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號四月五英港香 SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929.

日五廿月三`

136 PER INNUM

SINALE OOPT 100EKTE

NO. 12,709

CURFEW HOURS. IN COMMUNAL RIOTS

BERLIN.

IN VIRTUAL STATE OF

MARTIAL LAW.

POLICE MAY FIRE ON HOUSES

WITH LIGHTED ROOMS,

MACHINE-GUNS USED.

Berlin. May 3. The high tension resulting from the May Day disturbances is giving rise to anxiety, and the police are now applying the cur- few, as during this war, to the

Berlin.

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No unauthorised persons are allowed in certain streets between the hours of nine o'clock in the evening and four o'clock in the

IN BOMBAY,

MORE SERIOUS OUTBREAKS DEVELOP.

3 KILLËD: 50 INJURED.

Bombay, May 3. Thirty persons have been sent to hospital with serious injuries as the result of stray inter-com- munal assaults in the Chalachowki |aren.

The new Governor, Sir Frederick Sykes, who has been in the summer capital at Mahabaleshawar, has returned to Bombay in con- sequence of the signs of rapidly (developing communal lension

Later.

SERIOUS INCIDENT GHASTLY CRIME IN CRICKET SEASON

AT SWATOW.

HONAN...

POLICE OPEN FIRE

ON CROWD.

THREE STRIKERS AND A LAD WOUNDED.

RICKSHA CONTROL.

Swatow, Apr. 28.

A rather serious disturbance took place on Wednesday in the course of the strike of the ricksha conlies against the new, arrange- meats which the Municipality pro

poses for them and the Richsha

A large crows of strikera with

THREE MISSIONARIES SHOT IN COLD BLOOD.

MOTIVELESS MURDER.

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Hankow, May 4, Foreign investigations of the kill. ing of three Augustinian fathers In Honan recently, reveal a most terrible crime. The dead mission- aries are Father Walter Loveyou,

were later released

And

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Bulls and Inners

From the Office Butts. ☐ ☐

it was lucky for the Italian As far as we can see, girls aren't operatie star that the Chinese who rolling their stockings anymore. snatched her bag dida't aloal her notes.

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Last Sunday our friend in the Austin Seven was seen trying to

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Referring to the departure of break Segrave's record on the the Duke of Gloucester, the D. P., Castle Peak Rond. remarked:"One likes to think of sunshine and blue clouds for such Prisonera in n Missouri gaol ocenslors." These journalists will were discovered making liquor. Insist on colourful scenes!

Wanchni Market.

.

It seems that oven in gaol a fellow can't have personal liberty any be more.

If Hongkong's Legislative array, Were to meet on the very same

day,

That the Moon mut the Sun,

would eclipse all their fun; So. they won't, says Sir Cecil-

Hurray!

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Father Clement Seybold, and NEW M.C.C. PRESIDENT.

☐ ☐ Father Godfrey Holbein, and it is

Lots of people hope to now learned that they were

strengthened by the week-end. Landon, May 3.. tured when travelling between

Field-Marshal Lord Plumer was Chenki and Yuanchow by a party yesterday celeted President of the most vivid impressions that the It's rumoured that one of the of thirty leaderless soldiers,

Marylebone Cricket

Club, the Duke earried away from Hong. They were shot in cold blood headquarters of. English cricket. kong was obtained when passing The disturbances occurring now,

wilbout the slightest motive.

Their servants were also taken Lord Plumer has been a member Weddin and Neukoch districts of a closely related to the mill

prisoners by the gunst, but they of the M.C.C. for many years and

Πα strike, the bulk of the strikers | company.

Look has taken a very keen interest.in

Water. Restrictions will soon being Hindus and the non-strikers ! being Moslems.

a number of their women and detalls of the murders to Chenki,cricket both from an executive and acriously affect local chemists.

