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The

China Mail

大英八月三號 禮拜日 中華民國已巳年六月廿八日

No. 27,248 HONG KONG

ESTABLISHED

1846

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1929.

REMITTING MONEY TO KARAKHAN REPLIES CUSTODY OF CHILD

CHINA

PROTEST MEETING

SYSTEM USED BY EMIGRANTS TO MALAYA

SERVICE TO BE ABOLISHED

TO CHINA

SOVIET PROPOSALS CHANG HSUEH LIANG WRITES A

LETTER

VERY GRAVE POSSIBILITIES

AMENDMENTS TO HONG KONG ORDINANCE

"OFFENCE AGAINST PERSON"

TODAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/11 3/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

BRITISH NAVAL HONG KONG'S WATER

CHANGES

HOME SERVICE

of MEDITERRANEAN BATTLE FLEET

REDUCED

MALTA CONGESTED

SHORTAGE

"Your Eyes Are Safe With Us”

N. LAZARUS Hong Kong's Only European Optician

Established Over Forty Years). Manager:-RALPH A COOPER,

Registered Optometrist by Canadian

Govt Exam. FLO. (London) (Personal Attention).

IS THAT SO?

Thoughts Terse, Perverse-and Worse

Who saw the thunder bolt?

Where did it bolt tof

Howitt tried to gain Preston

heading: "Motor

CRISIS REVIEWED EVIDENCE OF WHAT THE ISLAND Legislation in the form amendments to one of the older

HAS BEEN THROUGH: laws of the Colony of Hong Kong is proposed in connection with the

RATIONING STEP BY STEP" custody of children and, in legal Moscow, Yesterday parlance, "offences against the

London, Yesterday. When it was made known to the

Based on a report by Mr. Chad- The Soviet Foreign Commissariat person."

A substantial reduction in the wick in 1902, the report of the Chinese publie in October, 1926, by

The Hon. Sir Joseph Kemp, Mediterranean Battle Fleet is an Water Authority for the last rain but Jowitt wouldn't allowit. the Singapore General Post Office, has published the reply of M.

from Malta, the battle year (Hong Kong Island) contains following the appeal of the Chinese Karakhan (formerly Ambassador to C.B.E., K.C., gives notice in the nounced

Vice-Commissar of "Gazette" of his intention to in-ships "Queen Elizabeth," "Barham," some interesting matter. postal authorities, that the trans- China and now

Newspaper The "rain year" begins in May mission of packages containing Foreign Affairs) to the letter from traduse at the next meeting of the "Valiant," and "Malaya" will join letters would be terminated as from General Chang Hauch-liang of Man-Legislative Council a Bill for the the Atlantie Fleet in November, (when the normal rainy season sets Cases in Court."Attache cases?

the "Warspite" becoming the flag-in) and ends, of course, with April. on Aug. 1, purpose. January 1 1927, on the ground that churia, received here

Section 45 of the Offence against ship of the Mediterranean Fleet. The rain year May, 1928, to April, the system was detrimental to the containing proposals for settlement

Reuter learns officially that the 1929, as has been stated in the by-law of the International Postal of the Chinese-Easter Railway the Person Ordinance, 1866, Or-

dinance No. 2 of 1865, makes it an idea is to give men more home ser- "China Mail," produced a record Union and that each letter must be dispute.

M. Karakhan notes that the offence to take away a child under vice.

minimum rainfall, the total being affixed with a twelve-cent stamp,

It is also pointed out that Malta 59.976 inches. there was considerable dissatisfat Chinese letter completely omits an fourteen, by force or fraud, with

deprive any parent, Harbour is congested and provides

The largest quantity of water im- tion, says the Chinese correspondent earlier proposal by Admiral Tsai intent

Ting-kan (one time Foreign Minis- guardian, or other person having men with insufficient recreational pounded in the reservoirs on the 1st of the "Straits Times,"

or charge of the facilities-Reuter. ter of the now defunct "Northern" the lawful care Government at Peking) that the child or of the possession of such Soviet appoint the manager and assistant manager of the Chinese- Eastern Railway, and that the letter contains a proposal for legalisation of the present situation created by the violent seizure of the line.

The Chinese Chamber of Com-, merce recently petitioned the Minis- try for Communications of the Na- tionalist Government for the main tenance of the postal package ser of which packages containing letters from various indi- viduals are posted with the minimum postage under registered The absence of an inter-

vice by means

covers.

