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HOW THE EXHIBITION
WAS MADE.
Hole.
BECOMING CRITICAL.
TROOPS LIKEJA TO CRASH.
KONGMOON PLOUDS. «
THE CHINA, MAIL.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
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"HERE THEY COME !
HOW THE FLIERS WERE
FIRST SIGHTED:" "
Interesting. Coincidence.
Who was the best in Hongkong to spot the British aeroplane as it 'urvived from the South 2%
S.S. PRESIDENT TAFT:"!
RESUMING FORMER RUN.
FRIDAY JULY 4" 1924.
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wander on all the roads like the ching, the Shugtak raagistrate is Shortly after the "Sui An MACLAREN IN SHANGHAL er
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Advices have been received by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., from San Francisco that the President Taft" is resuming her | Trans-Pacific run, sailing from San Francisco on July 8. This vessel is the last of the Pacific Mail Pakkai, Konguitbon, July 3, According to Press reporters on Steamship, Co's 535's to undergo Near Yeung Kong, the political the lunches at Laichikok on a general overhaul in San Franciso, and military situation is getting Monday, the plane was first the entire fleet having now been serious. Troops under Chan Tak- observed ut 5.18 paù.
reconditioned and brought up to ping have, moved to Sun Hing. Mr. Kong Kwany of Messra.the requisite standard. On her trial trip the "President Taft" Other detachments under Leung Sun Kwong Hing, Californin er logged a speed of 19 knots, the Hongkat. Yeung Kan-lang and chiants, informs the China Mail that result justifying the expenditure the Steamboat Co.'s incurred of G$400,000.00. For the Leung She-fung are marching to he was on Yan Bing and Hoi Ping to offer, "Sui Ari"-returning from Macro convenience of passengers, the sail- resistance to any anti-Sun demon and saw the plane with its dising hour homeward bound will be in strations that are likely to be made, tinguishing letters just after a guar- the afternoon and not at 10 am
as, formerly, the sailings being VISIT TO WEMBLEY, allow a caterpiller tractor to crawl Chai bus replaced the taken ter to five.
past dragging a fifty-fout pine away from ung Yick by bringing The "Sui An" had entered. Bri- every other Wednesday, thus Indeed, the grounds of up his men from Chiushur and tish waters and was off Lantuo instituting a regular fortnightly Wembley quickly inspire respect, Shekki. Leung Yuk-kuk is itt Island.
Mr. Kong is a British sailing of the Pacific Mall' Steam- ship Co., between Hongkong and born in as all Empire building should. San Wii and Cha Taù Shan. subject. having been Where walking has to be done by Chan Wing-wai's appointment as Jamaica, and says that he took the San Francisco, planks over chasms, and motor magistrate of San Wai has been greatest interest in the fight as a lorries and traction engines officially" confinued. Chan Chi cansuran of his is also an aviator. [ Mr. H. M. Tomlinson, the war Correspondest and trave! writer, dragons of the prime taking their reported as tuiling been strictly leaving Macao at p.m. he kept describes in the London Daily leisurely constitutional in an unordered by General Hsu Shung-chit up a continua! watch with a power- News a visit to Wembley just be completed world, a wayfarer who to vacate his post immediately.
A Reuter message. received from ful glass. He was afraid that Shanghai, after we had gone to fore the Exhibition was opened is only watching other people
Everybody has heard of the build feels his respect quickly Troops at Kau Kong are levying Maciaren would be too far ahead press yesterday, stated that Flight his plane to be visible As Commander MacLaren" made a Vision of Empire. It is even said grow. He is soon perfectly cera tax of $5 on eaoli bug of silk for that some men have been vouchsaftain that he could not have done exported and a striko is followed vernacular papers had just reached most graceful landing at Black ed the vision, with the result that fall that at Wembley as well as as a protest against The levy. Macao, announcing that Mac- Point. The airmen were taken off ever afterwards their thought had others have done it; and he might The flood on this part of the Larea was due on Monday after-the plane and received on the an imperial quality..
