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A REVIEW OF 1926.
SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS.
(Continued)
The outstanding features of the year's painfall were an exceptional- ly wet April and the tremendous" storm of the early morning of July 19th, April is normally the begin- ning of the rainy season with an average of 3.83 inches. The rain- fal for April, 1926, umounted to 17.16 inches exceeding the previous maximum by more than 2 inches, The storm of July 19th, coincided with the filling up of a typhoon to the north east of the Colony. The figures given below show the extent to which it exceeded in severity any previously recorded Hong Kong
rainstorm.
Savers Rainstorms in Hong Kong, 1889 May 99th:
1.63
71.m.
A
.40 1.44
1+
D
.46
1+
10
11
3.06 3.35
noon
1.97
6 hours
9.08
Storm abated for 12 hours.
Midnight May 30th:
1a.m.
.84 1.80
2.30
3.20
3.40
5
3.00
6
7 hours
15.19
1023
October 30th: 11 p.m.
Midnight
October 31st:
..99 1.29 213 9.82
It
3
2.15
1
4"
1.25
+1
5
1,06
73
.00
21
6 hours
12.58
1926
July 19th:
Z a.m.
3
.54 1.90
3.90
9.00
2.04
2.01
8
9
17
2.24 3.90
10
1.04
9 hours
20.43
The figures are from the Kowloon Observatory Bulletin. The gauge at the Botanic Gardens was unfor- tunately choked and fgures from other parts of the Colony have not been published, but, judging by the damage done, the storm appears to
HONG KONG.
་་
FOREIGN LEGION DESERT- ERS LONG TRAMP.
MAULED BY TIGER AND SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD.
IE
AN ODD COINCIDENCE.
IS EARLY MARRIAGE
DESIRABLE? .....
ST. PETER'S 'YOUNG MEN'S CLUB THINKS NOT.
A. LIVELY DEBATE.
The first of a series of debates under the auspices of the St Peter's Young Men's Club, was held last night, and proved very success- ful. The subject under discussion, "IsEarly Marriage Desirable " Members of the French Foreign was extremely well chosen, 'obvious Legion are not often seen in Hongly dealing with a matter on which Kong and it is rather an odd coio-members felt deeply to judge by the cidence that two desorters from a eloquence called forth.
Comp The Rev. Copley Moyle acted as French Foreign Legion
from chairman and the motion in favour should have arrived hare Indo-China just at a time when was proposed by the Rev. H.:‚‚ picture is being screened in the Wittenbach, M.A, and seconded by Queen's. Theatre dealing in part Mr. W. Thomas Tam, barrister-at- with life in the French Foreign law. Mr. T. J. Price, B.Sc., op- Legion. The two adventurers men posed the motion and was support tioned below have been in Algiers, ed by Prof. L. Forster, B.A. which is the setting of "Wages of Interest was maintained from the!
showing now Virtue "
at the beginning to the end and the de- Queen's Theatre and commented | bate was coloured with a number upon in some detail in the Daily of very entertaining references.
M. Wittenbach said he èensider- Press,
Wearing the picturesque but tated an early marriage one that was tered uniform of the Legion Etran-contracted during the early twen- gere, a Pale named Serge Korally ties. Ho lavoured it because mar
It was a and a Roumanian named Francis riage steadied a man.
for selfishness, helped the Strakioviak. told an adventurous cure and thrilling story to Major C. development of character and called Willson, at the Central Magistracy forth a man's latent powers.
was, he contended," far cheaper to yesterday.
wife than many support one "girls." A woman could help her husband in his career far more than was realised and it was better for the health and happiness of the world to marry early in life. Youth was the time of flexibility of char- acter and it was far pasier for
Dat. Sub-Insp. Elston "informed the Beach that the two men were deserters from the French Foreign Legion Camp at Kal Bang, French Indo-Ching. The charges against them were fagrancy and being in the Colony without visible means of subsistence."
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SPIRIT OF THE RACES, ÉVEN IN EVIDENCE. AT SUMMARY COURT.
