THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1926.
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THE
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AMONGST
SCOTTISH CHILDREN;
The Prince of Wales is here seen, inspecting young girls of the Royal Caledonian School at Bushey: (Herts).
BRITAIN AND CHINA.
THE COAL WAGES QUESTION.
SINGAPORE AIR MAIL.
Continued from Page 1).
A UNIQUE EVENT.
(Continued from Page 11: of a large Shanghai Provincial
A unique event in the history of State, with its centre at Canton. Chancellor of the Exchequer's Singapore was the departure yea- That was a movement which was emphatic declaration that the Goterday (Saturday last) of the first being made from Canton, and itvernment had no intention of pro-air mail over despatched by the might be that a solution of some ofviding more money by way of a local Post Office, says the Singapore our troubles in China was to be subsidy and he urged the coal in
Free Press.
found in that direction. "He would dustry to face the economic facts The Air Survey Company's' sea- be glad of information as to the of a melancholy situation. When plane, piloted by Mr. Vincent left policy which the Government inthe struggle was concluded, he for the F. M. S. carrying the mail intended to adopt in regard to the antd, the terms that the miners and the machine was timed to ar- suggestion that the question of a secured could not but be worse rive in Port Sweettenham in time further inquiry into the Shameen than those available to them four to catch the 1 o'clock mail. shootings in 1925 should be refer-
months ago. There was, however, i Captain Durward who is to be in red to the British Government--a
still time for the miners to ex charge of the survey work under- suggestion, he understood, which was made by the Canton delegates tricate themselves from the post-taken by the Air Survey Company and agreed to by the British deletion into which bad leadership for the F. M. S. Government along had brought them, and to re-create the coast of the Peninsula from gation.
a flourishing, industry to the bene- Port Swettenham to Port Weld, was
also in the machine, At...of all concerned. In "it.- The Earl of Balfour, Lord Pre-British Wireless.
Atinine o'clock the seaplane taxi- ed out of the lagoon dock and after gliding past the Yacht Club, took the air gracefully and shaped a course to the west.
"FANTASTIC NOTION."
HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL:sident of the Council, said it was
Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG."
AND
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ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL, PALACE HOTEL;
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In association with the. Grand Hotel Dos Wagons Lite, Poking.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
CENTRAL LOCATION
ELECTRIO LIFTS AND LIGHTING,
· TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR, HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS
Telographic Address
Telephone Central 373
VICTORIA
KOWLOON HOTEL.
The Premier Hotel in Kowloon.
This First Class Residential and Tourial Hotel provides the ace of
comfort and service for its guests.
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Six Stories of up to date slogantly furnished airy rooms with latest
sanitary appliances.
Excellent cuisine under anpervision of experienced Chof,
First Class Billard Room and Saloon Bar. Electric Lift and Telephones to sack floor. Special Rates for Families.
Monthly and Daily Rates at randerste terms. Under now and progressive management.
Telegraphic Address :-"KOWLOTEL!!
Tala, K, 608 & K. 60.
HONGKONG,
THE FUROPE HOTEL,
SINGAPORE:
Terms: A la carte or Inclusive,
Telephone in every room.. After-dinner dancing overy Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
GRILL ROOM
Tolograms Europe:Singapore-
Telophone 2740.
ARTHUR E ODELL,
Managing Direstor.
Tel Address:
GLENEALY HOTEL,
Glenealy Hongkong, 3 & 4, Glancaly
Telephone C. 980.
(Noar Dairy Farm). A first class Residential and Tourist Hotel Splendidly situated with... In easy walking distance of all business centres, Large airy rooms. Hot. and Cold water. Excellant Calsina. under the personal supervision of the Proprietress. Monthly and family ratea at moderate terms.
"For further particulats apply to:
MRS. FREDERICKS,
Proprietresd.
true that a world movement in
The arrangement was that the mail should be taken up by the one
Entertainments.
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HIS MAJESTY, BUNKER BEAN
LOCAL SHIPPING.
INTERESTING ITEMS.
