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Taikwa Maru, (Y.K.K.) from Kee- hm, Swatow.--B50.

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Japan, (BLS.N.) from Calcutta, Singapore.-Kowloon Wharf.

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TIBETAN TRAVELS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

LAWN BOWLS.

CHINA HOUSE, FRAUDS.

EVIDENCE OF L. E. HAYNES.

SWATOW'S MISERIES.

WARNING TO SHANGHAL

NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS.

BRIGADIER GENERAL RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S

PEREIRA'S LECTURE,

occasions. The distinction was

GAMES.

Saturday's games in the Lawn Bowls League resulted in two was for the home teams and two for the visitors..

Despite the fact that lectures arranged by the Royal Asiatic Society are invariably of great general interest says the N C. Daily News of May 23, it is not of ten that "standing room only "has

The Kowloon Dock, and Taikoo to be announced on any of these No. 1. were again successful, this reserved for Brigadier-General time disposing of the C.S.S.C. and Pereira, the hall in Museum-Road Craigengower respectively. These being filled to overflowing two winning teams have not lost a with an audience eager to hear the account of his great match and head the league with journey to Lhasa. There were even six points each. Taikoo No, I and listeners in at the open windows, the Kowloon Bowling Green Club

Mr. Sidney Barton, H.M. Consul-

come next in the league table, with General, briefly introduced the four points each. Both these teams lecturer, noting in passing that he have lost one match each. Ondfreet trade was one of the rare individuals who had become familiar with Saturday they played away and every one of the 18 provinces in won against the K.C.C. and the

Police respectively. the course of his long-travels,

→ Scores: Speaking without notes, and with- out the aid of illustrations, using a TAIKOO NO, 2 v. CRAIGENGOWER map only, Brigadier-General Played at Taikoo, the home team Pereira's story was necessarily winning by 63 points to 46. Scares. discursive and conversational, as TAIKOO NO. 2 CRAIGENGOWER

Greensit it was also intensely interesting. H. Dinnen He began with a tribute to the 'S. Amery

Forbes Martin missionary at work in remote J. A. Sloan stations, saying that despite the D. Morrison fact that the condition of (S.) China was becoming worse than Perrie ever, missionaries of all denomina- Holland tions held to their posts, though J. McLeod some of them were frequently Drummond

(S.) carried off by brigands. He also

expressed admiration for the M. O'Brien travelling representatives of the Dickens B.-A. T. (he was not sure what the Laing letters stood for), who pushed their MacLaghlan

(5) wares quietly through unexplored districts without a word being heard of their exploits. The Chinese postinen also came in for a word of praise. They plod their way through country infested with

brigands, carrying bags of letters to their destination and doing splendid work, considering all the difficulties.

Greener

13

(5.)

Alves.

L. Rosc,

Omar

Basa

22

28

(S.) Green Souza MacFarlane, : Bradbury

(5.)

Totul 63

P

Total

KOWLOON DOCK v. C.S.C.C.

In the trial of Enever, Bennett and Haynes and in connection the defendant L. E. Haynes; who with the "China House" frauds,

A Correspondent, writes to the was a resident for a time in Hong-N. C. Daily News -- kong gave evidence' denying the "Having read at various times charges.

in your esteemed columns of the He stated that he went to the Federated Malay. States and be lack of interest of the "budding came a rubber planter. Later he was taipans" in Shanghai in the Volun- appointed the managing director teer Corps I am moved; as an old of a company, but owing to the member of that unit, to cite the sluppa receiver was appointed. He then went to China, where lie conditions obtaining at present in met a number of Chinese merhopes that the plight of this port chants. He came to the conclusion may show those who are" slack- that there was a great need for in organisation in England similiar ing" the necessity of such an to that in America for assisting organization as the S.V.C.-

between England Since the row between Sun Yat- and China. Two days after he re-sen and Chen Chiang-ming result turned to England he met Enever, who asked him to call at China ing in the flight of the former (the House, Knightsbridge. He went thing he does best) this port has to Enever's office, and the defa- been subject to a scourge of the dant then declared that he was military. Successive commanders responsible for the Anglo-Burma have fastened theniselves like flotation, out of which he and his leeches on the place and despite friends had made £66,000, but that the catastrophic losses the unhappy sustained in the was nothing compared to what he merchants

the typhoon was going to make out of Chinese | great

military business. Enever referred parti-have been constantly extracting 19 cularly to the Anglo-Chinese Trust more money on threats of looting and Mercantile Corporation,, of until the poor merchant is now in which the Earl of March was said despair. Not only is money being to be chairman. A great deal of constantly squeezed out of the place business seemed to be going on at but gambling has been licensed"

and is flourishing mightily while 9 the office.

