SALVAGE WORK ON "LIENSHING."
FOUR BOXES OF SPECIE RECOVERED.
REFLOATING UNLIKELY,
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Under Instructions from Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company, owners of the vessel lying near Amherst Rock, the salvage work for four boxes on the Lionahing cach containing gold bars to the value of sume Tle. 10,000, has been carried out since Sunday, aftor- noon, under the supervision of Mr. Okada, engineer of the Imperial Salvage Companys,
says, the Shanghaj Mercury of Friday last.
It is reported that the boxes in all successfully hauled up from the treasure, room of the ill-fated vessel on Wednes. day afternoon by a number of Japanese divers. It is learned that the specie, shipped by a Chinese na tive bank in Tientsia, was on its wa to Shanghai. ".
question were
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HANKOW TENSION. THE CANTON BOYCOTT
RECENT INCIDENTS
OUTLINED.
FIGHT BETWEEN PICKETS.
Hankow papors to hand; report-
EXTREMISTS.
ATTEMPT TO KEEP MOVEMENT ÄLIVE.
MORE INVESTIGATIONS.
It is reported from Canton that the Anti-British Boycott Extension Committee hug held a meeting for the purpose of devising plans to set British goods which merchants are up depots for the cheap sale of being asked to hand over.
on conditions there during the week-end, January 8th-9th., stats that the prevailing quietness was disturbed between the hours of four and six on Saturday after noon by fighting between rival One proposal which came before factions of pickets on Ilunan and the meeting was that a petition be seat to the Government asking Faucheong Roads. Inquiries the use of the Yunnancae Civic made of the plekots after the Guild bliilding and a section of the fighting was over ellelted the fact building formerly occupied by the that it was purely a fight between Provincial Kuomintang. During the native city pickets and the the discussion, however, the difficul- original band of pickets introdusty was mentioned of getting ed with the B.C.C. strike.
These latter it appears, made disparaging remarks
anent the qualities of the native city pickets as guardians of the British Con- "As to the salvage of the hull ofccasion, and it was decided to ar- the vessel, Mr. Hayashi, engineer rest one of them in order that the of the Tokyo Silvage Company, la mutter might be thrashed-out at conducting survey. But, accordion headquarters. This led to ing to him, conditions have become the trouble: the BCC, picket hail so bad since that there is now no Intention of being arrested, and little hope of refloating the vessel, his comrades being of the same sand covering the starboard of the opinion they came to blows, vessel some 16 ft. deep.
LOTTERY TICKETS.
FIGHT AT HÅNKOW CLUB.
Reinforcements were rushed for by both sides, and while thene were en rule the 'cuntre of aet.. vity drifted to Faucheong Road, and a pitched battle was ultim ately fought out on the Hankow Club hwn and its vicinity; the
ONLY A LITTLE FLING."
When a Chinese ime-washing contractor was charged before Mrgument was eventually settled
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aufficient British goods to display, since many merchants had not even answered the Committee's on- quiries. Consequently, it was re- solved to take steps to induce the merchants to comply with the Com- mittee's proposals.
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Another matter which came up for discussion was the question of preventing the importation of Bri- tish timber into Canton and it was resolved to form a special Investi- gation Corps to vielt all timber yards in Canton and investigate the stocks held.
MÜRDER TRIAL.
CONTINUED AT THE SESSIONS.
Schofield this morning in cone whose officers after a great dual by the arrival of armed police)
Police evidence to-day against tion with the discovery of sample
of argument persuaded the parties Criminal Sessions, before Sir the Chinese who is on trial at the lottery tickets on him, 'ME' Me-
to cease their strife, and, depart; leery Gollan, charged with the Callum, for the defence, argued
leaving the properly appointed that it could not be held against.
pleketa in is client that he was trafficking grounds. The wounded went to
charge of the Club accountant of the Sik Ying Seat murder of the caretaker and bernuse of his busines position the Roman Catholic, hospital, one Kowloon City, was to the effect men's Club at Cheung On Street, and of the negligible,value of the tickets 'seized. His case was like been very suriously injured. By belonging to a witness for the pro- man to all appearances having that of many others in the Colony, half past six all was quiet again,secution when he was arrested.
that prisoner was wearing clothing and the offence was no more than the majority of the pickets having that oflaying a little fling."
been persuaded to leave the Han- His Worship said he was prekow Club compound. However, pared to accept the plen, but he thought the defendant must have bought many similar lottery tickets and had not been pfevriusly caught.
