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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1922.

CHINESE POST OFFFICE.

.REPORT FOR THE TENTH YEAR OF OHUNG HUA MIN-KUO (1921).

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INDIAN NULLITY SUIT.

JUDGE'S SUATHING REMARKS.

GENERAL BRuce and thE LESSONS OF Everest.

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In his final despatsb, sent from Shekkar, Dzong, on July 8 (copyright of the Mount Everest Expedition through the Timer General C. G. Brace describes the exploration of the gorge of the River Arun, and sums up the lesson of the glorious failure of

the assault on Mount Everest,

TIE CHINA MAIL. MAIL.

end of our first day's march, our tent was pitched on a pleasant grassy shalf in a umali clearing in the forest pear the empty shepherd hate comprising the grazing camp of Chotromo. No sooner had the eas eat that evening than swarms of tiny midges emerged. From Obotromo a little shepherd's track leads down the lift bank of the river to Kyima-Tang. We came at last, sired out, to the bridge lend ing across to Kyima-Tang.

Giving judgment in the oross suits of Filose versus Filose, in which Mr. With the Kwantung Postal Com- missioner's compliments, this office Filose, a judge of Gwalior State and has received a copy of the Report on son of Sir Michael Filosa, sued his the Chinese Post Office for the tenth wife for divores and the wile sued year of Chung-hua Min-Kuo (1921). her husband for nullity, Mr. Just as giving in addition to the usual current Walsh, dismissing the husband's suit information an historical survey of the Post Office's work during the and granting the wife a decree of quarter century (1896-1921). Very pullity, observed that the harband readable text and extremely interest ing photographs covering every aspect of China's postal service from the big eity offices to the mail arrangements in the Gabi desert make a fine record, of a great organization. The report of the family wanting to get rid of alen gives plates showing represent the wife, he could not be acquitted ative types of all the postage stamp of conduct unheard in the case of iasud by China.

The general report for last year any husband, especially against a

We found the road into Karma child-wife. Urged by ladies of his over Samchuala and Chogla brilliant 'The measure of internal peace and family and countenanced by Colonel with flowers in their first "bloom and prosperity which the country enjoya Gidney and Father Lewis, the even many rhododendrons were still necessarily conditions very greatly busband invaded the privacy out. We were rather short of food, the successful development of every of his wife at a time' whop and had to send a party over to the postal project; hence, while consider she was in a delicate state of settlement ar Dam-Tang in the upper able progress has been made in every health. They pursued her to a valley of the Aran to buy grain, division of the work during 1922, place where she had locked herself to potatoes, and other supplier for us. allowance must be made for the dis escape all this, and they did not Our portem wera naturally very keen couraging conditions under which hesitate to force open the doors and again to give an exhibition of what these results were achieved, more compel her to come out, and then they could do, and this was also the particularly in attempting to gauge 'submitted her to the ordeal, and ex- case with the hill Tibetans when it future prospects or calculate normal torted, by men which they did their was put to them. Almost the whole increases.

best to conceal, her signature to a of our large outfit was moved by Physically, China encountered dire document which she did not under the 46 men available, no misfortunes in the course of the rear, stand. She was an unwilling victim aingle porter carrying less than 100 flood and inmine being so widespread to this ordeal, and a more contemp pounds, while one girl, local Tibe and so dreadful as to make the earth, tible exhibition of selfish and inhuman tao, carried a 160 pound tent all by quakes in Shensi and Kansu, be conduct to a delicate and defenceless herself over the Chogla. Our starting plague in Manchuria, and the provia woman his lorship had never wit-point at Sali-Thang was somewhere cial disorders generally, seen of very nessed in all his experience. Colonel about 11,000 feet above the sca, and minor importance.

