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ALEGEONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1929

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THE CHINA MAIL.

GUR FINANCES.

YESTERDAY'S COUNCIL

MINUTES.

"PRESIDENT HAYES" HERE.

QUICÊ TRANS PACIFIC RUN PLANNED.

against letting themselves be misled. by mere phrases. Just as the beard need not indicate a Bolshevik, so lips thin or thick, straight or curved, need not indicate either avarice generosity. Mouths that tara down) Fat the corners may be danger signala, |

With the departure of the"President but on the other hand they WAY At the close of yesterday after- merely be evidence of rorrows that noon's meeting of the "Legislative Hayes," formerly the Creola State,” should clain sympathy. There is a Council, the Fiante Committee met the Pacific Mad Steamship Company wider application to the warning

Governor:

ROYAL ATATIC SOCIETY..

AT MACAO.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2. -1922

THE PRESENT- SITUATION.

MORE CANTON COMMENT,

The latest news from Marso which reached here last night is that the new Trans Pacific Chinese Chamber of Commerce there

FERRY SERVICE.

USUAL RUNNING RESUMED.

To-day the Star Ferry service became normal, bringing to an ent The Kowloon's nightly isolation. ferrica on their usual schedule will run from Hongkong aide up to 12.30 anu and the last boat will leave Korloon st12:15 am. The most significant

against looking a gift horse in the to consider the the following financial inaugurates month than the adage gets. It recommendations made by H. E. the service. The special feat of this has held a meeting to discuss the evidence of the resumption was would be sa shrewd to judge the

new travelling facility be the situation, and has decided to re open, the use of the semaphore, indicat

their business premises now that the ing the necessity of a walk, a hustle freshness of a fish in the market by

mpidity with which the journey rowdy element had fled from the or wild dash to make the boat. the shape of its month, as to worship

between Hongkong and San Francisco has man merely because he

will be accomplished. It will be a real "mobile lips.

businem man's trip. Leaving Hong

RENTS ORDINANCE.

01

that

$192 on account of Miscellaneous Services, Grant is aid of Other I stitutions, Royal Asiatic Society.

¿

The Chairman: The PREEN regarding this have been circulated, and the vote has been approved.

Approved.

PURCHASE OF TYPEWRITERS.

Colony to Lappa. Most of the firmus, it is said however, are handicapped by do it opened their shops immediately, the absence of fokis: "All who could and resterday most of the shope were again doing business. -

GOVERNOR GOING HOME. ON LEAVE.

ong the only points touched will be Manila and Hondulu and the same

His Exellency the Governor goes will obtain on the return journey. Many servants have not yet return home this month on leave to join Lady. The trip will be m every 2 days.ed to their employments, having left | Stubbs. The Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, Though this is t first time the for Chinese territory when the trouble who is dne back from his Northern $65 in aid of the rate Education, "President Haym" has put into Hong-first started, but they are filtering trip within the next few days, will Department of Director of kong, she is no stranger to Faz Ear- through slowly. The Garrison and atminister the government of the Education, Special Expenditure,tem waters. As the "Creole State" she the Volunteers are maintaining all the Colony during His Excellency's

ran between San Francisco and Cal- essential services besides being reabrence. Typewriters.

There is

denying academically speaking our Rente. Ordinance, temporary or not, is a type of legislation that is unfair and unprincipled. It amounts to part confiscation of property, whether the owner be decent or greedy. But the victims of it are themselves always the most ready at price firing-in the matter of limiting taxation, however nredy their government may be-li of those may be viewed as one salutary injustices which the wise recognize a cecessary. From the tenants' point of view-and they are a large majority-it has been a great zelief, a boon indeed. In the amended form in which it is Low carried on for another year it seems to be as nearly perfect se experience and human ingennity could manage to make it.

LOCIL AND GENERAL

The Legislative Council adjourn ed yesterday till Thursday next at 2.30 p.m.

A congregation for the conferring of degrees is to be held at Hongkong University next Tuesday.

The Supreme Court is under- going apring-cleaning operations. Lots of bamboo and dust about.

The military are busy to-day marking out the ground for to- morrow's parade. This is timed for 9 o'clock on the Cricket ground.

POLICE MOTOR-CARS,

$3,000 oz account of Police Depart ment, Special Expenditure Purchase of a Hour Car. -

hours

SUN WEN RETURNS

The Chairman: The vote was catts, Hongkong being omitted as a sponsible for the law and order of the inserted in the Estimates, and this port of call. The ship has a displace Calony. The water boats are report- so is a sum over and above the ment of 21,000 tons and stemmed to have all gone to Chinsan, and it

at 15 knots an hour. Passengers is mid that the Harbour Office President Sun Fat-sen arrived at amount estimated.

