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SHARD.-On August 25, 1923, at Cheloo, to the wite of G. E. Shard, a daughter, GODFREY-On Angust 27, 1923,

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-Megara. Jardino, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Briefly, the contention is that in many casoa, where Chinese firms have made contracts which tend to türn

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curtain, knowing that as his Com-light on this nawet of the matter

The word

would be welcome. Bishops at the head of this comment exceeded our alloted space and our noods explaining but sa wo have

vaccinated arm (we always have it done on the art is causing us little discomfort, we must return to | Vaccination and Bishops on another

occasion.

(Malier)

A lalo such as thine.

From Life's efuigent page: Like Bowness of wine- Beurs quality and age. Thy loving gentleness, A living song divine; But angels may possess --- A halo such as thine..

pradora can do no wrong God'a in his heaven and alt's right in his Inusiness world, and if it is not, this Compradoro's Security is all suffic- g. This is probably splitting fuaire and stating the case orudely, and bluntly, if truthfully. We entmot inngine any firm doing busines with mushroom concerns, and as unstable în structure as u mushroom | Today's Poem. in credibly stated to be, without fir guarantee of an accredited agent who is able to back up that gun". antee in making good any loss that ¦ opetrs in the noner specified. We I do believe that there are Com- pradimes, willing to “take a chance” for the sake of a possible gain, and to chop the contract of a patelusser [they are not sure about, who, in the event of their client absconding, «r selling out, come along with a plausible tale to their principals mel expect them to be the saferers. This class of person is not deserving of legislation "of an exceptional eharacter, nor is the merchant, jeonsignunt of the risk he is taking, also in nest of consideration. We ared good men in business--men who make contrgets and abide by them. The redretning, falure of This proposed legislation, we repeat, is the fact that it has the approval of the Chinese Chamber. the Ordinates when enacted does no Fremedy he evil, then the slogan must be "cash with order. The

who know the present stagnation in trade, and the ect-throat competi- tion that some traders are capable of initiating, will doubtless strile at the suggestion. Very well then lei us pray, and pray hard, for the "good "in business. So few there are: they are either in Paradise, or the Chinese equivalent, or portiun- ciously purchasing property, on which values do not fluctuate, except in a heavenward direction. and which is not affected by such a undanc matter, ak that of exchange, unless it be the quick one of exelunge at a higher figure. The Bible has a good word to say for the man diligent in business. He is to stand before Kings. The bad ones starul not upon the order of their going-they abscond. Is not the whole trouble the Walling- fordian one of getting rich quickly?

out unprofitable they Vaccination-ators, and Bishops. to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Godfrey, fraudulently transfer their goodwill

The speech of the Hon. Attorney

at New Milton, Hants, a daughter.

ness.

York.

DEATHS.

1923.

--Jony KyoTO.

SHADOWS BEFORE.

Coming Events Advertised

In The Mail.

ENTERTAINMENTS.

September 5.-Coronet Theatre;! Mary Pickford in "Pulyanna."

Soptember 5.-Star Theatre; "Lahoma."

September 5. -World Theatre; Constance Binney in "The Sleep! Walker;" The New Leather Pushers, Round 12.

September 7-8-Theatre Royal; Tina Gerald and Tom Fenwick in a repertoire of Original · one-act plays.

SOCIAL.

September 8--Grand Carnival Dinner Dansant at the reopening of Repulse Bay Hotel.

AUCTIONS.

September 6-Lammert Bros., t Kowloon - Canton Railway, Locomotive Yard, Hunghom, (Kowloon), a quantity of miscel laneous stores, 11 a.m.

September 6-Lammert Bros., on board lighter alongside Yuen On wharf, a quantity of prepared tobacco leaf and sundries (more or less damaged by sea-water), 3 p.m.

September 7-Lammert Bros.. at No. 49 Godown, Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Kowloon, 76 bags of flour, 10.30

a.m.

September 7-Landert Bros., at their Sales Rooms, the S. L "Atalanta" as she now lies in Hung- hon Bay, at Noon.

September 11-Lammert Bros., at the premises of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Limited (Hunghom), 4 furnaces "Nile" 12.15 p.m.

