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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24. 1926,
The plans by Canton Communists
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1926.
DAY BY DAY.
THE TEST OF CIVILIZATION IS THE ESTIMATE OF WOMAN.-George W. Curtis.
From these and other signs, it would appear that the Chinese gen- erally are coming to realise the dangers inherent. In Communism. In this instance it is not a case of party opposition to the views of
According to the old Chinese- another political party-It is a recalendar to-day in the Stopping of cognition of the point that Com Heat" (Ch'u-shu). munism is cafantially destructive
The temperature in Canton yesterday was officially roturned as being 94.
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The s.s. Jeypore, which Singapore at 4 p.m. yesterday, is due here at 4 p.m. on the 29th Instant.
The master of the 8.8. Huichow, which arrived yesterday afternoon, reports that a member of his crew died from cholera on August 19th.
in character, and that a spread of its doctrines means results of a most baneful character. Wherever Communism has raised its head, it has brought unrest, oppression and bloodshed. ·· Professing to confer liberty and freedom on the people, it enslaves them under dictator ships far more severe and rigorous than anything yot "experienced under autocratic rule; In practice,
The forthcoming wedding is It belies all that its apostles, claim announced of Mr. Henry Ching, for it. Stupendous efforts are now of the South China Morning Post, being made to bring China within formerly of Mackay, Queensland, to Miss Rubye Kong, youngest the Communist fold, but we have daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur sufficient faith in the common-Kong, of Sydney. sense of the Chinese people to be- lieve that they will see through the subterfuges
employed by the "Reds" and that their nation will be spared the worst evile arising from this pernicious cult.
Kowloon, Please Note! Here's interesting-reading for the musically-distracted residents of Kowloon:-"Vienna is a very musical city, but in spring and summer, when most persona play
their instruments with their
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Latest information to hand con-
corning the King's Own Secttiah Borderers is to the effect that they will relieve the East Surreys in the latter part of October. There will be a special ceremonial parade of the East Surreys before departure.
At 1 a.m. on Saturday seven robbers, armed with revolvers, village, on Lan Tau Island. They raided a house at Shum Wat bound the occupants, stole $200 in chah, three pairs of gold and rat- tan bangles, and also kidnapped a 15-year-old girl. They later ro- leased her, and she released her companions on returning home.
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OLD NATIVE VILLAGE CHURCH AND STATE.
DISAPPEARING.
NEW HOMES AT WONGNEICHONG.
E
PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT
IN MEXICO..
New York, Aug. 23. An Associated Press message
A typical native village nestling serenely in the heart of a hollow. from Mexico City reports that a unseen by the outer world unless settlement of the religious question looked for, the old village of secs imminent as the result of a conference between President Wongnelchong, one of the last linke with old-world China which Calles and representatives of the was to be found on the island of Episcopate, which the latter de
scribo as "truly satisfactory." Hongkong, has ceased to exist' as Pres. Calles told the Prelates such."
Hidden in the Wongnelchong that the Regulation providing for. Valley, practically in the midst of the registration of priests was a rapidly expanding residential purely for administrative purposes area, the villagers continued in the and that the Government had no way of their forefathers, tending intention of interfering with ques their well-ordered vegetable plots, tions of dogma or religions. The... maintaining their piggeries, and Episcopate accepted this and an- forming few contacts with the nounced that when the churches had fulfilled the legal requirements modern world.
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Then came the deluge of Sep-there will be no objection to a re-. tember three years ago, when dis-sumption of church services. aster overtook, the villago.
Men and women were rescued
Reuter.
resume church services
at
SETTLEMENT HOPES DASHED. from their roof-tops, pigs were
Mexico City, Aug. 23. drowned and crops destroyed, but
Hopes of a speedy settlement of when the waters had subsided the religious controversy have been these patient folk would have re- dashed with the unanimous deci- turned to the homes of their slon of the Catholic Episcopate not fathers, and their fathers before to them, but for the eyes of progress, present, which, now focussed on the dis Meanwhile, the boycott will con- trict, decreed that the very exis- tinue and the church lenders will tence of the hollow, in which their discuss plays for a Congressional whole lives had hitherto been cen- campaign with a view to amending tred, was a menace.
the Constitution.-Reuter's Ameri- The Government prohibited the can Service.
and allow re-occupation after this return pending investigation, and finally decided to fill in the hollow had been done.
A
Convicts of Parkhurst Frison, Isle of Wight, we're recently, at haymaking...
On Saturday, the Government in the Gazette, invited tenders for the Alling in of the old village on the east side of the Wongrefchong for these original inhabitanta by nullah, together with any road giving them sites on the new land construction which might be when. It is laid out, and building necessary.
for them a better type of dwelling. The majority of the villagers
In other cases, the Government
CHINA & COMMUNISM. windows open, the result is a purgatory for the rest of the popu- lation, especially for the intellec.
"The typhoon entered the coast tual worker.
