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THE CURSE OF HEROIN
A MENACE TO CHILDREN
The growth of the heroin trat- fic in Hong Kong, and its danger to the Colony, engaged the atten- tion of the Executive Committee of the Society for the Protection of Children at its monthly meet-
Ing. held on Monday. The Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotrwall was in the chair.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1936.
Interesting Travelogue
(Continued from Pare 10)
ruins of the ancient stronghold of the Chams, My Son, I was built in a remote Cousin In the hills and is approached by scrambling many hot miles up a river bed. The ruins, two or three groups of which are still in a fair state of preservation are not very impressive but are of great age. They are impressed on my mind by their accessibility than" by ang- thing else...
HOUSE-WARMING QUESTIONS TO
PARTY
(Continued from Page 7)
BE ASKED
WATER POLLUTION AND OPIUM DIVANS
of
the
At to-day's meeting Legislative Council, the Hon. Mr. M. Lo will ask the following
questions:
1. With reference to the bath 10g beach known as Chek Sha, situate midway between Ban Sin Kok and Miu Sek at Junk Bay--
1. Is Government aware:--- (a) That it is a popular bathing
launch picnic parties?
beach frequently resorted to by
(b) That a fair sized cesspool was recently constructed and used with- j in approximately 200 yards of high-
water mark, and
an important link in the air chain on the nobility and graciousness of the optimism of its founders and the past. They are composed of and Mrs. W. Kit, Dr. and Mrs. S planners will be justided.
several parts. The funeral court-Y. Kwan, Miss Ester Kotewall, Mr. We were very hospitably enter-yard contains statues of man- and Mrs. E. Kennedy, Mr M: F. därins horses, and elephants; then Key, J. P., Miss Phyllis Kwok, Mr. tained by friends and acting on advice undertook a very strenuous comes the Pavilion of the Records, and Mrs. Kwan Sib-kwan, Mr. M. Uittis excursion up into the hi is t the Temple of the Soul's Tablet. A. Khan, Miss Allce Kwok, Miss see the
the Fleasure Pavilion and lastly, | Kinola, Dr. K. W. Khoo, Mr. Frank the actual grave.
Kwok, Miss P, Kwok, The Hon. Mr.
AN IDEAL PLACE
M. K. Lo and Mrs. Lo, Mr. and Mrs Hul is an ideal place for medita-W. J. Lockhart-Smith, Colonel L lon. You cannot rush through it. T. Lightfoot, Capt. A. W. Lorena Everything conspires against speed; and Mrs. Lorena, Caps. L. H. B the climate is heavy and humid Lethbridge and Mrs. Lethbridge, At every turn someone's artistic Mr. and Mrs. E. P. H. Lang, Mr. B. ancestor has built a little pavilion. Lowick. Dr. and Mrs. L. Shu- fan. Mr. Li Sze, Fong. Mr. 8. H overlooking ♫ lotus pond Or
Langston. Naval Store Officer W. dominating a bend of the River of Perfume which invites one to pause Guy Luke and Mrs. Luke and Miss Luke, Lt. J. Liverscy, R.N., Pay- To any one familiar with China master Comdr. F. J. Lloyd, RN.. the name River of Perfume might Mr. and Mrs. Lo Hin-abing, Mr. call up memories of house boating and Mrs. M. H. Lo. Mr. and Mrs The two islands which supply from Shanchal up the Soochow M. W. Lo. Mr. Alvaro Brilhante most of the ingredients for bird's Creek (Laughter.) There is how Laborinho Consul for Portugal), question of having the cesspool and mawsheds removed to some other nest soup can be seen from here.ver, not the slightest resemblance. Mr. Karsten Larsen (Consul for
One other point of interest is
The River of Perfume is clear and Denmark). Dr. Douglas Liang. Dr. place not adjacent to popular bath- blue and flows in flowery banks and Mrs. Lam Chi-wal, Mr. E. Hing beaches, so that the sea may the Marble Mountain which is another of those peculiar outcrops past pavillons, pagodas and palaces. Loseby. Mr. and Mrs. Lacon, Dr. not be polluted thereby? of massive rocks which we came One night in search of adventure and Mrs. Li Shu-pul, Mr. and Mrs.
