SPARKLING MINERAL
WATER.
Pyeris
Delicious either alone or bleaded with
wines and spirits.
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1921.
NOTES & COMMENTS.
DAY BY DAY.
ROUND THE TOWN.
By Gadabout.
Before I came to the East I
BANK OF CHINA,
THE MISHIMA MARU.
Fire Extinguished. Questions.
THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO
{{From Our Own Correspondenà】 The Hongkong Branch. GET INTO TROUBLE INTER- At last we are going to base NATIONALLY THAN TO BE UN-
Singapore, Angusi 31.
A great deal of public interest The Mishima Harn fire, has has been evinced in the magnifi- another meeting of the Legis PREPARED TO DEFEND YOUR- thought that with the stern sex been completely extinguished. cant building, Queen's Road Istive Council. The agenda for SELS Admiral Baron Uris, predominating to such a larga The cargo is being discharged Central, which has been erected {Thursday, which we published Japanese Nary.
extent, the faw girls in the Orient who revel in single blessedness from the fifth hold but the work by the Bank of China. yesterday, contains no fewer than
must have a fine time. I used to to the Captain's reluctance to re- China was established in Peking was considerably delayed owing The Head Office of the Bank of
A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD. occupation of much-anted land Street came to the fountain to whose salaries are so small that
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the Presidantial mandate în 1917. Although the Bank of China is a semi-governmental institution. its controlling factor is, never- tholess, of the most influential and enlightened classes in the Repub- lio. So in spite of the political disturbances, its developments bave never been seriously imped- steady growth ever since its birth. Under the recent reorganiza- tion scheme, the bank has divided its business operations into va districts in the country Le Tientsin, Hankow, Shanghai, Each of these districts is undar Hoogkong
Changchung the control of a main branch. As the local branch is assigned as one of the fire important main branches, it has under its control, the sub-branches in the coastal districts of South China and also. in the Straits Settlements.
and
ten first readings two second Yesterday's health return showej imagine that with so faw members readings, three questions by un-one non-fatal case of enteric fever of the fair ser about they would move the battened down hatches. on the first year of the Chinese Re- official members and three re- and сде non-fatal Case of all be in great demand and that The origin of the outbreak is un-public with an authorized capital knowo. The damage is uncertain of $10,000,000, which was increas- solutions standing in the name of paratyphoid fever.
a girl would find herself hitched pending a survey. The passengers ed to $60,000,000 by sanction of the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C.
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up to some rich talpan within a Dur legislators are getting busy.
Rural building, lot No. 175, few months after stepping off the
STRAITS PENSIONS. Mr. Bird wants to know why we adjoining Villa Miramere, Pok-boat on to terra firma Bains a cannot have land sales by private folam, area 37,100 sq. ft, was sold hardened bachelor, I'm afraid I
Temporary Increases Sanctioned. treaty (someone will possibly on Monday to Mr. E.T.H. Bunje don't really know much about whisper the words "favouritism $1,800, which works ont at 19 these things but people tell me cents a sq. ft. The upset price that my suppositions are a long
Singapore, August 31. and graft and think them) was $2,225, or 6 cents à sq. ft.
way from being correct and that
The Malaya Government is a girl in Hongkong has a fearfully sanctioning temporary increases an adequate answer); and Mr.
slack time compared with Home, in pensions from forty per cent.ed. It has, therefore, enjoyed a Pollock is worrying the Govarn- A gang of thieves committed af and as for getting "spliced," she downwards. mant with auch matters as daring robbery near the fountain hasn't an earthly. Well, come sea-water for Blushing purposes in Soy Street last night. Chiu to think of it. I suppose such
RUBBER CONTROL. Sir Maurice Fiumaurice's re- Ng, the proprietress of a tobacco a state of affairs can readily The London Opposition. port оп the harbour, the shop at No. 307 Reclamation be understood. There are some
Singapore, August 31. by the military, the encourage-draw water, and was immediately they couldn't if they would, and tion is holding a special meeting, The Rubber Grower's Associa ment of building operations, and paauced upon by the waiting there are quite a number with at which the London opposition the better handling of building men. One man held his hand bachelor tendencies who think to the control scheme may be sitas. All very useful subjects over her face to prevent her from that they wouldn't if they could, ..for investigation. And
ventilated. the giving the alarm while his and I dare say there are more Government's Bills cover a host fallows threw her to the ground, than a few with a lassie at Home
FIRE AT YAUMATI.. of subjects from last year's bud-and ripped open her girdle with who came abroad with the inten- get deficit to an amendinent of a knife. They stole $23 in notes tion of making their pile out East
$7,000 Damage Done. the Deportation Ordinance. Mtand coins. By the time the and then going back to "Blighty
Fire broke out in the early hours Pollock's question regarding the woman had recovered from her to settle down (Alas! How many of this morning at a wins and harbour improvements is very surprise, the robbers had time youngsters left Liverpool
medicine shap as No. 16 Reclama-
Although the local branch is " much needed, though we could to make their escape.
