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THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
AFRIL 29TH, 1922
EXPLORER. FIGHTER.
ORATOR.
CAPT. E. R. G. R. EVANS. C.B.
D.S.O. R.X., AT KOWLOON.
·COMPANY REPORT.
MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA ARE THE REFORMS A FAILURE
The twenty-ninth annual report states : That scatin of the educated Indian publie which is interested in these things
The Directors submit to the Sharehold must have followed with amazement and concern the trend of recent debates both The pressure upon accommodation aters of the Bank the general balance sheet in the Legislative Assembly and in the Kowloon Church Hall, last night, made and statement of profit and loss account Provincial Councils, A year ago the init eloar, that one other use should have for the year ending December 31st, 1921. stitutions brought into existence by the been made if the Prince's Pavilion be
The net profits for the year, after, prò Government of India Act were shaping very well, for it seemed that both the fore it was given over to the house-break.viding for bad and doubtful debts, and elected and nominated representatives ers. Capt. E. R. G. R. Evans should have including £127.08 74. d. brought for last neecunt. amunt to of the people had entered upon their been persuaded to give his wonderful ward from duties with a sole eys to the public integtures to the whole Colony before he 300.871 88. 100. From this sum has to terent. Even the eniaks' and visiouaries that one must érject in any big assem enves us, perhaps for ever; and only the be deducted £81,000, being theic bly were moderate and sane in their Pavilion would have served the purpose. dividend of & per vent, less ing speeches. Subjects, such as the disturb-One would like every school boy and girl on the "A" B," and "C" aces in the Punjab and the measures in Hongkong to hear the Antarctic in September last. taken to suppress them, which bad caused
lecture; it would be for them, as for their The Directors have a in other quarters the wildest forms of
10 £1,150,000); rcial bitterness, were lischel, with elders, an inspiration and an unforget-reserve fund (raising the most admirable restraint. Indet, sable experience a lay sermon-based on £13,000 to the officers pension fund, and fine was the impression made by the example as well as precept-on endur-writteu 120,000 off,freehold banking pre-
NOW READY.
THE DIRECTORY
FOR
AND CHRONICLE:
1922.
KOREA,
CHINA JAPAN, INDO.CHINA, SIAM,- STRAITS
SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATES,
ETHERLANDS INDIA, PHILIP.
PINES, BORNEO, EN.
use to the
SIXTIETA
Legislative Assembly at Delhi in partisance, self-sacrifice; love of the brethren, misis. They now recommend a final
measure
محمدی
eular, that those who had been stren uously opposed to the Reforms were ob liged to
admit that they were shaping so well that there was no reason why a still further
Self-Gorem ment should not be granted to India within a very short time. As the year advanced, however.. doubts began to prevail. The Bengal Council was the first to raise the suspicion that it contained a large number of members who had no sense of respons bility and who were prepared, in the in Lerests of movements which would make any form of Government impossible, to pass the most extraordinary resolutions. When
or,
Eskaylag
A lecture by Capt. Evans, moreover, dividend on the "A," "B" and "C" is admirable as regards manner as well shares of 8 per cent., less income-tax as malter. The inexpert speaker, who (making 18 per cent. for the year), leav. maunders miserably through a manuscript;ing a balance of £137,671, S. 10d. to be
an extempore oration, carried forward. dounders and staggers from one anti- climax to the next, takes the audience with him on the rack and they share his anguish. How different with Capt. Evans. He is en rapport with his audience the moment he begins to speak. His clear,
the Bengal Council refused the monies the almost conversational tone reaches to the administration desired to deal with the Boatmost limits of the hall and there is no thevik aspects of Non-co-operation it dealt need for him to use the second voice that a blow at itself. It is true that later on!
wiser opinious prevailed with respect to this
The following Directors retire by rota tion, but, being eligible, offer themselves
J. M. Ryrie. for re-election:-Mr. R. J. Black and Mr.
י
It will be artessary to appoint auditors. Messrs. Cooper Brothers & Co. and Mosars. W. A. Browne & Co., the retiring auditors, offer themselves for re-election."
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Not only is the Directory as full and complete in each case as it can be made, It euch Colony, Port or Settlement is prefaced by a DESCRIP TION, carefully revised each year, most of which will serve as accurate GUIDE FOR THE Tovast, giving every detail in connection with the places, their History, Topography, sto.
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be meations he has in reserve the one ANOTHER LARGE HAUL BY THE ing of a hundred interesting articles, packed
that overrides the toise of battle and tempest on the wildest night at sea.
AN EXTENSIVE LECTURE TOUR,
I most oot be supposed, however, that Capt. Evans is heaven-born orator,
and so on. Then, while they are cheering the next picture, I get another bit-ready." French deraonstra- tiveness has its uses, evidently..
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THE CAPTALS "SHANGHAIED." The Rotary Club at Shanghai gave the Captain a shock, the other day, though. Without warning, they invited him, after lunch, to occupy the next hour and a quarter with a speech. I was furious," said Capt. Evans, -in-relating the incid eft. But there it was the desire not
REVENUE OFFICERS.
