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INTO CHINA
We are also glad to see that PRINCE, WHAT A HAFFY WORLD INTRODUCING NEW IDEAS
Jankes the acquisition of the military IT WOULD lands is likely to expedite the Slumper. laying down of that much-need-
Mr. Chan Harr returned by the ed bill tramway to Magazines. President McKinley yester Gap So many "honses i have Į day. sprung up in that locality, and
Senhor F. Anacleto da Silva, so many new slies are being
senator of Macao, is to leave for opened up there, that the seed Lisbon on the P. and D. liner for some such system of trans-Naldera on Saturday, portation is becoming growingly
FORGED NOTES.
JUDGE DISAGREES WITH JURY.
At the Griminal Sessions this morning, before the Chief Justice, a Chinese named Li Ping, who {"TELEGRAPH" INTERVIEW)»
said he had been a soldier in There is at present staying in Canton, was indicted for uttering Hongkong, Mr. P. H. Reimer, forged banknote on February the Far Eastern representative 11th and for having in his posses-, of The International Harvester sion nino other forged notes pur- Company, of Chicago, and if porting to be notes of the Banque over any commercial venture de l'Indo Chine. He pleaded not in Chins was full of interest, guilty. then it surely is that being Mr. H. K. Holmas represented The Cheung Chow Government sponsored by Mr. Reimer. As is the Crown, and, opening the case, jurgent. It is to be hoped that School is holding its annual perhaps well known, the Interna-said that accused attempted to the survey now being carried out sports meeting on Saturday. Mrs. tional Harvester Company, with change a five-piastre note with a will result in an early start being Alabaster is to distribute the subsidiary companies in Australia money changer in Queen's Road
and Great Britain, are the largest West. made with this much overdue prizes.
The changer looked manufacturers of agricultural im-closely at it and formed the project.
Chinese P. O. Bank-
In the Bogey Pool Competition, plements in the world, and the opinion that it was a bad one. played at Fanling on 15th, 16th task of Mr. Reimer is, purely The police were called, and, and 17th inst. Messrs. T. G. Ben- and simply, to attempt to induce asked if he had any further notes, nett and J. P. Warren divide the Chinese agriculturists to forsate prisoner said he hat not. Nine It is possible to read something pook both 2 up.
their age-old ways of tilling the others were found and he was soil and adopt modern and more charged. Prisoner told the police of the political, social and financial situation of a country in
that be had won the money at
graphs, tell almost to the day his 79th year. when some crisis, some minis-!
J.
The death occurred at Christia- efficient methods. its statistics of bank deposits, nia on February 10th of Mr. J. The agricultural methods of fantan in Canton. At the Police the Chinese have remained Court, after evidence bad particularly those of the small M. Dase,late Commissioner und investor. One can, by tracing Chief Secretary of the Chinese unaltered for centuries; there is been given, prisoner made a division of the statement in which ha said MUSTARD & CO. the vari-coloured lines on official Imperial Maritime Customs, in still the
soil into little plots of he had bean а soldier irregular shape, the use of light Canton and had come to Hong- terial upheaval, or popular panic, A Canton report states that Dr. and unscientific ploughs that do kong for medical treatment. He little more than scratch the could not distinguish a good note- occurred. In the case of the Sun has accepted the resignation Chinese masses, one can gather of Yeung Sai-ngam as chief of surface, the gathering of the rice from a bad one, and he did not how far westernising influences the Opium Suppression Bureau hand-in fact, agriculture is still
erop by hand the threshing by } make the notes bimself.
A member of the staff of the and foreign-controlled institutions and appointed Tunk Chak-yee as
an antiquated and primitive Banque de l'Indo Chins stated are gaining the confidence of the his successor.
industry.
that the notes were very clever BOWDLER-On March 18th. People by this same scrutiny of
ACTUAL DEMONSTRATION. forgeries. at Fung Shui, the Peak, Hong-the nations' small savings. Such Injured by a blasting charge, a
"It is our endeavour.” said
Prisoner did not cross-examina kong, Anne Bowdler, widow of a means of drawing conclusions Chinese mason in the employ of
Mr. Reimer to is provided by the report of the Wong Yick, contractors, was re-
Telegraph any witnesses, and, asked if he the late Edward Bowdler, form: Chinese Post Office Savings Bank, mordd to the Government Civil representative to-day, "to io had anything to add to his state- erly Surveyor General of this the fourth issue of which has just Hospital yesterday. The accident benefits of better methods. China he only wanted to say that troduce to the Chinese the ment to the police, he said that Colony. Funeral at St. Johns come to hand. We can only occurred at Yaumati. Cathedralon Wednesday at 4.30.
is the only country in the world Re W29 deceived by others regret that this report is ex- tremely belated, as it deals with
where we do not sell our goods.and that if he was put in prison There were 34 cases of small- We think it is only a matter of he would not be satisfied-- the eleventh year of Chung-hua por notified last week, one being time, although ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Min-kuo (1922), and trefore British and the
the bigges: (Laughter). Mr. Fred. Fisher and family sheds no light on the working of Other communicable diseases in- rest Chinese.