Approved.

will find that she is fitted intends to cancel their licences.Canton from Sinkwan yesterday after- with every comfort. The cabins, The

which during

Doon. He was welcomed by Governor fitted with two bede, are specions vehicular traffic is prohibited except a Ting is g and other high officials and well arranged. Almost without under special cence have been in the city.. The Canton Times in exception the cabins connect with a changed. All traffic is now suspend.d reporting the President's retaze points bath 10m, & convenience every from 8.30 pm to 5.30 am. The out that he was escorted to the Pre- The Chairman: Is the estimates traveller will appreciate. For these Government has guaranteed proteesidential Office by "only thirty $3,000 was approved lur's car for cabina the fare is C$375. Other tion for all legitimate trade.

body-guards." Kowloon, and

Captain-

cabim slightly larger in dimensions Lient. Col. Jose Luis Margues and Superintendent of Folice has found it and having a pavete bath room are Capt. Manoel Alves Morgade have more convenient to have this car in

on a slightly hig scale. There is been appointed to supervise the pro-withs Macao, the savage and uncivilized. Victoria and the other in Kowloon. It accommodation or about 70 first visioning of the city. Mr. Alfredo is simply a matter of accounting.

Approved...

the.

HARBOUR OFFICE VOTE.

$3,150 in aid of the vote Harbour Master'e Department, Personal Emoluments.

treatment meted out to car' citizens | class passengers, for whom more than Rodrigues dos Santos, Culonial Secret demand stern measures commensurate ample deck space is provided. The ary, has returned from leave and with the dignity of an independent "President Hayes" carries an efficient resumed duties yesterday." H.E. nation. or bestra and the inevitable electric Senhor Correa da Siva, has re-

It is not the interest of either piano player. The general excellence assumed charge of o.vil affairs 12 Government to be drawn into so of the accommodation and the quick Macao since his return there from extreme position in this matter, but The Chairman: The deputy ship-trip should makes ready appeal. Hongkong on Monday evening. master bas gone on leave and Mr. Baylis, of the Szilom Home, Eas taken his pisce. This Fate is for his salary.

Approved.

HARBOUR DEVELOPMENTS,

$4,500 on account of Public Works, Extraordinary, Harbour Develop

menia. -

The Chairman: This is on account of experses incurred in taking barings for Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice.

Approved.

EUBORDINATE OFFICES' QUARTERS.

feet.

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the calcable acta of the Macao soldiers In spite of this re-assuring news and police have caused the death of large crowds of Chinese are still leave many Chinese so it becomes the ing Macan for Hongkong and Can solemn duty of the Canton, Gorem- ton. Every ship having Macaoment to inquire why this is done sad

reported

be heavily

to take whatever steps are necessary-

to

WIDENING QUZEN'S ROAD EAST. $20,000 in aid of the vote Publicis Works, Extraordinary, Hongking, tared for accommodation. The Sai in order to protect its citizens.

The Governor of Macao should st Communications, (21) Boads: (q) Tai" arrived here yesterday even- Queen's Road East-Widening to 60 ing with another big pamerger once xanifest his disapproval of this list, there being no fewer than 1,622 outrage and effect the arrest and The Chairman: This Council has on board. The balk of passengers punishment of those responsible. women Unless this is done immediately the approved the policy of widening were again Chinese Queen's Road East sa houses are children of the better class They Canton Government will have no not been brought large quantities of luggage other alternative than to intervens palled down. It has thought advisable to proceed with evidently meaning to make a long for the protection of its own citizens The Chinese gunboats from danger and injustice at the the widening unless houses are com- stay here. $4,300 is aid of the vote. Public ing down because before very long which the Canton Timer said bad left hands of a neighbouring Government. Mr. Denman Fuller, the Cathedral Words, Extraordinary, Kowloon, (84) there will be a 100 ft. road close to it, for the scene of the recent disturbance, organist, has recovered from his ill-Miscellaneous Works.

but the opportunity to widen Queen's are located at Lappa, in Chinese countrymen the necessity of a proper ness and hopes shortly to give the The Chairman: This is for improve-Boail East is taken as it occurs.

Territory, where they have landed some soldiers. It is this fact which respect for the established laws of first of a serica of evening recitals, atments in the subordinate officers'

Macao, such palpable batchery on- which Mrs, Balean will be the violinist quarters at Cox's Path, Kawloca MOTOR PIMPS ECE THE FIRE BRIGADE.ination of Macao is threatened. All vigorous interposition of our govern- bas given rise to the rumour that an each slight provocation warrants moving the kitchen from the house,

$$7,000 on account of Fire Brigade, the officials of the striking guilds are and adding another room to the house, Special Expenditure, Two-Motor reported to have gone to Lapps where and improving the kitchen

pumps.

they are being lionised by the soldiers atrizes in the servants' quarters,

and populace. Approved.

