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Quarantine restrictions have been imposed against arrivals from Swatow on account. of Cholera."

The U.S.S. Sacramento arrived from Amoy yesterday afternoon, shortly after tiffin, and the usual salutes were exchanged.

"think on the Indian undoubtedly the effects of alcohol are greater: whether that is the case with the European or not I do not known,"

Very few Baropeans have made the experiment of taking opium. An amusing-alory is related of highly respected resident of Hong Kong who was curious about the „sensations"produced by oplum. He [-

confessed that he was afraid to experiment while in the Colony les: the charm of the drug and its accessibility made him a confirmed addict. He therefore waited until he went home on leave. His ship called at Shanghai Ho made all arrangements that he should visit an opium den at that port and that, whatever his state of mind and

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DINNER GIVEN AT ROOF "GARDEN,"

An extraordinary general meeting of the members of Kowloon Cricket į „ Club wil be held at the Clab House

A dinner in honour of the Hop. on Thursday next, at 3.30 p.m. Mr. W. T. Southern, C... (the Members and friends are remind. Colonial Secretary), was given by cd that St. Peter's Young Men's his Chinese "friends at the Roof Club are holding a whist drive at Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel the Cathedral Hall to-night, belast evening to mark the occasion ginning at. 8.30 pm,

of his receiving the C.3.G.

There were nearly one hundred (including hosts and hostesses and guests) present at the dinner.

The total output of the Eailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending July 18th amounted

the period to 30,434 tons" to 23,788 tons, and the sales during

1 very

THE C.N.C. DISPUTE.

NO FURTHER NEWS YET.

No further nowa can yet be given of the CN.C. dispute.

Close touch is being kept with Shanghai by both the local Guild Offices and the C.N.U., buḥ they are still maintaining a principle of stries- silence as regarda information to the Press.

The nature of the recent discus signs has not been disclosed, and it is not known how far the nego tiations have progressed, or whether. defnite proposals have yet been. formulated.

If something definita had been arrived at, undoubtedly we should have had a Reuter cable by now

but giving details, arrived.

none

has

There were only two speeches, a felicitous one by Sir Robert Ha Tung, who presided, and

WEATHER REPORT. The Chinese, Telegraph Adminis happily worded reply by the Hor. tration report that communication. W. T. Scathorn, the honoured of

Yesterday's weather report, fore- cast and remarks, issued by the with Canton, which has been inter- guest of the evening. extreme disappointment. He might rupted since the last typhoon,

The bosta and hostesses were: | Royal. Observatory at 235 p.m., Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung. stated:- was completely resumed yesterday Hon. Sir Shousen and Lady Chow, The anti-cyclone N.E. of Japan is morning,

Hon. Dr. and Mrs, R. H. Kotewall; | stationary. The depression over Mr. TN Chau, Alr, and Mrs. C. China has deepened slightly... Choa, Mr. and Mira Hall, Mrs. Loc FoRICAST:S.W. or vari Ho Fook, Mr. and Mrs. Ho Kotable winds, moderate to light, fair, and airs. Ho Leung, Mr. and Mrs. Tong, Mr. and Mrs. Ho Kwong, Mr.

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-Thieves broke into No-18,-Cains before one of the Opinn Commis Road an Wesdnesday night and sions, was accused of being extra-succeeded in stealing money and vagant. He said" that any Euro-jewellery to the value of $90, the pean who smokes a pipe of opium property to a "married woman, might just as well smoke straw. living on the ground floor. In three strengths Sir RICHARD DAss related how he

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The Manila Observatory informs Ho Ki, Miss Kotewall, Mr. and Mrs. Lee flysan, Mr. Li Hoi Tung, Mr.us that at 10 am. yesterday mom- in about Li Po Kwai, Mr. Li You Taun, Mr, ing the typhoon was La Yick Mu, Mr. Lo Cheung Shiu, 125deg, Lang. E, 27deg. Lat. N., The forthcoming wedding is Mr. and Mrs, M., E Le, Mr, and recurving North-Eastward.

