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THE PAYMENT OF ATHLETES.
AN OLYMPIC CONTROVERSY.
Amsterdam, Aug. 15. The recent conference at Paris between the executive committee of the Interntional Assocation Foot- ball Federation and the Interna- tional Olympic Committee, agreed that an indemnity for lost earn Ings may be awarded to footballers competing at the Olympics, without their losing their amateur atatus, provided it be paid to their emplo- yers, and not direct to the players. The foregoing was discussed by the council of the International Amateur Athletic Federation at n meeting, at Amsterdam, and it passed a resolution that the council regrets the decision, and calls the attention of the athletes of the world to the fact that, according to the rules of the LA.A.F., uny person receving payment for broken time is debarred from participa- tion in events under the jurisdiction of the LA.A.FReuter,
LOCAL RUGBY.
at 5.30 p.m.
MEETING NEXT MONDAY.
A meeting, of the Rugby Section of the Hongkong Football Club will be held in Union Building, Pedder Street, 4th Floor, (by kind permis- sion of the Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd), on Monday next It is hoped that all members and intending members will make an effort to attend as the object of the meeting is to elect officers for the coming season and to consider proposals, prior to submitting the same to the General Meeting of the Football Club, on Friday, the 26th. Arrangements have practically been completed for the use of a ground and a comprehensive series matches involving all H. M.. Forces stationed in the Colony is
of
contemplated.
HOME CRICKET.
NIG VICTORY FOR NEW ZEALANDERS.
result was:
London, Aug. 15.
TUESDAY.
PEKING'S RAILWAY
CONFERENCE.
INTENSE INTEREST TAKEN
"BY FOREIGNERS.
REFORM PUT INTO FORCE.
AUGUST 16, 1927.
THE UNMUZZLED DOG
IN SHANGHAI.
URGENT MEASURES NECESSARY, FOR HIS ELIMINATION,
'SCOURAGE OF RABIES.
Less than two months ago
A
INCREASED IMPORT
TAXES.
ATTITUDE OF SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER.
"DIRECT INTERFERENCE."
A statement of what is going
A SIX-PENNY WEDDING
RING.
GIRL TEASED INTO MARRIAGE.
"New York, July 14. Helen Wainwright, a girl swim- mer,is seeking the annulment of her marriage to the organist of a Business men in north China
cinema theatre at Oklahoma City took a great interest in the recent
Channel railway conference in Peking, says Saturday N. C. Daily News on in the Shanghai General Cham- on the curious ground that Misa Not that the Ministry of Communia young lady came out of the ber of Commerce as regarde the Gertrude Ederle, the
swimmer, by playing a practical cations is expected to effect any A. P. C. building and walked to fundamental reform. It is re- the intersection of The Bund and now import taxes as well as the joke on her, forced her to as- cognized that the Ministry's hands, Avenue Edward. A mad dog ran increased tonnage dues and pro-sume the bonds of matrimony. if not tied, are pretty well crippled at her and bit her in the ankle, duction tax appears in Saturday's for service. It is realized that having just previously bitten
N. C. Daily News. the state of the railways is Russian who was standing near grievous enough to necessitate a Within forty minutes she
It is the stated that Chamber urgical operation. Yet much can visited the Health Offes and had has been active in this matter be done by way of alleviation; an 1 been given the first anti-rabies in- the Ministry of Communications, oculation. The treatment was not only through the official under the very forceful leadership completed in three weeks and no channel of the Consular Body by of General Chang Ying-huai, con- symptoms of the disease became protest and interview and through currently Director General of the apparent. Three weeks after- them with their Peking-Mukden
rospective railway, has wards she felt a choking sensation Ministers, but also directly with shown itself onger to promote sucnin her throat; In fifteen hours alleviation. Its efforts are being she died of rabies. A Russian the Customs' and Chinese Officials followed with great hope by both was found dead in Hongkew Park and through the National Cham- Chinese and foreign commercial within a few weeks of this inci-bers of Commerce with whom they
co-operate.
men.
dent.
had
The girl's case is that whila touring the country. with Miss Ederle the latter publicly tensed her for having been seen several times with Mr. George Leonard Holland, the young organist,
To turn the tables on Gertrude, wedding ring which she wore be- she bought at a sixpenny store hind the stage at the theatre.