Gidney says he objected in everythe road, steep, rough, and stony, rose That, in spite of all, it is possible possible instance and desired to get about 5000 feet over the Chogla be once again to record a large increase out of the whole affair, but feminine fore descending to the camp at Chok- in the number of articles of mail mat 'persuosion prevailed, and be lent erbo, situated between the Chogla and ter posted, augura well for the fature himself to it, countenanced it by his Sanchunla, above 14,000 feet. of the Post Office is more peaceful presence, and took an active past in and prosperous times. The total for the proceedings, which his lordship the year was over 142 millions, repre- had already described as impossible eenting an increase of over 41 millions to justify on any good ground. as compared with the figures of 1920. |

As stated in my last letter the main

Kyims Tang, though strictly speak- body of the headquarters expedition ing it is in Tibet, is a typical Nepalese crosed the Dayala for the district of village. The neat little chalets are Kharta. There they joined Norton each surrounded by well kept fields of and Captain Bruce, whom they were Indian corn, wheat, and barley. The was largely responsible for this un-delighted to and almost entirely re- fields are bounded by stone walls, and fortunate public inquiry. However covered, recruiting after their exer each holds a little machen from which helpless Mr. Filure may have been in tione on Everest. The object was not a look out is kept for bears at night- the bands of evil-disposed members only to give everyone a chance to time. Kyims-Tang and the surround- recover full strength before the marching villages are so inarcossible that. back, but alan to visit Khorta and the the people do not appear to have wonderful Earma valley, and if come under the influence either of possible to explore the gorge of the Tibet or Nepal, and lead an indepen

dent life. Aran river itself.

The grand total is contributed to

by ordinary, registered, expres?, |

and insured letters, and it is its operation will be seen by a glance worthy of special mention that, rx at the table on page 22, the number

ed sevenfold in 1921

-It was quite apparent that in order to explore the south end of this valley and the Arun gorgs it was necessary that the party should be as small as possible, s we arranged that Noel, our photographer, should take a few men and attempt to find a way right through the Acaa rorge. It was very icteresting and really wonder

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describe.

cept in the case of the last-mentioned of such telegrams having been increas-fat journey, which I leave them to category, the results have been doubled in sir years, the 1921 figures being in each case approximately twice those of 1915.

As the postal interests of Chiza

The Arun, one of the principal were affected by the deliberations of tributaries of the Kosi, rises behind the Conference on Disarmament and Mairantoo, draining the plains of The number of additional places Far Eastern Affairs which opened at Tingri and Khambs in Tibet, and provided with postal facilities in the Washington on 12th November, the then with the force of itaaccumulated course of the year was 4.191. Othis Ministry took occasion to send a

waters carves its way through the aumbar, 563 were major establish- Technical Delegation on Postel affairs. main chain of the Himalayas directly ments and 2,674 rural stations served To that Delegation Mr. F. B. Myers, between the gigantic mountain massi's by itinerant portmen, who bring into Assistant in the Service, was appoint of Everest on the one side and touch with the sater world places far ed Attacke, by a Ministerial Order of Kinchanjungs on the other. Between off the beaten track, and incidentally 20th October.

our camp at Kharta and the village make the preliminary teat of the re- As the year closes, the gratifying of Kyima-Tang, a distanca of 20 quirements of the villageby carrying testimony of the Conference as to the miles, the river drone a vertical height with them stamps for postage and constitution and standard of efficiency of 4,000 feat. We were particularly in receipts for registered correspondence, of the Chinese Post Office comes to us terested to explors, this part of the The total number of placed in Chips not only as an encouragement bat as Arun in order to find out whether this provided with pastal facilities at the a call to mobilise the whole Service in close of the year was 33,150. all ite parte and functions for be It is fitting that this national in-future of wider duties and reapon stitution should arrive at the 25th sibilities that lies before us. Anniversary of its official Icundation with postal instrumentaliti-s reaching practically every community, an arme of workers in every province, and at least o..e letter per head per acnum for every member of China's vast aad widely-scattered population.

lo a year eminently unfavour ble to parcel tra, the number posted yet increased by over 350,000, and the waight by thren million kilos. Hare the rapidity with which results have been augmented is still more remark- able, the number posted having doub. led in five years, and both the weight| and the declared value having increas- ed threefold in the same time.

Inter provincial money order tran- sactions have doubled in three yeite. The value of those issued and cashed during the year was, in each case, 63 million dollars-an advance of 91 millions or 16 per cent. upon the 1920 total and 100 per cent. upon the 1918 total.