However, the Revenue Officers called
with facts concisely set out and containing statistics of the TRADE of each Country and port, would alone suffice to fill a large volume.
The Book is printed from New Type specially reserved for the purpose, and uniformity in every arrangement greatly facilitates reference.
Besides the tonal Alphabetical. List of Firms. the Directory gives the CLASSIFIED LISTS- of TRADES and PROFESSIONS at the larger Commercial Centres."
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first and Chief Preventive Offer Clark of the principal ports of the Far East have been. told Mr. Lindsell that he discovered the engraved by one of the most eminent Firme in cigarettes in six baskets. Picces of canvas Great Britain and are annually corrected and covered the top of the baskets and brought up to date through the crevices there appeared a low stray fruit leavek, The Revenue Officer wanted to see the fruit to which the leaves belonged, with the result that the cigarettes were discovered.
Mr. Lindsell ordered the two fokis to be discharged and fined the Master $750 with the option of four months' imprisonment.
Patrol; one had a speed of 1.5 knots and the ather of 5.4. A third, an uil-driven vessel had a speed of 6 knots but it was always, breaking down and he preferred a speed of 4.5 which eventuated, to one of six which did not.
The CHRONICLE sovers the notable events together with the Texts of all the most import on Trenties concluded with the countries of Eastern Asia, the various Customs Tariffs Trade Regulations, Chambers of Commerce, Scales of Commissions, Consular and Court Fees, Hongkong Stamps Duties, Signal Codes, Chinese Festivals, Tables of Money, Weights and Measures and other Com- mercial Information.
It is published at the Office of the "How oxG DAILY PRTIS."
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matter, but the Council had lost the con- Sdence of the public. Nur has the debate on the Provincial Budget mealed matters.
The smuggling of dutiable cigarettes And now the Assembly at Delhi sees to
into the Colony still occurs on a consider- have taken its cue from Bengal, refusing
able scale. Yesterday morning at the grants and making amendment to the taxa
Magistracy, in 'Mr. Lindsell's Court, ad- tion proposals, not on any defined sys-This kind cometh not but by much prac other big haul of smuggled cigarettes, tent but carelessly and culpably, so that tice. The writer was in the commander's 41,330 of different brands, was displayed. one wonders whether one is dealing with cabin of HMS Carlisle, the other mern-
The nuser of a Chinese trading junk grows-up and mature persons or with a lot 88, dricking milk with the gallant of children playing at politics. Objections Captain, at least, milk was one of the and two of his fois were charged with the ingredients of the particular. wanity" offence, According to the sailing master's
TEO are made to the salt tax in the interests on tap and on the wall was a chart, story, his junk came from Siheung, of the poor down-triden peasant. Then, drawn up by a lecture agency, showing where he had taken on board a cargo ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS is He could not explain how the the Far East contains the names of over if you please, steps are taken to impose all the places where Capt. Evans has fruit. haties un cloth that will hurt the peasant lectured Every city and town of import cigarettes came to be amongst the cargo.
20,000 FOREIGNERS, much more than the alt tax. It is true that ance in the United Kingdom was in the One portion of fruit was consign'd to certain persons believe that if the peasant list. which started off with the "Royal rket: the pher portion, containing the arranged, with the Initials as well as the Sur
the Tai Sang firm, near the Central takes to the spi ning wheel he will not Albert Hall, Kensington. W. Capt. only clothe himsif but will introduce Swaraj. Evans managed, there, to discover a baskets of cigarettes, was consigncil by names, in strictly Aphabetical Order, so that How any sane person can believe this seret: how to overcome the hatefal "clapa woman, who said that she would take any name can be found instantly.
