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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS & VARNISHES

COVER

THE EARTH

ANDERSEN MEYER & COLLTO,

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED 1881).

69302 AĦ RJX+X#F SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1920.

HOLIDAYS.

Next Year's List.

TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS,

Sha

It is reported that the Bank Group is st to the Northern Government the Customs sur been handed to Wa Ting-fang, but kept in cu results in the South.

ughai, December 3.

efusing to hand over a which would have tedy pending further

The Peking Government has bean informed that the military expenses for the expailing of Kwangsi party from Kwangtung were supplied by Tuan Chi-jui's party.

Peking, December 3.

On receiving a report from the Chamber of Commerce in Hurlungkiang to the effect that Japan has established civil court. and installed administrative officials in Fuenchun, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has ordered an investigation, and if the reports are found to be true a strong protest will be made.

KOWLOON SHOOTING

AFFRAY.

Sepoy Imprisoned and Dismissed the Service.

Sentenca bas now been pro- mulgated in the case in which Sepoy Gulam Mahi Uddin, of the 22nd Punjabis was recently charged before a Court Martial

commit murder on September At Kowloon with attempting to 27th last by firing a shot from his rite at Havaldar Ghulam Hassan, of the same regiment, with intent to kill. thereby wounding the Havildar in the right foot.

The Minister of Justice has advised the Minister for Foreign Affairs to make a further demand to the Japanese Legation for the

The accused has been found surrender of the refugees alleged to be at present in the Legation, on the ground that as proofs have shown that they are guilty of frau-guilty, sentenced to three years' and bribery. they are criminals and cannot be regarded as political rigorous imprisonment and dis-

missed the service. offan ters.

LOCAL BOXING..

Arranging the First Tournament.

If the fleet movements are favourable to the occasion, the first boxing tournament of the season will, it is understood, take place on the 13th instant, in the new a:atsbed built at the King Tuen Gardens.

in

ANOHER STRIKE.

Sea-Grass Workers Out.

West

TWO FIRES.

PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

BANGLE COFY: 10 CT9.

TO-MORROW'S FETE.

$36 PER ANNUM.

OLD POST OFFICE.

Amended Conditions of Sale.

Empire Day. Tuesday. 24th on page 7 of this issue hold good chaser the

Durch Box Red

ANDERSEN, MEYER &

ACTRESSES AT CHURCH CONGRESS.

Miss Thorndike's Plain Talk.

Postponed for a Week.

The Gazette notifies, in regard and Owing to the uncertain The following Public

Miss Sybil Thorndike was ons Committee of to the sale of the Old Post Office General Holidays will be ob-weather, the

SL Vincent

Paul building site, that the Clauses 3 of the speakers at the Church de served as Government Holidays, the

the and,, 6 in the conditions of sals Congress last month. Society has postponed in 1921 :-->

bazaar, arranged for tomorrow, have been amended as follows What chance," she asked Clause 3-Immediately after "bare you of looking at life in until Sunday, 12th inserie

The arrangements mentioned the fall of the hammer the Purection as the outside world sees,

Lo: of the

shall it? Few people in this workaday Memorandum sign

of world tell the real truth to for that day.

Agreement, hereinafter contained, clergyman, or are really them- for completing the purchase (selves in your presence. We according to these conditions, assume a soit of company man- He shall, within three days of theners and go in terror of saying [day of sale, pay into the Colonial (anything that will shock you.

"Yon Church people are re- Treasury the sum of $250,000, and within six months of the day of jsponsible for the guidance and Isale the balance of the Premium well-being of all manner of at which the Lot shall bave been strange folk of widely differing purchased provided that interest thought, manners, and customs.

"Perhaps of themany thousands

May.

GENERAL HOLIDAYS.

Saturday, 1st January. Tuesday, 8th February. Good Friday, 25th March. Saturday, 26th March. Easter Monday, 28th March. Whit Monday, 16th May, King's Birthday. Friday. 3rd

June.

Monday, 1st August. Monday, 10th October. Friday, 11th November. Monday, 26th December. Tuesday, 7th December.

11th November, 1921, to be ob A rather serious are broke out served as a General Holiday, in for the Monday Another strike has broken out

at 9.20 last night at No. Cheung substitution the town. The sea-grass Ching Street West, at West which falls on or nearest to the

Poin: Point. workers

The fire originated on ninth day of November. have struck work. ол в the second floor, occupied by a demand for a 30 per cent, in-arm of tea importers, amongst a crease. Various cases of in- timidation on the part of the quantity of tes leaves. The blaze extended to the roof, which have reached agitators

collapsed. With the arrival of otice of the Police, but so far the Brigade. the fire was even- no sets of violence have beentually extinguished, though not

Sky Kerrison is in training at the present moment. in prepara-reported. tion for a possible bout with Ses

man Walters of H.M.S. Hawkins, '

a well-known caval boxer.

the

BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL

FUTURE.