"Rests on You"

child.

to

The Mui Tsai In cases where

а mui tsai

has been enticed away from her, ties have been satisfied that the employer, and where the authori-

motive of the kidnapper was not. a benevolent one but the desire of M. Karakhan declares that the gain, the prosecution have some- posals constitute obvious violation of that the section does not apply he-1; the Peking and Mukden Agreements cause the mistress of a mul tsaf and are contrary to the Manchuria cannot be considered as having the Government's cwn suggestion on lawful care or charge of the child, July 25..

money order service between the Manchuria Government's new pro-times been met by the argument i

Struits postal authorities and the Chinese postal authorities makes it imperatively necessary to maintain

the service in order that remittances may be made by a Chinese to his people in the homeland. The ap peal was made by the Chinese Cham ber of Commerce at the instance of the Chinese people, the "Puey Kek," (Civil Letter Offices) whose business it is to receive these letters and deliver them in China, where they have their own agents.

and

Karakhan also declares that the proposals contained in General Chang Hsueh-liang's letter disrupt settlement of the dispute, which can only be effected through acceptance of the Soviet's proposals of July 25.

This creates a situation fraught with very grave possibilities, M. Karakhan adds, and the antire responsibility for it rests with the National Government of China (in Nanking), and the Provincial Government of Mukden).--Reuter.

Nanking's Attitude The following points are adduced in support of the appeal for main taining the service. The remit tances sent are invariably small, FEarlier cables on this topic and if they are to be sent in the will be found on page 11.1 ordinary way the charges would be

expensive. Furthermoré, there

would be delay, in as much as there a properly organised postal system is no postal service in the villages as permeated the whole country,

To this appeal the of China. official reply from the Nationalist Deputy Minister of Communica- tione, Mr. Wong Pak Choon, is any- thing but satisfactory.

enabling people in the innermost villages to receive letters and re- mittances without any untoward delay.

SELEKCODESAS

BANK HOLIDAY WEATHER

A typhoon may be forming in that part of the China Sea between the Philippines and the Ladrones, the group of islands between Hong Kong and Macao. Forecast for 24 hours ending at noon to-morrow: "South

nde ---moderate,

fair to

At 11.82 a.m. the servatory reported: Pressure 18 highest in the Pacific to the S.E. of cover Japan. A depression Tongking and a typhoon may be forming between Luzon and the

Ladrones.

63436508*4*5******99

has no

LANCS. COTTON

LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN - WAGES DISPUTE

COTTON GOODS PRICES

London, Yesterday. The Master Spinners' Federa- tion have appointed a special committee for the purpose securing a general reduction

of

in

the finishing charges, which meana that the bleaching, dyeing, print ing and packing trades are asked to modify their charges so as to bring the price of cotton goods

down. Reuter.

"Lok Sun' Seld" Also the chappie who blamed pirates for the fire aboard.

"Telegraph" heading: “Sincere Jewellery Robbery. The jewel- lery was sincere and Sincere's.

0.0

A wealthy mother can afford to eat all the gilt off the hard The Siberian mails. have been gingerbread of motherhood. frozen out.

DC

The Fire Brigade seems to be a "fine" body of men.

10

The Football Council appear to

止点

of any month in the rain year under have sat on Saint James. review was 2,811 million gallons on August 1, 1928. The smallest, in view. of the prolonged drought, would necessarily be on April 1, 457 million gallons, after which date the crisis became worse.

Worse and Werse

In August, 1928, 326 million gal- lons of filtered water were consum-

Mr. P. Sands took away some silver junk with him.

returns" should

"Health health departs.

The "topside" folk have

"bobbles" ed. In April, 1929, consumption grouse-Indian

for the month amounted to only 160 wear a smart Peak cap! million gallons.

be

now

The grand total consumed in the An unclaimed telegram is ad- rain year was 2,835 million gallons. dressed to "Whiskens"-Not whis-

In the whole of May, 1928, there] kera?

( — ¡

was an intermittent supply in all

The Daily Press" has gener- rider main districts. In June and practically the first half of July ously given Mr. R. K. Valentine was because 32% of the year's 60 there was a constant supply. This the degree of MD,

Newspaper

inches of rain fell in May and June.

