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NORTH BORNEO NOTES. . THE PRINCE SURPRISED.

JESSELTON, June 10th.

JUNE 2STE, · 1922.

THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.

HONGKONG,

KOBBERIES.

Two unsuccessful attempts at armed rubbery have been reported to the police. in both cases owing w the prompt action by the expants of the two houses the robbers were compelled in vetreat with- out stealing anything.

J

THE B.-1. S.S. "EGRA."

LATEST ADDITION TO THE

STRAITS-CHINA BUN.

4.3.

ITS OPERATIONS IN 1921.

Lying in midstream with busting fy Our steadily increasing number of vis

The following extrnets are from the

ing aid the King's regihental, band' itors all and severally exclaim at Bnding report of Mr. S. 1° C. Ross, Postmaster

playing on board, the Agra, the sonia semblance of virilsation on making Mineral, on the General Post Office for

British India Steam Navigation "Com- their first acquaintance" with Borneo t

In the first case three men entered Jesselton. It is believed that His Royal the year 1924-

shop at No. 4, Des Voeux Road Central's vessel which has been transferred from the Calcutta-Rangoon-Singapore Elightiess the Prince of Wales had been given the idea that his landing in Horneo

The Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Telegraph | Two of them were armed with revolvers, would be a sort of Eaptain Cook affair, a

waned by Naval They askel for a man named Wong run to the Straits China yun, was, yester Station which was dash ashore in surf boats to a beach crowded with dark skinned warriors, thelatings since its inception on July 15th, Ming. Alice whistle was blown from day afternoën, thrown open for inspers town of Jesselton a group of thatched i 9913, was transferred to the Colonin the back of the shop and the rubbers | rion By, the Company's Chinese clientek.

when

TELEGRAPH HRANCH,

Government on 1st August, 1921.

Mr. Samuel Bradshaw was appointed

huts and the whole affair resolving itself into a glimpse at one of the remnants of superintendent of Wireless Tlegraphy on savage life in the trupies. Alas, that it is June and the following appointments should not be su, for the days Jesselton beach was innocent of modern the Station were made during the year,

vix.:-3 Senior Wireless Operators, improvements, and one did indeed land Wireless Operators and Apprentice

Operators.

through the surf were better in their way than these modern times when luxuries are necessities, and the prongd road has supplanted the native path. Bas the importunities. of rapacions shareholders. the ever resistless push of improvement and development have cast their spell must waniler over the place" and we afell to and things as they were" and please, Heaven, as they shall be for

years to come.

There 192144 one death amongst the landline Telegraphists (Chile),

les,

A36. Keer Lung Street, Sham This flue vessel is to repinb“ the as man was disturbed in iis Saryadua, recently returned to Calcutta Shui Po, a cubicle at about 3 a.m. on Monday by the entrance of two men, one of whom for service on the angoon Coromandel was attand with a revolver. The armed run, and ber qued as well as the excellent man sanght hold of the complainant by accommodation she bus for first, second the left arm, pointed his revolver at him and tell him to keep quiet. At that steerage passengers will doubtles moment the complainant's wife entered make her one of the most popular steam tlier and at once grappled with theers plying betweln Singapore and Aroy, arned man. The husband made good his

The igra, was built, by Mesars. Workman, Clark, & Company. Belfast, The number of mail bags and packetscape by way of the verandah and down despatched from Hongkong during the the pillar, and raised the alarm. year amounted to,

171.800 as against he returned to the house, he found the in" 111 for the 4.1.8.3; Company sa 11.15 in 10, an increase of 51 the rubbers had gone without stealing any during the war was used by the Govern number received was 174,170 8 against thing. At the top of the stairs was foundment us a fast tropper." She is 5,1

ser believed to have been dropped tons gross, 423 feet long, and has a beam 169, 167, an increase of 3,072,

by the rabbers when they fled.

171

MAILS.

But in Jesselton the secker after com- The number of mail bags and packets

the transit through

Colony ance must expect to see molar vars at sent the jetty, a minil prain drawn up at the amounted to 108,309 as againsť 1017282 in statim platform, a modern hotel with1933, an increase of 657.

2412.

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steamers exrrying mails arrived

When

ECHO OF BIG ROBBERY, MAN ARRESTED IN CANTON. 774 felt in 1921 as against 1.901 and connection with the armed robbery at a pawnshop at No. 950 Shanghai respectively in 1990,

Street Taumati, which took place last February, when $10,000 in jewellery and money were stolen, a man-aid to be a former accountant of the shop-has been arrested in Canton, ett

REGISTRATION AND tecras.

