THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 · 1923
COLONY'S FINANCES.
(Continued from page 8.)
is the same.
It depends проп China We could abolish our oplum monopoly at once and prohibit the use of oplum but we could not under present con- ditions stop plum smoking. Even
MURDER.
GRUESOME FIND.
THE CHINA MAIL.
UNLUCK TOKIOY. ANOTHER SEVERE QUAKE.
Tokio, October 4."
A very severe earthquake occur-
Router.
A most guesome discovery Li Item 132 refers to new junk building and repairing yards be now, although we provide for the be made by the police on the yond the Glass Works near Kow-requirements of opium smokers by pathway outside No. 88, Wanchaired this morning at 18.54, driving loon City. This industry has been enabling them to purchase the Bond. A young Chinese paint residents from their houses and mainly carried on along the fore Government manufactured drug, scraper of no fixed abode was dia. cutting off the electric light. The shore fat Cheungshawan, whence though admittedly at a price which covered to have been murdered, shook was alightly felt in Osake.- It is being driven by the reclama makes excessive smoking Im-apparently, as the result of numer-, tion works. It is proposed on the possible to any but a rich man,ous stab-wounds in the face and, advice of the Town Planning Com- and although we do our utmost body. Near the dead man was a mittee to establish these yards
by maintaining a costly stone weighing about thirty pounde, permailently in their new situation, preventive force and giving hand-surised to have been brought there, with security of tenure, in the hope some rewards for seizures, to pre- to bash in the dead man's skull but that greater efficiency and economy vent the introduction of opium from not used. will thus be secured.
outside the Colony enormous
being produced in China in such enormous quantities that it can be sold here at a mere fraction of the price which we charge for Govern ment opium,
THE HOUSING, COM- MISSION.
The Report of the Commission appointed by H.E. the Governor we laid on the table at the meeting of the Legislative Council this after- noon. It is a voluminous document and will appear in full in to-mor. | row's issue of the China Mail.
Deceased had no fixed abode. Water Works Scheme. quantities of smuggled opium are His two step-brothers who are Items 137 and 133 (g) refer to the continually being found here. If alleged to have been sleeping with new Shing Mun Valley water works the legitimate supply were with him have been detained. scheme. The proposal is to dam drawn it is certain that illicit the Shing Mun river and to tap supplies would take its place. practically the whole of the Easter We might perhaps be able and Southern slopes of Tai Moto deal effectually with opium Shan, and it includes 8,500 acres or from India and Persia, especially 13 square miles of catchment area, if the efforts of the League of a large proportion of which will be Nations are directed to the reduc- drained by means of catchwaters.tion of cultivation of the poppy in The total catchment area on the those countries, but we cannot so Island is 2,650 acres and in Kow-deal with the opium which is now loon 849. It is proposed eventually to build nine storage reservoirs varying in size from 55 million to 1,700 million gallons, and having 311 aggregate capacity of 4500 million gallons, of which 2,400 million gallons, or rather more than the whole storage capacity in the Island of Hong kong, will be stored in gravity, and the remainder will be in pumping reservoirs. The water will be con- veyed through the Kowloon hills by open conduit and two tunnels, the latter being 2,400 and 4,350 feet in length respectively. The water will be brought down from the Filtered Water Reservoir. by 24 incl trunk mains which will be laid in the bed of the harbour from Kowloon Point and will discharge into a Service Reservoir which will probably be built under the Public Gardens.
The rigorous methods of search which we already employ and the severe punishments which we in- fict have not proved adequate to prevent smuggling even when the opium smoker can satisfy his de- sires by legitimate purchase. If it became question of using: smuggled opium or doing without opiums altogether I fear that there would
be
little doubt as to the alternative which the
smokers majority of would adopt and to exclude an article which is of such small bulk that enough can be hidden on the person to supply the requirements of the most inveterate sinoker for weeks would require methods of The gravity portion of the search and ittuisition to which no scheine should give a supply of 11-community could he expected to million gallons a day throughout submit.
So long, therefore, as China con- the driest recorded period, and the pumping reservoirs will add tinues to grow opium in great quan- tities I see no prospect of our being another 6 million gallons a day.
Every effort will be made to able to abandon the Government press on with this work and it is monopoly but in the meantime we hoped that, given favourable con-frame our estimate in a spirit of ditions, it will be possible to bring optin:isin in the hope that perhaps the first water to Hongkong in the the coming year may see the end spring of 1927.
of the long drawn out struggles of China and that that great nation may be able to devote to the eradication of its national vice some part of the energies and resources which have for so long been wasted in useless and fratricidal strife.
16 come.
Land Boom.
