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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1923.
DAY BY DAY.
HABIT IS A GREAT THING. IF
PUDDLING ON THE SHANGHAI OIL BLAZE.
PEAK.
perial policy), not only to co ver the shipping control question but also all claims which might| aries because of certain Beta PROPERLY DIRECTED.-Coleman How Horace and Hubby done during times of emergency Car. for which there would normally! bo no legal sanction. The pro- cedure is quite common in such
instances:
Mr. Moller is anxious in his
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sutherland returned to-day by the E. and A. 8.8. Eastern.
latest letter to disclaim any ill- Yesterday's health return shows feeling or personality, and he ane Chinese case of plague (in- even goes the length of apologis-ported) and one Portuguese case ing to Mr. Fletcher for any re-of paratyphoid fever. marks of his which might have beau construed as reflecting on
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HONGKONG, 31st August, 1923 Government here
SHIPPING CONTROL
QUESTION.
| Indemnity Ordinance. On both these points Mr. Moller appears to us to be wilfully shutting his oyoy to essential facts.
'Helped.
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AP.C. Reservoir Explodes.
BURNING BARGES DO DAMAGE.
Shanghai, August 31.-A buge
Hubby, as you may know, is a oil fire took place last evening at real optimist, and, as for myself, the Petroleum company's wharf I do not think in the ordinary at Pootung as the result of the way that I am a pessimist, but explosion of an oil reservoir.
Firemen were powerless excopt when on the very first day of August I lost a hundred dollar to protect nearby shipping and note (not being in the habit of property.
Three barges loaded with to bubby "I am sure something!
drifted
Away down also bad is going to happen."" Ob choor up," said hubby in his leaving a trail of fire oa
contacted wharves and causing usually optimistic way," it might slight damage to the other. A have boon worse."
flinging such things about) I said kerosene became ablaze and
Renter
stream, two
SHIPPING CONTROL"
Barney also contributes "Nature 48 to do an Eightsome control, part of the profis in the
CHINA'S BANDITS.
Notes" dealing with carnivorousing plante; and there are sections Reel. And then the water just hands of the Government of Hong- dealing with photography and care pouring in from the roof all kong might go towards meeting over the place, and to say the shipping companies' claims, be with postage stamps.
servants and myself had a busy could not say at present what time doesn't exactly describe how would become of the money in the we worked, and what we did for hands of the Government as 'a result of their war time control of tha next few hours..
By the time hubby arrived home British ships. He pointed out, in from the office, we all looked like reply to a question, that clause 4 half drowned chimney sweeps, of the Indemnity Ordinance re- while there wasn't a room in the tred only to compensation for house, except the bath rooni, damage that might be done to Peking, August 29th.
(where one rather expects to get ships while being run under the Router's Agency. learns that wot) which wasn't flooded. The Government scheme. owing to the prevalence of bandits dear old thing just gavo one gasp in several provinces the and then said in his cheery
way "Wall, never! Waichiaopu is proposing to the optimistic Cabinet that mandate should mind, it might have been worse- be issued directing the Military you see, we might have all been and Civil - Authorities in killed!
10 After that the Clerk of the the
Mandate to be Issued
different
of politics which "constitutes the property.
provinces
LOCAL WEDDING.
Martin Craik.
Telegraphia advice has been the latter's honour. At the same received by the Admiral Oriental time, we cannot forget that Mr. Line to the effect that silk ship.
So we plodded along to the fireship floating down.to Woosung, fortunately in midstream, burned Moller in one of his letters to the ped per .s. President McKinley,
which sailed from this port on 18th. of the month, when
itself out. The damage is believed Press made the suggestion that August 2 at 10 a.m., arrived in the next something: bad
to be considerable. The cause of Mr. Fletcher had deliberately New York on August 5, at thing happened in "the way the fire is 80 far unknown.
route--22 of a typboon. If you have ever caused a stay in the legal pro-a-m. Total time en
lived in a house that the "Zops ceadings in order that the In. calendar daye, 20 hours.
havo hovored over, you will have demnity Bill might be prepared.
some idea of the sort of typhoon this was-only this raid was plus! accusations of bad' faith against tains several features of interest rain and wind. First of all, crash the Hongkong Government into Hongkong Boy Scouts and went the kitchen pote and pans, Destination of the Profits. Seen by a representative of the directly reflect on Mr. Fletcher, others. There are two photo- the door and windows of the graphs illustrating A Holiday kitchen having, blown in. Then
this morning, the aceing that it was with that gen in Malaya", by Scoutmaster E. the very floors seemed to wobble Telegraph tleman that the owners chiefly W. Barney, who appears to have and things appeared to be hap. Colonial Secretary, the Hon," Mr. on the roof, while A. G. M. Fletcher, atated that bad *
very interesting ap- pening dealt. It is absurd to hint that
Mr. the bed room ceiling looked whilst, under the insurance and camping in the jungle.
