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most ticklish part of the problem is the pipo across the harbour, We bave been hoping than this might eventually be simplified by running two big achemes in. conjunction, and providing a tunnel or a bridge which would, in addition to solving the Kowloon tralle problem, also carry our precious water main.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A case of plague, and a fatal case of amallpox comprise the report of the Medical Officer of Health for yesterday.

Four land sales take place at the P.W.D. on the 17th inst. Thres of the lote are situated at Shaukiwan and the other near the Sikh Temple, Gsp Road.

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Capt. G. A. Crawford, 102nd K. E. O. Grenadiers has been appoint ed officiating Company Commander vice Capt. B. S. Hey, on 8 months' leave to the United Kingdow, with effect from July 5.

CORRESPONDENCE.

SNOBS IN HONGKONG.;

To the Editor of the " China Mell.")

Yours etc.,

ANTI-ENOR.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 · 1922,

THE RENTS CASE.

WHY PRICES WENT UP.

COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES EVIDENCE.

LAND VALUES AND RENT.

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GHASTLY MURDER.

SLEEPING WOMAN STABBED.

HUSBAND'S GRUZIQUE DISCOVERY.

A gruesome shock awaited

| Ohiness-merolland when he rétufted)"

home from Sheltongchai in the small-

hours of this morning. Hefonad his- young wife dead in bed with a stab' wound in her throst.

The Rents Ordinance case in which against one of the walls of which were the Mission Etrangeres and the nine Chinese bad.. Those beds Nanyang Bros. Tobacco Co. are con occupied about 200 g. feat. He The scene of the ghastly discovery cerned regarding the possession of understood that the shed was built by was the second floor of No. 103, De premises in Caroline Road, continued defendant with the coment of the Vaux Road West near the Koshing this morning in the Supreme Court plaintiffs. In the shed was a stack of Theatre, and: the hour way before the Chief Justice, Sir William but card-board. There was another. The merchant let himself · Rees Davies.

sbed of 2004 sq. feet, used an into the flat as usual without - The Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird, member factory for making cardboard boxes.distarbing

-the

other inmates

matter reason

Sir-Balore I ever came to the Colony I heard that there were more spobs to the square inch in Hongkong than in any other part of the would. It has needed no "protator" For even a "Nos Nob "to show me that my informant was somewhere about correck. It was a lady who told me, She said, I remember, that everybody in Hongkong moved in a circle. There was the official circle, the naval circle, the military circle, theabipping circle, the business circle and so on. If you didn't belong to any of these circles, of the Legislative Council and an No portion was used for human of the house and proceeded to the she said, then you didn't come into architect was called to give evidence. habitation. He was informed that cubicle occupied by himself and his the picture at all. '

Answering questions put by Mr. the occupants of the nine beds referred wife. The bedclothes were saturated Another, a man, who offered me Jenkin he said that on June 23, 1931, to were supervisors. The total foor with blood which had trickled to the advice about the sort of things that he was appointed by the Government space of the godowns and shed floor and formed a little pool there. Run over by a heavily laden are "done" in Hongkong strongly as a member of the committes ap-94,248 sq. feet. The portion Everything in the room was in order. earth trolley on the new reclamation arged me to acquire, at the earliest pointed to consider the housing short- used for human habitation was 970. There was not the eighteet sign that in Praya East yesterday, a young opportunity, a bor at the Post Office age. The committee bad to report on sq. feet.

there had been coulie suffered injury to both his legs. | and a seat in the Cathedral as essential the causes and the remedies. The Witness was next questioned on the The other inmates of the house & struggle. He was removed to the hospital. pre-requisiten to social respectability. Her. Attorney General was the Chair- Public Health and Buildings Ordin were quietly awakened by the

So far I have not attached myself to man. The

one of ance 1909. Under the Ordinance hasband and the police were sent for. WAK either of these abest anchors and argancy by

of the apdomestic building had to comply with

All the people in the house were- in consequence he appears quite proaching end of the current certain sections...

questioned, but no one had heard nervous when I nod to him in the half year of which period a number of

Mr. Alabaster against objected as any commotion during the night. The tenancies would come tran end, street.

they had not to construe the Public young woman, they said, had Mr. Alabaster objected that the Health and Building Ordinance. They retired early, in the best of spirits, and evidence was inadmissible in law. could not construe a definition'in the the rest of the household were all in Mr. Potter asked whether the Bents Ordinance by an entirely bed and seleep by 9.30. From the ovidence could not be taken and the different definition, in the Publio start it was quite evident that suicide [To the Editor of the " China Mall,” objection argued later.

