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ly, it should be mentioned that the Sovre Treaty has never been ratified. If Britain is now going to stand by Greece, and for the Treaty, there must have been same agreement with France and Tialy of which we have not been told. Failing soch unity, the story of British armed intervention is unlikely to be true.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The total output of the Kalan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending May 28, amounted to 94,855 to3 and the 'sales during the perise, to 65,706 tons...

Police Inspector Cashman re türned from leave by thess."Delta,” this morning. He is looking very fit after tire months' absence in the picturesque south of Ireland.

Three cases of plague (two fatal) one of cholera (imported), one of small-pox (fatal), one of cerebro spinal fever (imported), and one of paratyphoid fever. All the cases were Chinese.

Silk exported from Canton to Europe and America, since May 1920 ending May 1921 numbered 66,291 packages of this quantity 24,786 packages were consigned to Europe and 41,508 packages to America.

A farmer living in Tokyo feka Ltd. arearthed two sake bottles filled with ancient gold and silver coins while working in his field last month. The police allowed him to keep the treasure because of his claim that it was buried by his great grandfather. His ancestor's house stood on the site where the bottles were found until a food washed it away last year,

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EosGroso, FRIDAY, Jest 10, 1991.

WAR WITH TURKEY?

Before Magistrate Orme' tais! morning, a Chinese charged with the unlawful possession of a quantity of non Government eplum contained in four pets bearing Government labels said that he did not know that thei opium was illicit. He, bought the pors from a medicine shop in China-) town The Magistrate imposed a fine of $40, and ordered the coc fiscation of the drug.

-Amorg the passengers who į arrived in Hongkong by the P. & 0. [ * Delta" this morning were Comman- der W. R. Prieston, Lieut-Commander and Mrs, Owen, Surgeon. Lt. Guthrie, Major C. G. Chapman, Captain W. H. Hudspeth, Captain T. Drever. Lientefants C. E. Dodd, J. P. Kidston and S. M. Row. Pay-Lieut.

Webb, Sub- Lient, R. G. Wyndham, fifteen C.P.O's and 126 Naval ratings

Mr. Justice Darling, in the Court of Criminal Appeal, said the ten commandments were not apportioned as bad to steal in Australia as it was by geographical Emits. It was just in Ergland. Otherwise one might bear a criminal saying, in Kipling's

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RIVER COLLISON.

JUDGMENT AGAINST

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SHANGHAI, June 10.

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steam winches and derricks capable The cargo gear.consists of eight |

of dealing with weights up to 30 cos. The steam steering gear is of the -Wilson Pirrie" type fitted in house

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1921.

TIED TO A TREE.

MAN THREATENED AND

ROBBED, **

Paalam Road grocery shop

in-

** save life." was released by a woman,

RICE MARKET.

LOCAL PRICES INCREASE.

NO. CAUSE FOR 'ALARM

The price of all grades of rice bas

Yesterday there was launched from fali was walking along Pokfalum the Tarkoo Dockyard, the steel screw Road towards West Point about noon gane up $1.00 per picul during the atcamer Kwangchow," a finely yesterday when he was stopped at last month, and the market quota SHANGHAI, June 10.modelled vessel of the following di-a spot above the Chinese re-tions for today are as follows In the "Arration Apcar" and mensions Length 1 feer, beam creation ground by three- then, Pakling $880 per nicul. "Yingchow river collision case 44 feet depth moulded 2 feet and one of whom produced an judgment, was given in favour of the having a gross tonnage of about strument from under his coat,

Siam Garden $7.10 per picul Slam Straight $680 per picul. Arratoon Apear."

