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THE HONGKOKO PAILI PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 9815, 1918.
'Queen's Buildings. Chater Rd.
CORRUPTION "IN INDIA:
JHAS THE REFORM SCHEME FAILED!
Yumesting of the British Empire Union. presided over by Colonel Sir C. Fate, M.P., discussed on May 18th, at.Caxton Hall the question whether the Indian re Morm scheme was a success, or a failure,
SIXTEEN NEW STEAMERS.
91.000 TON LINERS. FOR P. &.Q.. COMPANY.
TRADE WITH EAST.
No fewer than sixteen new steamers are! being constructed to meet the needs of the P. 40. Company and the British India | Company,
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Major Howard Tyns, late weretary of the European Asscelation of India, iation of only a year or so ago, when it
This is in striking contrast to the posi dealing wish India's mrview in the war, anid them was no question of the great seemed almost as if shipbuilders would value of what had been done by the ruling out of business through the excers of
tounage knative princes, but in Bengal, with in.
The new tonnage projected by the P. population of seco0,000, it had prove&O. amounts to nearly a hundred thou impossible to raise more than one r sauit tons gross, and of the British India ment which was only of sufficient value for use on the lines of communication, Company to practically 05,000 tons. The I.C.S., one of the Enest eric's over the Maloia and the foolios (21.000 tons Nearly completed for the P. & O, are (createth, was now në dend as mutton. Re- gariling the post office, the most Indianis. each), and of the additions three of 13,200 ed of the services, an enormous numbers are to be built, two by Harland and of thefts had taken pince from the letter lence of the Knigeria with some fea Wolff at Greenock, to combine the excel. of the Association with which he had been connectoth A committee had reportell on
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITAD
BAILINGS BUBJECT TO ALTERATIONA
"POOKSANG".
TABESANG
STRAITS & CALCUTTA HAIPHONG, VA BOJHOW SHANGHAI VIA SWATOW......
SANDAKAN
SHANGHAI vis SWATOW : BANGKOK via SWATOW.....
vis SWATOW:
TAHOIHOW..
SHANGHAI via SWATOW... STRAITS CALOUTTA TOBE, via SHANGHAI ETRAITS & CALCUTTA CALCUTTA LIFE
TAISANG WINGBANG CHIFSHING". HINSANG
CHUNSANG "WAISHING"
Thursday, 28th Jane, 3pm.
Friday 29th Jane, 8 m. Friday, 30th June, Noon. Friday
90th June M
...Saturday, 3 th June, Noor.
Saturday, 20th Jane
4 WINGSANG*
Saturday, Saturday ...Monday,
KUTHANG
* HOSANGTM “NAMBANG"
Jane Noon
Juls, Nooa..
3rd July. Nonn.
July, sth-aly, Noon sus env
6th July, Noon, 7th July, 3 pm.
14th July, Noon.
16th July, 3 p.m.
** This Lisa afforda regular sillogs to Calcutta, Penang ane - Blagaperry zulursing from- Calcutta steamers preceed via Straita Gland Ecopheng to Jajar, oceanlevally calling at Shanghai „Al Harari bava uzcellent pasauger accommodation,
Atbed with Wiralen und tangy a fully-quallfad Burgeon.
tures of the Waldara and Varkaude, and theOFA) (J9X —gallego sypspaimately every three days between Canton ag
castle,
:
the curruption prevailing among officials by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. at New in the Punjab. The now political struc
A fourth vess of 10,000 tons will also | MANILA ture had not been built apena demo be built at the Greenock yard. crasy, for Entians, while they donandeil racial equality, did not recognise equality idea among themselves. The literary catés The new ships are to have reciprocating locked down upon the fighting anstes.enzines, which will be fitted to burn oil
Not one of the Indian hall trar a fighting front during the war, and the fighting castes objected to having this class of man foisted upon them. The time for self-government in India should be fal by the British pople, and not by India
20 BURN OIL TUEL.
Of the ten vessels in course of construe- tion or projected for the British Indis Company fire will be of the "T" class, intended for the Calcutta-Japan service. Three of these will be oil-driven and two to burn coal.
Two of the other vessels to be single motor-driven cargo ships of 2,300
MANCHURIA RAILWAY Instead of establishing democratic institu- tonx grees,
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Fishing,
Golf, Tennis, Billiards, Orchestra twice a wook. Capital place for children. OGONDAI.-Most beautiful and select Seaside Resort in the Far East. Two milesfrom Port Arthur. Formerly the Summers Resort of the high Bussian officers and officials, Yamato Hotel and 20 villas and bungalows, mostly with detached servants' quarter." Excellent Wonderfal Scenery, Historia Battlefields. Ruined and Diamantled Forts Miles fo Bathings and Drives. Abundant Pianicing Facilities. Orchestra twice a wook
place for
r high-class families.
charming
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PORT forinty Dairs by express train. Yamato Hotel (18 rooms) ARTHUR.-Famous for its two memorable Sieges and ria beautiful landlocke
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CAMATA
Torzage, 4.x.
