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HONGKONG PASTOR

LEAVING.

REV. J. KIRK MACONACHIE'S WORK HERE.

15 YEARS' RECORD..

After more than fifteen years Inbour as Minlater of the Union Church, Hongkong the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachia la leaving thei Colony for good on Saturday next, accompanied by his wife, who has been a worthy helpmate to him in church and social life. It is Interesting to note that Mr. Maconachio has held the pastorate of the Union Church longer than any other minister excepting Dr. "Legge, the founder, who held it. with an interval, for some 25 Indeed, nearly half the усата. Church's history has been covered by these two pastorales.

The Rev. John Maconachie was born In. 1863 in Hamilton, where his father was at the time minister of the Evangelical Union Church.

MARSHAL YEN WANTS MONEY.

RAILWAY OFFERS $200,000 MONTHLY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

-Teking, Oct, 2. Marshal Yen Hel-shan in a message to the management of the Peking-Hankow Railway bas demanded a monthly contribution of 600,000 for the payment of the troops in ChihE.

The Railway management, it is reported, in reply have agreed to pay $200,000.

ANOTHER CANTON

BLAZE.

FOREIGN INSURANCE FIRMS INVOLVED.

$500,000 DAMAGE.

Canton, Oct. 2.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1928,

FIVE STOWAWAYS SENTENCED.

STOLE PASSAGES FROM SINGAPORE.

At the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, five Chinese appeared·

“GUILTY” CHINESE

DISCHARGED,

POLICE MISINTERPRET THE ORDINANCE.

before Mr. W. Schofield on charges TWO SILIILAR CASES. jof stowing away on board tho 0.8. Cremer from Singapore to Hong

A curious situation arose at the There was another very largohong.. Br. W. T. Kraam, second Marine Court this morning, when

officer, appeared as complainant.

two boatmasters were charged with firo "last night on the Fati side, only a few yards away from the

The first defendant stated that mooring their craft inside the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter large fire which occurred in that he had been sont away from without the written permission of district about four weeks ago, Singapore by the authoritica. Ho the Harbour Master. Commdr. J. The months of September to was taken on board by an official B. Nowill, D.S.O., R.N., was on the It is understood Marchal Yen has insisted that the sum shall be January have always been months who purchased a ticket. Ho him- Berich $500,000, and not less. It is ex-when fires have caused a great self, however, had not spen the pected that the Railway bridge deal of damage In Canton. First ticket. across the Luanho River will be of all, it is the dry season, during repaired within a week, thus mak-which time the winds usually pre-

The first defendant falled to up- pear and the second defendant pleaded guilty, stating that his bont was carrying hay and straw for tho Jockey Club Stables, which was be- ing dischargod on the rondwny bordering the Shelter,

The second defendant said that Ing resumption of traffic on the valent from the north cause the ho lost hits ticket; while the other Peking-Mukden Kailway possible. smallest outbreaks to spread with threb defendants admitted the

alarming rapidity; then again as charge. The bridge was damaged dur-the Chinese New Year settlement ing the fighting between the Na draw near it is certain that there tor Spear said the first defendant In reply to his Worship, Inspec-

His Worship pointed out to the tionalists and the Shantung-Chihli are, plenty who prefer to burn had made a different sintoment at officer in charge of the case that the remnants.

rather than to produce their books the Folles Station. He told the loading or unloading of cargo, and in districts between Tongshan and make their settlements,

police that he had paid another the embarkation or disembarkation and Luanchow there are still over

Last night the fire broke out man in Singapore for his passage. of passengers was allowed by Or When asked if the statement dinance, provided that there was no He was baptised by and named. 3,000 wounded Northorners unatabout 8.15. p.m. in a large wood

delay or obstruction. It was not Medicul relief is being there great-grandson, the son of Dr. hurried from Shanghai.

Marshal Yen Hai-shun has inhonge and to' various rice, gunny-the first defendant said the namestruction or delay, and, in spite of John Kirk, of the New Zealand structed all publie organisations bag and coal godowns, also con- he mentioned was not that of a the fact that the accused had plead Presbyterian Mission, it te T- teresting to note, was baptised by to mako preparations for the celsuming a large number of smallman but the name of a boarding ed guilty, the case was unsubstan- bouses and retail shops of the house. He had been given his tiated, and a discharge was ordered. bration of China's National Day. poorer variety.

ticket and $10 by the official and In view of the fact that the had gons to this boarding house charges were more or less identical, where he stayed until the ship's his Worship found both defendants departure.

not kulity. Notwithstanding that one of the accused did not appear and his case was unheard, ball was not estreated. The discharge of one accused was equivalent to the discharge of both.

