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Government notiäcation No. 992 declaring Weihaiwat an infected port has been rescinded?
officially stated by the Omak In. formation Bureau that the soldiers Ein Krasnoyarak are forbidden to read the Siberias newspapers, under penalty of death. That indicates 11/163. that the Siberian. newspapers are Bolshevistic, for one thing. It also shows how the conditions are being spread by Koltchak. A soldier who learns that he is to be shot for merdy reading a newspaper is bound to have Bolshevistic thoughts. Sup- Set complete control of the Hong. kong Government; and ordain' thas anybody caught buying the China Mail would be hanged. How would you feel? Wouldn't you conclude that you'd very much like to buy and read it, that there must be some.
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A "Garrison trial match, with view to selecting a representative team to play against the Club on
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1919
HONGRONG HARBOUR
IMPROVEMENTS.
· A great deal of attention is at pre-
sent being given to the necessite of
improving the approaches and birth-
CORRESPONDENCE.
MEURER YRERES AND ANDERBEN MEYER.
ing accommodation of the port of To the Editor of the China Mall.Ţ Shanghai, for an investigation into which by expert engineers a sum of
Dear Sir,We beg to refer to t
pese the Financial Gang wore to Ogawa) sailed for Keelung this morn. / Military ground, Happy Valley, yes | problem here is one principally con- South China newspapers· nome days
thing in it? The influence of a big Japanese army in "Siberia would probably be similar. The suspicions. engendered by their presence would
ing. She takes no cargo.
The 3.5. "Poating," (Capt. Rit· chie) sails for Canton at 5:30 p.m., to-day with a cargo of coal.
The s.s. "Kashima Maru," (Capt, Sako) sailed for Whampoa at 6 am. to-day with a cargo of coal.
sah..
terday afternoon, between teams selected from "Officers" and "Other Ranks," the first-named being cap | tained by Col, Humphrey, D.D.M.S. and the "Others" by C.QMS. Talfourd. The Officers won by 16 runs. On Officers", looked like paper, the having things all their own way. They got the "Others" out for 69, and then made 67 runs for the loss of six wickets. As the teams were playing 12 men a-side it seemed that
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The s.s."Takeno Maru," (Capt. Monday`next,, took place on the Tls. 300,000 has been set aside. The the article which appeared in several**
cerned with depth; the necessity of ago, concerning the sale of the firm deepening the approaches and the of Messrs. Meurer Freres, which is barbour itself to accommodate the not quite correct. large steamers which, it is generally In reality, the Head Office of believed will, within the next ten or Messrs. Meurer Freres, which was äfteen years, be trading to the Far
up to now in Canton, has been East..
transferred to Paris.. I la,only the In the harbour of Hongkong, the China business of the firm which i question of depth of water, though passed in the hands of Messrs. exiguous in many portions of the Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd. who harbour, is not as important as that are associated with Messrs. Meurer of securing protection against the Freres as members of the Pacific
Both harbours are of great import the summer and early autumn.
ance to the development of the trade and shipping of China, the one serv ing the rich and populous central provinces that surround the Yangtze basin and the other the equally fertile 21 area of South China, including the great city of Canton and its hinter- land."
The
9.3+ "Mobon,"
(Capt.
made by their opponents, but Connor, after having 7 runs knocked off his bowling, took the last 6 wickets for a total of four only, Scores:—
tend to spread the very thing they Leichovetsky) sails for Macao at 5 the Officers would dauble the score typhoons that visit the port during Development Corporation of New go to fight, just as the brutalities. and tyrannies of Koltchak have done.., to-morrow with a cargo of Bolshevism would die a natural death. if it were let alone, for it is unwork. able. At the most it would survive as a pious opinion.
BREAKFAST PROBLEM.
What is the shape of the taste of an egg? You know what shape the egg is. What is the shape of its taste? Is the taste confined to any part of the egg? No. Experience shows that every part of the egg has Ltd be that the taste of the egg is taste, and the answer therefore seems
WITH HATS & BONNETS TO MATCH IN ALL SIZES.