handicap is the abundance of Summing up, his Lordship said beg to acknowledge with grate the institution since the removal claded four cases of cerebro-argaments do not have very much The jury had to be satisfied that cheap labour. Labour-saving it appeared a very simple case. ful thanks the floral tributes and of foreign control. It is pointed spinal fever, with two deaths. letters of condolence sent in their out, however, that, in spite of the
weight, but we are certain that prisoner knew the notes to be sad bereavement, and to thank unsetled
the the Chinese can largely increase forgeries. When those who attended the funeral.
consequent cessation or disloca-several of the main thoroughfares really turned. the sub-soil is was a forgery, he tried to leave A Canton report states that their output. The soil is never changer told him that the note tion of communications, it is there are now being used for practically untouched and we the shop. He denied that he had possible to record an expansion the training of Hananese and are here to see if we cannot any more and nine others were in almost every branch of the Honamese troops, with the result persuada savings bank work.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 19th March, 1924
OUR NEW LANDS.
conditions. with the
Varying Popularity.
money
them to turn to found. Had they any doubt that
that traffic is greatly obstructed. modern methods. There is he knew that they were forgeries ? only one way of teaching them If they had, they should return The report shows that whilst The Finance Department in and that is by showing-by taking a verdict of not guilty, but other- in many districts of China the Canton is stated to have accepted implements out into the country wise, if they were satisfied that Post Office savings bank enjoys the tender of a syndicate which and demonstrating what they can his attempt to get away was be great popularity, it is not so well will be granted the privilege of do. That is what we are doing.cause he knew the note was supported in some parts of the collecting taxes on aerated waters We let them cultivate one haif forged, they should find him country owing to the rate of on payment of a sum of $15,000 acre by their methods and we guilty. interest being much lower than per annum.
caltivate one half by ours, and The jury retired to consider One of the most satisfactory that offered by native banks and
the difference in yield is tremend-the case and on their return the aspects of the statement made money shops. All the same, it A fine of $1,000 or six months ous. In Korea, the Japanese Foreman (Mr. Orton) said that were not satisfied that yesterday to a Telegraph repre- is felt that the P. U. bank system hard labour, was to-day inflicted have purchased large quantities they sentative by Mr. Fletcher in is becoming better known and on the returned Chinese emigrant of modern agricultural imple-prisoner was aware that the note
more greatly appreciated every arrested on board the President ments and the result has been a was a forgery. regard to the future of the
His Lordship thereupon dis year. This is horde-out by the Wilson in possession of two great increase in production. The | military lands is that those figures quoted. It was found in pistols and several rounds of use of modern implements has charged the prisoner, but said ho helped to open up the country felt it his duty to point out to the upon which no buildings stand 1922 that, owing to the unsettled ammunition.
state of the country everywhere,
and to bring other improvements, prisoner that he was a very will be taken over at the the public in general abstained Mr. H. E. Byram, President of because they have had to extend fortunate man. His conduct, ir bis earliest possible moment by the trom other
investments and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. railway lines to bring down the Lordship's opinion, was wholly in- local Government. It is further placed their money in the Post Paul Railway, arrived here yes-grain from districts that were but consistent with innocence, and be felt it was in the interests of indicated that some of these office savings bank for safe terday in the President McKinley. poor producing districts before.
- We custody, evidently having come He is accompanied by Mrs. Byram
are trying to work the whole community to say 80. will in all likelihood be sold in to recognise the absolute security and Miss Helen Byram. The trip through the educational centres, The following persons consti- the near future-a circumstance of their deposits when entrusted Mr. Byram is making is purely too. To the Canton Christian tuted the jury-Mesars. T. Orton
The total one of pleasure.
College we have supplied aforeman), M. Pollock, C. M. de which should result in something to that institution. going into the credit side of as 334 at the end of the year number of such savings banks
plough, a cultivator and a mower S. Alves, F. G. Wakefield, H. J.. In our reference on Monday to and the students of the College H. White, C. L. Packe and C.-I. our account with the War Office. under review, and the deposits the increase in the price of petrol see these things at work and da Roza. At the same time, it would were, in big dollars, $4,125,539.30 | we stated that the price had been know how superior they are over lap increase o! 62 per raised $1 per case of four Imperial the old methods. At Nanking obviousis be foolish to flood the
over 1921); whilst the gallons. This, of course, should University we have done the market with huge new areas, withdrawals, in big dollars, have been per case of eight same." which procedure would have the amounted to $3,021,074.41 (an in- Imperial gallons", as we first COMMUNITY BUYING, eflect of interfering, with the crease of 73 per cent). The num-reported on Saturday.
