BASKET BALL:
LEAGUE FIXTURES.
February 22nd, University T.' YMCA. Ir. 7.50 puz
February 22nd, South China Moslem Club 8:30 p.m.
February 24th, Indian RC. Queen's College 7.30 p.m.
February 24th University
YMCA. 8.30 past.
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February 28th, Indian RC. -Moslem Club-7.30 pm.
February 28th, Y.M.C.A. V. YALCA. Res. 8.30 pm.
March 2nd, South
China
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Y. M. C. A. Jr. 7.30 pm.
March 2nd. Indian R. C. Y.ML C. A. 8.30 p.m.
March 7th, Queen's College v. Y. M. C. A. Res. 7.30 p.m.
March 7th, Y. M. CA. v. South China 8,30 p.m.
March 9th, University v. Moslem Club 7.30 p.m.
MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.
CORÜMER'S ENQUIRY.
-FURTHER TESTIMONY.
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THE DRY SEAS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
› UNLUCKÝ AMERICANS,
MUST BE ABSTAINERS AFLOAT AND ASHORE.
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-LONDON CONTEREXOS.
GREECE APPEALS AGAINST ALLIED EMBARGO.
ASTA MINOR PROBLEMS.
LONDON, February 21.
As reported in our second edition yesterday, the Coroner's enquiry into American ships are American the motor car accident at West Point territory, says the New York Times. Von New Year's Day, when seven per- That is the main point of the oplaton
sons were killed and a number were of Solicitor General and Acting! injured, opened at the Magistracy Attorney General Frierson, holding yesterday afternoon. Mr. R. E. Lind-that the Eighteenth Amendment sell acted as Coroner, and a jury at follows the fag, and that con
- A communique states that the British, French, Italian, and Japanese! the following was empanelled: Mr.sequently the forbidden juice cannot W. L R. Weaser (foreman), M. Cbe sold on these strips of American delegates to the London conference held a preliminary meeting under the territory when they are on the high chairmanship of Mr. Lloyd George to consider questions of procedure. The B. Matthews, and Mr. A, Mayer.
At yesterday's proceedings, the seas or in foreign ports any more meeting subsequently discussed arrangements for ourvoters in the forth condition of the car was fully de- than when they are at the docks coming plebiscite in Upper Silesix and decided that both residents and scribed by Mr. Carf Henry Getz, in America. From the layman's point
One may deplore British Government had undertaken to place four battalions of troops at more engineer to the Four Wheeled of view, at least, the opinion optvoters should vote on the same day. "The conference noted that the Drive Company, of the United States. seems sound."
LONDON, February 21. He visited the Dragon Garage on but cannot pity the thirst which, the disposal of the High Commissioner for this plebiscite. February 9, and examined the car. possibly from "some subtle working
The historic London conference opened this afternoon at St. James's The front lamps were stashed in. of the law of contrast, is generated On one of them were bits of hair and in so many voyages on the deep. spots of blood, showing that it bad One doesn't have to go east of Suez Palace. The Japanese Ambassador attended. The military advisers were hit a human body. Mad guards were to observe this regrettable fact the first to arrive followed by eight Greeks and afterwards" by torn from their moorings, and the When the three-molle Umit is passed a car load of British military experts. Then came Viscount Curzon, and the passengers who have been cryingSignor Sforza, and later Mr. Lloyd George. Last came M. Briand and the front axle was bent.
There was Open, then, the door!" crowd into French delegates and milltary experts. nothing wrong with the engine.
And the steering gear? The steer the smoking room. This evil custom Ving gear was absolutely out of order, due to the front axle being bent. It was not that way before the accident, and the Volstead law. Ameri- set forth the Greek standpoint, urging the maintenance of the Turkish cans must not be allowed to go down treaty and appealing for the removal of the Allied embargo which was to the sea in ships for the purpose of violating the Consitution and the preventing Greece from obtaining money abroad. Then Greece was pre-
pared to clear out the Kemalists. A technical discussion followed regard-! laws
ing Asia Minor and Calica, in which M. Calogeropoulos and General Gouraud participated.
