TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1921.
SHIPPING
P. & O.-BRITISH INDIA
APOAR AND
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES
MUNITIONS WASTE.
RECKLESS DEALS IN MILLIONS.
CONTRACTS MADE WITH NO
AUTHORITY.
Colossal Ministry of Munitions
THE CHINA MAIL.
WAR HORRORS.
TERRORS OF THE FUTURE.
WIRELESS BOMBERS.
MOTHER'S PLEA.
WHY SHE TRIED TO DROWN HER BABIES.
'
A pathetic plea for mercy was Much has been heard recently of made to the Cambridge magistrates by a married woman named Elizabeth Baker, who was charged with at- tempting to drown her two sons, aged two and six, and with attempt ing to commit suicide.
Mother and children were rescued from the river by cyclists.
losses during the year ending March the horrors of future chemical warfare, 1920 are detailed in a report issued but equally, if not more, terrible by the Comptroller and Auditor results are prophesied from the deve General Sir Henry J. Gibson.
Every conceivable cause contribut lopment of the application of wireless ed to these losses, including theft, contral to aeroplanes, subhiarines, fraud, negligence, the cancellation of and torpedoes. Writing in the current war contracts, the waste of material
A letter which the woman admitted by fire and evaporation at dump issue of the Reviews," Mr. Denis and depois, stupid contracts, bad Gayon shows that even during the writing, and was found in a basket debts, unauthorised deals" by sub war the practicability of manoeuvring ordinate officers, and many other pilotless acroplanes by wireless had on the bank, was read as follows: matters to which The Daily Mail has been completely demonstrated. Since I have no home. My husband left free time to time called attention. the Armistice further experiments me with two babies, and this seems More than £6,000 was written off as have proved the immense potentiali-the only place for us. I love my children and willingly die with them The French clectrical engineers that we may be no cre's hindrance. have actually demonstrated already I am perfectly save, but only heart- that the military and naval strategy broken. of all countries will within a few years have to reckon with the existence of air feets not only immeasurably The gross cash expenditure of the swifter. more powerful. and more PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS (South) 550, and appropriations in aid in ether the last war, but capable of AviDS on the small income I was allowed.
Ministry for the year was £181.995, eficient than any machines used in words the proceeds of sales of stocke under the direction of wireless control My health and hearing have gone, £213,137,706.
and I cannot work any more.
(00MPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND), MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES
ATRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA,
INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENBLAND PORTE, BAD
SEL, EGYFT, EUROPE. 2c.
S. N
Tens
!
From Barkong (about)
27th July Eth Aug. 19th Aug Sad Sep. 10th Sept. Sept.
"BYRIA"
7,00
"KALYAN"
**MANELA
7900
**KASHMIR
SHTBER"
9,000
"SOMALI
"SOUDAN"
6.790 | 141 OF
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR
"TORHILLA"
5,900 16th July
Destination
Macericles Loxion & A'werp- MABILLEN, Loxaos & A'werp MARSEILLE, LONDON & 1 werp. MASHILLES LONDON & A'wer MARSEILLES. LONDON & A'werp MARSELLYS, Lossos de A'werp
MARSELESS, LONDON & A'werp
→
SAILINGS (South)
1 Calcatta, via Singapore Tening and Rangoon.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)
Thursday Island. Townsville, Brisbane. Sydney and Mel
bourne.
*KANOWNA'
"ST, ALBANS'
7.000 1 430
** EASTERN
4,000
25th July And Aug. 19th Sept.
SAILINGS
TO
SHANGHAI
1 9,000
12th July
st 3 p.st.
** MANELA”
*,900
21st July
ST. ALBANS"
3,000
2nd Aug.
-KALYAN
& JAPAN
Shanghai. Moji and Kobe. Shanghai, Moji and Kobe. Japan only.
All dator are approximate and subject to alteration without reties.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
recoverable loss due to theft or ties of the new systern.
fraud during the year and £637,000 || due to other causes, including "deficiencies of stocks" which the auditor general was not satisfied were ascribable to fraud or theft. Can ce lation of contracts accounts for a less of £1,119,000.
