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LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Some 900 bars of silver will be brought to Shanghal by the P.M.S 'Ecuador on July 21 from San Francisco.
frequently. There is no question of encouraging example of New equality of status here, so much as of York! New houses are exempted personal taste and liking. And no from taxation. When does a new one house could possibly entertain house cease to be new ? It is, of all who (by caste) would be entitled course, a commonplace to say that to go as guests. It cannot be that they legislation can be re-enacted or re have tried to force themselves where pealed. There is nothing final about they were not particularly wanted, t, and never was. Even if our local and been snubbed. If it were so legislation did tend to discourage B. R. Brooke, D.S.0.) and HMS: "Fox H.M.S. "Magnolia" (Commander they would deserve any rudeness they fresh building, which we do not glove" (Commander G. H. Brady) received. We suspect the grievance believe, the need for the protection were due to arrive at Woosung on is mainly subjective. They assume of tenants from squeeze was real, July 21, that some people do not or rather sad plain, and urgent, It is a pity would not set the same value on their that our contemporary should be society and conversation that they themselves do. They are as good as those in the, social Swim "which ever they happen to have in view when speaking, for Hongkong has at | least half a dozen social swims, to our | knowledge-aud because they feel out of it.they call the others (who may not even have noticed their existence) snobs: That itself is the worst kind of snobbery.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1921.
SPECIAL CABLE.
SHANGHAI LEGAL SQANDAL.
CRIMINAL LIBEL SUIT.
[China Mail Special.]
sulphur, dyes, gas mactles, etc.-by Messrs. Hughes and Hough, and the sale of a quantity of household furni- ture, a cottage piano and a quantity BANQUE of plants in pots by Messrs. Lammert Bros,
LOCAL POSITION,
THE WINDING UP PETITION.
AT LONG LAST,
V
·BUSER FOR KOWLOON.
READY IN OCTOBER-
CHINESE ENTERPRISE.
is known as "The Kowloon Motor Bus Company Ltd," and its- promoter is Mr. Louis S. *Pang. It appears that early in 1920 they tried to get the Government's per mission to run motor buses over at Kowloon but although a good deal: of correspondente took place small progress was made. Then about twelve months after the company had made its original application,
Kowloon is to have its motor buses- SHANGHAI, July 27, after all. In October, unless the Extraordinary allegations were plans of the promoters of the scheme The Mr. Stringer, chief officer made by W. S. Fleming, American gang considerably agley, there will so perversely hard to please in this of the ss. "Lachow who was taken attorney, in the U. S. court for China be a fleet of buses running up Nathan matter. We would, naturally, never to the Peak Hospital on Monday dream of suggesting that it has been morning was, it appear, Mr. C. B-L yesterday, during the preliminary Road, branching off to Shamuipo by
nobbled by the vested interests," Stringer, not Mr. E. T. Stringer as hearing of an action for criminal one route and to Hunghom by, for the Daily Press has satisfied us | previously reported.
libel raised by Stirling Fessenden another. There will by 17 seats in of its independence on too many
another American attorney, against { each vehicle and it will cost you ten occasions for that. We can only put Bandits around Peking have
Fleming. Fleming attempted to cents to ride first class and half that it down to that Human perversity grown to such proportions that the in argument which habitually over Metropolitan Gendarmerie bas set lodge charges in his affidavit against to go second. states its case. Its attitude to the aside 500 rifles and 10,000 rounds of Judge Lobingier, Chauncey Holcomb, Following up a clue he got when Rent Restriction Bill corresponds ammunition for the equipment of Fassender, Commissioner Schul, and seeking information on the subject. No Blue Blood, hot title, not with ア toward Constitutional volunteer corps in the villages.
from the Colonial Secretary the other H. D. Rodger, of conspiring agains day a China Mail reporter, after a moary is it culture that
looks Reform. Because the Reformers down on "people less cultured? That will not go as far as we want them to sale of sundries-brandy, whisky, to be taken to a higher court.
