THE CLEANSING OF SHEK-O.
GREEK DEBT TO BRITAIN.
GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE NO AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT.
CO-OPERATE.
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES...
There is a good golf-course and bathing beach which has become fustly famous with realdente on the Island at Shek-0. When the weather is fing and fuli of bright sunshine, the blonding of land and sea-scape, colours presents an in- Viting panorama for residents, glad to escape for an hour or two from the cramped environments of the Olty. An open, southern ineation bas as an additional recommenda tion a stretch of fine sea-beach against which the rollers sweep in from the ocean and break in an even line of dazzling white surf.
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Rugby, July 8.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1926.
OFFICIAL SMUGGLER
EXECUTED.
DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFIC.
The Eonversations which M,
An important exécution fool Venizelos and M. Teoudiras hevplace in the Chinese city/at been conducting on behalf of the Shanghai last Friday, morning, tativos of the British Treasury fomer Commissioner of Water Greek Government with reprosen when Chu Th-fu or Chu Yue-chi in London, with a view to the Poles of Hunan Province was shot. settlement of the Greek war debt to Britain, have not. led to an armont and have, consequently, been adjourned:...
It is hoped that the conversa- tions will be resumed, under more favourable conditions, at a later dato. British Wireless.
WIDOWS' PENSIONS.
HOW NEW SCHEME IS.
WORKING.
Rugby, July 8. In connection with the Widows' But until quite recently Shek-0, as a village, was none too desirable Pensions Scheme which came into from the sanitary point of view. operation at the beginning of the Typical of most Chinese villages, year, it is announced that during there was little regard paid to the first six months of operation cleanliness, but, through the efforts of the new Act, Widows' pensions of the Sanitary Department, there to the number of nearly 149,000 have been introduced many im- have been awarded. provements and changea. Pigions, with allowances for chil- sties have been removed to a proper dren, cover about 120,000 persons.. distance and an incinerator disposes Over 13,000 orphans are also bene- hygienically of house and other re-fitting under the scheme. These fuse.
DEFUSE DESTRUCTOR.
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These pen.
sumbers fall considerably below the estimate, orginally given by the Ministry of Health; but
claims are still being received.
British Wircicas.
Preparations are well in hand for to-morrow's Gymkhana at the Sookunnan Football Ground, and, if the weather remains fine, a most interesting afternoon's aport is assured. An addition has been made to the already generous prize list by the donation of a set of motor cycle tyres by the Dunlop Rubber Company.
It was a happy idea, that of des- troying refuse by burning, ns it obviates the trouble and expense of the usual method of disposal at, sea. Left to himself, the average villager is content to throw his house-refuse in the first convenient. spot from his hut, and it was therefore with an unaccustomed sense of civic obligations that the villagers of Shek-0 recently res ponded to a call for funds for the installation of the refuse destructor. The completion of the kiln and the consignment of the first heap of re- fuse to its flames was an event of some public excitement. But when the novelty had begun to wear off, the village would surely have re- Japsed to its old sinful ways, had it not been for the residence there of two Sanitary Board coolies to keep the spirit of cleanliness alive.us.
When I came upon the village of Shek-O the other day, the village was lying under the sweltering heat The heat hung op
of a July sun.
venerable appearance. His face was adorned by a scanty beard, which jerked up and down and gave emphasis and something of im- portance to his utterances.
He was 7 years of age he told He had lived all his life in the village. He could remember the first coming of the foreigner, had seen children grow up, had seen them marry and had seen them die prosperous with its paddy fields, its fisheries, and the number of its in- habitants. Now those were all nearly gone.
Chu was arrested in Shanghaf and found guilty of smuggling heroin and morphia, by the Shang
hal Military Court, The donth
sentence was ordered in accor- dance with Marshal Sun Chuan- fang's recent proclamation threa tening execution for major crimes of this nature. The decision of the court was sent to Nanking and approved by Marshal Sum
At 10.30 am on Friday, Ac cused was removed to a vacant spot, in the Chinese City where he was shot by A detachment of "Marshal Sun's troops.
This is, we believe, a precedent as no other official of this rank has been executed for smuggling drugs in Shanghai N. C Daily News.
HONGKONG «UNIVERSITY.
CLOSER TOUCH WITH
CHINESE WANTED.
During the past week, says the, Hankow correspondent of the N.
