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setting sun. But then our regard for them had the romantic charm lent by distance and the idea!. Their Ameri- can neighbours were constrained to t realism. Apache, Blackfeet, Chero kees, Choctaws, Comanches, Crees. Crows, Homas, Mobaxks, Paiates, Paraces, Semincles, Shawnees, Sioux, Utes, or Wyandottes (what a thin sweet melody these names evrk, as of shrab-hidden birds piping alter sundown) they were ali just Injurs and pizen Lujuns at that to thase who had to share the country with them, before their respective rights
had been settled. It mast be added in their favour that they bave given op the selfish habit of scalping, where as some white men still do it.
HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE.
KOWLOON TONG SCHEME.
WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
EVERYTHING READY BUT THE PEOPLE
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922
COMPANY DIVIDEND.
CHINESE Y.M.G.A.
PROPOSED $100,000 YAUMATI BRANCH.
In calebration of its 2015. anniver- sary the Chinese YMCA, 'gave a
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.
We are oficially informed that the General Agents and Consulting Com- dinner in the Association building yes. mittes of the Canton Insurance Offica terday evening, Dr. T: P. Wos pre- Ltd, will, at the forthcoming meeting siding over
about one hundred of shareholders to be held on Friday went around trying to give away the cheapest and most
There is a tale told of a man who whole of Chins had been scoured for members, including those who will May 19, declare a final dividend of $17
durable
the forthcoming per share in respect of working Ac materials, a hardwood equal to teak participate in reigns and could find no takers.nd one third is cost had been located campaign for securing new members canut 1920. and add the balance of $699,630.19 to Underwriting Suspense People told themselves that there at Saigon arrangements had been and raising $100,000 to build a was a catch in it somewhere" and so made to
Account; and they will further deciate get A brick-making YMCA, branch in Ysumati.
an interim dividend of $18 per share turned away from bin. It is human machine from Singapore--everything, After the Chairman had mentioned in respect of the working Acecuat nature born perhaps of experience, in
stood ready for that the Government had been 1921 and carry forward the sum of to be suspicious of the man who the word "Go.". And, ams approached for a site near Coronation $2,159,65290. offers to do something without mak-ingly enough, the people who were Road, Yaurati, the captains of the ing anything for himself in the doing hesitating about giving the word were six membership campaign teams out- of it. That Hongkong folk are jus the very folk the scheme was designed laed the plans they proposed to Mr. J. H. Corse, Jr. has assumed as mistrustful in this respect as specially to assial. charge
anybody else the promoters of the Kowloon Tong Garden City scheme are discovering.
LOCAL AND GENERAL..
of Messrs Davis E. Co. Ltd.
During April 234 inches of rain were 1. corded at the Botanic Gardens
An advertisement relating to Indo-China's messures against Hoag kong plague appears in this issue.
shout,
follow.
HOME MAILS.
What was the trouble? The re A pamphlet sened be the porter went along to Mr. C. Montaguey M. CA reviewing the NEW WEEKLY SERVICE FROM Ede, the guiding genius of the scheme Association's.. work
" mentions:
to inquire. “Well, he said" we have Ass necessary preliminary in order! had 380 applicants and we have just to tarnish adequate equipment, i circularised them to let them know is proposed to erect that
suitable
HONGKONG.
The P. & O. Directors advise their
s
A few months bark the China Mail gleaned a me preliminary details of the project. It was explained that reary a year "a committe upon
are ready to begin modern building on the Peninsula agents that arrangements have been which some of Hong-ong's soundest as 5003 3.5 they like to which will include most of the made with the Messageries Maritimes Enuaciers are represented have been come along. For some reason of features possessed by the Hongkong Comp.ny's Directors in Paris far their
steamers to leave Shanghai Straira papers record the death pushing along towards maturity a pro other they do not seem inclined to Association buildings. The option of of Mr. Henry Fleming, of the Borneo ject or transforming 52 acres of waste put the money up. We want them a suitable, centrally loca ed lot has alternate intervals to The P. & 0. Co., Ltd.'s engineering department land, at Kowloon Tong into *to sign a provisional agreement that already been secured. This site is on
Company's mail steamers, thereby garden city where comfortable homes when called upon they will put up a Waterloo Road and Pitt Street, near nsuring a regular weekly mail service Having collected $1,062 in the may be acquired uzde: a system of deposit of one third of the cost of Corosation Road, Taumati, quite con days and Hongkong on Tuesdays or to Ecrope leaving Shanghai on Satur. same of his mistress, a Des Voeux provident purchase." The other day a their
commence-venient to the people of the entire! Road Central shop foki absconded China Mail man dropped along to ment of building, another third Feaizsals, and comprises 34,000 Wednesdays. The P. & 0. mail resterday.
inquire how the scheme was progress half way through and the balance on square feet of land, permitting the steamer leaves Hongkong
completion."
constraction of a large building with alternate Wednesday at 11 a.. He discovered that in the interval "Bet what about the provident space to spare for an athletic play. much had been sccomplished. Plans purchase scheme ? ** queried the ground. The sum of $35,000 will boy and survays had been completed, the reporter.
this lot, while $50,000 will be neceES- ary for construction of the buildin and $15,000 "for furnishings, etc, making a total of $100.00) required te properly faanee the project.