MEETINGS.

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1928

RECENT HONGKONG FLOODS.

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PHOTO A. FONG,

This picture taken in Wong-nei-chong after the recent heavy rains will give Hongkong people an idea of what the damage must be like in Japan.

PHOTO A. FONG.

Happy Valley's miniature Niagara after last week's heavy rains.

HOME FOOTBALL.

ENGLISH LEAGUE IST DIVISION.

LONDON, Aug. 29.

Liverpool, 6: Birmingham, 2. Middlesbrough, 2; Notts County, Newcastle United, 2; Blackburn

CORRESPONDENCE.

WATER RESTRICTIONS.

To the Editor of the "China Mail."]

Sir, With our former P.W.D.

WINNERS.

PROGRAMMES WORTH,'FIVE

DOLLARS!

The holders of the following

Aston Villa 2; Manchester City, Director, Mr. Perkins gone away, theatre programmes are requested our present director must have to forward them to the China Mall gone off his head by springing a office when coupons to the value nasty surprise to us to-day when of $5 will be issued which may be we found that our water supply has

and nsects to a new concern, exclud- | General in outlining the Newsecured Creditors of the Hong- Rovers, 1.-Renter.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

The backreach of the Canton

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Sub-Lieutenant P. G. Agnew has been posted to the sloop "Bluebell" on the China Station.

bcen cut off. I learnt from your changed for goods to the same esteemed paper that one of the value with any of the advertisers reservoirs has been damaged, and in the China Mail.

OBITUARY.

observing the strict letter of the set of officials are to be added to the which was recently prohibited on] Laurence Guillemard, has been in force could not be avoided,quence of the receipt of a cable

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MODERN DANCES.

from New York, announcing the death there of Mr. J. A. Jeffrey, the Bank's Agent

the

September 11-Informal meet- ing of all Brother Buffs at the Palace Hotel, Kowloon, 9.30 pan.

December 12-Meeting of Un-

kong Branch of the Banque ing their liabilities, the old concern Vaccination Ordinance does not Industriello de Chine, at the City then ceasing to exist and the tradere seem to have created a great stir. Hall, 3 p.m.

One locul medieo was moved to

that it is necessary to cut World Theatre Programme No. with whom the old concern connddress letters to two of our con-

down our water supply for the 901 issued Sunday to Tuesday, HARRISON-On July 17, 1923, attracted being left with the unprofit- temporaries on soum aspects of the

time being, but certainly it would September 2 and 4. Bradford, England, G. F. L.

be very much wiser for our Mr. Harrison, of Shanghai, son of le contracts on their hands and no speech, but as he did not send one

Into the China Meil ha bus only hin

Coronet Theatre Progamme No. Creasy to give us some notice so

Tuesday F. D. Harrison, after brief ill-practical mode of redress."

self to blame if his letter remmins Streets in the Sheklung city

that we may be prepared to face 42 issued Saturday to | reading through this correspondence "unhonoured and unsung

September and 4. The are still flooded. The water is The engagement is announced the restrictions, than to cut off our

Patrons of the three Cinema. GREEN--Through exposure, at certain seeming facts are brought to speech in question is extraordinarily several feet deep and sampans are of the Earl of Haddington to Miss supply unexpectedly and allow us

sca, Arthur Harvey Green, Chief Engineer of the British notice. The accusation made is not interesting, and should be to losed to convey pedestrians from Sarah Cook,

daughter of Mr. to fuce the devil. I may mention Theatres, the Coronet. Star and steamer "Mylie," which found-denied; it is proved by at least two those who have not merely miler-one street to another.