The greater part of the expenditure exercised at great distances from is set down as due to liquidation of the scene of their operation. More. Ministry production, running ex-over, this terrifying progress in wire penses of national factories, purchase less invaarion has made possible the of stores for other departments, creation of shoals of submarines and £165,063,378, and the balance was torpedoes which can be similarly swallowed up by such items as: Headquarters staff and
branches....
In a statement to the magistrates the woman said:
"I was driven to do this by my husband deserting me. I could not see my way to bring my children up
"My husband does not care what
becomes of me or my children, and 1 do not want to make my mother's evening of life unhappy with my children. If I committed the crime navigated and manipulated working I did it with all love towards my as automatic machines. far from their children. I knew a child was born, inspection department.... 2.365 892 prolonged and undeviating course rant, and by my taking my life I £2.576,307 base, they are capable of maintaining belonging to my husband, by my ser- Stores department 2,234,771ad of changing direction at will in would leave him free. Although he Completion
the panuit of the ships they are sent still care for him. For myself I ask has wronged me and my children I
out to destroy.
no favours, but for my children's sake I plead for mercy."
of housing
schemes..... Boring for oil............. Miscellaneous effective.ser-
rices ***********
871,549 179,803
Whole fleets of wireless aeroplanes 6,937,337 capable of carrying great cargoes of "LARGE DISCREPANCIES,” high explosive or gas shells could Correspondence between the Trea-be sent out bour after hour sury and the Ministry on the subject to artack towns
enemy
She was committed for trial at the Cambridge Assizes.
KAISHA, LTD.
EXPORTS.
of the losses is printed in the report. forces. It is calculated, for The Treasury regretted to find "very { instance, that a fleet of only 300 targe discrepancies," amounting to machinee, each carrying some bewt. £81,000, in stocks at Abbey Wood of bombs. could, within twenty-four National Filling Factory. The hours, unload nearly 2,000 tons of Ministry replied that there is no bombs at any reasonable distance MITSUBISHI SHOJI reason to believe that such dis such as separates the chief military crepancies bave arisen through other centres of several of the principal causes than faulty recording or ordinary incidence of production." European Powers, whereas the whole
|(Mitsubishi Tra ling Co., Ltd.) The explanation was accepted.
French air force managed to discharge | COAL, GENERAL LIMPORTS and The Treasury was also politely re- an average of less than 20 tons a day gretful when it found that a settlement over the German lines, even in the with the War Office involving the pay closing months of the war. It re ment of a lump sum of £13,000,000 for quires only simple adaptation of stores "had not been brought to their wireless control to the aeroplanes notice earlier," and "felt great re to enable then either to drop bombs luctance, in authorising a settlement automatically or to take photographs. on terms which possibly abandon the attempt at detailed accounting for Furthermore, the possibility of fring deliveries made," but they agreed to at high altitudes once there is no let it pass "as a wholly exceptional necessity to consider the weakness of human lungs will make great makes pained reference to
Throughout the report the Treasury speeds possible and add enormously
"Large to the "difficulties of defence from Branches and outstanding" between the bombing attacks. any damaged packages wust be left in the Godowns for exsulantion by the Ministry and its contractors. Consignee and the Company's Surveyors, Mass. Goddard and Douglas, at 10 am. settlement has not yet been reached un MONDAYS sad THURSDAYS. All claims must be presented within ten days in a matter of metal bought by a with which these latest wireless dis- of the steamer's arrival bare, after which date they cannot be recognised. No firm from the Ministry between Dec
lains will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
ember 1918 and August 1919.
Tickets Interchangeable.
1a: Saloon Passengers may travel by B.1.SN. Company's steamers between Singapore and Calcutta or Singapore and Madras in lion of the section of
their P. & 0. Tickets Sincapore to Colombo.
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge.
Steamers and Sailing dates are liable to be cancelled or altered without notio Parcels Measuring not more than fix ft. x1 will be reocived at the Company's Office up to noon on the day prévions to sailing.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
Consignes are minded of the neocenity to apply to the Company's Agea regarding seral of consignments expected of which they have received documente or advics.
For Further Information. Pasengo Fares, Fraighte, and books, etc, apply to
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Agents 22, Des Voux Read Central, HONGKONG.