The total output of the Kallan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending "April 15, amounted to) 91,647 tons and the sales during the period, to 72,033 tone.
A houseboy employed at No. 5, Saifee Terrace, Kowloon, had money and clothing to the value of $129 stolen last night by a thief who forced the door lock of the servant quarters.
y
The train which was held up by bandits on Saturday night was, it appear, a beal from Cantes to Stel. lang
The Laul is estimated at $15,000 and it is reported that there were two or three casualties.
The Kuala Lumpur Chinese mer- chants and traders are arranging a big public meeting to be held shortly for the purpose of trying to secure a sub- stantial reduction in house rents. The movement is very widely supported.
Entering through an open verandah window, a thief stole a cost containing a watch and chain with a seal perdent and a wallet with $200 in cash from a Chinese living in Seymour Road, about two o'clock this morning.
Messes. Dennys and Bowley Lave removed to offices at No 8A Des Vær Road Central (2nd flant);" Messrs de Souza and Co., to new offices in St. George's Building (Chater Road); and Messrs. Arratoon V. Apcar to new offices at No. 1 Dus
Voeux Road Central.
ing.
houses
on the
THI: 15 ONE OF THE CHEAPEST HOUSES.
ATHLETICS.
INTEP-SCHOOLS SPORTS.
MEETING FRIDAY.
The annual inter-schools athlet sports meeting takes place at the Racecourse on Friday, May 5, com- mencing at 1.30 p.m."
every
PRINCE IN JAPAN,
JOURNALISTIC GRIEVANCES.
Notwithstanding Reuter's chap- sodies, the Prince of Wales's visit to Tokyo did not pass off without some argument, as here. According to the Japan Advertiser after about sever tour's debate at a meeting in Hibiys Park, representatives of the lea ing vernacular newspapers agreed to contuzue to publik. Bens vi the" visit of the Prince of Wales. Hot- ever, should the newspaper reporters continue to be treated as they had the last few days, they declared that an open protest would be made The committes, as which all the both to the Government and to schools in the Colony are represented, the British Embassy. The larger part are making an experiment this year of the newspaper men urged & of bavia no prizes, and of making boycott of all news because of what the sports more of an inter-school
they considered lack of proper competition by awarding points for treatment st the hands of cart win or place secured by pupile the Imperial Household Department of the various schools. The setool and the British Embassy. Bepre- securing the highest number of points sentatives of the Foreign Office, Im-- at the end of the meeting will be perial Household Department and recognised as the champions for the Home Department promised better season, ani medals will be presented to each winning competitor of the winning school.
treatment on the newspaper men agreeing to postpone action pending the carrying out of the promise.
་་
CANTON POLICE IGNORED.
Two weeks ago we had a mild taste
HE. the Governor has expressed Mr. Ede sail that that had been is close handy and a train halt is himself as much interested in the experiment and has consented to dropped because the majority of the provided for.
The reporter was shown plans of distribute the medals at 4 p.m. applicants did not se mi to favourit.
x types of two-storied house and į
The meeting has been arranged to In the mse of many of them it seemed, he said, that they did not so of bangalors. The cast of the finish at an early hour for the SELF APPOINTED POLICEMEN. houses (including 5,000 square feet of convenience of three wishing to see h to commit themselves to any land at 25 cents to cover levelling the tennis match. thing unless they were allowed to get and roadmaking cats etc.) ranges
com. The following schools are Ever since the inseguration of outfit if they wi-bed to. "The scheme: from $3,750 for four-roomed pating:
of what Soviet rule might be like, the Republic "Labour Day" (May 1) could not posilly be run on that house to $12,250 for a six-roomed. bas been celebrated at Canton footing, Mr. Ede poisted out,
Diocesan Boys School, Queen's writes a Canton correspondent to one. There is one re-roomed College, St. Paul's College, St. Shanghai. The Canton Government, Yesterday's arrangements were on a "because that might leave us with a
another for $8,250. Each house and Ying Wah College. Conspicuons bank notes were not cashed at par by day was made a general holiday. In hands. We must have some definite | Macao also an imposing Labour Day guarantee that people will take them
is to be roofed with doable among the non-competing schools are the exchange shops. The assassica procession was organised to the cost over before we sters making our and servants quarters provided. Wanchai School, Sairingpan School Civil Governor and
tiles and has verandaba St. Joseph's College, Taumati School, tion of the Chief of Staff of the of which (said to be $20.000) every contracts for materials."
