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- KWANGTUNG

CONSERVANCY BOARD.

Progress of the Work.

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.

LAWN TENNIS.

A SUSPICIOUS FIRE.

Lo Brothers Beaten.

Another Arson Charge. A somewhat unexpected result An alleged attempt to set fire In his half-yearly report on the was attained last evening in the to furniture and clothing valued progress of work, for the period B.E.C.C. tennis tournament by Mr. Lammert, at. $250 and. anded Dacombat 31st, 1921,ben, in the semi-final of the insured with the, Western Insur- Major W. W. Olivecrons, En-Open Doubles the brothers Loance Co., Ltd. for $2,000 was gineer-in-Chief of the Board ofware defeated by Wong Po-koung described at the Criminal Sessions, Conservatoy Works of Kwang-

and V. Franovich, the score being before the Chief Justice (Sir Wa. tung-alatas ***

three sets to one and 19 games to Rees Davies) this morning, when 17. The winners took the two Lam Wong-yoo was charged with North River.

opening sets, sach by 6-1. only maliciously, on March 31st, set- During the summer foods the succeeded in registering one game ting Sre to sundry things in the working places on the controlling in the third, bat won the building 39, Wanchai Road, under dam at Lupac were filled with fourth by 6-3. The first two circumstances that if the building silt, but on the resumption of t were quite keenly con-had been sat on ore he would work during the first part of tested, and the Lo brothers' rally have been guilty of felony. Novembar, when the water level in the third seemed to promise

Wanchai Road, Mfr. Dyer Ball in the River had subsided to hard tussle for the honours, but (who conducted the case for the 106.10, this was cleaned out the other pair recovered and, set. Crown) explained, is the road! W&S then found

all tling down to more consistent running from No 2 Police Station the piling of the previous season, Play, comfortably won. The Loto Wanchai Market. Prisoner with the exception of a few 3.2 brothers were not up to their occupied the first floor of Nos. a sheet piles which had been customary form and they did hot 39 and 41, which floor had been washed away, remained intact. play well together. The win-made into one large room. The work up to the end of the ning pair gave a good all-round About two o'clock in the early Jear continued uninterruptedly.

display.

morning of March 31st. & Chinese

that

It was found necessary to drive In the Handicap Doables, Aconstable heard whistles and an extra row of sheet piles, & m. Brearley and H. E. Smith (recries of fire. The officer at once in length by 12.5 em. in thick.26) beat R. M. Smith and F. A proceeded to the scene, while ness, over the entire length of the Dinsdale (owa 1 6) by 6-2, 6-1,

dam in front of the row driven the previous year, and at a distance of 1.5 m. from it. This was to afford additional security against any undermining of the foundations.

The following progress has been made since the recommencement of the work in November last: Round piles driven.

7.90 to 12.20 at in length

Sheet pilas driven,

;!

350 to 6.10 m. in length

...

Concrete laid for

Foundation

Concrete laid fo:

Abutment

Concrete Isid

Apron

Stone paving... Excavation, about

tor

632

1,320

SESSIONS CASE.

station be

prisoner

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been accompanying him, weat to No, 2 Police Station to make a report. Going into the burning building the constable noticed a strong smell of kerosine. The room of which prisoner was the Four Years for Robbery,

tenant was all ablaze. The coa- stable looked round, and near a Sentence of four years imprison pillar & wooden tub, burcing ment with hard labour was passed fiercely, caught his

eye. A by the Chief Justice upon a Chinese number of Chinese bed boards wis, with four other not were lesuing against one of the custody, was acensel of robbing a walls, and these, too, were well man auraed Chai Ping of 500, light Going downstairs. the Yaumati. Prosecutor was proceed-constable found that the fire bri jing along the road when he was segade had arrived. He then went! upon irem tehind by five men, who say to attend to bis other duties. cu.m.ess him to the ground, searche In the meantime, Inspt. Black-! fuim and relieved him of a bet man, who called the fire brigade. "887 cu.m.coutaining two ten at two five proceeded to the scane.

It took doling baskantes. The

some Efteen or twenty minutes $86 cu.m.jumped over a wall inte a ecal yard to put the blaze out, and during, 2,555 sq. m.nl was eventually arrested by a

this time the Inspector, who .13,006bu. œ. ("bineo custable) At the poliru

looked on from the middle of Pile-driving machinery pur

identified by

the road, noticed a strong smell of chased from America did not

Įthe prosecutor as one of the men erosine. After the fire was BI- arrive in Canton until the middle attacked him, and on being inguished Inspt. Blackman went of November, although the con- searched 20 in notes were found into the room on the first floor tract stated that delivers would in his possessiva.

where the conflagration had been. be made in the early part of

Passing sentacer

The first thing to attract the September. However, this ma-Justice said it

the Chic Inspector's attention was a pile chinery was received, transported priver that no weapons were handles.firewood, awashandstand was fortunate for yof wood-bed-boards, old broom up the river, and put together. found on his. If there but been and a chair-droned sina This included two automatic he would have had no hesitation in steam. pilinz hammers made by ordering the cat.

