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The Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 24th August, 1922,

GREATER HONGKONG.

Many of the good folk at Home think of Hongkong purely

an island,

1.5

oblivious

to

its extension to the mainland, first by the cession of the strip of land known as Kowloon Point, and later by the lease of the Sex Territorics How the original Colony has expanded is brought out in the Annual Report jus issued by the Government. In 1881 the population of the maio- Iand area was only 9,021; during the last decennial period thei numbers bave increased by 53,951 or 82.96 per cent, so that to-day the inbabitacts easily aggregate six figures.

out.

THURSDAY, AUGUST

A suggestion has beea mada to with regard to the coming yachting season which we have much pleasure in passing on to the people concerned.' It is that a regatta be arranged in the mear future at Castle Peak, społ which has become growing-

BY DAY.

1992

SUCCESS. 18' GETTING WHAT 'EVERYONE ELSE WANTS; HAP

PINESS IS QETTING WHAT YOU WANT.

There was a clean bill of health

ly popular le recent years. At in the Colony yesterday. the present time, large crowds of |bathers motor out to this main-

The Chip Shing reports having

land resort, where numbers of passed a derelict junk in lat. 26.42 bathing sheds have been areotyd, N., Jong 120.51 E

and we feel sure that a regeita

that

held thers, to include, beside The Canton Municipal Depart

ordered and mant has sailing events, rowing

the swimming contests, would be an wharves in Canton be recons- excellent more. It would provide tructed.

a new venue for yachtsmen and,

moreover, would introduce many The Canton Municipal Council who do not know the place to one is about to resume ita functions.! of the Colony's most attractive and it is said that the question beauty spots. Provided arrange of road construction will be taken ments were made to rUR & DOM- [up. ber of mator buses, such an event;

should be very largely paironised, At the Marine Court, before and it would add a new feature Comdr. Beckwith, this morning to life in Kowloon, the residents the master of a trading junk was of which would doubtless turn fined $10 for anchoring in such a out in large numbers. We com-position as to obstruct the central mend the suggestion to the Yacht fairway.

Club, in the bope that before the

cold weather really sets in it may Mr. Henry Chayer Lyon. be possible to arrange a big week-resident of the King Edward end event at this charming Hotel, was injured last night in a

spot.

Close as Ever.

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motor car accident, occurring at about 9.30 in Des Yeux Road Central, near the Supreme Court. Mr. Lyon was knocked down by the car, which passed on before its The number could be noted. victim is now at the Government Civil Hospital with an injured face..

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THE SWATOW - TYPHOON.

Phenomenal Drop in Barometer.

WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY

What is probably one of the most interesting barograph charts aver made, is that reproduced above. The recording instrument was on board the 8.3. Song Ma in Swatow Harbour during the dis astrous typhoon of the night of August 2nd, and the chart shows the phenomenal drop in the barometer. In the short space of two hours the needle fell to a paint lower than that provided for by the makers of the instrument, the actual reading-recorded by other barometers-being as low as 27.90.

Copies of the above chart bave been sent Home to the makers and others interested in the science of recording barometric pressures.

U.S. RADIO NEWS.

The Tariff Bill Fight.

"TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

From the limited data afforded by the table, it may be inferred that Yorkshire obtained a big lead over Surrey, Satelle scoring 232 off his own bat. Unfortunately for the county of the White Rose, the result does them little good, Commencing to-morrow (Fri- owing to the method of scoring in day), a most delightful comedy. respect of the first innings. Indramas by Avery Hopwood will be: consequence, the southerners still screened at the World Theatre. top the table, with 31 points out of It is entitled "The Little Clown," A possible 110, giving an average and it is noteworthy for the

The Scot has long held the re- of 73.6. agains: Yorkshire's 97 atmosphere of realism it reflects

We are fadeted to the US. patation of being a person who points out of a possible 135, asthe circus crowds, the balloon! average of 71.8. If Surrey obtain bawkers and the thrilling things Consul-General for the following 19 careful to see that he gets full value for every penny he expenda one win from their remaining two seen in the big marquee. The items received by radio on the

U.S.S. Tracy:-

In the matter of long tram- matches, it will be no small. task children of this Colony will cer

Baseball.

way journeys in the principal for Yorksbite to annex the tainly enjoy this film, and parents

National League-Philadelphia cities of his native land it championship. The latter bare will be well advised to give the

coatended that be gets for his money three matches to play, all away, youngsters a treat by taking 3. Pittsburgh 4 Brooklyn 5.is and to pass Surrey they would them to see what is a clean and Chicago4: New York 7, Cincia- better valas

aati 3.

than in any other part of the need to win at least two outright. very jolly film.

