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THE HONGKONG SELEGRAPH.

VAULT DOORS.

What of Chan?

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922.

DAY BY DAY.

"In common with many others, we shall be surprised if, zB WAS suggested by our Caston correS-

ROUND THE TOWN.

SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANY-

For Banks and pondent yesterday. Chan King THING FOR MONEY EXCEPT

Offices.

Herring - Hall - Marvin Safe Co.

· KOREAN. GAOL-BREAKER.

How He Escaped.

By “Gadabout.”

ming consants to take an active WORK.

It's an interesting game sitting partin Sun Yat-sen's expedition

in #. motor-car with the against the North. Up to the

speedometer needle quivering (From Our Dưa Correspondent,) present, Chan has displayed an office Chinese Commissioner mark. But, still, if you want to Mr. Frank W. Lee assumed somewhere round the ten-mile obvious disinclination to hare of Customs at Canton on Monday- obey the law, going through who shot Mrs. Snyder, was aided

Shanghai, May 2 anything to do with the venture,

Ab Soong Nyuin, the Korean despite repeated pressure by San.

certain areassay, through in his escape from gaol by a Indeed, he want só far as to state One hundred fathoms of rope Aberdeen-that'athe maximum Japanese prisoner serving a that he would rather go into were stolen from the ss. Hwab speed at which you are allowed sentence for larceny. The pair obscurity than become in any Hain, according to a report made to drive. If you drive through forced the call door and then an way responsible for causing fur by the Captain to the police one of these controlled areas at other door at the end of a long ther military strife. All the way yesterday..

sas, eleven or perhaps thirteen corridor on the ground floor of the through the piece, he has shown

or fourteen miles, an hour, the Consular building sometime be- his preference for working through

you are exceeding the speed tween midnight and 6 am. civil rather than military channels Labour Day on Monday last in All sorts of people break the law Canton workmen celebrated limit. That's breaking the law. in the task of reuniting China. the East Garden. Thousands of sometimes,

The police of both foreign And he has proved himself a

Settlements are combing the city Specifications on Applic-capable and far-seeing admin workmen representing two hon broken it myself, lots of times.

istrator. His differences with Sundred unions participated. Luckily. I've only been caught| tion to

calminated, as we all know, iu

once, and when all's said and his burried exit from Canton, During the stay of the Admiral done, it's not the times you and the latter openly de-Line a steamer Lake Onawa in infringe the law that counts; the clared that Chan had been Saigon the chief engineer, owing you're found out. But to came Winner Pays Big Dividend.

oly time that matters is the time dismissed tecsusa of into illness, had to be sent to back to what I was saying. 1 subordination! How, therefore, hospital where he passed away. the deposed Civil Governor can contemplate falling in with Sun's expeditionary carnot see.

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Surrey.

The Telegraph.

HoseKose, 3rd May, 1912,

We

"One Hour Before Dawn," a programme If he does do so, strong mystery drama with H. B. there are many who will think Warner playing the leading part, less of him than they now do.

forms the principal attraction at the Kowloon Theatre this evening.

China's Kaiser?

that

is DAD

Sun

himself.

Jewellery and clothing of the

The following

know. you

...

to possess

I've

SHANGHAI DERBY.

STEAMER BURNED.

once heard of a policeman's wife From Our Own Correspondent.) breaking the law. Her chimney

Shanghai, May 2. on fire. WAS

Her husband rao ber in sad I suppose the fine The Derby result was a terrific came out of his wages. That's upset of calculations, Christmas the nearest thing I've ever board Card winning by a length and a- to a policeman summoning him-ball, with Indiana second and self, buf such an occurrence Colorado third. The winner paid I would not be outside the bounds $118. The Kaul Aintree and Captain B. S. Her is to be offi- of possibility. As I said before, Hilo, the top-beavy favourites. Sun Yat-sen undoubtedly com-ciating Company Commander of mands the following of the labour the E. E O. Grenadiers, vice Aberdeen at between twelve

you know, driving through were never in the pistore. ing and student classes in Canton, Captain R. M. Newton-King, and thirteen miles an hour" is Champions by winning the first The Hawk qualified for the who are to be numbered by the proceeded on leave to cited speeding and breaking the law. race this afternoon. Mrs. E. H. Sharp and Family thousand. But to the man with Kingdom. desire to express their very an insight into past happenings

What about it, Mr. King? . sincere appreciation and thanks and present developments Sun

The Champions' Prize. for all the sympathy and beauti-appears as an opportunist and a

Shanghai, May 3. ful tokens of friendship received braggart of the first order. People value of $258 were carried away China is the shroff on one of our field are favourites for the Cham- The now cycling champion of The Hawk, Old Bill and Mares- from so many in Memory of who have come into close contact & burglar from No. 417 Re Northern contemporaries-their pions, in the order named. Per- her husband-Great Bookham. with him say he is showing all clamation Street, Yaumati, last official bill collector, you know, fect weather prevails. There is the signs of an excessive vanity night Entry was effected by The sporting writer who reported no wind and the track is fast. A which is only comparable to that way of the verandah.

