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SHANGHAI OVERBEAD RAILWAY SCHEME.

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FRIDAY, JULY 22. 1921.

PROPOSED INTER-- NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AT ICHANG.

HOTEL KEEPER'S LIABILITY.

Another Interesting Claim at Singapore.

Proposition Described as a "Fantastic Dream Railway,' Resolutions Adopted by

Foriegn Community. In these rolumns on July 2 wo

The ability of hotel Fespera aria- published an account of the sug-

Icbank, July 7. ing under the summon law of Dag- gaated overhead electric railway There has been much agitation land relating to inna and inn keepara planned by Mr. S.J. Powell, A. M. amongst the Chiasse of this port was the subject of another action in Ins CE to solve our traffic for the establishment of an Inter the Livil District Court, Singapore, problem with speed and economy, national Settlement here, says the which concinded on July 12th In says the North China Daily News|N.C.D.N. correspondent. The

The subject having, rightly, oreat-members of the foreign communi- the present instance, Mr. Phil Car- ed considerable interest we hate ty are just as vitally i terested in 500, actor engaged by the Bandman been fortunate in obtaining from this movement, and so a publio Opera Co, sued the Europe Hotel Mr. D. McColl, of the Shanghai meeting was held on the 5th for $500 damages in respect.al a dos- Electric Construction Co., Ld, his instant, at which the following patch box and its contents, which views on the subject. Interviewed resolutions were unanimously were missed some tithe after mid- by a representative of this paper adopted

night on Jan. 11 last, while the Mr. McColl sald-

(1) Whereas Ichang has be-n plaintiff was staying in the hotel. These plans have the merit, at looted on two occasions with an The amount was made up as fol least, of displaying some interest interval of little over six months lows:-$45 for the box, a sovereign | in what is really a most im-land as much damage was done to portant matter, viz the improve the property of the merchants and 81%, a silver wrist watch and braclet ment of traffic conditions. It in a inhabitants of this city, this public 850, play written by plaintiff 8900, subject upon which there is often meeting of the foreign community and the balance for loss of books good deal of criticism of a not expresses its deep sympathy with papers, account books, vouchers, vary definita or constructive kind. the merchants and others who balance sheets, etc, as a consequence Here, bawater, is something coo-bave suffered.

of which he had been exposed to crete-indeed great viaducts of it. (It was agreed that a copy of much inconvenience and loss of em

"In my lecture on May 25 this resolation should be seat to ployment. last, I suggested that a freight the Chinese Chamber of Com- branch railway line might, with merce.) [advantage, be provided above (2). Whereas this city

the

of

According to the evidence of the plaintiff, which was recorded at an

the Hongkew_Creek to connect Ichang has been looted on two cartier bearing, his own servant railway and wharvor, and that occasions with an interval of brought up the despach box to his An electric railway passenger little over six months, and the room on the evening în question. service might be provided along depredators on both occasions Plaintiff subsequently left the room. a widened Honan Road to give were the troops of the Chinese The servant followed suit later, direct connexion between the Government, sud on both oc-after locking the door, and deposit- central business area and re-casions there was much loss of ing the key downstairs in the office. sidential districts by interrun- foreign property, while foreign in esse his master called for it ning on an electrified portion of life was placed in jeopardy, it is When the servant returned after Shanghai-Nanking Rail hereby resolved that this public some hours, he found the room door way. Mr. Powell -bas metamor-meeting of the foreign community phosed the Idea into im- of Icbang condemns these out ajar. Ha did not think anything possible dimensions mostly rages, and request the foreign was amiss at the time as he thought circles in the air, and cor- Ministers in Peking to take steps his master might have come and tainly castles in the air from a to see that soldiers are not al-gone out for a while. So he went to commercial point of view, Wbs lowed to be stationed within a sleep. When defendant actually spend a fortune in building a huge radius of 30 miles from this port; returned, about 12.15 am, he found Plavated structure on wide roads if it should happen that troops the room door open and the box) like Avenue Edward VII and require to pass through this port gone. Thiber Road before the carrying that they be disembarked on the capacity of these thoroughfares se roads are utilized for public service vehicles? In most large cites the wise procedure has been to do the best with roads and with services on them before incurring

side of the river opposite to the city, and not be permitted to re main longer than 36 hours.

the plaintiff, submitted on the face | Mr. St. George, who appeared for of the learned judge's exposition of the Common Law of England in a similar case against the Raffles Hotel, when he found for the plain.

