1918-12-28 — Page 8

LARGE

THE CHINA MAIL.

SATURDAY DECEMBER

1918

SHIPMENT

MATERIALS

OF

SHIPBUILDING

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ARRIVED:

Steel Ship Plates. Angles. Flat, Round and Square Bars. Copper and Brass Rods. Tubes. Sheets and Condenser Tubes. Galvanized & Black Iron Pipes, Plain and Corrugated Sheets and Shipchandlery Articles.

Prices on Application to

Established 1867

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& Co.

Telephone No. 1116.

No. 25, Wing Wo Street, Hongkong.

STOP PRESS CABLES.

AN OLD-TIME ELEPHANT | Here be remained for three years,

HUNTER,

In a volume entitled "Tho' Rec

» {fowler`a Service to the China Mait) collections at Willian Finnughty

ELECTION RETURNS.

Loxox, Devetaber-23.

Elephant Hubter, 1801-1875 (Phil Inelelphia and London: J.-B. Läppin. eott. Coj, are detailed the experi Condine English Universities:-nets of an old-time big game hunter. who was in his prime during the 'sis

Mr. M. 3. 1. Fisher

((45)

939

Sie Martin Coming

(CLL)

777

J. Hobson (L) .........

481

(H. 6, Williams (U). 110

dent of the Board of Education.

A LONG CONFERENCE.

ALARMING TO VOYAGERS.

LONDON, December 25, Rather aarsuing prospects for cops agers are contained in an interesting communication from the Prince of Monaco to the French Academy of Sciences, on the subject of mines. Wich if emplately watertight might funt about the Atlantic Occuri for twenty years. Routes should be in of fever,”

A STRANGE ORDER.

PEACE IN CHINA.

THE EVILS OF THE. TUCHUN SYSTEM.

und shot his finest tusker.

The anami got away mortally wounded, but three days later was discovered] Anvextraordinary instance, of ethicis! by some bushion quite dend,

shortsightedness has just come to hand The tusks wighed no less than in respect of the showing of British war 250, the heaviest Ivory poured in Alas in China. It will be called that Ceneral Aoki has expressed the any of my trips." "

these first came to the Far East in the opinio that the Tüchun system should charge of Mr.-Bandman. There was an

now he abolished, placing all administra. It was five months since I left outcry against their being handled by tion in the hands of civil officials. He het fifty-three elephants, yielding voluntary committee was formed to take military districts, each having a corps Shoshong, and in that time I had any impresario and last year & all advocated dividing China into

proximately 3,000lb, weight of charge of the films. There is no exag

A Ettle later we read:

ton

WEATHER REPORT.

December 981. 12%, 02-Warning to Hongkong: Northerly gale in Formosa

Channel.

December sl. 32h 10m.--Niz from Japan sad Wladivo has increase slightly to

at

as increased in intensity, and strong all reporting stations The Anticyclone

HONGKONG TIDES.

The tide table given below has been compiled at the National Almansa Office in London from the result of the sialysis of observations taken by means of

tie tide-recording machine in the Police Basin at Tsim Shs. Trui tering the

Feats 1979-9. The zero of

of the table corresponds with the core of the sounding in tho Admiralty Chart which has been found to be foot

3 inches below mean ex-lovel

To obtain the depth of water on the side gang at the Victoria Naval Yard.

1

at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feat.

Forecast for the 24 hours anding st door on the 29th December --

-Flongkong to Gap Rock: N..and N.E. winds, fresh; fair.

4 inches to the height given in the table

December 13.h to January 6th, 1810,

LOW WATER

is Fagkong

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79

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Wisk

1-Formoss, Channel: North gale.

