1936-11-06 — Page 21

THE HONGKONG

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER TELEGRAPH.

1936..

SLAVE TRADE IN THE

FAR EAST Hats

Constant Flow of Girls From China's Remote Villages

Arrow Golf in a new game

Conference To Be Held

In Java

HONGKONG TO

ATTEND

NEXT year a conference

will be held in Java, with delegates from French Indo-China, Timor, Dilly, China, Java, Siam, Hong- kong and Malaya, to discuss what steps should be taken to stamp out the slave traf- fic in this part of the world..

It will be recalled that a

in-recent Commission was sent

Vented by Herr Pichler Mandert, an out from England to inves official of the Austrian Ale Ministry

who is seen aboyts demonstrating it. The game is played with whips and Brows and in a favourite pastime

with King Edward VIII.

Y.M.C.A. OFFICIAL PASSES

SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR ARTHUR YAPP

tigate Mai-tsai in the Far

East.

The slave traders search in the remote villages of China for persona who are willing to dispose of their daughters, nieces and young female relations for a pecuniary conskiera- Hon. Such girls can be

Ceasily, especially in poveri protiv

districts,

The consideration usually ranges between Ave and ten dollars pak to the guardians.of the girls who, onée the money is pakl, are delivered fle the slave-trader. At the end of the year the guardian will either get their girls bark or are paid for) further, periods.

NO PAPERS SIGNED

COLLAPSED IN tee themselves in case the deal 1s

MOTOR CAR

Luntion, Nov. 5.

of

The death has occurred

No documents are signed, nol only because traders want to pro- exposed, but also because the guar-į dians have implicit faith In the traders and

content to keep

pnet as long as the hire money is uld regularly. Often the heads of Sir the villages are privy to the deal jand receive a commission for nut

Arthur Yapp. National Secretary of reporting the matter. the Y.M.C.A., who collapsed in 20

The girls are then taken in Hong-

motor-ear after teaving work at the long or other seaports from whitel Y.M.C.A. headquarters, Reuters

Bulletin Service,

Horn in Herefordshire in 1809, Sir

the sor <>1 Arthur Yapp was farmer who died when he was four. As a lad he worked for a firm of agricultural engineers at Leominster and at 15 he began, to give religious addresses, became secretary temperance society and started a re- freshment booth for the showinen al The nut fatr.

3

il

nt

His Y.M.C.A. work besto Leominster when he was 21 and a few years later he gave up his business career to become secretary;

WAR WORK

The war, which brought about a

warnings The miss of

they are consigned to Malaya or Java areompanied by the trader Bimself or

Carmen, one of the stars who wil appear at the Gloucester

- to-morrow night.

Further Rise

In Tin Price

Big Majority In Congress

Seems Likely FINAL RESULTS NOW

COVER IN LONDON

The trader has an extensive business, by one of his deputies. The party travels with faked pass- OPERATORS RUSH TO

that the man in ports showin

is a clos relative of the charge Kiris.

for who are destined Those Singapore find little or no dif- ficulty

entering and, should there be any hitch. this is soon surmounted by the agents of the slave traders who meet the party

QUOTA ACCORD

REACHED

London, Nov. 5.

on arrival, claim that all are their i After a day of alarms and excur relations and promptly supply the sions, the position of the leading base authorities with their names and metals seems at least temporally

determined. addresses in Singapore. The agents usually herd the Hock

the

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5,

ake Believe" Duel: "Make The Dual Congress results

have Lewis:

and been tabulated as follows:

Democrats

SENATE

Republicana

Farmer-Labour

Progressives

Independents

HOUSE OF

Democrats

75

17

2

REPRESENTATIVES

Republicans

Progressives

Farm-Labour

from "Showboat Mary Groy every

G. d'Aquino; 6. "Valse Romantique". A nie da Costa Interpretation play-

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"....Gaston d'Aquino. 10 p.m. London-Big Ben. The Regimental Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards.

