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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

JEFFREY'S

CELEBRATED

PILSENER

BEER.

BREWED IN SCOTLAND.

Prices: per case of 7 doz. $24.00

per doz.

(INCLUDING

3.50

DUTY)

'PHONE · 616,"

Funeral.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

The funeral procession of the late Lady Wei Yuk will pass the Italian Couvent, Caino Road, at 215 pun. Tuesday, February 15th, 1921.

The Hongkong Telegraph

NOTES & COMMENTS.

A Kindly Act.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1921.

DAY BY DAY.

THE PRESENT THE LIVING

A rather touching incident SUM-TOTAL OF THE WHOLE PAST. regarding the death of a Chinese-Curlyle. steward from the flagship of the

British Far Eastern squadron has "The Pharies" are coming, on come to our notice and we refer February 15 and 16. Keep your to it because we know that it has oyos and the dates open. created A doop impression amongst those of the Chineso community who have heard of it. Kowloon residents are reminded This steward, of the humbler of the annual meeting of the class of Chinese, of very scanty K.R.A. to-night. Ladies will be noans, was recently taken ill and specially welcome. removed to the Tung Wah Hospital, where he died. On

CURRENT COIN.

|exceptionally quiet, cargo ginger on the enclosure, breaking its way being quoted at $32 for dry through some trees, which helped and 934 for wot. Lard is to break the fall. Boyond a severe quiet, dealers quoting 829 por shaking and a few scratches caus- picul

ed when the branches caught hiệ hand, the aviator was none the

(By "Mercator.") The Chinese Now Year proved uneventful from the point of view

worau for his Bonident. of possible failures. The settlo-

In metals the market has im- The force of the fall was such meat seemed to have been tided proved, fresh orders having been that the branches of the trees over very well except in the case placed with the United Kingdom through which it crashed, were of three or four small firms that in tinplates, wire nails and iron broken off and lay round the declared their insolvency. Thore bars. Tinplates have been done machine which became a wreck. is a lot of money in Chinatown at $14.75 per case and nails at $13.50 The propellor was broken off, present, and accommodation can per keg. The local prices of these whilst the fuselage and tail wore be had at seven per cent. All this are twonty por cont. higher now buckled. The wings wore also money is awaiting investment, than a month ago. The latest torn in several places, and the Tho merchants are afraid to price from London for tinplates engine had some joints loosened, operate, and as long as there is is $13.20 per case for forward resulting in a leakage in the oil Saturday morning, the body was Chung Sui Hoi, broker of No. o movement of cargo the delivery, whereas the local price tank.

Mr. Lim On, who owns tho' removed from the mortuary for 137 Queen's Road West, reports tendoney will be for easy money. is $14.50. There is no stock of

his late shipment to Foochow, the de- that

manager has The very large stocks of rice in the Australian lead, but in window consod's native district. It was absconded with the firm's receipts Colony and the continual pouring glass the holdings are indeed aeroplane, said that it was a new in of fresh arrivals from Saigon very large, the prices being about one, and cost him $14,000 Gold just an ordinary funeral of a amounting to $3,700.

and Bangkok with no demand for $8.50 to $9 per caso.

In stool in the States. poor Chinese, with one or two

From the financial point of tho cereal from the United States plates there is no. business, the mournors waiting follow A Chinese girl, aged 13, was nor Japan nor anywhere else is rate being about $9 to $10 per view, the exhibition proved to be the romains. But it was yesterday knocked down near causing much uneasiness. True, picul. The thicker sizes arala great factor in swelling the honoured in quite an unexpected Water Street by motor car No, there has been a demand for selling at $9 and the thinner at local contributions to the Chinese manner. As the coffin passed 227, and sustained injuries to the Saigon rice for Canton principally $10.

Famine Relief Fund. Some 4,000- it of the hospital precincts, there head. She was removed to the bocause it is so much cheaper at

persons paid for admitttance into stood at the gate the whole of the

the enclosure. The Hon. Mr. present than Wuhu rice, but

Lau Chu officers of tho. Hawkins, in full

8 Pak, in fow this is not large enough in uniform,a detachment of Marines

brief words, introduced the avia- volume to make any approciable and the hand of the flagship, who The health return for Saturday diminution of the visible supplies.

tor previous to the exhibition, had come to pay a final honour shows one case each of plague,It is hoped that when the

mentioning that Mr. Lim On was to the memory of this humble small-pox and diphtheria. The embargo on the import of rice

a British subject, being born in servant of the ship upon which victims in the first two, which into Cuba is lifted at the end of

Canada; and dwelt on the good he had served for about a year. were fatal, were Chinese, whilst next month big orders will be

objects which would be served by It was a touching and impressive the sofferor in the other was a coming in from San Francisco.

the exhibition. The Hon. Mr. sight, a kindly act, an acknow-Portuguese.

