CORRESPONDENCE.
HONGKONG OBSERVATORY,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY FRERS"]
Nia-On the Coast of China there are
THE
THE "STAR"" FERRY, IN
TYPHOON WEATHER. [TO THE EDITOR OF "THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
Sia-I have
1
a keen sense of sympathy two Ohervatories. One in Hongkong and with the dock hands of the Kowloon Fetry one in Shanghii, at Zikävu. Zikawei ivice in their strenuous existence, com it chiefly do of remaining wil chat an 'observatory should be. It gives sisting warning by signal to mariners of every dis seated in repose and clearing their throats into the ocean. But in all seriousnes türbance in the China Saas, no matter.
"might" it not be suggested that" a standing" order should be given that when the Black typhoon signal is hoisted, all awning should immediately furled, These awnings carry a heavy wind pressure, and under typhoun conditions are useless and dangerous, but the present custom, of carrying them will probably continue til! another disaster is added to the annals of the Colony-Yours faithfully,
where situated. Hongkong on the other hind, is distinguished by the paucity of the jutoration it signals to mariners. A parently Hongkong is not interested in any disturbanes unlew, so to prak, it is the doorstep.
I arrived here on the 14th July and look ing over the papers of preceding day potierd a report from the observatory dated 8th July with forecast, the usual stereotyped affair, 'stating: No returns from Japan. (This paragraph has levá u permanent fed-- ture of the reports for years phase): Pressure has ineriad slightly over, North China The trough of low pressure remains'station- Arp. A similar report was. I presume, issed in the 9th and 10th. In your ite
|| of the 12th appeared a small, paragraph stating that there was a typhoon to the Ease of Luzon The Observatory appar ently, lid not know anything about this, Any person ignals were hoisted. "not having seen your per, would remain in ignorance of the existence of typhoon.
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Ex-NAVALIS.
Hongkong, July 30th, 1890. RETORT TO A COMPLAINT.
(TO THE EDITOR of Tus ?uosɑXONO DAILY PARYS."]
SML-dprapus of your correspondent's latter published în - yesterday's "istue of your paper, re the “excruciating torture" suffered by him as the result of the noise made by the Drums of the Wiltshire Begt. when at practice, magpoint out to our friend that practice for the Drums "is just thejus essential as eating and sleeping isso,
Thim, to krep his liver in order? .
On the 13th July you published the weather report from the Observatory which atutis: Ne returns from Japan. Pre- 'sure - has decreased slightly över Formosa and Luzon. Typhoun is situated abous
nites to the Fust of Luzon, its dirvetina of mutaon is at present unkuben.'. „No sign als, were hoisted in Hongkong mp.to 10 n.m. when I left the port, bound North. Please remember this position as 1 shall refer to it nguia.
i-heaware that the drums of the Guardr at Wellington Barracks, London, practice within 100 yards of the King's residence? The King does not complain, so why should such an insignificant subject do so 7.
The "excruciating torture suffered by those same Inds that play the drums, when they were at Wipers and Plugstreet" and other unhealthy spots in Flanders and France helping to keep back the enemy from disturbing the even tenor of par friend's, existence, way for more excruciat
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 31ST, 1924
A
THE MAGISTRACY,
STEALING FROM THE DAIRY FARM.
For stealing a number of bran bags, be longing to the Dairy Farm Co.. at Pok fum, at Chinese a sentenced to a month's
hard Inbour.
OPIUM.
For being in unlawful passion of thirty taels of opium a'Chinese Sned
1.200, with the alternative of six months hard labour. He was a passenger on the Abu Hure and was on his way the country. The drug was tied round his
waist.
+
A RÖGUE AND A. VAGABOND,
a Chinese was charged with being a rogue and a vagabond and with loitering about a house in Des Voeux Rond in the early hours of seaterlay morning, be said that he was homeless consequent on a fire destroying his shop and ruining him. He
was sentenced to two weeks' hard labour,
INDIAN SERGEANT CHARGED.
THE ANHUI-CHIHLE CRISIS,
BOGEY OF RESTORATION OF MONARCHY.
