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New Territories and South China'

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931.

stances of this kind are not MEXICAN CULTURE LOOKING BACK ON

favourable to the operations

which companies might otherwise FOR JAPAN.

be induced to undertake; yet, if

only we can believe the geolog- Delegation from Mexico

University.

MESSAGE OF CORDIALITY,

Mexico City, Dec. 11.

ture known in the Far East.

110 YEARS.

Born When Britain Went

to War in Wooden Ships.

WOMAN'S DIARY.

The oldest woman in Britain or

iats, the hills we imagine to be so barren and unproductive still jeffer to the patient the chance of doubling their investmenta. A local Chinese recently showed us

A delegation representing the Ireland, the Hon. Katherine Plun- specimens of stone which he ob- National University of Mexico left het, celebrated her 110th birthday tained in the New Territories this city on December 10 for Japan, recently at Ballymascanion, Co. claiming that they are a species for the purpose of interchanging Louth, with a turkey and plum pud- of jade. He sent several pieces to ideas between the two countries and ding luncheon party in her bed- Sir Cecil Clementi when His Ex-making Mexican history and cul- room.

Miss Plunket's sight, hearing cellency was Governor of Hong Sir student delegates are making and speech have been failing since Kong, and has sent a small collec- the trip under the direction of a she became bedridden some years tion to the British Museum for ex-Carcia de Mendoza of the School of since she was 101.

faculty member, Senor Adalberto ago, and she has not left her room The villagers pert opinion. We trust that his Philosophy and Letters.

wanted to ring a peal of 110 bells, hopes will not be shattered and "We are the bearers of a message but it was her wish that the event that there is, among these hills of of cordiality between the students, should be celebrated quietly.

She has lived during five roigna ours, some opportunity of show-and moreover, between countries."

said Sentor Garcia de Mendoza to and watched the world through the ing the world that Hong Kong is the Japanese Charge d'Affairs here most progressive era in history. worth the price of ownership. when the student delegation visited The "highlights" of her life's

the Japanese Embassy to declare diary Include:- their proposed programme of acti- vity during the stay abroad.

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art

Age thirty to forty,-Death of Duke of Wellington (1825). Work on Metropolitan Underground Rall way begun (1860),

Age one to ten.-Queen Carolins News in Brief,

dies, after being found guilty of Sane Patriotism.

misconduct by the House of Lords Sanders of telegrams are inform- Three objects were named as the (1821). Original Bank of England. ed that, owing to one faulty cable basis of the plans. The first of built (1821). First steamboat between Hong Kong and Shanghai, these Is the expression of pa visita Ireland (1821). Told. bed telegrams to and from Shanghai triotism in the sanest meaning of time stories by Sir Walter Scott and beyond may be subject to slight the word; that is, expounding the (1825). Saw frat omnibus

Revolutionary

of the activity delay.

Age ten to twenty.-Parafin Mexican Government. The doctrines discovered and considered a luxury Wong Fat,

woman stone and policies of the administration as illumination in country houses. breaker, was yesterday removed to which seek to promote the better-Houses of Porilament burned the Kowloon Hospital from a build-ment of a race long suppressed, will (1834). Rallway opened from ing contractor's matshed in Tal- be the subject of lectures in the London to Birmingham (1889). koktaul. She had three fingers and University of Tokyo.

Penny postage begun (1840). Rail- her right hand blown off during To acquaint Japanese students way to Southampton opened. blasting operations.

with Mexican

and culture, Age twenty to thiry-Railways which have been almost unknown to Bristol and Brighton, opened ' Chan Sap, an unemployed Chin- and unrecognised in foreign lands, (1841). Royal Exchange opened ese, pleaded guilty to stealing a will form the second undertaking (1844). Twopenny omnibuses be- woollen jersey, two black cotton of the Mexican representatives.

gun (1846). only too willing to assist and en-Jackets, and a grey felt hat, the Examples of art purely Mexican courage enterprise in this connec-property of Cheng Chat of 32, will be displayed in Tokyo.

Kwai Lam Street, this morning. The third purpose.of the visit tion. Granite is worked here on Mr. Butters passed sentenced of Ave named by Senor Garcia de Mendoza quite a large scale but acres of weeks' imprisonment.

