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No. 4

SCOTCH WHISKY

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The family of the late Mrs. W. t. Humphreys beg to teader their heartfelt thanks to those who sa kindly sent wreaths and

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The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1930,

THE KNOX RESOLUTION.

HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.

NOTES & COMMENTS.

WORSE THAN EVER.

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the Canton Military Government

**Parliament"

MOTOR ROADS.

motor-cars

DNESDAY, MAY 12 920.

DAY BY DAY.

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AVIATION NOTËS.

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Joan

for

NEW CHINESE BANK.

The Bank is being financed by Canton merchants, and will as buying agents for a Canton Government Yor bullion.

act

JAPANESE MATE FINED.

REFUSAL TO GIVE INFORMATION.

KU

MOTOR ACCID

ENQUIRY INTO

DEATH.

surrounding the dealk

a child named Lam Young Kai, down by motor car No. 204 at who was killed by being knocked Queen's Road East on the Brị of April last.

The following comprised the jury-Mesars T. G. Paterson... foreman, H. W. Weyler and | L. R. IldefonsOK.

Mr. L. A.

Riberty who Was

ano of the

jurymen called, was absent. Mr. Ribeiro appeared in court just as the enquiry commenced.

Le bad Do Ribeiro stated that be went

to do $0. Complainant to the Supreme Court by mis.

WE SHOULD CONFORM OUR We had hopes that when Dr. THEORIES TO FACTS AND NOT

A new Chinese Bank has just Wa Ting-fang laft Canton and MAKE THE FACTS CONFORM TÒ Test flights having been satis-teen, formad, known as the Tak the so-called military administr®- JOUR THEORIES

factorily conducted in Macao with Hong, with-a-capital of three Mr. R. O. Hutable tion there began to show signs of

eleven machines that have been lakhs of dollars, with the object capacity as Coron early collaper, nothing more By the Kashima Maru there completed, it is expected that the of doing Chinese would be heard of the continuance arrived on Monday Mr. E. Holoog-promised aviation

service business.

exchange Magistracy yesterday of a separate Southern Gorward the exchange broker, and between Hongkong. Macso and somewhere in Bonham Strand an enquiry into the cli

Its offices will be conducted, with the s ernment But we sea that Dr.Mr. Li Tse Fong, the Assistant Canton will start very shortly. Mr. East Wu and Mr. C. T. Wang have Manager of the Bank of East, Ricou yesterday returned from had a conference in Shanghai Asia.

Peking where” he has negotiated | with the authorities to his satis- with the notorious Sun Yat-sen, at which it was decided that thei Capt. R. A. Williams, M.C.faction. Military Government and Parlia|BSC, AMLEE, etc., has re- ment should be removed to signed his position sa chlai tos-| Yunnan. Tang Shao-yi is being ting engineer in the Shanghai during the few days that they After a very warm welcome sounded as to whether or not he Municipal Electricity Depart stayed in Shanghai, Lieutenant approves of the idea. Now, what ment to become Engineer and Farrarin and his mechania de on earth do these opportunists im-Manager of the Tientsin British parted from that port for Tsingtau agine they are doing? There was Municipal Council Electricity on Sunday. He arrived at his never a better opportunity than] Department.

destination at 3.30 pm. on the the present for securing unity.

same day, Lieutenant Masiero between North and South, and Mr. W. C. Wilson of the has a longer circuit to accomplish a little Shanghai branch of the Mercan-before he can reach that town, as|

M. Yamaguchi, the first mate and in reply to the Coroner, stated group of irreconellables attempt-tile Bank of India, arrived on he intends to fly back to Canton of the s.a Yei Maru No. 2, was that he was under the impression Bog to bolster up what is Monday by the N. Y. E. vessel in his new machine, and from charged this morning before that the enquiry was to be held at obviously a last canse. After Kashima Maru. He will reliste there resume the flight to Tsing Captain Basil Taykur, RN, the Supreme Court, and he hid their experiences in Canton. Mr. C. L. Sandek, the local tau which was broken off by the Marino Magistrate, at the ins-gone there, and discovered bis which were characterised by Manager, who is going Home on unfortunate mishap to his old tance of C. D. Thomson, boarding mistake. The Coroner held over meladministration, financial mud-leave shortly. Mr. Wilson, was machine at Canton.

