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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30.

CANTON PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE;

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CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME. 200,000.

ORIENT MORTGAON BANK and EstatT AGENTS,

PEAK MANSIONS AL Bir-roomed & Fire-roomed Apartaments FRINCE EDWARD BOAD,

KOWLOON,

Madera Conairustion with Garage,

CAMBAY BUILDINGS". Plate with Modern Conveniences

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That's how the bay “John" Chinämani

boonuse there were written, contracts in those good old daya

Before concluding these glimpson of Canton's past, I wish to add that the trade of Canton then was a matter of the highest importance to the British East India Company

The Canton of to-day covers an area of a quare miles with avery idication of extending miles out into the suburbs.

Hong Merchants, On the other hand, the business. to be held on SATURDAY, 10OUTU with foreigners was a monopoly BER, 1931 / (Weather Permitting), may be obtained at the Haus Couns, hold by 13 Chinese merchants known HONG KONG CLUB CAVEWAY BAY na Hong merahanta (collectively STABLIS and the 8101zTarf's Office:

ENTRLES CLOSER HE 19 O'COR Co-Hong merchants). The Hong

The proat of the China trado, NOON, on THURSDAY, 1 OCTO merchants obtained their licenso

·BER, 1981.

from Poiping, for which they paid writes, Boulger in his History of hoayy fees, in some cases no much China," enabled Warren Hastings The position of the and the Marquis Wellesly to carry Rong merchants was lucrative out the schemes of uropira

opira at the one, and many of them had amassed anme time that they satisfied the huge fortunes. In the case of wants and expectations of the direc. ang Yuan-n sum of tors of Eøndenhall Streat!'. Houqua-Wu Tang

10,000,000 was left to his heire

Made Prasent-day Canton, very big sum when you considor that the purchasing power of the dellar in those days was equal to Detached and Samuletached Villas three times the dollar of the present day. While the returns to the Hong merchant were big, they were, how- The population of Canton da gyor, subjected to calls for public 820,000, according to the Inst census relief and othor charities, and fre- quently to official "squeest," the of the Bureau of Public Safety; and amount which depended upon the there are 170,428 houses to accom degree of pressure applied to the modate this number of people reluctant Hong merchants Fur When you are told that many of the thermore, they were responsible for the good behaviour of all foreign-houses are of the old style each con- ers; they were the intermediaries taining three or four small rooms between the non officials and the where two or three families may be foreigners in every thing relating to the latter's residence, the safety of their persons and property They had to make good jointly for uny losses incurred by a foreigner through one of their number. To offset any such contingency, they were allowed to levy a special tax under the name of Hong tax." A part of the duty of the Hong mer chants was to keep the foreigners within quarters assigned by mutual consent for their residences, and to see that they did not go away ones cursions into the country or take joy, rides on, sampang to Whampos, os they often got into trouble with villagers, thus involving the Hong | merchants into paying fines to the

officials.

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The second bridge wil opposite the Sincero Company and the third opposito de Custorus

"Pearl River Reclamation,

in order that a straight line should ran from the end of the Tai-ping Road to the Dutch Folly island, the Municipal Government has already started to reclaim the land between these two points; the contract having been given to the Netherland Harbour Works. The length of the band will be 3,800. Et, and the area reclaimed about 430,000 entire work is expected to complete within 13. months,

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A SUGGESTION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG

SIR

1931

SOUTH AFRICA AS A PLACE | THROUGH NINE INCH HOLE

TO RESCUE.

TO LIVE IN

BROCHURE FOR SETTLERS WELSH PIT DRAMA

PA South Africa 63 Place to Livo.

rosetter crawled thr In is the title of a brochure issuo 0 inches wide in an attempt to read by the 1880 Momcrial Settlora' An- entombed men 2R L

ociation

it-levor, na described at: the win

For somo years past the associa quent, at Caerau, near Maesteg tion has been receiving

from people considering South "Africa" as a 'place of retirement

The armoured car which is now patrolling the streets, appears make to be an object of much curiosity people who hayo fixed incomes or judging by the groups which epless expansive living costs than they pensions and want a good climato, on gazing at it. Might 1, auggont that its capabilities be demonstrat- find us home, and low taxation, and with a rattle of blank rounds Many if them drift to the Con-

on mobs such as in the Intest Bhau-

pisent, and the association feels Suchun demonstration, with an very strongly that when they can occasional cold donche from from

get the same advantages in South appliance, would appear to produce

Africa they should be encouraged to asalutary effect Yours, etc..

rembin in the empire.

It may interest you to know, that the Cantonese have taken to the

six-talkie

talkies. There. cinemas in the city, and two others are in the course of constraction. The Chinese pictures, talkies from Shanghai, are receiving big houses as the people can follow them better than foreign piutures. Still when a shod foreign picture is shown, the house is always packed,

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LES A PEACES Hong Kong, September 20,

YEUROPEAN, LADIES

MOLESTED.

