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MORE WATER.

"B'long Substitute."

It would be interesting to know precisely who the forty-eighti M. P's from Canton were who were refused admission

DAY BY DAY.

A FRIEND IN NEED IS WORTH) TWO IN PROSPERITY,

RADIO NEWS.

More Interesting Items. We are indebted to the 17. S. Consul-General for the following There have been two house radio news intercepted by the collapses in Cantoo, a number at | U. S. S. Tracy --- casualties being caured.

CANTON BANKNOTES.

A Redemption Scheme." For the past few months the value of the Kwangtung Provia- cisl notes have been as low as fifty and sixty per cent and no particular plan has been actually carried out in bringing same to It is now re- ported. (ays the Calon Times) that General Chan King-ming recently sent for Commissioner Chung Shou-nam and Mr. Chen Lim pak at the Chief Marshal's Headquarters in White Cloud Mountain for consultation with a view to obtairing some possible meaas to have the notes

Baseball. American League-St. Louis One non-fatal case each of 6, Cleveland 3; Washington 1. their par salue. plague and diphtheria were anti-New York 3: Chicago 3, Detroit 3: House of Representatives meetded yesterday, both baing Chinese. Boston 5, Philadelphis 6.. ing in Peking. Presumably they

to

ace the "substituta" M. P's who Mr. Raven, York Building, filled the vacancies caused in the reports tha: a sum of $50 was Old Parliament, when that bady stolen from an unlocked drawer frs: met in Canton, by the in his office last night, Northern absence of certain members. It is of interest to re- call that when the first Parlia-

The

heary overnight rains

ment was created in 1913, each caused a considerable landslide electoral ares, in addition to its the May Road near two new

houses nesting completion. quota of regular members, chose an equal number of substitute-

Dr. Forsyth has reported to the members who ware to fill up vacancies eiused by deaths rolice the disappearance of or resignations. This was neces wallet containing papers and sary owing to the, absence of specimen stamps, which might machinery for the holding of have occurred whilst he was rid bye-elections. But when the ing in a chair. Parliament trekked South and assembled in Canton, a number of Northernara abrepted them selves, and their places were filled by substitutes. This firt has a bearing on the question of the reconvening of the Old Parlia ment since Wu Peifu regards he Parliament existing at the time of its dissolution in 1917 as the proper body, whereas there

National League-Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 2; Brooklyn 0, Pitts. burgh 6; Chicago 13, St. Louis 11. There were no other games.

New York: Rabe Rath made his 27th. and 28th. home runs against Washington.

Philadelphia:-Tillie

Walker maintained at par. It is stated made his 32nd home run off Kars that the following means bare

Boston

The interesta

been adopted, namely:-(1) To have ten million dollars worth of Britain to Pay.

the Provincial notes deposited · London-Col. F. M. House, with the Hongkong and Shang. who breakfasted with Mr. Lloyd bai Bank in order that the notes

correspondent that sir. Lloyd in the market. George, told an Associated Press may be decreased to that extent fieorge said Britain would pay allowed by the said bank for the her debts to the US. A. to the deposit will be 8 per cent. for 1. las: farthing. without asking year, 6 per cent. for 6 months and Roancial assistance from 5 per cent. for 3 month: (3) General Chan King-ming was America, but she desired moral whatever notes remain unissurd to take over the duties of com-leapport.

I will he szaled io the mander-in Chier of the forces in

Channel Swim Fails. presence of eye-witnesses of the Camion to-day, but has decided to

Dover, England-Eanque Tir-Chamber of Commerce, and de- postpone doing so until the new abcchio, the Italian swimmer, posited in a foreign bank for the Governor assumes office.

failed by two miles in an attempt time being: (3) payments for to swim the Channel.

duties and taxes will be collected in notes and not in silver coins; Big Bank Robbery.

and (4)as big an amount of ready Lethbridge. Alberta Five

money as possible will be deposit

redeeming the notes. Commis. sioner Chung has decided to call

the Chamber of Commerce within alfew days in order that thescheme may be carried out effectively an soon as possible.

A 16-year-old girl, an inste of the Refuge maintained by the

of the Old Parliament, mean the Caston Parliament. It seems to us that the matter would most made by Sister Eulalie to the $12,000 in cash and $70,000 in a meeting of all the merchants of

fairly be disposed of by the resignation of all substitutes representing areas for which the original regular members are still available. Shipbuilding.

It is

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Federal Agency to buy and sell

coal has been abandoned. The President has acquiesced.

tax amendment to the bonus was

CANTON AFFAIRS.

Governor to Obtain Big Loan.

CORRESPONDENCE. ·

To the Editor et, the "Hongkong

Telegraph.")

fare others who, when they speak Christian Sisters at Causeway lauro bandits robbed the L'uioned in a treian bank to prepare for Bay, has absconded from the Bank, bound and gagged the institution, according to a report employees and escaped with negotiable securities. They cu: off all communications and bleck Following a raid on an opium ed all the roads as they left. den in the vicinity of Lai Chej

Coal Scheme Abandoned. Wan, Canton, one of the krepars!

