1929-09-03 — Page 1

STANDARD DISINFECTANT

THE WORLD'S BEST DISINFECTANT AND DEODERISER.

1 GALL: TIN $2.15

50 GALL: BARREL OR DRUM, $1,60 Per gall, -

Obtainable from

C.E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

CHINA BUILDING or from Godown, 216. Wantchal Road.

13.

The

Doller on Demand:—1/11.3/10d, Lighting-up Times: 8,39, p.m. High-Water:-1027 IND

· Low. Waterf—3,50

Hongkong Telegraph.

YOUNDED 1661.

NO. 22,675 二拜禮 WEAF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1929.

BUDGET ESTIMATES. PRIME MINISTER'S

PROMISE.

COLONY'S EXPENDITURE NAVAL DISARMAMENT

FOR YEAR 1930.

BIG STRIDES IN WATER WORKS

CONTEMPLATED.

MUCH HEAVIER OUTLAY.

!!

A new Public Works Loan to cover the cost of big develop. ment schemes on which the Government is embarking, or hus already begun, is foreshadowed in a number of resolutions which will be submitted to the Legislative Council on Thursday by the Hon. Colonial Secretary (the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southpru, C.M.G.),

The estimates of expenditure for 1930, an abstract of which has been made available this morning, reveal that heavier outlay ander nearly all heads is contemplated.

The Medical Department is estimited to cost the Colony $230,000 more than last year, and $192,000 more than the actual expenditure for 1927.

AGREEMENT.

KOWLOON TONG RESUMPTION:

POSITION OF SUBSCRIBERS RAISED,

INFORMATION SOUGHT.

935 PER ANNUM

BANGLE COPS 10 CRATE

1929 Model T-19 G.M.0, Track Chandio have a 6-cyllader Motor which devolops 68 horze power, They have 4-wheel brakes, -apred transmission, etc.

2-tona, maximum payload capacity.

127-3/4* chassia

145-3/4* chugain

... HK$2,500,00 HK$2,650,00

THE DRAGON MOTOR GAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1248 or.1147. 35 Wang Nai Chong Road............... Happy Valley.

|EARLY SHOCKS IN] EXCITING SCENES

FOOTBALL.

YESTERDAY'S GAMES IN ENGLAND.

At Thursday's meeting of the OLDHAM AND PORT VALE WIN Legislative Counell, the Hon, Mr.

AWAY AGAIN.

A GUARDED STATEMENT TO JOURNALISTS.

J. P. Braga, will ask the following questions:

1: With reference to Govern

IN CAFE.

SEAMEN FIGHT AFTER AN ARGUMENT.

POLICE CALLED OUT.

Alexandra Cafe was the scene last night, at about 11 o'clock, of alght between two British and two Scandinavian seamen, who,

MOTOR BANDITS IN KOWLOON!

SENSATIONAL CRIME AT SHATAUKOK,

CAR FOUND ABANDONED WITH MANY BULLET MARKS,

THE TRIP TO AMERICA. ment Notification No. 436 of the THE WEDNESDAY OFF. after partaking of a few drinks, MASKED MURDERERS.

Geneva, Sept. 2,

An interesting statement was made by Mr. Rimsay MacDonald to- day, in the coured of an' addrem to a gathering of journalists after the opening session of the Assembly of the League of Nations.

23rd August relating to a Memorial of Re-entry by the Crown on the area known as the "Kowloon Tong Property," what consideration does the Government intend to extend to those sub- scribers whose houses stand

I started an argument, which London, Sept. 2.

through the inability of one party A sensational report of an arm- at this stage of the English foot-resulted in a free fight whileh had motor ear to facilitate their move- While form is difficult to judge to see the other's point of view, ed raid by "bandits" who used a

Include a number of eye-openers, ball campaign, to-day's resulta

to be quelled by the police,

ments, was received by the police those lots or any portions of the Oldham Athletle, who defeated establishment remonstrated with rousing the outlying police stations Although the employees of the in the early hours of this morning,

ע

On

The

to go to the United States this Ag. the Government has re-entered in | Bury on Saturday, went to Bir- them were of no avail."

