Qualified
Sight Testing
with Modera
Equip-
ment
SNUVZV-
Ophthalmic
Optician
12 Quain's Rd.
Central.
The Only Europaan
Opilaian in the Colony.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
三溪遡鹿雙十月正英麵
MEDICAL CONFERENCE.
DISTINGUISHED GATHERING
UNIVERSITY.
AT
upon and their history, when told, finda roady care.
Ho
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
YAUMATI FERRY.
NEW BOAT ON THE RUN.
21.
1925
**
**BREEZE" AT OPIUM CONFERENCE.
AMERICANS RESENT BRITISH STATEMENT.
A paper road in the Anthro- pology Section this morning was Koonly listened to, it being on Hongkong and the Son," iho
The now Yaumati ferry left the author boing Dr. Williame, Kowloon dry docks yesterday, Professor of Geology at Van-and mada hor official trial trip in couver University, who fe in the the afternoon, when a speed of
Gonova, Jan. 20, Colony making a geological 10 knots was obtained.
An incident arose at the Opium survey of tho Now Torritorico, commenced hor regular service Conference this morning from the rocont dis- this morning at 8.40 a.m.. from Mr. Stephon Porter, who vote- told that
romarks of the American delegate, covery of fossils in the New Yaumst!, and is a vory smart Territories had enabled the age looking boat, vory much like themently denounced the statement of cortain rooks in the Colony to Star Forrios,
by Lord Cecil that the uso of and painted bo dofinitoly fixod. Chinese similarly.
opium in America was great The actual working)corsion of tinued right down to the 14. Con
Hitarature had been of little Mr. Lau, the managar of the than in India, as a slander on the joint conforonce of the Hong-tury A.D., whilst further American
assistance to the gologist in
Amoricans. kong and China branch of the plants wora introduced in the
Hongkong-Yaumatt Ferry Com South China although tnøy know
Lord Cooll immediately apolo- British Medical Association and 16th. and 17th Conturice. Ho
pany, states that threo other the Chine Medical Missionary gave many examples of how that at one time t had hoon sub ferrios of the same type will vory isod, and said he must havo bo ou merged. The discovery of those
soon be completed. When they
LECTURES AT THIS MORNING'S SESSION.
kong University this morning, their foreign origin. Alfalfa was and it was a memorable gathering introduced because it was necess. Certain granite rocke to be placed
The
D.
rocks
Woru
word
of
a
misinformed,
Mr. Porter doclared that the
tho
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PIRATE LAIR RAIDED.
"HONG HWA" ROBBERS CÀUGHT.
HONGKONG POLICE JOIN EXPEDITION.
The long arm of the law has reached the pirates who carried out the successful coup on the steamer Hong Hwa, bound for the Colony from Singapore last wook with Chinese dock passengers returning to spond their Now Yoar's festival in China. In oporations carried out
by Chinoso soldiory during the wook-and, in conjunction with Hong-
rangoa" piracy, and the Sub-Chief in the "Bui An" affair-was shot dead in a revolver battle. The operations, which extend over an area of 15 square miles, are continuing.
messages have come from the #poak of Chinese medicamente, one time boon laid down in the INTERPORT FOOTBALL. advocated international co-opera-pirate hordo was
This
Annociation oponed in the long. Chinoso plant namas indicated fossils had enabled the date of commence to run, he will ondoav-United States dologation was un-kong Polico officials, in the districts round Biss Bay, where the of talent from all over the Forary to grow it for the Parsian/in the Mesozoic Age, a difforonca/our to confino the new boats to able to agree with the proposals! Pirates had landed with their booty, aovonteon of the desporadoes the botter-class passenger trade, of the British dologation.-Reuter. word captured, and anothor-beliovod to be the Chief of the "Hyd- Кане.
foodstufTe, porishable horeas which wore bought by an involving millions of years, for a while Government's Emperor in 500 A.D). Myrrh. Previous lack of ovidence had pigwash and coolios will be Tho Chinose
of aloor, opium and jasmin wore all placed them in a much earlier
oncouraged to tho oldori interest in
advance tho
oldost rocks in boats, some of which, however, Wostern medical science in the introduced into Chinn, whereas period.
