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May they never want for the need.
ful pelf
Nor their shadows ever grow less. For British beer is drink for a man And they are men that sent it To brisk up. Adver-sar-jan (That's how they must have meant
it). 18 To-well-with eunuchs, parrots,
and tripe,
Let's drink to the good old days, And with our good strong beer and
pipe,
Hang on to old English ways.. With a hip-hip-hip, and a kindly
thought.
With good straight talk and s
streak of fun.
Loving each other as we jolly well
ought. Let's live and laugh till the race
b. rua..
ADVERSARIUS.
M
FIRE AT SKA
FIVE DROWNED AND NINE MISSING.
:1
One great advantage SPECIAL CABLE of living in a seaport FRIENDS. is the opportunity it friends passing through. Nowadays offers of meeting old Hongkong is like Ludgate: if you will meet everybody, you know in stand long enough at the jetty, you. the world. With us just now is that veteran journalist, W. Make- peace, of the Singapore Free Press, homing vis Canada. He heard the l call of the East as long ago as '84,"
Singapore, June 27. As a result of the fire on the and has so established himself ing.P.M. s.s. "Mactsuycker," five per- British Malaya that when any old sons were drowned and nine are be instantly asks, timer hears Singapore mentioned, missing.
How's Make-
peace? He brings the interesting news that the Bishop of Singapore is a regular and interested student of Adversaria.. Sometimes we sus- not fully realize how privileged they pect that the Hongkong people do
That's how an Ameri-
[CHINA MAIL SPECIAL-]
LABEL AND GENERAL
11
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1929,
THE FUTURE OF TSINGTAO.
SPORTS.
LAWN BOWLS.
The following memorandum on the future of Tsingtao, which was drawn up by the British Chamber of Commerce at that port and with the general principles of which the KOWLOON BEATS POLICE." Associated British Chambers of Com merce in China are in agreement, was recently forwarded to H.M. Minister by the Association.
MEMORANDUM.
played on Saturday afternoon, the In a lawn bowls league match Kowloon C C beat the HK. Police by two shots,
and Jack (skip, KCC), 17; beat R.C. 3rd Rink-Mackenzie, Purves, Pie Watt, Kent, G. Watt and W.G... Gerrard (skip, HK.P.), 13.
Total-Kowloon C.C., 54; H.K.. Police, 52.
entered on a phase when some kind
The Tringtas question has now The scores were:-- of solution must soon be arrived at. Richmond and G. Gerrard (skip. Ist Rink-Davidson, Labrum, The Chinese must choose between | KCC), 18: beat Booker, Oxg, A. negotiating directly with Japan or Clark and J. Clark (skip, H.K.P.), 13. submitting the whole question to the 2nd Rink-Cashman, Robertson, League of Nations. In the former Grimmett and, Grant (skip, HK.P.), event the interests of foreign powers 26; beat Elson, Iles, Blackburn and disease records one
would probably be entirely ignored, Silkstone (skip. K.C.C.), 19.
• Today's
return of notifiable but in the latter event the League of fatal Chinese Nations would probably take inte case of plague..
consideration the vested interests acquired by England and other SUGAR. can paper insists on A Chine earth coolie was nations in the course of 16 years spelling it and we removed to the Government Civil trading under treaty conditions really cannot blame our contempor-Hospital yuterday suffering from in- at Tsingtao. That is to say may ary. Here it is rent$~~
juries to the leg received through solution arrived at would be interna- D'Annunzio at Fiome being knocked down by a motor car tional in character. Believing that. FEEDOMAT, still bothers the spot in Pokfulam Road.
the time is becoming ripe for such a light man. ..Sooner
solution the British Chamber of
Civil Service beat the Wigwam How much do Indian than evacuate he says be will blow
it advisable to place upon record secutive win. The Commerce at Tsingtao have deemed team on Saturday, their fourth con ROMAN watchmen get a month? himself up. The Chicago Tribune GEESE. Whatever it is, it seems pointedly remarks that all he needs
what in their opinion would con seem well in the running for the Civil Service to be money wastel.to do that is a pin.
stitute a fair settlement of the Tsing-"B" Division championship. They One would think our tradesmen.
tao question, namely, a settlement have now to meet K.CC. "B" and especially those carrying" "stocks of
which would preserve intact the U.SRC. "B"-eams which have precious and easily transportable
sovereign rights of China and at the not been brilliant performers. The goods, would have come to some
same time allow every nation to live scores were For Such decision by this time.
and trade at Tsingtao on a footing of equality.
ADVERSARIA.
Ltd some time now, it has been a com-
WASHING FROCKS
FOR
CHILDREN.