HING
&
co. LARGE STOCK OF SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS, viz. Steel Ship Plates, Angles and Bars Also Shipchandlery Articles.
Telephone No. 1116.
24, Wing Weo Street, Centra).
N. Y. K.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG BUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
SEATTLE & VICTORIA OR VANCOUVER via Marila,
Keelung, Shanghai & Japan ports,
FUSHIMI MARU (omit, Manila)..
*
H
Fr
+42
measure."
SULIS
A
SOLE PROPRIETURS OP TARASHIMA OCEL MUTARE, KISHIDAKE, TOSHINOTARI. HOJO, NAMAZUTA, SAYO, BRIN- NEW. KANADA BIBAI, SAMIYA- MADA, and OTURARI
AGENTS FOR SAKITO COAL
Head Office:-TOKYO.
Kore, Kobe, Osibi. Taugura, Nagoya,
Representatives )— **Such are some of the problems Nagasaki, Karatan, Wakamatwn; Moji, Yokohama, Takyo. Hakodate, Muzoram, coveries confront the military strate- Otera, Vizdivostock, Faking. Tientsin, gist. Their application to naval war Datre, Tsingtao. Trinan Harkow. As a result of Treasury test in fare is even more destructive to all Shanghai, Hongkong, Canton, Manila, Singapore, Scerabaya, London, Paris, spection of accounts with Allies the traditional organisation of attack | New York and seattle.
further undercharges of consider and defence, for torpedoes propelled able amount" bave been discovered and guided by wireless will make it
Cable Addren-IWABALISAL
in subsidised steel and iron goods, utterly impossible for a fleet to attack Corte, A. B. C. 4th Ed., and large additional debits have been any base where any large quantity | raised
Weston Union'and Bentley,
Fire Insurance Co. The Oaks Marine &
Fire Insurance Co.
of electric torpedoes are to be en-Agencies for: The Mitsubishi Marine & At the time of the armistice the countered. It is the Americans who Ministry had “very large contracts"
have concentrated most successfully with a company for the supply of motor chassis. One thousand and on the application of wireless control fifty were to be cancelled on payment to naval war. In one demonstration For Particulars, apply to- of £130,000 in compensation, and a motor boat traveling at twenty- 700 engines were to be given in part three miles an hour was steered payments in this complicated through a crowd of merchant ships. transaction which resulted in the at Fort, Monroe under the control of firm obtaining Erst 700, then 250, an aeroplane flying at 5,000ft. and and finally 225 engines, and paying from two to five miles away, while compensation for 650 chassis which the pilot of the aeroplane had no could not be fitted with engines.
THE WASTERS' ORGY.
8. KOMURA, Yonger. Ne. 14. Panas Samızı, Hoxaxorg
EUROPEAN AGENCY,
more difficulty in managing the ship Wreated at lowest Cseh prices KOLESALE Iudents promptly that would a good pilet on board for all British and Continental goods, A large number of Continental her. By using one hand to guide including type of railway wagons were produc- his machine and the other to manage ed after the war, but in July 1919 the apparatus controlling the boat, the Ministry decided that no more he was able to direct both with east. wagons should besentout of the coun
try, but deliveries continued. Some fleet of such boats controlled at! were converted for use on British rail long distances from the air would ways, but 623 wagons of this type, revolutionise the practice of naval which had cost £250,000, were reject war. (ed by the Ministry of Transport and
Books and Stationery. Boots, oboe and Leather,
Chemicals and Denggists' bondries, China, Earthenware and Glassware, Croles, Motor Cars and Locazsories, Drapery, Millinery and Piece Goods Fancy Goods and Perfumery, Hardware, Machinery and Metals, Jowellery, Piate and Watches, Photographic and Optical Goods, Provisions and Oilmien's Store
•
etc., ats. Commission 21% to 5%. Trade Discounts allerced. Epecial Quotations on Demand. Confignments of Produce bid on Account. * WILLIAM WILSON & SONS
(Erasured 1814), 25, Ascпvies Lanz, Locody. E.0. Cable Addresa : AFANSULIKE,' LONDON.
