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DEATH..
KIRKWOOD-A Empress Hotel, at 130 o'clock this morning Elizabeth Kirkwood, od heart. failure Funeral will pass the Monument at 5 p.m. to-day.
Hongkong, Monday, infarch 15, 1926,
HONGKONG'S TRADE,·
mentator 013 public
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1926.
COBHAM HOME.
GREAT RECEPTION: FOR 'AIR"
HERO
(Reuter's Service,)
London, March 18.
prominence of a legislative enact ment. The reason for this is not quite apparent. Frobably an un-- nocessary auspicion lurks in the minds of those who, presumably, would have everything to gain from a free and unfettered discus- sion of their wrongs--fancied or real. A parliament" of local Huge crowds at Croydon Katily labour is a thing much to be decheered the appearance in the
sunny sky of little fleet of aero sired, in which employers and planes at 4:15 o'clock this after employees would be evenly re-noon heading to the aerodrome presented. The late Mr. Montague from the south. They were the plamas which earlier set out to Ede's scheme was somewhat along escort Mr. Alan Cobham home in these lines. At any rate it tend-the final stage of the 16,000 mile ed to consolidate labour to the return from Cape Town, a Bight. end that contentment should it which he was surveying a pus
able African air route... [reign à~1 that the Colony should Mrs. Cobham,, whọc' was
be spa d "lightning" strikes; board one of the welcoming strikes based on legitimate griev-planes, affectionately greeted her husband on his landing at tances, and those others which may Croydon....
lie at the doors of paid, unpaid, Notwithstanding delay, due to and certainly unprincipled agita- bad weather and sand storms in tors. The Fascist conception can,various parts of the route, the without hesitation, be adopted to adsor Castle," which left airmary beat the mail steamer Hongkong conditions, that is Cape Town on the same day ad that "all must be within, and none he did. The beamer does not
arrive before Monday,
heat waves in America Even in the way of fire crackers, shipments have fallen off, only 259 tons and 4,525 cages leaving the Colony this year to date as compared with outside." That those who live 1,784 tons and 34,822 cases at and work here under conditions of this time in 1926. Ginger sup-absolute freedom and liberty. plies a gleam of hope to the wader must consider thentselves as of trade statistics, for 90 tons and within the Colony here for 893 packages have been exported their own good, but also for the in trade statistics, for 90 tons and good of the Colony and those tons and 170 packages last year: others who, in divers ways, are Rattan ware also shows an in-working for the good of all The crease on last year, as does rice in simplicity-the commonsense of bags. Silk and silk waste have the idea of compulsory arbitration practically what the health re-should appeal to all. We should turn analysts describe as "a nil aim at getting rid of unnecessary entry this year, but of sugar suspicions and such false idens 350 tons went forward this year that capital is necessarily anta- and five bags of sago and tapoca, neither of which commodities figured in the return up to this time a year ago. The "ten habit” in America, we have been told, is | being encouraged "boosted" in fact and this may be responsible for an export of 100 tons and 1,288 packages this year against only 46 tons and 192: packages last year:
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At Buckingham Palace..
London, later.. Mr. Alan Cobham, accompanied his wife, went to Buckingham the Earl of Athlone, Governor Palace to deliver a message from General of South Africa.
Tong
RIDDLED!
YANGTSZE STEAMER FIRED ON
Tchang, March 1...
A British steamer has fust" arrived in port with its smoke like an stack looking more elongated sieve, having been the target of numberless rifies on its way down from Chungking.
General Yang Sen has bean here for a few days. He left, yester- day morning, February 28, for Szechwan. It is understood that he has Instructions from Marshal Wu Pelfu to make peace in that province, but it is very doubtful if such a desired condition can be realised without more fighting- Router's Pacific Service..
SHORTHAND.
"ITÁLIAN CONVENT SCHOOL SUCCESSES.
Results of an examination in Pitmants Shorthand, held in the Content on December last; are to hand, and are as follows
Speed 100 Words: Misses Bernice Chenalley, Olga King, Celoste Xavier, Jenny Ozorio, Estelita Rosario and Bonedicta Xavier.
80 words: Misses May Gauberť. and Winifred Libttitor.
60 words: Misses Kimy Barretto,
His Majesty the King had as
conversation: with Mr. Cissy Noronha, Celestina Xavier, Cobham, whom he congratulated Mrs, M. Howe, Albertha Garcia, and expressed the opinion that Mercedes Ribeiro, Carolina Ribeiro this pioneer fight would pro-
and Remigia Blarte. bably find imitators in the future.
BEAUTIFUL LANDING.
(British Wireless Service.))
gonistic to labour, but rather the
Rugby, March 18. true idea that one cannot possibly exist without the other, and that side of the English Channel by a Mr. Cobham was met on this
in the combination of the two is to fleet of seven light aeroplumes of the Moth type, one containing be found solid progress to theirs. Cobham, the airman's wife, benefit of all.
