GENERAL CHEN TSAI TONG.
RESIGNS ALL CIVIL POSTS.
Iron on CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.
CANTON, June 24,
General Chen Thai Tong. Com. mander-in-Chief of the Forces of the two Kwings, has sent à cable an nouncing his resignation from the Central Government, and asking to be relieved of all civil duties in connection with he Provincial Gov ernment of of Kwangtung. He has been a member of the Provincial Council, but now wants to resign so as to be able to devote his time to military affairs. A tree tranata- tion of his cable is as follows:--
"To Marshal Chiang Kai Shek and the Central Government:
"It was kind of you to have con- ferred upon me the posts which I have been holding. But owing to have been my shortcomings, I
afraid that I was not able to carry out all the duties and respon- sibilities. Moreover, I am holding both civil and military posts,
And
I feel that it is unwise for a man in uniform to take charge, of civil affairs. There is still plenty of work "to be done in military affairs
Plense, therefore, allow me to resign my membership of the Provincial Government of Kwangtung, so that I may be better able to attend to military afaire.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,
ONLY HALF AN INCH OF RAIN!
HEAVY CLOUDS PASS OVER THE ISLAND BUT NO
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DOWNPOUR!
R.A.F. EXPERIMENTS ABANDONED.
The rain which fell during the week-end must be described as disappointing. There were, beavy showers in the early hours of Saturday morning and during the forenoon-sufficient, in fact, to cancel all sporting fixtures-but from the point of view of the water shortage there was not much alleviation. On Saturday the rainfall was 20 of an inch at the Royal Observatory, in Kowloon, and at at the Matilda Hospital on the Peak it was only 24 of an inch.
Yesterday, up to 4 p.m., the Observatory recorded 34 of an inch and the Matilda Hospital only .03 of an inch up to 8 p.m. As before, clouds that looked like yielding a downpour of several inches sailed over the Colony to discharge their moisture elsewhere, That there is plenty of rain about is suggested by the master of the s.s. Haiching, which arrived yesterday from Swatow, to the effect that heavy rain and aqualls were encountered during the voyage. Nothing of the nature of the drenching and lengthy tro- pical rain which supplies Hong Kong with its average rainfall has been encountered in the Colony.
Last night continual sheet lighning to the north showed that the country inland was getting the rain needed here. At about 9 p.m. a heavy shower fell, but did not last long.
The Observatory forecast"yesterday evening was, "Squally, ac
casional rain.
TANKS EASE THE SITUATION.
A TOUR OF THE QUEUES.
SOME MINOR SOURCES.
Similar taps have been installed elsewhere in the Colony, wherever nullah water is available, one of these being in Wyndham Street
Open "the Gats!
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At Happy Valley, a well has been
"RAIN-MAKING” FAILS.
SQUADRON LEADER'S
REPORT.
JUNE 24, 1929.
SHANGHAI WATER.
AN "AMENDE HONORABLE."
In our issue of June 13 there ap- peared a letter from a correspon- dent who "bad an unpleasant ex- Rain making by aircraft, upon perience in Shanghai some years which a certain amount was expect | ago" through drinking unboiled ed, has not, according to the Officer water. Our correspondent suggest- Commanding the Royal Air Force, ed that in the event of Shanghai Kai Tack, proved success. The water being used in Hong Kong, following report shows that while the public should be warned that plenty of kaolin was distributed it must be boiled before used for among the clouds the results were drinking purposes, negative as far as rain was cerned. The Kai Tack staff is, how | ever, busy cleaning very dusty machines.
con-
The report; which is signed by Squadron Lender S. Freemen
states
Whatever may have been the fact regarding our correspondent's experience, we have received i formation concerning existing con- ditions in Shanghai which shows that there is no occasion for alarm, or even suspicion, concerning the In accordance with instructions purity of the water provided by I got into communication with the the Shanghai Waterworks Com Director of the Royal Observatory pany, and we regret that an im and the Director of Public Works.pression to the contrary may have and also discussed the proposals been created. with Mr. Lane, who it is understood originated the idea of the experi-
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The plant is equipped on the most modern lines as approved in large European and American cities." and leading British and
ave inspected the plant have ex- pressed complete satisfaction with it.
