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WOMAN'S DEATH PRESUMED.

NOT HEARD OF FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS.

COURT APPLICATION.

NANKING CLAIMS

VICTORY.

“IRONSIDES" & KWANGSI DEFEAT. REPORTED.

TERRIFIC SLAUGHTER.

Nanking, July 2 Military Headquarters officially announce that the Hunan is over,

The mysterious disappearance of Tang Chu-yee, a midwife, to- wards the end of December, 1921, with no further trace of her hav- ing been discovered, resulted in an application to presume her death intestate being made to the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) in the Supreme Court this morn-fighting. ing.

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In making the application, Mr. Hin-shing Lo, instructed by Mr F. X. D'Almada, senior, of Messrs, D'Almada and Mason, said that the law presumed a person to be person had not been heard of or seen for a period of seven years. He remarked that affidavits had been filed which established that the missing wo- man had not been heard of since

1921.

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FINE PERFORMANCE OF

“JORNEY'S END"

Despite the fact that the Com-| pany had on Its previous visit to the Colony given several perform- ances of "Journey's End," there was again a crowded house at the Star Theatre last night, when this | famous. war' play was once again produced by the Salisbury Players.

THURSDAY, JULY

THE INDO-CHINA UNREST.

ANNAMITE DEMONSTRATORS FROM PARIS.

OTHERS DEPORTED.

Saigon, June 26.

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BUS CONDUCTOR CRITICISED.

YOUTH WHO DID NOT PAY HIS FARE.

campaign in This Is, without doubt, the Com. Thirteen Annamite demonstra their fares were frustrated yes

the Kwangai pany's biggest success, for the play tors deported from France as a forces and General Chang Fat-is interpreted with much ability result of the incidents reported kwef's Ironsides having been de- whenever it is put on by the Salls. cisively defeated at Hengchow in bury Players. As on previous from Paris last month, arrived South Hunan, after three day'specasions, the parts were in most here to-day on board the M.M.

rating

the fighting, 15,000 casualties were suffered by the whilst the Nationalist enemy, casualties totalled 5,000.

A communique states that an Ironsides Division, three Kwangsi Divisions and one Hunanese Divi sion, on June 29th and 30th, re- peatedly attacked the entrench- fnents held by, three Cantonese Divisions to the north of Hen-a chow but were driven back with

terrific slaughter."

Yesterday morning, the Can- tonese troops counter-attacked and routed the rebels, who are being pursued towards Kwangsi.

It is added that "the victory is considered of the utmost impor-

Counsel explained that the wo man formerly lived at No. 118. Queen's Road East, first floor, but on December 23, 1321; she left her house with one of her two adopted daughters for the purpose of visit-tance, because, with the debacle of ing her native village in Cheung Shan District, Kwangtung. Since then, she had not been seen or heard of. No letters had been re- ceived since her disappearance and the fullest enquiries had failed to reveal her whereabouts. It was believed that she had died intes- "tate.

the Ironsides and the Kwangsi re- bel armies, seven veteran Govern- ment Divisions can be released for service in Honan and Shan- tung."-Reuter,

HANDING OVER

WEIHAIWEI.

POLICE NOT CALLED.

Two attempts by young Chinese to travel on buses without paying terday when they were discovered and handed over to the Polles. They were brought before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon morning on Magistracy - this

payment of their fares.

The defendant replied that the 20 cents did not belong to him.

Athos II. They were disembarked charges of attempting to avoid without incident and taken to the

In the first case a young lad was alleged to have boarded a Kow- Central Prison-Indo-pacifi

loon Motor Bus company's vehicle Amongst the group were a in Prince Edward Rond. He stood number of students who took part on the step of the bus and when told to sit down, he refused. The in the demonstration at Paris last ticket inspector made the lad take month, when they broke into the a seat and then asked him for his ticket, but he produced four Elysco, shouting, "Down with the cents and said that that was all President" in an attempt to draw he had. He was then taken to the official attention to the case of the company's office and later to the

Police condemned men at Yen Bai. Staloctor Evans informed Subsequently, Reuter reported his Worship that the defendant that the Indo-Chinese Students' had 24 cents in his possession Association was dissolved by a when searched.- - Court order, on account of the turbulency of its members. This

HIs Worship pointed out to the measure was long anticipated, since it first became evident that defendant that the fact remained the students were determined to ride and ordered the lad to receive he had attempted to obtain a free act independently of all Govern-six strokes of the birch. ment fetters and boycott the The other defendant WAS expensive Hostel that was built charged by the management of the and inaugurated by the Colonial China Motor Bus Company. Minister, for their accommodation. The defendant remarked that Saigon, June 21. he had forgotten his money and This morning, at ten o'clock, 28 when he discovered he had left persons "condemned to life aer It at home. he asked the con- vitude for their participation in ductor to give him a ticket on recent demonstrations, were de-credit as he had been formly employ ported from this city on a Governed by the company. There will be a complete change ment launch to the penal settle- Giving evidence, a ticket in- of theme to-night and to-morrow, ment of Poule Condore. The spector intimated that he boarded when the old favourite, "When vessel will wait at Cape St. James the bus in Shanghai Street near

