1923-02-22 — Page 2

Page

THEATRE

HONGKONG,

ROYAL

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN THEATRICAL FIRM

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS," THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND

J. C. WILLIAMSON, LTD.

"PRESENT THEIR

GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERA CO.

By Permission of 34, R. DOYLE CARTE headed by his Famous Losing Star Mr. CHARLES WORKMAN

PRICES

From the SAVOY LYRIC THEATRES, LONDON, with Full Cast and Chorus of 40.

Tel Central 2313,

TO-NIGHT PATIENCE."

Box PLANS AT MOUTRIE'S.

---

MATINE-$3, $2 & $1. Children-HalfPrice- Cash Booking Only.

84. 92 $1.

P. O. Box 630,

MADELINE PEARSON

AFTERNOON AND EVENING

GOWNS

St. George's Buildings. Ice House "Street

Next to Cafe Wiseman).

SOUTH

MANCHURIA

161.

NATURAL WÜNDERS. OF ANHUI

EXPLORING CHINA'S MYSTERIOUS CAVES.

In the southern tip of Anhui are Mix hsiens isolated from the rest of the pro-

vince by natural barriers. This region, at present called Kurichow, was known in cient times as Hain-an. "New Peace." The Three Kingdoms." speaking of this region, uses an expression something like this, "Hainan is notable for its mountains and rivers." This, says a writer in the

NEGOTIATING WITH TIBET SIR ERANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND'S

STORE

Sir Francis Younghusband, K.0.8.1. R.C.I.E.. Pctured on "Tibet," at Bristol recently, Sir Francis said that when

Lord Curzon was the Ficeres of India, it came to the knowledge of the British Gov- ernment that negotiations were going on

between" Russia and the Tibetans, whilst the British were excluded from the coun trg and not even allowed the ordinary privileges of trade." It was decidedl, therefore, that a mission should be sent to

1913.

INTIMATIONS

BOWERN & CO), No. 8 MUSEUM ROAD, SHANGHAL

Members British. Chamber of Commerce

(Shanghai), Mr. T. W. BOWERN, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Incar pointed by Royal Charter, London.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND SHIPBROKERS, For the Purchase, Sale and Charter of Vessels

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDSCHE

SCHEEPVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (URIAD) NETEKRlands Navigation Co.) HOLLAND-OOST AZIE. LIJN (HOLLAND-BAST Kra. Luna).

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

From HAMBURG, BREMEN, AMSTERDAM..

ROTTERDAM, DISBON AND GENOA,

of any Tonnage, Passenger and/or Cargo New THE Steamship and/or Uld, with delivery China at Very Low

Prices.

| Shanghai Times, is a very mild deserif Tibet with the idea of an arrangement SAAGE OPERATORS, MARINE SURVEYORS

tion of so greatly beautiful and varied a

Bernery,

being come to whereby the British Empire The people of the region boast of four and its peoples should not be ignored. He natural wonders. TheYellow Moun was chosen as the British Commissioner, tains" are first mentioned. This high and set out across the Himalayas with au group is part of the range which separate escort of about 200 sondiers. He reached Esinan from the rest of Anhui provines. A spot few mites in Tibet, but though

"Ché

Yain Shan" receives second the Tibetans exchanged visits of courtesy, notice. This is a high red sandstone hill they would not negotiate. At the end of fantastically carved by wind erosion. It three months Ne returned and discussed is the principal Taoist shrine of that part the alter, to set out again with the of China, it is easy to reach and wellbject of going half way to Lhassa and worth the trouble of a visit,

hegotiate there. I was a question then The one generally mentioned last is the of waiting until the winter had passed, "Kao Hu Shan." The High Lake Afous crussing the Himalayas in the depths tuin. This is the highest peak of an entf Decentr. and this was done despite and "weat mountain spur, near the middle the fact that 50 per cent, of frost, was rv. and western border of the region. The gistered. He had with him then about whole region a muccession of hills and mountains, but at this point the conforma tion of the mountains is such that on clear day the waters of Poyang lake. Kiangsi province, can be seen, 60 or 10

miles to the west.

