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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 1927.
DECLINE OF BRITISH COAL.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1927.
DAY BY DAY,
from the closing of pits and irre- gular working. In the four weeks endod September 10th last, the
IT IS MANIFEST THAT ALL GOVERN- output averaged only about 900MENT OF ACTION IS TO BE OBTAINED BY KNOWLEDGE, AND KNOWLEDGE, BEST, BY GATHERING MANY KNOW- LEIKES, WHICH IS READING.-Sir Philip Sidney
There was a clean bill of
the Colony yesterday,
CHINESE MINER'S
FORTUNE.
ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL
ESTATE,
The Very Idea!
The self-starter was aulking, and the driver had to get out and wind the handle. He cranked it Hongkong estate to the value of for five minutes, while a amali $20,000 was left by Yap Lion-heang, crowd collected. Then a dear old alias Yap Hiong, alias Yap Llan-person pushed her way to the healthhiong, alias Yap Lin-heong, alias front and pressed a penny into his
Yap Lian-leong, alias Yag Lain- heong, who died at 19, Pudu Lane, perspiring hands. Kuala Lumpur, F. M. S., on Novem- ber 14th last year. Deceased was
miner,
The Empress of Russia, which left Hongkong on the 26th October, arrived at Vancouver on the 14th November.
Ro-scaling of probate has been granted to Mr. L. R. Andrewes, of Mesars. Johnson, Stokes and Master, the law ful attorneys of the widow, Chong Ngluk-yin, alias Chong Shi, who is the executrix and the adopt ed son, Yap Kiun-tsong, the ex- ecutor.
"My good man," she said kindly. "I wish all barrel-organa were 8. quiet as yours,"
000 tons, and having regard to the Improvements which for some time past have been taking place in the equipment of the pits and in tho facilities for the shipment of coal, |- the actual production is 30 por In cent, or oven more, below the pos aible output. At the South Wales ports, the Great Western Railway Company -hás, in recent years, spent large sums of money in in- creasing the facilities for the ship- ment of coal, while the two con- tinuous trimming shifts, which, during periods, of pressure in re- cent years, were responsible for
The will makes provision for the lang detentions of vessels in port,
appointment of three additional have been superseded by a day and
sous sa executors when they shall
night trimming shift system.
have reached their majority
The will directs that the sum of Company." The main cause of the severity
$2,000 shall be applied to the de- ceased's funeral expenses, and days there were no "fast express of the present depresion, it la stat-law in Soochow, Wasih, and Chung-$1,500 for the funeral expenses of trains," and one stationmaster his wife. Other sums are also set related with great glee the fact nside for family funeral expenses. that a guard told him of an In addition, he bequeaths an an occasion when he shot nine rabbits uity to his wife of $600 during and three hares from his van while her widowhood, to be paid in
"A Chinese passenger, who ar rived yesterday on the Empress of Asia, has reported to the police the theft of money jewellery and clothing to the value of $100.
Owing to the activities of local Communists, and hoping to prevent disturbances along the railway, the military have declared martial
chow.
Amusing reminiscences on life on the old Great North of Scotland Hallway system were related at a Presentation ceremony to Mr. John *passenger agent at Kemp, Aberdeen, who retired recent ly on completing fifty years" with the service, partly original company and afterwards with the Northern Scottish section of the London and North-Eastern
It was stated that in the early
ed, is the diminution in the volume of the foreign demand. The coal shipment capacity of the South Wales dooks is to-day probably forbidden the export of rice, as monthly instalments of $50. The the train was going from one
The Nationalist authorities have
they are afraid the grain will fall into the hands of the enemy and that there may be a shortage in this part of the country.
over 3 million tons per month, but
will also provides for monthly pay-
station to another. this year, the shipments have aver
ments to his sons and grandsons, The guard on another journey and directs that every son left his train at a station, donned aged about 1,900,000 tons per
and daughter shall receive a tweed jacket and cap, and went month, while in August they tótal-
$200 each on their marriage. shooting with his gun and dog, led only 1,700,000 tona. These are
After making other family be-The foreman, who did not recog- With a considerable reduction quests, deceased orders that the nise him, saluted him as he went figures that truly tell their own in the number of ships in harbour, trustees shall set aside a house at out of the station. tale of lost business and an un-neither the Kowloon Godowns, nor 66, Sultan Street, Kuala Lumpur, promising future.
Holt's wharf had a ship alongside as a family house, to carry on the at 9 o'clock this morning, a some- ceremonies in what unusual occurrence for mid- family worship. week.
A Chinese, who was arrested on with His taels of non-Government the Star Ferry Wharf yesterday, opium in his possession, preferred to jump his bail of $100 rather than appear before Major C.
morning... Willson to answer the charge this
connexion with
"THE MAGICIAN.”
TO-DAY'S BIG 'FILM AT
THE QUEEN'S.
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Sub-inspector: Were you drunk yesterday?
Female Defendant (tearfully) : Yes, I made a mistake. I meant lo drink (sob) lemonade.
Defendant: I'm a canvasser on an admission basis.