WHITE and COLOURS
IN ALL SIZES.
A splendid selection to choose from.
MARRIAGE4.
THOMSON - BOWDITCH. - On
of
GALLOPOLLERDESSEN.0
June 19, at Shanghai, Ethel May, second daughter of Mrs. Louisa Oilerdessen of Shanghai, to Her- bert Byron Gallop. of Boston, -Mass CAMPBELL-BAKER.—On JÜne» 1. Tsingtao, George Brodhead
Campbell, of New York, to Mary Lois Baker, of San Francisco.
Cal.
DEATHE.
In the little Japanese shops little! Japanese men in undress are TV- dressing their windows. One never
&
LOCAL AND GERTRIL.
Owing to bad weather there was no flying at Repulse Bay yesterday afternoon.
newspaper reads: "Motor cycle for An advertisement in an English sale; climbs like wages and goes as
mon addendum of the newspaper reports of robberies, that the In- disn watchman on the premises heard nothing and saw nothing European watchmen would cost more, but they would at least earn fast" the money The lootable stores
son
NASTY.
has reached
Sergeants' Mess held a very sujorable The members of the Garrison whist drive on Friday evening. The successful players were: Ladies: Mrs Booth 1, Miss Conroy 2, Mrs. Cheeseley 3, and Booby, Mrs. Massey, Gentlemen: Sergt. Long, RASC. 1, CP.O. Harding 2, Master Burden 3, and Booby, Mr. Wilkins,
15
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LEAGUE TENNIS,
Wood and Sayer beat Browne and Railton 7-4; lost to Wheeler and Dreyer 5-6; beat Hicks and John- (stone 7-4
Witched and Fincher beat Browne
and Railton 65; beat Wheeler and tone 11-0. Dreyer 6-5; beat Hicks and Johns
treated
Reports of the discovery of gold L. Japan undertook the reduction in North-eastern Siberia have reached of Tsingtao on the express promise Nome and many boats are awaiting that she would return Tsingtao to iness to carry stampeders the opening of navigation in read China. In consequence of that pro new fields. Ice is reported broken the Japanese army, the Powers gave to the mise China allowed a free passage to five miles out in Bering Strait from Japan a free hand and she was Woodman and Woodman lost to Nome and the schooner" Polar Bear" assisted by British troops Legally Browne and Railton 5-6; lost to are mostly collected within the It is reported, the N. C. Daily has been hauled out a considerable as well as morally therefore England Wheeler and Dreyer 5-6; beat Hicks space of a few blocks, in and about News says, that as a result of the distance. Holes are being cut in the and the other Powers have the right and Johnstone 6-5. the centre of the city. Their pro-heavy rains we have been having ice for her launching so that she may to insist that a reasonable interpreta-
Civil Service this won by 58 prietors should now get together during the past few weeks, 50 pr get an early start for Siberia tion be given to this promise. That games to 41. and pool a fund to employ three or cent of the rice crops have been
is to say the Powers demand that four European ex-service men as badly damaged. It seems that the watchmen, to move from shop to grain was recently reaped but got down by motor car No. 263 in nullified in practice.
A Chinese girl was knocked fulfilled on paper and completely decision of this Commission. Far
this promise must not be merely shop throughout the night. Per-soaked and rotted. If there is more. haps, the
Queen's Road Central yesterday. rain, not much grain will be left. insurance companies
II. If Tsingtao is to be returned to of the harbour etc..to the Chinese example when handing over control would contribute.
receiving injuries which necessitated More cases of suspected cholera her removal to the Government Civil the sovereignty of China the very Maritime Customs it might be found Speaking of an eminent are reported in Kobe, and the cause Hospital. It is stated that in attempt fast step is to place the harbour and desirable to stipulate that the present editor and demagogae is again attributed to the use of seag to avoid a passing ricsha, the harbour lights, the docks and wharves free cort area be maintained as a free at Home, a Government practice, it is said the authorities are be had time to realise the danger and the control of China. If this is not railways it would certainly be desir
water. In order to prevent this chauffeur swerved the car.
and the collection of duties under port, and in deciding the fate of the Before official said in company last evening about to pour kerosene oil on the sea, apply the brake, it is said his car done the promise is absolutely mean- able to ensure a continuance of the that he was the cleverest scou- drel"i knew. Pointing to the If this is well done, remarks the Kobe collided with the girl who was walk the vested trading interests referred tion which was secured by Germany. ingless. It follows that, in view of freedom from vexatious inland taxa- Herald a Havana cigar or cigarette ing near the drain. The chauffeur i to above, Tsingtao must be placed on With regard to the Municipal Admin... Adversarian, a bystander said maliciously. Present company to the gasolene confiagration the
end ought to produce a blaze equal drove the girl to the hospital.
the same footing as other ports in istration of Tsingtao, the Commission, excepted? The Government offi- other day.
