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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1926.

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JUDICIAL HORRORS,

UNSPEAKABLE TORTURE INFLICTED ON PRISONERS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE SOUTH SEAS.

SUIT FOR OWNERSHIP OF ISLAND,

ROMANCE RECALLED,

Eighty years ago there were a

on the

NEWS BY MAIL.

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS.

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18,620 In May there were immigranta into Canada, compar ed with 13,338 for the same month last year. British immigration | waa 7,986, being an increase of 1427 over May last year.

Im- migration from the United States!

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The

IN SZECHUAN,

Fowchow, Sze., August 10.-A Apla, Western Samoa, July 2 visit to the Dispensary run by the

The romance of the South Seas United Church of Canada Mission is a lending feature of a caso now here, keepa a person in touch with pending in the high court of some of the justice which is not-

American Samoa, involving, the was 2,063. ed out in the courts and by the ownership of Swaine Island. 4 ลด 1 A Belgian military aarcplane military. The last day I was known as the Island of Closegu. Cell into the yard of a motor work- there, SAYA the writer, and sometimes called Quiros Island. shop at Blauwpal, near Louvain, there were four or tve The island was annexed recently and set on fire. The pilot was patients who could scarcely move. to the territory of the United Staton burned to death, and the observer They had been officially beaten by net of congress, and for ad seriously injured owing to his If that was what an 'official bent-ministrative purposes attached to parachute's failure to act. ing could do I would not want an the government of American Salmon.ause of the accident is unknown. unofficial one. Then just as I was The island, which is about three MEinbund, the President of leaving the building in company miles long and one broad, with the the Estonian State Assembly; with the doctor I saw a man lying centre a lagoon, is about 250 miles opened the 18th World Temper- near the door; we went to look and north of Samoa. It is a coral at dance Congress at Tartu (Dorpat here was a fellow with great raw lying near the Union group of

'or Yurieff) in the presence of 390 Hores on his wrists and in his islands.

delegates, representing 20 coun- ankles and all alive. We asked

tries. Professor Foeld. of the what the trouble was and he said few coconut palms on the island University of Tartu, was after- that for four days in succession but it has been planted with a

ward elected chairman of the he had been strung up by the great number of coconuts, and now! wrists and the ankles to make him yields a ne income. For the past Congress.

Lieutenant G. D. Noville, U.S. confess that he had purchased 2070 years it has been settled by El bullets from 0. soldier, We Jennings, a citizen of America and Navy, has been chosen as flight thought we had seen all, but the

his descendants. Their secupation engineer to accompany Captain doctor told me later that the next

of the island has not been distarbed. Rene Fone in his proposed fight!

from New York to Paris day when he was dressing him he owever, a Frenchman named Sula

the island Lieutenant Noville was fight discovered that his back had all Tyrell had settled on been burned, raw with incense

before Jennings, and his descend-engineer for the American flight sticks. Is this the kind of treat-ants are claiming the" leland, and round the world in 1924, and also ment which will be meted out to are presenting their claims to the for the Byrd Aretic Expedition

early this year.. foreigners when extraterritorial-high court.

Tyrell had bult houses

In the presence of 10,000 people ity is abolished?

leland and had established a boil-on imposing farewell demonstra- Japanese Ship Fired On.

ing down station for rendering most tion was held in the Boy Scouts' We were stirred out of our sum-

For the escenut" in "oil. Some camp. Just outside Budapest, in mer quietude a few days ago by a; the boiling he took there are still honour of Lord Hampton, who, continuous roar of rifle reports. visible, Tyrell had other istantiers has been representing Sir Robert We soon discovered that a Japan-employed. He took to wife

Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, at ese steamer on her way up river okean woman and had a son the first National Jamboree of was the target. The steamer pus cailed Kaloia ("Loving Greeting" Hungarian Boy Scouts. kon ali steam ahead and got in as

In the year 1866 Tyrell with His close to the opposite shore as she wife wet to other" Islands to pur dared and kept on going. We Tehase coconuts. They left their hear that Yang Sen wired for the on, then over eight years old, on troops here to stop that steamer. the island with the people who We have not heard whether worked. Tyrell was murdered # there were any casualties or not, raw months later on Penhryngisland. She was under severe fire for 10 ör

In the meantime, Tyrell's people, 15 minutes.

were expecting his daily return. Tytam There has also been some ex-when Eli Jennings with two the Tytan.