HOME SOCCER.
ENGLAND WINS INTER-
LEAGUE,
IN FIVE DIVISIONS,
(Reuter'a Serolae,)
London, March 13., Football matches played to-day
Inter-League.
Elementary: Misses Na'ney.. McEwen, Kathleen McEwen, Mary Yeung Phyllis Woolley, Gladys McNider and Dorothie Williams.
In a dispute at a street fountain in Kowloon, a woman was wounded in the head by another woman who has been detained.
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Until noon to-morrow the wea- and by salon aeroplanes of thether forecast is (Hongkong) 3.E... Imperial Airways, containing ainda, moderate, backing to N.E. members of the public.
later and froshening; generally Mr. Cobham effected a beauti- cloudy, some drizzle or mist (For- ful landing and was given amosa Channel) N: Et winds, freshen- tremendous ovation by a great crowd who carried him shoulder high to the aerodrome. Here he
Prior to leaving Hongkong on was congratulated warmly by Sir Friday on the s.3. Tonkin for Philip Sassoon, Under Secretary Singapore to take up his new ap- at the Air Ministry, and by pointment of French Consul there, Colonel Edwards, Director of M. Yves du Courthial, who had Civil Aviation.
been the Franch Consul in Hong- Mr. Cobham looked extremely kong for just over a year, was that he presented with a gold watch in well and declared Bhaid hade glorious voy-appreciation of his services at a age, in spite of the ex-gathering of members of the tremely difficult flying coqudi French community held at the
Another portion of the returns: gives the exports to the Pacific. seaboard of the US and Canada" via the Pacific; and an analysis of those gives almost the same re- sults-rays of cheerfulness and Trade returns, like Ele-books notes of despondency that trade Land White Pafers, are not has been so bad The rays are resulted:
usually beloved of the com-provided by such commodities as
affairs, rineapples and rubber, but a sur-England 2, Scotland 0, (at Glas- tons on various stages: He had Hongkong Hotell, at which M. du There is ล sort of dryness.prise is created by a drop of over about them that repels a kind of 18,000 tons of tea. dullness that does not tend to úp-. Chapter III is the saddest of Blackburn 6, Burnley 3. lift. There may be, as Shake.the lot, albeit in the mourning-gf-Bury 0, Leeds 2. speare says, "tongues in trees, lost-trade line, it can run Chapter books in the running brooks, TV a very close race. These chap- sermong in stones, and good inters, it may be explained, deal everything." And so the latest with the exports from Hongkong fortnightly trade return of the to the Continent of Europe and Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce is tenderly taken up
gow).
Division I. Birmingham 1, Newcastle 1.
Cardiff 2, Aston Villa 0.
Everton 2, Arsenal 3. Huddersfield 5.
United 0:
Manchester Manchester City 2, West Ham 0 Sheffield 3, Notts County O Sunderland 3, Liverpool 2. the exports from Hongkong to Tottenham 1. Leicester 3. Great Briinin, "respectively.. In West Bromwich 0, Bolton 8..
Division II. Barnsley 1, Wednesday 1. Blackpool 1, South Shields 0. Bradford City 1, Wolverhampton
2.
and the pages. quietly perused in but one of pe 27 columns of
the hope of finding that "good i everything."
;
As a barometer to the prevail ing, state of our trade such a fort nightly return ought to be useful, besides being up to date-quite a
the former are declines recorded this year a compared with last and in each one of the 24 columns
to be found the same monotonous Darlington 1, Fulham 2.. of the exports to Great Britain is Chelsea 8, Oldham 0.
Clapton Orient. 4, Stoke 0.
Derby 0, Portsmouth 2. There is always, of course, in Hull 4, Stockport 0
state of affairs."
flown from. Pisa to-day, a dis-Courthial was the guest of hon- tance of 925 miles. He left Cape our. The departure of M. and Town fifteen days ago. He had Mme. du Courthial will be much comm flown the same British-made De regretted by the French Havilland machine to South|munity here and by their many Africa and back.
friends.
Extremes of Climate."
Rugby, March 14: On his rétum flight from Cape Town Mr. Cobham flew 8,500 miles in 80 flying hours,
On the whole of his 16,000 miles flight to and from Cape Town, although he encountered
every kind of weather-from the intense heat ture over the Mediterranean in- of the Soudan to the ley tempera-
cluding sand storms and snow storms-Mrs Cobham had not the slightest mechanical difficulty with his machine or enginé.
His De Havilland fifty aero-"
change, indeed, from dealing with trade the option either of refusing Nottingham 1, Middlesborough one; which has now flown over
10.
annual Government Departmental
to be bowed down by adverse
Port Vale 3, Swansea 0. reports for the year 1924 or even figures or offising the head in Southampton 2 Preston N.E. 0. 1925. Here, in this Chamber of the proud expectation that the Aberdare S, Charlton 1.