10:
INFANTS'
WHITE PELISSES & TODDLERS HOODS & CAPPETS.
The China Mail.
**FRETE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."
BETOKONG, THURSDAY, OCT. 1919.
SEBERIA.
One of our Chinese telegrams yesterday mentioned that America had.protested against an increase of the number of Japanese troops in Siberia. We should like to know
of
A
The s.s. "Hanoi (Capt. Morvan) sails at 10:30 am.. tomorrow for Haiphong with 500 tons of geacral
cargo.
The 8.5.
J
"Muroto," (Capt. Takeno) sailed for Tokuyama at 6 p.m. yesterday with a cargo of coal..
OTHER RANKS..
CQM.S. Talfourd, e Davies b
Edwards......... Corp. Mans, b. Davies........ Corpl. Horrocks, b Edwards .... Gr. Perkins, b Davies CSM. Heath, run out.......... Sergt. Athorne, b Davies... QMS. White, c Cavanaugh, b
Edwards......
The Band of the "NL" will play at the Palace Hotel, Kowloon,Pte. Filmer. b Davies..... 10-night. There will be dancing at 9Pte. Rhodes, b Cavanaugh
Sergt. Connor, b Davies.
Gr. Baines, b Cavanaugh' Gr. Middleton, not out
Extras
pm..
exactly the same size as the egg, and
Mr. G. Turner, building secre- consequently the same shape.
tary, Chinese Y.M.CIA., returned to man who believed for pretended the Colony on the ss., "Tean," yes- to believe)
matterterday. the that the
egg is. all that exists, and that the taste is ar illusion, might be called "materialist." A man who believed (or pretended to believe) that the
mere i matter of the egg is a phenomenon, ephemeral, transient. and that the taste is the real and immortal essence of it, would have
The .. "Paoting," (Captain Ritchie) arrived fron Hongay this morning with 2,000 tons of coal for Hongkong.
K
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The s.s. "Mohon," (Captain
Leichovetsky) arrived from Saigon yesterday with 1.000 tons of salt for
Hongkong.
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The s... "Katsura Maru,” (Capt. Yamamoto) arrived from Batavia yesterday with 1848 tons of sugar fox, Hongkong.
to be called something else. That's up to you.. But do not be hasty.. Anything that can be clearly conceived is capable of existing, and the taste of egg. does exist. We can recall it. It is not an eternal taste, however, as eaters of eggs at Chinese dinners are aware. Egg taste is 39
The ss. "Namkäm," (Captain mutable as the egg itself. Thus we Thirlwell) sails for Haiphong at 8 discover by logic and reason-that- the taste of an egg is the gameam, tomorrow with 50 tons of
general cargo. size as the egg, the same shape
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23 the ess, 23, real 33 The ss. "War Trooper," built the egg, and is "mortal" as the egg by the Hongkong and Whampoa that is to say, that it exists while Dock Co., Ltd, will be launched at 11 the egg exists, changes with. it, and
a.m. on Saturday. goes when it goes. Objection may be raised here that the smell remains.
the
Davies Edwards Cavanaugh
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DECH CHOONG
York. Please insert ratification accordingly and send us two coples of your paper after insertion.
Please find Copies of letters: 'ex- changed on this subject with our bankers..
Andersen, Meyer & Co. Ltd.,
Ch. NORTH Manager.
Canton, October 8.
COPIES.
While the two ports are not in the least likely to come into rivalry with each other, it is obvious that both re- quire the utmost watchfulness on the part of the authorities lest, by lagging that we have this day transferred the behind the developments of ship conwhole of our China business to
struction, they be superseded, as
Dear Sir-We beg to inform you
ports of transhipment, by some enter Messrs. Andersen, Meyer & Co., Lt
Our Head Office has been transfer- 5prising barbour lying within a few
red to Paris where a new company hundred miles of their gates. under the name of Etablissements catastrophe that would cause both to Meurer Frer's has been constituted tall back to the position of mere porta
this day. of call for vessels in the coasting. trade.
6.
69
Total
Bowling.