STOWAWAY CASE.

European Fined.

the

and CASO

to

state

of

LIFE ACCEPTED AS IT R

Alexander Victor Argon ap- peared before Mr. G. N. Orme, at the rate 7 per cent. per annum on remand, at the Police Court will be payable, by the Purchaser to whom the Church ministers the charge any balance of the Premium which there is no section whose customs this morning, on

more strange and whose brought against him of being a way be outstanding at the end of are stowaway on board the P. and O. three calendar months from the mentality is more difficult for Idate of sale, auch interest to be you to understand than that of liner Kanowns.

reckoned as accruing from the the stage. It is further notified that His

Mr. D.J. Lewis informed his expiration of the three months in Excellency the Governor

Worship that he had been in aforesaid; and provided further Tea Importers' Heavy Loss-Council has appointed Friday,structed by Mesars. Mackinnon, that if the whole Premium is not Why was it, she asked that the expiration of six of all the popular amusementa, Mackenzie and Company, the paid on liner agents, to prosecnis in months from the data of sale, the such as football, racing boxing that Purchaser will be held to have and music, the only one that they took . serious view failed to comply with the con-seemed to disturb the Church wa of it The Ordinance underditions of the sale, and the pro- the theatre ?” which the defendant was charged,visions set out in paragraph 10 of Both you and we are feenly also took a serious view, as these conditions will apply. Linterested in the state of humsa provided for a penalty of a fine

Clause 6-The Purchaser of Hfe and character in all its of $1,000. and in addition. the

Lot shall within eight various forms and developments. without the option

months of the day of sala fine. sentence of nine months submit to the Building Authority imprisonment might also be plans for the erection of build |before the whole slore of

inflicted. That Ordinance was ings on the Lot, as required by tea valued at $5,000 had been

framed in 1903, when conditions Section 22 of the Public Health destroyed. The damage inflicted

obtaining now, with restrictions He shall also build and finish. fit were vastly different to those and Buildings Ordinance, 1903. $10,000 and was covered by

imposed by various Governments for occupation. before the Is the depression in the trade and Police Regulations. insurance with the Union In-

expiration of thirty-six calendar sarance Society and Motor Union and industry of this country &

the months from the date of passing His Worship said that Insurance for that amount. passing phase of postwar conges-

Another alarm was received tion or is it deeper seated? What Ordidanza was framed with regard of the plans, in a good, substantial Thorndike, if the theatre was a to offences connected with this and workmanlike manner, one or real and faithful reflection of Ike for the month of August, 1920-by the Brigade at 2,30 this morn

These ware the remedy?

The defendant in the more good and permanent non-it should be a valuable means of Balance of Assets

ing, the scene of this fresh out-matters discussed by a

Press Colony. break being at Tung Street, in the representative with Mr. Peter present case was endeavouring to domestic buildings upon some communication between the stage

İpart of his Lot with walls of stone and the Church. 5,993,263.23 central part of the town. With Rylands. President of the Federa- get through to Australia.

Mr. Lewis stated that if he had or brick and lime-mortar and roof feared the theatre feared life itself.

FALSE BENTIMENT. "There is no gainsaying." Mr.got into Australia the ship would of tiles or such other materials have been heavily fined, in view of as may be approved by done exceeding well up to a few fendant's passport, which was not and months ago. British trade and visaed when he left Japan. The ship accordance with the provisions industry, in fact, has been boom-would then also be subjected to of all Ordinances By-laws and ing under abnormal conditions. considerable expense in having to Regulations relating to Buildings The whole world at the close of take the defendant back to Japan. or Sanitation as shall or may at the war looked to us for supplies. considering also the cost of the any time be la force in the Colony, and shall expend thereon The Continental manufacturers passage and the food.

a sum of not less than 5572.000 a position

A meeting of the Hongkong HONGKONG FINANCES. to the building amounted to Commercial Magnate's View.

Boxing Association will be held next Tuesday to draw up the programme and arrange contests.

the

The Hongkong Treasury issues the following financial statement

and Liabilities on 31st July, 1920,

DAY BY DAY.

Revenue from 1 to 31st August, 1920.

There was a clean bill of health Expenditure from 18: in the Colony yesterday.

The Gazette gives B now schedule of allotment in regard to the Wongneichong Recreation Groued.

is

the assistance of the inmates,tion of British Industries. 1,067,980.24 the fire was quickly put out wita.

out much damage being done. 7.061,243.47

to 31st Aug. 1920... 1,032,295 53 Balance....$ 6,023,917.85

EARLIER

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

The agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the Sanitary Board (From Our Own Correspondents) includes an item relative to a proposed cemetery at Ho Mun THE ICHANG LOOTING, Tin.