I went along ft in a sampan and W. O. Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Y. P. enough to furnish to this Council 2.--Will Government be good dcross in the upper reaches of the West River. In Tonkin and in
Lay. Mr. O. W. Luke, Mr. Lo Chop full information as to the suppy Laos. This one seems to have
son, Mr. Li Koon-chun. Mr. Li Po- wandered for away from the
kwai, Mr. and Mrs. Li Wai-hon, Dr. from any Government depot ori Lai Po-chuen, Mr. and Mrs. Lamotherwise of duty-free petrol to others of its kind and rises in ma-
civil servants Jestic solitude with grottoes and
(a) setting out the terms and į templea in lis honey-combed
conditions and restrictions (if any) under which such supply is given:!
In tourane we also visited the Museum which contains a wonder- ful collection of Charm curvings which are similar in inspiration to the Khmer ones of Angkor,
depths.
ת!
for a moment,
saw crafts gally decorated and cur- tained from which came the soft sound of music not unpleasant to
western ears.
(c) That two sheds were built and Inhabited within approxi- mately 50 yards of the cesspool?
II. Will Government consider the
DUTY-FREE PETROL
On our way to Vinh from Ruising-yu, Mr. and Mrs. Lau King- we left the Mandarin Road and tsing. Dr. and Mrs. Lam bhiu- made a detour to Cuatung especial-Kwong, F/Lt. D. C. Lincoln, Dr. S. ly to have a lobster tiffin and en- F. Lam, Dr. Lim Ek Quee, Mr. and joy the scenery, both of which were Mrs. C. Lo, Capt. J. H. Milne, COL (b) setting out the amount of well worth the visit,
HILL OF THE CLOUDS To the north, high up in the skles can be seen the Hill of the After spending the night with Clouds. Here Tourane and friends at Vinh we had completed j'away behind us to the south, alla circle in our journey and our was sunshine and clear blue skies: next objective was the Bay of thro' a pass in the Hill of the along. This northern part of the Cloud came billowing and rolling | Mandarin Road was most fascinat- a continuous stream of thin white clouds, which were immediately set upon by the fierce Tourane sun and dispersed..
This happens practically every
parable with the Grand Canyon of
and
duty-free petrol so supplied dur- ing the years 1934, 1935.. and the arst six months of 1936.
OPIUM DIVANS
recent criminal proceeding it 3-I. Is Government aware that
witnesses that there were no less than 800 opium divans in the Colony, of the existence of which the Authorities had no knowledge and, if so, will Government state whether any explanation has been
was proved in evidence by Crown
concerned as to how such a large
called for from the Departments
number of divans can exist with- out the knowledge of the Anthori-
day and it is amazing to drive up and up in brilliant sunshine then pop thro' the pasa into a dull grey Mrs. Barker, Hon Secretary of world. Coming the other way Colorado, or rather sailing through the Society, spoke of the need of must, of course, be pleasanter.It is what one would imagine drif arousing public opinion on the We had that experience you willing round the peaks in the Grand matter, and referred to the dan-perhaps remember crossing from Canyon would be like on a cloudy ger of nervous and physical in- Annam into Laos near the begin- stability being inherited by "chil-ning of out trip. dren of addicts Whilst the great There is an old fortified gate-- majority of addicts were men. way top of the H of the enquiries showed that there were
Now how to describe Hice? It also a great many women addicts. Apart from the moral and, phy-is an amazing pluce and has an
J. H.. Morris, DBO. ORE, and Mrs. Morris, His Honour Str Atholl Macgregor and Mra MacGregor Major and Mrs. H. Mac. L. Morri- son, Major (LL. COL) E E. Mockler- Ferryman, R.A., Capt. A. McMillan, M.B., FRCS. RAMC, and Mrs. ing being continually thronged with McMillan, Miss McGuffog, Mr. J. S. people going to market and wear-MacLaren, Mr. and Mrs. T. Murphy. ing conical hats which made the Mr. A. R. S. Major, Mr. and Mrs. crowds resemble fields. of mush-T. A. Mitchell. Mr. Q. A. A Mac rooms. It is amazing that the Bay fadyen. Dr. and Mrs. Ma Luk. Mr. of Along is so little known. In its and Mrs Mok Ken-sang, Mr. and own way it is to my mind com- Mrs. B. H. Mok, Mr. D. W. Munton. Superintending Electrical Engineer H. Martin, MLEE, MIE.. and Mrs. Martin, Lleut, (E) E, Mill, R.N., Comdr, I. C. R. Macdonald. FAN, and Mrs. Macdonald, Burg.-Lieut. ties? Comdr. Robb McVicker, Surg. Lt ther any stepe have been taken to FANTASTIC ISLANDS
Comdr. R. C. May, RN, Pay.-L. The Bay of Along covers about A. M. Morant, RN, Surg-Lieut. Suppress these divans and, if so,
Comdr. H. Marke, LMSSA, 1,800 square miles and has millions R.N., Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Monaghan, of islands each one more fantastic Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Morford, Li- than the other. Ages. ago when Comdr. R. C. Movenden, Mr. W. L. sical effects on the chlidren of atmosphere peculiarly its own. the earth was settling down, some McKenzie, Lt. Col. H. L. Murrow, addicts, there was the further have read, several accounts of colossal disturbance pushed up all pr. and Mrs. C. K. Ma, Mr. and Mrs. point of parents spending on visits to Bice and each traveller over Tonkin huge masses of rock. heroin money which should be mentions meeting an elephant on These we saw in the interior in the Mitchell, Miss M. M. Mellor, this the road at the entrance to the midst of fertile plains and here we for Japan), Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Molr. Mr. K. Midzusawa (Consul General spent on their children. leading to poverty and starvation. city. I feel certain that this dele- found them in the China Children were also occasionally phant is kept strolling around ex- Waves, wind and time have pro employed as carriers of the drug. pressly to give one the proper first duced the most grotesque effects.