Street. and Knights Were Bold," will be staged, to take aboard 128 other prisoners Mongkok

to examine the pas This is a screamingly funny play, on their way down from Tonkin.-menced

Bengers' tickets. The defen- and should attract a big audience. Indo-pacifi.

[Poulo Condore is a group of dant, when asked for his ticket, islands lying some 80 miles from turned to the conductor and request the southern coast of Indo-China.ed him to punch him a ticket. The It serves as a penal settlement conductor replied that as he had for political prisoners and con- Produced no money he could not

give him a ticket. ditions therein are compared to those of Devil's Island, another famous French penal settlement off the northern coast of South America.]"

Miss Dorothy James, who will play the part of the Hon. Mrs. Waldegrave in "When Knights Were Bold." OFable bands last night, with the re-

Mr. Lo went on to say that in-i formation was received that the woman had not reached her native!

¡Continued from Page 1). village and the assistance of the police was at once enlisted, but

The fourteenth stipulates that without success. One of the wit-

Government agrees nesses had sworn an affidavit that the National

to maintain the existing public she accompanied the woman to a boat which was leaving for Can-services, including the telephones

and telegraphs.

The fifteenth validates the pre- rendition decisions of British law courts, after rendition.

ton.

Dealing with "the estate, Mr. Lo said that Tang Chu-yee left the aum of $1,177.90 on fixed deposit with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and also a sum of $4,725.24 on fixed deposit with the National City Bank of New York. The total sum now accrued, with inter- est, amounted to $8,825.44, in addi- tion to which there was certain per- sonal property.

that the Counsel further said woman's adopted son, Chung Tak wal was now 18 years of age, and

the Rey, H. R. Wells was willing

to act as his curator guardian until the youth reached his majority: The eldest daughter had renounced her right to apply for administra

tion.

His Lordship granted leave to presume death as having occurred on or after December 23, 1921. He added that he saw in the notice of motion that a grant was asked for. He remarked he could not give a grant until the papers were pat forward, but when that was done he would be prepared to make a grant to Mr. Wells:

Mr. Lo asked that the costs in- cidental to the action, as between solicitor and client, be borne by the estate, and his Lordship granted the request.

WAR" ON COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA.

NEW LEGISLATION PASSED IN FINLAND.

Helsingfors, July 2. · A special session of the Diet has approved by 112 votes to 69 the Government's measures to preventing the printing of Com munist newspapers. The Social Democrats opposed the measures, The Government resigned in order to allow the formation of a Govern- ment on a wider basis....

pression of all

International Trade.

It is provided in article sixteen that unless it decides to reserve Weihaiwel as a naval base, the National Government agrees to. maintain it as an area for inter- national residence and trade. The seventeenth declares that. the Chinese local authorities agree to ascertain the views

of foreign residents affecting the latters' welfare and in municipal matters

interests.

sult that the drama and the come- dy of the play were equally well brought cut. It was a magnificent performance, greatly enjoyed by all present.

A LITTLE LAW IS DANGEROUS.

JUDGE'S.COMMENT IN ALLOWING APPEAL, An appeal by William Bates, convicted at Southampton under the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871, and sentenced to 12 months' Court of Criminal Appeal.. hard labour, was allowed in the

Mr. Justice Avory said ' thất

K.C'S CONFESSION.

The eighteenth states that un-Batez had been previously convict JUDGE AND THE HUMBLEST clusively as a naval base, the had been sent to penal servitude. less Weihaiwei be reserved ex-ed 2 times, and on four occasions BAND INSTRUMENT.

Mr. du Parcq, K.C., arguing a

National Government agrees. to He had acquired, in his ex There was an amusing incident lease to the Government of the perience of the criminal courts, in Mr. Justice McCardie's Court United Kingdom, free of charge, that most dangerous thing a recently. for thirty years, "with the option little law. He had taken the of renewal by the holders," certain point that he was wrongly con-dispute concerning musicfana, islands and buildings detalled in victed because evidence was given used the phrase "from the violin Annexe two (the Senior District before the jury of his previous down to the humblest instrument

in the band”. Officer's house and grounds, the convictions. cemetery at Port Edward, the cemetery at Llukungtao, block "A" barracks, the recreation ground, and the golf course).