officer, with unlawfully delaying his decision in this matter und ling and interminable squabbling. formarly an accountant of the

and impeding the Harbour Mas-this morning when it was ordered the same men want to Mercantile Bank in Hongkong.

ter in obtaining the information that Mr. Ribeiro should report establish the Southern Govern-

The peculiar advantage which of the ship as required in accord himself at his Worship's office ment in annther place. A

China, à country without adequate ance with Table KA of the Mer-and give his explanation. though the mere shifting to

BOXING-

means of communication, aders chant Shipping Ordinance, and

Dr. D. J. Valentine said he fresh locality is going to

to the utilisation of the commercialso for refusing to give such seted as Superintendent of the improve matters! Not only was CONTESTS AT SHANGHAI. al aeroplane has resulted in a information a hopeless failure from every there was a very good attendance to her recognition of the fact than at Sa.m. yesterday he went who was suffering from injuries.

required, in Government Civil Hospital on.. great boom in that country for Victoria Harbour, yesterday, In spite of wretched weather. Aeroplanes, which is no less doe

the 23rd April, at 5 pm, on that. The boarding oficer said that day he examined the deceased standpoint; the

at the Shanghai Town Hall to the enterprise of several interested was a farce from the day of its May & to witness the boxing concerns. As in other spheres of arrival. Both sides of the ship About 7 o'clock on the morning

slongside the vessel on her. The child WAS Unconscion inception to the time of its dis-entertainment organized solation from sheer inaction. Mesars: Llewellyn Jones and obtained for itself an excellent found it diffients to get on board. examination and found that

machinery British aircraft bas were taken up by lighters, and he of the 25th he made another Does anyone in his sober senses E. Shepherd in aid of the S business with the Chinese, and So he sent the caxswain with the swelling on the right side of the imagine that a transference to Dunstan's Fund for Blind Soldiers the Peking Government have boarding form with a request that head bad become more pronoun Yunnan is going to result in any and Sailors. There were seven started a improvement whatsoever?" It's events about time this separate-Govern all were followed

in the programme and purchase

the it might be filled in and returned. ed. Witness made an incision in of these machines About fifteen minutes later, the the swelling to relieve the blood with great ment foolishness was abandoned. interest.

smong which the Vickers and coxswain came back with the therefrom. The child was suffer. Our only surprise is that a man of Dr. Wu's general level-head F. J. Cooke (137 lb), and F. A of aerial

The four-round contest between In line with this up-to-date des mate refused to fill it as he had The cause of death was fracture Handley Page types predominate.form not filled, saying that the ing very severely and died later. edness allows himself to be mixed Remedios (139 h was a very increasing interes: is being taken for the European in the launch.

communication. anno time, and that he did not care of the skull. up with the business.

brisk "mix up." On points, Cooke by Chinese students in

After further evidence a verdict had slightly the better of the firs:mercial aviation.

com Complainant then wan; on board of accidental death was returned. The latest himself with the coxswain and round, but aftewards tired quirk-estimate places the number who saw defendant, and asked him Pilar were this

J. A. V. Ribeiro and G. J. Yesterday we had something to and the later rounds went have taken up studies of this why he did not fill in the form. summoned before Mr. R. 0. morning about the Colony's new favour of Remedios, who was branch of engineering, at over a He was sitting in his motoriaz roads, with special Siven the decision.

hundred, which, considering theat

room Hutchison for failing to appear reference to the dangers which The Public School boys, Stanion comparatively short period during and

the time, turned round as jurors at the inquest motorists face after heavy rains, 10 lb.) and A. Nobleton (which the aviation boom has time said It may be thought on the part of some of ur readers that we owing to the lack of metalling. Save a very pretty exhibition of progressed. augurs well for the then asked for the master, and take. Mr. Hutchison "discharged - are over-fond of referring to the fact that America has made no Daring wet wees-ends especially boxing in their four-round contest future prospects which China was told that he was ashore. bim with a cantion. appreciable headway towards solving her difficulties in connection it would be a good idea if the which was willing" throughout. will attain along these lines.