I am told there has been some

S.B.C. Ross, who was also.prosent, lodgment of the truth that in

A very unfortunate mishap pre- enquiries from Cuba for rice, but maturely terminated the dying lively interest in aviation in bla Was mentioned as taking a death we all find a combion Prof. Danenberg has issued in-the merchanta there have exhibition at the Happy Valley.

nint, whether our station in life vitations for the 7th annual pupils' not been able to be high or lowly. We have been Pianoforte Recital which will take the

put yesterday when the acroplane capacity as Secretary for Chinese confirmed letters of crashed down and the aviator, Mr. asked, by Chinese who were place on the 1st March at the St. credit domanded by the ex-Lim On, had a narrow escape front

Mr. A.H. Rowo, an aviator with Andrew's Hall, City Hall, 5,30 porters hero. The economic crisis serious injury.

ten years' experience, who is incident and to say how much par. in the presence of Lady in Cubal is still acute. I am in- the kindly forethought of Stubbs. The recital will be re-formed, and the Cubans are still the flagship's officers is preciated.

peated on the 3rd March when a obdurato in refusing to honour Wo gladly do 50 charge of $1.00 will be made for their commitments. elieving that such a human tickets. touch does more to strongthen Anglo-Chinose friendship than ean ever be accomplished by the most elaborately arranged pro- paganda schemes.

present, to mention this little

Governinent Civil Hospital.

AVIATION AT HAPPY VALLEY.

Chinese Flyer Comes to Grief.

Affairs.

For the past week the Chinese managing Mr. Lim On's visit to community had boon agog with the East, called at our office this expectations of seeing some lively morning and explained how the stunts being given at the exhibit-mishap occurred. He said it was ion; consequently an enormous entirely due to an air pocket that The Mercantile Quradian has crowd of spectators thronged the the machine dropped into the A concort under the auspicas of the St. Andrew's Church Men's been weighing in against the race-course yesterday, and anti-trees, and that this was quite a between mountains. The same Association will be given in the Amercian firms that have been cipations were at their highest common experience when flying

whon Mr. Lin On appeared over St. Andrew's Church Hall, Kow. repudiating their purchases sim-th ovalley, having flown from his thing." he said, "has loon, On Wednesday, 16ply because the hoped-for profit hangar at Kowloon. From the experienced by aviators in flying It is generally conceded that February, commencing at 8.45 had disappeared. In the case of layman's viewpoint, he appeared the Rockies. Captain Thompson, Hongkong rice merchants and to be well-circumstanced by instructor to the Gosport Train- Members of the Hongkong Automobile Association had a great one of the greatest trading and Pra, at which many well-known others the loss through dishonour-weather and other conditions to fing School in England during the deal to say for themselves at the annual meeting they held on the Chinese. For their markets/popular and clover Lean and good two million dollars, and give a first-class oxhibition but it! war, flew the Rockies on 8 400-

HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1921.

A CHAT TO MOTORISTS.

them safe to use, He comes on to

obstruction.

The China Market,

money.

local

Artistas (including the

was

ed bills is estimated to ex-

"Certain American

air-currents,

the

niore

the

crash

conditions

been

air

working nations of the world are Friday night and as a fair amount of what they said is open to here is the keenest competition.

