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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2. 1938.

BANDITS SEIZE BIG WORST YEARS LEFT NO MONEYLENDING COMMUNISTS SACK MOROS EXECUTED IN

PARTY.

OVER HUNDRED CHINESE ARE KIDNAPPED.

KWANGTUNG AFFAIR.

BEHIND.

RECEIPTS.

CHINA UNDERWRITERS JUDGE CONDEMNS A LOCAL

PROGRESS.

· An unusual story is reported in | OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE MUCH the Canton vernacular Press of the

kidnapping of over a hundred peo

plė.

BRIGHTER.

villagera of

TO-DAY'S MEETING.

It appears that on April 23rd,

of

a party

Shuntak District, numbering

107. proceeded to tho Sai

PRACTICE.

LONG INSTALMENTS.

A money-lending case which was heard by Mr. P. Jacks, neting Pulane Judge, in the Summary Court this morning, In which a defendant said he had paid fivaj inataiments while the Indian plaintif contended that he had

BIG CITY.

SEVERAL THOUSANDS

KILLED.

SLAUGHTER ACCORDING TO CLASSES.

HUNAN TYRANNY.

Hengchów, Apr. 10. A pamphlet distributed by the

Chiu District with the Inten- Presiding at the fourth annual only received two, caused his tion of paying respect to the mism-general meeting of China Under-Lordship to remark on the local ory of their ancestors buried there, writers, Ltd., at noon to-day, Mr. practice of receipts not being refugees from Anren city gives a They wore all members of one big R. G. Showan was able to report given by money-lenders on pay-long description of the sufferings clan named Koon,

antisfactory progress by the vari-ment of money. ous Departments of the Company.

WIS Mr. Hussans,

of the city during the time it has been in the hands of the Com- The plaintiff wns Naranjan muniste. He stated that the income from Singh, ndministrating the estate the Accident Department had been of the late Ojagar Singh, and the Nationalist Government and states The pamphlet is addressed to the doubled for the second year in defendant succession, and that there was an clerk, of the R.A.S.C. The claim in part, that the sufferings of the increase of over $84,000 in the was for $324 on a promissory note inhabitants of his town were the same as those of Lelyang and premiums received by the Life dated June 3, last year. during

Chenchow; apart from an early Department.

The plaintiff and that the note Communist occupation when, only was given in settlement of an- some len murders were committed other action and was for $354, the procedure has been practically He admitted that he had received the same. two instalments of $15 each, leaving the balance claimed.

While passing through the mountainous part of the district, they encountered a gang of bandite owing allegiance to a notorious chief named Lung Yeung-sha. All the bandits weer armed, and they seized the whole party of visitors.

Fortunately, however, the fight one of the small boys amongst the captives succeeded The Company's progress, he said, in escaping from the bandit den had been as aätisfactory as they and later reported the outrage to had reason to hope, and they. the Vilinge Volunteer Corps. could consider that they had left When the bandits discovered.] their most difcult years behind. that this lad had escaped, and was likely to inform the authorities of the affair, the bandit chief shot

Chairman's Speech.

Ave of the captives by way of re-notice convening the meeting,

The Secretary having read the

The Chairman said-We have

venge,

Later, troops arrived at the bandit stronghold and fought des- perately with the desperadoes, but the brigands were able to make off taking with them all the prisoners. The troops-made-a- fruitless pursuit and only ceeded in killing and wounding a few of the bandits.

SUC-

SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL

POLICE.

CHINESE GETS EXECUTIVE POST.

now the pleasure to lay before you

•

Troops. Flee.

The defendant said he had paid) The pressure on Lelyang by five instalments, for which the Government troops forced the band plaintiff had refused to give to depart from that centre and receipts.

they immediately rushed to Anron, The small garrison that had been The plaintiff said there was no stationed there working with objection to giving receipts, and local defence corps since the first the year ending 31st December, acknowledgment should be given.proach of the large body from our report and the accounts for his Jordshp commented that an Communist uprising left at the ap- 1927, and, as these have been in He suggested that money paid Leiyang, and the field was left your hands for the required period, should-be-recorded-on-the-back of clear for the Communista to take I will with your consent take thom the note in the presence of both rovenge which they did, as read.

parties so that the court could see As on the last occasion, we have how matters stood. Addressing)

Thousands Killed. converted all silver currency the defendant he said it was no Some thousands were killed with figures to Hongkong dollars and use coming to Court and making the usual atrocities, and most of gold currency figures to ster-statements which he could not the houses have been destroyed, ling at the parities. The gold and prove. The defendant, added his Wint, according to the pamphlet silver figures have then been con- Lordship, would be quite justified made mallers harder for the verted for convenience of reference in refusing payment until a re-people, was the heavy rains which to Hongkong dollars at the rate ceipt was given.

set in making the roads impasa ruling at Bat December, 1927, Judgment was entered for the able, and thus preventing the namely 25.03%d. As the rate plaintiff and the defendant was escape of many who would other differs slightly from that at which ordered to pay $12 a month instal-wise have got away, [the figures were combined on 31st December, 1026, we have, for the sake of continuity,, shown the figures brought forward at last year's. rate and carried the P. & O. CAPTAIN DIES. "Burning and killing corps" the

difference to Exchange Account.

