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THE CHINA MAIL.

FARMERS TAXED OUT MAULED BY LIONESS AN UNCONVENTIONAL CANON NEWBOLT.

OF EXISTENCE.

How Civil War Kills

Agriculture,

PROBLEM CHINA MUST FACE.

A Chinese resident of Peking was surprised, late this summer, when his servant brought word

called to see him. The friend was

and whose family had owned the same land for centuries.

"What are you doing in Peking at this time of year?" he asked the farmer. "Is this not harvest time?"

DRAMA ENACTED BEFORE EYES

OF LARGE CROWD.

her claws in his back.

MONARCH.

King of Bulgaria a Payer of Surprise Visits.

DEATH AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SIX.

A London cable of September 12 reports the death, at the age of 86, of the Rev. W. C. E. Newbolt, Canon of St. Paul's

and

dis-

MONDAY,

OCTOBER 6, 1930.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

WAR 'PLANE COMING; TO HONG KONG.

AUTUMN FASHIONS.

PLUS FOURS

GENTLEMEN'S TAILORS.

Demonstration by Aircr Company.

TO TOUR CHINA.

London, Saturday.

AT

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BOOKS.

BOOKS FOR ALL TASTES.

BOYS AND GIRLS ESPECIALLY.

A keeper was severely mauled by an African lioness in a menagerie on

Sofa, Sept: 1. Barry Island in the presence of n

King Boris of Bulgaria is no Senior large crowd of people last month.

The keeper, Captain Bert Clark, lover of ceremony. A surprise visit | Cathedral.

After being educated at Upping- Rise, received, by some of his subjects a of Lyndon Avenue, Kensal

The Westland Aircraft Company WING HING CO. London, entered a cage containing few days ago is typical of his un-ham School and Fembroke College,

Donning the Oxford, Canon Newbolt became are sending abroad a Wapiti gen- two lionesses at the evening per-conventional waya."

eral purposes military aeroplane, formance, and almost as soon as he uniform of an officer of, the mer Curate of Wantage in 1868 that a friend from the country had stepped forward one of the animals cantile marine, King Boris left his two years later was appointed to demonstrate its qualities before a farmer who owned his own land hurled herself upon him and buried palace at Euxinograd on the Black Vicar of Dymock, Gloucestershire, Government officials and Air Force | Sea and piloted hia launch alone into Thence he went in 1877 to Malvern officers in. Southern Europe, North

the Link to take a similar charge America and China. He ran The trainer, Sergeant Major the port of Varna.

the Bulgarian maining there till 1887.

The machine will spend severs! Meanwhile, in addition to elambered David Barclay, M.C., D.C.M., of launch alongside Edinburgh, who was standing near-steamship "Bourgas," by, rushed into the cage and succeed-nboard and walked about the shin tinguishing himself as a clear and months in China, beginning at the country. The European tour watching the unloading operations forceful preacher, he published in Hong Kong and flying right through 1888 a work and later other books, will include Greece, Spain, Portu- The farmer nodded. "But thated in pacifying the animal.

He then carried Clark from the unrecognised and unchallenged.

Including "The Man of God."

He left Malvern Link to become gal, Yugoslavia and the Balkan cage, and ambulance men belonging

It will remain for some States. to the menagerie treated him be-

Later, It Principal of the Theological Col-time in each country."

will probably tour Scandivian lege attached to Ely Cathedral and

countries, also Hon. Canon of Ely, and re- mained there until 1890, when he Paul's. Shortly afterwards he was appointed a Canon of St. was also made Chancellor of the In 1894 he was Select Treacher turns in Germany for Aug, 15 show the heavy seas that were running at Oxford and a year later was exhibit will remain for a tour after Black or Brown Shoes from $6.00 a further increase by approximate-outside the harbour, and returned Boyle Lecturer. Among the other were those of Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely (1892 to 1905) As the conversation continued, they 80,000 to a total of 2,845,000. alone to the Royal Harbour at ecclesiastical offices which he held Peking resident was astonished to The number of short time workers Euxinograd.-Unted Press.

and Proctor in Convocation. learn that hundreds of farmers in also increased appreciably. the vicinity of Peking, in one of the agricultural most • prosperous sections of China, were leaving their

does not concern me," he said.

I am look. am no longer a farmer. ing for work in the city."

"In the city," exclaimed the Peking resident. "Why, you have been a farmer all your life. What work would you do here?"

The farmer shrugged his should

ers.

