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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1923.

SHIP REQUISITIONING,

(Jontinued from page 8.)

it was thought insåvisable to have the owners of these ships on thaCommittos which was a paraly alvisory Com- mitta; but I think the owners will agree that I consulted them on every possible detail. Our most remunera- tive charter-the “Wollowra"--was made on the advice of Mc. Williamson, Chairman of the Shipownors' Protez tion Association. In the paragraph of the petition it that

CORRESPONDENCE.

A FOOTBALL QUERY.

To the Editor of the ** China Mell,"

Dear Sir,-What is the matter with the Hongkong Football Association and Football league According to the rales of both dies they should have held their Annual Meetings in May. With the now season drawing neat how can they expect to he rendy first for it, if they have not wound said up last your's offairs and clected their new officers Rumour "In or about the month of has it that owing to the absence of March, 1918, the Government of certain officials the meeting cannot be Hongkong zotified your Petitioners (or will not be held. If such is true of their decision to bring the said then it does not say much for the Steamships under Hongkong Go-office holders left in the Colony. The vernment control. Your petitioners Clubs interested should demand that) whilst protesting in every possible the meeting be held. way did not oppose the action of the

Government

of Hong kong

time.

being contented, baving paid under

Ʌt the

protest the moneys demanded, to leave the adjustment thereof to a

Yours etc.

ENQUIRER.

Postponed from last Saturday on later date as your Petitioners con-account of the rain, the presentation sidered that their ships were re- by Mrs. Cloud Severn of the shields by the winners in quired for farthering the interests won of the British Empire in the late the "A" and "B" Divisions of the Lawn Tennis League will take place received by the Hongkong Govern on the Indian Recreation Club's ment by reason of such action ground. Bookumpoo Valley. tu-

war and understood that moneys

would after making adequate com- pensation to the owner be remitted to England and used in connection

with the late war.

In clause 12 of the Petition it is stated that on the 19th January, 1920, the then Colonial Secretary made a statement as to the use to which the money should be put. I would point out that there is a large gap between the two catca.

morrow alternoon.

on the whole, a local ordinance would be the better method.

It

TO-DAYS COURT NEWS.

NO EVIDENCE.

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A Chinese arrested in connection with a murder at Kowloon City was discharged this morning by the Magistrate on the application of the Police who were unable to find sufficient evidence to support the charge.

PACIFIC MAIL INTRUDER,

Magistrate Hamilton intimated this morning that if he found a prima facie case against the Filipino charged with attempted burglary at the Pacifio Mail Co's. Offices, he would send him to the Criminal Sessions for trial.

GAMBLERS.

Four chair coolies fonad gambling in the servants' quarters of the Hon. Mr. H.E. Pollock's residence were cach fined $3 by Magistrate Lindsell.

THE CHINA MAIL.

MACAO SENSATION,.

BOMB EXPLOSION IN CITY,

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SEVERAL BUILDINGS WRECKED.

VAMPIRE BATS.

HOW THEY ATTACK,

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WEATHER REPORT,

another long period of rest, and thon several short, quick phífts of body...}

A VAMPIRE AT WORK

August 3d. 16b. 37m.-Local signal With all my whole attention con- No. 8 lowered. gentrated on my elbow, I began to August 4d, 12h. 25m.-Returns are imagine varions sensations as my lacking from the maiority of mind pictured the long, lanset tooth, atations. No weather map will be sinking deep into the skin, and the published, blood pumping up.

The following extraordinary so count of what it feels like to be at A private telegram received hers tacked by the great vampire bat that from Macao this morning, announced has its habitat in the jungle of New that a big bomb explosion occurred Guinea is told by Mr. William Basbe, there yesterday, resulting in a cinema, the well-known scientific observer and a grocer's store and a big Chinese traveller, in his new book, The Edge hotel being wreaked. Further details of the Jungle, just published by and that all my santations were ims

I even began to feel the hot rush of my vital fluid over my arm, and then found that I had dozed for a moment,

of the occurrence is not yet known, Messrs. H.V. and G. Witherby. It is ginary. But soon a gentis tickling and the cable did not make it clear one of the many jungle cameos in a whether only one or three bomb had fascinating book on the tropics. been used in the outrage. While

the

cause for the outrage can be guessed in view of the recent happenings at Macao it is not knowa who was responsible for the explosion, or if any arrests have been made. The arrival of the Steamboat Co's steamer at 6 p.m., will be eagerly awaited for fuller particulars.

