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HONGKONG, 2nd 'August, 1922.
CHINA'S TROUBLES.
Else-
DAY BY DAY.
good motives of the Hon. Mr. 80 FAR IS IT FROM BEING TRUE | Chow Shop-son in endeavouring THAT MEN ARE NATURALLY
ROUND THE TOWN. [LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
Passing of Plans.
By “Gadabout.”
To-Morrow's Meeting. to secure the reopening of wells EQUAL, THAT NO TWO PEOPLE) Robt. MacWhirter has been The Legislative Connell in to
BE HALF in order that the Chinese com CAN
AX HOUR wailing again about the bagpipas meet to-morrow afternoon." munity may be relieved of the TOGETHER, BUT ONE SHALE 40-in Kowloon, in which suburb the many hardships they are suffering QUIRE AN AVIDENT SUPERIORITY said Robt. MacWhirter, appears in the scramble for water, woVER THE OTHER-Samuel John-| to eat, drink, sleep ard generally cannot but think that the Sa-SOR. itary Board.. came to a wise de cision in following a line which
Mr. and Mrs B. L Feast rules out grave risks to public returned from the Colony by the Health. The reason why these Atsuta Maru.
wells ware closed was that the
to
2. Does the Government claim that when plans are referred to the Governor-in-Council. the provisions of Sec. 222 Sub-Recs." (2)_&_(3) of the Public Health, and Buildings Ordinance are: rendered null and void?
Council's decision?
The Hoa, Mr. H. W. Bird w bare his being. What's he golast-1. In view of the fact that. to grouss about, anyway? He's the Government hesitated to Boot and you would think these adopt the recommendation of the Highland strains, would be just Committee appointed to enquire the thing to cheer up an exile into delays in connection with from the land o' the beather. The the passing of plans, set out in water in them was unfit for
Madame Lattie Gordon, who fact of the matter is, I expect, he's paragraph 6 (iii), (e), (1) and (g) human consumption, and, how has been ill with malaria follow-just a bit jealous. The airs are on page 3 of the Committee's ever much the Chinese may being sunstrake, has now to left the probably associated with some report, will the Government state disinclined to drink unboiled
Peak Hospital.
frizal clan and that's what gets the average period that now his goal Now, if "the dusky jelapses between the time when water, we fear that their reopen
Building ing would render the possibility
Leave of absence on private | Hielanders," as he terms thom, the plans laave the of a serious outbreak of disease fairs in granted to Capt. H.were taught to play the martial Authority's Office, and the too ancomfortably likely warrant the step being taken, O.B.E., M.C., from August refrains to which she cian Mac notification to that officer of the
comdoodle in 45, he would be writ- There is, as Dr. Pearse says, a deal 14tb. to September 13th with Whirter marched out of Lin ing & treatise on: Should Annie of cholera in the East just now, permission to travel in Chios.
thres cases of Laurie" be taught in Punjabi and we can quite believe that the
There were parity of Hohgkong's supplies
and the plague reported yesterday, two of schools! xtands between us
which proved fatal. There was, disease..
the deal of *
also one non-fatal case of enteric
If our Highland scribe wants trouble a: the streat
fever. All the sufferers were music, he ought to live round fountains is doubtless accounted
our way. Ob yes, we're very for be the fact that some people Chinese."
musical in our district Almost Government come with a dozen or so utensils
everybody can play something ground such claim is made? and prevent others getting their
New Bills. supplies. That's selfishness, of
either a Victrols or a Grafonola, course. And it would be interest-
at any rate. On one side there's ing to know how much of this
a pianola Irather like that pian- walag is really used. We fear
fola. I like the air of reckless abandon which seems to pre- that a deal of it is wasted, because
dominate, but it doesn't blend itis & notorious fact that when supplies are cut down there in an Three men for some unknown very well with the fox-trots on inclination to store more than in 1850 astaulted a Chinese living the gramaphone across the way. And i is at 478. Canton Road yesterday And I've an idea there's a chap really required.
the and injated him so reverely that in that house trying to learn the ocially admitted that limitation of the supply bas bot he had to be removed to hospital. saxaphone, but so far the instru-
2 bit doubtful The First reading of a Bill intituled of all. An Ordinance to amend the greatly reduced consumption The assailants made good their ment's
most musical house after alt.
though. is a bachelors' mess I Recreation Grounds Ordinance, think it is). There's a fellow 1909
First reading of a Bill intituled there who can't resist giving the
The house of Mr. Maygar, on the Pukfolum Road, was burgled yesterday morning, yhan 3330 worth of jewellers and a sum of $39 waze stolen. The police have been informed.
escape.
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3. If that is the case will the state on wbat
Other business will be as follow
First reading of a Bill intituled Au Ordinance to make provision for the protection of certain Wild Birds and Game.
First reading of Bill intituled An Ordinance to provids for the registration of certain persons.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph "') Canton Silk Trade.
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A Chinese deck passenger died The Peking Parliament.