2,500 tons. The vessel is built to and pointed it at the complainant's

Siam Uscal around $6.50 per picul the order of the China Navigation head with the words:

If you

Saigon Long No. 1 around $6.30 Co. Ltd. for their Bangkok trade, shout. I will shoot you with this re-

per pical. and has two decks, long combined | volver.” The other two men then picul

'Saigon Long Na Ib $610 per poop and bridge deck and top gallant dragged him down the hill at the forecastle. Accommodation is provid-foot of which they gagged hint and Tang informed a Chine Mail reporter Mr. Siha of Messrs Chau Yoe ed on bridge deck amidships for the tied his hands to a tree. After the this afternoon that the increased officers. engineers and first class man with the weapon had searched importation of rice by Singapore, and foreign passengers Chinese

first his person, stealing $15, they climbed the direct exportation to America class accommodation is situated at back to the road and made off. The from Saigon was the cause of The interport tennis singles at the the after end of the upper deck. The fobi succeeded in removing his gag the increase in prices The supply French Club revealed a high quality tween decks have also been made after a struggle. and ralling out he said, was icsufficient to mest of play. Ng Se Kwong beat Tanaka 52, 62, 62, 61. Mansel Smith

the demand. Mr. Silva contradicted defeated Lo 46, 64, 64, 46, 6-36

the statement made is some quart- ers that the state of the market was due to the lack of sufficient boats to transport the rice "There are plenty of boats, but there is по rice put on" the correct explanation of by telemotor gear. The cellular

the situation. He does not anticipa- double Bottom is constricted for the

te that the price of rice, will continue SINGAPORE, June 9 carriage of oil fuel and the fore and

to go up, although it will be some The "Yokohama Maru arrived after peaks can be used as trimming

time before it can return to normal. at Singapore slightly damaged. The tanks The propelling machinery 10 colock last night when four men done at present, the situation is not A quick robbery was effected about Although very little business being Indo Maru," which was beached consists of a set of Brown Curtis will probably be towed off shortly.

burst into the Tong Fan shop in one for alarm. The collision occurred end on and LF. tartines combined with master and his folis were having a the information that the rice crop in type of turbines comprising of FI.P.Shanghai Street. Yaumati, while the Enquiries in other quarters elicited- dense squall with no visibility.

astern turbines driving a single mesl. Three of the intruders ex-Wuhr rather Late propeller through double reduction hibited revolvers and the fouth a

mone bas yet been harvested. gear, capable of maintaining a total knife. The men with the revolvers This is another reason of the combined shaft horse power of 1.500 covered the suprised shop people while position of the market, as we depend on onlinary sea service, with the their confederate broke open the till of the lower grade rice, the scarcity a great deal on Wahr for our supply turbines running at 3,500 revolutions on the counter and stole $67. He of which is causing some hardship per minute and propeller at 102 re also broke open a goods case and and uneasiness among the poorer SINGAPORE, June 10. chinery is supplied with superheated at $1.20. Backing out of the shop.

volutions per minute. This ma-stoke 12 packets of cigarettes valued classes.

marine boler at a working pressure outside and escaped. It was some steam from one large multitubular the robbers bolted the door from the

STEAMER COLLISION.

END ON IN DENSE SQUALL

JUNGLE TRIGRDY.

SURVEYOR MURDERED BY MALAY COOLIES:

of the FMS. Railways, was murdered Mr. Thomas Darbyshire, surveyor, in Johore jungle by Malay.coolies.

FIGHT OVER SAMPAN HIRE.

RACIAL DIFFERENCES.

QUICK ROBBERY.

aft and controlled from amidships ARMED MEN SURPRISE SHOP.

*PEOPLE.

WHY

of 200tbe. per square iach. The time before the imprisoned shop boiler in fitted so that either coal or people were able to attract the atten-IS TRUE BLUE fael oil can be used for generating tion of their neighbours and secure steam under forced draught on the release. The robbers, did not stop! “Howden" system. There is also more than a couple of minutes in the

a large donkey boiler and the vessel shop.

is fitted with all the latest auxiliary machinery, and is Eighted by elect- ricity throughout.

The master of a sampan yesterday

Messrs. Scotts Shipbuilding and charged the master of a shop in Engineering Co., Ltd., of Greenock, Connaught Road Central, before are the builders of the turbines and Magistrate Lindsell, with assault. gearing while the boiler and all ap- The complainant' alleged that the partenances have been made by the defendant refused to pay the hire of baillers of the vessel The naming the sampan, engaged the previous ceremony was performed by Miss day by one of his fatis and hit him Edkins, who, on arrival, was presented on the head with a bottle, causing with a handsome bouquet of Bowers an ugly wound,

An Indian constable said he saw by little Miss Molly Peid.

board."-

and

A SYMBOL

OF GENUINENESS?

