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9: 1921
AN ECHO OF THE HONG MOH DISASTER.
Leave to Presume Death of a Chinese Passenger.
Singapore, July 8. In the Supreme Court the Chiaf Justice made an order on the application of the mother presum ing the death of Chan Chan Siang, a victim of the Hong Moh diaster. The deceased's nama did not His wife and child are also miss appear in the list of the survivors. ing. He was seen with others, some of whom were saved, to jump into the ses on March 5.
1896.
HONGKONG · TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph” Eles for the week-" ending July 17th, 1898)
THE DOLLAR. July 10.-The rate of the Dollar, on demand, to-day is is. 2-3,8d.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
-- THE PATH OF VIRTUE IN CLOS- ED TO NOʻONE, IT LIES OPEN TO A Paris cable in reference to ALL; IT ADMITS AND INVITES ALL the Banque Industrialle de Chine WHETHER THEY KE FREE-BORN which at first sight looks reassur-MEN, SLATES, OR FREEDMEN,From Our Own Correspondent) ing appears on reading further to KINOS OR EXILES, IT REQUIRES NO stated that M. Briand read to a OF PROPERTY, IT 18 SATISFIED Senatorial Commission two tale- WITH A MERE MAN-Seneca. grams in regard to the Banque, one assuring the French agents (branches 2) in the East of the H. E the Governor has been solidarity of the French State Ramjahn to be a Member of the pleased to appoint Mr. U. with the great financial establish- Board of Education, vice Mr. A. ments, including the Banque, and F. Arculli, deceased. the other asking the French Am- bassador in London whather
The water return dated July support from financial circles in
1st, shows that all the reservoirs THE "CREOLE STATE"pointed by the Governor to e-Rev, John Macleod. The High the British capital could counted on to solve the Barque's in the Colony except one were dificulties. The reader would at full 10 overflowing, in other first suppose these to be recent words there were 2154770,000 communications, but it seems that gallons. the one to the French Ambassador
ARRIVES. Damage done by the Malcontents.
CRUELTY AT THE GAOL.
At the coming "Assemblies the Scottish Churches, to be haki shortly in Edlinburgh, - the Moderators 170 all highly- esteemed men, bat, less knuwa over the Border than some of their predecessors, states a' writer in a London daily. The Moderator of the Church of Sootland, succeed-- ing Dr. Thomas Martin, will be Rer, J. A. McClymont, D.D. The General Assembly of the United Free Church will welcome the Rot. July 10th-We note with very succession to Dr. Alex. Martin. Adam Philip. D.D., in considerable gratification the The Free Church of Scotland bas issue of a very full report of the elected the Rev. Norman Campbell proceedings of a Committee apto be Moderator, following the quire into the question of flogging Commissioner, who visits the Ab- at the Gaol We take some
semblies and performs various credit to ourselves for having social duties in the week of crowd- forced the Government to take
land. H. E. the Governor has been (From Our Dgn Correspondent.)ction in the matter. The reported events, is the Doke of Suther
of the Committee is an emphatic it may be surmised to have had pleased, under instructions from
Singapore, July 8. The Creole State arrived yester corporal punishment in vogue in condemnation of the methods of
With the locks open below reference to the rumours current the Secretary of State for the some months ago regarding the Colonies, to recognise. Mr. Ugo day after having been delayed the Gaol, of the Gaol Hospital, Tonbridge, the Medway will be Banque's position. Any way, we tialiuzzi as Vice-Consul' for Italy seven daya at Honolulu and four- and of the treatment of patients but a trickling stream in summer bere bave the French Premier's at Hongkong.
teen at Manila owing to disafECK- word that the State is "with" the
ian among the crew, several of in it, and throws very grave doubt until it nears Rochester, observes Is notified that building sites/hom were tried and sentenced at of the loggings
on the legality of a large portions writer in a Home journal Thus Banque, as clients were led to
administered * pleasant sport will be lost to suppose some time ago by the on the new reclamation on the is. The malcontents, who there during the last few years amateur oarsmen, who find the local branch; and depositors will N. W. side of Tai Po Market are interfered with the steering-gear. It exonerates all persons concern- pretty stretches between Maid- water-tank, and oil-engines, caus- ralurally ask: Does this mean now ready for sale. Applications
ed from any blame in connection stone and Tonbridge ideal holiday that the French Government is should be made to the District delays and $150,000 (gold) with the death of the convict resons The scanary may not damage, were connected with the Wong Kau, (said to be due to compare with the malobless going to see the Banque through Officer, North, Tai Po.
strike at San Francisco," but|
beauties the Thames afforda, but or not? If it is, why is a defincte
wo do joined the Creole State as pro-
it is passing fair. There is free sanouncement not forthcoming?
fessed loyalists.
