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THE CHINA MAIL.
THE ASIA BANKING CORPORATION.
THE OPENING CEREMONY,
This morning from 11 till 1, there was a steady stream of visitors to the newly-premises of the Asia Banking Corporation.
Officers of the Bank, Mr. Ralph Dawson, Vice-President and General Manager, Mr. David M. Biggar, Assistant Treasurer, who is the local Manager, and Mr. W. W. Besson-1 Assistant Secretary, received. the. visitors.
Congratulations on opening and best wishes. for the banks success were given by the visitara as they toasted the bank in the wine of Kings.
The hospitality was of the spon- tatcous kind, happy conversation abounded.
WEDDING.
STEER-QUGHTON.
The wedding"Took place at St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road, at 11 o'clock this morning, of Mr. James Steer the popular proprietor of the well-known firm of watch-makers Messrs James Steer & Co. and Miss Gertrude Mary Oughton of Coventry, England.
The Rev. Fr. A. Plazack officiated. The bride who was given away by Mr G. T. Thomas wore a dress of Chinese embroidered silk trimmed with white lace and a white hat of silk straw, trimmed with satin lace She carried in her hand a bouquet of white lilies and maidenhair ferns.
they any right to demand one now? And so on. Because we were muzzled then" was a good reply to the first question. As to the second, why refuse, even if the right were questionable. which it isn't. It can never look right to conceal accounts. Jeering at us: he said there were two sides the Guimaraes controversy -the China Mail side, and the other. The implication of this was unfair, since we did present first the public side and only secondly the side of the aggrieved reservists. In Ecidentally, we aired the Government side too. Mr. Franks at this meeting asks. for the tu quoque. There was his side, and the rea: nowhere. Why should they blame hin, when it was the D.S.P. who dit? This unfair, ness hurt him. What was the use of bringing it up now? It was too late. The landlord had given notice. But landlords can be induced to withdraw notices, can't they? Did they seriously pretend that a P.C. had equal rights in the Club with the D.S.P.? We could picture the horrific awe with which he mooted this blasphemy, and it is. only to save him heart failure that we refrain from printing our
Among those presen: during the Mr. W. B. Cawsey was "bestman."" Certainly," in large capitala. He was worried about the Government orning were: Mr. G. E. Ander After the ceremony a reception was son, Mr., Leighton Hope, Hon.held at Homeville, Wanchai Road subsidy of $210 a month.. He Mr. N.J. Stabb, Hon. Mr. S. H. Dod-where Mr. Cawsey, in a happy little (Mr. Franks) wasn't going to let the well, Sir Ellis Kadoorie. Messrs. speech toasted the "bride and bride- poor Government go on paying J. L. Crockatt. Bergeron. W. Cox, groom." that, seeing that the Corps was soon Greenberg. O. H. Ritter, Watts. W. P. Mr. and Mrs. Burford gave the to be disbanded For the gratuitous Hotsheiser, H. N. Mody, H. Han-wedding breakfast. services of all those men, all those cock. A. Sire. R. A. Rodgers. J. D. Mr. and Mrs. Steer are going to years, does, the Government begrudge F. Malder. W. Stevens, G. H. Lynott. Macao, $420, representing the subsidy for C. S. Gubbay, J. S. Cosgrove, D. J. two months more, by which time Hanscom. W. M. Neesom, R. C Ltd the thing would settle itselt? Or is Burdin. L E. S. Hodge, C. it only Mr. Frank who suddenly Lauritzen, Richardson, Weyler. developed this cheeseparing spasin C. A. da Roza.. Sir Robert In accusing the China Mail of being Ho Tung. Messrs. Ha Kom. Tong one-sided, Mr. Franks aroused our Ho Tones, IT Shai Kit, Sung. Look suspicion that he is one of those few Pang sua. Ho Wing. Ho Kwong unhappy and backward men who and many others. don't read us. His reference to the imminent demobilization of the corps confirms this suspicion. He remark ed that a discontented force could not do goed public service. That was a quotation, conscious or uncon- scious, from the China Mall. He added that "the present idea" "is to demobilize the Reserves and retain the small
Miss Gertie Razavet and Miss Euphanel Graham were the brides. maids. The former wore a frock of
Mr. G. E. Anderson, the second being with
The first draft was purchased by rose pink satin and georgette trimmed blue beads and white taken by Mr. Leighton Hope, the silk straw hat. Miss Graham American Vice-Consul The visitors were so numerous that with foral designs and white sk wore a Champagne coloured sük we cannot hope to name them all. hat.