In the case also of another very important source of revenue, the political situation in China is a factor of very great importance.
The estimate. of the probable revenue from land sales is a mat-
THE YELLOW DRAGON
The freshness of what the Ameri- cars call the full is in the pages of the September issue of our brightly written contemporary. We noticed
bright youth on the car the other afternoon oblivions to the wonder
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS ANT
PASSENGERS.
WEATHER REPORT,
ut
·October 4d 11h 45m-Pressuro has increased considerably Waldivostock and moderately to
slightly at the majority of other
reporting stations.
The anticyclone is moving. castward,
The Guam typhoon, continues to move slowly northward.
Moderate monsoon may be expected along the S.E. coast of China and over the northern portion of the N. China Sea.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am. to-day, 00) Inc. Total sinos January 1st, 88.18 inches, ROJECTED, DEPARTURES against an average of 70.77 Inot en
fot.
Oot.
scenery and sufells of Wanchai, deeply inimmersed in the pages of "The Yellow Dragen," pondering Oct. the Editor's request for contribu lions, drinking in the pithy School Notes, and envying, doubtless, the literary style which graces such ret. efforts ns " Typhoon in the Coua- try," the pic-nic essays, and the one which describes have Watson's make our favourite "Formazone." Ilis, concentration has been ours with a little tinge of envy in the fact that try as we will, we cannot get our lines to scan and trip like young lambs as they do in W.K.'s" Tied Trousers. Test wa be mis understood we mean the verses call- Tied Trousers." "W.It." does not wear fied trousers; he uses a
belt.
K. C. C.
An interclub match will take place. on the Kowloon Cricket. Club ground, commencing at 2.15 p.m., on Saturday. Members desirous of participating are re quested to be on the ground in good time.
Nov.
CHINA COLET, ETC.
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Kweiyang. Soshu Maru. Kwongsang. Suma Mare. Tungbing.
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1-Formosa Channel, N.E. winds. fresh.
B-South omat of China between) tongkong and Lamocks N.E. winds, modorste; Esie,
3-Hanukone to flap Rock. N.. winds, moderato; fair.
4-Bouth comes of China balwe n Himekong and Baioso. N.E, winds, modorato; fair.
ROYAL OBSERVATORY,
кокакона.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
OCTOBER 4, 1923.-..
estion.
'Wird
Apar.
Sea Leval.
Barometer
Temperatura
Hamidity
Direction.
Vidivostock B (80.0 61
บ
Vemuro dskodsto Toklo
Wishing. Shauni.
SHANGHAL -1.08N.
J.-C. N. 8.-P. & 0.
6.-U. N.
7.-R. L. 7.-0. N. 7.-0. N. B.-N.Y.K. 1.--I.C.S.N. 3.-C. N. 10.-1.0.8.N. 10.-B. F. 10.-O. N. 12-P. & O 12.-L.0.8.N. 13.-4.0, 1.. 14.-B.B. 15.-N.Y.K.
16.-F.T.K.
17.-1.0.8.N. 9.-P.. 21.-E. L. 23.-N.Y.K. 23.-T.K.K. 96.-A. (). L.
1.-T.K.K. 26.-Q.P.8.
2-L. T.
4-B.Y.K
6.-A.U.L.
10.T.K.K. 17.-O.P.8.
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ter largely of conjecture at the best work of Mr. Pollock, Mr. Kotewall Do. 1-B. B. of times. In present circumstances and Mr. Bailey. The report will
work.be most carefully considered, but it is the merest guess The demand for land
1 Bly is
say that while the enormous and much in excess Commission has been busy the of the supply, as it takes time, con- Government has not by any means Oct. siderable time, to open up new been idle. I will not occupy your areas and to prepare them for time by specifying the various building purposes, with roads, measures which have been devised
2.-L. T. EL.-O.P.S."
Malwa. Sinkiang. Torilla Chakiang.
Liangohow. Rozan Maru. Chakrang. Yingchow.
Yuasag. Teiresias. Luchow. Kalsan. Kwangeang. Pres. Jackson. Legazpi,
Kagi Maru. Wakana Maru
Turgebing.
Caledonis.
Dity of Karachi. Katori Maru
Tenyo Meru, Prus. Jefferson.
Empress of Asia. Korer Maru: Fiume.L.
Iyo Marn, Pres. Grunt: Shinyo Marn.
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VOTING CONTEST.
OUR $50 PRIZE.
CINEMA PICTURES,
SHOWN RECENTLY IN HONGKONG,
CHINA MAIL'S 5th BIG FREE EVENT.
This week the China Mail's voting contest takes a new form, What are the ten most popular cinema pictures in the list given below? Fame them in their order and win our $50 prize.
