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STEADY RISE IN CORRESPONDENCE.

WEST RIVER.

FEAR OF FLOODS.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 21st, 1927.

R.A.F.

NORDDEUTSCHER SQUADRON.

LEST WE FORGET.

DUE HERE NEXT WEEK.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE

DAILY PRESS."}

ПОКО КОка

EQUIPPED WITH BRISTOL

FIGHTERS."

DROP IN KUOMINTANG REVENUE.

St-Before British optimista,

(FROM BUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ]]

LLOYD CRUISES.

FROM MANILA TO CHINA PORTS.

SHANGHAI TIENTSIN, PEKING, DALNY AND TSINGTAO,

In our issue of last Thursday we wade a brief mention of the month ly round trips arranged by the

MR. DE SILVA'S INTEREST- ING CAREER.

WELL-KNOWN RESIDENT LEAVING TO DAY.

A TRAVELLER IN MANY

LANDS.

With the departure of Mr. D. 0. de Silva, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A., for London to-day by the s.s. Kashinm Mara, the Colony will lose a a very popular and well-known resident

Air Vice Marshal Sir Philip with short memories, in Great Game flew to Manston Aérodrome to hid farewell PENSION FOR MR. SUN FO'S Britain and the Far East tumble on April 10th

10 No. 2 (Army Co-operation) MOTHER.

over one another in praise of Dr. C. C. Wu's recent moderately-word-Squadron of the Royal Air Force, Xanking manifesto, it is adviswhich sailed on the Neuralia from able to recolleet that this same Southampton on April 20th for

Norddeutscher China and is due here next week.

Mr. de Silva arrived in the Lloyd Steamship gentieroan was Commissioner of

The squadron, commanded by Company from Manila to China Colony early in 1919, and has since Foreign Affairs in the Canton Goe et minent, at the time of the Shameen Squadron-Leader W. Sowry, D.F.C., Ports. Further particulars of the been Agent for the Sun Life Agsur- incident of the 23rd June, 1985, and A.F.C., is equipped with Bristol service have now been supplied by ance Company of Canada. During that he was one of the first to aprend Fighters, togther with substantial the local agents, Messrs. Melchers his stay here, his genial person- & Co., who inform us that the nextality has won for him a large host abroad, in connection with that in

reserves of aircraft and spares.)

that ship, the .s. Fuld, which sails of friends with in Chinese and cident, the lying propaganda that This is the first time the British and French Forers où squadron of the Royal Air Force, from here on the 31st inst., is main European circles. Shanen had without any procoas distinct from the Fleet Airtaining the following regular route: cation fired upon a procession of Arm, has left Great Britain a51 complete unit sines the Chaunk praceful Chinese Yours faithfully,

JUNIUS.

By instruction of the Foreign Office, the Chuton Provincial Autho- rities have again reiterated their order to the district officinis to give dne protection to Foreign Mission aries. The attention of the Foreign the (Ber has been called for fact that inhabitants of Koo Chuk and Wong On have not been very friendly to the Catholics. This has formed a subject of protest from the French Consular officials.

Reports are current in Canton that the Nanking furtion of the Kumtang have invited Mr. Tang

Hong Kong, May 20th, 1927.

incident.

Fifty men

Л

from the 2nd Bat-

talion, The Devonshire Regiment left Devonport on April 10th for MILK DEFICIENT IN FATS.] Southampton, and embarked on

DAIRYMAN FINED.

wilk below the standard quality.

The proprietor of the Wong Ho Shao Yi, an ex-Premier of the Re-Pairy was summonsed before Mr. public and a well-known Cantonese, R. E. Lindsell, at the Central to pay a visit to Nanking. Mr. Magistracy yesterday with selling Tang is now making his home, at Heungshan, paying visits to Hostag Kong occasionally by way of Macao- He also has a home in Shanghai.

Mr. Hu Hao Min, & former Gover. nor of Kwangtung, whose exile to

The defendant, who was repre- sented by Mr. A. J. O'Donoghue, "said that the ample supplied to Sanitary Inspector Lockhart was milk from a cow which had recently

April 20th for China to join the 1st Battalion, in Shanghai.

At Aldershot Coloni-Command ant E. Gibb, Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Aldershot Command, held a final inspection of the personnel and vehicles of No. 38 Company, H.A.S.C., which als left for Southampton on April 20th for Hong Kong. This is the

fully-mechanised company of its kind. Major S. W. Morrison commands the company, which has an establishment of seven officers and 175 other ranks. The port consists of bi six-wheeled 30-ewt. lorries, all built by Messrs.

transport

After leaving Hong Kong, the Fulda (and other ships on the run) proceed to Shanghai, where a stop of three days is made, thence they call at Taku (Tientsin), where special facilities for landing and re- cubarking are provided by the company's agents. From the latter port the steamers go to Daly and from there to Tsingtao. liers and at the ports already mentioned the ships are staying from 24 to 45 Returning via Shanghai, where again a stop of about two days is made, they complete the round trip back to Hongkong within about 20 days.

hours.