Hngdom. For a considerable. Throughout the season, despite

time Glasgow has held the record the Ovalites' prominent position. it has been manifest that Yorks are the better all-round side, and

A Peking telegram states that it will be hard luck for them if they are just beaten for firstChace Taolin has wired in strong

terms to Tao Kwan demanding to New York-James Bagby, place after gaining a

Isad Indians, has been operated advantage on Surrey's ground, know why the troops in Yue former star pitcher of the Cleve Another Peking message states on for appendicitis. Moosger the other hand, is day bawan are being increased. said that it is the Southerners* turn to be favoured seeing that that a telegram from Wu Pei-fu Speaker said Bagby will not be they were rather unfortunate in protests against Tang Shao-yilable to pitch again. oat winning the championship forming a Cabinet and recom- daring the preceding two seasons. mends Sun Fung-yee for the

Premiership. Bat the end is not yet.

Ireland's Loss.

strong

by

PEKING NEWS.

FALSE PRETENCE. CASE.

Well-to-Chinese Chinese Victimised.

An ingenious

by false pretences.

come

upon

method

to

of

American League:-St. Louis 6. Boston 4: Cleveland 6. Now York 2: Detroit 6, Philadelphia Detroit17. Philadelphia 3; Chicago Washington 4: Chicago 3, Washington 0.

"Pork Barrel" Legislation. Columbus.-Senator Pomerene, in a speech giving the keynote of the Democratic State Convention, predicted a democratic victory in November. He criticised the Tariff Bill as the greatest piece of "pork barrel" legislation in the history of Congress. Prohibition Officer Denounced: Washington. Representative

in Scotland, at any rate--of giving the longest tramway run for a penny, the distance for this amount being one mile and 254 yards. But Aberdeen comes for

better value, the distance in the ward with the claim that it gives Granite City for a penny being one mile and 422 yards. For the same money Dundea gives 991 yards and Edinburgh 931 yards. Council The London County trams before the war, gave longer panny runs than any of these, but the distances have been greatly curtailed.

The twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the Order of Merit has been discussed recently but I have not noticed, writes a

The new administration in Ire- land has suffered a heavy loss by the assassination, following 90 closely on Mr. Griffith's sadden death, of Mr. Michael Collins.

raising the wind" is revealed Bill has sent a letter to Secretary correspondent, that what appears This bas the Free State been

disclosures following the Mellon requesting the removal of to be the first suggestion of the Prohibition Commis-decoration has been recalled. It Already the European-occupied robbed of its two greatest and arrest of a young Chinese named Federal

able leaders, just at a Chung Ho, who appeared before sioner Haynes, whom Hill has is to be found in the novel of Bea- area spreads out beyond the most

moment when it seemed about to the Magistrate this morning on charged with defrauding the consfield's old age, "Endymion." ceded territory. and building youpress the insurgents and set

mail for sending personal and bar, St. Barbe (intended, as the schemes are Do afoot farther affairs in Ireland on a sound and four casrges of obtaining monay Government and using the official The disappointed journalist clim-

базіч. Indeed, it

old statesman's contemporaries The prisoner is alleged to have political propagands in the in- As the report observes, permanent

is sxid that Mr.

de visited houses of well-to-do terests of the Anti-Saloon League. insisted, for Thackeray), remark. during recent years great and Valera bad realised the Chinese on the middle levels and The Coal Industry.

ed one day to Endymion: "Now of founding rapid development bas taken impossibility

to have obtained various sums of Washington. The first step tell your master, Mr. Sidney Was about to place on the peninsula, ex Republic and

money by representing that be towards meeting President Hard- Wilton, that if he wants to streng- advise the Irregulars to lay down came from the Sanitary Boarding's recommendation for invest then the institutions of this teceive garden lots have beep their arms and agree to demon with oriers that each of the ten-igation of the coat industry was country the Government should converted into building sites and strate their ideals by constituants should take a dustbin of a taken when the Senate Labour establish an order of mer.k, and

Mr. Collins was rapidly built over. low-lying tional means.

new approved type and pay a Committee favourably reported the press ought to be represented One half only of Dizzy's aress have been filled in by undoubtedly the brains of the deposit of anything from $23 to an the Barah Bill to establish & in it."

