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THE CHINA MAIL.

with secondary schools as ours did, as we are led to believe that the by doing pre-matriculation work. Home domicile was disavowed, and. When our Consul at Yunnanfu sent the Hongkong domicile set up. down two scholarship winners early There is an easy way with coaun- in 1919, the University insisted on drums of this sort. We give it up. doing its own, pre-matriculation Let somebody else supply the tuition. It was doing it at a heavy answer.

financial loss, and not doing it well,

and it isn't University work any.

way. Now we are glad to hear that OFFENSIVE JOURNALISM.

it is giving up, giving the locs)

colleges a chance, and saving the

SPECIAL CABLE

GERMAN FLAG INCIDENT.

A SINGAPORE PROTEST.

[China Mail SPECIAL]

SINGAPORE, August 20. The Straits Merchant Service Guild

salaries of two whole-time men who long time ago in Washington, has strongly protested against the were used for this unproductive and /C.S.A., a bunch of silly womer, German ship

bothering their pretty heads about port flying the German Hag

unremunerative work.

We have every hope that when Irish politics, and not realizing the we get the report of the Commis extent of their naughtiness, osten- sion which we are now told does tatiously hurted a Union Jack and | not contine itself to financial mat-

buried it, as a protest against England's imperial policy. Nobody

ters) we shall be able to show par. ents and the public generally that

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our University is once more set on a good wicket, sad really on the high road to make good., That will be good news.

INDO-CHINAS.

also

'Ayuthia' entering

LOCAL AND GENBRIL

The road around the island is

was hurt. A proper and handsome expected to be reopened for traffic apology was made to the English to-day. representative, and the incident was closed. On Thursday, August

SATURDAY AUGUST 21, 1920.

MURDEROUS ROBBER

GANG.

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CHILDREN'S CORNER,

[CONDUCTED

PETER PAN."}

CANTUN VİLLAGE KAIDID,

HONGKONG EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS: My dear Childs

Mr. E.L. Agassiz (acting Assistart the fork and cork one that is in this Do any of you know any tricks dite Crown Solicitor), appeared before Magistrate Hutchison yesterday after

week's Corner? noon, to apply for the extradition of If you do, just write them down and 2 Chinese youth who is wanted by send them along to Peter Pan, lo the Canton authorities, on charges of The Editor, The China Mail Office. baving been concerned in twelve and then they will be printed in our armed robberies and an equal num- Corner for all the others to see. ber of murders which were perpetrat ed by a gang of between 30 and 40 outlaws in a small village in the Po On district.

Counsel said that two identification parades had been held and the hestitation by two men and a woman, Fugitive was picked out without any

Mr. Norwood Allman, American 19, nearly three calendar months Vice-Conent at Tsingtao, was married after. the Manila Daily Bulletin to Miss Mary Louise Hamilton, of the robbers, equipped with torches The facts of the case were that prints a photographic picture of the Tsinanfu, at Peitaihe on August 12 and firearms, raided the village, incident, with wording liable to convey a false impression of the in-

'An American destroyer No. 144, on the night of May 31, and com which consisted of about 25 houses, sident to the Orientals who may the "Upchur," arrived in harbourmitted robbery. They came at 11.30 We consider this much yesterday morning from Shanghai on pm, and left about four hours later,

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We are having a Riddle-me-rée too. Sometime I will ask you to guess one but this week the answer is in as well, so that you can see how to do it in case some of you have not seen one before.

the dogs Snip and Snop too!

There is a story about our friends

Your loving

PETER PAN.

I wonder if any of you have ever done this?

Stick a cork on to a fork, then put

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China Navigation Company could more offensive than the frolic of her way to Manila, where she will be taking with them eight head of cat the handle end of the fork in the kinge

In view of the fact that the Indo-see it. not afford to raise the wages of its the ladies, which we did not mind stationed. She leaves to-day. Byen as other firms have done to at all The Manila Bulletin, im-1 match the higher cost of living, less it likes to plead gross stupidity, and in view of the drop in the mar has behayed in a way to show it. ket dotations of its stock, some self up as a vile rag, a Judas of of us have been feeling sorry for journalism, making bad blood for this old-established company, so the sake of a dishonest penny. We ably managed by the Jardines, condemn it strongly, and are happy We have poured out pity for it, and in the belief that our American building firm, has been engaged by the wall. Through this they fired few peop... can do it. Ltd. shed sympathetic tears for its friends will also condemn-it.

SPORTS COATS, AND SCARVËS..