M.
R..
15 1
33
5.
123.
28
2
2:
2.3 1
OFFICERS.
CoL. Humphrey, Baines Capt. Gray..c. Perkins, b Baines... Col. Coles, by Baines.............. Mai Edwards, c Mann, b Athorne Lt. Cavanaugh, b Connor Capt. Murray, c Horrocks, b
Baines
Capt. Davies, stpd. Mann,
Connor
Rev. Bundle,c Horrocks, b Connor Lt. Cary, not out
Capt. Oliver, c Athorne, b Connor Lt, Larkcom, stpd. Mann, b Connor Capt. Green, b Connor.....
The .s."Kunghong," (Captain Baines
Total..
Bowling.
0. X.
R.
32
8
31
5.1
11
Her ocks
4
LAWN BOWLS.
So it does, for a while, but you don't. Chancha) arrived from Shann yes- Athorne... We are dealing, moreover, with a good egg.
The taste is there,terday with 25 tons of general cargo, Conner and one bag of mails. inside
shell, enclosed by the shell. So is the egg. Empiric
Mrs. M. A Simoes, wife of Mr. ally we are aware that effects Simoes, of the Standard Of Company follow causes, and that by biting the of New York left for Shanghal by the egg we shall perceive the taste of it. The egg is extended in space, and is."Sunning," this morning. garding the taste as divisible. We
HONGKONG LAND CORNERING, ant. We understand that the number divisible. Yet reason balks at re
His Excellency the Governor must
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by now have realized that the area of land available for homesteading
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more about that. It is rather import of Japanese troops sent to Siberia bargained for. It was about twenty times the strength originally agreed upon, and if it is true that the force
In the case of Hongkong, while depth is a factor of some importance, the problem of rendering the har bour safe during the passage of a
Business will be continued as
before, the Etablissements Mer Freres being associated with' Messrs. Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd. as meas bera of the Pacific Development
..
typhoon is of the greatest urgency Corporation of New York.
Transactions with Etablissements
since a storm of this nature makes it
7 necessary for vessels to leave their Meurer Freres are to be made as 25 moorings in the harbour and seek before under the name of Meurer 13 shelter in the smaller inlets with the Freres, the undersigned keeping his 3 loss of two, and sometimes more, Power of Attorney on behalf of the 15 days in the loading or discharging cf new Etablissements Meurer Freres.
cargo..
3
b
With winds from the north or south, the harbour of Hongkong,
4 owing to its narrowness, is fairly
SHANGHAI'S LUCK CHANGES.
Of well protected, while the distance of 11the weather shore with the wind
Yours faithfully.
PER PRO. MEURER FRERES Capton, October 1 1919.
Dear Sirs. As we have acquired
0 from the east is not sufficiently great the business in China of Mesurs. to cause serious inconvenience. With Meurer Freres and re taking over
1 strong winds from the westerly all assets and liabilities disclosed to quadrant, which blow from north-fus from this date, we would ask you 85 west to south-west when a typhoon to open an account for our company has landed higher up the coast and and to transfer to same the certified is passing north of the Colony, balance owing to you by Messrs. W. 83 is very frequently the case, Meurer Freres.
4the long fetch
the from
The business will be continued
1 island of Lantau, at the western exactly as before under the manage-
6 extremity of the harbour. causes a ment of Mr. Ch. North who has full O dangerous sea to get up which, even power to act on behalf of our com- with only half-a-gale, renders it pany and we hope to continue in the dangerous for vessels to lie at their same pleasant relations with your moorings.
goodselves.