But the truth is that nobody did.
the Custor's the flood is :13 feet. Mr. Kong's perseverance was really knows what the vision is
A COMING MOUNTAIN. At Pakkai, the band is ander two rewarded as the plane passed Hike whether it is far-flung, as the
It seems a pity we cannot recon-fers of water and the whole of saying goes, with minarets and struct the reality of Imperial com- Konginoon city is under water. mosques rising above polar ice-merce as soundly and quickly as caps, all the way from the spagnum the semblance of it has been the palms, or whether it looks conjured up in north-west Lon more like a privy council, with a don. Bonfires of rubbish (happy guard at the outer door, of a few
auguries 1), the solled nametickets super-directors in Throgmorton fluttering on the unhappy shrubs Street, who do not suggest the of plantations where the turf is Red Ensign in the least.
only now getting into position 'under earnest Blucher boots; Wembley Park Station, which to desolate areas of black: clinker most Londoners is as unfamiliar packing cases mounds of raw clay; detented the Hongkong C. as Kuala Lumpur, excites 23 much curiosity as a promise thated petroleum casks; men sitting The match was played on a smell of wet plaster; abandon- Wednesday by 6 games to by merely going through a turn- stile (which is not up yet, by the round braziers toasting bacon, and C. R. C. ground and the scores for the ship's side to see the planes
in the distance high and were as follows --- way) the vision, so strange that it has the curious merit of 'inspiring both Foels and
com.many promoters, may be seen by all.
How delusive is the eye! Do most of us ever see anything but we desire to be there? Otherwise
That is why turning out of
even have struck, work before they river is rising rapidly. In front of noon.
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precipitate into an orderly plan.
LEAGUE TENNIS.
DIVISION H
The Chinese RC. "A
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gangway of the launch "Scott," by H.B.M. Consul-General and other officials. The party arrived at the Customs jetty at 12.30, where a large crowd greeted them.
During their stay in Shanghai the airmen will be entertained by the British Consul-General
almost directly over the ship and was greeted by a long blast from the "Sui An's" siren.
Mr. Kong speaks of another coincidence in connection, with
When the world flights.
The airmen were to lunch at the three American planes left Hongkong for Shanghai Club to-day and will be the South he was returning to the guests of the R.A.F. Associa Hongkong by the "Chuen Chow," tion to-night for dinner at the team another Macao steamer. On this Shanghai Člub.
C. on occasion his attention was drawn
36. by another passenger when every the body in the Chinese saloon rushed
crazy lattice, surmonnied by a Yew Mun-sun and Yew Man miraculous castle, which some one kit (0. R. C.) beat Henderson and suggested was a mountain still a 6-, beat Stork and More 1-5, without its skin, may not suggest beat Armstrong and Mitchell 7.4.
chiền âu na Leng Yuh-ung at a glance, that chaos will ever And, in fact, it does not. Not. R. Chen Henderson and I cannot account for that what I anyhow, at the first glance. But Mase 8-3, heat Stark and More - did see at 2 first glance at the plan is certainly seen, not long beat Armstrong and Mitchell 8X Wembley was chaos, which was afterwards, through the scafforld- Kwok Po-kan and Lau Pook-kii limited by a wall, and on top of that wall, in overalls.
vast grey concrete lug and the ariny of men in It may not precipitate letters of enamelled iron, was the completely by the appointed day word BEER:
AMUSEMENTS:
Obviously nobody but a Little Englander would see' such a word in such a vision, or if he did so, then it would be because he had nebeuched by a reading of some impossible idealism. To exorcise
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS.