SETOO
very cautions and careful way is bathing, plenty of fishing, and no bas bandied certain portions of the case, it is on the whole a
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very creditable document, and Lady Bancroft, who survived shows the members of the Com-Sir Squire's 80th birthday festival Bill Passes through Council.mittee have performed their duties but a fortnight, was an infant prodigy, greatly to her own dis- ably and conscientiously. the French Government was be His Excellency the Governor
comfort. At four years of age hind the Banque. M. Briand has has been pleased to appoint the From Our Den Correspondent.)
TRAFFIC GROWTH. Singapore, July 9.
she recited on the stage before ne so far as to say that an Rev. C. B. Shana to act as a
consortiun may extensive
July 14th-Although the bicy-her lips could frame the bard The Dutch ladies Peoples formed to take over the Banque's Member of the Board of Educa- Council has passed by 37 votes to cle is becoming a very common words aright. So small was her affairs, so it is still possible tion during the absenes from the
for the creation in twelve years
of a bicycle yesterday built for play with her doll, and had to Further Paris or until further notice.
of scapower consisting of four occupied by a catty looking pretend it was a chronic invalid. cables, to band this morning.
cruisers, 24 destroyers, 32 subong lady in khaki gaiters and Ones, playing a gipsy child's The victim of an accident, a marines, four submarine mine her companion, was
short skirt, with a young dandy as part. indicate that the French Govern-
got confused, and meat feels constrained to give the Chinese boy six years of age layers, four flotilla ships, nine addition to the funny sights in stretched out her arm and begged pleasant catching sight of a frendly face, matter the most serious con. who was on Thursday removed minelayers a submarine mother sideration, though it is to be the French Convent Hospital ship and auxiliary vessels, besides this Far Eastern and most cosmo-to be taken off the stage. One hoped that the forecast of partisan suffering from concussion of the an ait flest of 72 reconnoitring.politan of ports. feuds on the lines of the Panama brain and fracture of the skull. 18 chasing and 19 bombarding scandal and fofcire Dreyfus will died at the Institution yesterday planes. The whole sir fleet and His remains hase been removed over half the sea fleer should be to the Public Mortuary.
completed within six years.
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1921.
not be realised.
De Rougement.
tions was that the adventurer's
he "embellished" his nstratives.
and London.
With this main
ABOUT RATS.
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Sunday dinner at which sat a gentleman with an enormous blue July 16th. Rats of one sort or nose Lady Bancroft never forgot. another play a large part in the She was warned beforehand to world's affairs. There are the take no notice of the feature, autoc-rais, like
friend and in spite of great provocation, Nicholas 11; there are aristoc-obeyed the warning.
Father and mother both kissed rats, both foreign and domestic: the democrats, both gold and her and called ber "good child” silver; the plutocrats, always for in whispers, but the guest heard "sound money;" and finally there her childish reply, “I didn't say are the plain rata, the ordinary anything about the gentleman's kind which are just made to be blue nose. did I?" caught by terriers and cats.
FAMOUS SOPRANO AT COLISEUM. Miss Carrie Tabb, the famous operatic soprano, made her first
stage at the Coliseum.
ANONYMITY'S PROPER PLACE.
The best thing to do with anonymous letters is to put them on the fire without reading them, and then your feelings won't be
Kingston magistrate,
Tondery are invited for the BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE appearance on the music-hall | burt,” said Sir Charles Burge, the
sboold
A successful whist drive was
DE CHINE.
Between Ourselves
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By Robt. MacWhirter.
An extraordinary charater has Cockney girl's introduction into
"Simple Souls" a tale of a JAVA SUGAR THE LANDLORDS' DEFENCE.
passed away in the person of the social environment of a
SITUATION, Louis de Rougemont. Twenty
"high-brow ducal family, was years or so ago the deceased burst The report which we were enabled to publish yesterday into notoriety as lectures and screened for the first time at the From Our Own Correspondent)
Singapore, July 9. of the meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce held author on account of his alleged Coronat Festerday and attracted
a large house. Seas,
The Jiva Sugar Trust continues to receive and consider the report of the special sub-exploits in the South committee relative to the Government's new Rents Bill must and a result of some investiga-feature, there is being shown to sell many thousands tons of Bolia Comedy and & gazette superior sugar at the rate of have provided interesting reading for all who are watching name came to be used for a time depicting the visit of the Crown eleven guilders. Bids are pouring the progress of the measure through its various stages. ic the sense that one speaks of an Prince of Japan to Portemonth in. The landlords defence-for so might the report of the Ananias. Had bot subsequent sub-committee be termed-is worthy of careful study for it events tended to modify the sets out some rather well-argued reasons in support of the verdict, the explorer's name might recommendations that the Government should fix the dictionary as a synonym for a with engines, boilers and gear as by now have taken a place in the purchase of No. 3 Police Launch ** standardisation of rents to date back to June 30 only fabricator, thus providing another she lies at the Police Basin, and that tenants should be restricted as well as landlords. example of the remarkable ways Yaumati Harbour of Refuge.