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was blood on the soldier's face. The bull-dog typified your nation, and the qualities of strength and courage But, Friend, the bulldog has other
and tenacity which you claim for it.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1919 qualities.
AN INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE.
If you walk eastward along the
He has intelligence and commonsense and some notion of dignity and comfort. This bulldog felt that on the footplate of a gun, mounted on a moving car, in the noises of a gaping crowd, he was out of place, and he constantly tried to escape. He was chuined and held there by the wounded soldier. Thus the allegory was unconsciously more just than its designer meant. By blood and wounds and suffering, against his sounder instincts, the intelligent animal was kept in a false position
mountain trail that overlooks Taitarn Will you come to a flattish rock covered with lichens, with a cluster of white orchis blooms shining like stars in its shadow, you will see the very place where we found him. The trail bends round a spur just there, and we came upon him suddenly.
Much more did the He was adjusting his wings, not as Angel of Peace tell us about our a seagull does, but sather as a man celebration, e'er he ascended in flash does the tails of his evening coating spirals to the blee vault beyond when about to sit down. He had the head of a beautiful youth crowned with blond curls, and a face like girl's. When he spoke it was as there was a burble of lark music overhead, a sound as of distant bells, and the voice of lonesome surf. H spoke of the colour and noise and crowds in the city, and thinking him an enquiring foreigner, we said:
They are celebrating Peace, sir." "Celebrating me? You must be mistaken, Friend."
It was the Angel of Peace himself! We genuflected, nervously, consider. ably embarrassed, for this was the very
first angel of our acquaintance, and we were not sure how to behave at first. He soon put us at ease, so that
our ken; but it suddenly occurs to us that the whole conversation is incredible, and that even if it were hellevable, it wouldn't please. Be cause. after all, victory figured first in Sir Paul Chater's sign, and peace was an afterthought. The time is not yet, and we are no Giordano Bruno.
MR. FRANKS AND THE
"CHINA MAIL." -
Mr. Franks wasn't very happy in
body of willing rohanteers from amongst them. That, sententiously announced as "the present idea. was the China Mail's idea of several months ago. It is exactly what the China Mail proposed to the Govern ment on April 28.
Perhaps after tha: Mr. Franks will feel able to admit that when there is a China Mail side to a controversy, it is worth respectful notice. His "present ide" was ours first.
This domineering, one-sided,
an
swer me not," attitude of incal officialdom has got to stop. The China Mail has definitely gone on the warpath against it. The people are tired of it. Public servants must abandon the notion that they are public masters. The Kaiser is down and out, and little copies of him
cannot be tolerated..
WELCOMING THE NEW GOVERNOR.
Who is Sir Paul Chater? This may
seem rather like the judicial affecta- tion which asks "who is Connie Gilchrist?" but it happens to have more point. It is the people who are asking it. They have asked the China Mail who is Sir Paul Chater, that he should convene A private meeting, of persons privately selected, to present a public welcome to the new Governor? Their idea is-and it's funny how they are beginning to assert themselves, isn't it? Must be Bolshevism about-that the welcome of the community should be decided upon and arranged by the community. in public meeting assembled. We have given the matter careful thought, and have come at the conclusion that on the whole and all things consider ed we are just a teeny little bit in- clined to agree with them.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
BABIES DESERTED-OR LOST.
A newly-born Chinese male child was found abandoned in Caine Road The "Bank opens it a happy time by a party of women. Seeing the and a best wishes of the local infant's pitiable plight the women community. It specialises in American bad it taken to the Kowloon Branch Ame as trade with China and of the Italian Covert, where it was
Orient generally, . I: is admitted. original in its ideas and advertises
CANTON.
MONDAY JULY 21, 1912
W.A.A.C. SURPRIS
SERGE-MAJOR, DISOHA
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
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Shameen. Canton July 17. The Strike is over. The Kowloon Canton Railway running as usual.
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The Electric Light Company supplying light both to Canton and Shameen. Poor as it always is.
Are
The Canton Water-works. issuing a full supply of water throughout the whole of the City.
The Canton Samshui Railway is in full swing.
The Cantor-Hankow Railway are running train according to the re- gular schedule.
All the shops in Canton are open and doing a roaring trade.
Even the Fantan hogses and staurants are opened up again.
The Japanese boycott seems to have been entirely forgotten.
Bu: Wu-Ting Fang has not been ap pointed as Civil Governer,
The case against Company Major Hepburn, charged wi murder of Miss Nellie Rau W.A.A.C. found stabbed on near Haynes Park Camp, came | abrupt end at Bedford on 1
May 30.
On Wednesday the coroner' had returned an open verdict when the police-court proced were resumed Mr. Sims, fo Public Prosecutor, at once inti that no evidence would be against the prisoner: Hepburn accordingly discharged..
