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SLY-On August 25, 1923,
Yunnanfu, the wife of 6.
Sly, Esq., C.M.G., of a son.
LE GOUELLEC.-On September 7, 1923, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Le Gouellec, a son.
BOUVIER-On September 7,
Hoxagona, MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 1923.
THE WEEK-END.
Local events have been of such
1923, at Shanghai, to Mr. and great variety during the past few Mrs. T. Bouvier, a daughter,
SHERIDAN On September 8,
THE CHINA MALL
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
منش
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER" -17, 1
LOCAL STADIUM.
PLANS FAST NEARING
COMPLETION:.
SÓOKUNFOO. THE SITE.
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!
WHAT DOES THE COLONY NEED MOST?
“CHINA MAMIĘ POTING CONTEST.
that something will, have to be done debled by filthy lucre, we pye it f to strengthen the position of the and concentrated on autographs.
For the 24 hours ending last League if is to be the Porce that So the fact that "atsinp-collectors
had mot did not interest very Friday, iwo, cases of small-pox and those who long for with peace mach. What did, was the fact of that one each of plague, enteric and desire it to be. Japan is rapidlyfold old story of diluted enthusias, meningitis were notified. All the setting herself to the problem of inattention to rules, indifference to patients are Chinese.
the consideration of others which are reconstruction following the visita-absolute non-essentials if honorary A Chinese boy, 5 years of age, tion which has laid to run two of workers are to be encouraged in was knocked down by a tram at her principal cities. The world-wide their self-sacrificing work. In the Praya East yesterday. His legs sympathy which the catastrophe case of our local stamp society were seriously injured and he was produced Ias been spontaneous and why on earth call it by any other removed to the Government Civil
mume? it is reported that packets Hospital. Ahould be productive of resulta¦ of stamps were kept by different which are unseossable in word members for a period of six weeks: The St. Paul's College Annual terms. Locally a brief revivel of that the bye-laws had been ignored Aquatle Sports will take place on Wilton, the father of the Hongkong us not, voiced, them many times by, some of the mesabers, and that Wednesday September 19, at 2.30 Stadion schuine, prospects are dis already? And who will not give
SCHEME WELL" SUPPORTED,
Wit are Hongkong's ten most urgent needs? This engaging From interviews that a China muestion forms the subject of the China Mail's third big voting oon. Mail representativo had this morn ing with the Colonial Secretary, the
test which begins to-day. Hero- Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher; indeed is an appeal to all. Who C.M.G., C.B.E, and Mr. It has not Bifs own ideas abone the Colony's long felt wants"? Who
tinetly bright.
| the chit signing question due to Mr.endless truthle" had been, entailed p.m. in the V. R. C. Bath. The Lowe's lengthy "expluantión" of{"}] ... in collecting accounts programme includes a past pupils'
At a meeting of the Recreation Grounds Committee on Friday why he voted in favour of the repent when dus. After this we must say 100 yards mixed stroke race.
tha we shall look upon stamp of the Liquor Ordinance, has been
ovening last, the consensus of A Penang wiro states that a collecters with
considerable speedily followed by the finding of degree of suspicion. Wo express a granted against Capt. Cooney, the Sookunto ground being set police court summons has been opinion was strongly in favour of the Court in the matter of the sincere measure of sympathy with under section 279 of the Criminal aside for the purpose. Mr. Fletcher | "Loungeang" - disaster, the visit of those of the Stampists who are keen Procedure Code, for alleged rash said this moming that as sex as a
and rule-ubiding, and especially and negligent driving of a car on
the correspondence between the the Shanghai Lawn Bowls team with the official most concerned, the night of August 17, when Mrs. Stadion committee and the military fand a week-end fall to the brim of For those who have been castigatad. Coombs was killed.
authoritica is in his hands, the social activities. It may, or may; we can find no words sufficiently
papers will be forwarded to His not bassi good sign fe lind that some have met them in all walks of ning a Chinese was charged before recommendation and the approval, strong enough to say what we feel. At the Magistracy, this mor- Excellency the Governor for bis of our public nwn have the time to societies in Bands. of Hope in Mr. J. R. Wood with being in un-of the Legislative Council. When produer solid, and in part, witty Chong "where they do sing, in lawful possession of one revolver Government is in receipt of what is reasonings on matters of personal: Book Clubs, in Rambling Clubs, in and a small quantity of opium. The exactly required. Mr. Fletcher said, | convenience. There are probably Men's Clubs, Football and Tennis prosecution stated that the revolver there is little doubt that full support Cluby, in Choral Societies, in political was found in a tailor's shop at, No, will be given the scheme. The wore important rantters awaiting Į associations, in almost every form of 12 Gage St., where accused lodged. plan, as submitted to the Colonial ultration on which weighty pre-organisation that we can think of. The case was remanded.