Passengers, who want to make a trip to Peking disembark at Taku Tientsin) and re-embark either in Tangtao or Shanghai, ferving out ficient time for a thorough examins. tion of all the sights of China's capital.

Tickets for these round trips are classes and the Company offers an excellent opportunity to enjoy a pleasant and really quite very economical sea holiday with every opportunity of seeing some of the most interesting places on China's seaboard.

An Interesting Career.

Mr. de Silva has had an interest- ing and successful career. In 1905. he was appointed Government sur- veyor in Ceylon, and during the rubber boon, his task Wos an onerous one, for many thousands of acres of valuable land came under bis theodolite and measuring rod.

He was transferred to the Fiji Civil Service in October, 1810, as and experience soon won him the Registered surveyor. His ability title of Rats or Chief, Mr. de

Silva was not satisfied to remain veyor, and he soon took upon him. among the natives only as a Hur

missionary self educational ad

work.

A Great Lecturer. In 1914 he went on furlough and visit to Hawaii travelled

after a through the United States, lectur

Russia nearly two years ago and his calved. He had 14 cows, seven of Morris from War Office specifica \ Atainable at special rates in two been to Tahiti, Raratonga, New

subarquent return still remain un explained, seans to be in luck's way. He has not only been rester ed to full power, but will be paid all the salary due to him for the last two years although during that Time he did little, if any, work as a member of the Kuomintang Exreu tive Committee.

The receipts of the Canton Muni- cipality for April amounted to

$198,812.55; and expenditure to 2415,719.20, leaving a balance of $53,093.35.

The Canton Administrative Coun- il has voted a pension of 8500 a month to. Mrs. Sun Lou Shi, the first wife of the Inte Dr. Sun Yat

which were calving at the time.

The prosecution said that the sample was defective in fats, and it suggested that too much cream bad been drawn off.

Mr. B. E. Lándwell held that the

tions The auxiliary vehicles are two workshop motor lorries, two store motor lorries, a petrol tank trailer, a water tank trailer, two motor combinations, four motor eyeles, and one motor-car. Except for the officers and non-commission- officers the company has been reade up from the R.A.S.C. "A" Reserse. A large proportion of the six wheeled lorries have been buit entirely since orders for China were received.

had either heen extracted, resulting in a loss of the required percentage of fats, or it had not been properly mixed when drawn from the vat. On this ground he | NAVAL FORCES IN· CHINA. recorded a conviction, and fined the defendant 225.

His Worship added a caution that the milk should be stirred before being served to customers.

Kai Shek to invade Yunan is now

In the House of Commons, on April 13th, Sir A. Chamberlain, in | reply to a question, stated that the naval forces on the China Station were as follows:

Great Britain.--Thirteen cruisers. 2 aircraft-carriers, 2 destroyers, 17 river gunboats, 12 submarines, 2 The 18th Army Corps of the Kun-mine-seweepers, 2 submarine depot Sen. She is the mother of Mr. mintang under General Fan Shek ships, 4 sloops, 3 hospital ship, 3 Shang designed by General Chiang armed, launches, chartered river Sun Fo. Mrs. Sun Loo Shi

steamer.

United States-Four cruisers, 12 separated from the Kuomintang Jender more than ten years ago and

torpedo boat destroyers, il hoals, 1 yacht. now has her home in Macao. The second wife, Madame Sun Yat Sen is in Jankow.

Mr.. Y. C. Ma, શ well-known Chinese ecommist and an expert in the Peking Ministry of Finance for some time, will be invited to Canton to assist in the fiscal re- organization of the Province, a

reports in the local cording to Press.

Since the dismissal of Mr. T. V. Soong from the portfolio of Finance in Canton and the imprisonment of bis chief private secretary, Mr. Li Shing Yi, the monthly receipts of the Kuomintang war chest have dropped by more than 82,000,000. When Mr. Soong was head of the Kuomintang Finance Department, the receipts amounted at times to $7,500,000 a month.

neentrating in Kwangsi territory preparatory to making a drive on Yunnanfu. The "army, however, is actually but a division of about 7,500 men, according to a military officer who has just inspected it.

Canton has confirmed Mr. Feng Nie Pong as Mayor of Swatow, Mr. Feng was originally appointed by the militarists now cofnanding the

part.

