TUESDAY JULY 29, 1924,
PUBLIC WORKS.
REPORTS OF PROGRESS.
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FULL STATEMENT ASKED.
At the meeting of the Legislative Council on Thursday, the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak will ask the following questions:
I.
Will the Government'state (a) What progress has been made with the structure of the Sai Ying Pun School?
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corkscrew half-dozen small milk, half-dozen small meat pastes I jam (because no fruit), I butter (up to. Chita) balf-dozen sardine, two tongues and small, tins cheese, sugar. Dish cloth, etc., bottle to hold water for cleaning teeth,
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Peking, July 16-Messra. Thos. July 26-Mr and Mrs A. Dawson, Cook and Son have received from
BOOKING TICKETS. Capt. and Mrs W. G. Quinlan, the Rev. J. C. Keyte, Minister of Peking Union Church, who racent-
At Peking book to Manchufi. Lieut. E. C. Hawse, Dr. and Mrsiy journeyed Home by the trans- After Mukden second is possible Simpsons Miss Simpson, Mrs C. Siberian route, an interesting all the way but up to this point Mott, Mr W. Ferguson, Mr H, Cletter_giving an account of his book first. At Mukden go to Abdoola, Mr and Mrs A. Curmally, experiences. The Rev. Mr. Keyte waiting room with porters to walt Mr Chee Swee Ee, Mr G. H. Turn- prefaced a comprehensive budget train. At Changchun look for bull, Mrs Yap Tai Sing, Mr Sch of tips for prospective trivellers hotel porter or guide to help you Yook Bong, Lt-Comdr. J. L. M. with the explanation that the fine to buy the platz-kart (beith ticket) (b) What is the period covered Stevenson, Major R H. Smith, Mr will probably be constantly im-to Harbin, Cost Yen 480. At
by the building contract? (c). Is there a "Penalty Clause. N. A. Smalley, Mr I. F. Mac-proving and when the Wagon Mukden porters need Japanese for late completion, and if Gregor, Mr and Mrs R. E. O. Bird, Lits run their cars through much money, 6 sen a package.
Mr and Mrs W. A. Kernan, Me and of this may be unnecessary," Changchun the Russian por. Mrs. G. Badou, Mr shd Mrs B. Meantime it represents knowledge ters need a yen Af they take a Allen, Mr and Mrs Paul A. Ganit, which would have saved us a good lot. For the two cases described Miss G. Fauntenoy, Mr P. Y Lau, deal of trouble -especially at above-half that amount. Mr and Mrs K. Lespan, Mr Mackay, Moscow and Riga if we had known At Harbin.-The easy way is to i Sergt. J. Robinson, Mr John Black-it." He then goes on to give the write, before leaving Peking, to man, Rev. A. Webster, Mr S. following "Notes re-trip from the the Hotal Moderne to be mer. Let Brady, Mr and Mrs Loke Chan Far East via Siberia, June, 1924"the hotel man buy your ticket to Hing, Mrs Loka Yau Kit, Mr J. D. PASSPORTS AND BAGGAGE.
Manckuli, change your money into Malcolm, Mr and Mrs Brun, Master
roubles, etc., and see to your lug- Russian visa to Brun, Three Misses Brux. Rev. P.Soviet Mission, Peking cost Mex. the hotel guest and they advisa passport at gage. Yeu put in four hours as Smith, Cant. P. W. N. Gainher, $12 50. Lieut. R. M. G Jackson, Mrs A.}
Gemian visa to passport at dollars.
you. Charge perhaps 10 Mexican Brearley, Master 8 F. Brearley German Legation, Peking cost Mr J. L. Wilson, Mr and Mrs A. J. Mex. SII. Pratt, Miss Pratt, Capt. F. Love-
so, to what extent?
(d) When does the Government anticipate that this School will be opened, and having regard to the pledges givan by the Government that this work should be accelerated. how is it that progress, so far, has been slow?
2. Will the Government state:-
(a) How mary of the new first class Typhoon Harbour Moorings are now avaliable for service? (b) When does the Government expect that the whole rum-
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Baggage. Not more than 72 lbs.
