CANTON POLICE REFORM.
FIVE HUNDRED MEN PUT ON
-RETIRED-LIST.
BIG SCHEME IN HAND.
Canton, Feb. 22. In an effort to increasing the efficiency of the Canton Police Force, General Auyang-kue, Com- missioner of Public Safety, has placed about 500 policemen on the retired list. These 500 men com- prise those who are too
old or physically unfit for their arduous duties.
MACAO NOTES.
VISIT OF VICE-ADMIRAL WAISTELL,
THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1930.
DOUBTFUL TROOPS MR. SHAW BY "G.B.S." A BOYCOTT. OF US.
DISBANDED.
(Continued from Page 1.)
the garrison there. sent to Tientsin for the relief of
Macno, Feb. 22. A recent distinguished visitor to Масло WIS Vice-Admiral · Sir Arthur K. Waistell, K.C.B., who, accompanied by Lady Waistell and by Lt. D. P. Evans, R.N., A.D.C.,senting paid an official visit to the Governor of Macao on the 15th inst.
Sir Arthur Waistell made the trip to Macao from Hongkong in
.M.S. Petersfeld, which entered the new port shortly after noon. Salutes were exchanged and after coming to anchor Commander Almeida Pinheiro, Harbour Master, accompanied by Lt. Josa A scale of pensions for the dis- Cabral, of the Macao Alr Force, charged men has been arranged as called on Sir Arthur Waistell, follows:-Those who have served aboard H.M.S. Petersfield. In like in the Canton Police force for 20 manner Commander Correia years and over, to receive two Pereira, Commandant of the months' salary as bonus and a pen Portuguese gunboat Patria, visit sion amounting to 80% of their ed Sir Arthur Waistel in the salary; those who have served 15 British. warship. years and more to receive one At the landing stage in the now month's salary as bonus and a pen-port a guard of honour was drawn alon amounting to 50% of their up to receive Sir Arthur Waistell salary; those who have served un- and his party, and the visitors, der 15 years will receive a bonus of accompanied by Commander two months' salary and no pension. Almeida Pinheiro and Major Luis General Auyang-kue is to be very Pinto Lello, Chief of Staff, called much congratulated on the immense on Senhor Tamagnini, Governor of improvements he has brought about Macao, at Government House. in the Canton Police Force since he has been Commissioner. The Force at present has attained degree of efficiency never before scen in Canton, and still General Auyang-kue is bringing in numer- ous innovations aiming at further efficiency.
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Nearly all the police stations in the city are
being rebuilt and numerous sub-stations are being erected in the various districts of the city and the suburbs. A model station is in course of construction at Tung Shan.
Another innovation brought about by General Auyang-kate ron- cerns, the Water Police. Six motor boats are now on their way out from Germany, and, as we reported some time ago, the present police water boats are to be filed with outboard motors.
On the same evening a dinner followed by a reception was given by H.E. the Governor of Macao at Government House in honour of the visitors.
On Thursday. Sir Arthur and Lady Waistel entertained H. E. Senhor Tamagnini and Mme. Tamagnini to lunch on board HMS. Petersfield. The British vessel left Maras later, on the same day.
The French sloop Marne visited the Macan port on Wednesday, 19th instant, and left ou the same day, after the officers and men had toured the city through the after-
noon.
Jornal de Mecan, is publishing some The Portuguese newspaper, the
references to the Macan Water- works Company. This concern was Over 700 police cadets are near- established some time ago to deve ing the completion of their training lop the Colony's resources of potable and will shortly be drafted into the water and a concession was granted 'Force and posted to the various to the Company for a number of stations and sub-stations. Our Own Correspondent.
IN WASHINGTON'S MEMORY.
CELEBRATIONS HELD IN ·
CANTON.
years.
officially been denied.
The truth of the rumour has General Fang Pen-jen, repre- Chiang Kai-shak, arrived in Mukden yesterday.-Reuter.
"I INFLICT PAIN LIKE A DENTIST."
