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Amazonia.

The Indian Army,

SUMMARY OF NEWS

Local.

Union Insurance annual meeting. Pago 6. A group of women in New South Field Marshal Sir Williato Bird-

Hong Kong Stock Market: Wales is contemplating the found-wood has assured England that all Croucher & Co.'s daily report.

was well as regards the Indian

Page 7. ing of a State ruled by women for Army, and that we are now in

An interesting address on "Avia- Theso pioneers, caring an admirable position to make an

Page 7. little for the moral of Tennyson's advance on Afghanistan should it tion" was given yesterday at the A legal argument ensued at the Princess," propose to set up their ecessary." Let us hope that it Rotary Club tiffa.

will not be necessary. The R.A.F. community far from the haunts ofcould, of course, materially asist Supreme Court yesterday in bring men. And they hope to call their in this, and also one of the oldest ing forward a motion for the wet- forms of transport in the world- ting aside of an umpire's nward in new State Amazonia,

mulea I said to Philip Chetwode a disputed coal contract where the when I left India," added the lec-arbitrators failed to agree. Pago . turer, "For Heaven's sake, don't

China Const Officers; recent Page 4. Today's wireless programme.

Page 3.

Rats!

IN China the way of the earnest Yesterday's weather report, fore- and disinterested reformer is hard. east and remarks, issued by the General Ches THAI Taxo, the lender Royal Observatory at 6.22 p. of Cantan's revolt, against CHANG KA SEK, is, if we are to judge by the evidence of his spoken and written statements, a burning idealist. He is convinced, that the Nanking Government is incapable women. and corrupt, and that its President is beyond the bounds of Parlin mentary langunge. He feels that the only hope for China, is that he, General CHEN TEA Toxo, should set out from Canton, march | northward, and steadily reconquer the Republic. What CHIANG KAI

of using mules."

SHEK his done once,

another hole in his barn except one, against should also be able to accomplish which he placed a pipe connected Record Year for Books, One cannot help feeling that with his motor-car exhaust, After

"The Publishers" Cierniar (which Sport. General CHEN TSAI TONG's ardour the car engine had been run for is the official organ of the publish for better government has been ex-some ininutes the pipe was removeding trade in Great Britain) keeps a published at Home. The total num- and, to Mr. J. R. Needham, the careful record of all books that are farmer, 30 dazed rats crawled out her of books published in 1990, WAS books. Apart from increase in of the hole in single file, to be 15,393 of which 11,003 were new killed with ease.

the number of new editions, pamprospects.

hlete and translations, nearly a thousand more newą books have ap peared in 1930 than in 1929. There Latest Cables, A 15-year-old Tattenham, N., boy, have been more new books in science, Cecil Stroud, of Shelbourne-road, religion, economics and politics. gave one and a half pinta of his History, travel and biography have blood to save the life of his 60-year-all shown an increase, but the big- old father in the Royal Northern gost increase of all was in works Hospital. Mr. Strand has recover- of fiction. During the month of ed and gone to recuperate at Clae September, usually one of the best ton, Essex. Coeil Stroud is North nnths, there was the record num London's champion boy gymnast, her of 1.859 books published. Statis He has won the Metropolitan and ties collected from the public Southern Counties Junior Charlibraries show a marked increase in pionship for three years,

the demands for books of all sorts,

A farmer stopped up every rat/allow yourself to be stampeded out changes in personnel.

DEATHS, COBTAIN-On May 14, at Shanghai," HAMWAY Ensest, dearly beloved infant twin son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. COSTAIN.

JONBON-On May 12, at Tsinan, Dr. CHARLES F. Jonnox, aged

Saved His Father's Life,

FAITHFULL--SHARPLES-On April 90, at Singapore, ALICE CONSTANCE Sharples, of Bedford, England. to PERDINAND HASTINGS FAITH-ploited, and that he was led to sup pose that China was more ready for FULL, of Kamparmalim Estate, Tapnh, Perak, F.M.S., and of general move to depose CHIANG KAI SHEX than is actually the case, Storrington, Sussex, England.

