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FILE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1933.

UGLY FRANCO-ITALIAN AFFRAYS IN SHANGHAI

CAFE WRECKED IN GRAND MELEE

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HIGHLY INCENSED

MANY CASUALTIES.

(SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”)

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphio Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, January 3, 10.28. a.m.)

SHANGHAI, JAN. 3. UGLY SCENES WERE WITNESSED IN THE YESTERDAY WILEN FRENCH CONCESSION ITALIAN SAILORS AND FRENCH SOLDIERS CAME INTO COLLISION, MANY BEING SERIOUS LY HURT. AFTER THE FIRST CLASH, THE ITALIANS, HIGHLY INCENSED, SEEM TO HAVE ÖKGANISED FOR A FEUD, AND TO HAVE GONE OUT BENT ON MISCHIEF.

The most serious incident occurred in a cafe into which a group of Italian sailors poured on discovering that there were French soldiers inside. Within a few moments of their arrival, a grand melee was in full awing, with chairs and knives being used as weapons, Many casualties occurred on both sides and the cafe was wrecked, a remarkable scene of desolation greeting the throngs who appeared on the scene after the battle-royal

was over.

ITALIAN OFFICER ARRESTED

The cause of the original out- break of racin feeling between the French and Itallana cannot, at present, be ascertained.

POLICE RESERVE

LIKE SHIPS' SYRENS

ILLEGAL MOTOR HORNS

MAN ASSAULTS WIFE

LEFT HER LYING

IN ROAD

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On a summons accusing him of spoeding in a controlled area at

That she wanted him to help her THE TRIAL OF VIVIENNE Whitfeld, Ray View, Mr. E. Schroter was this morning fined to "fly the white pigeon," was the $15 by Mr. Schofeld at the Central exeuse given by a Chinese who was Pol ca Court. The defendant waa Kowloon Magistracy this morning charged before Mr. Butters at the accused of having driven privato with assaulting his wife in Prince car No. 3238 at 26 miles an hour.

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From Z. B. W. on wave-length of 855 metres (845 k/c).

5-8 p.m., European programme, 5-7 p.m. A programme of Victor & The defendant admitted that he Edward Road on December 31.

With her head swathed In H.M.V. recorda.

6-6.22 p had exceeded twenty miles on!

Nights in the Garden of Spain (De hour, but stated that his saeedom-bandages, the wife alleged that ho

atabbed her with knife, but Falla).. Symphony Orchestra con- ter registered 24 miles.. It was early in the morning and there Sergeant Whitcroft said to be-ducted by Fioro Coppoln 9703/9705. 5.22-5.10 p.m., Gilbert & Sullivan was little traffic about. He did not loved defendant used a bamboo

consider his speed was in any way, Pole. The woman was left lying Selections.

on the road and was later dis- Patienco-Overture.

dangerous,

The driver of a motor lorry was ined $10 for speeding In Lockhart Road.

Two instancea of private cors heing fitted with warning devices. which were not approved by the Inapector General of Police were: brought to notice by the drivers being prosecuted,

covered by a bus-driver.

His Worship sentenced defen- dant to three weeks' hard labour.

BRITISH FOREIGN

SECRETARY

Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent, 11070. The Yeomen of the Guard Vocal

Gems.

Light Opera Company. C1807. The Mikado-Selection.

Band of 11. M. Coldstream Guards. D2354. 5.40-7 p.m. Varlety, Fax Trot The Night. When Love

Was Bornt.

Leo Relaman and His Orch:

24047.

Gracle Fields. B4198., Humorous Sorg-Antonio.

Mr. Tang Chi-kin was aned $5 for having fitted to his car a SIR JOHN SIMON OFF horn which, in the words of

TO RIVIERA Sergeant A.R. Brittain, "reminded

London, Jan. 2. one of a liner coming down the! strect." The defendant, it was

Sir John Simon, who is con- stated, had been warned by the valescent after his severe attack of Inspector General of Police, luat influenza, arrived at Le Bourget November. The chauffeur of Aerodrome this afternoon from Chinese owner was similarly ned Croydon and was welcomed by a complaint from Sergeant Franch Government representa- McInnis, who described the warn- tiven. ing device on the defendant's He left later for the Riviera Sea Shanties(a) O Shallow Brown.