Secretary, provides for a running maungements we very much needed. They are the despair of committees,
truck 500 yards long and 15 feet It is probably due to Mr. Lowe that honorary secretaries, chairmon, and The Ching Mail understands wide, z fall-sized football and base, their mine is legion and spelt in that the Bishop of Macao has hull ground, and tennis courts and the vexations staruj daty
written to the Portuguese Consul bowling greens. . . one way-selfishness.
ai Kobe offering to take 12 Mr. Wilter stated that ut kust Portuguese (six of each sex) and 24 Friday's meeting of the Recreation Japanese (12 of each sex) who Grounds Committee, the members
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cheques was malured.. We submit to Mr. Towe, as worthy of his attention, such a malter as play-] grounds for children. Less specta- cular thur chits but of more ant kasting importance. Inter- port matches are now a firmly. established custom and the visit of the Shanghai Bowlers, is as usual, calling forth a vasi amount of hospitality, and increasing consider. ably that true feeling of sportman
To-day's Poems.
(Secreta) Way down by the sea on the shift.
ing sands.
Where each rolling wave on the
beach expands;
To
can
bare all the secrets the sen
not keep. |The secrets sent up from the
fathomless deep.
Pakist by the pearls and the corul
reef,
·
shi which is not necessarily an In sexhows of color beyond belief, jadjungi of sport. Several social With music of rolling and rumbling
events have clashed, due perhaps to of sea
the changes of weather the Colony Are secrets that You have whisper-
od to ma Brus been called upon to endure.
-Jons Kvoro.. 1923.
These continual happenings on the samo date of numbers of public functions seem to suggest a "Clear- ; ing House where Secretaries of focieties could compare their social engagements and decide which are tis have preference. Altogether it has been splendid week-end, tinged as is asual by incidents of sickness and the anguish of death.
To all those who have been called upon to endure, a word of sincere sympathy.
Success.
What are the qualities that achieve suce, accepting success jor being suvessful`as having! achieved that which was aimed i at There are successes which; are made by wore means than
days as to exclude, for serious drtisemeni and push and a me
(Twilight Land.)
What is it that through the dreary
night Stills strengthens me so that of thee
I write?
Sleep touches not my eyes with
drowsy hand;
'Tis thy inspiring
Tireless coul That's guiding me
Through twilight' land.
TOM FENWICK.
have been left destitute as a result
looked after and educated.
them again, now that they may prove worth $50, and at the same time greatly assist our rulers OF spur private enterprise? The rules for this unique contest, exactly the same as those for the first two, will be found fully set out on page 9 of this issue.
NEVER TOO LATE.
POPULAR "PROFESSION
CONTEST.
REPAIRING A MISTAKN,
Owing to o printer'a oversight which escaped notice in Saturday morning's rurk, the final entry :lot for our second voting ""con- test; popular professions, was omitted from our last iesuo. Today we give it on page 11. Competitors should cut it out and send it in to reach the "China Mail not later than TUESDAY. Final judging will be slightly delayed, but the result will be Lanounced in Wednesday's "China Mail" as usual. ****
WINNERS.
PROGRAMMES WORTH FIVE
DOLLARS!
of the earthquake and have themere agreeablo that the military grounds nt Rokumpoo should be set aside for the purpose. Governnient Quite a sensation has been no favours the Sookunpoo site and caused in the native city of Hankow is expected to give full support to by the distribution of circulars any feasible scheme. Festival there will be no sun for Butterworth, the officer in charge of stating that after the Mid-Autumn A letter had been sent to Colonel the space of five days. Apparent the garrison recreation grounds at ly no one has thought of asking Sockunpoo, asking whether, pending the distributors who was the their occupation, the military would
of the originator
prophecy, consent to a stadium being built observes the N.G. Daily News. provided the use of the ground was left to them in the meantime. A telegram to the Daily The military have agreed on certain Bulletin, dated Peking September conditions. 16, reads: The Japanese Legation, yesterday, addressed a Note to the
"Now that the Recreation
The holders of the following Waichiaopu drawing attention to Grounds Committee and the theatre programmes are requested the attack by Chinese troops on the Colonial Seemtury or in full syn-to forward same to the China Mail Japanese steamer "Yiyang Maru," mathy with the scheme, the next office when coupons to the value in which there were several Japan- move in for the Government to buy of $5 will be issued which may be ese casualties, and stating that the the matterefore H:E, the "Gover- changed for goods to the same Government must take a serious nor in Council. There is no value with any of the advertisers view of the affair.