All kinds of
(between Foochow and Shanghai) to assist in the spreading of des- instruments from pianos to trom- early this morning, and is now are descendants of the original have given residents the option of
bones are practised, and the numin about Lat. 28 N., Long. 124 E., tructive political doctrines through-berless gramophones, lasting from out various parts of China are early morning until late at night, moving N.N.W, or filling up."ners of the land in the village, an exchange of the land for other and in accordance with the pro- property in the vinicity, or .com. likely to be somewhat interfered prove an additional nuisance. In. This is to-day's report of the Royal clamation made when the British pensation. A greater number Observatory. The local forecast took possession of Hongkong in have availed themselves of the with as the result of the instruc- response to an appeal from the
Society of the Friends of Music, till noon to-morrow is: South: 1841, the Government is providing offer of an exchange of land. tions recently issued by Marshal the police have just issued an
west winds,, moderate; fine to Sun Chuan-faug, concerning which order that people shall close their
cloudy. we gave some information yester. windows while playing, with a
The following vessels are expect- fine of two-Austrian schillings- day. Under those instructions, (about one shilling and twopence) ed to be in wireless communication the Chief Commander of the Woo- on the disobedient. Many are
Hongkong to-day: Pres. sung-Shanghai Constabulary has sorry that the fine is so small. Jefferson, Kitano Maru, Hakodate | Maru, Ginyo Maru, Ganges Maru, been given orders to arrest all In this connection it is of interest Ryui Maru, Yamagta Maru, Bingo to recall an episode in the life of
Maru, Asphalion, Vogtland. Lim- an Austrian composer, Streicher,
chow: Fingal Haining, Salon, Mau- which occurred some years ago.
tang, Shantung, Szęchuen, Tilawa,.
known Canton Communiste in Shanghai and also to place in gaol
The
with
and Hingang.
The Very Idea!
Hirundo, Santhin, Kwaisang, Tji-has a snappy tone, but who, the rics his fellow-members with him; I must admit it's made a hit, and ing to see whether the author car- kandi, Koren, Glenamoy, Kalyan deuce, long since, turned loose the and also how he settle the question
bloomin' saxophone? I'm nearly raised in "Candida,'
as to the Some three thousand licences evening takes a lesson. He toota ledge."
wild. My "neighbour's child each proper pronunciation of "know-
who are
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I'm most ashamed to tell this
tale. It wasn't fair a bit.
He used a bad cent in a scale, And got a weigh with it..
all future "Red" arrivals from the Whenever he wanted to compose South as soon as they land. For start
his neighbours opposite would the gramophone. this purpose, the French and the musician tried to come to some Shanghai Municipal Police are arrangement with them, but in vain. One day Streicher, driven being asked to co-operate in search to desperation, sefzed his gun and for the retailing, of cigarettes were ing incoming steamers. Marshal fired a shot into the gramophone, issued by the Revenue Department, away and tries to play, and has us said Revenue Officer Pearse in the all a guessin' The notes are sour, Sun is an out-and-out anti-Com-silencing it for good. Of course, Police Court to-day in explaining as hour by hour, his practice sea- munist, and it is known that he has he had a severe sentence, although
no one was hurt, but popular the difficulty of keeping track of ion's hurried. He stops on time, given Instructions of a like charac opinion was greatly in his favour," the movements of some hawkers but it's a crime. The neighbours continuously changing all are worried. It's not because ter to the officials in the five pro- More than once there have been vinces under his control,
residents in Kowlyon's "atland" their pitches. A large number of he always does the thing he who have felt that they would not these retailers were charged with shouldn't do. He blows in right, A Chicago man raised a sparrow The Communist evil is certainly only like to shoot a neighbour's either lacking a, ficence or failing but every night, it's wrong when as a pet and now its favourite one which needs to be tackled in gramophone, but the neighbour, as to have these renewed, before Mr. it comes through. At times he'll food is a doughnut and it drinks Chiou, for there is ample ovidence well, and they doubtless would R. E. Lindsell, and fines ranging strike a tune you like. You thrill iced tea. When released, for ex- from $10 to $20 were imposed. a bit, and then, he swinga about ercise' outdoors, the bird always welcome the formation of that every possible effort is being Musical Protection Society in the
and what comes out is something files straight back into the house. made to extend the cult in varius Peninsula which would seek to
else again. I really yearn to get parts of the country. It is official-educate folk to protect their ly stated in Shanghai police re-neighbour's music while they are ports that the "Communists there enjoying their own.
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have been lending support to vari-
cus strikes and are now arranging
to appeal to Moscow for strike.
GOOD RUN.
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EXCHANGE." RATES.
Paris Brussels Amsterdam Berlin
Copenhagen
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him learn just one song, all his On the set of "Tin Gods," being own. With that fair. trick I filmed at the Paramount Astoria wouldn't kick about his saxophone, plant, Allen Dwan was forced to Rugby, August 22.