THE CANTON GOVERN- MENT.

Leaders' First Manifesto.

Dr. Sua Yaben, Dr. Wu Ting-

Tang Chiyao. in

follows:

"The artist accepts life as it is, and claims the gift oftlearer vision and the power so to present it that others see his vision. The Church, on and claims the gift of precise the other hand, takes life as it is

knowledge, plus the power to judge and the power to reform."

Therefore, argued

*

"

Miss

Those who

She protested against stage

Rylands said, "that we have theunsatisfactory nature of the de- the Director of Public Works,

in other respects insentiment which encouraged in-

were

to

sincerity.

"It is wrong and dangerous to pervent the truth by faiso sentimentality, as by any other falsity," she said.

"Even if a free, open-eyed thestra were to show that not in

In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. in rateable improvements: Pro- mankind is too much pre-occupied contribute.

Lewis stated that the present was vided that in the event of the with, for instance, sex matters,

they It is the beginning of the not an isolted case, a3

Then let the Church attack

"The Thing Press Hankow co- Csaton a Constitutionalist Govern. production, with lowered produc-defendant down to Mr. L. N./xpiration of three months from occupied, and not merely suppress

inog, Mr Tang Shas-yi and General recovery of foreign manufactures previously bad a similar prosecn. plans not being passed within then I contend it is healthier for...

a milesto with a lower scale of costs and Ition against a stowaway who hethree months of the date of their the theatre to reflect that pre- submission, the aforesaid thirty-occupation-ban-to-pretand-it on Thursday, stated, in part, as lower standard of living that has come from Australis the other six months allowed for the com- does not exist. (Applause.)

We, cotapelled by the lawless-cut short this abnormal period of way round.

British trade. Our only prospect!

Inspector Spear informed his pletion of the building shall be aces of the North against the of helling our own is to increase Worship that he had taken the reckoned as commencing on the the fact that man is too pre- Shanghai, Dec. 3.

country, were obliged to create in The P. and O... Sicilia is respondent telegraphs that eigh want some titue ass. Treason tion costs, and curtailment of the Leefe, of Messrs Jardine, Mathe the date of submission of the

spending power of the general son, who said that he was prepar expected

a.m. teen of the twenty-four Japanese in. however, tai impeded bere at 5.30

public while supplies are stilled to pay the fine, and also the were looted at Ichaaz. progress of the mavement. Yox

defendant's passage to Australía. to-morrow and is scheduled to firms

limited.

Mr. Lewis said that he would leave for the North at 10 m. according to the oficial, report all the obstacles bare been removed of the Japanese Consul. Two and at the commencement of the

**We are in for a bad time. This like to draw his Worship's attan- on Monday. .-

Japanese are reported injured. present reconstruction programme is the beginning: bow long, isation to the fact that the Captain The troops at Tajeb and Eupeb.we deem it proper to reassert our question of the survival of the of the Kanowns was subjected to unpaid for nine months, are threa-aims and purpose.

fantastic and artificial economic considerable inconvenience by A pair of gold tie-pins were

"The Republic of China bas relations within this country. I having to turn from his course to yesterday

stolen from the tening to real

been in existence for the last aine may be six months, a year, orrick up the St. Albans and the John Rylands Library, of years. During all this time. not several.

residence of Major Bagnall, of No. 2 Chatham Road. The Major compates his loss at $25.

The telegram-quoted below wa39 received by the American Con- alate General, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory at 11.20 am. to-day: Cyclone or typhoon Dear or over the Polew Islands, moving W.N.W.

CHINESE BANKERS'

CONVENTION.

Shanghai, Dec. 3. Twenty-three delegates are bere for the Chinese Bankers' Conven- tion, opening on Monday.

THE RUBBER MARKET.

Mrs. Hara, a Japanese lady.

Singapore, Dec. 3. Rubber is wesker, but with more was the victim in a snatching buyers. The tendency is hosing case occuring yesterday after for all states to stop all tapping.

the junction Gresson Street and

прой

of

the

advance has been recorded. First Many industries, now going

plans.

THE RYLANDS LIBRARY AND LOUVAIN.

น

said, should support artists in the symptom." The Church, sha presenting all aspects of life.

THE LOGICAL ALTERNATIVE. "The more vividly we live, the more we mix with the world, the more danger there is of outward and visible sin; but the logical method of wholly avoiding this danger would be to suppress alto- transfer the defendant on to this Manchester, is playing in the regether the theatre, and not con- boat. The defendant was brought constitution of the library of fining it to pretty pretty tales of

Louvain were given by the Bishop barley sugar babes.

