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"THE MACKINTOSHES”
NAMES WANTED FOR WAR RECORDS.
We have received the following Jettor, addressed to the editor of the Telegraph, from Mralox. Mae kintosh, of Farr Lodge, Forfar, Scotland:
Sic-I am compiling a list, with sketches, of all Mackintoshes who
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926,
THE HOUSING PROBLEM.
NICUS."]
LOCAL SHIPPING.
THE WEST FARALON": REPAIRS.
The local manager of the LLS. Shipping Board, Mr. R. O. Johnson, is at present at Yokohama attend. ing to the repairs to the Shipping Board steamer West Faralon.. which are now rapidly approach- Ing completion."
Frankly, I've never met auch o lot of grumblers as the people who infest, or rather, inhabit Hongkong. If it fan't housing, it's bathing beaches, if it isn't bathing beaches it's modquitoes, and if it isn't mos- isn't, or is, any one or all of the quitoes it's the climatet And if it
It will be remembered that the above it's the Government! Of West Faralon (of the America course. I am willing to admit that Far East Hine) which went ashore
Entertainments.
QUEEN'S THEATRE To-night at 9.30 pm.
A. STROKO
presents
served in the late War. The col of all the evils the latter is the on a reef off Vries Island at the RUTH ST. DENIS, TED SHAWN
lection will be published, thus be coming not only a lasting momorial but the latter history of this old and illustrious clan.
I earnestly appeal to every Mac- kintosh to assist by sending to me full names and addresses, and, if possible, the regiments or vessels, with ranks and numbers of those they know in their respective. dľš-. tricts and elsewhere.Yours, etc,
ALEX. MACKINTOSH. Forfar, Scotland, July 31, 1926.
AZORES DISASTER.
BIG EARTHQUAKE TOLL.
Lisbon, Sept. 2. The latest news from the Azores states that 12 persons were killed and 200 injured, and 600" houses destroyed as the result of the Garthquake at Fayal-Reuter."
AMERICAN HELF,
"
Now York, Sept. 2. Reporta "from Providence, Rhode Island, says that the steamer Canada has left for Horta at full speed with tents and other relief supplies Router's American Service.
BANDIT OUTRAGE.
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worst, because whereas housing, bathing and mosquitoes may be controlled, and the climate is not always bad, the Government goes on for ever.
average
on
entrance to Tokyo Bay on July 26th, was floated three days later, with the assistance of tugs, after a portion of the cargo had been When reading the other day of lightered. Because of the neces the popularity of motor caravans lightering of the cargo, a general sity of salvage operations and the at Home, the thought struck me
declared Was that here was the solution to our worries. Not only would the house ciscu Board of Marine Under- the vessel by San Fran- on wheels solve the rents question, but every man could have his own writers and a local firm was ap- motor car garage and bathing pointed as adjuster. The cargo beach! There are other numerous of the West Faralon totalled 7,000 advantages which would be peculiar tons, coming mainly from San to Hongkong. Imagine the exer- Francisco and Los Angeles, and valued at approximately ciso ehroffs would get endeavour- was ing to board the back door, as one $500,000 by officials of Struthers put on speed, to say nothing of the and Barry, at that time operators the Shipping thrill to be derived in occasionally of the vessel for
Board. running ever one.
According to San Francisco un- nuisance The Card-dropping
of the would be relieved of much of its derwriters, virtually all fag, because one would only have coverage on the cargo was placed to wait until the intended recipi in San Francisco, there being no ent's auto-bungalow passed one's insurance on the huil. own abode for a suitable opportuni- The West Faralon later proceed- ty to "shoot the puste-board."ed to Yokohama for dry-docking. Getting into bed after St. Andrew's and survey of the damage to the Ball would also be simplified, be- hull. We understand that the cause the bedroom could be. con- fotal repairs will amount to about veniently backed up against the Yen 172,000, and that Mr. R. C. City Hall. "
Johnson will supervise the work, as he uacally does in connection with repairs for the U.S. Shipping Board in the Far East.
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NEW CONCERN.
Should one's neighbours prove noisome or win a gramaphone in a raffld, it would be much easier to slip in the clutch and steal silently away, than writing to the papers. One could also live on
As is well-known in local ship- the Peak during the sweltering ping circles, the Swain and Hoyt months, and avoid Happy Valley Company, of San Francisco, which during the annual flooding season.
is already operating another When inviting friends to dinner, American steamship line between (Continued From Pane 1.)
a trip might be made to the Shek San Francisco and these small boats on the river offer Road in order to ensure a tho-other U.S.S.B. lines, has now taken no inducement for robbers. Hay roughly good blow-out, after which over the agency for the American ing collected their loot the bandits even novices might attempt the Far East line here, but we under- "Charleston' In the knowledge stand that Mr. J. Cram Sheppard, got away as suddenly as they had that a reverse could be performed formerly local agent for the old come. The leader blew a whistle, if the speed became dangerous.
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
fired several shots into the air.
"All these, and many other ad-
also various
and then all departed. Dr. Cresseyvantages crowd into my mind, and 7 and later agent for the Struther and
was confined to bed for several I really cannot understand why the days after the aftack
Immediately after the affair fall details were reported to the nearest Hhien magistrate and also to the American Consulate at Tien- tsin. When Dr. Cressey appeared before the local officials the next day he was still wearing his pyjamas, and made quite a sorry sight. The magistrate was profuse. in his apologies, and issued orders for the capture of the bandits
suggestion hasn't been put into affect before. The only drawback I can see, so far, is that it would be rather exasperating for the tired business man to reach the place where his home should be, and find that the traffic sergeant had taken out his wife, house and home com- forts, in order to test, the brakes!