"Coolic work, any sort of work to earn an honest living." he replied. "It is no longer possible to earn food and clothing on my farm."

farms.

Tax-Collectors.

His friend explained: "The militarists are taxing us This has been out of existence.

a good year for crops, and we were hopeful, after many lean years. But the And our crops were good. tax-collectors watched us like hawke, When we got a little ahead, they

fore he was taken to the Barry Hos- pital, where he now lies.

Stitches had to be inserted in Captain Clark's back, and he had also scratches on his arms and side,

The Secret Out. Walking up to the bridge of the

ship he encountered the captain who at once recognised him, saluted and stood to attention. The secret was then out, the news spread that the king was aboard the ship and a big crowd collected on the quay- side.

The King afterwards return. ed to his launch, headed it, to the The official unemployment re- cheers of the crowds, out towards

GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT.

ex-

It is however, confidently pected that the Government's pro- gramme for stimulating industry by awarding emergency contracts. which, is already under way, will reduce these figures or at any rate wil offset a further lengthening of the list of the unemployed.

a song if they can, and drifting

find.

way to do any odd jobs they can

The seriousness of this move-

came around and said we mustment is apparent from the fact that

pay war taxes.

"We paid, and still managed to get a little ahead. Then the tax collectors come again. We had to pay. But they came a third time, and took everything we had. That was the last straw. I left my land idle, and hundreds of my neigh; bours have done the same."

Impossible to Sell Land. "Did you try to sell your land?" he was asked.

"It is offered for sale, but there are no buyers," he replied.

"Nearly all the land in my neigh- bourhood is for sale, with no buyer. Why should anybody farm. when they can be soldiers or ban- dits.. The harder we work, the more the tax-collectors take."

Reports from all parts of the north indicate that the farmers' re- valt, which has been predicted for some time by astute Chinese ob servers, has finally taken definite shape. Thousands of farmers are leaving their land idle, selling it for

are

RADIO TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on

a wavelength of 855 metres:

.5 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

7 p.m.-European Programme of Columbia Records selected and sup- plied by The Anderson Music Co.

Chamber Music,

three-quarters of all the people in China

farmers. Industrial Trio in D Minor-Scherzo

(Mendelssohn), development is just beginning, Moment Musical (Schubert), and the country must remain pre-

The Cherniavsky Trio, 3738. dominantly agricultural for a long The Broken Melody, time. But the military incubus Drink to me only with thine eyes,

Cello Solo, 2127. has done its best to destroy agricul- Tallanassee (Scott), ture, and has fairly succeeded.

The Zephyr (Hubay),

Zimbalist, Violinist, 187, Quartet in D (Tschaikowsky),

Lener String Quartet, 1805. 7.30 p.m.-The Rev. Mr. H. R. wells will give the seventh lesson from "Cantonese for Everyone."

The cities are filling up with far- mers, who pull rikishas or do coolie work of all descriptions to earn their food and clothing. Some of And hundreds of them even beg. farms stand idle.

This situation offers a rich field for Communist agitators. Hun-nings of the Empire Overseas by dreds of thousands

8.10 p.m.-A Talk-The Begin-

Ernest Young B.Sc., Joint Author of Chinese of "The Human Geographies" farmers feel they have nothing to Nocturne in E. Fiat (Chopin),

Squire Octel, 9142. lose, and are ready to accept any change which will improve their A Summer Night,

Doris Vane-Soprano, DX71, condition,

Large (Verachini),

Joseph Szigeti-Violinist, 2097. Tom Bowling.

William Heseltine-Tenor, DX60. A Bright Morning on the Alps,

Instrumental Trio, 2345, fioming-Muriel Brunskill,

Contralto, 3328. Theme and Variations (Beethoven),

Viola Sole by Tertis, 2172. On the Road to Mandalay,

Observers agree that this pro- blem is the most serious which any organised Government In China must face, when civil wars spare time for considering any construc tive projects.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert, but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.j

2 13 4 15

16. 7 *

12

14

15

16

147.

45

46

49

50

51

HORIZONTAL 1-Unfiagging 12-Elevate v «13-A square land-

« measure (pl.) 14-Run (Scot) v 15-African antelope

*(pla) 17-Decfilter (abbr) 18-Corskmė "KAN 19-Ancient city of

Lower Egypt (30) „20–102 (Roman)

21-Paid (abbr) N/

HORIZONTAL (Cont.)|

42-The chief minister ...' of Ahtauerum : (Eath, III-VII) 44-Shade trep 46-Exist - 48-DAY DADY 47-Bind 48-A type of hat 49-One of a fablad racó of gtints; (Kiraz

51-Public' Institution

122-Reformed Church of A VERTICAL

America (abbr)

134-A Portuguese coin.

