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THE CHINA MAIL.
RICE EXPORT.
LOCAL, AND GENARAL
Today's dollar is worth Ss. 8.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1919.
THE " PRIZE PAČKETS
LEAVE.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
The "Prize Packets" left to-day for Shanghai on the "Empress of Asia."
A reporter of the China Mail asked for their impressions of our smiling. Eden.
[Translated for The China Mail from the Wah Ter Yat Po.]
PEKING, Aug. 6. Luk Wing-ting asks the Peking Government to send a representative
La Petite Zella, who had a radiat- to Nanning.
Lurs Chikwong's soldiers at Siuing smile all her own, sald: We Cham are being disbanded. Each had a great time in Hongkong, for everyone was so kind to us. We had soldier receives twenty-five dollars.
more real appreciation of our efforts PEKING, August 6.
here than in any other city, The
·will: Hongkong merchants have appeal Hongkong people
always In Our
and hearts ed to Leung Shi Yee to use his in-remain
we come back fluence to permit the export of rice when
again left for Hongkong. This appeal was re-some day we hope to do as well, if with ferred to the Anhui authorities who not better. We are off to Honolulu replied that owing to the flood in to learn the "hula." dance, so you Anhui Province the price of rice can watch out for our next visit, for The Canton Food Relief Associa-there is rising, so they could spare that is going to be some dance and Hongkong will go mad as sure as none.
eggs."
The 5.5. "Ryoyu Maru yesterday evening for Kobe 1,900 tons of rice from here.
"Roads to Freedom" (Allen & Unwin, [7%. 6d) he discusses socialism, anarchi- sm, syndicalism, capitalism, etc., in
We have observed a tendency a very illuminating way. He had to finish the book in a hurry, so as to locally to agree with the China Mail's 3/16d. have it ready before the Panjandrums view of the rice situation, I only we
To-day's return shows two cases put him in jailt He is not bitter would consent to day that Japanese about it, though he scathes. He says, exporters are the ones who should of plague and one of paratyphoid. for instance, that the work of a be stopped. We cannot agree. We
The "Kaljo Maru" left for Moil magistrate must be excessively unsay that all exports should have pleasant but that plenty of old gentle been stopped till the price slumped this morning with 1,800 tons of rice men find vindictiveness and moral for the Japanese exporters, we from here. superiority so gratifying that they cannot altogether suspect them of are prepared to do it for nothing! unworthy motives. They have been
The "Iyo Maru" left for Kobe He is not a crank, nor a disciple of having rice riots in their own country. any cult. He is a thinker, with a which is short of the grain, as well via Shanghal this morning with 1,000 commonsense horror of waste, and as tormented by profiteers. We tons of general cargo. hoggishness, and violence. He fights cannot blame them for shipping against prejudice, and wants us to all they could, in such circumstances, cease being its slaves. If only we since we were willing to import from will examine and think for ourselves, anywhere we could get it, regardless his share of work is done, and his of the exporter's need. So much for contribution made. He does not the ethics of it. Politically, though wish to convert us to anything else.Japan's need might be great, we tion bas decided to send 20,000 piculs In this he works on China Mail lines. wouldn't have let it go till our home (of rice for Hongkong and Macao. So long as you think (instead of tak need was, met. We don't want ing your opinions parrot-wise) we starving people here, and we don't don't care much what you think. want ricts. The first job was to The ordinary newspaper is frankly force down prices. Stopping exports. 3t. many other places) and avowedly (although its frank (stopped
There's no avowal is unconscious) a spreader would have done it. of parrotry, It calls its editorial other line of argument that will
wash. writings "leaders." as if it had any right to lead. Its personnel some times talk of moulding" public opinion, which is an impudent busi- ness. Its legitimate function, where comment is concerned, is to stimulate
A Chinese carrying a ride and We trust that the charitable independent thinking. Its so-called leaders should be stimulators. They Chinese gentlemen whose donations 250 cartridges concealed in his are often misleaders, frequently we recorded yesterday will use die luggage was aboard a junk going soporifics.
Mr. Russell's book iscretion. in giving away rice or congee inland. He was from Australia. $200 Mang Yan Yuen, the tuchun of Kirin same want you to tell the boys
or six weeks. Ltd more of a sudorific, and we would They will give, of course, where they like to see it widely read. It is would have given before, to cases of bound to stimulate much freer real need; but where the trouble is thought than is usual.
merely the high price, they should self at the low price. There are, here as everywEere, men who will not work if they have no urge Superintendent. thereto.
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HONGXING, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1919.