CIGARETTES.
FILIPINO GANGSTERS ON THE WARPATH.
Dr. R. F. Rattray, Principal of the Leicester University College, has issued a syllabus of a series of lectures to the students on "Bernard Shaw, in Life and Letters," which SMOKERS ASSAULTED. will be given at the Leicester City
Museum.
Manila, Feb. 20. Mr. H. A. Silverman, director of
Attempts to start a boycott of Revolt Plans Denied. extramural studies at the Univer- American-made cigarettes by gang- sity College, forwarded a copy of sters in San Nicolas, Tondo, and Nanking, Feb. 22. Two more telegrams that have the syllabus to Mr. George Bernard San Lazaro, which were reported been exchanged between Chiang syllabus as follows:
Shaw, who commented on the to have been in progress" since last Kai-shek and Yen Hsi-shan were 1. I never cultivated anything, day by the police.
Saturday, were discovered yester- issued here to-day. Yen Hei- From a horribly shy, and diffident The police have discovered that shan, replying to Marahal Chiang's young man, producing an impres-several cases of assault in those telegram of the 19th emphatically denied that Shansi suppose, the ability of which I been reported to the police, were inst sion of brazen impudence, because, districts, many of which have not is making military preparations
Was unconscious asserted itself due to smoking American cigaret- against the Central Government.
through the disadvantages and the tes. ignorances of which I was too con-
The polico said that when a man is seen smoking cigarettes other gangsters politely approach the than those locally manufactured,
man and request him to throw them away.
If the request is refused, the police said, the man is assaulted.
While several assaults of this kind have been reported the police Ebon, residing at 1323 Aizal Ave- have on record only two. Timoteo
nue, was assaulted when he was smoking an American cigarette. the Arranque Market. The other case was registered at
Yen admitted that that the Kuo- mintang National Congress was scious. the country's highest authority and declared that the integrity of of my powers any more than I was 2, I repeat, I was not conscious the Congress was beyond reproach, conscious of the taste of the saliva but he indirectly repudiated the that was always in my mouth. I Third Congress held in Nanking wanted to be a painter, and even an last March.
opera singer nota writer. I While supporting disbandment wrote because I could do nothing Yen Hsi-shan proposed that the else, and had to do something. military leaders should hand over their troops to the Government and I heard of his existence. I heard 3. Karl Marx died just before
not utilise disbandment
to Henry George speak, and was strengthen their personal power. shunted by him on to the economic patched to-day, declared that this Socialism, but I never made his ac- Chiang Kai-shek's message, dis- track which led me to Marx and continued dispatch of telegrams quaintance. was futile and meaningless and "4. As to enjoying hammer- urged Yen Hsi-shan to carry outings,' I don't think this is true. his previous request, including Cashel Byron, when he said that the withdrawal of Yen's alleged he nearly killed his first oppon- decision to resign and to allow ent because he did not know his Feng Yu-hsiang to go abroad.
strength, explained Chiang Kai-shek declared that savagery of some of my early CAUSED BY INTENSE HEAT. he had in mind only the Govern- criticisms. It is true that I was, ment and the Kuomintang. He and to some extent still am, very possessed no personal ambitions, sensitive; but on the other hand, consequently the charges against I can stand up to, and even enjoy himself were telegrany
unfounded. The hammerings that drive other men concluded: "The dis-
to fury or reduce them to tears. bandment conference's decisions And I often fail to conceive how are Government orders and must they can be hurt by blows that be obeyed."--Router.
make me laugh when I nap them myself.
"I Hit Hard."
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BOILER DISPUTE
DECISION.
PLAINTIFF AWARDED LESS
THAN $100.
Own
the
BRILLIANCE OF NEW STAR..
Johannesburg. bright star Nova Pictoris is now The sudden appearance of the believed to have been due to the splitting of the atom in its in-
terior.
