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THURSDAY, JULY. 8, 1926.
CHINESE COINS,
LARGEST CHINESE CHURCH IN COLONY.
COUNTERFEIT CHARGE NOT
NAMED TO DEAL
Rapid progress is being made in getting the new To Dzul Church ready for the official opening which takes place on September 2. It is expected that the new stained glass windows will be installed by that time. There is to be a clock tower, which will also have four bells. The new organ will cost up wurda. of $2,000. Thla church will be the largest Chinese Church in the Colony. A visit at the present time to the uncompleted building is vory interesting. As our readers
may, know, this, church was found- ed by the London Mission, and is now a member in the Church of Christ in China. It is very pro- minently located on Bonham Road.
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CURIO BID.
COMPLETE SHOP NOW IN MARKET
A Hongkong curio shop is now in the market, for diapoaal lock, stock
and barrel.
·PROVED."
CASE DISMISSED,
"STAR"
COMING.
NORTHERN FAVOURITE IN HONGKONG.
MELLAN-FANG ECHO.
The case in which four Chinese' Those who' rémòmber the impor were charged at the Central tance attached to the visit to Hong- Magistracy with being in posses-kong of Mol Lan-fang a few years alon of counterfeit twenty-cent ago will be pleased to hear that his pieces concluded yesterday when leading protege, Ching Yim-chow, the Magistrate (Major C. Will will open to local audiences at the son) held there was no evidence Tal Ping theatre on Saturday night,
for a short season. to prove that the coins were coun- terfeit.
Mr. M. K. Lo represented three of the defendants and Mr. D. L. Strellett the fourth at previous hearings when it was stated that the coins were minted at Cheung Chau in the Fukion province at the time Canton was under the control of Chan Kwing-ming.
A native of Fukien gave evid- ence yesterday that the coins were minted at Cheung Chau by Chan Kwing-ming and were valid. and current in that place, in
· Amoy, and Chin Chau three years ago.
Other evidence being called, the defendants were discharged.
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"The train may be crowded As far as is known, the owner
with delegates to the anti-prohi- made a pile out of the property
bition convention, but they would mob the engineer who would take boom but retained the curio busi
a drink while drawing his pre- ness which had given him his start. When the crack came, the storscious freight!"-Senator Borah, figured as one of the assets.
An announcement appears in the morning papers, saying that the Official Receiver will accept offers, on terms, before July 10, for the curio shop, Lau Pang Kee, at No. #1, Wellington..Street.
FUNERAL.
MRS. MURPHY LAID TO REST.
days of isolation for Bri- tain
Power Any other are over. It seems to have forgot- ten that rebuke, and now pleads. for an energetic policy. To morrow, or next week, or next month its readers may once again be reminded that the only safe path to tread is that of "peace and conciliation" and that it would be indiscreet for Great Britain to attempt to plough a lonely furrow in China, s
Whilst on the subject of China is reassuring to learn on the authority of Baron Shidehara that there is no cleavage of opin- ion between the British and Japanese in regard to the Tariff Conference. He asserts that the fullest accord exists, and has
The funeral of Mrs. T. Murphy, kone so far as to censure the the wife of Chief Inspector Murphy, Japanese papers. responsible for took place at the Roman Catholic. allegations to the contrary. Themetery, Happy Valley, yesterday, Bishop Valtorte and the Rev. nature of these allegations "was Father Spada officiating. exposed in the quotations from Those present included-Inspec- Japanese papers which we pub-tor T. Murphy, (husband), Inspec-
tor and Mrs. J. Murphy. (brother) That Baron Shidehara (sister-in-law), Mr. Lysaught and the paper it was before the late
should have addressed a meeting Miss Lysaught, (nephew and niece), Lord Northcliffe bought an inter- est in it. It has come down more of Press men and denounced the as chief mourners, Mr. T. H. King, (Director of Criminal Intelligence), than a trifle in the public estima- Chauvinists among them cannot
Mr. C. G. Perdue, Divisional Inspec-. but exercise a wholesome effect tors W. F. Binckman, J. Ogg, In- sion." It ia no longer the sanest, representative of British on future relations between Japan spector P." Grant, Inspector D. and Mro. W. C. journalism. Nor is it nowadays and Britain both in regard to the Macdonald, Mr.
Cerrard, Sub-Inspectors J. und A. blessed with the same consistency Tariff Conference and in regard that endeared it for many de- to cognate questions affecting
China. cades to Home and overseas) Britons. When it condescends how to refer to China and affairs in that "distressful" country it rattles the "sword one day" and the "next, gloriously heedless of what it had previously demanded of the British Government, ap- peals for "peace and conciliation "on the part of the British in their
relations with the Chinese.
OUR INTERESTS IN CHINA.
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The great London Times is not-lished-in-this coltima on Tuesd sister-in-law), Mrs. Lysaught
day.
Clarke, Sub-Inspector and Mrs. Dorrington, Sub-Inspector R., C. Watt, Revende-Officer G. Watt, Sub- Inspector" Fallon, Sub-Inspector Stimson, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, Revenue Officer Knight, Mr. T.
