1938-05-19 — Page 19

LANDLORD NETS FINE OF $500

WRONG DECLARATION

TO ASSESSOR.

A wrong declaration to the Assessment of Rent Officer re- garding the amount he could get in rents for his flats cost Lau Yick-chouk, No. 130, Kennedy

THE HONGKONG

BRITAIN CONDEMNS MANILA

PRISONERS' ·

SLAUGHTER

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taken prisoner and were shot on the Amoy bund by the Japanese..

MERCHANT

FINED $100

MUI-TSAI CHARGE Attired in a neat European "His Majesty's Govern. [dress and looking for from what she said she was, a mui-tsal, Ho ment cannot too strongly do. Yi-lin, 20, appeared before Mr. plore and condemn such a R. Edwards at the Central violation of the Hague Con-Magistracy to-day as complai- nant in a case against a mer-

ed with bringing an unregistered chant named Ng Fat, 34, charg-

mui-tsai into the Colony.

Road, 1st Floor the maximum penalty of $500 at Central ventions," Mr. Butler de Magistrate before Mr. E. Butlers clared, British Wireless, this morning.

JAPANESE DENY CHARGES

Co-

The defendant said that the girl was given to him by her aunt and that she was not treated by him as

mut-toal

Mr. H. W. Fraser, of the Secre- tariat for Chinese Affairs, sald that the girl made a report on May 18 to the effect that she was a mul-tsal employed by the defendant.

A summone was brought by Mr.

Shanghai, May 10. Jullus Ring, assessor, represented by

Reports that Chinese clvilluns Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown Solicitor: "that he knowingly made living in Amoy are being terrorized were denied by a Jupanese #nvol a false or incorrect statement in furnishing certain of the particulars spokesman this morning who asserted specified in Form I in the schedule that the port is peaceful and the

Chinese community leaders are of the Rating Ordinance (1901), by

rent paid by the tenant operating with the Japanese authorit- stating the

of

order. Roud, 2nd Floor,les for the maintenance 134, Kennedy of No.

The waterworks in Amoy, the to be $80 per month,"

Defendant wOB represented by spokesman sald, had been found is now being Tong Kwal-fan, his brother-in-law intact and water" who pleaded guilty and said he was supplied to Kulangsu by the Japanese antive village and eventually sold for navy who are also authorizing the transportation of rice, stored in

Butterfeld

Swire's Messrs.

of Chinese Kodowns, for the relief refugees in Kulungau.

in a position to pay a fine.

Mr. Abbott said the fact was that previous to

to defendant making this false declaration, Mr. Clarke against whom an order for eviction from the premises concerned had been inade at the Supreme Court--had offered defendant $105 and Inter $126 to con- tinue as tenant in the flat, both offers being refused.

Mr. Clarke had occupied the pre- mises since August last year at $90

a month.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarke were in Court during the hearing of the case as they would have given evidence if neces skry.

When the summons was read out, Lau Ylp-cheuk immediately pleaded guilty and, in reply to a question, said he was in a position to pay n

defendant Ane. The

was not in

Hongkong.

Mr. Butters: Was the defendant the man who gave the wrong ussESS- ment?

- Mr. Abbott: Yes. The forms of ussessment are signed by "Y.C. Lau." INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE Mr. Butters: What is the correct rental?

rental

Mr. Abbott: The correct paid since last August was $90 per month and I came here this morn- ing armed with: incontrovertible evid-

ence.

Allegations that civilian refugees and Chinese prisoners have been shot in cold blood when fleeing to Kelangsu or on the Amoy Bundl were refuted.

ofce and power

She said that when she was 10 years old she was kidnapped in her

$200. About a month later she was sent to Manila where she worked for the defendant, loalting after his chil dren, Ironing clothes and dusting the house. She was paid no wages.

TOLD TO IGNORE GIRL At 2 p.m. on

continued on May 15 Mr. Frater, the defendant requested his children to ignore the girl, and she, feeling that she was not want- ed left the family and went to the defendant's father. She had to leave him too, for the defendant called and told his father not to harbour her. theShe wandered about the streets and finally went to the offices of the S.C.A., where she made her report. The girl had ample clothing and food.

The spokesman stated that the telephone, post telegraph, radio,

plant bad been stripped of their equipment and the power lines downed before Japanese occupation.-Domnet.

