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The Currency Question.
[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930.
COMMUNIST “DEN”
RAIDED.
QUANTITY OF SEDITIOUS LITERATURE SEIZED.
TWO ARRESTS MADE.
The Very Idea! POWELLS
If women as well as men take to elgars at the play, the whole ques- {}, tion of whether smoking is to be allowed at theatres at all will have! graph). At a musical comedy one to be revived. (says the Daily Tele- | night a woman in the stalls, pretty and well under 30, took out a long cigar and smoked it to the end. She appeared to relish it, but treat- ed those around her to a choking barrage of smoke, for she puffed fiercely and incessantly.
The atmosphere became very try- ing, and if a dozen such cigar smokers had been functioning it would probably have been intoler
"He's an awfully elever man." "Not a bit of it. He only makes people think he is.”
"Well, isn't,that enough?"
Sir, Nobody has had any com- ments to pass on the currency dux- gestion in my letter of the 14th The following article by Dr.
New York, Jan. 13. inst. I didn't expect they would. ; A very big haul of allegedly sedi- Senational charges that the Hongkong in the last place on tious pamphlets and books of a poli- Davidson Black, Hon. Director of the Cenozoic Research Laboratory, world allver market has been vir earth to look for the adoption of tical nature was made by detectives, Geological Survey of China, deals, tually cornered by Chinmauran anything original. With your per-who raided the top floor of No. 2, with the discovery of the skull of Motilni, an aged Hindu, were made mission, however, I shall make Percival Street late last night. As an adult Sinanthropus at Chou Kou to-day by Handy & Harman, silver another attempt to arouse a little a result, two Chinese were arrested Tien, on illustration of which bullion specialists who are well interest in the proposition.
and detained at No. # Police appears in our Pictorial Supple-known throughout the world.
In your leader of the 17th, you Station. micnt to-day:
emphasise the necessity of Home -- The authorities received informa- Handy & Harman declare that new stabilising factor in the tion of the existence of the "den", within the past few days Motilal world's currencies. 1 again sug-and a party of detectives, led by afable. has cornered the bar silver marke gest that the nearest we shall ever European oficer, carried out the by purchasing 5,000,000 ounces of get to a solution of the problem raid. They discovered hundreds of har allver for near future delivery, is the basing of our currencies on books of an apparently seditious na According to the story, which fixed general, price level of ture, and these they confiscated.
Tha Two Chinese, Chau Mi-san and Li has a definite bearing on the world everything money can buy.
note issue is a Fong, who were found, on the pre- essential of a silver situation, Motilal bid the
guarantee that, should the neces-mises were arrested, and, they," to- silver price up to 484, compared sity arise, the promise to pay can gather the books, were removed to with the official price in New York be liquidated. Gold and silver Wanchal Station, the men being de of 46%, in order to obtain his reserves have been demanded in tained for the night.. huge quantity of silver.
the past but the moratorium of Enquiries this morning showed It is believed that with 5,000,000 1914 put us off the old track for that the authorities were stiil buny ounces of bar silver at his dis-n little while and conclusively translating the pamphlets, of which poñal Motilal is now able to die- proved that, with the commodity there is a considerable quantity, and inte his own price.
wealth of a nation behind it, afalthough the exact nature of their paper currency
be run contents is not yet fully ascertain- could without any metallic backing. ed, it is believed that they are of And there is nothing on earth to a political nature. prevent the Hongkong Govern- The two arrested "men have not, ment to-diny from putting put as yo, had any charge preferred paper dollar with a fixed general against them, price level for its maintenance.
On January. 2nd Inal, Mr. W. C Pei of the staff of the Cenozole Laboratory of tho Geological Survey of China, while excavating sheltered recess of the mali deposit at Chou Kou Tien, dia- covered the greater part of nn uncrushed adult skull of Sinanthropus peleinensis. Mr. Poi at once recognized the importance of the specimen and personally carried out the difficult work of excavation and subsequent field preparation of the block of matriz in which it lay. It is entirely due to his skill and devotion that this bulky mass with its unique and frugile contents reached the Cenozoic Laboratory quite undan- aged?
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The action of the aged Indian comes at a time when China is fat
ing a grave financial crisis due to the recent decline in silver prices, Mr. Pel has been in charge of The business world has its eyes on the Geologien) Surver's flold
the silver situation and especially excavations at Chou Kou Tien
on China and India where banks during the past season.
He was
are facing difficulty, where specu- .also associated with Drs. Bohlin
and C. C. Young in the work of intors have been wiped out, where excavation carried on at that site | American and European firms are during the season of 1928 which facing heavy losses due to the resulted in the recovery of the fact that they made their contracts major parts of the lower jaws and in silver on the basis of the higher numerous teeth and skull frag-prices which prevailed some time ments referable to, the
genus ago. Sinanthropus,
Within the main cave deposit at Chou Kou Tien up to the present -time Sinanthropus remains have been recovered from five different loci, three of which, including the last major find, have been dis- covered by Mr. Pei during the last Reason's work. Contrary, to ung reports which have beengcirenlat- ed, no skeletal parts other than the skull and numérons isolated teeth have been recovered during this year's exenyations.
