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The
Hongkong Telegraph.
SATURDAY, Ocr. 3, 1936.
THESE NAMES MAKE NEWS
Hongkong Recluse Who May Become President of China
MR. TANG SHAO-YI Potential President
Shaved His Eyebrows
193-4 political enemies, seeking
IN to ruin him through fm-
peachment, accused him of graft, corruption.
They are frankly out to raco ench other across world from Now York to New York, are travelling Across Atlantic by zeppelin Hindenburg, then Imperial Air- waying to Hongkong, will travel from here to 'Frisco by Pan- He left for Hongkong, shaved American's trans-pacific. off eyebrows in protest against charges. He would let them cut)
Of three, "Buddy" Ekins (see ia most internationally grow, he said, when ho was clear famous. ed of unjust charges. The ne War for United Preas, Scripps- He covered Ethiopian ousations were never proved, but
Howard, much of Hongkong he disdained to return, In spite of
Telegraph's coverage
that appeals by Chan Chai-tong, other world-shaking event was from his South-West leaders, who are sus pen. Previously, "Bud" Wad pected to have been behind the stationed in Shanghai an U.P. move to oust Tang.
Manager, covered Chiang Kai- By allegiance to Nanking, Tang shek's capture of northern city dur. ONLY post of highest im- caused many of South-West politi- ing famous drive from Canton,
portance could entice 76. cians and others to
go over to No Flies' on Falconer Central Government and thus year-old Tang Shao-yi, first hastened downfall of Canton Prime Minister of Chi- lenders. nese Republic, to emerge Rotarians Abroad from retirement in Hong- kong, declare Chinese obser- BofAustralian Butar ians are visiting Hongkong vers in connection with Mr. next February.
Main party has booked whole of Examiner (retd.) US. Civil Ser- until sold to breakers in Novem Tang's recent journey to
Vice Tal.
Commission, some-time ber, 1936. ping, others will also travel by ton Star, globe-trotting millionairo, foreign correspondent of Washing- Nanking.
In addition to this unusual dis- Out of long years of obscurity . Nanking.
Travellers will be welcomed by "Doc" Falconer retired from active inction, he had further honour which followed appointment as Hongkong. Canton Rotariana and Work three years ago. has since of serving in same ship as second Prime Minister,
been travelling so much that he Oficer, Chief Officer, and anally emerged to find himself widely entertained to long programme of forgets how many times he's been as Commander. ercial functions, after which they around world. discussed as likely to be China's will go on to China and Japan.
It took him two
After sale of "Mantun," Captain. years to see whole of China, admits Legg was transferred to command first president under new constitu-
Few years ago there was there's plenty more of this part of of Hanpura, position he still holds. tion to be promulgated at the change visit between Australian, the world worth visiting. Thinks National People's Congress next Japanese Rotarians which proved Hongkong rivals any other place Wive versus Director
month.
Tang
has
accommodation on steamer
very successful.
And as Gen. Chiang Kai-shek Race to Hongkong has declared that under no condi-
then
Tang was nccompanied on his journey from Hongkong to Nan- king by his young wife and year
rival are
THIRD man attempting fant in travelling Independently of newshawks, has already made one unsuccessful ovent, hold-up
JOSEF VON STERNDERG
Boller Hongkong. He is Dr. His affections were worth £100,000. Bolivar Falconer, Fellow of U. S. Geographical Society, Senior
he's visited for beauty, pesce, charm.
MENTION of Marlene Dietrich M Falconer attempted emulation of last week recalls fact, hitherto
Li
tion would he allow himself to be JULES VERNE'S famous charac- Jules Verne'a 80-day fantasy in 14 related in loent press, that Joke! RATS AND PLAGUE made president. Tang, because of ter, Phileas Fogg, who weat days last April. He left Lakes you Sternberg's wife, who acted eminent qualifications, long and around world in 80 days in all hurst in maiden voyage of Hinden for finis under name of Ritz Joyce. Rats recently jumped into the faithful service to his country, is ing Clippers, will appear amateu.. burg zeppelin May 7, flew across brought action for £100,000 against Europe, Iraq, India to Singapore famed German cinemactress, alleg- B-4352 Round the bend of the Road: Take me away from the river news when it was announced conceded to be very strong candi- fish compared with three men. and Hongkong, was then forced to ing she had alienated B-4354 Hush-a-byo, Lullaby: Got the South in my Soul
one girl, who are setting out on give up attempt owing to refusal of berg's affections. A few months von Stern- date. that the lonely island of Tristan
independent tra-modern jaunts, B-8018 Blue Prelude; Swing Along
da Cunha was 30 seriously American Link
These four-three
Pan-American Airways to book later the action was settled without troubled by these rodent pests
newshawks are attempting to him as passenger during experl- terms being disclosed. Von Stern- 8-8202 - Little man, you've had a busy day; I ain't lazy, I'm just that the population seriously THERE will be link between circumnavigate world in less than a Pacific clipper flights. berg, who passed through Hong-
kong Inst presidential elections in China fortnight, travelling entire route This time he's reversing route.