000 mes, and he sent word forward that he was going to advance, bat would not Titans still refused, so with two officers use furce unless he was attacked. The

rode into the Tibetan camp, fourteen miles from his own. The soldiers and the he found three priests had been sent to three generals he inet seemed friendly, but

led to enter 'it

The other natural wouder of the region, which we have only recently visited, a group of caves called. "Ling Yien Tungcarse him for a week. The lay Tibetan the Soul of Clif Caves," in low limestone had a kind of fauatical animosity against hills in the extreme southwestern part of the British, but the priests, who ruled the the district. The erosion seems to have country, thought they would lose their started here when the bed of the valley Power if the English "devils" were allow- After discussing the was some 250 feet above its present level.object of his mission with the generals, Goodly eaves were formed, which by son who refused to do anything in the matter, tion and eresion, have degraded them-Sir Francis was ordered by the priests to selves is fast as the surrounding valleys go back to India with all his company. "The Small North Cave" consists of the described the risks he and his com three of four recesses. The caverns aro

rades ran, and how they got out of their mod aver feet high and 100 wide predicament, when a false step or a wrong Stalactites and stalagmites are numerous word would have meant death. They got and beautiful, Serveral great stalagmites back to their camp, however, and were bear name suggested by their fantastic reinforced, and they sent word forward to shapes, such as "the Priest Gazing sny. that they were going to march for

RAILWAY Beavenward."

-Operating Ali, LINES IN SOUTH MANCHURIA AND CHOSEN (KOREA) EAST or MUKDEN.

SUMMER HOLIDAY

RESORTS

DO

ward to Lhassa, but would use no force,

"The Great North Cave is said to hare They marched right up to the Tibetan the most extensive tunnel system. The villagers assert that one passage has a camp, and after some talk fighting was exit in Kiangsi province at least 10 miles precipitated by a Tibetan general firing distunt. Two local mouths were walled up right through and the Tibetans agreed to n revolver. The result was that they got by a previous generation after the main negotiate, but not in their city of Lhassa. SOUTH MANCHURIA AND CHOSEN, opening had been partly blocked with Sir Francis said he would arrange various débris left by a cave in, landslide matters only in Lhasa, and at consider or feeabet. The people of that time able risk marched into the city from which turally concluded that the mountain fairies withed to close the cave to visitors the Grand Llama went for three years" The local people still oppose every effort to take part in the discussions, but leav religious contemplation, being unwilling to visit this cave.

THE WELD UNDERGROUND.

AUCTIONEERS, COAL MERCHANTS. FREKORT BROKERS, METAL MERCHANTS. Machinery For Sale, New and Old in Pirat Class Condition

EMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS, SHARE-BROKERS

Members Shanghai Share-Brokers' Associa tion).

SOLE AGENTS

For Cars- OES'S PATENT ANCHORS, SAMOLL WARREN & CO., LTD. (Sheffield), Bigh-Class Steel Manufacturers (Tank Brand).

Catalogues and Price Lists on application

(Enquires Welcomed

CABLE ADDRESS: BOWERS, Shanghai,

CODE: Bentley's, Scott's, A.R.C.

5th Edition and Improved.

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., ESTABLISHED!

AMERICA 1841, EUROPE 1801,

HEAD OFFICE:

65, Broadway, New York.

INTERNATIONAL BANKING"

Eighty offices are established in the princips Cities of the World to provide commercial organimations and private individuals with complete International Banking Service. COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT DEPOSIT AND CURRENT ACCOUNTS.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE. · TRAVELERS CHEQUES. LETTERS OF CREDIT.

CABLE AND POSTAL REMITTANCES. PURCHASE OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE.

Every"Approved Banking Trasanction. R. P. BOYCE,

Manager.

1st January, 1923.