Songs

Scotland, Nautical

5

The Democrats have a majority of

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233, compared with one of 11 in the Moments (arr. Winter & Dutholt). The Grenadles Waltz (Waldteufel. at Congress. Reuter...

arr, Winterbolton);

Some operators in the tin market of the Derb association. Six years inter he was organising secretary for to the Rochor district and the girl found themselves caught on Lancashire and in 1912 he moved to slaves are distributed among houses wrong foot by the announcement of London as Secretary of the National occupled by sub-agents. The wheels the production agreement with Stam

are inmediately set in motion and rushed to cover, scenting Council

further strong advance in prices to find prospective hirers.

when the outside speculative cle- PROLONGED HAGGLING

ment, which has long been dormant The hirers found, prolonged hagin this metal, awakens to the fact pected would be only five per cent. renaissance of the Y.M.C.A.. foundling and bargaining" ensues. The that there is plenty of life in the old-Reuter.

TERMS NOT DIVULGED Sir Arthur with a wènkę heart, but

agents usually demand

us, Restrictions Scheme yet. $150

Paris, Nov. 5. Brokers Hive

bullish, generally in spite of doctors'

he wages for a year. He gels half or

The terms of the new tin produ plunged himself into

optimism is tion agreement will not be divulged work waiting him among the soldiers. less than a half of this sum which some even saying, "The advance has

by hardly begun." Their is either paid immediately or Given three months to raise funds he instalments. In the latter case a largely based on the fact that the until approved by the Governments confounded pessimiste by raising rate of interest is fixed. Here, too, no world's visible stocks are only 13,-, to which they have been submitted.

The International Tin Committee, $2,750,000

that ta

Lime for the contacts or receipts are signed. The 300 tons, which, it is held, the United

and those close to i, are confident Y.M.C.A. Under Sir Arthur's

ratified by gul-hirer'a faith in the integrity of the States is able to lap up overnight, dance, the organisation became

Iri agent is great: and the agent is al-when the amaliness of the supplies in the terms will be

People's Assembly Bangkok, huge trading concern and its red ways very chory in his choice of the that country is appreciated.

The only surprise caused in copper which must be specially summoneri triangle insignia became a popular tirer. haven for soldiers on all fronts.

It is difficult to say whether the circles by the announcement of an since it is not sitting at present.

increased production quota, was the A decision is expected by mid- slave girls are used for immoral size of the advance, which many ex-December-Reuter, purposes. Usually They are ent- ployed as maid-servants to clean houses, take care of children help in the kiteben. But when kiri appens to be handsome, her beauty well in all probability prove to her detriment.

In 1927 Sir Arthur was asked by Lord Rhondda to take charge of the food economy campaign, a task that subjected him to much abuse but his telling speeches did much to promote the cause and diminish friction.

Sir Arthur Yopp received a K.B.E. In 1017. He was the first layman to speak from the pulpits of the cathe drals of Canterbury and York.

PALESTINE IMMIGRATION

NO TEMPORARY SUSPENSION

London, Nov. 5.

Members of the Royal Commission on, Palestine left Victoria Station en route for the Near East this after

The Colonial Secretary and other officials were at the station to

1100n.

Ree the party oll,

NAVAL OFFICER

FINED

TWO TRAFFIC OFFENCES ADMITTED

=

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE AFFEC- TIONATE REGARD OF MY FELLOW-MEN THAN 1 WOULD HAVE HEAPS AND MINES OF COLD-Dickens.

the

His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, left for Shanghai this morning by the S. Tanda, to sit in Full Court of Appeal there.

With a compound fracture of his left arm, Tang Tung-chang, aged 42,] taken

of

10.20 p.m. Harry Roy and His Orchestra.

11 p.m. Close Down.

SILK SMUGGLING

-ATTEMPT

WHARF COOLIE AIDS ORGANISED GANG

A case of attempted snuggling on the Canton-Kowloon Railway was brought before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon, Magistracy this morn- ing when Tsin Yuk, 28, wharf coolle, believed by Inspector Andrews, for of an the prosecution, to be one organised gang of smugglers, was fined $10, in default, three weeks' hard labour.