The manager of the theatr., assuming ale had been married, promptly informed the audience who next evening, when ske ap- peared on the stage showered.ries upon her.'
An average of three new cases The attitude of the Chamber New Feeling in the Capital.
of persons bitten by dogs are respecting the contemplated taxes This shows the new feeling that treated daily at the Health Office. if they are enforced on September Oklahoma newspapers printed is growing up in the capital. The total number per annum runs 1 is that apart from their illega- romantic stories of the "wedding" When Chang Tso-lin packed his into large, figures. Immediately ilty and contravention of all and to avoid gossip Helen married own bags for Mukden, most of us appears to be established in 99 arrangements with Treaty nation- the organist.
leaving him two packed any lingering expectation per cent. of cases who undergo the als they will have disastrous re- hours after the
ceremony.The
stand by the Mukden cause, we had still held of even a last Pasteur treatment; one per cent.sults and eventually react most bridegroom returned to his music waited to be plunged in a welter ment. There are few deaths so posed them.
and die of rabies in spite of the treat-seriously on those who have im and Helen continued her tour
with Gertrude. of fresh trouble. It was certainly terrible as death from hydropho not the time to think of any bla. improvement of condition's. especially in .communications. But foreigners had reckoned with- cut the dissolving views that make up present-day political China. It is as unprofitable as it is unwise
uge
Order Ignored.
Should Not Be Allowed.
The attempt to remove the tran- sit duties, coast trade duties, Native Customs duties, constitutes direct interference with the
ed out in Great Britain, yet there a
Rabies has been entirely stamp
are few countries in the world, if
Custoins machinery for the aggran-
been earmarked for for-
to make any deduction from any, where the dog is so well dizement of one particular politi- loved and disease has been stamp-cal party and this should not out by the alringent applica-be allowed. The above taxes tion of the muzzling order and have efficient quarantine. It can be eign and domestic loans and stamped out in any country in the represent TIs. 24,000,000-in world if such an order is made revenue annually which it is in- effective.
tended to eliminate by a stroke of the pen with no alternative re- venue except exorbitant increases in dues which are not received by the Customs.
given situation. You will Western processes of logic, and lo! you will be confounded. We had also reckoned without the deter mination of Chang Tsu-lin and his men to resist humiliation. On this base a new enthusiasm has been built, and constructive-mind- ed officials have taken their cue from it.
on
Tonnage Surtax.
A Municipal Notification is ap pearing in the Shanghai news paper notifying dog owners that Mr. C. S. Lin, the Director of dogs must be effectively muzzled, the Railway Department of the and that dogs found unmuzzled
With regard to abolishing Likin, Ministry, is one of these construc- are able to be shot. This order tively-minded men. He has a is ignored by nearly every dog the Chamber does not believe its direct mind and persuasive per- owner in Shanghai, comments the removal can be accomplished by Playing at Derby, the New Zea-nality, knows foreigners, and ia paper. In a twenty minutes drive September 1, 1927, even if it could. landers defeated Derbyshire by an liked by them. A few weeks ago through roads of the Western Dis- the effect would be comparatively innings and 240 runs, after a huge associations in the north of the burgh Roads last evening we
he warned the varicus foreign trict between Seymour and Edin-local. core, with two centuries. The re- the imminence of the railway con- counted 15 dogs-four were
For the New Zealanders, Dacreference, and requested them to leashes being led by Chinese ser- compiled 176, and Mills 100, not prepare memoranda of abuses for vants, one by a foreigner, and the consideration. It took sometime remaining ten were loose (five of out-Reater.
for the foreigners to persuade these were Chinese wonks). Not themselves that some show of re- one dog of the 15 was muzzled. construction was in the air, but when they did, they diverted their
An Urgent Task. ypewriters to the task of giving
most serious work of the the Ministry chapter and verse of Police Force to-day is probably their grievances. These have been studied in detail, as I have the apprehension of gunmen and reason to know, and many minor armed robbers, but the saying of complaints have already bees
"HANDS UP.”
RAYMOND GRIFFITH AT THE STAR.
