TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1925.
-PERIL IN THE DARK.
TORRENT OF MUD AND WATER.
HOUSES COLLAPSE.
Wongneichong Village's Luckless Plight.
Much havoc was wrought by the heavy rainstorm last night in n low-lying part of Happy Valley where a village of over a thousand souls was in peril during the dark, hours. -
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As will be seen from the photo-choked up the village lanes, doors graphs, reproduced, the village of und windows, and thus blocked the Wongneichong, the inhabitants of passage of water until the village which are descended from forebears was flooded out and collapses of who were in the Colony before houses occurred. Hongkong was ceded to Britain, Since then, the villagers have has suffered from deluges in pre-always lived in a state of alarm, vious yeare,
ARMY'S SAFETY-LIMIT.
GENERAL CHETWODE'S
WARNING.
THE CHINA-MAIL.
OPIUM FIND.
STEAMER OWNERS PROSECUTED. ·
A DIFFICULT DUTY,
The seizure of 9,009 tuels of pro- pared ppium on bourd the ss. Hosang on April 30,.had its sequel at the Central Magistracy yester day before Mr. S. B. B. McEldeny when the owners of the vessel, the Indo-China Steam Navigation Com- pany, Ltd,, were charged with un- lawfully using the ship for trans- portation of the drug.
SHADOWS BEFORE.
Coming Events Advertised In The Mail.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Junė 16.
Coronet Theatre,
"I Winter Comes."
June 16. World Theatre, The Temporary Marriage.""
June 16. Queen's Theatre,
"Circus Days."
June 16-Star Theatre, "The "Ridin' Kid of Powder River."
June 22. Theatre Royal, Edward Johnson, world-famed Canadian tenor, 9.30 p.m.
SOCIALS.
June 20. Fortnightly dance at the Peak Club, .9.15 p.m."
July 4-Special Dinner Dance at Hongkong Hotel, from 8 p.m. to midnight.
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SPORTS.
Outlining his case, Mr. Whyte- Smith said that a party of revenue officers" found concealed in the bunkers under about 10 tons of coal 354 kerosene tins full of pre-
June 18.-Lawn Tennis Asscn. pared opium. The placing of the meeting at the Pavilion of the opium where it was found entailed H.K. Cricket Club, 5.30 p.m.
June 19. Annual meeting of considerable amount of work, and
Lieut. General Sir Philip W. Chetwode General Officer Com- manding-in-Chief at Aldershot, speaking at the annual dinner of the Staffordshire Society, at the Midland Grand Hotel, said before the war we spent £28,000,000 on the Army and maintained six divi- slons; to-day we spent £44,000,000 and had three divisions only. So long as Great Britain placed her faith on voluntary enlistment che must pay through the nose in this Mr. T. 8. Whyte-Smith, pro way. There was a striking in-secuted and Mr. R. A. Webster stance of this in the case of the appeared for the defendant Com- Royal Air Force. The French air
pany, authorities could go into the streets and
seize upon # high-class Last night, mud flowed copiously mechanic and give him zd. a day into the village and soon the enfor his skill, but in England we trances to the old-style houses were could not get the high-class choked, keeping in the village all, mechanic at all for the R.A.F. and the water that had found its way had to train boys specially for the work. He warned the country that into the lower ground.
About ten houses simply gave an army could not be produced by roofs and walls caved in. An old emergency, and the post-war his cautions had been taken by woman was caught in some falling tory of the Army had been one of those on board to prevent the con- debris wihch, however, made a discouragements and curtailments, cealment of such things as opium opium was very large, and miless natural cavity for her to stand in and even though not at the pre-contraband. The quantity of until Fire Brigade rescuers dug her sent moment of neglect. To-day the section under which the de- In the we could not produce more than fendants were charged was not out from her danger. lowest parts of the village, mud two divisions at instant notice ter going to be a dead letter allogether,
Other third would have to come later, and water was roof-high, houses had mud completely obscur and it would be many months r. Whyte-Smith considered that ing their doors and windows, the afterwards before other divisions such incidents should not be allow ed to pass. Continuing, Mr. loose earth making a dam and con were ready to take the field. The
meaning of all this was that the Whyle-Smith said that there were connections between the two verting
British Army was in no sense an instrument of offensive policy, and, more than that, that it had reached the very bottom of the safety limit from the point of view of defensive policy.