March 9th, Y. M. C. A. Jen. v. Queen's College 8.30 p.m.
March 14th, Y. M. C. A. Jr.
v.
March 4th, Queen's College
v.
Moslem Club 7:30 pm.
YMCA. 8.30 p.m.
March 16th, South China YMCA Res. 7.30 p.m.
March 16th, Indian R.C. v. Univer sity 8.30 p.m.
March 21st, YMCA. Jr. Y.M.C.A. Res. 7.30 pm.
March 21st, Queen's College Moslem Club 8.30 p.m.
March 23rd, Indian RC YMCA Jr. 7.30 p.m.
must be stopped. There is no three- mile limit to the Eighteenth Amend
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LATER.
At the opening meeting the conference heard M. Calogeropoulos who
FRENCH DENY MILITARY PREPARATIONS.
PARIS, February 21.
You did not see it before the acti- v.dent No, but it could not have been that way, because the driver coind not have driven it.
It is said that it will be hard to Replying to questions, he said the make American ships dry on the car was a 1914 F.I.A.T.. and that if seas. The more merit in doing it. The It is hard work keeping Americans was in good running order. Vengine was weak: so far as power was from getting half seas over on land.)
A Havas message states: The War Minister has formally denied the concerned, but that had nothing Nevertheless prohibition must be en- do with the case. He made note of torced. Naturally there will have to report of military repreparations and declared that all rumours in this the gear change and transmission. be a large force of agents employed connection are unfounded. It is reported that, the intention of the United and found all the speeds working pro- perly.
The Coroner: One other smal: point: is the footbrake on that car in the immediate vicinity of the accelera- sor?
March 23rd, YMCA Res. University 8.30 p.m.
March 25, South China v. Indian R.C. 7.30 p.m.
March 28, Y.M.C.A. 7. YMCA. Jr. 8.30 p.m.
March 30, Queen's College v. South China 7.30 p.m.
March 30, Moslem Chab v.Y.M.CA. Res. 8.30 p.m.
LONDON, February 22. The Angora delegation has arrived in London.
WHAT GERMANY MUST PAY.
in this foreign service. Masters of States to withdraw troops from the Rhineland remains unconfirmed. vessels are too often unsympathetic, Consuls can only watch American ship in foreign ports; can't do much else if they do that. Undoubtedly
LONDON, February 21. there is a large class of persons would Hike nothing The Witness: It is very close; it who
Paris telegrams state that first estimates of the sums which Germaný Bush with the clutch as well as the better than to be travelling inspectors April 4th, Y,M.C.A. Res. v. Indian brake. One's foot might slip. of ship smoking rooms. A delightful, owes the Allies for reparation have been forwarded to the German Govern- Dr. Y. K. To, assistant superinten easy life! One only fears that, in ment by the Reparations Commission. According to the newspapers April 6th, Moslem Club 7. YM.C.dent of the Government Ciril Hos- the agreeable languor and disintegra the estimates include the following claims-Britain, excluding Dominions, April 6th, University v. Southpital, was the next witness. He was tion of the severer morals which an 2500, millions sterling for damages to property and persons and 7,500,
April 4th, Queen's College v. University 7.30 p.m.
R. C. 8.30 p.m.
A. 7.30 p.m.
China 8.30 p.m.
THE GENTLE TIBETAN.
+
million..
francs paper 218,542,
for allowances to millions
francs
soldiers' families:
* paper;
prepared to give particulars concern-ocean voyage nourishes, some or of these prohibition pere-
Italy, All matches will be played in the ing all the victims. It was decided many Chinese Y.M.C.A. Gymnasiam, Brid- to take a typical case, a woman who grinators will fall by the way and France,
died in the hospital at midnigis on act on the theory that rum follows 33,000 million fire for damage to property and 38,000 million francs paper ges Street.
the flag. These taxities of human February 8.
Dr. To said that she was brought cature don't merit the notice of for damage to persons and pensions, and 128 million sterling for shipping to the hospital about 3.55 p.m. on statesmen at Washington or at losses; Belgium 34,000 million Belgian francs for damage to property and 2,500, million French francs for damages to persons and pensions; and February 8. She had a Iscerated Westerville.