In an effort to give protection from this dangerous westerly sea, it has been proposed to throw a break- water from Green Island to Stone cutters Island, a distance of about
A temporary letter of authoriza- tion on behalf of our company bas been given to Mr. North pending receipt of formal power of attorney which has to be executed in our head
was in any case greater than was shrink from describing the taste as yesterday with 4,491 tons of general local bowling enthusiasts by their three miles, with a causeway upon it, office in Shanghai and registered in
an inch and a half long and an inch thick. If the ezz fails to the floor, we know it has weight.
made themselves the favourites of The Shanghai bowlers who have
accurate play, and the "convincing manner in which they defeated the Kowloon CC. and the Kowloon
Green Island and Hongkong being the Consulate there. connected with a high-level bridge As any incompleted business in beneath which vessels could pass, the hands of Meurer Freres will be
The s.s. "Batavia," (Captain Lepretre) arrived from Shanghai cargo and 1 European passenger.
is tragically small in view of the is being increased (which is not yet The taste goes with it, but we do to alight from a moving tram-car in B.G., met with a rather heavy and Stonecutters and the Kowloon taken over by us, it may at times ba
A Chinese youth, in attempting size and the needs of our community, certain) we can quite easily under not therefore say that taste is affected Wanchai yesterday. fell under the defeat at the hands of the Taikan peninsula, probably at Lai-chi-kok. "convenient to draw in the name of there is not enough to go round. The greater proportion of the Japanese comes more complicated 'if we bring wheels and was crushed to death."
In the best conceivable circumstances
stand a protest coming from America. by gravitation. The problem-te-
expeditionary force was sent by virtue of the 1918 agreement between China and Japan, and its ostensible job was to protect the Chinese frontier from the Bol-heviks. As events turned out, the Chinese frontier needed pro- tection more from the other Russians, as shown by the recent protests by China in connection with high-handed molestation of Chinese cruisers on the Amur.
in the idea of egg as distinct from egg, and concept of taste for memory of taste) from the actual experience of taste, and as we cannot spend all day over breakfast, we will leave it
:here.
SHIPPING PERSONALIA.
Captain A. V. Harrison, of the Wenchow," is on leave.
The 5.5. 'Sunding (Capt. Benson) sailed for Shanghai at noon to-day with 1,000 tons of general cargo and 6 European passengers.
Mr. J. Arnold, secretary, of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., left the Colony this morning by the s.s. "Glenade," for
Yokohama.
The s.s. "Tean," Capt." Scott) arrived from Tsingtao via Swatow yesterday with 290 tons of general cargo, 10 European passengers and 97 bags of mails.
Has his Excellency discovered, we wonder, that considerable areas are being held by rich speculators for a rise; undeveloped and useless to the community? The China Mail is advised that this is so. There is supposed to be a provision in the Crown leases that these lands are to be developed or built upon within two years of their cession. Where this stipulation is disregarded, the Crown rents may be and perhaps There is in this telegram of yester. are trebled. It will be obvious to day, however, much that cannot be any thoughtful person that such a squared with our advices from Japan. penalty is not a sufficient deterrent to The tendency in Japan, so far as it a rich land or building company or was plain enough to be detected in the speculator on a large scale, because Japanese newspapers, was to follow it pays such people to retard the the Allied lead, and withdraw from development of such properties to the the Russian adventure. The Yomiuri, enhancement of the value of their for one, was advising the Japanese existing ones. What they lose en government to come out of it. Other the swings they gain on the round papers were complaining that it was abouts and by such artificial in a profitless adventure, and should be flation of values, by this dog-in abandoned. The Japanese don't like the-manger policy, they are enabled making war for nothing. It is true when the time comes to more than
that a member of the Seiyukai recoup themselves for the slightly party, Dr. Tomidzu, was given much bigher rents they have paid to the space in Kokumin to argue for bigger"Singan." Government for the privilege. The effort in Siberia. It may be that Mr. W. G Ramsay, from reserve, s... "Glenade," this morning. Goternment seems to gain a little his arguments have prevailed. They has gone second engineer, immediately by it, but its ultimate
were simple enough. As translated, loss, through non-development, must he said the other people were all surely be considerable. Besides, it quitting, and the Japanese force seems to put the Government in the was so small that it must either position of licensing profiteering for be increased or withdrawn. He was the sake of the licence fees. If His for increasing it. The Bolsheviks Excellency have time to call for a were an enemy of civilization and returo from the Land Office of the human race, and the human race all the lands so leased and un- should go and chastise them in a used, and insist upon getting it: thorough-going manner. If the others signed. if he then find that the situation is would not help, Japan should do it Mr. A. McEwens from leave, has from the North by the s.s. "Tean." somewhat as we have here tried to single-handed. He reminded his gone chief engineer "Tuckwo."
