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TUESDAY," OCTOBER 5, 1926.

HARD-UP PEKING.

Nobody Wants to be

Premier:

MINISTER KEPT A PRISONER.

Gen. Chang Kai-shek's Indirect Influence.

From Our Own Correspondent.]

RAUBS.

PYGMY TRIBE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

INTERESTING EXTRACTS FROM Successfully Located by

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH.

The following. are a few extracts takon from the Chairman's speech at the annual meeting of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

The Chairman remarked that the Cold yield for the year was ros- trieted and that the total revenue. from Gold was £45,539 compared with 254,275 in the previous year, Peking, Sept. 28. Peking to-day Ands itself prae.On the other hand expenditure was leally without a government of reduced by £6,211 and that it was any kind, but Peking, has been anticipated some economies in costs the case for many yrs during of working would be effected in the recurrent crises of this kind, jegs current period. alonk withhat seeming to worry About the situation.

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As a result of prospecting and development work which had been Twide with the last five days carried out during the past 12 Admiral Tu Hai-kuel, the premier months the general manager Was has dent telegrams to Marshal Wo able to state that the mine reserves Fei-fu, to Marshal Chang Tae-in, were satisfactory, and that the and to the three other generals who prospects for the coming year point are supposed to make up the sun, ed to the likelihood of profitable tette holding North China together results being achieved. And these selegrams have always) It was also stated that it will not carried his own resignation and be long before tin mining oporu

that the cabinet en bloe,

But no one seems to want change just now except this cabinet Ítembers.

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For a time it surmed us though,

with We Pei-fu badly defeated

"Admiral Tu Hsi-kwely con- sidered end of the Fukien clique in the Chinese Navy, and supporter of Wu Pei-fu.

Aeroplane.

NEW GUINEA LIFE.

Explorers Who Were Interviewed in Hong Kong.

BURGLARS BUSY.

SEVERAL THEFTS FROM EUROPEANS.

LADY'S $400 RING.

"TERRIBLE!"

The Russo-Asiatic Bank Suspension.

MME. STAYRINAKI'S $300,000.

Russian Dancers Co.'s Accounts Involved.

The

"China Mall earns that

Several thefts from Europeans were reported to the Police yester- day, the biggest "hau!" being, one of a ring worth $400 from a Kow- Nearly a year ago, a party of loon boarding house,

Miss C Santos, proprietress of explorers passed through Hong Kong bound for New Guinea the Santos boarding-house, No. 63. Mme. Stavrinaki, the well-known where, by means of aerial explora Nathan Rond, had a solitaire, din-impresario, whose talented com tion, they hoped to get into touchmond ring valued at 8400 which was any of Russian dancore recently great aucEOSS. at the Theatre Royal, Hong Kong and at with the pygmy tribe located by a stolen from her bedroom between 6 seerod British expedition headed by and 8.35 a.m, yesterday,

Mr. J. E. Lawrence, of No. 1 Macao from whence they returned Wollaston, in 1911.

Armand Building, lost a pair of yesterday, is one of the biggest in- |

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of the Russo-Asiatic Rank

Wollaston's expedition, it may be remembered, occupied a period trousers and other small articles dividual victims of the suspension of two years, most of which time from his servants' quarters.

While shopping on the 1st door Interviewed by the "China Mall" was spent in the hazardous journey through the jungle and of Mesars, Sincere's emporium, Mrs. this morning, Mme. Stavrinaki de- owing to shortage of food sup- Keown, of No. 11. Stanley Terrace, clined to make a statement, merely lies, the members of the expediaid her attache case on the coun-repeating the word "Terrible, ser tion had to leave before obtaining ter. The case and its contents are rible." the full data of the pygmy tribe. Valued at $24. Its less has also A member of the company how.

ever said that Mme. Stavrinaki,! Out of the photographs taken not been the subject of Police inquiry.

Then Mr. Cheung Yau-sik (23), who inherited a large fortune from of the actual Lions provided another source" of one remained aj revenue to the Company,.

pygmies by the time the explorers cashier to Messrs. W. Watt & Co., her late husband, one of the largest a Chinese firm.of No. 188, Wing Lok fur merchants in Chita, has de The finances of the company were made the shore again after two Street, reports the loss of 3000 in posits :n the Russo-Asiatic Bank in a healthy state and in December years of wandering. of last year the directors decided)

In an interview with the well-nine 5100 banknotes: About 11.30 totalling nearly three lakhs of to declare au interim of 5 per cent, known ethnologist, Mr. W. Strm. resterday he cashed a cheque Mexican dollars.