Tomorrow's auctions include the him. The libel charge was ordered bit of patient sleuthing was able yesterday to track down one of the cannot be, for true culture is demo- we carp their programme. The
principal members of the Chinese cratic, and to high-to look down in Daily Press says it is better to do
spadicate that has the matter in hand and the latter readily furnished that sense. If the idea of aristocracy what is immediately possible, and is necessary, we should support intake the hall loaf. That is exactly
INDUSTRIELL. details of the venture. The company tellect as its basis, but in that case the what we say of the Rent Restriction intellectual would not and could not Bill, except that we regard it as three despise the unintellectual He would quarters of a good loaf. So with the say: There but for the grace of mui tsai business. The antis have God. the opportunity to exercise my grossly exaggerated and over-stated brains, go I. Besides, we are not the evils of it, the Daily Press among Ltd. talking of an unintellectual grievance. them. Now the Chinese mass meet
are we? The stupid man who coming, to judge by its programme, is plained that a very wise professor going to be as extreme the other was too proud to spend all bis even-way, and the Daily Press is angry ings listening to his (the stupid man's) with them. We can forgive that,
order on the winding up petition the Government announced that it conversation would be laughed at however, for the sake of the excellent
may appear or be legally represented | proposed to call tenders for the job. even by his mental equals.
bit of irony it produced in the last: Shortly after ten o'clock on Mon-at the adjourned bearing on August The company put in a, tender which There is. it now appears, no real two paragraphs of Roderick Random's day night a week ago, states the 16 at 10 am, and may secure a copy was accepted and at long last they Shanghai Chinese press, a strange of the petition on payment of the are somewhere within bail of their social superiority or inferiority which notes. Congratulations. makes that complaint of being
white phenomenon was seen in the regulated charge. According to an goal. skies. It was something like a rain-advertisement in this issue any per Nine one ton Ford trucks pur- locked down on plausible. If it
bow, excepting that it was only white son Intending to appear at the chased from America arrived some exist, either as an attitude of some "ADVERSARIUS" HECKLED. in colour. Many people, states the adjourned hearing must send previous time ago and have been stored in the people who feel entitled to assume it.
report, believe that this is a sign of notice to the Banque's solicitors. Kowloon godowa pending the arrival" or only in the suspicious mirds of
future tragedies and sorrows.
Messrs. Deacon, Looker, Deacon, ard) of the motor bodies which are being those who complain of it, it is still
Haraton, in time to reach them not manufactured at Shanghai. Certain absurd, still a turnip boggle. The
alterations insisted upon later than 6 p.m. on August 15.
the CSP. person who proclaims that there are
have been put in hand and now the snobs who despise him is himself the
only thing holding up the scheme is the fact that the P.W.D. people have- worse a snob, his complaint admitting
not yet put their chop on the and conceding the right and title of the first snob to set a social standard.
plans submitted for the building There are, there must be, snobbish
of a garage and carriage works- people who do look down on ether
on a site the company has leased in people as outsiders, on the analogy
Nathan Road. As soon as the plans- that where there is smoke there must
are approved the work of erection be fire. But they would be insignifican
will be put in hand. When the bulld
if unrecognized, and it requires a
ing is up (it is expected to be finished- by October) the motor bodies will be- snobbish spirit to recognize their
brought down from Shanghai and existence of their alleged opinions.
Kowloon's motor bus service in- or to be hurt by them.
augurated.
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*IBUTE, JUSTICE, FUBLIC SERVICE."
CHARGED WITH LITERARY
PIRACY.
A China Mail reporter was sent to and Adversarius this morning, to give him a copy of this morning's Daily Press, in which Roderick Random "charges him with literary piracy, and to tell him that unless he should prove his innocence on Satur day, his contributions to the China Meil would not in future be accepted.
Our man reports finding him in Nagasaki Joe's sitting over breakfast of beer and sardines. Asked the old man if he had seen this morning's Daily Press.
The German Consulate in the ex-German Concession in Tientsin was officially opened las: Friday week and the new German flag was flown for the first time. The colours of the new Republican flag are black, red, and gold in place of the black, white, and red of the old flag.
The 10-year-old daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. A. F. Robb-of Ham- beung, Korea, was drowned, while swimming at the beach at Gensan, Korea, on July 13. Before swimmers could reach her she was too far gone to respond to the efforts to resuscitate her. Five physicians worked for three hours to revive the Ettle girl, but without avail.
Any creditor or contributory of the local branch of the Banque Indus trielle de Chine desirous of support ing of opposing the making of an
P
GENERAL YANG I-TEH'S CIRCULAR.
General Yang Iteb, Police Com missioner of Tientsin and Chili, has issued a circular urging the people to refrain from believing rumours caused by the recent suspension of opers tions of the Banque Industrielle de Chine
threatening rumour mongers with severe punishment.