now placed will be
withdrawn for othor country has been extended to peachos, apricots, Indian poara, the Colony
pro- glacial ago, sarvicos. this conference in Hongkong, singer and rhubarb were Chinese in
products given to the outside These and it has eent congratulatory world. The speaker went on to sedimentary nature and had at
Thaso messages and exhibits. Chief Executive, H. E. Tuan Chi as prepared from certain roots 500 just as mud was laid at the jui, and from the Ministry of and fish, adding that although bottom of the sOG now. Foreign Affairs, and were brought China had contributed so mu h meant that there had boon rapid
MONDAY. in the early days, she had con- oresion on the land. down here by Dr. Robert 3. Kributed little to medicine in the action had then predominated.
The public will regret to loafn Lim. Visiting Professor of Physiology at the Poking Union scientific era. Securing know-but whether explosive or of a
ledgo from one school and an- fiosure nature it could not ba that the intorport football match Medical Collogo. Thoy waro read at the opening of the con-other, and going back to their said, and lava had flowed over between Hongkong and Shang- Later thero was bai will not now take place on forance, and have boon translated various provinces, Chinese youths this area. by Dr. Y. T. Lin for reproduction.
were preparing themselves to evidence of explosive volcanic Saturday, as arranged.
Owing to the lato arrival of Wo regret that exigencies of take up the great medical work action. One geologist had found
that awaited them. Ho believed at Mire Bay a boulder which the Empress of Australia, the spadu do not permit publication there was no greater force in the was evidently of the Paleozoic game has had to be postponed
until Monday, the 26th instant. in full, but the following are sum-world than that of the advanco of Ago.
The Chief Executivo mentions the knowledge of medicine.
ANOTHER ROBBERY,
marios:
at the outset that medicine was
the first of the scioncos to bo
studied, and in the ancient Chi-
ANTHROPOLOGY.
Volconio
Thon thoro onsuod a period of olevation and Hongkong as wo know it now bogan to take shapo, this volcanic, period of notivity
In tho Anthropology Section, beginning in the Mesozoic Age:
POSTPONED UNTIL
MONEY-CHANGER
VICTIMISED.
This
of
SUCCESS MOST IMPROBABLE.
Gonova, Jan. 20. At this afternoon's Opium Conference, Mr. Clayton
For obvious reasons, the ox- these prisoners, of property of (India) urgod that
chlof problem was contraband, and pedition planned against tho Singapore origin.
preserved a
PIRATE CHIEF KILLED. tion to deal with this. Ho sug-loloso occret and it was not until It gested that in the avout
was in the fairly largo that an Americans not withdrawing their the rotura innt night of the town of Fanlokong
Incident of great importance proposals, the president of the officials concerned that the fast for tha Conforonco should
polloo authorities decide the was made known that Mr. A. took place. Information had boon matter.
Dr. Alfred Sze (China) and Mr. Perduo (the Director of Criminal received that one of the houses MaoWhite (Irish Frao Stato)up Intelligence), Captain Bloxham was occupied by a pirate of great ported the American proposals.
reputa, and a strong party of (in charge of Piracy Provention soldiere, led by the police officials, The prosidont- adjourned tho
moasures), Mr. Booth, (thomado their way to the place at dobate.
After Mr.
Fortor's speech Assistant Captain Superintendent four o'clock yesterday morning. morning
A littlo timo alapsed after one of tho prospects of Police), with Dotective Inspec- the party bad given a knock at of success of the Conference are very meagro. Indeed the British tor Pincolt and a number of the door when it was suddenly dologaton have arranged to leave Chinese, had boon engaged in a oponed to rovoni a man standing in on Jan 24th. Mr. Porter's Aposch clean-up during the week-end of and pistol in althor hand. He the doorway with a, revolver unfavourably impressed tbo nono ora the scholars of the coun-Dr. Davidson Black, of Taking and ending in the tertiary period
British, and unless the Americans the villages in which those pirates opened fire from those weapons in try had written medical trostisos
modify their attitude an agree-wore known to have nindo their an attempt to break through tho A darink and mastored the working of the Union Medical College, opened Erosion was always more activa
woment will be impossible.