pot
enormous, constructional difficulties
with a low-level bridge opening to Meurer Freres for which purpose Club last evening. The game which allow Canton river steamers to pass. Mr. North retains his power" of was played. оп the Kowloon Bowling Club's green did
Apart from the expense of such a attorney for said firm. prove to be as exciting as the two project, which would doubtless be previous matches, and was onesided of a serious nature are known to exist. from the very start. Taikoo played The unstable mud is of consider. a very steady game, while the form able depth and stone-lades junks displayed by the visitors was rather which have been experimentally sunk disappointing.
in the vicinity are known to have
A description of the match entirely disappeared, even their masts follows:
sinking out of sight, and the amount of stone required to build up a break- water from the firm bottom would be prodigious.
Such à breakwater, however, would make of Hongkong harbour a
Yours faithfully, ANDERSEN, MEYER & CO., LTD.
Manager.
Canton, October 1, 1919.
A BLAKE PIER SCENE.
WHEN IS A POOR MAN RESPECTABLE ?
A
Taikoo obtained the lead by scoring a point in the first head, and kept in front till the fourteenth head had Captain J. Lezge, from reserve, has
been played, when the score stood gone master, "Wenchow."
all. Taikoo showed the way again
The rows of seats at Blake Pier Mr. J. R. Seed, third engineer,
to the seventeenth head, when safe anchorage during typhoon were recently re-painted and orders "Wuchang," is on reserve,
Shanghal again drew level. Taikoo weather where to-day a stiff breeze were given to the Police on duty, not.. Mr. J. K. Agnew, acting second
made victory sure by scoring 5 points from the western quadrant holds up to allow any one to dirty them and engineer, Wuchang," had gone A Chinese committed suicide on in the nineteenth head, and, finally, all cargo work, and it would appear that only respectable persons were. third engineer, same ship.
Caroline Hill, on Monday afternoon, won by 7 points, the score standing to be the duty of the Government to allowed sitting accommodation. Mr. W. K. Burns, second engineer,by cutting his throat with a razor as follows:-Taikoo, 21 points follow the lead of Shanghai and set Chinese constable yesterday saw a Kweilin," has gone second engineer, Financial dificulties are stated to Shanghai, 14 points.
aside a sufficient sum to obtain the coolie, coatiess and shoe-less sitting Wachang."
The scores were as follows.-
advice of the world's best experts as on the third row. He went up to him TAIKOO.
. SHANGHAI, to how the port can best hold its and ordered him at once to move McDougall. own in the strenuous competition from his seat, and leave the McLouchlin, Morrison,
McCallum. for the shipping trade of South pier. The order was only half Malcolm.
China-Shipping and Engineering. obeyed. The coolie went along to Hamilton. Fergusson (Skip) McMurdo (Skip).
the railing, and looked on to a launch lying alongside. The 'con- ̈ TATKOO.
stable again asked him to leave and instead he seated himself on another row. The constable then took hi
.* under arrest.
Mr. J. Callender, second engineer, ***Singan,” is on leave..
Mr R. E. Bisset, second engineer, Chili," has gone second engineer,
chow,"
Ying.
have been the cause..
Mr. F. W. Gibbins, sub-manager, of Messrs. Wilkinson, Heyward and Clark. Ltd. was amongst the passen- gers who left the Colony by the
The annual swimming race Mr. A. F. Johnson, supernumerary across the Hongkong Harbour, under second officer," Choysang." has gone the auspices of the Victoria Recreation second officer, "Koonshing."
Club, has been fixed for Thursday Mr. E. R. Huntington, second off-next, October 16, at 5 p.m. sharp.
