THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928.
POLICE RESERVE.
CHINESE CONSTABLE COMMENDED.
THE SHARPSHOOTERS.
dent of Police.
Commendation.
to four months' hard labour.
Practice Inspection.
A practice Inspection of the whole Police Reserve will be held
26.
attend.
The weekly instructional patrol for Thursday, January 26 la can- celled.
same at
O.C's Office. Government Labora- tory. New Fire Station, 4th floor, any day between the hours of 9 and
10a.m. and 2 and 3 p.m.'
them,
PAPUAN EXPLORED.
PEAKS OF MT. EDWARD CLIMBED.
"LAKES ON EVERY SIDE.”
1926.
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Story of the Trip. Mr. Pullen's account of the as
am, we were
Was
delicious. The weather | had not treated us kindly, and we were not able to get as many bear- ings or photographs as we would have liked. Got back to camp after
THE CHINA MAIL,
PRINCE OF WALES. Shadows Before.
RECEIVES 70 CANADIAN
FARMERS..
FAMILIAR FACES.
ACTION BY LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
KIUKIANG.
GENERAL DETERIORATION SHOWN IN THE PORT
ALL DOORS LOCKED.
COMING EVENTS' ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL.”
January 20-81-World Theatre; "Way Down East."-
January 30-February 6-Queen's Theatro; "Bon Hur."
January 81-February 1-Star Theatre; "The Taxi Dancer."
February 25 Cralgongower Cricket Club's annual Bachelors' Danco,
Sports.
January 28-American lawn ten-
February 7-Twenty-third an- nual meeting of Union Waterboat Co., Ltd., in the Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., 11 a.m.
February D-Annual meeting of Humphrey's Estate & Finanes, Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Hotel, 11 a.m.
Miscellaneous. January 29-Theosophical Society Lecture, Lane, Crawford's Restaur-
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VIOLENT SQUALLS. ALLSOPP'S BEER
THE THAMES AGAIN IN FLOOD.
Peaks In All Directions, "We climbed steadily, but I am utterly at a loss to place the domes. There are peaks in all directions, with altitudes varying from 12,500ft. to 12,000ft., according to my aneroid readings (without ad- The following orders have been
The Minister for Home and Ter-justment). Distant views of Albert
To-day Musical at Helena May Institute, 5.80 p.m. lasued by the Hon. Mr. E. D. Critories (Mr. Marr) has received Edward show three well defined
Rugby, Yesterday. Wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superinten- from the Lieutenant-Governor of peaks, but it is no casy matter to day received at St. James Palace
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to-Rush."
To-day-World Theatre; "Gold
Papua (Sir Hubert Murray) a' re-
To-day-Queen's Theatre; "The port from Patrol Office Pullen, who, place them when on top. After 70 Canadian farmers visiting this College."
"The To-day-Star Theatre; Constable R.15 Ow Yeung King-accompanied by Mr. P. O. Hides, about 2 hours from camp an country.
The Prince recognised several Wedding Song." hong is highly commended by the reached the top of Mr. Albert altitude of approximately 12,900ft.whom he had met when he visited i Captain Superintendent of Police Edward, which is the highest, or was reached, and here we found a his Canadian ranch last year, and Concert and Dance, 7.30 p.m.
January 27-Cheer O' Y.M.C.A.; for zeal and skill in the investiga-This mountain has been ascended last year, also a bottle, in which farming matters in which his "Impromptu conqueen's Ther
seemed the highest peak in Papua. small cross erected by Pere Dubuys conversation turned mainly on tion of a case of "Conspiracy to twice before, by Mr. Munckton in was a paper written on
January 28-Cheer 'O' Y.M.C.A.;
Defraud" In November, 1927. Two
as fol- Royal Highneas la keenly inter-The Irrenlatible Lover."
January Theatre; men were convicted and sentenced 1906, and by Father Dubuye in lows:-"28 June, 1926, Vigilo dea ested.-British Wireless Service.