EDWARD
JOHNSON
The World Famed Canadian
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Prices $4.00, $2.00 & $1.00.
A retaining wall by the roadside way under the strain and both a conjuring trick in times of the Crown would like to know what members of the Victoria Recrea- CHINA: MAIL'S CROSS-WORD- PWZA
NEW*
where the old
Last night no life was lost in the villago itself, but just outside tho Yeung Woo Nursing Home, hawker's pitch was carried away and it is believed that the unfortunate man perished.
**Happy Retrea!' stood gave way. Boulders and earth were carried down by the downpour of rain, which swept with it the hawker's flimsy pitch. This morning, Sanitary Depart ment coolics were digging about and, so it is stated, a corpse was recovered, believed to be the re- mains of the hawker.
ono
That hardship is en-
bunkers and the side of the ship hud grilles through which it was possible to pass opium.
tion Club, at V.R.C., 6 p.m.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
June 18-Lammert Bros., at
2.30 p.m. Sales Room, household furniture,
June 23.--Lammert Bros., at 9, Broadwood Road, household fur- niture, 2.45 pm
ELOPEMENT DRAMA, FORGERY FOR GIRL WHO
Two motor-cars in that part. of
tho tenements into Happy Valley were also victims of the storm. One was badly broken temporary water tanks,
Steps have been taken since the up into several main parts which were lying on the road when a first deluge in 1923 to nhate the "China Mait representative pass danger but mdical changes will sed. Another car had been washed have to ho made before these
In the absence of the Duke of over the ditch into the race-course luckless villagers can live safely in whore its wheels were pointing to houses handed down to them from Sutherland, through indisposition, the sky. Besides the driver of gouerntion to generation and reppe Lord Charnwood, with whom was eir taken to hospital with senting to somo, all their worldly Lady Charnwood, presided.
Mr. W. H. Gelson proposed the injuries, it is not known if the belongings. damage to the cars entailed any tiger borrowing over $100 to as Force, to which General Sir to the ship, Mr. Webster said that he
tailed is evident from one instance toast of "The Navy, Army, and other casualty.
Pandemonium reigned in Wong-effect repairs in 1929 only to have Philip Chetwode replied.
his house down again last night. neichong village last night s
Rain The village maintains that had it soon as the storm came on, fell in such torrents that mnd from ot been for the ionso earth being building sites on adjacent but deposited in such huge and loose higher ground was moving like antities in close proximity to river into the narrow lanes of the them, and on ground inst above their habitations. the floods would village.
According to some of the in-not have occurred, habitants. the village has been immune from floods for at least a hundred years. In 1923, when the Race Course was bathed in mud, a number of houses in the village collapsed. At the height of the property hoom, building operations began on the slopes, behind the village. In the courge of site pre- paration much
earth became
FORSOOK HIM.
Chief Preventivo Officer 8. J.
Joseph Herbert Jones, 28, Clarke described the mid and stated clerk, of Totterdown, Bristol, under cross-examination that who was said to have eloped 18 ship had been searched previously months ago with a pretty girl of by three different parties and all 19 to Manchester, was at Bristol the contraband found was 60 taels bound over on a charge of obtain- of opium.
On restuning after a visit aiding £400 by means of a forged The cheque bad been stolen from he hind taken everything into con- Mr. C. Lloyd, MP., gave the sideration and His Worship had his employers, Messrs. Charles Hill and Sons, shipbuilders, toast of "The Overseas Domio- seen the ship. He would plead fons," and Commander O. Locker-quilty to technical offence, and Bristol, who had been in the Lampson, M.P., responded.
quoted the case against the s.a. habit, one of their directors told the Bench, of sending Jones to Lord Charwood, replying to Longsang in 1929 when the toast of the evening, The Magistrate found that there had get cash from the bank. Staffordshire Society," proposed been, no guilty knowledge on the by Mr. Deputy J. R. Brough, re part of the officers of the ship, but ferred to the forthcoming visit of nevertheless found the Company the King and Queeg to Stafford-
guilty of a technical offence. shire to lay the foundation-stone. of the North Staffordshire Infirmary extension..
loosened and it was this earth that
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Native What are you sobbing about, my good friend?