As a result, it was decided thas the aircraft available at Kai Tack | American consulting engineers who should be fitted up so that the kaolin could be discharged from the machines when in flight. An im- "provised discharge tube was made and fitted in auch a manner that it did not interfere in any way with the normal operation of the aircraft and involved no alteration to the machine. The arrangement was seen by Mr. Lane who said that it was suitable for the purpose.
equipped laboratories, staffed by The Company maintain very well.
fully qualified English chemists, to test the water supplied to the public. In spite of the poor source of supply, the results compare most favourably with those obtained, in London, by the Metropolitan Water Board.
The experiment consisted of drop-
*The The well is ping as large a quantity as possible of kaolin on to what appeared to be rain bearing clouds in such a
How people in the Colony, and (Signed) CHEN TSAI TONG.".
expecially on such outskirts of the General Chen Toni Tong is now urban area as Kennedy Town and sunk on the Wong Nei Chong Be- quite well again and left the Canton Quarry Bay get their water is descreation ground. The water appears Sanitorium at the end of last week. Cribed by a Daily Press represento be quite clean, but here again, He is now working as usual in the tative who made a careful tour those who go there are put to un- Canton Military Headquartera..
of these parts yesterday: Recent necessary hardship. There are rumours in Canton that Government action has made things the real cause of General Chen easier, but very rent härdship is Tani Tong's resignation from the the lot of those dependent on the Provincial Government was his dis-street fountains. Everywhere the agreement, with General Chen Ming population is carrying on with the cheerful patience and adaptability for which the Chinese people are
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famous. The few police court cases emphasise the general good temper and the way that people are ing the game" with each other.
"play-
A VALUABLE PRISONER. General Wong Ying Yu, a tender of the. Ewangsi clique, who was captured and brought to Canton whep his troopy, were routed in
Tanks on New Reclamation. Pak Nai, near Samshui, over
The two new brick tanks on the month ago, is still securely locked up in the Central Police Station. Wanchai Reclamation are now func- Reports have been current that the timing and many of those living in the Eastern district depend en- General had been set free by General Chen Tsai Tong, but the tirely on these sources for their fact was that the prisoner was ill,daily water supply. and upon the plea of certain in fluantiti officials including Mr. Liu Fu the Yunnan envoy, who is in Canton, he was removed to the Canton Sanitorium for treatment, This gave rise the rumour that he was set frec.. Li Shi Chung, Vice-Commander of the First Divi- sin, in an interview with the Press said that Wong Ying Yu is too im- portant prisoner to be set free. Opinions are current that he will be tried and punished accordingly.
́JUNE 23" PASSES QUIETLY.
The taps from which the water is drawn are actually a hundred yards nearer to the road than the tanks. This is made possible by means of a large outlet pipe supply ing smaller pipes. As at the street fountains, those who want water form into queues at these taps but there appears to be less delay here
because of the number of taps working at one time,
near the entrance gate to the Wong Nei Chong Recreation ground, but for some reason the powers-that-be who control this gate have not seen fit to leave it open, so that amabs and servants who have to draw
water are obliged to walk over
narrow strips of slippery ledges through a gap in the fence to get to the well. If the Governemnt allows the public to "draw water from the well, it is a pity that use less obstacles should be placed in the way of people who go to it.
There is a possibility of another well being sunk in Happy Valley, near the Police Recreation Club.
for workmen were at work at n. site
The contractors who are rebuild. ing the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Fremises in Happy Valley have erected a large tank into which water is pumped from the nullah which runs from Wong Nei Chong pass the enclosure. This water. is probably polluted when it runs past Wong Nei Chong Village and on that account it is allowed to run into the sea.
At Quarry Bay.
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The water shortage is not so The Government by making the acute in the Quarry Bay district "supply. depot a handred yards where nullah water is plentiful and closer to the road than the tanks, where the population is thin,. has taken a step in the right directhnt "street fountains are not very tion and those who have to carry crowded. In the Chinese bathing water are undocbtedly grateful. In clubs in North Point, bathers still these days, saving of a journey of enjoy the luxury of a fresh water a hundred yards under the sun, bath after their awim, as arrange- with a heavy load of water across
ments have been made in most one's shoulders means a great deal
Clubs to supply water from nearby nullabs.