London with those intentions
tion Street Considering the in the youngest establishment of the suggest quite a number of other!
only to forget them within a flammable character of the stock five, it is, navertheless, one of the questions not all addressed to
fortunate most aggressive in the group. the Government either. To Mr. Mr. E A. Potter, Vice-President few months of their arrival of the shop, it was
circumstance that the cook of the Under the oficient management Pollock and his fellow members of the Guaranty Trust Co., of this end?) on the War Memorial Committee Now York, and Director of the no doubt, who came East with place was abla to give the alarm of its present manager. Mr.Tsuyee we should like to pa::-"What Asia Banking Corporation, is on the idea of settling down and in time and cleared the buildings Pei, its business has grown at such information can the War Memos tour of inspection throughout then sending to their lassies to of its inmates before the fire had a rapid rate that two removals to secured a firm hold. Messages more spaciousquarters have been rial Committee give to the people the Far East and is at present in follow them out.
were sent to the fire stations at mada within the last few years. of this Colony with regard to the Hoogkong. Mr. Patter, who
Yaumati and Kowloon, and so The local branch has svars memorial it
by was appointed toj is accompanied his wife! How would you like to phone hour after their appearance on the facility to handle inland remit- look after? Cannot the Com-ad SOR, has been in the about thirty individuals (on scene the fireman were able to tances by virtue of the services
about three mittee tako sters to expedite the East
months Hongkong telaphana, mind you obtain control of the conflagration.given by its sub-branches through- Various) and then and that obtaining of such memorial?" and has visited the
at least though, no: before the whole of out the interior of China, which We shall have an improved branches of the Asia Banking half of them bad taken, no the ground floor was gutted. The are well over one hundred in num- harbour long before get Corporation and
agents notice of your message? Well, damage done is estimated at ber. It has also good connections the memoris judging by the of the Guaranty Trust Company that is what happened over $7,000. The premises are insured both in America and Europe and respective rates of progress. To in Japan, Northern China and the special sessions to hear with the Motor Union Insurance other parts of the world, so it is the E.RA. we should like to the Philippines. He leaves Bong the Woping Theatre murder case. Company and the Shanghai Fire prepared to take care of foreign put: What information can it kong in a few days for the it was decided that the trial and Marine Insurance.
banking business as well. whence he will should take place on Monday and, A letter from Mr. Henry Bonar, C. M. G.. regarding give to Kowicon residents regard-Straits from the Pacific Conference, with special reference to the ing its activities during the past return to New York, c Europe. sccordingly, all the jurors were summoned to attend. For some Chinese side, caught our eye in running through a London four months.
reason or other it was then A Chinese arriving in the decided that the trial should be journal just to hand. Mr. Bonar had over thirty years mitte take steps to expedite the publication ofletters betweenitself.
Colony by the Keystone State Consular experience in the Far East. having held several and the Government. To many was this morning charged with put off for a week and all the good appointments in Japan, including that of Assistant Judge other local bodies and persons is being in possession of ninety-men and true for whatever they of H. B. M. Court in that country until the abolition of would be possible to address eight rounds of ammunition telephone that it would not be called) were informed by extra-territoriality in 1999, and for some time subsequently and so it is not always the when informed that notices were Court. The local papers announcme of the rather good Scot's story of John Clerk of Eldin and the similar questions on other matters, The man expresset his surprise necessary for thera to attend was getting fed up ploughing-writing that word age reminds he was Consul-General in Korea. We therefore perused Government that is alone de as a rule posted on passenger ed that special sessions weald be Lord Chancellor of his day. John Clerk was debating a his epistle with some hope of finding a valuable contribu serving of a query or two. We tion towards the settlement of the problems which await really would liks Mr. Pollock toners apprising passengers of the held and whether the jurymen in the House of Lords and in the course of what he said he made the conference that is to assemble at Washington on the do what he can regarding that cal regulations and stated ice took this to mean that their use of the word "enow" meaning enough". The Lord Chan- It is an eas that has he did not see ang such nice services would be required, I cellor, apparently anxious to correct, remarked: “Mr. Clerk, in next anniversary of Armistice Day. In this we were
memorial. been so long in incubation that board the Keystone State, don't know, but, at any rate, England we pronounce c-ng-buff disappointed. but as Mr. Bonar advantes certain suggestions we wonder whether it is still After fining the defendant 850 about half of them turned op on
bis Worship requested Inspector Monday morning.
"Thank ye, my Lord "said John; "Ill attend to that." which are being considerably agitated just now his fertile.