NANKOW PASS.
(Continued From Page 1)
within three days," adding a re- ward of fifty dollars "from his own pocket." To date, however, noth ing has been heard. In view of the special Chinese travel passes, notifications to magistrates and military, and conformity to all re-evacuate speedily the northern gulations, it would seem that there army from Dolonor and even to was gross negligence, if not collu evacuate Kalgan. The evacuation sion, on the part of the soldiers of Kalgan began on August 16.) and officials..
Such news could not but pro- duce a bad effect on the remnant
INDIAN SHIPPING
TARIFF.
NEW DUTIES TO PROTECT THE INDUSTRY.
India,
truthers and Dixon, of San Fran Barry Company (formerly called cisco) will remain às agent also for the Swain and Hoyt Company here in Hongkong.
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Friends of Mr. A. Zurewalt, the THE MAN WITHOUT A
Columbia
local, manager of the Pacific Shipping Company, of Port- land, Oregon, will be pleased to hear that the Shipping Board has
steamer designated the
West O'Rowa as ranking first in the Gov- ernment fleet operated on the Pacific Ocean by the Columbia- Pacific Shipping Company. The rating, which is for the last six months of 1925, gives the West O'Rowa efficiency honours. ;-
This is of considerable interest to local shipping people, as it is well-known that the Columbia Paci- tc Shipping Company is one of the few big shipping concerns bere of Lu Chung-lin's army. It was which does not employ a compra. no more an orderly retreat, The dore.. Nevertheless, it carries a army fled, abandoning on its way very large percentage of the Ameri heavy loaded waggons, and the can cargo here, compared with the wounded, in a word, everything actual tonnage from the USA. to that impeded Its flight to the North. China and the Philippine Islands
It is difficult to say how many of run." these fugitives reached Kaigau, but
it may be supposed that they were few.
•
The Government of India on-
As the result of five sticks of nounces that it is giving execu-
On the road from Hwallai todynamite and six detonators being tive effect to the Tariff Board's Kalgan there are many signs of discovered among the fishing neta recommendation for the protection panic. Abandoned waggons and of a Chinese at Shaukiwan, he was of the ship-building industry in guns, two wrecked military trains charged with being in possession with a great number of wounded The Tariff Board holds that and killed, the wounded not hay without a permit from the C.S.P. the claim for protection fails, ing been removed from under the Central Police Court this morning. before Major C. Willson at the but that the shipbuilding, debris of the cars. ih entitled to
equality tarif However, this hasty flight, to- A fine of $100 was imposed. treatment in the 'sense
that gether with the damage to the en- his position could not be worse gines already mentioned, gave than it would be if there were no some advantages to the Kuomin Customs duty either on unfabri- cated steel or on ships.
The Board recommends that the protective duty should be either 10 per cent. ad vélorem, or Rs. 35 per ton, whichever is the higher.
The Board holds that the Bri- tish builder ordinarily cannot un- derquote and very few ships im- ported by the Indian builder have an advantage because fint barges are never imported.
When, orders for steamers and other craft are placed in England the price is not the decisive factor, but the quality and time of deli-
vory.
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At the invitation of Mr. Landau, chun, The absence of powerful the manager of the Cafe Parisi engines deprived the Mukden armyenne, the Denishawn Dancers will of the power to pursue the enemybe.entertained to tea at the Cafe. by means of the railway, and, ow. this afternoon. The orchestra ing to this the contact between the will be in attendance as usual, and retreating and the pursuing armies the latest dance tunes will be ren was interrupted.
dered,
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KWANGTUNG FLOODS. BOARD OF CONSERVANCY WORKS
REPORT.
Water Levdle (Engiṭib Pers) at 8 n.at.
Observation EBS
A
1920
W.L
W.W
31/5 1/0
·Joet
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† 18.2 108
+11. 06
When the enemy left Kalgan,
foot the Mulden army was still within'
West flyer a
Bitabing $41.0 about a day's march from that To-day's weather report states
North River
169 town. The cavalry of General Wu that the Loochoos depression,
Thingyun 129,9 was the first to reach Kalgan. It which has deepened, is moving Northlwer at
Samu 127.3 -G 10,8 came from "Dolohor and at 5 am. northward. It is now about 100. East Bivor mi
Abeklung... +10,2 on August 19 occupied the town. About 7 am the armoured trains arrived from the east."
Amongst the passengers who loft for Shanghai on holiday by
miles east of Oshima. The local: weather forecast till noon to- morrow is "West or variable. winds, Hght; fine,"
It was, however, necessary to ensure that the fabricated steel
A fine of $3 in each case was hulls of imported vessels should the Empress of Canada were Mr. imposed on seven boat mistresses not be less than the duty which and Mrs. O. Kitchell, Mios Pansie who were charged at the Marins the Indian builder pays on un- Kitchell, Miss Rosle Kitcholl and | Court this morning with mooring fabricated steel parts of ships, Mrs. B. A Hyder.
Inshore during prohibited hours.
F40
TO-DAY
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6.40 p.m.
AT THE DENTIST'S.
If you are not a good boy shan't come here with me again.
-Kasper, Stockholm.
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