Mr. Maconichie in Hongkong a few years ago.

After a year or two in Dumfries, Mr. Maconachie's family moved to Duncanstone, in Aberdeenshire, where he was brought up. When 10 years old, he went back to Dumfries to old friands and bad four years of extremely useful business training. His parents then retired to Torquay, which led to Mr. Maconachle seeking admis- sion to the Western College, Ply: mouth, his thoughts having turned to the ministry. Here he took the extended course of six years, win ning every acholarship open to competition and coming first. In examinations on every subject Whilst in Ply. which he took.

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Marshal Yen is to give a recep- tion in honour of the diplomatic It took some time to get the representatives of the foreign Fire Brigade across the river, and Powers, as part of the celebrn-it was quite midnight before the flames showed any signs of being tions.

Shanghat, Oct. 2. controlled. As a matter of a fact,

His Worship pointed out to the defondant that that the second le he had told.

was

It is reliably reported that the the ruins were still smouldering The second defendant admitted Nationalist Government will this morning at 11 o'clock and the that he had not reported his loss shortly announce the appointment Fire Brigade still working onto the compradore of the ship. of General Pei Chung-hsi, to an them.

All defendants were convicted Important post in North Chian.

The Cumberland Presbyterian and fined $25, or three weeks' hard It appears, therefore, that the Government desires General Pei Mission did not suffer any damage, labour each. to continue to concentrate but were within a few yards of the fire, thefr buildings being the forces in the North instead of re-rst on the east side nearest to turning to upch.

the fire.

of

Shantung Government.

It is and that several of the Shanghai, Oct, 2. foreign insurance companies have General Sun Liang-sing asaum- been affected. One is reported to mouth, he preached at week-ends in nearly every town in Devon anded the Chairmanship of the Shan-have suffered to the extent

tung Provincial Government at $70,000. In all, about 120 houses! Cornwall.

and buildings have been destroy-i Talan yesterday.

ed and the damage must be round about $500,000.–Our Own Correspondent..

Begina Ministry."

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Mr. Maconachie said the Church which he was then in charge of

was le about the most difficult

position possible for a beginner,

going to

BOY'S LOTTERY TICKETS.

MAGISTRATE ORDERS A

CANING.

When the case in which an eleven-year-old lad who was arrest-

ed in possession of po piu lottery'

REMOVAL OF HUT

ORDERED...

PLANS WHICH WERE NOT APPROVED.

L.R.C. VEGETABLES STOLEN.

TWO THIEVES SENTENCED THIS MORNING.

The $15 ball for the non-appear- ing defendant is now held by the police.

PIGS WITHOUT A PERMIT.

MAXIMUM FINE FOR A CHINESE.

Wils

The maximum Ane of $50 was Two baskets full of ginger root, imposed on a Chinese who onions and lettuces were produced charged before Mr. W. Schofield, in Court as evidence this morning, at the Kowloon Magistracy this when two Chinese were charged morning, with keeping over 50. with, stealing vegetables from the pigs at No. 71, Temple Street garden of the Ladies', Recreation without a permit. Club,

in the form of a fine of $10.

Is Worship eald that in view of the large number of piga he would impose the maximum fine.

In 1892, Mr. Maconuchle bėgan his stated ministry as assistant) to the Rev. Dr. Mackennal at Bowden, near. Manchester, where

The defendant said the plas The two men pleaded guilty, he had a remarkably happy time

were being kept there temporarily whereupon the police officer prose-nnd would have been transported and made many life-long frienda. After twenty months, he settled at

cuting informed Major C. Willson,

to Hongkong the following day. Rusholme, Manchester, where ha

before whom the defendants remained for nearly twenty years."

were charged, that the vegetables Sanitary Inspector Sinton. in- were all growing, and were not formed his Worship that the defen- In a brief chat with a Telegraph.

mature. The men were arrested dant had been carrying on his representative who sought interview with him a day or so tickets, was again called before In the absence of the proper de-at 5,30 this morning.

temporary business for a long One of the defondants was an time. He had been warned од Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon fendant, the manager of the Fook Magistracy this morning, sub-Wan Banking and Insurance Co. ex-banidhce, who had completed several occasions, but not actually Court. Inspector Inspector James informed his Wor-Ltd., of Bonham Strand, Mr. Whis term of banishment. On him charged in the suburb being rapidly swallow ship that the defendant's mother Schofieki at the Kowloon Magi-the Magistrate passed sentence of Sinton asked for an exemplary ed up by the city and residents was found at No. 5, Temple Street, stracy this morning made an order fourteen days' hard labour. The penalty.