China. The organ for the control of besides setting the composition "and An ingenious statistician has harbour, docks, wharves and collec organisation of the Council and its cial No. The Adversarian isn't
calculated that it takes 7,000 lb. oftion of customs duties must be the permanent staff, would be faced with as clever as he is." Whereupon The British naval anthorities pure gold each year to make the Maritime Customs, and the Maritime the difficulty that ordinary municipal Adversarius had to be restrained, have now cecided to tackle the ques-wedding rings for English brides, Customs must be simply an ordinary taxation would be insufficient for the while the official made his escape. tion of the Upper Yangtaze trafic comments "Globetrotter' in the branch of the Chinese Customs proper upkeep of the town. They and its interferencs by robber-sol- Globe. It is interesting to take service. The appointment of the would have to arrange for a per It is practically cer SLAVERY. tain that John Ward's passed Hankow and a regular fleet Taking the average weight of a discretion of the Inspector General in of the Customs revenue as arranged
diers. All available river craft has the calculations a step further. staff must be left to the unfettered manent contribution of 20 per cent.. June 19. at Shanghai. Johr. G. ders idly how they pas. On the lunch is at fault. John never was that travelling up and down the Isles at 10,000,000, the aggregate the interests of any nation diplomatic insist that the fiscal, lands should recollection of a con-has gone to the various parts on the wedding ring atoz and the pum- Peking and if that discretion is in the agreement with Germany in sees any customers, and one wonversation at a Government House Upper Yangtze. It is now hoped ber of married women in the British exercised in a manner detrimental to 1905. They would also have to Thomson, C.A., of Glasgow, to stone balustrade of a barrack veran Priscilla Rose Bowditch, dah top soldiers sit in grey shirts good at recalling such past events Yangtze river will soon become safe weight of gold locked up in this representations in Feking afford an be London.
and khaki trousers, with bare feet who was governor of Canton was
in correct detail. The mandarin and normal again. swinging over the street. It must very unlikely, at such a party to
unproductive form is roughly 140 easy remedy.
24 2 source of be nice after breakfast to swing make such an unpleasant compari-Shanghai from Hankow, in a message
tons avoirdupois.
IL If the Leased Territory is before the advent of the Japanese municipal revente as was the case Information bare feet like that, and sunoke, and
returned to the sovereignty of China military administration. Any further In announcing the death of Mr. the present military administration alienation of those lands or ny as John Wärd attributes to dated June 13 reporting the complete CT. Tonkin, of the Chinese Mari- would ipso facto be abolished and the attempt to convert the 10 years horrid trade. see the people pass; but war is-a
bim, namely, that the only place looting of the Reformed Church at time Customs, at the age of 78 years, question then arises what form of leases granted by the Military Ad- where slavery is allowed through Yochow and the murder of the Rev. the N-C. Daily News remarks that administration is. to take its place. ministration into freeholds should At a street corner une gets out China is Hongkong. Even if Mr. Reimert. Eight foreigners includ- he must have ranked as one of the There are various alternatives which be prevented. lips of the hills. and he did drop such a brick, it isn't ing six Americans, one German and oldest Chica hands, and it is mader may be discussed, and considered green and fresh after the rains, and true. However, if it be admitted one Englishnan sought refuge on stood that he had served in the Cas- but very near, like the mountain tops that there is any forms of slavery board the Japanese gun-boat "Saga" toms for something like half a British interests in China regard met by a demand from China for a It is probably that the Commission of Switzerland just before it rains.