Handley Page was on this point that his and the horse-power Tedo) will appear. The public in the сане of Lancashire serious question we take this early opportunity of telling them so. Provided the internal differences are invited. Admission is free. We are just as keen on motoring as anybody else; in fact, still making theinselves felt can

merchants the market loss sought aviator's views differed. A set of machine, as also did Lieut. Col.

rendered

Tylee, chief of the Canadian Air there is little we enjoy better. But, equally, we have a right boedjusted, extraordinary expan-

to be put upon them is estimated Three sepoys desirous of imbibat up to two million dollars. The complex by a somewhat strong Force. They both flow from Win- to see that all classes of the public are givon equal treatment; that ion is expected in Chinese trade. ing spirits at a cheap cost, were remarks of the journal in the Southerly breeze, sot a regular nipeg to Vancouver, and during pedestrians are not robbed of what is theirs by constitutional right Mr. H.H. Fox, H. M. Commercia this morning summoned by the matter are worthy of reproduction the valley, and, caught in one of pockets all the way over the

aerial whirl-pool in motion inside the trip they encountered by any one small class better endowed with this world's material Counsellor in China, has been Revenue Department for en as they bear out exactly what these goods. The roads of this Colony belong to us all, and the bumble dusting an extensive tour in deavouring to smuggle a number has been stated by me in these aeroplane was hurled into an

contrary forces,

Rockies. When they got between ricksha puller, the earth-carrying coolie, the truck pullor and the the United Kingdom, in order to of bottles of whisky and brandy columns:

two mountains they found that simple pedestrian have a right to use them and have a right to find stir up interest in Chinese trade. ashore from the Kwangtung. The banks are said to be holding

and airpocket

it was impossible to climb out, although they had much higher So has the motorist; but he has no greater right. He narrates his experiences in evidence showed that the ro, stacks of dishonoured bills which resulted.

powered machines than ours, and a road oti precisely the same terms as anybody the Board of Trade Journud. spective duties had not been paid buyers have refused to take up.

The aeroplane fell into a tiny they had to thread their way else; in fact, it might be argued in law that the onus of Plainly the British merchant has for these drinks. Two of the it is well to keep these facts closed-in enclosure, used as a between the mountains. At the. maintaining the safety of the road is more on him than on other deserted his old "take it or leave sepos were fined $25 each, while clear: a cancelled contract is not basket ball ground by the Chinese end of their trips they made a because his speed is the greater and mare liable to endanger. The attitude. Mr. Fox found an the third law still has it that pedestrians have first right. Traffic regulations unexpected degree of interest penalty of $20.

muleted in a necessarily a commercial crime-Y.M.C.A., its fall being to some statement that they would not are designed in principle to give the maximum amount of liberty being shown by British manufac

the buyer may legitimately have extent broken by trees, and to attempt to return on account of cancelled because of delay in this fortunate circumstance the the air pockets, so their machines and safety to all road users; not to bestow privileges on one setturers in China. Travellers are

escape were dismantied and shipped delivery or other irregularity or airman attributed his of users to the exclusion of another set. Let us get that very going out to look for business,

The matshed belonging to a he may have paid a cancelling from serious injuries, clearly recognised before we go any farther. The traffic policeman, and various old lines are boing carpenter at Sai Tau, Kowloon penalty, as the Norwegians have

back to Winnipeg. Then thera In an interview with a repre- was Lieut. Brown, who hade tho whilst protecting traffic safety, has also the duty of protecting broadened and deepened. We all City district, was broken into by done, to get out of soms ship- sentative of tho Hongkong trip from Vancouver to Calgary, pedestrians, and when he holds up a whole string of impatient know that the commercial honesty a gang of three robbers in the building contracts. Often aTelegraph, Mr. Lim On, over

the Rockies, using an vehicles in order to give safe passage to an aged lady who wishes of the people is high; while on the early hours of the morning of the cancelled contract is merely a who did not look the identical machine to that used to cross the road he proves the legal point made alove. And none part of the Chinese there is real 12th instant. The inmates, com-contract deferred in the interests worse for his accident, explained by Mr. Lim On, namely, a of those velicio drivers would dare accuse that lady of being an faith in British methods and goods, prising the carpenter, his wife of all concerned rather than over the reason of the crash. It was Canadian Curtiss J. N., 4, of 90- Mr. Fox's visits to representative and mother-in-law, were seized' load a stagnant market and a well-known fact amongst air-horse-power. He also got into Let motorists and others begin with the eloar realisation of the femus convinced him that we are by the marauders, who then con-longthen the period of man, bo stated, that an enclosure air pockets and did not make the fact that traffic control in Hongkong is a difficult problem. It can now in a position to supply, all ducied & systematic search for depression. This is the shut in by, bille was always a return journey. In view of the not be expected that the thousands of careless natives will conform Chinese requirements, and rat property, but an alarm raised by older. and hettor

com-risky locality in which to fly, and experiencies of these world- to rules of the road so readily as people in the Old Country, where if our workinen rein true to by one of the women soon set mercial custom. The nower way, Happy Valley was no exception known aviators, it is quite clear rutes of the road have been existence for ages. One has only to walk their traditions, they will once them on the retreat.