•

The belief that blue was the bue of treth, just as green was the colour associated with infidelity, dates back to the sharply defined political dis tinctions which existed in ancient Rome. Here we find that, in the factions of the Circus of the Lower. AN INTERESTING ANALOGY. Empire, the Emperor Anastasius

DISARMAMENT.

secretary favoured the "Green" while the Blues" were under the cause of this, the latter colour came to open protection of Justinian. Be be regarded as the symbol of loyalty and the former was the emblem of "Suppose two farmers living side treason. The same idea appears to

wellknown American, has recently Mr. William Jennings Bryan, the stated the case against the arming of nations. He writes:-

the defendant holding the complain. The launch passed off very success- against the wall The complainant the water the company present ad- farmers. wanted to be friends, and very early date, for in Chaucer' ant by the throat and pressing him fully and after the ship had taken by side good farmers, well-meaning have found its way into England at a was bleeding from a wound, on the journed to the Dock Offices. Here suppose they tried to maintain peaceSquiere's Tale" we read: head, and did not recover conscious Mr. C. C. Scott & London Director on the European plan. how would ness until his arrival at the hospital of the Company and Partier of Messrs. they go at it? One would go to the Ship me somewhere's East of Suez, esid that the complainant was supwelcomed back to the Colony by he could find, and then he would put |

The defendant, a Fokienese man. Batterfield and Swire, after being nearest town and bay the best gun Where there aren't no ten command complainant started the trouble by join him in drinking long life and his neighbour and that he had ro corted by several Chinchan men- The Mr. Edkins, asked those present to a notice in the paper saving he loved] using abusive language. When he

words:

Where the best is like the worst,

ments," &c.

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A well-attended whist drive was held at the Catbolic Men's Club last evering. There were 146 players present and the following were the Frize winners: Ladies. 1. Ms. Pile Mrs. Palmer (165); Booby Prize: Miss

bruises.

case.

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And by hire bedde's hed she made s me,

And covered it with velonet

tes blew.

In signe of tratbe that sin

woman sere.”

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A bighway robber was shot in

retcrted the complainant struck the prosperity to the good ship" Kwang thought of trespassing upon his neigh- first blow. His compatriots helped chow." and complimented Miss bour's rights: bet that he was deter The question of coloars came again him.

Edkins on the successful and graceful mined to defend his own rights and to the fore during the middle part-of The Magistrate: You walked into manner in which she had performed protect his honour at any cost, that the seventeenth century when true. a crowd of hostile Chischer men, the launching ceremony. He then he had secured the best gun in the blue was adopted as the badge of and yet the only man who was hurt made a short speech congratulating market and that if his neighbors the Covenanters in opposition to was be complainant, who got his the staff on the good work done in interfered with him, he would shoot the scarlet which was worn by the ling to eastward of the Angora

head broken?—Yes.

the Taikoo Dockyard in which he him.

followers of Charles: Here, however, territory. The Supreme Council in Lamerton (135) Men. 1. Mr.

How do you explain the fact that referred to the recognised importance

the selection of the blue was pro- vited the Greeks to this conference. Blunden (177); 2. Mr. Deer (176); you were not hurt?

"Then suppose the neighbour went bably due to the precept laid down of shipping to Hongkong, and to the to town the next day and got him a in the. Biblical Book of Numbers: because they were occupying Thare Mr. Farrell (174); 4. Mr. Town

The defendant (very emphatically): increasing importance of shipbuilding better gun and, with the same frank-Speak to the children of Israel, and and Smyrna west of the Italian (152); Mr. Pinches performed the

rend (174); Bcoby Prize: Mr. Smith I was. spbere. and had reluctantly consented duties of M. C., and the prizes were Koch

He produced a certificate from Dr. to the high quality of ocean going put in a similar notice explaining fringes in the borders of their gar in Hongkong. Mr. Scott also referredness, consulted the newspaper and hid them, that they make. them to certain modifications of the Treaty presented by Mr. R. W. Brown... proposed by the Supreme Conseil.