እባ an air horn. which car worked off the exhaust. It was a horn for a ship, not a motor car.

For disobeying the traille signal

British Wireleas.

at the junction of Caine Road and HONGKONG INVOICE| Arbuthnot Road, the driver of a

private car was fined $20. It was stated that the defendant collided; with another car which was com-. ing up Arbuthnot Read. A previ-| ous conviction for a similar offence was produced against the defen- dant.

TRAFFIC SIGNAL CASE.

The summons against Mr. U Gonelin, who is alleged to have disobeyed a traffic signal at the

The first alfray started, for an unknown reason, in front of-n cufe ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT Junction of Arbuthnot Road and

in Frenchtown, in which six French soldiers and about twenty Italian anilors were involved.

SERGEANT SLASHED.

A sergeant in the French army came upon the seone but he was immediately slashed with a knife and his pistol removed.

The fight broke up when a large force of police bore down upon the

rloters.

WEEK

Orders by the Hou. Mr. E. D. C. Welfe, C. M. G., Inspector General of Police, state:

General

OFFICE

CANTON CHAMBER'S

PETITION

Canton, Dec. 31. The Canton Chamber of Com- merce has sent a telegram to the central authorities petitioning for the abolition of the Chinese Invoice Omee at Hongkong.

Objection is based on the point Chine Read, was commenced be- that under the consular invoice by fore Mr Schofield at the Central item goods are subjected to delay, extortion and other abuses.-Cen- Police Court this morning.

Mr. A. ol Arcull appeared for tral Preez, the defendant and entered a plea of not guilty.

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According to Inspector C. F With effect from January 1st. 1033 Alexander, Mr. Gonella was travel the Headquarters of the Hongkong ting along Caine Road in Police Reserve will be situated at casterly direction and a private No. 2 Police Station, Wanchai.

Rond. The red light was against Parades of all Units with the excep, car was ascending Arbuthnot son of the Emergency Unit Reserve Mr. Gonella but, it was alleged, he drove on and came in collision with the other car.

will continue to be hel at the Central; Police Station when ordered.

Chinese Company. Strength Constable R17 William S. Mok has been taken on the strength of the Chinese Company as morning. from 31st. December, 1932.

The officer in charge of the Italian patrol was placed under arrest, but he was later released. when he declared that his men wero so incensed about some thing or other that he was un-i able to control his men and pre- vent the Oght.

SAILORS ON WARPATH.

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Constable RG6 Lawrence 5. Y. Wong has been permitted to resign

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Ted Black & His Orchestra, 24050. Fox Trot-If You Were Only Mine.

Leo Reisman and His Orch: 24047. Song-Can't We Talk It Over..

Gracie Fields. B4103. Fox Trat-1 Send my Love with

Thene Roses. Ruby Newman and His Orch. 24043. Sea Shantles (1) Lowlands (U

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Organ Selo-Falling in Love Again.

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Ted Black and His Orch. 24050. 7.15-8 p.m.

The 2nd Instalment of a serica if recordings of "The Trial of Vivienne Ware" by courtesy of the Management of the King's Theatro and the Fox

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WITH WEAPONS

After evidence for the prosecu Three customers who appeared tion had been taken, the hearing late last night in a shop at Shek was adjourned until Saturday Kap Mi vilinge, Shamshuipo die- trict, proved to be armed robbera, when after accuring entry, they exhibited a revolver and a knife.