Peking:
The Asiatic News Agency in despatch of July 17th states
With regard to the conflict of the Chibli and the Anhui factions of the Peiyang
Hillary Party hath combatrat-claim
suppress the
gres victory in their sealed battles along the Peking-Hankow and Peking- Mukden railways It is interesting to note that previous to the issuance of his orders calling for forces
Maral attack on the Chibli Tan Chi-jui mbled all his cammatiders for a special conference when they were informed that the Chibli. Anhui party without meres, became Than Generals were determined to
Wa Pei-fu had, refiwd, ta Kun and recognize the pacification mandate pro- mulgated by the President, so that unless they and their troope really woke up and sacrificed themselves, they would be destroy, ed by their enemies. The commanders and troops of the Anhui army were informed that arders had been issned by Tina Kus and Wu Pei-fn to the officers and men of the Chibli army instructing them to give
garters to their opponents.
14
Marshal Tuan after Txào Kun and Wu
Pola bid refneed to accept the pacifica
tion mandate of the President, issued an oficial proclamation promising big rawards for 'the heads of these two legelers of the Chibli party, on the ground that they were outlaws. In the proclamation, the Marshal ALLEGED ACCEPTING A BRIBE,
charged To K. W Peistu and Tsao Yig with rebelling against the Republic, An Indian Sergeant, B. 391. was because, he said, these Chih lenders had
archin
leader, ex-General Chang 'Haup charged at the Magistracy, yesterday, signed,, were agreements with the mons [with receiving a bribe of froin for the restoration of the Manchu Emperor
Chinese.
to the Chitem throne and that was the reason why Chang Hus went to Tientsin, It is noteworthy that, in the whole pro- |* clamation, the name of Chang Tsolin was not mentioned, though the supporters and followers af the oid Marshal openly stated that Chang was one of the principal movers. of the opposition to the Anfu party,
Mr. Lo Longinotto applied for are mand, which was granted, bail being fix at $200.
"CHINESE LOTTERY HEADQUAR-
TERS RAIDED.
THREE MEN ARRESTED.
terrors.
The monarchical scare in the most densry weapon. in the bands of the Anhui leaders against the Chibli lenders, but the Chines The Police raided a house in Sham-sui pe public, even the ignorant Manchas them
selves, do not believe seriously that two days ago and seized a quantity of monarchy can be restored in Peking. is losing its printing machinery, use for the protic-Hence the monarchy scare tion of Po Piu lottery tickets! Three men, who were on the premises at the time, were arrested. They are alleged to have come down from the country and taken a place for the ostensible purpose of starting a boot factory, but really to print lottery tickets. These men were let out the first at $300 and the other $250 ach.
Grand Guardian Shib Su of the Manchu Court was specially despatched by the Im perial Concubine Ching (second mother of the defunct Emperor Hantung) to see President-Hsu and the Cabinet Ministers yesterday morning to state that the In- perial Manchu Family, and all the blood princes, are quite satisfied with their pen- on bailons of four million dollars per year and have no ambition for political powers. two-Shih Su specially requested the President that the name of the Manchu Imperial Family be not associated with the rumour- ALLEGED DEMANDING MONEY BY ed or proposed monarchical restoration.
MENACES.
TWO EN CHARGED.
to them than their music is to him. I. of course, do not know who your correspondent is. but judging from the perish tone of his letter, I imagine him to be one of thore young men one sees strutting about this and other civilized colonies of ours, `who came out from Home to ♪ job the remuneration of which allows them to buy a decent suit which "they never had the pleasure of wearing beforms and wear a supercilious air when in the vicinity of the gentlemen who wear khaki. Why Inspector Willis said that the charge was Seven or eight men visited cannot these follows realise that perhaps a serious one.
ASTRAITS CURRENCY AND
EXCHANGE.
OBSERVATIONS BY THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
At the Magistracy, yesterday, – twơ! Chinese were charged with demanding $20 UR from n prostitute at West Point by menaces.
The two defendants were arrested.
