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MILITARY ACTIVITIES.

FURTHER SUCCESS OF KUOMINTANG,

THE MONEY PROBLEM.

[raoM OUA CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 19th, 1926

THE INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC

RELATIONS.

VISIT TO HONGKONG OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.

PARTING GIFTS.

PRESENTATIONS FROM C.S.C.C. MEMBERS.

RETIREMENT OF MR. H. J. STANLEY.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE BATHING BEACHES.-. (TO THE EDITOR OR THE "HONGKONG DAILY PREIS."]

8,- observe that in your editorial to-day on the bathing" beaches thera

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A very interesting ceremony took place occurs the following sentence referring to Repulse Bay :-"Rafta were supplied by the Government and a rather ball- hearted effort was made to provide life- saving arrangements for those in the The following are the arrangemente water."

now in operation :---

1-A special designed boat with blunt bows lies off shore while bathing is going on, equipped with a large blunt-pointed book on a bamboo pole, one life-belt, and ropes. 2-Two boatsmen are provided to 'row the boat, one to relieve the other; both are able to swim, 3-Two life-belts are hung ready for

use on the beach: 4.-Two beach caretakers are employed,

both of whom are swimmers. 5.-The Royal Humane Society's in- structions for roviving the appar antly drowned are posted at two or three places on the beach. Measures are also taken to safeguard the public against minor accidents: they are as follows:-

[TROX OUR CHINESE 'CORRESPONDENT.)

Mr. J. M. Davis, an American, who is oxccutivo secretary of the Institute of at the Civil Servies Cricket Club last Canton has been informed that General Pacific Relations, whose head office is at evening, when Mr. H. J. Stanley, who Tang Seng Chi bas now recaptured Siang- Honolulu, and who has been, of late tan and, as soon as his right wing is re-travelling in the interest of his organi has been a member of the Clab for the inforced, will continue his march towards sations, at present visiting Hongkong, past thirteen years, was presented with on his way to the Straits, Java, and a parting gift from his 'Yellow members," Changsha, the provincial capital."

Australia. Mr. Davis has already visit on the occasion of his retirement and Canton is unable to understand why ad Japan, Korea, North China, and the

pending departure for Home. General Chiang Kai Shek has not sent Philippines, and has called upon several the Sad Kuomintang Army Corps, who international groups affiliated with the Institute. The Institute for which Mr. are all Hunancao, under General Tan Yen Davis is travelling is being supported by Kai, a former Tuchun of that province,leadors of Australia, Canada, China, to the front. Instead he has dispatched Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the Philip

pince, and the United States. division of the 4th Army, who are mostly Cantonese. According to a writer in the Wah Tre Yat Po, General Tan Yen Kai, in a recent address, hinted that his corps, the 2nd, would never have its ambition realized until it had a chance to set foot on Hunan soil again.

Mr. Davis roports good progress in the

various centres.

While in Hongkong yesterday, Mr. Davis met Dr. T. P. Wu and Dr. Cheung Wai Chang, past presidents of the Chinesu Y.M.O.A.; Mr. Loy Chang, acting manager of the Bank of China in Hongkong; Miss Elliot, general secre The latest batch of troops to leave tary of the Y.W.C.A.; Mr. J. L. Mc- Canton is the 12th Division.

Owing to the urgent need of raising war funds electricity in Canton is again to

· be considered a luxury, and a sur-charge

The gift consisted of a handsome black- wood writing table, which bore i silver plate with the inscription- Presented, to Mr. H. J. Staulay on his retirement by the members of the Hongkong Civil

Bervice Cricket Club, June, 1020."

Mrs. Stanley was also the recipient of a farewell gift, consisting of a silver flower vase, which was given to her as a token of the appreciation felt by the members for the interest she has taken in con nection with the social side of the Club, and the way in which she has always assisted in arranging various events, such as Christmas Trees for members' children.

of 20 per cent. on ordinary rates is being lenders of Hougkeng at tiffin to-day be-mittee. He has been a member of the

contemplated. The opponents to the! measure point out that electric power is a necessity in manufacturing pro-

now

cessos.

fore sailing in the afternoon for Singa-

Pherson, of the Chinese Y.M.C.A., and

Mr. Stanley has been a member of other well-known local residents interest.

the Civil Servico Cricket Club since ed in international peace and co-opera-

For a period of two years he car- 1913. tive service.

Mr. Davis will meet & few Chinese ried out the duties of Hon. Secretary, and was twies Chairman of the Com Committee for Boveral years and has always taken the keonest interest in the Club's various activities, especially in connection with the bowls section, of which game he is a keen exponent. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley leave for Home next Saturday by the P. & O. s.sentua.

pore.

THE RENTS ORDINANCE. TO LAPSE AT THE END OF THE

MONTH.

THE PRESENTATIONS.

