NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the above Society will be haki at the Chamber of Comxxaca Hoom, City Hall, at 6 x on FRIDAY, Seru »EPTEMBER.
R. O, SUTHERLAND,
Hon. Secretary.
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the SHARE REGISTER of the above Company will be CLOSED From 24TH SEP.
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Mr. G. M. Young was a passenger from WHERE IS THE BRITISH Shanghai to Hongkong by the. P. & 0. Valua
PROPAGANDA?
Mr. H. Dowbiggin is due to arrive
in Hongkong by the P. & O. 1.1. Delta, | CANTONESE GROPING IN THE which leaves London on October 91st.
In the return of notisable diseases, for the 24 hours ended the 18th inst, one Chinese case of diphtherit is record- ed.
The offices and stations of the Chinese
trict will be closed to public business on Maritime Customs for Kowloon and Dis-
Tuesday..
DARK.
THE AVERAGE MAN,
HOPELESS FAILURE ΤΟ UNDER- STAND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.
[DY A BRAMER CORRESPONDENT.]
There is little of interest from a publis
Mr. D. Davies, of the Sanitary Depart-point of view to record regarding affairs
from Home leave by the P. & Q. 5.5. ment, and Mrs. Davies are returning in Canton during the past few days,
Everything is quiet in the City. That Farmala, which leaves London on Sep-sams tember 23rd:
members of the Civil Service. Since Mr... CHURCHILL made public the intentions of Administration's, mines for the week The total output of the Kailan Mining the Government the officials or the vartending September ith amounted to ous Unions concerned have protested with 53,600 tons, and the sales during the
period to 59,895 tons. a great show of indignation that what is
up the situation there. Rear- Admiral Stirling" came back with the Senior Naval Officer, who has been " has been having a look round generally. paying a short visit to Hongkong, and
it is I suppose in the nature of a farewell, visit before leaving the China Station.
I hear that the Authorities have
proposed is an attack on personal liberty from Australia by the Aki Maru were already issued orders to discontinue the
and therefore most unwarrantable. But nobody is deceived. Enough is known to convince any reasonable man that the aims of those in control of the Unions are mainly political
We heed only mention a few facts to show that the foregoing statement is well founded. The Socialista, who are anxious ---
to create a great federation amenable to
Amongst the passengers who arrived Professor and Airs. Shellshear, Mr. J. E. stopping and searching of boats on their Hausen, Mr. A. H. Fenwick, Mr way to Canton. That, perhaps, may ba " Hunter, Mrs. F. Hunter, and Mr. P. Hregarded as another step in the right. Skelton.
direction. I do not come personally into contact with many of the Strike Pickets, for which Heaven be praised-und, therefore, I cannot give their views, but in all other circles there seems to be, a genuine desire to end the present troubles
Classce at. the French Consulate (French conversational courses-elemen September 23rd: If sufficient support is tary division) will start on Thursday,
forthcoming there will also be a class for advanced-students...
"
An American seaman on the 18. Pre- as quickly as possible. It is felt that a central authority, have already succeed-ident Taft failed to appear when his they have been continued and exaggerat
name was called at the Central Magised beyond all reasġa. ed in formulating the constitution of the tracy yesterday, to answer a charge of Civil Service National Whitley Council Company. His bail of $10 was estreated. I wish to ask in all seriousness. Where And this brings me to a question which assaulting a wireman, of the Tramway
so that it might be endowed with legiila- tive powers. That is one important fact. Another is that it no check were applied
such as is now proposed the Council,
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Hengkong on the P. & O. s.s. Tuntuu, Dr J. H. Sanders is returning to which left London on September 10th Also returning to the Colony on the same steamer are Mr. H. A. Taylor (of the Imports and Exports Office), and Mrs. Taylor.
This afternoon the
which has a strong Trade Union repre- sentation now, would be able to control the whole Civil Service. How that power
Peak Church might be used in a great emergency was
Sunday School sports and tea are being held at Mount Kellett, commencing at 4 illustrated when the Trades Union Con-p. It only requires fine weather to assure the youngsters participating in a gress, launch its formidable attack on
programme in which they will be in their the nation. The General Purposes Com-element and have a very enjoyable time. mittee of the Staff Side of the Civil Service National Whitley Council passed resolution advising Civil Servanta not
to volunteer during the General Strike for any work other than their "normal" duties.
This in effect was a recom mendation to support the strike in accordance with the Communist.
con-
spiracy (for such it was) against the nation and the Government. The major
The old established firm of share brokers, Messrs. Vernon and Smyth, has been closed and Mrs. B. Smyth left by the Taiping Pesterday who is a son of the founder of the Erm, for New Zealand. Mr. F. R. Smyth, intends to settle in New Zealand and to start business there.