Some of the steamship men com Japan 700 million yen. wound, about a foot long, on the inner side of the left thigh. The bone of plain that if the proposed enforce the thigh was fractured. She safferment is applied to American passer
ger ships it will be a mortal stroke! ed greatly from bright and shock.
The doctor said that the Chinese at their prosperity, their existence. chauffeur, George Yim, also brought to him. His right eye was red and congested, and he removed from it three particles of sand which he gave to the police.
BORDER TRAVELS.
LAND KNEE-DEEP IN BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.
1 Under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society, Mr. F. King don Ward gave a lecture in the Aeolian Hall on January 4, about his recent travels as a plant collector on the border between Tibet and Western China.
The difficulties of traversing the country were fully demonstrated by photographic slides. Mr. Ward stated that the borderland between Tibet and China is composed of high snow mountains cut by swift rivers, surg ing through with a mighty roar, which can sometimes be heard 4,000
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The Coroner: Was the driver quite sober?
They think that the majority of their passengers are mildly wet, and that these will be diverted to foreign they expect any sympathy from the lines. Even if this were the case, can lawmakers? On land or sea, in air or under ground, Americans must be total abstainers." Financial and commercial necessities must yield What would be the effect of a
to the supreme morel necessity. particle from an exploding cracker Besides, if the majority of Americans entering a person's eye?-He would are prohibitionists, they will prefer be likely to lose his power of control to travel on prohibition boats. If they for the moment; that is the natural don't, we must have law probibiting
them from travelling on wet ships. effect.
The Witness: Yes.
Indian Constable B173, on traffic duty at 3 p.m. on February 8 in
A clean bill of health was
Queen's Road West, said he saw the returned for the Colony yesterday.
- SEVERE SNOW STORM.
DRIFTS TEN FEET DEEP IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, February 22.
There has been the severest snowstorm in years. There are drifts
from six to ten feet deep in many places. Trains were delayed for hours. There have been half-a-dozen deaths. Sirteen thousand men are employed snow shovelling. The new caterpillar tractors used for the first time to push snow ploughs efficiently cleared the principal thoroughfares.
LEAGUE COUNCIL.
CANADA PROPOSES SUPPRESSION OF CLAUSÉ TEN,
PARIS, February 22.
The Council of the League, which opened to-day, decided to invite car travelling westward. People were Last week seven Chinese died from Germany, Hungary, and Ecuador to send delegates to the communications! feet above the level of the water. throwing crackers. Some of them influenza, two from small per, one and transit conference to be held at Barcelona on March 10. In the Where possible mule transport exploded on the car itself. He saw from diplberia, one from enteric forefront of the agenda are eleven amendments to the Covenant, principally is employed
the the passengers in the car cover theit fever, and two from cerebro spinal amplificatory, except Canada's proposal to suppress Clause Ten traveller between the little faces with their hands. The driver fever. In addition, four non-fatal. villages, which nestle in fertile also put his hand to his face. The cases of email por, one Australian v leys, green with young rice, and car swerved to the left. The driver and the others Chinese, one of cerebro often ablaze with beautiful flowers. immediately turned it to the right and spinal fever, Chinese, one of paraty Ice-cold lakelets fed from the glaciers brought it to the middle of the road phoid fever, Portuguese, and one of and paratyphoid fever, reflect at once the turquoise of the again. He was using one hand for enteric aky and the sheen of the snow- this. The car then swing to the left Chinese, were reported. capped peaks.
again and mounted the pavement.
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our good fortune.
BELGIAN DEBTS TO" UNITED STATES,
WASHINGTON, February 22. It is learned at the State Department that President Wilson is. expected to recommend to Congress before March 4 that the United States be authorised to accept German bonds.to be applied against the Belgians"
SUFFLEMENTARY ESTIMATE.
CIVIL SERVICE AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT GRANTS.
OVERSEA'S SETTLEMENT.
