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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1924.
HONGKONG'S OPIUM.
SOME INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS.
SECRET OF THE LURE.
Smoking For The Aroma.
Is the practice of smuggling opium into the Colony on the increase? If not, how can the "failure" of the Government in 1923 to dispose of the full amount of opium they are authorised to import be accounted for?
tu the operation of either of the two factors indicated.
THE CHINA MAIL:
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
MEETING ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.
DEBATE ON BUDGET.
SERIOUS CRIME.
YESTERDAY'S BUSY TIME FOR POLICE.
CATERER- ATTACKED.
FOOTBALL
TO-DAY'S FIXTURES."
The following matches are down for decision in the Hongkong league to-day
Division L
Kowloon v. H.M.S. Tamar," Kowloon FC. ground. Referee: Mr. Smith,
Kick-off at 4.15 p.m.
Although the Hon. Sir Henry In three different parts of the] Pollock, K. C., the senior Unofficial Colony yesterday, the Police were Member of the Legislative Council, will resume his seat at Monday's dealing with what is described in Legislative Council meeting, the official circles as serious crime." Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak will speak Down at Lycomun, near the bot first on the Unofficial members tom of the path leading from the behalf in the Budget Bill debate. barracks to Shaukiwan Roud to be Other Unofficial members will deal-
precise, a well-planned attack on with specific points.
the military mess caterer. at Lyce- mun faded, thanks to the presence of mind of the intended victim, kumpoo ground.
It being "pay-day," he left the Spencer.
The debate will arise on the second reading by the Hon. Colonial Secretary of the Bill which in official language is
Hongkong Club v. East Surrey. Regiment, Navy "A" ground, Referee: Mr. Collins.
Police v. South China “B,” St. Referee: Mr. Joseph's 'ground. Gee.
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R. A. v. South China "A," Soo- Referee: Mr.
Division II.. Kick-off at 2,45 p.m. "He was
Hongkong Club Reserves quick enough to see the footpads Kowloon Reserves, Hongkong throw something at him and dodger Club ground. Referee: Mr. Smith, in time. Afterwards he found it was pepper but he was then too much engaged in offering resist
Can it be said from the recent Hongkong Customs report that there is a lessened use of opium on the part of the Chinese?
These are the questions which have been put to the Hongkong Government by the International Anti-Opium Association in a recently published and widely circulated pamphlet. As the result of an interview with Mr. H. A. Taylor, Superintendent, Imports and Exports Department, the "China Mail" is able to state that the non-use of Hongkong's full quota of 240 chests is not attributable termed 'an Ordinance to apply. barracks at about 9.45 p.m. with a sum not exceeding twenty-five $300 on his person. At the spot. "There is little on which to bags/million two hundred and seventy" | indicated, two men sprung out at
eight thousand one hundred and any supposition to the contrary." thirty-three dollars to the public him from the roadside
"Apart from such an even-service of the year 1925." tuality which you have just Other business at the meeting enumerated would a decrease in will be the first readings of Bills by your sales lead you to believe that the Hon. Attorney-General to there was a falling off in the amend the Crown Solicitors
Ordinance, 1912; the Summary unce. demand?"
"No. It would in all probability Offences. Ordinance, 1845; the mean either that the Hunan and Forgery Ordinance, 1922: the Amoy crops had been good or Telegraph Messages Ordinance, that considerable supplies had 1894. boen, smuggled through from Persia and Turkey and that the economic law of supply and demand in relation to price was in operation."
The interview is interesting in that not only does it give the reason for the disparity between. the amount which the Govern- ment could, and that which it actually did sell, but also for the sidelights it throws on the mentality of the opium emoker. { Coming from one who has made a special study of the opium ques- tion these sidelights provide very Interesting reading.
