1919-08-29 — Page 1

Hongkong Telegraph

68927 五拜禮號九十月八英港賽

TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS,

AMMUNITION FROM ITALIAN SOURCE.

Shanghai, August 29. A certain Italian merchant has proposed to sell ammunition to Chins at a price about 50 per cent. cheaper than that from Japan. Chan Jok-lum, Tuchun of Kirin, also Inspector of the Three Eastern Provinces, has agreed to buy $4,000,000 worth; Chang King-yao, Tuchait of Hunan, $3,000,000 worth and Chiu Tiu. Tuchun of It is reported that the contracts have

·Honam, $2,000,000 worth. already been signed.

A POPULAR DEMAND.

Shanghai, August 99. Representation of various parties of both sexes, about 30 in number, collected in front of the Palace and requested an interview on the 28th. This being refused: they remained before the principal gate overnight.

THE CANTON SQUADRON.

Shanghai, August 29.

It is said that Admiral Lum Po-rick has taken his squadron from Canton to Fukien on an undertsanding made between himself and the Northern Government.

KOWLOON NOTES.

(ESTABLISHED = 1881)

FRIDAY, AUGUST

EUROPEAN SEAMAN

FINED.

At the Police Court to-day, Henry Colins, a seaman, was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell with disorderly conduct and die behaviour in Spring Garden Lane,

his admitted having a few drinks When asked what he had to say

when he came off the ship. He said he want down to the place, and a fight was going on, when several times, so he thought it was someone hit him on the head going to far, and he started in the fight.

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DOLLAR DROPS

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The demand zate of the tele this morning was de 0.11 164. which was a farthing above the closing rate yesterday

This afternoch, however,

been a drop of a half-penny, the demand rate being 0.3-16d

There was quite a "panie lyki

makes this afternoon, ca great extent, by the Chine ing in to buy the markertopped

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HONGKONG DEFENCE ALLOTMEK

WPV

CORPS.

tive Orders by

Waker

owing to the rise of the or between England and The reason why silver ba cheaper was because the rate jedated 26. 8. 19. dropped in London. The prios at f silver in Americe remains the same. Some local Backs pur- chased this afternoon atd. under the quoted rates, which

seems to

A European Sergeant gave evidence that at 5.15 p.. yester day, a Chinese constable came to the charge-room and told him a fight was proceeding in Spring Garden Lane. He went down to

indicate that they the place immediately and saw expect a further drop. Silver the defendant standing in

sad 574d. for forward. Gold Japanese shop and five or six is quoted at 5846. for ready Chinese were outside waiting for which in the morning him. He advised the defendant to go away, and the man said he was 8714, closed at 8434 and

demand at 845. wanted to go back to his ship. He told the man to come with him but he refused. When he left the shop the defendant followed him, "and as soon as he | ** was in the street he started to strike the Chinese, and ran up a lane, the crowd following at his heels. He then arrested the man and took him to the Police Station. Mr. R.E. Lindsell fined defendert $10, or 14 days' hard leboor.

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appreciable difference. In time to come it will merely mean that in- stead of not being able to get to TYPHOON business, a man will not be able to get home to bed. That is all there is to it.

GLOBE TROTTERS."

MIRTH, MUSIC AND MELODY.

Kelly

is permitted to the Colony

King's

to the 2419

to 25th

from C

daya excepted.

Wadinaday, 3rd Sepka laines sén oblig»tory have not passed for the

cient" (1/-) rating Officer on duty: Lieut. W. Brown.

-ANNUAL MUSKETRY COURSE.

EXPECTED ON SEPTEMBER 15TL

HE Sir Reginald Sta Governor designate, left London on the13th by the sa P. and D. vessel and Hongrong on or about Sap

The precise date will be when the Khiva arrives, at bay or Colombo,

DAY BY DAY.