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PORK AND MONKEY'S
SKIN.
MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR THEFT.
Our critics, of course, will con- tend that we must necessarily fall into line with whatever bagia obtains in China-but to what end Chinu will does this lead us? have her internal disruption for years hence, which means, I sup.i pose, that we are to suffer in silence with her go down, if
A charge of larceny of fifteen The charge made by Handy&ecessary, with a scuttled ship in
whose hrticles ፕሮ haye
pounds of pork, one monkey's skin Harman caused keen interest in
interest! export and banking eireles here.
Why not set the pace ourselves and a jacket from 7, Wong Chuk Quickly the news spread and all and stabilise irrespective of what Street, Shamalzuipo, was brought The against a Chinese before Mr. interest was concentrated on Mo- happens on the mainland? tild-United Preas.
worst that can possibly happen is Whyte Smith at the Kowloon an abnormal outside demand for Magistracy this morning." our paper and surely there is no objection to taking a little advan- tage of
foolish another's squabbles?
NEW STREET NAMES.
"DYER AVENUE" AMONG
THE NUMBER...
When the ease was first called, the defendant pleaded guilty, but the complainant was absent and his Worship, after a short wait, But no Instead of trying to intimated that it would teach the keep our heads above water in the complainant a lesson if he die Snancial and commercial mael-charged the defendant and allow- stronis, we must do our utmost to ed him to take the property, but it' undermine the world's enufidence would not do the defendant any in our own currency and, ineiden-good: »
Yours, etc.. ONLOOKER. Kowloon, Jan, 17th, 1930.
TENDERS ACCEPTED.
further short wait, and, after re- primanding him for delaying the Court, his Worship proceeded with the case.
3 should be natal that the differ. The Gazette notifies "the follow ext Sinantkropna lui diseevered | ing new names of street: within the main Chou Kou Tien ·Dyer Avenue-Street common-tally, rip out the only prop that The complainant arrived after a depquits are all cleurig contempor-cing at the north corner of H.1.L. the South China business man
with one ańolher, beittur | No, 256, and running in an eastér- { relles, upon to stay him up. lower Qonteranry (Polycene) in ly direction; terminating at ita age. This latter statement in bused junction with new road at the on the evidence collected in a pre- North-east corner of H.H.LL. 257. liminary report on the geology and Nullah Rond.-Street commen- palaeontology of the site by Pereeing at Nathan Rond at the north- Tellhard de Chardin and Dr. C.C. ] west corner of K.I.L. 2111, and run- Young which Is BOW Inning in a northeasterly direction, press. Further, it should be | terminating at its junction with added that
to Up
the pre-Prince Edward Road, east of K.I.L. sent time, though hundreds of 1727. cubic metres of material have beeri
Reclamation Street.-Street com- examined, no artifacts of any, un- ture have been encountered, it has mescing at Austin Road at K.i.L. any tract of the usage of are been 360, about 60 lin, yds, west of Shanghai Street, and running in a The greater part of the left la-northerly, direction on the line of teral surface and the fore part of Reclamation Street, terminating at the base of this unique skull speci- the North end of K.I.La: 1696 and
1697.. men of Sinthropus is still embed- ded in a block of very hird traver-
observes,
Battery Street.---Street being a
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It is notified in the Gazette that the following tenders have been accepted:
Wo Hing Contractors, $479, for the purchase of condemned Burge "S.D.D."
It was stated by Inspector Hoare that the defendant was seen leav ing the complainant's house at 4.m. on Friday with the stolen property in his possession. When questioned, he admitted that he had stolen the things from the first floor of 7, Wong Chuk Street. Sentence of one month's hard labour was imposed, it being stat- ed that the articles were worth
$12.
phone was described as the most [In a recent lawsuit the auzo- abused of all musical instruments,]
Of all the instrumenta accuret, The saxophone is far the worst. The 'trombone's "harsh, metallic
bray 1s pretty nastly in its way;. » The cornet's high and strident
note
Gets almost anybody's goat; The wailing of the violin Might drive the mildest, saint, to
sin;
The groaning of the violoncello Upsets the most good tempered
fellow;
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The reedy, nasal clarinet Is one of quite the worst I'va
met;
The horror of the ophicleido
Once heard can never be denied; And few can stand the noise that
comer
<fi
From kettle, side, and other
-drums, While higliest rank the banjo has Among the villainies of jazz, Except, of course, the saxophone, Which can so wildly moo and
moan
That he who hears it often saith "Lo! some poor cow is sick to
death,"
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While others for policemen run, "Thinking that murder has been
done.
Even the musical must own They do not like the saxophone.
Witness at Shoreditch County Court: To the best of my ability: I will tell the truth, but it is dif- fleult:
Judge Cluer at Whitechapel County Court: Riding, in a motor- car is not evidence of means.
Woman at North London: My husband tried to put a carving knife into my back, and becavan i objected he said, "You can't take a joke."
band's house, but as I am his wife Willesden Wife: It is my hus- the house is mine too...
