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POLICE RESERVE.

ADJUTANT RETURNS TO COLONY.

A CHINESE COMMENDED.

The folowing orders have been issued by the Hon. E. D. C. Wolfe, Captain Superintendent of Polien-

ber 27. The culprit wo

B.

is

FORGED NOTES.

RAID ON ESTABLISHMENT ·

OF FORGERS.

SHANGHAI POLICE HAUL.

ANHWEI ABANDONED.

ปี

THE 35TH AND 36TH ARMIES WITHDRAW.

The

FIGHTING ON T-P LINE AGAIN.

evacuation of Anhwei pro-

THE CHINA MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1927:

GAIETY THAT TIRES. after that the death rate climbs ROTHESAY CASTLE,

DEATH OF MISS 1927 BETWEEN 18 AND 27.

ROBUST GRANDMA,

higher than the rest of the coun- try; the strain of City life Is tell- |ing.

And Healthier Still. Women in London between 20 and. 30 have a ten-per-cent., better chance of living than their ajsters. in the provinces. The exports ac- count for this by the steady stream

A mass of Bank of Communica-rince of the Wuhan forces has been suggested, that the modern girl' of healthy young women coming in |

with

ו'

The

statistics," that:

The denth-rate for

women de-

when 18 and 27 has grown worse

since 20 years ago.

But for that one ubcom- fortable fact-and most doc- It to be merely

TAXATION ORGY.

WHAT SHANTUNG · SUFFERS TO-DAY.

tors belleve a temporary war-reaction-Brider this orgy of taxation; farmers,

in her history.

All Due to the War!

RENOVATION. SCHEME: TO BE COMMENCED.

SOME ANCIENT HISTORY.

LADIES' HAIR DRESSERS.

Its the way you have your HAIR |done that makes it

attractive.

Small 2-Bank Portable Model New 4-Bank Portable Model and

Standard Ofce Machines

Every Size always in stock Suitable for all requirements.

SOLE AGENTS —

Queen's Building,

Our barbers are experts in Bobbing, Is it true, as a woman doctor has

The restoration of Rothesay Shingling and Wav Castic, which has been commenc. Ing. tions estimated to total on their General Ho Chien having plan been her days of work in City offices, are

domestic servants.

ed by direction of the Marquis of}| face value Ave to eight million dol withdrawn to Hwangmel and Wu-

And the upward. surgo in Eti- Bute, is expected to occupy at

CAMPBELL MOORE G. Adjutant Commander

lars and all stamped "Hankow,"

shortening her life? such, report despatches received Many of London's leading doc-tain's vitality will continue, the ex-least two years. It' may be re- 19, Queen's Road C.- Tel. C. 151 Hartford has returned from leave

four millions of which here on Friday, (October 19) saya three to and has takes over the duties of have been obtained from the bank the "Hankow Herald.""

tora laugh such a suggestion to parts declare. The healthier, life membered that, about 30 years General

of the country-better housing, bet ago, the present Marquis's father Adjutant of the Police Reserve us in Rankow by the Communists, are Llu Hain's 36th Army continues scorn. But others do not.

They point to the significant fact ter food, better medical care-will commenced to restore the ancient from November 2.

Leave Mr. F. C. Mow. Funx.1 reported to be in circulation and to withdraw to Wusueh and Kung- in the Registrar-General's vital ensure that.

Banqueting Hall, but this work, UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS A.S.P. (R.) has been granted leave forgers and counterfeiters are said lung at the Hupeh border.

though well through, was inter-] of absence from the Colony until to be purchasing quantities of the situation at the front is consider- antes and erasing "Hankow" and ed grave as the Nanking forces are

rupted by his death. The portion] December 15,

Hubstiuting "Shanghat." That was expected to launch a further attack

then restored was temporarily Chinese Company,

which the any moment: The familles of the

roofed over, and the restored During the absence of Mr. F. c.the problem

building has been used for quite Mow Fang, A.S.P. (R.) the com- Criminal Investigation Department Hunanese military officers have all

a number of public functions, the mand of the Chinese Company will of the Shanghai Municipal Police returned to Hankow.