1 - D

herding: "Water July was abnormally "dry.” So Pouring in Reservoirs."-Not in that an intermittent supply was put buckets this time? reads "Every person who unlawon in the middle of July for the fully, either by force or fraud, takes west of the city. Another 13 inches Sergeant Barnicle seams to stick away any child, Some little of rain fell in August and on like a barnacle to the defaulting difficulty has sometistas been felt August 8 a full supply was avail- hawkers in Kowloon, about the words, italicisek abovable again. But on September H

Turf club enclosures are places where people congregate in order to regard each other suspiciously:

"Her niece is rather good look-

ing, eh?" "Don't say 'knees is': say knees are."

4

What we want to know is when and where Mussolini spends his aummer holidays.

Houseboy announcing the ar rival of a litter: "Have catcher two piecee amah dog an' four piecee coolie."

1 - (

I want some ale." "Pale?"

"No just a bottle." 3.com o

No matter what his poundage

may be a grocer simply hates be- ing called pion.

a light-weight cham-

ад

Notice to scandal-mongers: It. took only one serpent to make all the trouble in the Garden of Eden.

Monday's "Daily Press":"The forecast is cloudy, with occasional in the case of verlag children moderate restrictions came into When Joe Fraser skips for the train, so more rain may be ex-. where it can hardly be said that force again and, on November 1, re- K.C.C. you can always be sure of pected next week.”—A long way either force or fraud is necessary course was had to street fonna most conversational fraysir, to look ahead) for the kidnapping. Accordingly talns, the rationing becoming wersa paragraph (a) of section 2 of this and worse until the recent rain- Ordinance deletes the words fall. "either by force or fraud" and substitutes the words by

means."!

the

any

Section 45

О

One of the objects of the Gen- A new car on the American eral Chamber of Commerce is the market is called the "Roosevelt." development of Key industries,

·

Last Eight Months From February 1, 1929, assist- ance from the Taikoo Sagar Refin- "A cow caught in a fishing ev's reservoir was accepted. As net. Hope she didn't hurt the from March 21, 1929, water had calf of her leg. to be brought across to the Island from the mainland,

trade supply.

LI CHAI-SUM

A free ticket for the 30 cent been seats is to be presented to the film critic who coined the horrible word "preview" in a recent column.

MAY NOT BE RELEASED FOR MONTHS.

—

The Chinese Police Reserve

It seems an unfortunate name re- membering Roosevelt's rough-rid- ing propensities. S

Was it a coincidence that Ser geant Flattery was engaged in a Court case in which Mr. Loseby had a "charming lady" as client? "Sincere" compliment, doubt- less!

~

The film critic of a morning paper is sorry that she led at least one person astray."The young. Adam and the old Eve!

The aesistant secretary of the

Steel Coulson's Billiards League is Mr. H. Trickey-Which_ex- plains the number of tricky shots seen already in the matches play-

The other amendment is made The Government has been advised by paragraph (b) of section 2 of

new Ordinance. The meeting next appointed a that this argument is not sound, It states special committee of that the Nationalist Government members to take up the question of a mui tsai

What Hong Kong has seventeen and that, though the employer of of the principal Ordinance at pre-

right what-seat provides that "no person who through is revealed in the rainfall does not regard favourably the pro-further representations to the ever of retaining possession of the has claimed any right to the pos for the last eight months of the rain posal to continue the service, point- Chinese authorities. Mr. Lim Nee-girl as against the girl's parents or session" of the child and no per year (September 1928 to April, ing out that its continuance would soon is the chairman of the com- as against the girl herself, yet her son who has claimed to be the 1929). This amounted to less than

illegitimate child," 9 inches!

The Football Association may be contrary to the provisions of the mittee and Mr. Tan Chu Nam, at care and charge of the child is not father of an International Postal Union.

not have the Bank of England present in China, is to be requested unlawful and may be treated as a shall be liable to prosecution on The estimated population for behind it, but it has the French In consequence a mass meeting to interview the Minister of Com-lawful care and charge for the pur- the ground of having taken the Hong Kong Island for the whole Bank below it. was held at the Chinese Chamber munications and other officials on pose of proceeding against the kid child out of the lawful charge of year is given as 427,400 but gen- of Commerce to discuss the situa- this matter. A cablegram contain-napper. Unfortunately, so far as some other person. No doubt eral opinion is that this is much be tion, Mr. Lim Nee Soon presiding ing the proposals adopted at the is known, no decision has ever been these words refer to bona fide claims low the real figure. The consumpgave H.M.S. "Castor" a dose of Mr. Nee Soon after referring to the meeting has been despatched to given by the courts on the above but it has been thought better to tion per head per day for the whole oil at billiards on Thursday even situation created by the reply from Nanking.