The circular is to the effect that in the Ching time General Yang wa able to prevent losses to the people when the I Fena Teh and the Haa Joi Banking firms were in Enancial trouble.
A well-known member of the
and late British Consular service, Mr. H. E. Sly, recently stationed at Tsinanfu, has left for home on sick leave. Dur ing his absence, Mr. B. Giles, will officiate at Tainanfu. Mr. E. W. P. Mills has been transferred to the Shipping Vice Consul's office, and his place has been taken in the passport office by Mr. R. A. Hall, who not long 'm.ago arrived from England.
Why? Is there something in it? Yes. Roderick Random sars What? Has he come to life again? Well, well. Long time no have see. *, have a sardine. Have a b Let me see what he says. Should not believe all I hear that l never did--and should read through
You have seen, perhaps, and laugh- ed st, the picture of two donkeys at a fence, each reaching over and eating what should be the other's grass. That seems foolish, of them. But now let us consider the complaint of those who feel that they are look ed down on " by people who have no the petition. That I never will," a report in the foreign press" states I was again able to maintain the be a system of transfers available and ́
Approximate routes bave been mapped out and these show that the starting point will be at the Kowloon Ferry Wharf. From there the buses- "In 1915, when the Bank of China will go along Natban Road and one and the Bank of Communications route will branch off at Gascoigne suspended cash payment of their Road to Hunghom while the other notes, the people were panic-stricker, as cut to Shamsuipo. There will siipation and to keep up the value of the fares will be en certs first class si has come to Shanghai under the dollar and copper notes in Chill cod five cents second. Each bus will protection of
accommodate seven fret class and ten second class passengers.
If only for the persistency with
The Eastern Times quoting from though I signed it. Lots of people that Chen Shu-fan, ex-Tuchun of Shen- did that, signing it without reading it. Why not? It could do co baru, and, as the Pessimistic Costermonger said, it amused the nippers.
right to do it. It is as if they were behind one of those doors both sides of which we see sometimes on theatric al stages. The door is locked. Are ther locked out. or locked in? That is the question. We, in the audience, That's not the part the Chief is know that they are "in" just as waxy about. Read further down, much as the others on the other side: there where he protests against you "pirating other people's carefully but they, it would seem. feel "out." Theirs is a
purely subjective griev-prepared jokes, and passing them off as your own." Are you a pirate and a plagiarist?
Sure. When it pays. Most of my adversaria are pinched. Didn't your chief know that? If not, why does be suppose be gets them so
ance.
ing is, by the King? We have a few
Some local people appear to think titles, but they do not, so far, as we that because they do not drop their know, constitute our social cream. aitches nor eat peas with a knife they Some of our Upper Ten," we learn are personally injured if not invited to
Za
seeing
him about buying, a mai tsai
missionary. The The people consequently did not former has brought with him, the suffer. newspaper adds, $5,000,000 and 3,000 “At the present time, the amount cases of firearms and ammunition of notes issued by the various foreiga which they have pushed their scheme containing 30 Maxim guns, 2,700 banks is rot large, and you must not along in the face of hampering quick firers and 1,000,000 rounds of lose confidence in them and thereby difficulties and discouragements the ammunition.
bring upon yourselves injury. A promoters of the new enterprise though the Banque Industrielle de deserve to succeed. It will be up to China has stoppped operations tem. Kowloon folk to support them be At 5 pm, yesterday, Mr. A. F.porarily, its credit hitherto has been cause, as patronge justifies and road construction permits, so the service good.
will be extended and improved.
da Silva of No, 5, Saifee Terrace, Kowloon, left bis freewheel bicycle, valued at $60, at the stand on the Star ferry wharf. When he returned for it at 9 o'clock, it was gone. This is the second theft of a bicycle from the stand during the last two days. The
of Cameron Road.
on discreet enquiry, have. neither every taipan's "At Home." They cheap? But in this case you can Blue Blood nor Title. Indeed, if they would be horribly bored if their in- ease his mind for him. I did get I were all titled, titles are so cheap Jury were removed, their ambition the idea from the Government official previous victim, was Mr. R. da Silva | speak, fold their arms and look upon to-day, and given to so many people gratified; and in reducing their "call named, when I was not in the Society which elains the ing" list subsequently, they would be big &, that we should be able to reas-guided by then personal tastes and sure the people who fancy themselves some despised taipans would then "looked down upon that they have perhaps complain of their snobbish nothing to worry about.