the way of reckless repudiation to-the rule. There, winds coming that Mr. Lim On's statement along the City's pavoments to discover that. Evan as pedestrians! we have to be tolerant of many little obstructions, and notorists will be the best value to be had for more turn out goods which will

of contracts solely because the in from whatever direction, were that his machine dropped into antil such time as the native mind has been educated up to a better

The Indian mentioned recently buyer is faced with a. less, is caught and brought into motion an air pocket is true." in a report of an attempted suicide anathema. It is the way of mush- along with other currents, with

Mr. Rowe added that Licut. level of appreciation, have bé tulerant also. That process of education

case, was this morning brought room firms and newcomers in the the result that an eddy was Hervey, who is now on an official might be slow, but we do object to the hastening of it by the use of The Fire Brigade.

before the Magistrate, charged overseas trades, who, like the created, producing the greatest visit to the Colony in connection batons, as the Chairman of the mecting told us they do in Shanghai. Our recent comments on the with the offence. It was stated mule, have neither pride of possible riske, for airmen with aviation, inspected the As he rightly pointed out, this is a British Colony where equality of

intention, on treatment is not entirely a misnomer. To knock a man on the head urgent necessity of reorganising that he jumped from the verandah ancestry not hope of posterity. It had been bis

macbine and its engines befora and strengthening the might bo a very effective reminder that he is in the way, but it is

Fire of the Silk Temple, and injured Were the commercial world to recognising theso Brigade, havo buon favourably his legs Fle had

Gvasions these been tolerate

the at the Happy Valley, to desist the flight and put Mr. Lim On not the ideal procedure and we hope we shall never see anything of received in many quarters, and under medical attention at the sanctity and security of a con- from giving his acrobatic stunts stating that the machine was in through a tost, subsequently the kind hero. We certainly do agree with the complaint that our WC are Hoping that, as a Government Civil Hospital since, tract would be gone and the next and moraly to come down to the point policemen do no traffic controlling. They indicate neither safety nor danger and might as well not be there. By all means result, definite action may soon and now having recovered his big boom would bring a bigger field in response to signalling from eduto a section of our Police Force for the work of traffic control be taken to bring the service health and of his former sense of crash than ever of mercantile the ground. On the first occassion

the control of motorists as well as the control of others. When the thoroughly up-to-date. If it is a the enjoyment of this life, resolved adventurers with the trading when he endeavoured to do so, he capable pilot. And on Thursday, Chairman of the meeting stated that the day had gone by in this matter of money, that should not never to do it again and to motto, "Heads I win, tails you found that the machine would not he (Mr. Rowe) took up Capt. Colony when the open roadway was the natural place for pedestrians permitted to stand in the way, tell the Magistrato that

his lose?

In only one way respond to bis control: the Lamplugh as a passenger and after the flight the latter stated resulted

opposition. that he was suprised at the man- from does

act benefiacially; it currents he should also have been reminded that the day has not yet arrived for, after all, Government money injuries

into is the people's monoy, and it is a puro accident. According to sweeps

tilted or They

ner in which the machine answer- (and we hope it never will) whon the motorist has carle blanche to the people's property that has to his story, he was sitting on the less blessed oblivion hundreds it to wobble helplessly. speed down any road irrespectivo of whoever else might be on it be protected. We none of us verandal with loge dangling over of

ed to the controls and was greatly ascended. mush-room trade then The whole matter boils down to one of reasonability; what is know when a fire may come our the railings when he lost his growths.

impressed at the reliability of the the

Kowloon where past for

eugines. Our Automobile Association can quite logitimately concern way. In some places, however, balance and fell. His Worship twenty-four months which four attempt was made to land in the

equally Mr. Rowe added that another itsolf with the provision of a central garage, a training school for insurance companies contribute decided to bind him over for a ished on air and words until their hangar.

unkeep of Fire period of six monthe. towards tho

brass plates became tarnished. unsuccessful in face of the machine would be obtained as drivers, rates of pay and reliability trials, but when it comes to the

Their disappearance is not to be strong wind and he returned 20on as possible, when a further question of traffic control it has the right to a part voice only. If it Brigades, realising that

