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TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(Rasia's Sarvice to the China Matt)

OHINA GROWING OPTUM

SMUGGLING INTO HONGKONG ON A LARGE SCALE.

STRONG PROTESTS IGNORED.

LONDON, August 4.

In the House of Commons, in answer to questions, Mr. Cocil Harms- worth, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that papery were being prepared for submission to Parliament as regards opium cultivation in China. China undertook to put down the cultivation as a condition on which the export of opium from India was stopped. At that time opium growing in China seemed to have been satisfactorily suppressed, regret," he added" that recent reports indicate a marked revival in certain provinces. There is evidence of the smuggling of Chinese opium tato Hongkong on a considerabla scale. No doubt it is also smuggled into Shanghai. Strong protests have been repeatedly addressed to the Chinese Government but hitherto they have remained entirely unheeded. The

League of Nations is now actively interesting itself in the matter.”

GOVERNMENT EXTRAVAGANCE.

A CAMOUFLAGE COMMITTEE.

LONDON, August 3.

lo the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Clynes, Sir R. Horne stated that the Cabinet had concluded it would be of great assistance to them to have the advice of a special committee of business men in dealing with the reduction of expenditure. Sir Eric Geddes, who was resigning office almost immediately, would be chairman of that committee, the composition whereof would be announced in due course. The Cabinet would continue to decide questions of policy but it would doubtless be in the purview of the com- ciftee to say what any particular policy should cost. The committee would report to the Cabinet. The question of publication of their reports would

be considered.

When the guillotine fell on the outstanding votes of supply, sums amounting to £240,000,000 were voted without discussion.

NAVAL WIRELESS,

A NORWEGIAN COMPLAINT.

LONDON, August 4. Complaints were recently made to the Norwegian parliament that information supplied by the British Foreign Office to the Norwegian Govern- ment was belated, unreliable, and [not?] in accordance with the views of the British Government. The question was raised in the House of Commons yesterday when Mr. Harmsworth explained that this news service was transmitted by admiralty wireless and prepared by a staff of Foreign Office men. The service would be continued as long as the House was prepared Mr. Robert Donald in 2 letter sanction the expenditure. the

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STARVING RUSSIA.

INTERNATIONAL RELIEF COMMITTEE FORMED.

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Riga, August 4. An international committae bas heen organised here to relieve starving Russia

FRENCH AND POLISH AID,

PARIS, August 4. The Government has decided to despatch relief supplies to famine- stricken Russia through the Red Cross and similar organisations. The decision does not affect France's refusal to recognise the Soviet.

WARSAW, August 2. A relief committee has been formed to send help to Russia.

GERMANY'S ASSISTANCE.

BEKLIN, August 4. A committee has been formed to consider Russia's request for assistance. It was decided that Germany is not in a position to supply foodstuffs but is willing to devote highly developed pharmaceutical industry to prevent the spread of disease At present it was decided to despatch five doctors with medical supplies.

DAVIS CUP TENNIS.

BRITISH ISLES AND AUSTRALASIA SINGLES PLAYERS.

PITTSBURG, August 3.

For the Davis Cup the British Isles singles representatives will be Woosnam and Gordon Lowe, and the Australasia representatives Anderson and Hawkes. Play begins to-morrow.

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE.

BRITISH EMPIRE RATIFIES STATUTE FOR PERMANENT COURT.

GENEVA, Äugust 4. Britain has officially notified the League of Nations that the British Empire as a whole bas ratified the statute providing for the creation of a permanent court of international justice,

MAGGIE-KIN I HAVE ME HAT AN' COAT?

YOU CANNOT- YOU ARE NOT GOING OUT OF THIS HOUSE TONIGHT-GO TO THE DOOR THE BELL IS

RINGING

THE CHINA MAIL.

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

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(Restor's Savice in the China Mel)

TER WAK MEDAL.

NOT FOR CROWN COLONY DEFENCE FORCES.

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AN INEQUITABLE SUGGESTION.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

FIGURES FOR 1920.

DETAILS.

