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СЦЕКIANG.
THE SHIPS OF THE WORLD.TERRIBLE FLOODS IN EAST
AN INCREASE OF 14,285,000 TONS
SINCE 19
THE NEW OWNERSHIP..
THIRTY TOWNS OVERWHELMED,
MILLIONS
HOMELESS.
PENG, September 7th.
GEN. CHEN CHIUNG MING. RESUMES DUTY AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF
.
NEW BABRISTER ADMITTED. MEMBER OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE'S OLD CIRCUIT.
As the Supreme Court, yesterday morn- General Chen Chiang Ming on the 18th tust, formally restined duty as Coming, the Attorney-General (the Hon. Mr. A statistical account of the present
'The Chief Secretary of the House of mander-in-Chief of the Cantonese Troops. J. H. Komp, K.C.), presented Mr. Camp- position of the shipping wage of the world is provided by the memorandum Representatives informs Renter's Agency There was, a ceremony in the new Head-bell Presser for admission to practise an accompanying the 1099 edition of that Mr. Chung Yuhan and other Chequarters (the Agricultural Experiment a barrister of the Supreme Court of The Attorney General said that. Me.. Lloyd's Register of Shipping. The figures kinng Members of Parliament have res show low the relative position of the peeived telegents describing the recent dis. Station). When the General bowed thrice| Hongkong..
to the commanders and the other officials. Prosser Served throughout the war, seeing principal maritinu mutions has changed astrous Bouls in eastern Choking as to the National Flag and ninth ons bo Mince 1911, and how Great Britain, tellows:-
Over 30 hsiens in eastern Chèkiang bave The Commander-in-Chie! made a short activo seëvier in Gallipoli, Palestine- and although her netut tonnage is slightly above the pre-war level, has in the per- virtually overwhelmed by flood speech regarding his plans and policy Mesopotamia. He was called to the Bar waters. Enormous loss of life and damage with respect to the troops. A Band dis centage of her vessels to the world's total fallen back. This is, of course, accunited has occurred. The disaster is unprecourse a programme during the proceed. Gray's Tan on June 9th, 1927, and for by the millions of tons of shipping contented in the history of that provinesings and there was much cracker-firing atabsequently joined the South Wales and
In Chinyun, public and privatą build.
Addressing Mr. Prosser, the Chief, Jus- which were launched in the United States
ceremony was in progress aviators hover- in the last years of the war and those ings, as well as neighbouring willages and the end of the ceremony While the Chester eirenit
Kelds, were submerged. Many Bridgesed over the building and dropped hand- iman-diately succeeding the Armistice.
of examining the affilarib and the papers.. resumption of duty. Not the least interesting set of figures were completely swept away. Large mumbill congratulating the General on his tie snight. I have had an opportunity General Chan accompanied by several fied in connection with" this application The villages of Hsientu and Hnochich which Lloyd's Register supplies is that hers of people and estils were drowned,
attend his bearing on the age of vessels now float.
They are placed in groups, and as after and others in their immediate vicinity | members of his staff is leaving Caton and I have much pleasure in admitting.
On the yam to,peractise in the Bar of this Court, The duty which I have to perform is natically all the nere gratifying të nie, as
a ship has served about 2040 25 years shreport the loss of thousands of people, in to-day for Hai Fang te is passing quickly intra in absolete class, addition to bodies already ergovered. The mother's birthday vitin
missing are thought to have hou washed way he will calfon, General Yip K
who was his Chief of Opgrations in the these figures give an idea of the amount
into the river and carried away to seu.
The inhabitants of Hsiayang, number-revontulitary up at Canton, and þef eplacement work that would in neemad circumstances fall to be carried out in the
ing between 500 and 000, were all drown. I will ask him to retura jo Cantan unt-give shipyards in the not jegy "remote future,
Wuyihsien was flooded twice in seven hin the fit of his assists in they day and the whole district is still food-atnistration THE BRITISH POSITIÖN.
!
In the first place a mile of the world's existing tonnagesmay be given.
Number. Tomge .... 4.650" 3027,31 61,312,952 29,955
45,1913 64,270,7
Sang Vessela Steam and rioter
Tomli.....
In the general statistics, only the set. going steel and iron steamers and gotor
. Dead bodies are still drifting abut, while starving pople are hurdled in groups in wiflooded patches, „werping for lest relatives and awaiting death,
In Chientehsien many people were giruw bed. Chukaihsiri suffered heavily Trees were uprooted from the typhoon,
and houses destroyed. In this hsien there had been several thousands of prosperous families and only a few hundred are left.
