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TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1923.
TO-DAY'S CABLES.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
OFBT FUNDING FLAN",
FORMAL CONFERENCE OPENS.
BRITAIN WANTS QUARE DEAL.
WASHINGTON, January 8: Cordiality marked the first formal conference of the debt funding com. mlesions.
Mr. Mellon de ply appreciated the British courtesy in without pre- cedunt, dispat hing the Chancellor of the Exchequer on sach a mission.
Mr. Stanley Baldwin declared that he did not seek favoure but a equaro deal which would recura repayment to Americs of the last cent of the wor tima orrdits. Britain dil not intend to part from the principle of making. the present generation pay as far as posible for the war, but the payment of her debt of America in gald was impossible. On the other hand, the con ference was faced with the problem of liquidifying international credit in view of the situation wherein a ered tur nation unwilling to permit the liquidation through direct delivery of goods and also in willing to see the
#nx an interrupter. He ex sale of her products to a debtor natio prerezil the opinion that agreement between the two great democracies in this respect would be a long step towards solving the Feonotate troubles of Europe.
IRISH CIVIL WAR.
DESERTERS EXECUTED.
LONDON, January &
Five Free State deserters who were captured fighting on the side of the Irregulars Inve been executed in Dublin.
TAXICAB SCHEME. ... ...
WILL IT CHEAPEN TRAVEL? |
JIR. ROWE ANYWERS Cures.
Since was announord that a service of taxicabs was to be establish ed in Ifongkong, and that the Govern ment had given permission for the first 30 to be on the streets before next June, the proposal, like most inaova tione has had a gord many critics,
The organise e cf the scherne, Mr. A. H. Rowe. General Maunger of the Uniter? Motor Company, had Home convicing replies to Her when a China Mail reporter drew his atten tion to some of the chief points of criticism to-day,
HONGKONG MEAT.
WEST RIVER TROUBLE,
EFFECT UPON SUPPLIES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES,
CHINESE IN TROUBLE.
Leung King mow, aliae Kwok 8am, was charged befors Mr. R. E. Lindwell tris morning with having embrzzlel $12,700 from his employers, the Wing On Bank of Kongmoon and Hong. kong, on December 19 last,
The defendant, was arcated in Shangbai on Christmas morn- ing with a woman companion, as the result of a telegram from Hongkong. They were both brought back, but the woman was not charged th's mari ing although she is still in Police custody.
Mr. Leo d'Almada, who appeared for the prosecution asked for a remand till Friday at 2.30 p.m.
SPENT IT.
Mr. T. G. Bennett was for the prosecution in another embezzlement cash at the Magistracy this morning when Yu Komi was charged with converting 32 Bills of Exchange. the property of his employers, to hi own uas. The total ama nt we for $14,974.25. Of this $13,122.35 bad bren cashed, so it is nilaged by defer
dant.
Mr. Bennett stated that only $11 had been recovered and asked for a remand. The prisoner when asked to plead, said "I have spent the monov.” Mr. Lindell, the Magistrate, remarked that this amounted to a plea o' "guilty" and that it looked like a case for committal.
A remand was granted till Jrnuary 16, at 2,10pm,
HOCKEY,
CLUB v II. K.-8, R. Q. A.
The following will present the Clab at the U.S. R C. on Wednesday The fighting on the West River has 10th Juntory at 3 p.m., Club in resulted in the supply of Hongkong's cloure-A. Bower, G. Murray, E. G. cattle being seriously interfered with England, Rev N. Evans Rev E. W. Very few of the Hongkong-Wuehow. Martin, E. J. R. Mitchell, B. D. lines are maintaining a regular Evans (Cart.). F: Schcepel, R. C. service at present, there being very Woodward, F. II. Holdman aud little inducement in the shape of St G. R. Clark." cargo or passengers, except for the people who are leaving through panic.