The Bateman cartoon is yet to children, numbering over a thou- Fathers Maloney and McCarty sporting viewpoint.

be drawn depicting a deputation Two of the, men taken to sand in all, gathered outside the immediately set out with a ward The cricket season has started Maybe it would be simpler if of Hongkong landlords demanding morning, while the windows of all hospital Trom Chalachowk have Mayorally, awaiting his decisions soldiers and recovered the in real earnest, though no county Chinn set aside a province or two permission to lastal fire exits on

bodies of their murderst colmatches have been played so far. for war purposes and kept the every floor of their buildings. houses maat be closed, and must died of their injuries. Serians 1 as to certain mediatory proposal leagues, which they brought in Four "friendly" games were com- rest for business.

outbreaks have overred else which land been submitted. They to Chenki, where and the casualty list now waited a long time, through the

pleted to-day, and some fine cricket

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A tip to Governmout radio:- In houses where this order is included :; · 11,

An inquest was held by the local has been seen. over 50 morning till 4 o'clock in the after-Chinese magistrate, after which

A paragraph or two of Capt. Why not put the microphona disobeyed, the police are injured.

noon, and dochtless grew restless, the bodies were taken to the Mis- tiums regarding the wicket cannot might have been devoted to park- flower-sellers, when a couple of The effect of the new regula- McNair's lecture about space among the Wyndham Street authorised to fire without warn-

Some appear to have tried to ins

sion headquarters at Shenchowfu yet be judged, but it is notable ing. take their stance on the balconies

sailors are choosing a wreath 7 of business premises near by, and

that some excellent bowling this led to a commotion,

The murderers have not been apfigures have been recorded, while, Among the prehended, and it has not been us- certained to which army they form have been scored.

in the same time, six centuries cities of the world that are erly, belong. There are many simi-

ur bands

Two Notts players have started shooting up is of lawless ex-soldiers wandering about lonan and travel-well, though scoring on the whole Shanghai. ling in the district is no longer

has been low. safe-Reuter,

The principal individual per- formances are appended:.

Balting.

not show a light.

and

is is reported that the indus are attacking Moslems emerging from the mosques after their Fri-

The curfew regulations do not apply to doctors, nurays and day prayers, ambulance men.

Nerves Getting Frayed.

Serious rioting has also taken plare in the region of the notori- ous Bhendy Bazaar. Troops have It is further ordered that no-one been posted at all strategly points, must stand in doorways at night, and the police are scouring the while during the day-time groupa | lanes, disarming. lathi-bearing of more than three persons will Mostems.-Reuter, not be permitted.

All cafes and beerhouses must be closed by nine o'clock in the evening.

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Many of Berlin's policemen in these areas have been on duty for, over 30 hours without sleep.. Their nerves are getting frayed, and they are displaying anxiety to get at real grips with the dis turbances.

Attacks on Police, During the afternoon, the Com- munists continued to conduel sporadic attacks upon policemen, while fighting on a bigger scale

NEW KIDNAPPING

OUTRAGE.

WEALTHY SHANGHAI CATERER

SEIZED BY GUNMEN.

NINE ARRESTS MADE.

Shanghai, May, 4. Another sensational. kidnapping| has been renewed in the Herman-alfair is reported to-day, the victim sirasse.

being Yong Shi-zinng, the caterer

The demonstrators began by to the American Club and to the

throwing stones and hurling Canidrome.

misiles from the windows, and the police replied to the assaults with machine-gune, completely routing the assullants.

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The casualty list is not yet available.

Inhabitants of the area not.eqn- cerned in the tragic affair, look refuge in their cellars and in thei hack-rooms' of their premises.

Two Women Killed, Two women hiding in a balcony were kilkui by shots which it is propined were fired by the police, The police are now conducting house-to-house searches, seizing numbers of weapons and effecting many arrests, The newspaper Tatefuhne has been suspended for three weeks.

Another Night of Terror.

Berlin, May 4. There has been another night of i torror, fighting between pulice and Communists being renewed ! ten o'clock last night. The police, are endeavouring to control the situation by means of searchlight: and machine-guns.

Nine persons have been killed in the course of the past 24 hours,1 and many more badly' wounded.