Solicitor at East Ham: She al-
ways curries in her bag a purse, her marriage certificate, and a
a powder puff.
Mr. McKenna, the Lambeth Ma- gistrate: Beer is not a good thing for nerves.
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The initials R.I.P. on a monument
James Albert Wright, aged 22, Messrs. Sang Lee & Co. for who was committed from Totten- maintenance, etc. of nullahs, cte ham on
charge of abop-break- in Hongkong Western during the year 1930 at 80% more than the was found not guilty and caused some discussion amongst a Government schedule of prices.
discharged at the Old Bailey, group of boya who were being Messrs. Li-Sang & Co., for main that he had been to a cinema at
alibi by stating shown round a cathedral. tenance, etc. of nullahs, etc. In the time of the alleged offence to Hongkong Eastern during the year see the film "The Perfect Alib." 1930 at 75% more than the Govern-1 ment schedule of prices..
He set up an
tine. The vault of the skull from continuation of Battery Street in Ra massive brow ridges to the a southerly direction, commencing cipus, and the whole right side of at Jordan Rond at the north-west the specimen, were however sup-corner of K.1., 1654, and termina ported within a relatively soft mn-ting at its junction with Austin trix which has now been removed. Rond, West of K.J.L. 997; In the present stage of its prepara- tion it thus becomes apparent that ) Min Strest.--Street commencing
Messrs. Chow Yeong & Co., for Messrs. Chow Yeong & Co., for the brain case has been almost com- at Battery Street at the north-west pletely preserved while most of the corner of K.I.L. 1696, and running maintenance, etc., of nallaha, ete, maintenance, ele. of nullahs etc. facial region would seen to be lack-in an easterly direction, terminat-in Kowloon and New Territories in Kowloon and New Territories .ing.
ing at its junction with Shanghai West of the Railway at 52 more East of the Railway at 62% more The skull of Sinanthropus would Street at the North-east corner of than the Government schedule of than the Government schedule of
prices. seem to be of approximately similar K.I.L. 1698. length to that of Pithecanthropua and, like the latter form, is provid- ed with massive brow ridges, a fen- ture to be correlated with a power- However, ful fat mechanism. Sinanthropan characteristically dif fers from the Java type in thei following important features:--Re-
¿Contiined from Page 8.). latively well-developed frontal em-i inences, well localised parietal em- "Poetry doesn't sell.". That was inences, and greater height of skull why I bought it. vault; áll these characters pointing |
to a relatively greater brain capa-
city in Sinanthropus. The mus-
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But now they are changing their
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toid processes of Siyentlivapus are key. It does sell; and I think i small and massive. The sockets in must have helped a very little tó which the lower jaw articulated are] make it do so, But, now well preserved on both sides, a circumstance which will be of great "value in the restoration of the lower jaw fragments recovered in 1928..
going to stóp, I buy poetry only in a falling 'parket. I am tranu- ferring my charity to books of essays, which stand to-day where poetry stood a decade ago. Book- sellers tell me that no one nov- adays buyd'a book of essays—as if I were not sufficiently 'pware of that fact also.. But Í buy them.
In general it may be said that while the new skull specimen bears out what little was already known from other fragments, the perfec- tions of its preservation will enable I know how it feels, for one of much to be learned that is now oli- the volumes in my collection of scure concerning the evolution of books of essays bears my name the head region in early man. Pre- on the title-page. Bminary photographs and notes The motives. I have mentioned will be published in an early issue thus far are altruistic, but I must of the Bulletin of the Geological not leave the impression that my Society of China and a more com-literary purchases are entirely picte report on the specimen will be unselfish. The fact is that I am made at the annual meeting of the fond of books. I like to have them Society to be held next month,
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Berlin, Jan. 17. The police have confiscated the whole of today's fasue of the Communist newspaper Rotefahne,
about. I know that I shall hugely enjoy reading them if I ever find the time for such an oldfushioned activity. And so I go on storing them up in preparation for an im ngined but probably distant future, somewhat as a squirrel buries
on the ground that it contained acorne--and then forgets com- articles calculated to provoke pletely where he has put them.- criminal acts and high frenson: O. S. in the Christian Science and stir up class hatred.-Reuter Monitor..
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that the latters meant "Rest in Before the verger could explain Peace," a boy on the edge of the erowd called out, “Fancy you chaps not knowing that R.I.P. means 'Wriggling in Purgatory!"""
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Much interest, stutes an English journal, is being centred on the proposed voyage of the German "Show Boat," which is to commence a world tour in the near future.
The ship is being filed up as a theatre, and a repertory of Germon plays being selected. These will be acted by a distinguished com- pany, and thus the drama of the past and present will be introduced to.audiences in many parts of the globe.
In London, for example, the "Pro- Arte," us the ship is called, will come up the Thames as far as then treland, and will, no doubt, attract big "suloons." This goes one bet- ler or several better, than the Italian travelling theatre, which does not aim at going beyond the borders of Italy,
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