The nineteenth provides that lighthouses, buoys, and other aids to navigation shall be transferred to the National Government free of charge, and be maintained by competent Chinese authorities.

The twentieth decares that the Convention shall be ratified on or before October 1, and shall be enforced from the date of the ratifications being exchanged at | Nanking.

The Convention was signed at Nanking on April 18.

NO JOINT MEETING

OF PARTIES.

{Continued from Pagé L.)

The President received deputa-kind could be devised to alleviate tions from all over the country the unfortunate conditions In last month demanding the sup which sections of our agricul-

communistic papers and societies and the turists and our industrialists find arrest of leading communists. It themselves owing to world causes. was decided that there should be Your colleagues decline to an election of a new Diet to pass sider a proposal to make

national effort. That is all in the necessary legislation.

which for the moment I am in- terested."

The special Session of Parlia ment was summoned for, to-day and the police wore instructed to stop immediately the publication of communist newspapers here and in Wiborg, Uleaborg and Wasa-Reuter...

Liberals Accept.

con- this

Mr. Lloyd George accepting the invitations to both conferences said: "The economic condi- tion of the country is such that I am convinced that inter-party Fresh experiments to reduce co-operation is necessary if we are ticket-litter in the streets are to

to take action necessary to put be made by the London General agriculture on its feet again and Omnibus Co. in the hope of finding to reduce unemployment to normal a. satisfactory solution. Recently proportions." notices have been displayed in

The proposals of the Premier. the cmnibuses," says an official which have been proved, abortive statement," requesting passengers were that representatives of the to leave their tickets in the bus. Opposition parties should, confer While there appears to be a light with a committee of Ministers. Increase in the number of tickets specially appointed for the pur- so left in the vehicles, that in- pose, that two or three advisors, crease does not yet seem to the not necessarily members of Parlia. company to be sufficient to justify men, should accompany the Op them in thinking that special re- position leaders, that executive ceptacles would be more generous officers of the Government should ly uaed now than they were when attend and that the conferences the previous experiments were should be advisory and not exe- carried out."

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The conductor stated that the de fendant had boarded the bus in Shamshuipo and when asked for his ticket the defendant replied that he had a ticket. When asked to pro- duce it he failed to do so. Witness then asked the defendant to pay the fare but he intimated that he had no money. He was told to disem- bark but refused. When the bus reached Mongkok Road the Inspec tor boarded.

His. Worship' pointed out to the witness that he should have taken action at the first stopping place and had the defendant turn- ed off the bus by a policeman,

-Witness replied that no policeman was available at the moment and he could not leave to call one as it would mean delaying the other pas

sengers.

His Worship described the an awer as nonsense and remarked that the witness did not seem to have carried out his duties pro- perly.

In doing this, said. Mr. Justice He added: "I will not say what Avory, he overlooked the fact that the humblest instrument is for to prove the offence with which fear of offending the gentleman he was charged it was necessary who plays it.” to prove he had been previously

Mr. Justice McCardic: Oh, risk

Cross examined by the defendant convicted. His contention form ed no ground of appeal,

Mr. du Parcq: Well, to be quite witness denied that accused had ask truthful, my lord, I do not know. ed him for a ticket on credit. He Unfortunately, the Recorder, when he summed up, treated the rather suspected that. Surely, man.

Mr. Justice McCardle: Ah, I. remarked that he did not know the man as having been convicted of though, the drum must be regard-

Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan, manager burglary, which was not one of ed as the humblest instrumentit of the Company, informed his the misdemeanours defined by the is the first step in musical educa Worship that the defendant had

Prevention of Crimes Act.

tion.

On the Recorder's attention be- Mr. du Parcq: It is certainly ing called to the fact, he himself the Instrument that one has granted a certificate of appeal. always felt one would like to The appeal would be allowed. play.

"I never saw anything so unusual. It has a flat arepo jacket with an organdle collar...........

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been employed by the company for

a few months towards the end of last year. He had previously travelled without paying his fare.

His Worship imposed a fine of $5 and remarked that it would have been heavier but he did not think that the conductor had carried out his duties in a capable manner.

TWO MEN SHOT AT RIFLE RANGE.

STRUGGLE FOR REVOLVER IN LONDON.

Scenes reminiscent of a Wild West film drama were enacted in rifle range in Villiers street, Strand. As a result of the Incident two attendants at the range are in hos- pital suffering from wounds one of them is in a serious condition.

Shortly before ten o'clock a ship's fireman out of employment entered. the building. He asked to be allow.. ed to shoot, and was given a .38 Colt. revolvere il mode de test

He had been in the building only a short while when suddenly the two attendants were startled by shouts of "Hands up!"

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and several shots were fired,

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