Happy regreted unless, as happens now to

Valloy. The exhibition would be given in can help in an advisory and co-operative way to improve the better a city's fire-fighting equip-

A collision between a tramear and again, they drag down with engines were stopped whilst Hongkong. Colony's traffic control, then its efforts will be welcomed. It certainment is, the less they are likely ly has a right to petition the Government to secure the abatemont pay out in claims. We don't and a motor car took place in them some respectable but too an endeavour was made to glide

know whether there is Queen's Road near the Naval believing firm."

down, but a gust of wind caught of the very serious nuisance of missile-throwing which had such

necessity any

for such Yard yesterday, resulting in some

under the wings, tilting her, and tragio results last week. The Association, should strive to co-l

he again had to ascend. Then MYSTERY OF A WHISTLER." or damage to the foot-plate of the operate with the Police in all matters of road control, though it is plan being adopted here,

The markets are dull. Some the machine again banked against Said to have been given away fairly common knowledge that it has acted somewhat hostilo to- whether the application of the former vehicle. The motor ear

was carried for an old camera, a painting of wards our Traffic Department in the past. We readily admit that system would be fair to the which was proccoeding. in the business has been done in human a gust, and he

are further towards the hillside. The engine still life-fruit and flowers in a traffic control needs improving; it needs improving for everybody. insurance companies. We mere- samo direction as the tram, pass hair and there When motorists speak in the torms of road possession that werely mention it in passing to showed the latter on the left side. enquiries. used on Friday evening wo have an objection to raise. The member what others do. Our chief anxiety The unfortunate part of the at 8140, the 16/26" 180 the aviator found that it did not ground-done by a young painter. $480 and stumps respond quickly enough. The Stany Sassy, 15 years ago, has who complained of the people leaving the Kowloon Ferry might is that the Brigade should be business was that the car lo 26/36

are weak with next instant, the machine dropped just been found in a dealer's shop be considered by those people a greater nuisance than hu counts definitely in command of men colliding against the tram took $50. Peanuts them. It is mattor of viewpoint and of reconciling viewpoints. We who have technical knowledge off the foot-plate. The chauffeur occassional enquiries for small into an airpocket, and was in at Paris priced at £6,000 and, it is really think that motorists have little to complain of in the way of the work, and that their re- did not stay to investigate mat-lots for European markets. Shelled imminent danger of crashing on stated, bearing the false signaturo the local Government has spent thousands of dollars in giving them commendations as to equipment, tore, but some passengers had peanuts have been done at $8.50 to the roof of building, or into of Whistler. It has now been found that the picture was first acento roads, especially when one keeps in mind the fact that etc., should be acted upon. To already taken a note of the and amshelled at $11.50. A small the street.

As a result of the business has been done in cassia By skilful manipulation, Mr. sold for £3 10s. In London a col- ninety per cent. of the motoring in this Colony is purely of the deny the requests of men who number. pleasure-seeking kind. The percentage of motorisis to pedestrians know what is needed would be accident traffic on the tramway oil, the market remaining weak Lim. On took the machine' over lector gave £120 for it and sold it many enquiries for the Y.M.C. A. enclosure, re-to a German in Paris for £1,200. is so infinitesimally small as to make the subjugation of the latter equivalent to expecting a wo ker was suspended for some time at There are

congestion duck feathers but no business has cognising that, in that choice, he After further exchange, tho to the pleasure of the former a very undemocratic procedure. It is to do a good job with bad tools. an hour when a because we have the best interests of motoring at hears that wef we want an efficient fire-fight-occurred with the large number since resulted. The AAAA (white had a chance of escaping and at dealer in whose shop it was found wish to point out these things. We shall possibly be accused of service we must see to it that of pleasure soeker going towards goono) is quoted at $38, the AAA the same time avolding the crowd is said to have bought it for being anti-motorists, because some people cannot see beyond the the equipment is of the best in the Happy Valley to witness the at $29, AA at $26.50 and A at which thronged the road. The £3,600, The polico are inquiring

type and ample in quantity. flying exhibition.

$25.50. The ginger market is machine fell on' qui-oven, plane into the affair, range of their own selfish desires,

reasonable for the entire body of road users.

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Mr. Lim

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The 18/20" is quoted was re-started, "but the vase with a picture in the back-