OUR PRICKLY HEAT LOTION AND POWDER】 the enormous outlay involved in Ichang has been looted on two tiff, that the present case was even

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CASIONS

TROOPS BEYOND CONTROL. (3). Whereas this city of

underground or elevated rail-little over

Occasions with an interval of

stronger. His client had taken pro.. ways-which nowhere to-day are the depredators

six months, and

on both cper precautions, and so had his boy. the were

troops I-did not occur to him to deposit

of the Chinese Government, and as the box for axle keeping in the "A good deal of this fantastic this is suficient evidence to prove office as there was no valnable jew. dream railway is planned to that the Chinese Government ellery in it As damages, he con- traverse sparsely populated coup-cannot control its troops, sad as sidered that all the figures were try districts. That is probably on both occasions foreign property very fairly assessed Counsel drew why Mr. Poweli imates 50 was considerably damaged, and attention to the manuscript play cars only. These, with the num-foreign lizes were endangered. it which was in the box, over which ber of electric locomotives he is bereby resolved that this public his client had spent eight months reckons on would allow of the meeting of the foreign community work and pot trains following each other. at of Ichang request the Ministers There was no saying that it migh A little expense. average intervals of about 20 in Peking to take steps to secure arinutes. One of the fundamentan International Settlement at not have been accepted, produced. al prmciples of an electric this port

and proved a great success, in railway is frequency."

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PERHAPS NOT. WELL. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE MR. A. ONDERWYZER, OF HENRI MANDELBAUM & CO., WELL KNOWN DIAMOND MERCHANTS OF ANT- WERP, AMSTERDAM AND NEW YORK HAS BROUGHT IT TO CHINA AND IT IS NOW ON SHOW AT OUR

JEWELLERY DEPARTMENT

"etis estimated cost of construc-and third res lations be submitted assess ita damages.

It was resolved that the second which case it was impossible to THE ios-about Tls. 9,000,000-seems to the Consuls of the countries In the course of his evidence Mr.

bigh to enable 50 cars and represented at this meeting with A E Odell said large notices were wagons" to run, but, in some re- the request that they be forwarded put up in corridors enjoining visi *pects. it is really not high to their respective Ministers. enough. He puts down Tis. 5,000 each for electric locomotives, but even a small electric locomotiv

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HONGKONG EMPORIUM.”

SCOTTISH WAR MEMORIAL.

Įparadoxes. Ulster which had TRADE KILLED BY MUTINY. in their rooms but to entrust the

always been against Home Role Steamers are now coming and same to the management

Every

was now electing her Parliament, would cost quite a number of going with very little cargo, as the room had a small notice to that

and the South, which bad always A Suggestion to the times that figure. His figure for mutiny and looting of the town effect posted behind each bedroom

clamoured for Home Eale would Promoters. care is also absurdly low. Car has killed trade.

Native mer door. After the theft was reported

now have nothing to do with it. shes and workshops he seems to chants have been practically to him, every effort was made to re the Church of Scotland resumed, of Ireland, the priests, had When the General Assembly of (Laughter.) The so-called leaders have forgotten.

ruined. They say it is simply cover the box but no trace could be the Moderator (the Rev. Dr. J. A. became politicians first nod "The tremendous discrepancy impossible for them to pay the

M'Clymont) temporarily vacated leaders of religion afterwards. between the small number of accounts that are due to the compradores of the foreign firms,

For the defence, Mr. E A Stevens the chair in order to submit the Instead of leading their people JUST received a large Consignment of (1) LACTOGEN the

cars and the enormous estimated and for indirect losses there is no contended that in the first place report of the Committee on they were following and hoping. most digestive food for Infants which keeps good in quality durin

redress nor indemnity. Hot Weather; (2) LACTOSE (Milk Sugar) for sweetening the food-

Micawber-like for something to they were not fan-keepers in the Chaplains to the Forces. of Infants and Dyspeptics; (3) MILFORD-McGRATH FLUL

Charles turn up. But in the midst of all strict sense of the word, and the res. Fergusson, Kilkerran, in second-the troubles in Ireland there was INSECTICIDE be Best Fluid for destroying Fleas, Mosquitoes 104.000.000 passengers per an- vast number of people here able shoulder was the widest he could

pop sibility they were called upon to ing the raper, emphasized the happily no trace, except in isolat- Bugs, Flies and all other Insect Pests in Summer days; and (4

With 6 cars the Liver and anxious to spend most of their think of, especially dealing with residential qualification.

need for chaplains" having ed cases, of a religious war. JOHN CAHILL'S GOLDEN FLEECE, MAGIC and CINDERELL-pool overhead railway carriest me paying for journeys on an local conditions. SOAPS for keeping everything clean in House3.

The Secretary of the Presby- 20,000,000 passengers per annumerorbead railway.fares at double

They were asked value of a chaplain was increased terian Alliance, USA, the Rev. * PRICES are Very Moderate.