in triangular formation, close to
tremen- Par E. & A. a. 118%. Albans" on July the ship," "but going ut
3-Mr and Mrs Macarthur Onelow. Ar dous rate. The planes were H. F. 1. Uosiow, Mrs M. Olegg, Me and visible to the naked eye for about Mr. J. Epelo. Mr and Mrs E Cock. Mira three minutes, says Mr. Kong. F. Davey, Miss D. 8. N. Davey, Mrs E. It would be interesting to know O. Goldschmidt, Prof. and Mrs Freche villo, Miss Frecheville, Miss Archibald, if any other Hongkong-ite was as Mr Orice, Mrs Mathews, Mrs Anderson
and Mr G. V. Hesae. fortunate as Mr. Kong has been,
H. C.) beat Henderson and COMMERCE AND FINANCE. Mans 7-4. beat Stark and More 7-4, beat Armstrong and Mitchell
but it will look rather well not
CRC. “B” V. K.Ç.C. "AL"; long afterwards. And whatever Chinese R... "B" paying out impression may be given of our their own ground, heat Kowloon Empire, got from a congress of "A" "by 50 games to -19. architecture and produce, that of some English gardener's concep tion of the way water, trees, and rocks ought to be assembled, is sure to be appoved,
Squres
Chin Tsan-chin (C. R. C. beat W. Hyde and A. W. Ratusey 6-5. fast to K. Mason and F. Water this shameful word I repeated to The gardens, quite properly, 5-6, beat T. Monaghan and D. S. myself (while stepping quer lumps seem ahead of all the imperal Green 7-4.
cast):
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NAM PAK HONG MARKETS.
The "Tjikembang" has brought n about 45,000 bags of Java sugar. This morning's 'Nam Pak Hong quotations, basis usual gulid terms, were as follows:-
For the 24 hours ended yester- day, the Colony had a clear return of health.
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO LET
Jaya sugar, average quality, per picul net: Future" No. 24 rough TO LET. Centrally situated
delivery $11.23.
ground floor premises suitable white-July "August delivery II.13, September for a Bank or Shipping Office or delivery 11.03 "Spot-No. 24 Show room. Apply P. O. Box 280.
of London clay and gasworks re- structures: which is a happy con Ng Kam-chen and Choy Ping fuse, the wind being still north-viction to come of a survey of fun (C. R. G.) beat Hyde and Ramrough white $11.85, No. 24 fine
Empire.
sey 6-3, lust to Mason and Wheeler The buildings which will house
1-1. the offerings of the great colonies are, of course, classic in design,
"Hail, mother! Do they call me
rich in trade?
Little care I, but hear the shorn
priest drone.
PAGODAS.
PUBLIC AUCTION
instructions to sell by Public
white 13.90, No. 18 rough brown Flour, per sack of 50 lbs 11.75: Java brown 10.90.
XXX $3.58, White Sperry's Greens 2,85, Nutmeg Orange 285, THE Undersigned have received Kingfisher 2.00, Maize 2,70. Big Auction
Shield 2.90, Gun 2.80, Tiger Globe 2.68, Old Mill 2.72, Melon 2.68 Reindeer 2.65, Dayton 2,79, Banana 2.72, Kwan Tao 2.75, Molluse Fairy 2.72
Rice, average quality, per picul gross for net-No. 1 Siam "long white $9.50, No. 1 Saigon long white $7.85.
SILK SHIPMENT.
WEDNESDAY, 9th July, 1024,
commencing at 8.30 p.m. thair Bales Boom, Daddell Street,
A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture,
Comprising:→→→
at Aquaghan and tireen Cheung Wing-kae and C. W. And watch my silk-clad lovers, and unpretentious in their colour Chong ...) lost to Hyder and
mun by maid.