the only solation which in the course of its labours will be It would be better to go to the hills in Hongkong, and if any person, which fortunately called at Yochow, century. In the outdoor staff he had as
satisfactory and fair to all fuller recognition of her sovereignty than to the office: het, of course.legal or lay, pretends that this is and took them to Hankow. Thirteen held many important positions in concerned is
Down the hill from the Peak, because we agreed to observe Chi-girl students were also refugees on Chefoo and Shanghai, and until four of a municipality with elected places where she comes into contac the establishment than is accorded to her at other swinging in four-coolie chairs, come nese customs, you may safely de the same vessel
or five years ago he was actively councillors and a permanent staff with foreigners and a demand from GORDON-On June 21. 1920. the taipans, smoking gigars. It is nounce them as humbugs. Be-
employed. He then refired, and bad such as exists at Shanghai and other Japan for Alexander Grant Gordon: By better to be ready when they arrive, cause there are many other matters and financial world, and the closing unfortunately for several months he addition
With the pollapse in the business been resident in Shanghai, although ports, with however this important of the interests which she has special consideration with all the big ledgers open, and in which we have quite cheerfully up of industrial establishments that had been in bad health. He is sur Chinese residents in Tsingtao, equally reason why both these remands
that unlike Shanghai, built up since 1914. a show of preparedness, if not of broken that pledge. If there is late work. But the stenographer does slavery here, of an objectionable war boom, the unemployment in to whom the deepest sympathy will have the right to vote and sit on the spirit, provided only that the only sprang up like mushrooms during the vived by a widow and three children, with those of other nationalities, shall should not be met in a sympathetic not care. She stops at a store sort, let it be admitted that no Japan is on the increase. The latest be extended. window and pats her hair and it isnctilio of honour respets it; it is investigations in this direction show
the Council The law administered object which British Merchants have clear she is not looking at the left alone (if such be the case) un that during May, 56 factories an
should be the law of China limited in view-equality of opportunity-is things in the window, but at her grounds of expediency. However, nounced that they would have to dis- Hotel, Tokyo on June 11, was Mrs. ritoriality so long as such safeguards
Among the guests at the Grand only, by the safeguards of extrater not placed in jeopardy. own reflection. As she turns away as has been recently pointed out by charge their workmen, and, in con- James Harner Taggart, who went are maintained in the rest of China.
VI. To sum up, the policy which she looks over her shoulder. She quite good and respectable men. sequence of this, workers in 12 facto-to Japan on the interesting errand
is advocated by the British Chambe: is rather pretty, but has not strict meaning of the term. Recent This only made their case worse, for hotels in Hongkong, of which ber It is obvious however that it is utterly to China and that an international IV. The railway is a difficult pro of Commerce at Tsingtao is that there is no slavery" bere in the ries immediately went on strike. of collecting furnishings for several blem capable of several solutions. Tsingtao should be returned by Japan "TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE" | healthy colour:
The chair and riesha coolies on farmer who took in a young girl to workmen anticipated their discharge hotels is the new Repulse Bay Hotel, that the railway should be practically League of Nations to safeguard the Home papers tell of an English a lockout was declared, and the husband is manager, One of these incompatible with China's sovereignty Commission be appointed by the the stands are laughing, though work. HONGKONG, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1920.
what they've got to laugh about is
For nearly twenty years by a few weeks.
which is declared to be the finest foreign territory, hard to say. They have a hard day house, receiving only her food, she did the general work of the
garrisoned by sovereignty of China and the vested hotel in the Far East atates the Japan foreign troops and guarded by trading interests which should he A report from Kobe states that Advertiser. The view of the bay foreign military police, and that settled by the Commission are- in front of them. The shiny white lodging, and occasionally the cast-a trunk containing 400 bombs was from the hotel is, it is said, un the railway should control the tops of the chairs, and the blue off clothing of her mistress. Some found in a hotel in Kobe. Accord surpassed anywhere in the East. Tsingtao docks and wharf office ordinary branch of the Chinese hats of the coolies, with the red
1. The Customs should be. Ex Hongkong June mornings are not crowns, give the effect of a floral how she discovered that she was ing to the repost, about two weeks The curious name of this bay aroused The very least that should be de Maritime Customs and the staff jejune. Even at nine, when men parterre. Their blue coats help." being defrauded, and sued her ago a man about 30 years old stopped, the question is to its origin and it manded is that the docks and wharf should be appointed irrespective of So on foot up the bill be the master for £100, arrears of wages. at the Torakatsu Hotel in Kobe and was learned that it received its name office be placed under the control of nationality by the Inspector General Butter the Bags on the tall build. sellers are prostituting beautiful holding that there was no contract return, the trunk as opened in the a furious battle Mrs. Taggart should be entirely withdrawn and a harbour, harbourlights, wharves It is already hot, but little.breszes lower market, where the Rower An English judge non-suited her, maar nie in care of the 75 years ago when the English re- the Chinese Maritime Customs at of Customs in Peng
manager As the man failed to pulsed Chinese pirates in the bay in Tsingtao, that the "foreign troops. ings, and make the bushy tops of blooms into horribly stiff wreaths for a wage. Some people would presence of the police authorities and expects, to be in Japan about a Chinese police force take the place of docks and wharf godowns. the ficus branches sway languidly and crosses, to the stupid office, to describe that young woman 3 it was found to be full of bomba, month.
Catspaws fret the shiny surface say stupid things about stupid 8 *slave.'*
Chinese domestic The owner of the trunk has been
the military police, and that, if the 3. The leased territory, should be affairs, in which one is not really slaves are on a similar basis.