week, "discover. thought of abandoning their and United States for Herbert by commercial 'plane.
ed" Marlene in 1930, made her one. P. & O. Commander little outpost of Empire. A special Hoover, former President, is warm Newshawks aro Scripps-Ho-
of Hollywood's most glamorous crack
stars and remained her director reporter R. CAPTAIN John Murray Legg, until their quarrel lust year. expedition is therefore being friend of Tang. In 1900, during ward's equipped to help them get rid of abscure engineer in Shantung.
Boxer uprising, Hoover,
who is now in Hongkong Dietrich at one time refused to in command of P. these unwelcome pests. It is, of saved Tang's life.
and O. liner appear before the camera unless Ranpura, was born at Lee, Kent, von Sternberg was. course, well known that rats are
directing. first went to sea in sail in famous She's in England now, making the means of spreading deadly
ship "Port Jackson" then owned "Knights Without Armour" for diseases, through the medium of fold son.
by Mr. John Duthie, prior to her Alexander Korda. Von Sternberg purchase by Devitt and Moore. the rat flea which carries the
told me the other day, that he may He was shown overy deference germ of plague and other by Nanking powers that be, wns of the made guest of honour at numer- public health problems which the course dinner by Chiang Kai-shek, ous lavish functions including 30- Chater Road.League of Nations--had in mind 7. when, in 1925, it established its Far Eastern Health Bureau at Singapore. The Bureau, which keeps in constant touch with about 180 ports in all parts of the East, in able to warn authorities
H. R. ("Buddy") Ekins and public health administrations Independent Thinker
Sob-sister t. Newshawk so that they may take steps in
("Buddy"). Ekins, North Amer most brilliant of lean Nawapuper Alliances top time to deal with threatened dan- MR. Tang is
long and distinguished line notch feature-writer Leo Kiernan. ger. Through its nclivities, age and one of most independent Newshen is Dot Kilgallen, New, Mantua Memory ships which have incurred the present-day China thinkers. York Evening News and Enter- risk of infection can be brought At age of 19, (1873), ho was national News Service's sob sister. under notice and isolated. But member of first group of Chinese who covered such stories as Haupt- for these precautions, the rat students sent by Manchu regime mann case, Lindbergh baby kid-
to study in Unistates.
napping. might become a serious menace He remained there seven years,
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to the health of Western nations, to say nothing of the spread of disease from one Eastern port tò: another.
This in spite of fact that, five short years before, he allled him- self with short-lived anti-Chlang Tang has now washed hands of Independent Canton Government. South by issuing mildly-worded fulminations, against erstwhile as- sociates.
attending Columbia, New York Universities.
He served in many Important Government positions, including Hongkong still keeps those of special envoy to Tibet, Governor of Fengtien. (Man- churia), special envoy to Unistates
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He served in this ship for four produce for Korda when he reached years
from 1900, then Joined London, so there's probability that Turnbull, Martin and Co., sailing star and director will again come in their "Ayrshire" for eighteen together. Incidentally, von Stern- months in 1905-6. Obtaining berg, directed "King Stops Out, Mate's certificate, he joined P. which was screened in Hongkong and 0. ship "Plassy" "ng fifth which he was here, officer in February, 1906.
Bills Of Lading-Amen During Great War Legg was in Kaiser-1-Hind from 1914 right HISTORICAL documents which through to 1919, ship being en-Messrs. Jardine gaged first on regular services, have given to Cambridge Univer- Matheson later in trooping, other war work. slty include bills of lading dating Captain Legg estimates that in back to very early days of Anglo- this servico she carried an aver Chinese trade in the last century. age of 800 men more than 1,000 miles per week.