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SPLENDID RANGE OF THESE IN A CHARMING VARIETY OF COLORS.

OUR CUSTOMERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO INSPECT THESE GOODS.

POWELL Ltd.

Wm.

Mail.

The China

**TEUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE.”

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

tle and a large quantity of property. Failing to get into ane house through of a doce and you will find that it will The chief engineer of the the door, the robbers climbed upon stay there quite well. Upholu" Mr. Wills is at present ill the roof and made a hole. The ins. Then walk to the far side of the in the General Hospital, Shanghai mates fired two shot which caused room facing the door. Turn round Mr. Andrews has been appointed the robbers to leave.. Not to be dis three times, walk quickly up to the chief engineer in the "Upholû."

appointed in their raid, the robbers door and try 10 hit the cork with one set fire to the door with dry grass and finger. simultaneously excavated a hole in It sounds easy doesn't it? Yet very

The Kwong Hip Loong, a ship the Canton Governments to repair the Gunboat "Kongkoo," recently damaged near Hongkong by unsee cessful revolutionista

Miss Ida May Vare, aged 23 One case of diphtheria (British) yeare, daughter of Mr. Vare, a mam was notified yesterday.

ber of the House of Representatives is Congressional party, has died in for Pennsylvania, one of the visiting

Peking from tonsilitis.

shareholders. Are we entitled to demand those tears back? Can we I claim a refund of jity, and a rake. of on sympathy? If the "Honey Market Rerici and Investor's Chronicle is well informed and knows what it is talking about, its opinions are worth as much as Pome hard-headed men of affaire think they are, we are entitled to la return of our entire outlay of

Mr. E. L. Agassiz is gazetied" to commiseration. Every tear We shed ought to be handed right back, act as Assistant Crown Solicitor. Why, Indo-China Navigation Co. sears to be quite well off and forest officer, in succession to Ng Mr. Lam Kwon-yau is gazetted able to pay botter wages, and have Kam shing resigned. its shares quoted" higher, and even

Mr. Frederick Thompson added to the dental register.

to get new managing agyuts, sup- HMS. "Carlisle arrived in posing it teir that way about the Hongkong this morning from present ones. The Money Market Vladiovostock to refit. authority named says on July 31 that for the next year or two de-i ferred stock around 45 is worth to England, sailed from Yokohama keeping. The drop in price was on the str. "Shizuoka Maru."." due to public talk of a slump in

Viscount Ishii, Japanese Minister

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freights. The company recently

redeemed the whole of its outstand World's

Mr. J. J. Virgo, C.B., Honorary Representative of

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SNIP AND SNOP IN AN AEROPLANE.

shots into the house, killing one of the men inside. The robbers, headed by the man before the Court, rushed into the house and seized one of the other rearms. Another of the inmates, a men, whom they killed outright with youth, eluded the robbers by conceal ing himself in the cockloft. During the dren, a girl three years old, was going" Buzz, buzz, buzz." firing in the house one of the chil- in the house they heard something

One day when Stip and Snop were

They

wounded. One of the deceased, saran out,, into the garden to see what the evidence stated, was stabbed after it was burt couldn't see anything at Owing to the sudden closing he was shot and the robbers tried to all. So they called Mary and when down of a cheap rice sales depot on cut off bis head with a chopper. The she came running our she said ai the Nantao Bund, Shanghai a big outrage in this house was said to be once Why Snip and, Snop it's an storm the place. During the trouble one of the deceased and a villager crowd gathered and attempted to the outcome of a quarrel between aeroplane!" an old woman and two children who was the instigator of the crimes. came into sight and, almost before Just at that minute the aeroplane were injured.

Not far from this house another they knew what was happening, it had murder was enacted. A villager, who landed on the lawn and a man got out had the indiscretion to put his head and said, "Good morning. Can you above the ridge of the roof; on which tell me where I am, please?" he was biding, was shot by the man now charged.

A telegrar received in Shanghai announces the ath at Kuling of Mr. Ralph Brownell Colson, secretary, of the Hankow Young Men's Christian Association. Death took place on Thursday after a few hours attack of spinal meningitis.

the Bandits are active nowadays in the several districts of Kwangtung.

After evidence had been heard the fugitive said that he was not in his village on May 31, and he could produce a witness to support his statement.

"Good morning Mary replied. "This is Hongkong." man replied.

"Oh, that's no use to me," the "} want to get to Shanghai.