The verdict was received with cheers in the crowded court, Hepburn was given an oratioi his friends when he left the bull
Mr. Sims said the opinion of Re-Public Prosecutor was that the
terval since the discovery of the body had been insufficient to t that complete inquiry which necessary, and as the County AMS if there were a committal, were å for Wednesday next, there again interval would be altogether suficient in which to complete inquiry which the case demanded
Nabody really wants him. The business people really don't care a darr who is Civil Governor, all they want is to be allowed to carry on their business calmly and peacefully
Instructions. had been given for and they would spare no effort to renewal of the activities of the pol
agitating for Wu Ting Fang, who it was hoped, would be brous The only class that have been cover the perpetrator of the outra is the Missionaries. The Young to justice at no distant date. Men's. Christian Association, the Can- Mr. Maddocks (defending) said. ton Christian College, and other kind-Sima spech left the prisoner, s red: Societies.
Why Wu Ting Fung has for some years identified himself with these bodies. has been one of their mainstays in helping them in their movements, and securing them very great privileges.
under a cloud, as there was a enough evidence, so Mr. Sims sa to warrant the Bench in committi Hepburn to take his trial. Mr. Ma dockaprotested against the course pr posed. If the court found the was a prima facie case, he said :) prisoner was en inletto, be tried Hepburn was there ready to answe jury and acquitted or convicte
fact that the whole agitation in Now! It is an uncontrovertable Canton and also in North China the charge, has been promoted by the Students. He asked that his client should t The students in South China have discharged and the charge dismissed made it clear that it was not desir Mr. Sims said he thought he hai better to say "semi-educated" by the able at present to offer further evid Missionaries. They have been schoolence, and that being so, the discharge
Another child of three was found hanking business of all wandering aimlessly in Yaumati in
Residents may find a sick condition, and was taken intobeer educated or perhaps it is
descriptions.
it profitable with the high the Kwong Wah Hospital exchange ruling to-day to take up an account. fa fixed exchange, for nince in Gold dollars, Sterling,
Fräncs, etc.
Banking Corporation are the Anglo Stockholding banks in the Asia
and London Paris National Bank of San Francisco; Bankers Trust Com pany, New York City; First National Bank of Portland, Oregon; Guaranty Trust Company of New York; Mer
'HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
Order issued by Mr. J. W. Franks,
D.S.P.R.
COMMAND.
Mr. J. W. Franks, D.S.FR. has been granted 2 months' leave from the 20th inst. During his absence or until farther orders the Corps will be under the direct control of the Hon. Capt. Supt. of Police. Nikko Maru" on
cantile Bank of the Americas, New York City and National Bank of Commerce of Seattle, Washington.
Mr. Ralph Dawson who holds oice in the Guaranty Trust Com pany of New York as well as in the Asia Banking Corporation, leaves for Manila by the Wednesday, in connection with the opening of a branch of the bank
there.
The focal bank opened under aus- picous circumstances and there is no reason why it should not do well. As the late Sir Thomas Jackson said when he was Chief Manager of our premier bank, "The more banks
there are the more business.
AUSTRALIAN ZINC PRO- DUCERS ASSOCIATION,
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
course,
ed to the belief that they were being of the prisoner followed as a matter educated, so as to eventually take ther place as the "Governing power of China." They wereta be "Young China" and administer the Govern men: according to the precepts of the Missionary Body.
The chairman of the Bench, after short deliberation, said to the prisoner. 'You are discharged."
The Consular Authorities have ample proof, that the whole of the THE TORPEDOED "CELTIC." trouble in Canton, for the last few days, has originated with the students. They have patrolled the City in small The following interesting story is parties carrying white flags and in-reproduced from "The Liverpool Daits sisting that the shops should close: Post
"Even in the prosecution of sub- youngsters of from 14 to 17 years of
age have told shopkeepers that theymarine warfare there is such a thing would be shot if they did not close as being too thorough, and "to this up. They ordered all engineers and fact the preservation of one of tion are to be returned to the Arder terrible threats.
All rifles, revolvers and ammunt-mechanics to come out on strike, un-Liverpool's famous liners is ascribed. Passing along the Huskisson Dock following dates between the hours of Governor has now taken a very firm at the wharf in 'line ahead' made a moury, Central Police Station on the
the dther day, when four of the Thank Goodness, the Military White Star boats were lying moored 5.30 and 7 p.m..
Tuesday 29th July-No. 1 Co. and Mounted Police.
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Wednesday 30th July-No. 2 Co. Thursday 31st July--No. 3 Co.