-South coast of Chins bewoon Hongkong and Lawocks: The same as Thur

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ties and seventies, and was one of ivory. The value of this at. Bergarated compliment is saying that this or divisional headquarters centrally monsoon win prevail along the China dd 3 foot 4 inches, and on the gauge the first white men to hunt elephants would be £1,050, not a bad return committee has done it work exceedingly situatal. General headquarters must coast, and over the N. Chius Ses.

for the half-year, exclusive of the in Marbelefant. His adventures, as value of a few hundred reins, whips, well. It has retained a special engineer be in the capital under the personal

The typhoon is probably filling up Two sents. Mr. Fisher was Presi, elicited from himself and taken down sjamboks, etc., which wouki icteh nt who has shown the films before hoge command of the President, as Com but in the absenco of returns, from its i

by dictation, appear to have been fast half-acrowu apiece and realise Chinese audiences in practically every mander in-Chief of the military forces. vicinity this lacks confirmats, fro rescued from oblivion more by good another £300. Continuing "his jours province, even remote Kansu. At pre The military authorities should not be

Hongkong, Rainfall for the $4 hours. luck on the part of an admiring, ney down to the junction of the sent be is showing the films in Szechen, allowed to interfere with the Adminisvding ab 17. sm. to-day, 0.0) inch. elite-than by any intention of Shashi and Simbokie, Finaughty with marked success. For propagande stration and it should not be possible to Total since January 1st, 101.60 inches, JANDON, Decembër. 25, own to write a book. We learn in Ripnd elephants fairly plentiful, and work the committee's efforts have ove a single soldier without instrue

aquinst an average of 81,62 inches, More than this tions from general headquarters, Havas message says that Prusis the proffice that this dumpion (who luid some profitable shooting, and it been invaluable.

General Aoki was confident that Ment Wilson wend to the residence pt prefers to veil bis identity under the was here that he achieved his most they not only have cost the British CM. Chamionesin of the Rue Franklin initials G.L.) When trivelling remarkable exploit. His account of Government nothing; there is a proft pence would be restored. He believed that it had been decided to hold a con- and had an interview lusting three in North-western Rhodesia discover. It is too long to be quoted here into hand over, Judge then of the com

el that a mun in his service Was a full, but the hunter having found on mitten's dismay when instead of the that Mr. Hsiung i-ling's Party had ference in Nanking, fle believed also quartets of an hour.

son of the olf hurter, William Fig-examining his pouch that he had only final films it has been expecting, showerranged to holla meeting in Shanghai aughty, wis in 1013 was living on four bullets there with one in the in the surrender of the German fleet, simultaniconsly with a conference of re a far, sis miks froin Bulawayo. gun, set to work with his five bullets. the British entry into Cologne and so presentatives of provincial assemblies Having heard much of his expkits,The result is thus given in his own forth, all putting the grand climax on and educational and commercial bodies his fairly good, health at the age of words:

the work of the past two years, it throughout China which was being. -South coast of Chins between seventy, and his wonderful memory. **In fact, 'every one of my shots received an order to close up the called for the purpose of discussing and Hongkong and Hainan: The same as herdetermined to pay him a visit and that day was effective, so that with business. Could ineptitude go further clucidating difficult questions and No. 1. hear some of h's miventares frou bis fire bullets" I performed the unique Here is great and valuable work, cost ascertaining the views of the whole own lips. He found him a very feat of getting six elephants:" ting the Government nothing and, a prees at its meeting, would in every country. The party, by means of the slight oll man with very white hair. His luck with Bons was equally our and muck weakened by mary attacks extraordinary. On the Tuti River on frequently testified, producing great thought would begin about the middle outport · correspondents haveway assist the conference, which it was But he loved to talk over one occasion he and his companion results among the Chinese. And it is to of January. After the conference the dicated be minimise the rak-old times, and was prepared to tolstalked died fired sinutaucously at be stopped. One can only hope that question of distanding, troops would re- (Havus),

of some of the things he saw and did an old giraffe, which was killed un in the early days when Rhodesia the spot, and returning next morning representations in the right quarters noiro a large reorganisation loan from WELL-EARNED LEAVE.