The architect was asked what he and Ellis Kadoorie School.
tainties of the political situation "I can assure you," Mr. Ede added thought these houses would cost if worker was required to contribute.
There will be only eight events had their effect on the money mar- smilingly that nobedy connected built ringly by a contractor in a the most important in athletics A Chinese picker pocket was with the promotion of the scheme is normal way. He made a brief cal-which should be great tests of ability
ing cna say; but all look at larger scale than ever before and the couple of bordted empty houses on cur Dangalow to be had for $7,750 and Stephen's College, Wah Yan School have been concerned because the local
Lore
Fave
with interest, and
conversation. PRICE.-On April 27, at. Shanghai, mentioned him in
to Mr. and Mrs. C. Gerion Price, He is certainly a picturesque figure, altherub not the stern, immobile, ex pressingles noble of our boyhood's thrillers. If one spoke to him, he would be more likely to say "Yep" For **Sare" then "Wah" OF
good,"
DEATHS.
-
· WILLIAMS.-On April 27, at Shang-
Canton
the ancer-
ket The Labour Associations took
ap the mattes and decided that it
bai, Michael Patrick Williamosga." end "Beicher" than "Heap tenced to six months' hard labour by making sarthing out of it. Personal-culation and then expressed the for the competitors as all are scratch }.W
aged 34 years. (Shanghai Water- works Co., La.
are to
For
about
see
An insult to the Knomingtang
He is not playing, the Magistrate Lindsell this morning for ly I stand to drop money over it. opinion that they would cost con- events. They are as follows:- 100 government to discount their notes
cents having stolen a porse. On a further The reason why I took it up was that siderably more.. каше by. paying ten
Fards, 220 yards, Long Jump, mile, and that they would demand the for a street car side, and permitting charge of having returned from banish it was represented to me that the In the course of a brief chat the High Jump, & mile, hardles and 200 the exchange shops cashed them at HOWELL-April 23, at Shanghai, himself to smile. Any common fellow ment, he received a further twelve housing shortage was very acute and Chine Mail representative gathered yards team zace for teams of 8. An old fall value. They went round to " Robert Presley, infant son of could do that. The Great Eagle of months' hard labour. Sergeant Vin- that in some instances people with that most of the people who boys' race, for which no points will several shops and when the shop
were crowding into a had been along to William A. and Florence Borell, the Iroquois, or even the Wily Duck cent said the defendant was banished families
the be awarded completes the programme people would not do as they de- aged 9 months.
of the Navajo, should behave with for ten years after serving a term of couple of rooms. Well here is an architect
getting houses Points will be awarded as follows: manded they had the effrontery to one month for thieving. Previous to opportunity that may never occur were well-to-do-Chinese. TUEBBEN.-On April 24, at more dignity unless we
Several First, 5 points; second 3, and third 1. bale several of these assistants to the that he had been imprisoned in Singa- again. The scheme is ready now and of them were medical men interest in bim. Shanghai, Capt. Kneller Edmund lose
The For the team race points will be police station and the police had sơ- pore and had been banished from that anybody may come along and go into scheme was really intended for lower awarded, 10 for first, 6 for second and little appreciation of the evil precedent Tuebben (China Navigation Co.) our interest. it Beetzs more Colony
if he wishes to."
salaried clerks bat zone of them bad. 2 for third.'
that was being set that they actually than probable, is less in his gay teda
detained these exchange shop an blues, less in his copper skin
A drawing room, and information been along yet. The most popular (which Asia can duplicate) than in The forgery trade Bourishes, bureau fas been established in Union types of houses were those costing|
fokis in custody. Then the fat was in the fire. The Exchange Shops the fact that he brings us sentimental though it has ite drawbacks, says the buildings (Room 1) and, at Mr. $10,250 and $11,750. They had
Two men have, Ede's invitation, the reporter inquiries for better types than had tion and another provision with the Guild took the matter up and the "desire to express their very sincere memorus of our boyhood days. If a Japan Chronicle. appreciation and thats for all the young boy we interrogated the other lately been arrested, one at. Nagoya stopped around thre to have a been planned. Most were cash buyers same object specifies that so man whole of the exchange shops were day is a criterion of the rising geners and the other in Kobe, charged with look at the "plans. He found an but about a third of them wanted may sell his house within five years closed for s week. At the end through the negotiation of the sympathy and beautiful tokens of friendship received from so many, in tian, that effect will not be possible farg og stare certificates on a large architect busy there on a sketch of a some system of time payment. The except by special permission.