Sub-Inspector: Bring in the
men!
Constable: Would you mind coming in please, gentlemen?
monial
4.
Another notablo picture is to be seen at the Queen's Theatre to-day.
A Peking Chinese student "The Magician" e a remarkable
difficult mulri- story by Somerset Maugham which solved
problem. He Was horsemen," "Mare Nostrum" and on the eve of his wedding he fp. the man has been produced by Rex Ingram, engaged to marry a girl, and
who made the "Four Scaramouche."
in love with her sister. He ap-
both!
marry
The picture is u credit to Rex pealed to the family, and it was ingram and it will be remembered suggested that he should here as one of the outstanding pro- ductions of the year. Having been filmed entirely in Europe, it pre-
We cannot forgive Ruskin for sents many settings of great seeing no merits in St Paul's scenic and historical interest,
Churchyard. Dean Inge,
Knowing the Empire.
The forthcoming departure for
While a Chinese musician wus East and Central Africa of a Com- entertaining an audience in the mission headed by Sir Hilton Public Square at Yaumati yester- Young is yet a further reminder of day, a thief romoved a gold watch the growing tendency on the part and chain from the musician's of the authorities at Home to take pocket. The value of the stolen every possible advantage of op-property is placed at $32. portunities which present them- selves to gain first-hand informa- A very important debate on the tion concerning the problems of British coal industry is to come up recent visit of Mr. Baldwin him various parts of the Empire. The in Parliament to-day, in the course self to Canada is well within pub- of which the Labour Party intends lie meniory, whilst the Secretary to introduce a motion of censure,
of State for the Colonies is at demanding, as mentioned in a cable Dominions, and the Secretary for present on a tour of the various published yesterday, that im-Air has been on a flight to India, mediate action be taken for the whither also the Minister for War
is shortly to go. A Statutory.Com A. Musicale will be held at the efficient organisation of coal min-mission is also to pay a visit to Helena May Institute' on Thurs- The central figure in the story ing, and for the relief of uném-the Indian Empire, and a special day, 24th November, at 5.30 p.m. is a half-mad magician who thinks The choice of a career is, in ployed or partly-employed miners. Commission is now about due in A Programme of "Romanticist he has discovered the secret f nine cases, out of ten haphazard Ceylon for the purpose of study- | Music" will be given. Tickets to life and casts a spell ́ ́over a and accidental.-Sir John Reith. Undoubtedly, there is a very seri-ing the question of the reform of be booked at the Secretary's office. beautiful young girl whose life he Gentlemen of the University ous decline in British coal mining, the Constitution of that Crown Teas may be had from 4 p.m. on-believas he must take as part of seem more easily amused than
Colony. All these developments wards. Advt.
his experiments.
any rustics I have ever seen. Mr. are to be welcomed, for they not
The struggle between the maxi-Justice Rowlatt (at Cambridge). only indicate a desire on the part
cian and the girl's lover for the
Cultivate charm and dress mastery of her soul makes a thrill- ing narrative and the climax is well-Mr. W. W. Vaughan, head incidents, notably the dance of to schoolgirls.) equally sensational. Some of the master of Rugby (in an address
the faun, are very striking.
The leading players are the
Told by Mr. Theodore W. Koch, popular American star, Allee Illinois, at the annual dinner of Terry, and the famous German the Library Association: actor, Paul Wegener. The sup porting cast includes British, French and Serbian actors of note. Altogether "The Magician" is pleture of exceptional force rad colour,
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last week shows three cases
The Colony's health return for of typhoid (one Swedish and two Chinese, all imported), of which two terminated fatally, as well as
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"How do you like Prohibition?" "It's better than no liquor at all."
worst sufferers In the industrial slump which has affected the of the Home Government to secure The hearing of the case of armed country. In considering the mat- thorough understanding of vari-robbery committed, on board the ter of a return of industrial pros the additional value of resulting October 12 was continued before ons Imperial issues, but they have steam launch Wo Fat Shing on perity to Britain, much considera-in Home politicians getting an op- Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon tion has to be paid to the question portunity of revising views and Magistracy yesterday afternoon, opinions which we fear are all too when, after further evidence, the of the coal trade, which, experience often based on misconceptions, caac was adjourned till to-morrow. ing a steady decline over many Here in Hongkong, and in the Far years past, suffered a most severe Enst generally, Britishers some
times have a feeling that their blow a twolvemonth ago, when the problems and trials are all too lit disastrous coal stoppage affectedile understood and appreciated by
Delegates to the Undertakers? practically every mine, and all the Colonial and Foreign Offices
Convention in Chicago putin' a branches of trade, in Britain. and by politiciana generally. That
is, unhappily, one of the
two fatal Chinese cases of cerebr>-
busy day recently discussing ways We referred recently to the falling sequences of the outlying parts of spinal fever. One Chinese case
and means for making America á better place to die in, and before away of Britain's export trade in the Empire being ruled from Lon-of each disease has since bean coal, which was one of the main-one day have the opportunity of
don, Maybe, however, we shall reported.