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resort to unusual methods the 1784 There is a touch of the comical other day. The setting of this 12.11% in the automatic repetition, when film is South America. The parti
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ever the thermométer gets above cular scene was a dive in the Latin 18.28 .84.43 80, of the annual criticism of mas lands. Thorans Meighan is shown 102% culine attire. Everyone agree that drinking to forget his troubles-- .2.17/12 women are more suitably dressed you know, the girl at home who 2/9% for the dogdays, but then women didn't do right by Tom And 1123/12 have no pockets. It is the pocket Renee Adoree plays the dancing
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constant to his elaborate sartorial actors just couldn't get the 18.14% system, but even prevents his "South American flavour"--what- 22.16 shedding his waistcoat on emer ever that is! Dwan tried the 04gency. To bestow elsewhere his entire repertoire of his orchestra, 7/19/32 Watch, his loose change, hia They played "La Paloma" and 1/6.63/64 pocketknife, his fountain-pen, his clapped caetanets. To no availl 2/23 pencil, and various other odda and The cast had been making the 28.13716 ends is a labour of re-distribution rounds of the Charleston places -British Wireless
not lightly to be undertaken; and and, in spite of the Spanish he has hardly mastered the new raiment, their "atmosphere" was scheme of his costume before far too New Yorky What it is time to resume that waistcoat was a poor director to do? again,
Dwan tried Spanish cheroots on his minor characters, sent enjoy the most, Mrs. Malaprop?" rouletto and called a halt until "And what in France did you the extras over to play
"Well, I think it was the French morning. Came, the dawn! When Pheasants singing the Mayon- the actors appeared on the set the next morning they rubbed their eyes. Dwan had caused to be
PASSENGERS ARRIVED:
Vienna Helalagfors furids. Insistent demands are also BY BLUE FUNNEL STEAMER.
Lisbon being made for the re-opening of
Buenos Aires Thirty-eight days, fifteen and
Shanghai the Shanghat Labour Union. Hapone half hours after she pulled Yokohann New York pily, however, if the Com-out of New York harbour the Blue Geneva munists are busy, the same remark tying up to Pier 7 in Manila. She Stockholm
Funnel steamer Catchas Was Milan applies to the anti-Bolshevists, and arrived there on Sunday, the 18th it is pleasing, to note that various inst. The voyage was made by Madrid societies in Shanghal, of differing way of Suez, which is a longer Ris
route than that by Param. The Bombay political views, have decided to bar
average speed at sea was 14 knota. Hongkong from membership all adherents of!
Included in the trip were four silver (forward)
Silver (spot)" Communism, whilst some of the stops,. Port Said, where 2,500 tons Chinese schools have taken is of cargo were discharged, Penang, Port Swettenham, and Singapėrė, ciplinary action against pupils who The total distance travelled was have engaged in Communistic pro-11,635 miles. ⠀⠀ paganda. It is further announced Forty-five days is considered excellent time for the trip, even that the Chinese authorities are when the Panama route is used: Shmigkai on Augst 23nd. for Hong. Fer. a.s. President Jefferson from contemplating the introduction of Passenger schedulo calls for kong Lt. Comer, F. Balzly, UZSIN,
Mr. Chow Ching Chuo, Mrs. regulations for the control of approximately 48 days, and freight Damnberg, Mr. Tam Hon Mr. Felix schools and universities and that lines expect ships to need from Lake, M Madelino Lake, Mr. Ding naise."
47 to 57 days. Not long ago 60 Tsau Leib, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Lo they intend to take draatio men-days was regarded as good, while Miss Martha Lo, Miss Mary Lo, Lt In Issuing un official list of built over night a six-foot fence. utes on Communists in only few years ago, 120 days Norton, Norton, lar. Pronunciations the 3.C.C. la under. It completely surrounded the set. Chinese territory if they do not frequently was needed.
9. Simpson, Mr. R. E. Wall taking a necessary and excellent Canvas Uned the fence and upon. Captain Frank Adcock of the For Manila Mr. and Mrs. Williart work. The language is full of it had been painted scenes of Latin abandon their agitations In the Calchas says that he made no B. Barney Mr. L. M. Blakeney, Mr. duplicate and uncertain pronuncia America. Newspapers were bar- menutiae, the Municipal Police are special effort for a record.
and Mrs George D-Bowers, Mr and Mrs. M. Caldwell Dr Roeo Coxon,
tions; and some words are so red from the set and the camera" working in, co-operation with the
Mrs. J. De Prida Lt. at Mrs. Robert Lambinuous that we intentionally boys were forbidden to mention Chinese authorities by taking.
Hericock Miss Joyce Hancock, Mas avoid them fa speech. The word baseball scores, All spectators ter Robbert E. Hancock, Ms. RIN Browning Horner Miss Helch Horner gave the value of 88 in Horner Master, John Horror Master "isolate to which Mr. Shaw were kept away. The actors had per to spend the day looking upon Mr. Arthur Lory Mr. Richard formance of Methuselah has nothing but Latin scanes. The Luther Mr. William McGibbon Mr. not yet come within the scope of result was a success, Dwan says and Mrs, W. G. Rodney, Mr. Robert
the inquiry, and it will be interest so himself!
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special measures to prevent the sounced of Mr. Alvaro Spegorio The forthcoming wedding is AB- tablishment of agitation bases and oreira, of the Electric Company, the sale of inflamatory literature Shanghal, to Miss Ling Marle de in the Settlement.
Hoan, of No. 139, Caine Road.
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