Largo to Overland Points U. S. in connection with Great Northern, Northern
Pecife, and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railways. KASHIMA MARU (Omit, Manila)
...Trexday,
19th July, at 11 s-m. HUWA MARU
...Friday. 23th July, at 13 a.. ...Tuesday,
23rd Aug. at 11am. LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore, Malacca. Penang are now available for disposal.
The introduction of torpedoee controlled by wireless is the worst⠀⠀ Colombo, Suez, Port Said & Marseilles.
Attention is drawn to the pay nightmare of all, and its feasibility YOKOHAMA MARU
...Wednesday, 3rd August.
ment of £137,942, to two firow for KLEIST
...Friday,
5th Aug., at 11 am- the increased cost of manufacturing has long been proved. Guided from MISHIMA MARU
......Friday, 19th Aug, at 11 am. pig-lead under a special process, transmitted by wireless, the torpedoes: Bample ass from all spend on
the air and propelled by electricity HAMBURG, MARSEILLES, LONDON & ROTTERDAM, The indicated profits of LIVERPOOL & MARSEILLES via Suez.
one of these firms during the twenty-of the future will not only have an one months in which the subsidy was immensely longer range, but will be SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila, Zamboange, Thursday paid amounted to £62,678, and the able to change their direction and
Island, Townsville & Brisbane.
Treasury considered it unfortunate follow their victims zelentlessly until that the subsidy was granted without they have tracked them down. These NIKKO MARU
...Tuesday, 19th July, at 11 am reference to the rate of profit yielded are not fantastic conceptions of ex AKI MARU
...Tonday, 16th Aug,, at II a.m. NEW YORK & HAVANA via PANAMA,
An order for 12,000 magnetos for periments which are still being tried. use in seroplanes was placed in the They have already been completely TAIYO & C0, LYONS MABU...
...Bunday, 14th August.' United States. Certain parts bad to demonstrated, and their first successes
be supplied by the Ministry, but the Ministry failed to provide them. The date from three years ago.' contract was cancelled by the award
SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via Cape.
KANAGAWA MAEU ....... BOMBAY & COLOMBO via Singapore.
WAKASA MARU
44k
Friday, 16th September.,
...Monday, 26th July.
Thursday, 14th July
...Saturday, 23rd July.
CALOUTTA & BANGOON vía Singapore & Penang.
MURORAN HARU
RANGOON MARU
ter FI
JAPAN - PORTB-Nagasaki, Kobe & Yokohama
AKI MARU
21
(JAPANESE)
BOOTS AND SHOES MADE TO ORDIN
30. 10, Wadi B.
the
as compensation of £1,150, in addi- tion to the sum of £90,194, paid for the incomplete structures,
were not accounted for at While the War Office had informed Kempton Park motor depot, examina the Treasury that only four vehicles tons of the Ministry Tists indicated that a number of vehicles were in- cluded twice, and pending further
...Baturday, 10th July, at 11am. BLAZON TYPE NOT NECESSARY. explanation by the Ministry A. KWAI & CO.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
YOKOHAMA MARU obedirect) ...Th
Thyrady Hib July.
For further information apply to-
NIPPON. YUSEN KAJSHA
L'KAKEI, WAZETI.
Telephone Nos. 292.
HAMBERLAIN'S Colic and Dirty appeared that the number of lorries
a Bemedy zeeds no glaring head not accounted for was about 150. Bua to attract the public eye.” The Twenty motor-cars-were repaired simple statement that all chemists sell on a cost plus profit basis, but a it is sufficient, as every tamly knows.
its value. It has been used for forty number of the cars failed to realise yours and is just what its name implice, on disposal even the amounts tha
ali Chemists and Store: had been paid on account for their
For
la
"
kooperu.
repair.
12 & DI CORDAMEhk Road Cherieul, MUMUKONG,
"NAVY CONTRACTORS" Bhip Chandios, Goal Merchants, Ball-Makeza, General Storakosperi Soap and Boda Manufacturers, Držte $64, “ANWAI”.
AND
1/
SHIPPING
STRUTHERS & DIXON, Inc.
GREEN STAR LINE. Operating Fiz intern verries-fr screens of the WRITED STATES LEIPPING BOARD
TO MANILA.
15th July.
