1935-03-23 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1935

for

STAMP COLLECTORS

HERE always been

By A. E. L.

TRANS-ATLANTIC air-mail

Tcomplaint from stamp col-A service by Zeppelina may begin

loctors on account of the great in July, 1936. It is understood that differences prevailing in the the United States Post Office de- prices of stamps based on the partment has entered into formal condition of the stamp There negotiations with Dr. Eckener, de- is an interesting leader in the signer of the Graf Zeppelin, to be February Godden's Gazette.gin an 'experimental service across from which I quote the follow-the Atlantic by that time. It is ring:

proposed to use the new Zeppelin "Slowly during the post-war years LZ 129 now under construction. the standard of condition in stamps}"

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has improved in every active collee: THE Trinidad Provisional issue. dion, or gradual increase in price

has been apparent when superb place in the Catalogue among the copies are sold, Since about 1930 prepared for, but not used, this increase in price has risen so varieties. I presume that the rea-. enormously that it has caused me to son for its ommission is the fact! wonder whether it is at all good that it is overprinted "Specimen." for philately.

There is, however, an interesting! "I curi

appreciate a fine classic history attached to this particular stamp in perfect condition, good stamp. margins, fresh colour and light

The postal authorities

The latest photograph of M. Pierre Etienne-Flandin, French Premier, whom European obsérvers compare to a juggler, balancing the peace of Europe as he works to conclude a defensive air convention embrac- ing England, France, Italy, Ger many and Belgium which would bind the other signatories to come to France's aid in the event of an åttack by Germany, ta

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REGULATIONS FOR. “BURIAL GROUNDS

Creation Of Public Cemeteries

CHIANG KAI-SHEK ORDERS

CLOSING OF OTHERS

Chungking.

of

To-day's Short Story.

Retribution

By Lionel Roberts

ORNE on the balmy spring hole She turned inside this cavern,

Bbreeze, a foretaste of glor, however, and lay resting the tip of ious days to come, and filling the her nose on the trodden soll in such denizens of field and copse" and a position that the mouth of the hedgerow with a sense of secur- narth gave a wide range of vision.

ity and wall-being, there floated deny, over the scarce

a medley of sounds common en- Suddenly, over the rise scarcely ough during the dull, grey win-two hundred yards distant, appeared ter days.but now seeming the old dog-fox, his tongue hanging, strangely out of place. It was his fur wet and bedraggled and the cry ofhounds running to a breast-high scent, their quarry dead-beat and ready to drop, and with only his stout heart and the indomitable will given by nature to all wild creatures to bear him Fup.

MONDAY'S STORY

Monday's story will be "Changeling," by Colin Howard.

The end was not far off, but the old dog-fox, veteran of many a crack- ing run, was nearing his earth, a huge rabbit bury enlarged by count- less generations of foxes wherein to brush nearly trailing the ground, bear litters of cuba and for security hardly able to put one pad before the at times like this.

other-and then, not fifteen yards Basking on a sunny bank by the behind, one hound-two-three-the earth, his vixen pricked up her ears whole pack, streaming over the rise. at the unwelcome, sounds, and, rising,

The vixen sensed that her mate sniffed the breeze. She knew only could never make those last few too well the meaning of the hullaba-yards, and some force compelled her 100, and being heavy in cub and with to lie still and witness the inevitable no inclination to run before a pack of hounds, she quickly trotted to earth and disappeared in a yawning

FLOOD DANGER IN NORTH ACUTE

Yellow River Might Change Its Course

QUICK ACTION NEEDED TO - SAVE TIENTSIN

Shanghal.

end.

age to the heavier hounds.

The down grade gave the advant-

In a few seconds the leading

hound rolled him over. Then half

a dozen were on him, and right be fore her eyes she saw what had been a few seconds before a virile, living creature, her mate, trans: formed into a bundle of bloody fur. This was the last meet of the sea- son, and by virtue of this fact the Ivixen was immune.

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cancellation, but I cannot see why Trinidad, anding the

similar stamp with perhaps great-stamp of this denomination, ordered! ér margins, etc., which, when re-a provisional supply from London,Į versed. reveals a tiny thin spot, in the absence of the Colonial Post- realises only about one third of the master-General-Mr. J. A. Bulmer. price of the other. As a dealer, Quite by accident Mr. Bulmer saw know the value of condition from specimens of them at the Colonial the business side, but I do feel that Offee, London, and at once objected collectors should think carefully to their being lagued, taking that over what they are doing before by so doing he was conforming to à paying tremendous prices for regulation laid down by the Secre- stamps because they are the finest tary of State for the Colonies that coples they have seen. They are no surcharged stamps should be General Chiang Kai-shek, has making 'the standard of condition issued. From this, it is obvious issued a circular telegram to the higher; until before very long there that someone had been brought to various provincial and municipal will be such a tremendous differ-book over the manuscript aur governments, ordering the crea- ence in price that only a few stamps charges of May 1882. These 3d. tion of public graveyards in all will be worth anything at all in the and 5d. Provisionals were, there the rural districts, under their average collection. Will the in-fore, withdrawn and destroyed, with jurisdiction before the end crcaso In value of these super the exception of a supply which the year. stamps set off the decrease on the had already been sent to Berne and The order states that the pre- greater portion of any collection? five copies only which had been sent private graveyarda must all