Apparently Pezing has suc-on board the "Telemaobus on the ceeded in mustering a quorum: VOFRge from Saigon and there neighbourhood a tune the while An Ordinance to authorize the
deaths
the his sharing water's getting cool. Appropriation of a Supplementary in fact, a wire from the capital were atstes that sufficient members Seisten, from Singapore, a Chin. You can always tell what kind Sum of One million and
and Chiness of dreams he's had by what be thousand two hundred and sixty- ase passenger
plays. If it's his best girl he's two Dollars and twelve Cents to bava registered to furnish
The total bastaineer.
with, it'll be . Those defray the Charges of the year quorum easily. been swelled by a batch of worth-
We call the following from the Dear Grey Eyes" or something 1921
Second reading of the Bill ies from Manchuria. and there Mr. Isase Marcosson, the noted may be some last moment arrivals. Canton Times-A certain Mrs.in that line. Perhaps it's the old
That'll be "My Old the taking of legal proceedings in acts and American journalist, who was From this it appears that the Kao of Ho Tong Village gave days in France of which he's been intituled An Ordinance to restrict
Sometimes be dreams respect of certain preliminary difficulty, which has birth to a triplet, all of them being dreaming.
done during the recently in Hongkong, has re-been causing so much anxiety to males. The kids " are different Shako." turned to New York, and he has the politicians of Peking, is dis-in colour, the first one white, the of his past sins. That's when we matters there given his opinions on the posed of. The question then arises second yellow and the third dark bear a bymu. And then some-war and to provide in certain
It's therefor. whether the long dispersed legis-A woman is engaged to help the times the mess combines forces cases remedies in substitution Far Eastern situation.
lators will apply themselves to mother feed the children. Mother and gives a bit of Jazz.
enough to make Will Hender come flying back from Shangbaij where 2-day we print what he their function in a dae spirit of and sons are doing well.
a radio wave. Would you thas to say about the Oriental earnestness, or will merely make
Last week's bealth return shows on outlook. He asserts that the Parliament the venue of more
Rumours of twenty Chinese cases of plagas like to change houses, Mr. Mac-
Whirter? factional intrigue. domestic difficulties in China can machinations of this kind bave (18 fatal), one fatal occurrence of It is cerebro-spinal fever (Filipiud) only be straightened ou: by some been rife for some weeks.
Do you ever look through the outstanding figure arising in the probable that there is plenty of and one non-fatal case each of en role os dictator to rule the ground for these; on the other teric (American) and paratyphoid lists of passengers arrived and hand, conjecture is doubtless fever (Chinese). There were also departed? I suppose some of you country, . In this connection it responsible for many of the state-four Chinese deaths from indo, or they wouldn't ba published
Sir, will you please correct 4 interesting to note that he ments that have appeared, and it fluenza. Four of the plague cases But base any of you noticed as the cerebro-spinal] what a heap of unattached mem-
were bers of the fair sex are travelling misstatement appearing in your regards Sun Yat-sen, whom he is likely that many others were as well
instigated by interested parties fever and enteric cases
these days? I was looking issue of July 31?
Under the beading
"Canton interviewed, as hardy the man A section of Kuomintang memimported.
through a list the other day and likely to eat the Republic into bera has been in Poking for
Arrangements are being made was so struck by the number of News," your Canton correspon unification. In view of the fact some little while, but a large!
groap bas seemingly remained to re-open the squash racquet misses that I took the trouble to dent reports the Junks convey- that British coninuentators have bsozhai, perhaps taking their court situsted near the Garrison count them and then to count the ing silk to Canton and silver coins
Ia point of
by American of being escorted view often been accused of being ese from Dr. Sup: to whom they Schools, at the foot of the Peak mistors who bad no more, along to Shantak district are
the ladies woo. guoboa!1." unreasonably prejudiced against ill reader & 89: of allegiance. Tramway. It is not expected side.
Two trips have been made to Dr. Sun, it is worthy of antice all the circumstances it is that the court will be playable numbers
impossible է tee. optimistic till the cooler weather comes, but I noticed the same thing in the
this week.few weeks, and on each occasion that this American writer, who about this reconvocation of the preliminary notice has been passenger list of a big vessel the silk districts within the past-
published so as to give those which left port is given the credit of being some-Republic's Parlament, ba thing of a character-reader, says would be just as futile to take efficers who intend to play an op- Twenty-eight young women in & the convey was under the acle
This fact is such com the role of Jetamist as of Markportunity to get squash racquets state of single blis-falaess to escort of a British gunboat.
thirty-nine members of the stero of the Constitutionalist" leader Tapley.
sex, with no partner to look after knowledge in Canton that it is that, though bonest and sincere,
dan chair carrier, them. Mind you, some of those difficult to understand how your he struck him as, being a man of The Premiership.