And he was just about to get in the aeroplane and go off again when he

you wouldn't like to come with me for #ride?"

fing debentures, and this will env.M.C.A., is at present in Singapore Ninteen places are reported to have cimes were not committed in the turned round and said "I suppose

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large the amount available for dividends. The company has allow A new Chinese Bank, named the ed liberally for depreciation, and Hwa Tah Bank, will shortly open up we are glad to find sustained by the generally pursued a conservative for business in Nantao, with a capital authorities, as sound objections. policy in regard to distributing the of $1,000,000.

We did not when writing have high profits earned during the war.

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in mind the appointment of Mr. The strong financial position built France prohibits the export of Forster as Professor of Education.up should allow shareholders to gold and silver money and banknotes, EIGIONE, SATURDAY, Art. 21, 1920 There is no possible objection to participate more liberally by way French or foreign, by travellers. See

OUR UNIVERSITY.

In the China Mail last evening

was stated

tions will be given in the various schools of the Colony. He ceases

People at Home when applying for return of income tax deducted in excess of that they believe them-1:

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employee was killed.

been pillaged in the last few days Since the number of these outlaws is increasing daily, it is thought by the anthorities that immediate stepe should be taken to suppress them

consignment

It is rumoured that a large of opium reached Shanghai recently, according to a statement heard on the *Front," and was successfully landed, the vigilance of the Custom, officials there is in the rumour it is hard to being evaded but how much truth

estimate, says the Shanghai Gazette.

The case against William Frede-

Mr. Agassiz pointed out that the

fugitive's village.

Mr. Hutchison said that in such a

serious case the furitive should be entitled to call his witnesses from his village, and adjourned the case for a week for that purpose.

HONGKONG TRADE.

"CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT.

Mary fairly gasped and said "Ob, yes, please," and Snip and Snop each took a deep breath and said "Oh. yes, please." (What they really said was "Wou!, wouf, woul," only of course that was what they meant.) So in they all juriped without stopping to think any more. -

And oh how fast they few

Sometimes they went over the sea and they were so high up that the ships below looked like the toy boe:s that you pull along on a string, and Cotton piece goods and fancy the trees and people might have come sometimes they few over land and

The man never said a word but

in

that. He is highly qualified for of dividends in future profits. Our notice in Gazette. this particular work, which seems financial contemporary also believes to be what is called "method" in that the company has made con- the Home training colleges forsiderable profits on exchange.

The rain of August 4 came upon The diversity of perversity in teachers. He is teen, as is evi-

the Peking residents as a great Finally, it remarks that it is relief owing to the exceptional heat Connection with our University is denced by the very real personal still possible that the company will of the preceding dava not an evidence of adversity. sacrifices he is making in order to be acquired by the P. & O. Of

This morning our Daily Press, take up the work. Besides, he course it is at the right hand top corner of its will devote his whole time to it, even possible, that the P&O.struction of the long-distance tele rick Cameron, charged with larceny cotton goods: The Market is un-out of a Noah's Ark they certainly

Anything is. It is It is understood that the con- most prominent page, had this and actually be in residence at the might be acquired by the Indo- phone between Shanghai and Wuhu of property approximately valued at changed. A few sales of -Fancies didn't look any bigger.

Eniversity, though his demonstra China Co..

via Nanking will shurdy be started. $2,000, was brought up before the and Fiece goods have been recorded, As regards staff, it is under- tood that another professor has to be a Government schoolmaster, RECOVERING INCOME TAX. stood, has been transferred from the Accused waived his right to a pre-spite of the rise in exchange do not Snip and Snop sat together, holding Mr. L. Forster, B.A., it is under. / U. S. Court Commissioner, Mr. F.. T. but only certain cheps to cover went on and on and on and Mary and

Schubl, Shanghai and remanded. immediate requirements. Prices, in been induced to go, the inducement in effect, and becomes a pukka

Education Department to be Pro- being £900 and a first-class passage. University professor. The Univer

Manchester each other's hands tight, and enjoy- fessor of Education at the University in the sum of $2,000 cash or $3,000 market remains dull, in fact some every minute.

Himinary bearing and bail was fixed reach replacing cost. It is further understood that massity could not have made a better

of Hongkong. ters from local Government schools selection, wherever it had gone

(both Mex.) bond.

makers are talking of closing down. Ar last Mary said" Thank you very are to be asked to lecture at the a-seeking. No one disputes that.

A meddlesome" coolie started

unless there is a revival of business, much, Ir is just lovely but I think University."