** Wear Henabaw," ....... To LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO (Vis HONOLULU.)
•West Felly,"
...
13th July.
soth August.
To VANCOUVER & SEATTLE (Vi& MANILA),
Want Ison,"
*Also, cargo noospted for Transhipment at San Francisco and/or Seattle to weekly sailings for NEW ORLEANS, NAVANNAH, NORFOLK, BALTIMORE,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON.
Through Bile of Lading lead to all UB. Canadian Ortland Common Fonta BONGKONG OF FICE1st for Powell's Beading, 12. Die Yoruz Rd, Tel. 3008,
T. K. K.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA
HONGKONG TO
SAN FRANCISCO.
VIA SHANGHAI, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN & HONOLUL
ANTHE PATHWAY OF THE SUN.*
STEAMERS.
SHINYO MARU PERSIA KARU TAIYO MARU. SIBERIA MARU TENTO MARU KOREA MABŲ
TORE.
LEAVES HONGKONG,
..29,000..................................................July 19th. 5,000 angounoodily, 30th. 22,000. 1. 2. memo....15p. 19th. 120,000 11-.......Aug. 27th. 29,000 P.Sept. 8th. ........20,000 .................................... Sept. Toth. +Calling at Dairen sod omitting Shanghai. SOUTH AMERICAN LINE. HONGKONG TO VALPARAISO,
*0.
VIA JAPAN, HONOLULU, HILO, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PEDRO ́SALINA CRUZ BALBOA, CALLAO, MOLLANDO, ARICA & IQUIQUE. THENICE BY TRANS-ÄNDIAN ROUTE TO BUENOS ATZIN,
TAMARK
CHOY MARU
TONE.
LEATE HONGKİNG.
Dly 26th. CINYO MARU... 16,800 Agust 15th.
*Carge only,
For full information regarding passengers freight and cailings, apply to sim
Y. TSUTSUMI Manager: King's Building. Tol. Nor._2374 & 237&
Agents at Canton: "Mesum, T. E. GRIFFITH, LID..
Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappy.
(ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. or Batavia). THE Steamship
'VAN CLOON"
will be despatched to
SINGAPORE, and BELAWAN DELI
Direct 27th July.
This Vessel offers excellent Cabin-accommodation for Saloon-passengers
Single and double cabins.
Wireless Telegraphy.
For Freight and Passage apply to:
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,...
Telephone No. 1574.
Agente.
WATERHOUSE LINE
REGULAR TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT SERVICE.
Operating U. S. Shipping Board Steamers BETWEEN
SEATTLE-TACOMA-VICTORIA-VANCOUVER
and
China, Japan and Philippine Island Ports.
**WEST JAPPA"
11th July. farther sailings to be announced later. Through RLs issued to all Overland Common Points in US and Canada.
For rates and full particulars apply to FRANK WATERHOUSE & COMPANY, 3rd Floor, PRINCE'S BUILDING.
Tel. No. 106.
HOUSEHOLD COAL
r
On and after November 1st, 1920, until further notice we are prepared to accept orders for HOUSEHOLD COAL re-screened in Hongkong at the following prices ----- Delivered to Peak District (above Bowen Bond)...$22,00 per ton.
Bowen Road and Lower Levéls
And Kowloon...$21.00 per ton TERMS-CASH, WITH ORDER. (CHEQUES PAYABLE TO “KAIAN MINING ADM:NISTRATION")
KAILAN MINIAR ADMINISTRATION
AGENTS
Head Coppice:--Tightyin-
DODWELL & GO.,
HONGKONG
LTO..
THE KWONG HIPLUNG CO., L. "D.
TANGINEFES' #DA SHIPBUILDERS, BUILER-MAKERB, B3⁄4489-and IRS I FOUNDERS, All work done-in shia velallishment la grazanised. 5o záv over thirty years' empentacos.. Wa owa kwo Kilpwaya and can accommodate any senti, of 200 feet long
Town Oss: 64, Considers Boad, Central, Hongkong. Telephone No. $54. Bhipyard ; Sham-Bel-Po, Karlom, Houtkong,
Talephone No. B.
Kaimalna tuulshad on application.
THE, X. 1908.
Hongkong, Spil 1, 2013.