1934-08-29 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1937.

13 LOCAL FIRMS FINED IN

SOUTH-WEST

ALLEGIANCE

TO NANKING

SUPPORT FROM GENERALS?

KUOMINTANG CLAIM

[From Our Own Correspondent!

Canton. Yesterday.

fo-day's Short Story.

QUIET

CORNER:

By G. B. Stern.

WAS trying to find space in A few of the names were dead my address book to squeeze wood in my memory. Uncanny, in yet one more name, but it was to stare at two or three lines in no good. The book had been in your own handwriting and to have Wireless reports issuell by the use for over ten years, and was forgotten why they are there and as packed as the inside of an om- of what you were thinking at the Central Kuomintang Headquarters nibus in the rush hour of a rainy time when you jotted them down.

One, in particular: . Ferdinand Moore,

c/o George Agnew, Esq.,

Beat Harrow,

Chesham,

claim that Generals Chen

Chl-day.. tang and Li Chung-Jen, leading military chiefs in Kwangtung and ing Kwangsi, have telegraphed mes sages to Nanking in support of the coming Fifth National Congress of the Kuomintang.

no

the devil was Rest Harrow,

+

MASS

¡MR. J. DALZIEL

PASSES AWAY

IN SCOTLAND

Former Chief Engineer Of Taikoo Refinery

44 YEARS IN CHINA AND

↓

THE FAR EAST

The death occurded in Dum- frieshire, on Sunday, at the age of 66, of Mr. James Dalziel, Chief Engineer of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery from February, 1988 to April, 1924.

Alison said, to me, firmly, look-

over my shoulder: "It's

Mr. Dalziel, who went Home with good. Brian, you must surrender, and start a new one. Here you

his family on holiday in March, is are!" And from a drawer in her Who

Ferdinand survived by Mrs. Dalziel, Miss Jean desk she produced, like a con Moore,

Chesham? Dalziel, captain of the Hong Kong jurer's trick, a most unfriendly How the devil did. he get into my Ladies' Hockey team, and Mr. Gray looking new address book, clean address book? The name awoke Dalziel, who is on the staff of the With the support of the two im- and glazed and empty. "I've been just a falat tremor of remem-Dairy Farm. He was expected to portant leaders of the South-west, keeping it in reserve for months." brance; the address none at all. I arrive back in the Colony early in Nanking officials optimistic she added, a little maliciously, had no association with Chesham, December,

well knowing my nonchalant habit nor with George Agnew.

Born on July 3, 1869, Mr.' Dalziel | about the AULEVERS of the Fifth of saying "yes" to her sugges

Therefore I did not copy into served his engineering apprentice- Congress, state the same reports. tions, and then postponing action my new address book. Neverthe-ship with Mr. J. P. McKinney of It is also said that if the South-indefinitely. "And now, as it's a less, I continued hopefully to Dumfries, from 1885 to 1890, and

has

are

west

he submitted

the Central ing to accept them.

proper

the Congress, to Authorities are will-

proposala

to

rainy afternoon....'

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "The Novelist," by Gilbert Ashbarry.

GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION

President Roosevelt in plctured acknowledging the greetings of natives' while passing through the Panama canal eboard the U.S.9. Houston, en route on his vacation cruise to the Hawaiian islands. With the President in the photograph are Gen. Harold B. Fiske, extreme left, commander of the Panama canal department, USA; Secretary of War George B. Dern, at the right of the President, and

his two sona.'

EXCHEQUER RETURNS

(Continued from Page 1)

Receipts from estate duties to

RAILWAY RECEIPTS BELOW NORMAL

Personnel Reduction Announced

DECLARATION

OF IMPORTS

INVOLVED

Consignments From United States

DOLLAR LINER'S CARGO

Thirteen well-known local firms were fined $20 each by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Central Magistracy' this morning, when they were sum- moned for importing goods into the Colony without proper declaration, by the 8.8. President Cleveland. which arrived here on July 23.

Mr. J. Barrow, Assistant Super- intendent of the Imports and Ex- ports Department, prosecuted.

