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FRIDAY MAY 21, 1926.

BOYCOTT ENDING?

(Continued from page 7

Poeltlon To-day

Commander The Man-ping, who fought for Chan Kwing-ming in the last campaign on the Bast River and is now an officer in Wu's army, has announced the capture of an Important post in his 'ex-

Boycott Rumours.

by

stead of 40 miles which was The Hospital, if given the pedition to the south originally proposed when the necessary guarantees, is willing to

re-open its dispensary depart- In Swatow the Chinese mer- scheme was for harbour rescuement at once, and gradually to chants are hard pressed to and work only in times of typhoon begin to build up its staff per loan accommodation for the mill- Constructed as it is so that it cansonnel and training school but tary. It Is the consensus of be despatched almost at the immediate re-opening of all opinion that the merchants in activities is impossible. Al Canton Government have pro- height of a typhoon to assist at a perishable supplies, even the mised to restore communica casualty or rescue the crew, the X-Ray machines, have been sold ition as

possible, for help "Kau Sing" is eminently suited or shipped, and the institution in return

was prepared for an indefinite of financial aid! S for relief work in connection with shut-down. In any event Dr, One of the gentlemen who came the Pratas. Shoal and it was in- Thomson and Mrs. Thomson will down to Hongkong with a former dicated to the Chinese Maritime sath for the United States

on "peace delegation has written to May 28, for their furlough of 12 say that leading officials in the Customs when the scheme was months was due a year ago, and Canton Government have pro- first approved that such use could they are desirous of touring the nised to restore commun be made of it. The offer was ac-United States; to raise funds for ication Ag goon DS pos cepted in the spirit in which it new buildings, many of the pre-stole, in return for help by

sent structures being so old that the trading community. The. made and now it has they have outlived their useful writer feels that if a decision is been made good and the "Kaunes.

"come to in the next two weeks or If the Hospital for the Insane,so, it will be for the goods But. Sing" has made its first trip car- is closed by pickets. Colony. The nomination by the rying a wireless operator. Such situation will result. for the be occupied for an indefinite time a unique should General Cheung Kai-shek General Chamber of Commerce of co-operation is to be welcomed management will have no choice in the war zone, matters may be a member of the Legislative Coun- and is only what one would ex Canton between 700 and 800 be anybody else who will take the but. to turn into the streets of delayed as there is, not likely to cil and the recommendation by the pect when the interests of both lunatics, many of whom are dun-responsibility of calling off the Kowlcon Residents Association of nations are at stake. It is not gerous maniacs. The institution boycott.

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a member of the Education Board only in the interests of foreign has been having a hard time The prospects of an early set- are only a travesty of the fran- shipping that there should be without this new persecution, tlement depend he continues, on for the Canton Government is now the amount of co-operation be- chise, even though such, nomina-efficient storm warnings from the $100,000 (Canton money) in tween the Canton merchants and tions are never rejected by the centre from which so many arrears in payments it should the Government and on the Government. Thus, were it not typhoons diverge but also in the have made for the care of state urgency of funds. The writer is for the Sanitary Board, we would interests of humanity in view of

patients.

New "President." be in a state of "splendid isola- the enormous junk and fishing tion", among the British Colonies so for as the exercise of a vote is concerned..

MASONS' VISIT.

TOURING SCOTTISH LODGES IN DAST.

Later:

also of the opinion that whoever is elected chairman of the Political Council he is likely to be a moderate." and not opposed to

THE “QUAINTS,"

Mr. R. B Saffebury and his The Central Executive Com- "Quaints" Co. will piny four fare- mittee of the Kuomintang has well performness at the Queen's voted to create only one new Theatre, next Tuesday, Wednesday, office, that of permanent chair Thursday and Friday, May 20 to 28. man of the Committee, who will "Not No! Nanette will be pre- also be chairman of the Standing sented on Tuesday and Wednesday: Committee. The chairman win No. 2 programme of the "Quaints" hold office for one year, and wil Thursday. The farewell pro- approach as nearly to the statusgramme" will be duly announced., of President as any one in the Booking is now open at Messrs. organisation, but it will be Moutries. tinsel title, with little power...