S. S. Pierro de Paul, Jules Dubuys,
January 20-Cheer O' Y.M.C.A.; Musical Evening, 7.30 p.m. General Inspection.
M. S. C. Ononghe, 24 Juin,
January 29-80-Star Theatre; A general Inspection of the whole cent is as follows:"With four Kovantu, 26 Juin. Sindabo, 20
"The Desert's Toll" ' Police Reserve by the Hon. Captain acting constables and 21 carriers, Juin. Biode Garlbo, 27 Juin." To SAMOAN TROUBLE. Superintendent of Police accom- Mr. P. O. Hides and self left the east we noticed a peak, that panted by the Hon. Commissioner of Kaama at 7.80 a.m. on Saturday, looked slightly higher than the one Police will take place at the Cen-May 14. A cool breeze blew from we were on, and we reached it after tral Police Station on Tuesday. the direction of Albert Edward, 20-minuto scramble, but found, January 31, at 6.15 p.m. All mem-the central peak of which bears due however, that the altitude
OPPOSITION PLEAT bers are to attend. Dress-Winter north from Kuama. After a half much the same. Went on to an-- Uniform, Belts without frogs, No hour's walk the junction of the other peak In a northerly direction, eap covers, no truncheons. (Note. Iwura and Waltape-Goilala
Wellington, Yesterday. Roads but, the altitudo was only 12,750ft. This does not apply to the newly was reached."
Prompt action by the League of The track then led Our view by this time was totally formed Sharpshooters Co.)
Nations to preserve the historic up-grade through scrub, until just obscured, heavy cloud mista beating sights of the Samoans is advocated nis tourney (mixed doubles) for on 9 a.m. we passed through a up, and light, cold rain began to by Mr. Holland, leader of the members of the Ladies' Recreation patch of marsh land. Wo wore fol- fall. From the furthermost peak Opposition. replying
Club at L.R.C. to Mr. lowing the Kuama apur, which it was noticed that the lakes were Coates's statement.
He declares Ladies'
February 17- Golf Match: at 5.10 p.m. on Thursday, January splits the
the north-cast. The that the recall of Major-General Fanling.
Bogey Competition at All mem- Chirima Valley,
upper part of the draining to' Dress-As above.
recorded After 24 hours highest altitude
was, Richardson, Administrator of bers of the Police Reserve are to still climbing, the Waltape-Collais therefore, 12,000ft., and we appear-Samoa, is an immediate necessity.
Hughes & Hough's Auction. March 1-At Auction Room, Ice roads' junction was reached, Alberted to be on the highest peak. We-Reuter. Flying Squad.
House Street, valuable leasehold Edward being always in view away left a small tin with Pere Dubuy's
property situato in Peak. District, 3 p.m. the right. The country was now bottle recording our visit. On the its stunted Way back we, saw many more big hungry looking, with
Laminerts' Auction. grass tufts and decaying forests, wild pigs, all having very long hair,
January 30-At 7 Humphreys 'Sharpshooters' Co.
Buildings, Kowloon, 10,175 ft. also some ducks on the lake. Two
valuable Uniform.-Ali members who have At 10
Just before 11 lakes had water of a Mediterranean
household furniture, 2.45 p.m. not been measured for uniform above sea level.
Meetings. should call at Messrs. Tung Hing &a.m. we came to a small bushhouse, blue colour. At the 12,500ft. mark Co., 60, Queen's Road Central anand learned that Pere Dubuys had a boy was waiting with a billycan made his first stage here on his of hot coffee, and never had it tast- soon as possible.
Revolvers. All members who are trip last year, I decided to take ed more not at present in possession of their advantage of the sunny weather, revolvers should draw
and pushed on still through desol ato forests and patches of grass.