Health and Buildings Ordinance. In as ont of the question, fin addition Mr. Bird could not give from the nature of the wound which Bir,-Your correspondent Nos Nob

evidence as to the meaning of the could not have been self inflicted; and thinks "it is unfair to pick out tai-

Ordinance.

second because no weapon was found pans and sub-tsipate or taipaus"

The objection was noted and the in the cubicle. wives." I would tell Nos Nob that when

evidence contioned.

It was clear to the investigators that I arrived here I was given a list, by the

Witness proceeded that he had the young woman had been stabbed. taipan, of people on whom I had to

know these buildinga for years. They in

sleep and had bled call. The inference being that I was: The Committee found that there were formerly occupied by the Ewo to death. A search of the house wan not to know people other than those was a shortage of housing accom Cotton Milla.

undertaken. The first clae was the on the list. Now I was out with a modation. There was no written re-

Mr. Jenkin: For these buildings discovery of some marks on the sill bathing party not one of whom was port, everything had to be done to be converted to domestic purposes of the kitchen window. A drain pipe on the list and the senior member of harriedly. The shortage was marked would require innumerable sections to immediately outside gave easy access our mess read me a fine lecture on any and the causes were due in the main be complied with? Two Kowloon City beggars, aged duty to my firm and also my duty to to the influx of refugees from Canton His Lordship: That is inadmis- the murderer, who ever be was 40 and 65, respectively, had a quarrel the members of my mess. I quite owing to the unsettled state of affairs sable.

gained admittance to the house yesterday. They fought. The older agree with everything Spectator said there. Locally the building programme Mr. Jenkin: For these buildings to man was alleged to have picked up a in his article. I don't suppose there of Chinese houses had not kept pacs/ be used for human habitation would arough the kitchen window. In the | course of further investigation, atten- chopper and wounded the other on

with the people coming into the not substantial structural alterations tion was attracted to the roof of the the head with it. One is now in

Colony, nor had it kept pace with the have to be made to comply with house by some freshly broken. hospital and the other in police

ordinary development of the Colony. the Public Health and Building bits of plaster on the outaile | custody.

The effect of the influx made it Ordinance? difficult to obtain housing accom modation and people in existing tenancies were liable to be turned out by people who could pay a higher | rent.

Capt. B. 8. Hey, 1( 2nd K. E. O Greandiers, has been granted 50 days Ltd. privilege leave from faly 4 to August 22 and 3 months' lears on private affaire from August 23 to February 22, 1923, for the purpose of proceed ing to the United Kingdom.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT,

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HARDER.-On July 5, at Shanghai, to the wife of Mr. J. R. Harder,

Bon.

The China Mail.

'TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC #FRVICE."

FOREIGNERS AND CHINESE AFFAIRS.

Until the Chinese themselves are

ready to tell the wrong, ataong their

and who in contending leaders, it is unfair to ask foreigners to pronounce an opinion. į fadeed, all such opinions must be im pertinences. Moreover, we are nos disinterested. Our real desire is to

WATER SCHEMES.

On Tuesday, August 8, the Hong- kong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion will pay an interim dividend of £3 per share subject to deduction of Income Tax, for the ball year ending on June 30, at the rate of 2a. 7jd.

After considering the proposal to alose the Peak Hospital yesterday, Unofficial members decided that an offer should be made to the Peak

Hospital, and if this was not accepted to approach the military authorities with a view to obtaining permission for a portion-of-their-hospital-to-be used.

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is a more snobbish place in the Far Fast than Hongkong.

Yours faithfully,

NEW COHER.

CHINESE ON BRITISH SHIPS,

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(To the Editor of the " China Mall."1

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Mr Alabaster agreed that the evidence should be taken subject to his objection which was that the evidence was inadmissible. for the purpose of constraing the Ordinance. Mr. Bird then proceeded with his evidence.

TURNED GUT,

Witness: Yes..