Chinese

ustable was char

gject of duty.

er statai thak'on: C.165, that the

defendant

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RAINING:INFANTRY BATTALION. Those who wish to attand classes for higher rates should Sergeants over 58 years of age send their names to the CCM.S., and other NC. d men be Engineer Company. Office, H. tween 40 and 46 years of D.C. Headquarters. (those over 46 are - exempted

- INFANTRY ORDERS. kogether) will be required to

Orders for Infantry Battalion General Husketry Course and to are only Part I of the Annual attend the necessary preliminary by Major G. H. Wakeman, V. D Musketry drills in future. They Officer Commanding, state- will be required to attend no other parades. Any N.CO. of man may fire the full Course F. C. Os and men who wish to voluntarily. These wishing to do) fire their Muskatry Course of the so are requested to send their Peak Range in the early morning names to their Flatoon etc. instead of th King's Park Range Commaisters.

in the afternoon new requested to N.C.Os. and mea exempted as send their names to the Adistant, above will return, arms and

4" Company ammunition to Store so soon as they have completed their

Tuesday, 2nd: September. Musketry Course. N.COs. and p.m. At Headquarters.- El The entertainment which the men over 46 must return their for N. G.Os and men of Kos.. clever band of artists advertising arms and ammunition to Store at 3 and 4 Platoon who have not themselves as "The Globe Trot-once but if desirous of retaining completed their Teste Rifle,

the pumping station at Gar will give at the Victoria their arms for practice may do so belt, pouches, and dummier to be ters WARNING.Theatre, on Monday night, is of a with the permission of their Unit carried. Sist Sergh Edmonds den Road. When the defendant saw the Inspectors, he tried to merry and bright description. Commanders.

and Sergt. Meade will attend, Their first visit to Hongkong is

Sunday, 7th September-830) cover himself. Mr. Hall appear Mr. NL LEAVE OF ABSENCE

am. No. 1 Platoon at King's all for the defence. The telegram quoted below was not likely to be their last. Mr. received by the American Con- Dick Norton, the manager of the

Spr. 3. W. Paton, Eng. Coy, is Park Range Annual Muskerry Smith fined the defendant $50, or Complaints have again reached (sulate General, Hongkong, from Company, is a very versatil

He is & Rished granted 2 months' Leave from L Course, Part 1 Dress, Disil order fene mouth's hard

919.Members of the Corps with peaches.. the conclusion of the games, the us in connection with the water the Manila Observatory at 10 am. comedian.

People to-day

may in fubue, except when they artist and most excrutinpingly

ASpanish lady Mix B Vice President of the Club, Mr. supply in Kowloon.

He will particularly have been detailed for duty, pro of Luzon, more funny. ER. Lindsell, will distribute the occupying second and third floor Typhoon E

Work with Miss ceed to Canton, Macao and West Tuesday, 2nd September 30ving at No. 3, St. Franc trophies won by the members of flats are reduced to the expedient than 300 miles distant, moving shine in his

Forbes, formerly leading lady of River ports for a period not exp.m. At Headquarters. TET, for second or, was summoned her amah, for the Club in the various competi-of filling their baths & day prior W.

the Bandmann Opers Oo, in a ceeding 7 days without obtaining N.C.Os and men who have not today by

pay her wages tions during the season.

to when required. In the early

number in which the cross patter leave of absence but, before de morning, when the tap is turned

is witty and the actions original parture, they must notify they completed their Tests. Rifle, belt, failing to miserable trickle of water wend. son, a its weary way through the

Before the war the larger pro- Miss Lilla Forbes is a soubrette Unit Commanders in writing who potiches and dummies to be car is portion of Germans employed in with a very fine voice and she is in tara will notify the Adjutant ried. Staff Sergt. Edmonds and amah left the house at 10' am.. there in atmosphere and if sufficient water

the Colony resided in Kowloor sure to immediately make herself Leave of absence to other places Sergt. Meade will attend. They were eventually sent to a prime favourite with her than the above must be obtained Australia and have since been audience, in her songs and dances. repatriated to Germany. In this Mr. Wallingford Tate is a host in connection we notice that the last himself and all his work is done batch of Germans to be deported in an artistic mander which will from China intend to take out go a long way to making the naturalisation papers in a neutral evening's entertainment highly country, such as Denmark, and successful. then return to the Far East. Is this what the Kowloon Germans intend doing?