RICH.

ing his seat of office with another Llama. THE KEY TO GROW None of the Tibetaos would make a move, but eventually it was agreed that the whole national assembly of 300 and the THE CHINA INDUSTRIES Cabinet Council should take part in the negotiations. Sir Francis would sigh the Treaty nowhere but in the" prncipal men of the Grand Lama's palace, His drond was acceded to, and afterwards the people and the priests treated them

* SAPARORA " having arrived from the above ports, Consignees of Cargo by her aru notified that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-bazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Tamitad, where, and/or from the whares, delivery may be obtained.

Goods not sired by the 22nd Feb., 1923, ■Ë 4 r. will be subject

S rent

All brakan, chafed and damaged packages are to be lait in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 21st. Feb, 1093, at 10 r. by Mars; Goddard & "Douglas.

Claims against the Steamor must be pre- sented in writing within 10 days after arrival of steamer, otherwise they will not be recognized. 17

widy

No Fire Insurance will be effected by the undersigned in any case whatever.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, General Agents." Hongkong, 18th February, 1933. (411

8.S. "AZAT LE RIDEAU." SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

NOTICE.

YONSIGNEES of Cargo from MAR IGLES, de, ale part of Cargo ez 3.4. COMMISSAIRE PIERRE LECUCQ" from HAVRE and COGNAC with Transhipment at SAIGON, in connection with above Steamer e bereby informed that their Goods, with the exception cf Opiam, Treasure and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risks into the Grodowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Oc., Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately After landing.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consigness before Noor, To-Dar, requesting it to be landed bare.

Undersigned Goods romaining unclaimed after Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the the 24th ine, at Noor, will be subject to rent. and landing charges.

All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 39th inst., or they will not be recognized. All damzod packages will be examined on Saturday, the 24th inst., at 10 AM by Messrs. Goddard & Donglas.

No Fire Insuranom has been effected. R. RODENFUSER

Acting a gea"

410 Hongkong, 19th February, 1823.

AND

HOSHIGAURA.-Finest Seaside Summer Holiday Resort in North China. "Five milsi from Dairen, but connected with the city by special motor and carriage road and electric fram way. Yamato Hotel (35 rooms) and 18 furnished bungalows in charming cliff garden. Bathing, Boating, Fishing, Doll, Tennis, Billiards, Orchestra twice a week Capital place for children.

DAI.-Most beautiful and select Seaside Resort in the Far East. Two miles from Fort

Formerly the Summer Resort of the high Russian officers and oficials. Yamato "The South Cave" was found to be Hotel and 20 villae and bungalows, mostly with detached servante quarters. Excellent vastly greater in extent than the other Bathing, Wonderful Scenery, Historic Battlefelds, Ruined and Dismantled Forts. Miles to two visited. We spent half a day therain charming Walks and Drives. Abundant Ponicing. Facilities. Orchests, twice a week and found our interest, at least on os occasion, attaining almost to the dignity PORT

ORS ARTHUR Famons for its two memorable Siegos and its bestifal landlocked of a thrill. The men of the village, may Harbour. Exactly one hour's journey Dairen by express train. Yamato Hotel (16 rooms)ing but heavily subsidized, led the way Sufficient place of historical and scenic Interest to fill a month with a fresh walk or drive with torches, ropes and ladder. A short KONGOSAN. The famosa" Diamond Monatain of Korea. A special Summer Besort climb up the steep hillside bring one to with every respect. Since then other AUTHORISED CAPITAL, 3L000,000.00 are hereby notified that the Cargo will be

every day. Most healthy and salubrious spot in the Far East. Fivalling Switzerland for climate and scenery. Beautiful peaks and charming cascades. the somewhat insignificant entrace A Englishmen had gone to the country and Grand recuperative qualiti. Kongosan Hotel (10 rooms) at Onssiri and Chouji Hetal slippery, arrow passage opens into a received hospitality. (It rooms) at Choenri

great cavern. One of the several passages with, which the hill seems to be honeycomb

families.

fam

"]

All under the direct management of the SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO. Ilustrated Bookien and all Information post free on request.

Applications may be sent to the Hobel Managers as the various remarks or so

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HOTELS Tras: Deper tmaat Cable: Add. Manketau. BOUTH MABUHURIA RAILWAY, Dalian. Godes: AB.C. 6th Ed., A1, & Klebers.