The Latest Move." The recommendations du agree in priciple with the in which the vocabulary may be Particulars of the launch will be
Information has been received: Government scheme for the very first two of them are taugmented, the more curious in supplied on application to the
this instance because De Rouge- Government Marine Surveyor, in Hongkong that the Commercial the effect that no rent should be increased after July 1stment was only the name adopted Post Office Building, to whom Tribunal at Paris has postponed until after twelve months. But when one comes to consider on returning to civilisation. It also applications to view the its decision about the request of the question as a whole the landlords have made out a was proved that the adventurer launch
be addressed, the Banque Industrielle de Chine
Nowadays thara's hardly a outpourings of priest, poet and rather poor case: They certainly have not justified the bad never been in regions that Sealed tenders will be received to obtain a "transactional settle-
he professed to have explored, at the Colonial Secretary's Officement" in order to wait for the paper ye pick but ye find some- publicman it are would appear startling increases of rentals.
shareholders, which will be held their dress. Short skirts have only of the modern girl and for There is something to be said for the argument that if leash had undoubtedly travel. Up to noon on Saturday, the 23rd results of the general meeting of thing about the women folks and that there's one type appear
widely. As he stated after July. landlords are restricted then they should be safeguarded his bonis fieles had been questioned.
on the 25th of July.
apparently become a world-wide some reason or other she's got This decision is to conform with phenomenon in a also and in the matter of making tenants give u fairly long
manner o' ays to be constantly apologised, period of notice to leave we have no serious objection to which, he contended, was only held at the Catholic Men's Club the law of July 1919 regarding speaking. Guardians of public if no prayed for. They all seem
"transactional settlement," which morality appear to bave voted offer. It will be a welcome reverse, to the policy to turning ages. Some years later he scored following were the prize-winners: shall be applied for by the Country, in America and even
what travellers bad done in all loo Thursday evening The stipulates that the
to be going to the demition bow- settlement themselves into jobs in the old wows if everything we read is to them out for not paying bigher rent. Regarding the a species of triumph at the Loo--Ladies: 1, Miss Pile (182) 2,
be trusted. majority of the shareholders. in France and on the on- arguments in support of the dating back of standard
Isn't it funny how in every don Hippodrome, where he rode Mrs. Sandford (172) 3, Mrs. We understand that the Hong-tinent. Women folks that care- rents to June 30 only, they fail to convince. for it has on a turtle, one of the feats for Bickford (171) Booby Priza, Miss kong shareholders of the Banque fully proceed to
age we get this sort of thing. prune their Montaigne in one of his essays to be borne in mind that practically all property which has which he had been derided when Lammerton (143). Men: I, Mr. Industrielle de Chine have already hair and to lose their clothing, speaks of the corruptions of the relating his experiences. After Haytor (179): 2. Mr. Jennings been requested to communicate hosiery and shoes and substitute age in which he lived. Every changed hands since January 1st. has been at speculative this he again enjoyed a brief (176); 3, Mr. Perry (1728 4. Mr with the local manager so that therefor about half a yard of set of court memoirs has told the prices and that rents have been adjusted accordingly. period of publicity on account of Franklin (11); Booby size, Mr. their own views can be trans-Georgette or organdie are going same tale from the days of Queen When the Chamber suggests that no rent should be twenty his marriage to a youthful bride, Sandford (138). Mr. Pinches mitted to the meeting.
to be looked after-and so they Bess right down the line. And per cent. more than it was on January 1st, we fail to see De Rougement being by this time performed the duties of M. C. and
will, you bet-bat no' the way ye couldna' see their knees in the reason why such a large margin should be allowed. septuagenarian; and be figured the prizes were distributed by
in the Press once more when, Mr. R. W. Brown.
you think I mean. The ever these days. Old fashioned folks Those who have purchased property since that time will found unconscions in the street
CHEFALO & PALERMO.increasing prominence of ankles are apt to lorget that they're have to suffer the penalty of gambling in a vital necessity, (through seizure, he was
and calves is causing anxiety living in. 1921 and no 1861 and a necessity that was becoming so mishandled that the removed to hospital without but this was for the purpose of
among the unco guid and drastic that the social atmosphere is of Government had to step in and protect the majority of its anybody knowing at first who be inducing India to take part in theatre, Manager Ray is deter-in more than one country for the was the case a generation ago, In taking over the Wo Ping punishments are being devised a more free and easy nature then citizens. Rents on January 1st, were quite high enough of De Rougemont's career people not to promote peace. However, best in theatricals, and is to entertain and shock the staid.