though it were try other aspects of the shipping Mr. Fetcher is in the place of a man who knows that the Govern- ment was wrong but whose duty it is to defend that Government, Wo have not the slightest doubt that Mr. Fletcher considers the acted all through the proceedinge fairly and aquarely. Obeying the Im- perial Authorities orders thay of may not have been distasteful at It would almost appear as if times, but there cau be no justi the Hongkong Shipping Control fication whatever for the alleg- controversy will never ond. Once ations that the Hongkong Go- again Mr. Moller has gone into vernment was guilty of trickery print, this time to the extent of or of up-British conduct. ten solid columns of matter. He
An interesting wedding took has two main allegations against The Albanian Incident.
When several Greek Ministers devise means for the prompt Weather was good to us for a few place at St. John's Cathedral this Hongkong. The first is that the
were executed some months ago suppression of brigands. Such days, and sent us some sunshine, morning the contracting parties require the so we bucked up wonderfully and being Mr. A. J. J. Martin (aldest Government had no legal author because they happened to be ia mandate would ity to seize the controlled vessels. office when the disastrous cam-authorities to report from time to told ourselves that soon the con- son of the late Mr, T. H. Martin, The second is a suggestion that, paign against the Turks was time to the Government the tractor would have the roof of Hongkong, and of Mrs. Crispin,. wel Craik (second daughter of the late having acted illegally, the Gov- undertaken by the Athens Govern results of their work. It is thus patched up again, but we had Kowloon) and Miss Enid Mabel
ment, the world and his wife held hoped that brigandage will soon overlooked the fact that ernment wilfully tricked the up their hands in horror. But bo suppressed so that Chinese and were dealing with a Hongkong Mr. J. R. Craik and of Mrs. Craik, Thon up went of North London). The officiating shipownere by barring all claime such things are soon forgotten by foreigners may live in peace and contractor.
of life and the red typhoon signal, which clergymen were the Rev. V. H, through the introduction of an the casual observer in the welter enjoy security
soon changed to black. But the Copley Moyle and the Rev. J. T. present history of Europe. Those It is expected that mandate, to typhoon passed on and the cheery Holman,
old hubby remarked, "You see, The bride, who was given away incidente come back to mind, this effect will be issued shortly.
The Walchisopu also proposes it might have been worse, for we by Mr. G.R. Holloway, was altir- however, on reading of the tense situation that has been created that the Cabinet shall issue an-might have had a second typhoon," ed in white charmeuse and geor But ittakes au enormous amount gette, and she carried a bouquet between Italy and Greece through other mandate as soon as pos- Regarding the question of Hong- the massacre of an Italian missionsible reaffirming the existing of optimism to tackle a rainfall of of Canton lilies, ginger lilies kong's "authority, it has been in Albania. It appears that, even mandates regarding the proteo 8 inches in 24 hours with about a and maidenhair forn. Her brides. though no Greeks themselves tion of foreign life and property, quarter part of a roof over one's maids were Miss Marjorie Martin abundantly proved by the official might have taken active part in this mandate will instruct the house, and that quarter, by the (sister of the bridegroom) and
Mies Millicent Kinross, who wore. statement issued in July that, the affair, the Greek Government provincial authorities to report way, full of holes.
Here I should explain that in dresses of white georgette. Mr." all through the proceedings, the is responsible; and Sigtor Mus-where foreigners live and travel
solini points to the anti-Italian with a view of affording them addition to bubby there is Horace, A. Ritchie was "best man." local Government acted merely tone of the Press in Greece. The protection and should negligence as the agent of the Imperial men who actually perpetrated the result in injury or damage to authorities. That is confirmed by foul deed are probably Albanian foreign life or property the local hold re the fact that suggestions made in brigande of the average type, authorities will be.
quite a gentlemanly lot on the sponsible-Router. relation to the scheme by the whole, and, to alter a quotation Wu Pei Fu's Ideas.
Government were slightly, as polite a set of men) Hoogkong
Never- a throat.
Peking, August 29th. as over cut turned down by the Secretary of
it theless,
scems "impossible General Wu Pei Fu tas wired State, but it is even more clearly to dissociate the crime from to the Government stating that established in the dominating political motives of the most he desires to organise a special fact that the instructions to savage kind; so Italy, even if her force for the suppression of in the house which hold water. place the vessels under control terms of reparation, be harsh, is bandits in the Yangtze provinces. It would really make an interest- probably quite within hor rights. He proposes to appoint General ing picture this floor, with its mis-
"Spectator" writes suggesting were definitoly made by the The most regrettable part of the Chen Tiao Yuan Commander of collaneous lot of buckets, tubs, vases (including my latest bridge Home Government. Hongkong affair is the likelihood of further this force.
