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CHICAGO MILWAUKEE

ST. PAUL

PACIFIC

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1936.

MOTOR CAR JOURNEY THROUGH

INDO-CHINA

(Continued from Pare 7) "

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In the evening M. Surbeau the but M. le Resident came to the Resident drove us round Savan-rescue Just as his opposite number naket and took us into an Annamite in Savannaket had done, and temple where 14 brilliant and arranged for us to have a room in colourful though very nolay cere- the hospital for the night. There mony was taking place. This was was no running water in the hos- SEE AMERICA

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The MILWAUKEE ROAD

URBAN COUNCIL

Meeting Held

STALLHOLDERS'

APPEAL. REJECTED

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Welcome was offered to Mr. C. Champkin by Mr. R. R. Todd, the Chairman of the Urban Council yesterday at their fortnightly meeting which was held in their board rooms at the Post Office building. Mr. Champkin has been appointed by His Excellency, the Governor to take the place of Mr. L. CF Bellamy who is at present

on home leave.

Supporting Mr. Todd were the following gentlemen:-The Hon, Mr, A. G. W. Tickle (DP.W.), "the Hon. Mr. W. J. Carrie (9.C.A.); the Hon. Mr. T. H. King, IG.P., Mr. F

C. Hall, Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto.

Dr. Li Shu-fan, Mr. A. el Areulli. Dr. S. N. Chau. Mr. W. N. T. Tam, Mr. B. Wong Tape. Mr. C. Champ- kin, Mr. C. J. Roe (Secretary) and Mr. Im Eing-tseung (Asst. Secre- tary).

my temperature was now 101 de grees we could not accept his in- vitation to dinner and went early to bed.

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SAW PEACOCK

By six o'clock next morning we were on our way once again but before leaving we saw a beautiful peacock land on the roof of the bungalow. It was our first and we were quite thrilled. We saw many more after that.

The next part of the road was a nightmare. It was composed of soft sand and we slid about in grand style turning 90 degrees when we tried to raise our speed above 10 or 15 m.p.h. We had been travelling parallel to the Mekong River since Taakek, and about 14 miles from Pakse we struck off to

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the left to visit Saravane and

the Bolovens Plateau. From

Savannaket up to about 19 miles from Saravanne the jungle was scrubby and poor but at this point all that changed and a dense wall of hugh trees rose in front of us. The road also improved and the Resident at Saravanne. M. Coloune, welcomed us with 2 life-saving whisky soda. Saravanne" is a de- lightful le spot in the midst of very wild country where the natives go about practically naked and use polson arrows when really annoyed. They are called Kahs and cer- tainly look Berce. We left Sara- vanne for Pakse late in the after- ncon and found the trip over the plateau delightful though very hard going as the road was pretty bad. It was cool, however. being 4,500 feet up and heavily wooded.

At 7.30 pm. that day we arrived at Pakse which is another little town on the Mekkong river facing Slam.

We were very tired as the going all day had been exceptionally bad and we were absolutely horrified to find that once again, the bunga low was full.

TRIP WITH CONVICT

There was nothing, to be done this time in the way of repacking

moved shall be thirty-five cents. No tee is payable on admission."

This motion

was carried un- animously by the Council.

A motion moved by the Chairman to rescind bye-law No. 1 under the heading B. Licensed itinerant) hawkers in the Schedule to the

A letter from the Government relative to the appointment of Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam and Mr. B. Wong Tape to be members of the

Hawkers Ordinance No. 22 of 1935 Urban Council and letters from the

met with the approval of the Coun- Government signifying the up-cll when it was explained that the proval of the Legislative Council to

bye-law was now urinecessary and

by-laws:-

(a) Dangerous

and Offensive

Trades.

(b) Cattle, Swine, etc.

(d) Markets.

(e Conservancy.

We were still running parallel tö the Mekong but although close to it we saw it very seldom. This part of the road was the worst we had met on our whole journey. A new road which will be straight and broad is being made at present but It will take many years to com- plete. The old track is in a dread- ful state.

We were trundling merrily along about 10 m.p.h. when a comic look Ing figure stepped out of the jungle and halled us. It was a Laotian policeman, very small, weary and bedraggled looking. Being hundreds of miles from anywhere we knew he wasn't a speed cop so. having reasonably clear consciences, we stopped.

Meloupre and left to Khom Pong Thom. We had guessed right every time,

We were now in Cambodia land of magnifcent and mysterious ruins but we were bath so hot and tired that we decided that an American ice cream soda fountain! would be a more welcome sight than the finest ruln ever, discover-

ed

I managed to get a photograph ot a charming old priest in a Buddhist temple, a hundred miles from nowhere,

his

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WRONG ROAD

STOLE FROM A

FRIEND

Temptation to rob a friend while the latter was asleep proved the undoing of a 37-year-old unem- ployed, who appeared before Mr. E Himsworth at the Kowloon Ma- gistracy yesterday charged with stealing a jacket containing $1.13 in cash, and a pair of silk trousers. The accused Cheung Kang, Aned $5 or in default two weeks im- prisonment.