Now let us go over that again. selves liable to pay have many some of the machinery at the Shang; demands on the big companies for a extremely dull and only a very small it's beginning to get dark and -uy With regard to the Guild: Cotton Yam-Market continued we ought to go home again because We are asked by the Registrar We knew that the enquiries of the points to consider. There are vari-bai Cement Works, so that he could 50 per cent, increase in salaries for business was transacted for im mother will wonder where we are." of the University officially to con Commission had been concluded for ous percentages to fit various casee, how it worked. As a result an officers and engineers no word has mediate requirements Values have tradict these statements..

some considerable time. We wait-apart from the super tax, which is

"Very well," said the man and the yet been received from the head nominally do lined $5 to $10 per bale aeroplane turned round and before Officially or inofficially, it is fed in vain for the appearance in really an extra tax and does not " Three political criminals were offices of the China Navigation Co, all round in sympathy with the far-long had landed again on Mary's lawn. impossible to contradict staternents the Government Gazette of its re-interest us; or many of them. Abrought outside the Northern Gate at London relative as to what action ther rise in exchange. such as those quoted. Who can port, in which it is widely known man charged the super tax has of Canton and shot on the afternoon has been decided upon but it is

Mary and Snip and Shop got out deny that something is understood we have a peculiar and ardent in- very little to grumble at, for it of August 17. It is rumoured that received out here at any time now,

Quotations are:-

and said all the "Thank yous reported that cable advice may be

No. 10s. $190/230. by somebody somewhere?

terest. We heard whispers, rum-means that he has a super income, they were revolutionists,

No. 12s. different ways that they could think of $202/235. No. 16s. $240/275. No. and the man replied "That's all right. Everybody must be aware by this ours, of things to be expected in and probably more left than he can

20s, $250/310, time how coyly we shrink from that report. Was it to be kept spend wisely. Earned and unearn-

You must come again another day and Arrivals 3,000 bales. Sales 1,000 if there's time I'll take you to Mada- Owing to the dullness in the "ontroversy. We will avoid it on from us? Not if we could force an ed incomues must be difficult to Kuala Lumpur announcing the death shipping business, says a Tokyo bales. Shipments all.

A cable has been, received in) this occasion so far as we are per-issue. We submitted a small in-distinguish. Here again the Hong-of Mr. L. E. Edwards, an old resident portation companies have now decid. 15.000 bales,

Unsold Stock 7,000 bales, Bargais

gascar." message, many of the marine trans. mitred.

stalment of rumour-not nearly all kong claimant is not likely to be of the town and a director of Messed to dismiss the Japanese sailors and

Which sounded to Mary and Snip : " we might have done and That interested. Abatements in, respect Cumberbatch & Co., Ltd.

Woollens. A small business is had never heard of such a place.

and Stop very far away because they brought facts to us. Not all we of children under eixteen.

stokers, on board their vessels, and being done in Camlets.

Nothing want, but enough to go on with. another complication. Of all in-

to use Chinese saflors in their place, doing in other lines. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has so that the expenses may be curtalled. When we said that another pro- comes, £130 is untaxable, that dismissed twenty per cent. of its On hearing of this, a large number of Bengal Cotton changed hands at Raw Cottons-A few Bundred bales fessor had been induced to leave- being the present one of the statements contradict smount. Formerly it was recogn- solatium amounting to Yen 45,000 approach the Government, and ask Indian descriptions at $34/38, while she cried, and when Mary told her It is, in effect, a bit of both.

exempted officials engaged in office work of Japanese seamen are uniting to $34 per picul. Values are easier and Now let ur do any contradicting ed "we were not so far out asized that a resident abroad, as not has been distributed among them. that is necessary, and do it right. the contradiction might lead some getting his share of the things for

that restrictions be placed on the Chinese grades åre nominal" at The statement that it was under-people to suppose. For the general which the taxation is used, was

employment of Chinese crews. `

$38/45 per picul. The launching of a 10,000 ton

that they had been up in an semplare stood that government school body of our readers, every mem- entitled to consideration. If (for steamer, christened the Argon Maru,

Metal-Business remains quiet and you can imagine her surprise and she mastera were to be asked to lecture ber of the University lecturing staff example) his Horse income were took place at the Osaka Iron Works find an American shipping firm about $1300. Tin-plates $11.75 fair

It may not be long before we neglected. Wire Nails 15/3, are wanted to hear all about it, ar part time men at the Univer. is a professor," it is a courtesy £130, and bis income from sources at the end of last month. The ship operating vessels in the China coast quantities have recently arrived; but (and perhaps a little more too because, They told her all that they had seen "sity cannot be contradicted, he title. The contradiction merely outside the United Kingdom were has been built for the Osaka Shosen trade, reports the Shanghai Gazelle. buyers show no keenness. Plate Cut-without meaning to, it's very easy to cause it was true. That was ander means that the man sent away was no more than 1570, or both to Some of the mastere so officially a pre-matriculation lec-gether £700, he was exempt. But

Negotiations are at present pending tings are lower at 550. Stock fairly make up a bit when you are telling understood. It is now known that turer, and not a professor. What the Act of 1916 contains a clause The Chinese press reports that a office of the Co. will be in Manila negotiate for new business.