What folly it all is.
Not being Blue Blood, and not
Bonusong, Wednesday, Jour 17, 1921. being Title. is it then. Money?
SOCIAL PRESTIGE.
Some hasty editorial notes in Man-
Obriously, in a place like this, given
Tieša
HOUSE TAXES.
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The Chinese and foreign govern enta, furthermore, will have neces in connection with the matter, which sarily to hold themselves responsible concerns their commercial affairs QUAINT CHINESE NOTICE. vitally. They would not, so to
ENGLISH AS HANGCHOWED. the panic with indifference.
Merchants of all classes. I urge, to look after my animals; but be didn't tell me it was a joke, and I Two Chinese women were this must not believe rumours of wild Reverence for the written or took it in good faith, as an item of morning charged before Magistrate nature. I have already issued in printed character is so much a official news. Anybody who read my Lindsell with having procured two structions to the police force to arrest feature of Chinese life that in almost paragram attentively could see that, girls for the purpose of prostitution and mish rumour-makers with every street is to be found a receptacle because in it I argued about the job outside the Colony, Inspector Spencer great severity."
for pieces of paper which the passer- by may find. If faithful to tradition. he wil carefully gather up эстар on which characters- have been written or printed and
of Colonial Secretary, which I pointed sald that the girls, who were kid- out should be mine. I'm
napped in Canton, were found with colonial, and I like my wine se. the accosed on board the 1.3. Who more suitable? Besides, appear- 'Pheumpenh," a couple of hours
What's that? You won't tell anybody?
UNDERGROUND FURNACES.
that it may not be defiled by the feet of other pedestrians.
up mostly to the collecting of dollars, there is a great variety of incomes.
ance counts for much these days; I before she sailed for Saigon. Mr. CANTON'S SECRET MINT. deposit it in one of these bins so But it cannot be money which makes There is an excellent suggestion think a responsible official like that Leo Longinotto who appeared for the anyone "look down on" anyone else, in this morning's Daily Press, that should have whiskers. Is that all defence applied for a week's remand day's Chine Moil suggest a theme for for that would be crazy. Surely, our Government should abandon the you wanted to see me about? All and the Magistrate fixed the hearing
Apparently there is a desire on more deliberate thought and leasurely also, no one not rich would go about House Tax, because houses are neces-right, you can hook it. And tell your of the case for Tuesday next.
the part of certain Chinese to have scussion, in this Colony where social complaining that rich people refused cities, and should be exempt. House Chief that I no longer depend on the|
According to the "Canten Times a | foreigners extend the same courtesy prestige seems to count for so much to recognize them as equals ? In taxes always increase rentals. Our China Mail: I've got a job.
The s.s. "Empress of Asix,” carried | secret mint was discovered yesterday to all paper bearing characters or with so many. There was talk, you america, where they also collect esteemed contemporary points out
from Vancouver to Manila a party of on the Hill of the Goddess of Mercy, words, for an appeal from Hang- may remember, of certain people dollars, mea are not measured socially that the State of New York has
the Jesuit pelests and ten scholastics, popularly known the Kum chow reads as follows No, on." That by their wealth, for it is recognized passed an enabling law to exempt
headed by Rev. John Tompkins, S. J. Yum Shan. The mint was located 'The Chinese' words were created being looked down
convenient take off. Before that a milliondire may go broke, and new houses from taxation, and New Git. Same again, Joc.