No doubt members of the new gime in Canton expected that in South China they would, ba joined not only by the Kwangsi "Ironside" faction, which has been successfully defying General Cars TRAI TONG'S own efforts to rubdue them, ovar a period of nearly two years, but by the Provincial Governments of Yunnan, Hunan and probably Hupth. It was also thought that those ardent patriots, the "groy' generals of Honan and Shantung, were ready to march upon Nan-

German paper marke numbering king, while FENG YU HEIANO, with a new and well equipped army, 2,804,627,888-left behind in Belgium after the War-were burnt in might be expected from Shensi. Brusacis last month, German bank Nor did rumour hesitate the play officials watched the blaze to see with the names of Ho Yixa CHEN, that no marks blew away.

Father: "Tommy, how many times CHIANG KA SHEW's faithful collen-have I told you not to say, Oh gue, and of the Governor of Mou-Yeah!" If I catch you saying that again, I'll stop you from going to see American talkies anymore.

Tommy: Okay, chiefl

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There is no guaging what new turn a Chinese political crisis will take, but up to the present there is little sign of the North and Centre of China moving against CHIANO KAI SHEX. On the day of the Canton Pop CHANG HAVER LANG arrived in: Nanking; Ho YING CHEN stands firmly by his

Dust to Dust."

French Talkies.

Jockeyed.

Home cricket resulta. PARC 10. Home racing notes and news,

Page 10. Lawn Bowla notes: by "Green."

Page 10. University Cricket: Cambridge's. Pago 10.

The death is announced of Sir Page 0. Arthur Trevor Dawson,

The League of Nations' Council has granted China's request for co-operation in the League's tech- Page 9. nical organism..

The Royal Mail Steam Packet. Company announce that the Duke of Abercorn resigned from the Page 9. Court of Directors,

It is learned from a reliable source that the National Govern- ment, endorses in general the prin ciples proposed by the Internation- Recalling that London was ringedal Conference to stabilize silver. with racecourses sixty years ago,

Page 9 Mr. Alexander Scolt relates that:

"The young Lord Maidstone of

There was a remarkable contre- that day came to the weighing-in temps owing to workman prema room at West Drayton in the turely removing the wedges and eighties, after finishing third. Ho the Deutschland, glided into the would have won but for the squeez

water before she was christened, so President von Hindenberg named Page 0. her in the water,

ing-out tactics of two professional jockeys. Lord Maidstone's justice was rough, but most efficient, Ho threw down his saddle, waited until the winner's jockey had weighed in, and then set about the pair with his whip, giving them a fearful hid- ing.

MOTHER EARTH.

rave,

It is stated semi-officially that in order to facilitate the improvement of the existing commercial air ser- vices and to institute new air routes, the National Government has de- cided to purchase forty British aeroplanes.

Page 9. Dr. Curtius caused a 'sensation at the League of Nations' Council by his short and sharp reply to 31. Brinad's statement that the poli tical aspect of the Austro-German Customs Union should later bo

Page 0..

DURING the past two or three years chief and Ho CHEN, tho supposedly Paris, by the intelligence with which Therain to find the solitude I crave: subraitted to the League Council..

doubtful end of the Hunan Pro-

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regret worlds well lost, or for those

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Long buried which my heart cannot forget....