127-American post

Es-Supariative andlegt

25-Protestant Epleco

20« fumbled type

1 That cannot be

132

VERTICAL (Cont.) B-Idols

-Advertisements F*** (abbr) ·

10-A cottage degree

{ublar.) 1 [1]-Great moral ad-

W! 'vancement. : 16-Massive, 17-Diameter (abbr.}; |20-Top of anything:

23-AutoA 25-Memorandums |28-A monkay :-

27-Facton

30-Pertaining to hair.. 3e-same et Solian.: 34-Música! note:

2-Nymphs Who met, 138-A blsok, hairlike:

86.over lukten and d fiber wiada from brooks (Glassware so the palmbajt Myth) 88-Corroded

pal (abbr), tendent MEN 10-A desert animat

Boffi used In form-142-Plant that dies Ming plural of some down afide flower 42-Netherlands (abbr.

ohulte beveTROË

„B-Measure of length)

-Hypnot condition 46-A church amòtaló

WAT 48-Beranet (sbbr.)

Harold Williams, Baritone

Invitation to the Valse,

9045,

Squire Octet, 06-8.

The Tempest (Purcell),

Norman Allin-Bass. 0929, Weather Report, Local Time and

Press,

Vaudeville Music, Sunnyside Up-Selection,

Jack Payne and His B. B. C..Orch.

5659. The Fly be on the Turmuts,

Harry Dearth-Baritone, DX50: Singin' in the Rain, My Song of the Nile,

Layton and Johnstone

Duettists, 5660.

5650,

Hilo and Na Alli,

Jollity Farm,

Instrumental Trio with Saxophones, 1729.

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Cathedral.

In the later years of his long period of service at St. Paul's a large scheme of reconstruction had to be undertaken to save the fabric of the Cathedral from de- cay, and in August, 1929, on the occasion of his 85th birthday, he said that the temporary loss of ac commodation caused by the re building had reduced the congre gution from 3,000 to about 1,300.

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MINES EXPLOSION.

KING SENDS ROSES IN SYMPATHY.

ONE BODY MISSING.

London, Saturday. Red roses and white carnations sent by the King as a mark of sym- pathy were yesterday laid upon the He then spoke of the change in bodies of the 13 men recovered the attitude of people who visited from a coal mine near Walsall, the Cathedral. "They used to sit where an explosion occurred on there," he said, "reading news- Wednesday. papers, cating sandwiches and talking. The open door and the tranquillity attracted them. They did not realise that the edifice was the House of God. But Londoners are better behaved now."

MISSING LINK.

*DR. ELLIOT SMITH'S TRIP TO

CHINA. ?

The flowers were brought by Lady Harrowby, who, with her husband Lord Harrowby, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, visited Specially the bereaved village. trained men are still searching the pit, where carbon monoxide re- mains, for one body that has not been recovered.-British Wireless Service.

DELAYED IN POST.

26-YEARS OLD LETTER-BOX FOUND IN PARIS,

.

In the Arm belief that he will be

An interesting clearance of a able to gather information co-letter-box was effected in Paris cerning a hitherto missing link in last month. the story of man's evolution, Dr, Elliot Smith, Professor of Anatomy at the University of London, left London for China recently.

He is journeying to Peking to examine the fossila of an extinct type of human being found in cave at Chou Kos Tien, near Peking, the age of which is estimated by Dr. Grabau, the Swedish geologist, at roughly 1,000,000 years.

Parts of four skulls and the teeth

An errand boy on a tricycle, try- ing to avoid a pedestrian, ran fell tilt into a disused door at one of the smaller Parisian railway stations.

old

From the broken woodwork there flew, in every direction, a quantity of letters with the pre-War ten ceatimes - stamp them. It appears that they came from a letter-box which had some- how been scattered epistles were

01

of at least ten individuals have been taken to the nearest poet-office. One of the Among them was B. postcard in found in the cave.

which a student made an appoint- rement for the old Pantheon horee

omnibus termínus.

skulls is that of a woman.

Dr. Elliot Smith said to a portor prior to his departure."

Features of the newly found akulla provide a link explaining the difference between the ape man (found in Java in 1891) and the Piltdown man (found in Sussex In 1912), which has hitherto puzzled scientists.