WHISKY

FIND LATER S

GIN

FINDLATER, MACKIE, TODD & CO, LTD., .

LONDON,

"Agents:-

Messrs. CARTERS,

Telephone 3549 Central.

YE OLDE

1A," CHATER ROAD.

PRINTERIE

LIMITED.

(SUCCESSORS TO PRINTING DIPT. HONGKONG PRINTING FEESS)

10, WYNDHAM STREET,

COMMERCIAL PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS.

PRINTING AND ACCOUNT. BOOK MAKING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION-DONE WITH ACCURACY AND PROMFITNESS. ALL WORK DONE UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVEION OF THE MANAGER

„V.C:(LABRUM. 'Phone 3707::

.wells and

SIGNS.

DEVELOPMENT BANKING CORPORATION, LIMITED, DUDDELL STREET, gives to all its Depositors a Handsome Rate of Interest,

8 Per cont

INTEREST

For Fixed Deposits-

1 year

9 months

6

months

*

5 months

@ 51 @5- @4

#

:

For Current Account... (a

For Special Deposit... Personal Arrangement. For Current Savings. Fer cent. For Fixed Savings...Regulations Obtainable. THE CHINA INDUSTRIES DEVELOP- MENT BANKING CORPORATION.

ed ends in a drop of ten or 12 feet. Descending this brings you to the second WAR'S EFFECT ON GERMAN INN level. There follows a great succession of winding passagea, caverns, tunnels. One descends imall sever stories Apropos of a paragraph about Teutonic or levels and discovers finally a quiet inn signs, a correspondent writes to the atream of water. This flows through a Pioneer that there is a licensed house succession of wide, high caverns and ar near Riehl Barracks, Cologne, whose sign. row passages and ends abruptly in a true is The Better 'Ole, and it has two Union goblin cave. This is rendered doubly Jacks prominently" painted on the sign weird by thousands of whirling buts. board. The license is a British ex- Disturbed by the flickering torches they Service man, formerly of the Gloucestars. Eettle almost instantly and eling to every In Lindenthal, where the R.A.F. have available itch of wall space. The stream their Rhine headquarters, there is an ins THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL widens out to a pebble bordered pool called Der Volkerhunde, which is Germant which filters through a heavy barricade of for League of Nations: in Ehrenfeld there stalactites to the outside world.

is a cafe known as The Round Table.

One descends to the fourth level by The Helping Hand is next door to the easy stages This great passage is inter-Rhine Artay kinema, while The Hole in cepted. aiter sine distance, by a solid the Wall and The Long Bar are in the dam eight or ten feet high. Some of the shade of Cologne Cathedral adjacent to party scrambled over this, not without British G.H.Q. Cload by is the Hotel considerable exertion, while others und Bristol formerly requisitioned, by the the ladders Torch bearers were in Army of Occupation. On being released vance. Clouds of smoke, which blacketedite new German proprietor changed the walls and laces, added mystery to the sign to the Konigshof, but after a few dim vistar About this time, however, months it was the Hotel Bristol again: the guides began prove their value. the name "drew' British and Allied tra-

THE LAST GOBLIN CAVE,

Fellers.

stream

H

BANK, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE: York Building, Chater Road. Hongkong BRANCHES:! Shanghai-51, Kiangse Road. Hankow-British Concession.

CORRESPONDENTS IN: 'London, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C., Honolulu, Singapore, Penang, Tantria, Swatow, Macao, Canton and all Com- mercial centres of China and abroad.

PROMPT SERVICE. Attractive rates for all late of Deposits Inquiries are welcome.

1862]

T. H. MAL

Manager.

THE CHINA SPECIN BANK, LTD,

HEAD OFFICE ·'

No. 6, DUNDELL SIREET, HONGKONG,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

MUNSIGNEES per. Company's Steamer

"AGAMEMNON

OF

discharged into Holt's Wharf Kowloon, where it will he at Consignee's risk and subject to terme sed conditions of storage at Holt's wharf The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 20th

unless notice Optional Cargo will be landbrary has been given prior to Steamer's arrival.