No Right To Wear Uniform

Abdul Aziz Rumjahn, aged 18, was fined $25, or one month's imprison- ment by Mr. R. H. Butters at the Central Magistracy this morning for wearing the uniform of the Hongkong (*

Volunteer Defence Corps, al Bay View on May 17, although he is not a mein-

the Volunteers. ber

was the Captain S. S. Hedgecoc complainant, and Sergt. McKay In evidence sold that defendant had no money, was played and had no the uniform

clothes. He

it.

Stating the facts of the case, Mr.from a Volunteer to have his photo

graph taken, and did not return Abbott said: "The post lion is that

He bind since been seen wandering Mr. Clarke had entered the flat on

he has around in the uniform. There was a August 15, and since then

previous conviction for embezzle- paid $00 a month.

"Form 1, referred to in the sum-ment mons, was sent out from the Treasur-

Accused admitted the charge,

15

er's Office on December 31 and was well as the conviction for embezzle-

returned on or

about January 11ment

showing the rent to be $80.

There are further circumstances which I think Your Warthip should know. Mr. Clarke, after he received

premises.

the notice to quit, offered an in-NEW creased rental for these first $105 and on April 14, a material date, he offered $126-a 40 per cent. increase.

"Both offers were refused and last Friday it happens that, at Supreme Court, an order was issued for him to vacate and give posession In 21

AIRCRAFT

CARRIER FOR

• AMERICAN NAVY

Washington, May 18. Mr. Carl Vinson, Democrat Mem- ber of the House for Georgia and Chairman of the House Committee on Naval Altairs, has sought presidential dayon or about April 23, certainly approval for the appropriation of suf- after the offer of $120 was made, Mr.Belent money to immediately Lau Yik-cheuk enlled upon Mr. Ring struct the aircraft carrier authorised and asteed for the assessment to be by the Naval Expansion Act. reduced because, he said, it was quite impossible for him to get more than $70 or $80 for this fiat.

con-

Jaw

The Expansion Act became this week when it was signed by the

President.

"We need this additional aircraft carrier," sold Mr. Vinson, in express- EXAMPLE OF BAD FAITH "What better example of bading the hope that the Navy Depart-

thers could be than that I met would support his request.

understand to go to the United Press.

faith cannot assessor and say that, when at least

a week before he had had an offer

of $126 for one of these falai

"It amounts to

serious attempt

to confuse Mr. Ring-I will put it 110 higher.

"Anything that goes to the making of a false declaration for rating pur- poses is just as much a fraud on the Colony,

and it may also be for the Treasury because on that declaration

avolded." some stamp duty can be

In reply the

to the

Magistrate, Mr. Abbott said the loss to revenue if the lower assessment had been accepted, would have been $17.44 per year.

"I apprehend that this le but one of very many cases in this Colony which go undetected and I would ask Your Worship to bear that in mind and to impose such a fine as will show de- sendant and others that they must not do that sort of thing," he added.

The Magistrate remarked that the maximum penalty for the offence was six months imprisonment and a $500 fine.

Is this the first case of its kind?" he asked.

"It is the first we have had for a number of years" replied Mr. Abbott, At any rate it is the first that has been detected.

In view of the bad faith shown and the deliberate attempt to deceive the Treasury, I shall impose the maximum fine of $500," Mr. Bulters sald.

JAPANESE SEVERELY

DEFEATED

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Chaoksien sector. According to A telephone message, Chaohslen on the eastern border of Chao Lake again has fallen into Japanese hands. The city has changed hands three times.

Central News.

Still Hold Chuyai

Hankow, May 19.

The defendunt was a merchant of Manila and came to Hongkong with his family ten days ago for a holiday. had The defendant said that he treated the girl as member of the family and that she had received from him everything she had wanted. After hearing the girl's and the defendant's evidence, Mr. Edwards said that he was quite satisfied that the complainant had been treated as a mui-tsal until the time she had gone to the S.C.A. Defendant was fined $100, The girl is now in the custody of the S.C.A.

Hertzog Gains

In Elections In S. Africa

Capetown, May 18. There have been several surprises In the South African elections, which were held yesterday,

Early city returns disclose that all urban centres, excepting Durban, vated solidly for the Government, and should the rural areas follow suit, the coalition is assured of a majority beyond its expectations.