the day was finished they had reached the conclusion that Ameri- OVER $1,600 SAID TO BE stays of commerce at one time. welcoming a Commission from
can "mortielans," us they call MISSING. The Chinese-Mission to Lepers
themselves, had already achieved How large that decline has been Home, composed of men who are
a state of perfection-in their work anxious to learn the truth con- gave a reception in Shanghai to la strikingly set forth in a Home cerning the position of Britishers Dr. Robert G. Cochrane, medical administration of the Ten-house to shame. The ancient Egyptians, Co-incident with a change in the which put Pharaoh's embalmers banker's review, which has just in the East. If ever that day does adviser of the Mission to Lepers, Employees' Guild at No. 80, Con- the undertakers admitted, could do London, on Thursday evening. Dr. come to hand. Concerning the come, there will, we are sure, be Cochrane said that a model leper no hesitancy on the part of those Birmingham position, it is pointed who know the facts to impart their home should be established in out that, with the market over-knowledge to those in search of Shanghai to show the Government and the people, in a concrete man supplied,' prices of fuel have been the truth..
gor, what could be done to rid China of leprosy.
con-
THE NEW CABARET COMPANY.
GREAT SUCCESS SCORED LAST NIGHT.
ሰለ .
GUILD FUNDS.
naught Road West, comes a report a fairly good job, but it was that funds amounting to $1,650 amateurish as compared with the have disappeared from the coffers modern undertakers' art, which of the Guild.
preserved perfectly the contour of This discovery is said to have the body and a life-like appear- been made after an official and two ance. While the Egyptians eter clerks had disappeared and after nalised the image of death, the the books had been subjected to modern mortician" simulated life, an audit.
imparted to the features a roseate A report has been made to the glow, and provided a nice, cheer- of houses they attempted to burgle police and a warrant has been fal, pink casket. As to cost, the on Thursday last. At 6.20 p.m., in lasued for the arrest of the mis- Egyptian embalmers, with spices, the Louza district, six men were sing men.. frightened off when the master ereated a disturbance. The quick "wit
Three ganga of armed robbers were folled in Shanghal by tenanta
weak and irregular. The demand for household coal was not greatly stimulated until towards the end of September, and only in the lat ter part of the month did the allght expansion of trade in' industrial qualities occur, Supplies, there fore, have become further unbal-,
At the Star Theatre, Kowloon, anced, and large,tonnages of slack and small coal remain unabsorbed,pany scored a great success with last night, tho, Qug, Cabaret com- though very low prices have been their new programme, "Cocktails." Yulin Road, alarmed the rob- accepted to expedite, the working every one of which gave a large after firing one shot. Four men at New York
Altogether there were 20 items, bers, who decamped with nothing. measure of enjoyment to those 2014 Sinza Road were none the Brussels present, there being plenty of fun, richer, when they left post haste.. serious variety, which fitted into with one or two turns of a more
the programme very well.
who turned off the light on of a ship's assistant,
Tang's approach, at-61
EXCHANGE RATES.
Paris
Gonová Amsterdam Milen
The current moyle programmes Borlin at the World' Theatre and the Stockholm
Pragor
of the pits. At some collieries, the miners were employed only about half-timo in the early weeks of September, and though the posi- tion improved later, progress was A scene entitled "The Strong Star Theatre are being screened Copenhagen mainly on the house coal aide. Silent Man" was brief, but never for the last time this evening Oslo There was insufficient expansion provide great amusement. In the Rudolph Valentino's great ro-
theless was of such a nature as to The picture at the World Theatre Vienna in the demand for coke to affect second part the palm must be given mance, "Monsieur Beaucaire, Madrid the market position.
to "A Port in a Storm," a laughter which is screened with orchestra Lisbon' When we come to exports, we raising little act that was as at 6.15 and 9.20 and with an in-Athous
novel as it was funny. In addition terpreter at 2.80 and 7.15. The Bucharest learn that, at Cardiff, the month there were dancing and albging of picture at the Star Theatre is Rio A of September has brought no im- pleasing nature, and the whole "sterton of the Movies," etar Buenos Aires
made an evening's entertainmenting Viola Dana. The pro- Shangha provement to the South Wales coal that is well worth going to see ramme at the Star Theatre Is Hongkong trade, either in the general post-The samo progamme will be re- continuous from 5.80 to 8.30 only, Silver (spot) tion or In the Immediate outlook.peated to-night, and there will be the now Our Cabaret at 9.15 pre- Silver (forward) Production continues to suffer another change to-morrow,
senting the revite "Cocktails."
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40sence is placé has been filled
0607 Mr. J P. Bragu. All the bual- 785 ness at the meeting was of a 20/82 formal nature. Those present 11/32 were Mr. W. J. Carrió (President); 2/7% Mr. R. A. C. North (S.C.A.), Mr 2/01 ET Jackman (DFW) Dr. G/ /10 15/82 W. Pope (M.O.H.), Dr. 8. W. Tao, 20 110 Dr3. C. Ho, Mr Wong Kwong .26% in; and Mr. D. Davies (secretary).
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