"Then we should accept the to the Colony on this vessel,

Inspector Spear said that as of Salford at the annual reunion of

No Books Saved from the Flames by Germans. Some details of the part which

TODAY'S EXCHANGE.

The closing rate of the dollar en demand, to-day was 35/4548.

Pu

LIGHTING UP TIME.

Lighting-up time to-day is 5.38

Yusa Shih-kai conspired to become emperor, and by was followed on short time, will have to close by the plot of the Tuchuns down if these conditions are still Military Governors, to dominste maintained, and unemployment far as he could understand the the Manchester branch of the whole Puritan doctrine, and sup- the land with militarism and by the will steadily increase. The trade case, the defendant found him- Catholic Truth Society. On the press all art and all outward attempt of Chang Haun to restore

of this country cannot be main-self without money and went on authority of the Rector of the manifestations of joy."

the present false board the Kanowna to go to University of Louvain, the Bishop tained. if

the contradicted the story that some under Australia, being The monarchy. Nothing has been

relations are fostered. done, by the North, for the m

impression that he would be able of the books in the libary had been provement of the country through "As a nation, we are consider to obtain money from friend's saved by the Germans before they set fire to the building. All that re- reconstruction mestures,

ably poorer than in 1914, but the thers. "Now with the Constitutionalist standard of living of the working | Mr. Lewis said that possibly mained of thosepriceless treasures, Provinces as the basis of operations, classes bas mounted very con- the defendant had some Chinese he said, were two calcined volumes we aball Ialur towards the in-siderably; their spending has friends on board who supplied that were found in the ruins. The The fact that he Bigbop paid a tribute to the John augutation of self-government and increased while their productivity him with food. common education, promotion of has declined. As a nation for gave himself up to the Captain, Bylands Library for having lad industry and better means of com- many years we have lived beyond as he stated, did not make any the way in the world-wide effort munications so as to improve the our income, and are paying difference to the fact that he did that was now being made to make

up the lois. livelihood of the people, reforms of current expenses by resort to stoOW SWEJ.

Already some 40,000 volumes the official and public finance, money-lenders. abolition of the Tuchun system and the disbandment of superfluous

The only way we can replace to know, to make sure, that some had been received from MAR Singapore, Dec. 3. troops. We hope, by these means,

our exhausted capital, or even thing had been arranged between obester, and Mr. Guppy, the The Federal Council Committee to bring peace and prosperty to the avoid detsulting on the immense Mr. Leefe and the Company to librarian at the Rylands Library, La consider Council Reform, at their country and effect a government of interest-payments due, is. by recompense the latter for the expected to send 50,000 altogether. had ocme to Mr. Guppy from all Peasg meeting urged the abolition and by the people and make Chins working our feeonroes to their expense, they had incurred for the Donations of books for the purpose

maximum capacity, and,

Mr Lewis-1. understand Mr. manner of people and places, and, For the theft of a pair of slip- of the Official majority and the safe for democracy.**

regards the population fir general, pers, from No. 4.Saiwan Terrace, election of all the Unofficials.

by cutting our cost to the cloth Leefo is disposed to assist the although other countries were

defendant, though to what extent sending books, the Bishop learned p.m. we have by lowering our

daring his last visit to Louvain I do not know.

His Worship-I fine the that the best contribution of and 9.15 p.m.. standard of living and spending.

defendant $100, or one month's all was that from the Rylands

Coronet Textre-515, and 9.15 Bat nowwhen the Govern hard labour. Mr. Rosser will Library, At present the Man- ia abandoning sbsidian: arrange with Mr. Leefe to paychester books were stored in su

that had been spartment which he believed, find-/ p.m. tricting cektir Labour is my CIP

the defendant's Foriginally been the chapel of sa Hongkong Theatre £15 raming for further incurred

and 9.15 jun

the Praya East, whilst she was waiting for a tramcar. A Chinese sustched a valuable, gold preas from her hair, and escaped with it. The ornament, which is set with jadestone, is valued at $150.

a Chinese was to-day sentenced one month's hard labour,

Evidence was given by Mrs. E.

White to the affect that she saw. the Chinese endeavouring to bide

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.

THE BOULON CASE,

3,000,000 WAR HZDALS ISSUED Three million war medals ha Shangbai, Dec. 3. been distributed, including 350,000** 1914 Star 1397455 buuring house, and sent bez cook Evidence in rebuttal w being given. 1914-15 Stam, 995,421 «Bekšsk

Tho was even. Zhe case standź adjourned until

benind the door of the neigh-・・ Bodion has reated his défence:

war medals, and 959. Victory

13

our

His Worship said he would like

defendant.

DON'T FORGET.

To-day.

Coronat Thestre 5.15 and 9.15 Hongkong Theatre-5.15, 7.15

To-morrow.