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Will There Be Another Fatal Deluge?

A Hongkong village which was in existence before the island was ceded to Britain is suffering much distress at present on account of the danger from Hoody,

Wong Nei Chong village, situat- the attention of the Tuhg Wah ed at the foot of the hills beyond Hospital (the leading Chinese the far end of Happy Valley has institution of charity), says the again been flooded by the recent "Wah Tez. Yat Po" when inquiries heavy rains. In, the disastrous were made. It is also stated that flood which covered the Valley the the Hospital' promised that unless summer before last, some of the the Government had other plans small houses in that village were in mind, each damaged house badly damaged. Since then tem-would be granted $60 for repairs. porary measures have been taken. Little or nothing has been done to render the habitations fit for so far. Meanwhile the villagers, human occupation, but it is still all of whom are the descendants feit that something drastic must of the real natives of Hongkong, be done to make the houses safe. are living in constant feur of over another deluge, particularly at Altogether there are hundred of these very, old style night.. villago tenements. The six lanes in, the village are not lighted at night. When it is dark the dunger is increased. Before now the rain! les entried lowr huge quantities jof mud and earth into the village, filling up the lanes and blocking. up the houses.

After the 1922 deluge, which rost the life of one of the inhabit-, | fants, a petition was addressed to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, in which it was maintain- ed that the village-sever Blooded before--was rendered dangerous because of the excavations for baikling operations higher up the hillside.

Since then it-has-been-binted-i that the village may be remodelied to conform with other develop- ments the Government had plained."

The matter was also brought to.

BOUND FOR HOME.

WELL-KNOWN RESIDENTS

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Photo by Moe Fony.

(From Our Own Corrèspondent,}

Canton, April 6.

Hongkong Look

"Young men spoiling for an adventurous life" are writing to. At long last the rival. Yun-Hongkong from Europe and America offering their services for the nanese armies in the province of suppression of pirates, their action being due to newspaper reports: Kwangs (muth further up the which grossly misrepresent the local position. West River than Washow) have come to grips General Fan Under suck headings as "Fight- Canada and even Germany to the Shek-sang, who was previouslying Men Wanted to Hunt Pirates," local offices of the Chamber of It is significant to the strong man of Canton, led his "Adventure Aplenty." "Youths Commerce. following up the West River this Wanted Who Wild Rather Fight note that the reputed agency mes- winter and he has joined by one Than Eat For Big Tosk." Ameri-sage directs those "spoiling for a or two guerilla leaders who are can newspapers are reprinting fight" to write to Mr. D. K. Blair Thoir avowed intention is to ing from Hongkong, from which as the secretary of the Hongkong free-lancing in that province. Press agency message arinnat who is described in the message drive out Tuchun Tang Chi-yao; the Hongkong Chamber of Com Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Blair, the ruler of Yunnan. The letter, merce and the Merchant service as is well known locally, left the however, has taken time by the officers' organisation are made to Cblony a twelve month ago, his the invaders, he has sent od an volunteers to man patrol boats Key.. forelock. Rather than wal for appear to have appealed for place being taken by Mr. M. F. expedition to meet them. These which they are establishing for The statements made in the re- have come to grips on the upper the hazardous duty of cleaning out port are so obviously at variance

Minor the pirates' nests in Bins Bay and with facts as they are stretches of the river,

that a positions have been taken by Gen- other places" cral Fan and his allies who are

nere glance is necessary for the As a result volunteers for ser-person at all acquainted with the I now making an attempt on Nan- 'vice have written from America, local position to realise their

HAVOC WROUGHT BY HEAVY RAINS,

This photograph shows Wong Nei Chong village, mentioned in the accompanying article, after the serious floods of 1929, when one of the inhabitants lost his life through being carried away by the rushing water. Unless prompt steps are taken it is feared the village may süffer, the same fate' sijain' this year.

A hundred footcracker suspended from the offices of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and to. was fired this mom- Jut to mark the occasion of the departure from the Colony of Mr. W. Adamson, one of the principals $5,000,000 CAPITAL.

on the

of that frm who left Auteur to-day.

Mr. W. Adamson is to direct the LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

work of the Hongkong office fron The London, agents of Shewan Tomes and Co., viz. M. Samuel and Co., Ind. Before he left ho was the recipient of gifts marking the appreciation of the heads of departments.and clerical staff,

ENTERPRISE.

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their

ning, an up-river port of oon- siderable trade and importance. 'Kweilin, the capital, is reported to have changed hands again, being last stated to have been subjugated by Shen Hung-ying, a fighter of the chameleon type who cannot be said to belong, definite- ly, to any party.

CANTON PROBLEM.

CHINA WARS..

HONÁN TROOPS ATTACK SHENKIŲ.

MISSIONARIES IN DANGER.

(Reuter's Service.)

falsity.

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The applicants seeking for ad- venture are by no means entirely of the "hot-headed youth" type. Most of them have had experience in varying capacities of what one. of them, terms "that" little unpleasantness from 1914- 18, some being engineers, another, an employee of a candy factory, and yet another a Cus- toms Putrol official, whose work lacks the "element of risk which your's promises.

Following is the message as it appears in a San Francisco paper.

Hongkong, March 7. (United Fress.)Young men spoiling for an adventurous life may shortly' be given an opportunity to fight Chinese pirates from patrol-boats.

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At any rate, the Hongkong' Chamber of Commerce and the Merchant Service officers' organ- izations, exasperated at the spread of piracy in Chinese waters and the complete failure of official methods to cope with the evil, are taking steps to establish a fleet of patrol boats manned by volunteers for the Hazardous duty of cleaning out the pirates' nests in Bias. Bay and. other places.