reason to doubt that the sanction in the China Mall. of the Igalative Council will be Star Theatre Programme No- It is stated that the most ex- obtained. After which. plans will 199, issued Saturday September 15. pensive set of Mah Jongg in Lon-be prepared and work will com
World Theatre Programme No.. don seems to be forty guineas.nence this year. It is thought that 1073 issued Wednesday to Satur- The elaborately-carved ivory sets Government will finance the entire day September 12 to IS. sold in America for as much as £300 or £400 have not found their scheme, provided the ground is open Theatres, the Coronet, Star and
way across there. Most Londoners playing the game spend only be tween £3 and £4 on their sets, which are made, for that price, out of bamboo and bone.
THE NEXT MOVE,
to any club which is the Role
motive of the scheme."
Patrons of the three Cinema.
World are advised to retain their
C.C.C.
As regards financing the scheme, programmes and study the number the Colonial Secretary hinted that to be found on the front page.. government would probably be pre- pared to goa long way towards this Londoners fill the Chinese re-end. but would probably not be staurants at dinner-time on these prepared to pay for permanent summer evenings, for the Chinese buildings.
À NIGHT OUT, know a great deal about warm- In conclusion, Mr. Wilton stated: weather food, and one is really fed "Probably next
the The Craigengower Club has now in an inexpensive Chinese restaur- Stadium Committee will take over reached the stage when it has tradi- ant. It is significant of the growth the ground with the proviso that the
.season
1923, at Shanghai, to Mr. and thought the world' happenings use of social life. In politics it is Priscilla Dean in "Wild Honey." of the Chinese colony there that a visiting club in important matches. If the ghosts of aoine of its-
Eons.
AUCTIONS.
Kingsclere" Kennedy Road, large quantity of valuable house
News has come through from Australia, says a Kuala Lumpur message to the Straits Times that
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
with a considerable degree of sur- prise. Instead of seeing the old- time matshed they would see-
SHADOWS BEFORE. Coming Events Advertised "In The Mail.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
September 17-Coronet Theatre;
Mrs John James Sheridan, twin
chronicled during the week We alleged that a man is "wonderfully September 17.-Star Theatre; small hotel in Central London not will receive a percentage of the gate boards on Saturday, they did so- long-departed members walked the 500 welcome signs denoting the helped by a taste for intrigue, by Douglas Fairbanks in The Three long ago established a Chinese din | receipta." KNIGHT-On September 9 1923, coming end of the Rahr occupation disloyalty to friends, and by the Musketeers."
ing-room which is patronised | constant practice of intellectual dis-
September 17.-World Theatre; chiefly by Chinese. at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. and the probable solving of the honesty. There will be general H. R. Warner in "The Haunting
Knight, a son.
much discussed and vexed Repara agrooment with this assertion. In Shadows."
a long array of solid buildings, out- GERMAIN-01 Septembr 10, tions question. The Italo-Greek certain sorts of business low cunning September 18,-Coronet Theatre;
wardly good to look upon, inwardly 1923, at Shanghai, to Mr. and matter is outwardly probably as has been found profitable, and with Douglas Fairbanks in "The Mark Mrs. T. Carrington Germain, dead as the extinct Dodo. It has the early steps of multi-millionaires.
lessness in said to have stengthened of Zorro."
The death is reported of Canon gently and efficiently furnished a daughter.
Mr. R. A. Boardman, secretary of S. Cooper Scott, an honorary Canon everything in order and up to date. the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board of Chester, who for forty years was
Saturday evening's festivities were quickly been followed by the mili-If the imputation be true, we can
September 18-Lammert Bros., tary comp in Spain, another speedy but avert aur as from the remit at
(for whom a warrant has been issued vicar: of St. John the Baptist, organised to celebrate the Intest on an allegation of criminal mis- Chester.
acquisition and extension of the affair of a beginning and an ending horrors and admit that so far
appriation of the board's funds), Bishop Scat, of Shantung.