Union Observatory, Johannesburg, About eighteen months ago, the noticed that a star, Nova Pictoris, had suddenly flared up and ap- parently split into two portions. "When, as a critic or debater, IA similar flaring was noticed on have to inflict pain, I do it like Nova Aquillae. Since then, many a dentist, with great reluctance of the world's observatories have and with all the anathesia I can made a study of the phenomenon produce. But note that, as noth- and several theories have been ing is so maladroit as any show advanced. The Pusine Judge gave his of sparing the victim's feelings I Some equipment for the Company arrived a few weeks ago, and a few decision this morning in the case always hit as excellently as I can, concerning bean curd boilers, with an air of hitting as hard as days ago the Company's engineers began work on boring: hoping to expert evidence as to the value can. 1 have a horror of humi-
The liating or
discouraging people. secure artesian supplies of water. being given on both sides.
plaintiff in the case was Some interest is shown in the pro-wong-noi, trading as Kwong Ah had a good fight, and been worthy Lau like my man to feel that he has gress of the Company's operations, and Co., of 10 Kwai Wah Lane, of my steel; and not tha; I have and the football grounds at Monha, who claimed $679.95 from the been showing off my good taste where the work of boring is going Wing Loong Firm, bean curd at his expense. on, are the scene of some activity manufacturers, of Kap Shui Mun,
Persons connected with the Com-New Territories. pany state that the public will soon
"That is the line that leaves On behalf of the defence, Mr.the least malice.
G. B. S.
Canton, Feb. 23. Washington's Birthday
be given an opportunity of sub- F. C. E. Rendall called a Chinese was observed here with great en- thusiasm by the foreign com- munity yesterday. All the foreign gunboats in port dressed ship for the day, and at noon a salute was fired from the U.S.S. Helena,
In the afternoon, the American Association of South China gave a party at the Y.M.C.A. to which they issued a general invitation to all American and European re- turned students and their friends.
with
I
musi-
scribing to a small portion of the witness from an engineering firm "P.S. Only a keen or fairly capital, which is believed to have who said he had been engaged in erudite musician can deal been put up principally by the engineering business for 23 the artistic side of my career. Hawaiian capitalists, after negotia-years in Honkong. He had was quite well educated, tions with Mr. Francisco Santos, inspected the boilers and found cally and graphically." to whom the concession has been them to have a steam pressure of Dr. Rattery states that he is granted by the Camara Municipal 48 lbs.
delighted with Mr. Shaw's notes Witness said he could make a on his syllabus, boiler from the same material which would withstand a pressure, of 60 lbs. A boiler of the latter type would east about $19, and one of 48 lbs. pressure about $17.
of Macan.
Business circles are awaiting the outcome of negotiations regarding the agreement between the Govern- ment of Portugal and the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, and the effect of that agreement in the Portuguese colonies. The Bank has been extending its operations in a remarkable manner, and has re- cently established
In reply to his Lordship, witness said that as the material came from: England, the price a year ago] would be lower than to-day's price.
TEA RESTRICTION.
1930 CROP TO BE CURTAILED IN EAST INDIES.
Amsterdam, Feb, 22.
At an extraordinary meeting of the An expert witness was also call-Association of Tea Growers in the
in France the ed by Mr. F. X. D'Almada on be-East Indies it was decided almost Banque Franco-Portugaise d'Outre-half of the plaintiff and said that unanimously to take measures to mer, capitalized at Fes, 50,000,000. the cost of the boilers would be reduce the crop of 1930 to 12,000,000
In the evening the American community gave a very successful ball to their foreign friends at the Canton Club Theatre, Shapieen, at which over 200 guests. were pre- sent, including many from Hong- kong. Dancing went on almost till dawn and a general air of extreme galety marked the cele bration. The theatre was beauti- | -Our Own Correspondent, fully decorated with green leaves and bamboos and a delightful lighting effect was obtained by hundreds of small red, blue and white lamps woven into the leaves, giving jewel-like effects. Those to be particularly congrata- lated on the decorations were Mra, C. S. Paget, Mr. Wm. F. Giman und Captain Bacon of the U.S.S. Helena, who were responsible for the decoration scheme and did practically all the work in con- nexion with it. An excellent sup- per was served in the Club about
2 .m.