·TUE · RENDITION OF WEIHAIWEI.
IMPORTANT POINTS FOR DIS." CUSSION AT CONFERENCE.
The Angle Chinese conference for the
Chester circuit the eievnit to which I are a member of the South Wales and
on which practised" was attached and
It is therefore for a rumber if years. doubly gratifying to me to welcome you to the Bar here."
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES, Chan Wah was charger at the Magis- Crescejs maand by the principal maritim, he flood was equally disastrups in Eeng return, of Weihaiwei is expected to begin neyesterday, before Mr. indsell, Therited buahsien. The total loss of life in ('bunits labours during the course of the that on the 19th inst.. he being a Servant
100 FEET OF WATER.
countries are included. Kingon heads the list with 10,053,000tz. Paipi and some other village near by
is or 2,600, tuns for June, 192, an increase of only 178,000 tong over Juve, 1014. notwith- standing the large amount of ex-enduy tonnage allocated to British ownership and included in these figures. The United States is wrond with 12,500,000 tons, an
increase on 1914 of 10,665,000 tons,
The other countries in which the largest
Tere Sex
are needed are: An
1,622, "tous; Eeaner. 1,395,000 Toris: Lons: and Holland. Italy, 1,178.000
As in the case of the 5,200 tons. United Kingdeniy" the figures for Erance Last Haly feluri, e considerable ameuni of es enemy tonge allocated to the countries
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"Outside Chinkuahsien city the water was 100 feet deep ant inside the wall about 10 feet. Houses were destroyed and crops ruined. Upwards of 140,000 people, twesthirds of the population, have suffered severely. In Latsuihsien, the food waters, reached the top of the city wall and covered nearly the whole of the district, Dead bodies are scattered over the feds and thousands of people are
heneless,
of the Hongkong Tailoring Company, at The questions to be dealt with have No. 10. D'Aguilar Street, did werive sent month, chiefly to do with arrangements for the 851 from Mrs. M. Brant, of Hollywood ase of the port by the British fleet as Road, from which he misappropriated summer station, provisions for the safety the sum of goa, irving the balance of Mr. A. E. Hall appeared for the pro- of foreign residents and their representa-90. The balance of the money was
cn in the administration of the territory found in his possession. and perhaps the questions of China's willingness to have Weihaige linked up secution and Mr. H. K., Woo for the by rail with the hinterland.
defence.
Mr. Woo sald that the defendant was
It is understood that the British de gates will probably be the British Consul.a partner in the firm, and Mr. Hall con-
The ease was remanded and Mr. Woo" ing Commissioner of Weihaiwei. Mr. General at Tsinanfu, Mr. Giles; the Act-tended that the man was an employe
the Inspeetur at $200. Blunt, and Commander Collins, B.S.-painted out that bail had been fixed by
litter.
OF IMPERIAL AWARDS FOR SERVICES.
DISTRIBUTION
Tongyang district has fonder twice and the loss of life was heary. Terrible scenes cerurred along a crivk in the bank's of which too families lived. When the While in 1914 Germany ranked next flood the people went on to the roofs BRITISH AVIATORS IN JAPAN the United Kingdom with over 5,000,000)f their house. There they remained tons of seagoing steel and iron steamers, whit the wnes rose higher and higher such tonnage now stands at only 1.783,000 unit the hoises collapseit or the people | *. tons The Caited States percentage of the were washed away from the submerged world's seagoing steel and iron steam buildings. All these houses were washed toanage has increased from 4,2 in 1914 away before the flood waters subsided.
These reports represent only a portion to in 22 The relative position of some other countries has also altered oa of the flooded area, and no doubt inter large extent. In 1914 the United King-messages will tell of similar distress in don owned nearly 44! Taunt of the neighbouring districts. All the messagPS
Og steam tonnage the res
Zeceived state that the losses of life and sent percentage is just over 33. Norway, property cannot yet be fully estimated which occupied the third place, is now seventh, while Japan, which was sixth, is now third, closely followed by France with
oa 22,000 tons less.
The met werld's inferense sine 1914 14.22,000 tons.
DIG GERMAN INCREASE.
The countries where the largest increases have taken place during the 12 months are
as follows:-
*
Germany Holland
1,131,000 400,000
British Domunions".... 258,000 France
The Magistrate? That is the bail fixed. by me.