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Otherwise: Leave luggage at Wagon Lits office in the hotel and left-luggage office, drive to the,
chili. Change money-if possible at the International Bank-they will sometimes help travellers even after 3 o'clock. Otherwise try the Muderne Hotel Get Russian money as advised above. If by is not effected in Harbin, it can be any chance this exchange of money done on the station at Manchuli, quite so good. You need G. R. though the exchange may not be f
300 worth-say 15 chervoynetz and 150 in gold roubles.
ber will be placed and ready Krove, Dr."J. T. Smalley, Mrs Yap allowed (two peods). If more ja buy tickets and platzkart to Man-
Pow Ching, Mr W. H. Leq, Warner, inevitable, register through for Major and Mrs D. E: Randall, Mr the Russian trip at Chita as other H. J. W. Adamson, Major Hwise it may be charged double or G. Gandy, D.S.O., O.BE., Mr treble at Moscow, where the first RT. G. Aitken, Mr H Mark Russian weighing takes place. ham, Mr A. Abemayor, Mr and Mrs R. MacDonald, Mr and follows:-One
Advise not taking more than as Mrs Kottinger, Mr Y. K. Leung, basket or other light-weighing large Japanese. Mr H. J. R. Edmonds, Mr Aportmanteau or suit-case, for stuff Tamiichi, Sergt. J. Brown, Mr R. Warren, Miss M. Thomas, Mr. Wfor change of clothing: one basket not needed on trip; one suit case Ellyson, Mr P. K. Wilson, Mr E. W. Nicholson, Mr Kinton Kuan, night etc., one food basket.
or small case with things for the Master Man Kuan, Miss V. Kuan,
Avoid camera, typewriter, jewel-
When does the Governinent expect to open "Statue Pler" and Landing Stage to public service, and what is the reason for the prolonged delay in the completion of this very necessary work? When does the Government anticipate the completion of the Fire Brigade" Station, which work appears to have come to a standstill for a considerable time past. and what is the reason for this? Will the Government lay upon the table "Monthly Progress Reports" in connection with all the above Public Works?
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SETTLEMENT DAY.
QUITE SATISFACTORY.
According to information from stock-brokers' ffices, today's settlement (July) on the share exchanges passed off satisfactorily The principal of one well-known firm on the exchang described the clearing up as fairly big quite normal, devoid of special feature." A fair volume of. business was put through and there were no surprises. Nothing in quotations called for particular comment and no sensation, ever of momentary character, had decurred, he said,
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MANCHULI SQUEEZE FIDGIN, good. Take number of the brass At Manchuli. Porters here are check, follow luggage into Customs of the town, the Ilyanka (Cen Hall and leave porter with it. Go tralnaia Stanzia Dlía Righi) where to money exchange window and Money, not more than 200 gold for Chita opens.
find out what time the ticket office German will help, though you can roubles worth of foreign money Chinese, you may get a clever
If you speak manage to indicate Riga in English, can be taken out of Russia (even Chinese who will buy your ticket
THE USEFUL C.P.R. though brought in from China for you. Go to the station buffet written from Peking or wired to But a better way is to have with the passenger, since no time to spend, a droshky drive system of certificate of what is round the town" will take half an the Russian Canadian American brought in is at work) plus has to be converted into the Customs are finished with you Proezd, Moscow, to say that you The sur hour and two gold roubles. When Passenger Agency, No.3 Teatralny Russian Roubles on the border and you have your ticket your are coming-leaving Chita on such station at a loss of 15 per cent. If porters will take the luggage to and such a date. The Canadian the Chita train. Give him at least Pacific Railway man (with the a yen or gold rouble. Do not let C.P.R. gold band) will then meet into changing your gold roubles or shoulders. the ticket office clerk bully you your train and take this off your Chervoynetz back into silver Romanoff
The train gets into Moscow at roubles. This evidently a "squecz pidgin" with train leaves at six at night. You is six in the morning and the Riga the exchange shop men.
need plenty of time at the station passport examination on the train.
After Manchuli there is ain the evening as it is very full.
SEARCHING CUSTOMS INQUIRY. passport to the officials on this You-need-not-fear giving up the At Babish, the Russo-Latvian and return later.
carry cash over this amount rather than
traveller's cheque, etc.-make sure of changing the surplus foreign money into Russian gold roubles or chervoynetz at Moscow at the proper rate. You can sell these all right cither at Rlea or any later European big city. (Two hundred gold roubles canals about £25 or U.S.A. gold dollars 100)
or July 27-Mr A. C. Aubry, Mif you go second class. If first Siberian trip. They examine border station, there is a searching
T. Aklyaina, Mr J. E. Bailey, Mr and Mrs F. Feld, Miss M. Hoin, Mr G Happer, Mr W. Hanson, Mr
Hamada, Mrs T. Honma. Mr M.
