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OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SECOND ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will POWELLA BUILDING, on THURSDAY, 2ND APRIL, 1926, at 3 o'crocs in the AFTERNOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc'ors, together with Statement of Ac- counts for the Year ended 31st DECKSTE
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THE SEAS.
THURSDAY,
APRIL ND, 1926
1
solution is for the militarists to abjure LAMENT OF A LETTUCE. politics for the time being, and leave the The fa-wong dropped me in the ground, formation of a new Provisional Govern-I tell, without a sigh or sound. ment to soma Chinese who is above Upon the earthy bed, suspicion of being subservient to any And thought," Now I will do my best militarist faction or any foreign Powers. To grow as big as all the rest," It is suggested that "a man such as And seen my pale green head TANG SHAO Yr, for instance, who holds Had shot above the encircling crowd, progressive, but moderate views, who has Alas--I fear that I was proud From the great blue deep came had considerable administrative experi-And pride must have a fall. forth the Empire, boundless and ence, and who is above suspicion of being I pushed them here. I pushed them there free. Across the wide waters of under any foreign or militarist influence, And soon my leaves, were everywhere all the seas unceasingly pass menmation of a new administration. with The fa-wong came and roughly fore
might well be invited to undertake the And I was stout and tall
the common bonds of a noble factions." But TANO SHAD Y has shown Them to some place unknown, and ships, binding more tightly the unconditional support of al: militarist My brothers out. Away he bore heritage. Not least amongst these a great disinclination for any more Till I, with arms proudly outspread ties is
political service, for the simple reason The sole possessor of that bed that he has been unable to find, either Was left there, all alone. in Peking or in Canton, support for his And why he left me in such state, policies and plans sufficiently solid to fear it turned my crisp young pate) encourage him to attempt what is ob- The reason 'I'll impart, viously Herculean task. It would Of all who strove on that poor soil, indeed be good news for China if the Indeed it was an awful toil, arrangements now under discussion in I only had a heart. Peking for the future government of the country should be given such a form as would encourage
a statesman of TANG
DEWAR'S
DEWAR'S WHITE
f
I said I had" for one dark night I had a wast tremendous fright, And I grew cold with fear. SHAO YI's calibre and experience to take. A dreadful, barking, loathsome beast.
LABEL" charge of the helm. We can only "wait Cane creeping up on are to feast-
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THE PEKING MASSACRE.. THE astounding report which has reached our Shanghai contemporary from Peking. of a wholesale and cold-blooded massacre
They say it was a deer.
It wrenched my heart from out my breast, I'll draw a veil now o'er the rest- But oh-my end is plain. Though guinea-pigs some leaves may tear, My inmost being is not there,
TRIOLET.
of the Cabinet Office guards, by order of I, heartless, will remain. »" the Kuominchua commanders prior to their evacuation of the Capital, is indeed so astounding, as to be scarcely credible. Especially is that the case when we bear in mind the Kuoninchin's pretensions to being a model army representing not only the highest standard of military efficiency in China, but also a moral standard in relation to the rights and interests of the people auperior to that shown by any other military force in China. "The discipline of the Kuonrinchun troops to a large extent is due, we have recently
E. D. S..
Repulse Bay Bathing Beach was some- tinies, called the Monte Carlo of the East: He thought it gave one the impression of a seaside village in Malaya or the Philippines-Dr. Koca at the Sanitary Board Meeting. Malaya or the Philippines, But hardly up-to-date Hongkong May countenance such homely scenes. Malaya or the Philippines What do they know of Buah 1-tr-n.si For them I cannot think it wrong-
S. WATSON been told by a Nationalist organ, "to the Malaya or the Philippines; & CO., LTD.
fact that the training of the soldier in- But hardly up-to-date Hongkong- cludes the inculcation of patriotism and
4 knowledge of the cause for which he
As the Central Magistracy yester is fighting. If this, wholesale massacre day James Ronan, an unemployed
of men who obeyed the orders of their Europena fireman was fixed by Mr. commanding officer is to be regarded as Lindsell 85 for having been drunk and BIRTH
an expression of Kuaminchun ideas of disorderly at Arsenal Street on the pre- EASTWOODTUD April 20th, 1998, at the
Peak Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Patriotismo, then all we can say is that vious night. P. B. EASTWOOD (of Swatow), ait is difficult to distinguish between this daughter.
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THE SITUATION AT PEKING.
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According to the old Chinese calendar yesterday was the festival of Corn Rain (Ku Tu).
Forty-eight girl students of the Tran Light Middle School, Paak Hok Ting, Canton, arrived in Hongkong by the s.8. Lung Show yesterday afternoon. They are to remain here until May 1st, and during this time will give a number of entertainments, the first of which is to take place on April 22nd at the Chinese Y.M.C.A.
HONGKONG --LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Council is called for this afternoon. On the agenda are the following questions, of which notice has been given to the Clerk of Councils:- By the Hon. Mr. P. H. HOLYOAK:—
»
-THE FIRE BRIGADE.
1.-What steps are being taken to im prove the Fire Brigade-fire fighting a pliances and water pressure in the mains of the Colony i
-Will the Government appoint a Committee of Enquiry into these matters --
NEW TERRITORY AND FOOD SUPPLIES. a-What stops are being taken:
(n) to foster and develop the cultiva
tion of poultry, vegetables and food supplies in the New Territories t
(b) to aasist the cultivation and growth of ginger root and foster the ginger industry in the New Territories †
By the Hon. Sir H. E. PotLoax, K.C..