CORRESPONDENCE.Hynes,
THE RABIES QUESTION.
To the Editor of the "China Mail"]
been Sir.-The question has
to
raised in the local papers as whether the muzzling order should be revoked and it has been sug rested that the discomfort suffered by muzzled dogs in the hot weather is such as to justify that action.
Whilst
of people being mauled by dogs continue to be re-
cases
If the numbers of such
Mel Lan-fang is the greatest of present-day Chinese actors, being famous for his female impersona- tions. About Ching Yim-chow, it is confidently claimed that the disciple branches of the art.
has exceeded the master in various
The whole company is very large. and includes a number of other
"stare" of the North China (old style drama) stage.
Much of value has been written about the Chinese theatre but à visit will not be out of the way for those who wish to know more.
"There la nothing wrong with It the present American home. is as safe and solid as it ever was."-Fannie Hurst..
"As you are an Individual, there is some purpose in being here, some purpose in life you must count in the world and help its building up."-Dr. Minot Simons.
This in the new P. & O. steamer. "Ranpura," out from Home for the "first time, which arrived in Hongkong, harbour to-day. The photo repro- duced above is from a painting by J. Spurling, copy by courtesy of Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Details are:-548.3 feet lang,713 feet broad, moulded depth 47 feet, gross register 16,601 tons, 15,000 horse-power, cruis Ing speed 17 knots, oil fuel burner, bunker capacity 2,871 1ons, bulk by Hawthorne, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Newcastle.
JUDICIAL INNOCENCE,
Mrs. OF FUGITIVE AND CLOISTERED
“VIRTUE.
A DISCOVERY.
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS,
Vancouver, B. C. June 14.
Inspector and Reynolds. Sub-Inspector E. JE}], Mr. SLogan, Mr. P. Lanigan, Mr. and Mrs. O'Sullivan, Mr. Dillon, Mr. K. W. Andrews, Mr. P. W. It is one of the most reliable Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. Merryman, of English jokes that a Judge is That the highest mountain in Bri- Mrs. A. Grant, Sub-Inspector and lanocent, Countless courts have tish Columbia could hide out suc- Mrs. Field, Mr. and Mrs. Knight, rung with respectful laughter when cessfully through the centuries Mr. P. A. Dixon, his lordship was pleased to ask and be discovered in 1926 would Mrs. Woolley, membera of the staff of some question breathing the ignor. Criminal Intelligence Department, and many others.
the
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Floral Tributes. There was a wealth of floral tri- butes placed on the grave and a
tation
Bloxham, Mr. and MrsA. R. Clark, thing cannot be done,
ance of fugitive and cloistered seem an impossibility yes that It has now gone back to the
virtue, says the "Daily Talegraph."elaim is now made in regard to sabre and the sword business. It
"Who is Sir Augustus Harris ?" "Mystery Mountain," less than makes the startling discovery (1)
a classic sentence. The natural 150 miles north of this city. man, eager for anything to laugh that British interests in China orted. (I have it, on the assurance wreath from. Inspector T. Murphy that the great, wise and eminent climbed nor even approached, ac- This mountain has never been at, and craving, above all, signa cannot be neglected even for auf n local medical officer, that there was lowered with the coffin. Others are ridiculous, does not trouble to cording to mountaineers here and little while therefore. British have been even more such case who sent flowers included:-
consider that for this comic affec. | Allan Carpe, conquerer of Mount policy in China should be con- during the period of muzzling
Nora and family, Freda and restrictions than similar periods be Eileen, Carrie und Maggie. Miss That a Judge, should decline to Alpine Club of Canada will at- tinually active." It likewise dis- fore) it surely shows a distorted M. Lysaght, the Hon. Mr. E. 0. C.
there is serious reason. Logan, who with members of the covers (1) that "China
means view of relative values to press for Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Aris, Mr. and what is proved in his
know anything about a case except |
court ly tempt to climb it this summer. much to British trade," and points the abolition of a measure which Mrs. C. F. Alexander, Mrs. P. obviously a sound principle. The Don Mundy, noted climber, with out that hitherto the British have may be irksome but which is very Angus, Mr. and Mrs, E. Bloor, Sgt. difficulty is, as in all cases of liv. Mrs. Mundy and Thomas Inraham been the heaviest losers except human life.