Tong Map Kee, an employé of the Wau. Hoag Company No. 76. Des Vaux Road Central. was charged before Mr. Lindsell with embezzling two separate sums of money from his employers, the amounts The alleged At a full-dress parade of all the officers being 87.20 and $161.40 and men of the British Aviation Mission, embezzlments took place betewen May 5th now engaged at the Kasumigaura aero-and Augus: 50th.
Mr. H. L.. Dennys appeared "for the drome at Tokyo on the 7th inst., Rear- Admiral Tajiri presented to the members prosecution and Mr. H, C. Ler for the of the Mission the decorations which it defence, has pleased His Majesty the Emperov to conter on them in recognition of the services which they have rendered in the cause of naval aviation during their stay in Japan.
At the request of the solicitors the case. was remanded, the defendant being allow.
bail of 81,000.
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NEW LIGHT ON THE MORPHIA TRADE.
A FICTITIOUS HONGKONG
COMPANY.
The Boeral Secretary of the Inter national Anti-Opium Association at Pek-
MILLIONS FALING STARVATION." The people and stock surviving are gathered on the high ground in various
The following menilers of the staff of These people number several places. isinillions. They have lost everything and the Mission are decrated:
The crops
Captain the Master of Sempill, 1.N., Are without unes or food. have all ben ruined. Their nuly hopi is Cominanding Officer, the Order of the ising Sun, 3rd Class; Commdr. Meares, assistance to cutsid
During the past few days, reports have the 3rd Order of the Sacred Treasure; been received saying that mabers fieut.-Lomindrs. Fowler, Atkinson, Eld- people have committed suicide throughridge, Brackley, Smith, and Orde-Lees, starvation, while frantie mothers, unable the 4th Order of the Rising Sun Licuts. to witness the sufferings of their children,Pollard, Bryan, Loter, And Vaughan-ing, says that a recent seizure of 60,000- The Fowler, and Surg-Lieut. Jones, the 5th cough pills "by the Maritime Customs have thrown them into the water. condition of the survivors is daily getting Order of the Rising Sun: Sub-Lieats. at a treaty port illustrates an aspect of rutneli Sheret, lutfel, Landamore, the morphia trade which is by no meas The Chekiang Members add that theyVolkert, the 6th Order of the Rising Sun: nex, but the statements regarding the The increase in the tonnage recorded as hope and trust that the Chinese people German in the new edition of the Register of all classes will come to the relief of Book as compared with the 1921 edition their unfortunate fellow provincials and is due partly to new vessels built in the that people of other nationalities, in the years 1920-1993 and now registered as name of common humanity, will do what German, and partly to the transfer to they can to aid these sufferers: German flag of ex-German vessels which had been allocated or sold to other coun- tries. On the other hand, the figures for the United Kingdom actually show a decrease for the year of 231,000 tons, owing no doubt to the large amount de' tonnage sold abroad.
Japan. Italy
$30,000* $30,000 1,000
SEW AND OLD TONSAGE.
worse.
C.PS. CANCELS CALL AT
HONOLULU,
FACIFIC LINERS NOT TO VISIT HAWAIL
Warrant Officers Crisp, Satchell, Bend. Williams, Barwaker, Redmond, Adams, Manton, Hunter, Ellis, Ford, and Sher
It is understood that the activities of as the tih Order of the Sacred Treasure, the British Arintion Mission will con-
... 1924 at least,
SHIPPING SLUMP IN JAPAN
original but amusing were it not that this tey of these pills, as printed in large. type on very striking covers, are not only
ing and supplying the drug liabit. The is but one of a score of methods of creat- statement is made that these pills are a most effective remedy against scabies. They are said to be manufactured by the Colden Star Company, Hongkong. The distributing ngents of the pills are Kia Foo & Co. of Shanghai and Osaka. On The Folago Maru, 5,5 tong gross, hearing these details the Association wrote buils in 1919, the property of the Japan to the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong Marine Transportation Ca, Tokyo, has end a reply has been received slating tha teen purchased by a British, shipowner no such firm exists in the Colony.
The steamer has been for 5 per son. offered on the London, market for more than six mouths and has finally found a steau- in he sold in England; as many steamers have been imported into Japan from abroad through the London market
"THE MIDNIGHT STAGE."