Now let me trace the passage of his storm as signalled from Zikawei. It was first reported on the 7th of July "as a de pression in Lat, 18 N., Long. 1:30 E. and moving very slowly until the 11th when it was signalled as a typhoon east of Luzon going N.W. On the ith it was signall as having split juta iure contres--one pass, ing through the Basher Chaine) and guing in werly direction; the other centre passed up E. of Formosa. This latter een to ganised have sethe coast between Foo
A tug boat and ehow.and Weichow.. dredger were totally lost in the neighbour hood of the Teichow Islands. The town of a large percentage of these men in khaki the woman and demanded $20 from her. Haimen was partially destroyed and some are better educated and are socially The woman refused and the men
-They retďrned, however, a few 700 people drowned as far as is known. auperior to them in their home surround-way, Also great delay wasacafsed to shipping ings, and, Inureover,
hours later and again demanded the money. are undoubtedly on the Coast. On arrival at Woosung on better men..then they over will be Yours An alarm was raised and the men escaped the 17th 1 found vessels weather bound, truly,
I have mentioned previously that on the morning of 13th July the Hongkong Obser-
July 20th, 1920.- vatory forecast stated Typhoon about
[Our correspondent should curb his riotou 250 miles E. of Luzon. Its direction of imagination. The original complaint did
come from much motion is at present unknown." Yet on that pot ss day and time the China Coast Ports imagines; it did not relate to drums, but to bugle practice in the vicinity of the -Swatow and Amoy hoist the signs! Prak Hospital and, finally, it might be Typhoon Cut 10 V Long. In E. going suggested to the writer of the foregoing N.W., severe." These signals lave definite letter that a little enquiry into the antecedents of the young men whom he sees information, as to pasítion, and direction; "trutting about this and other civilised also that it was severe. All the Hongkong | colonies" would probably satisfy him that · Observatory apparently knew was that the they have seen as much war service as many of the 28th instant whilst Sargeant Butcher Lyphoon was 250 east of Luzon, when perhaps prevent him in future from sending noticed that his cash-box had been tamper- of the men who still wear khaki, and would was changing has clothes to go ashore he actually was elsewhere, to wit 19, N., 122 inch rhodomontades to the Press for publi E. and going N.W., severe. Not to the vation. ED.] Eass of Luzon, but N. of it and split into two centres, which latter fact Hongkong Observatory was not aware of apparently on the morning of the 13th when all these interesting phenomena were going on. The Observatory does not even consider it of auciept importance to even hoist a signal,
so that if you do not read, the newspaper
JAMES BRAID, Kennedy Road, Hongkong.
source as be
THE PRESERVATION
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
OF
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS.**
SIR-It is, of course, very appropriate
you know nothing-at this moment when that the Church Body of Bt." John's
The
Tre Administration, report of the Họp, Mr. F. Seton-James, C.M.G..'as Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, for the year. 1919 has just been issued. From it wo extract the following on the subject of Currency:- We
In the year under review the question of Leasuring an adequate food supply becaus [scute. The shortage of rice has been dealt with elsewhere in this report. Complica tions were introduced by questions of cur rency and rates of exchange. Mr. E. Davidson, for the defence, the general level of prices regarded vil of money, which is the same thing as plied for a remand, which was granted, inversely, had sunk. The price of bullion -bail-king-fixed-at-8200—
had risen. Note issues had enormously in-
in a condition hardly distinguishable from creamed. A great portion of the world was
anarchy. Faith of all kinds had been shaken and, most of all, faith in promises to pay. Paper money was at a discount, and in many places where the deliberate Bolshevik policy of ruining Government credit by reckless inflation of the pape currency had obtained, it had become Salueless. Silver and gold and articles cha verilent for hoarding gad barter were in extreme demand combination of causes had raised the price of silver bullion to
tion coinage whose bullion contents are, hitherto undressed of heights. Nu power and no law cag ultimately keep in cireula- worth more in exchange than the coin
tlf.
THEFT FROM A POLICE SERGEANT.
"POLICE BOY" IN TROUBLE. The conic-boy, employed on No. 4. Police launch was charged at the Magistracy, yesterday, with stealing 2200, belonging to Sergeant Butcher.
Sergrant-Alus said that of the evening,
ed with. He examined it and found that the money he had placed there had dis. appeared. He asked defendant who denied any knowledge of it. Later on informa tion was received that another man had the money and when he was arrested ho accused the "boy."
