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|pollos fores" and an'anxious one for politicians, travellers by coasting vessels and owners of
It is, of course, unreasonable to expect the Government to main-
DAY BY DAY.
NEW FOG SIGNAL.
"THE BECKWITH BELL."
IMPORTANT SHIPPING
An
CASE.
SIMPLY BECAUSE 'A PELLOW (SOA, SaS property in general. It has to be
LISTENS TO YOUR TROUBLES- 19: admitted by now that the repre- NO INDICATION THAT HE IS IN- China Coast mariners who SEQUEL TO TUEN SANG- sentatives of law and order at TERESTED IN THEM Colemra bave occasion to use the port off MONTROSE COLLISION.
Hongkong have been placed the Colony's disposal are not in Cor.
under a debt of gratitude to
action in Admiralty sufficiant nambers to cope with
Commander Beckwith, our hard-Jurisdiction, before the Chief the situation created by the strife on the mainland and consequent pos have been reported during which an automatie fog signal is commenced this morning, as a Thirty-six fresh cases of small working Harbour Master for Justice, with Comdr.Q. W. Beck- having initiated a scheme by with B.N. sitting 63 assessôr, release of scares of armed ruffians the past three days. All were to be installed at Tathong Point. sequel to a collision between the from tamporary military service. Chiness.
On the suggestion of the local 55
Yuen Sang and the 3. | Chamber of Commerce, as a
Mantoria in Manila Harbour tribute to the good work done by during a typhoon, on Aug. 31st The Shanghai offices of the the Harbour Master during his 10, tain an army of policemen to Chins Coast Officers' Guild are term of office, this signal is to be The plaintiffs are the Indo- meet abnormal circumstances. now of No. 6 Yuanmingyuan known as "The Backwith Bell."China Steam Navigation Com- The remedy does not lis. with
Road (opposite Measīs. Andersen: These facts are disclosed in pany. They are suing the .. Meyer.)
correspondence of which we have Montrose for damages as a result anybody in the Colony. All we
just received copies from the of the collision, and the defen- can do is to keep ever on the
Hongkong General Chamber of dants. ага counterclaiming alert, and try to perfect our own
Mr. Karl A. Bickel, President Commerce. On July 3rd, the against plaintifs for damage system of crime suppression for of the United Press Associations, Colonial Secretary forwarded to alleged to have been done by the
of New York, has been on a visit the Chamber for consideration Yuen Sang, B instance by an early bringing to the Colony, accompanied by the Harbour Master's proposal. into operation of stringent and Mrs. Bickel
which was couched in the follow-
has been taken on commission, efficient piracy regulations.
ing terms
"Frequently it has happened The Captain of the Yuen Sang.
either in England or in Manila. When we have done all we can-
Sir Paul Chaser returned to the during 'foggy season that ocean however, will give evidence in and we have not yet-we can
Colony by the President Lincoln and coasting steamers are held Hook to
Hongkong. the other side to co yesterday. The Hon. Mr. P. B. up at anchor off Waglan and the [operate, if they want to. In this Kotewall and Mrs. Kotewall were entrance to the port of Hongkong Mr. Eldon Potter, E.C. (in- for a considerable period: 30 to structed by Mi. E. Davidson), connection, it is worth noting passengers by the same boat.
50 hours are recorded. It seems who is appearing for plaintiffs, that that wonderful get to-
to me that a great deal might be opened this morning The de- gether" inspiration which sud-|
done to overcome any A Chinese woman committed delay owing to fog, by installing F.C. Jenkin and Mr. Campbell long fance is being conducted by Mr. denly Dared up in Canton some suicide this morning. Her body on Tathang Point near the 'ses Prosser (instructed by Mr. G.G.N. time ago seems to have had a was found hanging from the door level an automatic bell that could Tinson.) remarkably rapid demise. Ap-of a cubicle in her home at No. be set to give four strokes per 37, Aberdeen Street. The motive minute, which would make this parently it was as insincere as is not yet known.
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FOOTBALL.
"ARMY DEFEATS NAVY.
A fine exhibition of the game timing gear. was seen at Sookynpoo yesterday A cylinder of gas would give whan the Navy and Army met some three months' continuous in the Armistice Day match. service and the radius of sound Both services fielded representa-
sound signal distinct from any other fog signal. The automatic fog signal, I suggest, is actuated We are asked to state that the by carbonic acid gas in a thing workable is at last to be Consul General for Portugal infeylinder. The charge forces Hongkong represented His Ex-the plunger to strike the bell introduced in this Colony, and cellency the Governor of Macao with considerable force and works when all the necessary mach-at the Cenotaph ceremony on with automatic inery has been assembled and Sunday morning. started-up, perhaps much of thei ovils of our time will pass... We DANIELS THOMPSON. -
The usual weekly meeting 3 to 4 miles. The cost of the in-tive sides, but the Army - with a On November 8, at H.B.M. Con can but wait patiently for the of the Hongkong Lodge of The stallation is quoted caf. Hong-large proportion of the King's sulate-General. Shanghai, by Mr. birth of a definite scheme, which, Theosophical Society will be kong at £908. If a ball of this Regiment proved to be the Sidney Barton, C.M.G. R.B.M. incidentally, should have been held at their Lodge, 16, Queen's nature is installed in the position stronger. The Army forwards Road Central, on Wednesday the named, it should be possible, I were in good shooting trim and Consul General, and afterwards introduced a full' year ago. or 14th. inst., at 5.45 p.m. Subject:consider, for ships making the each of them scored, while Lt. "Imagination.The lecture is part to pick up the bell. Bring it Jones, the Army centre, had a
ahead until some three cables off double. open to all comers. Adit
MARRIAGE.