He was returning to his home in an alley near the Central Police Station when a car containing three gunmen appeared nu, the scene and made off with him.

A bar-boy who witnessed the af fair was threatened not to divulge what he saw.

The polire, however, have made nine arrests, and of these, two have admitted their guilt, saying that Vong has been hidden on a boat, which so far has not been traced.

Police Firing.

The police grew alarmed, and fred shots on the crowd, three strikers and a lad who was in the crowd being injured, though none fatally.

The crowd was dispersed by the firing, and the injured were pick- ed up by the Red Cross, and after being taken to have their wounds

JAAAASOMANAGEMENT VALLÁS KALI IDAZTEAKSİ

LATEST RAINFALL SLIGHT.

Just Over Half an Inch Registered.

OVER & INCHES FOR YEAR

Although steady rain fell in the early hours of this morn ing. the total fall for the 24 hours ended at 10 a.m. today was only just over half an inch; the figure being 0.535-

inch.

Yesterday morning. 2.17 inches fell in two hours.

The total for the year now comes to 6.265 inches, against average of well over 12

an

inches.

SANRIO VERSANTORO 2013 JANTANETE FOR BANANE SALARIES

wounds

A year ago, Vong escaped while tonded, were taken to the civil. being kidnapped after unsuspecting | magistrates, that their troops stationed on the Settlement might be examined. boundaries had refused passage to to the car in which he was being

carried away.

for burial.

SCOTSMAN LOSES OVER £5,000,

CHIEF ENGINEER MISSING `MUNICIPAL ́BONDS.

POLICE NOTIFIED,

Mr. Alexander McGregor, chief engineer of the B. and, S. 4.2. Chenan, reported to the police yesterday that bonds to the value of over $5,000 had either been lost by him, or stolen from his cabin, between November of last year and April 3 of this year, and

The news-

paper which described Gen-

M. J. Tyrnbull Cambridge)

167*

Oldroyd (Yorks)

111

Whymall (Notta)

111

H. W. Taylor (S. Africans)

103

eral Elections na battles of ink, said the write word.

D. Cameron (S. Africans) Walker (Notts)

102

101

*Not Out,

Bowling.

'0 0 These are great days for electricity in Hongkong.

Quinn (S. Africans)...... ß for 75 People seem to E. D. Blundell (Cambridge) @ for 90 want every; Shepherd (Surrey) ....... 6 for 85 thing charged. |V. W. C. Jupp (M.C.C.) ... 5 for 63

and 5 for 04

TEAM.

SOUTH AFRICAN

In Good Batting Form in Opening Match,

The

South African Lourists their season's campaign

he has no clue whatsoever. Not opened only that, but he does not know with a match against Worcester, the number of the bonds, which one of the weaker counties, and are all Shanghai Municipal Coun- they made light of the Worcester cil issues.

altack, though unable to forte a victory.

Following are the bonds which Mr. McGregor states have been lost or stolen:

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4 Bonds each £1,000,

1 Bond for £500,

Bunds each $1,000,

1

Bord. for $500,

} Bond for $100,

1 Bond for Tls, 1,000.

1 Bond for Tls. 100.

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The match resulted in a'draw, Worcester being 102 runs on withi

wickels to fall when stumpa were drawn. The scores were:

South Africans:-144 for &

wkts, (deeld.) Worcester: 281 and 202 for

7 wkls,

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Customer: Have you a book

in stock called “Man, the Mae- Lery

Assistant: Fiction depart- ment's the other side, sir,

During the General Elec tion,

England

will be a land for hear-heroes.

Opera

sing-

ers are always open-hearted. They never their

save voices.

If this sort of things goes 0D, Hongkong

will be struck of the list

of watering places. 口口

(New 'Government Regulation:- After this in Hongkong there

"The washing of clothes in any won't be so much bragging about street, road or lane, within ons hun- what horsepower the old bus has dred yards of any public fountain, got.

is strictly prohibited.")

Would an effort to dodge this be

vain

If instead of a street, road or

inne,

We washed in the fountain, Eau shortage surmountin'-— .-' Perhaps if we did-then 'twould

rain!

