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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1930.
WATER SUPPLY
Storage in Island Much Lower.
BIGGER CONSUMPTION.
George sought a personal inter- naval relationship with our neighbour LOFONS the view with him, in which he made good
Pacific and insures the continu- deliborate profession of his ous growth of our friendship with faith and, earnestly. remons that great nation, brwards whom
have Frown trating against the persecution we
to look for which had begun, resigned his stability and progress in the Far commission. He was immediately Americans, he said, looked for. The total storage in the 'Island |placed under arrest and, afterward in the future to periodical-reservoirs on Monday, April 21 con-amounted to 671.16 million gul- various tortures, finally put to recurring conferences.
fident that they could thus obtain lens, showing a decrease of 38.21 death at Nicomedia on April 23, ever-increasing security with ever-million gallons daring the past week. A.D. 303. There is another story decreasing armament.
The amount collected from streams of a certain man of no
French Views.
was 0.95 million gallons. The origin who tore to shreds a decree Roy (Canada) followed; then M. 55.64 million gallons which in- Mr. Fenton (Australia) and Mr. week's consumption amounted to issued against the churches when Briand said France heartily con- cluded 16.48 million gallons from the Caesars were, in the City.gratulated Great Britain, the the Shing Mun supply..
United States and Japan on their Modern criticism, while rejecting
Kowloon Water Supply much that we should like to be needs. Her congratulations were reservoirs on Monday, April 21 success in adjusting their special The total storage in the mainland lieve as authentic, is not unwill-mixed with deep regret that a more amounted to 395.68 million gal ing to accept the main fact that general agreement was impossible. Ions, showing an increase of 16.06 an officer named Georgies, of show all possible goodwill in seek-
The French Government would million gallons during the past high rank in the army, suffered ing an extension of the comple-) martyrdom probably under Diocle-montary tripartite agreement. He tian. As St. George destroyed Government was similarly dispos
did not doubt that the Italian the Dragon, so in the course of ed... time has the dragon, in the form of the legends which have grown up around him, destroyed St. George. So he was only a sol- dier, and there was no Dragon? That will be a great shock to members of the St. George's Society: Not that it matters very much. They would quickly be able to find someone else to fill the bill, no doubt.
News in Brief.
The A.P.C. have hucreased the price of petrol from 61 cents to 76 conte per gallon.
The connection of St. George with a dragon, familiar since the
The total output of the Kailan Golden Legend of Jacobus de Mining Administration's mines for Voraigne, can be traced to the the week ended Aprit 6, amounted to 113.004 tons, and the sales during close of the sixth century. At
the period to 102,008 tons, Arsuf or Joppa-neither of them far from Lydda-Perseus had Detective Sergeant William slain the sea-monster that George Humphreys, at the Kowloon
Magistracy threatened-the-virgin-Andromeda granted an application for the con- this morning was
and George, like many another fiscation of 600 tnels af opium, Christian saint, entered into the which was found in the No. I hold
of the Blue Funnel steamer inheritance of
Ixon, veneration pre- viously enjoyed by a pagan hero.on, April 19. The exploit of which we Chris- The first of a series tians are so proud attaches itself to the very common Aryan myth of the sun-god as 'the conqueror of the powers of durkness.
week.
The week's consumption amount-
1.92 million gallons supplied to ed to 26.62 million gallons, not in- cluding Hong Kong supplies and
water boats at Laichikok. Admiral Sirianni, in the absence
The yield from the Shing Mun surably the day in which negotia- was 29.96 million gallons. of Signor Grandl, anticipated plea-River and streams during the week tions between Italy and her great and, friendly neighbour would be resumed with a firm will to succeed pleting the Anglo-Japanese-Ameri- and bring about an agreement com-
can one.
1020
Storage
Hong Kong Mainland 320.38 136.81
811.72 121.65 237.00 102.75
87.98
The following shows the amount the dates named: In storage (million gallons)' on
Japan's Part.
April 22 May 6 Mr. Wakatsuki said Japan might Jure 3 if the present Treaty had regulated July 8 have felt uneasy as regards security June 17
the situation too many years ahead. August but as it was only binding until October 7 1936, Japan gladly agreed thereto. November
He emphasised that the stipula December 21,514.80 tions in the Treaty would be entire-
1930
1.878.18 September 2
9.51
157.79+ 105.58
1,251,86
438.58
1,880.18 1,000,58 514.04
467.08 614.08
496.54
ly without prejuifice to Japan's January 6 1.279.77 458.50 altitude at a succeeding conference.
13
1,235.60 450.51
20. 1.188.67
All the speeches" concluded by 12,35, and the delegates then, in February 3 alphabetical order, beginning with America at 12.40, signed the Treaty with a gold pen, amid the constant March 3 clicking of cameras.