An early surprise was the defent of Mr. C. W. Coulter, Deputy Lender of the Dominion Party, by Mr. B. K. Long, the United Party candidate.

TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938.

FIGHTING IN HSUCHOW'S STREETS

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guns were shelling the city walls at Hsuchow and also that is Chinese were dynamiting the Yellow River- dykes, Chinese circles pointed out yesterday that Hauchow has no walls, and the old bed of the Yellow River was bone dryi

RADIO BROADCAST

Eva Turner (Soprano) From the Studio

Radio Programme Broadcast by

It has been reliably learned in KACHMANINOFF CONCERTO Hankow that a large force of Chinese troops is at present keeping the Lunghal Railway west of Hauchow columna have sent to attack the couros bere beef oops, while strong Japanese at Yungchen,Reuter,

Chinese Charges

Hankow, May 18.

A Chinese military communique received here yesterday charged that "Japanese troops used Chinese Bags, and Japanese hod Chinese emblems painted on their wings."

The communique declares that a Japanese detachment which advanced from Yutal towards Shanhsien "used Chinese flags in order to make

on the Chinese surprise attack forces

that defending

sectur." Reuter,

Attempt On Lunghai Line Still Unsuccessful

Hsuchow, May 19. With the Chinese fighting tenacious ly to repel nil enemy raiding porties the Japanese attempt to cut the Lunghal Railway in still no'nçurer to success.

So far the rafus have been con- ducted largely by small cavalry units, constituting no great menace the lines. To prevent any further raids Chinese reinforcements have been dispatched to all important paints along the line.

After infilleting a crushing defeat to a Japanese column of 5,000 men ai Hullungtsi and Hantackow, 30 kilo- metres north of Yung-cheng, Chinese troops, hotly pursuing the retreating enemy reached the

outskirts of Yungcheng and laid siege to the city yesterday morning. The Japanese withdrew into the city and stubbornly resisted,

ZBW on a Frequency of 945 ke's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.

and 8-11 p.m. on 0.02 m.c's. per second.

Walt

0.0 Studio The Children's Hour.. 7.0 Closing local Stock Quotations. 7.02 New Variety Programme. Vocal with Snow White and The Voc Seven Dwarts (Vocal Gems from the Chorus and alt Disney Film).. Orchestra directed by Jay Wilbur; Orchestra-Viejos Tiempos-Tanga; Condena--Tango....Orquesta Tipica Francisco Canaro with vocal refrain; Vocnt The Girl in The Alice Blue Gown

In Me 'Oroscope

Harper arket. Gracle Fields;

Orchestra Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble Fox-Trot; Some Sweet Day-Fox- Trot....Mi Mole's Molers; Swing Carroll and His Swingphonic Orches- tro.

Relay 'At The 7.30 London Black Dog!'

Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-parlour. Presented by Pascoe Thornton and S. E. Reynolds.

Orda-Night Time in Caire.... Eddie

8.0 Time, Weather und Announce- ments.

8.03 Studio-A Recital by Eva Turner (Soprano) accompanied by A, T, Lay (Plans).

1. (B) Shepherd! Thy Demeanour Vary (Thomas Brown-arr. H. Lane Wilson); (b) One Morning, Oh! So Early (J. Michael Dlack-words: Turner; Jean Ingelaw). ....Eva

2. The Holy Boy (John Ireland) ..A. T. Lay; 3. Five Miniature Ballads-A Song Cycle (William Y. Hurlstone).

(c) Blossoms; (a) Bells; (b) Dreams; (d) Darkness; (e) Morning

.Eva Turner.

8.25 Bach-Brandenburg Concerto No. in B Flat Major.

Played by Sir Henry J. Wood and His Symphony Orchestra.

8.43 Selections From Opera,

2: "In des lebens (Beethoven); Ballo

1:

A bitter encounter took place yes- terday at Watzekow, south-west of Siaohsien, between a Japanese unit of 1,000 men and a Chinese detach- ment. The Japanese withdrew to rising ground in the vicinity where

Fedele they are still holding out last night (Tenor) Three Japanese tanks, 10 armoured Opera Chorus and. Orchest cars and a large quantity of arms and duster, Prof. Robert Heger; Tanhau-

ammunition were seized.

