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WE WOUND OUR MODESTY, tion is the object, the revenue |
AND MAKE FOUL THE CLEARNESS must be insignificant. The same oF OUR DEDERVIKOS, WHEN OF old arguments. are involved in OURSELVES WE PUBLISH THEM. the problem, as these few obser-Shakespere. vations make clear. With Labour
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Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Rouse left! absolutely opposed to Protection by the President Grant for and the Liberals equally un-Shanghai to-day- sympathetic, we really cannot see how the Tarif Réformers hope to win.
A WEST RIVER TRIP. ALL ABOUT FORGERY.
"EVERYBODY OPIUM CRAZY."
(Our Own Correspondentă
INTERESTING LECTURE
HELENA MAY INSTITUTE. Mr. E R. Dovey delivered very interesting lecture an Forgery, Ancient and Modern” at the Helena May Institute Wushow, Oct. 30.
yesterday evening, and his so- The little West River motor dience greatly appreciated the boat was advertised to sail on informative way in which he Friday morning-quite a wond deal with his subject, which A meeting of the Board of arful event after a long "boatless" WAS illustrated with lantern Education is to be held at the interval since a private war stidas. The Hon. Mr. J.H Kemp. Sanitary Board Room to-morrow between two Kwangsi Generals presided. afternoon.
bad closed the waterway far
Forgery, as Mr. Dovey remark- some weeks previously..
ed, is no new thing; and he showed Then a hurried call on the that even the ancient, stone telephone informed me that the tablets of Egypt bare false în boat was going to start at once, scriptions. Forgeries bad been and, finging the last of my detected also in manygmediasval possessions into their respective parchment manuscripts. In those makes the outrage on Saturday The engagement is announced trunks, I made my way to the days the subjects of falsification night more serious still, and adds of Miss Muriel Yvonne Denison. Bund, where the motor boats were chiefly historical records, to the list of murders (and at-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Afanchor close to the Customs but nowadays the field has become tempted murders) in Hongkong Denison, to Capt. E. C. Cross, at Pontoons, only 10 bear as much wider, so that certificates, with an obviously political motive. present acting A.D.C. to H.E. the usual that arrangements had cheques, receipts, and various We have previously written on Governor.
again been changed and we were legal documents come in for Nthis subject, denouncing the use
Passengers departing by the M Local Political Outrages. a. Teiresias for London included The death in hospital of Mrs. Mr. W. M. Pittendrigh and Mr. Chau Loo, wife of the Commis-D. M. Larkins.
Psioner of Finance at Canton,
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17, Connaught Road, Central,
Tel 1156
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 8th Nov. 1923.
ALL OVER AGAIN.
và
not to start until the next attention. ofs British Colony as the scene for. We are informed that the blue morning. It was too late to
Having given details of the Chinese political outragas, and we jacket who fell overboard from return home, so I stayed on methods employed by forgers, the cannot too strongly re-emphasise the launch Tommy Atkins, and board.
lectarer passed on to the means
what we have said before on the still missing, is named All night long the ding-ding- ot detection. In modern times. subject. It is unfortunate that the Richardson, and not Richards as dong, tootle-tootle of a Nanning forgery problems include the use local authorities cannot root out stated yesterday.
funeralceremony crashed through of invisible inks, the detection of all the plotters who abuse the
the darkness, and disturbed our allegedly antique" documents {Government's hopitality by using Mrs. Chau Loo, the wife of the fitful stambers, reminding us failure on the mainland, and a ton, who was struck by a bullet mixed with death," especially/origin of typewritten maiter, and w this place as an asylum after Commissioner of Finance in Can forcibly how truly All our life is and pictures, the tracing of the so forth. The lecturer gave an quiet spot where they can batch whilst landing from a steamer, when we travel by motor boat on instance of a deed dated two fresh schemes. There seems to has died at the Government Civil the West River.
hundred years ago, written with be 30 safety now for any Hospital. The boy arrested on
a quill pen and old ink, which prominen: Chinese visitor who
as detected to have been altered with a steel pen and modern ink. In the case of bandwriting, the
happens to have made political suspicion in connection with the affair was to-day charged with enemies, for if there is no-one murder and remanded. formerly in high office who can summon up enough pluck to com-
apparently always men who are
assassins. Mrs. Chau's "offence" was seemingly that she was associated with
of Dr.
have now had crimes per.
some
The dead man lying in his coffin in the centre of the great matshed, guarded by huge paper effigies of soldiers and horses, was killed only a few days ago on one of
taken into account.