new Free State fovernment-330, which would be deducted Federal "Commission for a scheme has been adopted. Later utilising earth from levelling man whose statesmanship was. from the пех rates they exhaustive inquiry and present Governments have assumed that operations at other spots, and the loudly praised even by his former

called weze

magnates of the preas are better pay.ation to Congress. alleged to have

Good Odds. aren available for construction enemies when the Treaty Money is

suited with the Garter-like sorte in fast and free- Deauville. Americans visiting of title, with no damned meni" purposes is being enlarged by signed in the latter part of last

He was year.

resort fearless andy to the benefit of the prisoner this fashionable

male attaching to them, shore reclamation. Even this courageous, far-seeing and a true as in the majority of cases he is financial hay while the sun shone insufficient for the fast-growing patriot. That he should have been said to have had no difficulty in yesterday by backing "American The Afghan military 10- requiremente, bence the building murdered by bis own countrymen convincing his clients." The time Beauty" ridden by the Americauthorities have taken space in the after, as one of the wires pats came, however, when an unduly jockey, Frank O'Neill, at odds of schemes that have been underit, many hair-breadth escapes suspicious victim insisted on forty to one, when 'American newspapers.of their country and are making novel use of it. (How discussion, in connection with benighting against the British, having a receipt properly signed Beauty" romped home to victory.

many people know Afghanistan which the construction of adds grim irony to the tragedy by the Sanitary Department, and Germany's Refusal.

had a Press.) The principles of Berlin-The Chancellor has sent military training, as they appeal tramway on the mainland is in which has deprived the country as Chang could not refuse the

of one of her ables: sous. It request there and then without a note to the Allies stating that it is to Afghan headquarters, are being contemplation. Within

recent is sincerely to be trusted that bringing suspicions to a head, he impossible for Germany to pledge regularly advertised. Since the weeks & plan has been an-in spite of the double losa bad to agree to let the servant the State forests and mines in the agreement between Britain and

which the Freg Stale

has deputed by the victim accom- Kubr district as guarantees for the Ameer there has been mach nounced for a large hotel as

just suffered, there will be oberspany him to the Sanitary Board. Reparations payments. well as the Peninsula Hotel ready and able to carry Bat on reaching a door, Chung) to be erected by the Hong-on the good work of assuring gave the servant the slip. "Three

Midvaleistan, pointing to unusual kong Hotel Ca

A site for lasting peace to Ireland. But days later the police got on Steef and Ordnance Co. has developments. Eddeation, trade-

contemplate this Chung's track and arrested him. announced the Y.M.C.A building has also test outrage without holding At an identification parade he follow the lead of the United ed.

that they would and militarism are alt being push- The newspaper campaign been chosen, and the fact that doubts and fears for the fature.

was recognised by the following States Steel Corporation and for the army is directed bolely•a£• the Government projects a ferry

people whom be is alleged increase employees' wages.

officers, They are told that the · in addition to the existing one

to have defrauded:Peter Young. Youngstown (Ohio)It is dignity, gravity and grandeur of No. 9. Conduit Road ($25); announced that the Youngstown an officer who standa in front of indicates that the authorities

Tao Sia-sang, $50; Man Sin Sheet and Tube Co. will raise a line have an admirable effect. have faith in the continued Women formed the majority of Hoc, $30; Kwok Slu-Yeung,

September 1st.

him. The officer is enjoined to growth of the Colony. Flats the jury in two important trials 191 Queen's Road East, 65. ages 20 per cent beginning on the men, and they imilate

The Tariff Bill. up wholesale heard in Scotland. Nine.were As regards the first count, the

pay attention to gymnastics, the WashingtonThe House has use of the bayonet, skilful riding on the panel at the trial at prisoner said he received only $5 in Kowloon of late years Jedburgh of a squire and his wife, from Peter Young. The others but there seems to be no who are charged with setting are the fully admitted, though he sent the Tariff Bill to conference of bicycles, and the driving of all to sottle 2,436-differences between kinds of vehicles. Finally, be is cessation in the demand, all to their mansion. A Edinburgh denied having used the name of the House and Senate. The expected to create perpetual Democrats assert that the Bill love and longing in the hearts of of which testifies to the pro-seven women jurors, were em- the Sanitary Board.

It is a « A remand for a week we will not be reported before the his subordinates.” panelled for the trial of two mising outlook for "Greater merchants charged with income ordered to enable evidence to be Hongkong."

tax fraud..

heard from the various victims.

have been run

030 cannot

เ

NINE WOMEN SERVING.ON

ONE JURY,

!

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Higher Wages. Philadelpais:-The

elections.

in the Indían papers about the internal conditions of Afghan

bitidus code.