Sir William Hornell referred to impression of Hice.
We spent three days.on a Chinese junk well fitted up with all modern
the scenes.
Clouda
I
day.'
Sen.
any
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Martin, Lieut. J. T. Marsh, R.A., Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McBride, Lleut. T. D. M. Martin, RAMO, and Mrs. Martin, F/Lt.
Prof. and Mrs. Middleton-Smith,
the cocaine traffic in Calcutta in The B of the Clouds might which small boys were usually well be the hyphen in Indo-China, conveniences in the Bay of Sur A. McDonald, F/Lt. K. W. B. Mur- employed. Experience there was Southward of it the relies of the prises. We also had a large yacht that fines did not stop the traffic past are all Khmer and Chain at our disposal and we spent our phy, Mr. and Mrs. D. McLellan, Mr. -in fact, there was one instance that is to say of Indian civiliza-time cruising around in this fan- and MacDougall, Mrs. Macdonald, in which the same boy was fined tion, northward it is completely tastic fancy land peopled with rock The Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North Capt. fourteen times. The fines were Chinese. Hut is little. Peking giants, landing occasionally to visit. D. Newman and Mrs. Newman. no doubt paid by people behind It has its Forbidden City. It has some extraordinary cave or grotto. Mr. and Mrs, Ngan Sing-kwan, Mr. Its walls, temples, courtyards and in some of these one finds halls and Mr. Ng Sze-kwong, Mr. M.. The Hon, Mr. M. K. Lo stated lakes. Mandarins In gorgeous with galleries surpassing
| Byvauack (Consul for the Nether- that the heroin-pill eril had" robes still take part in picturesque cathedral planned by mere men.lands), Dr. and Mrs. M. Nicholson, grown enormously in the Colony ceremonies within the palace of Masses of stalactytes appear like Mr. and Mrs. Ng Wah, Mr. and Mrs. during the past three months, no the Emperor of Annam whose gigantle organs, shafts of sunlight Nissim, Mr. H. B. Neve, Me, and doubt alded by the putting into capitol Hulia
lighting up pinnacles appear like Mrs. W. H, Owen, F/Lt. T. B. H. circulation of reports that the It is essential to have a permit theatrical, spot lights. A perlious
Otway, Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor, drug was cure for venereal dis- to enter the Palace but this is climb lit by flares carried by a goat- Major M. F. M. Parkes and Mrs. ease. The Chinese members of esally obtained. We were part!-like Annamite leads one, after half Parkes, Major. W. H. Postle and the Executive and Legislative cularly fortunate in that our a mile of subterranean tunnel out Mrs. Postle, Capt. D. W. Persse and Councils had go into touch with friend M. Hugreze. Governor of into the brilliant sunshing looking Mrs. Persse, Capt. G. B. Portman the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs Vink had arranged for us to be down into a mysterious lake entire and Mrs. Portiman, Capt. J. A. on the subject, and extensive looked after by the Chief of Policely encircled by walls. At another Parkes, RA, Capt, G. 8.O'N. Power propaganda on the evils of heroin who pave us a very charming and spot at low tide one can pass by and Mrs. Power, Major C. M were being undertaken by street cultured Annamite gentleman as boat through a tunnel into a Primer, RAMC. Mr. and Mrs. H. H.. Pegg. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Pearce, Rocks in the forms of elephants, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Perdue, Dr. G. Hazlerigg stated that most of the heroin used in the manufacture of
Hul. is really, not ancient itself.aghting cocks, frogs and all sorts! W. Pope and Mrs, Pope, Lt, G. V pills in Hong Kong came from the It was selected towards the close of fearsome heraldic beasta rise Prowse, R.N., Lt. R. M. T. Peacock, North. Formerly, the pills sold at 01. the 18th century by Gis long everywhere as far as the eye can R.N.. Mr. and Mrs. J. C, L. Penny $14 per thousand: now, owing to who, with the aid of the French Teach The action of the rocks has Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Paul, The Chair- worn away the; bases of some of man and Directors of the Po Leung increased demand, the price had had just regained his throne, risen to 820 per thousand.