The following were the arms fined:Connell Brothers and Com- pany,, Limited, for importing 83 ases of Quick Quaker Oats from New York, Mr.. C. D'Almada pleaded guilty on behalf of the ¡defendants.

Eastman Kodak Company, for importing eight boxes of films.

Far East Aviation and Company, Limited, for importing one box of

Imotor-car supplies.

Hang Tai and Fungs and Com- pany, for importing 270 boxes of oranges from Los Angeles.

Harry Wicking and Company, Limited, for importing 20 boxes of oranges from Los Angeles.

Hong Kong Silk Store, for im

wring my mind as one wringa a later joined Mesars. Armstrong cloth to extract one more drop of Whitworth, as an engineer. moisture....Ferdinand Moore?... In 1891 be made his first connec- Ferdinand?...Perversely, I resent-tion with the East, joining the China ed his presence among so many Navigation Company as engineer on pleasant people whom I had board the s.8. Po Yang, sailing to However, these reports cannot,

know quite well. The entry was Hong Kong from Greenock in be confirmed here. A spokesman

not recent, of course; I have said November that year. of the South-West leaders wald'

already that the book dated back! From 1891 to 1908 the late Mr. date, at £35,040,000, are, however, that there is yet no formal dis-

over ten years. The unknown Mr. Dalziel was engaged in the coastal over £3,000,000 lower than at the Ordinance, 1894, Reporting one case of rayon goods Moore was fairly near the begin-trade of China, in the capacity of corresponding date of last year. cussion over the Fifth National;

ning of the M's. So I sat down and started copy-.

chief engineer on various vessels of Congress, but believed that o final

When Allson came in again the China Navigation Company. ing out old addresses into the new decision would be made before the book. It is one of the most senti- asked her casually: "By the way, end of September. The spokesman mental occupations in the world. Allison, d'you happen to know added that the Congress would Some of your friends are dead; have a quorum without the part-with some

you have quarrelled; elpation of the South-west mem- from others you have just drifted man?" she asked. "I expect he's

apart. Alison was unsympathetic all right. Why?"

"No. Oh, No: 1 maan Ferdie Moore. Old Ferdie.”

Alison shook her head, and said

bors.

It appears that the alleged cup-when I sprayed her, like a foun- port of Generals Chen Chi-tang tain, with my thin sad wailinge and Li Chung-jen to the coming from the past. Congress is premature. Such re- "I'm going to leave you alone," ports, it la learned, are intended she announced, presently; "all to enhance the prestige of the Na-alone, to cry, and sing, 'It's only tional Government and to increase beautiful

picture! Otherwise

the value of bonds floated by Nan- you'll never get the job done, with king in the Shanghai market. all these reminiscences."

Protect Your

Valuables

THE HAZARDS OF

from

FIRE

FIRE RESISTING STEEL FURNITURE

WILL NOT WARP, BURN,

OR CRACK

THE OFFICE APPLIANCE CO.

LIMITED

Specialists in Office Equipment

Powell's Building, 12a, Des Voeux Road, C. Phone: 28607

what's become of old Moore?”

"Do you mean the almanac

Chief Of Taikoo

The New

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL. (By_ Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra-|

from Yokohama... Įpeived August 89, 9.47 am.) Customs and Excise receipts, New Haven, Connecticut, · Hong Kong Sporting, Arms and Ammunition Store, for Importing To-day. which, during the current financial,

York-New Haven 10 cases of shotgun shells from year have no far yielded £115,069,- Hartford Railroad has announced New York. Mr. Peter Sin appear- His last charge before joining 000, are over £2,000,000 more than that A reduction of personnel ed for defendants.

throughout the entire system` `is

John D. Hutchison and Company, the Sugar Refinery was the position at the corresponding date of 1993. of Chief Engineer of the s.8, Shan-

Excluding self-balancing revenue,

immediately necessary "in com- for importing 17 cases of builder's tung, a vessel engaged in the sugar,

mon with other railroads" due to hardware from New York. trade on the China coast.

the total ordinary revenue from all decreased business and increased

Loxley and Company, for Import/ On the retirement of Mr. Harvey sources for the period from April coats.

ing three cases of hair preparations. that she had never heard of him. from the position of Chief Engineer 1 to Agust 25 of the eurrennt year of the Sugar Refinery in 1908, Mr. amounts to £228,416,413, as com- But it went on bothering me all Dalziel took over the position, for-pared with the figure of £232,206,- the same. To find out exactly who saking the sea for good.