Baloot the tax you Twenty different cinema pictures are named below, consider the most popular and write them out in the order of your choloo. Than out the form out and sand få to the' "China Mail" offlos marked "Yotu,"
The list which comes nearest the correct solution will win the prize. The correct solution will be decided by the generel rots, the tiam polling the most gotes being plaved first, ike one coming next being placod second and so on until the list of ten is complatod.
Therefore the secret of the contest is Not to select the ten most popular items in alphabetical order from our list. But to select the ten moat popular items from our list and judge what place each individually will occupy-which will come first, which second, and so on until all ten have been placed
The contest lasts from Monday to Saturday. The result will, be sangumood. in the “China Mall" on the succeeding Wednesday, when the wlužby's name wil ba published along with the current list.
Every copy of the "Chins Mall" contains one form glying the reader ons try for the prize.
Regular readers thas have not less than six trias in' pie week,
Competfiers may send in as many forras as they like.
Forms should be sent in to reach tha "China Mail" by Monday. Any forma resolved by the "Chins Mail” later than Monday will be discounted.
When making your cholca use only the words given below. wrongly marked, mutilated, or indistinctly written will be ruled out,
Any forma
The dealsion of the Editor upon any points which may arise shall be ṇant. Members of the “China Mail" staff are debarred from entering the contest.
MAKE YOUR CHOICE HERE
Below we name twenty cinema pictures shown recently in Hongkong. Select the ten you think the most popular.
Alice Adams
Atlantide
Carnival
...Foolish Wives
Hunting Big Game in Africa
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Molly O'
Nancy from Nowhere Nanook of the North
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... Pollyanna Kobin Hood
The Flirt The Hoodlum ...The Iron Trail The Kid
The Mark of Zorro The Pilgrim
The Three Musketeers
Twin Beds
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TIENTSIN. 7-C.N. Choking 12.-1.0.8.N. Ohipshing.
KEELING.
7.-8. K. 7.-0.8.K. 14,-0.5.K.
It is impossible from available information to give any accurate estimate of cost for the complete scherie but on the basis of the existing supplies which have work ed out at approximately one million dollars for cach million gallons a day available, the price will be at least $17,000,000. Whatever the sum may prove to be, I am sure tha Honourable Members will agree that no price is too big to pay for the assurance of a really ade- quate, water supply for many years To return, now, to the financial situation as a whole. If the Estin aties of Revenue are not exceeded and if the Public Works Depart ment are able to expend the full amount voted we may expect to end the year 1924 with a deficit; of sor: 31⁄2 million dollars. Ourbat nullah training, water supply, to alleviate the difficulties of the Oct. ances are ample to meet any poss-lighting and so on. It is agreed on situation, but I would refer in pass- ible call upon them and the longer all sides that this demand is the ing to the experiment known as the Nov. 1-TK.K. I live fa this Colony the more firmly direct result of the unfortunate" forty years lease scheme," which am I convinced of the wisdom of dissensions in South China which owes its origin to the fertile brain the policy of expending on work of have resulted in great sums and inexhaustible activity of the development as large sums as can of money being brought to the Acting Colonial Secretary and Oet. be adequately employed during the safe refuge of Hongkong in- from which we hope great things stead of being employed ass the demand for land in It is, however, extremely difficult they should be and in normal times accordance with its provisions has in present circumstances to esti- would be, in the operations of exceeded our most sanguine ex Oct. mate revenue with any approach to trade. It is, therefore, by no means pectation. The primary object of accuracy since so large a proportion a healthy development and, useful this new method of leasing is to of it is derived from two sources though we find the large sums put land at the service of the com-et. Opium and Land Sales and the which accrue from land sales inmunity generally without the bur probabilities of revenue from those present circumstances we should densome condition of an excessive sources depend to a very great be glad to see a falling off in the competitive price, while at the extent on circumstances outside our demand if it meant that money same time the investor who is will. were flowing back into the channels ing to build is assured of a safe
and reasonably profitable invest That is the same figure as was taken boom in land cannot last indefinite-
There can be no doubt that this ment. for the estimates of the currently. The question is whether it will year, during which however a very end during the coming year. The that perennial and troublesome
year.
control.
In the case of opium, we have of legitimate trade. estinated the revenue at $3,500,000.
Military Lands.
16.-T.K.K.
Kaijo Maru.
Basho Mara.
TAKAO. 7.-8.8. Basho Maru. 11.-O. 8. K. Soshu Maru.
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7.-C. N. Chakiang.
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inchos, tenths and hundredths.
2 TEMPERATURE, in the shade in di grees Fahrenheit.
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g gloomy, h fall, 1 lightning, u ovocent P passing showers, q squall, z salo, u spor
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Hongkong.