WRX. During the closing phase the hostilities on Germany's side, mined to give the public the very benefit of the maid who doth to go no further back. far too, high, in tact and we shall be extremely sorry if hardly knew what to make of the Dr. Tagore who also wishes to be congratulated on securing the That's poetry, that last line la, right sensibly dressed, I'm think the Government is turned off its original proposition. In man, who presented the enigms enlist Japanese co-operation- view of the large meetings and the grateful anticipations of half charlatan, half hero. Now has visited Germany, it is ex-great magicians with their entire but I'll no do it again. You've ing. Better to have the air about of the many thousands of tenants we don't think the Go-we may draw a veil over his plained, because Indian thought company for a short engagement had enough of that sort of thing their legs than half a dozen yards of extra cloth swinging among vernment will be.
defects with the motto, De mortuis has been most systematically of six nights commencing July to last you a long time, I know. nil nisi bonum.
and Palermo I read that even the Hungarian their feet sweeping up the dust Mr. M. K. Lo, in his interesting minority report, took
and it must be acknowledged that played A highly successful Government are talking about and dirt off the roads. That's opportunity to criticise the Government for what it had A Temple of Thought. the savants of Mitteleuropu have agement at the Royal Theatre dishing out yardsticks to the apart from the neatness al- not done rather than examine the present proposals. We
their police. Ten inches from the together. Rake out some of your Dr. Rabindranath Tagore-as evinced universality in their certainly do not agree with his contention that this law presumably the Indian post literary pursuits, though this diarvelous illusions and mystify-ground's the limit. Above that photos taken are only twenty will impair the confidence of traders and merchants and it must be styled, since he renounced not deter German professors ng tricks, they gave Hong- it's the jug, if the bobbie can see years ago and see the difference.
kong опе of the
beet his way to take ye there. Be Truly has it been said that dress has long since been recognised that the law of supply and in Europe seeking to further his at the leading seats of learning years. In Shanghai, Tientsin, thought the average Hungarian as appearances are concerned. from supporting the war. It was the honour of talghthood-is now
entertainments even In recent tween you and me I'd have makes or breaks a women so far demand is only good when the supply is not being exploited plan for
International in the Fatherland that the Peking. Hankow, Tokyo, Yoko would have had enough to be The costume of 15 years ago to the public's detriment by those in whose hands it is. We University for the study of militaristic spirit was moet hams, Kobe and Osaka these getting on w after the war in woll ye would scarcely credit the agree with him that the Government is not wholly free from principles alike by East and strongly developed. But then, to clever mystifiers created a sensa- the way of getting enough to difference. Putting all loose talk blame and that development of the Colony has been retard- West, with a view to the ultimate be sure, most of the professoration and established a new record eat without bothering his head about legs aside I aske ed by lack of official foresight. But the time and occasion creation of a League of Nations made a post-war recantation of for attendance in every city visit about the knees of his women
to look op your picnic groups their famous manifesto. One line ed and were proclaimed by press folk. upon pacificism ex- to argue that is not the present when the Government is try-clusively. It sounds a little by the Indian poet runs, I long and public, the world's greatest
of a dozen years ago and tell ing to give protection to the ander dog. Let the Goveru-ironic that Dr. Tagore should for far-away things"; in this magicians. Chefalo and Palermo confined to say one place. From dressed of the two. Aye keep But as I say the craze isna' me who is the more sensibly ment give that protection first and then we can go on to have selected Germany as the instance everybody must trust are now playing to tremendous what we are accustomed to read that picture in mind yeold fogies consider the longer viewpoint of a permanent remedy. In centre of bis efforts. Daring the that Dr. Tagore's vision, that of business at Manila and will arrive in the popular literature of the
war a Berlin ibe burst into a world resting upon concord, is in Hongkong on the Empress of hour, xa
that are forever railing at the other words, let the Government pass this Bill
the journale daily, visibility of the feminine nesk eulogies, over the Upanishade, not so remote..
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