Single Or Block? reserved for the Official Album of be removed and that a tax rang-lapse of the dykes of the Yellow of the copse, casting shadows over Some months ago a pair of im-Trinidad.

ing from $1.00 to $10.00 per year River, Dr. H. H. Kung, Vice-Pre- that scrambled piece of turf where perforate classics containing ont

will be imposed on those unre

sident of the Executive Yuan and the dog-fox, had died. stamp defective sold for about £50.

moved after the expiration of concurrently Minister of Finance, Twilight gave place to night. The Shortly afterwards it was resold

the prescribed time limit with the offending stamp cut off,

proceeds from the tax, the order in a press interview last week, au- stars came out and the moon appear- and realised £120. Does this mean

further states, will be appropri-nounced that the Central Govern-ed, & pale orb casting Ite fitful light ment had decided to raise an amar- on the scene. Then from the great that in a few years time the world's.

ated to educational purposes.

¡gency fund of $1,000,000 for en-earth in the bank a shadow despor rarest plece, say of Thurn and

(Chekiai Agency).

gineering work at Kwantal in than those cast by the light of the Taxia, a rather close cut, used block

southern Hopei, where the breach moon floated across the Intervening of nine will be cut up as the centre

had occurred.

space and halted by the patch of atamp with the epormous margins|

Dr. Kung stated that unless im-stained and trampled grass. will be worth more than the block?"

There, in the full light of a moon- repair the damaged dykes, it was beam, it resolved itself into the form feared that the Yellow River might of the vixen. She sniffed at the change its course and force a new carth, and then, raising her slim outlet into the sea through Tlen-muzzle to the stars, gave forth a tsin.

series of short, sharp cries, eerie

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TOW that the 1924 series of Ascension is obsolete, and the

FREE FIGHT AFTER SOCCER MATCH ·

Two Chinese Fined

$25 Each

TWO OTHER DEFENDANTS ··

DISCHARGED

At the Kowloon Magistracy be- remainder destroyed, collectors fore Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham, should all any gaps in their collec-yesterday a fine of $25 each was tions without delay, as prices, are imposed on, Matthew Chang nged sure to rise. The obsolete 4d. and 131 charged with disorderly con-

The

In view of the serious flood situa- tion in North China due to the col-

HIGHWAY PROGRESS mediate measures were taken to

IN CHINA

Roads Constructed Or Surfaced

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After the kill, hounds wore whip- ped off, and quiet descended once; again on the scene of the tragedy.

The sun sank low behind the trees

In that event, Dr. Kung said, yet piteous. Rabbits, busy at their many cities in southern Hopei nocturnal feeding, ceased their nib-

td. are very scarce, used, and an duct and Cheung Kin Yan aged ing the length of highways con- would be submerged and untold blings and pricked up their ears at appreciation. In value of these items 28, who was charged with obstructed or surfaced in the var-sufferings inflicted on the populace the strange sound. Unlike the ory will not be long delayed.

structing an officer in the execu-ious provinces during 1984 have of the affected districts. In order of any fox they had heard, they Eion of his duty.

been published by the National to prevent such an eventuality, Dr. sensed that the sound spelt no dan- GALA NIGHT AT Two other defendants Carlos Economic Council:

Kung stated, the Central Govern-ger to themselves.

Heads. went Pintos aged 32, Chief Engineer ofį FIGURES FOR 1934 ·

ment had ordered the Provincial down again, and small teeth con- the steamer Sagres, and Chung

Nanking. authoritica of Hopel, Honan and tinued" to gnaw the fresh green Chee Cheung aged 23 wera dia- The following figures regard-Shantung and the National shoots of spring grass.:

round Length of Trunk Economie Council to devise joint- The shadows had moved

Lines ly effective measures to strengthen appreciably, before the vizen stirred 430 kilometres the embankments of the River and from the spot, and, without a back- .1,010

Irestrict the flooded areas.

PENINSULA

Empress Of Britain

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Tourists Feted

charged on the count of disorder- Provinces

ly conduct. All the four defen-

dants were charge as a result of Kiangsu the "free for all" after the soccer Cheklang An exceptionally large number of game between South China "A" Anhwei distinguished local personages are and Club de Recrolo on the Kow-Kiangai expected to be present at the dance jloon Football Ground on March 9. Hupeh in honour of the passengers on board Carlos Pintos was represented Hunan the R.M.S. Empress of Britain at by Mr. Leo d'Almada E Castro the Rose Room of the Peninsula Snr., while Chung Chee Cheung Hotel to-night..

and Cheung Kin Yan were defend- Kiangsu Three hundred and fifty guests ed by Mr. P. Sin. Inspector G. A. Chekiang are expected from the luxury liner, Stimson prosecuted.

Anhwei while many prominent residents in At the outset of yesterday's Kiangai the Colony, Including Mrs. J. P. hearing his Worship, dismissed the Hupeh Whitham and Captain, and

Mrs. Charge of disorderly conduct Fukien: Richardson, have already booked re- against the fourth defendant...

servations for large parties.