Slaughtenry houses in Canton City are threatening to stop business unless the

It was announced some months ago that fifty per cent. increase of the cattle tax the Rents Ordinance would not be re-

Mr. P. T. Lamble (Chairman of the which was imposed recently is taken off.

newed after June 30th. Binco that an-

Club Committee) made the presentation Among the latest miscellaneous taxes nouncement was made there have been

the on behalf of the members, of whom there extensively signed petitions to created by the Kuomintang in Canton are

was a representative gathering present. Government from Landlords and Tonants' a stamp duty of 10 cents on each rent Associations. The Landlords wanted the In doing so, he referred to Mr. Stanley's receipt book; to costs on each name xo-Ordinance to lapse and the tenants do- long membership of the Club, and the in- terest he had taken in its welfare from corded in a hotel register and five cents sired it to be renewed.

The Chairman Yesterday an official announcement was the time he joined it. on each burial. association deposit alip.

also touched on Mr. Stanley's ablo zer- made as follows:- The Strike pickets in Kongmoon re-

vices as Secretary of the Club, as Chair- man of Committee and as an active cently seized 300 bags, and 140 casks of

member of the Committee. coment. According to the shippers, the coment was imported from Formosa, and this fact was made known to the Com- mittes in Canton on May 5th. The pic- kets in Kongmoon, however, have' novor heard of such a place as Taiwan, it seems, and they insist upon calling cement the Hung Mo Nai," or red feathered dirt, rod feather signifying British.

FRESH TROUBLE. Almost on the eve of what promised to Bottlement of the boycott, fresh

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Strike Committee, however, appear to have been unaware of this until the next day. It is further alleged that the British who boarded the picket boat to

arrest the men were armed.

STRIKERS ACTIVITIES, On June 16th, a Chinesa sampan with 24 passengers intending to board a Hong- kong-Chaton British steamer for Hong- kong was taken by the pickets; and the passengers and their luggage were turned over to the Strike Committee prison at Last Garden, East Bund.'

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Petitions for and against the renewal of the Rents Ordinance were consider- ed by H.E. the Governor in Executive Council on the 17th of June.

Mr. B. Maughan endorsed the scnti- Membora of Legislative Council were also present during, the discussion. It menta uttered by the Chairman, and mold was unanimously agreed that the Or the members would also be very sorry dinance should not be renewed after

She also had the 30th of June, 1926, when it will to lose Mra. Stanley. therefore automatically expire.

deeply interested herself in the welfare Commenting upon the Tenants' peti- of the Club, and especially in connection tion on May 19th, the Daily Press said:

The great need in Hongkong is for business interests to spread out a little moro. At present we are all on the top of one another and yet a little further afeld are

areas waiting dovelopment. What inducement, however, is there for the builder to develop these areas in com- potition with a Rents Ordinance: Tho Tanants' Association admit that there aro

That

with the annual Christmas Tree for the children. All the officers and members would miss her presence and her help in arranging various functions on the social aide. They thanked her for the assist ance she had given the Club during her residence in Hongkong.

1.-Two notices warning the public against entering the water where the beach is stony have been posted at the spot in question.

2. The mooring chaius of the rafts are cased in canvas to prevent barnacles adhering to them, and the rafts are cleaned once a month.

As you consider that the above arrange- ments are rather half-hearted, the Bath- ing Beaches Committee will be glad to receive any suggestions for improving them that you may wish to make. I am informed that they are precisely the same as those in force in seaside resorts in England. Your obedient servant,

W. SCHOFIELD, Secretary,

Bathing Beaches Committee. Jano 17th. → [Ed Note: The precautions, as care! fully tabulated above, certainly make an impressive list, and if the Authorities see to it that the duties assigned to the caretakers and others are properly car ried out, they should be adequate. There' must, of course, be fairly frequent! European supervision.

Judging from Mr. Schofield's letter the "life-saving arrangements should be the most notice able feature at the Repulse Bay beach. We have bathed there and either we are particularly unobservant or have ventur- cd into the water at periods when the caretakers have been enjoying n woll oarned rest. We should imagine that; half the bathers were unaware of the efficient, way in which they were. guard- ed against accident." The announcement, therefore, will come as a pleasant sur prize:1

MACAO.

[TO THE EDITOR OF "THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

SIE,-As a Britisher it seems, in my opinion, a matter of regret that cortain statements affecting our neighbouring colony, Macao, should have boon allowed ventilation in the local Press. Any sym- pathy we have for Macao and bor difficul lies in the present situation would best be served by at least refraining from giving free publication to items likely to embarrass that colony. Not enough has -been said of the practical assistance and Mr. Maughan then presented Mrs. sympathy contributed by local Portuguese and their brethron in Macao during the Stanley with the flower vaze."

recent and provious strikes, and though it is late in the day.some gesturo could be made which would do more to engen- der a similar display on their part (should further difficulties arise here) than by they consider is + wrong method of encouraging those who disagree with what Government.