General Wa Pei Fu statos that prize), soup plates, cigarette tins, that the correspondent who sent had no option in the matter: it sparke in the powder magazine of
the Near East.
frailway police force is necess-what was left of the saucepans us his ideas of how to judge merely had to do what it was
ary, but does not strike at the root and baking dishes, jam jars, etc., whether or not a typhoon was told. Equally, when it came to Ireland's Elections.
of the evil. The bandits must be etc., and some other mentionable likely to strike Hongkong, or in what way this Colony might be It should also be It is not too early in the day everywhere suppressed, and not articles. passing the ladoninity Ordinance the local Government was once Government of Ireland on the the railways.
to congratulate the Free State merely prevented from attacking remarked that we sleep on our affected, might oblige with a clear enclosed verandahs whose roofs and detailed explanation of his
euch any
detailed under instructions from great success in the. Irish eloc. The Government is reported to escaped the damage of the system. We shall be pleased to explanation which our Corre- Horse. All the Colonies were tione. The constituted authority have communicated General Wu typhoon, or, that is, the dear old Publish
'has obtained a big majority, and Pei Fa's suggestions_to
the hubby does his best to sleep there, circularised regarding indemnity there can no longer be any ques-Power-Reuter,
while I wander round the house pandent might like to send in, clearer most of these nights in my bath- including especially legislation, and a poto of the tioning the opinion of the bulk of
ing toge, mopping up water. You description of how the revolving discussion which took place at the population of Erin-it is
see, we came to live on the Peak card is to be used. This card wo the Colonial Office last Novem-decidedly in favour of the Free
from Kowloon to escape the noises find we inadvertently described State. De Valera is now safoj
in our comment. bor, at which Mr. Burkill was under lock and key. It is a pity
over there, but I am inclined to incorrectly believe that a few gramaphones the best way we can indicato it Without actually reproducing it. present, shows that the local he was not captured at the time
and pianos would not greatly Ordinance was not a device of when men who had done aveni
disturb us after our experiences is as follows:-The outor circle less horm than he were executed.
has the chief points of the compass the Hongkong Government to Probably bis arrest was possible
with all these musical boxes, " meet their own special difficul then, but was not considered We are informed that the result But I had started to tell you of marked on it, whilst the inner turned ninety degrees, from the ties, but was passed on the in-politic. He has had every chance of the draw arranged by Mrs. B.L. Horace's great idea for catching cirole has the similar points etructions of the Home Govern-of throwing in his lot with the Frost in aid of The London Hos-some of the water. This idea, I
might say, came along after the Bothere, so that immediately below converted Republicans, but has pital was as follows:- meat, as similar Ordinances were repeatedly declared that bie 1st Prize, winning ticket No. inches of rain had fallen, but, as the North of the outer circle. is Horace and myself are not quite the West of the inner oné, and the other points in corresponding passed in Colonies similarly situ opinion will never change. His 191-Mrs. Cassidy.
2nd Prize, winning ticket No su optimistic as bubby, we
position. ated. These are facts, and they influence has been sufficient to
are doing our best to be ready for give the lie direct to Mr. Mollor's gain him a seat, but a deputy 271-Mrs. Cassidy.
3rd Prize, winning ticket Not the next 8 inches. Horace sud- will fill it. We trust he will not
derly remembered that when be! allegation that the Ordinance be released before the authorities 162-Mr. Manuk.
so saturated with was specially created by the are sure be can do no lasting Total proceeds of Raffle $614.25 lived in the bush (the bush, I your
573.10 believe, is a wonderful place to thing was Hongkong Government to release harm to the peace of Ireland. He Donations collected...
got ideas from) they used to hang slime and tar combined that wanted to test the temper of the it from its obligations and to people through the electorate,
Total $1,187.35 a big sheet up by the four corners things have come back from the put the owners out of Court. and now he has got his answer.
A draft for £133: 17. 8 has been to catob the rain. So I gave him laundry, a artistic grey colour.
The rain is still continuing, Mr. Moller must know that such It seems unlikely, though, that secured and will be sent to Lord what had been one of my boat No.
1 sheets, and we cortaioly caught hubby is still optimistio, and I ar thie schemer will accept the Knutsford immediately. legislation is common after wars'
definite defeat of his party-y,B
Mrs. Frost takes the opportunity the rain all right.. Talking of hoping to be able to go back to my and it must be equally apparent he would do were he genuinely of thanking all those friends who sheets, I rather expect to hear usual frame of mind after August to him that the Ordinance was working for the prosperity of his have helped her to collect this that grey bed linen is to be the is ended.
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