Praise for Premier. There was agreeably little cere- mony at the conclusion of the official proceedings.
3. Briand, on behalf of all the Donald, dwelling on the Premiers delegations, addressed Mr.Mac-
successful presidency, stating that the agreement now signed would be
438.87 ....1,145.06 432.88
3,097.85
430.14
10 1,054.18 424.30
17
1.011.11
1,011.11
419.80
904.49
004.42
400.85
915.10
392.64
872.86
388.88
826.17
826.17
376.50
370.37
771.09
120.65
April 7
744.71
428.96
705,37 110.74
21
071:16 - 305.68
Lowest_for_1920_In_Kowloon,
Lowest for 1920 in Island.
Consumption
The following figures show the
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the greatest prize of his public life.weekly consumption (million gal He concluded by presenting the lons) on the dates mentioned:- pen with which the Treaty had been signed to Mr. MacDonald, who April 22 responded happily, and thereafter May 6 went to the armoury and spoke, sur ists, for the purpose of a "talkie." rounded by international Journal-v
July 11 August 5
October 7 November December 2
1930
Departure of Delegates,
22
of whist drives was held in the "Cheero" (Naval and Military Y.M.C.A.) last fair for a start and an enjoyable night. The attendance was quite
evening was spent. A welcome is given to all Service men and M. Briand and the French dele. September 2 others to attend on Tuesday evening gation leave for Paris at 4 pm.
The Americans leave London to is only fifty cents, including re-night and join the Leviathan. freshments during the interval.
The Italians go at 9 a.m. to- morrow.
next at 8.15.
The admission fec
Hong Kong Mainland
37.60
20.76*
33.03
27.17
Juna
41.40
27.48
24.80
24
11.08+
27.21
20.71
25.328
22.28
31,85
25.17
50.86
27.62
23
68.411
28.67
54,90
28.70
54.22
20.21
46.00
29.54
January
6....
46.51
20.83
M
18 20
45.60
2417
47.50
25.47
47,10
25.21
25.21
50.75
23.74
-44.71
$44.71
23.71
45.11
24.86
40.60
26.22
-48.57
26.83
46.71
24.89
17
47.82
25.40
48.84
26.26
50.43.** 25.64
April 7
40.06
20.18
25.18
58.57
26.89
21
55.01
25.82
* Highest in Kowloon during period of publication of-weekly reports,
The Mohammedans, who usual ly identify St. George with the prophet Elijah, at Lydda con founded his legend with one about Christ himself. Their
Holding that a dog owner could! Admiral Takarabe leaves-to- name for Anti-Christ is Dajjal,
not be summoned, when he was morrow via Siberia, and Mr. Wakat- and they have a tradition that away from home at the time an auki after a prolonged continental February Jesus will slay Anti-Christ by the offence was alleged to have occurred, tour will leave Naples for Japan in
Mr. A. W. G H. Grantham to-day a Japanese ship in May. gate of Lydda. The notion
discharged Mr. R. D. Beaumont, Photographs signed by the dele- March 3 sprang from an ancient bas-relief
Dr. W. V. M. Koch, Mr. Li Chi-chjugates will be placed at No. 10, of George and the Dragon on the and Mr. Andrew Chung, all of Downing Street, as a record. Lydda church. But Dajjal may whom were summoned for allowing be driven from Dagon, whose their dogs to be abroad St.name two neighbouring villages
Hong Kong, Wednesday, April 23, 1930.
SAINT GEORGE.
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well
reared
muzzles and not on leash.
about.
clause
be
without
11
+ Lowest in Kowloon recorded in
1929.
5 Lowest in Island in 1920.
Highest In Island in 1929. **Including first supply fro. 1 Shing
Mun,
Tokyo, Yesterday. Baron Shidehara, the Foreign Minister, this afternoon declared To-day we remember
that the signing of the Naval pact George, the Patron Saint of bear to this day, while one of the Our readers will be intereated to will end all competition in naval England, Aragon and Portugal.gates of Lyddu used to be called hear that practically all the construction.
the A.D.C.'s re- "It will greatly increase, the He has his cross on the Union the Gate of Dagon. The great cent production of "And So To sense of security among the na-
costumes used in Jack, together with those of St. fame of George, who is reverenced Bed" will be sold by auction at tions concerned, and lessen marked- The Patrick and St. David, and he alike by Eastern and Western Messrs. Lammert's rooms on Friday ly their respective burdens. fought and slayed a dragon. That Christendom
at 2.80 p.m.