Tourist. This wonderful climate this great country- Native. Well, now, stop and skry here the rest of your life. You don't have to go back.
Tourist-Im not going back, but think what I've missed by not being born here:
WHEN IT RAINS.
Canon Farrell was dining with Father Healy, and remarked,
henr
your whisky has a great repute tion, Father Healy pushed the bottle across the table. "Go, he said, "seek the bubble reputation at the Canon's mouth,'
It was amid similar scenes to this, only with water waist high, that the Fire Brigade worked early this morning.
"LIKE A MILLPOND."
"Like a milpond in the Carly hours of this morning, Happy Valley must have
the
Mr. E. J. Watson, who defend-
ed read a letter from the Customs
in Manchester, where Jones had officer at a bonded warehouse"
found work as a clerk, saying
Mr. Webster explained the pre-' cautions taken by the Company and that he had found him a man of the officers of the vessels to prevent, high character and a loyal co-
worker. snuggling of opium. It was pre-
. Mr. Watson said that Jones tically impossible to stop smuggling if people were determined. The. became acquainted with a girl, who ship had been searched several after a time found herself in trouble. times before and after leaving Amoy He asked her to marry him, but sho and nothing in, the nature of con- would not consent then or since traband was found. As evidence in spite of his urging.
of the alertness of the officers while They went to Manchester, and the vessel was at Amoy, Mr. there they lived under an assumed Webster quoted an instance of the me. The man tried to get work. chief officer investigating into the He lost £125 in a shady company contents of some kerosene tins with which he sought employment. taken in, which were found to con- He got a job at the bonded ware- tain tea oil.
house, but he was only getting $2 10s. a week, and he was allow ing the girl £8'a week as well as paving 30s. a week for lodgings, while her confinement cost him £80:
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His Worship imposed a fine of $100 and in doing so said that. it was difficult to prevent smuggling. There was nothing in the evidence to show that the master and officers of the Flosang had any guilty know- An order was made for Jedge. the confiscation of the opium.
It was a very unhappy alliance, said Mr. Watson, followed by the disappearance of the girl and her child and his arrest 24 hours after- wards. Jones had suffered moro
give him,
LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. pnishment than any court could
'ARRIVALS.
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Leesang, (Br) J. M. & Co, from Haiphong
Escondido, (Nor.) K. Larssen
& Co., Put Back from Sea,
Prominent, (Nor) Fook Tai Cheong, from Saigon.
Imstaca, (Nor.) K. Larssen & Co., from Saigon.
Yamagata Maru, (Jap.) N. Y. K., from Osaka, Moji:
Kamo Maru, (Jap.) N. Y. K, from London, Singapore.
Daishen Maru, No. 5, (Jap.) Y. K, K., from Keelung.
Aitoku Maru, (Jap) Suzuki & Co., from Dairen.
Mao Lee. (Chi) Yee Tài Hong, from Wei-lai-hei
DEPARTURES.
Kamo Maru, (Jap.) N. Y. K. for Yokohama, Shanghai.
Sekkow Maru, (Jap.) O. S. K. for Saigon.
Song Bo, (Fren) M. M. for Haiphong.
K.
Korea Maru, (Jap.). T. K. for San Francisco, Shanghai.
Clara Jebsen, (Dan.) Kuen Sang, for Ampy,
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LAW AND WIFE.
WHAT THE HUSBAND IS LIABLE FOR..
"Though a wife is now res ponsible in some measure for the civil wrongs she commits, her husband's liability is as great as ever it was."
This statement was made to a reporter by a legal authority who was commenting on Lord Danes- fort's motion which comes before the House of Lords urging that a husband be freed from his present liability for his wife's debts and torts.