Defendant ignored complainant Pilgar stated that he lost the with the Peste Treaty, but we view the matter as one of the most roads to Fanling were closed to ableston had slightly the better serious in the realm of international diplomacy. That being so we beavy motor traffic, for the rail of the argument, but there was so

jaltogether and went on with his notice served on him and thought Indeed, when I think of the work. After a lot of talk. the the inquest commenced at 3.15 make no excuse for referring to it again in the light of the cable way is always available, and all a margin that it was decid that came to hand yesterday morning which told us how Mr. Knox apart from actual danger. theed to give each contestant a price. charge which have been laid on boarding officer gat him to siga p.m. He was fined $10. has inaugurated a Republican attempt to declare peace with

bigger types of

Leading Stoker Dagenhardt (H. China as being a nation insensible the form. He also toki him that Germany and Austria by congressional enactment. His arguments do no end of damage by cut-M. S. Hawkins) gained the de- to Western attainments. I am he would report the matter to the sounded plausible enough, especially that contending that Congress of the surface of

ecision over Seaman Marshall, also surprised that the contrary in re-Harbour Master. Defendant be- is equally entitled to rescind war as to declare it. We fail to sae thoroughfares. But that is not the of the Hawkins, in a six-round gard to the most modern invention came very aggressive, and com- how peace was made for America when Germany and the Allies articular point with which we contest, the latter being handi-has been established Doubtlessing out of his room at the ratified the Treaty, because America has refused to have anything wish to deal at the moment-it capped in the later rounds by there has been some incence ex-boarding officer was leaving to do with that Treaty, If America wishes to make use of that is just a mere passing thought. A severe cut close to the left eye. erted by the British companies on to return to the launch made Treaty she must ratify it either with or without reservation-.

motorist who had read what we

The decision to abolish the rank Engine-room Artificer Hainan the Chinese Government which many remarks, the gist of which

The com-of Brigadier-General will awaken We are going to take a few words from. Senator Walsh, of Wrote resterday tells us that H. M. S. Hawkins was opposed has in part led to the favour- he did not catch.

been plainant left the ship after he had a certain regret in the breast of Montana, on this subject, because it so happens that he is a recognis there is another respect in which to Seaman Byme. (H. M. Sable results that have

influence has wasted half an hour. There were many so ex-soldier.

For the ed American authority on questions of International Law. He an improvement of the roads Alacrity) in a six-round contest attained. This recently stated that these were three possible ways of making peace, could be effected. He says the: the former proving too strong for been construed by other nations nineteen ships to be boarded that Brigadier (says a correspondent)

the morolog.

was the highest rank that the and these three ways were "Peace can be restored by radiging all too few of the turnings on our me. whom he knocked out in as being applied towards

the second round.

acquirement of a monopoly from The defendant did not seem to "temporary private" waw very the Treaty of Versailles, with or without revision; or through the or roads, both in Hongkong negotiation and ratification of a

Hertzberg and R. Nabiston. of the authorities for the sale of be certain as to what happend.much of, and one bas rather a separate treaty of peace

across harbour, ars with Germany; or by a Congressional resolution declaring, banked He even

the Public School, gave angther British aircraft in China; bence He was Sued $25.

soft spot for him. Towards the end, the existence of a state of peace without the formality a treaty. that

orben we lived in sunken lanes Exhibition of toxing in a four-the recent representations made: are corners On The Senate, baving tried the first method without success and

the Tun round the

sad similar places, one Brigadier, round contest,sod were so evenly by the American Government} island

af Boy rate, could often be baving no taste for the second. is bent on trying the third through here whatever "banking there matched that the decision was against what it considered as a the adoption of a resolution by Senator Knox which would repeat is, is or the wrong slope, adding dr

monopoly given by the Chinese MERCHANT MARINE. Been making a tour of his com- The main event of the evening Government to the Vickers

mand. quite the resolation by which a state of war was declared and would seek that the danger to motorists ja

unattended, and contest between Pre people for the sale of their

enquiring into the condition of to safeguard Americza interes: by requiring that Germany concede thereby greatly increased. We was the

CHINA COAST CHANGES. the men. And if you are doomed to the United States all the advantages that would have accrued can well believe it, if what our Wilkins. B. M. L. I. and Seaman machines in China. from the Treaty of Versailles on the pain of a severance of all informant sags is true. We have Evans, of H. M. S. Hawkins.