The Criminal Sessions open on Monday, and the number of cases will necessitate them continuing for several days. There ans on the calendar, two murder cases, rubberies. The Japanese, who was arrest- a piracy, a manslaughter charge, and two
kong public hears of the activities of the is the British propaganda The Hong-
strike pickets" and understands their aims, but I am sure few people in Hong kang realise how extraordinarily aloof the ordinary commercial young Chinese is from all political parties. He sees what is happening around him but he does not understand the real significance of the events.. He reads a paragraph concerning them in the papers and his ideas and thoughts are coloured by what he reads. Not the slightest attempt is apparently being made to administer anything in the nature of a corrective.
one of HM.'s ships was having an in- I will illustrate my point. An officer
formal chat with a Chinese friend of bis when this friend to his intense astonish ment calmly asked what special reason the British Navy had in landing blue- jackets on the wharves if they were not actuated solely by the desire to pick 'a
Mr. and Mrs. E. BouVIER, & daugh-ity of Civil servants, however, remained ed on the French mail steamer Angere quarrel. One could see, of course, from
ter.
GILLESPIE-On September 11th, at 28%, Yu Yurn Road, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. R. D. GILLESPIE, a daugh ter.
DEATH. WOLF-On August 9th, at Murrhardt, Wuerttemberg Germany, E. Wor.. Inte Commissioner of Chinese -Customs.
Hongkong Office: 1a, Chater Bond. London Office: 131, Fleet Street, EO..
The Baily Press.
HONGKONG, SIPtemana 18′′s, 1926.
SOCIALISTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The
loyal and defeated the scheme. majority" are not Secialist; they are reasonable men and patriotic citizens who desire to be allowed to do their work
will be charged with unlawful" importa- tion of heroin.
where the idea came. It was the story circulated broad-cast that the British
wished to create an unpleasant incident in Canton in order to embarrass the Southern Army in the field." The young
The expenditure during 1925 on the Public Works Department in the Straits Settlements exceeded that of any recent Ewithout interfererice, and disapprove of Jear and was, in fact, the highest ever Chinesc, however, put his query in an
recorded in the Colony, states the annual report of the Colonial Engineer. Taking inoffensive way. He had obviously an into account variations in price it prob- open mind on the subject and simply ably represents fully double the work wished to find out what other side there done in 1921 and is 12 to 15 per cent. in excess of that done in 1824.
was to the questión. When the British Naval officer informed him that the last
woman.
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Why Don't We?
the control of their various associations by outside agitators with axes to grind.
It is certainly the duty of the Govern- ment to protect the Civil Service as a whole against the sinister designs of opium in the Colony last year totalled thing the British wished to do was to
The gross cash receipts from sales of revolutionary extremista. There is no $14,541,757 the pet revenue, excluding quarrel, but that the action was forced objection to Trade Unions of Civil Ser. $72,185 derived from opium licence fees upon them in order to save the lives being 812,470,025. Increased sales result vants so long as the Unions confine themed from the influx of labour during the of the Chinese themselves and shot by selves to their legitimate sphere. In the of improved conditions in the rubber pondered the matter for a moment or latter ball of the year in consequence the strike pickets from the wharves, be Civil Service, as in other occupations in market and the general atmosphere of two and then expressed the opinion that which problems are constantly arising was Indian opium.
prosperity. All the raw opium imported
the action in the circumstances were which effect the lives and conditions of
Askylight which was left open pro- mended. "But why," he added, "do you employment of vast numbers of men, it vided access to a thief early yesterday
perfectly right and proper and to be com-
THE recent announcement. of Mr. CHUB is a distinct advantage to have Trade morting at No. 292, Des Voeux Road not tell the Chinese these things" The CHILL, Chancellor of the Exchequer, that Unions. Such bodies are most useful for
Central, occupied by a Chinese married same question, in a slightly different The thiet made his exit the form perhaps, has been asked me per- Trade Unions within the Civil Service are purposes of "collective bargaining" as same way after taking a leather bag of 6 MONTHS Certain From the 15 OCTO-T TWENTY
THE SIXTH YEARLY DRAWING of to be prevented by legislation from between employers and employed. But and clothing. Discarding the bag and
which contained the woman's jewellery soaally dozens of times. Forms for Tendering can be obtained on HONGEONG CLUB (1920 Issue$500 affiliating themselves to outside indus- when 'wire-pullers begin to use. Trade some of the contents which did not prove
It may seem amazing to the "Britisher application to the NAVAL
valuable, the intruder got away with STORE Each) was held in the CLOX House on TUES trial and political crganisations bas Unions for purely political ends action on property valued at 8171 and an Ameri- that there are, at this time of day, thou OFFICER, RM. NAVAL TARD, HONG KONG, DAY THE 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1926, when and Tenders should be Lodged in the NAVAL the following Debentures were Drawn for provoked shrill protests from certain the part of authority to check a danger
can passport.
sands of friendly disposed, good natured STORE OFFICER'S OFFICE Not Later Redemption- Than Noon on TUESDAY, 21st SEPTEM.