It will be remembered that the account ant is alleged to have admitted the selabers into the pawnshop.

of 32ft.The vessel is of the twin-screw type wad is capable of developing a stre of 17 nautical miles per hour. There is accommodation for 36, first-class passeng ers, 3 second-class and between. 2,000 änd 3000 deck (3rd class) passengers. À fra- are of the vesse is that the 'tween decka have sleeping platforms. The first cla

hins are larges and one berth as well a two and three berth cabins are available.

Som

iden of the Aera's speïd can hy ined from the fact that her time from Singapore to Hongkong was 1 days 1 hour which is approximately two days faster than that of the s #iryolus when she was on the run.

some if not all modern convenienors, and;! Bexes and baskets in transit amenated in fret, not one discomfort that can give to 18,978 is agahist 18,000, an increase of hirm grounds for daining that he has roughed it in Borneo. Sandakan is even worse, !

beg its pardon, better than Jesselton,

It is the complete Westerujassa City an Eastern selting nad its fate' is sealed. The day is at hand when it will boast a municipality, an electric

Registered and insured articles handled railway that gives its citizens endless ex by the General Post Office amounted to euse for writing complaints to its leading to ong as against 4,053,60 in 1920, an papers and other abominations wherease of 6,490. Tullow in the wake of progTUSS,

Parcels, ordinary and insured, handled Bat we have fastnesses hidden away by the Post Office, amounted to 125,001 yond the Ren of twoting car and screech as impured with 997.442 18 the previous of whistle, where the native is a native wear i increase est JAHIT and wears his "Chawat man instead of muwuerading in garmaets That tickle his skin and shoes that pinch The total regula from the Postal his toes. His ways are still the ways of Service in 1921 amounted to 2641,157,34 the previous year of his forefathers with the one exception an increase on that life is "Kacred and nan can walk 18.05.484 The Expinditure for 1921 abroad uninful of lurking energy ansounted to $211,07281.

In the A Division of the League thealaf amongst the Chinese clientele af Occasionally some developer" finds his]

The balance of revenue ver expendiIndian Recreation Club, are, to be con the Company and yesterday there flout way over the mountains and into that ture amounted to $383,019.70.

gratulated on winning with the maximum at the masthead a linely worked fing The increase of revenue from the saleer of mints. There is one interest land of stagnation. Ilis ninihte mind leaps at the latent possibilities in trade, of postage stamps, this source in the planting and minerals. He talks and the year 1921 over dust of 1920 anionated to District Officer listens; still talking bep0,550.00,

like u gentle

REVENCE AND EXPENDITURE,

MONEY ORDERS.

SPORT.

LAWN TENNIS, TENNIS LEAGUE TABLE.

I.R.C.

U.S.IC. C.R.C.

H.K.C.C.

K.C.C. 31.B.R:

Breising.

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The skipper of the 3.5 Egra, is Capt G. W. Sinclair, who until recently was He is very master of the "Enegalas,"

il.

This souvenir, as well as division between Hongkong and the ground. ing match still to be played in this waring Chinese characters on a red back U.S.R.C. This will take place on the beautiful silver cup, was presented to Club ground on Saturdag, and will settle passes on "and is later referred to as that lighter who though he knew more

The reaction in exclatge, continued whether these two Clubs" are to be Caps. Sinclair by the Business Builds of abent nur job than we did." "At Home! he still talks and lectures his fellow nenin 1921 with the dollar interuattag beizacketed for second place. The other the Fukien and Chiuchow districts. The thetween as. Id., at the beginning of the piped games are Club de Beerri cup bears an inscription of which the rers Hongkong, and Civil Servier

following is a translation:-- on the undeveloped resources at

the M. B. K. kap ay be or may be not he lures year, to 28. 70. towards the end of the

We have great pleasure in writing disastrous to the provedl

very

Sin You' at the end of the year his victims into some high, sounding year, bas development schetse which is but the despatch of remittances through the Post

(1997) that our fellow countrymen, have to

been abroad for a long time.. child of a fertile brain and, being born Office of members of HM Forces in China which aloue"heroant, for a diminu-

return homes add so wire of ignorance and presumption. talls

tion of £18,185. The reevery of the ex- victim to infantile mortality.

lucky in returning by a nice steamer We have Districts where the District Pebarge value of the Farndian and Ame