the race in which our speed record crowd is anticipated. The of the ex-Kaiser in his "All,

merchant gained his honours probable sala of sweep tickets is Highest days. In Sun's opinion,

* barop of 50.000, which will mean a first there is only one man who counts weddings are announced: Mr. humour. He says:

approaching seems

His great prize of $252,000. in China to-day, only one man K. M. Fetterly, Assistant Agent endurance and speed are said to who can bring her salvation, of the Chins Mail Steamship be due to his daily training in only one man who knows what to Company. to Miss F. chasing unfortunate debtors off Ido and how to do it and McGrath, en route from San this metropolitan journal" We're Francisco by the ss. Nabking: hasing all kinds of sport in He declares that he can have no-Mr. A. E. Osmund, of Canton, to Hongkong just now. How about one in the whole of South Chias Miss G. S. de Pioca,

offa shroffs race? I was chatting The reference to Hongkong in disobeying him, he pooh-poohs Hongkong.

to Joe about it and he thinks it the cable respecting the reduced having administrative or military the idea of anyone but himself

a fine scheme. His idea is that

Shanghai, May 3. - it would come in handy for si

A Hankow message says the tea duty is of a cryptic kind. skill, and, pointing to the sur-

Command Orders state that firm wanting to engage a new China Merchants Hitherto the duty has been 1s.render of an insignificant body of Livat. Col. R. M. Crosse. R.G.A shroff. They could see which steamer Kiangtung has been de

op-river per lb., with a rebate of 2d. per naval men and obsolete ships, he General Staff Officer (2) is per shroff would give them the hest stroyed by fire. No lives were proudly declaims: The Navy mitted to retire on retired pay, chance of getting their money lost. The freight and mails were Ib. in the case of tes from within cow takes its orders from me." with effect from to-day. Capt. back. A tied of speed test, it burned. the Empire. The gross rate has If he bay numerically more and Bt. Major R. B. Young. G. would be. Then, Ister, we could been lowered to Sd.. but the soldiers doing his bidding than 8. O. (3) will carry out the duties have interport events. I wonder 100 lives were lost.l

la previous message stated that any of his rivals, he points to that of G. S. O. (2), pending the arrival in which port the abroffs bave to Chancellor of the Exchequer ex-fact as showing the strength of of a relief for Lieut-Col. Crosse, move the fastest. It would be an plained that consumers would his movement. If, on the other and Lieut. H. R. Donovan, interesting event. wouldn't it? only have to pay 6.2 31., because hand, others of his opponents R.GA., will temporarily be G. SThe competitors could be handi- of the preference given to India he passes the matter glibly over

have greater military strength, O. (3)

capped with bags of chits of various weights. There are no, Ceylon, and Hongkong, 90 per by declaring that it's the spirit Beginning from the first Sun- end to the possibilities. We could cent. of tes consumed in the and not the numbers that counts.day of May, the 7th. insi, the have shroffs and debtors' obstacle United Kingdom being Empire

Sun, in Sun's opinion, is the great order of Masses at the Catholic races. Some of the debtors might tea. It is generally understood come when, like another All days of obligation will be changed debtor that takes quite a lot of is ill here. He is representing I AM. But the day may well Cathedral on Sundays and Holy be able to put up quite good Count Moltke, formerly: Cham- show. In fact, there's bany alberlain to the King of Denmark, that preference is intended to Highest, he will fade away into a follows:-5.45 a.m.. First benefit es growing within the the osbcurity of those who fail in Mass: 7.30 am.,, Second Mass

Danish missionary societies at Empire, and tea is not grown in

what they set out to do.

with Sermon in Chinese: 8.30.

the National Christian Con- this Colony upon a commercial

.., Third Mass with Sermon in

We oftea grouse of the ways

ference. Portuguese: 10.15 a.m. Fourth of our local dhobies. There's the scale..

Mass with Sermon in English.-chap who promises faithfully to

make, say, Saturday and Wednes day his days of call and who,

"HONGKONG TEA,"

Japan and the F.E.R.

catching.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

DANISH COUNT ILL.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, May 30.

HONGKONG PLAGUE.

If we count the tea passing Questioned in the Home Parlia-Adet. through the Colony, it is stillment as to what action the Gov- difficult to see how this is going ing "be

ernment proposed to take respect-

Japanese offensive The latest report concerning Devertheless, manages to stay to have much effect upon prices against the Far Eastern Re-Wachang and Nanchang, is that fortnight until in despair at our Over 80 Cases Last Week.

the railway robbery, between away from us ten days or a e: Home. The quantity sent public," haring regard to the it was committed by a gang of stocks of clean clothes being ex- from here to the Old Country Promise of withdrawal given at bandits in Wachang. The pas hausted we have to rush off and

Plague continues to claim many

Washington, the Ministerial

whole of the Colony's tea exports remonstrate with Japan would be/Second Canton Army was des-with only three. Then there 50 deaths. All were Chinees and