MR. STANLEY'S REPLY.

be D trouble appears to have arisen, Strike Committee, it is alleged, state that housca oven now at low rentals in out- Replying, Mr. Stanley said he thanked

the afternoon of June 15th, three lying districts which are empty,

the Chairman. for the kind words he pickets, while performing their duty seems to give their whole case away. had expressed. It had been a pleasure Those houses will probably remain empty to take an interest in the Club, because

It should be remembered that Macao near the gedowns of Messrs. Butterfold

much longer than they would do if people it had afforded him enjoyment to be

is the oldest colony in the East and long & Swire, at Paak Hin Hok, were taken could not, under protection of the Govern

and other nationalities in years gone by; by British employees into custody and mont, remain secure in possession of their there, and he had always carried out his served as a place of refuge to Britishers On behalf of his wife he thanked Mr.it is within the emory of living man that Macao was the main port for goods to turned over to a British guaboat in accommodation in the centre of the City. duties thers as a pleasure. Canton Harbour. Later reporta stato And why should the Government. give that the pickets wore subsequently turned an advantage to occupiers at the expense Maughan for the sentiments he had ex- and from China. The fact that trade his over to the authorities in Shameen. The of others less fortunately placed if it can pressed. His wife and himself, he added, declined there is mainly due to the deve local Britishers appreciate the efforts somewhere or another, there are sufficient had ever done for the Club, The gifts Macao is now making in attempting to be shown, as apparently it can, that had been fully repaid for anything they lopment of Hongkong and I believe most houses to meet all Leeds. Surely in the handed them that evening would always build a harbour, which will once again ravenues from trado alone to make the circumstances it would be wiser to allow remind them of Hongkong, and the writ make it an important port and enable rents to find their own levels. The froo competition between district and district, ing table would recall to him the many calony self-supporting thus enabling the accompanied by building activity, should happy hours he had spent at the Civil removal of the fastan monopoly.

At the same time it is well-to realise prevent rents soaring."

Service Cricket Club. The Club had been that many of us are only too pleased to the one thing which had made Hongkong have an occasional "flutter and it is pleasant for him. People talked about hardly sportsmanlike to support state- mente derogatory to the liitto colony. retiring in their old age, and looked We hear very few reflections, if any, forward to it. He bad done so,-but now against Monte Carlo; a place which lives the time had come to depart from the oxclusively on profits derived from the games of chance; not only that but people Colony he was sorry to go. He was of perception, aid the little principality afraid they would at Home consider him by travelling far to participote, thus The present Governor in Macao, a mar too old to be of any further uso, but he anowing their practical appreciation. did not feel that such was the case. (AP of considerable intelligence and attain- ments, has shown himself ever on the plause.)

In conclusion, Mr. Stanloy wished the alert to make improvements. Regarding the statement that Macao should be put par C.S.QC. every success in the future, and under international control it is on a especially the bowls section, in which he with a Hongkong Britisher stating pub had indeed taken a very keen interest. Healy in the Macao newspaper that Hong- kong should be made into an interno- first defondant.

Detective-Sergeant Taylor said that the hoped that ho would find a bowls club tional port because we have had difficul On June 21et, the Canton Labour

first and fifth defendants had been ar Unious intend to have another demon-rested because they were the chief stoker at Home, which would give him as much tics, not of our choosing, within the lant either in Hongkong or elsewhere making stration to raise funds for the support and second stoker, respectively. When pleasure and enjoyment na had the year. The possibility of any Britisher "greens" of the C.8.C.C. (Applause.) such a statement is so remote that it of the British coal mine workers. They the seizure was made they were not on

Mr. A. G. Vergette (Hon. Secretary sects an afaurdity to mention this Saklatvala, the one time member for have already hall four similar demon board the vessel, and he could offer no direct evidence against them. Both were

of the Club) proposed s toast to the Battersch, does certainly give vent to etrations since the British general striko. discharged.

In regard to the other three, it was future health, happiness and prosperity rabid remarks occasionally which his On the present occasion, the Women's:

stated that they were in the stokehold

to imagine him making such a statement Suffrage Association of China will be res where the opium, contained in a sack, of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, wishing them followers deplore; but even so it is difficult

many years in which to enjoy their as that referred to in this paragraph. ponsible for the sale of tickets to a lay concealed ander some iron plates.

Thanking you for the courtesy of The Magistrate held thint there was no retirement and pension, theatrical performance, by the Yan`Shaü

J. E. OLLERTON. evidence that the men knew the opium Lin Company, for the benefit of British was there, and discharged all three. The The toast, drunk with musical honours insorting this letter. Yours truly,

and cheers concluded the proceedings., Hongkong, June 16th, 1920. drug was bonfiscated,

NO EVIDENCE.

SEQUEL TO OPIUM SEIZURE. ALL THE DEFENDANTS

DISCHARGED.

On Juno 17th; near Shameen, pickets Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the From the 4th Company of the Strike Central Magistracy yesterday, five Chi. Committee took a Japanese into "custody, comployed on the 8.3. Kinshan wa charged with having in their possession and sent him to the Canton Police Hend or control 419 taels of prepared opium, quarters, alleging that he had been trying valued at 85,028. The seizure was made to take food into Shamcen in violation on board the vessel on Thursday.

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