Club premises and attracted a host of These three matters may be deemed condemned. Another quality en-
as they are concerned succes in hold furniture 11 a.m.
has arrived at Fremantle. In reply
members who in their turn acted as to enquiries, the Deputy Commis-
hosts to a solid mass of friends who experiments iu temperamentals.crally said to be necessary is the at their Sales Rooms, Duddell St.,sioner
The late Major Walter Henry did justice to the viands and the of Police at Kuala REIN-DAHL-On September 7 We imagine our more southern power and pinetice of unremitting the s.s." Wah Kiu," noon.
1923, at Shanghai, Bernt Olai
September 20-Lammert Bros., he had been arrested.
Lumpur was unable to say whether Levy, D.SO. (46), of Lowndes vietals, admired the wonderful Finckenhagen Rein, of Shang continentul neighbours possessed of toil. That l hot always the case.
| at "Craig Ryric" No. 13 The Peak,
Samuel and Co., Shell House, Bis lighting scheme, and did the fox hai, to Elna Dahl, née Schoen- a more natural sense of the dramatic It is not true of card-sharping a large quantity of valuable house
company-promoting, or some hold furniture 2.45 p.m.
hopsgate, EC., the Gresham Fire trot, the one-stop, the two-step and berg, of Kristiania, Norway.
than Britishers of a colder cliue spheres of high finance. It is true.
Calcutta is at present in the and Accident Insurance, and the those other old English dances-it September 21-Lammert Bros., grip of an unprecedented epidemic Magadi Soda Co., son of the late such they bo, which are the delight Tempors are the more readily however of the lawyer, the doctor at their Sales Rooms, Duddell of dengue fever. The medical Henry Levy, of Hyde Park-square, of the social aspirant. Mr. Hon. quickened, and a little fuel added and various other professions. Street, the s.s. "Chekiang," 3 p.m. authorities declare that nearly 40 and son-indaw of Lord Bearsted. Secretary Basa at the close of the to the early flame can easily lend Whilst lard work is to be adipired
per cent of the population are left estate of the value of £52,127, dinner made a surprisingly eloquent it is open to doubt if it improves the to a conflagration likely to have hard worker's dispositioit It tends general meeting of shareholders of doctors declaring "We are pro-
speech, saying the right thing in September 18-First ordinary suffering, one of the leading MACREYNOLDS, On Septem- devastating results. Whether the to irritability and truculenroe and the Sandakan Light and Power strate." Business is being seriously
Senhor Texeira Gomes, the now the right way-and best of all in the ber 15, 1923, at 18 Broadwood surface desire of the German also to narrowness outside its own Co (1922). Ltd. at St. Georges interfered with, and in many in- President of the Pormguese Re-right place, Messrs. C. H. Lyon, Road, Victoria Isabel, beloved Government to cease passive resist-sphere. The hard worker conceives Bullding, Chater Road; II a.m.
stances fully 30 per cent of the office public, during his thirteen years as and B. W. Bradbury and the wife of T. Naughton Mac-
that he more than other men has'a September 20.-Extraordinary staffe are off duty for four to five Minister in London, has been a skipper of the Shanghai Bowlers Reynolds, aged 37.
ance in the Ruhr district is due to a right to complain of the club dinner general meeting of the Hongkong days. The usual featuresof the after collector of antiques. He. has followed with after-dinner HARRISON.--On July 17, 1923, realisation of its hopelessness in a order.
MARRIAGE,
J
DEATHS.
a
September 19.-Lammert Bros.,
MEETING.
He was a brother of
square, S.W., a director of M.
Major-General Str
Edmund it is generally believed, are the Leach, KCB, of Thurloe-square,
as a measure
A.D.C.
om-
at Bradford, England, George face of a determined invader, or the time to revise his prejudice is loud 67/69, Des Voeux Road, 12:15 pm. being afflicted with dizziness, ity is Chinese snuff-boxes and music whilst the quietness and calm than the actual disease, the patients and cabinets His particular van A band discoursed appropriate Fenwick Lawrence Harrison, success of private, negotiations and in proclaiming them.