Mr. Taylor was quite willing to grant an interview. "We are not a secretive department" was the smiling remark with which he greeted the reporter. "We do not do anything of which we are
"You mean that the difference ashamed..... Here is this vast between the price of Government demand from thousands of prepared and smuggled “opium" Chinese; we do our best to enforce would be so great that the induce- the laws restricting opium con-ment to buy the latter would be sumption and to see that as much accordingly greater.'
How Prices Tell. "Exactly. The opium smoker
CHEUNG CHAU NOTES:
DRIED SKELETONS OF TIGERS.
A further exodus of visitors took
place yesterday and others will leave next week. Many have made application for houses for next
summer.
A students' camp is to be started
As the would-be robbers were taken aback he carried the fight to them and they made off despite their superiority in numbers. He last saw them taking to their heels in the direction of Chaiwan. report was made to the Police..
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East Surreys Reserves v. East Drums, Sookumpoo Surreys ground. Referees Mr. Bailey.
St. Joseph's "A v. Club de Recreio "A," Kowloon F.C. ground. Referee: Mr. F. Smith.
South China “B” v. St. Joseph's "B," St. Joseph's ground. Referee: AMr. Greer.
Old Couple Robbed. About 8 pm, at Ho Pui village. an old couple who had secreted a $10 banknote in the leaves of a book were robbed by two men who broke into their hut.
The husband was asleep in the kitchen and his wife was in another room. While bound and gagged, they saw the robbers go to the book and look through it and also watched them examine a basket of
will always buy from the Governon the North end of the Island by clothing from which nothing was ment if the difference in price is members of Canton Christian laken. not too great because he knows | College.,
Property Recovered.
of the demand as possible is met by the provision of the best that it is possible to get. If in so doing we make a profit-well......
[Here Mr. Taylor's expressive shrug conveyed more than that it is the best Indian, but if The "Kung Yik" is being over- In connection with a robbery at words.]
he has to pay for one pipe of it hauled in dock so the afternoon No. 19, Cheung Lok Street, the Reminded of the statistics what, owing to a plentiful supply, ferry from Cheung Chau, starts at police Imve arrested two suspects given by the Anti-Opium Associa- he has to pay for three of the 5.45 p.m. and the 7 p.ra. service and recovered all the property, tion, Mr. Taylor smiled. "Figures other he will look at it from this from Hongkong is discontinued for valued at $32. may be made to prove anything, point of view. If I get two thirds the present, in fact I am inclined to believe of the enjoyment out of smoking that it would be better to leave a pipe of inferior opium that I de them out of our next report."
"out of smoking the beat Indian, "But they do give some indica- why should I pay the extra price? tion of the amount of opium con.I will wait until the difference in sumed, do they not," queried the price is more in accord with the reporter.
difference in quality."
"The Chinese then prefer the Indian to any opium?
"It is a hopeless fallacy to take the number of chests boiled by the Government any definite indication of the amount con- sumed."..
"Because of the undeterminable amount of illicit opium sold?"
21) Several large recently dried skeletons of tigers, packed in wicker baskets were landed hera probably for the local native doc- tor) and excited a little interest.
Word has been received from Rey, R. Cowles, who hopes to return to China, from America and resume his mission work among the sur- rounding islands.
Eases Rheumatic Pains A stiff peak is zoon eased and rheumatic Pais in arms and shoulders disappear
"Yes, the Cantonese in parti- cular, which goes to show that they do not smoke for the sake of the morphia. Indian contains the lowest percentage of morphia of
when Chamberlain's Pain Balm is rubbed Using Smuggled Opium, all opiums. There is about 1 oz. on the aching spot. It feels good to the "Not only that, but we often of it in twelve of Indian opium skin., penetrates quickly to the rely seat have large seizures of perfectly and as, even if the smoker of pain, scattering the congestion, reliev good opium which we use; and inhaled the whole of the smoke in the pressure and the pain is gone.