The Cour:
Mr. Clerk proceeded: "Your lordship will understand that in communication invites. a little discussion. With his
Paine, who was in charge of the officials bad quite a busy time Scotland we have a name for a small portion of land. It is called a case,to interview the C.S.P. within running each man to earth plugate. A pluffgate. my lord, is the quantity of land that's preliminary thesis, that the Anglo-Japanese alliance must Lady Students,
a view to coming to an arrange and telling him that be would not plafman can plug with his pluff in a day's ploffing." be subordinated to a wider pact so as to provide for the Apart from the very brief an.ment with the American shipping be wanted and could go home. Well, as I was saying, Joe, he was plaffing through the "555" co-operation of the United States and the recognition of nouncement made on Saturday companies for the posting of
The proceedings Monday mail yestreen when he threw a packet over the desk addressed to China's own interests. there will assuredly be small quarrel: no one seems to have taken very these notices on
lasted about two minutes and the The Smiles Editor, Honykony Telegraph." Joe, he chuckled and majority of that time was taken then we had words as usual. When I come to think of it though. but in relation to the methods proposed for securing the much notice of the fact that the passenger liners.
Hongkong University has declaz-
up in reading out the old stereo-I'd rather admit the impeachment to being an editor of smiles, even desired result we are certainly unable to see eye to eye ed itself as being open to receive The Pacific Northwest Com-typed formula in connection with at or against myself, than a manufacturer of solemn warnings and with Mr. Bonar.
girl students. The Registrar,mercial Commission, which made opening, and adjourning the editorial prognostigations, 曳 cratur' aye willing and ready "The peace which will put an end to China's Mr. Teesdale Mackintosh, kindly the trip from Seattle to China, Court. The little bit with regard to give his boad Z holiday instead of the olt OTE"> interminable internal struggles and make unlikely an communicated this information Japan and the Philippines on the to the jury, about answer to your worked typewriter in the corner. But a body lives long appeal to Soviet Russia" is what Mr. Bonar desiderates to the Fress but it has been maiden trip of the Wenatchee, names and save your fines, after they're laughed at, for by the Hokey Fly, the loudest
accepted in a very matter-of-fact has made public in This, indeed, is what countless people wish to see. though spirit. The first lady student specific observations. The report sidering that they had all been
Seattle sounded rather, ludicrous con- bummer's no' aye the best bee.
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1921.
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Joe, last night, he threw me over a letter. I could see ho
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Man, there's a heap o' power in soiling. If it hados' been the introduction of Soviet Russia wo judge to be a super has already been registered we finity, despite Mr. Bonar's assertion that "China is ripe for are told. It is a departure the urges that an essential supple. officially told to go bome before for that the war would have lasted far longer than it did. Is WASZE
ment to the maintenance of a the proceedings began.
altogether a thoughtless chorus that packed up their troubles in Bolshevism Treating Bolshevism" as a synonym for might well make for the quicken-commercial base at Manila is the
their old kit-bag and smiled, smiled, smiled. Wi' some folks there's chaos, China is so ripe that she could hardly be riper: but and the extension of its sphere of cess at Shanghai, which affords quite bus, with all these applies hold half that the average individual could gather together in a day's ng of the life of the institution establishment of American busi- The Summary Court is gotting no kit-bag big enough to hold their troubles. A gasometer wouldns" Communism is not likely to appeal to the Chinese Gover usefulness. ment, nor is the unorganised proletarietat all likely universities of the world-notably North Chine and upper Asis. it. Every few days now there is Getting together postage stamps is hard by comparison. And it's"
Some of the older the key of the Pacific Northwest to tions for ejectment coming before march once he lets the collecting craze get a hold of him. to make such a move, whatever a little cult here or there Oxford are still averse to the The report says: The commer- an action by a landlord to recover a habit that grows wi' age if you're no careful, this trick of multi- may profess. Mr. Bonar contends that to promote harmony admission of female stadels and cial agencies of other countries possession of some of his property, plying trouble.
it has been very largely left to are strongly entrenched at Shang- and as these are for the most part among the Chinese it will be imperative for the Conference the younger institutions to lead hai where they have beavy io-in the nature of test cases there ony man should be put to death if he came into the royal presence wi I've read somewhere about the Persian Kings who decreed that "to adopt new methods and apply different principles in the way. Here in Hongkong, vestments and facilities. In is a great deal of interest attach a sour look. I wouldna go the length o' recommending that kind o the handling of Chinese affairs from those which have where we seek to educate Chinese addition to the study of Shanghai ing to them. Mr. F. C. Jenkin, moral suasion but all the same I believe a smile aye does more good prevailed in the past. We are ready to believe that there students, it is something decided as a great base for American the well known pleader, put up than five dollar's worth of worthless advice and half as much worth is room for improvement in this respect, but cannot perceive
of the ordinary to business operations in North brave fight yesterday morning again of pills and medicines. admit male and female students any in Mr. Bonar's recommendations, which are simply to a University. The women of American firms contemplating unfairness of a certain clause our mean and fretful ways. There's a medium, of course, to smiles Chine and Northern Asia. to endeavour to point out the Man, there's a lot of fun in this old world if we could only forget that the Powers abandon interference in China's internal China ATO gradually coming basiness in South China should and to persuade Mr. like everything else, for I'm no one that would recommend stifling affairs, restore leased territories, and waive extra-forward to take their place with make a close study of Canton and Justice Wood to make some the cry of serious things w!' jazz music, for instance. territoriality.