The
ing
The tonnage surtax besides be- in contravention of the Treaties is, even at its reduced amount, a heavy burden on what is already a very expensive port and should be at once removed,
The production tax heads for suicide of local industries and it will, at a time when conditions are none too good even without these- impositions, cause a very large life by stamping out the deadly amount of unemployment. scourage of hydrophobla is of The Chamber continues to take Clever burlesque and the de-adjusted.
equal urgency. For one foreigner all possible measures against the lightful acting Q1 Raymond
bitten by unknown dogs there Griffith, combine to make "Hands
imposition of these various re are probably one hundred Chinese,straints on trade and it feels quite Up," the new picture at the Starit
and few of them take the Pasteur sure the public, both Chinese and Theatre to-day, î production which is sure to give general thing fundamental in improving treatment. But apart from police Foreign, are equally opposed to all
the rest of an exciting and amus- ing pleture.
Uprooting Petty Malpractices. The Ministry says quite frankly cannot hope to accomplish any
creases in the form of surtaxes at certain and parlous condition:
such radical and ill advised in-
a time when trade is in a very un-
HOOT GIBSON.
WORLD.
the service provided by the vigilance, the co-operation of pleasure. The period of the story Chinese railway system. Neither every foreigner is needed to deal is the American Civil War, and Raymond Grillith is cast in the few palliatives, but foreign buai- that of dog owners, among whom can i do more than tinker with a with this menage-and especially role of a Confederate spy entrust- ed with the task of diverting the has already been done, and hope
ness men are pleased with what there are many, Chinese.
The cult of the dog is a healthy ertemy's gold supplies. This he that at least the Ministry will one and one that should be succeeds in doing, only to find continue the policy it has laid encouraged, as it is in England. that he has placed himself with dawn of uprooting petty in the law as a common robber, practices that are almost as much Shanghai, and among them a mal-We have many fine breeds in the war having come to a sudden.
a handicap to trade as military large number of dogs who would "THE DENVER DUDE" AT THE end before he brought off his coup.
interference. The recent confer catch the judges eye on the bench) Meanwhile he has fallen in love ence seems to mark the end of at any Western dog show. These with two young ladies who both caissez faire in the Ministry return his affection. They are
dogs, to keep them free from One resolution of the confer- rabies, need as much care
Beautiful scenery forms the and both determined to marry him,ence, the simplification and reduc- protection
as human
Denver and when they have effected his tion of railway transit taxes, was They are not having it at the Dude," a first-rate Western comedy
beings. background for "The escape, he has to choose between handled with a speed that was present time, but it is largely featuring Hoot Gibson, which them. How he solves this diffi-almost indecent in this city cult problem is in keeping with procrastination. The day after it the fault of their owners for, not comes to the World Theatre to-day was passed, General Chang Ying- insisting that they shall wear after a successful run in Kowio at. hual went to the Cabinet meeting, muzzica in public places. A dog The Denver Dude" is the story of after his formal opening of the without a muzzle would then be a strong, smiling cowboy who se
immédiately, and It off for a quiet vacation trip only conference, and persuaded his co- suspect leagues to petition the Tayuansuri would be the duty of every obser to find himself involved in a series to give the needed relief. The ver to notify the nearest police-of adventures, the first of which causes him to act the part of a instruction was issued the next man or police station, that such a day!!
dog was at large. Most dog "dude" for the time being Soon LATEST OFFICER CHANGES.
Most of the foreign business owners, like ourselves, hesitate to afterwards he falls in love with the men reported on the corrupt burden a dog with a muzzle when pretty daughter of a ranch owner, methods of station masters in it le such a rarity but the pre-his arrest for robbery, Aware of but his romance is interrupted by Captain R. W. Bateman, of the wrongly classifying goods for the sent outbreak of rabies is such the identity of the real robbers, he Tungwo, has gone-master, Kiang-purpose of exacting exorbitant that immediate and extreme wo. Captain J. M. Bain, of the freight charges. This has been a measures are necessary and makes his escape, attired in a kilt, Klangwo, has gone master, Tung-prolife
of aqueeze. should be enforced both for the while his guard is asleep and Source
gives chase on an untamed horse, Another source is the open welling good of the dog and his owner.
The nature of the climax is obvi Mr. A. Pirie, from reservo, has of cars to the highest bidders.
ous but it will delight all admirera gone second officer, Fooshing.