by and by. This terrible boy inferm-scale. They broke down, apparently distinctly attractive looking dwelling. cash buyers went for the more exThe scheme was undertaken with Chamber of Commerce the matter Memory of her husband.
ed us that he did not care for Henty, in an attempt to get money out of a This is one of our standard designs," pensive types; the others wanted the the object cf relieving the house was settled by the labour men or Fenimore Cooper, or Kingston, Kobe bank on forged Shanghai, bills. he explained to the pressman. "We cheaper ones.
shortage and of providing the man of agreeing not to molest the exchange or Ballantyne, or any of that The most pleasant part of their haveeight typesaltogether. We are able Is there any possibility of some moderate means, who haskered after shops in future. lot." And he was a schoolmaster's punishment is now proceeling-the to make some modification in them sort of time payment, scheme beings home of his own, with the op-
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mrs. E. H. Sharp and Family,
Great Bookham. SVEZEL.
LOMUROSO, TUESDAY, MAY 2 1972.
ton
adults, we take it, did care in our plices. time, and care very greatly, for tales
C
The facts are that the exchange
at that Most of us extraction of the names of socomto suit individas! testia bat we have adopted?" the reporter asked. The portanity of getting one built at shops cannot take all and every note The China Mail.
to stick more or less to those standard archivet said it was possible but they much lower cost than would be the to the Banks and get face value- designs in order to ercare the broad would have to get the scheme properly case it (assuming he could find the Cirectly for them, as the Back will not TUTE, JUŽNOR, FUZLAD AIDS" with Red Indians in 'em. Our young Singapore has lost one of its old obj et we are aiming at economy in under way first. They had 380 ap-land) he did it "off his own bat," cash more than a fixed number each lives were coloured by them. The residents by the death of Mr. B. traction through mass, produs plications and as soon sa, say, 150 of The site is a capital one and, for day. So with the uncertainty and colour bas long since merged into the Martin, which occurred at his resid❘tion.”**
themained up provisional agreements the sake of future projects the fact that they had to wait for mixed hues of the later pattern, but ence, 19, Tanglia Road: The late Mr. A glance at a plan of the lay-out that would justify them in going of which this one might well their money it was small wonder that his wandering Redskin has summon Martin was bera in Persia in 1858. At showed that generous provision has ahead with the levelling up and road-bs the forerunner, it is greatly to be they wanted some discount. Still one MOTB did not ed up a faint echo of it, if (as seems the age of 13 ke commenced studying been made for ten spaces-for making and the securing of contracts hoped that what is perhaps a natural wonders why
*.. precedent only fair) loud colours have echoes at the Armenian College. in Calcultas, playgroudde, parka and gardens and for materials. That, he thought, prejudice against a cat and dried see what like load noises. We never quite and after nine years left for Java a site for a church. Taise, it was would take them about nine months scheme may be greatly cutweighed being ast when the Labour Unions usurped the functions of the police Feathers, wampam, teeth, claws, appreciated the American nolan of where he joined Messrs. Sakies, plined will be formed an the ez to do so that nobody would be called by the obvione benefits it offers. and headed mocsasins, almost but these people "Varmints," and Edgar and Co, and th in Mestre Zrab, cavation and loveling up proceeds upon to put up any money until then.
Incidentally, it seems to present and arrested those who had incurred not quite as if stepped out of most of us have donhad the Mesrope and Co., of which firm he was The nite is about two miles from the The terms of the agreement ander rather a unique opportunity for some their displeasure and the police more Cooper tale, a Red led us fairness of Mack Twain's witticism, afterwards inade a partner. In 1890 Kewicon ferry, and and extensions which the land was made available of the bigger fins to help their meckly acquiesond Whom will they has been parring our stez, suce that tis noble Red Man is being push avsale to Bingapore and estaouther are planned to make possible tran by the Government provide that no locally recruited staffs to provide arrest next. If they usurp the limes on pony back, oftener afoot-jed neurer and nearer the setting san, a firm under the name of M. S. Martio sport by motibus and eventually, it man may be interested in more than themselves with a comfortable and functions of the police, they may soon.
assume that of the judge.. #Advertising sɔuriking" the know-which is mighty tough luck on the and Co.
is hoped, by tram. The muway line one bouse. This is to prevent specula healthily situated home.
THAT REDSKIN.