At the conclusion the lecturer
It would appear that before Sun's activities in Canton. WeTheosophy."---The lecture is open a table playing Mah-jong with was accorded a very hearty vote sery lore the United Kingdom petrated by followers of both to all comers.--Adit. will once again be in the throes parties to the dispute: but we
very
hood which makes such villainies;
"
and
Crow
mit murder openly there are of the Hongkong Lodge of The the Military Governor, Lamshown to be a fascinating one, The usual weekly meeting the motor boats, which escorted study of probable forgeries was questions of phraseology, punčtua- Theosophical Society will be Chan-teng, and his party up the | willing to assume the role of hire held on Wednesday the 7th. inst river, to welcome ex-Governortion, and tricks of formation of at 5.45 pm at their Lodge, 16, Luk Wing-ting back to the city.letters, especially capitals, being Queen's Road Central Subject. This young general was on the The World Religions and deck of the second boat seated at
of thanks. his fellow officers, when he sud- denly fell forward upon the table. Im- There was keen competition yes-shot through the head. of a General Election with care not who they are, Sun's Tariff Reform as the main issue followers or Chan's, these assas-terday for a plo: of Crowe land mediately the men sprang to their appeal to the Chinese gentleman were searching sins should be given short shrift. situated on the new road from feet and dashed down to the hold, in the opposite cabin brought no before the electorate. Mr. Bald-It is a blo: on the fair name of Bowen Road to Wong Nei Chong dragging the unconscious man reply. They
Gap. The area is 30.150 square with them, only to find that he with trembling hands for the win has come out strongly for the Colony that a perfectly peace-feet and the upset price was was already dead, murdared by padlock of their door, ready to Protection, and he intimates that ful Chinese arriving from Canton the country must decide between this; and we
can be murdered in public like $11,530. Several Chinese ladies band of ex-soldier pirates who make a bolt down into the engine
naturally
attended the sale, and eventually had been waiting on shore for room. So without more ado we
found passengers and that policy and Free Trade after strongly resent the system of the lot was knocked down to the Governor and his party to followed the procession.
pass by. the opposing doctrines have been parts intrigue in our neighbour Mr. Li Hoi-tung for £28.100.
The unhappy incident has de already crouching down in the explained. So the prospects are
Amongst the passengers who layed Luk Wing-ting's return, engine room with axious, drawn that the issue fought out in 1906 Possible on our actual doorstep.
comrned to the Colony by the and the banners of welcome were looks, the man in the safest will be argued all over again. Hobbies.
Empress of Canada yesterday hanging limp and bedraggled and carners and the women at the on the triumphal unprotected tail end, close to the were Sir Claud and Lady Severn the leaves
door! 3 have withered when I left open On the last bccasion, the Free
There are some keen stamp and son, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
said before that Traders routed the Tariff Reform collectors in Hongkong (apparent Potter, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Re Nanning. But the city refused to it
topsy-turvy land, 80 I muchy not very many!) and alsomington, Mr. and Mrs. G. Duclos, be discovered-Luk would surely is
persons who find the time to Miss V. Capell, Mr. R. EO. Bird, come. Sooner or later he will suppose the rule here must be likelihood of that verdict being gather coins, picture postcards. Mr. H. C. Shrubsale. Mr. F. S. appear to be the deliverer of the "men and boys first," instead of and children. Three reversed in the coming elec-and so forth. There are, again, Harrison and Mr. A. H. Carroll.
city which has been so deeply women plunged in gloom and distress times we were told to take shel- tion. The arguments of the very many persons who have no
ter in the engine room and again hobby whatever unless it be
these past months. Protectionists to-day are precise-collecting what those who do
And General Lam will be the and again we saw robbers on Is what they were seventeen not possess it call "filthy" lucre.
first to welcome him. It is well-shore, but they didn't fire, and known that General Lam has been some way below Tang Yuen a years ago. The conflict between But we have it on the recent
in a most difficult position for villainous old follow rowed a authority of 1 the opposing schools is just as
great scien- tist that everyone should bare
many months, unable to leave sampan alongside, someone step- Bcute as ever it was there is a hobby of some kind, so as to YESTERDAY'S HEAVY MAIL without money to pay his men, ped on board and demanded sharp cleavage on fundamental keep himself, or herself, from This year's Christmas parcels unable to obtain money for his money to appease the robber principles: so keen, in fact, that going quite mad. Note the use of mail to the United Kingdom bids paper notes, which have steadily bands, for not being allowed to the differences are unlikely to be quite." This savant declares fair to be a record one, according fallen in value, aud in fear of his aftack the boat
As a matter of fact, these dis that every individual in the world to information gathered this life on account of constant plots is mad on some particular subject, morning by a Telegraph repre- and. sinister rumours centreing banded soldiers know better than to "kill the goose that lays the a so-called idiosyncrasy, and that sentative at the Post Office. around his yamen.
ers, and we cannot see
composed on a more question of
expediency.
It seems to us that the Protec:
be
XMAS PARCELS.
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arches
heard
China
The crew.
one out of every three persons is Yesterday was one of the busiest The past few weeks have been golden egg"-and it is far more a potential lunatic. He ascribes days ever spent by the parcels an anxious time for the people. worth their while to squeeze tionists spoil their own case when this prevalence of manis to the department, the Home mail per Bands of soldiers have raided the money out of these boats and to they declare that there is no harassing effects of modern the s.s. Nellore closing last even- villages, carrying off women and search for and make off with the intention of taxing either wheat civilisation andsuggests a hobbying. All day long there was a girls, and anything of value upon smuggled opium, which again as a useful way of diverting the constant stream of people posting which they could lay their hands. and again is so obligingly brought or meat. Why not? If the mind into other channels and parcels, the rush in the afternoon Inside the city walls a fight at to their haunts, than to kill off a chase the crew and to seize the boat principle is sound in regard to calming the nerves. So now we being so great that it was neces-the gambling booths. manufactures, surely it might be know why a philatelist is some-sary for a queue to be formed. through the streets, was enough with its one cargo.
times said to
"mad
on No fewer than 1,524 parcels were to set everybody's nerves throb- on the other hand, know that applied all round. It cannot
stamps."