PEAK TRAM SQUEEZE.
We entertain no hope that our .comments on the management of the Peak Trams, made at the time of the last landslide and blockage of the We line, will be remembered. showed how and why a public service should be a public service We showed how the Peak Tram people failed to consider the public And we accused themofov charging. Those who need an object lesson in the way Hongkong people and firms have been accustomed to ignore public exposure and public opinion have it now, in the following .disclosure of cool effrontery and brazen "squeeze."
Two weeks after the landslide occurred, or more than a week after the China Mail protest, the Company did seem to act in such a way as to .show that our good seed had not fallen on quite stony ground. They issued panch tickets (normally $5 for 24 rides) at the reduced price should Incidentally, somebody have told us of this. We fight for the public the only really inde, end ent and fearless paper in the Colony and the public should help us more,
of $4.
By keeping us posted on facts.
The reduction of one dollar, you will comprehend, was not much of a set. off against having to take chair to the second station, (Kennedy Rd.) and again from Barker Road, the Aultimate station at the top end. Besides which it ignored the two full weeks of public inconvenience.
WE REBEL.
DON'T PAUPERIZE.
TOO LOW WAGES.
We have received a "tip" from one of our public men to investigate cases where married men are being paid only $130 a month." Certainly. That is the sort of thing in which the China Mail can do, and is willing to do, public service. Any reports made to us of such gross sweating will be investigated and if proven, prompt
shown up.
TRADE MARKS.
Major Black is leaving on the Asia," for a long holiday which everyone admits has been thoroughly well deserved.
The "Fushiki Maru" brought 1,999 tons of coal from Keelung yes terday. The Kaijo Maru" brought 1,050 tons from the same place.
In Tuesday's paper by a slip of the pen we described Captain. W. Davison's new appointment as Marine Engineer. It should have read Marine
A serious outbreak of Cholera is reported among the tenops at Lau Fong, in the vicinity of Tientsin. Also in Fungtien Province.
SHANGHAI, Ang. 6.
The male impersonator, Xaida Stella, would or could talk of nothing but the girls. "There aresome very fine peaches in Hongkong," she said, and do you know that many of them would not believe that I am a girl"
The president and Tuan Kaut are sending Ho Sal Ying, the former Minister of Communications to Shang-
"That's the stuff to give 'em,"" merry widow" who hai to compromise the Peace Legotia chirped the tions. The conditions of the com
was perhaps the greatest favourite promise are that the old and new of the trio. "I don't like matinees,” parliaments should unite together to
some of the boys yell she said, form the constitution of the Republic like a lot of half mad monkeys Pau Kwai Hing, the newly instead of cheering decently. we have to take everyTM part. All the appointed tuchun of Kirin, arrived t at Chang Chun on the 3rd inst, thing in good and Commander Ko, Sze Pun banded generally that I am not half as weird over. Mang Yan Yuen proceeded to as I look when singing "Snoozle-no". Peking immediately the same dayor Man--the whiggly worm." I am The Cabinet appointed Fai Ki-fan to the beauty of my family, you know." succeed Ko Sze Fun and has pro- But Queenie Lloyd, was allowed mised to give Ko Sze Pun a suitable to say no more for her sisters would position.
Paris University now includes the study of Chinese. The Cabinet pro The Treasurer of the Society of poses to contribute the sum of 20,000 St. Vincent de Paul bega to acknow-francs yearly to the University for ledge, most thankfully, the receipt of that purpose. $110 toward the funds of the Society. from two anonymous donors.
A Chinese was charged with the unlawful possession of 30' cattles of rice valued at $5 in Canton Road. Defendant pleaded that the rice was sweeping from a ship. Fined $20 or three weeks' hard labour.
The Naval Minister is preparing to establish three wireless stations at Hellung-liang, Tsim-yu-tau, and Shan Chow.
got let her. The beauty of the family," said Zilla," we don't think."
"When I came to Hongkong for the first time 24 years ago," said "Pop" Weatherley, "I went alongside he Hongkong Hotel in a sampan, and when landed this time, I thought the "Star" Ferry Wharf was the Hongkong Hotel. How Hongkong has grown. That's what the British have done. All the southern delegates to the Rub that fact in Any other race. internal peace conference are still in would never have made Hongkong Shanghai. As they are tired of the door of China."
"We hope to come back to you waiting, they sent a telegram to the Peking Government saying that folks very soon," said "Mom" if the Northern delegates do not Weatherley, and when we do i arrive at Shanghai within 10 days hope that our friends will rally round I shall always think well of they will take it for granted that the s North is insincere towards peace those we met here.""" and will notify the people and all nations to that effect and will abandon the conference.