George W. Cook, of Montreal, and that I had scarcely water enough to World are advised to retain their sister of Lady Minto. ered off the North Saddles at 9 concrete examples. The suggestion the blade of a vaccinator, but those gone the scraping at the lands or

have my "chow" cooked to-night programmes and study the number, and had to go to bed without even to be found on the front page. p.m., during the typhoon of

for the proposed legislation meets who may be said to take an interest River which was yesterday report- Straits papers August 23, 1923.

announce the washing my face, all through the ed to have been completely block death in the European Hospital, clever action of our Mr. Creasy. BEESLEY On August 30, 1923, with the hourty approval of the in the work and functions of

Thanking you for the courtesy Government. Is this connectioned by the stranding of the Japan- Kuala Lumpur, of Mrs. A. H daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Kemp who ought to know lays ese freighter 5.5. "Ryushu Maru" Carson, wife of Mr. A. H. Carson, to insert the above in your paper, Beesley, of Shanghai,

MR. J. A. JEFFREY. That being a fact it is right toit down that "the object of a State is now stated to be clear for traffic. assistant telegraph engineer, Posts and remain, JEFFREY.—In New York on 3rd assume

Yours Sincerely, that members of the is not to make money," which may

and Telegraphs, F. M. S.

SURPRISED. The manager of the Kwang- September, J. A. Jeffrey, Chinese Chamber are not fraudulent or may not interest our Socialistic

Mr R. B. Osborne, formerly

The flag over the Hongkong and Agent, Hongkong and Shang-

tung Tramway Co., has petitoned of friends. That being so it is at the Canton government for resump- private secretary to the Governor

Hongkong, September 4 in favour

Bank was lowered; to Shanghai hai Banking Corporation, New traders and are

surprising that a new and terribletion of their motor bus service, of the Straits Settlements, Sir to blame. The restrictions now

The Hon. the D.P.W. is no way half-mast this morning in conse

contracts. Further it must be many who by a strange paradox of observed that the Government has words are dubbed Civil Servants. account of serious damage to the given an appointment in the Malay ED.-China Mail.] hesitated long in arriving at its There is to be a Superintendent of us in the city says the Canton States Agency, London.

Daily News. The China Mail. decision to introduce legislation Vaccination and his deputies,'' and

The Straits Times records the

By the death of Mr. Jeffrey, who

of these are specified into Super-

Was 62 years

age, which in Kemp-like manner it intendent, deputy superintendente, with the larceny of some wire net- H. C.

The Chinese plumber charged | death of Mrs. McIntyre, wife of Mr.

McIntyre, headmaster, To the Editor of the China Mall.' Bank has lost an exceptionally. describes ay "'of a somewhat excej public vaccinators, vaccination stating from the Taikoo Docks and Government English School, La-

valuable official, who had been tional character," but which from [tions, quarantino stations, and also secreting it in a side-car owned by buan, which took place at her Sir, I am very glad to note that with them for over 40 years. the seming simplicity of its Pro Vaccinators who issue certificates sentenced to two months' hard on August 17.

emergency vaccinators. Amen! Mr. J. Russell, was this morning residence, 1, Kampong Parit Street, there is a movement here at prosent "The late Mr. Jeffrey," said a against the modern dances, initiated Bank official this morning, "was a posals are likely to be successful and are to satisfy themselves "by per- labour by Mr. J. R. Wood.

by our senior catholic magazine remarkably alle baker, who had lend to business being done without sonal inspection that the operation

The Earl of Gosford, of the Bri- Religino e Patria who, with the aid been in charge of the very import A private letter just to hand the nervous tremors which very was successful."

Valuables to the extent of tish-American Tobacco Company, of various members of different ant interests of the Hongkong and elucidation. When can a vaccina- $334.50 have been recovered by the and Mr. H. A. Poole, of the Stand Catholic Associations in Hongkong, Shanghai Bank in New York for suggests that business as run at often attack one of the parties totion operation said to be successful? police in connection with the arm-ard Oil Company of New York, has sent a petition to His Londship there had served most of present is immoral and degrading. contract. Having reached that stage We seek enlightenment und in ed robbery yesterday morning on Mukden accompanied by Mr. P. H. Bishop Pozzeni asking him to use his time in Japan and was last in Napoleon is belioved to have we might well leave it there, but memory of the many times we have the house in Nathan Road occupied Milord, arrived at Dairen recently, his authority and influence to stop Hongkong in 1910. In his younger

these danced in a place which bears days he observed that a good man made a thore is one further thought that been punctured and the beastly by a Chinese clerk in the railway.

In mail week, Captain C. Sa catholic name.