At the Kowloon Cricket Club, on Saturday there will be played a friendly tennis match and a Bowls match (married versus- singles) weather permitting.

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At

Kr. J.H. Mead, of Messrs. Kelly to the Amah and Walsh, late Golf Section of the K.C.C.. left

business trip.

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for Shanghai, last Tuesday, on a bath to cover one's soes by tiffin time, that is about as much as can besecured. The population of Kowloon is increasing monthly and there are now ten times as people living on the many peninsula as there were when the present water supply system was laid down. Yet nothing is being done to meet the extra demand, not only in water supply, but in every other direction.

Mr. P. W. Goldring and Mrs. Goldring, returned to Kowloon from the North, yesterday, by the 8.5. Andre Lebon. There is a

Kowloon, Who's going back home. very

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young Scot of

What with rent profiteering And snobs and their sneering,| "There's no place like Home

is his "toon."

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If the Hongkong Government cannot look after Kowloon, then

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There are persistent rumours that a large and up-to-date hotel is to be built in Kowloon, shortly,

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SHIPPING ITEMS.

Among the vessels that cleared give us our Municipal Council and somewhere facing the Harbour. One of the mach discussed let us run our little community So far, we have been unable to this morning were the Persia an astonish get confirmation,, but we hare Maru, for San Francisco ria topies of the week was the dis-Jourselves. It is organisation of business on the ing fact that the Hongkong reason to believe there may be Nagasaki, with 1,000 tons of general cargo; the Songma, a not know some truth in the statement. Hongkong side, owing to Kow-Government does

Europeans are

French boat, for Haiphong with loon residents being unable to get how across, last Friday. The general living in Kowloon.. No census

A correspondent wants to know 130 tons of merchandise: the idea seems to be that it is time has been taken for about five why the street lamps in Kowloon Alicorne for Pakhor with 150 tons, independent means of com- years and there are no arrange are turned out at five o'clock the Kimakata Marn for Saigon, munication between the peninsila ments on hand to take a census, and the island were provided, either collective or racial. If the. He points out that it is quite and the Foochow, which left at

that interim burglaries ате Some favour a tunnel, others a Government does not know how dark at that time and it is during 3 o'clock to-day for Shanghai bridge, and what not. Fortunate- many Europeans there are now

committed. The extinguishing ly, the suspension of the ferry residing in Kowloon, how can it service is a rare

occurrence cater for the necessities of that of the lamps tends to aid robbers and does not provide sufficiently community? The Public Works getting away. The lamps should weighty argument in favour of the Department should insist that not be turned out until it is quite

light. *expenditure of so vast a sum of this information be supplied, to money as would be required for enable it to judge as to what is. either bridge or tunnel. It is th required of its services. means of ordinary daily com- munication which compels atten-

would prove

to

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"Conversazione"- We much regret the omission. The phrase should have been "And if I don't see you some more--Fullo, isn't

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with 50 tons of general cargo.

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The s.s. Andre Lebon (Captain Lapousse) leaves this evening for Marseilles with 4,000 tons of The Taiyaen(Capiam Hamilton) goods. leaves at 4 o'clock to day, for Manila with 600 tons of general cargo.

The Tjilatjap left for Kobe via Shanghai with 3037 tons of merchandise.

The water trouble is not due to tion to the subject, but even this insufficient supply. There is it".

