Mr. W, P, Ker, writing in "The Times," has' affectionate references, to make.to him, He writes:
"As his nickname implies, he was of huge girth and stature, and he Was also of immense strength. "The Times" Correspondent says he was cook to the British Marines," I think, however, that his culinary activities must have been subsidiar} to those for which his exceptional more appropriately quali-namely, the work of eres ting barricades. He was the only: Chinese servant in the British Gov ernment service Who remained dur ing the siege; a few private servants, mostly from south ern provinces, remained, and wer useful, but the local men had to, {Ret out to. look after the safety of their families, and the bulk of the menial work was done by refugee "converts."
Forbids Interference with Old Chekiang to Be Opened Up for Non-Confidence Motion in Diet Shanghai Trunk Murderer Sent Style Celebrations Tourists Fails to Exile at Timor Fnom Ocn Own Conmrsroxext Hangchow, Feb. 18.
Hankow, Feb, 1 Macao, Feb, 20.
The decree of the local authorities The appointment. of Mr, Chow Patricio Remedios, the Shanghai whereby there was to be no inter-'Hsiang-hsien as Mayor of Hang-"trunk murderer" was sentenced [ference with the festivities, was chow by the Chekiang Provincial here this morning to twenty years? taken full advantage of by the po-'Government is regarded here as of the motion exile in the Island of Timor. place, and the Spring Festival was, being of considerable importance His lawyer made @ powerful apjeelebrated in the old-fashioned manto motorists of Shanghai and to peal for clemency, pleading that ner of the China New Year; in fact, tourists in general. haig client had no intention to kill. this was the only name by which It presages campaign to open Remedios was charged with hay-it was known by the majority. Wed-up Chekiang Province to tourists, ing killed a Cantonese girl, Mary nesday night was kept alive with Already this province has more Chun, his common-law wife, in a ithe incessant bursting of crackers, highways through attractive see house in the Hongkew district of and feasting and games were the ery then any other province in Shanghai, Her body was placed in general order, in spite of the fact China, and as a result of the re-trunk' and shipped aboard a ject the charges of graft that have Shat money Was extremely tight cent visit to Hangchow of General JJapan-bound vessel, the Japanese The misty morning, coupled with police discovering' its gruesome Chiang Kai-shek and: Marshal of Education into the—qebate, he the partial eclipse of the sun, ai contents on the arrival of the ship Chang Hsueh-liang several new parently was according to the in Kobe. roads are to be built within the next of he House. and, with brilliant munshi shine for the: The affair, which became imme-three months which will give The motion, which was considerrest of the day, the spirits of everydiately known as the "Shanghai Shanghai motorists opportunities to ed to be of the utmost importance body rose, and smiles were trunk murder case," created @ con-reach famous beauty spots in Che-owing. to the fact that the Kokumin \seen on all sides as the superstitious siderable sensation. The—joint braced themselves for the good joss ug, and later on in Fukien, Domei Party is the third largest efforts of the Japancke—consular ito come during. the next few months. ings and Anhui Provinces, political group in the Lower House, police at Shanghai and the Inter filled the visitors' section of the There was the usual exodus to the Mayor Chow's task is to resume national Settlement authorities led Chamber to the doors. ancestral homes, and, while most of the work he initiated several years. to the arrest of Remedios, who was the large majority by which Political circles to-day interpreted ithe shops have opened their doors, kent to Macao for trial ago of making Hangchow the the merchants and dealers are still tractive spot for visitors, and the His brother, Eulalio Remedios, motion was defeated i away, or just returning. plans include the inauguration of taken there with him on tion that' there imm {charge Race Club Executions Recreation and Country Club which likelihood. of the complicity, but was Cabinet resigning will p freed, the court ruling that no ovr respondence, in connection with the: 7%)
As mentioned in my previous cor-provide facilities for golf, ten-' collectively ateing. "ile will also. ce-operate a a result of the dence had deen adduced to. substan-ling, boating, swimming and. es ister of 'Education ruption brought tiate' the accusation.—Reuter. inst the Mini Qne's memories of Jumbo's feats Club, four of the prisoners captar- '7th, the head of the Provincial hold-up at the International Race"
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