RUSSIAN MONEY,
At Zilupo the first Latvian
easy.
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The trip needs £60 (or G $300), class-about $75. (Many of the in-
customs examination and you are cidentals are the same in either i
At Chita. Let your porter take closely questioned as to the money class). Chinese money will go up you to the Verkne Udinsk booking you are carrying with you (as per R. Jolinson. Mr Lok Chung San, useful at first, 50 Yen will be necd. You may have to stand a long time of the train and whilst you follow
to Manchuli, Japanese money is office. Get ticket and platzkart,above). Everything is taken out | Mr Mook Sen Koo, Mr and Mrs fed and five of them in small charge. in the queue. Then, seven yards your luggage to the Customs Hall Shik Lee, Mr Sze-Cheong Wo, Mr and Mrs W. G. B. Stretton, Mr O. The gold rouble is worth 2/6. Moscow office. They have not
away, is the Verkne Udinsk to the carriages are searched. Mr. William Dennis, known as Saboter, Mr Wang Kin Thin, M. or rather more than the Mexican second-class tickets, so they smut station the customs examination thelato King." diel at bigN. Azano, Mr N. Awashima, Mr dollar. The denominations (paper) you two third-class ones. The takes places on the train. Very hole at Kirton, South: Lincoln. and Mrs G. M. Byvanck, Mr Chicon- are one, three and five. After the whole Chita to Moscow ticket,
Tchang Sie, Mrs J. M. Chard, Mrs five gold roubles you come to the second class, costs 130 gold roubles. IN A WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY. E. Dokuly, Mr W. Dinkel, Mr K."Chervoynetz," which is equal to Ebata, Mr and Mrs Fyfe, Master J10 gold roubles. Chervoynetz are
. CHITA'S ONE ENGLISHNAN.. At Riga you arrive at 6 am. Fyfe, Mr and Mrs K. Fujita, Mr B. freely sold in London, June 1924. speaking foreigner in Chita (June, out at eight. If you have been There is only one English-The morning train for Berlin goes L. Gabbett, Mr A. E. Guterres, About half the money needed 1924), a Mr. John A. Cook. He with the C.P.R. st Moscow their foreman lurer, he Miss K. Gotoh, Mr C. Hama, Mr Z I should be taken in chervoynetz and is glad of the chance of meet- men will the train at Riga and see of a oreman Hamada, Mr T. Hirano, Mrs N. the rest in gold roubles. Get all ing his fellow countrymen and you through If you within labourer until in 1870 he bought Hayashi, Mr T. Hayabusa, Mr Y.not be much. The silver Romanoff wrote ahead and said that you 11.30 p.m. you should drive to the the small change you can-it will would not mind at all if you by the slightly better train at three-ncre field outside Kirion and grow potatoes. "-luck dogged hisIshida, Mr Y. Ikeda, Mr T Inabata,roubles are used as far as Verkne i were coming. If he comes to the Hotel Petersbourg. A delightful |
Mrs E Koolikoff, Mr S. Kawagoe, Udinsk. (One silver rouble equals station to meet your train, your place, steps and the crop went bad in the Mr Wang Kahan, H. Mr Kawn Pak 75 kopeks (cents) at the G. R.) troubles will be taken off your the porter speaks English. A Reasonable charges and ground.
Chien, Mr S. Kawamura, Mr. M. Do not take many, as they are Within 30 years of starting The Kinoshita, Mr Y. Kazuki, Mr Tonly worth 40 kopeks after Verkne porters at Chita expensive. Oue luggage and a stroll through this shoulders. You will find the day for a bath and a sorting out of became the ownerocempler of some Kanoh, Mr H. Kanamitsu, Mr and Udninsk--the Russian and Far 3,000 acres and, in addition, Mrs S Kawanishi, Mr 5. Koga, Mr Easter Republican border, Silver gold rouble for taking your luggage charming old town is well spent. built up selling business at King's Las Tek Fan, Miss M. Maclean, Romanoff kopeks are useful up to off and another some hour later The train on the Riga to Berlin Cross, Covent Garden, New York, Mr T. Matsumoto, Miss M. Madson, the latter place, though it needs for putting if on
trip is examined at Kovno, Cus- and other places. Two private Mr and Mrs M. Mizutani, Mr R250 instead of 100 of them to make FIRST CLASS WELL WORTH IT. toms.
passports, etc. for the limited liability companies were
The Mayeda, Mr and Mrs T. Murakami, eventually formed and by 1914 Mr S. Mitani, Mr T. Murata, Mr N.
