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INTIMATIONS.

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whatever to do with the Government. It different type. In his view “the average has been reposted so

Often that it is Englishman is not brilliant or spectatu Eastern Shipping Syndicate, Ltd., has | becoming tiresome. General CHIANO'slar, but he can be relied upon. He la so

It is notified that the name of the Far

been struck off the Register of Com- panics.

Mr. Dick Norton and his Globe

LAUNCH ATTACKED OFF LYEEMUN.

A PIRATICAL ATTACK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

course, and we are very seldom dix Trattors" are returning to Hongkon08 TWO INDIAN GUARDS WOUNDED.

| own telegram and the experiences of the reliable that we pay him the compliment Fooshing on her recent trip both divery often of taking him as a matter of prove this statement. There is no doubt that the Canton merchants were glad to sce the British mercantile fog again and they openly admitted that they would be

appointed."

and will open another season on October ord. They will arrive from Bangkok.

What is termed by the polics as an Teaders are being invited for the re- attempted robbery and wounding, but construction of a portion of the ground which was no less than a daring piratical door of the old block at the Central attack was perpetrated at Lung Shun Police Station to form new cells and War, off Lyemun yesterday afternoon. As a result two Indian guards are in other minor works.

the Kowloon Hospital, ona suffering from wounds in the hip and head, and the other with head wounds.

For the production of this type we are most willing to trade if they could be told we must thank the discipline of our assured of freedom from molestation by educational system. It suits the people for whom it is intended. Thus the the pickets. The talk of the boycott being the natural result of the indigna strength of England has always been in "other ranks" whether they were mili

"Nine lengths of gable, valued at $188, tion of the Chinese people over "ubequal tresties" therefore is all nonsense. The tary, industrial, administrative er pro have been stolen from the Hongkong fessional "The platoon commander, Telephone Company's godown at Queen's question can easily be put to the test. Let the people be given their freedom he said, the country curate, the alan Road Central, da entry was gained by

doctor, the schoolmaster and school-breaking the padlock. in the matter and see what follows,

mistress were the people who propelled The forthcoming, wedding is announceding the affair. Why should Great Britain stand by

The attack was made on the Sung- 20 DESENTURES (1920 -$500 Blended where it is distilled, and therefore and allow CHIANG MAI SEEK the ship of State. Above them, on the of Mr. Eraest Lewis Pinguet, morchant,

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NOTICE.

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Becretary, Hongkong, 2nd September, 1920.

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proprietar of the Pioneer Silk Store, customers were offered gifts of chocolates at the store on Saturday.

H.E. the Governor has accepted the re

Except for a very meagre report, the Police were evidently unable or unwill- ing to divulge any information regard-

She was intercepted by a boat containing five men, three of whom were armed with Winchester rifles. The steerman, was ordered to stop, and the men attempted to board the launch.

Great Britain a few months ago would easily have prevented the Northere expedition. Action now would'.. very quickly bring that expedition to disaster. The members of the Canton Government are not such fools that they cannot realian 50 shanks, and so they were not dia. Newall Young, of his Commission in the could not be ascertained. As the police.

round. They grumbled and groused and said they were 'fed up,' but they carried on because initiative and responsibility were in their blood, and had been deve loped by their education. They expected

appointed. The ship went forward, and this. It has been the policy of Great that was all they cared about. One day Britain, however, not to interforer

we should set up a monument to the China's affairs, and that policy is being

average man. Like the tomb of the rigidly maintained now although the Unknown Warrior it would bear so name. constant war on British commercial in It would have on it the inscription: terests has provided a, thousand reasons The Man Who Runs the Empire.'" for charging it if such reasons had beca

This is well said, and it seems desirable sought. There is indeed a feeling of to have something of the kind said at growing exasperation even among the times if only to keep the pessimista in Chinese themselves, who are not mem-their place. Of late-years it has been bers of the Kuomintang, at the failure the fashion among a certain 'school of of Great Britain to co-operate with them writers at home to lament the decay of in turning out an administration which, those racial qualities which were possess rightly or wrongly, they believe to be ed by men who laid the foundations of We have often closely allied with the Bolsheviks. Great England's greatness. Britain is being injured on all sides and noticed that these gloomy reflections are

is actually losing prestige among the in some way associated with the advocacy bulk of the Chinese traders because of of some cause or dogma in which the her inactivity. There is therefore no

writer is interested. To support him is reason to question the sincerity of her presumably proof that the old spirit is ALEXANDRA BUILDING. Paons O. 616. neutrality at the present moment, but not altogether dead. To hesitate or fail why should such neutrality be continued to hack him up is proof that his fore to her own serious detriment? That is hoding is justified. As a literary artifice it is easy enough to practice; but if taken a. question for CHIANG KAI SHEK to

seriously the assumption is wholly unwar. ranted. The broad fact is that the men

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answer.

signation by Second-Lieutenant Frederic

Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from September 8th.