An 18-ear gld Chicere youth was knocked down by motor car Ne 373 in Queen's Road East yesterday afternoon. He received injuries to his head which necessitated treatment st the hospital.

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The forthcoming marriage is an nounced of Mr. E. Christensen, cf the Cement Worka, Hakun, to Miss Camila Maria Guilhermina de Carvalho, of No. 2, Kimberley, Villas, Kowloon.

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and

Approved.

The Chairman: $3,400 was voted last year, but representations were DEVELOPMENT OF BAMSHUIPO." made that it was insufficient $8,000 in wid of the vote. Public Hon. Mr. Lowe: Will these pampa Works, Extraordinary, New Territo-reach the highest building contemplat ries, Communications, (191) Roads: ed now (a) General Works.

The Chairman: The rapid comple- tion of pew buildings at Samshuipo has necessitated pushing on with the

new roads.

Hon. Mr. Bird: Does this inclada repairs to existing rosds?

All of Messra, A. S. Watson and

The Chairman No; that come Co'a departments will open as usual tomorrow. On Monday they will be under Maintenance. This is mak closed except the Hongkong Dispening roads and Public Works Extraor

*Public Works Remment.E

Approved

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The Chairman: Yes; I think so, undoubtedly. They were got with that intention.

Approved.

CHINESE ALWAYS WRONG."

CANTON PAPER ON "THE AUTHLESS

SLAUGHTER".

Macao,

While we inculcate upon our

meat.-

It requires no argument to expose the absurdity of attempting to characterize the incident as an anti-

European movement.” If any Chinese offended against the laws of Macao they should have been Araigned befors competent courts but instead of that they were shot Bown ( one eye-witness described it; “like shooting qúsila.”

remarks the cost.

plimentary. "Tight lipped" haary which will be open - during hours dinary; maintenance comes under with the Company when they moved the wrong again. Did you ever know

advertised in this issue.

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beca used to suggest a certain on- kindliness of nature, the callousners

The accountant of a Chinese firma of mothers-in-law, of nagging wives, and of brutal guardians; but "firm at No. 126 Changeau Street has lipped" is exclusive to the troabled reported that two jokes of the firm bero, steadfast before persecution or absconded yesterday with $1,198 Of things written to be read, it may temptation. We speak mostly of which they had collected from various Beusid that they need not necessarily male months, where "fall-lipe or clients on the firm's behalf, carry an intended meaning, id long as thick lips" are usually introduced

In Inture the Hongkong Canton the reader finds some meaning in them, as signposts to sensuality. In the This he will do, whether they be clear case of the female we have poetic and Macio Steamboat Coy, will seed and purpbeeful, or ambiguous and authority for tolerating a certain a best to Macao daily at 8 am, and rambling, and the harvest of them will fullness in the lip as if "s bee one at 9 am, only on Sundaya. A ba bir very own. Such harvests bed stang it newly" but our boat will leave Macao at 2pm. daily depend always more on the reaper male characters, to be good, must) and at 9:30 pm only on Sundays. than the sower. Yet though this is have lips thinnish, but not so thin as

Ron over by a truck which he an encouragement to poetry like to be tight. The phrase "a generous Bobert Browning's and to prove like mouth seems to partake itself of was pulling with several others in gun, there are matters crncerning the generosity that prefers not to any Des Voeux Road, near the Western which writings in general tend to be wide," or muckiemon'. Shakapere Market yesterday afternoon, a coolie Soose and vague, where the opinions mentions a "hanging lip" as a sign of sustained a hedly crushed right foot, of men were better il exact and sharply sallenness, and the "pouting" of the and had to be removed to the hospital defined. Thus, reading of a public novelist extends it te something like for treatment. ensa that he has, among other pique or scorn. These are all the

Storn of its gleaming white pins begenised features, mobile lips," we colloquialisms and clinker we can are on guess as to the writer's inter-recall at the moment. Since it is ter and shaded light, all that now re- dion, and as to the proper meaning evident that any "mobility” about mains of the Prince's Pavilion is a of the phrase. We know, in any case, the month can be employed, and tangled mass of bamboo. In a few that the hero's lips are not mobile in would be employed, in emotion days this will have disappeared and the sense that they frequently change respectable and the revend, in sullen with it the last visible relic of the their location in his face. We surmise looks as well as in smiles, it is diffenit great days when the Prince of Wales that, abiding in their proper place to decide how the spither became a was with us. beneath his nose, they are flexible, compliment in the first place. If it and capable of assuming a variety of merely meant that the subject of the

otica. But as this is more or less erpe of all, the parsse in intrusive and superfour unlew it indicato come extreme of that quality. In which

Music loviti will be deli

Curves which vary the expression of character study did not have s mouth learn that towards the

that represented the entrance to the Colony will aga clceed pare bag, it had no forea, anco) Miss Yern Mirov so much may be sratred of the 2nd Mr Leo Pad mosjority. It with the traped to the jargon

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POLICE.