Inspector Andrews stated that de- Fong Kan-gin, aged seven, was fendant Was seen walking down to the Government Civil Chatham Road by a Chinese con-

motor-car im climb the fence and opproach

No. 1123 in Main Street, Stanley, the tracks, just as the 12.45 express yesterday.

TONG

TONG

a farmer from Pingshan, has been Hospital for treatment after he had stable who followed him, and saw udmitted to the Kowloon Hospital. been knocked down by He received his Injuries in the coura

a light with other men. Suffering from injuries received Commander A. R. Thatcher, of when he fell into the bunker of the H.M.S. Tamar, was summoned before steamer Cape St. Francis ut 1 am Mr. W. Schofield, at the Central to-day, Mr. J. S. Kirkpatrick, second Magistracy this morning, for having ofcer of the ship, was removed to Penk Road, which is closed to traffic; condition. driven private car No. 2217 on the the Kowloon Hospital in a

and with having] on October 23, caused obstruction outside the side entrance of the Queen's Theatre on the following night.

was leaving for Canton, on Novem ber 5. A second man was with him, and the two attempted to hoist a dorge bag of silk to a man waiting on one of the couch platforms. When the constable raised an alarm, the men drupped the silk and ran, but defendant was caught, serious

man making good his escape.

Defendant did not appear in Court, Soon after, in the House of Com- but sent a letter admitting the sum mons at question-time, Mr. Ormsby monses. A fine of $10 was imposed Gore made a statement on Immigra- on the first summons, and $5. on the

tion. He said His Majesty's Govern- secondt.

that

Li

The late Mrs. Edith Allen Morgan, widow, formerly of Central Lodge 55, Central Hill, Upper Norwood, Surrey, who died on March 22 last, left local

An ap estate amounting to 523,400. plication by Mr. R. A. Wadeson, solleitor, Die lawful attorney, for scaling probate of the will, has been allowed.

died

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to iend

on

the

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the

It was stated that the manage- The Management of the Repulse

ment of the Railway wished to stress Boy Hotel advises that owing to the

the importance of this case, as the advent of the winter season, the usual

were creating a great amount Local estate worth $0,500 was left men

They were tea and dinner dances in that estab-

of unnecessary friction. ishment will be discontinued until by the late Mr. Thomas Leslie Brown, not only risking their own lives, but further notice, and that seasonable planter and estate manager, formerly

antagonism between functions will be announced in the of Ulu Butch Estate, Sungel Buloh, the discovery of their work would

Selangor, F.M.S.. who Press.

December 12, 1935, at the Royal Rallway and the Canton Customs. ment had considered whether or not| S. Narain, driver of private car

Inspector Andrews pointed out that there should be a temporary, No. 31, sumninoned for having caused

The wedding took place at the Hotel, Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scot- pension of immigration whilst the obstruction outside the side entrance Registry this morning of Mr. Gordon land. Mr. M. M. Watson, solicitor, throttle work of a novice, Commission was carrying out its in- the Queen's Theatre on October Snyder, Chief Superintendent, e/e the lawful attorney, has been granted but of an organised smuggling band. quiries. They had decided

Pantranco Dagupan Pang, Philippine permission to seal certified copy of the silk was tightly bound in cloths conürmation (nominate) of the

long rope and Islands, and Miss Romana Guevara.

and was tied with temporary suspension would not be 24, was also fined $5.

A fine of $30 was imposed on

wirestrand which could be hooked on justifiable, either on economic or Chik-thun, driver of pubile car. No. Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith, Deputy executor of the deceased.

to the receiver's arm with very little other grounds. At the same time, 393, for driving without due care Registrar of Marringes, officiated and

Brought up on remand before Mr. trouble as the train was pulling out, they thought it right in the present and caution, at Pokfulam Road on the witnesses were Mrs. E. D. Bal-

K. Keen at the Central Magistracy circumstances to ask the High Com October 23.

moseda and Mr. N. B. M. Whitley.

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