TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1926.
Phone C. 22.
FOR
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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TO LET.
THE MIXED COURT. CHOLERA IN SIAM.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN“' RELATIONS.
SCATHING FRENCH COMMENT.
DWINDLED TO SLENDER PROPORTIONS,
THE RECENT EPIDEMIC.
THE CHINA MAIL
TASMANIA.
OVERCOMING A LONGSTAND
ING HANDICAP. TER
HARBOUR EXTENSION SCHEME,
SPORE DEFENCES,
ISLANDS AND STRETCHES
OF COAST.N
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES,
"Faro years. Tasmania has been) Considerable stretches of the sen Writing La Tientsinols of The folldwing information is July 24, under the heading "Docu-supplied by the Eastern Bureau, without any local supplies of high-coast of Singapore Island and por menta for Ex-traster-pria-lite. League of Nations Health Organ grade coal of high calorific value.tion of two islands are to be with the result that her industries nequired by the Government for: Chinese justice. and Consutarisation, Singapore Finesse." M. Michael Brault says: The recent epidemic in Hanghk have been greatly handicapped. all railitary purposes
The islands. Pulau Ubin and The last Chinese magistrate who which began to spring to life galu edal having to be imported from sat without an assessor in the bout the beginning of the current Newcastle, N.S.W. At times she Pulau Tekong Ketchil, are situated International Concession before year has, thanks to the unremit- has been woefully short of the in the eastern approach to the 1911 took to his heels with G ting efforts of the Siamese Authri- necessary, fuel, owing to labour Johore Straits, and the quarries on LET-No. 8B, Orient Build thousand dollars, all the deposits ties, now dwindled to quite slender troubles at the mines and in the the former island supplied the Top Floor), Coronation in the Record Offices These suma proportions. The maximum in- shipping world. It is, however, an granite for the Johore, Causeway.
ing
on account of cidence was attained during the wind that blows nobody any The naval base and aerodrome.sites! Road, Kowloon, suitable for Euro were payments
382 good, and in order to overcome her nre, further up the Straits, and the pean family. Apply to:-M. C. judicial fees, and above all de week ending May 22 when Choir, c/pClark. & Lu. 10, Des Posits and securities made by (in cases, and 192 deaths were report-difficulties a local coal company has islands are doubtless required in many cases) pour pleaders. Alany ed. The last return (week ending been formed to exploit the Seymour connection with these Admiralty Voeux Road Central
among them had borrowed these July 24 at midnight) shows only fields on the east coast of Tasmania.works.
midway
between Hobart and The areas are stated in the sams and have spent the reninderten cases and four deaths.
"Singapore Government Gazette" of their existence in prison unabiz The disease slowly spread south- Launceston.. to meet their abilities.
wards by the usual channels of The analysis of the coal from in-us follows:- In 1928, M, Mei Yi-kué, Pro human intercourse, and this situa dependent experts evidence shows YOUR visiting card's heally and sident of the District Court of tion naturally gave some cause for it to be fully equal to Newcastle's promptly printed China Shanghai, disappeared carrying them to the Governments of the best and satisfactory trials have Mait Office, No, 6, Wyndham St., away with him ander similar con- Straits Settlements and Federated been made by the Tuamanian Rail- Malay_States with whom communi-ways and other large consumers. Telephone Central: 22.
ditions $4,000---
The same rear the President of cation by rail and road is con- A large business is also expected to be done in shipping to Victoria the Divisional Court and the Chief siderable. of Police" of the town of Amoy, For administrative purposes the and South Australia. while local fled precipitately from this town, country is · divided into large requirements can well be supplied.. foreseeing the fall of their protecmonthons" (elreles) which f
MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICES.
MARINE ENGINEERS GUILD OF CHINA.
BUSINESS Correspondence,
Elections and General. W. J. STOKES,
Branch Secretary. Hongkong. 9th Aug., 1926. ̈
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OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
(The wross-1eord puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
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All that portion of Singapore) Island which lies to the East" of
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a straight line from S. Tumpines to the Bedph Police Station.
All that portion of Singapore Island which lies to the West of a straight line from the end. of the Choa Chu Kang Road to the mouth of the S. Susope!
All that portion of Pulau Ubin which lies to the East of a line drawn due North, across the Island, from the mouth of the Sungei Durian. Pulau Takong Ketchi
Tekong.