REFULSA BAY QUESTIONS.
-Will the Government appoint a Committee for the purpose of considering and reporting to this Council on, the following questions in connection with Repulse Bay, namely:
(z) The feasibility of providing better
bathing accommodation.
(b) The feasibility of enlarging the
area of the beach which can be bathed from by the removal of rocks from the western end of the Bay.
(c) The provision of the proper sani tary conveniences for those resort. ing to Repulse Bay.
(4) The regular removal by scavenging. coolies of rubbish and refuse and tins from the houses and beach.
e) The regular inspection by a Sant tary Inspector of the septic tanka and drainage and other outlets, for the purpose of ensuring that the same are working effectively and without danger to the public health,
(The cutting and keeping cut, and the removal of all rubbish and re- fuse and tins from, the long grass and other undergrowth below the Hotel Garage, and in such other' places as are recommended by the above Committee.
(a) Generally, the making of such re-
commendations as may tend to im prove the bathing and public health conditions at Repulse Bay and to. check the breeding of flies and mosquitoes.
A PUBLIC BATHING BEACH FOR STANLEY. 2-Will the Government also empower the above. Committee to consider and re- port upon the feasibility of inaugurating a new publio bathing beach in the neigh bourhood of Stanley i
w
BILLS,
Surga.-Licht-Comdr. G. Aubrey has been appointed to H.M.S. Tamar and for of Professor Danenberg's pupils will be The twelfth annual pianoforte recital Hongkong Dockyard...
The Orders of the Day include:--- held at the City Hall on Monday next Atram collided with a P.W.D. steam at 5.30 p.m. In addition to the piano-Ordinance to amend the law relating to First reading of a. Bill intituled An roller, in Des Voeux Road West, near forte pieces, several instrumental and the Post Office. Whitty Street. The roller was alightly vocal selections by the orthophonie vic- damaged.
trola, kindly leat for the occasion by in the programme. Messrs. Montric & Co., will be included
A Chinese officer, stated to have been
Second reading of the Bill intituled. An Ordinance to regulate the issue of Hongkong Treasury bills in Hongkong.
Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to regulate the issue of Hongkong Treasury bills in London.
us that the departure of TUAN CHI JU and the fact that the whole Administra tion has ceased to function, "will help
clarify the situation." We cannot Bay Two Chinese were remanded until that we understand what is meant by to-day at the Central Magistracy yester- that statement. We do not know-por day, on charges of possession of daggers. apparently does anybody else what sort Mr. C. A. S. Rusa was for the defence attached to the forces of General Chan of a government is to be set up in Peking The annual general meeting of the Central Magistracy yesterday for at- Kwing Ming was fined $100 at the Modern in the place of the one which is now Navy League. (Hongkong Branch) is ad- tempting to export 81,520 out of the EXHIBITION OF WATER COLOURS Apply-XAVIER BROS., LTD, 5, Daddell deposed. When Wo Pes Fr began his vertised to take place in the Old Chamber Colony. Mr. E. S. C. Brooks defended. It is noteworthy that while in Hong-.
campaign against Peking it was said that of Commerce Room, City Hall, or Tues- A Chinese, who had just returned from kong the temperature lately has been the restoration of To Buy to the day next at 3.30 p.m. has been a prisoner of the Anfuities for has been sentenced by Judge Diaz to Presidency was contemplated. Taio Kex
South America was similarly and be lower than is usual in April, no notice Dr. H. A Start, a Manila physician, bad 1,140 in his possession.
that reports from more southerly regiona are to the effect that the weather bas twelve months or more and has just been imprisonment in Bilibid for 4 years, 0'
The annual inspection by H.E. the been unusually hot Our yesterday's liberated; but the cables to-day mention months and 11 days following conviction which was to have taken place yesterday at Singapore." In a Manila "paper Governor of the Hongkong Police Force, issue contained news of "A heat wave an understanding between Wu Per Ft on charges of abortion. Dr. Start is and CHANG TSO LIN that while both the appealing to the Supreme Court.
afternoon, had again to be postponed at dated April 18th which came to hand. ex-Presidents will be allowed to retain
the last moment owing to bad weather. yesterday appears the following: What their freedom neither of them is to be stolen from the steamer. Lee On which Wednesday for the same reason. It will recorded in recent years in the Philip Awnings and rope, valued at 800 were The function had to be postponed last is believed to be the highest temperature reinstated. That being so, it is a more was moored alongside a wharf on the now take place, weather permitting, pines was that registered yesterday after- open question as to who is to be the next Praya on Tuesday. A similar theft, the next Wednesday afternoon at Police noon at 2.20 o'clock, when the mercury President or Acting Chief Executive of awnings being valued at $140, occurred Headquarters.
mark was 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit, ac
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The inmates of Nos. 209, 211, 918, week shows: 8 cases of small-pox, three record was nearly reached last Sunday, Queen's Road West moved out of their being imported cases. There were three April 11th, when the thermometers re- ment created either separately or jointly housca on Tuesday, on being instructed deaths from this disease during the week. corded 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Accord by the two war lords who now dominate to do so by P.W.D. officers, who stated There were also three ones of entericing to information from the weather the situation would endure for long and that the houses were likely to collapse fever (1 death), an imported Portuguese bureau, the highest temperature ever re Mears, Bars & Co.: bring peace to Chins A Tientan con at any moment. Scaffolding was put up case of scarlet fever, and one Chinese corded in the lalande was 101.5 degrees Mesir A. & Wemon & Co, ! temporary has suggested that the only as soon as the occupants left.
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