FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 1029.
CORRESPONDENCE.
PIRACY.
To the Editor of the "China Mati.”|
the
Sir, Does not the last piracy→→→→ presuming the Cheung Chati launch has been pirated, prove absolute necesalty that exists for the provision at least one acroplane? I am aware that darkness had set in when the
of
boat was found to be missing, but a plane could have been brought into requisition as soon as there was sufficient light to enable it to get about. I am under the Impression that there was in existence, formerly, a committee
SIR JAMES JAMIESON
K.C.M.G.
CEREMONY AT SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, November 9.
At an Impressive ceramiony at the British Consulate yesterday afternoon, Sir Ronald Macidly pre- seated the insignia of the KCMG. to Sir James Jamieson, Consul❤ General at Canton-Reuter,
PEKING'S PREMIER.
PEKING, November 8.- Regarding the report that Pre-
Parchi as Shuli Premier on the 15th inst, Sun Poo-chi reiterates that he does not desire the post unless his appointment-is passed by Parliament,
to consider and form an aero club,sident Tsao Kun will appoint Sun but apparently the matter has died the usual natural death. I hope, Sir, you will use your influence to bave the matter of aeroplanes brought to the notice of those in authority who do not seem to be able to profit from the experiences | of the past.
Yours etc,
FLYER. Hongkong, November 8.
CRIME AND REGISTRATION.
[To the Editor of the "China Mail,"
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It is unofficially stated that if Sun Pao-chitakes the Premiership. he will appoint Dr. W. W. Yen Foreign Minister, while Wu Yu-lin and Kab Ling-wei and Chang Keh will retain their present part. folios. Courtesy Dally Bulletin.
BRIGADE.
FIRE
EFFICIENT WORKING.
Those whose business took them to the Central Police Station precincts this morning, were treat- ed to an entertaining and highly interesting-display of drill-work by the Fire Brigade. Superinten- dent Brooks and Station Officer Moss directed the Chinese firemen who proved themselves quite intelligent and adeprat their work.
Sir, -The Government has passed an Ordinance permitting those who sit in judgment to give sentences up to ten years for tluse found with or using arms for a criminal purpose. This fact has been broadcasted all
over the Colony and in the region from which it is commonly stated that our criminal class emerge-Canton. What happens? As you have pointed out previously, the sen- tences given by the big-wigs of the Supreme Court have recently been
Many forms of fire-fighting were the reverse of severe; crime is still gone through and thrilling rescues on the increase; robberies are com-made from the verandahs of the mitted in broad daylight in the Station quarters. A third floor centre of the city, and on roads on ladder was ran up and put into the higher levels, and orientals are position in a matter of seconds and not the only people who are molest-in spite of their cumbersome boots ed. Europeans, as is well known, the men were at the top in a man- have been robbed, or attempts ner which would have put to shame made upon them to do so; worse
pet monkey tied to one of of all the women of our race are the railings. being subjected to attentions in this were provoked when the men went Roars of laughter respect which revolt the mind through the practice of sliding and call out for drastic
down the canvas shutes used for treatment and reform. Matters are life-saving. Each man was lifted so bad that the police in the spare into the "bag" by Mr. Brooks and time it has free from performing an assistant foreman, to be lifted drills, and controlling motor traffic, out when they slid to the bottom, is considering the adoption of bul- let-proof vests to use when it per forms its periodic raids on
THE CHINA MAIL.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
TO
MANILA.
Commencing with the arrival from Vancouver of the "Empress of Russia," 25th March, the Canadian Pacific will inaugurate a New Service between Hongkong and Manila by the Steamers "Empress of Russia" and "Empress of Asia.”
Leaving Hongkong regularly on the Wednesday after arrival from Vancouver the Steamers will arrive at Manila, Friday Morning, leave Manila Saturday Evening and arrivé back in Hongkong, Monday, Morning 7 4m.
CANADIAN PACIFIC.
Tel.753.
Passenger Department: FREIGHT and Express: Tel. 42,
MISSING LAUNCH.
WHERE IS SHE?
FURTHER DETAILS.
Cablon: FACANPAC Cables: NAUTILUS.
COMMERCIAL COMMENT.