Mr. G. McAdam. from reserve.ordinary bow cheering it is to to sit in a puddle, it is extra- commercial relations. Such a resolation, it is now fairly conceded ourselves noticed that there is faxrst three rounds. but Evansdebt to the Handley Page Com-

Wilkins got a good lead in the The world of business owes a bas gone chief officer, Wucbang. would require the signature of the President to make it effective, or, too little banking"

know that someone in authority Mr. W. B. A. Wilks, chief officer, is sufficiently interested to wander lacking his signature, would have to be passed by a two-thirds sharp turnings on several of our scored in the fourth round. In pany when the recent completing Wuchang, has resigned. majurity of both houses, it was at first believed that the desired ing a pea thoroughfare it ought a nasty cut over the eye from a tween London. Paris and Brussela Kiukiang. has gone chief officer-you hot. Will & Brigadier by any roads. When the P.W.D. is max the fifth round the latter received of its six months of service be- Mr. F. H. Jeune, chief officer, through the rain to ask you result could be accomplished through the passage of a concurrent

personally if your food reaches resolution-one.not requiring the signature of the President-but to be quite easy to attend to such collision with his opponent's head. demonstrated in

no uncertain Peking. that view has been abandoned even by those who put it forward."a detail as this. It's best to errand had to retire.

manner the commercial value of Mr. J. L. Matthews, third other name be as attentive? In the course of quite a lengthy statement the Senator stated that on the side of liberality in mat There was again a large atten- the eruplane, which, constracted engineer. Sonzing, has gone there was a rather foolish contention on the part of many Senators tere of this kind,

dance at the boxing entertain and equipped as the Handler second engineer, Wuchsog.

Pussyfoot Johnson has left that no action of any kind is needed to bring about a state of peace.

ment on May 6 and another inter- Page type is, has been capable of

Mr. J. Powell, from reserve, has Great Britain for France with the They contend that a state of peace box exists; that commercial THINKING ABOUT PAY.

eating programme of events was withstanding all the vicissitudes 8909 supernumerary second latention of persuading the wine- relations have been resumed, and that the Senate is now discussing There is too little service in that between Private Mason. period of the year at Home. It

staged. The principal contestwar of weather in what is the worst Discer, Hopsang.

gramSTS To make grapéjuice-in- an attenuated technicality." The Senator bimself is of the consine the world to-day: the people do PM.L.I., middle weight champion is an index to the future prospects erary second officer, Hopsang. that bis reception has been some- Mr. W. A. Kerman supernum-stead of wine. Need we mention al opinion that the normal way of bringing a state of war to an end too much thinking about, how of Hongkong. and is through a treaty of peace. He then proceeded to deal at some much pay they are going to get." Willoughby H. M. S. Hawkins) distinction has been achieved

Seaman of commercial aviation that the has gone second officer. Kingsing. What chilly? Pussyfoot Joboson length with the many objections that could be raised against the The above is from

Mr. J. M. Morren, from leave, has a somewhat melodious sound ides of declaring peace simply by a resolution of Congress, pointing address in New York by Mr. John decision going in favour of Mason, of carrying on its London-Paris officer, Kingsing

recent This went the full 10 rounds. the by the Handley Page Company has gone supernumerary second in English, it does not portend out international irregularities that would arise from such a proce. D. Rockefeller. Jr. We wonder who had

evil, in fact one might see some dore. A great deal of risk would be involved, because there would what Hongkong Civil Servants height and reach. The four-round sengers and more than 44,000 lbs. has gone supernumerary second rather beggars the French, and

a slight advantage in and Brussels service, 943 pas-

Mr. H. Rawstron. from reserve joviality in it. But as a name it be a dependence on reciprocal legislation on the part of Germany. As think about it. There may be contest between Karanjia and of freight over a distance of 67,000, officer. Kwongsang. regards an entirely separate treaty between the two countries, he something in what this young Jack, both of the Public School miles, without a single mishap.

the best they have been able to stated that Germany has so tied herself up by the treaty millionaire says, although with was

Mr. R. Barton, second officer, do is to call him Pied de negotiated at Versailles that she is disabled from entering into such rents increasing more than 100 and

дод by --Karonjia.despite the handicaps of weather Kwongsang, is on reseve.