was a part of savage South Africa, to cut him up they were treated to may set avert this egregious folly the powers. and when Mzilikatse, and after bir an amazing spectacle: Luspos, December 25Lcbengula beid" their cruel sway, "There were at least-ten-to-a Louve for repatriated French pri Bill Finaughty, as he was dozen Hone round the curease; some soners captured before 1016 has been generally known to friends and ac were tearing away at the flesh, others away fired, and dropped him with fixed at 60 days, with 45 days for usintandes, hul left Grahamstown lying down full to repletion. We oze slut.. those taken afterward. Others taken early in 1864, when he was twenty futched them for a few seconds, and retained with me suddenly grew The boy who had previously get the uniform period one, years of age, and went up it really was a picture worth locking alert, and said he could hear the through the Free State, eventually at. Than Francis fired at one of lioness calling. We waited silently, 30 days.

making his way to the Yasl River them, more to frighten them than and then he drew my attention to a Here he met a local trader, Mr. Enything else. I do not know whe dim object, about 100 yauls away. Chapman, who, with another Eather he struck the one he ained at; I could not aim very accurately on isloan, Mr. W. Francis, was on his anyhow, they all cleared off.”

actunut of the twilight, but I drew way with h's waggons to Matabele

On another occasion the cump was the trigger on the best in I could ind. With them he joined forces attacked by two lions. The horses take, and from the roaring that en and being good horseman and statupeded. and one of them was sued it was obvious that I find wound

chased by the lions and killed. ed her. We went neurer and found "Two hundred yards farther on that I had broken her backlons...........

This was the most eventful day of

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SPÄIN AND FRANCE.

Losos, Decembe 25. A Havas nesuge ways that Count Romanones, after his arrival in Mad rid from Feris, said he had reason to

be pleased with his exchange of views fair shot, he enjoyed unlimited sport with Allied representatives. Founda-amongst the, herds of wildebeest,

tion haal been laid for work on which quages; bleshok, and springbok. I came to my beautiful home lying the future of Spain depends.

FRENCH BENATOR DEAD,”

LONDON, December 25.

N. C. Daily Keres.

which then ro med that wild country dead. Jumping to the ground and any life-with-lons. in thousands. The experience gain. ed on this his first trek determined examining the spoor 1 could wee that him to follow the professiói bf an ivory-hunter, in the course of which during the next ten years be expert hair's breadth escapes. Here are a few axamples:

A Havax message states: 31. Surut, Senator for Ardeche, an in-enced some wonderful adventures and later one of them stool up in tirnate friend of 31. Clemenceau, and formerly a manufacturer, died yester day.

PARIS COAL SHORTAGE.

7t hust be allowed that seven lious two lions had made the attack and in a day was most requirkahle and apparently left their prey be bug, even with the best of luck; cause of my arrival. A route for in those far off times the hunter was shooting with an old percussion front of me about 50 yards away muzzle louder, which, front his own I fire, and dropped him of his own leseription, used to behave, very Our first trip was for elephants. spoor, and lowling again, walked up erratically, not to day dangerously. We left the waggons all mounted in slowly towards him. As I del so, and it was a marvel that it did not the curly morning, and in the after another querose close by, and, taking cost him his life to use it. Here is noon we came across four bull ele apid ain, I also finished his account is description of it Losbos, December 21. phants. They bolted, and we set of Then we retreed our steps und had If I had at the breech-loader o Some anxiety is felt by the Parsin hot pustit. I was the first to not go far when we saw a loness to-day (1018) I hesitate to think of Municipal Authorities regarding the come up with them owing to the fact idently of the same froop. Care- the number of elephants I could have coal supply. In the past month that my here was in better condi. fully working my way round I fired shot. You sportsmen of today, fust imagine what it was to carry all day 52,000 tons daily were received. In ton. As a result, I bogged all four und broke her neck.

But this was not all. The party in the blazing mun s heavy old stend of the requisite quantity, only of them.

Only 8,000 toon is coming now.