How the Indians received their wounds

report emphasises the fact that it was an attempted robbery, it can be safely

It is notified for general information assumed that the raid was not successful. that His Honour the Chief Justice has. It is, therefore, quite likely that the ordered that the next Criminal Sessions guards were wounded in repelling the

assailants.

shall be held on Monday, September 20th, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.

A qualifying examination "for appoint ments of Probationer Clerks in Govern- ment Service will be held in Queen's College Hall on Monday and Tuesday, September 20th and 21st, at 9 am.

The pirates were discomited and rowed away. They were seen to landed on High Island.

The Sung Kung then proceeded to Hongkong.

· CONSULAR CHANGES. It is notified that, at the expiration of three months, the Hing Fat Steamship

Mr. A. H. George, who has been Acting Co., Ltd., will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the register | Commercial Secretary at H.B.M. Consu

Inte-General, Shanghai, during the ab- and the company will be dissolved.

sence of Mr. H. J. Brett, who recently returned to his post, has been transferred to Tientsin as Vice-Consul at the British Consulate.

The wife of Marshal Sun Chuan Fans arrived in Shanghai from Nanking on September 3rd with some 20 female atten- dants. She is staying at the Marshal's on Hart Road, says the NG house Daily News.

Tenders are being invited for a new bridge at Tai Po and road diversion to replace the bridge washed away in 1925. The work consists of filling in embank ments, forming of approach roads and

any other necessary work.

There is no objection to GELANG KAY who are carrying on the laborious task. causeway; together with drainage and| SHEE unifying" China if that is his of running the Empire, whether it be in HENTY-GILMORE.-On September 4th, real aim. Some one must take the mat-the domain of government or in trade

MARRIAGE,

and afterwards at the Union Church,

The case in which two Chinese were

Indian Bergeant in Waterloo Road, on Kowloon Magistracy, and Mr. J. H. B. August 10th, has been concluded at the Nihill has committed the two defendants for trial at the Criminal Sessions.

Arrangements have been made for the

Mr. J. C. Hutchison, H.B.M. Vice- Consul at Tientsin, has been transferred to Hankow, replacing Mr. P. Grant

the post leit vacant a short while ago, Jones who has gone to Changsha to fill

through the death of Mr. Coales,

WEATHER REPORT.

Last night's weather report, forecast

Royal Observatory, states:--

A trough of low pressure extends from Indo China to Luzon,

Local forecast:-N.E. or variable winds, moderate, fae to cloudy.

'at 'H.B. M.'s Consulate, Shanghai, ter in band and it may as well be the and commerce, are just average men charged with attempting to rob za and remarks, issued at 7 p.m. from the Shanghai, DORA EVELYN ALISON, Canton Commander as anyone else. But endowed with the racial qualities of grit daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM if he is anxious that Great Britain should and courage which were possessed by GILMORE, Struma, Peterculter, Aber- deenshire, to CHARLES BARRACK, son not range herself against him he should their predecessors. of Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE HENRY, attach to his manifesto appealing for

Aberdeen- Netherton, Whitehouse,

neutrality a promise that be, on his party. ahire.

DEATHS. BARKLEY.-On September 7th, at the

General Hospital, Shanghai," Mra JANE BABRLEY, beloved wife of Jons

BARKLEY.

CRAGGS. On September 3rd, at Nanking, KATHLEEN MARJORIE, aged three years,

dearly beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. DENNISON CRAGGS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mrs. DORAINGTON wishes to thank all friends for their kind expressions of sympathy during her, recent sad bereavement, also for all beautiful

It may be more spectacular to conquer a country as was often done in the eld

MANILA TYPHOON WARNING. Manila, Sept. 12th, 4 p.m.-Typhoon in

will refrain from doing damage to Britis3days, but it is, we consider, a still greater appearance at the Theatre, Royal for four about 127deg. Long. E.. 17deg. Lat. N.,

commerce. An appeal for neutrality coupled with a sub rosa commendation

of the boycott strikes us as hypocrisy.

Such double dealing will not establish the Kuomintang as permanent rulers of the

country.

THE MAN WHO RUNS THE EMPIRE.

floral tributes and attendance at RECENTLY in Lordon Major JOHN HAY the funeral and especially. Dr. Smalley, Sisters and Matron for BEITH, the brother of Jardine's Shanghai their kindness whilst at Kowloon taipan-better known to thousands of Hospital.

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develop its resources, and establish a

great trade; and these are precisely the things the average Englishman is engaged

nights only, of Staszinaki's Nineteen All direction unknown.