Then what's the use of telling you? They are to supplint Spanish Jesuits underground with an outlet to the by Chang Y, the historian during in the two colleges maintained by the kitchen of the Sam Yuen Kung Tem- Hwang TT1 reign. His brother anybody Can look down on that the poor man to-day may be a York city has decided that all houses,
order in the Philippines. The change ple, the smoke from the furnaces was the creator of the European somebody else, they must occupy millionaire to-morrow. Here innot exceeding £1,000 in value, shall
marks a new policy in the Philippines, finding its way out through leading languages. If no words, MBINA ap" from which to look down. Hongkong, where many are saving to be exempt from local taxation until Peking, July 19-With reference where the Spanish Jesuita have carried the kitchen chimney. The mint what results then? As civiliza What is the superior altitude from retire on, it would lead to mistakes, 1932. The main object is to en- to the proposed domestic loan of $30, on the religious and educational work could only be entered through a hole tions. communications,
etc. all which apparently by consent Many of our "warmest ".men live courage building. It should do it. 000,000, which has been approved by of the Catholic Church for three inside the kitchen. When the detec Gepend on the words, we not only of the parties looked down on most unostentatiously. In any case, The Daily Press does not suggest or the Cabinet, it is stated that the bonds centuries. Engilsh, instead of Spanish tivés descended the secret mint by should endear (?cherish) the -some people can look down their such complaints as we are noticing imply that it will not, but refers to will bear interest at the rate of eight will now become the language of ladders yesterday morning, it was charactered papers, but also endear moses, casting the disdainful glances would not be made by poor people the move at sa "encouraging example per cent, and that a fund for the pay education and literary endeavour, found that all useful machinery had the wasteful charactered papers; for the letters are the meanings of the that hurt? It should be easy to against rich, for the poor man does for Hongkong. We agree. We hope ment of interest and repayment of Prior to this only two American been removed. answer this here, in this small place, not want the "social recognition" our Goverment will do it, and so Principal will be established by draw. Jesuits have been to the Islands, A boy who had once stolen valu-word-creators for man's cause. where everybody knows who and of the rich. It would be an embar- show that it has no animus against $1,200,000, from the general goods Ing annually from the Peking Octroi
ables from the secret place when
We endear the wasteful charact
what everybody else is.
rassment. He could not "entertain" our contemporary's dear friends, the taxation on the Tientsin Pakou Rail-Yasmati yesterday regarding temple reported the secret yesterday
Questioned by a detective in employed by the monks of the ered papered as the Christian: keep-
Christ's precepts and the Confucianists Elsewhere, of course, there was in return in a way to satisfy his own landlords. But now-not to dis way: $1,400.000, from stamp taxes bundle under his arm, a man asserted in the hope of getting a position as preserve their Confucianism. aristocacy, Blue Blood, nobility, amour propre, and would therefore courage the building of new houses $1,000,000, from surplus revenue of that he had bought the cloth in the guard in the Government.
The plans to endear the wastefol ancient family pride. We have not rather avoid being a rich man's guest. here, our Government exempted them various departments under the parcel from a shop in Winglok Street.
charactered papers are as followu şi- Eat, yet we have if any people are At this point we should perhaps get from the recent Bent Restriction Ministry of Communications, includ- When the shop people declared they
1--To pick up them from every *looked down on "some sort of it clear in our minds what we mean Bill for the protection of sweateding the Postal Service, $400.000. knew him not he promptly said that
where, and put them into the word- social eminence or distinction or caste by social recognition." Do the tenants, and the Daily Press was. This fund will be under the control the cloth had been given to him by CAN YOU AFFORD THE RISK? paper baskets. which permits suck size of superiority people who complain about being careful to point out that such ex. of the Special Bureed which is to be his brother mother coborated WERE you ever sized with a severe throw the ashes into the seas or What is it!
"looked down on" want to be reemption would not encourage local organized to supervise arrangements accused as his Let us get it settled one way or ceived as regular visitors by people builders, because what the Govern for payment of Interest, repayment this story, but on the way to the without bottle of Chamberlain's Colle rivers. mother. If it is a myth, let us explode who will not have them ? Bat that ment could do once, it could do again. of the logn, etc.-
police station this morning changed | and Diarrham-Remedy in the bonus ? at. If it is real, let us examine its is unreasonable. These things are That argument was likely to die
his mind and admited that he knew Don't as such risks. A dise or pers or wipers. Jakke nothing about the cloth and that he will cure you befo e a doctor could
All Good Association, the Wastefal zight and title.
settled by all sorts of accidents, casual courage our builders, without em-
was not the accused's brother. The powibly be called, and it never. Faile introductions, discovery of congenial barraning the Government." Does
Charactered Papers Dept., Hangchow.. even in the most severs and Jangaroos, Magistrate sentenced the socied to posed. For aslo by mail Chemista and Cata. tastes, leading to a desire to meet moes it not apply with equal force to the
one month's hard fabour,
July 15, 1821. A.D.
As it is not Blue Blood, is it title Persons honoured, as the empty say:
MIND THE PAINT!
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2-When may, fire them and
3-Never use them as the wrap-