BONG KONG DAILY FRESS to a

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE

SIE-Anent the paragraph in this morning'e paper that European Indice travelling by bus vero

molested in common with Chinese passengers last Sunday, I would state that there was further evi- dence of this yesterday

Summing up the progress in the last few years, Canton any well be satified with her achievements; she In the afternoon & Portuguese has gone ahend by leaps and bounds lady travelling by bus in Nathan Road was searched for Japanese as compared with other cities in the goods. One of the mischief makers North and being unfettered by examined her umbrella, broke it in traditions, she is projecting new two, and threw it into the road, municipal plans under the guidance tinue to occur in the face of the That such incidents should con- of the returned students from emergenty measures in force is Europe and America-all for the stain on the Colony. Further com- betterment of her citizens and theme would be superous...Yours,

CITIZEN. Hong Kong, September 29,

Since the promulgation of the Provisional Charter in February, 1921, Canton has been governed by a Municipal Government through its Executive Council composed of the Mayor and the commissioners of the different bureaux The Mayor directs and supervises the adairs of the Municipal Government and acts-] as Chairman of the Executive Coun- preatige of Kwangtung Province, cil. The commissioners represent the following bureaux Finance, Public Works, Public Safety Pub- lie Health, Public Utilitics, Educa Being a Cantonese myself, I may tion, Land, and Social Roforme execused if I should be tempted There is also the Municipal Ad- to nvertouch the picture of the merchants and foreigners were of visary Council, representing the Canton of to-morrow. Though the the most cordial character; lavish citizens as an advisory body to the future is in the laps of the gods, entertainments were exchanged on | Municipal Executive Council, and

Canton's Futuro,

NAVY'S COST OF LIVING.

MESSING RATES REDUCED

As a consequence of the fall in the

ghn on Charles Hall

rogam, and Ivor: Squire

20, and Cyril Gibbins, 19, bath Caerau,

being entombed for thirty hours, Hall was taken out alive after

but died later. Gibbins and Squire, when found were both dead

John Stanley Hopkins, of Gporea, who was working In

yau

paid" that crawling, through, a holo nine inches wide he the spot where the men buried, and called. Hall replied The brochure now published gives that he thought he was the

one alive, and added s comprehensivos information

About

don't get me out Lahsil aeon. life in South Africa climate perished homes, taxation, education, recrcn- tion, and scenery-and mainly on the expe who have already tested sibilities.

based

Modical evidence showed that, Squire and Gibbins died as a re sult of asphyxia, “while Hall's death was due mainly to shock "pos A verdict of accidental death was

returned,

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both sides and many intimate its functiona are chicfy, to submit still one may be justified in post-cost of living, reductions have been MLLE. ELEANORE NINON

an American writer," we find them honourable and reliable in all their denlings, faithful to their contracts, and large minded.”

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to the Executive Council petitions lating that if certain things do made in the messing and victualling from the people, and to examine the happen, then certain results will allowances in the Navy. The now works of the different bureaus, follow in the ordinary course of daily rates, which come into force

In addition to the above, there: events.

on Oct. 1. are:

Messing allowance, Vid : victual- ling allowance, in Ind

Sunday dinner allowance, 2d. Provision allowance: Officers,

friendshipa sprang up between the merchants and the foreign devils, reminding us of Confucius' words Within the four sons we are brothers." Time does not permit a are other agencies set up by the Now it is the ambition of the pen picture of instances how some Municipality, namely, the City Cantonese-to-minke" their city into of the Hong merchants generously Planning Commission, the Purchas a Greater Canton. Any one came to the rescue of financiallying Department, the Municipal who saw Canton a decade" "ago embarassed foreigners-" olo fien'. Bank, and the Charitable Institu- and sees it to day will have 28 11d, men, 2e éd as they familiarly hailed each other; tion for the Poor.no doubt as to the ability Shore wireless service, Is 8d.

As a boily of merchants," says The main sources of municipal of the Municipal Government to Leave allowance, 2s 2d.

revenue are taxes and fees of all attain that goal, within ten years; The average daily cost of general sorts, dnes and impositions, amount if not carlier. In fact, the way that messing is not excord 18 1d per ing annually to about 80,500,000, improvements have gone on in re- head for men and 18.2 7-8d per bead while the expenditure--is- about, cent years and the general signs of for boys "under training. These f 87,000,000,⠀ (These are average | municipal affluence, despite inces-gures are lid and 1 5-ed less than at When a foreigner first landed in gures for the last two years) Tha sant warfare, tend to indicate that present, the reductions being due to Canton, he had to secure a Sponsor, or capita in Canton is thus the Greater Canton is already in a substantial fall in the issuing

about $7, which is far below that the making.