cordon, and was met by a valley pulse. In the quaint style of the session with a paper on the following olovation. The mount perpetrated in Connaught Road
The thorniest problem is tho
of shots, one of which struck Chineno motaphor he goes on to reoont work in the field of prehis-ains wore formed by elevation of Went last night, at about 7.30 chnico botacon the American CHINESE COMMANDER IN him in the thigh. Later, he
rooks from the son bed and orosion p.m., when flvo armed
was dispat shed with a describe the coming of Western toric anthropology in China,
mon suggestion that dealings in opium Dr. Black is himself a noted modelled thom. This weathering autored the Shiu Koo money shall coase within filtoon years
fired by a soldier, but not practice, and the oxperimental work of scientific investigators, worker in this field and illustrat-and erosion had continued till changing shop just
the from ratification of the present The expedition left Hongkong before he had auccealed in killing Ho was a and concludes with a wish thated his romarks with a large num- the prosent day.
proprietor was about to leave the convention and to British pro-in a Government tug on Saturday one of the soldiers. The question arose: Why was oop with the day's receipts. It posal, cabled yesterday, which and first wont to Mirsman of a better type than tho this is the boginning of a mille.ber of interesting slides.
Aftor dealing with nium of ponco.
the our present shore where it was? is said that three of the robbers makes it dependant on China's Bay, whore details of the expedi. other pirates, was well drossod and theories of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs findings
He had found certain heaches produced revolver whilst the unppression of internal production tion, planned in conjunction and always want about in socke workers in the field in the Colony which were small others drow daggers as the leader and traffic-Reuter Honds mouage signed by the early Vice
Ministor, Mr. Shen Jui-lin, of anthropology and describing and indications that they bad not shouted "Hands up! Only the who, in similar coromonial lan- the early radiation of mammals, buon long there and he considered proprietor and a foki were in the guage, praises the art of medicine he throw on the sorcon maps of that the present shoro line had shop at the time and they had and axproses host wishes for Asia in prehistoric times. The risen is a recent period of time no option but to surrender.
Opening the cash box, the of the Hongkong earlier of thong all showed that and it was probable that Hong-
the greater part of what is known kong tad boon soparated from robbers quickly got away with The Chinese Ministry of the as the China Sea was land which the mainland more-recently than $129 in Cantonese money and $70 TONNAGE Interior, through Dr.. C. E. Lim, joined up with the Phillipines,had Fortnosa.
in Hongkong currency. No arrests | I Hongkong and the Ladronas have got been made. one of the first graduates of Borneo, Java, Sumatra and the
species of the University, has sent for Present Malay Peninsula and had been found a
of butterily пли on The Lad- exhibition a handsome showcase which is given the name
Cathaysia. It also showed the rones a now species of monkey containing specimens of vac. Russian Soy dividing Europe and also large numbers of cinoa
prepared and Seruma
from Asia. Later slide showed plants which pointed to Contral Epidemio Provention Burosu at Peking, the shaping of the land as we probability that the separation
was in the tertiary period.
Recently the P.W.D. and the Admiralty had carried out boringa.
the succes confarronco.
robbery
08
home.
CHARGE.
BURNING PROPOSAL
shot
with the Chinese authorities, and shoes, being thus different wore perfected. Word was taken to from the other villagers, who are Hung Sau-lin, one of Chan King- usually baro-footed. His parti- ming's Gonorala in charge of theipation in the Hong Hwa piracy WORLD'S SHIPPING district, of the coming of the remains a mattor for conjecture, Hongkong officials and the com- but police officials had wanted mand of the actual expeditions him for a long time, as ho was FLUCTUATIONS. against the pirates was given to known to have engineered and ono of the General's Commanders, led the piratical coup on the London, Jan. 20.