The Prime Minister sild he hoped / Kowloon Tong Property on which | Bury (from the First Division) at the sailors, all attempts to pacify on the mainland to a high pitch. finitely whether it would be possible and which houses are not yet com Wolverhampton on tumn, but he could not yet any de- respect of which there are now mingham and

trounced West management, as a last resort, rang of activity. aubsisting certain agreements Bromwich Albion, winners atop the Central Police Station and,. for him to do so. The British La-

Saturday, by in response, a few members of the shortly after one o'clock, and 'in The affair, it appears, occurred A million dollars is to be spent next year on the Aberdeen our Government had not a major-pleted through no fault of the three clear goals. They there-Emergency. Squad proceeded to the view of its comparative roconcy, reservoir scheme, and the cost will be met from surplus balances it was fetage tremendously difficult monies in respect thereof have home without having a goal scored

ty in the flouse of Commons, and subseribers and by whom all fore won two matahes away from scene.

it is astill until the new loan has been issued. The loan will also allow pro-national problems, so that it was

somewhat cloaked been paid to the Kowloon Tong against them.

Taken to the station, the four, with mystery. press with the Shing Mun Scheme on which $4,787,659 in all

men showed evidence of the fact very difficult for a Prime Ministeranu New Territories Development will be spent, and of the Kai Tack Aerodrome, for which the sum

Burg have made a bad start in that they had been drinking, ever, have been supplied in the Certain outstanding facts, how- to be out of Britain when the House Co., Ltd. .of $1,689,467 will be authorised.`

the lower division. To-day they They were accordingly charged preliminary reports which warrant was meeting.

2. Is it the intention of the lost at Blackpool. Stoke beat with being drunk and disorderly the most serious attention by the Government to sue those pro- Charlton, while Millwall went and were bailed out at $10 each. police, as they mention that a perties without, affording the down-heavily to the Spurs at the When the ease came before Mr. murder accompanied the armed owners thereof facilities to meet Den, suffering their second defent T. M. Hazelrigg at the Central robbery, and that a number of por- Crown land premium and so cuable obligations in the matter of the of the season.

Magistracy this morning. Inspec-sons, including a son or relative them to obtain their respective

Wednesday Well Away.

dor J. Murphy related the facta to of the murdered man, were taken his Worship, anying that a show-away, probably for the purposes Crown leases?

In the Arat division, tie cham-chair.

case was smashed, an also was a of ransom.

The pions, The Wednesday have begun Inspector Murphy, cost $10 ...

show-canc, Baid

4-0 win at Portsmouth by defeat in great style, following up their

The two Scandinavians were not present in Court but, the two Ing the Cup-holders, Bolton Wan-British seamen, named Williams whose aten the crime took place, derers at Sheffield. They have and Macfarlane, turned up to circularised the other stations on thus, beaten in succession Jast year's Cup finalists.

answer the charge. They had not the mainland shortly after the Manchester

yel quite recovered from their United's

defeat effects of last night's affair, and robbery. The necessarily brief leaves them with a record of no volubly explained how the fracas report stated that a serious affair points, and a goal average of 2-8. originated.

The most interesting matches They were fined 35 each and the Lung Kat Tau.

had occurred at Fanling, near in the Third Division (South) were bail of the two Scandinavians was concerned and they were then sald Five men were at Fulham and Morthyr. Fuliram estreated. were held by Bournemouth, after winning 4-0 away from home on Saturday, while Merthyr inflfeted a defeat on the strong Northamp

Way Out of Problems, In regard 10 naval Barnument believe we are going to and a way. questions, Mr. MacDonald said: "1 out of the problems to which up to now there has been no solution. Conversations are still going an be-

we are examining every Proposal Ambassador in London, and myself. which conversation

is likely to ring the

· Other big increases are $400,000 for the Kowloon-Canton Railway, £190,000 for the Police Force, $130,000 for the Fireween General Dawes, the American Brigade, bringing, it is hoped, mach needed improvements, $214,000 for the Harbour Department, $113,000 for the Imports and Exports Department, $90,000 for Education, and $500,000 for Public Works, Recurrent and Extraodinary.

10

a successful ter- result of our con- mination, and the

Saturday, when I left England, is to make a lieve that the dif- culties will be over-

Three new items of expenditure are included in the Estimates, the most interesting of which is an amount of $201,-versations" up to 000 for "Air Services." It is likely, we believe, that this sum includes provision for financial support of the Seaplane Flying Club. Other new items are $120,000 for Wireless Telegraph Services, and $25,000 for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

c-

come and that an hgreement will be venched."