Still Can-Continue. representing. s. per share. In ling, when the new expedition for this amount at the Chartered adopting this course. It was felt financed by the Smithsonian Bank and proceeded back to the Mme. Stavrinaki's position is ren

shop by tram. When he got off.dered more distressing by the Tact] there was a reasonable likelihood Institute, of America. passede found that the money had that she and her company are tra- of being able, continas a yearly through Hong Kong last year. vanished from his pocketi Evelling on a letter of credit issu d [distribution.6f dividend out of the "China Mail" representative was aceumulated reserves and future told that the expedition was or earnings. He had pleasure, usganised with a view to taking stated in the Directors report in mentioning that a dividend of 5 per pygmies and of obtaining data cent was to be recommended at the with regard to physical and meeting and the directors felt that ethnological measurements unce it would be a matter of satisfae- the tribe was located by aero- tion to the, shareholders, to receive plane. this further distribution in view of the strong Bnancial positión dis-- closed by the balance sheet," o

Chang Tse-liu might come in per- son to Peking, and install a cabinet

of his own choice.

i Why Chang Dares Not.

RUBBERS.

Messrs. Carroll Bros advise us of the following sales of Rubbers so Singapore:-

Maluka Pandas

Gleneaties

Allenbys

Kedaha...

$2.95

2.00 X.D. 3.10 4.85 0.

The following Dividends have been devlared:--.

Tupabs-10 per cent, Interim making 20 per cent. to date,

Mayfields-25 per cent. "Interim making 50 per cint, to date.

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Unique Business Methods.

Ey the Harbin branch of the Russc Asiatic Bank.

Moreover, on the Saturday pre-

moving pictures of the life of the PAID IN ADVANCE, vias to the announcement that the

Confidence Justified..

LESSONS WHICH DID NOT MATERIALISE.

Bank had suspended payment. Mme, Stavrinak, paid in several thou- Hands of dollars in local currency the takings of the season at the Theatre Royal. A WOULD-BE DRIVER, Fortunately, however, Mmc

Stavrinaki has a small account Ini Mr. Stirling expressed con« !

Having failed to get the tuition another Bank. This it is gather- Ffidence at the time that the ex-in driving a motor car for which ed, is capable of financing the cor

pedition would succeed in their object and is will be seen from the lessons he alleged he had paid $80 inaation of the tour and the Com- in advance, Pang Tin-yag, des-pany were due to sail for Singa following message to the "Straits evibed as a 'cake-maker, claim- pore. per Japanese mait steamer Times" dated Batavia, Septembered the return of his money in the this afternova, 24 that his confidence, has been Summary Court this morning, justified.

suing Wong Tang-po whom he

Four months after arrival in alleged traded as the Fing On BIRTHDAY HONOURS. New Guinea, travelling by aero-transportation company.

plane. motorboats. and Dyak Plaintiff was represented by canoes, the expedition discovered Mr. H. Oaven.

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ACCORDED REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL..

AT OFFICIAL RECEPTION.

With the prevailing decorative colourings, red and green, the na- tional colours, the ball room of the Club Lusitano presented an animated appearance this morn- ing when representatives of the

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a large tribe of pygmies Eving a Plaintiff alleged in evidence quiet, secluded life hemmed in by that, the fee agreed on for the rugged-jungle-clad mountains and tuition was $150 and leasons were cut off from, the rest of the to be continued until plaintiff ob Papuan tribes..

tained a licence. He had only had Four

months were spent in one short lesson and when he ask- negotiating the dangerous rapidsed defendant for repayment of of the Mamberamo River, climb the money he refused stating ing the van Rees Mountains, pene-that the fee was too small, trating the great plain, rowing the Defendant was called and in Government, business firms and In fact until yesterting it was bein arrears, and they had been pin- Rouffaer River to Head Camp and Answer to questions said he was the Portuguese community met to Devil in most undergrounds ptimised fall payment on September bringing men and food to the foot only an employee of the Ping Ondo honour to the anniversary of fiend eireles that General Chi Yun-1 On September 28, when they for the great range of the central and his time was

not his own the proclamation of Portugal asi He had only been able to give half

Republic. i peng had Chang Tso-lin's backing. Legan the blockade of the Minister, mountain,

On August 29 a party with car. Fan hour to the tuition of the plain- The general nounced that he offered them 20 per cent. of bac

The health of the President of would like to take over the office onth's pay, which they indign- riera departed overland for five tift.

the Republic was proposed by His In reply to His Honour, plaintiff Excellency the Governor. Sir of premier, and then he left post-ently refused. In addition to the days of cliff climbing and cutting. haste for Makeen, where he con- final settlement of 40 per cent of their way through jungle covered said that the defendant was the Cecil Clementi, and that of His

A slow, tedious manager of the Ping On. ferred for three days with Change month's pay, they received the mountains.