'pon the arrival of Mr. Lam Yat Man, former Commissioner of Can- ton Public Works, at San Francisco

Mr.

gun-

Japan-Eleven eruisers, 92 tor- pedo-boat destroyers, 1 mine sweeper, 9 gunboats.

France.-Eight gunboats, 3 des patch vessels, 1 mine-sweeper.

Italy-One cruiser, 2 gunboats, 1 torpedo-boat destroyer.

Netherlands. One cruiser." Portugal.--One cruiser, 2 boats, I sloop.

Spain. One cruiser.

gun-

Of the figures given above for Great Britain the following are additional to normal establish- inent:-

| The Norddeutscher Lloyd vessels have a great reputation for service. cuisine and necommodation, which, needless to say is fully maintained in the vessels making this trip.

OBITUARY.

LADY ANNE LOW.

in every place he visited. Eruer the auspices of the International

Silva performed many baptisms in Bible Students Association, Mr. de the Mississippi River. He has also

His lec Zealand, and Australia. tures illustrated with lantern slides and moving pictures were bunch appreciated both by the natives and the European population there.

Returning to Fiji after his fur- laugh, in 1915, he was transferred to the Lands Department as Chief Draughtsman and Surveyor.

In Hong Kong. Arriving here in 1919, he resigned from the Civil Service to take up the post of Agent to the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, In Commerce, he SOON distinguish. ed himself and after one year at his new duties; he won the gold medal of the Company and succeESH- fully kept for six consecutive

years.

Why They Like Pork In Fiji? Interviewed by a Daily Prius· re-

The death took place in London on April 1th of Lady Anne Low,

As a member of the various clubs widow of Sir Hugh Low, G.C.M.G. who was for many years Colonial in the Colony, Mr. de Silvi bas Secretary of Labuan and who, done good work for each institution while there, married as his first wife and he has been a prominent mem the daughter of the late Sir John ber of the K.R.A., Kowloon Cricket Pope Hennessy, the Governor of Club, Victoria Recreation Club, auti Labuan and afterwards Governor of the Craigengower C.C. Hong Kong. Sir Hugh, after Labuan, He was elected a Fellow of the went to the Malay States and was Royal Geographical Society in 1925 the first British Resident of Perak and last year he was made a Fellow and the first to plant rubber trees of the Royal Society of Arts. there. He married the lady whose death is now announced after his retirement. She was the daughter of the late Sir Robert Perey Dou-porter Mr. de Silva said at first that glas, Bart.

could not recall anything hernie or brilliant in which he had piny- ed a part. Then he added "Well, I'll tell you something about the Chief of Fiji Island. When I first met him the chief, boasted that he had eaten a missionary. You must

said Mr. Silvn. "They knew no better in those days, and they only killed for food. Now they are civilized and have a profound liking for

human flesh"! pork, because it tastes so much like

On Thursday night, a reception was given him by local Thensophists at the local Theoso- phical Lodge, with which Mr. de Silva is closely associated.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL PENROSE.

Brigadier General Cooper Pen rose, C.B., C.M.G., late R.E., died

not condemn him,' on April 12th, at the age of 79. From 1898 to 1901 he was Command-

April 3rd, he was entertained at luncheon by the Chinese Chamber af Commerce, at that port. Lam is a nephew of Mr. Lam Won,

Eight cruisers, 2 aircraft-carriers, one of the best known builders and destroyers, 2 river gusboats, i ing Royal Engineer at Wei-hai-wei, and in that capacity took part in contractors of Hong Kong. Mr. Lam hospital ship, a armed launches, 1

the operations, in China la 1900, Yat Man was educated in America chartered river steamer. and is nominally Chief Engineer of The total British naval persoane! when he was wounded and mention the Whampoa Port Development on the China Station, including cd in despatches. He retired in 1912; hat when the Great War broke Company.

one Royal Marine battalion, was

out he rejoined. approximately 14,000, said Sir A. Chamberlain."

The rest of the West Riveron Thursday was much higher than on the previous two days, and reports from the districts along the East EIGHT ADMIRALS.

service in the Dover Patrol, and River are to the same effect. There

commanded the monitor Marahat is, therefore, considerable fear of Apart from troopships, auxili-