THE WATER PROBLEM,

CHINESE MARCHANTS' MEETING,

In the evening great bats as largo as small herous swept down the long front gallery where we worked, glean ing as they want, but the vampires were long in coming, and for months we neither saw not heard of one.,

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became appareat, and, in spite of pat ting this out of my mind, and with increasing doubts as to the bat being still there, the tickling continued. It changed to a tingling, rather pleasant than otherwise, like the first stage of having one's hand asleep.

It really seemed as if this were the critical moment.

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Slowly, very slowly, I lifted the other hand, always thinking of my elbow, so that I might keep all the muscles relaxed.

Very slowly it approached, and, with as swift a motion as I could achieve, I graspod at the vampire.

Then they attacked our servants, and we took heart, and, night after

Somehow or other the vampire was night, exposed our toes, us con.. at work with no pain or even incon. vaniently-accepte

venience to me, and now was the vampiro-bait. When at last they found that the moment to seize him, call for colour of our skins was no criterion of lantern, and solve his super-surgical THE POLICE HEAR

dilation of blood they came in crowds.ekill. The exact methal of this

For three nights they swept about vespertiisl anaesthetist. That a European had his fountain

us with hardly a whisper of wings, pea saatebed by a Chinese while wait.

The public meeting convened by and accepted either toe, elbow or ing for a tram outside the Post Office, the Tung Wab Hospital Committee finger, or all three and the cots and The man was chased for about 200 yesterday to consider the suggested floor in the morning looked like au Fards and was caught by another Government scheme

of intro emergency hospital behind an active European and banded over to the ducing water masters into Chinese front. In spite of every attempt at police.

dwellings in the ridder main keeping awake, we dropped off to sleep That a fisherman blaw off both hit districts, was attended by a large before the bats had begun and did not haads while engaged in dynamiting gathering of representatives of the waken until they left.... fieh at Tankunshau. He is now in various local Chinese commercial hospital.

union, and was presided over by Mr. lure as far as the business on the Lo Chung-kee. It was a decided fai agends concerned, it bein: In a few minutes bats began to fan held in the first instance that a Kai- my face, the wings almost brashing. In the morning I found a tiny fang fmesting) should have been called, but never quita touching my akin. Iscratch with the skin barely broken. in view of the extensive intereste could distinguish the differenze band, heartily disappointed, 1 ralised involved by the Government's pro- twee the smaller and the larger, the that my tickling and tingling bad posal, which affects the whole of the latter having a deeper swish, deeper been the preliminary symptoms of

That Mr. Steel of 3, Cambrai Build. ing, Kowloon had some jewellery and a pair of spectacles, worth altogether $115, atolen from his bed room.

That the Shaukiwan police found 496 taels of opium in a sampan and arcasted the crew.

WAS

a struggling, skinny wing; there came,

The typhoon is chown a as depres sion to the north of Haiphong.

Hongkong rainfall for the 91 hour ending at 10 am today: 1:43 inch. against an average of 5321 inches Total since January at 187 inches,

Forecast for the 21 hours ending a

anon on August 5, 1922. mo'erate. Chsund. 8 winds,

MED 0363 of Chins between angrong and Lan

* wind frost to noderate; cloudy, showory.

3-Hongkong ta Bar Rook. L winds, frosh to muderste; cloudy, showery.

4-uth cust_31 Calum between Jongkang and Halman

3. winda, fresh to moderate; cloudy showery.

ROTAL OBSERVATORY, HONGKONG. DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

ition.

AUGUST 4,-1852 -a.m.

Hour.

Baroneter

at Soo Lovel

Temperstore

Vidivostock 6 1.

I felt a touch of fur, and I gripped, Tamara

Tokia he

a single nip of teeth, and the wing

chi

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One night I made a special offort, and with bared arm, prepared for long vigil.

THE BEATING OF WINGS.

tip slipped through my fingere. I

Jibimi.....

aba.........

could detent no trace of blood by Koshim. feeling, eo turned over and went to sleep.