Asked about-the obstacle of normal revenues from land sales from 13,863 to 20,378. The deposits ber of depositors had increased
expense, seeing that Chinese Judgment was given for the farmers are; for the most part, The authorities will no doubt in small coin were approximately defendants, the Tong Choong poor people, Mr. Reimer admitted As announced yesterday, the follow a policy of caution in this $1,000,000, The figures might[Company, in the missing log case that community purchasing"American naval aviators who regard, although some of the seem ridiculously smail in view which was heard in the Supreme would have to be gone in for. He have started on a round-the-world of the vast population of China, Court yesterday. Mr. Justice instanced how one village P fight will touch Hongkong in the sites needed for residential pur- but when one nnds that the num- Gampertz, before delivering his North, desirous of irrigating some course of their long voyage. poses should come into the ber of depositors and amount in-judgment, congratulated Mr. R land rather far away from the Local advices have been received market as soon as circumstances vested bas
multiplied several E. A Webster on the manner in river, bought a pump. It belonged to the effect that the sviators times within but three and a half which he had conducted the case to the village as a whole, and in-will come here after touching st justify the step.
years, one realises that there for the plaintiff firm, the N. V. stead of the old method of pump Amoy, being due sometime in might be unlimited possibilities Dr. Lam Yua Hie Houtcon- ing up water by treadmill and May.
It will be especially interesting to see what happens to the site of the Military Sanitorium at Magazine Gap, which is now being pulled down. Por very many years this building has remained idle and unoccupied, the reason being,
cent.
ahead, for the Chinese, as a race, cessies. are exceedingly thrifty,
OBITUARY.
MRS. ANNE BOWDLE
R.A.M.C. CONCENT.
ENJOYABLE EVENING AT MILITARY HOSPITAL
:
COMING
TO HONGKONG.
THE ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT.
out-of-the
Way
hand affairs, the villagers had
We are informed that for this their land watered just by setting fight Gargoyle Mobiloil "B", the pump in motion. They had supplied by the Vacuum Oil Com all shared the expense and were pany, will be used exclusively. now sharing the benefits. SomeThe supply of the huge quantity thing similar could easily be done of oil needed, in many cases at in the way of implements.
points, is a In conclusion, Mr. Reimer said big task, and one on which the we believe, that it was long One of the Colony's oldest
he was convinced that if modern success of the flight will depand The 27th Co. R.A.M.C. arranged methods of agriculture could be It was a case of putting as the regarded as an unhealthy spot. residents, in the person of Mrs.
a delightful entertainment y ester- The locality has, however, long Anne Bowdler, passed away at day evening which was given, by widely introduced into Chins the disposal of the U. 8. Government
her residence, Fang Shui," since lived down that name, The Peak, yesterday, at the ripe the permission of the Command-Country would stand to gain great distribution facilities capable of benefits and could become one of providing oil of the correct grade mainly due, no doubt, to the age of 82 years. She had beening Officer, at the Military Ho the greatest producing countries on time and on short notice at all bullsh-training which has been confined to her bed since July spital. The hall had been taste of med
essential points along the route carried out in this neighbour-her mental faculties to a remark-
last, but up in the last retained fully decorated for the occasion, An item that was much ap-
Isid out, not on a basis of com- **Waterloo," Bir encores. Mr. Annis also
mercial activity, but purely on s hood. In point of fact, this is able degree. She was the widow of preciated was
vocal basis of providing enough landing one of the most desirable sites Mr. Edward Bowdler, who was for Arthur Conan Doyle's playlet, tributed capably to the on the island. It is situated several years Surveyor General this Mr. Charles Olive dis- part of the evening, and Miss places about the earth to make tinguished himself; and in the Conway gave some pleasing the trip practicable-the route of Hongkong. For very many
Mr. Allcock carries the fliers to parts so re close to the motor road, stands years she was keenly interested Part of Mathias in "The Bells," pianoforte pieces. on a billock with a magnificent in Church affairs, being a regular given. later, Mr. Olive again supplied soms greatly appreciated mote that in some instances the view of the southern side of attendant of St. John's Cathedral, exhibited his dramatic talent. humorous items, and musical points are reached by one ship & to which she donated a basutiful Others who ably assisted in the interludes ware given by a clever year; in others by two; in some Hongkong and the islands be-alabaster reredose which was play let were Miss Pearl Ogilvie, amateur band. The accompanist by one-still at these points
and Messrs. ́G. · White. yond, and, furthermore, it is dedicated some two years ago.."
and was Mr. Licence, and the stage Mobiloil B" in properly sesied C. Stewart Mrs. Clements manager Mr. J. K. McCurrach, containers will await the arrival below the normal fog-line. The The funeral takes place at
supplied some of the most enjoy-The whole programme was a of the fliers and will guarantee area is very considerable and Happy Valley 15.30 p.m. today, ble Items of the evening, the huge enjoyment for the patients, that from the lubrication stand-
previous to which there will be little expense would be needed service in the Cathedral at 4.30 audience being wholly captivated the hospital staff, and their point at least the Libarty engines
by her singing, and insisting on frie
Ewill not fail them. for sito preparation. As a spot-p.m.
eon-
i