9 p.m., 4th:-Cyclone or typhoon, announced of Mr. James Hamilton Mrs. M. W. Lo, Mr. and Mrs. M. Johnstone, engineer, Messrs. Jar. Lo, Mr. Hr Lo, Miss E. Lo, Miss Pacific Ocean, about halfway be dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., to Miss G. Lo, Mr. and Mrs Mok Ken tween the Mariana Islands and Eleanor Dorothy Shields, residing Sang Mr. Tang Shiu Kia, Mr. Tam Luzon, moving W. or W.N.W.

No. 7. Wellesley Road, Saares- Woon Tong, Mr. To Sze Then, Mr. brook, Essex.

and Mrs. Tse Ka Po, Mr. Woug Ping Sun, Mr. Wong Kam Fuk.

So far, my allusions to our Miss K Woo, Mr. Yung Tee Ming honoured guest have mainly been In-addition-to-the-Hon Mr. and in apcaling of him from the "more and Mr. Ng Wah.

in relation to his official activities. Mrs W. T. Seusshorn, the other intimate view-point of friendship 1 British guests able to be present feel I cannot dissociate him from were:-.. Major-General C. C. the gracious lady, his wife, whom

The late Mr. J. Marques, assistent purser of the s.8. Taishan. whose death was recorded yesterday, leaves a widow, who was present, with an aunt and two nephews, among others at the funeral on Wednesday evening,

Recently it was reported that the proprietor of the Dragon Motor Cheung Fang, had been kidnapped Livery Service, Hong Kong, Pau in Kongmoon, and subsequently was raided by Nationalist troops. escaped when the bandita stronghold

He is now in Macas.

Com-

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that was the result of one.” ̈.

One of the most fascinating and

Luard, C.B., C.M.G. (G.O.C., South we are delighted to see here this amazing careers related in

any his.

China Command), His Honour revening. Since Mrs. Southern came tory is thất of YEHOJOLA, the famcas Mr. W. Turner, general manager Hon. Sir Joseph Kemp, C.B.E., that there has not been a single Justice J. R. Wood and Mrs. Wood, to our mids, I venture to think. Empress Dowager of Chius, or business trip. He arrived from Hen, Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.M.G., of Reuters, is in Hong Kong on a Hou. Mr. C. Mel. Messer, O.B.E,

charitable object a single worthy "the old Bhudda" as the was Shanghai on the Kalyan. Owing C.B.E., Hon. Mr. and Mrs. E. D.

movement—which has

not been to travel difficulties he was unable. Welle, Hos. Mr.

bezented by her practical encour- frequently called. She Was #

and Mra H. T. to attend the Pacific Relations Jackman, Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Sheagement au matining support woman of amazing energy with an Conference at Honolulu."

who personality ton, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. visions and dreams dreams, she has intellect as keen as anyone of whom

Hynes, Hon. Mr. Owen Hughes,

delightful mental

4 we have an authentic record. Ac

Commodore J. L Pearson, CG, Sven some

pictures in her "From Groves cording to the historians of her

Comyn, Col. and Mrs. C. Hussell of a foggy night at the Pesk, re- and Mr Pearson Col LJ. Palm and other descriptive writ- Comyn, C.M.G., D.S.O., and Mrs.

ingi.

If her realistic pen-picture own era, she smoked a pipe of

Brown, Col. and Mrs 8. Boylan cently published in the Hong Kong opium every night Moraliste may

and Mrs. D. W. Tratman, Mr. and I never adequately realised before, Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Addison, Mr. Daily Press, made me realise us say that she was unscrupulous and

Mrs. R. E. Lindsell, Dr. and Mrs: what da indescribably dreary and they may account for that fact. in

Black, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Paterson, E. Ralphs, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. a manner that would please the

Hall, Professor Anderson, M. B. H. extreme anti-opium advocates. We

Forster, Mr. N. L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Sayer, Mr. and Mrs. cannot always accept the conclu-

W. Hamilton and Captain Jobs sions of enthusiasta. Emotional temperaments usually exaggerate, Sir RICHARD DANE, known through out Tndia and China as a man of