I do not quite know the point in the petition about myself but it was is the summer of 1920, when I was acting Colonial Secretary, that the !" Wollowra,” action was filed.

suited buth sales not to go on at to When the seeme came into fores time. I was going on leave in 1921 this Goveram nt stated quite clearly and as I was the only person who had COUR MARRIAGE OFFER Chinese community. Another difficulty ani langar drawn out. Their voices the operation. that we were merely ngrats and any intimate knowledge of the working of money that accrued was going to the the schame, it was agreed by both Imperial Government. We then besides to defer action till my return. YOUNG

The Indemnity Ordinance was in- gan to look into the details of the

scheme and there was nothing at the troduced whil» I was away and the time to show what the outcome would } point was rais d that action in this

MAN'S EFFORT SAVE GIRL FROM PRISON.

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A young man, who said he was an electrical and mechanical engineer, went into the witness box and told Sir Ernest Wild that he was willing to marry her if she were not sent to prison.

Sir Ernest Is that your condition? You tacan you hope she will not by sent to prison ?--Yes.

To save his sweetheart from prison be. It was not merely a question of matter of the shipping money had a young man told Sir Ernest Wild, war risk. That was quite a minor been delayed owing to my absence, the Recorder: at the Old Bailey -point-The-total-sum-we-spaat-na-and the Bill-was- accordingly-held that he was willing to marry

wat risk was $14,000. As a matter over until my return. We bad been her at once. of fact, it was a queation of the whole negotiating and now the Government fability; anything might have hap-finds it necessary to bring forward don firm of stockbrokers, pleaded Moreen O'Hara, 24, clerk to a Lon- pened: it was a question which way this Bill.

guilty to forging and uttering cheques the war went, and the Government His Excellency the Officer Adminis- for £56 with intent to defraud. did not so why us agents it should tering the Government put the mother defence it was urged that she came take on tais responibility unless it ien for the second reading of the to England from Kildare when only was covered. We put the point to the Bill and declared i passed." 18, a simple country girl and euc Home Goverum nt and the Home The Attorney-General thereupon cumbed to temptation. Government asked us to take the moved that the Council go into Com- whole risk. We accepted that and in, mittee to consider the Bill clause by the circunstances we could not pay clause. over the receipts from the ships! In Committed the Attorney-General until we were out of the wood-moved verbal amendments to clauses until the result of the control, 2 nad 3 which had been printed on scheme ware known. We did not, the margin of the new print of the finally wind up the scheme until Bill and these were agreed to. March, 1919. Wo then put the On the passage of the Bill through position before the Home Govern Committed being reported to the ment and they allowed us to retain Council, His Excellency announced the profits which had been made. I that it was proposed to take the third want that point to be quite clear. reading of the Bill on August 17th. The scheme was not run with any! The Council then adjourned until intention of using the money accruing that date. from it for the purposes of the Coʻnny. The Colonial Secretary alded: The petition to the Council wa received by mn only shortly before one o'clock to day. I do not propose to go through it in any ecose in detail. I mentioned that the Govern. meat was in entire sympathy with the owners and open to assist them as far as powiblo and 1 should like to (ake this opportunity to read the penultimate paragraph of my final report informing the Government of the conclusion of the work under the scheme.

"The thanks of the Government are above all duo to the owners of the ships, upon whose loyal and patriotic co operation it has been able to rely from the beginning to the end. It must be remembered that the owners found themselves deprived of a very large part of their earnings, at a time of maximum freights when their com- petit revere making enormous

profts; and there has been not one complaint. The Shipowners' Pro- tection Association, whose title cx- plains its object, bas maintained most condial niations with the Government throughout, and has given very great aristance, The Association's Chairman, Mr. 8. T. Williamson, put bis experience and advice wholly at the Government's service, and he did much to solve difficulties and to smooth away misunderstandings. It may be re corded that, in spite of the many points of law which arose and the inevitable differences of opinion, every question in dispute was in- variably atled in a spirit of friend. ly compromise,"

All I web to do is to emphasise the -point that this fovernment has been! ammerely an agent in the matter; that, -it scted under the instructions of the Imperisi Government which it has not been able to vary one jot or tittle, As

• you are all aware the Imperial Govern- ment.hard an Indemnity Act and the ion was put to us whe ther we heard you under that Act, or have local ordinance to fit the Hocal ourlitions. It was decided that,

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Now and then a small body tousled

alightei on my chest. with a soft little tap, a vampire the sheet for an instant, and then,

aldand Walhsivol. 2. iching....! Kiokisag.