Wong Fook-chi, who had pre-Hydrangea and was a sub-chief Lloyd's Registered annual viously distinguished himself in in the Sui An caso. summary of shipbuilding shows similar oporations against the that 924 mercantile ve sols were pirates. Soldiers were picked up Inunched throughout the world in from a number of villogos, and 1934, of a tonnage of 2,247,000 of the total strength omployed Ono houso which was known which the output in Great Britain against the pirates amounted to to bo owned and tonanted by the and Ireland WLA 1,439,000, some 260 men. A number wore pirates was burnt down at Kwei- Germany 193.000 United States taken on board the tug and lator chow during these oporations. 139,000 Japau 72,000, and Holland loft in junks for their des- The question was debated of in the harbour and their results New York have, we learn, effect. 63,000, being a not increase tinations. Another detachment burning down certain housea showed that there was poat below ada sale of their property at compared with 1923 of about worked round overland, and con- tenanted by pirates in Fanlokong
duo antirely the harbour at from 43 to 100 feet West Point to the China Pro-605,000,
to an vorged on the first of the villagosan woll, but the idea had to bo He romarked that if the theory down. This had once beon at the vident Loan and Mortgage Co. Britain and Ireland setting off operations,
increase of 794,000 in Great marked down for the combing abandoned as this could not be dano without imperilling tho
by tho
know it today. This bureau is under the control
Coming to rosuits of recent re- of a bear consisting of foreign. trained Chinese as well as foreigasearch, Dr. Black told of great medical men. It works along the finds that had been made in the lines of the bost laboratories in Gobi Desort, traces of wars un Western countries. One of the known to history.
experts who adviso in the work in
thio
WEST POINT PROPERTY DEAL SALE OF STANDARD OIL
CO'S LAND.
The Standard Oil Company of
ABANDONED.
Professor Ton Broeck of the that the migration of mammalalevol of land. It took some time Ltd. of which Mosare. Showan. the decronso of 179,000 abroad| HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCH other houses in the strong wind
Vockefellor Institute. Agencies
oxtat in most of the important cities of North and Central China, and similar ones are shortly to bo
established in the South.
TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
OPENING ADDRESS.
and people was correct, then the for plants to decay and form the Tomos Malay Peninsula ought to prove peat and therefore not only had valuable field for prospecting there been a settling of 100
but With that idea in view, he went fest,
pausos
in tho
and Co. Bro general managers.
The purchase price is not disclosed. to Siam a littlo while ago to process. Cloy had boon found The property is at the tramway survey the country to catinate bolow tho poat. The ohango. terminus, with a
valuable soD the chances of successful pro-liko that in North America, had frontage, and is about 60,000 specting. In a boat he made probably been brought about by a square foot in area. It comprise the trip down tho Me rise of tho soa bod rather than a Ping gorgos
godowns and other buildings and to Bangkok, but sinking of the land,
a big wharf, and these promises did not moot withi
Prof. Daly, of Harvard, was BUCCOBB.
Kroat
godowns at Wost Point.
AFTER FIVE YEARS.
EX-SERVICE MEN WIN RECOGNITION.
Ireland
Leaving the Chinese soldiery
including 164,000 in Garmany.
that was then blowing over this The tonnage has decreased by At nine o'clock on Sunday orowded town. noarly 4,900,000 compared with morning, tho tug had arrived at the record year 1919, when 7,145.-Bias Bay, where a number of the
The saventoon captured pirates 000 tona were launched.
wore turned over to the Chinone soldiers and the Hongkong police commander, and a short shrift The output of Great Britain and officials were landed. A bouse-to-probably awaits them after the owners residing abroad.
included 211,000 for house search carried out in the military trial at Walchow, where
village of Nimshan resulted The tonnago under construction in the capture of one of the
they have been taken. throughout the world on Decom- pirates. Four others were taken In the gorges be found of opinion that at one time cool will form a valuable addition to her 31st. was 2,470,000, a not in Kwelchow, whilst twelve more to continue the operations, the numbers of cavos that at first foot of ocean had boon gathered ofthe China Provident Co's prosent increase of 26,000 compared with mon were added to the list of police officials returned by tug. A In the course of to-day's open-appoared ideal for working. On the poles in the form of ice and
twelve months before, a decrcass prisoners in subsequent oper- arriving here last night. ing address on "The Relation- closer inspection it was found that the rolonse of this had given
of 08,000 in Great Britain and ations. A strong place of evidence The operations are carried on ships in Medicine botwoon China that the natives had unfortunate rise to the ros.
