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THE HONGKONG DAILY. PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21ST,
THE EASTERN EXTENSION.” NEW CABLES IN OPERATION.
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THE COMPANY AND CHINA.
Presiding at the meeting of this com- pany, held on June 10th, at River Plate House, EC., the chairman, Sir John Denisa-Pender, G.B.E., E.C.M.G., in the course of moving the adoption of the report said :—
A LITTLE-KNOWN EUROPEANA
SPA.
THE VIRTUES OF PIESTANY MUD,
Bath, Harrogate, Dröllwich and other British apas are household words,-ao, too, are Vichy, Aix-les-Bains, Bad Nauheim, Carlsbad and Marienbad amongst the
The healing pri many on the Continent. perties of the mud and sulphur water or Piestany are moderately well known in several European countries, but the num
ASHORE AT CANTON,
JAPANESE STEAMER ASKS FOR
PROTECTION FROM PIRACY.
During Monday evening a Japanese steamer, the name of which could not be ascertained yesterday," went ashore during low water about 300 yards from the harbour limits at Canton.
Duting the evening the steamer sent
A comparison of the accounts with those of the preceding year shows a dar crease in the gross revenue of £20,334 ber of Englishmen who have madeous frantic wireless calls asking that a while ordinary expenses are practically acquaintance with the curing possibilities
spa ia British gunboat be sent to afford protec the same as those for year. The that may be reached at this balance we have to deal with, including Czecho-Slovakia is very limited. The tion to them from the danger of piracy. £409,140 brought in, is £1,263,434, out of spot is some three to four hours east
forward.
I may here explain the item Loss on sale of investments, £100,585," which ap; nears in the statement of the general reserve fund. Until February, 1923, it was customary for the Government of Indo-China to settle their traffic accounts with the company by means of franc drafts on Faris, the proceeds being trans- ferred to London at the then ruling rate of exchange of the day. Owing to the falling exchange, these drafts were, from 1016, invested in Paris in short dated National Defence 4 per cent. and 5 per cent. Bouda, until 1999, when the total amount of these bonds. was re-invested in Credit National 8 per cent. Bonds, 1925. On the latter bonds falling due for repayment, your directors decided, in view of the continued fall in exchange, to remit the whole amount to London at rates of exchange varying at that time from 12.65 to 94.15 francs to the £..
However, all went well, and it was
nine o'clock.
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UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From July 1st, to 97th, 1928,
Hion Water.
LOW WATEL
H'kong
Long Standard
Timo..
b.
Week
Month
Days of
Standard
Time.
Height
b. m. the Norwegian steamer Larke was ashore
It was also learned yesterday that Wed 21 m 6 38 6 55 Thur. 22 ka
6 19 on the second barrier, which is about
8-94 half-way to Canton. Where this steamer Fr
$3 m 7 3
7 4 was bound for, or how she got ashore, Satar 24m 749 2.49 Sun.25 5 37 10 38 MOL. 26 9 97 11 26 Tues. 27 10 19
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which £450,000 has been placed to the north-cast-of-Vienna,-say-an-hour and that the steamer succeeded in general reserve fund, £100,000-paid in a half farther on from Pressburg, which dividends, and £413,434 has been carried figured several times in the Great War, refloating again yesterday morning about and is now more generally known in the country under its Slovak name of Bratis- lava. It is the capital of Slovakia. By the way, the names of most towns in the young republic are now designated by Czech or Slovak words, and confusion is sometimes caused by the different names. For instance, the capital city of Prague, in Bohemia, by which name we have always known it in the Atlas, is now called Praha, and sixty miles away from it Filsen, which has given a world-wide is not yet known. name to its excellent beer, and is the locale-of the-great-Skoda -works, scarcely seems so familiar to us as Plien. Pies- tany itself has a riot of names. Its general designation in the town is as just given, but you may find any of the fol The departure of the Chinese cruiser lowing:-Piatyan, Pistany, or Pastyen. Hai Yung for the Pratas, in connection not to mention all of the different ways with the inauguration of the new wire
Generally speaking, less station, has again been postponed. of nomenclature. those who seek the healing qualities at The Hai Tung originally intended to BOARD OF CONSERVANCY WORKS this spa are rheumatic er rheumatoid and sail last Friday, but the trip was then arthritic sufferers, and the number of postponed on account of weather con- cures that have been effected in really ditions, and it was postponed again extreme cases constitutes a high per yesterday (when she was supposed to sail centage. Obstinate cases that have dent 10 am) for the same reason. It is fed amelioration at other apas have been not known when she will take the party greatly alleviated or entirely cured at to the Pratas, but she will certainly not Omartian Piestany, though more than one visit may proceed there until the present wouther changes. In any case, then swell around be required.
the Pratas shoal would prevent anyone landing from a small boat, which is necessary, as no steamer can go right up to the island.