With these weapons they terroris-

CHAIRMAN RETIRES.

from the Chinese Company as from the parade will take place on Thura- 20th. December 1932,

day, January fith. at the Central ed the inmates, eventually escaping Training Course-Part 11-All re- Police Station. Fall in at 5.30 p.m.with money and jewellery to the cruits will attend at the Chinese Com-sharp. Dress Blue Uniform, Cap value of nearly $200. In the meantime, the French nany's Headquarters on Tuesday, with White Cover, Belt with Drace, Whistle, Armlet and soldiers had made good their January 3rd. at 5.30 p.m. for instruc- Truncheon,

Badgo, "Pocket Policeman" and note- escape and had gone to another tion,

Training Course-Part 1-All re-book to be carrie!. cafe where a number of colleagues

Emergency Unit Reserve. were sitting down. The Italian cruits of the Chinese Company will

attend Central Police Station for All ranks of the Emergency Unit sailors were, however, in pursuit, Squad Drill on Thursday, January 5th, Reserve will parade at No. 2 Folice. going from cafe to cafe until they at 5.30 p.m. Dress-Blue Uniform and Station on Friday, January 6th. at found the men for whom they wore Cap with White Cover,

6.30 p.m. sharp. Dress-Mufti. Platoon Parade.-All members of searching.

D.S.P. (R) When finally they tracked down the No. 1 Platoon are reminded that the French toldiers, a terrific fight in which many were wounded occurred.

GRAND MELEE.

Frantic messages were nent for police asalatance by the proprietor of the cafe and a large force want rushed to the cafo, whore after a brisk hand to hand encounter with the Italian sailors, who wore now about eighty strong, they dia- persed the rioters. The cafe was considerably damaged.

it

was

After this incident, thought that the Italians would bo antlafied, but trouble again broke out in a different section of the French Concession.

SHOOTING THREAT. The Italian sailors were the aggressors and were advancing on the French soldiers with the Iden

of giving battle when they were confronted with two levelled guns and an automatic pistol and warn ed that they would be fired on'If they attacked.

D. L..KING,

DAY BY DAY: NEWS IN BRIEF WITHOUT WOMEN THE LIFE OF) There will be a meeting of the MAN WOULD BE WITHOUT AID AT Sanitary Board at 4.16 this afternoon, BEGINNING, WITHOUT PEASURE when the business will be entirely IN THE MIDDLE, AND WITHOUT formal.

SOLACE AT THE END-Madame d'Iloudcot.

THIRTY YEARS WITH THE

CHARTERED BANK

London, Jan. 1. After thirty years as its Chair-! man, Sir M. C. Turner has resigned from the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. His suc- ressor will be Mr. A. A. Willia.- Reuter.

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Local Time and Weather

8.23-11.30 p.m. A Relay from the Ko Shing Theatre.

10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-Day Press Newn

11.30 p.m. Close Down, Programmes are kindly supplied by All records in the above Eurovean

Mesara. S. Moutrie and Co.

N. The Studio Programme be

tween 6.30 and 7 p.m. mav, on any day, be replaced by a relay from England, I reception of the latter happens to be good.

EMPIRE PROGRAMME. To-day's broadcast from G.S.D, Daventry transmitting on a wave- length of 20.28 metres (11,806 kc.). The programme will be relayed by

ZBW If conditions are satisfactory.

6.30 p.m. Timo Signal from Big Ben. Gramophone recital: Military Band Music)

6.10 p.m. Talk,

0.30 p.m. Vaudeville programme. 7.10 p.m. News Bulletin,

7.00 pm-Studio

Fornando,

Dialect Pro-

KZAM PROGRAMME. To-day's broadenst from Manila: 6.00 p.m.Studio Music, [Sir Montaguo Cornish Turner

0.10 p.m.-Spanish Informationn! un Period. first entered business life assistant in India of the firm of

Informational 6.30 p.m.-English Mesars. Mackinnon Mackenzie and Period. One of the most attractive calendars Co, Calcutta In 1877. In the fol for 1933 comes from the Wah Mellowing year he was appointed Pre-Tammo Tagalog-Amado and Dely Electric Co. of Hongkong, with a sident of the Bengal Chamber of Mr. Arthur Piercy has bean author-coloured portrait of a lady.