WAR

Inspector Chester Woods, ex- plained that the accused and the complainant Wan Ying Man, op to

April 27 were fokls of a fish sta

A ter leaving him we mistook in the Kowloon City market. Some- directions and went right-time between the 24th and 25th in- handed instead of left at a fork.

stant Wan allowed Cheung to come The road soon became impossible and at one point we had to leave it to get round 2 fallen tree.

ter half an hour we turned and curd it even more dificult to get back! We got on the right track at last but had lost a full hour.

The Jungle was now fairly open with smouldering res all round. Soon, however, we got into the densest jungle we had struck so He had an almost equally bed-

far. The track was dark and very. raggled prisone; with him. Both very narrow, and we had visions were in the last stages of exhaus-of disputing the right of way with tion and the policeman stuttered an dreadfully as a result.

elephant. Many people had warned us of the playful habits of wild elephants when they meet a car on a narrow road. However though we saw tracks we met no wild animals at all.

ESCAPED PRISONER We gathered that the prisoner was an escaped convict who had led him a dance through the jungle for three days. He had now sought him and was bringing him back to the fold.

Prisoners in that part of the world are employed on public works such as road making, and, as far as I could sec. are very resigned to their rate. Each gang has two armed policemen watching over them at least that is the theory. What generally happens is that the prisoners watch on behalf of the guards and waken them up in time to button up their tunics when a superior officer approaches.

Occasionally a prisoner thinks of something he ought to be doing in his home town and makes & run for it and the rule of the game is that he gets clean away the policeman responsible for him has to take his place and work out his sentence.

It was now quite dark but the moon soon raised her lamp and we qut the hood down and enjoyed a perfect night.

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to the same stall as his. About 3. a.m. a constable saw Cheung walk- ing with some clothing. The lätter was stopped and questioned and then taken to the station.

Early

the next morning, Wan awoke to find that some of his, clothing was missing and made a report to the police. At the station, he re- cognised the stolen property."

The accused had a clean record as far as the police were concerned.

GERMAN-EGYPTIAN TRADE

(Hong Kong Daily Press" Special)

Cairo, May 25... Our speed varied between three

From 1932 to 1934 trade between m.p.h. and 20 m.p.h. and

Germany and Egypt showed a con- sandy dusty track was very tricky.siderable excess of German imporIS We could easily have done without compared with their exports to the added nerve strain of crossing Egypt. but the year 1935 has shown hair raising bamboo bildges in the adeanite improvement, and Ger- ghostly moonlight.

many has decreased the excess m I have never seen a more wel- ports over exports to a sum of come sight than the Grand Hotel about RM5,700,000. In 1935, der at Khom Fong Thom. Civilisation | many imported Egyptian goods to again, cold drinks, cold showers the value of RM44,120,000 (1934: and cold sheets.

RM43,608,000) and delivered to From Khom Pong Thom

we Egypt goods to the value of RM28,- went to Siemreap which we made 308,000 as compared to RM27,154,- head-puarters for our stay at 000 in 1934. Angkor. The main ruins are only [Transocean News Service. four miles away.

AT ANGKOR

I cheerfully started to prepare We packed the policeman and this talk with the intention of in- is captive into our rumble seat cluding in it a description of some and took them some 30 miles on o the outstanding sights in Ang- their way. They left us where a kar, but I fortunately remember- ttle track crossed our slightly d that Rotarian Montargis had larger track and trudged off into already done that much better the jungle towards the river. Our than I could hope to do. "ft" had saved them a full day's I also intended to describe the grateful, at least the bobby was fascinating highway in the world, walk and they were extremely rest of the trip up that most and stuttered out his thanks. the Route Mandarin, past strong- rather itke the fat baby and "sat Chams through gorgeous scenery. The prisoner acted throughout holds of the practically extinct stili and said nuffin'

to Hue where the Emperor of About 100 miles from Paksi we Annam holds his court amidst the crossed the Mekong A ver to wonderful tombs of his ancestors: pan on the 1omantic River of Fer- fume, and three days on a Chinese jubk in the Bale d'Along.

the amendment of the following was being misused by the hawkers. į Khong which is on an island. The describe a night in an opium sam-

Previously a licence and a board had been issued to the hawkers the river is about five miles wide here reason being that the paper used

and i took us half-an-hour in the had been of too thin a quality and ferry to get to Khong. Once there was easily broken, the paper, now

we met a most interesting and in- Fortunately for you, however was of a more durable quality.triguing looking French gentleman time too short and I have had Auother

dressed in a topre, brown shirt and to content myself with describing reason

that the was licence and board had been mis-

gaudy sarong, speaking excellent how I and the best travelling com- used in that one person had used English. We' could not belp panion one could wish for reached the licence and another had used speculating as to why such an ob- Angkor by the back door.

viously well educated gentleman should be in native costume in

SPEAKER THANKED such an unheard of part of the

were placed before the Council.

