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THE HONGKONG

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1921.

TELEGRAPH.

NOTES & COMMENTS.

DAY BY DAY.

France's Unknown Warrior. A PRIVILEO ND PERŠON IS ONE

In the early days of the Ameri- WHO IS SO MUCH OF A HAVAGE

THREAT OF INSURRECTION.

Letter Discovered at

Singapore..>

QUARRY BAY RECONSTRUCTION,

these will provide high pressure steam and servo new turbo,

can army in France, Genera)/WHEN THWARTED THAT CIVILIS- |(Am“Our Chen Correspondent)] Dockyard and Refinery 8. with modern machinary and a

Singapore, Oct. 3.

In the Legislative Council It

New Project.

| generators of high velocity.

The sugar refining plant is to. be gradually brought up-to-date Pershing was reported in the ED PERSONS AVOID THWARTING

naw building is being erected to |HIM—Aake Eraus. Press of the world as having!

The whole was stated that the Registration | Quarry Bay is now undergoing commodata this. greeted the shade of the young

af Sohoala Ordinance was working an almost entire transformation scheme is to be carried out with pioneer among Republican Isaders The engagement is announced sat sfactorily. though

the A big schems of reorganisation out any material interruption of with the tribute. Lafayette, I between Miss Ancelina Maber, agitation including intimidation, in connection with the Taikoo the production of either the Re- salute thea!” Subsequently is of Morrison Gap Road, and Mr.

continued, in consequence of Sugar Refinery and the Talkooinery or the Dockyard, and must transpired that the words were MJ. Cole, of Submarine L. 2. which the Chinese General Dockyard is in progress and is is therefore be a matter of gradual the product of a French jour

Association

Education, intended to rebuild practically the development. It is expected that nalist'aimagination. Probably that It is notified in to-day's Com-which WAS tha headquarters whole village. All those Chinese the entire project will take some literatear was only using his mand Orders that Lieut. W. H. of

two or three years to complete. the agitation, was houses near the Refinery are vivid perception to supply ex-Thornton, R. G. A., is employed dissolved in September. Doou to come down and the road is to pression for the thoughts which as acting Paymaster in the Army ments had been found on the be widened to a width of 75 feet. passed across the mind of the Fay Office, Hongtong, with affect premises which included a letter The road is also to be straighten American Commander-in-Chiefan from 25th September, 1921.

he surveyed the tomb of the young French nobleman whose esteer

af

by Choong Lok-sam, one of the ed and part of the reconstruction TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY. · two delegates now in England, will be the taking away of the is written in the annals of the a Vladivostok messsgo states discussing propaganda, including loop just beyond the Refinery.

Mr. Austen Chamberlain, re- Wo republics. Indisputably that the Chita Government has the frightening of the Secratary The work of eliminating these authentic, however. may appointed M. Nikalai Matvelen of State by threat of insurrection, curves in the road necessitates marks a Daily News (London) the, removal of the Taikoo Re-writer, might have saved himself Assume is the address which President, in the place of and the enlistment and co-opera creation Grounds to another site a lot of trouble if he could have Reuter now records General Krasnostchekoff, who has bean tion of Reuter's agent at Singa. Pershing as having uttered when relieved of his post owing to Pcra, by bribery if necessary. depositing the Congressional il'ass.

& CO., LTD. Unknown

(ESTABLISHED 1841) Hongkong Dispensary. Phone No. 16.

Medal at ibe Tomb of France's

Warrior:

You There was no case of notifiable | GATO Four all for

pesce,diaanse reported over the week- bus your all would be barren end. The returns for last week unless & generous spirit of co-were remarkably few. There was operation arises to replace Joce fatal case of plague, one pOD- hatred". These are hit and worthy fatal case of paratyphoid fever words. Upon the recognition ofjand one fatal case of puerperal] |their purport depends universal fever. Four Chinese died from

concord. The pessimist is at no influenza. not taken the supreme lesson to loss for signs that the world has “

THE RUBBER SITUATION.

and it is intended to make arranged to take advantage of s new ground for recreation suggestion made in a Sunday in the loop in the existing paper. It was there pointed out road just beyond the Refinery that the Orkneys, which are for but when the new highway is the moment without a Parlia built the grounds will be on thementary representative,` Straits Government's. laft-hand side of the road, leaving pledged by Denmark in 1468 for

the city.

the payment of the dowry of the - Attitude.

Those who live in the houses Danish King's daughter when she From Cher Osen Corresponden alongside the Refinery will be fat was betrothed to James III. of

Singapore, Oct. 3,

Scotland, and have never been At a meeting of the Legislative into new dwellings which are to redeemed. It would be an in- Council, H. E. the Governor made be built on a site on the opposite teresting experiment in diplo the rubber side of the road, and a number of matic finance," adds the Sunday situation. He denied that the new bouses are also being put up

A statement OR

then to forward their ninos and addresses with communications beart, and even people of hopeful charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell itself in favour of compulsory/tered about the Valley. The size/millionaire were now to offer the

Two Chinese were this morning Government Ead ever declared for Europeans on other sites scat paper. "if some Scandinavian

Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which requires

addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for publication. but as an

ridence of their bona fides.

ed to the Editor.