TUESDAY UNPOPULAR FOR LEGAL FIXTURES 1
Looking very dejected, the two young couples to adapt themselves deserters made a long statement into each other than older people. reply to the charge. They admitted Mr. Price, the opposer, consider. baving deserted from a company ofed marriage early between the ages the Foreign Legion, which is now of seventeen and twenty-three. He
discoursed on stationed in a border district in humorously Tonkin
happy times.and days of courtship. "Marriage is disappointment and marriage is disillusionment," he declared, and it was far better heard when a Chinese was charged aven introduced into the Summary to prolong courtship than to marry before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Court yesterday morning,
ideal and Central Magistracy yesterday with proved that the legal profession in uttering and possessing a number Hong Kong's look forward to the of counterfeit ten-cent pieces.
annat races, as keenly as do their Divisional Inspector A. Clarke, colleagues in England to the Derby, prosecuting, told the Court that the the Grand National and the. Bar defendant had bought ninety cents
point-to-point meeting. worth of matches from a shop. The
"Francis Strakioviak said that he had served through the Great War, being captured in 1814 when the town of Kalish, in Poland, fell into German hands and removed to a prison camp. He was later put to work in a coal mine in Westphalia, and kept there until the signing of the Armistice in 1918.
On release, he joined the 9th Infantry Regiment of the Polish
"
early. Courtship was wonderful."
Prof. L. Forster gave numerous instances of the misery caused by early marriages. One of these was the incapability of the young mother to bring up her children
The atmosphere of race week was
and
Several members of the profession
I have been equally severe on Hone Army, and was demobilised in 1919 Properly. Big families were another master of the shop was out at the showed a decided dislike to having
Kong Island though of much less
He then went to France, being en-
result of early marriages and that time and his wife took the coins any of their cases set down for hear meant poverty and a low plane of without questioning. Upon his re-ing next Tuesday, the second day of
intensity to the north of the Bow-rolled in, Labour Corps, and worked
first in a coal-mine and then on a living. farm, until forced out of employ-
loon range.
average:
ment.
The Hainfall of 1928 amounted to 100.78 inches, being 16 inches or 18
Gaol of Legion. per cent, above the 43 years average. In the last ten years we have had 7. He eventually made his way to years above and 3 years below this Paris, where he was arrested as
The mean annual fall for destitute by the French Police. He those ten years being 99.75 inches or
was given the option of either Ber cent. above the average, going to gaol är joining the Legion. Similar series of wet years have He joined up and was signed on for occurred before while on the other five years. He was later sept to hand a series of ten dry, years Barbory, and fought against the (1885-1901) average an annual rain- Moors in Algeria and Marocco. fall of only 75 inches, and, as there His Company was eventually trans- is, no reason to think that the ferred to Indo-China where they average rainfall will continue to in- were employed on road construc- crease indefinitely it seems reason- tion, in company with prisoners. able to expect in the near future
Attempts to Desert.
A lively discussion followed and when
vote was taken, the motion that early marriage is desirable was defeated by 35 votes to 16.
CHINESE WOMAN. MURDERED.
A Chinese woman, aged about 40 years, was found murdered on the hillside, at Au Pui Ling, near the Kowloon Hospital, last evening at about seven o'clock. A constable a series of comparatively dry years.
on duty made the discovery. Not liking the work, he made, two The tables below give the monthly
unsuccessful attempts to desert, rainfall for 1928 with the corre 7/7/25 sponding means and extremes, and and, on being recaptured, on each the yearly rainfall from the date of occasion was given harder work and the opening of the Observatory longer service.
1881.
Rainfall at Kowloon Observatory.
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The third attempt to escape met with success. With three other comrades of the First Legion, he concerted a plan, and in the middle. of the night, on the 11th of Janu- ary last, they escaped from Cao- bang, their object being to make their way into Chinese territory.
One Killed By Tiger. The journey on foot through the hilly rountry which they had to traverse proved extremely hazard ous, They encountered many pri- vations and danger also beset them Before the first at every turn. stages of their journey had been completed, they were attacked by a tiger, and one of the party, also a Pole, was fatally mauled-
Lived on Leaves.
Yearly Rainfall at Howloon
Observatory. T
Subsisting on leaves and wild 77.20 1906.........
fruita, the thres fugitives eventually 1907. 03.35
the frontier into 1009.. 91.37 seaped over 1909..
Kwangs Once on Chinese soil, 73.73 1910. 70.14 they had to keep pretty wide-awake 1911. 90.65 to keep clear of both soldiers and 63.93 bandits. For days they had also to 1312.
83.73 go without food but when incky 1913..
100.41 Lindly disposed villagers gave them 1914. 1915.. 78.03 something to eat 1916 70.86 1917... 1918... 1919..... 1920... 1921.
1803..
1894.........104.25 1805......... 46.89 1800. 72.78
1897.100.03
57.03
The unfortunate woman had her
head hashed in. No clues appear ta have been found as regards her saszilsat.