MUSLIMS PRAYER - FOR
RAIN.
position that if rain was caused it
would fall in one of the catchment
arcas,
Three flights were carried out during the forenoon of Tuesday, June 16, and the kaolin was" drop ped from heights of 7,500 feet and 6,000 feet at 10.23 hours and 11.55 hours respectively, two machines partaking in the last experiment.
bacteriological standard which the Shanghai Municipality insists shall be maintained by the Lactose fermenters must not exceed ten per litre, and this standard is always maintained.
Samples of water are taken daily from many points in different parts of the city by the Company, quite independent of the samples taken by the local health authorities.
In view of these facts, and in view also of the very helpful attí- Not Caused By Kaolin,
tude taken by Shanghai in askist- In the case of the first fight, the ing to relieve the serious water kaolin was dropped immediately shortage in Hong Kong, we regret over the Peak, and allowing for the that an altogether wrong impres wind it was thought that any presion regarding the quality of Shang- cipitation which might be caused hai water was created by our cor- would fall near the Kowlcon Reser-respondent's letter. The facts now voir; when the pilot descended he given should effectively allay any noticed that rain was falling but anxiety which may have been there is reason to believe that it created, and we have pleasure in started before the kaolin was drep giving publication to the ped, and therefore had no direct ratisfactory and reassuring informa bearing on the experiment. The tion set forth above. fights of the other two machines. produced no apparent result.
During the afternoon, Rights were carried out by two machines and kaalin was dropped at heights varying from 5,000 to 7,500 feet, depending upon the depth of the clouds, at 11.53 hours, 18.00 hours. 18.10 and 18.10 hours without re- sult.
Clouds Too Big to be Affected.
as the dust permentes into every part of the aircraft and although no damage has been done, a consider. able amount of work has now to be carried out to clean the machinas and make them fit for normal duties.
A total of seven fights were carried out, and approximately six and a half cwt. of kaolin discharge
most
'SPITE MARRIAGE.”
DELIGHTFUL BUSTER KEATON COMEDY.
APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE AT THE QUEEN'S,
From observation, it would ap- pear that, assuming the theory of the experiment is correct, the Matsheds Needed for. Shade. Canton is to-day commemorating
amount of kaolin which can be eject There appears to be one draw- At the Matilda Hospital,
[BY OUR FILM CRITIC.] the 4th anniversary of the June back to this excellent scheme.
ed from aircraft during a flight can At the Matilda Hospital, which is only have a negligible effect on "Incident and," simultaneously When the sun is up, those waiting by the way, serving an increasingly clouds covering an area of many. "Spite Marriage," Buster Kea. the 7th anniversary of the death of at the taps have a trying time as large number of patients and has square miles and of a thickness of ton's new comedy which is shewing the late Dr. Wu, Ting Fang. No there is no shade of any kind. The every bed accupied, drastic reduc approximately one mile, and it is at the Queen's to-day and to-mor
obvious thing to do is to erect & tions in the use of water have been suggested that the results do not row, is very well worth see anti-British demonstration of any temporary matshed over the taps made. The Hospital is served with justify any further experiments of Buster Keaton is learning his mort is being fostered and every-and it would be greatly appreciata tank which is kept full but the this nature being carried out. with every picture and there is thing was attributed to the "Imed when it is either sunshine or normal expenditure of 3,000 gallons
Further owing to the nature of now nearly as wide a gulf between rain overhead, for these waiting for a day by a total population of the material which is similar to very him and the other comic stars as perialists. The Canton Police has water have no choice but to go about ninety has been cut down to fine dust, it is not suitable for there used to be between Charlie strictly forbidden the distribution through with it.
