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No. 21.492 號弍拾玖百肆仟壹萬弍第 日拾叁月四年邵了 HONG KONG, MONDAY, MAY 30th, 1927.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

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9.24 10.39 12.09 1.24 2.31

4,44 6,88 7.30 4,58 5,81 7.42 9.86 10.61 12.21 1,38 2.43

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BETTER SITE FOR SHANG- HAI STATUE.

A GREAT CAREER RECALLED.

A inagnificent improvement to the Bund is soon to be carried out hy the Shanghai Municipal Council, which is calealated greatly to add te the dignity and impressiveness of what is already one of the world's stateliest waterfronts, writes Mr. Putnam Weale in the North China Doily Nurs

4,000 PEASANTS SLAIN.

CHILDREN MUTILATED,

PERING, May 13th. Indescribable horrors attended the massacre of some three thou sand Shantung pensants by bandits on April 25-ering to des- patches from Taiianfus

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Decoration Day (U.S.A.). Memorial Day Ladies of Ameri- can Community decorate American a Happy Valley, 10.30 a.m. Ten Dances. H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy, King Edward Hotel, and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m.

Volunteers Practive Parade for King's Birthday Parade, Football Ground, Happy Valley, 6.30 p.m.

Dinner Dansant and Exhibition Dansing at Cafe Restaurant Pari- sien.

Queen's Theatre: The Taves of Pharaoh.

World Theatre: The Lucky Horseshoe."

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Star Theatre: "Three Ghosts,"

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More than 1,080 bandits under Liu Hei Shi besieged the village of Hong Shan, some fifty from the city of Lai Wu, on April 19th, As a result of the street widening The villagers put up a gallant nude possible by the removal of the fight and despite many killed and old Customs Exumination Shed wounded they fought ba. However and the erection of a new Building owing to the lack of water and ex- (which has been set back very con-haustion of munitions, the head of the village personally went to the siderably) ample space has now ben provided for an island B8 feet cap of the handits and begged ts 16 feet in the middle of the road for peace, saying he would put all way. On this island, to be flanked the wealth of the village at his by two great bronze lanterns, which disposal provided the lives of the will flood the street with light at inhabitants could be spared. The night, will be ricrected Sir Robert bandit chief refused to consider big

Union of South Africa, 1910, Hart's statue, until now almost lost terms, sending him back, saying he

6th Annual general meeting H.K. on the grase lawn to the North, rust storm the village and put all Facing the great new Customs the defenders to the word.

The fight then was resumed by Excavation. Pile Driving and Con- House, which is now fast reaching

Powell's Building, 3 p.m. completion, and which his genius the villagers and was joined instruction Co., Ltd., 2nd Floor,

and children. for organization in the early days even by inde possible, this memorial raised Things reached a climax on April by so many loving friends will at 25th when the handits broke into last he in its right position and the defener works of the village attract every eye, serving to remind and enptured it. a new generation of the dead man's services to t'hina.

A Master Builder.

For nearly a years inspector of Customs, to which post he succeed- ed when he was only 28 years old labouring from early dawn to far into the night on a task which never ended, Sir Robert Hart built like the master-builders of the middle nges, so that all he contrived had the enduring quality of granite and has been able successfully to with stand the great storms of the past 15 years. Dr. Morse in his notable work, The Trade and Adminis tration of China," fitly remarks: "Another sits in his hair, Jin-

women

The whole area Was set on fire, and this was follow- ed by looting mud massnere of all

the villagers.

Slow And Painful Death. The brigands had no respret for age, infancy or womanhood. Aduits were hung from the trees and made to suffer slow and painful death. The desperadone first out off the limbs of children and the threw their bodies into the fire. Practically the whole village was reduced to ashes and only thirty survived the outrage.

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Dinner Dansant and Exhibition

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Queen's Theatre: "The Loves of the Public. Pharaoh,"

World Theatre: Empty Hands." Star Theatre: Too Many Kisses." Principal Maile:-Outward: San Francisco and Europe riá Siberia (Taiyo Maru), 10 n..;

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Great Things Came,

ablo obstacles and accomplished a work of great beneficence for China and the World. "Blushing Honours Thick Upon Him."

Cale Parisien, 4.30 p.m.

Dinner Daneant and Exhibition Dancing at the Cafe Restaurant Parisien.

Queen's Theatre: "The Loves of Pharaoh."