argument, because the case has al- provide expressly that the claims year was 17.9 gallons, including ing. the Nationalist Government, sald

Some Local History

ways gone off on some other ground, must be bona fide. that when he was in Chins lately This postal package service to

A Good Defence

Discussed 50 Years

There may be no skating faci-ed. he interviewed several officials on China has a few interesting side- No apprehension is felt by the Section 3 of the new Ordinance

lities on the Island, but we can the matter and came to the conlights in so far as its local history Government that the courts would is an attempt to legislate for a mat-

always depend on a landslide here Thus the "Daily Press": clusion that the National Govern-is concerned. As early as 1886 hold the above defence to be a good ter which has been discussed

"There were very heavy showers, ment was determined to abolish the there were many shopkeepers who one, but there appears to be an off and on for fifty years. The

or in Kowloon,

so heavy in fact that the figure, service. Continuing, he said. that acted as remittance agents, but a impression abroad that the defence section makes it an offence to take

Apropos the British-Russian satisfactory as it is, is probably. he had two suggestions to put be-larger number of itinerant collec-is a good one, and some officers any part in any transaction the ob-

DISBANDMENT FIRST? conversations the "Telegraph" smaller than was expected."- fore the meeting. One was to aptors made it their business to make may be under the impression that ject of which is to transfer the

says that the British attitude is That's quite clear-as muðt peal again to the Chinese authorities trips to China at frequent intervals, it would be useless to prosecute in possession of any minor under for the maintenance of the service, bringing with them the savings of such a case,

Shanghai, Testerday, was not made clear."That's not eighteen for any valuable consi

In spite of the decision of the Cen any clearer, anyway.

Expanding" the report of s and the other was to ask the Govern-the labouring classes here to their The position is much the same deration, unless the accused, can

Over a with regard to adopted children prove that the transaction was release Li Chai-sum, formerly ad- "Old Soak," Colonel H. C. day the local "Telegraph" of

tral Political Council in Nanking to

cricket match concluded on Mon.. ment to consider the difficulties in folks in the homeland. monetary transmission which would million dollars were sent from In order to dissipate this impres- bona fide and solely for a purpose ministrator in Canton, Marshal Chiang undoubtedly arise after the aboll Singapore by this means in the aion, and also to place the legal of a proposed marriage or adoption Kai-shek is still sanctioning Id Chai Stinson's pet parrot, has been al- Tuesday asserts that "Glamorgan tion of the service and to grant an course of a year Mr. Ho Yang position beyond all possible doubt in accordance with Chinese custom. sum's continued detention at Tongshan, lowed into America from the to-day were always puzzled by extension for an unlimited period. Peng, who was the first Chinese it has been decided to amend the The section also makes it an offence It is believed hers that Chiang Kai- Philippines-And America suppos- the bowling of Yoce and S.