President Li Yuan-bung appar-named Tow Pee Chow, became thirty-nine were bound to be grass Canton correspondent could mis-
Yours etc., impractical vision.
ently despairs of drawing Top rich throath purchasing a pawnwidowers, which would probably represent the facts of the case. R. J. HALL To Mr. Marcosson, as to many Shao-ri away from the life of a ticket for a quilt. After redeem-bring their number to a level of
Hon. Secretary, others. Dr. Sun declared that he squire (or whatever country gen- ing the quilt from the pawnshop that of the gay spinaters. Every
Foreign Silk Association of demen are called in Kwangtung) be found a package inside the man's a mister, so it's
Canton. willing to make
On Monday the President sent me, containing seventeen que difficult to make comparisons. sacrifice for the sake of unity. Mr. Tang another invitation to hundred dollar Hongkong cur- Has the shortage of males in the He is well saswered in the take up the Premership, no doubt rency notes and twenty three Europesa countries anything to Canton, August 1st. 1922.
Young retort that he now has his op hoping to establish a link with 'five-dollar American gold pieces. do with it? You know the old ides
the South. But it is pretty evid-To celebrate his good luck be they've got at Home. portunity, and it be is a sincere art that Mr. Tang does not feel invited his relations to dinner. fellow goes to the Colonies. No takes up the attitude that you're
women there. He soon makes his
just a nosey-parker with a highly pile. What a chance. Is it a case developed bump of inquisitiveness patriot he will join forces with tempted to re-enter the political Canton Times. the Northern Government." But arena under present conditions.
A Japanese licensed hawker, of cherchez l'homme?
and that your sole sim and object in life is to meddle with those that is precisely what Dr. Sun Nor does Dr. Yen care about re-
maining at the head of the armed Akinage, was sentanced
Joe's just handed me a cutting things which don't concern you. will not da, nor will be even re- Ministerial muddle. He showed to the maximum term of a year's
reluctance in taking hard labour by Mr. R. E. Lindsell from a paper from the land where One rather youthful parsonge, spond with any cordiality to the some
on at the conclusion of an arms the canned pork mes from dressed for the time being with a tbe post: but, overtures made to him from p
Walcase, this morning in which the and suggested that it might little authority actually did. ask decease of Dr.
WAB arrested
be worth commenting upon. It's me!"What business is it" of Peking. All of which suggests Ting-fang, to whom the Premier defendant who that it is personal glory and ship had been offered, Dr. Yen aboard the Atsota Mara yester all about troubles of reporter yours?" It was none of my busi- ambition that animates Dr. Sun agreed to fill the office as acting day, admitted that he was taking who went to see a guy about mess at all, if he chose to put it Theoretically his fifteen Mauser pistols and 1490 something and all be got was that that way. Really, I wasn't the rather than any real desire to Premier.
tenure expires with the assembly rounds of ammunition to sell the His Mightiness was too busy to slightest bits interested in the "To sell them to rob-attend to him. I'm rather sur-matter. I didn't care two rape serve his country.
of Parliament and the appoint- ashore. We can quite agree with: Mr.ment of s new Cabinet, but the bers-to kill policemen yo asked prised. Every time I've had to one way or the other. But the ex-Foreign Minister his Worship as he passed sen- interview an American I've found readers of the paper I represented it a pleasure. My only wish is cared and my editor koew it and Marcosson when he gives it could probably have obtained tence.
that my fellow-countrymen were sent me out to "get the dope. I his opinion that unification in confirmation of his appointment.
In a case in which twenty-four more like 'em in this respect. It's didn't tell him all this. A superior, China will be a long process, be- That he has obtained leave of
charged with an injustice to class them who happened to be one of the absence, usually the prelude to Chinese cause of the needless jealousy resignation, affords some indica stowing away aboard the China alike, though; fifty-fifty would be other variety, came along and saw Armanestan, whioba. fair average. With some of that the readers of my paper were corruption which exist. tion of the unenviable character Mail str. These obstructive factors are as of the post at the present time. arrived here yesterday from them it's just, "Well, I'm afraid given the information they want- much in evidence to-day as in To realise this one has only to Singapore. the Magistrate (Mr I don't know suything about it. ed. Then there's yet another consider the scarcity of funds and E.E. Lindsell) imposed sentence With others it's "Perhaps you type, who remarks that he can't pre-Republican times, and so the plethora of demands. Dr of three weeks on thirteen of the bad better see. Mr. C. Himm. Of possibly see what interent there long as they operate, so long will Wang Chang-hui, who has been defendants, remanded five in course, I know all about it, but I is in what you want to know. No; the nation cty in vain for peace designated as acting Premier, is police custody in order to enable would rather you saw somebody perhaps he can't set, but the These people are reporter can. Be's trained to see. probably one of the ablast men in the police to investigate their alse about it. and concord. The strong mea is the counsels of the Republic, but story of having been defrauded naturally pretty popular with He knows what the public want. still needed to guide the destin-it has been understood that he is in an arrangement they had reporters, but there's one type If he didn't, he wouldn't keep hia les of this troubled nation. At specially needed for the Ministry come to with some members of that just beats the band. times we are inclined to think of Justice, especially in view of the crew, and discharged the the international commission that remainder on being informed that that the task is too great ever to is to inquire into China's judicial they possessed tickets but were
detained in mistake. be accomplished.
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