The countryside is gronning uns most notable being the banquet be taken over by Sub-Inspector and to have been soki at a discount is very obscure as the attitude of was faced with. Hankow notes are

The situation in Klangal province

held on the occasion of the late Chow U-ting.

tain Is shown to be more traders and others are in despair. Chu Pei-teh remains Commendation.--Constable R.55 of 80 per cent, and converted into General

antex which could he changed at doubtful up to the present. The vital and healthy than ever before No one knows what new tax will be King Edward's Coronation. The T. C. Woo (Chinese Company) commended by the C.S.P. for their face value.

Nanking forces attempt to enter

discovered on the morrow. Trade present scheme deals with the Late last Friday night in the the province to march into Hunan.

Around Kino Same portion of the Castle build- is at a stand-still. Prompt assistance in the arrest of a thief on the night of the Octo-Criminal Investigation Department This they have not yet been able to

chow, things have come to such a inga. "The modern girl leads a tor subseat the Central Police Station the do as General Chu has not declar-healthier life than her mother did,"

pass that the Red Spears, the Yel- Rotheany Castle was built in quently convicted and sentenced head of the forgers and need his stand with reference to the said a famous physician to "The taken up arms against Government by Magnus Barefoot, King of

low Sands and other societies have the eleventh century-some say DODWELL & CO. LTD. three his accomplices were to be Hankow-Nanking quarrel. At pre-Evening Newa." "Her clothes are StrengthConstable Rell Chow found. Detective-inspector Telfer sent General Chu is taking a some-simpler; her meals are more son- troops Regular battles have been Norway, when he tried to conquer Wai-chuen is permitted to resign of the Special Brand and his Chin what neutral stand adhering to the sible; her if is spent more in the fought and the casualties have been the Western Isles, while others heavy, says a correspondent in the maintain it was built by Scots to un leaving the Colony,

ean detectives had run down the policy of "Protecting the land and open air on the tennis court

"N. Č. D. Mall.” Training. The following is the counterfeiters and had caught them safeguarding the people." At Kiu- rather than the fireside.

defend Bute against Norwegian result of the examination in Part 2 red-handed: paraphernalia. Inks, kiang. Sluchang and Hukow

Banditry is rampant. Not a day attack. the "It is not her fault that more knowledge of Police duties and hocks and the usual adjuncts to Third Army has been reinforced. girls are dying than before the war.

It was a favourite resort! passes but some bandit outrage or of the early Stuart Kings held on Thursday, counterfeiting all are Regulations)

other is perpetrated, but the troops The Nanking forces are reported to The fault is the war, S.M.P.'s hands. November 3-

A fine piece of be waiting orders as to whether

"We are paying the penalty for are important. They only think of pecially Robert II. and Robert Passed with great credit-Con- work which has taken the Detec- they should or not stable 1.24 Kwok Chan, R12 Poon tive Special Branch nearly five Tatung and Anking into Kiangsi.

march from the nervous strain of those terrible how to squeeze the country them-III. It was in Rothesay Castle days-the air raids and the alarms selves. The bandit situation has in January, 1400, that Robert III. Ping-kong, 46 Thomas Yip, R.56 weeks to accomplish.

Sun Chuan-fang's Endeavours. Cheng Shut-kit. R.58 Wm. K. S. The police received information

and the bad food. The girls who never been so serious before. Even granted Rothesay ita Royal Char- Taking advantage of the split a few weeks ago that purchases of between Hankow and Nanking, Sun lare dying were children then, and large towns are in constant dan-} tør, and two years later he creat- Constable Bank of Communications Hankow Chuan-fang has ordered his troops

were warped and twisted by theger of raids." Not more than 61 led his eldest son Duke of Rothe

from Chefoo, for instance; bandits say-a title still held by the eld- R51 Chan notes at a huge discount, were pro at Pengpu to start a counter-attack It will work itself out in time." are constantly operating, whereas est son of the British Monarch..