Fire and Accident Departments,

Marine Department.

menta.

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COLLAPSES ON DECK OF "NALDERA,"

On this occasion it appears that the Communists army were divided into separate bodies with separate functions such as The Searching the mountain corps" the "Black face corps" etc.

Their slogans were simply kill

MANILA.

FOUR DIE IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.

CHLOROFORM GIVEN.

Manila, "Apr. 23. Yesterday afternoon at Bilibid Prison, four Moros-Sawajan, Hall, Barabama and Asmant paid the death penalty for murder. They died in the electric chair, one after the other, in the order named.

Only one of the doomed 'mon went to the chair protesting his innocence. This was the last to expiate the crime, Asmani. And he was likewise the only one who walked unsupported to his doom. The others had been given an of guards to be taken from the anaesthetic and required the sid death chapel to the death chamber. An anaesthetic in the form of chloroform was administered to all of the men, so that each was un-. conscious when the death-dealing current of electricity was turned into the chair.

Two Shocks,

Sawajan and Barahama died from the first shock. Two shocks were required to satisfy the de- mand of the law with the others.

The crime for which the four men were electrocuted was the murder at Jolo of another Moro named Hassan, on May 10, 1926, quartette secured Pezos 50 as the for the purpose of robbery. The result of their crime.

Efforts were made to secure a commutation of sentanco for the condemned men but Governor General Stimson, after a careful study of the case, declined to inter- fere and permitted the law to take ite course.

Letters to Relatives.

So far as known, none of the Moros made any religious confes sion, refusing to receive the bane- diction of the prison chaplain in the absence of a prelate of the Mohammedan faith. They re- gucated and saw Data Tahil, how- ever, who gave the religious con- solation they needed and who it was understood was asked to con- vey personal messages to the re- latives and friends.

The prisoners were reported to with the addition of a long list of the various classes to be killed. have written letters to their re- According to this list if the pro-saying they were satisfied that latives just before their execution gramme is fully carried out, there will be practically none but thera-Allah would take care of their

soula,

These were the first Moros to be executed in the electrle chair.

Three Chinese Councillors and six Chinese members of the Council's committees were recent ly added to the Shanghai Manfeipal Council which has decided also to appoint one or two Chinese to every department. The appoint-

The Revenue Accounts are being ment of Chinese to high rank in shown this year in the same form the S. M. C. departments has begun as previously, but it le proposed with the eclection of a Chinese as in future in order to minimize fluc Deputy Police Comunisalaner..

The need of a Chinese Deputy tuations to combine the Marine,

Sydney, May 1. Police Commissioner has long been following the precedent of some of mander of the P. & O. liner Nal-selves left. felt by the Municipal authorities the larger compasite ompanies dera, collapsed on the deck when Captain P. C. E. Dayas, the com-

and Mr. Yao Tseng-moo, assistant

I Whole District Suffers, Becretary, was recommended for transacting business locally.

200 miles from here, and died. the position by Capt. E. I. M. Bar- I will now refer to the various Reuter.

With the sacking of Anred, the rett, Commissioner of Police, Mr. | departments: in the same order us [Tho local office of the P. and O. fact is revealed that these Com- Yao has already taken up his post on previous occasions.

This morning's Harbour Ofco Company have no record of Cap-munist troops have operated over

arrivals and 10 at the Gordon Road Police Station. Mr. Yoo is a native of Shanghai,

fain Dayns career. The second a very wide area, and according to reports gave 13 in command is Chief Officer F. E. this and other pamphlets Issued departures, but both tonnage and being the younger brother of Mr.

British Yao Peh-hung and first cousin of

In the Marine Department, the French, R.N.R., who holds there has hardly been a village in cargo figures were low. Mr. Yao Tze-lo, noted Chinese of net premiums have been reduced master's certificate, and it is pre-the whole district which has not vessels held top place under all headings, with 1,014 of a total of Shanghai. He entered St. John's by the discontinuance of businesssumed that he will take charge of bean ravaged by them.

re-the liner, which, according to

Leiyang, Chenchow and Anren 1,364 inward cargo, and 17,873 of from an unprofitable source finished his high school course in

to be compared to villages, so that Four vessels entered in ballast. 1905. He continued his studies at duction in our net retentions as a

the Communist menace in this At 9 a.m., there were 66 vessels the St. John's College until he was measure of precaution also then

district has assumed greater im-in harbour, of which 18 were junior in 1908.

referred to. The gross premiums The Bishop of St. Edmundsburyportance than would appear from a British. It was in that year that Mr. on the more profitable part of the and Ipswich, addressing a mis-hare reading of the meagre news Yao began to serve on the Shang-business have increased in a satis-sionary meeting at Ipswich recent which has been published.