The latest criticism to hand is that the China Meit is a "Socialist" paper: Good Lord! It isn't. It isn't Socialistic, Bolshevistic, Anarchistic, Republican, or any other fadistic. It stands for thought as against the accursed parrotry of the age, for free thinking and free expression of opinion. We have never said or thought that the Socialists or the Bolsheviks have discovered a better system than the one we have. We don't believe they have. We haven't got a better system of our own to offer. But we
A Chinese youth wanted money rebel at all we see wrong in the
to start a business. He stole his present system. We rebel at de
mother's gold bangles, and pawned mocracy's intellectual sloth, which
One of the first jobs the League of one of them. He got six weeks for credul repeat permits it
Nations should attend to, after it has it.. The mother gets one bangle ously the patent lies and prejudiced inventions against. these got into its stride, is that of arranging back, and $12.50 that was found on people who, however wrongly they that all manufactured goods should the boy. may think, do seem to be doing be plainly marked so as to show
country of origin. Best Make" in Smugglers, ship's cooks, etc. some thinking for themselves.
have been bringing about 200 piculs morning. We rebel against intolerance. We English masquerades as run was resumed? You'd never rebel against unnecessary meddlers English Make", and deceives the of rice down from Canton each day. Brinsh
The Customs seized 100 plus last guess. It seems incredible.
We rebel against They started to demand an addi-bureaucratic tyranny, official intimid tional ten cents each time they ation, arrogance, swank. We rebel punched Where,
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Let's do a little aum. One ride full distance normal fare "(with a $5 ticket) works out at approximately 21 cents, (20 and five-sixths).
and fussers..
to
*more
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buyer:
Best
SHIPS IN HARBOUR.
List of vessels in port this
Japanese ~
week and sold it yesterday, by auc-Antilochus. tion. They say it now pays to Haitan
Awa Maru Fushiki Maru Kaljo Maru Daitoku Maru Koyei Maru Takena Maru Taiwan Maru Shinyo Maru Iyo Maru Masayoshu Maru
Kanchow four dollar 1
ticket against the stupidity that promotes YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK. smuggle rice.
Phranang. often happened, these things,
and still
St. Albans the
Lieut Colonel W. H. Passby. Kueichow refused passenger
the against the stupidity that permits squeeze, they punched twice for the these things. We rebel against the
OPENING OF NEW BUILDING. Kent R.G.A. (T.F.) was the guest at Chipshing.
dinner last night at the Officers Mess, Loonggang one ride!
Panjandrums because they have been weighed and found wanting.
Hongkong-Singapore R.G.A.. Kow. Oliva The blear-eyed journalistic parrot or 'The new building of the Knbetoon- Lieut Colonel Passby who agapenor its calcined perch croaks construct branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank left for Home to-day will resume Derwent » tive criticism." There "has to be was opened on July 17. It has three his practice as a solicitor in Gilling Kumsang destructive criticism first, to clear the floors and is some 60 feet high, ham (Kent). ^ ground. There has to be independent covering 305 tsubo. The frontage is thought by the readers, whose 122 feet long. The basements are ?
On H.M.S. "Fame" last night Volute job
construct. feet below the street. The ground We rebel against the attitude of floor, which covers 246 tsubo, contains there was a practical demonstration Huntball
of the personal popularity and Hupeh Bush. "Washing dirty linen, croaks the central banking hall waiting esteem in which Mr. D.Hynd is held. Wuhu the parrot, and "lovers of every rooms, board room. safe, &c. & when the engine room staff presented Singaporean body's country but their own cries with verandahs ca three sides. The him with a case of pipes and a Baron Inchcape - Po Lee pretty Polly.
first floor is a serice of rooms round walking stick. Mr. Hynd who has Cassis the upper part of the main hall, and been Chief Engineer of the contains rooms. for distinguished visitors, &c.
One twenty-fourth of the reduced price of $4 is 17 cents for 16 and two-thirds).
The exact difference the Company is entitled to charge, (if it is entitled to charge at all, which in the circum stances we deny.) is 4 cents and one
sixth.
By collecting the extra ten cents, they are charging 27 cents, a squeeze" "of over six cents over their regular fare.
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PERSONALITY AND ANTS.
By punching twice, they are colle-
A gentleman in Canton writes a cting 34 cents, a squeeze of 13 cents.