The Magistrate: Only a few ships turned out by the shipbuilding that he loved peace as well as hisments, throughout their generations, ཊྛཱ; M The Armenians of Anatolia were also!

firms of the Colony and to the efficient neighbour did not that he was just and that they put upon the fringe a Madame Schumand-Heink, known Although Reuter's senzational consulted. The Angora Turks were as the world's greatest contralto,

Defendant; I was hurt internally manner in which the staffs concerned as determined to defend his own riband of bize message yesterday spoke of an official represented: The Greeks, by ousting left the Colony by the "Atsita submitted that it was hardly likely the point of turning out work fully cost, that he had secured a better gun. Mr. C. F. Mason, for the defence, had trained up Chinese, workmen to rights and protect his honour at any denial that British warships were Venizelos and taking back King Maru" today after a going to Constantinople to help the Constantine, were partly responsible isit during which she did not sing the complainant armed with a bottle, Home yards. He expressed his be neighbour bothered him, would brief that the defendant would go down to qual in quality to that produced in than his neighbour's and that if his Creeks against the Turkish Nation- for the questioning of the Treaty were. Madame Schumann-Heink has as alleged. He suggested that so lief in the likelihood of shipbuilding kill him. alists, it does sometimes happen that which the Turks were resisting at been invited by the Mayor of Plymouth such weapon was used in the fight still further progressing in Hongkong the London newspapers. Wrong in arms. France naturally could not to sing in England in June or July. The It was pure fabrication on the part of both in regard to the number of ships when he read that notice, went to Canton on Thursday by order of

"And suppose then the first man, some details. get the right end of the trust Constantine to carry out the money thus raised, will go towards the complainant to give colour to his and their size, and in the maintenance town and got two guns and advertised the Burrau of Public Safety. The stick, and there is nothing very pledges of Venizelos, and began to recently been built. Since the accom the new hostel for sailors which has improbable in the story they were negotiate a separate pease with the modation for the concert in Plymouth ever to keep the peace.

The Magistrate bound the parties

sad quality of work.

that fact in the paper, and the second robber was arrested as a result of a Mr. James. Reid replied in apprecia- man, when he read it, went to town $500 reward. telling. The Turks over and over Turkish Nationalists, promising is inadequate, she has been asked to

tion of what Mr. Scott had said re-and got three guns, and so on, each again, thanks to the commitments certain revisions of the Treaty that give the concert in the Albert Hall,

garding the staff, also supporting Me alterately buying guns What A native bank at Sai Khan has religious embarrassments incidental to Turks, Italy, who had been foiled ments in Japan, China, and Java,

Scott's remarks on the quality of ship would be the result? Every under-been closed by the officials and its anning an empire as large and as by Venizelos of much that she hoped she will proceed direct to England.

cut in Hongkong.. catholic as ours, have as the European for as a result of the war, was agree-

enfant terrible" been very fadil- able to revision, on the chance of According to the Canton Times, Today the "dragon boat racing FIRST CONCRETE SHIP. gently treated on more than one getting moze out of it. All we know the Steamship "New China, flying begins at 2 o'clock. As briefly men Occasion Considering the policies of British poley is the meagre state the Chinese flag, is lying just outside tioned in yesterday's China Atoll, it freely voiced during the war by the ments tur Parliament by the Premier, Whampoa with some four hundred takes place on the Yazmati side. LAUNCHING CEREMONY SOON! Allies, and the mischievous effects but these included sufficient to lend migrants who desire to go to Pert, At 2; 2.45, 3.30, etc, up to 5.10, there