The Pacific Mail se. Co., has argument does not carry suffi- plenty of water. The difficulty

received telegraphic advice from cient weight in favour of the rises from the fact that the The Four Shilling Dollar.its Shanghai Agency, that the building of bridges or tunnels. We are inclined to believe that mains are totally inadequate to After a day at the office, two. "West Kasson, Voy. 1, Out, meet the ever increasing demand. Kowloon residents got off the in the long ran, such expenditure A significant fact is that during ferry last evening on the other arrived at that port on the 26th inst She will be despatched He collosal wet weather the water pressure side. Sailone:"Are you going from Shanghai for Hongkong on profligacy, for there is not the improves but in the dry weather to ricksha or save five-pence?" September 1st, and will be das slightest doubt that when the pressure is reduced. Ons explan-Five-pence?" queried the other here on or about September 4th. bugbears of vested interests and tion of this is that, in the former"Yes," was the retort, that's other obstacles are removed. case, the pressure is not reduced what ten cents comes to now." Kowloon, and not Hongkong-by the filing of water carts to So they both walked home, and part of the world and the Island water the roads. However, that when half-way thither the more

is beside the point. Immediate weary of the two exclaimed

will be the hub of business in this

will develop itself into more or steps should be taken to cope "Phew, I am tired; but never less of a residential quarter for with the increasing requirements mind, I've already saved two- the wealthy. We think the best of the peninsula.

pence half-penny!" Solution of the difficulty is a cheap

and efficient ferry service, con-

trolled by the Government, so In this connection, one of the

DOG'S EVIDENCE ACCEPTED.

At Wandsworth County Court recently when Mr. Clara Leybourne, of Bellacourtzaad, Tooting, aned Frank Richardson, With referance to a recent the caretaker of LUC. school. that there shall be no possible reasons given as to the delay in article which appeared in the at Tootmar for the return of a chamos of profiteering. A laying a tramway system in Telegraph in connection with the lurcher dag, Judge Harlegton

vice charging not more than Kowloon is that the present water question of a representative for ond $2 a month for season tickets, is mains are likely to be damaged Kowloon being given a seat on and is required and if once in owing to their being laid too near the Legislative Council, we lesra piaz three years communication is the road surface. The whole the steps are being taken to calls suspended owing to a typhoon, matter requires the immediates meeting of Kowloon residents re

to discuss the matte well that will not make and attention of the authorities.

the dog to be tamuzzled. t mot caurs. imme-

"iff, and

Honear

as before.

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Mounted Section.

Signalling Section.

Tuesday, 2nd September.-5.30 MEDICAL OFFICERS.

p.m. At Headquarters. T.ET. for Reference Administrative Or-N.C. Os and men who have not Tests., Rifle, der No. 3 dated 8.8.19, members completed their of the Corps wishing to consult belt, pouches and dummies to be Captain Harston or Lieut. carried.. Balean should a tend" at their

CADET ORDERS. consulting rooms between 2 pm. | |

Orders for Cadet Company by and 4 p.m. on week days. Kow- loon residents wishing to consult Lieut A0. Brawn state-

Parade Bathing-Launch will Lient Smalley should attend at the Government Dispensary be-leave Blake Pier on Wedneday, tween 10 a.m. and 11 am. on 3rd September, at 5 p.tn. and call

lat Kowloon 10 minutes later. week days.

GENERAL PERSHING

PRESIDENT POINCARE

AND

These are latest photographs of of France T

for a half-month. The defendant

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said that the 15th, the and did not return till 8 pm. She did not tell her. that she The amah was going out.

evidence ...that. she gave had been working for 20 dayɛ and on several occasions the womMAD. had struck her. Mr. Lindsell told.

the $2.50 dua to her for the Kalf, the defendant to pay the amah

month.

BUTTER AT £1 15. 46. A

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Major Sir Keith Fraser, in the House of Commons recently, of the asked the chairman Kitchen Committee if he was aware that pats of butter wers being sold in the members' tead room at ld a 'pat, and that four of these pats weigh exactly a quarter of an ounce, and in view of the fact that these pats are therefore, sold at the ríe of £1 pound, world he tako stot stop this excessive profitsering food, Bir J. Agg-Gardner replied that the committee hat no desire to profitzer, but under the regulations of the Food Co- troller they were restricted to one thirtieth of an ounce permealper- head. One penny a portion was the most convenient and proper coin. He was aware that a smaller coin did exist (the bawbee), but it was not much

vidence south of the Tweed. A larger portion of butter washing supplied, and would const be supplied, during months.

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