Euryal. On board of her we received Officer seldom sees aouther of his iad, rien Garrencies teules to the discon

the best treatment from Capt. Sinclair whose kindness wn imprinted on our where even the Chinese trader has butinuite of the Money Order Service by

boors and engraved on our hearts s hung to the fringe of the wild and the the Public so largely patronised in 10:42

that it is impossible to forget. native tills the soil and scours the forest and has shrunk the remittances"to Hong: for eaves and gun to batter for the kong by $50,079. Almost throughout the

Yours very sincerely. simple, wants that the Chinese gan supply, list of countries mentioned in the Tabir

KING/SIN TONG. The District Officer wanders abroad, the V111, there are les reases in business,

(Fukien), master of his little world, the Father sulting in a hot decrease of £101,579 48, games, thereby improving their posi tion in the table and giving them a change O'Fan of the most docile people in 7d: in the gear's transactions,

The Telegraphic Money Orders were:

of carrying of both trophies. There is aginable. Elis Court of Justice moves with him and wrongs are righted and the Outward, 8% orders amounting to 1.230ill, however, a chance of all the four evil-dour punished as he passes from 13s. 61. against y orders for in top Clubs finishing with the same number

Inward. 17 orders amounting to of points. village to village. His baggage travels 100:

£131, 198, 8h, against to orders amounting on the backs of his subjects who are tiring carriers and cheery souls withal to E920 10%. 1. in 1920.

The sale and payment of British Postal His gold is smattered abroad in payment for long-legged "fighting cocks, elderly Orders also show a decrease of £2.000 and eggs and fresh- maize which are all the respectively, whilst the Local

ountry can raise to support him in fool. After many days he retarts to the pivot round which all things in his destrict revolve-the-Station. Here he adds up

Postai Xolos increased by $11,000,

CHINESE CORRESPONDENCE. During the year the Chinese Delivery Section handled 2,327,615 ordinary letters,

the dollars that his subjects have render, other articles and 8.0 postal

100s

packets as gast 2.151, ordi- letters, - other articles, and The register articlege Amounted to

postal hong packets in 1998,

ed in the form of minute taxes, writes hong, up his travels and takes his case. this man hunger for the advent of the har developer, the man of fertile brain and nimble mind who would hardess his sub Fects to a machine and turn his mountain stream's into poster!

of which 18115 were freau the aited States of America and Canada, and 199,412 from China and other couns tries showing an increase of 25,802 as compared with us in 1920.

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The Eg leares, this afternoon" fura Amoy, and from there she will rethen ei Hongkong to Singapore. This will be her usual rub..

Large numbers of Chinese visited the vessel yesterday, afternoon and refresh ments were provided for those who availed themselves of the opportunity of inspect ing the stramer.

P. AND 0. PLANS. PROGRESS WITH NEW SHIPS.

Saturday's matches, ate :- "A."--Hougkdag. U.S.R.C.

A sign of the progress of Eastern 8.-1.1.C. r. M.B.K. Club de passenger services towards a Lornal mea Recreio r. Police; C.S.C.C. r. University: ure in sea, as The Times, in the pub Queen's College: KC.Cheation by the P. & G. and British Indi We know we have got to be hustled and

Craigrogower.

Companies, for the fat time since 1914, improved and must even play car part

CRC.

It is hoped to have all the postponed of an aliance prozume of steamer in the process; none the less wu; sigh 8,777 insured letters were dealt with as

matches played off next week, and to sailings in the autumn months from London as ch little bit of the old things and

the match, The total number of Chinese private have the Shirlds presented and the old ways is bruslfed aside anti fustinse 1.144 in 1920

for ever! The call of the wild is strong lester boxes renter during the year was Champions.cerut "The Rest," played on anil Marcilles to the destinations served. :

sve

and

19,

Saturday, the 15th prox

by thow companies in India, the Far East,. und Australia.

Of passenger or cargo steamers ordered

in us who in our hearts, prefer

For the Australian servicc Liere is a things remain as the are. Yet even in an increase of as compared with The Bang Licruces of Chinese Postal

hope that the T. &0. Company will have the developing of things there is a fastig 101 in 1920.

at least one addition mail and passenger ation that cannot be dried. Who,that has 1ons were ressed, the same tramber

The Empres of Aria arrived on seen the jungle laid low and great estales

December th with 19,574 registered ship the new Moldarin, of 15,800 tons grow in its place, that has dragged

-TELE HAPUI KUB-DEJAITMENT.