"Koonshing," has gone super-
cer,
numerary second officer. "Choysang.” Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. Rail- Mr. W. Mcore, supernumerary ton, of the China and Japan Direc- second officer, Tuckwo," has re-tory. and Chronicle Co., Powell's Buildings, returned to the Colony
represent it, may we with respectful countrymen that once the Bolsheviks Mr. L. McWilliams, acting chief The Night Signals of the emphasis submit that he will then see were driven out of Siberia, they engineer, "Tuckwo," is on reserve. Hongkong Local Storra Signal Code the importance of devising some would be able to get at the Mr. L. Grohe, second oficer, "Hsin-will, for the future, be displayed os more prohibitive penalty? The numerous gold mines, and fell fung," has gone chief officer, same the Observatory wireless mast, as suggestion that offers itselt at once timber to meet, the outlay in ship.
Mr. C. Monk, from reserve, has well as on the Tower of the Kowloon Railway Station, on H.M.S. "Tamar,"
is that the Government" should volved." The Jiji was non-commit-
Mr. P. E. Anderson, second officer, and on the Harbour Office flagstaff,
forfeit or resume all lands in respect tal, though it was strong on the gone second officer "Hsinkong" of which the conditions as to build danger of Bolshevism spreading (like ing and development have not been timely observed.
a disease) even into Japan. This "Heiakong," has gone chief officer, disease theory is shared by many
Kungping-Shipping and Engineer-
It is indeed a shameful thing in an Europeans, and we are perverse ing. over-crowded cny to see residential enough to consider it silly. It is cer areas served, idle and useless, fortainly not a communicable disease, the future higher. proit of mere but one due to conditions. Avoid the speculators who are rich enough to conditions, and you are immune. be able to afford to wait while the Admir Kolchak, the ante-Bolshe Der when you can so easily cure their activities and needs of the cuminen vist, has done more than any man to ity conspire to increment their spread Bolshevism in Siberia, by wealth.
spreading the conditions, It is
CHILDREN'S COLDS. W bodies in such a distressing mun WBY lot the children raak their little colds with a bottle of Chamberlain's Couch Themedy? For sals by all Chemists and Storekeepers.
SHANGHAL
Heads, Shots. Total, Shots. Total, A FIND IN THE HARBOUR
1
2
3
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
3
14
15
16
17
13
13.
18
0
13
19
5
-13
20
2.
1
14
21
0 21
0
14
Being Mr. N. L. Smith this morn. ing a boatman was charged with the
unlawful possession of a quantity ot pig-iron. Defendant said that his junk
He was this morning fined $1 by Mr. Smith.
By whom and by what authority
was lying off the China Merchants was such an order given? How is wharf, at West Point. When he was a policeman to tell who is respectable pulling up the anchor, he found the and who not? Is this not another iron clinging to it. He was bringing gratuitous affront ta mere poverty? it to shore and was met by We wish they wouldn't do these constable. Inspector Cashman said things. The charge for seats that there was some truth in the sufficient protection for respectable man's story. The iron when brought people.
to the Station was wet. His Worship
discharged defendant.
JEALOUS LOVERS.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
NOTES.
His Excellency the Governor has An outburst of jealousy on the
signified his intention of being part of a husband caused him to scald his wife with boiling water. Shanghai meet the Civil Service, Three men loved a lady. She prerent at the Hongkong Gymkhana The woman has been removed to the on the Civil Service rinks, to-day, and favoured one. The other two at Club meeting on Saturday.
The will play the Police, on the latter's taked bim. He was sent to the Government Civil Hospital.
hospital, and the jealous friends were and charged at the Magistracy, ves husband was arrested by the Police rinks, at Happy Valley, to-morrow.
On Saturday, the Hongkong Lawn both arrested. They were brought terday, before Mr. N... Smith, with Bowls Association are entertaining before Mr. Lindwl this morning wounding and cutting his wife. the visitors to dinner at the Hongkong charged with assault. Remanded for a week.
Paul Hotel.
The case was remanded.
His Excellency the Governor has kindly consented to distribute the prizes at the conclusion of the lungkong Defence Corps Cadets. Company's sporty at V.R.C, on Saturday.