cueding on a large scale. There

around Tsingtao they have their James IV. also resided, in Rothe- against the Southern forces. Kai-chun, was almost a run on the local

headquarters in the mountains.. Heavy fighting is reported to be Li Man-branch of the bank, the Chinese taking place on the Tientsin-Pukow.

were presenting their

notes and Line. asking for silver, they also had Indian Company. Training. The following is the heard of the transformation which result of the examination in Part 2 was being carried on. Only the (knowledge of Police. Duties and most careful scrutiny could detect Regulations) held on Wednesday, the forgery. November 2:-

to one month's hard labour.

Mok.

Passed with credit. R.44 Yeung Kon-sting. Kun-ying..

N:

Panel.-R.39 R.48 Yu Man-cho. 5

chung.

Resignating. Constable

is permitted to resign."

Flying Squad.

Part 1-

the

* ༢

Political Council Decisions.

tions.

strain,

years

Marry-And Live Long! Two other striking facts in the Registrar-General's report are that: Life in this country has lengthen ed by seven years, and will go on lengthening, both for men and wo At the 9th plenary meeting of the men: It is possible to realise the re-Wuhan Political Council on Octo-

Women live four years longer Passed with great credit-Con- sult if these people had not been her 29 the following decisions were than men, and married women live

reached: stable R.209 Amar Dass, R.216 detected. Tens of thousands of

longer than single ones. 1. That the Labour Law, Fac- Faiz Mohamud.

dollars might have passed over the

According to the Registrar-Gen- R.229 Race Club counters for four daya tory Law and the Regulations eral, a girl of 20 may expect to live

48 years-three and perhaps amongst these would governing arbitration between em- another he a large quantity of forged notes,plorers and employees should be longer than she could have expect Training The Bollwing mem-The police fortunately have the drafted at once.

ed in 1906. A young man of 20 can 2. That the relations between look forward to nearly 46 years bers of the Flying Squad have leader of the gang and three employers and employees should be bern passed out is efficient in others, in custody. The arrests

more of life-almost three years were effected after weeks of inves-clearly stipulated in there regula- longer than the young man of 21 Gr. Sergeant R. 342 Harry Kong. tigation. The forgers may not, of

| years ago. Constables R.308 W. A Shea. R.312 course, have had in view the rapid the Provincial and City Kuomin-men?" said another world-known 3. That an order be lasued to "Why do women live longer then passing of notes at the races, but The weekly instructional patral it is significant that they have been forbidding them from carrying out lend, more sheltered lives, and tong, and all public organisations doctor. "Simply because they of the Hong Kong section on working at top speed at this time Thursday, November 10, will start when racing is at its height. The arrests of their own accord.

are not exposed so much to the from Central

Pole Station as police, however, realised that it the arbitration between employers work.

4. The regulations governing risks whigh men run in their daily usual at 5.15 p.m. skarp.

was of the utmost importance to All members are to bring their track this gang down immediately and employees submitted by the

Married women live longer than trunchpots. This is to be con and the untiring work of the Hupeh Provincial and City Kuomin- single one. For one thing, it is sidered as a standing order from Criminal Investigation Department tang should be brought up for dia- the survival of the fittest. Marri-

had its due reward.

cussion and promulgation.

age is a selective force: the General (Part 3-Musketry).

1-That no colloquial language healthier and more vital a woman The public will, no doubt, follow The following Poles Reservists the trial of these men with the shall be used in written lectures is, the more likely she is to marry will attend at the Kennedy Road ratest interest as the counterfeit and literature. Revolver Runge in mufti on Saturing of bank notes affects every day, Noveraber

1 at 2.30 .. one: the more clever the forgery, girl students should be separated. sharp for instruction in revolver the greater the danger to the public. shooting under Inspector 11. J. The danger is, thanks to the police, the printed form guaranteeing that 16 men to be detailed by O.C. considerably minimised and the they are not Kuomintang members public may rest assured that their otherwise they shall be dismissed

protected in from their schools. intereats are being

4. That all new applicants for every way.

entrance examination must produce A carious leathern case found on the diplomas or certificates

now onwards.