live farther away. and not at Lower Lascar Row, for the demolition of a wooden shed second man was also given a "Still," and Mr. Maconachie, "we where the defendant said he lived. erected on Lot No. 1618 in Reclama similar sentence, but, in his case, an alternative The boy's mother, in answer to tion Street, without the permission his Worship gave hold the fort and look the old place well over the trying years. It is his Worship, said she had sent the of the Building Authority, now being carried on as a Central boy to a friend at Hunghom. She Mission, We were a very happy denied, however, that she had family there,"

added Mr, given the boy the tickets. Maconnchio, "and it seemed almost Sub-Inspector James remarked heart-breaking when the claim of that it seemed that the boy was a Hongkong was urged and it seem regular carrier, od right to yield to it."

Speaking of his work in Man- chester, Mr. Maconachie said it is a groat stirring elty, in which any willing horse stands a good chance of being overworked. "Looking back," he said, "I often wonder how it was done, as every year added some new interest and burden." When the Free Church Council moveinent developed into n Federation for the large district,

London, Oct. 2. Mr. Maconarhia became Secretary

Many ships that arrived at and remained so until he left. This meant vory wide and catholic Plymouth during the week-end were many hours late owing to interests and correspondingly involved an enormous amount of stormy weather.in the Atlantic.

The defendant was ordered to receive five strokes of the cane.

A representative of the Bank in- formed his Worship that the man- ager was away from the Colony.

It was stated that the hut had not yet been removed, although the de- fendant was aware that it was not'

GERMAN FLIERS.

MORE RAIN.

To-day's Observatory report states:-The typhoon is about 150 permitted to remain. Plans and HUENEFELD ARRIVES SAFELY

AT HANOL, '.

miles south of Hainan, approach. been submitted in connexion with the erection, but had been disap.

The Telegraph's correspondenting Tourane on a westerly track. proved.

Is Worship made an order that at Canton reports that Baron von Another typhoon appears to have STORMY WEATHER IN the shed be removed within two lluencfeld, the German aviator, formed to the north-west of Guam, China, The forecast until noon weeks, and informed the represen-and his two companions have and a fresh anticyclone over E. winds, tative that if the defendant desired reached Hano! from Calcutta. to dispute the decision he would It is not yet definitely known to-morrow. is:-N. have to appear in Court within one whether the fliers will call at Can-strong; generally over-cast; some

ATLANTIC.

SHIPPING DELAYED AS A CONSEQUENCE.

The Cunard liner Mauretania, work-conferences, committees, which arrived this morning, was, public meetings in all parts of the however, within, an hour of her country, besides local organisation scheduled time, having maintained and superintendence, involving a an average speed of just under 25 lot of journalistic work amongst knota.-British Wirelcan. other obligations. Mr. Maconachie

held this strenuous office for aome

15 years, and among his mast

In cherished possessions

the

address presented to him by the Committee on leaving for Hong- tvero then kong. Two men appointed to carry on the work.

Social Evil,

CHINA & THE LEAGUE

OF NATIONS.

INTEREST IN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION.

Geneva, Oct. 2. It may also be recalled that Mr.

The Chinese Government has Maconachie, before he came to Hongkong, was appointed to the Informed the Secretariat of the Hon. Secretaryship of what is now League of Nations that it will in the the Association for the Promotion continue to cooperate

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of Moral and Social Hygiene, labours of the Preparatory Com- which he held for some fifteen mission in Disarmament, although years. "It was in that connexion," no longer a member of the League Bald Mr. Maconachie, "that I first Council-Reuter. happened to hear of Hongkong. At that time, Hongkong had an unenviablo reputation as one of the deadliest among military and naval stations on account of the 'Social Evil. A determined effort was made in the 90's to re-intro-i duce the discarded Contagious Diseases Actes, and very alarming statistics were published as to the rayages of the disease. Opponents of the Acts contended that these were exaggerated and presented in a misleading light; also that in any case the proposed monaurès (Continued on Page 8.)

BRITISH FIGURES SHOW. AN INCREASE.

London, Oct. 2. The number of unemployed again shows an increase.

On September 24th, the total number was 1,209,200, which was 1,541 more than the week before und 246,088 more than the year be fore-British Wireless.

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