Early on Wednesday morning a Sir Robert Ho Tung said: Your great integrity and a level headed corps of Chinese detectives and a Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen, min of the world, told the members third floor of 22, Hollywood Road, offer our congratulations and good European detective raided the We are gathered here to-night to of the East India Association his sight. men being arrested, and a wishes to our genial and able own conclusions. "I contend that pair of bracelets and more than a Colonial Secretary upon the well- hundred pawn tickets being found. earned honour of C.M.G., which has what has happened in China has It is believed that the place was a beep conferred upon him by His proyed that although the evils of rendevous of men of doubtful Majesty the King (Cheers.) the abuse of opita may be very TPS. moderation the evil is not as great his

great, as long as a man uses it in

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Hone Koss, August 57#, 1927..

" ALCOHOL AND OPIUM.

Ar a meeting of the East India Association a lady member naked whether someone would kindly say

injurious effect as alcohol Bir

General John Duncan, mander-in-Chief of the Shanghai Defence Force, left on Sunday on H.M.S. Frobisher for Weihaiwei After remaining at Weihaiwei for two days, General Duncan will go by a Jardine steamet to Tientair, returning to Shanghai within 10 days or 10.

character.

Mr. Tan Tian Hock of Malacca celebrated a 74th birthday on the

as commonly alleged". The same

father of Mr. Tan Teng Ann, of night well be said of alcohol, It Boustead & Co., Singapore, of Mr. Tan Gim Ann, an old High School is a curious fact that the prohibi boy who is taking the B.A. course tionists of opium and alcohol as-Soon Ann and Tan Tam Kim, who in Hong Kong and of Messrs. Tan

sume that anyone who touches a are now in Malacca.

5.000.

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG'S SPEECH.

nasty place the Peak can be, her other article published in the same paper certainly enabled me to ap- preciate, more chan I ever did before, the magical enchantment and wondrous beauty of Hong Kong under more favourable atmospheric conditions.

Mr. and Mrs. Bouthorn possess to aremurakable degree that rare but rather undefinable quality which per haps can best be described as genius paratively short period of their stay for friendship. In spite of the ocan- in the Colony, their friends here are already legion. Ever courteous and cheery, sincere and sympathe- tic, they have taken Hong Kong by storm May they remain long with At the special request of our us, for the Colony is brighter and honoured guest, his Chinese hosts richer by their presence, have made this dinner a private Ladies and Gentlemen, I ask you anning & bumper to the health of and informal one. I say mention all to rise and join with me in on the Council, the Hon. Bir Mr. and Mrs. Southern, wishing Shouson Chow and the Hon. Dr. them long life, happiness and Kotewall, i comman with Mr. prosperity. Southern's other colleagues on both glad to see here to-night, were cor Councils, so many of whom we are

dially invited to this dinner.

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MR. SOUTHORN'S REPLY. In thanking Sir Robert Ho Tung for the nice things But

said of him

drug or a stimulant must become A robbery was committed on intimate Chinese friends, they exit would take an Oriental tongue

ly made

RICHARD DANE, who had devoted a talk about temperance, when what nobody in the house seems to But as he insisted upon my sheer desperation, he was about to

of experience as an administrator | BozAH wrote, as follows to the a landslide at Tsin Wan which ref guests, and especiding to our him from such a cowardly course...

ment is misleading is to use Ian. way the mud made to clear will therefore only say this?

in the capacity of Mr. Southern's and his wife, Mr. Southorn said that

decadent. In the moist and ener- Wednesday at No. 40, Lower pressed the keen desire to partici. to describe his feelings, He thought vating parts of China and India Lascar Row according to a report pate as hosts: I only wish, how he was coming to a quiet dinner. made by a Chinese widow to the ever, that my old friend Sir Shou- with a few friends and that toast STAR THEATRE if opium had the same permanent opium brings physical relief to many police. She states that 880 in notes son would undertake the duties of making would be confined to such

natives.