First Class or Second? After Latvian Lithuanian border. a gold roublé.
process is repeated at Chinese dollars can be used as Mukden second class is quite same they owned some 6,000 acres of the Nakamura, Mr M. Nomura, Mr far as Manchuli finest potato land in the kingdon and Mrs Y. Nagata, Miss M. money exchange -on the station understand that there are no ladies' man frontier.
At Manchuli possible but ladies raust clearly Eydkumen, the Lithuanian-Ger A sleeper from In the same year they purchased Nigata, Miss P Nagata, Mr S.get rid of the last Japanese and coupés: If you go Brit-class you Eydtkukinen to Berlin cannot be further estate of 2,240 acres. Otoshiro, Mr and Mrs S. Oda, Mr Chinese money. Railways were laid on the farms and Mrs K. Ogura, Mr E. Patton,
can reckon on having only two in procured at Riga but the C.P.R. ...the coupé
will wire their man to meet the and modern machinery was intro-Mes E. Pardon, Mr R. F. Randolph, FOOD AND FOOD BASKET, duced.
At certain points there are no
At Verkne Udinsk there, is "altrain and will give you a note for chased the whole undertaking for Sugiyame, Miss H. Sugiyama, Mr On the main Russian trip the one
In 1020 a syndicate pur Mr K. Shimeda, Mr and Mrs N. diners and food basket is needed very seaching customs examination him and he will get you this.
Riga to London.You can book reputed to be about C. Shiomi, Mr J. Soo, Mr and Mrs meal, is 1250 to 3.00. A two- IN THE RED CAPITAL.
tickets right through if you wish. ££2,000,000.
M. Sakamoto, Mr M. Suzuki, Mr K. course meal is served for G. R. At King Edward's Coronation Sasaki, Mr H. Togawa, Mr B. 1.30 with an extra 20 tip, equals luggage you are free to leave the and arranged for stop-overs.
At Moscow. After weighing They are, good for three months, Mr. Dennis gave 250 tons of Toril, Mrs K. Tawara, Miss C150 for a good satisfying meal. station,
a sum
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His eldest son, Mr. J. W. Dennis, was Potato Controller during the war.
on the train. 7.
potatoes for the King's dinners to Tawara, Mr Z Taruya, MK But if you go to the car outside the poor.
Drive to the station for Berlin, Tsubouchi, Mr S. Tsunckawa, Mr these hours you get a specially the. Windan Wagsail (pronounce K. Tachikawa, Mr F. Unger, Mr A. prepared meal at about G. R. 3.50. Vagsaal Vindau) de Vuyst, Mr. P. H. Whitemore.
Leave your
For making fast to the s.s. After Chita one buys good luggage and then make for the "Loksang" when the latter was Mr and Mrs Y. Wakamiya Miss S. bread, butter, milk, ham, sausage, English Mission (Anglisky Missen), under way in the harbour yester Yagishita, Mr S. Yoshino, Mr I etc. Vegetables and fruit are in the Povaskalyn. They open at day, the owners of two sampans Yamada, Mr S. Yanase, Mr M. absent. Hot water free at the 9 a.m. but if, early, you can wait were prosecuted at the Marine Yamamoto, Mr N. Yaroka, Mr M. stations. For the food Yoshiura,
basket there. Here you will get letters Court this morning. Their defence from China:----
to the Latvian... and · Lithuanian) was that, the ship had tied up Coffee (George Washington for Consulates The Lithuanian is a before they were alongside. How Kettle (with a handle that hinges Latvian is choice) and/or tea and/or cocoa few doors away-No. 24-the ever, the Marine Magistrate (Lieut
in the Mashkov Commander G. F. Hole, R.N) accepted the Police evidence and the central booking imposed fines of $15 each of pot, knife, fork, spoon, iin-opener, l'office for the railway in the centre'l one month's Imprisonment.
Too Late Than to Hunt
No time to hunt for a doctor or drus Atero when suddenly sized with aaoniz. Ling intestinal ciamps, deadly nausen and prostraung dirhoes Chamber Maid'a l'olio and Diarrhoes Remedy gives instant warmth, comfort and case from pain. Fora-la every where.
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