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WUCHOW NEWS.
JAPANESE GUNBOAT PAYS A VISIT
Од the
AUGUST
25, 1927.
THE ? PLAYERS.
THE REV. MR, ROSSITER.
TAKING UP WORK IN THE
WEST INDIES.
A,I PROGRAMME OFFERED
AT TAIKOO CLUB.
OBITUARY
CHIEF ENGINEER OF KUTSANG.
It was with feelings of regret
It is with extreme regret that The Japanese gunboat Uji ar-
The Players and a pro- have to record the death of rived in Wuchow on the 19th with that we at Wanchai said "Good several civilians from Canton. They bye" to the Rev, and Mrs. H. S. F. Samme sounds both mysterious Alexander Walter Barclay, C were the guest of the Commission Rossiter on their departure from and attractive. To obtain the solu Engineer of as. Kutsang (Indo Ci tion to the mystery surrounding Navigation Company) which oc er of Customs, Mr. Y. Kurematau. Hongkong by the s.5. Rawalpindi the players and their programme it red in hospital at Greenock
the afternoon of the says
Wanchai Wesleyan will be necessary to take a trip to August 20, subsequent to an accid 20th Mr. Kurematsu gave Methodist Church Quarterly. Mr. a tea in honour of the officers from Rossiter has been closely associat-Taikoo Club on Saturday evening, The news was contained in a c
when doubtless all curiosity will be received yesterday by Messrs, the gunboat and among those at-ed with the cause at Wanchai
satisfied.
dine and Matheson, but no det tending were the officers of H.M.S. Church for over two years, He
The Players are a new entor-
were given. Cicala, which came into port that first became acquainted with our tainment party to Hongkong. The deceased was one of the n morning, and the foreignera of the church in 1925, when many mission They originate from H:M.S. Vin valued servants of the Company port. After the ten the sailors workers were compelled to evacu- dictive.
a man of great popularity, havin from the gunboat gave an exhibi-ate from South China misstpa sta- In addition to being assured of high measure of esteem by fel tion of tennis played with soft ball,tions to Hongkong.
a capital entertainment abounding members of the, sen faring comm anovelty for most of the foreignMr. Rossiter came to us from with humour, song, dance and sket-ty. The company suffers a g community:
Wuchow and has been more or less in touch with the activities of the ches, those who attend the concert loss in his demise at a comparativ During their stay in Wuchow the Church ever since. During 1925 will be doing a good turn to the years of brilliant service ahead! early age, with the prospect of m Service men in the Colony general-
Kuramatsu called on General Kang Kit Ben, Defence Commissioner for Wubbow and members of the party were escorted over the city by re
resentatives of the local officials.
Church on three separate occasions, ally handing over control at the end of last year to our present Pastor, Rev. J. C. Knight Anstey
y, for the proceeds are to be pald Greenock, his home address be to the Naval and Military Y.M.C.A. "Routenburn," Grant Street, Gre will be no charge for admission, mother, sole remaining parent Entertainments Committee. There lock, where, it is understood, but a collection will be taken. resides. So far as can be ascert
Mr. Rossiter will be remember ed at Wanchai particularly for his permission Capt. D. R. Le Motte are two brothers who are in the
The? Playere are appearine byed the only other surviving relati efforts in furthering the cause during a very trying period of de- and officers of H.M.S. "Vindictive." rice of Messrs. Butterfield and Sw After, aarving a five year appr ticeship with Messrs. Kincaid & call, pression in the history of the The President of the Company is
president,
Sub-Lt. C. H. de B Indo Ching Company in 1914 as the
The gunboat sailed for Canton on the morning of the 21st.
H.M.S. Cicala came into port on 'the 19th for h short sailing early On Saturday cricketers from the Cicala de- Country, leave In early 1928 for Newby, R.N., General Manager, engineer of the old s.s. Kutsa feated the team from the Wu the West Indies mission field B. W. Wilmott, accompanist,. R. H. which was apnk during the war..
this morning. Church. Mr. and Mrs. Rossiter Commander V, E. Ward, R.N., vices of Greenock, Mr. Barclay joined
afternoon the after a brief sojourn in the Old
score being 48 to 39. The game them God Speed and all success was played in the rain...
and happiness in their new abode.
General Li Chai-sum, Koo Fang Ying, and other high military and government officials from Canton SAND JUNK WRECKED. have been in Wuchow for several days. General Li's mother died ́a; few days ago.
MODS 11.16 1.
The sumber of troops being trained in this section has greatly
increased during the past few
EIGHT MORE CASUALTIES
REPORTED:
Aslem, and the under the baton of Bandmaster E. A. Eames, R.M.B.
DUTIABLE WINE.
CHINESE MERCHANT CHARGED WITH POSSESSION
of 23. Kwongaa cond engineer Teaching the position of chilet gineer whilst serving" in ae. ME ang in August 1922, Joining Kutsang in June 1924 he remained that ship until February of year, when he proceeded on a months Home leave by s... Presid
JEWELLED MUMMY.
Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Taft... central' magistracy yesterday
Further details of the antorpums afternoon, the master of a native happening which resulted in wineshop at No.2b Eastern Street, Barclay's death will be awaited Details of the total wreck of a was summoned. an two counts, interest by the many friends of weeks and apparently the local sand junk during the typhoon on in respect of possession of 627 ceased remaining in the Colony, military plan to have sufficient Saturday came to hand yesterday, gallons of dutiable Chinese wines, troops to keep any opposing army on the arrival in port of two sur- and alternatively, of the posses
rescued by asion of 543 gallons, alleged to be out of Kwangtung and Kwangani.vivors who were
passing fishing jurk after clinging found stored in the premises. The tail of the typhoon struck to the wreckage. for forty-eight Mr. M.K Lo defended. Wuchaw on Saturday night and hours.
· «Evidence was given by revenue Sunday with wird and rain According to a report made to officers to the effect that in the throughout this period. However the Police yesterday, a sand junk, early morning of the 8th they visit- no serious damage has been re-carrying a crow of ten persons ed the defendant's shop, when re- perted as a result of the unusually including two children, left Mui moval of the wines in question
Cairo, July 28. strong gales.
Wo, Cheung Chau, on Saturday to the shop was being proceeded The local Press reports an I last, with a load of sand for Tai with from a junk moored at the portant discovery made in t Pak near Ping Chau Island. Im; end of the street, against the western desert, where a mumm mediately there were signs of a Praya wall. The gangway was in presumably of an Egyptian quee typhoon the master attempted to position, and when the revenue has been found. take shelter in the Tai Pak Bay men went on board they found a but was unable to enter the bay on stock of jafa containing wines, jewels including 18-gold andre The mummy is covered wi account of the heavy seas the labels on which were identical ver bracelets 5 neckleta in bril
YANGTSZE TRADE.
BRITISH CONCERNS CONDUCT INVESTIGATION.
QUREN WHO REIGNED 3,00 YEARS AGO.
The sails were lowered and the with those in the shop. The labels ants, and a crown of brilliants. maet cut down but the junk was were damp as if they had been soon swamped and the crew freshly stuck on the jars.
Near the mummy, it is stat
thrown into the water. A female The junk was recognised as were found other necklets Reuter recently briefly reported
cook and a man were able to cling trader plying regularly between sapphires and brilliants, as we that a party of British traders to the wreckage and after two Hongkong and Cheungchau, and as a statuette carved in prophyr were going to investigate condi-days were rescued by a fishing the revenue officers allege that
The hieroglyphics indicate the tions on the Yangtze. Further junk. None of the other members they traced the wines to a certain the remains are 3,000 years ol particulars are gleaned from of the crew have been seen, since wineshop at Cheungchau. Shanghai papers of August 19, the disaster.
The hearing was adjourned. which atate:
Under instructions from His Majesty's Minister, Mr. H. J. Brett, Acting Commercial Coun- sellor, is leaving Shanghai to-day by H.M.SKiawn with the db- ject of studying trade conditions at the Yangtze ports and of-ro- porting on the possibility of re- establishing connexions with those porte trom which British merchants have been evacuated.
Accompanying Mr. Brett are the following representatives of firms] havide important interests in the Yangtage area Messrs. Arnhold and Co. Ltd. Mr.OH. Arnhold will'accompany the party to Han- kow, whero his place will be taken by another member of the firm; Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd. Mr N, Leslie, who will go with the party as far as Hankow, and Mr D. T. Keogh; Messrs. Barry and Dodwell, Chungking, Mr. B. M. Barry; British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd. Mr. V. L. A. Fairley; Mesars. Butterfield and Swire, Mr. A. V. T. Dean; Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd., Mr. S E. Grimstone: Mr. J. R. Sinton, of the China Inland Mission, Luchow Szechumal als accompany the party.
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The "Kawo" will proceed first to Hankow, calling where possible at ports en route and thence to Changsha, Iehung and Chungking, being escorted to the upper river by one or more gunboats of His Majesty's Navy. At Hankow Mr. A. P. Blunt, C.M.G,, who is in general charge of His Majesty's Consulates at the evacuated ports will join the expedition:
but it is not known to what ́ dynaj ty the queen belonged,
The Prince of Wales and His Canadian E-P Ranch
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Chicago, Aug. 24. Three buildings were wrecked in an explosion which shook an entire city block. The police, wha attribute the explosion to a dyna- mite bomb placed by a gang of bootleggers to wreck a rival still in the basement of one of the bulldings, in searching the ruins found the bodies of three men who tended the still-Reuter a American Service.
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ave the Prines Caries of his real, papotical interest in frew when or vacation, returned a good horseman, despite reports to stock raising
Among Well known Canada on the Empress of Australia the contrary, we all get bucked out neighborn in Alberta are the Duke of and after verious, osremanial visits now and then and Baron Rentrew Westminster, the Earl of Minto, Guy to Canadian allice in the East, de, no exception. He rides rem well out Weadier of the T-5 Banol and Fra
be Likes parted for the B-Z. Ranch with Frer here, in Alberta szid” ke the mier Stanley Baldwin, of Crest Brite actan saddle. If he gets piled be George Tags of the Ber U Ranch, who ain, as his guest to lead the life
lot of publicity on account of secured for this prince the Ranch cowboy beyond the public gas and his prominence, but it I hit the grit, told the prince how to cut out a half
2 from its mother for berading unmolested by reporters and news nobody notices t paper photographers. As the Prince On bis first, trip to Canada, the showing the democratic »
Western Cards, always addressed Usually has got much more prtescy Prince of Wales bought the big raneo than a goldfish, the Alberta prairies and gave is the name of his brand-the prince as "young faller."
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