HONGKONG REGISTER.
To the Editor
China Mail,
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In conclusion I would, refer to end may come for two reasons. subject of discussion the Military Order may be restored in the neigh Lands. This question is still, I Oct. bouring provinces of China and regret to say unsettled but I trade may resume its normal course. believe that there is now a real This is what we all hope may prospect of an early solution. In happen but if on the other the spring of last year. an
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much larger sum will be received. Government's Opium Policy. Whether our experience in 1924 will be the same is a matter of sur mise. It depends not on economic but on political conditions external to this Colony. For a long time hand the present deplorable agreement was come to between Ost. 10.-C. N. Yundas, past it has been recognized that state of disorder continues it this Government and the.. Ipcal the Colony must make up its mind cannot be long before Southern Millitary Authorities as to the valuc to lose eventually any income from China reaches a stage of complete of the lands to be surrendered, but, opium and side by side with its exhaustion, with the result not only while the matter was still under) efforts to reduce consumption that no more Chinese money will consideration the War Office, efforts which it must be admitted seek investment in Hongkong but the land boom supervened, and for have not been attended with very that the prosperity of this Colony the tline being values have great success-the Government has whose interests are, indissolubly risen greatly. In these circumst- Oct. taken steps for the gradual sub-bound up with those of its neighances the Army Council have Nor. stitution of other sources of re-bour will suffer a severe check. decided that the figures, need venue by broadening the basis Optimistic and pessimistic views further consideration and they of taxation and increasing taxation alike, therefore lead us to place the have accordingly sent out Sir John 1.0.5.1. Chunsang. in various directions; as for reveque from Land Sales in 1924 at Oakley, an eminent authority on instance, by the introduction a considerably lower figure than such matters, to investigate the of a tax on tobacco and the imposi- will be realized in 1923. tion of new and higher stampThe Housing Problems. duties: with the result that during the last year or two the Colony's I have already exercised the revenue has exceeded its impatience of this Council for so long mediate needs and although Hong- that I will not now discuss the kong is probably as lightly taxed interesting subject of the bearing forthwith be made with the build- as any place in the world we are of high prices for land on the ques-ing of barracks at Gua Club Hill to-day in a position in which we tion of housing accommodation for the British battalion, and, could face the loss of all revenue which is one of the most important as soon as these barracks are from opium without becoming in problems of the Colony at the pre-ready,
Murray Barracks and volved in serious financial dif- sent day.
Murray Parade Ground will be ficulties.
A report by the Commission handed over to the Colony. I feel The questions at once arise of which I appointed earlier in the now, what I confess I have never when we may.cxpect revenue from year to consider this question has felt before, that Iam not taking too this source to cease and why we do been laid on the table to-day and optimistic a vlaw in thinking that "not, vince we can afford to do so, I am sure that Honourable Mem-my term of office may be marked dispense with it at once by closing bera will join with me in expres by the removal of this serious ob down the opium department. The sing on behalf of the Community stacle to the proper development answer to both these questions great appreciation of the arduous of the City of Victoria.
situation. Sir John Oakley arrived recently and every facility Is Nov. being given him to pursue his enquiries. If a price is fixed which! the Colony finds itself able to rot.
accept, a
-Commencement will
SINGAPORE.
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Kingyuan.
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16,R-RS-Přemíne. 17.-B. J. Kipenor.
Albert open als Temperaints on the 3rd Lowast open die Twapenture on the là 17 *T. F. OLAXTOR. Dinator. Hongkong, Übservatory, Cob. 4, 1923,
** HONGKONG TIME, SIGNAIS”.
The Time Ball on Kowloon Signal Hu la dropped daily at 10 nm, and 6 pamą oxoopt on Saturdays when it is dropped at 10 min., and 1 pm, and on Bandaya and Holidays when it is dropped at 3.10.
The Balf in bolsted half mart në 56th minute and fall mast at the 5741 minnte. Should the ball fall to drop al the correct time it will be lowered at minutes past the hour and the ordinary routine repeated at the following bour Li pomible.
Should the Time Ball be out of order: the above routine will be seried on with the fing "Z,” on the Storm Bigns"
Time Bignals are also given at night by mous of three white lamps mosaved vertically on the Obervatory swipolo.
From 8.56 to 9.00 p.m. the lampa extinguished momenfarily at the eras RECOILLA, Except at the fad, mặn, 10th- Stad, and Kita of oach-onfunday.. The nodes.refer to Hangkot mon¬#hours Mari vf Geronti
Hongkong, Oct. 4, 1923.
I consider the following the ten most popular pictures placed in the order în which I think they should appear :---
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