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TUESDAY, JULY

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shortly sent out to the Far Eastern Some details of artillery will be garrisons for distribution.

The Airco Continental

CANCELLED CONTRACTS.

SHANGHAI NEWSPAPER

COMMENT.

Shanghal for an almost wholesale Air]" In view of the recent demand in cancellation of contracts for piece goods, a report from New York upon a similar subject, showing the length to whica the evil may go, deserves. woollen and worsted manufacturers attention says the MCDN. The were the people interested in the New York case, and in the course

Mr. Winston Churchill is a mem ber of a polo team of Government Risera. Games are played at & a.m., heads who call themselves "The Early before official duties commence.

sopping mg. They were bruised bar. On the day she is due, the and breathless. Their emotions on name is deleted from the list, with- seeing the unflastered angler had out comment; The expectant pub to be, veiled by & seemly silence. lic says to itself, no letters arrived China Navigation s.8. "Sunning When they hair had time to see the by that boat. It begins to won has been promoted acting chief en humeur of it, they were open to der and to worry. Later on it finds. gineer as. Tean," chaff, and took it well. Whether as it did. this week, that, the boat they are now wise to the unwisdom arrivet some,daya late, with mails. The total output of the Kailan Express has completed its second of mixing pleasures, of trying to be Instead of deleting the name on the Mining Administration's mines for hundred thousand miles flying. at once seafarers and social lions, date, whether it have, arrived of the week ending Jely 10 amounted who can tell? Only times

not the post-office people might put to 89.951 tons, and the sales during The Straits Egho note in bruckets," overlue of the period to 74,401 tons. FLOGGING IN BAy's Up in Hong-late," so that the position would HOŞÜRONG. kung they be clear. This would also save the

H.M.S."Amphitrite," which for stall children, who-postal stuff trouble and time wasted merly served on the China Station, des is hawkers without a licence, on answering telephone enquiries, has been sold out of the Navy. She Flogging, or corporal punishment.

Even when an awk was a cruiser of 11,000 tons and was at any kind, should be reserved for GERMANS war question incompleted at Barrow in 1900.. offences which bunnote in the cul RETURNING, Parliament is an prit a man callous, sortid disposit

swered truthfully. Colonel, the Right Hon. Sir To inflict it for breaches of utt will generally find that the Frederick Lugard, a former Governor policy or Municipal regulations is truth, is officially ladled ont in such of Hongkong, having been appointed Erbarms and argues, in the magis a way as to convey a false inipresa Privy Councillor on January 22 trute emcerned an utter fack of the sien. On June 8 the Home Secte.last was sworn in on June 11. judiciil tamperament. There is no Enry had to satisfy a member about

Lady Rees Davien, wife of the Eimons “moral porpitude in hawks the umber of Genuans admitted ing without a license than there is into England since, the arnistier. Chief Justice of Hongkong, was pre the Lady Mayoress of that port will

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Mr. H. A. Smallwood, Treasurer, of a meeting to discuss the post- FMS has been offered, and has action a Mr. Webb put forward an cepted, a post under the Palestine estimate that 95 per cent. of manu Administration. He will probably facturers were accepting cancellation leave the FM.S. about September

without protest.

He told the h dustry that it had itself to blame Even in

It is reported that the steamer

"Machaon," the latest addition to the Blue Funnel Llae, will be launched in Liverpool at an early date and that

for this state of affairs.

normal times, be painted out, it had been customary for the mills to accept more orders than could be filled because cancellation of a certain

(in driving a motor-ear wifheit #19 all the answer without analys.sented by "Countess Curzón of Kedperform the ceremony of christening percentage was invariably expected... fight even in Hongkong, there was nothing to worry about. Palace on Thursday, June 10.

Queen at a Court held at Buckingham

licence or riding a bicycle without-ang it is toliet the impression that estan to their Majesties the King and Fer

these of eikes.

Forast

"OUR AUSTRIAN

Ltd"

A Chinese youth, 19 years of.

from injuries to his body caused Government Civil Hospital suffering age, was yesterday admitted to the

through a fall while attempting to alight from a moving tram car in Des Voeux Road West,

Canton will have an agricultural several of the Universities in the An aeroplane race between

One can hardly imagine that this is the soundest way of doing business, In fact this policy undoubtedly gave

result of the investigation to the had been called to combat. As a rise" to the evil which the meeting

subject the manufacturers favoured a- policy of taking orders only with the Grm intention of making.complete deliveries and at the same time.com tracts, to which end a committee was pelling buyers to abide by the con- appointed to draw up a binding form of contract. Further, manufacturers will in future be circularized with the names of customers found violat, ting their contracts. If there was ever any doubt as to the soundaess the Indo-China ss. "Hangsang" has sold to the Bland Line for the Shanghai, this case from America The P. &O. liner "Isis" has been of the policy adopted recently is undergone a change. Mr. F. Gibraltar Casablanca Ross, second engineer of the vessel," Isis and her sister ship "Osiris" edly been saved from arriving at a run. The would dispel it. We have undoubt has gone on leave whilst Mr. S. E. were fast despatch vessels which similar situation between here and McKinley from reserve has taken his from 1898 down to the outbreak of the manufacturing centres.

place.