Figures quoted in the joint report

of the Principal Civil Modical Officer and the Medical Officer of Health for 1920 disclose that :-

The births registered during the year were as follows:--

Chinese Non-Chinese,

Hale. Female. Total 1,386 797 2,118 307 154 153

Total 1920, .1,840 890 3,420 Total 1919, .1,462 732 2,194 This gives a general civil birth rate of 4.36 per 1,000 as compared with 4.3 in 1919 and 4.1 in 1918

LONDON, August 3. In the House of Commons Mfr. Gideon Murray declared that members of the defence forces in the Crown colonies and protectorates which had not been defined officially as a theatre of war were considerably dissatisfied at the non award of a war medal while the defence forces in Indis during the war had already received medals. Sir L Worthington Evans said that so It was decided that with certain specified exceptions the war medal should not be granted for home service in the United Kingdom, it was obviously

The birth rate among the non- inequitable to grant what would be a home service medal to members of defence forces in the Crown colonies and protectorates. He did not quite Chinese civil community was 19.78

1919 and 22.07 in 1918. know what defence force in India Mr. Murray had in mind bat a far as he per 1,000 as compared with 20.6 in was aware no members of say volunteer force had received the war medals. The nationality of the non-Chinese

unless they had served in a theatre of war.

YACHTING

BRITISH LEAD AMERICANS ON POINTS.

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Cowes, August 3.

In the third race for the Anglo-American cup, the British boats finished first, second, Efth, and seventh. Three Americans got in third, fourth, and sixth, and one gave up. The score at present stands: Britala sixty three points, America thirty-seven. There are three more races.

FIELD MARSHAL WILSON NEARLY DROWNED.

LONDON, August 4.

civilian parents was as follows: British 104, Portuguese 71, Indiana 43, American 14, Malay 13, Japanese, Dutch and Filipino 6 each, Spanish and French 3 each, Siamese, Brazilian,Į Arabian, Mauritian, Eusaian, Danish, Parsee and Persian 1 esch.

The birth rate amongst the Chinese as calculated. from the registered births was 3.96 per 1,000 as compared with 3.9 per 1,000 in 1919.

An accurate calculation of the Chinese birth rate is impossible a many Chinese births are not registered Field Marshal Wison was nearly drowned while participating in a owing to a native custom of not re- gistering children unless they have yacht race at Cowes, being swept overboard by the beary seas. He was survived for at least one month, and wearing high-legged rubbers and oilskins but as he is good swimmer also owing to the constant flow of succeeded in keeping afloat until rescued, a very difficult feat accomplished people to and from the mainland by another competing yacht. Sir Charles Seely sailing his own yacht was of China. also swept overboard. He was rescued by a rope.

CARUSO'S DEATH.

SEVEN USELESS OPERATIONS IN AMERICA.

FORTUNE OF £500,000.

ROME, August 2.

Signor Caruso's doctors state that he died from an abscess between the diaphragma and the liver. There was no question of virulent peritonitis for which he was operated on seven times in America. The operations bow ever did not remove the seat of infection. The newspapers state that Caruso left a fortune of £500,000, His body will be embalmed. There will be an impressive funeral. There is a constant stream of people passing through the room where the body lies paying their last tributes.

HOME CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS LEADING LANCASHIRE.

LONDON, August 3.

At Liverpool rain delayed the start until 2/30. Then in sunny weather with a soft and easy wicket, before 5,000 spectators Armstrong who won the toes put Lancashire in Lancashire made 100. Hallows scored 47 McDonald took eight wickets for 62 runs. The Australians made 123 runs for one wicket. Bardsley made 59 not out.

Surrey won in the first innings.

WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.

THE DATE NOT YET FIXED.

LONDON, August 3.

In the House of Commons at question-time, Mr. Austen Chamberlain stated that the date of the Washington cenference had not been fixed. No question of postponing it had been raised. The British representatives had not yet been chosen.

AMERICA'S UNKNOWN WARRIOR.

BRITISH MOTHER'S TRIBUTE ON ARMISTICE DAY.

LONDON, August 3,

At the burial of America's unknown warrior on Armistice Day a British matker who lost a son in the war will attend to deposit a wreath of British flowers went to America frozen.

PREMIER AT ORICCITE,

LONG CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL MACREADY.

LONDON, August 3.

The Premier arrived at Criccieth and received a visit from General Neville Macready with whom he conversed at length.

U.S' AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN.

LONDON, August 3. Colonel Warren, the new American Ambassador to Japan, sailed on the "Olympic" from Southampton for New York.

BRINGING

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UP

Many children of about one month

of age and less are laft sick at the various convents or abandoned dead in the streets, on the hillsides and in the harbour.

The number of such during 1920 was 1,746.

If it be assumed that all those children were born in the Colony but not registered, this would bring the total births to 4,166 and the general would bring the Chinese birth rate birth rate to 7.61 per 1,000, while it to 7.23 instead of 3.96 per 1,000.