South West portion of Pulau
Boundaries-Commencing from
a point on the sea coast 70 chains East of Tanjong Batu Korok... thence due North for a distance of one mild, thence due West to the sea coast, thence the sen coast to the point of commence- ment. Straits Times."
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for Thang Tse-ping, attacked by the their turn are subdivided into "In order to meet the recessary
chanvads or (provinces)" CHIB fleet." But inadvertently HONGKONG BRANCH: they carried away, mixed with their Southern Siam has four monthshipping requirements, the existing family papers. $50,000, deposited by OR of which two (N, Jaisi pier at Seymour, now 120ft. long, Is NORDINARY GENERAL those who had looked to them for and Rajburi) surround the north-to be extended to 200ft., thus per- ern shores of the Gulf of Siam,mitting vessels of 1,000 tons or over MEETING will be held at justice.
Nevertheless, the greater part of where the epidemic attained ts with a depth of 25ft. to load. The main workings from which the coal the Guild Office, Sailors'. "Home, West Point, an WEDNESDAY, these very honourable,, mandarins maximum in June and April re-
within half a mile of the pler, which 11th AUGUST, 1926, at 5 o'clock had been admitted to the magispectively, and are at present give supplies will be drawn are located:
tracy by the Peking Government it no cause for alarm
is located in a well sheltered har- The other pimą
two southern in less agitated times and when the mhistorinh: machinery was func-munthon, which comprise the bour, with ample depth of water.
Some: 60 or 70 years ago over Shimese portion of the Malay tioning almost nomally. One can judge from this what the new Leninsula. are. Nakorn Sritamarat 100.000 tons of coal from this field magistrates will be nominated byland Pattani. Of these monthönk, was exported in small sailing ves Governors of Provinces, formerly seven chanrads (or provinces) have sels. Now, with the aid of auxiliary Landit chiefs, and generally illiter een infected, reporting 1.432 cases power and hearer markets, the and 939 deaths since week ending prospects appear to be excellent. A Perhaps, in truth, the most extra. April amongst a population of new company has been incorporated with a cupit of £80,000 to work ordinary concession of all those about 1.100,000.
The epidemie in the monthon the property, which will spell con- that the Consuls of Shanghai have!
1 Pattani (which abuts on siderante prosperity to Tasmania... proposed to the Diplomatic Corps Kelantan) has now practically It has taken over the Seymour, Coal is that which will leave, the nomina- tion of the judges of the new Court abated, while in Nakorn Sritamarat Proprietary. Etd., which for some annually by the diamond producers to the provisional Government of the last report (week ending July time past has been carrying on of South Africa, owing to a Euro- Kiangsu Are, paragraph 7). It 11), showed a further increase, mining operations at Seymour, with pean organisation for illicit traffic
giving 274 cases and 187 deaths.99 years leases over 3,209.aeres. La this, which will möst surprise
This "traffic, which is highly or Everything possible is doubtless Expert Miners Statement... |garised and is controlled by a gang foreigners and also many Chinese.
A considerable amount of deve-of international criminals We have seen in our last article being done, both by the Siamese how the civil and military judgestrol, the situation with a minimum done on, the property. Several chief problems of the mining enm- and Malayan Governments to co-opmental work has already been Europe, is becoming one of the of Kinnisa understand their bus-o dislocation of trade, or discom hundred yards of headings have pantes "to-day ness. But nothing guarantees fert to the travelling public.
The traffic has become.so exten-1 that we shall not regret them to morrowWho___can__foresee the
immense faces are now exposed in sive that Sir David, Harris, pre name of the highway mirm who will
the two lively, and are ready for sident of the New Jagersfontein LAMMERT BROS. josess himself of Shanghai to-
operation. The coal seams were in Mining Company, stated at the an- "To be a Christian makes more terested at depths of 30 had 180ft. nual meeting of the company in Perrow? Who can foresee hot many different authorities will sus-Christians than preaching. Bisher disclosing seams of 4ft. Gin. and 5ft. Kimberley, that vigilance must be
Woodcock.