boing offsot Ireland
by an was the discovery, on a number of over an area of 15 square miles. and the Western World," Dr. ly learned the user of gunpowder Dr. Williams exhibited a map
increase of 124,000 abroad. *Edward Hume. of Changsha, and the floors of the caves that showing what Hongkong would
The world's gross tonnage in stated that for 409 years pooplon promised so much were useless be like if the aga was 100 foot
June, 1924 amounted to 57,530,- of the modern Western world for bin work. Again, many of shallower. Tho sen ahore would
|000 con parod with 42,514,000 in had boon bartering their goods thom wore filled with Buddhist bo far away to the south naar the
Juno 1914 The former includes in China. Thoy had brought shrines that made prospooting groups of islands which exist Of twenty-one thousand ex-17,154.000 tons using oil fuel, and more than commodities: they impossible. Many of the pictures there to-day.
service mon tomporarily em- 6,000,000 tons of laid up through- had brought scientific Inter of the gorges, the caves and their He also mentioned the possible ployed in the Civil Service, thir out the world in July, 1924, over coares. Having traced the early Bhrinos particularly in-effect of the Canton River on teen thousand will henceforth be two-thirds of this being in the Hongkong and said, no far as he transferred to the permanent staff United States, but the United Dr. Black showed many pictures could find at present, at one time under an agreement between the Kingdom figures, which of the of fossil and skeleton finds in a stream of it paanod through Treasury and the Ex-Service than 700,000, havo Dynastic histories to the modern various parts of North China and what is now the harbour, another Men's Association creating a new reduced to 570,000.—Reuter, student, Dr. Huma procooded to prophesied that the Asiatic Ex-o tho south and north of class of ex-Servico civil sorvante, describe the nature of the early pedition led by Mr. Roy Chapman Lamms and yot others to the with security of tenure but with- Intercourse, and how the wondor Andrews, and now at work, would west of Lantao. ful flors of China had no largoly moot great success and add con boss bullt up by importation. In sidorably
history of contact between the teresting.
East and the West, and touched
糊 the great valuo
wero
to
London, Jan. 20.
out pension rights; also the n- He was cordially thanked for stitution of a special examination anthropological his paper, Dr. Davidson Black conferring a permanency, and full "last", ssonomy, China was the knowledke so far as China was sponking of the tremendous help mansion rights on successful can- oremost nation of the world and concornod.
all the useful plants were cultivat-
jed by her people. The introduction GEOLOGY OF HONGKONG.
of foreign plaats began in the We are all of us interested in
if second century B.C., and con- the parts of the world we'liva
detailed work like that of Mr. didates. Williama was to those working on broader lines.
(Continue on Patio 3.)
This agreement arowos Avo years' efforts of the. Association to aaouro botter official recogni- tion of ex-Barelas man-Reuter.
TO-DAY,
now
woro
WEST RIVER ACCIDENT.
LAUNCH SINKS IN COLLISION.
FIRE IN TOKYO THEATRE.
HUGE BUILDING ENTIRELY DESTORYED.
Tokyo, Jan. 20.
The Canton-Wuchow passenger boon motor vessel, the Kwong Foon, collided with a launch towing one
A fra started this avoning lighter on the 18th instant. The during a performance of one launch sank almost immediately of the largest theatres, the in 12 fathoms of water, and the "Engiza," in the Akasaka district enginoor and froman were!
Closing Exchango 28. 9. 15/16 Lighting Up-Time 6.04 p.m. Barometer 2 p.m: 29.99 Temperature % p.m. Humidity.
% p.m.
38
74...
wore по
of Tokyo. drowned.
Apparently there The lighter escaped unhurt, but casualties, although fifteen buo- the Kwong Foon will have to go dred people were present at the into dry dock later in order to performance. ropair. The accident happened.
four miles off Mandarin Polat The building was totally des (or just balow Paok Nai.).... troyod-Reuter,