He regretted the Enton Iron Works, of New that the prisezer's roofederates Jersey, USA.. which were par-were ust in the dock with him chased from the Northwest Trad-but be wredd see that he ing Co. Ltd., of Seattle and Hong-not have the admits of a kong. Upon operation the suciating with them for some years. tomatic hammers, one for round on go to goal for four year and theotherforsbeet piles. proved with band fabour to be very inferior workmanship; and material. both of them breaking dows after being in use only two days. They were re contribute a sum of $7,000 on paired, but have repeatedly broken

condition that this money be paid down, and working parts such as only after the work had been levers, striking plates, etc.. had to Sarried to completion. To date be replaced by others made local-this work has not been corn- 15 of more reliable material, before menced. the nammers could be made to work satisfactorily.

So much Was this the case, that the only

Survey of the Front Reach, Triangulation work has been Completed for the whole reach,

a survey in detail

of

its shores has been finished as the Whampoa Barrier

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does not allow us facilities for field practices. It would be too dangerous, but there is no reason why men could not advance up Shanghai "Maritime Bulletin age in skirmishing order, iza the middle of the room.

to be Suspended.

ant On A target against a wall a chest of drawers,

sppearing which smelt strongly of kerosine lication issued by the Maritims their rifle sights to the distance

the men could come The Maritime Bulletin, a pub. the and in a broken jar was some Cor, Shanghai Volunteer Corps, they considered necessary, and prone position and fix liquid, which appeared to be a has decided to suspand public points could be awarded to the mixture of ketosine and water, ation arising out of the dis-nieuwho had judged the accurate On a table was a box, of the kind approval by Col. R. Marr John- distance. Of course, no ammuci- that might be used to hold og of an editorial appearing iation would be carried, and the

Service Shooting." this month's issus dealing with targets would appear anywbete on the range except at their ususl position at the butts.

couple of kerosine tine.

SCCO-

The editorial comment was as! follows:-

SERVICE SHOOTING.

Now the question arises, is our present target shooting a pre- is, then there must be something paration for war musketry. If i:

When the Inspector returned to the Police Station, costinued Mr. Dyer Ball, he found the prisoner, fully dressed and panied by his wife and two children. The police sergeant Next year the King's Frizz will bad noticed prisoner in the be fired under service conditions. wrong, because there are many Station when he came back after instead of the usual Bisley con- instances on record where women having been to call the Inspector ditions. This points to the fact of very moderate physique have earlier in the morning. Prisoner that the must have arrived at the Police service conditions is of primary at rifle meetings, and the marks. authorities consider saccessfully competed with men original part now remaining of

Siation within five minutes of the importance for military purposes.manship and fitness required for one of the hammers is the outside

fire starting. Prisoner was not Let us examine these so-called war would hardly allow women Casing, and it is fully borne qu!

arrested, but he was given shelter service conditions. At 100 yards to by our experience that such equip.

in the Station for the remainder a target appears for three seconds, trained men. To make a group compete successfully with ment of only the most reliable The channel bas been sounded!

of the night.

the object is to hit this target. of eight inches at 100 yards, lying material and workmanship should at every 100 meters distance as between Inspector Blackman and long as the bullet strikes the another thing to lying down pot As a result of a conversation No definite spot is named: so is a comfortable position, is quite be employed, especially when is far as the Barrier, and at every accused, the next morning the target it counts a hit. The firer ting at an enemy, who, in return," is to be used in a country where 10 meters in places where rock latter went with a constable to is lying with his rifle loaded, is potting at you. One is service repairs are both difficult and slow was found.

The remaining parts of the"!

No. 9, Graham Strest, where awaiting for the target to appear. conditions, the other is not. Then A scheme for the improvement Western Insurance policy to the The range distance is known, so why call our present target shoot- steel structure of the sluicegates of the reach is ordered from. England bave all compilation..

under value of $2,000, taken out in pri-all the would-be markaman has ing Service Conditions. arrived, and together with most

soperanate, was produced. Later, to do is to adjust his rifle to. Han River and its Delta.