The Liverpool line has a revence the scale obtainable in Home to believe a story, corroborated only tenfold if he came from the same Dr. Good, in the course of an ad- which averages 1.6d. cordially invited.

per pas-cities. Shanghai, with

low. by plaintiff's own servant. As well aress as that of the troops with dress on the forthcoming World senger and £2170 per car per wage popolation, must have fares they might give credence to the sug which they were serving. A Council at Pittsbarg, said that annum. Mr. Powell says he has on a much lower scale than in gestion that the box never traponse to home and local condi- although there were a few noisy

Inspection and Enquiries ar

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ot

the

revenue is, one singular features of the scheme. With 50 cars he reckons to carry

num.

was

Lieut-General Sir

The

not overestimated the probable Home cities. Fares are fixed by brought to the hotel at all, and the tious was always a passport to people in America who did not revenue but probably the reverse. economic conditions,

1st Class 12 cents (depreciated difference.. coins.)

stury was

an invention to meet

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GENERAL NEWS.

TACHTSMAN'S LONE. TRIP.

the heart of the Scottish soldier.ke Great Britain, the great boart It was nothing less than of America was with this country. scandal proceeded the speaker. WOMEN IN THE CHURCEL that at Aldershot the Church off Mr. William Whitelaw, 000- Scotland should be represented by vener of the General Committee, a tim but of almost prehistoric in presenting his report said that antiquity. (Laughter.) The the time had come when the work scheme for a Scottish National of the Church could not be car- War Memorial may require to be ried on with the receipts formerly

Yet his estimated revenue of 10) "The Liverpool overhead rail-plaintiff's own ends. Mex.cents per passenger and away cost over £120.000 per mile to Judgment was reserved. total of Tls. 7,452,800 works ou construct: the cost to-day would at 3d. per passenger or over be at least double that figure. £24,000 per car per annum-only The highest dividend it ever paid twelve times more than in Liver- 34 per cent. per annum. pool. For the Shangbai Tram An overbead railway such as ways, the revenue works out at Mr. Powell has proposed, instead 0.54. per passenger and £1,200 per of paying gigantic dividends A remarkable achievement lies modified, or possibly, recast, and received from Presbyteries. Pres- car per annum. The fate of about 85 per cent. be promises to the credit of Captain Fabel, he would seriously suggest to the byteries next year would be asked Mex. cents taken by Mr. Powell could not pay its way here. It German naval architect and promoters that the allocation of a for an increase of 50 per cent, in is equal to 15 copper coins at the would be bound to be a financial yachtsman. He brought the two-substantial grant towards the the amount allocated upon them. present circulating rate. Our failure. Between promise and msted sailing ship Anne. 105 provision of a suitable church at not 33 per cent. as he had hoped." maximum tramway fares are:-

performance there is a world of tons, single handed from Ham- Aldershot would surely be a

They had to face, he added the hurg to fill The voyage oc-spitable means of spending some question of forming a TOBETTO As to Mr. Powell's claim that cupied six days, and the feature of the money.

fund on account of the great 3rd Class & cents (depreciated an overhead railway would be of the performance, which seamen This, he thought would not be depreciation in first class scari- coins.)

aesthetic, he seems to be the first 543, is unparalleled, is that it is adverse to the general feelings of ties, which, however, he hoped. Less than one per vent. of our to see beauty in such structure an accident. Captain Fabel in the community.

would soon recover passengers pay these maximum even as planned by him.

formed the immigration authori

Dr. Wallace Williamson io. With regard to the Sex Dis faras and the

season ticket "As for his claims regarding ties that he left Hamburg to go)timated that the memorial to qualification Bill the conclusion passengers are only a little over noise, considerable noise is into Bremen, bat et sex the com- ministers of the Church who fell arrived at by the Committee, he

per cent. of the total.

evitable with the steel wheels of ass was affected by iron carried in the war would be unveiled in said, did not give women moy heavy cars running on steel rails as ballast, and be lost bis bear St. Giles Cathedral on Wednes right to become ministers of the "An overhead tailway such as laid on concreta.

ings. He must bave sailed in a day, 1st June, and that Earl Haig Church or members of Kirk Mr. Powell has airily sketched "Plans drawn to scale do not circle or on a zigzag course for a had been asked to perform the Sessions. The constitution of and estimated on could not in make a proposition, feasible: the long time, bur ultimately he unveiling ceremony.

"quad socia” parishes excluded Shanghai, under prevailing con-plans are the easiest part. The sighted trawlers, and, following A LAND OF PARADOXES. women from being appointed as ditions, earn at the utmost more real business is to devise schemes their course, found himself off Deputies from Reformed trustees of such churches. It than eight to 10 per cent. of the which fit the conditions and the English coast. Es states he Churches were then heard. The was, however, competent for this? revenue assumed by Mr. Powall. which will accomplish the objects slept during the day-time Rev. P. Glen. Moderator of Assembly to authorise by resolus His traffic estimate in apparently with the necessary afficiency Captain Fabel will be sent back the Irish Presbyterian Churches, tion, the appointment of women based on the idea that there is aand aconomy."-

to Germany.

said that Ireland was a land of as members of Church Courta,

ITS EARNING CAPACITY,