It bus been suggested that the Govern." ment of the Straits Settlements would be wise to alter the rate of exchange fixed at tion of Ellimus it is the declared policy 24, 4d.to the dollar, but after consideri
of Government to adhere to the present fixed rate. The fact that our former fav ourable exchange position in regard to Defendant admitted that he stole #165.. India and Chins Ear now been reversed character, he was sentenced to only six labour is non-indigenous and the exchange As he had previously borne a good makes the question of obtaining labour
on of great difficulty
bulk of our
| position in its relation to the diminished power of remittance Home has been acutely SILVER RING REPRESENTED TO rit. The temporary expedient has been
weeks" hard-labour.
BE COLD.
the typhoon is actually 450 miles E.B.E. Cathedral should decide to give next Sun of the Colony
day's collections, as contribution to the Noy, with all due humility, I would ask Of what use to seamen is an Observatory Westminster Abbey Fund and nak those un- that hoists no signals, when a Typhoon is able to attend Church to forward contri- so near Things were different in the days butions to the Hon. Treasurer of the when Typhoon Annie was to the_fore; we did get a little information in those Cathedral. I would, however, suggest that days. Poor Annie Döberek, suppose, she an effort should be made to make the con- is dead and gone now. May her, soul, resttribution to the fund as representative of in peace 1.
Hongkong as possible, by couvening a meet- The Hongkong Observatory is and basing of Charchmen in the Colony and keep Magistracy, yesterday, with attempting been for the last few years the laughing ing the list of subscriptions open for some to pawn a silver ring by fraud, represent stock of the China Const, Heaven only time to enable people of limited meansing the same to be gold, and with giving knows who le to blame, is it strangled like myself to give what they can, Yours, with red tape, or smothered in sealing vax 7
etc.,
a wrong name and address.
sinated for issuing weather signals. Sai-Hongkong, July 30th.
No port in the Far East is so favourably
gon to the S.W, Haiphong to the W..
Manila 8.E.. Shanghai N.E., and "Japan
N. E. Yet in spite of these
CHURCHMAN
• ATTEMPT TO HOODWINK A PAWNBRUKER.
A Chinese youth was charged at the
Defendant said that he did not represent
the ring to be gold, silver, brass- of copper.
He presented it and asked for $6..
tried by employers of labour of granting exchange allowances while the level of wages is adjusting itself to the altered con- ditions. Despite a' great deal of increased commercial prosperity generally, there is no doubt that the small wage earning classes experienced considerable hardship, although there was probably little metoni Pant of food
USEFUL LANGUAGE.
Charged with using bad language at Bradford the other day, a sailor-he seem ed to have some gleam of Conrad's talent Inspector Aris stated that defendant in the judgment of language=retorted:
further M. Vad tag, this song THE LUEN ON INSURANCE visited to prestop and landed-the-ring-What is hat Taguige We wou the
vatory is of little value to shipping. Per.
hape it could be better ptilised as a home
for lost or stray dogs,"
Hold on, perhaps I am wrong, perchance
CASE.
JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT.
it is winintained to advise Fanling golfers get kiven for the defendant and motor car, joy riders of thunderstorms with costs by Mr. Justice Gompertz at the
to be pledged stating that it was gold and war on had language. wanting 86 for it. At fint sight the article appared to be
be genuine and
8
of be
Wheir
was more or less substantiated by the words
purs pura gold which were impresed in the
A closer
examination, however, Bupreme Court, yesterday, in the action revealed the fact that the ring war and showers, etc. In Shanghai if you want in which Young Kong Yan, trading as silver and had been gold-washed. say particular information about typhoons Was Toe, claimed from the Young Shing defendant was taken to the station, he said you can always get information from Zika Insurance and Investment Co., Ltd. the that the ring had been given him by weionthe telephone during reasonable. mum of $20,000 under a marine policy of friend. The man was found and be ahoitted hau Sad to say I cannot find the Hougisqurance for that anunt on the Lucs On, giving a ring to defendant, but the one kong Observatory number in the Telephone tubscribed by the defendants The Luen Book Enclosing my card, I am,
"On", was "Tost" in November, 1917, "while on 'n voyage from Hongkong to Manila.
INTERESTED MARINER.
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