necessary for the protection of Barnicle, Capt. and Mrs. H. Fing up to your principles, that the were exploring Mount Arrow- the Chinese themselves. Natur-casus as those of which my medical Mr. and Mrs. Carey Mrs. W. I. --who-really puts himself in the post the Gulf of Georgia they saw A Judge smith on Vancouver when across ally it welcomes the British friend has assured me are so con Chevalier, Mr. Henry Dixon and tion of the ingenuous gentleman in great shaft of icy mountain tower- Minister's declaration of the Bri- concern the very great minority of
paratively large when they must family, Mr. P. A. Dixon, Mr. and the poem, "By. books and swains ing above the uncharted fields of tish viewpoint in regard to the dogs without muzzles which have
Mrs. C. M. Dorrington, Mr. and Mrs. alone the world he knew, Norglaciers and snow areas. They Tariff Conference, but rather de- eluded the observance of the police and family, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, true," a Judge, that is, who declined anyone else, according to results A. H. Elston, Mr. and Mrs. Everest knew if books and swains reported had never seen it before nor had tracts from the sincerity of its what would the numbers be if the
Sub-Inspector Fallon, Mr. B. muzzling order was cancelled*
to take anything for granted about of their inquiries. praise by expressing the opinion
Flaherty, Mr. C. Greenwood, In human nature and the world we Immediately the Guardian It is probably because the caken' that "it falls short of the ener- of mauling by dogs have concernedSpector P. Grant, Mrs. Grant and live in, would be an intolerable Geological Survey investigated of the family, Mr. and Mrs. Hynes and cbstruction to the course of justice, while the Mundys and others getic policy required at present in people in remote parts
Chinese quarters that writers in the family, Mr. C. Kéilet, Sgt. Kelly,But if his lordship must be in a went inland and reached a point China"
That is a form of bleat local papers seem to be under the Mr. S. Logan, Inspectors Robt. modest way a man of the world, within 45 miles of the mountain. ing with which readers of the impression that the danger of a
Richard Lanigan, Mr. and Mrs. P. how much worldly wisdom he is to Heretofore, Mount Robson has London Times are nowadays rabies outbreak is entirely removed Having regard to the fat that familiar. As Hongkong was hydrophobia is the most terrible blamed for not being able to sub- and loathsome disense which it is mit any concrete proposal to re- possible for a human being to con-
Hongkong, July 7.
Youry,
A HUMAN,
Lenigna, Lin Shan-ping, Lai Nam- admit becomes a question not of been considered the highest peak "ang, Mrs. S. Macdonald and Mr. principle but of taste. Your in British Columbia hut the D. C. Macdonald, Sgt. Joseph modern Judge, when he hears the Geological Survey believes the Murphy. Sgt. Dan Murphy, Mr. and names of the stars of the music new Mystery Mountain” which Mrs. D. Q. MacDonald,
Mir hall, says, we trust with becoming has been hidden by other and Jaughton, Ng Ping-u, Mr.gravity that he knows all about closer peaks is actually the king
medy the situation arising out of tract, surely the comfort of an an O'Connell, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, them. Lord Darling was moved re- of the mountain pack.
mal, however high its species and the strike and boycott-a job capacity for devotion, ahould not, Mr. and Mrs. Pincott, "Sgt. Ccently to pralee Mr. Justice
and that was considered here best left be put before the safety of humans? Poyntz, Inspector
Mrs. McCardle's extensive and peculiar Reynolds, Messrs. Riach to the good people in Downing
and knowledge of "breach of promise, Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. wedding rings, and feminine Aldous Huxley writes: "A good Street-so it may be remarked
Stimson, Shek Pal, Mr. and Mrs. costume. It would seem that he time means going to the races, that it in one thing for the Lon-
W. F Stone, Mr. and Mrs. A. K thinks the convention of Judicial playing bridge, drinking cocktails, Taylor, Inspector and don Times to demand an ener
Mr Ignorance might well be gathered dancing till four in the morning MeWalter, Wong Cheuk-kal, Mrs to its fathers. But one cannot and talking about nothing.. And getic policy in Ching and another
Woolley and family, Mr. T. H. heartfly follow him in laughing at meanwhile the beautiful, the incre thing to submit a really practic
Whelan, Wong Lau.
the "most distinguished Judge who dible world in which we live awaits. Police Magistrates, Revenge Off was lately under the impression exploration, and life is short and able way of putting that ener-
cers (Europeans), Sgt. Mess No. 7 that the saxophone was an instru- time flows staunchlessly, like blood getic, policy into action. It was the Tatung front. The cars were Police Station, and others. ment played with a stick." This from a mortal wound. And there not so long ago that the same purchased in Hankow and Tien-
zeems to be evidence of a sound and1 is all knowledge, ali art. - Thøre journal rebuked the advocates of tein. The Model Tupan is also "Every time a man pays more wholesome state of mind. This is are men and women, the innumer- sterner British action in China by reported to have ordered a num for a manufactured article than proof of a well-spent manhood able living, and, in books the sofis ber of new aeroplanes, costing he would have paid if an import Would our judiciary command the of these, dead who deserve to be pointing out that unity of the about $40,000 each: Previous to duty had not been laid upon it, he confidence of the nation if it was mortal, Heaven preserve me, în Powers Interested in China is a the present campaign, there were pays a subsidy."Senator Cum-known to live laborious nights in such a world, from having a good sine qua non, and that the but two fighting planes in Shansi. I mins.
the study of jazz?
Peking, June 25-Over three hundred and fifty motor cars are said to be employed by Tupan Yen Hai-shan with his army on
"time:""