THE MAPS AND PLANS nonseuse is beyond us. One has to accept clap of the Albert Hall echo, which delivery herself at Hongkong. the "fact without understanding it, just as has reduced statesmen, savante, singers one accepts Sir. Conan Doyle's belief in and musicians to frenzy, and caused spooks, Sir Conan Doyle and his followers do them to wear as only educated men can. not sway the House of Commons. If they Lecturing to pictures, Capt. Evans thinks, $x as easy ns falling off a log." did we would find Parliament making pro- To taik Irom side to slide is like taking visions for reserved arriage for fairies in
point after point in navigating a ship. tube trains and the British people making When lecturing in French, however, Capt. provision for another Parliament. It is a
Evans does not despise aid from script, very similar kind of feeling to that which The audioner cherrs a picture," he says, the British public woull have, if it found "and I look up the next bit: A co Parliament being extremely silly, which has moment induced the Times to say that it has become necessary to consider the working of the Reforms in India. In other words if the Assembly and the Council continue to act without any sense of responsibility it is not only possible that there will be no further Reforms but the meaatire of representation already given might have to be curtailed or even withdrawn. Mr. Montagu was aware weeks ago that an opinion of this kind was beginning to prevail in England. That is why, with his instinct for mischief, he attempted to pledge "the Government had carried him through many a despeto Ostend and Zeebrugge. Capt. EvROS
Antang Manchurian rate adventure-casae to the Captain's described the voyage of these crowded to continue on the path which to so usny
Something occurred to him which steamers when, in the grey dawn, they now seems to be dangerous. But the aid. Government cannot be bound by what Mr would do to start with and, aided by glided into the Belgian harbors whilst well stored memory and the destroyer crew gazed hungrily after Montagu has said. He is only entitled to practice a make promises for himself. It may be fund of experience of life in many aspects, their confreres who were soon to meet, sail that an attempt to recousder the Re. Capt. Evans, came triumphantly through; and face unflinchingly, those countless as anyone who heard him last night will thousands of efficient grey-clad German form Scheme will have the effect of driving
be quite sure he would,
soldiers. Many interesting incidents were the Moderates into the arins of the Ex-
Which reminds one that the object of told of the monitors which patrolled the tremists We do not believe it so far as writing this column is to give some slight Belgian coast and, by so doing, put heart the real Moderates are epncerned, for they impression of last night's lecture. A into the Belgians and fear into the Ger- must see for themselves that representative full report need not be looked for. mans. There was a neat, story of a great institutions which are working mischief Cold print would not do the lecture gun secretly mounted ashore, many miles destroying, the credit of the country, anjustice and, further, Capt. Evans, away, and of a monitor which red a
Tokyo making straight for anarchy, can no mor although he might make a fortune if he blank outside a seaside town occupied by
Yokohama were carefully be supported by people who love India than resigned from the Navy and took his the Germans. The two the Non-co-operators. As for the others, lectures round the world for private gain, fired together and the enemy was much the Bo-called Moderates, who are prefers to give his services for the benefit mystified as to how the monitor, which making use
of the Reform Scheme of Naval Charities, and no newspaper was out of range of any "reply by them, 10 further ends which are almost will blackleg him in that good work, for could be doing all the damage. Bolshevik, it does not matter whether they the sake of ten cents. are driven into the arms of the Extrem-Capt: Evans, that morning, will be of The audience enthusiastically endorsed In fact it is szier for India interest, before passing on to the lecture. Capt. Evans's tribute to the members of that these Moderates should publicly The explorer was asked if he would be the merchant service and the fishermen embrace the people with whom they are inable ever to face the Antarctic cold, again, for their heroic service during the war, sympathy than be permitted to take an oath after a period spent in Hongkong. On either in warlike operations or in carry- of allegiance to the British Empire with I should be quite ready: this climate ing on, despite the ever-present submarine batred in their hearts. But we ought not does not trouble me at all" was the menaco.
An to the anti-submarine measures, the tomove too fast in the matter. There are reply. "I don't call this hot I run provisions in the Government of India Act dowa from the Peak every morning-at ecturer said it was a fact that, by 1918, which will prevent the administration being least I generally walk the last part as the submarine menace no longer existed, driven into bankrupter by resolutione in there are so many people about. When and the Assembly and Councils. One I get on board I have a bath and am therefore, afford to wait a bit. After all all right for the day. Besides, we get the representative institutions in India are some cold times. bere," added the Captain,
roflectively. only a little more than a year old. The Act suggests a waiting and watching period instance," murmured the interviewer.
"Swimming after the Hong Woh, for of ten years.Englishman (Calcutta).
ists 'or not.
can,
The Arst work of the Dover destroyers consisted in escorting the troop transports to let down his side,that spirit which which carried the Koyal Naval Division
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The lecture reached a magnificent
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LAST NIGHTS LECTURE. THE VALUE OF GOOD SIGHT With many flashes of irony and humour, and some sly digs at the powers-that-be, cannot be over-estimated. Sight stands, Bruns described the work of the climax with the story of how Capt. Evans's for everything that la valuable or enjoy Dover Patrol and of the units which ship, Broke and her companion Swift.. able in life. You cannot tell if your eyes worked apart from the Grand Flect. Ha fought six German destroyers which were
remarked that the Dover Patrol, owing making a lightning raid. aro right; you may see well yet have to the needs of the Grand Fleet, had to making a lightning raid. The Broke defective eyes. If you wish to have your put up with obsolete vessels, which, when torpedoed & German vessel; then rammed Whilst the eyes tested, the Refracting Boom of The compared with the modern German desher at 27 knots an hour.
troyers, might almost be said to have vessels, were entangled, two scamen re- Hongkong Optical Oo, successors to been armed with bags and arrows. The pelled, two seamen repelled an enemy
The Broke, though con Click & Co., Retracting and Manu- little craft, navally known as "thirty-siderably damaged, want to attack other facturing Opticians the most competent attached to Dover were mostly sunk by then the engines were put out of action
knotters." were $5 years old, and the vessels,
the telegraph and a s optical establishment in South China mines, or on the Belgian coast, during the by enemy tire. The audience enthusiasti located in 53, Queen's. Bond, Central course of the war. Capt. Evans raised cally cheered the photographs on the is at your service. They have the equipons-when he described two other vessels this thrilling encounter.
laugh- sympathetic as well as derisive screen of the seamen who took part in WORKS:
ments to test your eyes accurately."
served out, at one time, to the Dover Commodore W. Bowden Smith, B.N., Testing the night and fitting glucose_la' RUSSELL STREET.
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