"The talking film, with the new opportunity it gives to the subtleties of photographic expression, may well succeed in breaking the crude While earthly politicians, rant and dominance of Hollywood," writes a Home critic. "I was much im I leave them all and seek the

brushwood maze. mres, during a recent visit to the French are adapting the talkio to their own cultural traditions. there have been references from vincial Government, is also at Nan-Thu talking film has already passed of time to time in the English papers king, associnting himself with the through two stages and is thout to of a bleating duologue, which was to the habits of a more or less tame appeals to Car TSAI TONG to rater a third. It began in the form It desist from war with Nanking. Of Loth protracted and boring, hippopotamus in South Africa which had earned considerable famount importanes is the refusal of then entered the spectacular stage, the two crack divisions, under Tso1 phase of development will attuned to the garish display of Hollywood. by showing no particular fear of TING Kat and CHIANG KWANG NAI The French talkies to-day sim not

ao much at making unreality cem For these calm woods I owe a life man but instead a certain amount-Ceneral CHEN, MING SHU'S OWN

real as at making reality appear

long debt of curiosity and friendliness. It army to join with Canton. These interesting. They base their tech To Her on whom my troubles thus

I flink: would waddle up to antive villages troops are doing very fine work in nique upon the representation of

the serious campaign against the curious aspects of life itself. They So, I, my body, damp with honest and inspect them, and return from Kiangsi Reds." and, though news avoid the slapstick and the custaril

pics of California, and rely on Press close to her who loveth every

thing, time to time to visit its human, is scanty, it appears that they are amusing situations enlivened by

In spite of its now prepared either to strike direct witty conversation. Once the talkie And gain, upon my Mother Earth's

trond 'breast, | acquaintances.

beccines an art rather than an enter rather formidable appearance the at Canton, or to meet the threaten-prise America is certain to be out A present and a sempiternal rest.

ed advance of the Kwangsi." Iron-distanced." hippopotamus is usually a mild side" faction against Nanking. benst, but this one seemed to be

But while the Canton-Kwangsi almost civilised. lis fame wha alliance is probably not streng widespread in South Africa, where enough to stir the doubtful elements in the North to open defiance of Hubert the Hippo" had acquired Mukden and Nanking, the situa-

3 national reputation. Among some tion is extraordinarily serious and

haunis of man no more.

swent,

Join WILLWYN.

The Pot and the Kettle.

"There is great need for more vigorously combating the smoke nuisance

thus reducing the magnitude of the fog trouble in London."-Mr. Morrison, Minister, of Transport. Ouce more we think of the oil stary New York's crystal-clear atmosphere, the result of our more civilised cousins' In on coal. But soft! What hate we here?"Smoke costa the people of Now York £18,000,000 a year. Smoke shuts out the sunlight often to the extent of 42 per, gent. Wa are filling our lungs with sont." Dr. S. W. 'yune, New York'e Health Commissioner,

Local Notes and Events

Thero

Silk forwarded from here by the Charged with the larceny of an

that official cachet to a superstitious of the natives it was not only General CHEN THAI TONG's coalition popular bus revered; they turned is capable of giving infinite trouble.R.M.S." Empress of Canada on April electric fan, the property of the and silly device. Recently a mem Hong Kong Electric Company, aber of the Sanitary Board argued anel flect 26, arrived it, New York (St. John's Chinese was sentenced to three that this cracker firing was better it into a god that was worthy of The powerful foris

a disin- special supplications But the un-guarding Canton make any idea of Fark) and Hoboken on May 17, nonths' hard labour by Mr. E. H. than white-washing, a

Williams yesterday. It was stated fectant; but it is obvious that ho fortunate animal has now received attack from waward extremely Laving been 22 days in transit.

that the man, together with two meant when the lumes of powder others, went into the Company's wore liberated indoors. The fire a black reward for its interest and hazardous, while an invasión from

Before Mr. Schofield yesterday, showroom end when they were leav-works of the last two or three nights confidence in the human kind. It the North involves fighting over

an elderly coolie was charged withing, an employeo noticed defendant were discharged outside, on the Eas been deliberately shot with two most difficult country, with inade

behaving in a suspicious manner, public thoroughfares-long Hong

Daily Press, May 20, 1900. bullets through each eye,and quato communications, and amid having four po pia tickets in his and had been arrested.

possession. The man plended

Looking Back 50 Years, Hubert the Hippo will visit the bands of Reds" and brigande, guilty, stating that they had been