Socialists, but it is acceptable to public to the State is clearly a national duty.
Chinese who honestly believe that the Mrs. A. H. Barlow, Mr. and Mrs. BEB, 1926.
opinion in England, and is welcomed by We are glad to know that the Govern Eustace, Dr. G. M. and Mrs. Harston defined, endeavouring to stamp upon and L. Bird and Miss Bird, Mrs. W. A. Eritish all in some manner, pot very well large numbers within the service itself. meat at home are alive to the danger and Miss Harston, Mr. W. J. Lockhart humiliate them. 3959)
Bearing in mind the long and honourable as it effects the staff of the Civil Service. Mies Middleton-Smith, Lady Renshaw, And we are doing absolutely nothing to.
Smith, Mr. C. A. Middleton-Smith and and will be Payable at the HONG KONG AND traditions maintained by the men who How real the danger may be can be Mr. and Miss Staple-Smith, Mr. and correct this opinion. It is criminal folly. THURSDAY, THE 30TH SEPTEMBER, serve the State in the various Govern-estinated by a statement recently in the and Mrs. E. Prophet, Mrs. E. D. C. Mrs. D. Muir, Mr. D, MacCormack, Mr. 1926, in Exchange for Surrender of Bame.
ment Departments it comes almost as a "Postal Telegraph," the official organ of Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. M. Banner- By Order, T. A. ROBERTSON, Lieut.-Col shock to learn that a Bill is deemed the National Federation of Postal and
Secretary,
necessary to prohibit the Trade Unions, Telegraph Clerks, who remained of Civil Servants from association with and opposed the General Strike. The outside bodies. But such is the unpalat paper records that, "had the strike, There will be an interesting service at LONDON BUYING AGESTS able fact, and it is entirely owing to the lasted another day or two, the Union of at 11.30 when the Bishop of Victoria (the St. John's Cathedral to-morrow morning agents for British or Continental goods activities of a small minority of intriguers Postal Workers would have been instruct Bight Rev. C. R. Duppuy) will ordain In the absence of observations from the Established in 1844 but thoroughly ap to and revolutionaries tainted with Com-
ed to call their members out on strike." one pricat and two deacons,. The service Japanese Empire no position, can be data, our enco attained by making out
In other words, the conspirators would will be for the most part in Chinese, but assigned to the typhoon enstomers' interes our first sima, "Fire munism that a definite line bas had to
have attempted to paralyse the Govern- those of the congregation, which it is There appears to be a shallow depres expert buyer, with capable staffs, managbe adopted.
ment and assist the cause of sedition by hoped will be a large one, who are un sion over Indo-China, and an anti-cyclone different departraente, baying, with greatest
bringing about the collapse of the postal acquainted with the language will be able over 5.E. Mongolia. cere every class of goods giring our
and, telegraph services. To permit such to follow it in English in the Prayer The weather report, forecast and re- customer ill the advantage of wide For years past Socialist fomenters of a condition of affairs is intolerable, The Book. The Ordination will necessitate marks, issued by the Royal Observatory experience, and ensuring their requiremen mischief, who were not and never have proposed legislation will protect the a slight change in the ordinary service at 566 p.m. yesterday, read:- Leing rightly supplied at lowe prisen mod
majority of Civil Servants who are pre-hours. The children's service will be st The typhoon is approaching Kochi from best discounte
been Civil Servants, have been untiring pared to serve the King and be loyal to 10 a.m, as usual, but will be held in the 8.5.W. A trough of relatively low pres- KEYMER, SON & CO.
in theif efforts to permeate the staffs of their salt against the machinations of a Cathedral Hall, instead of the Cathe sure covers the China. Sen. Whitefraim, London."
minority of firebrands whose spiritual dral; while Matins will be, at 10.30
Local 'forecast East winds, modera Telegrams" Keymer, London." Est, 1844. Government offices with their political home is in Moscow.
without sermon.
Lair to showery.
R.M. NAVAL YARD, HONG KONG,
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
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THE WEATHER.
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Pressure has increase "ead as under':,. Tooderately over other reporting stations. Formosa and slightly at the majority of