Fold and recommended everywhere. then again we have to have large into his system, only about a reserves owing to the necessity of thousandth part of that would be storing the opium for a consider- absorbed into his system, the able period before it is in a fit theory that the opium' smoker state Lo be sold. It was smokes for the sake of drugging owing to the exhaustion of these himself with morphin will not reserves that the full amount of hold water. It is the taste and opium was not sold last year. We aroma of Indian opium that he produced nothing for four months likes just, as we have our own when the factory was being trans-particular likes and dislikes' in ferred to Kennedy Town and we simply had nothing to sell.
"So the supposed 'decrease' is illusionary?"
GRAND OPERA.
TRAVIATA.
Comparisons are seldom satisfac- tory and in the case of Traviata, relative to the other operas which
blends of tobacco. The rights and wrongs of oplum smoking, how- ever, is hardly a thing upon which I ought to enter."
TENNIS.
O. RUMJAHN LOSES IN
TIENTSIN.
In the open tennis singles at
Carpi's company have given at the Tientsin, a recent match was
Theatre Royal, would be even more between 0. Rumjahn, an old undesirable owing to the plot being
Ho different from those in other Hongkong boy, and O. D. Ras-
Italian operas and to the fact that mussen, the latter gaining an easy
the representation of the chief char: victory. 6-1, 6-1.
neters (with the exception of
'Alfredo) were in different hands
The match was over in less than
thay have besn those on the three 25 minutes. other ocensions.
.....
The majority of tennis follow- It-can-however, be-state-tint- it was the opinion of some who had ers were probably prepared to see seen the whole of the operatic per Rasmussen win, but few can have formances that in last night's the anticipated so crushing a defeat; principals entered more completely into their porte-in fact that the saya the "Peking and Tientsin characters lived in their hands and Times.". Rumjahn, while not that the story, simple and, in many possessing many strokes,, is at respects, sordid though it may be, least a cool, calculating player,. was invested with the utmost chiarm by means of radiant person- and against an opponent of Ras- ality and acting no less superb than mussen's temperament that is a the singing.
great asset. But as it happened, Whether the audience had com-Rasmussen played to perfection. parisons in the mind or not, the He commenced well, and with spontaneous applause with which each act and many of the individual Rasmussen that is more than half items were greeted showed that the battle. Smashing weak re- they were keenly appreciative of the fore provided. Violetta Ah, turns unmercifully, he proved Fors's Lui and later tão Un di Irresistible, and from first to last Felice dust roused them to a high Rumjahn did not have the shade pitch of enthusiasm, Mlle Enna of a chance. He lost the first five Surinnch with her liquid clear games straight, and won the sixth voice and the ease with which she is only by reason of too daring an able to modulate it, was well suited attack on Rasmussen's part. It to the part of Violetta and honour was exactly the same story in the should be equally divided between second set, the winner losing only Big Gilletta and Big. Berangreli the sixth game,
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MORE ARMS.
FOUND ON PRESIDENT BOAT.
Previously it was left to the Ingenuity of the Water-Police to nose out arms on Trans-Pacific liners but now it Weile often that the ship's officers find the com traband themselves and hand them over to the Police on arrival here,
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On the "President Madison were discovered by the officers revolvers and 359 rounds ammunition which are now in the
Police store-room.
University v. Sacred Heart, Navy "A" ground. Referee: Mr. Ford.
South China Av. Club de Recreio "B" South China ground. Referee: Mr. Collins,
RUGBY.
The H.K.V.D.C. Mounted Infan- try Section XV. will try conclus sions from a team picked from The Rest, on the Club ground, Happy Valley at 4.45 p.m. Teams; M.I. XV-Mills, Smith, Morri- son, Clelland and Jenkins, Clerk and Milne, Beveridge, Jones, Mackintosh, Miller, Moncrieff, Oliphant, Russell and Worrall. Reserve: Stewart,
The Rest-Frowse, Skinner, Foster, Easterbrook and Hyde, Shovelton and Owen, Forsyth, Ralston, Davies, Adams, Jordain, Groves, Lee and Paul. Refèrée: Mr. H. G. Hegarty,
The M.I will play in white and The Rest in colours..
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