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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1920,

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MORE WATER USED.

HONGKONG

"FLYING THE WHITE PIGEON."

OUR DAILY CONSUMPTION.

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HONGKONG'S FIGURES.

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Either that more people in "Hong keng have resorted to water as a beverage, or a larger number have adopted the practice of the daily bath, seems to be indicated by the Water Return of the Public Works Depart- ment for December, which reports a marked increase in the per capita consumption of water last month, compared with the corresponding month last year.

In November, 1919, the consump- tion of water per bead per day in the City and Hill districts was 23.7 Last month it was 28 gallons gallons, an increase of 4.3 gallons.

In this respect the City and Eill

There

districts surpassed Kowloon. the increase, though considerable, was not quite so large. In November, 1919, the consumption of water per head per day in Kowloon was 13. gallons; this year it was 15.6 gallons an increase of slightly under two

gallons

The amount of water in storage

was!

ALLEGED FRAUD."

CHARGE AGAINST TWO SISTERS.

Inspector Caygill, of the Yaumati Police Station, this morning charged

Chinese woman before Magistrate One with having, in company with another woman not in custody, defrauded a man out of $30 by "fying the white pigeon."

The defendant pleaded not guilty."

YOUTH'S PROBLEM.

THE CHINA MAIL.

MUST FIND OTHER WORK.

TOO STRONG TO HACK.

He is too young and strong to work as a hawker," said Inspector Caygill this morning when charging a Chinese youth before Magistinte One with hawking, vegetables in Portland Street without a licence.

The defendant, pleading "guilty," said: I have had my photo taken, and am prepared to pay for a licence, but each time-1 applied for, one I was reinsed.

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The Magistrate: You should find other work to do

The defendant: I have tried to find work in various capacities, but no one will employ me.

CORRESPONDENCE.

BATHING, REXCEEDS.

[To the Editor of the “ China Mail"}

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

MIS RIVER CONSERVANCY, Notification No &

YOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Sir.- note with much pleasure

TENDERS are invited for a that the Hon. Mr. Padlock is to kerertical boiler about four foot in diame

10-GOTOW.

the bathing beach question againer and sine feet in height, either new ↑ or used, together with the arust steam May. I suggest that the Hon. Mr. and water mounting suitable for use on a Priestman Dredger. Tenders will Horrock tell the government some-be considered caly, on bailers in good thing about the lovely beaches he saw working condition in Canada and the United States Tenders stating dimension with other

recently?

particulars of the boilers and mountings,

I really camo understand why term, time of delivery, etc, will be Hongkong with all its wealth and in-spolived up to 21st December by the portance is satisfied to carry on "in Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the good old Chinese way when the Min River Conservancy. most of the larger cities in other self to accept the lowest or any tender.

The Magistare: Hawkers' licences cuatrics we-planning for posterity are only issued to the old, infirm, and endeavouring to meet, in a sen blind and cripple. A strong mansible and logical way, the future de like you should find other workmands of business, retreaison, bocs- Fined $2.

ing, and other requirements.

SNATCHERS AGAIN.

TWO YOUTH'S SENTENCED.

THREE MONTHS" HARD APIECE. -

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pro-

A plea of guilty” was made to According to the Inspector, the Magistrate Smith this morning, by a defendant was alleged to have re- Chinese youth who was charged with presented to the complainant that snatching a gold neck chain and per- the other woman, her sister, was dant valued at $30 from a Chinese

married, and arranged that he woman in Sai Street, West. should pay ber $30, în consideration Inspector Blackman, who of which her sister would go and secured, said that when brought to the live with him as his No. 2 wife. The charge room yesterday, the defendant complainant closed the deal, paid stubbornly denied having snatched the the money over, and in due course chain. It was not unit he was strip- the other woman came to live with ped of all his clothing that the pro- him, After a week, however, she disappeared, and had not been seen

perty fell to the ground. since. The complainant had con siderable trouble is tracing the de-

fendant.

The Magistrate remanded

The Inspector added that as Mr. in the City and Hill districts re-Schofield, of the SC.A's office, had servoirs on December 1st

expressed his intention of appearing 1987.98 millions of gallons compared for the prosecution in this case, be with 1,731.80 millions of gallons at would now ask for a remand. the same time last year. In the Kowloon Gravitation Reservoir the amount in storage was 369.50 millions of gallons, compared with 329.41 millions of gallons last year. The Government Analyst reports the water of excellent quality,

A FIERCE STRUGGLE.

VIVID IMAGINATION.

POLICE DO CET ROZBERT STORY.

A cattle dealer's foki living at Smithsfeld, Kennedy Town, reported to the West Point police yesterday morning that while walking along the 'Fraya at Kennedy Town about 3.30 am, carrying a cloth bag con- taining money which he had collected for bis master. he was sad

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the defendant in police custody until 11

on Saturday.