Unfortunately, the least werd do their entry by fereing open discharge them much more efficient. He had been "let in" and in his Chairman, because I feel he can few words as "Well, here's luck." temperate people are those who the lock on the staircase door but great deal of attention to the opium they really mean is prohibition.

presiding, the pleasant duty has ask Dr. Black to prescribe some- heard their entry or departure. fallen on me of proposing the toast thing which would make him speech- question, and who had many years Two or three years ago Secator

of the evening, and on behalf all less, but his wife pluckily dissuaded the The recent heavy rains caused hosts, of

Sir Robert, Mr: Southorn said, bo all the in India and China, replied.

sulted in the Tai Sang Distillery charming ladies, a warm welcome, was generous to a fault in his 're- He Baltimore Sun: "Foreign Govern- property being damaged to the ex- and our cordial thanks for their ference to himself, but where his related that when he was a member ments are imposing upon China the test of 8800. The landslide took coming.

wife was concerned he would let it of a Commission making its enquiry opium trade, and it is undermining brought down part of the wall sur- occasion, for me to attempt an paper about the dinner parties given place just behind the distillery and This is not the time, zer is it the go at that. Bending in the news- in India nearly thirty years, age he and destroying the parysical and rounding the building. A store appreciation of Mr. Southorn's work in honour of Sir Joseph Kemp and

aid to a distinguished representa

moral well-being of the whole room was partly damaged and since his arrival in Hong Kong I Dr. Kotowall made him think how nation:"

fine it was to be in Hong Kong and To say that the state efforts are now. tive of the Canadian Missions in

Mr. Southern assumed his respon among such good friends. sible office during one of the most Mr. Southorn alluded to the dif that country: "I can quite under.

A Chinese who was walking critical periods in the history of ficult times Hong Kong was going REVUE COMPANY OF TEN stand the stitude of a man-like

among the hills in the Deep Water the Colony Amidst the Snancial through and the difficult work that yourself who is an absolutely pro

picking flowers for his daughter on to his lot to introduce the Budget. not the days when the money was Bay district on Wednesday and was gloom which then prevailed, it fell had to be carried out. Those were

hibitionist, but what I cannot under-

the occasion of the "Seven Sisters" ia complete grasp of the Colony's flowing in, and when work consisted stand is how men can come forward

detective, and appeared before. Mr. masterly and lucid speech at once swim. It was twenty years since Festival, was arrested by a Chinese financial problem shown in his of a morning walk and an afternoon here and say that opium in India China before he spoke about it at E. Lindeell at the Central led us to expect to find in him a he had to choose a Colony and he is a far greater evil than alcohol," The results of intemperance Magistracy, yesterday morning on Colonial Secretary of courage and very wisely chose Hong Kong. with alcohol and opium are bad for a charge of destroying trees. De vision Thin expectation has been When he arrived here he met many The Canadian-missionary-entirely the individual, and he suffers. The fendant denied destroying Governmply fulfilled (Cheers) We ze supermen, and some of them he ment trees.. He expressed thejoice that his consistent and de saw around him still. Some one had agreed with Sir RICHARD DANE that result of the intemperate statements opinion that it was a pity that his voted services have won recogni said that if a man is courteous to it was not. It is of interest to find that men such as Senator BORA children could not have flowers tion from His Majesty the King, a stranger, he is a citizen of the that Sir RICHARD DAME, the Lake are much more harmful. They on the hillside His Worship im- ments of all present when I express people of Hong Kong

when there were so many growing and I know I am voicing the senti world, and, if that were 10, the result of long, experience in India, fan the flame of racial hate and posed a line of 85, or ten days hard the sincere but confident bope that of the world.

citizens Were bad a definite reply to the enquiry set-in-motion-violent forces that labour in default, the police evid this honour is but the forermest ence having shown that the ann of higher honours to come of the lady member of the East injure the innocent victims of their had twenty catties of flowering Cheers. India Association He said "I poisonous words.

shrubs and small trees."

(Continued on next Column.)

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guage that is too mild. Perhaps if fenator Bonus had a sense of proportion he would do what fir RICHARD Dane did--fully investigate the opium problem in India and in

He asked all present, to drink to. the prosperity of Hong Kong and an end to all troubles, including bad weather. (Applause.)