. MORE NAILS BOUGHT.
Transactions in the local Wire Nails market continue. Chinese
ment and the price ex godown has dealers are still buying 330 assort gone up from $10.65 to $10.95 per picul keg, Chinese importers have booked further orders for indent at prices stated to be $10.35 ex godown Hongkong
P. & 0. S. N. CO.
STKAMERS FOR", STRAITS, COLOMBO, AUS. FRALIA," BOMBAY, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS
& LONDON,
Through Bill of Lading issued for Batavia, Persian Gulf, Continental, American and South African Porta:
THE Steamship BICILIA.”
Captain E, C. Mazza, ... carrying His Mejowy's Malls, will be despatched from this Port on or about THURSDAY, 15th November, 1923, at Noow, taking Passengers and Cargo for the above Porte
Silk and Valuables and Ton for Italy France and London (under arrangement) will be trapshipped at Bomly into the Mail Steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London,
Parcels will be received at this Office antil Noor the day before sailing. The contents and value of all packager are required.!
For further partionlaws apply to—
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE
& 00.
Agenti. Hongkong, 8th November, 1923.
CONSIGNEES COLUMBIA FACIFIC SHIPPING CO. (Operating United States Government Ships.)
From PORTLAND, ORE, JAPAN-
PORTS, ETC.
THE Steamship
"WEST KADER "
Consignees are requested to present having arrived from above ports,
their Bills of Lading in exchange for delivery from alongside steamer. Delivery Ordere, and take immediate
steamer by 7th November, 1923, will
· All Cargo not taken delivery from be landed into the hazardous and/or non-hazardous godowns of the Hong-
kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., at consignees' risk, whence delivery may be obtained...
Water Police that the steam-launch Word has been received by the "Lee Fat" which served as a ferry between Hongkong and Cheung Chau (Dumbbell Island) is at Shak Ki, the capital of the district of Heung Shan which adjoins Macau, Enquiries at the Station brought forth a statement
SUGAR IMPROVES. that no details whatever had been that sugar prices in Java had gone Advice was received yesterday
that the launch had been seen byculators on the look-out for the Anderson & Ashe (Marine Surveyora) All broken, chafed and damaged received, it being merely stated up but no reason was given. Spe cargo will be examined by Messrs. Chinese presumably the Chinese flimsiest excuse to put prices up at the godowns on 12th instant, at Maritime Customs.
In a dull market began buying and 10a.m. $14.80 per pical for this moralag, importers quoted No claims will be admitted after No. 24 Java rough white, at godowns, and all goods remaining spot" the goods have left the steamer or which some small sales recorded.
were undelivered after 13th instant, No. 24 fine white are small
Although stocks of will be subject to rent. questionable premises. It is time Jumping into it from the verandah. Į came apparent that as the "Lee and this grade holds little interest must be presented to the Undersigned that the matter of crime prevention turnout and highly creditable to liere, something was amiss. Police upwards in sympathy and closed or they will not be recognised.
Altogether it was a very smart Fat" had not arrived at its wharf at present, the price also moved engaged the serious attention of all concerned. The station com- launches assisted by a Naval at $15.00 nomigal. Brown sugar those whose business it is, and those who are so well paid to do pound is more conductive to drill tug with armed officers scour was not in such big demand, No.: than the Supreme Court. Its use ed the neighbouring waters, 18 rough being quoted at $1405 and for drill should therefore tend to going as far as Bias Bay but no the lower grade at $13.04 A few
be effected. bring the Brigade to even higher trace of the vessel could be found. sales of" futures were also report efficiency.
It was concluded that the launched, No. 24 rough white being book- had been pirated and the presented at about 12 cents per picul lower. report seems to confirm it as a than "spot." fairly large sum of money was on
measures that matter to The
A canvas blanket was brought into use and the men had a turn in
reported to the Cheung Chau On Wednesday evening a junk police that shots had been heard on the launch which left the island at about 7 pm: for Hong kong. Later in the evening it be
RICE PRICES.
The local Wah Tsze Yat Po says Small stocks and few arrivals
FLOUR MARKET.
All claims against the steamer
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VOTING CONTEST.
OUR $50 PRIZE.