schemes. With them, quite proper Bausey 1-7, lost to Mason and Laugh 'neath my Shwe Dagonly, it will be merely the romance Wheeler 4-7, beat. Monaghan and But the wind remained north-east, of commerce. Little is to be seen Green 6-3. Hope brightened at a side turning in them yet. Across acres of with the sign, Amusement. boards, where packing cases await But that entrance was a'chumed their turn, there is to be seen of slope, up which a man laboured Australia only a cerulean back- with a wheel-harrow full of more ground, with trees that are probab- too. Ask any one withinvestments
Teak Hatstand, Chesterfield Coush, clay. Yet it is possibile that evenly blue guns. But nothing is ever in Malaya! But I passed it by:
Breas Tapestry Armchairs, Tables, the amusements and Bghter things more depressing than a show be for I must confess that the in Empire may come later wherefore it starts; the great Indian memory of the drilled regiments
Fendere, Brass Ornaments, Curios, of Haven Brazilensis, dull, regular, men, whose faces never suggested building, with its Eastern
Curtains, Carpets Rugs, etc, ete
Extension Dining Table, Dining gaiety, wheeled clay about in pinnacles, is no better, so far, and apparently everlasting, in their
The silk shipped per 8.8. **Pre- Chairs, Bideboards with Barelled barrows. That, after all, is the Canada, Newfoundland and South monotony and gloom, would make | way things happen. Pioneers Africa are the same, But all anyone who knew them turn to the sident Jackson" which sailed from Mirrors, Dianer Waggons, Crookery,
8, Glassware etc., ought not to expect to have all, or those have their certain prestige, I could see no jungle at Wembley arrived on New York at 5.30 a.m..
pimitive jungle with delights But Hongkong at 10a.m., June any, of the fun; though as regards and can afford to wait. - Empire building it is still to be Places like Burma, a land that is No beaches of golden sand. No July 1, having been 22 calendar seen whether they laugh best who tucked away between Calcutta and high summits of forests just com- days and 102 hours in transit.
Penang, cannot afford to be classing out of the morning mist; with The Exhibition of Empire, from ical and aloof. But how different the Malay hamlet below, where the the outside now suggests that pagodas look under an English contented folk have no old-age SHANGHAI SETTLEMENT. selections of the architecture of sky when the wind is off the pension, no poor law, no labour Cairo, Oxford Street, Moulmein Baltic! Nor do elms assort with exchanges, no unemployment in- The June Settlement of the and Harpstead Fair had been them. The pagoda is without surance, and no doles people who Shughui Stock Exchange was congested in opposition so hastily defence. It was only the jolly fish a little, work a lite (a very negotiated safely, not a single that there had been no opportunity thought of happy people who had little) in the paddy fields, and are choque being questioned, says the to remove the mosque domes from plenty of leisure, palms, and never warned by the Sunday Press Shanghai Times. It is satisfactory the skyline of the switchback sun, and whose thoughts roved of the calamities which
16 record that the heavy loser we railway. There really does seem, only about their own village. They
relerred to on Sunday as offering in spite of time and a strike, to be did it for themselves. The pagodas a lot of Empire within a limited look like the toys of children under But there were plenty of ingotal the balance, with interest in one payment of 5 per cent., down and area-Wembley. I had been told to the high red walls (with embrasures of tin at Wembley, and some ask for a man, an authority there, for defence) of the West Coast models of tin works and mires. Week, has met all obligations in who would guide me about the negroes. Those are severe and Very necessary, too, like the full. Of course the position in re- place, But the policeman at the economical.
But the fin, and the gard to business in stocks and. outer gate shook his head, -as
rubber, and the copra are, not shares runnins unsatisfactory, an Peter might have done. "No It was a relief to turn from the Malaya in its entirely; though it it hust do until a limit is set upon good asking for friend here, warm and aggressive exclusiveness strikes me that that is something forward transactions. Meanwhile, Look at it!"
of those walls to the yellow build- of the impression which the Ex-promissory notes are there common ing of Malaya. That is of a com hibition will give. I am not at all in Shanghai than is good for.trade. fortable size, big enough, like sure that the impression of Malaya,
Jaugh last.
THE UNEXPECTED.
