years ago, paganda is still proceeding the coming week will be somwhat convictions against the woman, expect neither money from the in bundles at herbaliste shops. the old spirit of mutual jealousy

other Unions nor an embargo on However, ho Nevertheless, silk sensational and startling. both of these being under the coal imports, constituted a new and cerned with the fact that the the Federated. Malay States. I A naval wireless message re-against it.

was chiefly con-was rife both in the Colony and

coived from Swntow states:

dealers and other Chinese mer- It is said that Sun Chuan-fang Opium Ordinance.

perhaps decisive development in the. The local military authorities chants are hopeful that normal had to take this step because he

The Magistrate observed that coal crisis. The miners have been stripping of the bark from this found to my surprise that it was published a proclamation yester-business will be re-established in was not adequately supported these were for entirely different told by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald species of trees was enough to regarded, even by sensible men as

kill them.

Inevitable, and by the less intel- day, Tuesday, saying that the a few days and do not anticipate From another source, it is observ-offences, and he could not see how in effect that the only thing that

ed, that this may be a mere ruse they could be regarded as having the Labour Party can do now for Magistrate in this case.

A fine of $25 was imposed by the ligent as something to be proud strike was to cease, but the any difficulties.".

of. That spirit is, I rejoice to say, on the part of Sun Chuan-fang. Strike Committee have issued pos-

any important, bearing on the for them is to take the fight to the

fast dying out. I have done what ters demanding a continuation of

House of Commons and there con-

I can to kill it, and I wish to the strike.

duct it on a policy of nationalian- tion of the coal industry. It is VERANDAH COLLAPSE. tatu publicly how much credit is generally considered that a resump tion of work will be accelerated in view of the position in which the miners how find themselves.

"SWATOW POSITION.

SIGNS OF ACTIVITY.

PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

CHANG TSO-LIN BUSY.

case.

Our Canton correspondent, writ

Another news agency reports The police officer agreed but ing under date of yesterday, saya that Chang Tso-lin is now organis- further stated that secret opium

The general atmosphers in the Despite hesitancy in some quar-city is much brighter, and the vast inga political-party, somewhat divans were generally run in the ters, the prospect of business is majority of the people are glad similar to the Kuomintang, and le Colony in conjunction with these

employing student graduates re- unlicensed houses. The being seized upon with avidity by that the boycott is over.

The usual fine of $50 for a rat some Chinese merchants who seek boat people along the Bund are turned from abroad to help in the a resumption of their former ex-keen on taking passengers to the movement, da it is considered an offence, was imposed by his Wor- tensive connections with Canton. Hongkong steamers. The Sai On absolute necessity to combat the ship in the present cage. Today, the fourth day after the was, in particular, surrounded propaganda of the Kuomintang. calling-off of the blockade, the with sampans this morning, and Furthermore, it is said that he has various steamship, companies are she seemed to be full of Chinese sent delegates to Mongolia, with sending out canvassers for cargo passengers. Both the Sai On and freights, and at least in the case the Lungshan were lying in mid-defensive alliance.

of the Tung On Steamship Com-stream off. Shameen. pany, a move has been made with

fairly large number of passengers, and, what is more important, with cargo. The volume of this busi-

Our correspondent further

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overtures for an offensive and

MORE FIRING/

BITTEN BY DOG.

This step is designed to cut off

AN UNLUCK WORKMAN. Feng Yu-halang's military" "sup." plies from the Soviet.Should the dispatch of the s.8. Sai. On states that cargo is beginning to both these nima, be achieved, they that a workman was admitted into A report was made yesterday this morning to Canton with a move slowly.

will have far-reaching effects on the Government Civil Thospital the general altuation.

suffering from severe bites inflict ed by a chow dog. AA naval message from Hankow, The story told in the case was dated yesterday, says;

that the man who was engaged on The local situation is unchanged, repairs to the roof of No. 2. Second Ships have been fired on between Street, West Point, ventured on to Kichow and Wusueh, where night the roof of the adjoining building ing between Sun's and the South and was attacred by a watchdog,

being bitten severely in the les

THE NEW TAXES. Writing in regard to the new ness is small, it is true consisting, taxes, our correspondent ́neys of 100 packages of Singer sewing these are being collected, but ap- machines and also other odd cargo,parently in a rather amateurish' but at least it represents the begin fashion. Some better machinery nings of what is hoped by mer, will have to be organised if the chants In both felles to be a work is to be done properly. The gradual return to commercial pro(Continued On Page 12.) era troops is talding place.

HOME SECRETARY'S AFFEAL

due to two bodies of men whom

I regard as accessories to the act of slow murder: I mean those THREE BODIES RECOVERED much criticised bodies the Un- Coffeinl Members of Council in both Clearing the rubble left by the the Colony and the Federated! collapso on Tuesday of the veran Malay States. Signs of a new Sir William Joynsen Hicks, dahs of a block of newly-con-spirit were shown when sometime Home Secretary, speaking at the structed houses in Argyle Street, back the two sets of Unofficials met opening of the International Exhi the police yesterday recovered the together to consider questions in bition of Inventions, mado au ap-doad bodies of two coolles who which both, Administrations were peal to the participants in the dis- were killed, and removed them to interested, and to make joint re pute. He hoped that reason would the Mortuary before burial.

commendations? shortly reach the minds of those Previous to this the remains of Another fact which has contri- concerned in the stoppage on both a woman, carrier had also been buted to the ideal of a united ring to-day would think of the effect now ascertained that three were Mainyan Civil Service, responsible, sides and that those who were war extricated from the ruins. It is Malaya, is that we now have a that the war was having on the killed and one injured in this mis for the Administration of Malaya, basic trades upon which the entire hap

the officers of which are freely position of Great Britian depended.

interchangeable between the He appealed to those concerned to

Colony, the Federation and the consider whether the time had not the well-being of the miners and Unfederated States, come to say definitely that enough their employers, but for the well- We are wall on our way tó aghting had taken place and that bring of the great mass of the com- realising the local of a united honour on both sides had been sa munity which was suffering as Malaya. I hope and believe that tisfied, and that work should be much as the mining industry it we shall advance steadily along resumed in all pits, not merely for self-Brillah Wireless.

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