NEW PUBLIC WORKS LOAN PLANNED |paine to emphasise, however, that

at £13

The British Premier took special the problem was not between the Americans and British alone,

MISHAP TO P.W.D. OVERSEER.

MOTOR CYCLE IN COLLISION WITH CAR.

ton teams.

Port Vale's Task.

WATERWORKS

FINANCE SYSTEM.

QUESTION BY HON. SIR\

HENRY POLLOCK.

Fanling Outrage, Shataukok Police Station, within

to have made their escapu ́. În a mator-car.

Killed While Resisting.

PAINFUL INJURIES.

Mr. William Orr, an overscer in the Public Works Department, had motor-cycle combination collided a nasty spill last evening when his with a publie, car In Stabba Road. The mishap occurred at a sharp

These ballet-marks led to con- bend above the Stubba The Budget will be introdared expenditure

siderable speculation, which in Rond for 1920

- World Agreement,

Garage. It was stated that Mr. In the Northern Section, Port

creased when further investige- into the Legislative Council an estimated cost of $1,158,509.40. "If America and Great Britain | Orr, at about 6 p.m., was proceed Vale havo obviously settled down

tions revealed that a village elder Thursday in the form of An Didin- (by. That this Council approves reach the must magnificent agreeing on his motor-cycle up the road, to the task of winning their way

of On Lok Chuen, named Tang- ue to apply a sum not excreding or a sum of $3,500,000 out of the ment over armies, naval and air, when in rounding the bend, he back to the Second Division with: The Hon. Sir Henry E, Pollock, was murdered during the outrage. Saling or Tang Fong-sing $22,031,479 to the Public Service said sum of $4,168,500.40 being fore, the problem of disarma" collided, almost head-on, with a determination. of the year 1930, which does not charged to

They won' at KC., is to ask the following ques-The deccused lived in a house re- the Public include the contribution to tag (1927) Loun, and further

the Halifax on Saturday and following lion at Thursday's Council meet-cently constructed and situated In Works ment will only just have been motor-car coming down

Louched, Neither

President incline.

this up to-day by winning at New|ing: Imperial Government in aid of tions the expenditure of $2,221. over nor myself is out for an

Mr. Orr was thrown from his Brighton.

an isolated spot of the Shataukok With reference to the paragraph | Read. Military Expedilure and Charges 876.42 actually incurred up lo agreement which means nothing to seat, and he received very painful Another big programme of in Mr. Henderson's report to the im account of Public Debt,

injuries, including a the 1st December, 1928, the the rest of the world.

fractured matches is on the schedule for Honourable Director of Public while offering resistance to the He appears to have met his death "We are hath put for an agree

fore-arm. The sum is to be expended as expenditure uf $1,182,274.19

Wednesday.

Works, dated 20th February, 1928, handle, but whether this has any ment that will mean as much to follows, the corresponding estim-estimated to be incurred during the rest of the world as to our-pot in his car, took. Mr. Or to Reuter, are as follows:

A French resident, passing the To-day's resulis, cubled by which reads as follows:-"The relation to the presence of the bullet" ates for the year 1929 being those the financial year 1929 and the selves.

the French Hospital, where his

present Waterworks scheme of marks on the car has yet to be clear- injuries were attended to,

finance la in my opinion out of date ed up.

in brackets;

His Excellency, she

fios err

Cadet Server, Sendor Perical W!

Ausonilor Stuff Junker Cerical Seri

Ader

Colonial

- Departmehl

Legislature

Secretary'a

Secretary for

Chiwum Affair

1920.

F 303.6172

242.071

16,342

Trenity

16,629

Audi Denaries.

19,996

Dairet, Dolne,, North Dorried Offer? South Post Offer

#2424

Windless Telegraph

Service

13.116 30135

1:59,705

Isparta and, Exporte

866,136 996:42

ter;

Harbour Departmend

Air Services....... Royal Obervatory Fire ricode .. Supreme Cott

Alkotzer Generat

Crown

Salleher's

emre **

Official Receiver

Land Offee

Makistrues.

디

Magistracy Kowt

Pulier Faren......

Sparinvent

AVER

1102,3033

(725.000)

+

sane-

Wednesday

First Division,

I Everton

1

4 Manchester U.

1 Bolton

Second Division.