the smoking of opium is officially permitted in this treaty port and

practised openly

(while the students waste their eacrgies parading in favour of renewing the Japanese boycott). General Hung Chao-lin is responsible for the licensing of these vices.

During his first interview with Enever a countess rang up on the telephone and another countess called at the office. Later witness 18 was appointed as secretary to Humphrey and Denman, and at 46 that time he believed that it was an honest and straightforward con- corn. Shortly after he went to China House he decided to start the Siho British Trade Association to encourage

Played at Kowloon Dock, the Dock team winning by 75 points to 39. Scores:

KOWLOON DOCK. C.S.C.C.

Hall Cullip Alderman

The lecturer proceeded in out- MacKelvic line to describe the course of his Henderson journey, noting the most interest-Puncheon ing features by the way. He Gow (5) observed with reference tocrossing J. T. Brown the great Chilli plain, that instead Greig of being the scene of famine Gourlay through flood or drought, it would S. Gray (S) be the most fertile plain in the

world but for the corrpution and Johnston. negligence of officials in the Duncan past. A present day example, Hedley one of several

noted in

trade between

England and China He devoted practically the greater part of his time to the work of the association. Enever was impressed with the ad sociation, as he hoped that it would

21 Lamble (S) 15 result in China House being the headquarters for Chinese affairs

Knott

Rudd

S. Allen

29 A. B. Allen

(S)

Oswick Massey Patheyjons

the R. Lapsley (S) 25 Stanley (S)

75 Total

famine district, was that of an old General who gathered together all the bad coins in his possession, | collected for years, and exchanged them for the good money sent for famine relief,

Continuing over the Chihli plain, he crossed the mountains into Shansi, crossing the Yellow River

Total

KC.C. v. TAIKOO NO. 1.

13

39

Played at the Kowloon Cricket Club on Saturday, the visitors win- ning by 20 points to 45. Scores:

K.C.C.

at Pinyang to visit. Wu Pei-fu at Chatterton Loyang. Incidentally, the speaker Davis mentioned that he had never before H. Stevens seen so much opitun as was being J. Gibson (S) grown in the fertile valleys on the Nicholls way to Sianful. It was in Szechuan A. Davidson that he first came into contact with J. Hyde the brigand question. The usual McMurtrie (S) thing was for a messenger to be R. Abraham sent forward to brigand chiefs J. Tacchi announcing that a foreigner was H. Overy

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TAIKOO NO. 1.

Barker. Stewart

Grimshaw

Grimes

J. Russell (S)

Whyte

Foulds

A WOLF AMONG THE SHEEP.

who fastened his tentacles on the Recently General Li Lieh-chun,

fled with his pockets well lined to port after General Hung Chao-lia Hongkong, was forced to give way to General Hsu Cheng-chi, who had been working his way down from the lean districts in the interior with a large force, the objective being the promised land England.

of Swatow, There was an interim On the resumption, on April 24 of a few days, however, when Haynes, who was in the witness-there was no authority in Swatow box the preceding day, was further and panic struck the place. Shop examined. He said the rent of the keepers put up their shutters and offices at Kaightsbridge was, he trade was suspended from fear understood, about £500 per anuum that bandits or disbanded soldiers for the first and £600 for the might come in and loot. In fact second year. He left on August one small lot of some 10 disbanded 23 Dering the time he was there he soldiers armed only with knives had nothing whatever to do with did come in and rob a cash shop, Humphrey and Denman.