Mr. Lammert conducted a valua-the known distance, lie down the above article Colonel Marr It is stated that as a result of tion of the insured effects, estimat-and wait for the target to ap-Johnson insisted that one gentle- In the middle of July a surveying the value at about $250. The pear. Are these service condi-man should be responsible for ing party composed of one foreign next day, April 1st. prisoner was tione? Ask any man who served the publication, that all proofs engineer and three Chinese as artested and charged: He denied in the late war. sistants. East River.

WAS despatched to causing the fire.

If the targets should be read by the Com- Swatow to undertake the survey

were real enemies, they would mandant before publication, and With the exception of small of the Han River

The case is proceeding as we be so accommodating as to wait that if these two conditions were and its go to pro85. repairs to the dyke slopes and delts. The survey was

until all preparations had been not accepted the Bulletin would stone pitching at the Masai Hood, pleted at the end of the year, Messrs. W. J. Crawford (foreman), pearance. Io the first place, the

The members of the Jury were made before making their ap-have to be stopped. gate, no constructive work of and included the levelling of E E. Brown, W. Thorn, S. K. distance would be any kind has been undertaken. dykes, longitudinally as well as Wong. A. Abbas, S. L. O'Shea and where the enemy would appear publication.

It was arising out of this that a unknown decision was come to to suspend The dyke Overseers bace trausversely, current measure-W. Hall. generally succeeded in prevent ments, sounding and mapping.

and therefore, bafore mea cen ing any damage being done to The engineer and bis party visit-

undertake service shooting with the dyke system, though in some ed every part of the Dells where

any success, they must first learn instances their endeavours to do repairs are needed.

to judge distance; judgment of A "MEDIUM" TESTED. so have been frustrated by the

wind is another factor that must | coul.ry people.

be taken into account.

Christiania, March 6.--Investi- ditions we are shown which way 10 3

"Under our present service con-¡psychical circles here with regard gations have been proceeding in

the wind is blowing by the aid medium, who is said to have been

Danish medium.

The of flags, whereas under proper producing so-called "teleplasma," service conditions we would was submitted during a number

of the materials still needed for

the completion of the work, with the exception of cement, are now stored at Lupao.

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The total length of the dykes, which are all more or less in need

NATIONAL, DEBT BOWN.

£214,000,000 Less Than Last Year-First Reduction

Since War.

+

In accordance with the practice of repair, amounts to 300 km. (540 of the previous year, the obser-i). A preliminary estimate of vation and recording of the-rise the cost of this shows that it will and fall in water levels has been amount to H.K. $1,600,000. continued at such places where Iris the intention of the popula-the National Debt, shows & re- and instead of allowing others to by a committee of professors ap- For the first time since 1913-14, have to rely on other methods, of seances to careful inspection the construction of

flood-tion of the delte to raise the duction as compared with the think for us, we should learn to pointed by the rector of the Katas

the closing Channels may be aeeded in the ecute the work under the Board's

of money themselves, and to

previous year. future. The survey of the dyke supervision.

rely more upon ourselves. In university. The committee now system carried on upriver above

Sheklung has now been extended

below that town, and will even.

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Accounts.

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A statistical statement issued Shanghai, providing a man is in publishes a statement saying that by the Treasury gives the total good health, it is not necessary the medium under the arrange- amount of dead-weight debt for for him to undertake any special meats of the Committee of Control 1921-22 tally embrace the whole of the of accounts for the period with a against £7,831,744,300 for 1920-21 to become a good shot. Under plasme" nor materializing pheno-

Attached is given'a atatement

BJ £7,585,409,690, as training to keep fit, to enable him was not able to produce any "tele- East River delta,

comparativa table to the end of

- reluction of £246,334,610. Formerly,

understanding the year with specifications of 1921-22 amounted to £48,738,542, finished a twenty-mile march; wegian Society of Psychical Re-

service condicions a man may not mena. Other capital liabilities for come into action until he has scientists appointed by the Nor- was come to between the Board the different items. From then increase during the year of therefore, fitness is of first in-search, which held series of Another committee of and the country people, whereby Customs Funds H.K. $248,887.57 the farmers agreed to reconstruct has been drawn, while the Local)

£1,875,776. the earth embankment Government

portance to the service man. We seances with the medium also,, for the dyke in front of the village Canton banknotes to the amount 27,634,148,32, in contrast with in Shanghai, but more practice in "teleplasma" observed during the

has

This makes total aggregate have no wish to bring the above publishes a statement declaring contributed of Tongon, under supervision of of $12,800.00, the equivalent to £7,878,607,166 for the previous judging distance might be indulg-seances were artificially inserted gross liability for 1921-22 of marohing conditions into vogue its unanimous opinion that the ths Board. The Board promised H.K. $11,062.01.

year-a reduction of £244,458,834. ed in. The present rille range in the body of the medium.

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