Star Artistes, said to be one of the finest Russian ballets that has ever visited the Far East. The company will appear at

A Chinese employee of the Hongkong

in doing without show or fuss, as a matter the Theatre on September 23rd, 24th, 25th the Fook Kee godown were charged to-

The new handbook of the Hongkong Football Association containing the re vised rules of that body and the Hong kong Football League is now ready. It

and China Gas Co., Ltd., and a foki of gether on Saturday before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy... First. defendant was charged with larceny of

tar and the second with receiving stolen

Wednesday afternoon,"

Home and Europé mail via Siberia and also Shanghai mail were brought by the Kanchow on Saturday. The Home mail amounted to 17 bags. The Hakosaki Karu also brought Japan mail, and the Nagpore Shanghai letters and papera. The Rangoan Maru which was originally due yesterday with letters and papers from Home (London, August 12th). vid Negapatan is not now due until to-day, having been delayed en route. The Pre Home and Europe mail vid Siberia, and will also bring mail from U.S.A., Hono- Julu, Japan and Shanghai Other mails due, include Manila by the Empress of Husia, and Amoy by the Souchou. The President Grant arrived yesterday with mail from Manila..

of duty-almost as a matter of course-in and 27th. all parts of the earth. There are times

The six first Chinese Bishope-Elect are when progress is for the moment impos-passing through Hongkong on the Pre-property. The case was remanded until sible, and the future is clouded if not ident Adums on their way to Rome for obscure, which may be said of the condi- consecration. The Chinese Catholics bere tions that now exist in the Far East; and are holding a reception in their honour at the Catholic Cathedral Compound at so the only thing to do is to "stick it," and remain true to the English tradition. o'clock this evening. All Catholics and

Perhaps too much stress is laid by friends are cordially invited. as “LAN HAY"-delivered an arresting

Major BEITE on the importance of dis address in praise of the average man.

cipline and education, but that is pardon We are so accustomed to hearing all able in the cake of an ex-schoolmaster about the virtues and achievements of (he was for some years a master at Fettes the few who have attained fame that a College, Edinburgh) because it is certain has been done up in very attractive formsident Adams is also due to-day with word of commendation from a distinguish that the average man is shaped by con- and in addition to giving past records

attached, Mid-Level.

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Major BEITH was not breaking fresh Advancing years-discipline the lives of Two land sales are to take place at the 02-Conduit Boad, 7 rooms. Hotwater

CHIANG KA! SHEK.

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A Shanghai lady had a distressing. $500 GENERAL CHIANG KAI SHER has issued Fixte $100/125

to-day. The opinions expressed have cipline which produces the average man, Kowloon City, the area being 1,033 experience at Weibsiwei last week, says 11-Cameron Rd., & rooms, Tas 13% $35 another manifesto appealing to the been numerous and various. Perhaps the the English breed would not fail though square feet and the upset price $1,550 the N.-C. Daily News. She was living The second will be Inland Lot 2814; in one of the matshed rooms belonging ... $188/174

Foreign Powers to remain neutral in the observation attributed to President Lix every schoolmaster retired from his toil North Point, having an area of $2,500 tard, and one night, whilst she was to boarding establishment on the main- $110/120 $115/40 present struggle in China, and has also, coa sums up in a sentence the most apt to-morro

square feet, the upset price being a dollar asleep, thieves entered her room and re

moved a trunk and bag containing most it is understood, wired confidentially to of the world's reflections-that God must

of her belongings. The loss was not dis Canton urging the vigorous prosecution have been fond of the average man or

covered till the awakened next morning, of the boycott, He cannot have it both he wouldn't have made so many example meeting of the Kowloon Cricket Club hereby warned of the danger incurred had been abandoned on the golf course; Members are reminded that the annual

and investigation revealed that the trunk ways. He cannot expect Great Britain of him. But IAR HAY" was careful to will be held on Friday evealing. to stand on one side and give him a particularise, and for that reason he has WET PAT RENT-Bungalow near Beach. clear field against his enemies whilst he 4

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claim to a bearing not established by Among the passengers who arrived by Arrangemenita, - Flush System, 199 Available $3,000 down, Balance by fastal endeavours to inflict every possible dam some others in the past. When he used the aa. President Grant from Manila age on Britain's trade. We have, of the words average man he was thinking yesterday was Mr. F. C. Whitfeld. coursey all heard the argument put for of the average Englishman, and when he Among those going through on the liner Ward in "Canton that the boycott is purely said Englishman," he meant English-to-day for Shanghai are Col and Mrs.

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The Government Gazette contains the following notification:The public is from interference with electric light, fan, and the bag in another place, after all beating, cooking or transformer bell the lady's personal jewellery and A trinkets, valued at a considerable sum, circuits whilst the pressureTM is on. fatal shock may be received if this warn had been removed. Although we under ing is ignored. Any repairs or altera stand that she has offered a reward for tions to wiring should be carried out by the recovery of the missing articles, there ad experienced electrical, antractor or would not appear to be much chance of other duly qualified person who must their being returned to their rightful make the circuit concerned dead before owner, as the thief left no clue, which

would lead to his identity commencing work.

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