Paterson.

Chinese Company.

I men to be detailed by O.C.

Indian Company.

10 men to be detailed by O.C.

Flying Squad.

2That the seats of boy and

3. That students must fill up

of

Struggling Widows. "And there is the influence of marriage itself, Marriage la a more natural and healthy state, and has a very important effect on a woman's well-being. both mental and physical.

"Widows die younger than either married women or spinsters. At some ages from 35 upwards-their death-rate is more than 20 per cent.

men.

a rubbish heap at the village of their former schools guaranteeing Police Training School Classes for instruction in Part 2 Dunholme (Lincolnshire) has been that they are not Kuomintang mem-greater than that of married wo- of training course will be held at declared by British Museum ex- bers. the Police Training School under perts to be a valuable 13th century Inspector H. J. Paterson on Thurs-relie, which at one time contained day, November 10 and Tuesday, the sacrificial vessels at the village November 15, commencing both church.

evenings at 5.30 p.m. sharp.

The people are visibly worried say Castle, and was in the midst over the present stato of affairs and of enlarging it when his tragic the comment is heard on all sides death occurred at Flodden. This that Shantung is fast going to the work was continued by James V., dogs. It is generally believed that who Was the last Scottish the war will last indefinitely and Monarch to reside there.

reported that, despite all the victories of the North, the situn- tion of the Ankuachum is not half as rosy as advertised.

Taking it all in all the beat way to describe the posi- tion in this territory just now is to state that the once mighty pro- vince of Shantung is in decay, with the end nowhere in sight.

LUXURY BATHS.

AIM OF BERMONDSEY SOCIALISTS.

London, Sept. 26. Bermondsey's Socialist council- lora are hoping that the new

JAPAN'S FIRST GUN.£150,000 baths, opened by the

mayor on Saturday, will be thrown open to the public free of any charge. The borough council, where Socialists predominate, will be asked to debate the proposition in the near future.

The

A MONUMENT ERECTED IN SOUTH KYUSHU ISLAND.

Unveiling of the monument at Tanegashima Island, commemorat-

Rates in Bermondsey are already ing the importation of the first gun 168. 7d. In the pound. into Japan will be held early this borough boasts that it possesses month.

the most complete set of council Tanegashima is the ancient name undertakings in London. for gun in Japanese and is situated All the latest ideas have been south of Kagoshima. The first included in the baths building. gun arrived there from Portugal little more than three hundred years ago. The feudal Lord, Shimazu, bought the gun and used it in battle, causing great conster nation.

bath are lined with white marble, The walls of the large swimming the dressing-boxes are. made of teak, and it is a place of luxury fittings. The baths will be avail- able. for boxing tournaments, dances, concerts, and cinema per-|| formances, being easily convert- Ible for the purpose.

The movement to erect the monu- ment has been under way for some time. Count Atsushi Matsubra contributed Yen 6,000, and Mr. Fumio Asakura, one of the fore-

"I hope the couneil will be brave most scalptors in Japan, agreed to enough to throw the whole place undertake the work.

Costa open absolutely free of all charge,"

S. Exc. M. H. Jose da Carneiro of Portugal has announced that he soon will publish a book called "Tanegashima," relating to the long diplomatic history between Portugal and Japan-Japan Times.

Cost of Upkeep.

sald Dr. A. Salter; the Socialist M.P. for the division, at the open-

Ing ceremony:

That is the result of the strug gle for existence.

The cost of upkeep of the baths "The stresses of life hit a widow

will be many hundreds of pounds, According to a Colonial Office-especially one with children

but at the present prices for the report last year's turtle season at much harder than a wife."