12,300 tons 9,000. tona 9,000 tons
10th July First half of Angust First half of Sept.
HOMEWARD for Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg
Marmex
“Emil Kirdorf
+Scheer
"Albert Voglor
T
Carl Legioni...
Tonnage, dw,
Departure
• 9,000 tons.
26th July
Calling at Manila. First half of Angurt
19,300 tons
9,000 tons
9,000 thing
*These steamers are fitted with wil comfort for the convenience of about 50
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STRAMSHIF
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SINGAPORE & BELAWAN-DEL] Dijeen
10th July, 1923.
ist Class Fare to Singapore :-$100.
This vessel offers excellent cabin accommodation for saleon passangu
Bingle and double cabin
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Agents,
Bir M. O'Dwyer said the administration of Indian was now predominantly Indian
tions this country had established the
The other three are the Khandalla (7,300 sway of ao oligarchy of the literary and tons), for the company's Bombay-East clerical class. Without the support of the Africa line, the twin-screw motor cargo British Army that clara could not hold hin Dalgoma. (6,000 tons), and the single. their position for a month; they would be raw turbine steamer Waringa. The two drives put hy, the more virile martial last named are for the Indian coast castes, whom they affected to despise. In service. every province there had been an appal-f ling increase of crime and corruption in the public services.
Lord Delamere, who was present, together with other members of the dele gation from Kenya, stated in answer to a questing that the agitation among the Indiana in the Colony was undoubtedly owing to incitement from India.
Mr. Wood, chairman of the Convention of Associations in Kenya, said the class of Indians there had rendered no fighting services. None of them volunteered for service, and the only casualties suffered by 300 Indians who were embodied, and afterwards disbanded, were five executions for treachery, The Indians bad ample lands available for settlement in Kenya, and the white population were determined to oppose their being allowed to take up land in the highlanda.
SMOKE SCREENS.
PREFERRED TO CHINESE: “ STINK
BOWLS
The Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors last month had before them the claim of Capt. Hatos Armstrong, of the
Decean Horw,
Mr. Whitehead, counsel for applicant, said that Capt. Armstrong was attached, as interpreter to the Deccan Horse, which.
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went to France with the Indian Expedi-TBLET-EUROPEAN FLATS in Lee tionary Force. Soon after 'ho arrived on to 32, Kennedy Road. the Western Front the malized the neces eity for the evolution of some method of producing a protective smoke sorren, which could be made by infantry thom- selves, and which would be non-poisonous He began experimenting in December, 1014, but, his efforts to produce dense. smoke by burning rags and oil was voted a failure, although they gave his col leagues in the regiment a good deal of amusement,
After various other attempts at hig directions, Meurs. Pains, the Brework manufacturers, made a special candle, which was successfully tried st G, HI.Q., and used. A though. c'ose upon 200,000 smoke candles on the lines suggested by tho applicant, were used by the War Office. Capt. Armstrong did not claim that the iden of a smoke screen was new.
Mr. J. Hunter Gray, K.C., for the Crown, indicated that he would prove that smoke screens were knon in 1729..
Mr. Justice Sargaut: Ono seems to bave read of something of the kind in very much more ancient days. (Laugh- tor.) The applicant said he was now Rouge Dragon ai the Herald's College..
Lieut-Goneral Sir Michael Frederick Rimington said that the idea of the smoke enadle was investigated by Fech and Sir Henry Wilson in 1015, and was thought. to be a good one.. The witness used' a smoke Bergen in South Africa, burning the dry grass." He saw no grass-between the Trenches in 1915. (Laughter.) ***
Withes added: I was in favour of a Chinesoj“ stink bowl.?" I put it to my O.R.E. (Commandant, Royal Engineers), but he said we couldn't do it, became the Geneva Convention wouldn't allow it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Justice Sargant: The Geneva Con- vention hadn't disappeared thon 1-No, I Thought it would be very nice to lob the Chinese bowl into the Germany trenches to stink them out. (Laughter.) E
Colonel Francis Adams, of the Deccan Harse, said that, prior to the war he had known smoke-covered; attacks used by patives, in a small State in India, who ased to get fire to the horns of cows and drive them among the enemy, but they soon tired of that ruer. (Laughter.)
Mr. Justice Sargant intimated that the Commission's decision would be promul gated
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5.5. " FOOKSANG" will be despatched on or about Thursday, 28th June at 3 p.m., for BINGAPORE, PENANG,
CALCUTTA.
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