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LONDON, February 21. The supplementary estimate of 49,352,000 for the year ending March 31 for Civil Services and Revenue Department, includes the following additional expenditures--£250,000 for the Colonial Office, of which £195,000 is for overseas settlement; £30,000 for stamp duty payable by the United
The great event in the villages It ran along the pavement for five or On the occasion of the Bay debt to the United States in accordance with the understanding reached at the periodical fair, where- sorcerers, six yards, crossed Hill Road, and ran Scouts rally held on January & the peace, conference by which Britain, France, and the United States matrimonial agents, and fortune into a nulish wall.
last, a cable as follows was sent agreed to accept German bonds in lieu of Belgian obligations. tellers mingle with the barterers of
The witness said he saw people home to Sir R. Baden Powell congrat merchandise. Cheerful and kindly knocked down, and after the accidentulating him on his recent promotion Tibetars visit these sales, bringing saw several bodies lying about. He to a baronetcy by His Majesty the with them mountain ponies. When was instructed to take the driver of King Hongkong Boy Scouts as sembled in their First Rally send a purchase seems likely, buyer and the car to No. 7 Police Station. seller sit on the ground, clasp hands Indian Constable B445, on point congratulations to Chief Scout." The under their voluminous sleeves, and
duty in the neighbourhood, first saw following reply has now been received bargain with invisible motions of the the car on the pavement. Owing 10 by postcard R.MS. Narkund” en hands, keeping their mouths shut the the density of the crowd, he did not route for India. Thank you most whole time.
down. sincerely for your very kind congra- Perilous bridges' span the smaller actually see any one
Robert Baden Powell" rivers; often it was only possible to Crackers were still exploding as the tulations on crows in single file walking. Roads car travelled on the pavement.
Mr. Chan Pui Shan, secretary of
From Messrs. Noronha and Co., are sometimes cut along the precipit- ous banks of the larger rivers, such the Nanyang Bros. Tobacco Co., told as the Mekong and Salween. It was of engaging the car to go to Shek we have received a copy of "Trade Kingdom on the indenture for conveyance of the property of the usualy impossible for one caravan tongtsui. Mr. Wong Sin Ping was and Shipping Returns for 4th Quarter Pacific Phosphate Company in Nauru and the ocean islands to the Board the other passenger. Near the Tung-1920, compiled by the Statistical of Commissioners; £15,000 for oil exploration in Papua; £1,418,000 for the of mules to pass another.
Birch, maple, and oak abound. fien Restaurant many cracker-bombs Branch of the Imports and Exports Irish Constabulary: £31,000 for prisons in Ireland; £162,000 for pensions; One Struck Department, containing full par£50,000 for the Government's contribution to fighting typhus in Poland; The galaxy of flowers in the spring were thrown at the car. time is the feature of the country. His hat, but did not explode. He had ticulars of Imports from and Exports £1,000,000 for unemployment grants by local authorities; £2,572,000 for The blue poppy and the yellow to put up his hands to protect his to all countries, showing the total the Post Office, of which £570,000 in for the purchase of a trans Atlantic each commodity. The totals of each Cowslip are especially beautiful, while eyes. He saw a small girl in front quantity and the value in sterling for cable. rhododendrons flourish in many of the car and the driver tried to serial number for the Fourth Quarter valleys; one can go wnee deep in swerve to the left to avoid her. howers.
The witness said the car suddenly of 1919 and 1920 are printed in The Tibetans, said the lecturer, are shot forward, mounted the pavement, parallel columns for purposes of a gentle people, who always make struck a glancing blow on the wall of
the traveller welcome. They put out a. restaurant, and continued down the
comparison. There are 638 headinga
are classified, and there is an Index
under which the Imports and Exports
of these headings and of various minor articles of trade nor considered!
A WONDERFUL SCALE.