Use of the baths have been fixed. Training Part 1 (Squad Drill), Reuter's New York correspondent | Ascension Island was poor, only 45' The experts who are keeping

FOR COUGHS AND COLDS. "Dr. Salter. believes that the All members of the Police Re- says that 12 persons died in various turtles being taptured. It appears their thumb on the country's pulse serve who have not yet passed out parts of the United States while that the turtles no longer land in of vitality are watching London's When changeable weather or ex baths should be one of the first as efficient in Part 1 will parade in listening-in to the broadcast run- the vicinity of the settlement, millions with great care.

posure to cold and wat results in free public services in Bermondsey, mufti at the Central Police Station ning description of the Tunney-while at the more remote beaches, Men from 18 to 30 have a lower bronchitis, start at once taking Cham and he will work hard to secure for Squad Drill and Rife Exercises Dempsey fight. Seven of these where they formerly resorted in death-rate in London than outside.berlain's Courh Remedy, Standard for them as auch," said Mrs. Salter, wife, who is n under Sergeant ft. J. Hunt as fol- died when Tunney was floored in hundreds, they are now only to be That is the effect of the healthy verfty years, and strongly recom- the doctor's

mended for stubborn, weakening Bermondsey councillor, to a "Dally lows:

the seventh round.

|found in tens.

migrants from the provinces. But coughs For sale everywhere.

Express" representative yesterday. Chinese and Indian Companies

"I shall work with him wholeheart- on Thursday, November 10 and

edly in trying to free the baths from the charges which have been fixed for their use. I do not know. how much the project would cost."

Tuesday, November 16,

Flying Squad on Wednesday, November 9,

Fall in on each evening at 3.30] pra. skarp.

Uniform.

All members of the Police Re- serve are to make an early appoint- ment, with, the Police tailor, Tung Hing, 62 Queen's Road Central, for the purpose of being measured for their winter uniforms."

ON GUARD.

VOLUNTEERS LOCKING FOR SUSPECTS.

With a view to checking diatur- bance, and apprehending men aus- pected of robbery and other

offences, "endangering the peace of society, the Special Volunteers in Shanghai are still patrolling the bridges and busy sections of public thoroughfarea. The special police and members of the S, V. Č. are taking the night shift, and the: closest surveillance is being kept on all passers-by. Motor cars are be- ing searched, and the occupants, questioned.

Nothing, however, has developed, and the situation is generally quiet. It is suggested that this precau- tionary measure is taken by the Council as a result of the rumour, that the radical elonients, better known as the Bolshevik agitators, are launching a campaign against the 'Shanghai Facisti

According to the newspaper Norrlandsposten, the smuggling of liquor by sea Into Sweden and Fin land (a Prohibition country) 'ħaji. been increasing of late, and amug- glers are known to bave freighted one chip with 75,000 gallons of spirits from Danzig in one day

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WATER SUPPLY.

Storage of water in Reservoirs an November 1, 1927-

Storage in millions and decimals of gallons.

1920 192T

11.75

-389.12 884.45 8.92

Tylam Tytam Byawash Tylam Intermediate 195.90 195,90 Tyłam Tuk............. 1,405,98 1,835,00

Wong Nel Chang 17.15 18.60

Pokfulum

54.38 50.40

Total... 2024.28 1,944.27 Consumption of water in the City and Hill District in millions and de- cimals of gallons during the month of October..

1927

1920 285,89 204.94

Consumption Estimated": populatioir 405,000 426,220. Cassumption per head

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1926-7

23.8

per day .............. 20.6 Full Supply in all Rider Main Dis- tricts during October, 1926 and 1927.

KOWLOON WATER WORKS.

J

• Storage in millions and decimals

Now of gallons, j

5 1926 1927 Kowloon Reservoir. 861.6382775) Shek Lai Pui Reservolt 100,80 100.80 Reception Reservoir ...

Total

452.48. 428.55

Consumption -ut water - In Kowloon in millions and decimasis of gallona dur. ing the month of October.net dt

(408, 1926-0S 1977

Consumption VUMA 78,640 $10104] Estimated population 157.300 182,840 Consumption per head

* 16120.00

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