Division III (South). Commerce return, we are brought worst has been passed and that Bournemouth 4, Northampton 2. down to as recent a date as March subsequent figures will bring more Brentford 3, Newport 3.
Six pages are devoted to a joy to the regular student of com- Bristol City 8, Queen's Park
Brighton 1, Gillingham 2.. statement showing how the
mercial statistice. If the fort-
Rangers 1. Colony's exports were distributed' from January 1 to March 10, with nightly returns lesued by the Crystal Palace 3, Luton D. comparisons of the same period Hongkong, Genefa Chamber of Millwall 1 Reading 0. Norwich S, Exeter 1 last year and 1924.
Commerce can serve any good pur-Plymouth 1, Bristol Rovers 2. pose beyond that for which they Southend 3, Swindon C.
A note of pessimism is struck by the first three columns of the are automatically and so regularlyWatford 6, Merthyr 1. resurn of exports to the United compiled, we gre inclined to be Division III (North). States and Canada via the Suez, come a constant reader."
and Panama Canals: For this year
last
were
...AVERTING STRIKES:
Fascism is likely to gain many
Aahington 8, Accrington 1. Barrow 1, Halifax 2. Coventry 1, Grimsby 1. to date only nine tons and ten
Crewe 3, Rochdale 2... Doncaster 3, Chesterfield 0. packages of bamboo ware
Lincoln 1, Tranmere 3.1 exported as against 604 converts fit continues the Nelson 3, Rotherham 0. tony! and 1,489 packages liner indicated in its latest piece New Brighton S, Hartlepools 2.
Southport 1, Walsall 1 fin the corresponding period of legislation. By 138 votes to 26
Wigan 4, Durham 1" year. Blackwood ware the Fasclat Trade Unions Bill, Wrexham 4, Bredford 2. shows a heavier slump, only one providing for compulsory arbitra- Scottish League package have been sent away, as tion in
our disputes, has been Aberdeen 1, Motherwell 0.
Airdrieonians 1. Queen's Park L against 90 tons and 102 pages
passed Thus Italy, under its
Clydebank 0 Hibernians 1 last year, and the column under present regime is promised im Codwenbeath 1, Kilmarnock 0. "bristles" is entirely blank this munity from the disastrous conse. Hamilton 1 Falkirk 1. year, whereas in 1925-18 tops and quences of strikes especially Hearts 6, Morton 1. 110 packages were despatched. from thom which are Bl-timed Ralth 1, St. Mirren 8.
St. Johnstone 2, Partick 2. Canes show a similar blank for and those others, which in the this year, as against 848 tons and words of the Italian Premier may 1,358 bales a year ago. Not a be describ
Among the passengers leaving luxury for Home leave on the P, and 0.
in was dent as cargosto strikes." The idea may be new ag "Kashend on Saturday was single fan was
the American Continent this year, to Italy but it is not new, MJ Russell of the Taikoo the Agures for last year being 60 as an idea,
tous and 672 boxes-evi
of Hongkong, it
the great need for a few
Dockyard and Engineering Co., of Hongior, Ltd. Mr. Russell We accompanied by his wife and
100,000 miles, was the identical machine in which last year he flew to Rangoon from. London: On the Cape Town flight he had a Siddeley Puma 380 horse-power air-cooled engine of the same type as that used on the Rangoon was necessary because of the high fight, but of higher power. This
altitude of many of the landing grounds on the African flight.
|_ Mr. Cobhamn would have done the return flight in elever insfond of fifteen days had not tropical som turned some of the African landing grounds into swamps, from, which it was im possible to take off until the water had drained away.
His flight was undertalem, not only to prove the reliability of the all-British aeroplane, but also to prove how much might be done in the way of an aerial mail and passenger service between various parts of Africa.""
NOT WANTED.
(Reuter & Service.)
Florence, March 13, Mr. W. Ellison who has been released from prison, after his resented references to Signor Mussolini, has been expelled from Italy:
Another romance of the grand opera stage was shattered when Mra Strella Wilson. Smith, a former Aus tralian, prima donná, divorced Ralph Errolle, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera
A Pacific Coast business mea who was well known among his friends for his prowess with the ladies, had just returned to the city from a hunting trip after grizzlies in the Canadian Rockies..
At the club he was reciting to a ring of listenars his perilous situa tion when his rifle jammed and a wounded female grizzly was in full charge
At this moment the phone Yang, and the hunter was, obliged to leave to keep an appointment.
The next evening, when he on- tered, there was a chorus
Well, tell us how you came out. You remember she was just vancing toward you.
Losing control of a hand truck loaded with stone, damage to the extent of $15 was done to a haw Oh, yea was the ker's booth at Wing Fing Street. reply then I took her in my arms. The truck man was injured and and kissed her she simply couldn't had to be sent to hospital.
resist me