Out of a total of 20,223 vessels of lot
The Victoria Daily Velrajd í August tons and above, 8,522 are less tuns üve3rd says:- years old, 4,100 are of five years and under Plans of the Canadian Pheific Steam
SPECIAL, KOWLOON ATTRACTION. 10 yours, 3,540 are of 10 years and under ships to include Honolulu as a port of it is unusual for a Japanese 15 years, 0,750 are of 15 and ander 50 call during the Winter months have been
Everyone must have heard of "The years, 2,400 are of 10 and under 25 years, abandoned, "It is a nounced by the coin and 6,379 vérrels are of 25 years and over. pany. The Hosuluiu cali has bres ca since the latter part of last year. Re-Lyons Mail, the play that made Sir A stalking point is the large proportiou celled for all sailings, and a new sailing ports say that a few Japanese shipowners Henry Irving famous. Su often has it of comparatively new vessels-owned in is made secessary by the elimination of Kobe have recently offered their steam-
almost everyone must also seen "1. An some countries, no doubt due to the Targ of the Hawaiian port from the schedule, ers for sale in London, and though there been successfully revived that "by now number of vessels built during and after is in course of preparation, and will be are no buyers yet sales are expected soon. Americanised version of it comes to the
Many of the ships being offered for sale
Tho Midnight the war. Of the sea-going vessels of the ready shortly:
day attraction. Styled United States nearly 63 per cent. have The call at Heaolulu was to have been there now are English built ships which Kowloon Theatre to-day as a special on
were imported into Japan several months
dramatic craftsmanship which went to the been built in the last five years. Similar inaugurated this Winter by the two new
It was to have their original owners. This is taken to making of its great prototype. In place percentages for other countries are steamers, the Emprese of Canada and the ago and are now being offered back to Stage," it loses nothing of the superb Japan, 40 per cent, France and Holland, Empress of Australia. both 20 per cent.; Germany, 31 per been made on the westbound voyages only. indicate the extent to which the Japanese of the French story and 1776 period of the original, the plot and locale have been transferred to the California of the cent. Belgium, 31 per cent.; and Den- Although some time would be lost by this shipping industry is suffering, due to
sixties and the dual roles of John Lynch, mark, 30 per cent, whereas the percentage detour, it was figured that as both ships the depression and the need for money, were oil-burners, "and would therefore be in the United Kingdom is less than 23,
the good gambler, and "Bigo". Rivera, able to omit the call at Nagasaki, where The present edition of Lloyd's Register the coal-burning liners of the ecmpany
led by Mr. Frank Keenan, the eminent Bock ass shows that there are 577 steara-Lunker in the Oriest, the ices could be BIRTH CONTROL IN JAPAN. the bad desperardo are: brilliantly: hand- American character actor. The two parts ers of 5,037,000 tons for the carriage of evened by that raiseion, and the fort
present a very strong contrast and where, petroleum, Vessels fitted with internal
nightly scheile maintained across the combustion engines number 13 Pacific..
A movement, which runs directly as often happers, they theet on the screen 1,511,000 tons. A great development has No reason is given by the company for counter to the principle of birth control, the double exposure photography has
niso taken place as regards the use of their altered place,
liquid fuel on board steamers. In 1914
fitted for burning oil fuel, whereas the present Register Book includes no fewer than 2,793 such vessels of 14,383,000 tons which tonnage is. nearly 11 times that of 1814.-Morning Port (London).
SHANGHAI.
OPPOSITION MEASURE,
has originated with Mr. Tetsukichi been perfectly executed, there are 364 stunners of 1,310.00 tons FACILITIES FOR STEKZACE PASSENGERS TO SEE Nishiyama, Principal of the Imperial Elementary School and Kindergarten,
A brick cable was received early ip the Another Canadian Pacifc announce and has already won considerable support, ment is that Chinese steerage passengers it has for its object the presentation month of an earthquake in Formen, but may in future be able to visit. Shanghai of a petition to the Imperial Diet request no details were given. We now see that en route to and from Hongkong should "ing some form of legislation in favour official reports to Japan state that five they so. wish.
Arrangements providing of the parents of three or more child-Japanese homes were totally demolished in Taikoku, and five others partially so ample tender service from Woosung up ren. stream to Shanghai and return to the The idea that the promoters have in The cataquake was also responsible for Leading London underwriters headed ship, for the convenience of the Chiness mind is that the Government should be the deaths of three persons, and injuries: by Lloyds have contributed £100,000 to passenger, have been completed. No asked to exempt from income taxes the to three others. In the town of Gian injured, while seven houses ware complete- the guarantee fond of the Empire Exhibi- charge 1s made for this service, which is parents of three children and to assist two persons were killed and one seriously by wrecked and things others partially so. tion as a tribute to the Prince of Wales' one. that will be appreciated by the with education subsidies those who Bervices to the Empire.
Orientals.
more than fivé.