There is no disposition to a story), and then she said "Now whilst it is thought that the head large. the understanding was not wara terrible falsification of fact to say (20 of part III.) which seems to new American college is shortly to There is going to be stern competi

you must hurry up and have your anted by facts.

that another professor had gone, have been aimed at people who hundred mow of land is said to have the China coast and it is to be clined to be weak on account of

be established in Shanghai. Two tion amongst firme thus operating on

Petroleum Products, No change. suppers and get off to bed because As a fact, local schoolmasters when he was only a pre-matricula-stayed abroad to dodge the income been purchased and -$500,000 has expected that new firms engaging in accumulated stocks, which are est Shop jumped into their baskets in os

Sundries and coals-Market in- it's very late.' are not going to be asked to lec- tion lecturer. We apologise for it, tax. With four exceptions, none already been raised.

So Mary got into bed and Snip and ture at the University, and at the with our tongue in our check. of which touches the average Hong-

the trade will have a hard tussle mated at 10.000/12,000 cases and on kitchen as quickly as ever they could same time carry on at their schools. i However, let us explain that kong resident, unless persons re- That is good news. It is good news there is a reason, a good and aside in the United Kingdom they McHugo has been missing for about

account of rise in Silver value, and in their dreams they all went miles! before becoming firmly established. Jack

making the landed cost of fresh and miles lá aeroplanes... for the schoolmasters, who already satisfactory reason, for sending a buve no claim to recover the sume have enough to do. It is good pre-matriculation professor away. deducted from their incomes at ing at the Burlington Hotel but had. Kwangtung, now being collected by Sugar. No demand from foreign. The Wine and Tobacco Taz, parcels cheaper. The movement of a week at Shanghai. He was stay yielding some $3,020,000 yearly for visible stocks is considered slow. news for all interested in the effi- The University has decided to Home sources. Such seems to be only been about three months in the a syndicate of private merchants who market, slightly more enquiry fram ciency of the Hongkong schools. abandon pre-matriculation work, the plain meaning of the clause Far East. The police are investigat have farmed out the tax for collec- China And it is good news for all who and we are glad of it. There were cited. The statement that the at-ing, deire the success of the University three unusual features of Univer-torney in London, of a Hongkong

tion, will probably be agala saminiz. Saltpetre-Stock 1,200 Bags. If we had not understood that sity procedure to which we object man who has more than £700 per

trated by the government. The Market strong. Mr. C. JW. Bart, chief warder, syndicate, so far, has been unable to such proposals had been nadeed. This was one of them. (The samum from Home sources, and Singapore Gaol, is leaving for home contribute the tax proceeds reguineis About 350,000 sackeQuotations: My third is in pall

My first is in log Flour market report-Stack: My Second, in frog so do not say and have not suid other two we will ner discuse until prestonbly a Hongkong income in in the course of the next fortnight and in stated amount as first precriberican Pefent $4.80 per sack, Fourth and fifth are in small, Jormally and officially proposed; we see the Commission's report, addition, has recovered for his or so and will ja all probability, noted in the agreement. The term of American Cut off $4.20 per sack, My whole is much loved by a cow sử we understood that they were moot provided it is not kept from us client the repayment of deduc return to the Colony where he has the present tax collecting syndicate American

we would not have raised the unreasonably long. We know of tions, puzzles as in view of the been engaged for the past thirty will expire in two months. Canton Back, Australian No. 1420 perf

Straight 4 $3.60 objections we did, objections that no other University which competes wording of that clause, especially years.

sack, Australian No. 2 $3.70 per sack. Do you know what it is? Why geass

It is necessary however to point out that in view of previous refer- ences to the subject, most readers will regard this contradiction as a -confirmation.

stood.

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Kaisha.

Ап American named

Times.

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Then they ran indoors as fast as they could and found that Mary's mother was looking for them every-

"Where have you been to, Mary?”

where.

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PETER PAN

RIDDLE-ME-REE;

of course!