respectively. When the plant is redoubled if the company were not receil one another here during the
year to come?a
Trendy it is estimated that from 2,000 to lose money in consequence of the to 3,000 tons per day will be raised. cleverly-laid traps of this organisa
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parting, and the seams lie on a level "During the existence of the in- The plain, with just sufficient inclina-dustry," he stated, "many millions isolation of his island has givention for haulage and drainage, and sterling have been lost in this way, Each Tuchun and consequently Fim very special needs and tastes, are, admirably adapted for the use and producers continue to suffer each judge will have his partisans and the manners of other peoples of coal cutting machines, which will severely." who will not be those of his pre-much opposed to his own shock materially reduce the cost, of pro-
It is penal offence for a work- decessor. As his rights of justice, him "simest to horror, almost to duction. Expert miners state that man to be found in possession of thigh and low, will be absolute over haired:
the underground workings In the a diamond on the mining fields, but the Chinese inhabiting the Coaces-
The Orientals, above all disgust matter of formation, solidity, and despite this diamonds are co- sions, he will have quickly levied him and he lets them see it. There other natural advantages in the tinually stolen from the mines,
The illicit diamond buying, or- contributions, and even sent ad is. no English Loti: Rudyard Seymour mine are unsurpassed. patres those who have not screen-pling has on the contrary preach A careful estimate shows that the ganisation," a London member of 1 themselves from his just angered the hatred of the Oriental and coal can be raised and placed on large mining corporation said to a How many political refugees, the love of English might.
boats at the company's pier at aally Express" representative, how many merchants in comfort- Consequently, the peuples of the cost of 128. Gd. per ton. The ready to offer such bribes for able circumstances will be living parties that England flatters know estimated quantity of coal available diamond smuggling that natives in Shanghai after four or five well that it is not from affection is conservatively put at 30,000,000 have been known to cut a hole in changes of regime
that they are caressed. Like dogs tons, representing, with an annual their flesh and conceal the diamond How much will be worth the they know when they are loved and output of 300,000 tona, a life of 100 within
"The wound is broken open after lands where so many rich and poor when their alliance is sought from years for the mine. For Tasmania, have put their savings after the terest
If English gold some so badly in want of the fuel, the certain stampede of rich Chinese, times decides them to fight, they new development should be an their employees and their clients? do it reluctantly, like mercenaries inestimable boon.
How much will be worth the and public opinion does not follow municipal benda guaranteed by them. They are directly injured, lands and the taxes which are cal people know that they are sold." culated on their value?
We are assisting at this momen: SINGAPORE CENSUS How many foreign business at Shanghai in a manœuvre of the rouses, powerful-societies, banks same kind as those that have so will be caused to fail, ruining the lamentably miscarried. After hav- people who do business with theming struck foolishly, blunderingly.
How many foreigners will remain on May 30, 1925, English pride has The president of the Singapor
BRIEFLY THE CENSUS IS A FAILURE."."
leaving the mine and the diamond
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have had tests made in certain with good intent numbered: 11 and The English merchant, scared, selected" blocks of houses. Those malicious false alarms, 5 questions, put without malice.
thinks it necessary to compound tests were made by visiting the Commenting on loss of life, the matters and to open Canton heuses at night and counting the Superintendent writes:-"It is with It is a curious thing in the ex- afresh, and to disblockade Hong people found there, and they dis-regret that I record the death of terior politics of England, parti- kong, the English diplomats, chang- closed an under-statement of four one Chinese female child at call cularly in the years which have ing the policeman's truncheon for teen per cent. in the selected No. 19, no blame can be attached followed the War, with what the olive palm, are ready for any blocks. Of course, you cannct to this Department for this loss for obstinacy he has backed the wrong concession.f
dopt that figure all over the town, although the Watchman was pre- horse, she has sustained the King They have ceded the Mixed Court because we know that there are sent throughout the fire, he gave no of the Hedjaz in Syria, Greece in to-day and hope that this gracious large areas where the cense warning of any portion of the Asia Minor, the White Russians in Tess will give them back Canton: figures are probably correct building being used as a dwelling Archangel, above all her gold has But what sensible Chinese will be. The tests revealed rather on and it was not until the debris on been, impotent to Create anything taken in by this shallow manoeuvre interesting fact, and that is that the upper floor was being turned but windy puppets of whom the Chind, has a good excuse, the at the actual population, where we over that the body was found THE GREAT NORTHER TOLE very remembrance will have perishi-cord being signed with a Govern have counted them tallies almost pinned to the floor by a fallen roof ed in ten years' time,
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