at Holy Trinity Cathedral by the Very Rev. Dean C. J. F. Symous, more
M.A., Alan Joseph, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Daniels, London,'
to
England. Clarissa Berry: What Are Earthquakes?
daughter of the late Mr. and Mr. R.B. Thompson, of Skipton. Yorkshire. England.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 13th Nov, 1923.
· LAWLESS TIMES.
a
when Tathong point should be visible. Then edgo away slowly Although beaten by such
to the north west until of Tai large score, the Navy took the Major Nathan, who has just Mui Bay, where I propose to lead early in the game when The recent disastrous earth-retired as head of the Kailan rendezvous the pilots in fog, Holland only partly cleared s quake in Japan has given rise Mining Administration and who pick up pilot and proceed into shot from Burd and Balcombe to various expressions of opinion arrived in Shanghai last week on Hongkong."
running up bea: the Army keeper, as to the cause of great upheavals his way to England, had a great of this character. We notice send off from Tientsin on Novem- amongst those who have been ber 5th when one of the largest commenting од the subject gatherings ever seen assembled Captain T. J. J. See, of the United at the Tientsin East Station to States Navy, who seemingly has bid him adieu. studied the subject for very many years. He states that he has conclusively proved that earth-
crust, he states, is broken into
General at Canton. This
On July 29th, the Secretary of this, by the way, being the first replied to the Colonial Secretary season. The Army were all out the Chamber (Mr. D. K. Blair) goal scored against Holland this (to level up and Williams drove as follows I have the bonour the ball into the net, giving Logan to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 2210 1923 of the 3rd the Army took the lead through no chance. Before the interval, inst, inviting the views of this Jones, who beat Logan with a a proposal to fast shot at close range. Half-
Chamber as to
An impressive ceremony took instal an automatic fog signal quakes are caused by the leakage place on November 8th. in the on Tathong Foint.. My Committee time-Army, 2; Navy, 1. of the ocean, which goes on verdrawing room of H. M. Consulate have carefully considered the Now that the Armistice cele-slowly bu: finally attains such General. Shanghai. the occasion question and the opinion of Army in the second half soon Splendid combination by the power that a readjustment of the brations and public holiday have steam-saturated lave beneath the being the presentation of the in-several coasting masters has been enabled them to increase their gone by, one can come down to a earth's crust becomes necessary signia of the K.C.M.G. to Sir sought. The view is taken that lead, and Castleding, with a high installation would shot, gave Logan no chance. consideration of more mundane in mountain formation. The earth James Jamieson, H. M. Consul-while the
was be of doubtful benefit to ocean-From the centre kick, the ball things, and of closer concern to blocks by the adjustment of lava performed by Sir Ronald Macleay, going inward vessels, the masters was sent out to the left and the Colony. We cannot help beneath it, and in earthquakes.C.M.G., H. M. Minister to of which would be almost certain Couzens, racing through, beat dwelling most on the indications these blocks move at their cracks, of lawlessness in this place, and giving what the geologist calls faults. Those who hold this view the fact that we have never ex-contend that earthquakes are: perienced more lawless times. nature's method of mountain for- It is all very well to have a table mation, and that except for these of crime statistics stuck ander upheavals there would be no plateaux or table lands the globe)
China.
HOCKEY.
The following will represent
p.m.
110
Wednesday
at
to anchor well outside during Logan with a fine screw shot. fog, coasting, mastors would, on Keeping up the pressure, the the other hand, greatly benefit Army went further ahead when from the adoption of the Harbour Burnett, receiving from Cast- Master's scheme. My Committee ledine, easily beat Logan. The therefore supports the proposal Navy were by no means out of as an institution of much value." the picture, but they lacked On November 1st, Mr. Blair finish in front of goal. The sixth
net from a
centre
the eyes of enquirers which ap-would be a dead level Captain the Hongkong Hockey Club wrote to the Colonial Secretary and last goal was scored by pears to compare favourably with See points out that the island of against H.M.S. Diomede at 4.45 as follows:-"I have the honour Jones, who headed the ball into
Hondo has been gradually uplift-
the to refer to the Chamber's letter of the
by past periods or with other cities, ed from the sea, just as other U.S.R.CH. Roffey: W. H. 20th July, in reply to the Govern-Williams, Interest in the game but the truth is that violent Japanese islands have. They are Edmonds; G. Murray: E. L. Sim: ment's letter No. 2210-1923 of the continued and the ball was in crime does exist, and of a specialļa wall along the western border A. S. Hett; the Rev. N. Evans: 3rd July asking for the views of front of the Army goal when nature. We roight have occa-of the Pacific, just as the Andes C. R. Baron: J. Meacock. W the Chamber upon a suggestion Williams cleared in fine style. sional armed robberies in the big erected by the ocean along its Faers.