ADEQUATE RENT,

ber

to the window. It is evident that

wall immediately -above the window. The roof was reached by, means of a ladder and here the detec tives' suspicions were confirmed by the discovery of a blood stained dag- ger. The murderer had apparently let himself down from the roof, and escaped the same way after committ. were valued ating the crime,

Questioned as to an adequate rent Mr. Bird said the total land occupied was 100,176 square foot, He valued the land at $2.75 per square foot.

rental

The body has been removed to the

this Colony are practically atmulled dations were all to be found in the In crose examination by Mr. mortuary. when you allow Chinese masters on Ordinance, which included standard Alabaster, witness said the per cant British ships.

Respectfully

SKIPMASTER.

OUR WATER SUPPLY.

BIG SCHEMES IN HAND.

rent. One of the recommendations was the normal return an owner might ISLANDERS WITH PUBLIC was the Ordinance which was drawn expect on his capital. He had known up an passed. The principal features the time when 7 per cent was expect- were standard rent" and non-ejected. Eight per cent was reasonable,

SPIRIT.

ment. No shortage of godowna or much mom would be unreasonable WHY DON'T HONGKONG

CHINESE DO LIKEWISE ?`

offices was discussed..

and lens would be unbusinesslike. He knew the property was assigned He was conversant with the ordin- ary arrangements of Chinese shop. to plaintiffs for something like

A gang of seven or eight robbery, - Most had a shop on the ground floor, $100,000. On thas basis the rent the other portions being used for would be less than one fifth of the armed with revolvers and daggers, amount he had given. The buildings matched on Pingchan Island last attempted a coup in a farmer's domestic purposes. These were consideration big schemes for increas discussed by the Committee to a/ were on I. L. 2147 and did not conight. One of the farm handa man- Passengers arriving here by the ing the water impounding areas of certain extens Cases in which the prise the whole lot. The area was } aged to slip out and give the alarm.

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The Government has now ander

The villagers turned out armed with. LAND VALUES.

poles, choppers, boat-hooks sts., and Asked whether there had been any the robbers bolted without taking

oil in

considerable rise in land values in that anything from the farmer a mistaked district since 1915 witness replied in All but one managed to reach the the affirmative. There had been a beach and towed gradual rise since the war. There was small boat. The other man not much land changing handa during captured by the villagers, and tied to the war. He was not aware tust on a tree until the police launch arrived October 1916 the property was from Cheungobau and took him away.

WAN

Sir,-On reading the "Odorous It was found that in fact they That would give a total of $275.494, comparison" by a shipmater called "Watcher," I thought of a serious were being-turned-out-on-quite a The buildings poins involved in having a Chinese large scale. The effect on rents wse to $275,000, the total value being There is no algo of anything in the the prevalence seems to be a tedious

Rent, insur and this leads support to the belief The Hongkong Land Investment shipmaster of a British ship. What cause them to rise in quite a marked $560,494. To get 8% return after cubicle having been tampered with

degree. The Committed discussed pos- deducting Crown long time a-coming, As we have and Agency Co., Ltd. has declared an about pirates Remember recent sible remedier. Apart from his ance and repairs, would need that robbery was not the purpose for LUBECK.-On July 6, at the General aid, it is not for us who are foreigners interim dividend of $1 per share los cases, and the present conditions. membership of the Committee he had a

of $4000 B month. which the cubicle had been entered, Hospital, Shanghai, Luiz Adolphoto decide for them. Our attitude is the six months ending June 30, A Will the Indian guards obey a Chinese learnt of this state of affairs in the The Crown Rent was $282.70, in The dead woman's husband and Lubeck, aged 62 years.

a plague on both your House," and similar interim dividend has been master in such an emergency? Would course of his profession. He did not sursace $1 800, repairs were taken at relatives say that if the motive of the that is not helpful. If they would declared with regard to the Hongkong his orders be worth cheying, with remember any shortage except that 5 per cent of the rant $2400. On crime was murder, they could, offer- fight constitutionally for their Con- Central Estate Ltd. Both are payable pirates attacking? Seems to me the of housing accommodation being dis- this basis the rent would be $4.094-a fot stitution, our interest would largely on June 26 on application at the Com-anti-piracy laws and prevention of

cassed. The Committee's recommen- say $1000. cease. It would become, at most, pany's Office. an academic interest. For then they would not be spoiling business, and