A point about. which there's

some doubt, And which we may hear morc

about,

Is whether they can Bring under the ban

The fountain that never does

spout?

00

00 Mr. McGregor is sailing for

The tourists batted first and a

"Radio Fun."We think your |Shanghai to-morrow and he will splendid stand between Taylor and trouble is that your heterodyne is Subsequent to The incident. then visit the offices of the Saang-Cameron enabled them to compile suppurating. martial law was proclaimed, and hai Municipal Council and find out the excellent total of 444, the

口口 the stretch of road from the pre what the numbers of his bonds highest single innings of the four The car was unlicensed, and as mises of the Roman Catholic Mis-are and then inform the police matches closed to-day. One did expensive thing in the world is MacWhirter, he says, the most the result of the hold up Vong ession to the German Consulate was throughout the Far East in order not long survive the other, both having close friends. caped. Our Qum Correspondent. patrolled by armed men, and for that the

not be losing their wicket quickly after Cameron Lopping the century.

Ananius is dead and gone, of made 102 and Taylor 103,

course, but just think of the Worcester made a fair reply, lovely stories he could tell if he in spite of good bowling by were alive to-day and had been Quinn, who took 6 wickets for 76 Introduced to a Duke. runs. They were over 150 runs in

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to follow on. arrears, however, and were forced Another simile:As startling Steady batting en-ta behold as the kilts In Lucia di abled them to avoid un innings de-Lammermoor." feat with ease.

P.W.D. OVERSEER'S

DEATH.

bidden to the public. This stretch includes the Mayoralty.

Old Trouble.

The trouble has been going on for same time. The rickshas are operated by a company which has

honda may

negotiated.

LANCASHIRE COTTON

CRISIS.

FATAL FALL FROM HOSPITAL the monopoly of the traße, and IMMENSE LOCK-OUT PLANNED

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VERANDAH,

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rents out the rickshas to the coolies. Apart from public vehicles, however, private rick-

FOR MAY 18.

London, May 3.

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There is no truth in the story that petro! consumption cigarette lighters will be taxed by the weight of the vehicle.

The "Squeeze Ring" trial sug- gests the reason why. Wyndhain Street bawkers have been per- mitted for so long to cry their

wares.

There was a big tug called

"Kausing" Which when built was thought

just the thing:

No matter the weather, She'd go hell for leather And victims of typhoons back

bring:

But the experts' ideas were

vain;

It's been proved again and

again

She's no good at all When barometers fall- Let's sell her; she gives the a

pain.

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"Mr. Messer Taxed," says new- spaper heading. We had an idea that he usually did the taxing.

on

Wonder if absorbers would re-

lieve the shock caused to motorists

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Mr. Messer says the Govern- by the proposed new taxes? ment's relations with the Bank are

Horse Senso: No Horse-power the usual ones between banker and customer, We didn't know they Tax! were so strained as all that.

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As we go to press, we learn of the death; under tragic circum has are on the road, and it has it, is stated that over 200,000

LOW SCORING MATCH. Stray bullets this a crnoon stances, of Mr. William Keegan, ing these to ply them for hire will be affected by the decision, of

been the custom for coolies pull-operatives, employed in 560 mills, Bowlers in form at Lord's. killed ́n ́third woman, wɔ ven-

when not wanted by their owners. the Federation of Master Cotton Surrey's first game of the season tured on to the balcony of her flat overseer of the P.W.D.

It appears that the deceased As a rule these rickshas are well Spinners Associations, to close was against an M.C.C. team ut during a disturbance. As Juno- cent pedestrian in the Hermans fell from a verandah at the Gov-a, and cushion-tyred, and are the mills on May 18th, till the un- Lord's, and the selected side was trasse was also killed by a stray rnment Civil Hospital, and re-pany's

"Most women like new dishes," In demand us against the com- official strike of the card-room successful in a low-scoring game by

extremely

says a cookery expert. Careless ramshackle operatives at the Alma Mills, Old-56 runs, bullet.