CAPTAIN Logg was promoted to command the P. and O. "Mantua" in March, 1923, served
Compared with complicated docu- ments of to-day these were simple and straightforward afTalra, and al- ways end up with prayer that the "good ship" would' reach Its des- tination in safety "men"...
Earliest documents have pictures in her continuously for 12 years of sailing ships in top left hand corner and development of steam- ors can be traced from them,
BULLS AND INNERS Back In The East
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From the Office Butts
to-night, although it probably to distinguish mutton from lamb Hongkong's social season opene A visitor complains that it's hard won't get fully going until to in Hongkong. What does he think morrow morning.
cosmetics are for, anyhow?
LA
ADY Dorothea Haslo, M.A., famous writer and lecturer, who may visit Hongkong shortly, was born in Ningpo, China, daughter of Professor W. Soothill
E.
a close watch for plague-bearing rats, but we belleve we are right in saying none has been found to convoy gratitude of Manchu Government for waiving part of here for very many years past. Boxer indemnity. In 1811. The last cases of plague recorded Yuan Shih-kai delegato to nego in Hongkong were as far back tinte peace with Shanghal revolti as 1928, when four occurrences strumental in bringing about the tionary leaders he was largely in- were notified. These, it is inter-end of Manchu rule. esting to note, were the first for Faithfully as he had served five years, 148 having been re- Yuan Shih-kal, Tang was not slow ported in 1923. Prior to that in denouncing' latter in 1915. for kong's new dance band won't soon says headline. None the less, it been educated at Newnham College, year, there were yearly outbreaks imperial aspirations.
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"Arab Plot Falls to Fruitify,"
has produced quite a crop of trou-
☐ O "Griffins Drawn," reads a head- The same airman won the Lon- Cantonline. We thought they only did | don-Melbourne and the Portsmouth Military Government and his that with chickens.
Johannesburg racës, Great Scott!
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of the disease, the number of His Ancestral Home cases often varying from one to two thousand annually. The
worst plague disaster was that IN 1918 he joined the
He became the district magis-
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A London writer says that Hong-
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der Hosic, M.A., LL.D., F.LLG.s., Con- Lady Hosle married Sir Alexan- sul-General, Commercial Attache. and Oplum Commissioner, China Consular Service, in 1913. Slr Alexander died on March 10, 1925. In 1924, Lady Hosie, who had Cambridge, and Bedford College, London, published her first book. "Two Gentlemen of China," which, four years later, was translated In- to German.
many
Other publications: "Por- of 1894, when thousands of allegiance remained with the
trait of a Chinese Lady" (1929);' deaths were recorded from the South up to recent "Liang Kwang"
numerous contributions, mainly disease. That
Wo notice that in the Hongkong travel, to magazines and, now the sanitary fiasco. measures adopted in Hongkong In 1929, after 48 years of active kong is the Paris of the Far East. dancing championship, competitors papers. Assisted husband In have been a factor in keeping the political service, he retired to The Legislative Council Is. thee expected to demonstrate the editing "Philip's Commercial May
feather three-step and the reverse of China," has Colony immune from plague Chungahan district, which for 700 Place de Concorde, we presume.
given wave. Seems like a job for ducks. lectures on Chinese economic pro- there can be little doubt, although years has been ancestral home of
ducts, map-making in China, and it was mentioned when the last Tangs.
Chinese family life. cases were reported in 1928 that
A couple of tourists recently en- Auntie Cyclone thinks women there was immunity in South trate and soon, under benevolent quired where they could get Rome should be consulted on this ques-to Far East after absence of eight China generally, despite the fact rule, Chungshan became known thing to drink on The Park. Seem-tion of mandates..
throughout China' "Model | Ingly, the only thing intoxicating that similar measures had not District". Hero Interests of com-was the scenery. been eroployed by the Chinese mon people were of primary con- authorities.
What with these Russinn, Mexi-| But, whatever the corn; hore opium was abolished,
can and Hawalian catertainers; it cause of the disappearance of the and hero compulsory education
"Higher Crowns for Women's seems like a good chance to hold a "Tanked for Manchulaio, 6048," Headgear," says fashion heading. meeting of the League of Nations cautionary measures should The people were happy. No That'll make them high-hatus Assembly at the Gloucester to "
more bandits prowled the district, I more than ever.
night.
'Pop" Parker
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD., is wise that the pre-breume a fact
continue.
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This fo Lady Hosie's first visit
years.
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