Speculation is rife as to whether Mr. Sun Fo or Dr. C. C. Wu will be the first permanent chairman, with the odds in favour of the former.

trade carried on in these waters. Widely published reports that We have had reason in the past to there would be a shuffling of external peace,

official titles and the creation of know only too well the appalling many new offices to take care of Having allowed the days and loss of life occasioned to native aspiring Kuomintang workers the weeks to slip along since the shipping by the absence of pro-prove to have been erroneous muddled contest on, April 12-per warning of bad weather. delay that has doubtless, been as exasperating to Drs. Ozorio and Ho as to the ratepayers--will the Government even now produce that precious voters" roll which fought to have been available long before April 12 Surely it has compiled sufficient data in the in- "MADISON PASSENGERS. tervening period to satisfy itself

Prominent masons in the persone as to who, outside the orthodox jury list, is entitled to vote ut av. w. Case are passing through of Commdr. J. H. Cowles and Mr Sanitary Board election? What the Colony on the s... "President hàs held up the work of compiling | Madison." Commdr. Cowles is

Hongkong Reports. Sovereign Grand Commander of the a completed foll of voters?

Scottish Right of Freemasons for Other news has reached Hong spite of the grandmotherly saying the Southern Jurisdiction of the kong indicating that hostilities Police officers who made the dis that fools and bairas should not United States and his visit is in the are approaching.

covery had the man removed to the see half done work, there are course of an official tour for the

Details are given of troop move Kwong: Wah Hospital, but he di purpose of getting into touch with ments in different parts of shortly after admission Mrs.many mighty curious to inspect Scottish Lodges of the Far East Kwangtung, detachments from the that magnum opus on which the Ar. Case is Knight Commander of different armies: being all Government's attention has ueen the same branch of the order. despatched northwards to concen- The final of the Tennis singles. concentrated so long. Let there Other passengers landing from trate on the border. General championship has been postpon- be an end to this mummery in the same vessel were Mr. C. F. Chang Kai-shek is reported as ed until May 26.

Nahas, diamond buyer for a lead-likely to leave for the North parochial affairs!

BOYD On May 9, at the Maternity Hospital, Penang, to Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Boyd, Semanggol Estate, Perak, hite of Gala, a daughter" MILLER-Or May 7, 1926, at Johore Bahru, to Betty wife of J. 1. Miler, Malayan Civil Servicèra daughter, WRIGHT--On May 11 at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur to Mr. and W. J. Wright, a son.

Hongkong, Friday, May 27, 1926.

LOCAL, SUFFRAGE?

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STRANGLED HIMSELF!

An unknown Chinese was found lying in a bad condition early yes terday morning at King's Park.. The neck bore marks of strangula- tion, apparently self-inflicted with his own girdle.

ing Arm of London jewellers, anRiver to carry out an inspection A Chinese boy received injuries a purchasing. tour round the of defences,

to his body, in accidentally falling. world; Mr, G. da Roza, of the local Telegrams have reached the from Kennedy Road into Fung firm of Da Rocha, rice dealers; Mr. "Kung Seung Yat Fo" reporting Wong Terrace, a distance of over and Misa de Silva" of the Inter the journey of General Lau Tsun- 20 feet. national Savings Society of Canton war (who commanded the Kwang-

Passengers passing through to si army in Canton and was ousted A hand truck ran over the sea Manila included Mr. and Mrs. O. H. last summer) to Wu Pei-fu's head-wall near the Canton steamer Charles of the Philippines Bureau quarters General Lau arrived at whart yesterday. A sampan of Education, returning from a Kiuklang on Tuesday and left for alongside the wall was damaged trip to the United States, where they Hankow op Wednesday to discuss to the extent of $40 in the fall of have been recruiting teachers; the projected campaign with the truck and the daughter of a

boatman received injuries. A US. Geodetic Survey, accompanied Commdr. R. B. Derickson of the Marshal Wup

by his family; Mrs, R, F. Frellson, wife of the Commander of US. S. Jason, stationed at Manila; Mr. J. Rosenthal, prominent sports pro- moter of the Philippines.

MARITAL TROUBLE..

THREE MEN

IN A BOAT

The human race may be divided specific dissatisfactions with rather accurately into three types existing ideas and institutions, of mind, viz. the Defenders; the they feel a moral obligation to try Discoverers; the Directors. to improve their heritage.

The Defenders are satisfied The more the discoverers, know with the ideas and the institutions the more humble, the less · cock- A summons for failing to pro-inherited from their fathers; and sure they are; they are less in- vide maintenance was brought by their only conscious relation clined than the Defenders to per- Mrs. W. B. Hind against her huseither to ideas or to Institutions is secute those who differ from band at the Kowloon Magistracy the relation of defenders of some them; they have a sense of re-

thing that they inherited ready-sponsibility to reason and logic. made.

Their most serious temptation.

week.