The engine room department of

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Mineola, Long Islands. The largest number of points went to Yale, whose representative won the twenty-five

war carried the malls between Brindisi and Port Sald...

Mrs. Morrison, widow of the late Dr. Morrison, of Peking, intends to leave England for China about, the Canada. Her sons will remain at end of next month, proceeding via Sidmouth during her absence, which, months. it is expected, will be about six

HARBOUR SHOOTING

INCIDENT.

OBI BOYS QUARREL.

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ASSAILANT JUMPS OVERBOARD."

We lunging, do they log the taipan begin with, detailed statistics.up Lassistit convicted of the second of sggesting to suspicious inded Kobe from Hongkong the other guilty of the first or the Europeau to July 1 we not available

When the "Persia Maru" reach that the figures Wight be too pro-week she brought $390,000 in Hongkong ought to be ashamed-gressive to divulg. But praete American gold coins consigned to the ally the only persons of German Kobe office of the Yokohama Specie If we were not quite nationality who were admitted to Bank from its Hongkong office. so busy being sorry the United Kingdon during that for some of our own; period Were British-burn-wives of THE peple, suffering as a widows and their children. How exhibition next October 11, at the United States was recently held at

result of the war, wo that could be stated without the Government Agricultural Experiment could feel sorry for this writer of assession of detailed statisties only Station. The city had an agricultural [lektor ferently sent is from Salz-The Home Secretary knows. He exhibition three years ago when Mr.

burg in Austria. He calls himselt did have soure figures: Between Chu Ching-liu was governor there. miles contest in sixteen minutes.. anglitor wish mahor, and very July 21 and December 31, 1919, fungich wants a ja luure, with pay 925 were alrittid, of whom 550 ficina bint to sit were wives and widows, and the momok home for the maintenance great majority of the remaining of his family. He as he has an375 were children. Very well. Tet excellent bashish; Texican, But, he us wash-out), a generous inter. has a phild and a worn who pretation of the great majority. are fems excellent, They grow af and let us reckon 75 pukka Ger ways, thinner, polaps because the mans let in. Nothing worth men lgkleur is the only thing of the tioning. Between-dan. Faud April

The Bund at Weihaiwei has bad. tamils which he not must feed. 30, 1920, 4.554 Germans were ad- placed on it near to the Ma Ton Prolatis if we had an Austrian mitted, of whom 586 were. British-Jetty, two Maxim: type of guns and lexicone, we jopal use it a better born widows, wives, and their one howitzer, captured from the Ge thus l. He writes:That you children. That leaves. 968 pkk placed in front of the guns, both in mans. An inscription stating this is my letter s displeases. It proferrins in four months. The English and Chinese.. duce any pray, Suldly with modesty number is growing, “yong sec. On Camperturbable,, O us weigh the top of that the Home Secretary

Taikoo, Ewo, and the China maledictioaf of the defeat. This reminded the Hon. Member of the Merchants S. N. Co. intimate that alediction can a single man not Aliens Ristriction, Act 1919, which from August 1, fares to Hongkong, An amusing mixing up of names enlus, if the whole country, it not lays down that short period visits and the Southern ports and Tientsin was noted by the Strails Chief tween a cabin boy and a saluon sure can vidus. So will, I think may be permitted; but he did not and the Northern ports will be raised. Justice. It appears that Mr. Whitley my pray not be dishonone, because give any assurance that the 1.0 In the case of Hongkong it repre- who is coming out to the Straits i I will work to its****

pukka Germans, confessedly 'admit-sents a 25 per cent. increase.

not, as has been stated officially and should do a certain piece of work.. Writing from theted up to April 3 were all short

The cabin timera.

in the press, Mr. Justice Whitley, but led to blows. Our private information

"The provinces of Klangsi, Kiang: an engine driver of the same name, fight when it was stopped by A VISITOR's Hongkong Hotel,

was having the best of the OVISIONS, on Sunday.a. visi. from Home advisers is that the su, Hunan, Hupeh, Kwangti and who has heard the call of the East.