EXCHANO2 PROBLEMS.
I rany add that representations to the Government of Indo-China have resulted in the traffic accounts being now made payable at Saigon at the equivalent of gold francs, the proceeds being remitted direct to London by monthly sterling drafts, thus practically obviating any future lose on exchange. I have the pleasure to inform you that the duplica tion of our Cocos-Fremantle section, by means of a "loaded" type of cable, was successfully completed on March 15th ast by the cable steamer Colonia. The new cable is for the present, being utilised for traffic at only certain periods of the day, in order to allow of experi ments being made towards obtaining re liable signals at its maximum speed of So far as these experiments prove to be a valuable adjunct to our have gone, I am confident that it will
system.
working.
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MEDICAL INSPECTION.
RIVER LEVELS. Bulletin from
OF KWANGTUNG...
Water evals (in English Fest) at 8 am.
Place of
Highest
W. Lavel
recorded.
PY. Lavel
West Biver at Shithing. +41.7 0
North River [] at Tingvnen. +28 7
-North River
at Samahu +23 -6.0
East River
The sa Genbu Maru (Japanese) ar- rived in Hongkong yesterday morning with a cargo of coal. It was the firstt Sheklang.] *10.2 | is a steamer of 1,057 tone, and belongs call she has ever made at this port. She to the M.B.K. lias. She came from Keelung.
·
At the Marine Court yesterday, -he- fore Lieut. Commander G. F. Hole, RN., the master of conservancy boat No. 75167H was summoned for causing, an obstruction by anchoring in the Southern Fairway. The defendant was dismissed with a caution.
A few weeks ago the International Association of Medical Hydrology, visited a number of European spas, and made the Baths of Piestany their final inspec- ion Doctors of all European nations were included, some fifty per cent. of the Their programme included visits to the visiting medicals being British doctors,
baths and springs, and papers were read and discussions took place. Amongst the papers was an illustrated lecture by Dr.
The master of the s.s. Aalgan (British) the present day. From this it may be to the Harbour Office yesterday that Paul de Veres on the history of the bath treatment from primitive times, down to from Singapore and Bangkok, reported
learned that the name Piestany itself has on the way to Hongkong a drifting In order to provide an additional a Slav derivation, its origin being from sampan was passed one mile west of means of communication between Fre the Slovak word. piesok," which means | Green Island. There was no one on mantle and Adelaide, & distance of sand. It probably traces its name board ——— 1,676 miles, to connect with the new from the sandy banks of the tiver Waag cable, a satisfactory agféement has been on which it stands. The river itself is a concluded with the Commonwealth Gov- tnbatary of the Danube, and it is on an ernment for the lease of a fast-working island in it that the baths are situated land line between the points mentioned. The first written "documents of the place It gives me great pleasure to state that, date from 1551, though it is evident the in this matter, the Commonwealth Gov-healing properties of the mud hades ernment has readily co-operated with our long known, probably back to Roan company in the common desire to provide times. At the end of the 10th century for the future growth of telegraphic cor-
the health resort was attacked by the respondence between Australia and the Turks, when the invalide were massacred Home Lands.
and the healthy taken into slavery. In 1670 the place was visited by an English- Once more I regret to inform you that man, Edward Browne, who described with the Great Northern Telegraph. Com unusual care the different spots where the pany's and our negotiations with the scientific appreciation accorded to the springs appear on the surface. The frst Chinese Telegraph Administration have batha is contained in the work of a not progressed. As you are all aware of famous physician, Justus Torkos, in 1745. the state of affairs prevailing in China, but the most important development it is not necessary for me to say any began in the era of the Chancellor of the thing further on this subject beyond the State, Count Josef Erdody, who became fact that owing to China's inability to the sole owner of the spas. At this time meet current traffic accounts, it became patients were in the habit of bathing in necessary for the Great Northern, the holes that they digged for themselves. Commercial Pacific Cable, and our com- These excavations became immediately panies to enforce weekly settlements of filled spontaneously with hot water, and accounts at cable stations in China 29 mud. from March 1st last. It is satisfactory to know that up to this date China has fulfilled this obligation.
I cannot conclude my address to you without-again-recording your directors high appreciation of the continued efforts of all members of their staff, at home and abroad, to render good and valuable ser vices, in which they have been eminently successful, and are justly worthy of our sincere thanka. (Applause)
THE POSITION IN CHINA.
Mr. J. C. Denison-Pender (Vice-Chair- NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN, man) seconded the motion, which was
THE Motorship
** FULDA" baving arrived from BREMEN, HAMBURG and Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Cargo is being landed at their risk into the Gotowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, where Delivery can be obtained.