As five cents is represented by a reply to our ratiocinations on the personality after death. He current coin, and would have more subject than covered the difference demanded gives his name, but we don't think for the full ride, the demand for ten he wrote for publication. So we give cents could only be prompted by the salients of his criticism thus:
... Why are you such an ass?
Peakites will stand anything.
keed and a conviction that the Rot! You do not know anything The Company might have notified about it. Even your comment about that cow that they were running the brain is wrong. An ant of the complete jou: ney, the $4 tickets superior class may display intellig would be no longer valid, and that ence far surpassing that of human they would repurchase them for the beings for his needs and surroundings. equivalent of their unused punches But an ant has no brain.. You know proportionally, computed. That that. Well then. You know nothing would have been reasonable, even if about it, and this mumbo jumbe somewhat shabby on the part of a business is only £t for 19th century rich company which had for two philosophers."
Things were getting dull. This weeks continued to charge full fares
letter has cheered us. May we mildly for curtailed journeys.
The Compary has no right, moral request our Canton friend to read up or legal, to demand the extra ten on tints? The ant has perhaps the rente. It has noce to punch twice most pronouncedly developed brain, for one journey. Because In both of all insects. That is why we never, cas it is demanding more than its when vituperating our critics, call
It wasn't, perhaps couldn't conven own fixed and normal charge. It is them ants.
fently be, made retrospective. But it was, when all is said, a recognition of the rights and dues of thegular patrons of the Peak Tramway. In short, it was something to the good. It was a sop. We had suggested that the Company ought to provide free chairs for the sections it no longer covered. The odds are that, in law
the season ticket holders could sue
for damages for breach of contract,
The company was probably advised to make that dollar"" cut.""
Now observe the subsequent pro-
ceedings. The ticket holder is two
weeks of chair rides to the bad, and
he has saved one dollar on each
punch ticket since. No Intimation
was made (when the four dollar
ticket was issued) of when the trams
Would run the complete journey again, and many people had these four dollar tickets in their possession when the trams did recommence the full ran
What do you think the shar
the management did when the full
in any case a glaring squeeze, and in
all the circumstances we think we are entitled to dub it a mean and shabby one..ZAI
ROADS TO FREEDOM
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French
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Tjiliwong Trigonia
Hong is being demobilized and leaves. for Cardium The building has a concrete base as Eome in the s.s. "Pembrokeshire,"
Norwegian 13 feet below the ground.
The Rev. G. Waldegrave Prominent
Diva facings are of granite with brick inside and the external walls are 21 M. A; Hon. T. C. R. N., the Missions feet thick. The counter and the to Seamen Chaplain at Lowestoft has fully fitted with polished Okayama Missions to Seamen, Hongkong. He American- north and east verandahs are beauti-been appointed Chaplain of the granite, with metal end-pieces. The is expected to arrive in September main structure is steel framed forro, when he will take over the work from Tancerville concrete. The main hall is lighted the Rev. W. T. Featherstone who has Chingchow.
been acting Chaplain since April from the roof.
A large number of guests were 1915. eatertained in the new building, which was much admired, as one of the most notable ir Kobe.
Business was expected to be installed in the new building by the 21st July.
CHINA TRADE.
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The master of a British vessel which arrived in Singapore from
Portuguese-
Nam Wan
TYPHOON WARNING.
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nation, that his vessel was actually the Manila Observatory at 9 am Jave ports stated, with much indig received at the U.S. Consulate from piloted about a week ago into a Java August 7. Cyclone or typhoon port by an ex-German officer of one near or over Balintang Channel of the interned German ships in the developing. Dutch East Indies and that he knows, as a fact, that another of these. interned Germans is also employed
pilot in another Java port.
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9 a.m. August 7. Typhoon, near or over Balintang Channel moving W or WNW
HUSSIAN OFFICER DIES.
BONGKONG POLICE RESERVE
Orders issued by the Hon. Capk. Supt. ' of Police.
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE,
An important" meeting of the Magazine ("Police Reserve Gazette") Committee will be held on Monday the 11th inst, at the ofices...of the - Business Manager, (Messrs. Noronha and Co.) at 5.30 p.m. The attendance of the Committee is earnestly requested The meeting is being called to con- sider the cessation of publication of the Gazette, and subscribers and others Interested are invited to attend.
E..D..C. WOLFE,
Cact. Supt. of Police. August 7, 1919.
CANTON TRAMWAY AGREEMENT SIGNED YESTERDAY.
MUNICIPALITY: OFFERS FRANCHISE TO CANTON TEAMWAY SYNDICATE.