stor, about to de- business is being, camouflagel, as Kwangtung have finally complete a

other members of the crew. part after a visit of three months,

arrangement for an alliance for com

An insane Chinese aged, 35,

Nursing his grievance, the saloon. mon defence against improper inter living at No. 56 Connaught Road boy made up his mind to revenge choice, and it is that, which makes during which time he has read every

ference from the militarists of the Central, yesterday attempted to combing he had received. Stealing into issue of the Chinn Mail," accoses

the cabin boy for the drüb the difference between work and us of ruthless warfare on the

North, says the Canton paper. MENGEL. On June 2, 1920, a play, between drudgery and reeglements of complacency, cant,

mit suicide by, jumping from the roof of the house on to the back five o'clock yesterday morning, he "

one of the officer's cabin, 'soon after Yunnanfu, to Mr. and Mrs. Eineri. Does a professional cricketer hypocrisy," and

Mr. Cecil Railton, youngest son yard of No. 115 Des Voeux Road slipped a revolver into his pocket. muddle-headed

admitted to the General Hospital, to his head, and was picked up in an boy. Meeting the other on deck, the Singapore, with a compound fracture unconscious condition. He is now saloon boy whipped out the revolver, to the left shin bone as the result of lying at the Government Civil Hos- and fired point blank at him. reports the Singapore Free Press of an accident while on his motor cycle pital in a very critical condition. July 16.

In the excitement which followed Colonel C. D. H. Moore; C.M.G., the collapse of the cabin boy the D.SO., who has just been appointed When the splash was heard, a rush saloon boy jumped overboard.' There are now more than one to the command of an Indian brigade was made to the side of the ship, of infantry, served on the staff of and serveral men jumped into General Barnardiston at the siege the harbour in and capture of Tsingtao. North rescuing the saloon boy, but all at- China, in 1914. He was mentioned and received in addition to the British ship. The Water Police launch went in despatches for his excellent work tempts to locate him failed.

The Police flag was flown from the decorations the Order of the Rising alongside and removed the wounded Sun from the Emperor of Japan. He man to the Government Civil Hosptial

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A little difference of opinion be-

Liangchow"

on Sunday night as to boy on board the s.s.

who

boy!

get out of the game all that a thinking that wield so large ap" TUGS BRING KEKCTICUT TO of Mr. N.. L. Railton, has been Central He received serious injuries and went out to look for the cabin

LETHIN. On July 16, 1920, to anateur does? We do not know, indienst over most respectable

Mr. and Mrs. A., N. Lethin, daughter.

WATSON. On July 16, 1920,

Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. W S. Watson, a son.

MARRIAGES.

of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. McNair

Dawson, Moorooka...

1920, at Pontesbury, Salop, Eng.

Davies, of Pontesbury, to Sidney :-

PORT.

the hope of

but we think not, 1 seems to us people her." "Worse still you Írupossible. Ond would not seek a job as cook in a hotel, naturally, yet ou frequently make your readers East from the United States. the gre entertaining while doing it. On her maiden trip to the Far to fry one's own breakfast on think." This is inexcusable. You Shipping Board vessel Keketicut" yneht what joy With what have made at least one person dis- has been unfortunate. On July 17 the meticulous care and alsorbing in satisfied with the newspapers he Admiral Line office in Shanghai terest one drops the egg into the used to real. We fear that we received information that the steamer thousand goldbeaters in the gold bubbling fat, turning it carefully must plead guilty to this indict had encountered engine trouble on smith shops on strike in Fatahan. STOCKWELL — DAWSON. On to avoid breaking its charming content. Wors still, we cannot nd- the trip, from New York to Hong since their de band for an increase

May 29, 1920, at Moorooka tour. Who would clean fish as it retunes.

kong. Shanghai has not been includin wages has been refused. Gold Church of England, James Clif-regular octupation? "Yet what

One of our police but the engine room position became with their employers for an increase ed in the ports of call to be visited besters in Canton are negotiating ton, youngest son of the late Dr. anger, happy in his own success,

friends, who sees such that it was deemed necessary to in salary before going on strike. and Mrs. Stockwell, Brisbane, to, does not prepare and cook his tavn

rutch with

SCOGESTIOS... the rightness of stop there. Arrangements were ac Helen Frances, eldest daughter

a peculiar delight? Rocked to sleep as in a cradle, listening drowsily to the inlaby of the treatment of child hawkers, and Tug and Lighter Co., for the bringing tells us that her departure from vice in the Dardanelles and later in mediately after admittance The our protests about cordingly made with the Shanghaf A passenger on the "Devanba" subsequently rendered splendid ser-where he was operated upon im DAVIES-FLEMONS. On June 17, many waters-awaking to the first who knows the conditions, suggests of the vessel up, river and on July 16 Shanghai was delayed by the deser-Palestine, in command of a brigade, bullet was extracted, and the patient