STRENGTH.
STRENGTH.
P.C. 870 Stoppa is dismissed.
SEARCH SUPERVISION DUTIES,
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July 25th to 31st-inclusive-No. Platoon. -
stand.
most impressive spectacle,
the
One
The Engineers and Mechanics did of the marine experts drew atten- not want to go out on strike, the thoption to the "Celtic" as a ship which keepers wished to keep their shops actually owed its preservation to a open as usual, but they were so torpedo intended for its destruction. thoroughly intimidated by
You remember what happened," he P.C 121 Man Tat Cheung is dis-students that they had no option.
said. She was submarined in the missed.
Irish Sea. A hole, big enough to The Military Governor has now drive a waggon through was torn i placed the City under martial law, her hull, with the result that she promised protection to the people and soon took a heavy list, and was told everybody to ignore the threats clearly bound to capsize at any of the students or as he calls them moment. And, of couse, the folks an irresponsible body of semi-aboard did the wise thing-they August 1st to 6th-inclusive-No.educated youngsters," and in con- took to the boats, while, the liner "sequence business in Carton has been drifted off on her own. She was resumed and everything is going on in a bad way, too-desperate- as usual.
and would soon have been at the But we have learned a lesson. bottom if the pirate hadn't made a This irresponsible body of youngsters mistake. In order to finish his job "has upset Canton for four days,quickly he gave her a second torpedo caused a great amount of inconven- on the other side, ripping another ience to Chinese and Foreigners. They big hole in her, and it's thanks are acknowledged to be irresponsible," entirely to that extra that she lies in but who is behind them? This dock to-day. For it happens that is the serious question. And it is a while number one would have cap- question that should be taken up sized her, without a doubt, number at once by the Allied powers or for a two, filling her with water on the other side, brought her back to an Who is behind the student?
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SUICIDE
THE GIST OF IT.
Mr. S. H. Dodwell is appointed un official M. L. C. during Mr. Shewan's
absence on leave.
Subadar Bhagat Singh of the 74th
At five o'clock on Saturday mor Punjabis, is gazetted honorary A.D.C.Burety.serious trouble will happen.
ning a Chinese was discovered in Bonham Strand with his throat cut. Today's dollar is worth 38. 6 The Folice made enquiries and are satisfied that it is a case of suicide.
his rather pronounced attempts at 15/164. the meeting of Police Reservists to hold up the China Mail to sedin.
we were able to listen, and observe, Referring to our criticisms of the
$5,100 was the total of opium and think, unselfconsciously. It management of that corps, he com fines imposed at the Magistracy this wasn't, indeed. until the interview | plained that only once had we gone morning. had ended, and he was almost out of to him for verification of allegations aight in the zenith, that we realized made. He is mistaken even about with a shock that we had continged that once. It is not our custom to smoking in his presence. So kind expect or invite officialdom to cor- and affable was he.
fess its sins or mistakes. As head of He reminded us of the flaring the Police Reserves, and responsible electric sim on the Peak face which for the conditions complained of, does said "VICTORY AND PEACE." He said anyone suppose it would have been
It was really victory which was in the any use to apply to Mr. Franks for.
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The deceased severed his jugular vein with a razor. The body was removed to the mortuary
A Chinese female of 25 attempted to end her life by taking opium. She was removed to hospital and re covered. of 20 who hanged herself inside her Another case is that of a woman cubicle on the morning of July 19. Her body has been removed to the Kowloon Mortuary.
. Mr. N. L. Smith will act as Asalat- of Mr. Franks. ant Supt, of the Jail during the leave
RUSSIAN OFFICER CAMP.
200 IN KHAKI AT NEWMARKET,
[ even keel, and the bulkheada did the rest. They kept her afloat till she was picked up and beached on the Isle of Man.'
Cable censorship is abolished from midnight on Wednesd sy, Hooray!
In the last phase of the adven- ture, by the way, the Liverpool The blockade of Germany was
tugboat service added another bunch A Chinese was removed from No. raised on July 12. Hoch!
of laurels to its collection. In re- 16 Bonham Strand West, a medicine list of doctors.
Mr. Woo Loy-kung is put on the
sponse to an urgent summons, three shop, to the Government Civil
of the craft were despatched to the The quarter's revenue (Jan-Mar.) The return for the 48 hours Hospital. The man was bleeding was $4270,243.53. The expendi
succour of the "Celtic" after her aban- ended July 19 showed one case of profusely from a razor wound on bisture for the same period was
A Russian officers" camp has been salvage belongs to them. Also, ac- donment, and all the honour of her plague, one of cholera, one of enteric, throat. He died at the hospital this $2,856,954.71. With seven millions established at Newmarket. Close on cording to the gossip of dockland, and one of paratyphoid fever morning. (American). »
in hand, why need Mr. Franks have 300 officers, nearly all quite young three nice big, cheques for the worried about 8210 per month for amen, are now in the comp, at which captains and their crews have within couple of months more?