COLONY'S BEAUTY SPOTS.
What are Hongkong's ten prettiest beauty... spots in the list given below? Name them in their order and win our $50 prize.
Twenty different local beauty spota are mazed below. Select the tail you coulder the most popular and irzīts them out in the order of your shakes. Than cut the form out and send it to the "China Hall" offos mazkad'
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The list which comes nusrait the correct solution will win the prize. Tha ourock solution will be decided by the gantral role, the item polling the most rotan being placed first, the one coming zazt being placed second and so on puta, the list of ten is compistad. -
Therefore the scared of the contest is Not to select the ten most popaus Itams in alphabetical order from our list, But to select the ten most popular names from our list and judge what place each individually will occupy-which will come first, which second, and so on until all ten have been placed.
• The contest lasts from Monday to Saturday. The result will be announced in the "Chios Mall” on the succeeding Wednesday, when the winner's name will be pablished along with the corset Hit.
Evory copy of the "China Mall"" contains ena formi giving the reader one try for the prize. Regular readers thus fare not less than six toon in one mask.- Competitor may send in as many forms as they kn.
Forms should be sent In to reach the "Chios Mall" by Monday, Any forms received by the "China Mafi" latar than Monday will be discounted.
When making your choles use only the words siren' below. wrongly marked, mailiated, or indistinctly written will be ruled out.
Apy, forms
The decision of the Editos upon any points which may salse shall be Emai Mambers of the "China Hall" staff are debarred from entering the scutest.
MAKE YOUR CHOICE HERE
Below we name twenty local beauty spots. Select the ten you think the most popular.
Botanic Gardens Bowen Road Castle Peak
Deep Water Bay Fanling
Flower Street
Lyeemun
I...
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B...
3...
4...
6....
on or before 20th November, 1923,
.6...
No Fire Laurance whatever will
Vi..
Jubilee Road
8...
ARNHOLD & CO, LTD./ Agents. Hongkong, November 7, 1923.
..Happy Valley
King's Park
10.
11...
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED,
12...
13...
LONDON & STRAITS,
.14..
·16...
16...
17.
18...
19.
20.
The Steamship
"BENMOHR"
informed that all Goode are being
it, to adopt will bring the lowest possible minimum. There is only one way out of the mess in which we find ourselves, due to the inanition and inability of the powers that be to put crime down. Christian people. And that is registration of the let us take
For instance board.. entire Asiatic community living Y.MC.A. which
the new European
is being that jewellery was on board as a have made up for difficulty in get- From ANTWERP, MIDDLESBRO", within British territory in this part built at Kowloon, six days during resident-was-moving-into-Hongting chipments away and prices of the world. The matter at first
the week the .poor blush may seem stupendous, costly, worked Chinese are working away Loong rice firm was also a are looking forward to the newe hard kong. An employce of the Mow remain steady. Rice merchants and impossible of realisation.hard at same, and on a Sunday too passenger and he is said to have junk-ferry service between Hong- I have to point out that all they are still working away as hard had between five and six thou-kong, Ma-La-Chau and Kongmoon,ONSIGNEES of Uarge are hereby Europeans are registered; why not as possible. If the parties respon sand dollars, being amounts col to help clear away bargains in Asiatics? The matter is not stupendous if tackled in the right sible for same set up a standard of lected from clients. A shop's godowns.
have way. It may be costly but in this the Christian faith, then surely they foki is said to
carried should see to it that the men over $1,000 with him on the launch. respect I may point out that we are who
are building the same The vernacular paper also states: maintaining costly Police force, even though they be non-Christians that a Chinese recently, returned which, from the very nature of should not be permitted to work from America was coming into tkings does not actually justify on a Sunday. Again, we will take Hongkong from Cheung Chau with itself. No scheme can considered too costly
the new Feninsula Hotel, also the "several ten thousands of gold is going to rid us of whole week the poor men are pieces," to be deposited in a local
It, and on hank. criminal element and make this working away hard
The "Lee Fat" is owned by a place safe to live in. The outrages Sundays too they never leave off. which have been done cry aloud In this latter case also the parties Chinese named Wun and was only for reform and I trust that this responsible for same are men who recently hired to augment the matter of registration will be these non-Christians are permitted mornings it served as the Hau Hol claim to be Christians, and yet Cheung Chau ferry service. In the pressed home until the authorities come to see and realise that it is to carry on Sundays also.