Ties of dawo-plunging there and that instead of flogging and jailing two tugs were despatched to Woo- tion of the stakers. After that there being

repeatedly mentioned in is expected to survive his injury. land, Amy Elizabeth, daughter of then into the lipid sea-drying these boys, we should send them to sang for this purpose. The exact were typhoon signals, so that despatches. He served in the South The body of the assallant has not

in the sun while the kettle build work on the new Government gar- nature of the trouble has not bees although timed to leave Shanghal African War as well. These things mean inch to cause deas just beyond Fanding! Here ascertained but it is understood the early on Monday morning, she did

yet been recovered. who know what they mean, but they could find healthy and useful "Keketicut" will be surveyed. in not arrive till yesterday evening.

At the 'Magistracy, this morning, nothing perhaps to those who don't work, here they could be properly Shanghai and the extent of the dam No politics, no money, no news-fel, and "here they would not be age discovered. If found necessary,

Inspector Davitt made an application THE LATE MR. R. A. BRAND A member of the Provincial to Mr. N. L. Smith for permission to papers-only the sin and the seach an object lesson of the slip she will be docked for repair. She Assembly, has recently written to the withdraw the charge of disorderly Commander of the Defence Corps at conduct against the Annamite amah and the strong renascence of primi shod mentality that is persistently is a 9,600 ton steamer. tive instinets.

making criminala of them. Perhaps

Loting and Namkong, stating that employed by Madame Germaine Bon one of the Chinese Justices will

the matter of detalning vessels, benardell, The Inspector said that it One should not mix favour us with his views on this

'cause of the strike arising from had been decided to refer the case to SURAT pleasures.

Mr. R. A. Brand, of the Union Some suggestion: Something must be storyachtsmen, like to done soon. We cannot continue on

alleged illegal taxation on the ships, the French Consul for settlement: Insurance Society of Canton Ltd... should be settled at once, since the The latter will also deal with.. a whose untimely death through drow- where the crowd the present wicked lines. At pre

Interruption of the sailing of vessels claim for wages die made by ning at Yokohama on Saturday'we goes, to put on clothes, and to eat sent big gangs of adults are work-

has interfered with the food supplies, the defendant. in the fabionable hot where the ing on this land, on work that the

Explaining the had to record as we went to press Consequently the price on foodstuffs decision, the Inspector said that since yesterday, was quite a young man of a jazzing orchest, and to wateb crowil vats, to hear, the gay, noises boys could do, if properly super.

is sparing-C.T.

the case against the defendant was and very popular wherever he went, men and won flushed and

vised.

Some time back, in the early morn.

begun, a lot of correspondence had Mr. Brant joined the Society in 1915. happy, revolving the dancing

The Mussoorie correspondent of been received from various people Two years later he was commission- ing, a car was found in the ditch on the Englishman announces the advent concerning the parties, and it was ed in the Scots Guards in which he paper bas floor. Such things are also plea

heen poking its the left hand side of Orchard Road of the motor ricsha. Those who thought better to settle the matter obtained a captaincy and won the strable, but Moy de hot harmonize

GOVERNOR's editorial nose Pinto with its number plate wrenched off Phantom Ricsha will feel glad that willing to be sent back to Pakhoi kong about a year ago and was only by Mount Elizabeth Singapore have read Kipling's story of The out of Court. The defendant was Military Cross. He returned to Hong. with the wild feeds of the yacht-

the entanglements and the driver non est. On July 19 the hero died before mptors were whence she came, and the French last month transferred to apar of exchange, and the mystery was explained by Asst.

man, played cricket

Mr. and Mrs. William Edward son of Mr. Thomas Belgrove Flemons, late of Pailton, near Rugby: England. MACKENZIE MEIER.-On July 17, 1920, at Shanghai, Henry Govan,

the only surviving son of the late Captain Henry Govan Mackenzie, R.N.R.. of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, to Vera Rubarovitch Meier.

"DEATH."

COTTER.--On July 17. 1920.

Shanghai, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cotter....

The China Mail.

"TRUTH, JUSTICE, PURIJO. SERVICE."

Horozono, Turbḍay, July 17, 1920.

ADVERSARIA.

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The members of the Bandman.

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CHI ESE, FINED $750.