We started the second week in an unexpectedly upon dead muzzleloader, with your powder 29,000 tours are in stock. The Coun January all down the Tati to where which had been wounded sotae loose in one jacket-pocket, a supply cil decided to make urgent repre- the Sinbookie runs into the Shaali, previously, and tearing at the of caps in another, and your bullets in your pouch. Add to this that the We were rewarded with a mar case was a big lion:

"He stopped his neuland com gun kicked one's shoulder with alu vellous sight. For at least a mile and a half the south bank was literenced to gaze steadily around him, finost as much force as the bullets ully black with elephants. Keep but as he did so. 1 fired. The struck the elephant, and you can s

bullet tore the lung to pieces; he believe me that it was no child's gave one loud groan, and expired. play. In fact, the recoil was so great was still standing at the bush re-that I was more than once knocked. loading when to my astonislunent down by it, and on tac'occasions I

sertations to M. Clemenceau on the gravity of the situation and the "nces sity of immediate measures.

PROPOSED INTER-ALLY RAILWAY. ing close to the herd, and carefully selecting, my quarry, I brought down LONDON, December 20 six bulls with successive shots, and A Havas casage states: At an then another cow. inter-Parliamentary luncheon in Paris Trekking southwards to the another ou made his appearance: wus "taken completely out of the He had ovidently been inside the saddle. My shoulder was literally yesterday, at which Tuke Jonescu Sweswe River. I was in the your rhino, gorging himself to his heart's black and blue after a day's elephant was a guest, they discussed a project try for fourteen days, and had a for an inter-Allied railway from the really good time. I shot fouteen content in the soft interior. I shooting. Atlantic to tlie Black Sea,

bulls and fight cows. There promptly fired, and hit him. He And yet he lived to tell the tale in were six elephants in de river, and made two huge loaps in the nir Baluwayo, and to contribute, or die

and tlion rolled over dund," GRA tate, some of his experiencm to the hodenlun Journal. The editor whic line now reproduced, then in bole form voches for this ad unters wonderful memory which le found confirmed by call, who knew h

full credence is 1 is given to all

"

WHOOPING COUGH.

they took not the least, notice of my It was aheady sundown, and soine WHEN your child to repls firing. 1 bad four of them dower of the boys were gathering wood for cough to careful to any before the other bun to move camp, when one of the shouted cough loose and expectoration exay The fifth moved off Bongwhat too

by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

as may be required. This remedy will quickly for my liking, but eventually

It easier to expectorate. It has Ruccesful it securing the sixth

lone and reported Alms he had

sino liquity the tough mucus and ke 1 brought him down, and was also seci two, pointing out its direct on In January, 1866, the auther and they had won. The result is thus

used successfully, n many epidemies und us it contains bu nareuti; in oiber injarious substances it is perfectly safe,

keepers.

his party were in the elephant coun-

For sale by art hemlets and tretry in Matabeleland, the exact locul

ity being 100 miles above the Tuli: Į

described

the stories told in the volume, the

hero to have accomplished what be

the boy following, I saw one of the have been a very remarkable man-

Taking the direction indicated, did with the wompous housed must

pair (ble male-about-seventy yards The Fielu.

General Aoki thought that the question of the Vice-Presidency would result in the election of a Southerner The Anfu Club as disappointed over

W

C. W. Lerezza, Chief Assistant, Hongkong Observatory, Deu 28, 1915-

HONGKONG #REGISTER

the non-election of General Taso Kun, Vice-President was necessary. but ir Liang Shib yi's followers obviously thought that a Southern daromoter... Tamperaturo peace and order everywhere, but the Direction of It would take some time to restore Hamidity British and Japanese, who had the Force ......

Wind interests of China at heart, "should do weather..... their utmost to help the peace move-in.. ment, pointing out what was heat for the interests of the country and people.

been concluded as Financial Adviser. Baron Sakatan appointment has His salary is £1,000 per annum, and bis agreement stipulates that his advice must be taken.

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Prarione

IF YOU WAKE UP cross and depressed, with a conted tongue, & mean feeling in the head, n conso of feverishness or incfficiency, it is time juu took

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Hongkang bbwrvalom, Dec 28, 1918,

Of medicine sondows everywhere, also at 60 cents' the vial, post free, from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 50 Szechuen Road, Shanghai."

BILIOUS HEADACHE.

∙LL that is needed is to correct tho Abilidusness and the headache dis- *ppoars" Tako Chamberlain's Tablets and you will sojn be as well as ever.

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