This Majesty the King by Mr. A. L. C. Fadditional 60 per cent, in govern-heartbreaking task brought the however, defendant denied. TRO-lim

de Albuquerque e Castro, Consul His Honour commented that The early Mukilen reports were ment bonds-unsaleable in large explorers to their goal

General. plaintiff should have brought the Amorg to the effide that Mang was back-blocks just now.

Studying the Pygmies.

the Jarge Irum- ing him; but yesterday General

action against the transportation ber present.. were H. Major- We are now, busy azudying the Chin came back to Peking and in!

The Peking Government's issue pygmies, and measuring this company and non-suited him, General G. C. Luard, Rear-Ad- crestfallen manner annaseed that of $3,000,000 mid-autumn Festival strange dwarf tribe, hitherto un

miral Stirling, the Hon. Mr. H. T Chung Tin "ytill refuses 26 in-bönder was a drug on the market, discovered and unknown to the INTERIM DIVIDEND. Southern, the Hon. Mr. J. H terfere in polities, and leaves that Bankers hare took $1,000,000 of word of sciènce, states the

Kemp, the Hor. Mr. H, T. Creasy, to Wu Pei-in."

them face value, "but paid only 36 message.

the Hon. Mr. C. Mcl, Messer, the The truth of the matter seems to

per cent for them, and they pay be thus, with the military situation 8% per cent semi-annually.

Mr. Mathew Stirling, the Wash-

Hen. Sir Shou-son Chow, the Hon. ington ethnologist, representing

Mr. W., Bird, the Hon. Dr. R. H. As it is, Chang To-lin dares not Another instance of the. Govern the Smithsonian Institution, who select his own Cabinet at this time.ment's bankruptcy occurred yester left America a year ago with Mr.

Kotewall, the Hon. Dr. W. V, M. The Telephone Company an Koch, Lt. Commander C. F. Hole. Wa Pei-fu may yet rally his fees when Dr. Wellington Koo, Fit Stanley Hedberg, of Chicago, tell-nce an interim dividend of 30 R.N., Capt. C. A. Steel' (A.D.C), ance Minister, gave teachers in the ing of the first contact with these up shares and 7% cents a share on Roza, E. V. M. R. de Sousa, J. P. cents a share on the $10 fully bald Lieut. Churcher, Messrs. C. A. da nine government schools here unique people, said:-The Dutch the $2.50 paid up. 90-day promissory note for $20,000. American expedition arrived at telling them to discount it and Pygmie Land. They are better Monday, October 18.

The dividend will be paid on X. Silva, M. da Rocha, Bishop Braga, P: V. Botelho H. M. Silva, "apply it on salaries." This sum than was even hoped by us.

Valtorta, Rev. Father Spada, Rev. Father Rossi, Rev. Father Noval, Mr. G. Hogg, Capt. Dowbiggin. Messrs. W. E. L. Shenton, J. W. C. Bonner, J. T. Bagram (consul for "Slam), R. C. Tredwell (con- sul-general for the United States), Chev. J. M. Alves (consu) for) Brazil), J. Guzman Cruchaga (consul for Chile), Comm. S. Car- (consul for Italy), Col.

DR WELLA NGTON K400

Former Chinese Minuter fo the Court of St. James. Mrs.

Ken was very popular in London,

Paid With Paper.

Why anyone would want the shadow, of power which the Cabinet

will not go far, because the month-

ly payroll fa more than $200,000,

On the fourth day from Head

and the teachers have nearly nine Camp we saw a few temporary

| months' salary due.

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shelters of pigmies. The Rouffaer bows and arrows, rattan arm The upshot of the Cabinet: tangle enters here a real gorge with high bracelets, ornarments, bananas and

cliffs on both sides. Across the betel nuts. will probably be, that the present!

bridge.

members will continue to serve gorge is a rattan suspension Their whole material culture is

until the military situation takes a more decided trend. but there will) be a shifting of portfolios.

Responsibility Without Name.

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entirely different to that of the On the fifth day we reached n Papuang, They raise tobacco, large village early in the after-sweet potatoes, bananas and pigs noon. All was quiet. As Leroux,

"Business-like Efficiency."