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ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
DETAILS IN HANDS OF
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
favour of nationalism had affected China and outside Powers. all nations, and, it had not affected It was not for us to put an end China less than other nations. to this state of things. We are. In addition to the agelong dislike not going to raise armies to of foreign practices and manners traverse the length and breadth o'clock mail train at Port Swet- which had been a factor in Chin- of China and, force 400,000,000 of tenham and distributed in Kuala ese social life, there was this the Chinese population into any Lumpur the same afternoon.
The measure was decided on as growth of what might be called Western-mould. The Chinese must
But work out their own) salvation. an experiment, and it may be added nutional self-consciousness. when the noble lord asked whether In doing so they appeared to him that the postal authorities here are
The "good-luck" ship of the that national self-consciousness to be making many mistakes, and considering the question of air.
true that malls with a view to introducing Dollar Line, the President Cleve- Western to home to a kind of their mistakes reacted on our regular services from Penang to land, Captain W. Yardley, left For the visit of the Duke and was going to be met on the part of it was unfortunately military alliance for the purpose selves. All that, his Majesty's Singapore and from Singapore to yesterday for Shanghai and San Duchess of York to sustrails and
Government desired most earnest-
Francisco with a full complement of coercing China, he could assure
On enquiries later we learnt that of passengers and nearly full of mittee of the Federal Government year, an independent Cabinet Com- him that he was not aware thatly was to co-operate with China
to help where we legitimately wettenham in good time and that
Captain Vincent arrived at Port cargo.
isappointing a special Welcome any nations had entertained 90 fantastic a notion. At any rate, could, to recognise that we and the the two bags of mail he carried George Merrick, which just arrived Prince of Wales and the American The steamer Mau Sang, Captain Committee, as was done when the 30 far as his Majesty's Govern Chinese, so far as commerce and were despatched by the 1 pan. train from Sandakan with a full cargo fleets paid their visite. There is ment were concerned, they desired economic affairs were concerned for Kuala Lumpur. Telegraphic of heavy lumber, had fresh south-genuine enthusiasm at the pro- to interfere as little as possible had common interests; and, as e-communication came through to west monsoon with rain and mist spect of the opening of Parlia in the internal affairs of China. garded the organisation of their the local authorities from Kuala nearly all the way up to this part.ment by the Duke.
China must work out her own awn country, our hope was that Lumpur after five o'clock, to say The Mau Sang this time went be-
salvation.
Juva,
1
She was now, going there would be no difficulty in that the man had been distributed. tween the Paracel lalands and the is no truth in the announcement It is stated officially that there through a period of extreme their managing their own internal
Macclesfield Bank, which is pro- that the infant Princess will ne difficulty and the difficulties Customs and other treaty rights,
affairs. As regarded maritime] necessarily reflected 高踏
were
in recent years and months...that tho power and authority of the
Central Government did not ex-
-FEDERAL-SYSTEM-7.
port. The latest quotations being
monwealth acquired from the
of approximately 912 square miles
[_The_offcial ceremony to mark
the initiation-of-operations-in-con-
tend beyond the walls of the will of China were both objects $145/170.. No. went alongside No. 1 Kowloon carried out in March 1913,S
capital.
bably the safest route to take this
company their Royal Highnessts.
Canberra is to supersede Mel- ́ the difficulties which other na- which certainly required modi- HONGKONG, IMPORTS. time of the year.
The Peninsular and Oriental tions in commercial and diploma-fication and reform, the oldest
liner Nellore, Captain A. Government, and all departments bourne as the seat of the Federal tic intercouric with her felt might live to see the difficulties;
TRADE STILL DULL,"
Hignett, arrived from Singapore of the administration will gradu was a great There was nothing in China remoyed. There
yesterday and went alongside which deserved to be called a movement in that direction. With
the that movement, wherever it could Market Report, published by the had misty and rainy weather. The for the Federal capital was voted The fortnightly Price Current and Kowloon Wharf No. 6. She also ally be transferred thither. The selection of the Yass-Canberra site Central Government in Western use of that terms Peking be légitimately taken, we sym-Hongkong General Chamber of Com Nellore used the opportunity to in the Senate and House of Re- had no authority over large parts pathised, but it was impossible in merce, states:
Cotton. Place Goods and Fancy replenish her bunkers here, and of the country. It had little au- regard to all these commercial Cotton Goods-Market dead. Noth-bunkering was commenced Im presentatives, and in 1910 the Com- thority over the remainder, and and judicial affairs simply to saying doing. Both Eg. Sakel andmediately upon the vessel's State of New South Wales an area he had heard persons well quali- that all the international struc- Amer. Cotton prices show an ap-rival in port fted to speak on the subject say /ture built up. In the last 80 years/preciable advance since our last The star vessel of the Canadian that it had frequently happened was to be summarily removed. those of the 28th inst. 16,20d, and Pacific Steamships Company, the as the Federal capital territory,
10.160. "Spot respectively Empress of Canada, arrived this
Cotton Yarn Since our port this
this market has ruled very morning at daylight after a wet The good of China and the good quiet and no business to speak of has trip from Manila. She had a large nection with the establishment of Quotations are purely complement of passengers and the seat of Government there was earnestly desired by his Majesty's
168 128 $150/170 No.