Sunday morning they were all back again.
A CHANGE OF POLICY.
Cross-uxumining Sergt. Whelon, Mr. Fitzroy suggested that the clothing could easily have been
identified because of certain holes and tears. The witness stated that the trousers and coat were On Sunday a change of policy identification amongst other cloth, .concealed for the purposes of the was illustrated by the order to touring secured from second-hand down the posters referring to the British. This was carried out but shops as much like the exhibits as
possible. in their place à considerable um
Mr. McCallum, in describing himself as a possible offender, by having himself bought one or two lottery tickets, asked if it was not bringing the law into rificute by the Court's attitude on these mater of placards welcoming Geners of those Chang Kai-shek were put up Kuomintang Society or through a misunderstanding by the force Mr. McCallum reminded his taking down posters is not clear, Worship of the Court's previous but the welcoming ones disappear. decisions in cases where personaled from the walls nearly as soon possession only was adduced.
ter This Was ond Hered the Court might have shut
Mr. Fitzroy if he knew anything Inspector Reynolds," asked by of Triad Societies,, said he could
aid of, a book,
offences at which Mr. Callum be. Whether on account of the ants-identify certain marks with the:
..its eyes.
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as they appeared..
The evnenation of foreign wo- His Worship discharged the de- fendant, but ordered the confieu-men and children continued. S. flon of the tickets.
HUNGRY MAN.
day saw all British subjects Leav ing both Wiehang and Hanyang, It is also reported that the consuls of some of the other nationalities in port are advising their women folk to leave. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the British Conces
WILL GET FOOD IN CAOL.alon on Sunday witnessed consi-
Sir Joseph Kemp (for the Crown):-Stanton?
Witness: Yes.
Sir Henry Gollah:Is that Sir George Stanton who translated the Tai Ching Luk Lei?
Sir Joseph Kemp:-I don't think 90. I think he was a police officer. His book is taken as aÙ authority in Secret Society enses
under the ordinanec.
The ease is proceeding.
derable throngs again wandering from them by a group of coolies In a case in which a Chinese about with agitators addressing who would not let the foreigners rag-and-bire man Was charged different bunches. In one case carry them. with being in unlawful possession lecturer commenced addressing n
of a number of empty glass bot. tles to-day, the Magistrate looked the defendant's police record, and discovered that in 1924 he bad been summoned three times for the very same offence.
His Worship: Why you should pialise in glass bottles 1 don't know..
ABSURD DEMANDS,
Growd from the Cenotaph bat he had not been long in position, when Halfway up the foreshore to- military car with two foreignward the Bund, the coolles' put the dressed Chinese appeared on the bags down and opened negotia scene and he was bundled off in tions on rates. They domanded the vehicle. Notwithstanding this sixty dollars, thirty dollars for and other attempts to keep order carrying each bag a distance of by getting vendarmerie to keep the about two hundred feet. Mr. erowds moving, Sunday withessed Brown and Mr. Guttery turned a slight increase in the tension their pockets inside out, and their which had somewhat relaxed on total assets showed slightly less Saturday on account of the deauri-than five dollars. Compromise on Foured streets and on aceniunt of the the rate was then effectel for
Then solicing the famished look of the defendant, his Worship re- marked: I'll send him to gaol to feed him up a bit. weeks
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As an elaborate iden takes por- fect shape in some master-mind, Northcliffe House, the Daily Mall's now home, whose impressive bulk of steel and stone has been But the Daily Mail "bobbins"” reared at the angle of Tudor-street will never be empty. So fast as and Whitefrinrs-street, E... is the rolls of paper are devoured by now nearing completion.
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that it was none of their business. nounced by the Imperial Tobacco Mr. Arthur M. Guttery, of the A crowd of ricksha coolica came Company, making a total dividend Hankow Y.M.C.A., and Mr. P. W. up, most of whom knew Mr. Gut- The mighty system of machinery | into Daily Mails, practically in the' for the year of 24 per cent-Brown, member of the committee tery, and tried to settle the fee for which will be capable of printing twinkling of an eye more and more Router.
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