The conditions under which the discoveries were made in China sug- gest that further parts of the skeletons may be found on the site, Bunkey Doddle-1 Doh

Leslie Sarony-Comedian, 6607, which is of particular importance.

The Peking' skulls are mora Any Rags, Bottles or Bones,

primitive than the Plitdown skull Jack Payne & His B. B. C. Orch., and afford in a striking manner new

D10.1

and emphatic evidence of the close kinship of man and the anthropold ape.

Will anybody have a drink,

I want to be Happy, Tea for Two,

Ipana Troubadours, 2078, The Man who broke the Bank at Mente

Carlo, Two Lovely Black Eyes,

Charles Coborn, Entertainer, NEGROS AND REDS.

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Sing Ho, for the Days of Drinking,

On the Beach at Bangaloo,

Norman Long-Entertainer, 5159.

Around the Corner,.. With my Guitar and You,

Ben Sylvin & His Orchestra, 2221. Lonesome Little Dell, Ragamuffin,...Xylophone Solo, 5040.

Daddy

The M. P.Billy Bonnett Comedian,

10.30 pmClose Down

Note to Listeners,

NASTY SHOCK FOR THE THIRD

INTERNATIONAL,

On another a retail wine 'mer- chant sent an order for a bogshead of claret for 35 francs (about 50 gallons for 28s.)

PRESS TYRANNY? MORNING POST EDITOR ISSUES

WARNING.

London, Sept.. 8.

Is the power of the Press de- veloping into a form of tyranny? This was among the questions suggested in the Presidential Rd dress of Mr. H. A, Gwynne, Editor of the Morning Fost, at the annual conference of the Institution of Journalists.

Mr. Gwynne said the Press Was gradually assuming a paramount almost dominating-position in the public affairs of Great Britain.

The newspaper profession should limit its activities, to its proper of keeping witch and ward, in- forming, advising and instructing. To go beyod these functions would be to invite disaster.

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TENSE FEELING. ARABS AND CHRISTIANS. AT IT AGAIN.

EDITOR KILLED.

Jerusalem, Saturday. There is tense feeling through The chairman of a Negra dale

out: Palestine, following the cent dispute between Moslem and gation-visiting 'Russia has submit

Christian Arabs at Haifa, over the ted to the directorate of the Third International a report on the resur Mr. Gwynne uttered a warning ownership. of a cemetery. The gence of the black race which has in regard to the trend of modern Editor of a Christian newspaper |___A_2_minute_Tuning-in signal caused consternation in Moscow. journalism. He said journalists was killed and several were injured

is now gluch. 5 minutes before The entire coloured, intelligent had no right to intrude on private in the ensuing dispute. every broadcast transmission. sin of America, states the report, griefs. He denounced such things At the time, the incident was reject, Communism in favour of as sending a reporter to the house regarded as comparatively insigni- Mr. Thumper who was aspiring, racial uplift along strictly national of, a hanged person on the even ficant but it is now assuming alarm- ing of the execution to see how ing proportions: The growing ill- much to her Husband's ageny, to be American lines.

feeling is spreading to other parts a planist-wakened him early oneIn Jamaica, Barbados. and the relations were taking it. morning and exclaimed, John Trinidad the circumspect British Journalism must either abandon of the country. John There's a burglar, down, administration does not impede the its self-respect in the performance After the Moslem mid-day pray- stairs! I just heard him bump potil, aducational, and commer- of such tasks or create a positioners yesterday, & Christian Arab against the plano keys, olaf development, of the coloured whereby one should never be com- committed an act of profanity to By Jove!" her husband replied, population, whose feelings are en-pelled to do anything unbefitting the Mostem religion and a fight

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blanket in position against the wal so as to form a tent, and, in a few

onlookers, emerged in brightly. minutes, to the astonishment of the coloured bathing costumes, completo with rubber caps, and plunged into one of the pools.

They entertained the crowd for a few minutes by swimming round the pool, but the arrival of a police man cut abort their dip, and they had to retire into their wigwam and dress.

PRINCE TAKAMATSU

IN CAR COLLISION WHEN

***VISITING HOLLAND.

Prince and Princess Takamatsu

of Japan were involved in a motor ear accident during their visit to the Netherlands when their car collided with a motor lorry near

but the Prince and Princess were Leyden. The car was damaged, uninjured, and continued their journey by another car.

The Prince and Princess word. proceeding from Scheveningen în CAT Bent, by Queen. Wilhelmina to the summer residence of the Queen Mother at Bosatdyk, where they were entertained at luncheon: by the Queen