Many ladies and no results achieved in London are all as by
doubt also members of the sterner the more welcome when we envision is all that most people know about Mahommedans, is due to many sex will gladly avail themselves of what would have been the conse St. George. The conquest of the causes. He was martyred on the this opportunity of obtaining strik-quences of failure-aggravation of dragon has become a simile of the eve of the triumph of Chris-ing fancy dresses, The question international relations, an increase
WHOSE SILK GOWN ? fight for honour and right. tianity, his shrine was
of wigs. need cause no misgivings in national burdens a great blow
With nine previous Imprison- As these can be hired from the which would have been dealt at the Every Englishman is supposed to near the scene of a great Greek Institut de Beaute, Pedder Building, spirit of peaceful co-operation tents recorded against him, A be imbued with the qualities of legend (Perseus and Andromeda),
among the nations. Admittedly it Chinese was charged before Mr. St. George's character and, there- and his relics when removed from NAVAL CONFERENCE is impossible to attempt total aboli. T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon tion of armaments in one bound, Magistracy this morning with the fore, many Christian societies Lydda, where many pilgrims had
and we must reat satisfied with such unlawful possession of a female's which seek to enlist young men, visited them, to Zorava in the
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gradual progress na improved rela-silk gown, "reasonably suspected of such as the Alliance of Honour, Hauran served to impress his figures embodied in part three oftions between the nations of the having been stolen."" have as their arms
The defendant pleaded that he globe may render possible. The St. George fame not only on the Syrian this Treaty, only then shall this world is happily moving in the right bought the gown from a second slaying the Dragon. By a eurious population, but on their Moslem protection
thought direction.
What Washington and hand shop in Hong Kong, but this process the monster that sym-conquerors, and again on the Cru He said the British Govern realized in London."
Geneva left, undone, has now been story was found to be untrue... bolised heathenism conquered by saders, who in grateful memory ment had every hope
Accused, who was banished for that as a Prime Minister's Statement. five years in 1917, was sentenced Christianity has come to repre- of the Saint's Intervention on result of the conversations'after The Premier, Mr. Hamaguchi, to three months' hard labour. sent anything from Satan to the their behalf at Antioch built a the adjournment of the Confer has issued a statement halling the lure of silk stockings. Of course, new cathedral at Lyddu to take reached which would make any "which ends naval
ence, an understanding would be success of the London Conference, the dragon may never have exist the place of the church destroyed use of the safeguarding clause in competition between three great construction No one' is known to have by the Saracens. This cathedral the present Treaty unnecessary. naval Powers in all categories of ed. seen the dragon any more than was in turn destroyed by Saladin. He concluded by declaring:.
"We have become far more than gun at the Washington conference ships of war. Thus the work-be- any one is known to have scen
But St. George was a real per- fellow negotiators. We have be has been completed, and a tremes- the Angel of Mons.
son-or two real persons. The come friends,"
dous, spiritual impètur has been To-day's dollar is worth But we like to think that historical basis of the tradition is. He tributed by name the heads given the cause of international 104d. George did plunge his trusty unsound, there being two claim- by praising the Dominions and of the delegations, and concluded
peace."! blade into the slimy green body ants to the name and honour, Indian delegations.
The Premier, acknowledges gra The. St. George's Society, have who had titude toward Japan's co-signatories marked. St. George's Day by a at the Gate of Lydda, and then According to one legend, he was shown sleepless anxiety to main for their contributions of "mu- donation of $1,000 to the two washed his hands in the well, as born in Cappodicia of noble tain unity.
All his hearers were impressed tual concessions and deep sin services as a contribution to their tradition says. There is some parents, from whom he received by the sorlous yet happy vein of cerity for the noble common Entertalament Funds, also by thing exceedingly English about a careful religious training Mr. MacDonald's speech.
prizes to the British Schools of the Colony for the best essays. on a that incident. Only a calm and Having embraced the profession
American Delegate Speakis.
aubject appropriate to the day, collected person would wash his of a soldier, he rapidly rose under MacDonald on the successful con- It is understood that the prison
Mr. Stimson, congratulated Mr. hands after a
bloody fray. The Diocletian to high military rank clusion of the Conference, and medical authorities falled to dia The price of paper. "Continues to well is still there, in case you are in Persian Armenia he organised thanked him for his sterling cover any signs of Insanity for our From England no supplies. dubioue, ao
and although there and energised the Christion this Treaty with the realisation was hanged for the murder of his able at any price. Shippers in.
qualities of leadership. "We sign epilepsy in Sidney Harry Fox who for newspaper purposes are avall mains of the dragon have faded community at Urmi and even it fixes our naval relationship mother,
other markets are not keen on large in the oblivion of time, the bones visited Britain on an imperial with the British commonwealth Senator Marcon gave in wireless newspaper profits in the solar commitments. This, while hitting or relica of St. George are to be
on. When Diocletian had of nations upon a fair and last found in nearly every village in begun to manifest a pronounced advantageous to Earth Harbour. for the lighting of lampa definite
ing basis, and it is equal- signal, from his yacht In Genoa plexus,
Christianity
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Ten Years Ago
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