Ney at the bombardments of the floods. Canton hus + Board of aries, and hospital ships, there are Belgian coast. Later he became River Conservancy which is suppos- no fewer than 171 fighting ships on Commodore of the Grand Floet During 1922 The Kuomintang Board of Publiced to devote its attention to these the China Coast, and on these Destroyer Flotillas,

the appropriation ships the flags of eight admirals and 1923 he commanded the battle- matters, but Education is to be removed from allotted to the Board is just sufare Aying. Great Britain heads ship Marlborough, and went to the Canton to Nanking. Among the ficient to cover the salary roll of the list with 70 vessels, with three Admiralty in September, 1023, Cantonese members of this Board the staff. At present Dr. Tai En Admirals. Japan is represented by Director of Training and Staff Tsai, the Inte Dr. Sun's son-in-law, forty-eight ships, under one Ad Duties Division. He is a Younger are Professor Chung Wing Kwong, director-general of the Kwangiral. Japan is the only Power Brother of Trinity House.

possessing capital ships the Far incoming president of Canton Chris tong Board of River Conservancy,

A regiment consisting of more East. There are thirty American tinn College (Lingnan University);

than 1,600 men under Colonel Chow ships, under Admiral Williams and Mr. Kin Taeng Ching, former prin Slu Feng was disarmed at Swatow two other Admirals. cipal of the Canton Higher Normal Jast Tuesday by the local authorities School; and Mr. Hea Chung Ching, there. Colonel Chow will be de- prosent Commissioner of Education ported and the disarmed troops may be re-enlisted as supporters of for Kwangtung Province..

the Chiang Kai Shek regine.

Mr. Chen Tu Heiao is not dead as some pro-Chiang Kai Shek Freas reports have stated. The Reds" claim that he is still in Hankow.

The Sun Yat Sen University in Canton has decided to send some of its law school graduates for a trip to Japan and Formosa and also

tration there.

NAVAL ITEMS.

Rear-Admiral Stotz, who has been appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral Basire in command of the French Far Eastern Squadron and of the Naval forces. in China lelt Mar- seilles on May 9th to take up his command.

From April 19th Captain R. S

It has been approved for the new crew of H.M.S. Delhi, Captain Wykes-Sueyd, D.3.0., late in com- mand of the Brisbane in the Aus Errol Manners, one of the cruisers tralian Navy, is appointed to the lent to the China Station from the now cruiser Berwick, at the Fair Mediterranean, to take passage to fold yard, Govan, to command her the Far East in H.M.S. Curlew,

By order of the present Canton on her official trials. Capt. Wykes from the Devonport Reserve. The regime, all members of the General Sneyd is also to commission the latter ship, which completed repairs to Peking, Shanghai, and Tientsin and Executive Committee of the ship about July and command her on April 12th, is to be commission- an early date. in order that they may make a study Canton General. Chamber of Com. on the China Station. This is the ed for Chins at of the methods of judicial adminis-merce have joined the Kuomintang. Brat of the five new Kent cruisers When the Curlew arrives on the

to receive a captain

China Station the present crew al The 4,000 cadets and other re-

The appointment is sanounced of the Carndor will turn over to her, eruita training at Whampoa Military Academy are to be dispatched to Rear-Admiral Hugh J. Tweedie, and the Curlew will remain on the The workers of the 14 tobacco Nanking to join General Chiang Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze, in which vessel will return to England, C.B to be Rear-Admiral and station in place of the Caradoc, factories in Canton who went on Kai Shek, their

commandant strike to back their demands for General Li Tesi Hain is taking this succession to Rear-Admiral John with the old crew of the Delhi, for

E Cameron, B., M.V.O., to

The numbers aretubing refit. stop to

Bled suspects remove all from Canton Territory:

date August 19th Rear-Admiral carried on board the Curlew will be Mr. Lin. Wen Esi yesterday Tweedie, who receives his first sp-up to the full complement of the assumed office as Chairman of the pointment since this promotion to vessel, and any excess ratinge of Canton Municipal Council, the post Bag rank in March, 1990, is 50 the now crew of the Delhi who can

not be accommodated in her will be generally known as Mayor of Can-years of age.

sont out by freight steamer.

higher wages only this week have now returned to work, leaving the settlement of the issue to arbitra.

tion.

(Continued on nexi çalumn).

ton.

In the war he saw (Continued on next column).

de

farewell

Although he will be missed by all who know him, his many friends are very pleased to hear of his promo. tion to a responsible position in the London Office of the Sun Life As. surance Co.

Before settling down to his new work Mr. de Silva's wanderlust will take him through the British Isles, France and the Riviera.

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HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS. The Health Bulletin of Easter Porta for the week ending May |-14th:

Plague.

3enser at Bassein. 23 cases at Bombay. 3 canes at Rangoon, 1 case at Bangkok.

Cholers.

1 case at Bassein.

cases at Negapatam.

1 case at Rangoon,

4 cases at Bangkok,

286 cases at Haiphong.

28 canes at Saigon.

Smail-pox.

58 cases at Bombay.

04 casos at Calcutta.

1 case at Moulmein,

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