Is the promotion of friendly and

Age forty to fifty-Street rall hillside still offer themselves up

intellectual relations between the way opened near Bayswater (1861),

Railway A fine etching of the T.S.M.V. student classes of the two countries. Metropolitan for quarrying if only the capital Penrith Castle adorns a 1931 calen-

opened Three months will be spent in (1863) First railway train entera is forthcoming.

dar issued by the Dodwell-Castle Japan by the delegation. It is City of London (1864). Telephones A few years ago Dr. Uglow Line (China, Japan, Philippines, anticipated that the stay in the Invented (1870). madu a geological survey of the Java, Straits, to U.S.A. via Sues Orient will result in mutual benefit Age fifty to sixty-Royal Albert Canal), the local agents of which for the students of both races and Hall opened (1871). Marriage of and Ca., will found a worth-while friendship Duke and Duchess of Connaught are Messra. Dodwell on behalf of the Hong Kong Gov- Limited, The etching is by Mr. and understanding. The exchange (1897), Launch of first submarine ernment and, it is understood, W, Everall.

of intellectual ideas is encouraged bullt for British Navy. (1880). drew attention to the abundance)

by both countries as a means of Since 1880 Miss Plunket Unable to cross the Cheungsha- Becuring international outlook and seen great strides in the arts and of ironstone in the Colony. That wan Road in time, a Chinese wo appreciation of foreign views and sciences; the building of great war- ironstone is to be found here in man and her two sons were knock-Institutiona.-United Fress. workable quantities cannot be ed down by a motor truck, which doubted; even the slopes of Tai was carrying a load of bricks. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S Mo Shan furnish evidence of con- legs injured, whilst the younger aiderable quantities of this son was hurt on the head. The mineral. The chief difficulty in elder son suffered severe internal Mr. Lytton Strachey's developing an iron smelting indus-injuries, and had to be taken to

New York, Nov. 16. hospital In an ambulance.

Colonel Lindbergh is planning a try in the Colony, however, is the

"good will tour"" of South America, prohibitive cost of transporting Miss F. C. Woo, M.B.E., was the

Was Henry VIII. the father of which is expected to coincide with coal, of which there are no traces guest of honour at a reception given Queen Elizabeth, or may the Queen the visit of the Prince of Wales. on the British side of the border. by the Council, Staff and Pupils in have been illegitimate, with conse-

Colonel Lindbergh has hitherto the Lee Hyman Hall of the St. Paul's quently no right to the Crown? bot been farther south than the Coalfields are known to exist & Girls School yesterday afternoon,

Dean Inge has created a storm of northern coasts of South America. few miles within Chinese terri- His Lordship the Bishop of Victoria controversy among historians by His tour of Mexico and Central tory, and if only these could be (the Rt. Rev. C. Ridley Duppey, his article on this subject in the America In the Winter of 1927-28 a large Eugencies Review, and Mr. Ghad, it was generally agreed, au developed and a special railway VD) presiding. over

gathering. Miss Woo has recent- Lytton Strachey, the distinguished important effect in improving built, some encouragement for ly returned to Hong Kong, after a author of "Elizabeth and Essex," public sentiment towards, the opening up our iron supplies visit to America where she made which deals with the life of the United States among the popula According to a British metal-might exist. Indeed, South China untiring efforts to raise funds for Queen, told an interviewer that he tions visited. In some Latia- was very sceptical indeed about the American circles hostile to the lurgist, the mountains of Wales is reported to be exceedingly rich

Dean's conclusions.

the United States. Colonel Lind contain gold, although the cost of in valuable coal, and an expert re-

Dean Inge, in the course of his bergh's influence as an unofficial the portraits of Henry VIII's pats- to be reckoned with. When he article, says: "A careful study of ambassador la regarded as a factor tive children has convinced me that visited Panama" this year he

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Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 8, 1931.

HERE IS WEALTH.

The mother had her fingers and

the school.

PEACEFUL POST.

Nanking, Yesterday.

ROYAL BEREAVEMENT.

PARENTAGE.

Reply to Dean Inge.

.

"I

has

ships, liners, and airships; and the discovery of cures for many

hitherto "Incurable" ailments.

LINDBERGH'S "GOOD WILL TOUR."

DESERT POLICE FORCE.

To Control Trans-Jordan Frontier.