These

in 1921 represented only a few spokesman laconically replied sengers are now being held by purchase new. There's the other victims in Hongkong, the return hundreds sterling, and had the that the Government did not the bandits somewhere in Nam fellow who takes away half-for the past week showing 85 cases propose to take any action. To changA detachment of the dozen shirts and returns smiling (76 in the city of Victoris), with been sent Home the amount matter of some delicacy, but rathorities on Sumter to arrest other in washing our clothes are represent an increase in

patched by the Canton Military the chap who by some means or case was imported. would have borne only a small the Government might at least these bandits.

always manages to make them a dumber of cases as compared with relation to consumption there. have given indication of the true

thundering sight dirtier than they the previous week, when 72 oc- Chinese growers, also British demarches issued by Tokyo and state of affairs. From the

were before be took them away.deaths. Yesterday there were a currences were notified, with 56 Daring the voyage from Cal-There are other varieties, but I merchants in the Far East, have Chita respectively it is impossible cutta a Chinese deck passenger can't think of them all just now further 18 cases (11 in Victoria) commented upon the handicap to decide where the fault lies, on the 8.8. Nam Sang, which Anyway, you probably know as reported, with six deaths, ali which this once-flourishing but that we know definitely is that, drowned. The tragedy occurred tried all sorts and conditions of each side blaming the other. All arrived in port this morning, was much about it as I do. I've

Chinese. now decaying industry has to following a report that the Dairens few minutes before noon

Other cases of communicable on the followers of the craft, but I've disesse notified last week wore face in the preference accorded to conference was about to be April 30th. The man jumped yet to sample one to best & cer-nine of small-pox (six deaths), of Indian and Ceylon tea. Is it con- brought to a successful coacia-overboard from the after part of tain laundry of which a Home which one was Indian and the sion, the parties started fighting the vessel. The ship at once paper writes. A lady in the rest Chinese; nine of enteric templated that Chinese growers We have only er-parte narratives steered in the opposite direction North of England sent arabeet to fever (one death), comprising two can get the benefit of the prefer- to go upon. Has not the Home in the hope of picking him up, but be washed. By one of those un-British, ence by marketing their produce Government any direct source of although they manoeuvred in cir fortunate accidents that do occur Chinese and one Indian; one Japanese, four ria Hongkong?

information? There is at least cles for some twenty minutes, no in laundriss, the sheet was split British non-fatal case of paraty. a Consulate at Vladivostok. trace could be found. It is down the middle. The two phoid fever; oue Obinese non- thought to be a case of suicide halves came back, folded se-fatal occurrence of puerperal and that the unfortunate man parately, and were charged on fever; and two Chinese deaths was struck by the propeller and the bill as two sheets!

from influenza.. Bank immediately. He w as travelling alone and bad relatives on board.

NOVEL SIGHT.

European Hawker in Hongkong.

no

**

With the cold season ended and

two

There would presumably be the cost of trans-shipment, waiv ing any question of Empire-.. grown tes; but if the Chancellor did not mean China tea, what did he mean? Perhaps Sir

the weather now too hot to in- Tennis competitions are being Robert Horne's statement was

dulge in any pastimes but those played all over the Colony and CHINESE MINISTER OF JUSTICE. which require little exertion, all on Baturday the Kowloon Bowling. another instance of the vague

An unusual sight greated the

Mr. Tung Kang, former Minis- the clube and schools are holding Green Club were to have opened ideas possessed by dome of the eyes of those who passed down somed bis now duties, as Chief end saw quite a number of meet the event as the weather didn't ter of Justice, bas formally as their annual sports! Last week- their season, but had to postpane highly placed concerning distant Queen's Road this morning. Justice as from the 24th. ult. Dr. ing. Queen's College, which had look too promising earlier on in parts, As to the Obins outside the Hongkong and Shang-Chief Justice, has been appoint previous Tassiay owing to the take place at this time of the year Sitting by the side of thepavement Wang Chunghai, who was former to abandon their sports on the the day. More sporting events industry, by all accounts this hai Bank was a Europead selling of Minister of Justice. Mr. Tong rain, held their annual meeting than at any other and yet at this needs something more than a cigars, his "stall" consisting of & made himself popular among the on Friday; the Ying Wa College time of the year it's always a toss comparatively small rebate to native-made basket....

Chinese people by demanding held their's the same day; the up what the weather is going to He claims to be an Australian that all officials, whether old or Victoria Recreation Club's athle be from day to day. I often date methods of cultivation and circumstances owing to greater care appear to be primary difficulty of find employment punished to the fallest limits of distance

the are found to be corrupt, shall be at Happy Valley; and a short schools don't hold their big events KWAY the Juvenile little earlier; it would save u requisitos,

at the present time

the law.

Society were holding their races, great many disappointments,

set it on its feet again-up-to-)and says be is reduced to these present, who, upon investigation,}tic meeting came off on Saturday wonder some of the clubs and