7.16 p.m. Recorded Requests, Commerce, being twice re-elected. 7.30 p.m.-Lyric Mule Flouso Ised to sign for Mesara, Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd., per procuration. Mr. H. E. Goldsmith, H. I. Struct. tional member of

In 1901 he was appointed an add- Piano Requests Johnny Harris and

the Viceroy's; Guest Artists. E., M.I.M. & Cy. E., has been admitted Council and became Chairman of 7.45 p.m.-Ford Service Programma Mr. and Mrs. Wong Kwong-tina partner in the firm of Messrs. were amongst the passengers who Denison, Ram & Gibbs, Architects & the Chartered Bank in the follow-Continental Quartet.

ing year. He is also Deputy Chair Programme--Bottes Boic Orchestra.

8.00 p.m.-Botica Bois Master Music arrived from Manila by the President, Civil Engineers. Coolidge.

man of the Westminster Bank,

8.45 p.Stock Quotations. 8.50 p.m.-Studio Dialcet gramme Ilocano.

0.20 p.m.-Danco Music.

A plain and fancy dres carnival Director of the P. und O. and a A fine British flm, "The Love dance was held in the Reading Room member of the Port of London Contract," is to begin its screenings at the Docks by the Kowloon Dock Authority.] at the Central Theatre to-morrow, Recreatioty Club last night, an enjoy- Winifred Shelter leads the cast, this able evening being spent by all who being her first starring role,

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Two Northern Chinese were brought before Mr. Butters at the Kowloon

Magistracy this morning on a charge

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Pro-

The wedding will shortly take place Injured in a fall down the stalza of Police-Sergeant Michael O'Connell, at 16, Nam Chung Street, Shamshul of being in unlawful possession of

·EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON Quarry Bay Police Station, Hongkong, po, Chan Yip-tong, GP, was conveyed 70 tacle of non-Government prepared and Miss May Hughes, of "Seaside, to the Tung Wah Hospital yesterday. oplum at the Kowloon railway station

THE SOUTH COAST Rush, Co. Dublin

route to the He was discharged after treatment yesterday. Revenue Officer Brown, who prosecuted, stated that the con*

London, Jan. 1. The third meeting of the Session traband was found hidden in a false

Extensive damage over a wide Upon this, the Italians about-

Messrs. Hastings, Denny & Bowley 1932-33 of the Hongkong Branch of bottom of a basket which one of the turned and marched off singing advertise that the interests and res- the English Association is advertised defendants was carrying. On one area was suffered as the result of the Fascist anthem.

ponsibility of Mr. II. L. Dennys ceased to be held in the Helona May In defondant admitting possession, the gale in Southern Ireland,

oincer recepted the plea, intoirming his¦ The force of the wind blowing The incidents are to-day the on 31st December, 1932; and that as stitute to-day at 6.30 p.m. Mr. H. CWorship that he had to bring bath' up-river throw back the outflow on

will speak on "Light subject of correspondence between from 1st January, 1913 the business Macnamara

mon before the Court as he could the city of Cork, with the result on under the firm Verne." the French and Italian Consuls-will be carried

not make out what they were telling that at high tide the entire shop him. A fine of $2,100, or months, was imposed.

nix General-cuter.

ping area of the city was flooded and business had to bo suspended for several hours.

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At the Methodist Church, Wanchal The health bulletin for Eastern on Sunday, the preacher at the}, ports for the week ended Decemborj morning service was the Rev. F. E.

Lettéra of administration to the While hanging up a banket, Chan 24. shows the following cases of in- "Dubs") Ford, the Tos II. Padre,

The wharf of the Cunard Com- Wai-lol, 16, living on the first floor fectious diseases and deatha thero who, with Mr. If. Chappell, is tour- $27,360 local estate of Tong Leung pany at Queenstown was consider

Alexandria of No. 5, Li Shing Street, toppled from.-Smallpox,

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niso five over the balustrade of the verandah cases 22 deaths, Bagdad four cases the furtherance of the Tos H. move-Tang Leung Bze-yau, late of Lun Fat ably damaged, as were Into the strest, yesterday, and suffer- Cour deaths. Basrah eres ment, Next Sunday the Rev. Mr. Streat, have been granted to her son, other pfers, while many small boate ed injuries leading to her adnilauton two deaths, Macao one case, and Can-Ford wB1 presch at the Cathedral at Tang Yul-kl, of 192, Queen's Road wore pounded to pieces-Our Own

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