We knew a youth posted for the U.K., and in addi-bing, and people would rush into opium is so valuable that it is be that the Mother Country is at school who beld the tion to this there was a heavy their houses and bolt the door. worth their while to go on smug- entirely dependent on foreign record for hobbies-he collected parcels post for Seattle, the total But "Lut is coming." and though gling, even though the Customs sources for her food supplies. postage stamps, coins, picture number of parcels posted during be still has his enemies the mass officials find some of the treasuṛ- postcards, cigarette pictures, geo- the day for these two mails alone of the people repeat those three ed stuff and the robber bands The Empire could produce all logical, botanical, and zoological being 1.743. The staff had to work words as if they were a sure make off with still more. There that is needed. Then what is specimens, matchbox labels, and until 1.45 this morning putting charm against further trouble and are secret stores which are never discovered by either and which the objection to taxing foreign a host of other things in fact. the parcels in bags and getting distress!
anything that anybody ever everything ready for sending the At dawn, with a mighty explo-amply repay their owner for the wheat and meat! The four collected. Later, with the op bags on board the boats to-day. sion of crackers, the funeral loss of a portion of his booty.
At Tang Yuen, another boat, presumably, that the price to the portunity of becoming a lawyer, This year the Christmas parcels procession emerged from the mat- consumer will rise. If that is he chose to become a journalist, mail has been divided into three shed and about the same time caught us up and reported that the real reason for declining to so perhaps some will say that in order to avoid congestion. The this little motor boat began to she had been fired upon st proved he was insane. He now ss. Caledonia went home on throb and quiver, and finally made Ping Naam, where the soldiers put the tax on, it kills the Pro-collects books and curios, and wo Friday last carrying 1,096 parcels, up its mind that it was really had tried to commandeer the boat, but let her go when. tectionists arguments that a believe finds occasional time for and the Nellore to-day takes 1,524, time to start.
Down the river we came, creep-the Captain said he had four tariff does not mean higher collecting a few friends and quite the total to date, therefore being prices and confirms the Free gumber of enemies." But we 2,610. The 5.5. Malwa, which ing over the Thousand LiShallows Roman Catholic priests on their
are digressing. What we meant leaves on the 15th. of the month, and emerging truimphantly into way to Hongkong,
Arrived in Wuchow, wo, found Traders' contention that the to suggest was that Hongkong is also taking parcels Home for deeper waters, but with dismay
heard sounds of rattling everybody anxious for news from consumer always pays the tax folk might like to know that of Christmas and this is also expected we in the long run.
every three of them, one is mad, to be a heavy mail, so that last chains and the splash of an up river. It is a well-known fact and in case each of us is the one, year's total of 2,713 will sasily be anchor as early in the afternoon that nothing but opium is at the Mr. Baldwin. We
see, also let us all turn to and collect passed and a new record no doubt as, 3.p.m. and found, alas, that bottom of these present incessant trots forward the old Tariff something, even if it be only our established. Over 250 of yester- rumours of robbers and pirates disturbances, both between Can Reform argument that the new
wits.
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THE HOUSE THAT FAILED.
day's parcels were registered and lower down the river, had sapped ton and Kwangel, and between insured, whilst a large increase the courage of the pilot and crew, rival armies of Kwangsi soldiera.. revenue raised by the taxes.
was shown in the number of and they were afraid to proceed Everybody is opium-erary and will be available for develop-
duty prepaid parcels
further for fear of being unable to until the traffic is stopped, thers ment purposes. It would be] As architect, a stickler for The most popular gift sent find a safe anchorage at dusk.will be no peace between the two
Still more annoying was it the provincBS..
The two motor boats came into interesting. however, to learn purity of style, was employed by home appears to be mah-jong sets, how the proposed taxes are to be a Mr. Parvenu to design a house but the range of goods was an next morning to find ourselves
in Queen Anne style. As the build-extremely wide one, varying from suchored st Wang Chow at 1. p.m. Wuchow together one flying the fixed so as to permit, at one and ing neared completion, the client porcelain to tea and from silk to with no prospect of being able to British flag the other the the same time, of adequate pro- insisted, to the architect a horror cigars. Mr. Holdman, of the par- proceed until dawn of next day. American, and both having had On the fourth morning, my to pay large sums of money, twice tection to British trade and also that bow windows must be added; cels department, told a Telegraph
and all protests were in vain. The representative this morning that Chinese servant was astonished or three times on the way down the production of considerable hotely described by the accommodation of his office to see all the men passengers on in order to be allowed to pass revenue. If it is revende that is its creator as Queen Aune behind had never be anmore severely the, bost, filing past my cabin from Treaty Port to Trea
door, and down into the hold. An fin safety 12 songht, then British manufac and Mary Ann in front.