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SATURDAY AUGUST IS, 1924

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CANTON SIMMERING

SEIZED ARMS CARGO INCIDENT.

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SUN YAT-SEN'S REPORTED DECISION.

General Strike Now Considered Unlikely.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Canton, August 15. Well-informed circles are of the opinion that eventually about 2,000 Mhusers--sinted to be the quantity provided for in the permit will be returned to the Merchants Volunteer Corps.li is reported that Dr. Sun Yat-sen has arrived at this decision but it is felt that nothing will be done till the forty days mentioned in the permit have expired. Meanwhile there seems, little for the Volunteers to do but to.sit tight and wait.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

ARMY SOCCER.

TUESDAY'S MATCH.

On Tuesday, on the Murray-

FROG AND MOON.

LAST NIGHT'S NOISE.

Europeans, who passed any part- of China town carly last night, may have heard a terrific and pro-Barracks football ground, another langed din and wondered what the match in the "Montague-Bates" trouble was about. If a visit had Platon. Challenge Cup is down been paid to any one of the ordin- for decision. No to (Green and ary households one would have black) and No. 13 platoon (plum seon whole families banging away and blue) are the contestants. at metal, basins empty karosine Kick-off at 5.30 pm. tins and zine pits. Amidst the din others were down on their knees in verandahs and making supplications to heaven. The con- rounded off the show, tinious rattle of firecrackers

The mischievous Frog Deity is nting the Moon." replied one ardent worshipper to a "China noise to drive him off since we Mai man and we are making a camet reneh up and drive him

ʊn."

Their Second Summer the Hardest

Explaining herself, further, our lady informant said that the moon was disappearing into the Frog's mouth and on looking up one could see what appeared to be partial eclipse of the moon. The experts eclipse was had previously announced that the visible yesterday morning, but there was little doubt of the moon being shadow- ed last night.

By the time the din had ceased the moon was still hidden from sthing and hot weather make their view. Pointing out that the planet Local News.

Recind summer a trying time for tindla Telegraphic and mail instrue ones Summer pisarder if Samech and had not yet been saved from the tions have been received by mickly controlled and snifteri relieved told that the noise was a custom- wels and infantile cholera y bhungry deity, the "Mail" man wag Chinese merchants in Hongkongly Chamberinin's Calie and Diar hoary practice and the Frog would Remedy. Easy to take in a little sweet. bed water. Always relieves, for sale everywhere.

According to the vernacular anti-Sun troops to take sides in papers, the cruiser "Whig Punk" | the squabble, but there is to sub- has finished standing guard over stance to any of the reports, the "Hay" and has nived away from Whampo· As the "Hay": is still stated to be at her anchors nge this seems Mardly correct, particularly in view of the fact thn the arms and ammunition were landed at the Whampoa 'Officers' Academy. However, in connection with the latter part of the report. it is now rumoturork that the greater part, if not all, of the shipment which fell into Dr. Sun's hands, has been shifted to his arsenal.

from their, Canton connections giving details of what curge is to be shipped up and how it is to be sent but it is felt that these are more on zecount of the Shameen strike, than the arms, dispute.

Another announcement has been inserted in the Hongkong verna- Volunteer Corps of Canton. It is euire papers by the Merchants intended as an answer to the state- ment that the Volunteer chiefs Possibilities of a general strike | were out, to make a big profit on are doubted.

the shipment. The announcement is to the effect that before the As mentioned yesterday, many shipment arrived those who had political and semi-political side-asked for arms had had to put up issues have risen over the seizure, deposits of $80 B.K.: currency for Accusation and counteracciisa-ench, Mauser, and $100 Canton tion have been made. Pro-Silver for each rifle, complete pay- pagandists, have spread reports ment to be made when prices of the arrival of both pre-Sun and would be fixed according to cust."

WEEK-END WEATHER.

*OMUASIONAL RAIN

TO-DAY 2"

This

HOVNA NAHIA 14.48

ring's sudden was

ARMS CHARGE.

$5,000 BAIL.

Ma Ying, a passenger who srived per 5.5. President Wilson" lying alongside Kowloon Wharf, charged with being in possession min dogs at anger at all well for of three revolvers and forty rounds

sident who are interested in the of ammunition. appeared weather over the week-end. Pofore Mi. E. W. Hamilton He bones Banding at not to the Kowloon Magistracy this morn→ ineartpaw. the Obisexatory foresting. He was remanded until

rands:

"Karst winds, "middlemite to | fresti. squally cloudy: casional rain."

The weather report issued just

Even Enday

follow

JAN

Pressure bus inervased ris siderably at Nala and mesderate-

ly ovale Japan, 11 lats increased

Tuesday next.

be-

at

Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios defended Ball was granted in the sum of $5,000.

SHARE QUOTATIONS.

Messrs. Joseph Gould & Co.

slicht over de Fortkledly supply the following share

a tudom and dees quotations ruling on the "Shanghai

siggity over the Philippines,

5 de

meaning was in aho Fa X. Tong." 129 B, moving slowly N.S.E."