Unconfirmed Report Unconfirmed reports from the front state that Mengcheng on the north

bank of the Ko River, north-west of

Pengpu, which the Japanese used as a base of operations in north Anhwei, Has been recaptured by the Chinese,

In

Fruct

"Di tu st ....Eyvind Laholm the German State Orchestra-con-

Opera

ser (Venusberg Music-Bacchanale Wagner)....

..Bruno Walter conduct- ing the Royal Philharmonic Orches tra; "Tales Of Hoffmann"Vocal "Mignon"-Vocal Gems (Offenbach): Gems (Thomas):

15)....Grand Company with Orchestra.

9.15 London Relay World Affairs'. A talk by the Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm

4.C.M.C., K.J.E. Robertson,

9.30 London Itelay-The News, 9.50 Violin Solos,

nase

In west Shantung heavy Chinese crossed thie reinforcements have Grand Canal and are pushing toward

Champetre, Op. 100, No. 1. Kinslang and Yutal, which have (Sibelius)....Emil Telmany! (Violin) fallen into Japanese hands.

The accompanied by G. V. Vassarhely! Chinese regiment at Chuyeh, which (Flano); Consolation (No. 3) (Liszt); has fought tenanciously against the From My Homeland (No. 2) (Sme- Milstein (Violin) se for the last six days, is still tona)....Natan

out. Koacheng, scene of Leopold. Mittmann (Piano).

10.02 Songs by Theodore Challa- plae (Bass).

several engagements in the last few days, is still in Chinese hands. Re- peated Japanese attempts to dislodge the Chinese have been frustrated.

Bitter fighting took place also at north of Slaokiatal, 30 kilometres ИП

Tangshan, important station on the Lunghat Railway west of Hauchow, where a small Japanese raiding party escorted by several tanks appeared.

Mr. Coulter has been defeated in the constituency by unexpectedly large majority.

Mr. W. B. Madeley, Leader of the Labour Party, has been returned in the Benoni electorate against the combined opposition of United Party and Nationalist candidates.

DI

Three Union Party members of the Cabinet in the last parliament have been re-elected. They are the Hon. J. H. Hofmeyr, Minister for Mines, Hon. O. Pirow, Minister of Rallways and Defence, and the Hon. R. Stuttaford, Minister of the Interior. The Nationalist Government suf- fered a slight reverse at Durban, where the strong British clement de- fested two United Party candidates and elected Dominion Party candi- dates.-Reuter.

OPPOSITION ROUTED

Cupetown, May 19.

As further election figures como in, the victory` of the Government appears even greater than was ot first supposed.

Col. C. F. Stallard, Member for the

Japanese units on the north bank

The Two Grenadiers (Schumann); Midnight Review (Glinka).

10.13 Rimsky-Korsakpy-Schehera- zade, Suite, Op. 35.

Played by The Philadelphia Or- chestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

11.00 Close Down.

of the Welshan Lake on the Shan-Chinese troops have been ordered to abandon all defences-United Press. tung-Kiangau border are reported to be again attempting to cross the lake to invade Pelhslen on the south bank.

First Line Position The Chinese garrison is taking strict precautions Central News.

Withdrawal Ordered?

Shanghai, May 19.

A Domel message states that the trenches which the Japanese have occupled are the last Chinese line of defence outside the wsetern wall of Hsuchow.

The Japanese attack followed the occupation last night of Wonlushan Mountain, from where Japanese artillery is steadily battering the city. -Uniled PreSE.

Tokyo, May 18, The Tsinun Correspondent of the Domei News Agency alleges that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shck, in a radio, broadcast from Hankow to-day, ordered the Chinese forces with draw from suchow without fighting a decisive battle.

According to the report, the troops were instructed by the Generalissimo Section Of Wall Occupied to continue guerilla warfare.- United Press,

Shanghal, May 10.

Despite most Intense Japanese Roodepoort Division since 1929 and Japanese Advance Claimed this morning that Japanese troops hud

0.

0.10

A Japanese spokesman confirmed

aerial bombardments, which have

occupied a section of the western wall been almost incessant since May

leader of the Dominion Party, has

Shanghai, May 19, at Hsuchow. It is not believed that the Chinese forces are holding out at

been defeated.