According to a police report, two only too ready to act as auxiliaries bought for members of his family privates belonging to the Argyll and Li Akai and Li Ayan were charg Both the white and the coloured to the opponents of Nanking. He was let off with a caution but Sutherland Highlanders are allegeded at the Criminal Bessions before

the tickets were confiscated.

to have stolen $6 from a married, Mr. Justice Snowden with an ns- people of South Africa are report CANO KA SHEK may be able to

The return of notifiable diseases had assaulted her. The woman stated

woman (Wong 80_Lin) after they |sault occasioning bodily harm upon ed to be very indignant indeed at detach one or another part of the

woman named Ho Afat, and with for last week shows two fatal cases

that she was walking along Nathan assauls and wounding upon another this outrage and ite known authors, Canton faction, but if the two

of typhoid (oue imported), and one Doad at about 0 p.m. on Monday woman named Ting Asz. It appear A hippo Rwange present a determined op-non-fatal vase each of diphtheria when the soldiers, went up to her, ed that the woman Ho Afat had as well they may be. potamus can do a good deal of position to Nanking their re-con- and cerebrospinal fever.

and, after assaulting her, took the icon the paramour of one of the were also 58 deaths from pulmonary money from her and ran away. It men, but had left him for another damage to crops, but such a very quest would be no easy enterprise.

tuberculosis. Monday's return dis

is stated that the soldiers were sub- | man, whereupon the two prisoners The odds are, at the moment, closes ono cass of diphtheria. unusual ono as this should certainly

sequently arrested. have been spared. White planters heavily against Canton and therein are said to have vowed vengeanos lics hope of the settlement without upon it, but any damages which it recourse to wat, which CHIANG RAI did must have harno far more Snak promised, and hoped to effect heavily on the native crops, whose by confirming CHEN TAI Toxa as owners were yet prepared to treat head of the Kwangtung Govern this queer beast with respect and ment. But if Canton's rulers aro even roverence. It seems to have cbdurate Nanking is hardly, likely been a caso where the natives show, to noquiesce in a formal or even A Chinese was charged before ed themselves more truly civiliseden informal seccesion. And thus Mr. Hamilton yesterday with hay- than some of their masters; it is China is faced with the danger of ing frauchilently converted 37 yards another civil war that will, if it of silk, of which he was the bailee, a little too much like black trei-materialises, cause irreparable dam- to his men use and also with having chery to make such an easy victim age, and delay any prospect of phoned the same. He pleaded of an animal which displayed so trade recuperation, the suppression guilty and was sentenced to Bix of brigandage, and a real, instead weeks' imprisonment on each of the much confidence in the good inten-of a fetitions, unity of the Re-charges, the sentences to run on

currently. public. 1100 of man.

With referencee to the report of an attempted murder in Parkes Street on Sunday when a Chinese was assaulted by another man, it was inflicted by the assailant was is now stated that the wound which caused by some blunt instrument, victim's condition is still The serious.

Looking Back 25 Years.

went to the house where she wan and asked her to return. On her refusing to do so one of them drew sword, the other held her, and the first cut her hair, and after- The nightly firing of ernekers wards struck her with his sword. which annoyed residents in the The landlady of the house inter- Central District during the latter fered to protect the woman nad in In her end of last week had, it appears, doing so received a cut. official sanction. The pyrotechnics evidence, however, she said it was The other woman had were connected with the plague areidental. epidemic, but it is not clear whether gone to Macno with her lover and,

Bo far as was known, did not in- they represented an ovation to a protective jasa," or a warning to tend to return. Her deposition was the devil of disease. The point that rut in and her recognisance cetreat- occurs in us is whether, in viewed. A verdict of guilty on the first of the offorts that have been and count was returned and, by direc aro being made to educate the tion of the Court, not guilty on the poorer Chinese in the common-sense second. Sentence was deferred.-- methods of fighting against infec- Hong Kong Daily Press,, May 20, tion, it was wine to appear to give 1881.