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Sir Robert's services to China were of the most original kind,- he virtually invented the Customs Service which had bon furtively born in Shanghai in 1854, when all the territorial officials ran away

An additional bronze tabiel hus during the Taiping wars, and the ten preparel for the reverse side three Consuls, British, American, of the pedestal, and will be placed French nudertook the provisional in position when the statue is collection of Customs duties, a

moved, on which appears a list of British Vice Consul, Lag, being left the honours conferred upon Sir finally in sole charge because he Robert Hart by the Chinese and Ten Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel was the only one of the three Con- foreign governments. As this in-Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 sular delegates who could speak formation is of general interest it p.in.

Theosophical Society Lecture, is inserted here in full. The list, read aloud, sounds like a trumpet p.m. From this curions beginning call, calling upon men to bear wit- great things rate. The system was ness to what diligence can do. No found convenient; it spread to the single person has done more than other Nanking Treaty ports; and Sir Robert Hart to make the by the dime the Treaties of Tien- British name honoured and respect sin Were signed, it was already od in China; and to-day when his a going concern. Lay, the first fellow-countrymen are subjected to Inspector General, disappeared as grievous and unmerited enmity a result of the now forgotten con- they should hearten themselves by troversy over the Lay Osborno fleet. the memory of his valorous spirit Prince Kung, the virtually regent which never despaired. and President of the old Tsungli Yamen, summoned the youthful Hart (who had commenced his the British Consular Service at Canton where bo had taken over the Custonis after the Arrow War) to Peking in 1802 and appointed him Inspector General on £8,000 a year.

career Je

He went from success to success probably reaching his greatest fune in 1985 when, after the Tonkin war, he negotiated the Peace Treaty be tween France and China which the Manchu Government had shown it- self unable to do. The small ad- ministration of the fifties and six- tics grew steadily and methodically to a vast organization, and every nation in the world did him honour, Sir Robert Hart being the

only known recipient, excepting crowned heads, of the 13

Crosses which will be found against his name. He died just before the revolution of 1911, being spared the bitterness of witnessing the govern ment's collapse.

The original inscription, compos ed by the late Professor C. Elot of Harvard University, on the pedes

·tal is to remain unchanged, and is

As follows:-

Hart, Sir Robert

Baronet, C.C.M.G., M.A., LL.M.; D.C.L. Grand Guardian of the Heir Ap parent of China, 1835-1911. Inspector General of the Chinese

Maritime Customs. Founder of China's Lighthouse

Service.

Organizer and Administrator of

the National Post Office. Trusted Counsellor of the Chinese

Government.

True Friend of the Chinese People. Modest, Patient,. Bagacious and Resolute he overcame formid- (Continued on next column).

Robert Hart, Baronet, Sir

G.C.M.C., M.A., LL.D., D.C.1 Grand Guardian of the Heir Ap

parent of China Brevet Title of President of alloard. Ancestral Rank of the First Class of the First Order for Three Generations with Letters Patent, Red Button of the First Class. Double Dragon Second Division

First Class

The Peacock's Feather.

Graad Cross of the Order of Fran-

vis Joseph Austria. Grand Cordon of the Order of

Leopold Belgium Grand Cross of the Order of Dan-

nebrog Danmark. Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour France. Grand Cross of the Dragon of An-

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THE WORLD'S GAZE Dancing at Cafe Restaurant Pari-TURNS POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY, ARTISTICALLY TOWARDS sien.

Queen's Theatre: "Pretty Ladies." World Theatre! Three Live Ghosts.

Star Theatre: "The Top of the World.""

Friday. King George V. liora. 1865. King's Birthday Parade, Happy Valley, 9 a.m.

Golf: Whitsuntide Meeting, Fun- ling.

Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy, King Edward Hotel and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m.

Dinner Dankant and Exhibition] Dancing at Cafe Restaurant Pari-- sien.

King's Birthday Reption by H.E. the Governor and Lady Clementi, Government House, 9.30 p..

Queen's Theatre: "Pretty Ladien." World Theatre: "Three Live Ghosts.

Star Theatre: "The Top of the World."

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Polar Star Sweden. Freedom of the Cities of London and Belfast and of the Borough of Taunton.

Saturday. Hong Kong Jockey Club 4th Ex- tra, Race Meeting. Happy Valley (first day).

WEATHER REPORT. TYPHOON 300 MILES AWAY.

Yesterday's weather report, fore- cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 6.30 p.m., Atated:

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A weak anti-cyclonic area tends from the lower Yangtze Valoy to North Japan. The typhoon" is situated about so miles south- castward of Pratas Island moving

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