The walls of the Citadel were these rocks below, high water mark Kuk, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. H. Phillips, During the discussión which bullt under the direction of 30 that at low tide one gets the Mr. J. R. Paton, Dr. and Mrs. Peng ensued, it was pointed out that French military engineers, but in-mpression of crude statues hair Hok-ko, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Potts, Mr. and Mrs, J. B. Prentis, Lieut. Egypt, as the result of a big cam-side is pure. Chine. The palaces, unscrewed from their pedestals.
The Bay of Along, will one day F. Peck, MBE, DCM, RA, and paign, had wiped out the evil in balls and temples are imposing in
MT. Peck, Dr. and Mrs. L. D. six years.
height but their effect is gained be a calling piace for all tourists.
I bave tried to give you some Pringle," Major. C. W. Richards, idea of the interest to be found on RA.B.C., and Mrs. Richards, Major and, near that 1,400 mile stretch of, F. Fy Roupell, MORA, highway, known as the Mandarin, Mrs. Roupell. Capt. B. J. Rimmer Road and, although I have only and Mrs. Rimmer, Capt. G. E. K is delighted to find the gorgeous. been able to touch on the various Ryland and Mrs. Ryland, Capt. W. ness and splendour of China with-points, I hope I have said enough F. Rycroft, and, Mrs., Rycroft, Capt. out its filth.
to show you that it well repays a | F. J. C. Rybot and Mrs. Rybot, Lt.
lecturers, radio, etc.
Replying to questions, Mr. T. M.
a guide.
HUI IS NOT ANCIENT
It was decided to draw the at by, long straight lines, corridors tention of the Government to the and courtyards stretching thro' evil, and to express the hope that guteway after gateway as far as the authorities would do their, the, eye can see.. utmost in measures for its sup- pression. (Contributed).
Hul is incredibly clean and one
A
similar lake.
I have time only to touch one visit. (Applause.) »
VOTE OF THANKS
Col·8, D. Reid, M.B., RAM.O., and Mis. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. L. Richards,
MONEY OBTAINED Appearing on remand, two men. were charged with obtaining $80 by menaces from a 28-year-old amiah, Lok Siu, of No, 100 Water are matched by those of the dead. address, Capt R. D. Walker said Mrs. E. M. Raymond, Mr. Raworth, Ind Road, before Mr. E. Himsworth Each emperor of "Annam during Rotarian
of the splendours of this fairy like capitol. The palaces of the living
In thanking the speaker for his Mr and Mrs. W. J. Roberts, Mr. and
Paton
hind certainly Mon, and Madame C. Renner. Mr.
at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- his lifetime selects with the aid of shown them other points of Slem, J. A. da Rocha, Dr. (Misa) O. Rut- day. The accused were: Chung magicians, the site of his tomb Cambodia and Annam than their tonjee, Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Ross, Shing, 48, a licensed hawker, and and builds his final resting place use in limericks. It had been a Major and, Mrs. Rockney Ram, Chung Hong, 52, a shop foki. according to his own tastes. These very interesting and instructional Prof, L. T. Ride and Mrs. Ride, Mr.
The alleged, offence was stated tombe are not merely the dumping travelogue. (Applause)
U/ Rumjahn, Mr. and Mrs. Ar E to have taken place on divers place of a body; they are the An announcement was made by Ramjahn, Mr. and Mr W. Keith dates between July 13 and 17. sancutary of the spirit retaining Rotarian Macintosh of a film to be Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. 8). Rod- Inspector Portallion appeared for the atmosphere, which surrounded shown of the Rotary Conference ridgues, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. T. Ross, the prosecution. The case was the living monarch and are places held at Shanghai recently. The Mr. and Mrs J.V. V dos Remedios, remanded till Thursday at 11.39 where his deacendants may pass fim would be exhibited at 5.30 pm, Mr. and Mrs. Ring Lt. R. V. Rumell
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a.m...
II. Will Government state whe-
with what result?
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