NEW INSTRUMENT FOR OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
STOCKHOLM, February 21. their tongues by way of greeting pavement; then crossed the road and
Oxford University has ordered a new instrument evolved by Messen him, and then he is invited into their struck the nullah wall. huts. Some of the tribes are armed Can you explain the car shooting sufficiently important to justify a Feterssen and Stroemberg, professors at Gothenburg and Stockholm with cross bows and poisoned arrows. forward?I think the driver pressed separate classification. In addition Universities, respectively. The instrument is called the microscale and Some build their houses in the tops his foot on the wrong lever.
to the above the book contains two weighs three millionths of a milligram. testimony, tae Summaries, a statement of Tranship- of trees. Tatisoing of the face is
Following his sometimes practised. Travelling par. Coroner and jury paid a visit to the ment Cargo on Through Bills of ties of musicians are customary, the scene of the accident.
Lading, and Shipping Returns for the men using a primitive fiddle and Further evidence was heard this Fourth Quarter of 1919 and 1920. bells, while the women sing in A afternoon. blood-curdling falsetto.
DON'T RISK FNEUMONIA.
BOLSHEVIKS INVADE” GEORGIA.
BRITISH CRUISER STANDING BY AT BATUM.
CONSTANTINOPLE, February 21.
TURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1921,
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·HARDING'E ÇABINET.
TWO MORE APPOINTMENTS, MADE.
WASHINGTON, February 21...
It is announced that Mr. Fletcher, whose appointment as Ambassador to Tokyo was considered possible, will now become Mr. Harding's Assistant Secretary of State.
ST. AUGUSTINE, February 21.
Mr. Harding has announced that Mr. Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio Harry K. Daugherty of Pennsylvania) will be Attorney-General.
MOTOR PROSECUTIONS.
RECKLESS DRIVING.
CHINESS DELVER" PINKD.
empty. The, only reason; witsess could advance for the defendant's furiomspace was that the latter wanted to swank," - as he had several good looking young ladies in the car at the time. -The Magistrate Imposed a fine of $20.
The Kowloon branch of the Dragon Motor Garage was simmoned for leaving six care unattended outside the garage,
"There were no people about, so I went a little faster," was the ples entered by the driver of motor car
Inspector Spear said that when ku No. 186 when charged before Magie had waited for half an hour, and no trate Lindsell this morning with attempts were made to move" the reckless driving fo Wongneichong cars, he spoke to a Chinese attendant Road on the 11th inst.
who then had the cars removed. Inspector Garrod said that he was The witness had previously cautioned riding in Sergeant Alexander's side the same people for a similar offence, saw the defendant coming from the Motor Company, and that at the time, car on the day in question when he! Mr. AA Wilson, of the Dragon opposite direction, tearing along the namely after 9 pm, the road was road at fully 25 tales an hour. As not busy. They cars were moved from Boon as the defendant saw witness the garage in order that wood mis at he pulled up, an action which proved be carried in There was no Intan- he was aware that he was doing tion of "leaving the care“ ode wrong. The defendant's pace was longer than necessary and there dangerom for that particular spot on was a man outside thè garaze at-
THEY MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. ET rid of every cold as quickly an
A mewage from Georgia states that details are scanty but it is known the road, immediately off Wong: tending the cars. He submitted that THE pleasant purgative effect experi possible. It is the forerunner of all
enced after faking: Chamberlain's polmonary trouble, and pusmonia may that Soviet troops, are within eight miles of Tidis, telegraphic communica nelchong village, where no fewer the offence was a technical one, and Today, in honour of the annive: Tablets and the healthy condition of develop in a few hours Fake Chamber-tion with which has been interrupted The Georgian legation denies than three accidents had occurred asked that the case be diamined. sary of George Washington's birth-body and mind to which they contain's Cough Remedy is simple
busy at the time, but it was not each car day, all the warships, American and but, makes one feel that living is thing to do, but the affect is marvellous reports of the fall of the town. The first boatload of Georgian refugees recently, all through reckiem driving. The Magistrate, treated the roster
standing by at Batum British alike, and the Amerkan mer-worth while. For sale by all Chemists For sale by all Chemists and Store has arrived. The British cruiser "Cardiff" (Rear-Admiral Tyrwhitt) is The road, was not « parykcnturiy | leniently, imposing a sum of 12 for phant ships in harbour were dressed. and Storskespors.
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