Business correspondence should be sent in tha Manager.

The Hongkong Telegraph

cast find cause enough for con-

in small coins from

ed

ex-officer

W23

making

ani

housed.

chequer would not be long in

All communications intended for publication should be address-cero. Much, very much, remains with the theft of a sum of $700 restriction, and he was unabls of the project can be gathered money to the British Govern-

to be accomplished, yet promising

snother to discover who was responsible from the fact that something like ment." Upon this the Daily News writer comments :-"I rather signals are not wanting. At the Chinese. It was alleged by the for the misleading telegram soat two thousand people will be re-think the Chancellor of the Er Assembly of the League of

prosecution that the first defend- Home. The Government merely Nations about the same time

got into the confidence agreed that if the industry's Another of the schemes which persuading his colleagues to as General Pershing deliver of the complainant by a cixim request was unanimous it would the Talkoo Sugar Refinery and accept the money, assuming that of relationship with him, and be difficult to refuse it, bus ba Taikoo Dockyard have in hand is compound interest at 5 per cent his message. * Franch

substituted the basket containing was not satisfied that the industry the installation of a new power were added. The original loan the money for one filled with was unanimous or that the plant, which will electrify the was. I believe, 50,000 fiorias, and eloquent appeal for Franco- stones. The difference in the proposal was supported by the Refinery's motive power and also if the redemption wem carried German amity Why could not weights immediately exposed the general community. After the provide power for the Dockyard out at 5 per cent, the Scan- Germany and France," he asked,cs with the result that the Java deputation he telegraphed At present there are two separata dinavian millionaire would have live side by side great, pros-disant clansman was arrested, to the Secretary of State recom-power stations, and the idea is to to hand over about £59,500,000, perous, pacific? Why not? The basket contaicing the mending legislation, providing instal a central power station, 000,000. That would solve a good Problems are bound to arise, but in

on that the Dutch Indies, Ceylon and which will be пого the long run war is likely to money had been passed

the omical änd В great aggravate them. M. Clemenceau's the second defendant, who did Malaya co-operated for

im- one objection. The affair was all speech, on the unveiling of the cot make his appearance in the restriction of exports, but the provement

respects admittedly a purely Scottish In connection with this new transaction. Can you imagina monument erected in his honour, caso until the exchange took Secretary of State did not agree.

power station, was in doubtful vein from the place. An alert watchman, how.

batteries of any Scotsman letting £59,500,000- standpoint of international bar ever, soon afterwards brought this

Babcock and Wilcox 000,000 slip past him without mony, especially the reference to the Police Station and

boilers are to be installed and making a fuss about it!” there the whole story was related.Į to the Washington conference. The case was being proceeded From Our Own Correspondent.}} Anything likely to introduce

Singapore, Oct. 4. gratuitous friction cannot be too with as we left the Court.

The Volunteer Bill has been strongly deprecated.-

read a first time.

HÔNGKONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921.

THE INTERPORT-AND AFTER.

After nearly a week of Interport swimming one can

Hospital for Wanchai.

Qar Chinese friends are to be

GOLF.

91 14 17

A NEW BUILDING.

Another Reconstruction Scheme.

3

SINGAPORE COUNCIL

NEWS.

The Council paid a tribute to Dr. Lim Boon-keng on his retire- ment from the Council. He is now at Amoy. Dr. Lim became a Legislative Councillor in 1895.

C. S. P.'s Experience.

How A Collision Was Avoided.

The driver of car No. 328 was charged with reckless driving in 32 taking a corner..

90 of the

now

in

econ-many difficulties. I can see only

Between Ourselves

By Robt. MacWhirter.

Ay, the kids are different nowadays altogether. When I said to Janet to give the boy a jeely-piece I could see that I had put my foot is it. No, thank you, he'd just had his tes and really—As I said |to Janet afterwards, in my young days I never heard of a boy that couldna' bave put away a jeely-piece and then be ready and willing to get outside ony regular chow that might be coming along. He was a fine up-standing boy though. When he was waiting on the answer to his father's chit, he and I got quite chatty about what he 60t at the school and the like. Ay, a well-brought-up boy. At the here sticking out of your pocket? Oh! that was poetry, he'd got to Kowloon British School, ay. And what's this bit of paper you've

learn for the school. Quite so. Could I bave a look at it?

LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE,

Little orphant Annie's come to our house to stay. To wash the cups and saucers up, and brush the crumbs

&WEY,

And shoo the chickens off the porch, and dust the hearth,

an sweep,

And make the fire, and bake the bread, and earn her board.

and keep.

And all us other children, when the supper things is done, We set around the kitchen fire, and bas the mostest fan, A-list'ning to the witch-tales that Annie tells about, And the gobble-uns that gets yub, ef yah don', watch out! And lots and lots more of it. James Whitcomb Riley at his

take a look back on the function and realise that it was Dot only productive of great pubie interest but that it warmly congratulated upon the promptitude with which they demonstrated coût swimming is our of our most popular bscribed furds at the week-end

Captain's Cup Result. pastimes. 1L this iroptog Longkong is indeed an ideal meeting held to consider the The Captain's Cup was played Spot and it this Coley did no, produce high-class swim-scheme for a hospital at Wanchai. for over the Old Course at Fanling mers then we suwont have to look for some extraordinary This is a happs augury for the last week end, the following are

big campaign that is promised for the best scores returned :— Cause. Tue duteus of young boys and girls one COLL an early date, and another is the Dr. F. Pierce Grove - see at almost any of the beaches swimming away to their strong list of patrons, which corn- (Winner)..... heart's content shows that fur future Interports Hongkong prises Sir Boshan Wei Yak, Mr. A. H. Ferguson S1 wth have some promising material, though it would indeed Sir Rober: Ho Tong, the Hoc. Mr. J. W. Franks... 94 1

93 32 83 The Captain Superintendent of be a mistake to assume that as the Coby maintained a Mr. Lau Chu-pak, the Hon. Mr. Major Lloyd

Ha Fook, M. S. W. Tao and Mr. W. W. Mackenzie 92

Certainly. H'm. & 84 Police said that on Saturday, very easy rudership on this occasion it can afford to go r. Chew Shau-san. The chair- Dr. D. J. Valentire 96

And so this is the kind of poetry you get to recite at the 889 24th September at 7.25 p.school, Dicely typewritten and all Quite so. Fine stuff. Just slow in the proper dating of the young swimmers. Aud man, Mr. Ho Kwong, intimated Mr. L. Nelson 103 14 89 he was driving past the

listen to this the interport was done much iii tunt respect. Thanks to the hat a number of Chinese gentle

Government House, coming down towards enthusiasm vi several coaches a great many local swimmers, men had pledged their support to

the Pumping Station, when just in front of divers, water pulu players, etc., bave proved tremendous- the amount of $20,000, but that

the eastern entrance to the Gar- ly. In this respect, and in the matter of superintending this was not adequate. On the donations-book being handed

dens be sounded his born in the the whole of the arrangements for the event, Mr. R. . round a total of £31,000 was

ascal manner. He was driving Witchell has earned the tanks not only of local swimmers subscribed in half an hour-a

the car himself. It was dark at but of all those who spent such pleasant atternoons at the fin lead for the charitably-dis-

the time and the next thing that V.K.C. bath. He was rudeed uuriatigable.

posed merchants to whom the We learn that Victoria Build-happened was that he found the And while speaking of the V.R. bath uns 13 bourhood is, of course, a decided for a sum approximating eight for him. Had he not put on the chairman appealed. The neigh-ings, sold to a Chinese syndicate defendant's car making straight templed to deplote the fact that the Colony does by populous one, and the Tung lakhs, will undergo reconstruction brake quickly to pull up within not possess a better one. It did well enough in its-wayWar Corpital is fele to be at too on the termination of the leases ard Of but inc general inadequacy of the bath itself and the seat-great a distance fr the poor to held by the present tenants. The defendant's car he believed that ing attolutoodation was apparent to all. On Saturday avail themselves of it extensively intention of the new owners is to & collision would have taken

sik storeyed place. The defendant instead of rileyest. there were many who could scarcely see anything and the site near the Coffea Plantation

3 being considered. Although building if the plaas

taking the corner in the usual bath itself is almost ridiculously short for anything but appears

by approved

W38 Public way

apparently cutting the shortest of faces. This is in no way intended as a Chinese have shown reluctance Works Department. To facilitate straight across it. Be(Mr. Wolfe) And so that's the kind o' poetry they give them at the Kowloon reproach to the V.R.C., to whom all credit goes for having to benefit by facilities previously construction and to ensure that thought it was & Notions case. British School?