THE RUBBER TREE,
imminent.
THE INTANGIBLE.
rubber.
are
BASEBALL IN US.
LEAGUE RESULTS.
(Reuter's American Service.)...
I did, and asked no more. When the Malay peninsula itself, for for example, could be conveyed Wembley is finished it will be an all the adventures of a modest in the finest assortment of expansive holiday. It has already man, but not so spacious exhibits, Thờ, best things there, some of the unexpectedness which as to be overwhelming. Be as elsewhere, would have to in real travel is most of the fun, sides, if lately you had seen the be left out, being Intangible. As Stepping delicately across the Malay beaches by the China Sea, I turned away I saw some old ruts of a scene which suggested and the hills of Perak and neighbours of Kelenton waiting to the first despairing attempt at the Kelanton, speculation as to how be put in their places, and, their housing problem in London that tropical and opulent vision opinion of the show seemed to "Koburb in mid-winter, were three | could be got within four wallant resemble mine în that point-Only- Nigerian Indies whose head Wembley was natural. At first the heads of, the tiger and the
NEW YORK, July 3. dresses might have come of the yesterday, it seemed a bit Harder rhinoceros showed, most melan- The results of the baseball disruption of a rainbow. Immedi- to enter the imitation, than to land choly, for in such matches played to-day sreds ately following them was an at Singapore. "No admittance weather bod us were wrap-sINATIONAL LEAGUEİZYON object so like a baby tank going except on business. I had no ped up in art of shavings. Brookbyn.4 New York Into action that a tourist side business there, Only an in- No, we situl never have a beach Philadelphia 3 Beaton ****** stepped without seeing where he excusable curiosity. Inside was of the uppers River at Wera Chicago...........7 Cincinatti aa puiting his feet a very neces- na unpacked rubber tree with bley, just as the sun clears the DREAMERICAN LEAGUE.]
ccaution at Wembley-to scars all complete, Very necessary forest
Palladelphia 9 New York
Brea, Iron and Teak Bedsteads, Single and Double Wardrobes, with Glass Doors, Dressing Tables, Rollad Top Desk, Marble Top Washstands, Revolving Chair, Screens, Pictures, eta, A Quantity of Blackwood Furniture
Also
8 Enamelled Bath
1- Cabinet Gramophone
1 Toak Show Case
2 Phonographs
1 Remington Typewriter,
And Several Satu Ma Jong On View from Thursday, the July 1924.
Catalogues will be issued. Torms Cash on delivery.
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Domestic Oconrre306" Caught at Last...
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Tea House Trials-
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A Chinese Ontburat.
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Leading Articles 2014 en pe
19 Chafoo Notes
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More Stowawaykocsi so v
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British World Aviators Here....18-22;
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Bent To Jail....
.30
Another Murder.......
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Steamer Collision
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Seistan Enquiry
Correspondence --- --
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8th In Good Tima .........................
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Palmistry
Shameen Consul
June Rainfall...
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A Banquet Spoilt ...
Scared Off...
.13
The Brandy Bottle
Acid Assault..
.19
Aboard the "Ambrose”
.18
Motor Crash
Glowing Tributes ....
Taking & Bost ...**
Women Bent to Jail
13
Cheung Chau Notes.
Our Boy Scouts Hongkong University
China's Robbers..
$4,000. Demand
Taitam Reservoir
14
Kongmoon Notes..
.28
Obina's Fature
14
Armed Fobbery
.29
.14"
Eints In Canton
.23
Opium Laws
14
Coming Here Again,
.29
After Eight Months Careless Blasting. Tennis Talent..... Where Time Files
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Sub Letting Evil..
Tonchy Subject
.15 ·
Bohoolboy Drowned
Harbour Offences
.18
Role of the Road
18.
Run On Bank...
The Worm TuIBE
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Spark
Latest Device,
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Tired of War:**
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Behind The Scensi.
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When I Say No, Passengers
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