C Daily News, Wuhan has been: honoured by a visit from Mr. W. W. Hornell, C.I.E., M.A,, Vice- Chancellor of the Hongkong Uni- versity. In the course of a visit to Wuchang, he addressed the stu- dents of the Central China Uni- versity and also inspected Wesley Collage. On Wednesday, June 23, he was entertained to tiffin by the Hankow Chamber of Commerce at the Hankow Club'.'"
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Speaking after tiflin, Mr. Hornell thanked those present for the wel- come he had received as représen- tative of the University of Hong- kong. He felt that although the work of the Hongkong University was comparatively new, the in- stitution being only 14 years old, and although its usefulness in China In general, was restricted, yet it had a real contribution to make. He went on to emphasize of Commerce General Committee
YESTERDAY'S MEETING.
The Chinese General Chamber
21 YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM "TELEGRAPH" FILES.
The following items are extract-
that it was his own conviction that met in regular session yesterday ed from the Telegraph files for the if the Hongkong University was
pressively over the village and life Time was when the village was to be useful, it must get into close afternoon with Mr. Li Yau-taun, week ended July 8th, 1905:
would have been intolérable for those not used to Chinese village surroundings. Happily, the clouds of flies and the odour that are cont mon to native hamlets were all but absent.
VILLAGE LIFE.
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A black dog ran away at our approach. A pig grubbing some- what discontentedly in what should have been the mud of a pool, now baked to a hard, substance,
The Old Man paused to scratch his leg contemplatively. Then he resumed.
It was becoming harder to get a living, he said. There were still some three hundred of the villagers, and each managed to find a living' in his own way. Now that most of the paddy fields had been contested the right of way "resumed" by the Government, they over his domain. A hen had to take to other work. Some
CANADIAN POLITICS.
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touch with Chinese culture and Chairman of the Chamber,,pre-] Chinese civilisation.
The rate of the dollar on demand. that the University would be able Secretary of the Chamber, sub-
He hoped siding. Mr. Ip Lan-chan, General was 13. 10.9/16.
those lines. to develope more strongly along
The statue of Sir Thomas Jack- mitted various correspondence. son was exhibited in the studio of Police searchers on duty at the Mr. Raggi, in London, prior to wharves have been careless with being shipped to Hongkong. vegetable and fruit abroad in- The 23rd annual report of the coming vessels, almost amounting Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., to wilful destruction, according Ltd., showed a net balance at credit of the Revenue Account for to allegations made by the Veget-1904 of £34,169. A dividend of able and Fruit Guild of Hongkong, 6 per cent, was proposed. in a request to the Chamber for representation to the proper au- The conferring of the long ser- thorities. The Chamber has vice medal on Mr. Arathoon Seth, decided to take up the matter on Official Trustee and Registrar of
MR. -MEIGHEN'S ACTION DEFENDED.
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Toronto, July 8. scratched to very little purpose' in went with the Hakka fishing flects Mr. Stevens, the Acting Minis- the hard soil. A brace of gear to beat, up the fish with torch and ter of Customs, in a speech hore, crazed by the general dryness that tom-toins by night, and othere fish- declared that the issue in the prevailed, frantically sought whated for awabe (a species of shell-forthcoming elections was not the behalf of the Guild.. poor roller could be offered by the fish) and sen-weed. Others constitutional issue which the Chinese residents on the Kowloon Companies, was announced,
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almost dried-up water channel. had gone to sea in ships to send Liberals were endeavouring to side asked the Chamber to take up These were the only signs of life in their earnings home.
At the annual meeting of the the village, except that from some mittances were
These remake it. Every move of Mr. with the China Light and Power Victoria Recreation Club, Mr. A. where in the distance the voices of those in poor circumstances.
a great help to Meighan and his associates ac Company the question of the new Chapman was elected Chairman, corded with precedens, and they requirements by the Company by My F. Lammert Hon. Secretary children were raised in sing-song tones as they recited their lessons
The Old Man proceeded to go into had acted always on the advice of which consumers are required to and Mr. S. A. Seth Hor. Treasurer. calculations as to how much was .aloud.
the law officers. He asked where make a deposit and an advance
light bills before The third Test match. between No Chinese village is complete due from each villager for police in all the constitutional history of payment on without its school, its foss-house, and house rates, and as he was get the British Empire could Mr. service is given.