Bury

expenditure of 395,849,330 estimat- The proposal, therefore, was ed the incurred during the that any agreement between the

The police, state that both Mr. financial year 1930, which three United States and Britain should Orr's machine and the public ear Burnley last mentioned suns amount. in be pursued with other Poyers, and involved with it in the mishun, Leicester all to the aforesaid sum of 33,500, that anything to which Great were damaged. 12.16000.

Britain and America.mlght agree (e) That this Council approves separately between themselves the expenditure of a further sum should be entirely provisional SOAP AND MARGARINE Bradford C.. 14LTON of $579,150.61 on the said Shing until the other Powers had adjusi- Mun Valley Water Supply Scheme ed it to their needs and from a 60 during the financial your 1930, conference with the other Powers which zum shall be mei from a more comprehensive agreement 01252 further loan and shall meanwhile had been reached, 1991,140) be charged as an advance from

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald gave an the surplus balances of the Colony.asdurance that nothing was golur on that was aimed at foreign country, nor would anything be put up to other countries as a faltis

Z1.2000)

(762,740) 172,1321 201.UKU

37162

4,3061 190,584 ((ICO,ZKG) 163,610 4448,008.

24.75

(22,718!

34,418

1.6k

424,076)

Hashour Development,

The Colonial Secretary will also accompli

hlove:

MERGER.

LEVER BROTHERS INVOLVED IN BIG SCHEME.

t

2 Notts County

Preston N.E. Tottenham II. '

Ifull City

2 1

Charlton

1. Coventry

3 Bournemouth

1 Norwich

1 Northampton

3. Cry. Palace

Blackpool 2

Cardiff Millwall Southampton Stake City | Swansea

Bristol City West Brom, A. 0 Oldham Ath.

Third Division (South). London, Sept. 2. involved in a provisional agree Over £60,000,000 in share capital Bristol Rov.

Fulham Laiton ment to secure close co-operation Merthyr between Lever Brothers and the "That this Council approves the

Optional Clause Decision.

Southend Margarine Union, thereby linking expenditure of a sum of $119,771.-

Turning to other matters, Mr.up the largest group of West 10.120 on Harbour Development as set ftamsay MacDonald made an in-African traders and soap-manu- 12-20

out in Appendix VI (a). Head 2. portant comment to the effect that facturers with, the biggest Eur- Sub-head I, of the draft Estimates the Labour Party was pledged to opean producers of margarine. Hartlepools K 21 of Expenditure for the year 1939 sunbort the Optional Clause of Reuter.

1964 and authorizes this sam to be The Hague Statute (binding the To charged to the Public Works signatories to submit to arbitri

(1927) Loan, and further sanctions|tion légal disputes concerning the *107,406

(1006) the expenditure out of this sum interpretation of treaties and 11,269,827) of the sum of $403,729.08 actually questions of international law), 1,849,591

incurred to the 31st December. "We feel on keenly that Britain's 1,654,477 |1,549,697)

1928, and of the sum of 310,041.58 | signature ir essential if 1,387,080 (1,609,060) | estimated to be infurred in the general arbitration is to be the

14.06 financial year 1929."

habit of the peoples of Europe 1.810,240

that we have decided that the 1,254,279

Kal Tack 'Aerm:trome.

Optional. Clause shall be signed." The Colonial Secretary will-Router and British Wireless.

24.144

2.289

2.560,235 ASA,GN

Medira Deserttiment 1.700,911 Hanitary Thojskrtment, +791,563

Hotaatchi and Fores

1 1aylort

Pauktion Depart

metal

Pale Works

Publi

Works.

cartent es

Public Works,

E-

Kaslon-Cantar Rat-

traordinary.

vay

Volunteer

COTT

Ituyal Naval

Marcelianasa

teer Reserve...

||1,067,382)

0:21,501/

further move:

(a) That this Council approves sites the construction of the Kai Tak

107,813

GRILEVAT

(106,358)

26,408

*Fre

Charitable

Servicew

Propion

1,324,995 108,754 313,000

Tulal

Shing Mun Scheme, "

(1100) Aorodrome at an estimated total

An Explanation.

Later,

1.

0

0

5

3

and I would propose re-organiza-

tion on the lines suggested in my

reports to you on the subject dated

21st September, 1927 and 18th

Robbers in Maska.

A

The police later in the morning

December, 1927," will the Govern-received other reports which show

ment lay copies of such reports upon the table of this Council?

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY.

TENTH ANNUAL SESSION OPENS AT GENEVA.