There was a falling-off (by 14,500) in the number of "olubbed mails' handed over to the Post Office by the man-clu, but their contents rose in number and; slightly, in weight also. It is noteworthy that the last native latter-established in South Manchuria District closed its doors.in 1921, while no clubbed packages whitever were posted by any of the eix man chu ze- gistered at the Chefco Pest Office. The Postal Law promulgated by Pre- sidential Mandate on 12th October is practically the death-warrant of theso man chu as independent institutions. Fifteen years ago it was required of - thom that they should thenceforth re- gister at the Post Office, but the Imperial Decree had, in the interim, become a dead letter. Now they must register within three months;! this will ensure that, they do not be- "come "uncensored channels for the transmission, of seditions correapon- - dende or contraband, weţicles at fuck times amal matter passing through the Government Institution is subject to inspection.

The extent to which the handling

of telegrams by the Post Office on behalf of the Telegraph Service has | developed during this wecond year of

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tremendous drop consisted of a series of great rapids and waterfalls or of a steady fall in the bed of the river.

On the evening of Jane 27 at the

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The path mounts up over clifs which Lide the view of tha river in the gorge below, but revealing across the valley the magnificent waterfall of Taunga, some thousands of feet in height. Arun has no great waterfall, bat passes through three deep gorges--one at Kyins-Tang, one at Bharta (where it enters the main chain), and another between these two..

We camped towards the top of the valley, and the next day crossed a new pass, judged to be about siz thousand feet. Crossing then the Sakai Chhu and descending from the Samchua pass, we crossed the Ylcula and descended to Kharta, where the force joiced the main party. We managed to secure a large number of photgraphs and some kinems films illustrating the whole journey.

It is now in place (General Bruce continua) to give a short review of the results of this year's attempts and of what we learn from them. First and foremost let my state that every. one believes that when all the lessono of the expedition have been thorough- ly digested far greater hopes still remain of climbing Everest than many of us ever had before. With better weather a well-chosen team of climbers is practically certain to be: able to reach a greater height without oxygen than was possible this year. We learned that nights can be passed at 25,000ft. and 25,500ft. without oxygen. We have learn ed that even at greater heights: climbers suddenly deprived of the uas of oxygen, whether by accident or the exhaustion of the cylinders, do not suffer any harm.

Another point of the greatest im- portance is that any climber, however strong, exerting himself to the atmest in gaining the greatest height is not fit for a second attempt or quite the same man for a considerable time.

However, it must further be im- preased upon all that the Himalayas are a lesperate earmy. No chances are ever taken with them. There is only noe motto for the Himalayas "When in doubt don't." With this little aphorism I bring to a close this year's attempts.

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September 12d th. 40m.-Warning to Hongkong, Coast Porta, &c.:-Ty phoon of unknown intensity within 60 miles of Lab. 29 N. Long 119 E maving N.W.

September 124 11h. 50m-PresGDZIE bas decrossed modestely at Foochow and Shanghai and slightly at Hong kong. It has increased slightly at Taiboku and is nearly stationary over Indo China.

The typhoon extered the coast at about midnight, between Shanghai and Foothow. At 8 a.m. this morn ing it was in about Lat. 29 N. and Long. 119 E. moving N. W. or N.N.W. It appears to be less severe this morning.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 003 inch- Total since January 1st, 18'98 Inober. against an average of 89.92 inchos.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending noon on September 13, 1922.

1-Fermons Change'. S. wlads lightly to moderate; fair to showazy. Ee

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UNION_ between Anchors and 1mna 9. winds, lightly to moderats; fair to abowory,

3-dongkong to take Rook, S. winds, lightly to moderate; £ i: to showery,

4.--South comes ut China betarran Annekros www.d Hainan. S. winds | lightly to moderate; fair to showory.

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DAILY WEATHER KEPORT.

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HONGKONG TIME SIONALS

The Time Ball on Kowloon Bigus) HII { is dropped daily at 10 a,m. and 4 pm.

except on Saturdays wling it is dropped st 10 a.m. and I p.m., and on Sundays and Holidays when it, is dropped at io A.M.

The Ball is bolted half mast at 50th minute and full mut at the 67th minute. Should the ball fail to drop ak the corroot timait will be lowered at 5 minutes past the bour and the ordinary routine repeated at the following hour, it possible.

Should the Time Ball be out of order the above routine will be carried out with the fing “E," of the Etorm: Bignal-

Signals are also given-at-night-

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From 608 to 8.00 p.m. the lanaņu dra": extinguished momentarily at the evan.com seconds, except at the End, 13tha 100m Bind, and 64th of each minute.

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