Was a fine bad soldier, the suggestion being occurs to us in dealing with the thing hasn't taken! In the main it Two of the four robbers were in-

and represented both Kobe and scons that tho Now Vaccination tercepted and a number of shots Benning, D.S.C., lately command- Some people consider that there is Yokohama in interport regattas. that a good man can never be a good subject. Is the proposed legislation Ordinance is aimed primarily at the were exchanged but the miscreants ing the Fourth Submarine Flotilla nothing objectionable to the dances. There are many people in the business man. These are arresting so much a matter of protecting the omigrant and also at the poor devils got away when near King's Park. on the China Station, joined the themselves, but to the way of East, especially in Japan who will staff of the "Dolphin" submarine dancing; it is however rather diffi- learn with regret of Mr. Jeffrey's statements with a vast substrátum foreign trader as it is of protecting in "reformatories, industrial schools,

A shock was caused to Tien- depôt ship at Portsmouth.

cult to differentiate them, and evou death on the eve of his retirement. of truth about them. They have his Compradore? Are there any prisons and other institutions, buttslo on Friday night, says the M. C. there is a clause to the effect that it became known

if a rule can be drawn up it is per- coincided with a reading and con-business members of the Hongkong very child born in the Colony Daly Mail When Henry Hunt had on July 25 the Ven. John Holden, taily open to be disregarde

In the chapel of Lambeth Palace" ideration of the Hon. Attorney General Chamber of Commerce must be vaccinated within six shot himself at Paltaiho, while in MA., Archdeacon. of Kwangsi, that as the dances are allowed every semi-nude dresses of the ladies that

Other people of broad-ideus, think General's speech in the Legislative carrying on business without the months of birth," whilst children a state of mental depression. Mr. was consecrated as Bishop of Council in introducing a Bill help of the irrepressible Com- brought into the Colony must be Hunt, was a member and for some Kwangsi and Hunan, lo succession where in the clubs, hotels, cafes, I had to abandon the hall immedi intituled "An Ordinance to prevent pradare? We think there are none. arrival hare. At the class of child William Forbes and Co, which he was conducted by the Archbishop harm is accepting them as good.

vaccinated within one thanth of years past a partner in the firm of to Bishop Banister. The ceremony private residences, etc.-there is no atoly certain fraudulent transfors of busi- The functions of a Compradore so is not specified, it must be taken to joined on coming to China in 1896. of Canterbury, assisted by three Certainly this is not the way to form rules of art and was beautiful and nemas," and to the correspondence for as we understand that gentle include the children of the foreigner. To the general pubile he was best assistant. Bishops. The sermon our judgment; we must not follow dignified, now it is dograding, which apparently led to the intima's position, is not merely to as well as those of Chinese parents, known lo connection with racing, was preached by the Rev. O. R. M. what the others do, but we ought luxurious, immoral and the cause of duction of the proposed Ordinance introduce business, but to guarantee If that is so what is the position of Twenty years ago he was one of Roxby M.A.. Vicar of Christ to do according to the dictate of our many misfortunes and crimes!

the conscientious objector to the most accomplished and suc Church, Hampstead, who said that, own consciences.

Thanking you for the insertion of and which is contained in the Bong to his principals the purchaser he vaccination in the person of the cessful riders on the Tientsin China was searching for its soul. I remember I had an occasion these lines. kong General Chamber of Coin introduces; that when ho pata his paretit or the guardian telduse 26 couse, having such champions as A great responsibility rested on sometime ago to bo present at one I remain, -merce Bepart-for-1922 on page 280 signaturo or chop on any contract fixes the general penalty for offenen Mr. James Watts, CNG and Mr. the new Bishop, but there was no of these erotic dances fool trot

Yours faithfolly. and onwards, the matter being mado, the foreign merchant may against the Ordinance at $250 and Anderson as rivals....In interyears higher task for any man than to and I was so struck with horror

A PATERFAMILIAS: imprisocument for any term not he had a good measure of success help to form and build up an seeing the movements, close proxi- introduced by the "Princely Hotas" sleep peacefully under bis mosquito exceeding six months? A little as an owner.

infant branch of the Church mity, face to face, added by the "Hongkong, Sopiamber 5.

Hosokuro, Wednesday, Bert. §, 1923,

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