"But I said to my teacher, Witness first began to think thatWhat were the police doing"? there was something wrong with "Oh, they are no use and move in Humphrey and Denman, when he the opposite direction always went downstairs one day and saw when there is trouble." "But why two or three cables from people not arm a volunteer force"? "Be- connected with the company, and cause when the next military force who were apparently stranded in comes along they will take all the China. He went into Mr. Williams's

anus away." office and spoke to him about it, but

26 Mr. Williams, said that this matter was nothing compared with the writs which the company were re- ceiving. In fact, he said they were

20-Ferguson (S) 27 inundated with write.

Muirhead

J. Sloan Young

coming, that way, the result being A. G: Pile (S) 15 Wotherspoon that he never saw an active brigand

Total 45.

(S) 17

Total 70

J

POLICE v. K.B.G.C. Played on the Folice ground, the visitors winning by 82 points to 43.

in the whole province. In the great Chengtu plain he found! the people indulging in an orgy of gambling. He had seen gambling at Monte Carlo, and at Wuchow on the West river, but never such an orgy as this one. Civilians and soldiers played mah Scores: long all day and most of the night Grimmet (S)13 W. Russell (S) 29 and everybody went wild about it, A. Clerk (S)14 while all the officials of the Yamens played the game, when they were W. Gerrard not engaged in fighting each other. Szechuan was one of the worst pro- vinces China at the present time in the matter of contending fac tion. When one General was beaten he joined others in combination One against the one in power.

16

G.R. Edwards (S) 26

W. Crawford (S) 27

Total 43*

Total 82

man reached Shanghai with booty amounting to $5,000,000, but did Kowloon Dock...3. not remain and was back again in Talkoo No. z......3. Chengtu.

LEAGUE TABLE,

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K.B.G.C.............3 Brigadier-General Pereira de Taikoo No. 1......3 scribed in much interesting detail K.C.C.... various points of interest on the Police..... Journey until his arrival at Chiando, Craigengower.. where he had to remain for many | C.S.C.C..

days while a messenger was sent forward to Lhasa, anil he was, in some doubt as to whether he would

be allowed to go through. The

W

messenger eventually arrived with Kowloon

SHOTS SHOTS FOR AGST UP DOWN

a letter saying that the Commander Dock R.C. 185 136 49 in-chief would be pleased to see Taikoo No. 2, 188 148 40

K.B.G.C. him in Lhasa, but the official at

198 149 49 Chiando at first said no reply had Taikoo No. 1195 165 149 176 been received, and kept the K.C.C. letter for two days. It was Police R.C. 158-198 interesting at night, said the Craigengower

C.C. lecturer, to hear "Lights out," "Tatoo" and other British bugle

Civil Service

C.CM calls which the Tibetans" had adopted. On one occasion a mani was marched out to have a finger cut off for some offence and, after punishment had been inflicted, the victim was carried off on a man's back, preceded by bag-pipes/play

145 190

...151 207

Total..

168 168

WERE THEY WORTH IT?

was

Five-year-old Williain standing in the kitchen with his eye upon a dish of cakes when his

nother came in and found him.

"What are

you doing here, William "" said she.

"I was just thinking, mother, replied the youngster.

"Thinking? Well, I hope you haven't touched those cakes."

"That's what I was thinking about," came the ready answer. "I was wondering whether they are good enough to be whipped for

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE

FEELING OLD,

Do you mean to

tell me," I then said, "that a few ammed brigands could come into thus big city and loot it without opposition." The reply was that they could-It is well known that when even one wolf gets into a fold of hundreds of sheep, he could kill them all with no show of resistance on the part of his victims. It would be the same if bandits got into Swatow when it was unprotected.:

THE S.V.C. A SOLID SHIELD - Shanghai is the richest, city in China What wouldn't a bandit chief give to be able to lead his troops into it for only, a few hours! And it must be remembered that all Chinese troops are now nothing but bandits in uniform and that their officers are for the most part, only super-bandits. It is quite within the realm of probability that Shanghai would have been looted long ago if it wasn't for the wholesome fear inspired by the S.V.C. In fact I think it would be no exaggeration to say that the place owes its prosperity to the feeling of security which the S.V.C.

gives to trade amongst the Chin

ese...