NEW MEMBERS

Relative to the proposed ar- rangements for the filing of vacancies on the various Select Committees of the Council, it was proposed by Mr. Todd that (1) Mr.

the board.

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APPEAL TO BE REJECTED

In moving a vote of thanks to

In the discussion of matters re-world. It may have been capable Mr. Paton. Rev. H. W. Baines gald

lative to stallholders in Saiwanho

of a very prosale explanation.

he was sure he was speaking with- out a single dissentient when he

Tam and Mr. Wong Tape be added Market, namely an appeal which Possibly his trousers were being said the Club had listened to the

pressed.

to the Dangerous and Offensive

had been made by the stallholders Trades committee. (2) Mr. Wong against a decision of the Council. Tape be added to the Eating Houses

which appeal was now referred to and Restaurants Committee, (3) the Council; it was decided that. that Dr. S. N. Chau be added to Mr. Todd should intimate to the the Markets committee, (4) that Governor in Council that the ap- Mr. Tam be added to the committee peal be refected and the decision for the Prevention and Mitigation of the Council be allowed to stand. of epidemics, endemics, contagious Numerous applications for settlements we had come across. Paton's travels. and infective "diseases and Lime- cences for variou5 trades, the washing, and (5) that Mr. Tam be majority of which were for food added to the Wells and Pools factories, were discussed and the committee.

greater number were refused. Two Seconded by the Hon. Mr. Carrie were granted under certain con--

ditions. the motion was carried,

MANY CHINESE

talk with very great delight. The ?

talk had Alled him with a great At Khong we filled up with Shell desire to travel the same path and and were once again struck by the he felt that when a search was

amazing penetrating powers of the being made for a speaker again, Chinese people: Here, as in all the members would be pleased to. the other tiny little towns and hear the second chapter of Mr the local agents store was run by

CATTLE FEES

An application for a food factory licence at No. 253, Queen's Road East ground floor, was granted with certain conditions attached.

Mr. Baines also endorsed Mr.

remarks, concerning

a familiar looking figure in shiny Tam's black pants with his singlet rolled Chairman up well above his navel.

On the other side of "the island we once again boarded a ferry and crossed the other half of the Me- kong to begin the last and most difficult part of our trip.

MANILA ROTARY CLUB

New President Elected For 1936-7

the

George V. Dankworth, president

The Chairman then moyed:

The river was beautifully clear "That in exercise of the powers

An application-for a food and dotted with delightful little conferred by section 3 of the Public licence at No. 13. Landale Street lands with inviting looking sand Health (Apimals and. Birds) Ordi- ground floor for the sale of meat beaches. We would have loved al nance, 1935, the Urban Council was then under discussion. The swim but, apart from the crocodile of the Philippine Trust Company. rescinds by-law. 39 of the by-laws applicant was an Indian and it problem we had no time. It was was recently elected president of made under and appearing in the appears that the objection was now noon, and, although Khom the Manila Rotary Club. He will Schedule to the sald Ordinance and that in the usual stalls the meat Pong Thom, our makes the following by-law in sub-was side by side with pork, and place was only about 130 meaning of the 1938-37 Rotary year, next stopping aasume office on July 1, the begin- stitution therefor, with effect on this was objectionable to the Indian away we simply had to get there, succeeding Carlos P. Romulo, and fröm January 1, 1938:—

or spend the night in an extreme- Dr. George W. Wright was elect- The fee payable for each head of

ly hostile jungle.

éd vice-president, cattle housed in a depot shall be

Sign" posts and even kilometer: The new Rotary board is com- sixty cents when kattie so housed chal market is opened and then posts were practically non-exisposed of T, L. Hall, L. M. Haus- are removed to any place other stalls, will be alloted for the sale of tant: After 50 miles, when in man, Edward L. Hall Arsenio, N. than the slaughterhouse' adjoining meat to the Indian community. doubt, taking the wider path at a Luz, Mr. Romulo and Dr. Wright. such depot or another depot, and This proposal met with the ap- fork and trusting to our sense of F. M. Homes is the secretary-trez- the fee payable for each pigproval of the Counell,

direction when both branches were aurer.

community.

Mr. Todd proposed that the ap plication be granted until the Warr

similarly housed and removed shall There being no further business equally narrow, we arrived at a Mr. Romulo continues to be a be forty cents and for each sheep to discuss the meeting was decefinite cross road with a legible member of the Rotary Interna and goat similarly housed and re-clared closed.

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