There were ten deaths from hal Municipal Coung, He was factory manner and in total the|ly, said: "I don't know whether The present position of this band small-pox last week, all Chinese. promoted to the position of As-net premiums stand at $120,271 you have dances. There are a has not yet been communicated, One was an imported case. There sistant Secretary in 1921. Mr. against $145,163 luat year. While certain number of clergy who look but no news has been received was, a British case of diphtheria, Yag is well educated in both the the net premium income showed askance at dancing. Many more which would indicate that they and four cases (ono British and Chinese and English languages some decrease, we can safely say probably question whether it is a have been exterminated by Govern- three Chinese) of, enteric, two of and is popular both among the that the constitution of the busi-proper thing to take part in whist ment troops or that they have been which ended fatally. There was Chinese and foreigners of Shang-ness is much more satisfactory, drives. I think in our country adequately dealt with otherwise, one death from influenza. On hal. He is the first Chinese De- The steps taken with regard to parishes two of the great means of it may therefore he assumed that Monday there was another Chinese puty Police Commissioner in the this Department last year, and helping on Christian fellowship they are still at large and in the case of small-pox and another Bri-

and whist position to menace other towns intish case of diphtherin, referred to in my speech, have have been dances

drives."

the district.

University at the age of 14 and ferred to last year and by the re-schedule, left Sydney yesterday, 7 are first-class cities, by no means a total or 20,877 shipped through.

force.

It is learnt that of the Chinese proved effective, and the result members on the Shanghai Muni-fected in the Revenue Account cipal Council, Dr. D. S. Chen is

for the current year. Reserves set

working on the police committee up last year for outstanding and un- which requires the service of a expired risks have proved more man with his knowledge of law.

than adequate, and, with a satis factory underwriting experience in the current year, we show a credit of $15,624 to Profit & Loss after setting up full reserves, against a debit of $89,792 in 1926. I believe that the reserves now set up are

NEW KOWLOON BRANCH.

LANE, CRAWFORD'S BAKERY rumple to cover outstanding claims

DEPARTMENT,

and unexpired risks,

occasions.

Fire Insurance,

In order to, meet the demands of

The Fire Insurance Department the growing population in Kowloon,

premiums amount to $81,810 -Messra. Lane, Crawford, Ltd., have

now opened a bread, cake and against.$85,770 in 1926, but the ne- grocery department, at 74, Nathan count shows a debit balance of $4,- Road, in conjunction with the 141. This is attributable to the Dairy Farm, Lee and Cold Storage fact that larger reserves have been set up for outstanding and unex- Company, Ltd. The Jast-numed

on the previous Company have lately found that pired risks than their premises on the corner of

In the face of competition it is. Humphreys Avenue have become too small and they have now extend-not chay at the present time to ex- ed by taking over half the adjoining pand the Marine and Fire Depart- shop. It is in the other half of ment very rapidly though we are this shop that Messrs. Lane, Craw This being so, I do not anticipate making all endeavours to do so. ford, Ltd, have opened their new any very considerable profit from department and they are now providing service and facilities these Departments in the near fu- ture, but the business is sound and

which will doubtless be much apif, as I hope, we are able later on to preciated by housewives and others.

It is announced that big supplies extend our operations, these Depart of cakes, funcy guteaux and pastries ments should, in course of time, will always be on hand and that contribute their share to the profits. the Indies of Kowloon will be able

Accident Department.

to shop in this regard just us well The Accident Department pro-

at Kowloon as they can now at the | duced premiums of $13,145 there- central store in Hongkong. by doubling the income for the second year in succession. The

Forthcoming weddings

an expenses at 85,271 are very slightly

nounced Include that of Mr. E. in excess of those for the two pre- M. G. Oxorlo of the A.P.C., Canton,vious years. After setting up re to Miss Olive Xavior of the A.P.C., serves of $5,258 a sum of $1,346 is Hongkong.

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RES BARBERR

SHOP

GOING OUT

BANKROPI SHET

MOVING CUT TODAY

LAST

DAY SALE

Shopkeeper: I wonder if those fellows are trying to kid me.

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

TO-DAY'S

QUESTIONS.

The following general know- ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.

Answers, for those who need them, will be found on Page 14 of this issue.

1

What new body has been set up by the War Office, and what are le duties?

What volume originally sold for ed. has recently been sold for $1,2901

What vessel with only four people on board recently left Westmin ater Bridge bound for New York! Why has the journey boen under- takon?

4 Howe, are the advantage of air travel emphasized in Sir Alan Cobham's present survey of Rhodesiat

6 For what purpose has Lord Bledisloe just complected a mis- sion in South America, and which countries has he visited? What almost universal complaint has been called the "rag-bag of disease,"

7 Where has a new series of stamps bearing for the first time the in- scription "Postage and Revenus" been issued What was the pre- vious inscription! Why has the change been made?

8. What English Bank Holidays are

not observed in Scotlandl

Who is the pairen saint of Spain! 10 Explain the difference between enumerating the size of a building in "storeys" and in floors."

21 Why is a ted-ross so called!

18 How many quires make a ream of

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