Surrey gained a lead of 18 rung Chinese servants see that they get reived fatal injuries, Eull de vehicles, Barbed Wire Defences.

In addition to these, however, ham, comes to an end.-Reuter,

on the first innings, but failed when them, too. tails are not at the moment avail- another type

set to get 199 Tuns to win, the The police have now erected

scores being: able. burbed wired untanglements in the

The deceased, who was formerly Hermanstraske.

Thirty-nine people have been county surveyor in Ireland, was arrested to the result of the house 40 years of age and had been in to-house searching, whille

weapons, Including the P.W.D. service since 1920, numerous revolvers, knuckle-dusters, and à quantity of ammunition, including explosive bullets have. been con- fiscated,

.

Police have been stationed at all the houses from which they were fired on last night. The Com- munists are now attempting to organise a general strike-Reuter, Like a Battlefield, Last night's disturbances began after a meeting of Communists to Continued on Page 14)

If this

M.C.C. 227 and 210, Surrey: 245 and 112.

.

The feature of the first inninga

bowling by Shepherd who took

wickets for 35 runs,

of vehicle ban appeared, Coolion have found it its vohteles as soon as possible, worth while to buy and license but meanwhile allowing the use nevate rickshas of their own, and of the old, and granting leave to have been plying these to cut into the coolic-owners to run. the company's monopoly.

nctually the proposal to be put The Municipality attempted to through, the coolies have won of the M.C.C. was some brilliant carry through a double piece of their case, business. It ordered the company The lot of a "ricksha' coolie is a to scrap its ancient hard-tyred hard one, and harder on the ex- The following in the disposition bone-shalters, and gel new ones ecrable surface of most of the of warships in port to-day;

with pneumatie tyres; and on Swatow roads. Perhaps for this South Wall Basin.-H.M.S. Ser-behalf of the company called in reason they are more open to Com-6 wickets for 63 runs when Bur- mew.

the private vehicles run by coolies munist influence. In the Com-i West Wall Dock.-H.M.S. Corn-in competition with it.

of munist episode of autumn 1927 their Union was reported to In Dock-120, L15 and H.M.S. Storm of Indignation,

be the reddest of all, and it is pro- Marazion,

This raised a storm of indigna- bable that the authorities are No. 1 Buoy,H.M.S. Hermes.

tion among the coolles, and led to nervous at this juncture as to No. & Buoy,H.M.B. Berwick.

a strike. The Municipal Kuomin- what may develop unless the Foreign men o'

war-U.S.Stang has proposed a compromise, matter is speedily set to rest Guam and French Argus.

ordering the company to change Our Own Correspondent.

wall.

V.W.C. Jupp played an important part in the dismissal of Surrey for 245, taking 5 for 64, while he took

rey were dismissed in their second Innings..

CAMBRIDGE SUCCESS, Magnificent Hitting by Turnbull,

M. 3. Turnbull gave a brilliant batting exhibition against York Continued on Page 14.)

If the Duke had arrived a week later, he'd have found the route lined with kerosene tine instead of

troops.

Although no statistics are avali able to show that the modern girl's dress hus improved her health, the figures are there for anybody to study,

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Pity they can't put a tax Legistative Council gás,

on

It was no wonder, with the weather we had last week-end, that even the Peak Tramway de-, veloped a kink,

to speak of a lady tripping down a "Style". It is no longer correct

athlr. Nowadaya sbe has nothing. to trip on,

Those American golfers will have to try hagen..

There must be a certain amount of Kausing in Government circles. Baldwin says the British pubile thinks fast but is slow to make up After the China Mail man's in- its mind. Taking the case of the terpretation of the British Labour crew of the "I'm Alone". It looks Party's manifesto; headed "Nur- to be a poor system.

sery to University," involving, ne It did.a message relating to domes. To-day, a large number of the tie legislation in the United States, Colony's most upright men will we doubt whether he would ever not only stoop law, but think in be able to graduate from the In- terms of bian]

fant class.