Kiukiang, Jan. 11 Kiukiang, Just about a year ago Kiukiang Saw very little bird life, but numerous signs of the presence of p.m. The carriers did not like was evacuated, and
we were pigs. It was really a pig truck the locality, and were anxious to amongst the last of the little Revolver Practice. All members that we were following. Suddenly turn homewards. The country here party to leave the port. What ex- vary attractive.citing days they were too; with who failed to pass Practice 1, 2, emerging from a patch of forest is unique and 3 and 4 on Sunday, January 8, and Into a grass clearing. Mr. Hides despite the gloomy forests, the low the boycott of Britain, the dif-
animal about 200 grass, and the lack of animal and ficulty of getting supplies, the VIOLENT SQUALLS. all members who have not yet fired pointed out an should attend at the Kennedy Road yards ahead. It had the head of a bird life. Steady rain set in after threats of the mob, and the un- Range on Sunday morning, 29th ent, but a aleek, dingo-like body, our return to camp. Anyhow we tiring patience of the naval inst. at 10.00 a.m. Those in pos- and certainly the dingo galt, while will try to obtain more bearings authorities, until there came the session of revolvers should bring its tail was long and bushy. The to-morrow morning, while the car-final rush of mob and soldiers fur was coloured black and white, riers can start on the return jour-taking possession, looting the (Sgd.) G. B. HARTFORD, and looked glossy. The animal was hey. May is a little early for re- houses, and forcing the evacua
D.S.P. (R),
too shy, however, and got away liable weather. into the scrub before we had re-
An Exfensive View, Adjutant.
covered from our surprise. Our
"Two Kusma boys left early on progress was now slow, owing to the Monday for their village to tell the marshy nature of the country, the acting constables and carriers although the up-grade wasn't parti-¡to come to the junction of the Wai-{ cularly difficult. At an altitude of tape and Gollala roads. Put in passing one would like to mention succession of violent squalls. 11,400 ft. we saw the first lake, a another almost sleepless night in the comfort of the return journey
A man was blown over and remarkably pretty sheet of water, spite of the fact that we warmed by the intermediate class, lately killed at Kingston and another icy cold, and having an average the tent early with a fire. At 6.80 introduced by Jardine, Matheson killed at Leeds when a wall, under depth of about 3 ft. The carriers a.m. the sky appeared much clear- and Co., on some of their steam which he was sheltering,
blown down. (these men had accompanied Pere er than yesterday morning, and at ers.
A number The cabins, saloon, and service Dubuys last year) were not scar- 10 minutes to 6 Mr. P. O. Hines ed this time, as Pere Dubuys, last and I left camp for the 12,000 ft./were all very good, and one would reads around London. year, with his shotgun, had des- mark, just to the West of the high-venture to prophesy that when
A ballast train had a narrow A wedding of considerable local troyed the evil spirits of the lakes. est peak. The carriers and two things become more normal, this
escape near Haerlech, when Interest, which was attended by The track led us near many more acting constables broke camp, and class will be largely patronised. landslide of hundreds of tons of very large assembly, took place at lakes, and mostly through grass, started back towards the road The firm is to be congratulated on rocks and earth crashed on to the St. John's Cathedral yesterday the timber patches becoming poor- junction, while two acting con-its enterprise: it is what has been line.
er and more scarce. Although a stables remained at the camp to needed for many years. The in- The Thames is again in full; The happy couple, both of whom good day for walking, the clouds await our return, In 40 minutes stitution of a purser also adds to flood and running bank-high for are very well-known in Hong Kong completely obscured any long dis- we were
several miles in the lower reaches at the 12,000 ft. point, the convenience of travel.
and vast areas are inundated in were Miss Dorothy Sarah Lander, tance, views on all sides. After five and were pleased to find that we Changes During the Year.