$170 Government. There was a strong /175.. No.
$180/185, Ar-Wharf,
Recent Admiralty appointments movement in China, which many rivals, 2,000 bales. Shipments Nill The P., and O. steamer Jeypore In the capital were nominally good observers said was going to Salce Nill. Unsold stock 6,000 baies, also arrived to-day after a very include Lieut. L.V.6. Chapman to
some kind of federal
Bargains 9,000 balea. concentrated officials, whose title end in
windy passage from Negapatam H.M.S. Ambrose, and Instructor- Woollens. No change to report. would indicate that they had au- system between the provinces. Row Cotton-No business to re-and went alongside No. 6 Kowloon Lieut J.C.N. Taylor, M. Eng., to
Wharf. S
HIM.S. Durban. thority recognised over the whole He did not know whether that port.
Metals-Prices unchanged and no The Nippon Yusen Kaisha of the rest of the country, and it would be for the good or for the
business reported.
The Governor General sum steamer Tamba Maru, Captain H. was with them that his Majesty's evil of Ching China had had a Flour market report-Stock:
500,000. Marketi Government had, in the main, to long provincial feeling developed About
Quiet. D. Hideshima, also arrived from moned a formal hearing on the deal. It was with them that our in her long history. He had no Quotations-American Patent, $4.25 Singapore, and went alongside military reservation and invited diplomatic relations took place, reason to believe that China was per sack; American Straight, $3.50 Kowloon Wharf No. 6. She had both Colonel Thompson and Ex and inevitably there was difficulty more likely to be broken up. in per sack; American Cut off $8.50 very few passengers, but plenty of Secretary Stimson to be present. per Back Australian No. 1, 33.70 per
The leaders of both Filipino and Moro factions, including Governor and even embarrassment in the consequence of her present un-sock: Canadian Cut off, $3.00 per cargo. relations between China and ex-happy condition than ahe had been sack Canadian Straight, $3.08 per
The local weather forecast up to Asiniero, were hurriedly sur -ternal-Powera. Who was it—ex—
at many other critical and sack Canadian Mixture, 88.00 per
sack Canadian Second Clear, $2.00 noon to-morrow is: South-east moned and asked to give testi- ercised authority? Everybody difficult periods. They must all
per sack,
Sugar Demand Imp
Improving.
winds, moderate; generally fair mony knew it to be the fact that military hope that these conditions would
Saltpotre. No sales reported since showery at first. authorities, responsible only to ameliorate, but he was bound to last sircular and market remains very themselves and their armies, with say that, so far as he could see,, dull. varying fortunes, dealt with the the conditions did not seem to be situation, each in his own district, in process of improvement. It
MILITARY POWER.
100,000.
It was from their point of view was not desirable that he should Enquiring from the police this not only a vory abnormal and enter at the moment on the morning, we were informed, that singular state of things, but one subjects of the Canton Incidents, so far nothing has been heard of which produced great suffering in which were in a state of transition, the steam launch Wingshing, which China itself and great embarrass. The motion for papers was, by was pirated laat week and taken to mont in the relations between leave, withdr
an unknown destination.
The P. and O. liner Kashgar, which left Singapore on the 28th instant, is duo. here at 0 p.m. on September 1st.
Alice Robinson (10) charged at the Old Bailey with attempting to murder her mother-in-law, was found guilty but insane, and was ordered to be detained during his Majesty's pleasure...
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