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It is held in Kuomintang circles that the backbone of the Cum munist Party organization Shanghai has been broken by arm ed force. The C. P. did not be Heve that General Chiang Kai-shek would authorize the use of the army against the labourers, was done on Tuesday and Wednes. dny, as such action is definitely against the rules of the party.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20.

KOWLOON TONG.

· MOTION FOR PROVISION OF A MARKET.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday, the Chairman of the Board, Mr. N. L. Smith pre- siding. Other members of the Board present were Mr. H. T. Jackman (Acting Director of Public Works), Dr. Pope, (Medical meer of Health), Dr. S. W. Tao, Mr. J. P. Braga, Dr. S. C. Ho, and the Secretary of the Board, (Mr. D. D. Davies).

The principal business was con-

THE PREVALENCE OF LOTTERIES.

SOLICITOR'S COMMENT ON WHOLESALE GUILT.

Mr. F. H. Loseby defended four Chinese who were charged yester- day with keeping a gambling house, the possession of lottery tickets (po piu) and with making them.

The fhet is that in the suppressideration of the following motionchy stated that every Club in

sion of the C. P., the soldiers have been instructed to shoot into crowds and it is now known that during Wednesday's fighting, the casualties were in the neighbour- hand of 100 on the part of the labourers. How many soldiers were killed and wounded is not being given out.

A Miniature Arsenal,

The round-up of Communist headquarters brought to General Chew Feng-chi's army huge stores of arms and munitions. Among the articles captured were:

8,000 rifles.

20 machine-guns

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put forward by Mr. J. P. Braga:

"That, in the opinion of the Board, a supplementary recom- mendation should be forwarded to the Government for the inclu- sion in the Estimates for 1928 or a-atall market. ht or in close proximity to the Kau Lung Tong Ealate."

After Sub-Inspector Shaftain had described to Major C. Willson, the raid which the police made on No. 20, Hillier Street, and the circumstances under which the defendants were arrested, Mr. the Colony ran a lottery and practi- cally everyone was guilty under the section by which his client was charged. Ho said that only poor people of "this particular type" were brought into Court. He made a plea for leniency.

Evidence showed that during the raft four lets of po pin tickets were found. The first defendant was arrested sitting at a doak on which were 340 tickets. From a place where the second defend- ant rose 780 tickets were found. Another man had tickets in hig pocket.

"Is a Market Necessary? Putting the motion before the meeting, the Chairman said that no thought members had seen the correspondence leading up to the motion, which was not considered and recommended in time for the estimates of the current year. Mr. Loseby asked his Worship. 200 Mauser convertible pis. He was not quite sure that there to take into consideration the fact had been much demand for the that his clients had been in police stalls with the estate at its pre-custody for a few days. The first Sent size, or would be even when defendant was not connected with there were 250 occupied houses the house. The second and third with a population of about 2.000. men were fokis who were employ- 7 handeart loads of axes

At the same time he would leaveed at 30 to 50 cents a night. They 2,000 long-handled pikes.

it entirely in the consideration of certainly did not own the business. *Sub-Inspector. Shaftain: They The figures for the rounds of the members, without opposing ammunitions are questioned be- the motion, but would point ou were found waiting and they are cause of the enormous quantity; that the views of the Board had certainly running the gambling The first defendant in the yet fause, are the figures which always received fall consideration house. were given in an authoritative re-by the Government; and that be-witness box stated that he was a por: yesterday. Wang Sho-hua,ing the case, the recommendation Chinese doctor and went there the centre of the Labour agitation, for a stall market should not be only to visit a friend.

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is believed to be dead.

Troops Hired by the G. L. 1. Among those arrested were 85 men, am whom were found 42 belonging to the Chihli-Shantung army and who admitted that they had been hired by the General Labour Union to attempt to seize the beadquarters of the 20th Army Torps. They will be tried, and if found guilty, it is understood that they will reeive the maximum punishment.

forwartled unless it was necessary.

In any case, he saw no harm in recommending the motion to the Government, who would cut it out from the estimates if they could not afford it.

The Hon. Mr. Jackman said the provision of a market could hardly be justified by the present size of It could be saved for the estate. the 1929 Estimates.

A Real Need. Mr. Braga said that according General Pei Chung-hsi arrived to the plans of the Kowloon Tong from: Nanking at noon yesterday Estate Subscribers' Association, and stated that the Nanking Police 250 houses would have been com had raided the Communist head-pleted and occupied by the end of quarters in Nanking and had cap the year, and officials of the As- tured more thar a dozen C. Psociation had assured him that the leaders. He also stated that the need for a market was as real as Military Command were satisfied the improvement with the military situation in facilities. Kiangsu and that reports of North- en successes have been exag gerated. Is train encountered no dilicuity in coming through from Nanking to Shanghai.

Where the Raids Were. Among the buildings raided by the Nationalist troops in their campaign against the C. P. during

this week were:

Hluchow Guild, Library of the Commercial Press, 6th District Police Station, Door of Hope, B. A.

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Mr. Loseby submitted that the as they were, employed men, could not be considered as con- ducting the business. "In own office I should be very sorry if my messengers and coolies were to be considered as conducting the business. Similarly in this court how could anybody but your Wor- ship be conducting a case," added.

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A fine of $100 sách on the charge of possession was imposed."

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He pointed out that one of the objects of the Kowloon Tong Estate scheme, was the relieving of congested areas, and that ob ject would be helped by induce- menta such as the provision of a market, amongst other facilities. The motion was carried. Acting Director of Public Works clear away sick being the only member voting bilious attacks, restore cheerful- against it.

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blema, but in the urganization scheme, union is able to seize and hold any funds which the General Labour Union may have had.

bour Union, Federation of Labour- would have involved many pro- ers, Peasants, Merchants, Stud- ents, and Soldiers, The Toyoda Cotton Mill Labourers' Union, Sung Sings Cotton Mill Labourers Union, Ming Sings Cotton Mil Labourers' Union, Headquarters of General Chang Pai-chi, former the Special District of the Shang-Commander of the Ningpo Forts hai Kuomintang Parly, the Shang-Garrison, and Mr. Yung Ching-fu, haj Provincial Government. Some Vice-Contander of the Chapel of these organizations had C. P. Volunteer Corps, have been on- allations; others had been scized trusted with the task of reorganiz-

by the C. P. who used the building the labour unions so that they ings against their wishes.

will contain no C. P. elements.

The taking over of the District Committee of the Kuomintung Party eliminates the so-called Left Wing from further activity in Shanghai. This Wing, while re- taining the name Kuomintang, has always been in close affiliation

'Union Re-organized. The General Labour Union has not exactly been dissolved. It has rather been taken over by Chiang Kai-shek's Government, which has instructed the Federated Associa- tion of Labour Unions, an anti-with the C. P.

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