ferry and was only used in the the instances quoted above that this
Surely it is not anywhere near evenings for the Cheung Chau run Shek Ki is a flourishing town at working on Sundays is an actual the junction of several important and immediate necessity and passages on the southern part of because it is not so, it is well that the Canton River, delta. Its in those concerned should help and habitants follow the same Bving as improve matters so far as the those on Dumbbell Island, namely, building of houses concerned fishing. The crews of the fishing a number of women. that work is not permitted. This
be
which
our
the only way out of a diffiulty which daily becomes more and more onerous.
Yours etc.,
HOUSEHOLDER. Hongkong, November 9,
* HOUSEBUILDING ON
SUNDAYS.
is one way of spreading the
Christian gospel rather than by ---- preaching all the most wondered an [To the Editor of the " China Mall," ful sermons in a Christian place of
worship. As long as any work has not got to be performed instantane- Sir,-As far as shipping is con-ously, no manual work should be cerned, it is well known that for permitted in a Christian Colony the sake of emergency, the Gov on a Sunday, especially if the emment does permit the loading building of such erections are of ships on a Sunday. Likewise intended for those who
pro- The too, any work which is really a case fess the Christian faith. of actual and immediate necessity, ordinary Christian gentleman work of a manual nature is always or woman works six days in the tolerable. For instance, a man weck and surely each one of them falling into the sea or a man having need some kind of quietness and his horse or sheep or cow falling peace on one day in the week Into the sea, certainly one may do rather than having to contend with the needful by saving the lives of the unbearable noises at these these several animals immediately several places of construction and and not wait for the morrow. But baving even to brush up against Sir,, the object of this is to gon-Christian Chinese men, and enquire whether actual house women carrying heavy loads of building fa really a necessity for sand and mad etc, in the public it being attended to on a Sunday streets. I believe if there fal In addition to the whole six any Christian community which days of the week This is a would try and present tidalbada Christian Calony, and its Governe system of working on a Sunday, ment is Christian, and in the face the Buropnan Youn
of this work is being allowed on Association management should Sunday to build houses. While make a start kbd prevent their cons such constructions may be tolerated | tractors from Earrying on sibh WORK by non-Christian who build for on a Sunday in future. their own nationals, surely non-
Yours to
OBSERVER
Iding ou Suidare for
Hongkong.
should not be verzíttedi
SHIPBUILDERS.
'landed að their risk into the hazardous. and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf "Spot" flour prices remain and Godown Co., Ltd, whence, and/or steady but" futures" have moved from the wharvem delivery may be up slightly. A fairly large sale of obtained,
White Greens" for December! No Claims will be admitted after the arrival was made this morning at Goods have left the Godowns, and all $2.88 which is only a few cents Goods remaining undelivered after the below the spot, quotation. Clear 14th Instant, will be subject to rent.
All plaims against the Spasmer muat
before the 21st instant, or they will not be recognised,
ances have been fair, pob
presssted to the Undersigned on or
fleets of these two places and Macau
All broken, chafed and damaged are constantly moving from place Goods are to be left in the Godowns, to place. It may be that news where they will be examined on the leaked out of the treasure to be 14th instant, at 10 am. carried on the "Lee Fat" and
No Fire Insurance has been affected. pirates in the Chinese waters
'Bill of Lading will be countersiga. accordingly planned the supposeded by attack. There were about forty GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. passengers on the ferry, including
SHIP REPAIRERS."" BOILER MAXERS. FORGE MASTERS. OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS. MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINERRA.
A
Agrico
Hongkong, November 7, 1023.
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.
TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
Mount Parker- Nathan Road Repulse Bay Shatin Bookumpoo Stanley
Statue Square
Stonecutters `-- The Peak Tytam
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To the Editor
China Mail Hongkong, November 9, 1923.
Hongkong.
I consider the following the ten prettiest, local beauty spots placed in the order in which I think they are prettiest :--
Please write clearly in block letters.