The bridge leading from the such le human nature, America must dwelling portion of the second floor of have felt rooyewbut towards Europe, No. 14, Second Street West Point, to urug the early years of the World the kitchen, suddenly collapsed War, as we loreigners now feel towards yesterday. Luckily no one was in the The Chiese factions. America might vicinity of the collapse at the time. have felt like knocking our heads The heavy fall of masonry weakened together, and ordering vs Europeans the support of the bridge on the floor to belave. But we would not have below, but shorings were immediately COMORINO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1922. Been it bat way. We were all inflated pat in by the P.W.D., and the danger with high principles, and as intent of a further collapse was thus obvist- on our job of getting on with it" ed. as the Chinese seem now to be regardless of our material interesta in the restoration of peace. We are us. "President McKinley

from the Colony. Plans have been pre-owner of a shop occupied other 140,000 odd aquare feet. very sorry, but we do not see that Manila yesterday. included Sir Curtis yared for collecting water for both portions were included in the discus. there is anything we can say or any Achdown, a prominent shipbroker of Hongkong Kowloon from the sion. He had visited a very large. thing we can do. We can only wait. Rugland: Mr. Charles Chorr, r of slopes of find the comment number of those shops. In some cases sident of the World Products Co., on area will be on the southern slopes, the portion occupied for domestic a tour of the Orient in the interests while the stream ronning through purposes included the whole house, of the U.S. Shipping Board; Mr. Shatin will be impounded. This has sometimes one floor, sometimes more. George Desbien, of the Tidewater Oil an average dry weather flow of one In the majority of cases the portion Co., of New York; Mr. Charles Hart, and a half million gallons daily. Two used would be the occupier's home, There are several wise and fore-of the Pampanga Sugar Mills, P.I.; reservoirs each of can resume our interrupted basiness sighted "schemes" in the archives of and Er. M. J. Hazleton, of the gallons capacity, will be constructed Witness proceeding with his assessed at $20,180. If that was the ardation, and get on with our work, the Public Works Department that Philippines Education Co., Manile, in the Shing Man valley. From these evidence said he had inspected assessment on that date it had not

in reservoirs water will be brought by the premises question This assumes manch importance in are not, strictly speaking, on the accompanied by Mra, Hazleton.

in been increased since. conduit and tunnel to a point close this action. There were two large go- Answering another question wit our eyes. Indeed, it is important, carpet or "before the Government." and there must be many Chinese who They are ready if and when the At a meeting of the Indian Sra-to the Kowloon filter beds Herr downs. The one nearest Caroline Road neas said he understood that in wish it too. Peace really is a good Government is. Good idea! File it," men's Union in Calcutta allegations re-upplies will be taken for Kowloon as was the larger. It had two floors, November 1916 the British American thing for its own sake, and the evils seems to be the principle. Jant how garding the conduct of the lascars at necessity demands. the remainder the ground floor being used for storing Tobacco Co. offered $422,500 for the

A Kennedy Town rieska driver was are visible and tangible long the sketch of a big scheme of the time of the "Egypt" disaster were being brought across the harbour by a tobacco, in crates and drums. In premises. He could also imagine Chins needs to be get ing on with tapping the watershed of Taimoshan discussed and a resolution was passed submerged main. In addition to this one corner at the extreme and there them being used as a knitting, soda returning to the depot with his political reconstruction after all these for the benefit of the whole Colony demanding an open and impartial big scheme the Government has were two cubicles, of an area of 578 water or perfome factory. The B.A.Tvobicle at 1 o'clock this morning when years of chaos, just as much as has been prepared, we cannot say inquiry into the behaviour of the crew before it proposals for extensions to square feet. The area of the floor were competitors of the Nanyang Co. has was accosted by two men near the its The China Afoil beard of it first of the "Egypt." It was resolved to existing catohwater areas. It is pro-was 26,568 sq. feet. In the cubicles Mr. Alabaster: If the Company Slaughter House. They gave him a foreign trade needs to rename groper development. On both sides about January last. It was then ask the Becretary of State to allow a posed to construct another reservoir there were two boda. There were in The ultimate requirement is the same, spoken of as an idea that might representative of Indian seamen to sit and may be resolved jato "life, some day, be entertained. We are on the committee that is to ingairs fiberty, and the pursuit of happiness." not sure that some tunnelling through into the loss of the "Egy1t" in view This is not possible at present, in the the intervening mountains has not of the fact that its investigations will