All broken, chafed and damaged goois s'ë bobe

be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays. the hours of 10.45 a.m. and noon between within the free storaga

No claims will 8a pero after the Goods.

e

have left the Steamer's Godown, sad pil Goods

remaining

to rent.

Feb, will be subjoerod, after the 25th

All olime sgainst the steamer must be pro 12th March, or they will be effected.

they will not be recognised. sented to the undersigned on or before the

No Fire Insurance

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents

Hongkong, 20th February, 1923.

[192

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. The Steamship "BOLTON CASTLE.“

FROM NEW YORK.

YONEIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed in mar

risk into the Godowns of the Holt's Wharf st Kowloon, whence, and/or from the wharvas delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded ur' notice to the contrary-be given before h

No olaims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Gooda remaining undelivered after the 26th inst will be subject to rente

All claims against the steamer mu be presented to the Undersigned on or before

will not be recognized. inst, or

ts

e

8th

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods Are be left in the Godowns, where they will be: examined, on the 28th insty at 10 ama by:

Business transacted.

Foreign Exchange and General Banking oar Burveyors Mears. Gonna & DOUGLAS

No Fire Insurance has been effectedly Bills of Lading will be countereigned by1 DODWELL & CO., LED

"Agents

The passaga narrows suddenly and pitches off sharply, like the gutter of a steep roof. The villagers attached a 10

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL"), "TERRACES, foot bambos ladder to the end of a great The fourth notable cave is at ground rope and allowed it to shoot down this 70 level. Its winding course penetrates a foot slide and over the edge. One, then small north and south range clear from descendel and adjusted the foot of the east to west. The stream which flows, ladder. Others then straddled the rope through, even at low watter, is 30. CO- and worked down. backward, handersiderable that one is forced to wade at hand. One guide started us safely down several places. Near, one entrance a great the ladder and another received us and chimney extends upwards to an unknown led us to a natural shelf at the side He height. This is evidently connecting advised us not to move around. The link with the original cave level. A small reason, become at once evident. The foot of the ladder was found to be resting spreads over the sloping side, and, de- water falling down this chimney the sloping side of a narrow natural bridge and beneath it yawned the black positing its lime, builds an infinite variety mouth of a well of unknown depth. The

of fantastic and beautiful terraces ap-

Current, Bavings and Fixed Deposits bearing far side dropped abruptly to the sixth proachng half an acre in extent.

Near the bottom, on a rounded surface, Interests at Rates of 3 per cent per cent When the party had all assembled on and curious structures in the world,

occurs perhaps one of the most beautiful and 5 per cent, per Annum respectively. The the shelf the ladder was detached, lowered Fairy Rice Fields" Almost innumerable to the bridge and carefully worked down in number, each one is perfectly hollowed ward to the lower end of the shelf, which and terraced Beginning at the top with also alopes downward along the side of the the size and shape of half a small bean or cavern at uncomfortable angle. From pes, they increase a size until those at this point the ladder was long enough the bottom are six or seven feet long, a to reach to the level below, Natural feet foot wide and nearly a foot deep. The holds, and piled rocks made the final lower ones are principally filled with mud descent to the stream bed comparatively and water, as rice fields should be, but Feasy. A long, high; narrow passage, which leads into the last great, goblin many of the smaller ones are filled with cave, is almost blocked at one point by

level.

2.

a beautiful, erect marble piller hardly six

inches in diameter and 20 feet in height.. (Oontinued at foot of next column).

I

4201

B. NG QUINN, Acting Chief Manager. Hong ong, 20th January 123.)

When in doubt about your eyes

or your glasses Consalt

DAIRY FARM NEWS,

ICE CREAM.".

limestone marbles scratched their names on prominent walls

Although several notad Chinese bare whereby beg that their orders for Log

in various caves and levels, the villagers CREAM must be placed 24 hours before deli do not welcome visitors.

vay in znanirod

[1903

CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

Eye-sight Speck lists.

CENTRAL

67 QUEEN'S ROAD

Hongkong.