529 received into the Exchequer in He remained in this capacity the corresponding period of 1993. came to be neating so snugly in until he retired, on April 30, 1924.

and was in charge of the extensions date is $271,099,284. The Compara? Total ordinary expenditfire tỏ my old-address-book grew to be, a sort if obsession in my mind. It to the refinery, which took place tive figure last year was £268,916, nagged on and on.

[during this period. Nat

158.-British Wireless Service.

"It doesn't matter."

was Ferdinand Moore and how be

Finally, to get rid of it, I wrote

Amateur Architect to Ferdinand Moore. The letter was, I think, quite ingenious. I

Engineering was not Mr. Dalziel's wrote that it was so long since only bent. Besides being

an

. A UNIFIED CHINA

(Continued from Page 1)

The company has not 'disálosed the number which may be laid off. -United Press, par 'S. E. Levy and Company.

**

Oriental Drug Company, for im porting five barrels of salicylic acid from Los Angeles.

Thom's Grocerteria. for import porting 20 boxes of oranges. FURTHER RETRENCHMENT Wing, Coffee and Company, for

Importing 100 boxes of oranges. Chicago, To-day-Officials of the. western railroads, excepting the for importing 58 cases of provisions Yau Hing Loong and Company, Santa Fe and Illinois Central from Kobe." state that they are reducing the

The summons against the Hong personnel due to decreased re Kong Ham Company, was with. venue-United Press, per S. E drawn, as the firm went out of Levy and Company.

business two months ago.

CANADA'S FOREIGN

·TRADE ··

Decided Expansion Shown

DANCING DWARFS IN IVORY

Remarkable Finds In Tombshaft

Last season's excavations have

we had met; and how had he fared amateur architect of no mean since those days? Was he still ability-he planned his beautiful doing the same thing? Had he residence at "Seven. Sisters", North; moved, or did he still live in the Point he was well-known, in the

Despite the presence of other in{- same old place? I asked him how East as the author of books, chiefly litary chiefs in Szechuen, General all the others were, and I wrote on life at sea, and in the East Liu Helang is the most powerful that I would so much like to have generally, while in 1981 he compiled and has assumed an independent some news of him, for I often a treatise entitled "Silver and the attitude towards Narking. Last thought of him "although we Dollar." Many of his short stories Monday he submitted his resigna- have drifted so far apart!" have been published in the Sunday

tion to the Nanking Government.

Ottawa, Canada. This seemed to me safe. Of Herald. He also composed a num vince, for General Wang Chia-lieh, depression have been definitely enriched the Cairo Museum with Keichow is also a doubtful pre-

Indicating that the days of the course, he might have been a ber of pieces of music. plumbed employed by me at some Some of his books were written

Chairman of the Provincial left behind in Canada, the for a number of small objects of un- crista or other, and in that case in collabration with his old friend Government, is not a strong sup-eign trade of this country for usual, interest, which have just he would be surprsed to get my Capt. Chalmers, who also was for porter of Nanking. He is very the twelve months ended June 80 been placed on exhibition. lines of tender inquiry. But many years on the China Coast,

friendly with the Canton leaders had reached the figure of 1103 The most remarkable of these tested the name of Ferdinand He was a member of the Institu and has a resident agent here.

million dollars compared with finds is a set of three tiny dwarf Moore several times on my subtion of Mechanical Engineers. and

Another "grey" warlord is Gen-862 millions for the correspond-figures carved in ivory, found by conscious, and the reactions were the Institution of Marine Engineers, eral Lung Yun, Chairman of the ing period ending June 1983. Mr. Lansing, of the Metropolitau not plumber-like. Then, With

Mr. Dalziel was a keen yachtsman, He often blows hot and cold the advance has been continuous. rubbish in a tomb-shaft near the Provincial Government. On both import and export afde Museum of New York, among out confessing to Alison the being a member of the Royal Hong with Nanking. absurd lengths to which madden Kong Yacht Club. At one time he is "pacified" the next objective were $46,186,000 compared with

After Kweichow For the month of June imports pyramid of Seaostris I at Light. ed curiosity had driven me, I post-owned the yachts "Lady Godiva," ed the letter and waited.

will be Yunnan. "Lady Jean" and "Plover." During

$33,619,000 in June 1989, an But the time the answer came, his last stay in the Colony he owned of Kwangtung and Kwangs!