Japanese reports claim that Japan- the invaders have penetrated into the Chuyai, according to Chinese report notable triumph

The Government has scored a ese troops captured Changchwang,city proper.

Hauchow, at Johannesburg, four miles from Japanese forces from Yutal are

where

Mrs. C. C. Badenhorst, one of

However, the Hauchow corres- steadily pushing southwards towards

p.m. last night. Fenhsien, and n Japanese column seven women candidates, has won An hour earlier another Japanese fpondent of the Osaka Mainichi re- which succeeded in capturing the working class constituency of column fought its way through the ports thut Japanese troops have en-

ald to Kinghsinng is

have advanced Vrededrop from the Nationalists, streets to strong Chinese positions in tered the city, occupying southward, reaching a paint ap- The Nationalists suffered another Suhsich, the important clly 20 miles corner of Hsuchow proper after a proximately twelve miles north-west severe set-back in the Transvaal, south of Heuchow, on the Tientalo- bayonet charge through the battered of Shanlisien.

where the Rev. C. W. Du Tolt, one Pukow rallway. The town was com-walls-Unlied Press,

After a severe attack by the Chinese the Japanese were forced to retire,

A Japanese detachment runched Lalhuong station, on the Lunghai Railway, but later withdrew in the face of overwhelming Chinese odda, the defenders attacking the Japanese from every alde. Laihuang la cast of Defendant's representative stated Lanfeng-Reuter. he had $100 on him and was given 24 hours to pay the fine.

ROYALTY'S TOUR

PREMIER'S GOUT OF LANCASHIRE

IMPROVES

London, May 18. The Prime Ministor Mr. Neville

London, May 18.

In opening the new extension of the Manchester Town Hall to-day on the second day of his Lancashiro tour Majesty King recalled that

a small

of their lenders, failed to got pletely occupied by the Japanese Key Point Taken

majority in either of the two scats he contested.

The state of the parties at 4.30 a.m. (South African Time), when count ing in the Urban areas was com- pleted, was as follows:

Beats Galus Losses United Party 1 Nationalists

Dominton Party Labour Party

Independents Socialists

4

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The United Party niso secured seven new seats under the new dd- limitation of constituencles.--Reuter.

Chamberlain presided at the first of a cat the nog net been hit SHIPS IN RADIO

weekly meetings of Cabinet to be

In July 1984 by his father KiCOMMUNICATION hold since the Ministerial changes Gen fell during a drive which the

were announced on Monday.

V;

It is understood that Mr. Chamber-King and Queen made this afternoon The following ships are expected to lain, who has not bean heyond: the through Salford, Eseles Warringtonbe in wireless communication with doara of No.::10, Downing Street for and Saint Helens, but the size of the the Hongkong radio office-to-day: some days owing to a severe attack crowds which cheered Their Majes

of ours is considerably better ties seemed to be unaffected-British Empress of Japan, Neptuna, Conto

Wireless.

Haldis, Hupels, Canton, Eulima,

Blancamano, Telena, Kumsang.

troops, according to a communique from deld headquarters.

Shanghai, May 10,

Reports regarding the capture of Complete occupation" of Subsien, Changchwang state that the Japan-strategical point 80 kilometres south ese troops made a dish from Pawan- of Hauchow, was effected by shan under cover of heavy artillery Japanese column at 6 o'clock last Are,

night, a report from the front re- Fceived here to-night claims.

Other Japanese reports from the Hsuchow front declare that Japan- ese units are steadily advancing to- wards Hauchow along the Tunghuang highway-Reuter,

Chinese Counter Attack Shanghal, May 10. Domel reports that the Chinese troops are furlously counter-attack- ing the Japanese forces which oc- cupled the first line of Chinese trenches on the western sutskirts of

how at 8.0.

The message states that tho Japanese attack met with a hail of hand grenades and machine-gun fire. The Chinese, however, ultimately retired to their second line,

Domet's messages from Heichow contradict"earlier.' reports, that the

Starting their general attack at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, sovere fight- Ing Insted for two hours until the Chinese forces withdrew.

Subslen, it was stated lan key point controlling any southward re- trent from Hsuchow.-Domel.

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