In Canton
After having set out with such high hope from Indo-China, the two survivors reached Canton tattered, unkempt and exhausted But their troubles were by no means ended, for they were promptly taken in the Canton Police charge by authorities and sent down to Hong Kong.
The Roumanian's Story. Kovahi said he had worked as a
turn, the shop-keeper discovered
the races. that the coins were bad. In 'the
Much amusement WES
caused street he found the accused, with three other men having an argu- when Mr. C. A. S. Russ who was ment over the coina. Accused ran appearing in a case with Mr. D. away, throwing a number of the McCallum, was considering the sug- coins into the harbour.
gestion of an early date, requested these were recovered by witness.
In reply to Mr. Lindsell, the ac- by Mr. McCallum. cused said that he had picked up the money in a street in Cantor. (Laughter.)
Some of
The acting Puise Judge (Mr. J.,
H. B. Nihill) remarked: Have you
Mr. Lindsell: Do you honestly any objection to Tuesday..
Mr. Russ: Well, my Lord, I have and sincerely wish me to believe
Mr. Lindsell: Why did you throw no objection, but I don't like it. that 7-Yes. the coins into the harbour 1-1 In another case, in which Mr. G. " didn't want anyone to pick them up 8. Hugh-Jones and Mr. W. D. Owen and get into trouble. (Laughter.)
His Worship passed sentence of appeared, his Lordship suggested Aix weeks hard labour, or each the same date, Tuesday, but Mr. charge, the sentences to run con- Hugh-Jones replied that he was? secutively.
GUARDING AGAINST
RABIES.
VICTIMS OF DOG BITES IN HOSPITAL.
afraid he would have another "co- test on that day,
His Lordship remarked, with a smile, that there "seemed to be Bome sort of objection" to hearing cases next week.
SING SONG GIRLS TRICKED.
A chair coolie was bitten by a dog belonging to Mr. He, of No. 45, Conduit Road on Thursday. The victim was taken to the Gore ARTFUL ROBBERS AT CHINESE ment Civil Hospital and the dog!
CLUB. was removed to Kennedy Town for observation.
Three Chinese "sing song "girls
Another victim of a dog bite was plantation labourer in Brazil, He the daughter of Sergeant Floyd of were decoyed into a Chinese Club, struck camp and proceeded to the Royal Engineers, at Murray where they were promptly seized France, where he was taken in Barracks. The child was treated at and relieved of $356 in money and charge by the French Immigration the Military Hospital, and the
Authorities and joined the Foreign dog was sent to the Kennedy Town a quantity of jewellery. Legion. After a short stay in geria and Morocco, he was also transferred to Tonkin.
Deserted and Recaptured. Korabl did not find the work con- genial and made an attempt to de- sert, but without much luck being recaptured, given hard labour and forced to add another two years ou his contract of service............
Depot,
CHICKEN STEALERS
BIRCHED.
Two young chicken thieves made their appearances before Mr. R.-E. Lindsell, at the Central Magistracy, yesterday.
It appears from the police report that the Wan Lau Club, at 500, Queen's Road West, received a vizit from a gang of four armed men shortly after 7 o'clock on Thursday night. There were only two people there at the time, and the robbers had no difficulty in gagging and binding them.
Then one of the gang who was hardy with the brush wrote out. sing song girls and sent out one of an invitation to three West Point their members with the "chit." quickly enough and on entering the The girls, scenting business, came Club's premises were promptly seized and treated in the same way The robbers made good their
the two members of the Club.
escape.
Drowned-in Flood,
Both admitted taking two live 81.48 Reaching Wuchow wearied and Sent to House of Detention, fowis bat anid they were coerced 18.14 foot-sore, the three deserters ob- With a woe begone look both men inte committing the offence by &
tained help, from local merchants. stood in the dock dejectedly await deaf man.
His Worship: If he told you When 107,80 They were also gives a passage ing, the Court's decision.
down the West River to Canton. A they were told that they would be both to commit suicide, would you recond member of the party lost his kept in the House of Detention 20 it!
One of the boys, who had a pre- life at this stage of their adventure: until instructions were received. This man was drowned in the floods from the French Consel with regard vious conviction, was ordered to at the upper end of the Canton to their repatriation to Indo-Chins, received ten strokes and was severe River
both men looked as if the sentence ly warned. whilst his companion was
ordered siz zioten of death had been passed on them.
1899 1589..
1000... 1901
72.70 Tama
97.33
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1922...
69.43
55.78
1923
108.74
1902
97,50
1924.
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