The special independent position advance of 37 per cent, while ex- which was about ten days later, the motor yacht, "Lady Luck.".

was ports of domestic produce other incidents had rushed. up, and During the Great War Mr. granted by the Fourth National amounted to $58,045,000 com- I had nearly forgotten again about Dalziel was an enthusiastle volun-1931, and the future relations be-crease of 28 per cent

Congress held here In Decemberpared with $45,968,000, an in- the whole business. As is my teer, proving himself to be a first-tween Nanking and the South- habit on receiving a latter in an class shot

Yunnan

unfamiliar handwdfting, I turned Well-liked by all who met him west will be decided by the Fifth

first to the signature: "F. Carlyon he will be greatly missed in Hong Moore, Carlosity leapt up again. Kong," exultant. My foolish little. my- stery was about to be solved. I

turned to the first page. There, on top, was the adddess. And that

at once solved it, without further probing:

"Quiet Corner,"

Wonalton Sands,

Corner." That was

S. Devon.

HOSPITAL SITE FIRE VICTIM

بہ

Another coolie, Lo Shing, was sent to the Government Civil Hoa-

National Congress.

CANTON PROJECTS PLANNED

Continued from Page 11. Among the new projects under

“SHOCK TROOPS? FOR CUBA Force Of 60,000 Being Organised

Havana Colonel Batista, head! of the Cuban army, is now busy with the task of organising a large number of shock troops which are to remain independent.

UNITED STATES CUSTOM COLLECTION INCREASE!

Washington, To-day. The United States Treasury an- nounce that for the fiscal year ended June 30, United States Cus- toms collections were U.S.$814- $215.281,116 for the previous fig 081,158, as compared with U. S.

cal year

BALK FOR N.R.A.

Continued from Page 1) -

pital yesterday, suffering from taken by the Department of Recon burns received when the matahedr struction are a beer factory, a Of course! Of course! "Quiet of Messrs Woo Sing, contractors, ramie factory, a hydro-electric from the Cuban army, it was

Ferdinand on the site of the New Government power station at Yungyuen, on the learned here yesterday from an that the N.R.A. has given indica

A Washington-message" states. | Moore L

Civil Hospital, were gutted at about Tengkiang River, in Northern unimpeachable source. tion that the order for reducing Allson and I had not been mar 1 a.m. yesterday. This now brings works, charcoal gas factory and to draw the princely wage of five become effective on October 1 re Kwangtung, enfron and steel Fact member of the militia is hours and increasing wages will rled long, and her parents were the total number Injured to ex to stay with us for their summer

holiday, together with her young

fertiliser, and ammonia plant. At dollars per month, and they are gardless of the garment. manu present the government works are eventually to number 60,000 facturers' defiance United sister, Kathleen: We had spent and August, and I liked the photo- turning out silk cament, sulphuric strong if the present intentions Press, per 8. E. Levy and Co. some time already looking for graph of the garden which the acid, and sugar. paulcable... house, and Alison had owner enclosed when answering It is said that the

said to ma: Brian, darling we our advertisement And there sugar busi can't possibly live even for two months In a house called Quiet CornerQuiet Corn

of it!"

I certal

the right number of bad- but the

and I went down, not

look st

ing old

of building; Dia Mi

(10)

of the colonel to increase this personal guard are carried out,

Meanwhile, even the most up- timistic observers here admit that the present political situa tion has reached a deadlock, since ex-President Menocal apparently {intends to surround. President

Carlos Mendietta;:"Cuba' government head. It ted that Menocal may leven fight Mendietta.":

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