England and Australia ended in a and its principal grocery shop. The well to switch to a lighter topic.
ting involved. we thought It King produce a precedent of where It was pointed out, that small draw. former is, as a rule, located in the
Government which had been families and shops, are finding best building that the village and
Shareholders of the China Light three times defeated on motions this new requirement a hardship. SOCIAL EVENTS. the genius of its inhabitants can
Invitations have been received and Power Co., Ltd., confirmed the involving its honour and intergrity furnish. In the case of Shek-O, "Old Man, what was the last big had been able to secure a dissolu- from the United States and Japan resolution increasing the Com- the school takes the form of a low social event in this village; when tion.
asking for representation, at the pany's capital to $500,000. building of stonework, within was the last marriage celebrated?"! Mr. Stevens declared that the Fairs at Philadephia and Osaka
The annual report of the Hong- which, in almost semit-darkness, one His lean frame shook with silent public treasury had lost $80,000, respectively, but do action by the could make out some thirty chil-aughter, as he bent forward to 000 from irregularities and he Chamber as a whole has been kong Electric Co., Ltd., showed a dren. There is very little to give whisper
promised a drastic investigation taken on these matters. Individual balance at credit of the Profit and amounting to scholarly inspiration in such sur- "We have marriages here every and a war against rum-running.merchants desiring to enter ex- Loss Account roundings, but virtue and philoso- two or three years, sometimes Reuter's American Service, hibits may receive further in- $11,199. A 10 per cent, dividend
formation from the Chamber was proposed. Secretariat.
It depends on the state
Which is true. Shek-O go hand-in-hand with the Marriages in measure of its material prosperity.
phy cannot be acquired without for- oftener. titude. So that while it ap- of your purse." peared to us that he had very little to gain from exchanging his former post of instructor in a school. in Canton, for the cramped quarters of a village hut and the tuition of
HISTORIC GEMS.
typical old Chinese villager who has
We left him after a while-a WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF
ita children, this village teacher-arrived at the days of sitting about
a young fellow with a pleasant cast
of countenance had an air of pride,
of achievement as he came forward
and thinking.
JEWELS.
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The Chinese Druggists Guild of Hongkong was admitted to mem- bership of the Chamber yesterday
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Placards were displayed in Canton urging the people with one heart to boycott American'
goods," in consequence of the new
exclusion law.
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Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawks- A correspondent wrote at length Chicago, July 8.
worth Fawkes, who died suddenly complaining of vexatious laws in We called in at another village dants, nearly one million dollar's more than half a century of service.
Guarded by six armed atten- tired from the Navy in 1911, after new business enterprises.
last month in his 80th year, re- Kacao injuring the starting of
to greet us and state that "we keep not far off to inspect the sanitary worth of historic,gems passed Although as a young man he com-
from ten to four."
"THE OLDEST INHABITANT."
The appointment of the Rev. D. Roman Catholic of Hongkong was
the same hours as in Hongkong, arrangements, and found there was through the City to-day on routemanded the Royal yacht, which is Pozzoni as
not much idea of hygiene, but that much good work is being done by to Philadelphia to be shown at the generally, regarded as a short cut Bishop the Sanitary Department to induce
160th. the ignorant villagers to bring their
Anniversary Exhibition to rapid promotion, it was not unannounced, there. villages more into line with modern The collection Included the when he was given command of til 1002 that he attained flug rank, requirements. It is a difficult task, famous omerald of 93 carats, for ther cruiser squadron.
In the shadow cast by the low walls. of the grocery shop, we met the Oldest Inhabitant. The coming of atrangers was, ob-
viously, a matter of some Interest,
bat, dignified fellow that he was,
he only spoke when addressed dir
actly. We conjectured that ho, was the Oldest Inhabitant by his
.
The fiongur of knighthood was Subse-conferred on Mr. Justice Pitt,
to change the habits of centuries.merly one of the Crown jewels of quently he was Commander-in-Chief Justice of Hongkong. but the village of Shek-O, near to, kumtaz Mahal, the favourite wife Chief in Australia and at Ply
the Club House and Golf Course, lapf Shah Johan, and a wonderful mouth. Sir Wilmot defled, naval
Mr. W. Wilson was appointed
now a fine example of what could sapphire, said to be the largest in tradition by wearing a luxuriant acting Chief Manager of the bo achieved by patient work and the world-Reuters American crop of side-whiskers, while the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co friendly assistance.
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