Was

Amman, Dec. 6. A special desert police force, equipped with light cars and car rying machine-guns, has been formed to control the trans-Jordan frontier under the command of

working and discovering the cently stated that if the mines in EDUCATION HEAD. veins would be totally out of pro- the South were properly develop- portion to the profits. In Honged, coal could be shipped from CHIANG KAI-SHEK ASSUMES A

Queen Mary and King denougled in some sections of the Kong, unfortunately, the only Swatow and sold in Hong Kong at

Edward VI. reproduce some of their local Preas as a dangerous' apostle gold that is likely to be obtained six or.seven dollars per ton. The

father's features. Elizabeth's face of American commercialism. belongs to an entirely different is from the sea, which contains chief obstruction appears to be Marshal Chiang Kai-shek visited type. I do not believe that she had minute particles about sufficient China herself, which is too sus the Ministry of Education this a drop of Tudor blood in her veins. to cover a pin's head from a ton picious to admit the inflow of for-morning formally to take up his If this is true, the flighty Anne duties as Acting Minister of Educa- Boleyn, and some person unknown, of salt water. It is quite pos- eign capital, and too occupied tion. Reuter.

gave us our greatest Sovereign.” sible that equally small quantities with internicine warfare and the

Mr. Lytton Strachey said: may be subtracted from the building of mausoleumis to con-

think it is very rash of the Dean' galena ores that are occasionally sider anything so practical as the

to be so positive on the subject. I discovered in the New Territories, industrial development of the

feel very much more sceptical about but it would be quite unpayable country.

The following is the text of a it than Dean Inge, as I do on most cablegram sent by His Excellency | subjects. to separate them from their com

Again, unknown to the general the Governor yesterday to the "His reasons seem to me very pounds. As chance would have it, public, mining of different kinds Secretary of State for the Colonies thin indeed. As far as I can Captain Globe, who in past years of has been engaged or similar work Nature ordained that the moun-is still being carried on in the transmission to His Majesty gather, it is simply a question of tains of our Colony should be just colony on a small scale. There is,

the King

facial resemblance. That does not in Irak.

The scheme Involve the con- outside the range of the mineral for instance, a workable quantity

"On behalf of the Colony of appear to me to be very strong Hong Kong, I ground for such a conclusion: After struction of three new frontier area of China; thus we have of lead and galen in the New Ter loyal and respect humbly tender all, Henry VIII, is extremely unlike posta to serve as a basis for this the ironical instance of a gold ritories, and at the present mo

Their Majesties the King and Henry VII. to look at. They are mobile force. mine being worked (it has just ment a mine is being worked at

Queen and the Royal Family in absolutely different. Obviously this their bereavement... would also apply to hundreds of been opened by a Chinese philan- Sha Tau Kok under the aegis of Telegraphic information has been other casca,

A thropist to assist the unemploy Mr. M. B. Yeung, which employs a received from the Secretary of "When I wrote my book I took ed) in Kwangtung. The only considerable number of men and funeral of the Princess Royal will daughter of Henry VIIL, and there products that our hills seem to is quite a profitable enterprise take place on Saturday All flags did not appear to me to be any yield in any appreciable quantity There is possibly room for others, on Government bulidings and adequate reason for thinking other-To-day's dollar is worth 3/- 18/16.

launches will be flown at half-mast wine. are serpentine and syenite, both although there have been so from 8 ani, to sunset on that dayAlso I should have thought that A coolie without the almost h• of which are used for building failures in this direction during purposes. Serpentine, when the last thirty years that capital polished, is often a beautiful stone ists are rather wary of having of rich colouration, and is carved any dealings with what are, at into mantlepieces, columns, vases, best, highly speculative forms of and other ornamenta. A very Investment One such failure fine serpentine, mottled red and characterised the closing of green, is found in Scotland, and silver and silver lead mine on I was used for pillars in the great Tau Inland many years Hail at: Versailles. There no was developed on the doubt that there la still

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the developme and the

@rich. Veintio.

“Do the

State for the Colonies that the

13 YOUR NAME HERE?

Mail has been received at the following persons American Consulate general for the

Ch, L, Boender, G. W. Brophy, Domingo, H. J. Eddo, H. C. Evans Mrs. Garland Garrels,

Hamilto

3t for granted that showas the

Ten Years Age,

[From the "China Mail"./

January 8, 1921.3:

the question of facial difference was herant avidity for "squeeze" wa balanced by the resemblance in revealed in the genial person of AB charter of the two. They were Kwong who was standing with his in a way, rather alike. Although vehicle in Bond Road, yesterday Elizabeth was very unlike Henry to when motor car No. 258 ran into look upon, he had something of him and knocked him down. For have seen the portrafts to slow the car down Immediately bis temperamente tunately the chauteur was able to which the Dean refers, but ble after the Impact, and the only Ins theory has certainly never occurred jury the amiable coolle suffered to-me

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von Gehren, Mr D "If the Dean's theory is correct leg. Mrs. EH. Hyde A think the only moral to be drawn cents as com artin, A. M. Martin, JA McGoetha

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matriarchy, then we should

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