Today's Canton Times says
The franchise of the street railway here was formally granted to the Can- ton Tramway Syndicate yesterday, August 6, when the agreement was signed between the Directors of the Canton Municipality, Yang Wing-tai and Ngai Bong-ping, and representa- tives of the Syndicate, Judge Peter
To operate the railway, however, Hing, Sara Kee, and T. E. MacInnes there will be another concern, the Kwangtung Tramway Company, Ltd., a corporation registered at Hongkong, headed by Judge Peter Hing and Eng Hok Fong, a Chinese capitalist.
Subscriptions to the Company will be open to bath Chinese and foreig ners at ten dollars a shareh
The tiain feature of the franchise Is that the term will be twenty years.. and the Syndicate pays $1,000,000 as gratuity for the privilege..
COURTS MARTIAL SENTENCES.
As as result of the DistrictCur Martial held last Friday, Gunnert: Godfrey, R.G.A. has been sent.cced. HAUROTO" to 55 days detention. The Chizet
sapper of the 40th Company REJ who pleaded that he had beca kid-
It is interesting to note that
Sir Graeme Thomson, K.C.B., has although in 1918 Japan far surpassed Britain in the value of her trade with
The ss."Antilochus (Captain G. China, taking 62.31 per cent as been appointed Colonial Secretary of against the British 23.25 per cent, Ceylon in succession of Sir Reginald K. Houghton) arrived from Liverpool British tonnage still carried a larger Stubbe. Sir Graeme Is 45 years of yesterday. The Antilochos" brought share of China's coasting trade than age and has held the Office of 50 tons of cargo for Hongkong and Japanese, the figure being 37.33 per Director of Transports, Admiralty, 4,506 for onward ports.
During the voyage July 8) a We hope we shall not have to cent. as against Japan's share of since the commencement of the war. accuse our excellent P.WD. staff of 26.15 per cent. Chinese-shipping The Ceylon Morning Leader says of Russian officer died and was buried exceeding the bounds of reasonable comes next with 1153 per cent of him-His salary as Director of the at sea. A Home mail arrived by this ness and commonsense, by mere red foreign trede, and 33.76 per cent. Transport Department of the Ad ship. The Hon. Bertrand Russell is a tanery and bureaucratic bullying. A of the coastwise carrying trade. miraity was 21,200 a year, while grandson of Earl Russell, the Vic-letter has come to our knowledge in America is fourth, but very far bis new salary as Colonial Secretary of NO NEWS OF S.S. torian Premier. That makes him which a firm is rather peremptorily behind indeed, while the rest are Ceylon will be £2,000ot a very respectable. He is a philosopher. asked for an explanation for repair nowhere. A considerable increase material rise, considering that men That makes his opinions worth hearing a lean-to roof without a permit, may be looked for in the American prefer lower salaries in their own lug. He has a lofty moral character, The explanation is so obvious that trade. It is notable that the Admical country to much higher emoluments There is still no news of the snapped by robbers at Canton and altruistic ideals, and a well-balanced there was no need to ask for it. The Line has lately started with its head in a Colony. Sir RE. Stubbs then Hauroto, overdne many days therefore, did not desert, received mind. His idea is that those whose roof peeded repairing, so it was re-office in Kobe, under Mt. Ernest Ehe came a alary of from Saigon, which port she left on sentence of 42 days detention. lives are fruitful to the world ay not paired. It was leaking badly, and it Johnson. At present the Admiral some 2800. It will he's very great July 24 spending their time and passion was a menace to life and limb. We line is running only large freighters, advantage to Ceylon to have an All ships leaving for the South
A. ruited to your defending unjust privileges of their can understand the necessity for but there are hopes of a passenger educated, experienced and cultured are asked to keep a tharp FOR A WEAK STOMACH. class or nation, but aiming at official supervision of new structures service before long: The Admiral Englishman, coming out straight look out The Commodore has
bowale regular. When you feel that poi making the world as a whole happier, or of structural alterations. But Line is handsomely-installed at the from England, unaffected by those flessed to the British Consul at A to adopt diet pat need to dos less cruel, less full of conflict bet knowing the temptations that beset new office in Akashi-machi, and it is narrowing influences which overtake Salon, reporting the absence of the age and occupation and to keep your ween rival greeds, and more full of our bureaucrats, we print this mild needless to say that it is active, since men who have been long in the Raproto and asking that all ships have eaten too much and when on human beings whose growth has note by way of asking the P.W.D: all shipping companies are enjoying Colonial Service and lost touch with leaving there make efforts to eight rated, take ong of Chambariaina Tablete
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