Jateng tharp Pk.... Imoy

Swatow Talboko.... Taichu

Fains Kosban Passadores.

BISHOP DEFENDS. DANCING.

the annual festival service of the Girl's Jautoa

The Bishop of Exeter, preaching at Friendly Society in the diocese of

Osp Rok.. London at-St. Paul's Cathedral-last 1010 evening, declared that some people | Wasbow 9* || Doctors, however, saw to these people Phallon also were afraid of catching 'flu." Pakhol

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which arose was the suggestion that were so high and shrill that the sing- discussion was impossible and uselessing of the jungle crickots seemed because the meeting was not in almost contralto in comparison. possession of a detailed statement ar to what the Government really focus of one or more of these winged Finally, I began to feel mysdi the intended to do in the water schem weasles. The swishes became more The result was that the agenda was frequent, the returnings almost dropped.

doubling on their track. Discussion, however, was turned on

fealings showed that a doubt existed shortage, and the generally expressed the general effects of the water

that if their bodie wers in proper Forane... as to whether or not, there is really a

I was half sitting up, yet I could condition and their health as it should. St. James shortage of water.

not see him, for I had found that the be "fa" was not dangerous. He patri Chairman and several of the Direct essibility of a visit. I breathed as Dances and pleasures and amuse- szup....

It was eventually decided that the least hint of light oaded any roswould say the sams of ama cmentails........

Dazapes.... of the hospital interview the Secretary quietly as I could, and madз sure meats are absolutely rightful and fo for Chinese Affairs and obtain from that both hands were clear.

proper if you really feel better for Surigao actual intention of the Government. him explicit information as to the

For a long time there was no move-

them." contended his lordship. "They am 4.20 ment, and renewed owishes made my are, of coare, dangerous, but every- Tap ....................'. susp ct that the bat had again taken thing is dangerous. If your mind is! flight. Not until I felt a tickling on as it should be, they will not affect may wrist did I know that my visitor you. Let me ask you not to be one

C. W JEFFRIES, Director. had shifted, and, unerringly, was of those people who, if they fancy Hongkong Observatory, Aug. 4, 1022, making for the arm I hal exposed. they see something wrong in some- 1. BAROMSTER. reduced to a degree Slowly it crept forward, but I hard-one else, immediately draw other Fabrenheit, on the level of the sea in

felt the pushing of the foot ad people's attention to it. Keep it to noha, tonths and hundredths. pulling of the thumbs as it crawled yourself. Girls are always very cafe-grees Fahrenheit. along. If I had been asleep, I should ful about the car: of their pom 3. Homor, in percentage of axtars

came to rest at my elbow. Hers of the checks."

plexions, but the complexion of the tion the huidity of air sturstod with not have awakened.

It continued up my forsira, and mind needs even were gare than that moisture being 100.

4. DIRECTION OF Wish, to two potats. 5. FORCE OP WIN seonding to Beadford Hoslo.

her to go out. If I do that will you still be willing to marry herYou.

Very well., (Addressing O'Hara): You are in the fortauate position of The Recorder: I do not believes in having your fiancé to came forwardly blighting the life of anyone by sending and stand by you in your hour of them to prison it I can help it. As peril, and that I regard as a good propose to order her to be detained postpone sentence till July 17. I hope she has been in prison since May 19, augury for your marriage. I shall till July 17 next, when I shall allow this will be a lesson to yra.

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T. F. CLAXTON, Director, Congkong, Observatory, Aug, 1, 1922.

HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS,

The Time Ball ona Kowloon Signal Ifill

is dropped daily at 10 am and 4p.in., except on Saturdays when it is dropped

at 10 am, and 1 pm, and on Sundays and Holidays when it is dropped at io

1.1.

The Ball is hoisted half mast at the 55th minute and full must at the 37th minuto. Should the ball fail to drop at the correct time it will be lowered at 5 minutes pist the hour and the ordinary routine repeated at the following hour? if possible.

Should the Time Ball be out of order the above routine will be carried out with the flag "Z, on the Storm Signal mast.

Time Signals are also givin at night by means of thres white lamis mounted vertically on the Obervatory wireles maat.

From 8.56 to 9.00 p.m. the lampe aro extinguished momentarily at the even seconds, except at the 2nd, 38th, 10ta 52nd, and 64th of sich minute.

The hura rafes to Hongkong Sandar) time (8 hours Fast of Greenwich)

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