of South America are a wall Woodward: G. R. More: J. C. by the Harbour Master that an The final whistle sounded with
cities of the world, and when a eastern border. excepting that policeman has a running pistol- the Andes wall is now island. duel with a criminal it is suf- As the earth's crust is broken and yields easily for the adjustment ficient for a Press sensation," of lava beneath, earthquakes even in New York; but imagine continue to afflict Chile and Peru: what a stir would be created by just as they do Japan. According
to this expert's opinion, there can
LEAGUE CRICKET.
automatic fog signal be install- the Army winners by six goals to ed on Tathong Point. It is one. understood that the automatic "C" CO. KING'S «. HEADQES signal will come into opera-
"B" KING'S.
tion
on the first day of the
New Year and the Chamber The closing match in the Gar- desires to make the suggestion-rison League competition was
if it has not already occurred to played between these two teams
The following will represent the Government that the fog prior to the Navy v. Army match a full-blown piracy of Long be no permament relief for Japan the University Ist XI in a League signal be named 'The Beckwith and ended is a goalless draw. Island or the mouth of the OT account of her location match against C. R. C. Ist XI to Bell. Commander Beckwith has After the match, H. E. The Gov Thames! In Hongkong we have Whether these opinions are be played on the latter's ground accomplished much in the direc-emor presented the cup to C..S. fresh in the memory two piracies soundly based is a matter for ex-on Saturday, the 17th inst. at tion of improving the Harbour and M. Barnett, Captain of Con perts to decide. That they are 2.15 p.m. sharp-Messrs. AA.its administration during the 18 winners of the Garrison League, within a short period of each interesting and will receive dueRumjehn, H. N. Baihetchet, E. K. years that he has been connected and medals to each player of both other, a political assassination, consideration in scientific circles Quick, M. H. Roffey, A. with the Department. His work teams. and a number of robberies by there can be no question. armed thieves who have not General Election. hesitated to fire on the police Apart from the view which when pursued. The average in-they hold on the tariff question, dividual judges the lawlessness there seems to be considerable. diversity of opinion at Home
DIOMEDE v. HOLLYHOCK.
In a Second Division game, on
Redmond, A. S. Helt. W. M. in relation to the maintenance, Gittins, T. O. Yeow, M. B. Osman, classification and organisation of C. A. Peterson and B. P. Ng.bouys since they were taken over Reserves:-S. Hachiums and D. by the Government has been the Club ground yesterday, the Laing.
efficient 8.3 entirely to move the apprehensive feelings 4 to 1. Sankey scored for the Diomede beat the Hollyhock by entertained by those interested
in shipping when the transferosers and Stapleton and Righ CEN
of a place by such events and amongst the various political tion, largely impelled thereto, we was first moated. It is assumed (3) for the winners. ~ not by statistics, even if worked parties as to the necessity have no doubt, by the presence that, in the ordinary course of desirability of an early General of Dominion statesmen in London. events, Commander Beckwith's
out to comparative percentages.
to
Election. Dissolutions are a raya the circumstances, therefore, term of service in the Colony the following terms With re It is an established belief upsetting to the business ac ivity we think that the only fair and will soon be drawing to a close, ference to your letter of the 1st. probably based on experience of the country, and in a case] that the criminal classes of this where tariff changes are the main honest thing to do is to consult and it is hoped that the Govern- November, 1923, 1 sm directed to Colony become more active in 18ue, that aspect is more than the electorate. It would belment will, agres as to the inform you that the Government. political appropriateness of permanently agrees that the fog signal at ever pronounced. The Baldwin something ski the later part of the year and Government is certainly depart trickery to begin imposing Protec-associating his name, in the Tathong Point should be called' just before the Chinese New ing from the late Mr. Bonar tive tariffs on an extended scale manner suggested, with the "The Beckwith Bell'His Br Year; in other words, during our Law's policy of tranquility and without first sounding public Colony and particularly with the cellency the Governor hasteceived
non-interference with existing opinion on the subject. As we Harbour." winter season. We can, therefore, conditions. It has made a very
see matters, a Dissolution is The Colonial Secretary replied tribute to Commander Bookwith's inevitable: expect a lively time ahead for our positive declaration for Protec-
with pleasure your Chamber's
✅lunder date of November 6th, Inservices,