Staples." Sotto vace? Effect on Poor People

postmaster remaining in Govern-section so as to make the point to be in possession, without ahek may not liberate his erstwhile, ed to be "agin" all "soaks.”" ment service for nearly twenty-one clear. Accordingly, paragraph lawful authority or excuse, of any political onemy until the Military Dis Discussion ensued and the years, and who happily is still one (e) of section 2 of the new Or such minor who has been so dealt bandment programme has been car- majority were of the opinion that of Singapore's valued citizens, ad-dinance provides that for the pur with after the commencement of tied out, which may not actually take the postage package service should vised local shopkeepers to under-pose of section 45 of the pria the new Ordinance, whether such place for several months to come be continued pro. tem. in view of take this business, with the result cipal Ordinance, le, for the pur minor was so dealt with within or Nan Chung Kuo News Service, the frequency of highway robberies that over 300 shops commenced pose of proceeding against the without the Colony. An offender in the interior of China endanger business as remittance agents, the kidnapper, the adoptive parent of against the section may be sen- ing monetary transmission, and the itinerant collectors ceasing to exista child under fourteen and the tenced to a fine not exceeding $1,000 absence of thoroughfares in Famous Riots employer of a child under four or to imprisonment for any term not smaller villages, rendering the In December, 1876 occurred the teen, including the employer of a exceeding one year, or to both auch usual postal service impracticable. famous Chinese Post Office riots, mui tsal under that age, shall be fine and such imprisonment. No It was also made out that the aboll- The local Government had decided deemed to have had the lawrul prosecution can be instituted with GERMAN AND U.S. CONCERNS Club-the_Hong_Kong tion of the package system would upon the establishment of a caro or charge of the child. The out the consent of the Attorney make no difference to the Chinese Chinese Post Office and Money paragraph also provides (a) that General. business people, but on the poor Order Office for the special con- nothing in the sub-section in class It would have on adverse venience of the poorer classes of question la to be construed as poor people to great extent. The Chinese shopkeepers, who re-ship: vested in the Secretary for especially during the internal strife cognised that their business as re- Chinese Affairs, and (b) that no- in China Furthermore, the inner-mittance agents would be affected thing in the sub-section in ques

ther evidence of age be given or the latter acquires a nominal official affairs and the League There was a young man of Hong most villages are invariably situat by the Government's proposal, de tion shall be construed as confer (b) It provides that it shall be no 80,000,000 marks worth of shares Championship has already been ed very far from the Government liberately misrepresented matters ring on any adoptive parent or Post Offices and delivery of letters to their ignorant countrymen, per employer any right le bound to be delayed by the scading them to believe that the

Dossession of change in the system. Again, it schema was; intended to "squeeze”

the child's will be necessary for the labourore, the poorer classes of Chinese, and who send but a few dollare each that, Instead of reaping the 8-as against the child time to their folks at home, to get vantages they had hitherto done often someone else to write for the he transmitting small sume толеу proposed change necessitating their cheaply

A Minor's Age

ELECTRIC

A WORLD-WIDE WORKING AGREEMENT

Berlin, Testerday,

Reports the

"Daily Presa”;

"The gallant thieves managed to overcome the old coupleWhy the bouquet for cowardly armed robbers?

Interesting to Bote there is such a place as Meichow Hotel- Sounds just like the chap who told a pal to meet him at my

dontcherknow?

Club,

'Tis at least three or four weeks

since a contemporary had daily recourse to an urge"; but the “urge" cropped up in an outside correspondent's "farious urge": on TuesdayThe urge to write seems urging and urgent at times!

A cable in the Philippines Herald” on the sustained flight record at St. Louis says: "For many years thousands have jam- med the Lindbergh-St. Louis Hy-

A world-wide working agree According to the "Daily Fressing field here waiting to see The section alig contains three ment has been concluded between the lawn bowls official programme Jackson and O'Brien come to

effect. The system benefited the Chinese who sent money to China. affecting any rights of guardians subsidiary provisions as follows the Allgemeine Elektriztaets is expected to close at the end of earth. Sure that was some flight,

correspondquee being - written in they wou

ting resolved unanimous lett

the Chinese, Coramci which

fok time unul country

eir families in China,

future, in the hands ountrymen, be sub OPOCESS OF 5qeeting well understood in their.

retaining against

child

or guardian or

Sof the

(a) It empowers the magistrate to Gesellschaft and the General Elec- this week. It that case the bal

"And" the age of the mirior whe-tre Company of America, by which postponed matches wil all be un

defence

ascharge under the in the former Reuter~ section that the minor consented to the transaction, of thet

indoor received the consideration or any part thereof, or that accused believed had reason able ground to minor was not

the age

RO The

lieve that

BRITAIN AND EGYPT

BRITISH CABINET APPROVES OF DRAFT TREATY

DETAILS TO BE PUBLISHED

Cabine

approved

Tondon, Yesterday.

one the detail of

ned, as 3001 15: DOE

decided!

Italian volcano In eruption." Mussolini busy agais.

Bleriot again fies the Channel Not bleerlaye

The "O

are being

Newspa

tead of ayment

Who lived in the lounge all day

long

As his bills mounted higher. He drew nigher and nighər A cubicle life in Honghons.

Then the lizard remarked, “This

omaripes | So he spelt his name with a diph-

thong,

And tuck in a hyphen, And soon yot a wife le The circles of Hong Kong's hom

ton