It is great pity that Dr.. Ozorio has withdrawn his can-

In addition to being fitted up didature for the Sanitary Board with a view to carrying out rescue lowing to "certain private reasons" work in "the harbour during and also that he has withdrawn typhoon weather it was also in Funreservedly all his objections to tended that the Colony's rescue the recent blection when Dr: Hotug, the "Kau Sing," should carry had a majority of votes.. What out Light House reliefs and it is action will the Government take? pleasing to note that use is being Will it formally proclaim the un-made of it in connection with the opposed election of Dr. Ho, as the Pratas Shoal meteorological sta- only candidate now in the field, ortion which is not under British with it commence de novo with the aegis but in the building of which protracted proceedings to fill the British influence played a con- vacancy on the Board?

siderable part. Although Hong- There are more than the two kong had indicated its willingness. worthy doctors to be considered to construct the station if a lease The public desire to know exactly of the shoal was granted by the what are the Government's inten-Chinese Government-the import-this morning tions in regard to the roll for any ance of such a station to shipping Mr. Hind not, being present, the Future Sanitary Board. election. in South China being sufficient summons was adjourned for one They have neither a sense of is to discount the importance of Having bungled the original elec-justification for the expenditure

history nor a sense of humour. the past; they sometimes become They remain deliberately ignor-so interested in, the necessity of tion through quite inadequate pre-involved--the Chinese Marítime

ant of current ideas and current experimenting that they forget parutions to accommodate all the Customs finally undertook the re-

investigations. Their creeds and that meanwhile the rank and file prospective voters, having fixed a sponsibility of the erection them-(Chinese) was reported during block-houses in which they live of creed or platform upon which A case of cerebro spinal fever their catchwords are, to them, of humanity must have some sort date and then cancelled it for selves. The station is now prac- the 24 hours ended yesterday. barricaded against all the doubts to act. second election, and having taken tically complete-in fact it would

and disillusionments of men. The Directors are those who so much time in the attempt to have been fully functioning long

An accident at the Taikoo around them.

feel most keenly the importance Content to Docks yesterday necessitated the compile a reliable roll of voters. before this had it not been for the removal to the Government Civil educated, they are never disturb the institutions of society Even half of preserving, as going concerns,

does the Government at this late fact that the replacement of cer- Hospital of a Chinese fitter who ed by doubts

when they agree with the truth date intend to sit on the fence ftain instruments damaged in the received burns to his hands and Some of them are insincere and of a new idea, they think first of and not disclose its policy? Can landing necessitated considerable legs.

dishonest. These will pay no at what it is likely to do the institu it produce tangible

evid-delay.

tention either to reason or to tion to which it arises the School As it is, messages have

While driving his car along the logic in their arguments they for Church or State ence of Its bona fides in the been despatched regularly for Shaukiwan Road at 7.30 p.m. will anblushingly charge with re- They sometimes are disloyal to matter of a new voters roll, or is some months, on a field set. The yesterday, Mr. C. H. Soper, of 12, sponsibility for the crime wave the truth in order to be loyal to if willing to give a lever for the great difficulty, however, is main- Magazine Gap Road, ran into the professors who happen to the organisation; they sometimes boy who suddenly crossed the teach scientific theories that run refuse to admit to an institution suspicion that its procrastination tenance of communication, the road. The boy was injured in the counter to their catch-words a man of far vision on the ground has all along been a mere subter-shoal being inaccessible to any head by a blow from the bead-

Some of them are sincere and that he might disturb the organ- honest. These really believe that isation. When the Directors are fuge? Has the fiasco to degener- but "specially constructed vessels light.

the particular atatements of beat their best they become states- ate into Gilbertian comedy to in typhoon weather. This was

lief they inherited from the their men when they are at their make a Roman holiday?:

mainly responsible for the tragedy

fathers must be accepted if re worst they are scheming politi- A BOY AND HIS STOMACH.igion and government are not to ciana Seriously, whether or not Dr. which led to the loss of many THE boy who eats whatever, when crumble of these the best that But all three are in the same. Ho be now declared duly elected lives there whilst the station was aver, and as much as he pleases can be said for them is that they boat, says Glenn Frank in the to the Sanitary Board, the Gov under construction, an outbreak a sure sometime to padded are enthusiastic, the worst that Japan Advertiser and society Chamberlain's Colls and Diarrhoea ernment's obligations to the com- of beri-beri among the coolie Bemady. It stops almost instantly they are ignorante probably best served when the

agonising stomach and bowel pains, hot The discoverers are pet wholly Def

Discoverer and the munity will still remain. The workmen developing rapidly | weather cramps cand." embềning diarra

or act as checks one Sitary Board is the sole form whilst the reliat ships were un board should be kept in very hears satisfied with the ideas and inst

franchise enjoyed in the able to make a landing. The whore..

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