The preponderance of male over female registered births is very marked among the Chinese, there being for the year 1920, 190 males to every 100 females (215 to 100 in 1919 and 194 to 100 in 1918).

In the non-Chinese population the proportion of male to female births during 1920 100.6 to 100 (120 to 100 in 1919 and 103 to 100 in 1918.

The total number of deaths ro- gistered during the year was 12,419 (11,647 in 1919 and 13,714 in 1918).

The general death rate was 21.19 per 1,000 as compared with 23.2 in 1919 and 24.4 in 1918.

The Chinese deaths numbered 12,151 which gives a death rate of 22.78 per 1,000. The deaths of non- Chinese civilians numbered 251 giving a death rate of 17.9 per 1,000. The total number of deaths of infante under one year of age was

THURSDAY. AUGUST

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

FILLETS HADDOCKS KIPPERS

FISH

RED HERRINGB

80 cents per lb.

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$1.25 per lb.

AUSTRALIAN CHEDDER $1.00 per lb.

THE DAIRY FARM, ICH & COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd.

WHITEAWAY'S

GREAT

SUMMER

SALE

commenced on

TUESDAY, Aug. 2nd.

and will continue all, August.

ENTIRE STOCK INCLUDED.

DRASTIC REDUCTIONS.

BEND FOR CATALOGUE OF SPECIAL BARGAINS

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.

HONGKONG.

3,872 being 31.1 of the total number TRAIN AND MOTOR CAR. of deaths.

Deakin

PASSENGERS.

IRETILA.

TERRIBLE FATALITY.

INDUSTRIAL MAGNATH KILLED,

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

{Beuter's Service to the China Mešk.)

BASKHALLERS ACQUITTED,

CHICAGO, August 3. It is now possible to give details

Seven professional baseballers, who of the tragic death of Achille Fournier, director-general of the Schneider were alleged to have accepted bribes

Fer as "Hailong." yesterday:-Mr D. J. Lewis and Mr P. Poutross

Per 8.8. "St. Albans, yesterday establishments at Creciot and else from gambiers to lose certain games Mn Fischell Mr La Roche, Mr Bays, where, who had 125,000 workmen in last year's series of basebal7. Mrs Jones, Miss Laurenos and His under his orders, and by his initiative matches for the Championship of the World, and two men accused of Pers. "Kitano Ham yesterday acquired the Austrian Skods concern

not guilty" after six weeks' trial. Mr. Sayrenberry Mr B. Wallis, ir sout an interest for his firm in 182 giving such tribes have been found The crowd gave an ovation to the J. Wisior, Mrs J. B. Campbell, Miss concerns, French and foreign. Only Tailor, Mr A. Danon, Mr and Mrs 33 years of age, he was at the head accused after the verdict. Brawbell, Mr T. Lorenzo, Mr E. Bumen of the largest industrial organisation Mr H. L. Carnegi nad är W. Lekbus

Per a.. "China" yesterday:-MO. in the world. His activities were so Baker, Mr 8. G. E. Clark, Hir and Mrs numerous that he could never find right-watcher's cabin. The petrol. R. G. Corras, Mr and Mrs J. C. Flobll time to travel during the day, and reservoir took fire, and the cabin sa

Mr J. Fisher, Mr F. Forrest, Mr E. 4.

Hopson, Mr G. W. Food, Mr C. 0.very frequently he slept in his motor-well as the telegraph posts were Staples, Mr B. F. Townsend Mr and Mrs car. It was at half-past two o'clock burned. Fournier was killed instan E. Wabben, Mr E. 8. Boddington. in the morning that he met a frightfultaneously. His body was found on

death: The car arrived at the level the railway alope, and that of the

It is reported in a Shanghal paper crossing of Crevecour at Saint Pierre chauffeur was extricated from the that the official in charge of execuur-Dives, and was crossing the lines, débris of the burning car. It is tions" has arrived from Hongkong to when an accident occurred. As the presumed that Fournier, was asleep. hang a Cingalese who has been driver was effecting repairs, the Paris- when the accident happened to the

sentenced to death by the Judge' of

H.M. Supreme Court for the murder Cherbourg express dashed up, and car as it was crossing the line, and

the telegraph posta, and fell on the awaken him. of two Chinese in connection with the motor car was precipitated against that his chauffeur had hesitated to

robbery from a store.

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