October 2-Ordinary general aged 34 years. Representa conversations which have lead to a
meeting of Douglas Steamship Co., Weakness, stiffened lolots, and vases.. Amber and jade objects are of the night air lent enchantment to-
the scene. tive of M. Zossenheim & Co., profcased desira te end nu unsatis Delinquenta.
Ltd., at Co.'s Offices, 20, Des Voeux shooting muscular pains. Doctors also greatly favoured by him. Road., (1 a.m.
attribute the epidemic to unusual Leeds and Bradford.
swarms of tiger mosquitoes, which, factory business, need not detain us We read with considerablo COMOR-On September 1, 1923, much. It is a great gain that the amount of interest the feport which
Vera Nikolatevna Komer, nec end is in sight and not obscured by appeared in a morning contempo lately been disclosed in connection corporation,
An amusing little incident has result of the abolition by the London, SW., who served in the Wassilieve, wife of George
of Crimea, In the New Zealand War Komor, killed in the earth vapourings of a distinctly Ready Philatelic Society. Not that we are While in Tanjore be visited the old until recently employed in treat and in the Nile Expedition in 1885,
ary of the aumial viesting of the with M. Clemenceau's visit to India, economy, of the mosquito brigades throughout the Egyptian War, 1882, FORTHCOMING PRODUCTION que at Yokohama.
order. We shall see the end clear philatelista. We ngree with palace library.
and afterwards ing the breeding places of disease WILLIAMS-On September 1, perhaps when the unveiling of war Artemus Ward or Mark Twain, or attended a dancing party. As he carriers.
1923, a at Yokohama, in the great memorials by the French Promier ever it with that the value of a was about to depart from the latter earthquake disaster, M A. comes to an end If Italy, has Postage stamp depende upon its a servant of the library who had Williams, wife of Captala
power to stick to one thing until it omitted to obtain the "Tiger's "fee C. C. Williams, of the China secured redress by a spirited pioca gata there. We started in at one marks for the Visitors' Book ap Navigation Company, of of bombastic bucaneering, the time to collect stampe. We had proached him for that purpose, Shanghai.
honcurs of this brief continental heard of the great Blue Danube, or whereupon M. Clemenceau wrote, Foreign Minister in the Yamamoto Mauritian yellow which was said in the library. book, in French, that ROHDE.--Word has been receive drama, must go to Greece for her to be worth £700, and it appeared the music was very good, the girls Cabinet, according to a message
that Mr. Carl Rohde, willingness to acquiece in many of to us that perhaps this singular handsome and the dancing ex received by the Daily Bulletin. Mariager of H. C. Augusteson the demands made upon her as the piece of paper might swim into our cellent. The next visitor to the China Trade, has died of apoplexy while in Japan. result of the murderous actions of sanatogen cardboard box, for be it library was Sie Sankaram-Nair, who' The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Truro some of her nationals. The action said we commenced our short-lived horrified the sober old Brahmin has been translated to, the See of LENT-Ou September 10, 1923,
attempts to collect stamps with Hibrarian by enquiring if M. Chelmsford. The Bishop (Dr. Guy at Shanghai Margaret, of Signor Mussolini again brings touch a box. When we heard of Clemenceau had been entertained Warman) is a brother of Mrs. Earle, aged 39 the forefront the status of the forgeries, and realised that that the library with dibate and wife, of Professor. Earle of the
League of Nations and it is arident hobby of atamollecting could be racing
Hongkong University;
ed
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Baron luin will be appointed
..
died at Bath on August 7 Sir Edmund was born in 1836, He We understand the A:D.Č. is- took a great interest in matters seriously considering the production Chinese, and in the Far East of the famous play R.U.R. (tho generally.
TRA Robot play) recently done in London (and declaimed on all hands as one There died in Amsterdam, on of the best plays for a long time. August 14, in his seventy-seventh If this surmiso is correct, Hongkong year, M. J. T. Cremer, formerly is in for an intellectual front. Minister for the Coloales and a member of the Second and First Chambers. Some years ago, after a long time as Colonial Minister, he was--Netherlands Miniater at Washington M: Cremer, who was president of the Dell Tobacco Co
ass recognised authority on East Indian affair
A Good Suggustion, Try Chamberlain's _Tablets bious or culpated. You are cortaje to be pleased with tom. Cathay g'a bary to take and Elemente furaflet | Toy by all chemists and Storekospèrn.