Tytam Byewush" citement between the two divi-white men and some islanders ar Tytam Intermediate sions of soldiers who are station-rived, bringing lumber and material Tytam Tak ed here. They are finding it so for houses. They landed on the Wong Nai Chung hard to collect money enough to island opposite the Tyrell suttle. Pokfulam feed their troops, that they are ment. The lagoon intervened and about ready to draw daggers on they çculd not cross., The Tyrell the slightest pretext. The Gov-people were afraid, and finally de- ernment Middle School tried a cided to send over the boy, Kalof month ago to buy a place on the a means of letting the strangers outskirts of the city which is own-know that a white man owned the Tytam ed by a Guild and is usually called island. the "Flower Gardens." One divi- sion tried to get all the money which would be left over after the obligations of the Guild were met. The other division at once quar- tered soldiers there. Neither got any to the sale did not go through.. One night they prepar- ed to fight in the city over the app his house, but the man in charge Consumption pointment of the city magistrate. refused. One was

Jennings and the other afraid that the other white men insisted on erecting the would get too much of an advan-bases and with threats of violence tage. The latest is that Yang compelled the Tyrell people to Sen bas ordered the arrest of his

assist him. He informed "the nephew who commands the 14th Telanders that Kalofu 'would division and that divisjon is to roadopted by him and would turn to Wanhsien, This was ac- called his eldest son. The boy lived complished without firing a shot. with the Jennings family, and later The reason given for the arrest nurried Jennings' daughter. was that when ordered to leave It is the descendants of that this city by General Yang Sen he couple who now are claiming the would not move. We are all de-island. It has been learned that lighted to see the last of his Tyrell was killed several months troops for they are a tough lot.. before Jennings appeared on the

We have been enjoying a very island. cool and rainy summer. None of the foreigners stationed here has gone to the summer resorts this

in

THE WATER SUPPLY.

Réservoirs on September 1, 1938

Level and Storago, uf water CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS LEVEL.

1926 1926 Level

14. 4 B.

8. 0 B.

0. DA Level

1926 Level

4.11 B.

7. & B.

Level LOV

13. ↑ E

12. 2 B.. 8, 4 B. [Note, B. denotes "Below Overflow", A: denotes "Above Overlow": figures are not in feet and decimals, hut in feet and inches.]

Storage in 'milllons and decimals of gallons.

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Tytam Byewach .... El Jennings returned to thTytam Intermochte Tyrell settlement with the boy, and Tytam Tuk

the Wong Nel Chung making ongoirfes learned

Pokalum fair haired youngster was the son

the Totali

1925 1924 274.12 343,88 nil · 12,08 200.22 196.90 1,419.00 1,419.00 17.01 15.08 39.76

47.78

1,960.17 2,034.32.

Tula Tyrell who owned sland and who then was visiting"

Consumption of water in the City) ther islands but was expected and Hill District in millions and de- home at any time.

Heimals of gallons during the month of Jennings asked permission to put August:

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1925 1946 260.05 272.29 Estimated Population 398,860.404,180

'per day (gallons)

21,7

22.7 Full Supply in all Rider Main Din tricts during August 1925. Intermit tent Supply in all rider Main Districts in all Rider Main Districts from 2nd up to the 1st August and Full Supply

to 31st August, 1928.

KOWLOON WATER WORKS"

LEVEL.

1926 · 1926

Kowloon Gravitation. D. 8 B. Level Shek Lai Put Reservoir 5, 1 B. 0.4 B. Etorage in milioas and decimals of gallons.

1926 1920 Kowloon Gravitation * 246.59 352.50 Shek Lai Pui Reserveir 81.00 100.80

428,58 453,30 Consumption of water in Kowloon in millions and decimals of gallour dur-

summer. Miss Sparling who has, "Government can be demcératie" been here the past year and a half if it is of the people even though erecting the buildings of the it is not by the people-James M.ing the month of August. women's Society of the United Beck

Church of Canada Mission, is leav-

ing next week for Chengtu, where she takes over the Secretary-

Treasurership for that Society. on the latter building. She will be She has. erected their dwelling done on the latter building. She house, and woman's school' and will be very much missed in this the girls' School. Some of the in-community both by the Chinese side finishing remains to be done and foreigners.-"N. C. D. News.'

Consumption

Estimated population

per day (gallons)

1025 1920

74.24 02.01 .151,420 156,400 15.8 17.1

ail Supply in all districts during August 1926 and 1926.

The Government Analyst's reports show that the quality of the water is Batisfactory.

Total rainfall to August 31, 1926, 78.10 August 31, 1926, 74.70.

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