(These cross-word puzzles have been made by expertø but our readers are warned to watch out for occasionāl phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
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SUGGESTIONS FÖR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crousing them, and they in turn to still others, A
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السمار
The Juno bugi a beetle 12-Mall delivery in the country
(abbr.)
13-A British province, of B. Africa 14-A Japanese women's sash 15-Conjunction
16-Used in negation 17-Initials of the author of ""Treasure Island" 18-Musical term "Long Meter"!
(abbr.)
19A, chicken disease 21-Marks of wounds
23-A girl's name
A publie carrlage"
24-A
28-Interjection
27-Man's name (famillar)
25-To leap
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support
2-One of the continents 3-A measure of length (abbr.), 4-Man's name
6-A door fastener
Preposition
7-Linger
A measure of tength (pl.) BPerform, enact
10-Flattoned at the poles
11-Frost
20-Boy's namo
22-Part of radio outfit 23-Labyrinth
26-Groatly favored 27-Girl's name
30-A bevel on the edge of a cut-28-To promiss solemnly
32-A
ting tool
sion of the zodiao 33--A drink
34-Personal pronoun
36-A point of compass (abbr) 37-Man's name (familiar) 38--Preposition
39-To carn as clear profit 41-A town In Wuritemburg,
Germany
43-Word of asant
A common tree
46-Banking term, "Days" sight"
(abbr.)
47--interjection ♪ 49-Man's name
61-One of a wandering race 63-Artist's aupport for his picture 64Suffix denoting an agent
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58-A point of compose (abbr) 69A small toil on the eyeild 60-To go in
01-Feminine of Balns (abbr)
25-Short coarse hemp or flax
30-Cry of the sheep S1--Fate, destiny 35-Enroll
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(abbr.)
44—Relieveo,, lightens
45-A shield or defensive armor, od
the mantle of Minerva
45-An embankment
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(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's "China Mail" along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
The Holyrood. Suite..
to
for the General of Scottish divinės
"Lord Danesfort's motion," add- ed the authority, "is aimed at removing what is regarded as an Lady Elgin is choosing her suite anomaly of English law. By the in anticipation of residence at
Law Common
of England a Holyrood Palace, where Lord Elgin married woman could not sue or a be Lord High Com be sued unless her husband was missioner. joined with her, but since the Assembly passing of the Married Women's in May, and one of her two Property Acts she may be maids of honour will be Lord sued in tort, that is to say, wrong Balfour of Burleigh's youngest sis ful acts, other than breaches of tor, Miss Victoria Bruce. A charm-; contract, as if she were unmarried, ing girl, though perhaps not pos and the damages sustained and, sessing the striking good looks of the costs incurred recovered from her eldest sister, the, widowed Lady her separate property,
Hope of Pinkie (observes a "Star" The Married Women's Property writer), Miss Bruco acted last year Acts do not prevent a husband and in a similar capacity at Holyrood. Yamagata Maru, (Jap.) N. Y. K.,wife from being sued jointly for She is one of the very last children for Rangood, Singapore.
her wrongful acts, such as libel, to whom Queen Victoria acted as India Arrow, (Amer.) St. Oil, for slander, and fraud, and the hus god-mother. San Francisco Ca, Haiphong band is liable, although he may Kwei Yang, (B) B. & S.; for have had no knowledge of the Singapore, Hoihow.
wrongful acts, or even if his wife, Banreach, (Br.) G. Livingstone, driving her own car, knocks some For for Yokohama, Shanghai.
Sarpedon, (Br.) B. & S. for London. Singapore.
Tak Hing, (Chi) Fook Hal, for Autau,
Yu Sang. (Br) J. M. & Co., for Tientsin, Chefoo.
Hai Yang, (Br.) Kuen Sang, for Penang, Singapore.
Aizawa Maru, (Jap.) M. B. K.,
for Tamsul
At a meeting of the Town Council' of Hereford many years ago, one of the she
one down."":
'It isn't fair," said an official of the Women's International League,
to put any responsibility on to Try the women until you give them complete economic freedom'
LUMBAGO.
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