Jarrested and it reported that cir-
railway itself is to be treated as administered by a municipal Council. women kill scraggy chickens and interested; but it means bread and
a foreign concession, it should be elected on a property franchise In prepare them for food. The fea. the grease they call butter, a little now Do You fed up," and conclusion that the trunk was stang- ALLEGED THEFT OF $1.52 sian pure and simple. It is sug-should be on a footing of equality.
Shanghailander cumstantial evidence leads to the
managed as an economic conces respect of which every nationality? thers drift away from the bloody inferior wine, shoes, and once in a bow of the sämpan..
BEAD THIS? swearing that led in from Vladivostock. The
gested, however, that the ques Londoners are all authorities are investigating the case.
4. All public utilities auch 19 So day follows day, and crazily devoted to profiteering and
tion of the management and slaughter house, water works etc. Already, the clothes mending book. darah has set out her little shell of what the Governor of North Caro-pleasure) seems to have been trying leading article
"The Wollowra Crimes the
control of the Shantung Railway should be handed over to the munici Bigarettes and matches, and her lins said to the Governor of South to buy a house in London. He Engineering where the events lead The Chinese chief clerk of the settled in conjunction with all other of the Customs Revenue should be
should not be dealt with as an isolat-tality. RESU in Shipping and basket of patches, and half naked Carolina on the subicct of liquid writes: "Landlorde will only selling up to the murder of the third Government Quarry at Satszemua railways in China as part of a com- paid to the municipality to facilitate ed problem but that it should be 5. "A contribution of 40 per cent. client reclines on the pavement in refreshments applies with poignant at three to five times pre-war oficer of the Wollowra" on May 10 was this morning charged before Mr. prehensive scheme of unification of upkeep of the territory as heretofore. The shade, while she puts his force to pay days.
prices, with occupation. Without coupled with the sentence Imposed N. L. Smith with having obtained railways rouble right. She is thin: and
occupation, the prices are normal on the Chinese.cook are reviewed. the sums of 62 and 90 cents from V. Assuming that the Teingtao be appropriated by the Municipality Fellow, with bollow eyes, and is
6. Revenue from fiscal landa should but cost of repairs considerable." It is remarked that the sentence of the P.W.D., by false pretences. He question is settled on an international and no further alienation etc. of aten iL At such times a friend akes her place.
How do you read that? It sug- ten years imposed on the cook has pleaded not guilty." basis as outlined above the only these lands permitted.eng gests to us that the London land- caused some rather adverse feeling It was stated for the prosecution feasible method of settlement would 7. The railway should be managed lords are remarkably decent birds, it being thought by some that the that the defendant made out two supervise the transfer of sovereignty on an ecosomic and not a protecting their tenants against a cook had not been meted out his just false time sheets relating to the same from Japan in China and have au political basis and if possible, moneyed outrider trying to eust deserts With regard to this, the which represented wages for coolies thority to settle the numerous ques ultimate disposition, should be fitted them. It seems to say that if he article points out, it must be remem hired, and sent varjous people in to tions of detail which would arise into a general scheme of unification the sled will sell for a normel Charged with murder: the Court fact no coolle was hired on the dite pointed by the League of Nations 8 The railway should be perpe will leave the tenant in possession, bered that although the cook was collect the money. As marter of Such Commission might be ap- of railways. figure it be turns the tenant out brought in a verdict of manslaughter mentioned in the slicets. A serious and might contain representatives of tally free of kin and other miant he must pay three to five times and the maximum penalty of ten view was taken of the case. The China, Japen, England, America, and taxations what other can-it mean? more. That is extraordinary, but Fear was the period of the cop) Magistrate, remanded the case for a France: Many very important ques
sentence.
week, fixing ball in the sum of $500. tions could be left to the unfettered maint: in
29. The free port area should
wire from Bombay.
TONKIN. On June 20. ar Shanghai.
Charles Tucker Tonkin. Chinese Maritime Customs, aged 78 years.
The China Mail.
SINE O'CLOCK.
, לו
go to work, it feels good to be alive.
of the harbour, and the campan
Business girls with little despatch cases and clothes that look as if a
|
while the thrilling adventure of a
TO THEM THAT SENT
BEER
hower of rain would melt them off. The jolly brown beer came foaming The thin blotting. paper ride in on Over the lip of the jug The tops of trame,
and aside to let them go down
And the thoughts of my heart wuse
homing e awkward ladder, though the
does not stop long and we As I lifted up the mug.
to jump off when it is So here is how says I to myself,
And here's to the Bergeant's mess.
A
BAIL FIXED AT $500,
There is no
2. The Customs should control the
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