KEEN SPORTSMAN.

also represented both Shanghai in interpart deepest sympałby to his family who live in where they are well know

SHIPPI

|ing life. They ritire collars and contrasting the salaries of the govers Supdt. Sheedy before Mr. Langham invented. It was bad enough for the Consul would be asked to make the Mr. Brand, who was a keen sporti

shoes and Thus dressed up yaulitsien caf landed in the nors. It concluded after stating Carter, in the first court: He said the spectre of the woman he had tion was granted, and the defendant more than averag

unfortunate man to be haunted by necessary arrangements. The appilca dinghy, even ough the surf, for the figures that, the recent high that Miss Scott, the defendant was wronged-ricsha and all-but to was discharged. it is light any that hauts for exchange makes the Governorship, not there, but that there was a gentle- be chased about Simla at thirty miles the beach from a role on All Hongkong inort to be envied, man in court to represent her, but they have to do jump arom the point of view of the he was not, an advocate (laughter.) an hour would upset even a hardened and climb theory moments, than that of any other In reply to His Worship. Mr. spiritualist. back, in the darkanghangi spleny. It is) extraordinary that Sheedy said the summons had been Sitting on the glen though ing matter should be so served on Miss Seat but she was i "At sea one-plex, noting suit, bare lengling in, the platingly misunderstood. The and he thought that the gentleman Comedy Company, now playing in Revenue Officer Ward, of the Mon- A SEA write adversaria. One water fishing in hand and the unly difference the high ex is Worship replied that if he was with Mr. Ducasse of the Picture charged a Chinese before Mr. R. O Governor's salary being in sterling, in court would plead guilty for her. Calcutta, are engaged, in conjunction opoly Department, this morning does not write any pipe burning Afell, gde vachtsman thing. One lives. It is life that, heard and watched the return of his change made to in must have going to plead not guilty he was House, in making a topical film On Hutchison, at the Magistracy, with to be emancipated from elles, to more sagly-inded shipmate been adverse. The balance he afraid he could not take it then but June 26.3 rather serious accident oc the unlawful possession of 15 tacis H. M. S. Olier "Pearleafter

curred to one of the actors, Mr. of prepared con Government opium. Hongkong for Tarakan ba Juls move about upon the slowly leny. They could not jump up into saved would not be affected either postpone it. N ing sen, using the winds of God as boat as easily as they jumped down way. The sums be draw agminet Mr. Sheedy then said he was not Leonani Stephens. The party, hay The officer said that when searched foad a cargo of oil. She then they come or go. to see picture fe frin: it. they decided to wade this salary for immediate expend going to press the case taken some scenes in the Empire on board the s... Sunning yesler-ceeds to Sure to supply the place picture in the great panorama Q cone shoes and socks up went tire would be less in proportion to His Worship is that the famous Theatre garden, were proceeding to day, the drug was found concealed escorting the Prince of Wales of nature. Professional sailors have trouser legs, and the proceed what a lower exchange wild have Mr. Sheedy: The Mystery Car, the pricipal lauding from a vessel, The defendant-Bald that the drug Castle" arrived in New

Outram Ghat by motor lorry to take in the defendant's wirdle.

Dodwell and Co.'s ss. Mancaster saying, stupidly ex parte, and the bont. In cam anther eller given him,

ng the Press called it, but the mystery when Mr. Stephens fell from the was given to him by a Soochow man July 22, blind to all but one aspect, that he and the boat, like liye thing like,

If the Post Office was, solved about the time it was lorry and sustained a slight fracture to take ashore. He was told it was The Lloy ylio goes to sea for pleasure would shying higree, ubby plunged APOSTAL Wants to keep the mentioned in the prens, The gentle of the skull. This will keep him off medicine, and was promised 81 for Dosy go to hell for pastime. How de sideway. It was grabbed fhewy

local people in a good man, representing Miss Scott said the stage for some daye. He is now his trouble. Had he known the ins they know? With what right do bridle. It bucked, throwing one

humour there is one she had learnt to drive In Australia, in the General Hospital: they express auch an opinion? of them down. As for the hither easy way in which to avoid ritat but was apparently not accustomed They do not go to ten for pleasure, to immaniatz dothews Before they ing them in the list of mails ex: to local conditions (aughter.) therefore they cannot know. They were in it; they were both wet to pected, there will appear the name His worship imposed a fine of $5, do not go of their own free will and the akin, every garmention them a of a steamer due (say) from Shang with costs. →→

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contained opium, he would not have July wundertaken the job, mu

The Magistrate, impos-d. a fine $750, or, in default, three month imprisonment with hard labour,