Mexico or Cuba, It seems this af Turkey's pro-German participation, colour to the latest stories. The steamer was chartered by a certain will be races by four and five boats. the demeanour of the Turkish dele Constantinople Goverment as set company and an agent was sent to them at 5.45, the grand rate by no gates in London at the February-up by the Treaty was not to be re- Canton to secure from the less than 14 boats. The arrange March conference debating the Treaty pudiated, and the Greek mandates per authorities the necessary pasements for Saturday are similar. The of Sevres as it affected the Levant was we had aided in bestowing, must be ports. The person entrusted with officials are as follow remarkable for its insouciance and upheld. Suggestions for changes this mission represented himself to aplomb. They were there to agree must come from others". They be of intimate terms with many of to nothing that did not promote have come, from several others, and the local officials and wited to the all arrangements the freedom and independence Britain seem to be in the position, company that of Turkey. This, seeing that the diplomatically, of one being pulled had been made. In view of Treaty of Sevres separated from the many ways at once. Internal dis received from several sources, the fact that protests have been Sultan fully half of his territory in sensions in Tadkey come into the the authorities have carefully inven Asia Minor, looked like ignoring that mix-up, the Jaltan's cousin Osman tigated the case. As the emigrants treaty altogether. Apparently they Fouard having a following desirous do not possess any paper from Le recognized in the division arranged of putting him on the throne Italy Canton Government, the Commis by that Treaty a chance of setting and France are both rather down sioner of Customs has been instructed the Allies by the cart, and them on the Greek, the former because to make a full investigation and not selves coming out with all to gain, they had had to surrender much to permit the ship to clear, with pas r the Angora Nationalists (negotiato, the Greeks that they wanted for sengers. This is the second instance ing seperately with France at the themselves, the latter because of the within a few weeks where an attempt sme time in Paris) are cut off from massacre of French soldiers at Athens has been made to evade the regula the Mediterranean on the south west in 1916, and because of their desire tons of the Government and smuggle by Italy and on the south east by for peace with the Turks Incidental. ut emigrants on fraudulent pass

pozės.

of high finance, and also to certain would have been favourable to the| London. After meeting her cogas RAGON "BOATS TO-DAY. building and engineering work turned taker in that vicinity, would go out property sold to meet liabilities in

"GENERAL "COMMITTEE.

.. F. H. Kew D. D. S.

A. King Koon Tai Cheung Yuet Hung. Hung Yick Chi Fring Tal

Li Fung Shan, Wong Fan, Lau Ching Him

F. H. Ker DD."& Koon Tal Fung Tai

A. King

BLART

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Wong Fun

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and become personally acquainted curred when it was under the man- with the two men, because he would agement of its former manager who know there would be at least one

has left the city to escape his creditors. funeral in the neighbourhood.

That is the European plan. One "Ting Shaoyuan, the newly ap country gets a battleship and an- I pointed manager of the local branch There will shortly take place anounces that it can blow any other of the Bank of Chira, finding that small but novel event in the local battleship out of the water; then a there is no possibility of the de- shipping world the first reinforced rival nation gets a dreadnought that precisted bank notes issued by the concrete ship ever built here will be can sink the battleship; then the ed bis resignation," according to the Band regaining par value, has tender- launched in a few days from the yards first nation gets a super-dreadnought; Canton Times, of Messrs. Brossard Mopin in Hung-then they go to the dictionary and

This craft has been designed by their battleships as they build them Fatshan widower, with three sons look for prefixes for the names o{} { Driven to desperation by poverty, Messrs. Brossard Mapin to make larger and larger; and they make committed suicide by hanging him trips between Hongkong and Canton guns larger and larger and they self. Following this his eldest son, with building, materials. Her size equip smjes larger and larger, all aged 3, attempted to end his life ty is 10 over all beam 17; draught 5 the time talking about how much lumping into the river. He was with a load of 30 tons. She has a therre peace and all the while; however saved, and turned over to 40-50 HP Kerosene Motor nail will boasting that they are ready for the police together with his smaler get a practical speed of 6 to 8 miles fight.”

brothers.. fully loaded. Af

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STOMACH AND LIVER- TROUBLES.

SOMETHING DEPENDABLE. Mr. Feng Yo-fang, Vice Comprovalent during this wether. Be always more or less

AYO end of misery and actal-uffering missioner of Foreign Affairs at Can

in crased by disorders of the ten will bead an industrial Commis prepared for it Cambs Jain's Colie and Diarrhos Hemedy is prompt ind

stemich and liver, and may be avoided,

by the use of Chamberlain's Tablets sion which will proceed to Formosa clictual it can always be tendrd dire the trial. For sale by all to investigate industrial conditions spent For sale by ail Chemists and Chemists and Biorekcapées.

there.

Storateepers,