Chat Jobasou. He will. a treaty, even if the United States were persuaded to take such a per cent, in hundreds of thou-between Siemsen (Public School) which could only be overcome appointed chief officer, Kiangfoo. that,

interesting bout conditions, organising difficulties,

Mr. W. B. A. Wilks has been however, probably survive course. He was convinced that the overwhelming sentiment of the sands of cases, and food and and Whittsack was won by Siem-by actual experience, and the

nor do we imagine country against the making of a separate treaty with Germany clothing so high that the average sen. Whittsack being counted out absence of any extensive weather appointed fourth officer, Kiang-the statement he is circulating

Mr. E. A. Ponts has been

that it will interfere with except pader the compulsion of necessity, from sentimental as well family is hard put to make both in the fourth round. Hertzberg fighting preparations, such as as economic reasons. He saw no practical solution of the problem ends meet, the question of pay and Tuttleman. of the Public directional wireless for dying in

that California has found it as except in the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, either in its would seem to be not altogether School, boxed very cleverly for fog.

Mr. J. Taylor, chief engineer, profitable to turn grapes into present form or in some revised form. And he was optimistic unimportant. But anyway Mr. four rounds, and the decision was

Tungwah, has gone chief engineer grapejuice as it was to make enough to add that he believed the United States could made peace Rockefeller is about the last man a draw.

Kiangfoo.

them wine. The fly in the amber. only on that basis He concluded "I see no other practical way." in the world to make soch "a sog-

Captain G. Ramshiand, of the as far as this goes in France is Whilst has was digging the question of a separate peace treaty gestion. He is heir to the great had the better of the argument in utilised for the purpose of ensur-

Stoker May (B. M. S. Alacrity Continental Air Services will be Kiangping, bas resigned.

The experience gained on the

that California could not fill he made this rather significant admission:-"It would mean the est fortune, estimated at a billion his contest with Musician Bred-

Mr. N. É O Hausen has been those cellars and Caves dissolation of the concert with our Allies in the war and would be and a half dollars, in the world's ley (H. M. S. Hawkins), the latter fing the success of the routes in appointed master, Kiangping-Rheims with sparkling products ·· regarded by them probably as an abandonment of them without history. And this fortune is being retiring in the third round, and

Shipping and Engineering. course of inauguration abroad.

of equal merit. For can faulf on their part."

faster to-day than the four rostul contest between farge towns-with-passengers and

imagine connoisseurs discussing Hard es it might be for us to follow all the forces and motices ever because it is largely invested Pte. Hapgood. R.1.1.1., and Bugler freight are being carried out by sent me of how that hitherto there Pussyfoot is, and we shall

Long distance flights between

- the vintage years for grape- that govern American politics. there are more than reasonable in things which are necessary to Stoneman (H.M.S. Hawkins) was Handler Page aeroplanes in serious obstacle to firing.-fog-note progress with interest In

juice, it would be sacrilege. Bu ends for presuming, as we have done in the past. that the bulk the life and progress of the world. wan by Hapgood. Symington various countries. Their practical has been overcome by a system of the meantime to show that he is of the American people are heartily tired of the Treaty question We are inclined to the belief that and Young, of the Public School, demonstrations are accomplishing wireless and wireless telephonic not alone in his work, & delegate. and only wish to see it settled. Segator Kuoz has now inaugurated young Rockefeller thinks about slao boxed four rounds, the verdict valuable work in furthering the communication which has proved of the world's Women's Christian Boother phase of the anti-Treaty movement. but it is to be hoped his pay at least part of the time being a draw. that ere long some general agreement will have been come to which and that the 200 per cent. in- will conform mare closely to the ideas held by the' Allied Govern- crease in the price of gasoline entertainment, all the competitors

At the conclusion of the cause of commercial flying. ments. In the interests of all it is high time the whole business during the past four years is one were the recipients of handsome was put in the list of things done.

of the results of his thinking! silver prizes.

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so invaluable for the guidance of Temperance Union is expressing machines in fogzyweather. the hopeful view that Japan, will 1 am obliged to Colonel Small-An article on this subject appears ultimately go dry. And so may wood for the particulars he has elsewhere in this issue.

the weather.