Goneva, Sopt. 2.

The Persian Prince Mohamed Ali Khan Farughi opened the tenth

2 annual session of the League of

Nations Assembly."

The oarly business was purely 1 formal. elected

Third Division (North).

·Crewe

BRITISH NAVAL

Now Brighton 0. Port Valo Rotherham Stockport Tranmere

-2 Wigan Doncaster 1 South Shields

Accrington

Lincoln Burrow 3. Halifax

0

CONSTRUCTION.

TWO NEW SLOOPS TO BE BEGUN.

London, Sept. 2. The Admiralty announcés that the Government has authorised the construction of two sloopa of the 1929, programme to be begun during the forthcoming autumn, one at Chatham and one at another Royal Dockyard.---British Wircles,

MR. "CAL" COOLIDGE'S EARNINGS.

Assembly:

that after ransacking the house, during which money, jewellery and clothing of an unstated value were stolen, the robbers, wearing masica to preserve their identity, escaped in the car, being seen to drive off in the direction of Talpo. They took with them Tang Fong, the 16- year-old son of the murdered man, and his Hakka gardener, named Wong Ki,

Ten Men Concerned? The robbers were attired in dark, clothing, and had the appearance of

shop-fokie, They were armed with The following were knives and revolvers. The number vice-presidents of the concerned in the affair from five wus

Dr. Stresemann, the German

increased to ten in the last report

Foreign Minister, M. Briand, the received at Police Headquarters at 3 French

Premier, Mr. Ramsay eleven o'clock this morning. MacDonald, the British Premier.

Indian Guards Concerned? Dr. Chao-chu Wa (Dr. C. C. Wu), Chinese Minister to Washington, Baron Adatchi, Japan, and M. Lattik, Esthonia-Reuter.

MORE IN SIX MONTHS THAN YEAR AS PRESIDENT,

+

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's state- $22.031.470 (8C9.811.202) cost of $1,689,467, exclusive of ment that he was unable to say contributions from His Majesty's whether it would be possible for Government.

Lim to go to the United States (b) That this Council authorizes has been interpreted in some 'At the Bame meeting the the sum of $1,080,228.74 out of the quarters as foreshadowing the dene before definite plans could be since his retirement in March. Colonial Secretary will move: said sum of $1,689,467 fo be possible abandonment of his visit.made.

charged to the Public Works (1927)

Interviewed by Reuter on this

LI CHAI-SUM NOW QUITE FREE.

Washington, Sept. 2. Conalderable interest Is, at- tached to the disclosure that Mr. MAY Calvin Coolidge, the ex-President, has received G$100,000 for his reminiscence, which have been published in monthly journals, This compares with the annual (a) That this Council approves Loan and sanctions the expendi-point, the Prime Minister declared Parliament meets they must

"If they aruto le done before increment of G$75,000, which he the construction of the works con- ture of this sum of $1,080,228.74 emphatically that such an Im-done quickly said Mr. Mac- President

berecoïved during his torm 4 nected with the Shing Mun Valley from loan funds during the financial pression was wrong. What he Donald, "but they are going to be Mrs. Coolidge has also been Water Supply Scheme, us aet out

incant WAS Chat (c) That this Council authorizes arrangements had yet been made. an abandonment of the trip to similar

no defiuite done, and there is no question of handsomely, paid in respect of a (Continued on Page 7.)

contribution,Router's There were certain things to be America"-Reuter.

American Service..

in Appendix VI '(a), Head 1, Sub- Head:1, of the draft estimates of

year 1928.

BE GIVEN AN OFFICIAL

„APPOINTMENT.

Later:

Another version of the outrage states that the victim was a wealthy Chinese, who had settled down in the Colony, after several years In Peru,

It is understood that Indian guards were in his employ, and that they Bred on" the bandita. Presumably, it was the firo from these guards which took effect on the bodywork of the car which was later abandoned.

A Minor

Air.

Canton, Sept. 2: According to a cable received has had full.ltbarty restored from Shanghai, Marshal Li Chai-

A brief report of an armed rob to him, and he is now staying at bery was received from the Yau his residence In Nanking.

ti district this morning, stating that The question of his being given with a life, attempted to commit- four men, one of whom was armed, an appointment under the Exted a robbery at No. 681, Nathan amination Yuan la still under dis-Road. Two of the men were arrest cuselon Canton News Agency. ed.