A YOKOHAMA AFFAIR.

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PEDLAR KILLED.

BRITISH SHIP'S MATE IN CUSTODY.

strokes with the birch."

It is up to all good citizens to whole-heartedly support this beach movement, and, if we cannot forcë the-government into sufficient activ- fity to do its part by setting aside suit- able sites for public beaches, then we should forward a petition home- Yours faithfully.

"L F Hongkong. Dec.. S. 1920.

KIDNAPPED AT PLAY.

TEN YEARS IN HILL CAVE.

INDIAN PRIEST ABDUCES ENGLISH BOY.

The Conservancy does not bind

P. R. WALSHAM, Hon. Secretary and Tremper Vke the Min River Conservancy. Foochow 30th November, 1990,

LADIES. RECREATION CLUB.

(THE LADIES TENNIS Singles Open

Championship Challenge Cup will be played for during Jaanary" and February. Any lady may eater" "who is a member of any Tennis Club in the Colony

Names of intending competitors must be sent in to the Secretary of the Ladies' Recreation Club through the Secretaries of their respective clubs" not İster than December 25th 1830, sccompanied by their entrsace fees of $2. each.

FOR SALE.

A boy who was kidnapped in a

FOR SALE-Splendid seven seater Wimbledon street ten years ago, has

MOTOR CAR. Easy to drive. The Magistrate passed sentence of been discovered living as the prisoner Well known make. Guaranteed in three months' hard labour and eight of a priest in a cave in the hills of excellent running order. Cord tyres,

Northern India. That is the extra-tools and covers.

Any trial and Another youth who was charged ordinary story that has been report-inspection. Dirt cheap at presant with snatching a gold ear pick from ed to Scotland Yard and the facts exchange. Bex 1244 c/o "China Mail,

a Chinese woman in are vouched for by the Society for the hair of Fathing Street, also pleaded guilty."the Propagation of the Gospel and The Inspector proved a previous by Judge Mat of Gorakhapor, who

are anxious to have the youth's. conviction eighteen months ago.

identity established.

The Magistrate passed sentence of three months' hard labour.

OBITUARY.

MR. A. HURLOW.

FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON.

The death of Mr. A. Hurlow, Mr. W. E. Frazer, second mate of formerly of the Royal Navy and Royal the British steamer "Persian Prince," is still held in jail in Yokobanza, and, Engineer Services, but for the last according to the Yokohama police, is two years in the employ of the Asia facing a trial in connection with the

Petroleum Company, occurred death in November 19 of a Japanese yesterday at the Matilda Hospital. pedlar who had boarded the "Persian Mr. Hurlow was 52 years of age. Prince" and had an altercation with

Mr. Burlow was stationed st the mate. The charge against Mr. Santu. His health not being of the Frazer is not specified.

best, he came to Hongkong about

All the information obtainable re-six weeks ago md entered the hos garding the case comes from the pital, but failed to recover police, as Mr. Frazer's friends and The funeral will pass the Monu

his ship have refused to ment this afternoon at 5 o'clock.

men the agents

discuss the affair. A reporter who went aboard the "Persian Prince" shortly after the affair, seeking in- formation from Mr. Frazer's brother-i officers, was ordered off the ship. The agents for the British vessel. Cornes and Company, have refused to make any statement, saying that the matter is in the hands of the police.

by denly attacked who rushed out from Beach Street and bore him to the ground. He struggled violently, but two of bis assailants pressed him down, while the other two bound and gagged him. They then tied a cloth over his eyes, and ripped open the bag stealing $170 in Chinese money. In view of the absence of bodily marks to support his story of a fierce struggle, the police are inclined to doubt the report. However, inves tigations are being made.

OPIUM SEIZED. ·

IGNORANCE NO EXCUSE,

HUSBAND UNABLE TO PAY WIFE'S FINE

Sergeant Murphy this morning charged a Shanghai Chinese woman before Magistrate Orme with the unlawful possession of 2.55 taels of prepared non-Government opium.

The defendant, who pleaded guilty, said that the drug belonged to her

husband.

The husband said that the drug was for his own use. He had been only two days in Hongkong, having arrived from Shanghai bound for Canton, and was ignorant of local regulations.

The Sergeant said that the woman was searched by a female searcher

as she was boarding the ss. "Fat

shan" The drug was found con- cealed on her person.

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A-warrant for the arrest of Mr.

TROUBLE IN AMOY.

JAPANESE POLICE.

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO CREATE STATIONS.