a 1,000 gallons a day, sometimes as carrying in aircraft unless a special. Chaplin and the "also rans." His of any sort of handbills or pain-
One of the concrete taks on the little as 800 gallon Three quarly constructed container is fitted, interpretation is subtle all the way Praya. which is reported to have ters of the taps have been cut off
through even when the action be phlets, for fear that the Communists cracked is now undergoing repairs and the patients baths are reduced
comes sheer knockabout, and I do might use the occasion to stir up and is out of action. This partito a two gallon a day affair, instead
not believe that even Charlie has trouble. Extra patrois and detec- cularly tank is near the old Bow of taking their ease in the hospital's
bottered the scene where Keaton rington Canal,
large and comfortable long baths.
tries to get his wife onto the bed.. tives are on guard in every part of
The story of a comedy does not the city.
matter very much but here it is for what it is worth. Keaton is employed in a cleaner's shop and is in love with Trilby Drew"! (Dorothy Sebastian), the star of a touring company. He sits each night in his employer's clothes in the front row to applaud her. and one day manages to "under study
who has the privi- a super lege of kissing the heroine on the stage. Then Trilby marries him, on the rebound, believing him to be millionaire. She leaves him and he ships aboard + rum-runner. The Government Gazette publishes Next Buster gets aboard the yacht two orders with regard to the on which Trilby is a guest, and catchment area for the Shing Mun after setting the engine room alight and putting it out-finds himself Valley Scheme.
The first is that no person shall, alone on board with his wife. bury or deposit any human remains Enter the rum-runners again whom in any part of the catchment area, Buster knocks out one by one, and remains from graves or urns in the triumphant. ares shall be removed under the direction of the District Officer, and re-interred, or disposed on in such a manner as the Secretary for of the Tung Wah Hospital shall
DEATH OF MRS. MARTHA ATIENZA.
WELL KNOWN MEMBER OF FILIPINO COMMUNITY.
In Connaught Road West a num- ber of brick tanks have appeared and have proved to be a welcome addition to the street fountain systeta. Those living near the tanks) will be able to get their daily supply more quickly and the tanks have relieved the congestion at the fountains to a certain extent. The average period of waiting depends on the district, and while in the Central district it is still a long process at West Point and Kennedy Town water is not so dificult to get. In the Central and Western districts, the taps from which water supplied are close up to the
"Kullah Water.
tanka.
AN IMPRESSIVE SERVICE,
"There is no power: there is no
strength
Except with God the High!" With this in mind about 400 Muallos wended their way to the Indian Recreation Club ground where an Istasqua (Prayer for rain) was conducted by the Muivi of the Hong Kong Mosque,
ed.
SHING MUN VALLEY..
SCHEME.
.
GRAVESTO BEREMOVED FROM CATCHMENT AREA,
The death has taken place of Mrs. Martha Atienza, wife of Mr. Vicente Atienza and the mother of Dr. V. N. Atienza, the well-known local medical practitioner. Mr. At.azza passed.. away at her home in Jordan Road, Kowloon, on Fri- In Queen's Road East, just be:The service consisted of two day night at the age of 79.. yond Arsenal Street, the authorities raketa Itauqua Nafil which was At the funeral on Saturday, at some some days installed a public performed in the open. Unlike the the Roman Catholic Cemetery, tap. A notice there reads: This usun daily prayers of the Muslin Happy Valley, the chief mourners water must be boiled," which sug- these were said on the ground and the second that all bodies and with the curtain we
there were no carpets or mate were her husband and son, Many gests that the water in question, is members of the Filipino community, nullah water and that it comes from After this the Male read, the to which the deceased lady belong-the stream which runs through the ubah, in Arabic, which be later ed, as well as friends of other Military property in Wanchai. That interpreted into Urdu. A duz was nationalilianisererasentivalid the supply from this tap is much then said, this marking the end ing orphans from the Itahan Con- in demand is evident from the large for the ceremonies. The worvice Chinese Audry and the Comte descriere delimital and went. Wreaths were sent by number of people who draw water started shortly after 11 am, and large number of sympathisers. from it at all times of the day. lasted nearly an hour.
think fit.
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It is hard to say which is the
best part, for Buster's acting is particularly clever in the less showy episodes, but the scenes the the picture is enjoyable from start to finish.
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