All Gror femening undelivered for the 22nd of July
will be to Bent.
agreed to unanimously.
The retiring directors and the auditors were re-elected, and a hearty vote of thanks to the Chairman, directors, and staff concluded the proceedings.
GIBBET AS A BANK SIGNPOST.
EFFORTS TO PRESERVE A GRIM RELIC.
The total number of deck passengera entered for the twenty-four hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday was 168, of which the highest individual entry was 00.
VESSELS EXTÉCTED;
Canton (Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ltd.),
due July 24th, Macedonia (P. & 0.), due to-morrow,
about 6 a.m.
Nanking (Swedish East Asiatic Co., Talma (B.I. & Apcar), due to-morrow.
Ltd.), due August 12th.
An appeal by a solicitor from a deci- sion of the Law Society, suspending him for a year for unprofessional conduct, was dismissed in the King's Bench Division
It was alleged that he allowed a woman tu swear an affidavit, knowing that the accusations in it were unfounded. It was Apleaded on his behalf that he was a man of small stature and was intimidated.
In the years 1813-1821, in the closing period of Napoleonic times, the old back ing establishments, which still exist to- day were erected. But up to 1890 scarcely any change was made, whether in the baths or the accommodation. great military, bathing establishment, was built by the State in 1860 in order to afford the benents of treatment to soldiers "and officers of the "army."
~ THE PRESENT MANAGERS. In 1890 the health resort came into the Hards of the present managers, Messrs. Alexander Winter and his sons, and from that time commenced the remarkable development of Piestany. The great ornament of the place, the "Thermia Palace Hotel, with attached Irma Bath, was erected in 1910-1911. This bath is in direct communication with the original and edux. The springs do not form one continuous unit, but are spread out on a part of the bathing island. The depth from which the springs rise is calculated by geologists, on the basis of the tempera
No Fire faramanos will be effected by me br any case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for examination by the Consignees and the Company's Burveyors, Messrs. Anderson of Ruthin will have probably the quaintture, at 2,000 metres, the water rising
A bank which is being built in the market place of the ancient Welsh town
& Asho, at 10 a.m., on the 20th of July, 1926. est signpost ever know...
Ne Olaims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown and all Orang Must be presented within Two Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, after which dats they will not be
recognised.
Consignees are rogassted to surrender their Bills of Lading to the Undergrad for countersignatarA.
MELCHERS & CO Agunta: NORDDEUTSCHTZ LIST, BEIKKI......
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MARTIN'S
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from primitive rock of granite and slate It is a gibbet of stoat oak from which stone, which, coming from the great men were banged in public for sheep depth, decomposes the same into an ex-. stealing up to the year 1500. The bank ceedingly fine mud. This mud It brings is being built on the ruins of the old to the surface. The volcanic origin of the mud explains its characteristic formation court-house, and the gibbet will be pré served over the main entrance. Mea, of unbound sulphur, sulphatic acid, sal- highly skilled in the delicate work, are phide and sulphates, radium and thorium Iabouring with the care that an artist bestows on his masterpiece to weave this centuries-old relic into the masonry of the new building..
The broad oak pillar from which the gihbet butts out seems to be worn to breaking point at its base, but the fore- man assured me that it will stand, as firm as a rock for many more centuries. The gibbet itself bears grim' traces of ite frequent use. A deep hole is worn in
On the lighter side of life at Piestany the visitor has a certain number of mild attractions. The town has a delightful park, where excellent music is discoursed during the season of May to September. There is the Kursalon for music... and. dancing, and there are several excursions that may be made in the vicinity to old feudal castles dating back to the 12th and 14th centuries. There are several hotels
the wood where the rope was fastened in Piestany, but anyone considering a visit
E
A sinister-looking dungeon where the should arrange to stay at the Thermia prisoners awaited their doom will be the Palace. It is on the island, and has direct connection with the latest of the strong-room of the bank. K
Scarcely a hundred yards from where baths, the Irma, so that patients have this court-house is being made ready to not to go into the outer air after under-
lock up gold instead of men the county going treatment. stated that the
gool stands gaunt and desolate with a Finally, it may large "To let notice over its iren- atudded door-It was cloned because the minimum number of warders required to run it far exceeded all the prisoners who could possibly be collected !
through journey from London may be made vid Paris and Vicans in 62 hours. Through carriage and sleeper runs from Calais to Vienas, where change of stations has to be made.
The Lord Chief Justice: If that argu- ment is right, it is really perilous for a person of small stature to-be-a-soliciter.
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REGISTER.
Hongkong Observatory, July 20th.
Barometer Temperature Eumidity
Previons On Date On Date
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jai 2 p.m. 8 sm.
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29.61
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89
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