Frazer, was issued on November 21 A Chinese press telegram from

He was about nine years old at the time of the kidnapping, and is now 19, and working in a railway shop at Gorachapur at 13 ruptes a month. He has been sadly neglected, and so poorly developed that he looks like a boy of 14. He is able to speak a Hittle English, but does nát know his real name, although, he says the priest who kidnapped him called him Albert.

disappeared while playing with other When, about ten years ago, a boy, children in a Wimbledon street, it was assumed that he had fallen into the hand of groetes. After a time the boy was given up as lost by his parents and the police.

An extraordinary development, however, took place about three and a half years ago, when the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Nepal, India, found a lad, who had been closely confined in a cave with the priest for many years, during which he was not allowed to associ ate or speak with any human being.

The native priest, who was very i and about to die. requested a representative of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to call on bim so that he might confess to a grave offence he had committed This is the story he related on his death bed..

The boy, be declared, "who is

at Yokohama. The warrant charges Peking states that, according to in-living with me is English. About

at

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

tiens to sell by Public Auction, | TWE Undersigned have reserved in-

the British subject with baring formations received from General Li ten years back I was in England, and caused the death of Ghi Suzuki, Hou-chi,

I saw him playing în a street at Tuchun of Fukien, the Japanese pedlar of 17 years, who

Wimbledon with other children, and|~ Consular authorities Japanese went on board the "Persian Prince" on

I took a great fancy to bim. I in November 19 and died after having Amoy are preparing to establish police duced him to cope with me, and been struck by the officer. The stations, there. It is stated that the brought him over here. The priest warrant was issued, according to the Japanese are seting on instructions then died. police, after physicians who examin- from their home government.

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Also

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HUGHES & HOUGH,

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Hongkong. Daember 8, 1920.

(FOR ACCOUNT OF TEK OOSCERNED),

TUESDAY,

December 14, 1999, commenting at 2,30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, "De Vox Road, Corner ol. Too House Street, TRAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNI- roze, BRASS AND TEAKWOOD TWIN

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Chsmterfeld. Bofas, &em-chairs (¤?W), hama police for investigation. The The Chinese press states that it will

Folding Card and Occasional Tables, One story told by the police is that the be remembered that, some years ago,

Upholstered Eufte, Bedroom Furniture lad went on board the boat to sell the Japanese tried to introduce their souvenirs and went into the cabin of police stations in Amoy and Foochow

comprising Teakwood Twin Bedsteads, sad gmai Wardrobes the second mate. The ship's officer under some pretext, but owing to the

Drawing Tables, and Chairs, Wach ordered him out and the boy slammed prompt protest from the Chinese gov- the door behind him. The officer is ernment they. withdrew their gen- The Chief of the French Naval stands, de, flamed Teakwood), Side- said to have become enraged and fol- dernies from Chinese territory. Engineering Department, Emil Berards, Olmer Wazzons, Extension Dia- lowed the boy, striking him and As Amoy is the doorway to Fukien tin, has prepared a new project for 128 Tables ad Chain Dinner knocking him down. The lad died province," says the report, and is the salvage of the "Lusitania, which barricos Orockary, and Glass Ware, shortly afterwards.

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Japanese Consul at Arroy engaged a 100 metres wide, should be con Carpets, &c. Also large number of labourers to construct structed and towed to the spot

One large Dolls House, American Ice buildings within the compound of his where the wreck is located. At low Remarking that ignorance was no

Consulate. This attracted the atten-water this raft is to be attached to Chesty Enamelled] Bath, several Kota excuse, the Magistrate imposed

fine

Should the plans of those interested tion of the Chinese authorities, who the Lusitania by means of 800 Tennis Balls, des do "of $200, and ordered

unusually strong steel ropes At detained some of the labourers and high tide, the wreck would then be the drug to be con5scated.

materialize, Woosung will shortly be The woman's husband told the transformed into an important com discovered that contracts were signed raised owing to the lift, and could at Magistrate that he had no money mercial port: According to the with the said Consul for the construc-once be towed into port for repairs. with which to pay the Eng and had Chinese Press the promoters state tion in his compound. According to The Lusitania a valuable cargo, no prospects of getting any until be that Woosung is an important centre their confession, the Consul was which includes a large consignment on the eastern coas right at the going to erect a large building to ac- of gold, would more thap cover the mouth of the Yangtze River. Through commodate his police and gendarme costs of salvage. A Hamburg cor- the efforts of the gentry and a num- offices. The contractors produced the respondent doubts, however, whether ber of business men in Paoshan, this plans of the whole building, in which this scheme can be successfully

arrived in Canton.

The Magistrate: You must get some, friend to assist you. I can't help it.

Hongkong, December 8, 1920.

Thomas: McCartey, who was spot will be opened up as a commercial each room is raarked out for various carried out. How he inquires, yesterday found by the West Point seaport."

purposes. There is a place for police are the 800 heavy steel ropes to be

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