This typhoon is tinc öne which Jas been Calunst stationery even The Fooo hoo Islands for several dys, the larmeter, wading about 25,7 for thrée day. The list read- ing reparted was 19.19 this being considerable in rovement over the hurricane eunditions which must hive prevailed ever achter in the werk.}

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The weather repera adeo sark that a trough of relatively low pressure covers the northern por tion of the North China Hea.

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URGENT EXPORTS.

NEW REGULATIONS.

the

We learn from a notice "Government Gazette" that in order to facilitate the shipment of urgent orders for export, the following arrangements will come Into force from September 1:

market this morning

Langkats 18 Sales. Ewos.............10.73 Buyers. Shanghai Docks. 92.50 Buyers. New Engineerings 64 Buyers. Orientals

34 Buyers. Shanghai Cottons 55 Buyers.

LAUNCH LOST.

Mr. Bond of the Chinese Maritime Customs has reposted to the Police the loss of the Salt Commissioner's launch "Lee Sup," from her anchorage Yaumati typhoon shelter. The launch was taken away yesterday.

$58,780.

LAND SALE,

at

of Crown land will be sold by On August 25, the following lot

public auction at the P.W.D. at 3 p.m-Inland lot No. 2479. In cases where time does not Road, comprising

adjoining inland lot 1889, Conduit permit of application at the

about 58,280 Imports and Exports Office $602; the upset price will be Suore feet. The annual rent is Shipping Companies will be allowed to accept goods for ship- ment if the usual export declara- tions marked. "Urgent" are handed to them in duplicate at the time of application for the shipping order. The Shipping Company will retain one 'copy and forward the other copy to the Imports and Exports Office attached to the Export Manifest. This concession does not apply to dutiable cargo, or to any cargo

Two accountants of the Kwong Yee money changer shop at No. 42, Cross Street absconded with the sum of $3,500 yesterday afternoon.

CONSIGNEEV NOTICES.

chister" remaining undelivered after Carto arrived per City of

to-araw, will be subject in rent.

for which any special permit to Agent-The Rank Line Ltd. export is necessary.

NALDERA."

P. & 0.

ANOTHER OCEAN RECORD.

The post-war record recently set

Cargo strived per 6. "Rompo" reinalning undelivered after tomorrow will be subject to rent. Agents,-Tho Bank Jue Ltd.

Cargo arrived para*, ** Mzensterland “ will be aubject to coat. Agasts,-- remaining undelivered after August 18, Armbad & Co. Ltd.

up by the P. and O. “Kaisar-+-Hind" | ====

of two days and sixteen hours for

the run from Gibraltar to Plymouth

has not been long allowed to

Frightening in the Night

A wry in the night, griping pains in

stand, the same company's steamer the vital, aramps, wakening diarrhoen;

"Naldera" having covered the whother child or adult, there is im distance between the same ports in mediato comfort and use from psin in 2 days 151⁄2 hours. The "Naldera" Chamberlain's Colle *nd Diarrhoea was homeward bound from India, Remedy. It pays to keep it always on

hand. For sale everywhere.

automatically have to give up ita. intended prey,

BAND CONCERT:

MONDAY'S PROGRAMME.

The Band of the 1st. Batt. East Surreys, under the conductorship of Bandmaster W. F. Bradshaw, 5.30 and 7 o'clock on Monday will play in Statue Square between evening. The following is the programme:-

1.-Overture .....Coriolan....

Beethoven. z-Solo.....Rose softly blooming. Spohr, (Cornet......Lance Corporal H. Kidd), 3-Selection....Ivanhce...Sullivan. 4-A well known melody, as it

might have emanated from- Liszt, Mendelssohn, Handel, Gounod, Wagner, and Sousa. 5-Valse des Fleurs.................. 6-Czardas.........The spirit of the Ischaikowski.

woods............. Grossman. 7-Selection......La Gioconda...... Ponchielli. 8.-The funeral march of a

marionette..........Gounod. 9-a) The Spring Song (b) The Bees' Wedding............. Mendelssohn.

to.-The Songs of W. H. Squire

Regimental Marches Gud save the King.

ARMS SHIP REACHES CANTON.

This photograph's

which reach

with a cargo of arms for the Merebant Volunteer Corps.

She is Wing

The river boat shows in this picture is the Lung Shap." passing between the "Hay" and Sun Yat-sen's cruiser the Fung.' To the right of the "Hav" is the Customs launch. In the backgrounds is Whampou, about an hour's steaming from Canton city,

Sun Yat-sen's cruiser, the "Wing Fung," anchored near the "Hay"

to prevent delivery being taken of the arms cargo. To the right is

the stern of the gunbont" Kong Kwoo."

A group of Shameen residents living in the Victoria Hotel. This photograph was taken immediately after washing up the tifin dishes.

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