Colonel Thomson the officer "com the past fortnight testified to the It will cost you $25 to have your manding-
will consider the Repulse Bay Hotel form of British officers pattern.
Government's appreciation of 's lard analysed (page 320).
On reaching camp each officer a vices rendered.*** On July 28 the Licensing Board provided with complete khaki uni-
Several wear Russian military de orations. They are frequently seen in the town, and each entries in offi- | ** gial document in English stating that At North Point bathing place" a haha sinn officer, und geking Hittle advice to some of the bathers the public to ues'st him in any way would not be cut of place. It ap÷ necessary. Awording to report, yeurs from anfonantion ought to about 800 in all are going to Now the "Chine Alail offer that certoir Jupanese and Chinese when they The camp formerly accommodated have a shower after sea bathing, two officers' cadet battabons, and is completely, unrobe. This, may be one of the most complete and best thoughtleam or wornething ofte, buš laid-out butment camps in England. it is obnoxious to the ladies in the The Russians are apparently liber- vicinity,
tons.
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The next case is that of a mere
Messrs Hughes and Heugh re-slip of a girl of 16, who was employ.. quest us to announce that the auctioned as a servant girl at No. 43 Square of engines and boilers advertisel to Street, and attempted to kill herself take place to-day at The Kwong by jumping into the harbour from Tung Cheong Ship Yard has been. Bank's Wharf. The reason ascribed postponed. The date of sale will be for her act was that she was cast off published later.
by her people. She is being treated at the Government Civil Hospital.
licence.
MOTOR ACCIDENT.
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In the small hours of this morning, motorcar Na a coilided with a Chinese in Connaught Road. man was taken to hospital, and is pronounced out of danger,
The
bearts and minds of these crowds.verification, seeing that he was in Mining Administration's mines for The total output of the Kailan and not peace. He spoke of Russia and the position of an accused party? If the Week ending 5th July, 1919 Afghanistan and Egypt and Hungary we had thought him likely to plead amounted to 71,787 tons and the and Ireland and Canton and said quilty (with a plea for leniency) we Sales during the period, to 75,923 there seemned to be more war waging would certainly have gone to him, in on this Peace Day than he had wit. order to save time and space and ressed on this planet during all the trouble. The China Mail wasn't born forty years prior to 191k
yesterday. Why Canton, Sir ?
ilis attitude at this meeting with "O, Mariel"
regard to the members' protest about We laughel. "Then it is true, Sir, the arbitrary and unnotified winding that there is Humour in Heaven, ent up of their Club satisfies as that he that you celestial people make inkre?" is like most other officials, and not 'We do not have to make jokes, to be counted on for sweet reason Friend, while we are allowed to con-ableness. Sergeant Arnold made a template. This planet. There is no motion."As chairman, he should
His Excellency the Oficer Ad- need. You mundarians supply all have asked for a. secorder, and ministerting the Government has the incongruity that is needed to listened to discussion, but he allowed decided to present a special prize for CHOLERA AT SHANGHAI, stimulate laughter. I saw in your his official notions to override his the motor car described as the procession, for instance, which was" presidential duty and proceeded to 'Greatest Mother on Earth." The The Toyo Kisen Kaisha, advise us full of ingenuity and beauty and "jump on" the motion before if was originality of the conception and the that owing to the existence of Cholera | interest, one tableau which made me seconded. All through he was go-excellent manner in which the per- at Shanghai, their s.s. "Tenyo Maru," Five Chinese were taken ill after a laugh. Cara little platform behind verament officer more than he was formers carried out ther part made sailing yesterday, was despatched meal at 120 Reclamation Street the gren was a bulldog, and lying chairman. Why hadn't they asked this car one of the features of the direct to Nagasaki, omitting call at other day. They were taken to beside it a wounded soldier. There for a balance sheet before? Had parade,
Shanghai...
POISONED,
hospital, where one of them died.
market
THE BATHI G PLACE.
ated prisoners of war from Geniany There is something else brought to for the most part, though some may our notice. The notice boarde state be officem who have enped from as regards the reserved part where the Bolsheviks. Nothing appears to pay pent naked: Women and be known yet by the cup authorien 10 cents. Where admiss
es as to War Office plans regarding on a free to the public a part the officers.
4. reserved for "Indiana"
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