Every patrol boat will be armed with machine guns and equipped with a wireless. Whenever it gets a tip that a merchant vessel is mysteriously off its courze, as though pirates (masquerading as passengers) had seized it and were running it into one of the innumerable coves along the coast for plunder, it will be the patrol-boat's duty to find the ves- sel and stick alongside until the Then pirates attempt to land. there would be a scrap, probably a rather nasty one, but It is hoped that about a year of pugnacity would be followed thereafter by peace in Chinese waters.

With a capital of $5,000,000, a new life insurance and investment

Peking April 6.. company is shortly to be started

The China Inland Mission head- Mr. A. McKindly is also a passen by Messrs. Wing On's of Hong. |·

Such is the "minority scheme," ger home by the Antenor.

quarters in Shanghai have wired as it is called, for coping with the, He has yong and Shanghai.. nearly 30 years' service with the

(Courtesy of the Daily Bulletin.) to Peking, atating that Honan | evil. The "majority scheme"- It has also been announced that Taikoo Sugar Refinery to his credit the Wing On Co, Ltd. of Hong-

Government troops are attacking signed by a majority of the mem- Peking, April 6. and, as a token of appreciation of kong and Shanghai has built up a

Shenkin, where a Mr. Tomkinson bers of the special commission his good work in furthering the building It serve from

Messages from Canton state and his wife, missionaries, are which has been studying the pro- Mr. Tomkinson says blem-merely proposes an exten- efforts of the Victoria Recreation undivided profils with which is that since Tang Chi-yac's assump- stationed, [Club to encourage athletics a pre- contemplated the erection of a tion of the post of Vice their lives will be immediately sion of the present system of put- sentation was made to him of an modern store of eight storeys in element has been much per- if the city falls. A later wire in which the Chinese passengers, Generalissimo, the extremist forfeited by the resisting forces ting grilles throughout the ship inscribed gold watch.

Hongkong. Prior to Mr. A. McKirdy leaving. From a very humble origin io turbed.

states that the C.I.M. Assistant especially those of the coolie class, by the ss." Antenor" to-day, he Sydney, the Wing On Co.'s The Moderates, who desire the Superintendent, Mr. Ford, has can be locked up during the Was waited on by Messrs. activities have now been extended autonomous federation of the reached Shenkiu, but the danger voyage and thus prevented from O'Bremski and McCubbin and to an extent that it possesses provinces, as advocated by Tang, tion has made representations to however, have been in use now is intensified. The British Lega-seizing the ship.. Such grilles, presented with B beautiful resources of over $20,000,000. Chi-yao, are taking advantage of illuminated address bearing the The Hongkong concern's capital the situation and are trying to the Foreign Office concerning the for two years with the result that names of his colleagues at Talkoo is $2,000,000; that of Shang, overthrow the present Govern- matter and the Foreign Office has the pirates merely bought them- Sugar Refinery.

Mr. McKirdy replied as marine insurance company, $1,500,- It.is.reported that the attitude 000; and the Wing On Textile of General Yang Chi-ming, and Factory in Shanghai, $6.000,000, General, Li Chen-huan is most doubtfulThey may turn against the Government, in which case there will be important developments in Canton..

follow-

The Members of the Staff of the Taikoo Sugar Pefinery.

Gentfernen, desire to offer you my most sincere thanks for the magnificient scroll which was presented to me on your behalf by Dr O'bremski and Mr. McCubbin. I shall treasure this scroll as my dearest possession, in exhibiting it to my friends in the Homeland as evidence towards me.

of your friendship

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On the eve of my 'departure from this Colony" with whịch” I

hal $2,500,000; their fire and ment of Kwangtung.

The profit for the Hongkong and Shanghai companies for last year has just been announced as approximately $1,500,000,

HOUSE THEFTS,

BOY PAWNS STOLEN

"ARTICLES-?--

PRAK RESIDENT'S L'OSSES.

BIG ARMS HÁUL

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wired to the Honan Military selves good clothes and booked Governor, urging him to take all passage as first-class passengers, possible steps for the protection whereupon it was even easier foreign lives and property in that ship, kill or lock up the officers, of Mr. Tomkinson and other than before for them to seize the

district.

A RABID DOG?

A coolle employed at the Dalry Farm entered hospital yesterday after he had been bitten by a dog, REVENUE OFFICER'S GOOD Kennedy Town for observation.

which was secured and sent to WORK.

FIFTY PISTOLS SEIZED).

Another large haul of Illet arms. has been effected by Revenue

Another animal, believed to be suffering from rabies, was sent to Kennedy Town by Lance-Sergeant Russoll.

terrorize the crew and run the 'vessel ashore at leisure.

But a fleet of patrol-boats, manned by white men who would rather fight than eat, will do more to discourage piracy than any- thing else, according to those now resolutely pushing the minority scheme, ZONES

Incidentally (concludes the re port, with typical inaccuracy), the secretary of the Hongkong- Chamber of Commerce is D. K. Blair and his offices are in the

Following a reppis made by a Chartered Bank Building Hong- Chinese that he was accosted by kong some men at Staunton Street yes. ter 81 Chike ediyording and robbed-of- stall Howellery Uvalued at5, 150, the,

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have been associated for so many A report was made to the police years my heart is indeed sad, but by Mr. A: Forsyth, of 103 The the good wishes and friendly Peak, that he lost a sum of $1x left sentiments expressed soon-his-dressing table-co-Friday cloquent fashion by Dr. Obremski morning, A

cers, off the Importa”, and- have done much to soften the The following day a servant in Exports Departurent, under Chief Wrench of parting,

woman this to form the base perde on the house disappeared: Orexinatur: Prey (I wish you all 1 27y good lucking the boy's room four pawo health and prosperity during the tickate were found which related remalader of your sojourn into two watches, a blanket and in

overcoat" all of which belonged:19. the house, hogy

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