Cheshire. The bodies of cattle and daughter of the Rt. Rev. G. H. hours from Kuama we were at an had a magnificent view from Good- Lander, D.D., formerly Bishop of altitude of approximately 11,500 enough Island round to the west
What changes has the year sheep are floating in the Mersey Victoria, Hong Kong, and
now ft., and, as the timber appeared to of the Mekeo plain, except for the brought to Kiukiang? Outwardly and many other districts through- Suffragan Bishop of St. Albans, and he giving out, I decided to camp. portion blocked by Monst Victoria. there is little change, except that out the country are flooded.-Reu-
ter. Mr. Evan George Stewart of St. About 4.30 p.m. Mr. Hides and I Took some
the port shows a general deterior- more bearings and Paul's College, whose brother the strolled away from the camp, and photographs.
ation, as regards the upkeep of Just before & a.. Rev, A. D. Stewart, is the Sub- came across a fine sheet of water, clouds began to bark up, so we the streets, and there is an air of
CUNARDERS' CHRISTMAS DAY Warden of the College,
The bride who had been for some to show us that we were within a camp, and at an altitude of just police about the streets, but
while the clouds cleared sufficiently decided to return. Before reaching neglect about the place.
There seem to be a number of
AT SEA. months on the nursing staff of the few hours of the highest point of over 12,000 ft., a break in the thieves abound, and one has to
The Cunard liner "Aurania,” Matilda Hospital, was given away Albert Edward.
clouds, as well as a break in the keep all doors locked.
which sailed from Liverpool by the Rev. A. D. Stewart.
Severe Cold.
mountains, gave us a view of the
Halifax and New York She wore a dreas of white geor- "There was very little sleep in flat country towards Bunya, a long ting about, that the people are
One cannot fail to notice in get-for
forms the vanguard of six gette and lace, with veil of Irish the camp that night. The cold was stretch of coastline, and Good- far more respectful than they Cunarders, totalling 100,000 tons. She carried a bouquet of severe and in the morning the enough Island, in the right back-were last year in the days preced- which crossed the "Atlantic white sweet peas and maiden-hair grass was crusted with frost, but ground. The police were delighted ing the evacuation. Numbere of Ocean on Christmas Day. Further there was no layer of ice on the with the glimpse of the sea, and them have had a pretty hard year, more, two other Cunardera, "total- She was attended by Miss Kath water. Accompanied by three act considerably excited when different especially those who depended on ling 40,000 tons, the "Franconia" leen Ann Hewitt, who wore a dressing constables, and Home carriers, land and sea marks, wero made the Kiukiang season to make and "Carinthia," have been cruis of white not and a Dutch bonnet, we left camp at 5.30 a.m. The known to them. We were able to There were also in attendance on morning was misty and cloudy, locate the coastline near Bunya, money; there was certainly "no-ing on Christmas Day, so that the
thing doing for them.
total Cunard tonnage then at sen the bride, two pages, Master Hugh and the air crisp. Away down in Hydrographer's Range. Good- Featherstone and Master James a gully we heard the mournful enough laland, Mt. Victory, Mt. cept rice are very high, and trade
Prices of all commodities, ex-was 140,000 tons.
A twenty-foot Christmas tree; il- Stewart. The pages were white howl of an animal, and the carriers Victoria, Cameron Range, coastline is very bad. And this is not to be laminated with several coloured said that it was made by the one on either side of Tafa, Dilava, wondered at, for duty, taxes and lights and laden with gifts, The duties of "beat man" were we had glimpsed yesterday, or one Mokoo Plain, Mt.. Yule, and Gollata dues on all goods coming into the formed part of the decoration of carried out by the Rev. N. V. Hal- similar. Soon afterwards we saw country, Bariji and Musa valleys. port are exorbitant." One has had the "Mauretania" when she left warth, and the Rev. W. T. Feather- a huge boar silhouetted on the top Mt. Scratchley, and islands to the to pay 40 per cent of the value of Southampton for New York. stone (formerly domestic Chaplain of a ridge about 800 yards ahead. north-east of Goodenough. Started groceries, in getting them import The Cunarder was in mid-Atlantic to Bishop Lander) and the Rev. E. After an hour's walk through back towards Kuama. In clumps ed from Shanghai, and tranship-on Christmas Day, and after the W. L. Martin officiated at the Cathe spongy grasa we were at an alti- of decaying forests we found fine ped to Nanchang. Besides this, usual divine service, arrangements tude of 12,500 ft. where Fare orchid blooms, salmon pink, red coolte hire is at least five times were made for passengers to enjoy During the service, the hymns Dubuys had made a camp last year and white, and purple, and white, higher than it was. "Thine for Ever" and "O Perfect the tent poles are still standing, and plentiful, too. Brought sam-
From this point we obtained a fair ples back with us to try out, at Conditions in the Province, bution of gifts by Father, Christ, Mr. F. Mason (the Cathedral Or- sight of the country from Mt. Yulo Kambisi. We turned our backs on Passports have been granted mas, and # children's party. ganlat) who was at the organ, play-round to Mt. Victoris, but only a the cold ragion with some little re- for some of the male missionaries A ed appropriate wedding music, and small patch of sea was visible, and gret. I would like to remain at to return to the interior, and the held in the evening. The as the bride and bridegroom left the this on the Port Moresby side of least a week up here, and I am China Luland Mission is planning chefs paraded the liners magni- Cathedral, ho played Mendelssohn's Kairuku. Bearings were taken to sure that fresh delights would be to have their vacant atations ficent oak panelled dinner hall with Wedding March.