articles for Ifongkong. This is the in commission by the autumu. She will miles and miles, of wire over billa and

registered articles be the first to be delivered of two sister The revenue collected during the gear largest umber of through swamps to make a telegraph,

radio-telegrams amounted to ever read by one ship. These letters ships, There are, Lesider, two other jail. that has watched the lurers prying into from the bowels of the earth for hidrien tree $19,092,94, an ingreased $4,125 on reached the offer in the afternoon and steamers being built for the company, each sare, has not entered whole-heartedly the nuns ellected 1920. Advices sorting was finished at . the nextf 20,700 tons gross.. inlo the battle agains nature of vessels signalled at the Lighthouses morning. All letterk, were ready for the gloried in the victory.

ytelded 0.00 and Semaphore messages livery by the first delivery on the 1st."

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam apart from its purchase of standard ships, ga.30 making a total of 19,756.58 from the Telegraph Hervice. Expenditure; Navigation Company's contract Mail by the British India Company since the Servien between the United Kingdom Bid close of the war, 13 bave been delivered amounted to $15,50.10.

the Far East, which was suspended and are now in commission in the com during the war, was resumed with the pany's Indian services, six are approach

various stages of advancement. despatel of the no. Nellore from Honging completion, and another five are in The Burralool, a one-class passenger kong un 21st December. 1821,

During the first 26 days of May Statistics were taken of the weights of steamer of the P. & 0. Branch line, mails exchanged between Offices included ceatly ma a series of satisfactory trials on in the Universal Postal Uaian. The her completion at the Belfast yard f Statistics will serve the basis for calMessrs Harland and Wolf, and left on her culating the amounts payable for transit maiden voyage to Australia ri the Cape on. In any respects 1821 was a record charges on international correspondence May 3rd. The fourth of this series of":" in the land of the bead-hunter. When year. There were increases in all bran-exchanged in respect of the year 1920 tovessels, the Balranald, had been delivered, the Prince of Wales visited Bingapore ches of postal busness except in Money 1923, inclusive, and will in future, and is to be followed by a sister ship, the

taken triennially instead of every Ex

Rendigo. These will bring the P. & D. and later Borneo itself we enticed many Orders. of our people to make the great adven The sales of stamps amounted to years un formerly.

Former enemy countries resumed the Branch Line fleet to a total of Dine modern ture and come within sight and sound of $545,379 ans is the bighest as set reach the wonders with which the Tuan tr sd. The profit on the Department for despatch of Closed Mails to Hongkong vessels in commission aggregating 111,076) rounds himself. Of one thing there is no the year, was $283,070 and it is gratifying during the year: Germail Offices on 17th gross tons, or an average of 12,342 tons por The P&O Branch Line's origins daht, they were immensely relieved to to note that though this is the largest March and Austrian Office (Vienna) on ship. get back to the wilds and have done with profit yet made it has not been caused by 26th September, marshallings, ticketings, vaccinations and any increase in the postal rates. Certain

It will be many a long sear before any great call will be trade upon the re- Sources of the Country. Another bout similar to the rubber rush will certainly

The Telegraph Service was worked at make further inroads inte the forest but, a loss of $23,24,31." with the best part of 1,000 square miles The number of radio telegrams for to draw upon there is still hope of awarded during the year was 2,235 con quiet life for the District Officers of the sisting of 30.230 words against 1,066 with future.

23,921 words, in 1920 and 6,182 were re- ceived consisting of 62,313 words as against 5,300 with 75,007 worth ir 1020.

For the traveller who pays us but a passing enll we have developed and im- proved our seaport towns that he may miss, none of the counlorts of the home and yet be able to say that he has vern

MISCELLANEOUS

On only one occasion were Hongkong fleet consisted of five ressels of the old other such meaningless and irritating parcel rates have been raised in order Mails lost at sen sluring the year and Blue Anchor Line, taken over by the P. & things which they couldn't understand that certain other countries may receive that was when these Hongmal was 0. Company in 1919, of a total of 25,600 and didn't appreciate. Their District increased credits demanded by them, but wrecked on the 1st March, off. Swatow tons, or an average of 5,920 tons gross. Officers went back with them, shedding the Ilongkong Postage Rates and Share with great loss of life and complete loss The Commonwealth, the last surviving of the trappings of civilisation and glorying in credits on parcels have not been rais of all mails for Swatow and Amor. On the original feet, bas recently been with

November 18th, 3 mail receptacles were

drawn from service. in their freedom. "Requiescat in pace."ed..

lost by fire between Paris and London (Continued at foot of next columu.) |~Singapore Free Pree.