the menthe. movements 10
This daily pretentions bluff is keeping back a lot that's the best As to the first of these, it is not easy to understand Canton amply demonstrate that give thorough consideration to judicial comment upon it. Listen.
the advantages offered by
ing to his arguments it did seerous. This terrible thing we call business, to lots, may as well how the Powers can be accused of undue interference in should be given them to
equal opportunity establishing there."
rather unfair that because a man be five years hard in Victoria Gaol for all the good we get out of it. these latter days; the grievance of Europeans out here is similate the best in western
acknowledged a notice to quit Even wi' our sport we oft-times act like a lot o' petrified mummies, that their Governments are too reluctant in acting education. Until quite recently Because he neglected to affir and said he would carry out the fearful lest the other chap gies us a licking. If ye canne emile Regarding leased territories, if Mr. Bonar is alluding to in Chins the keeping apart of the proper label apprising cus- notice he should be turned out among your fellow men, you'll never contract the habit at home. sach developments as the Twenty-One Demands, there may men and women in public was tomers that such milk should not when a man who (like Brer I pity the lot o' some wives.
Bat from the hollow mechanical smile may the good Lord' de- universal. In all the schools, in be taken by babies under one Rabbit, wasn't it?) just lay low be plenty of ground for complaint, and it is to be hoped the churches and temples, in fact year of age, a vendor of skimmed and said nothing should enjoy the liver us Contracting the muscles of the face might pass muster at that the Powers will bring any needful pressure to bear in any public meeting place, the milk was this morning hailed protection afforded by the new Mee Cheong's but a smile has to be deep-seated to have a lasting upon Japan to have these questions settled at the con-men had their allotted place and before the Magistrate to give an Ordinance. But how about the effect. The heart aye's the part ayo, that makes us right or ference. This refers to whole provinces obtained during the women had theirs. That is explanation. The defendant en- other side of the question? I hold wrang. Now there's one person lot's of you have never met. That the war. How the immediate return of limited and doly passing away and the old prejud-tered a plea of ignorance of the no brief for the landlords, but after chap's yourself. What a fraud he is. If ye caans' look at yourself leased areas would help to solve the problem is notices are giving place to a better regulations, whereupon Mr. R. E. & tenant has promised to get out in the glass, smile, and admit that much you're worse than I thought
and more rational order of things. Lindsell retorted that as the man and the landlord has let the ye were. Aye, Rab has it off pat. manifest. Nor is it in the least clear bow the abandon- The social emancipation of the had made milk his special com- place to
else it is a great many ment of "extrality" under present conditions could assist Chinese woman will possibly be a modity in trade, he should have going to cause the Chinese, much as it would be likely to damage long time coming in anything also taken the trouble to ascertain complications if after all arrange- Europeans. That the preservation of China's territorial like a general same, but it speaks the conditions as required by the manta have been made the tenant concerns future acquisition, should be ideas that in Canton educated pance io question, the Magistrate after the date on which be bas volumes for the growth of westera law. After consulting the ordi-is to be permitted to stay on integrity, "as reafirmed with all emphasis is eminently desirable. The women are taking their rightful pointed out to the defendant that promised to quit. The Reuts points to which Mr. Bonar alludes are not, however, the place in the scheme of things and the same ordinance had also a Ordinance was passed to protect cause of China's internal disputes, but it is these disputes, that here, in Hongkong, a young translation in the vernacular, so the tenants from money-grabbing 'hold landlords, but it was not intended with the consequent national weakness, that are the cause doors for the bereft of men and water." A fine of $20 was then to down the owner of property
University can throw open its that his ples could not of the Far Eastern problem. Let China put her house in
women alike. We cap wish inflicted. Another Chinese who altogether and, any way, where. a similar would the unfortunate third order and such questions as concessions and “extrality
nothing but success for the was brought up on innovation. will solve themselves, as in the case of Japan.
party-come in ?) offence was fined $25.
someone
It's no' in titles nor in rank; Its no' in wealth like Loz'on bank,
To purchase pesce and rest; It's no' in making muckle mair; / It's no'in books, it's no' in lear,
To make us truly blest: If happiness has no her seat And centre in the breast We may be wise, or rich, or great,
But never can be bleat: Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart sye's the part age That askes us right or wrang,