prices of Service provisions and to who usually was the Honger of other American cities whose One of the pet dreams of the Kuo-lower prices of other foodstuffs. chaut that acted as security mer municipal tax per capita is from miulang leader, Dr. Sun Yat Son, chant to his own Hong As no 830 to 860

was the development of the Wham- women were allowed in Canton, The most impressive sign of pro- poa Harbour and the deepening of had to leave his family at Macno,gress in Canton to-day is the num- the Pearl River, so that vessels of whom he visited after the trading ber of wide and well-laid asphalt heavy tonnage might shil up to the season. The Government had drawn roads: Under the schemas matured, Whampoa docka, and that by estab up 8 articles or regulations govern by the Bureau of Public Works,lishing a direct service with for ing, among other things, the con- Canton will have before long 61eign countries, Canton should be duct of foreigners: they were, "how-maloos (roads), besides minor streets come the great southern port and". ever, applied when and if the and alleys. The construction of the centre of commerce of the South officials desired. They operated these maloos is divided into three That dream is to-day shared by all thus" Some of the regulations stages, and their total length will the Cantonese. The realisation of were to be applied to all the forbo about 240,000 ft and the cost it may take time, but it is bound to aigners all the time; all were to be about 89,640,000. For the suburban eventuate some day or other for applied some of the time; but not towns and villages, there is a fur- the people and the Municipal Goy. all were to be applied all the time." ther scheme to lay out 35 maloos, crnment have sot their minds to The most important Chinese in with a total length of 300,000 ft. compass it at the first opportunity. foreign tong or firm was the com- Up to the end of Inst year, there The Whampon scheme, is, however, pradore. He was guaranteed by 4 were completed 25 malcos, with a costly enterprise about H.K. Hong merchant in respect to his total length of 00,000 ft

840,000,000-but it is a sound and good conduct, honesty and capa Besides road construction, Canton paring proposition, one on which bility. All the Chiness employees is going ahead with other projects Canton can borrow the money if Fin the hong wore his own won for on an extensive scale,

whom good behaviour: end; honesty

not from abroad, then in Chian he gave security. In his general duties, he looked after the economy

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Interior Harbour, t

There has been some talk of maki ing Tong Ka Wan the port for Canton, but it is the opinion of competent engineers that Whampon

Militarists the Deciding actor

of the hong, the house and private In order to provide amplo accounts of the members. He sup-facilities to shipping and the hand plied the provisions for the table ting of enrgo, with a view to saving is without, question, the logical an.. and generally attended to the per expense and avoiding delay, thechorage for Craton, and therefore sonal wants of the tai pans and Municipal Government tas long felt only through its development can, clerks. But, the importance of his the necessity of constructing an | Cantou ever hope to become tho position lay in his charge of the interior harbour. Accordingly great Southern Parties hong's cash and valuables, which in site was chosen Ihat year, namely, some firms were over million Chow Tow Tau, at the north end dollars, and geklom under between of Honam island, opposite Bha 8150,000 and $200,000. Although meen. The harbour scheme provides Now all that I have mid of his pay, was small, about: "8230; or for the reclamation of an area of future of Canton will depend upon 8300 per annum, his perquisities about 11,000 ft, the construction of one all-important factor-the mili from sources which had long been a new band of 4,300 ft. and the|tarists If they should agre in existence and and becomsola, building of soyeral warehouses and among themselves that peace, and custom, were very important." It wharves. The total cost of the un-not war shall prevail in China, was said by an American living in dertaking will be $1,671,500. Canton then the destiny of Canton is nuur, the period we rolor to; # I never currency. When this work is comed, and Shanghai, will have “* to | know of, but one (compradoro), bo pleted, the Cantan-Hong Kong | watch her step,'" as the anying is. troying the trust reposed in him.”inste now, berthing at the Canton if she is to retain her commercial The language barrier was one side will more than likely be re supremacy in China, on the other which the foreigners, and the cuested to move off to the new (hand if they do not see ere to ave Chinese could not overcome so Honam wharvests

Pearl River Suspension Bridge with the people that the most argent and pressing need, vital of China,

naily, as neither knew or eated to

study the language of the other. The Pourl River - Suspension | today 15 peace, thou all I can say But the difficulty was partially, Bridge schane was thought out some" is that things in Canton will still though not satisfactor *sur twelve years ago, but it was not till "follow""" the, even tenour of their mounted by the use of the pidgin the end of 3028 when a contract was way. But events which have pap- English; pidgin meaning business, entered into between the the Munis pened recently and beyond the con- and thus business-English. Pidgin, cipal Government and the firm of trol of Chins will bring about | English was an invention of the|| Anderson Meyer & Company for what for years Chiness-politicia Chinese, long before the advent of the construction" of a suspension | have talked about and struggled the British at Canton, as many of bridge from the end of the Wai Sun what the armies of. - China~ the-words-are- of - Portuguese and Road on the Bund to the other ride fought and sacrificed the Indian origin. A business bargain of Honam, at a opet of- H.K. their manhood for, was struck up after this manner; $1,4

be 000 Chinese people

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