Mr. Douglas Jenkins, Consul General for the United States of America, made a short speech and with મ few well-chosen words welcomed the guests on behalf of the American community and con- gratulated those who had put so much hard work into making the ball the great success it was Our Own Correspondent.
BOMB OUTRAGE.
EXPLOSION IN AN INDIAN COLLEGE.
A bomb filled with scrap-iron- and glass exploded during the celebration of an anniversary in the Khalsa College here.
One student Pratap Singh, who was presiding at the meeting was seriously injured and his leg had to be amputated. Ten other per- Bons received alight injuries.
It is believed the bomb was in tended for the principal of the college, who was unhurt.
The electric lights went out be- fore the explosion, and, the cries of the wounded added to the panic.- Router.
Mlle. Odette Darthys, prima donna of the Opera Comique, Paris, who is to appear at the
Theatre Royal to-night.
SIR ESME HOWARD.
LEAVES NEW YORK FOR HOME ON MAJESTIC.
New York, Feb. 22. England aboard the 8.8. Majestic. Sir Esme Howard has left for
lawn tennis player Miss Helon His follow passengers include the Jacobs, and Mr. G. L. Harrison, Governor of the Federal Reservo Bank of New York, who
M visit to the principal correspondent banks in Europe.- Reuters American Service
оп
is
about $22.
Ihs below the crop of 1929, which was 145,000,000 lbs, making the 1930 crop plaintiff for $95.95 and costs; ex- It is understood that the manner of eluding the costs of to-day's bear-restriction will be left to the individual ing,
tea plantera.-Reuter.
Judgment was given for the 133,000,000 lbs.
A
"Don't wake him up, Henry I'll tell him to drop in at -the office to ace you before he goes back to school”.
The
The first theory was that the explosions were caused by two stars colliding in space. second was that the star passed at high speed through some other the friction generated so much mass, such as tar dust, and that heat that the star gave off vastly increased brilliance.
The first theory was dismissed when it was established how far distant the stars were from each other and what enormous time spaces would be required for two to collide. The second gave way for similar and other reasons, and astromoners were forced to give credence to the theory of the split
atom.
Atomic Activity. The temperature at the centre of the average star is approximate- ly 40,000,000 degrees of heat. The theory is that at this tremendous temperature atoms have been made to move with such intense rapidity that they have collided and split. It is thought that in the case of Nova Pictoria and Nova Aquillae the atomic activity in the centre of the star may suddenly: have spread outwards until the rest of the atoms aplit, thus pro- ducing the sudden brilliance.
Peculiar results noted at the Union 'Observatory following on continued observance of Nova Pictoris have led them definitely to adopt this latter theory.
The constellation of Pictoris is: only visible in the Southern hemis- phere and is 500 light years dis- tant from the earth.
Opposing views are held by: scientists as to the probable con- sequence of the distintegration of the atom. According to one school the attraction between the nucleus and the electrons of each atom is the cohesive force which welds the entire universe together. If one atoen broke apart every other atom would do the same and the world would explode like a bomb. The other school; main- tain that the disintegration of one atom would not affect others, and that in fact, atoms have frequently split.
TARIFF TRUCE.
SERIES OF CONFERENCES FORESHADOWED.
Geneva, Feb. 42.: The Rt. Hon. William Graham, President of the Board of Trade, addressing the eccond committes of the Tariff Truce Conference, which in preparing the programme for the next gathering, foreshadowed s sories of conferences during the two years' truco, when of commodities are to be taken for consideration seriatim.
gro
Mr. Craham suggested that the truce should begin between October 1. 1020 and February 17, 1030.-- Router.
Boston, Feb. 23, Stanley Mortimer won the Ameri- can racquets championship for the fourth time, defeating Clarencs Peol, 15-7, 1-15, 4-15, 16-6, 18-15----Router's American Service.
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