Two excellent bands will be in at

In passing sentence His Wor ship, said:--

"I have taken into consideration

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RED DEVASTATION

178 争夺 .1,306

Length of Branch

Lines

417 kilometres

1.208

289

800

300

429

-(Chekiai Agency).

IN HUPEH

Government To Raise $1,000,000 Loan

FOR RELIEF OF STRICKEN DISTRICTS

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TO CHENGYUAN

City In Grave Peril From Floods

All through the remaining hours of darkness she went relentlessly on, putting many, many miles between herself and hor erstwhile home...

When the eastern sky behind her showed the first signs of the com ing dawn, her pace, slowed, and she no longer kept to a line as straight The Hopel Provincial Govern

DISPATCH OF MONEY AND MEN FOR DAM BUILDING

Tientsin.

tendance, and dancing will be conthe youth of the third, and fourth/ HUPEH CONSIDERS in the north-western section of Adisused quarry loomed up bag of dams to save the city from

tinued until 2 nim

CIVIL PROCEDURE CONVENTION

Extension Granted

Manageri K. N. WAN

'Telephona' 28755°

KIANGNAN RAILWAY

EXTENSION

Nanking-Wuhu Section Ready For Traffic

OPENING ON APRIL

Nanking.

In view of the practical comple-

As the flight of any bird, but cant ment has remitted a sum of $9,000 ton of the Nanking-Wuhu section from side to side, seeking some place to the suthorities of Changyuan in In view of the terrible devasta- of shelter before the sun rose in all southern Hopel to assist the build the section will be opened on April of the Kiangnan Railway, traffic on tion wrought by the Communists |ŝte glory.

submersion by the Yellow River, according to a high official of Hupeh, the Hupeh Provincial Gov- fore her, overgrown and - desciate, orament has decided to raise untouched by the hand of man forver conservancy engineers are

In the meantime, additional the Kiangnan Railway Company.

Preparations for the passenger $1,000,000 for the relief and re many generations, no more than a being dispatched thence to direct service are under way, and it is ex habilitation of the stricken popula- great scar in the green hill from a and supervise the building of the pected that it will be stated at tioni

distance dep

dams and the repairs to the breach-totals 90 kilometers in length,

latest by April 15. The section Hellof groups have already been The vixen slunk close, until the ed dykes-(Chekial Agency.) organised and dispatched to the re- Jagged face of the quarry loomed DR. J. L. STUART AT | NEW LIFE MOVEMENT TO BE cently recovered areas, particular-almost perpendicularly above, hér,

HOP YAT CHURCH

defendants, but these minor riots quently, and an example must be are beginning to happen too fre

made to deter future repetition."

ITS PROBLEMS.

Improving Status Of Interior

ENCOURAGED

It is notified in the current Government Gazette that the Anglo- Netherlands Civil Procedura Con-To-morrow's Address On

Hanków. vention of May 31, 1982, has been

The Hupeh Provincial Govern extended to Netherlands East Indies

Religious Education ment has lately been active in call-' with effect from March 21 1935.

ing conferences on the improve The authority in the Netherlands Dr. J. L. Stuart, D.D., Presidentment of conditions in the interior. East Indies to whom requests for of Yeaching: University, Peiping, Following the conclusion of the service or for the taking of evi-who recently arrived in Hong Kong Special District Administrative donce should be transmitted is the in a tour of South China, will speak Conference and the Interior Educa- - Director of the Department of on “Religious Education" at the tional Conference, the Commission Justice, at Batavia, and the langu-Hop Yat Church to-morrow evening of Civil Affairs summoned, grater- ngo to be used in communications at 7.80...

day, all directors of the Bureaux of

and translations is Dutch,tomer Dr. Stuart is one of the pioneer Publie Safety fro

- The extension makes the Convon educators of Chins, materially aid: diatriets to Wuch tion: effective between the Nether- ing in the founding of Yenching cussion of thei lands East Indies and the Colony of University, a leading Christian Accordi Hong

educational Institution in North confere

A copy of the Convention may. Chlua, "m

een on

Colonial Sac

ation at the office.

"The public are cordially invited districts to attend

the iteriör

dis

ly the districts around Tayung, to bushes and brambles growing in study the situation and render profusion from fissures in the rock. whatever temporary relief is with-] Day was breaking ere she found in their means.--(Chekla! Agency), what she sought-a deep crack at the foot of the quarry-face with an HIGHWAY BUILDING opening Just large enough to allow her easy entrance, and extending IN CHEKIANG

some 18fk to 20ft, back and opening | but into a little chamber wide enou Great Progress In accommodate.

Recent Years

Hang

to

There she curled

rastod bar weary, body

dozen

NEW MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION

Kuomintang Officials Proposal

Nanking order to develop the prod enterprises of the cour

members of

tive Committed, of the, ang are prope

Ministry of Production

from

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Twelve locomotives have been ordered from America and are due to be delivered at Shanghai short- |ly(Cheklal Agency)

GENERAL SUZUKI'S NEW POST

Military Attache Leaves For Japan