Still another lucrative side-line of
of the geniál cowboy star. Mr. R. B. Symington, sup'y third station officials is the levying of
The late Dr. James Cyril Dă- engineer, Kungwa, is on reserve. transit taxes according to see mahoy Allan, M. D. (41), late of Mr. P. Stewart, from reserve, has dules that have no other justifica- Victoria, Hongkong, left personal gone sup'y third engineer, Kung-tion than the mathematical caprice estate in Great Britain valued at THE TONNAGE DUES.
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SHIPS CLEAR... gone chief engineer, Hsin Tseung- They were exhibited to the coofer-charged many times the amount tah.
ende oy a business man, who pro- that the Chinese has to pay. cended to prove that the total cost Though this is a direct violation
Following the scheme which of transporting a ton of wool from of Washington conference engage-
was agreed upon of clearing ships
The committee of the amalga legitimate and illegitimate tax-political weapon, and the point nationalities instead of through Paotou to Tientsin, including both ments, no use was made of the through the consulates of their mated atreet upinna in Shanghai tion, amounted to six times the brought out was that many foreign the Customs while the 50 per cent. has passed a resolution urging the total freight charges for the same firms had transferred their bust additional tonnage, dues imposed subscription of funds for the purshipment between Tientsin andness from the railways to the by the Nationalists' continue in pose of fighting the increased New York. municipal taxation and securing The Discrimination Against
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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:
Banks.
Hongkong Bank, $1055 b. Chartered Bank, £20 n. Mercantile A. & B., £32 D. Mercantile C., £131
P. and O., £99 b. East Asia, 868 n.
Marine Ins.
Canton Ins. $590 5. China Underwriters, $1.50 North China, Tla, 143 n. . Union Ins., $283.98.
Yangteze Ins., $37
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Fire Ins.
11.
China Tires, $210 b. H. K. Fire Ins., 600 a.
Shipping.
Douglases, $32 n."
83.
H K. Steamboats, $211 8. H. K. Tuge, $.60 e. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.) $30 n. Shell Trans., 92/- n. Star Ferries, $54) Waterboats, $16 90 n.
Refineries.
China Sugars, $158 Malabons, $32
Mining,
S.
Benguets, $1,70, n.
Kailans, 45. b
S.
Langkats, Tla. $19. S'hai Exploration, Tls. 3 a. Shanghai Loans, Tls, 64 n. Raubs, $3.65 b.
Tronohis, 19/3. Ural Caspiane, 5/ .
Docke, etc.
Kowloon Wharves, $112 b Whampoa Docks, $35
.
Hongkews, Tls. 1361 b. New Engineerings, Tls. 440 b. Shanghai Docks Tls. 90. n.
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Lands, Hotels, etc, Hand 8. Hotels,: 61 H K Lande, $532 b Realtys, $6
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Territorials, $LI B. Humphroye, $12) n.. Princes Bldgs, $89. 20.
· Rural Lands, $14
Cottons.
Ewo Cottons Tls. $7.40 b. Orientale, The $1.80, 6 S'hai Cottons, Tis $51 o.
Buses, Trams,
China Buses, Tis, 7. Tramways, $20.80 b Peak Trams, (old) $14. 8. Singapore Trams, 11 s. Taxis, $10.
Miscellaneous.
Amusements, $21 Canton Ices, $5 Coments,Comb $78. China Lights, $13. 'Chiba: Proti, 84, mi
Constructions, $18. Dairy Farms, #15 b
H'kong Electrics) $521 Dor A. Wing, $0 n
Macao Electrice; $37 b. Ropes Old $10 n. Lade Crawfords, 85 8
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waterways to the loss of the rail- this force, two British ships and ways concerned. The economic one America cleared in this manner Binderoe, 8 G Chinese representation. They say
Foreigner.
argument may yet secure compre on Friday, last. The dues, It is the incrense la legal because it Another complaint of the hensive amelioration of this disunderstood, were duly paid into has not been, sanctioned by the foreigner relates to the discrimina-criminatory treatment-N. C.the shipping offices of the consu Chinese Government..
tion against his goods on the rail- Daily News correspondent.
lates in question..
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