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the Dyak chieftain, the carriers. They brought us a pig and all Robertson, Messrs. E. W. Carpen- Admiral Tu Hai-kwel will prob- and Hedberg walked ahead into gathered round to make a sort of ter, H. E. Goldsmith. H. R ably remain Minister of the Navy, the village a little smiling Pygmy ceremony of killing it quickly and Gray, W. G. Baker, H. R. but he refuses to continue us Pre-girl was the only person in sight neatly. Une man held the pig's Sturt R. E: Greensmith, mier. No one wants the premier-When we were approaching she front legs and jaw, keeping him E. Grossman, M. J. B. Mon- be for Dr. Ken to become Minister coloured beads, which she fondled few yards away with bow and ar-F. F. Eca de Silva, J. F. Eca de We gave her a few bright hind legs and a third man stood a Langston, F. Vaux, H. Owen Hughes, R. Hancock, C: F. Vas, with delight, and she then led us row, and while the two men

ship; in fact or name, and the com- was not in the least afraid. promise" that seems most likely will

for Foreign Affairs,

from squealing, another held the targis, G. B. Layton, S. H

IN NEW PREMISES.

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As the ranking Cabinet member to a house the only occupant of stretched out the pig the third Silva, P. M. Nolasco de Silva, he will then be "acting' premier," which was an old woman. She fortes and retake Hankow, and if without having the formal name of too showed no signs of fear.

shot it through the heart, the S. M. Churn, J. F. S. de Silva, J. M. he does so both he and Sun Chuan-premier, or being as fully respon-

arrow going clear through the d'Almada Remedics. An Intelligent People.

beast.

In continuation of the celebra- fung would be righteously indign-sible as he would be if he techni-

When we indicated that we "It was interesting to see these tionis of the Republic's anniver- ant at Chang Tse-in, for usurping cully held that office.

litical power in the capital when

wanted, to see more people the oid small folk perform with auch eary, there will be a dance at the [Note: Our correspondent's pre- they are fully engaged fighting the dictions about the Cabinet have woman departed, leaving the girl businesslike efficiency. They seem Lusitano Club to-night.

with us. In a few minutes a Cantonese in the Wu-Hun and been subsequently borne out singe,

to be real Negritoes and have all by Reuter's cable.]

young woman appeared, and fif- the characteristics.. Klangai areas.

teen minutes later many men The transportation of food here Latest Complex.

and women came, looking curious-is a real problem. because when "At the Sign of the Lantern," Peking, Oct. 4.

ly kindly and friendly, in striking Pygmy Land was reached not the well-known curio store of the Dr. Wellington Koo has not yet contrast to the big Papuans below. much was left. We must rely Astor House Hotel Building, has re- is supposed to hold is hard to assumed office as acting Premier The pygmies were as calm as largely on what is obtainable moved to larger and more commo-

nor has the vacant Finance Port-oyaters compared with the loud from the natives.

vedious premises in York Building They have not enough money.folio buen Alled. The tendency of yelling, menacing attitude of the Probably they have not much (next to Messrs. Kelly & Walsh.). these "Cabinet Ministers," to pay political circles to associate Dr.other natives below. They talk In surplus for their own needs, but Miss Honess, the manageress of even their own office help.

Koy's promotion with the Russo- undertones or whispers, and seem they like our trade goods, of this establishment in the course Early last week the employees of Asiatic Bank situation ie being afraid of being too obstrusive, but which cowrie shells are the best of an interview with the "China the Minister of Commerce kapt nuggested.

they are not timid and seem Captain Posthumus, the miliMall this morning, raferred to the their chief a virtual prisoner in his Marshal Chang Tao-lin, in view quite intelligent and always cool tary commander in charge of the cramped condition, of her old pre- office from 3 till 9 pm and re of his interest in the question, and collected and willing to lend a long transportation line of more mizes, and added that her many leased him only when he had through the bank's connection with helping hand.

than 800 miles from Albatros friends in the Colony, in well as secured from the Ministry of Finthe Chinese Eastern

would Railway The first thing they did was to Camp to Head Camp, has done tourists passing through,w "ance enough money to pay them wants. Dr. Koo at the helm, while give us all presents, not overlook extremely well in bringing the now be able to inspect her Ins 40 per cent of one month's salary, the matter le being handleding the Dyak Carriers. The pre-expedition to its objective so collection of porcelain and curios

Their salaries are three month Reuter.

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