ciating conditions, either for the already been began. At any rate, cover the lascara' conduct. foreign mercbant or the Chinese the opinion of our official informant masses. But the angle, of approach at that time was that there would be these parties is and must be no state or loss in getting on with it, "in diferent. The ines are more com leisurely, by a very email gang, #licated for the Chinese than for us. case." We refrained at that time from With us, we want peace at almost speaking about it, understanding that any pric, for the sake of business, the land speculators must not be Typhoon weather it may safely ba

giving a total capital of And, we are tempted (as foreigners allowed to learn the probable line of predicted, will not prevent people While walking down Castle Peak, portion of that floor was used for produce a fair return on his capital.

Withana That is likely Continuing Light per cent would hare ben tempted and succumbed in route, so that they would jump in and from taking advantage of the op- where he had been to worship at the human habitation. The fluor, sbore the past) to "boost" any strong man" enbance the cost of land to the Gor portunity of jazzing at the Kowloon Thingehang Temple, yesterday even was of the same area and was witness zaid the Ordinance was annoal rental of $63,000,

had to be added Crown Ranb and in Chins who seems to promie a re- ernment. Presumably the present theatre this evening to music providing, an elderly Chinese stumbled in occupied mainly for sorting tobacco, retrospective to protect the tenant. storation of good business conditions, watershostage has brought the scheme ed by the band of the ar. "President the dark and fell down the hillside. No, portion of the godown Boor was Mr. Alabaster: By making it re-exance at 2 per cent on buildings The Obinese have, though they share into the field of more immediately Ho. Kinley Besides the band. He received savers injuries to the occupied for habitation, but at the trospective it was intended to dele foundations $2,400-

$2,100. On that basis, the theclice other thing to thick of practical politics for our coctemporary which is the reputation of being eks head and body, and was picked up head of the staire was a cubicle having prive some landlords of the femts of per cent on se rental and be They want peace, but peace with the Day Press this motu ng given of the best that has come East there and taken to the

be Kwong? Was an area of 192 sq. foot in it were the boom. Yer

AMA. Austin, architect to kemura Buta your. They want right to pierail, very good catline of it -We-shail wit be Mr, Clipford Newdall who has Hospital by other worshipper. He lour wooden beds. and they em so bave so many netura to the subject toon. Meanwhile his own original methods of aging died at the hospital a few hours later. In addition to the godown there tarfield and Bwire, bald he has been separatu campa of right just now that we would like to observe that the ass sonS

without regaining consciousness. wse' 'à ubody area 292 %aq, foof, with them for nearly 20 yes

see peace restored in order that we

of War

SPECIAL KOWLOON

DANCE.

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1000 million

containing 100 million gallons at Kowloon and to extend the catch- ment area of the Taitan-Wongnet chong reservoirs by 2,600 acres.

UNGRATEFUL: GODS.

LET WORSHIPPER DIE.

BUILDINGS DESCRIBED.

addition two beds outside. He was informed by the Secretary, Chan Pui Sam. that it was occupied by a caretaker and his family. It would be

was put out they would have to find building to carry on their factory! suppose so....

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Can you suggest another building It is difficult for me to say. There occupied by about ten persons, may be other buildings.

On the upper floor the area was this They might pay more than a fair same: "It was also used for storing rent to srold being turned out 1- tobacon.There were no cubicles That is posible,

KOBBING THE POOR.

OUR LOCAL CRIMINALS. ARE HEARTLESS.

severe beating and stale his driver's- licence and 80 vents, which represent

ed his day's takings: The highway- men ran away in the direction of

cher & hilla

had had experience in land valning.

or bed spaces. The Hirst floor of the Mr. Alabaster put it to witt He had vititąd the premises and other godown was used as a cigarette that one of the causes of high rent valued the land Iactory. It was full of machinery, as land speculation. Each purchaser perq

the area being 17,808 sq. ft. No would put up the rent in order the $400 400. Faildings

He

pairs at