Many is the weary hour I have plodded over the country with the Volunteers and wondered if it was worth while, but my experience in

sheep fold" shows me that

Old age comes early to those whose blood is this and weak. When the system becomes run down the shoulders begin droop, the atop loves its elasticity, the oo its spackle and the skin a clour. addition to these ex this tama Chunges these is an Almost it was. Conditions in China are unreasing distress masinting of indiges growing rapidly worse and the don. headaches, extreme, nervousness, uniformed bandits are steadily get- sireplessness and dizzy spellsting things into their own hands,

Good blood and plenty of it is t

the

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mites. We have many records of rata boing eaten during famines, especially when cities have been blockaded, as evidenced at the of Kars, and oven in Paris in

1870. In Arctic expeditions also the abips

The Journal of Tropical Medi-rats have been eaten, as well na the they could catch the S.V.C: nap cine and Hygiene has an article on salted rats are sent by provision tnico. In China, however, casks of Queer Foods, over the well-merchants all over Chinn

own initiale of "J.C." He takes The writer goes on to refer sot

Bing. To my mind the necessity for volunteers has never been so great since 1900 and it behoves all eligi

I became badly run Mrs. Morten, and loat ap mach weight, and strength that i looked and felt od My colour was very poor and I didn't haro Buy energy. 1 grow meian holy ble men to join up and prepare for as his text something written in a only to quer foods, but also what and worried a much that I could not eventualities and this warning-recent issue of Chambera's Journai thep well the cfort of climbing stairs zoolics to the better class of takausted me and left me pantin, for breath. I putely bol savere head scha'whon I ́azoke. There were pains scross my back and shoulders.

cousin who had used Dr. Williams":

Chinese as well as foreigners.

pbymological dostor crank, but that he terms the tomfoolery df, the

By Mr. Bussett Digby on the queer in really another matter. He finally gat foods in the world, and tells us recounts that, with the late Major truly that the dainty, food of Chinese food market in 1894 in Robbins, R.A.M.C.; he visited tim

Pink Pills with a great deal of benefit REALISM VERSUS ROMANCE, race may be considered by another Hongkong The food export OD

Itwas có sure thus the pills would he p-nie-

with louthing, and notes one or two the stalle and slabs, consisted of

By unedible; anil contaminted. They

ing "The Campbells are Coming" Egypt. There were five Tibetan that I began to take them. Hyppell o

As for Lhasa itself, the lecturer boys in the city who had heen groved almost at ongs and I began to Mike Murphy was very popular examples, including tire fact that material which to British *oves said it was a filthy, dirty city of educated at Rugby, and it was goin weight I took them for three in the works. Even the boss would Scolanen have haggie sont all the seemed unwholesome, difty, amally. some 20,000 inhabitants, from curious and interesting 10 find his month and bave completely rovnjaèd ston and crack a joke with big way from Edinburgir for consumatrayed into the latrines in the

[my health and feel like "*. sow and which one would be glad to get interpreter wearing the strange robitsar person. I shall never be with One day be not Mika Monon away in a few days. The three Tibetan costunic and speaking per et Dr. Wines Link Pila again foring, Mike!" he said. "I hep that tion in Hongkong.

market unit by the Government, great monasteries respectively fect English. This youngster was have great faith in the blood lately you've taken quite a fancy The Chinese are accredited with and there found very different housed $7,700 5.500 and $3,300 very keen on Rugby and was start- builder, die befforthe driskan * being foul eatern because they cat stule of ollaan," the latrines were monks. At first hố thought the ing tennis as soon as the court | Yoor, own drúggut solls the world: Mike blushed and sui Col. Fairfax, owner of a run-down nimbers exaggerated, but now could be got ready Famous Blood and Were motovalire; Dr. Have you met your fate yet?

dried rats, salted puppies, and egge cleanlyna awell, and efficie Major Robbins was led to rem and heavily mortgaged plantation considered they were even greater. At the close of the lecture, a vote Wu's Pink Pille de sent; post free, went on the boss,

a hundred years old, whilst they that the Biblical saying that The most interesting feature of of thanks proposed by the chair-wissens Wedding Coh 60 Klangse ReadShure and begorii, si

look upon us se baroarians became not that which goath into the i the city were the windows of the man was very heartily accorded.tohan hall, Write: today for the books Claimed Mike ruefully

gb mome! Gefiletir 6 man, but houses, which reminded one of the, lecturéřátis.

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