MONGKOTTSUI NULLAH.

CANTON INDIGNATION,

We

Another leading article on the sub- Again we ask that car government ject appears in the Canton Times to demand fall and immediate repara THE RAILWAY.

day. This one is headed "The teens which will admit of no studied $1,500 on account of Kowloon Ruthless Slaughter and after delays or diplomatic evasions. Canton Railway, Special Expenditure, advising people to scrutinise mean to press this matter-ontif we Conversion of China Light and Power carefully the official balletins get adequate redres no matter

from issued Co.'s premises.

The Chairman It was arranged cronically: "Of course Chinese are in

that we would take over their build them to be in the right in a dispute ings, and these have been converted with Europeans Not if the Eur MASS MEETING ON SATURDAY. – into a repairing garage for Govern-Lopeans are allowed to tell the story."

Today's Canton Timer says that $8,500 in aid of the vote Folics, ment vehicles and provide quarters

"In one of these official telegrams" the article proceeds" the movement is "the recent incident at Macao aroused Other Charges, Equalization of for the railway staff.

Police

Approved.

described as "gravely anti-European" bitter indignation anfong the "people-" Exchange on Indian

although it is admitted by most peo- of the city. In response to the Remittances.

The Chairman: The vote is $3,500,

$23,707, in aid of the vots Public ple that the trouble originated with notification of the People's Diple- and this is due to the fall in exchange Works, Extraordinary, Kowloon, one of the African soldiers who had matic Society, in the form of hand- The police bave a privileged rate for Draining Wallets (e) Extending either insulted or assaulted a Chinese bille, hundreds of thousands of per- remitting a certain part of their pay. Mongkokten Nalah to boundary of lady. That Chinese lady should have sons were gathered in Tung Tuan or

Approved.

Old Kowloon

recognized, and submitted to the East Garden on the day of the Dragon *The Chairman: $50,000 was voted majesty and superiority of the Por Boat Festival, Wednesday, to discuss for this in 1913 and only $16,300 wa ingeas in the person of this African what steps should be taken by the pent. $10000 was voted for this lock She should have, considered citizens concerning this diplomatic year. This is a revote for $50,000 herself highly honoured by his vile attire.

All those present" says the Can- Ies the amount spent this year attentiona-Not to feel properly

Approved

grateful in a sure sign of anti Europe ton paper, falt indignant at the un- feeling. It is indeed highly anti- just action of the Maoso govemment. European for Chines to resent acts An offer of the Diplomatic Society against their person and property suggested a Mass Meeting of the Citi- committed by servants of the zes of the city and representativer Macao-Government. And in ender from the different districts of the p to check this deplorable anti-Euro- vince should be held at the pean agitation it is necessary for the Public Park on Saturday, Macao authorities to command the other enggestion was the Rep wholesale" slaughter of our people, the Province should present a This new interpretation of anti- to the authorities urging European feeling will not receive government Iannek stre universal acceptance. If the Chinese against the Macao governmen were a dangerouly agresive how is suggestions were unso It that His Excellency, the floramer upon. A

Other killed and oficially reports 34" wi

aftir will ba diset

FIRE BRIGADE.

$2,560 on socount of Fire Brigade, Special Expenditure, 1 Extension Ladder,

The Chairman: This includes a vote of $1,320 last year which lapend be cause the ladders had not come

Approved,

RADIO TELEGRAPH.

$5,000 in aid of the vote Post Office, Other Charges, Repairs and Stores, Radio Telegraph Branch

The Chairman: The paper son- cerning this have been sent round to members. It was found that the new battery naked for at the wirelcem station was urgently required.

Approved

The Governor recommended the Council to vote s mum of $18, 592 In ToAid of the rote Post Office, Other

Charges

Stores, Radio

The Governor recommended the Council to yote sum of $134 on so count of Education, A-Department of Director of Kowloon British School (Forniture and Materials)

The - Chairman j

last year's Tote. The materials amved this year.

Approved. GRANT TO

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