minimum amount of incon-i The deferant, in explaining Ay, fine staff indeed. James Whitcomb Riley, an American, sapplied its members with the only bathing pool near to offered at Wanchai, owing to their the centre of the City. Our Government has sold the North misgivings in regard to foreign venience will be given to tenants why he did not round the corner long ago known as the Hoosier post." Some of his kid's staff is medical treatment, the experience who are unable to find new instead of cutting straight across fine, and I should say without pretending to know very much about Point beach for industrial purposes-a step with which we with the dispensary opened a few quarters, one half of the building it, said that he was endeavouring it that Little Orphant Annie" is as good as he makes them have no quarrel-and, apart from the West Point Beach months ago in Queen's Road East will be first pulled down and wh preceded that driven by fine poetry to one side, I don't know that I would say that this to avoid a chair and also a car Still, come to think of it, and putting all high-faluting ideas of which 19 excessively far away, there is no other beach or has been encouraging, the patients when reconstruction of this pool rear the city to which swimmers can readily adjourn acquainted with the West, among other half will undergo the same another cat in front there was or onywhere else. Of course, mind ye, is might well be that this

exceeding 130 per day. To those section has been completed the Mr. Wolfe.

kind o' bastardized English in the shape o' Middle Westdialect was for recreation. We don't think it fully supplies the want whom the triumphs of the healing treatment.

The Magistrate: If there was just the best o' mental fodder for young British minds in Kowloon for our Government to run a service of ferries across to art are commonplaces, any such

all the more reason for you to{particular poem is being got off by heart for Christmas time or Stonecutter's stand, because there are doubtless many reluctance is apt to have a

drive to the left.-I did not do so some other special occasion but still I think that most folks will people to whom a journey to Stonecutter's entails a too strange look. Perhaps it is too! PRESENTATION TO TRISH

because when I sounded my horn agree wi' me, after taking into consideration the different dialects the the chair instead of moving out children have to live down here-no" to speak of the pidgin English great expenditure of time. There are few towns at Homel readily forgotten that

medicine bas a long, if not very no municipal bathing pool-in fact the progressive, history. In these Fitz Alan, who was before that front of my car.

The Viceroy of Ireland. Lord of the way got across the road in they hear at every turn that the less they have to do wi' half-bred which have

English in the plastic time of youth the more chance they'll have majority of our Elome boroughs have one for ladies and one days when Chinese medicos are appointment the chief Unionist Mr. Wolfe: I saw no chairo' learning their own language. If they must learn American poetry for gentlemen, generally about 40 or 50 yards in length, 20 exhibiting such proficiency in Whip in the House of Commons, none whatever. I cannot imagine there's plenty in pure English to pick and choose from. Only the yards in width, and provided with all the dressing room Western science it may be ex-was recently presented with care could pass at that time other morning, when I was looking at the Swastika in fact, a verse of accommodation necessary.

pected that the prejudice of their bandsome collection of Georgian without bumping. My impression Longfellow came into my mind less-educated countrymen will be plate, subscribed for by 400 M.P.8 was that if I had proceeded on I overcome at an increasing pace. in recognition of his parliament-would have got him fall and

Bry services.

square-absolutely square on the middle of his car. If he had beeni Wireless in China.

going round the curve I would bave got him a’alanting blow. II

that the indigent

native

The trouble over the Chinese:

construct

#

the

VICEROY.

ara

**And the gobble-uns'll get you, ef yuh don't watch out!”

and the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,»

And as silently steal away.

The Hougkong Guvernment should give this matter their attention, we think. A swimming bath is not nearly so much a luxury as a scenic motor road and it wouldn't cost nearly so much. And there is plenty of room for it wireless contracts has been over- without interfering too much with any of the existing come. America bas all along that concern is to go ahead with a chair was coming up making tionists desdua etrain themselves looking for good sound material I never was very strong on poetry myself but surely our educs- waterfront. The provision of a really good swimming shown strong insistance upon ber its station there, which is to be towards Kennedy Road I would when they've got such a long and splendid list of British posts, who bath, with certain days of the week set aside for ladies and treaty rights in this respect, the most powerful in the world. have driven him to the left of the winte pure English, to pick from. The primary duty of a direstor men, the whole undertaking to be under the care of the hardly as they seemed to bear it is calculated that the service road.

is to direct, I take 15, and I leave the hint wi" our Director of Educa- His Worship to the defendant:tion. And what's more forbye, if some o' the members of the Government just like the bathing beaches are now, would upon the Japanese concession-will be in operation in eighteen be immensely appreciated by the public at large. And, who had undertaken a months, and arrangements have You try to make excuses which Education Committee would look into a matter o' this kind, when costly pioneer service. However, been made to secure Press you cannot substantiate. It is they're no busy attending prize distributions and the opening of "there could be tree days and pay days just like the Home the diplomate bave come to an messages of three thousand words dangerous corner and instead of new school buildings, they might reasonably justify our selection,

institutious are wont to have. It is a suggestion at least understanding, and the Shangbai daily, so the installation promises cutting sofoss it you should have otherwise worth consideration.

representative of the Federal to mark a notable day in com-made a wide sweep. You. sze

"the gobble-uus'il get you, ef yuk don't watch out!" Telegraph Co, announces thatį raunication progress,

fined $15,