Hongkong obtains eighty per cent of ita cattle supplies from Wuchow and as the lots coming in Low from Saomte, Kwong Chau Wan and the To begin with, Mr. Rowe said that New Territories are small, the supplica be could not agres that the average "bava bez depleted: In ordinary spord as motosear in Hongkong times, there are about 1,200 head of was 20 miles per hour, when one took catile at the abattoirs. About one into consideration the many limited" hundred and twenty are killed every areas. He euggested that roughly 15 day. there being two daily killings, one and oftener 12 miles per hour, before noon and one at night. Now, was the average speed, for the whole there are only 700 head of cattle at distance covered, on, say, a trip Ke, nedy Town and the number round the sand, when our worked slaughtered-per-day-bos-been-reduced- out the time taken for the trip and to about eighty. the mileage after the car had returued
to the garage.
Should the quantity by further depleted the night or day killing way be temporarily suspended as was done daing the eeamen's alrike Inst year. However, housewivre pro have un
Again. Mr. Rowe says that be would like to be furnished with a list of the garages which bire cats out at Si for the whole trip round the isthad. Iears on the score of there being Le He maintains that it could not L
pl Supplies from other sources
done without a loss. The charge ; support the Colony and the for, the trip as fer the latest Dairy Farm Colave plenty of reduced rates of the Exile Garage, is, Australian frozen al on hand.
$7.50 for a 5 seater car and '$10.50
for a 7-seater car. That with the taxi Bervice, the, fare for the 23 miles covered by the trip, at 10 cents per mile, works out at $0.20-or $1.70 toore than a senter car, he admitted, But, he pointed out the taxi was bot meant for the round the island
pleasure trip for which purpose let the public by all means take a
garage car.
J PANESE SQUADRON.
ENTERTAINMENT PLANS ALTERED.
Delayed by bad weather, the Ja pause Training Squadron, consisting
The taxi scheme was mooted solely H.L.M.S. Aɛama," "Iwate," to supply a faster and more comfort and "Idzumo," which was to have able menus of comtaunication with arrived here from Singapore yester the cutlying residential districts of day, will not now arrive until to- Hongkong and Kowloon, and to take incirw. In consequence of the the place of the ricals and chair (in delay, the programme of entertain the uphill districts of Hongkong). At mcntlready published-must be 40 cents per mile, tbo taxi was slightly altered. The change doubtedly more expen ive than the in the arrangements, however, will ricaba far one fare, but whep four unly affect to-morrow. The rest of people,engaged a taxi to go to, say, the programme is unaltired. To Happy Valley-the fare for which morrow afternoon there will be an ob would be 80 art-it worked athletic meeting at Soakumpoo Valley out at 20 ants per head, which was in honour of the visitors, and in the the came as a rioshs fate for the same evening, the Japanese Consul-General trip with the aided advantage of Mr. S. Takahashi) will give a dinner speed and comfort which the taxi to the officers of the visiting ships at offered.
the Hongkong Hotel,
To spite of all the criticismna he has en since the scheme was mocted, Mr. Rowe is still confident that the taxi service will pay.
HONGKONG'S HEALTH.
Another change wade in the pro- gramme, though not on account of the late arrival of the Squadron, is that the British Naval Commander in. Chief, (Admiral Sir Arthur Leveron) who was to bave entertained the visiting officers to dinner on Friday. has generously waived the plan in favour of the community. He will entertain the visitors at some future date.
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A clean bill of health was returned for the Colony yesterday but during last weck eight cases of notifiable
In connection, with the announce- disease were reported Thone con sisted of one case of plagus (Chinese).ment that the Japanes naval endeti. two cases of smallpox (ore English are being entertained by the Ho-g and one Chinece), three cases of kong General Chamber of Commerce diphtheria (two British and one the Secretary of that body (Mr. D. K. Portuguese) and one case of cerebo Blair) mentioned to day that the spinal faver (Chinese). Four of the Chairman and Secretariat of the casca proved fatal and three Chinese Chamber bave been asked by the died from infuszta which is not a Colonial Government to collaburate. notifiable disease.
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The Dockyard Recreation Club is holding its annual ball in the City Hall on January 19. Tickets can be ob sized from the bon secretary
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