known points. We were now able opened daily. Found the carriers visited,
barons of beef and the usual Christ- Outside the Cathedral photo- to sea lakes on every side, the waiting at the road junction, and
Workers of the German Allimas fare, included Empire pud- graphs were taken, and a peal of largest having areas of eight to ten decided to camp. At 1.30 p.m. the ance Mission have remained at dings made from the recipe of the bells were run
acres, After leaving the 12,500ft. police and carriers from Kusma ar- their posts all the time, and re- King'a chef. This was follow
Hong Kong, Jan. 25, 1928.
BISHOP'S DAUGHTER.
WELL KNOWN LOCAL COUPLE MARRIED.
STEWART-LANDER.
afternoon.
Ince.
fern.
sailor suits..
dral.
Love" were sung.
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tion-never to be forgotten days. Then the over-crowded steamer, with over 300 foreign passengers, instead of the normal 80 or 40. So to Shanghai' and “safety."
Now we are back again, and in
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VEHICLES BLOWN OVER.
London, Yesterday. The country has been swept by with thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail, sleet and snow, culminating in a
Berce gales accompanied
was
of motor-cara and torrles were blown over In the
А
all the festivities of a Christmas ashore. These included the distri
gargantuan banquet was
A reception was afterwarda held mark all trees disappeared, and our rived. Faid off the Kuama boys. port the situation quiet; they goed by a carnival dance in the ball- at St. Paul's College Hostel, and path was by pig track through No elaborate plans were made for about the country without moles room. It was specially de- later Mr. and Mrs. Stewart left for grass, very marshy. There was an this trip to Albert Edward. Four tation, and are generally wel-corated for the occasion with their honeymoon, which la being abundance of a small bush, very acting-constables and 28 carriers comed by the people. In some myriads of coloured lights, burches spent at Taipo, and also at Repulse similar to heather. Thu Ifghest accompanied us, all unnecessary parts of the province however, of mistletoe, holly, overgreens and
Iakes looked deep, very deep, and gear being, loft behind. The topo brigands abound.
flowers
Bay.
The bride'a golag away costume each had an outlet, a miniature graphy of the country is consider, peale ter
An Englishwoman, Mi Whitting," thirty-one, has died at
accident.
was a three-ploce auit of beige waterfall, to the one immediately ably less puzzling after having had frisca and erope-de-chine. below. It would take a consider a bird's eye view of the ranges.
It is interesting to note that the ably more facile pen than mine to plains, and some coast line. I Edward is viewed from any point Tarragona of injuries in a motoring Rev. A. D. Stewart's wife was for accurately describe this interesting learned to-day that Monckton's east merly Miss Lander, and is a sister country, with its wide stretches of poles were on a peak to the west of the bride, of yesterday, an In- grassland, ~numerous lakes, small of, the higher penku, and to stance of two brothers marrying waterfall, towering peaks, and track followed by us. two slatera
desolate forest land.
Been by the party
the Tamma
as that seen by Eir Willia
ily, obscured when 2 Alber
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