Washington-Chairman Win- was chased by a policeman.law of the Interstate Commerce Realising his danger, the keeper Committee announced that Pres The detailed figures issued by draw a revolver and shot the con-

ident Harding's plan for With Jupiter Plasius-it will Lloyd's Register of Shipbuilding, stable dead. He has not been

which we published yesterday, arrested yet. slip out, despite "Adversarius's" contain some significant points, i ban-dcing his best to make up though the general position in

A burglar last night entered the

Will Suit Fails.. for shortcomings in the spring, relation to the merchant fleets of

Redwood City, California-AD the world is pretty well known by bedroom of Mr. Townsend's re-

Our Canton correspondent says the authorities find themselves x. Mention is made of the sidence at the corner of Austin attempt to break the will of the

and Nathan Roade, Kowloon,late Henry Pike Boxie, famous new Cisil Governor has agreed that, according to rumeur, the able to announce some lifting of fact that since 1914 the increase

through the verandah door,

scholar of Japanase culture, fail- the water supply restrictions. in sea-going ships owned by the The situation had become parlous, United States has been more than which was left open. sad stole ed when Judge George Buck that as soon as he takes over the sixty times tba: of British clothing and money of the total threw out of Cart the suit of ce he will secure a loan of ten bearing in mind the approaching tonnage.

This makes American value of $120.

Howard Bowie. The will disposed million dollars, two millions of of estate valued at $260,000 to naval and military arrears of pay which will be used in pasing the. end of the rainy season and the competition sound a lot more

The ammunition manufactureach of four brothers and sisters and the balance to meet the re- possibility of further drought next! alarming than ever the previous

highly-coloured reports bad done. ing machines etc. ordered and $10,000 to Mrs. Hirano and year, so that even the persistent The explanation is simply that through

demption of Provincial banknotes. В German firm by her two sons, Iams and Takao

It is stated that the new Gov- weeping of the clouds during the US. ocean-going shipping before General Lin Fu have arrived at Hiranu, who reside in Japan. The

ernor will accep: the seals of last few days did not greatly the war was comparatively sticht, Hongkong and transportation to Judge refused to break the will office on the 3rd or 4th. instant. encourage hopes of an earl/At the end of Jane the total Nanning via Wuchow will be on the grounds that the plaintifs a number of gunboats have onnace of the two countries stood carried out in a few days. Over had failed to serve the summoas already been sent to escor: him increase in the period of supply- thus: UK-19,0" 3,000; US thirty workmen have been engag-jon the chief legaters in Japan. to Canton. [Only пр Monday

Water 12.306 000. This certainly showed in Hongkong for the manu-

The Bonus Bill.

General Chan King-ming bas Authority official gave figures that the cond-larges: Mereis facturing works.-anton Times.

Washington. The Senate bas again sent a representative to tile Marine is far larger than in indicating the need of strict 1911, when Germany stood next

approved the McNary-land re- Tanz Shao-yi asking him to be Our Picture Page to morrow clamation amendment to the chief of the Kwangtung Re- limitation. However, the pre-to the U.. with fire millions will contain several illustrations Soldiers' Bonus Bill by 43 rates organisation Bureau of which cious fluid has been descending By now British shipowners have of local interest, including to 23. All party and even sec. General Chan will, with Adwirs} so liberally that the reservoirs pretty well realised they must portrait of the new Civil Governor tional lines; disappeared in the Tong Ting-kwong, be assistant

neither under-rate not over-rate of Canton (Mr. Chan Chik-gue). roll call “

chiefs. are showing the good eff cts.

out new competitor A striking! pictures of the wedding of Mr. Washington. The Smoot sales On August 1st.. notwithstand feature of the statistics is Lamarche and Miss Brown, two ing a fairly good addition during Germany's recovery from 300.000 photos of street collections in rejected without a coll call.

tons to 1 787,000 tons, in spite of Yaumati-organised by Mr. Tsang July. the Hongkong reservoirs alleged poverty, though a portion For on behalf of the Swator

The Irish Rebellion. contained only 821.590.0.0 gals. of this increase may be due to Relief Fund, and a group of the Dublin says the assassination of London:-A dispatch from as against 2,031,140,000 cals. on second-hand purchases.

Civil Service and Craigenzower ft. Collins has strengthened the encouraging to tote from a cable lawn bowls teams. August 1st. 1921, when the reyesterday that there has been a

determination of the Provisional servoirs overflowed. The Kow-revival on the Clyde.

Government. There will be no Lack of Protection in Kowloon. Near Pau Pak Kab village, on settlement of the rebelhon excepti loon reservoir had risen from High Ideals.

the Laichikok-Samshu.po Road on terms of unconditional surend- 62,350,000 gals. on July 1 to Some Japanese enthusiasts on Wednesday.a highway robbesser. It is believed that MT. 149,000 000 gals, which was still have formed a society entitet occurred in which a cattle dealer William L. Cosgrave will be Pres- much less than half of last year's the Yushi Sha. translated as the living in the village of Pee Failident of the Dail and Premier.

Ever-Renewing Association. The Chau, Taun Wan district, was 352,500,000 gals. As recently a title sound in-piring, and a stabbed and wounded in the cheek Monday the fzures had only suredly the prograramie lacks by a man armed with a dagger reached 045/00,000 gals, for the nothing in the way of ambitious. This happened after the dealer island and 235.000) gals, forcess for we are told that the bad been thrown to the ground. man stole from his members are resolved to "effect Another | Kowloon compared with a storage renovation in everything they pocket a sums

of $21. whilst he capacity of 370,000,000 gals come into contest (i) with was held. Escape was effected These statistics demonstrate that politics. industry, thought, and by the two robbers who di

The moving appeared not long before the social problems." the restrictions were dictated by spirits comprise Mr. Masumoto police arrived on the spot to find

The Railway Strike, peal for aur safeguard by asking common prudence. Particulars hei, who has written a good deal the

still lying on the

Danville, IL-An attempt the Government to grant to all apparently rendered supplied by the

Labour questions, Mr. ground, Government upon

Nakano Seigo, who is a member almost anconscious by his strug Eastern Illinois Railroad shops. and possess arms for their self- failed to blow up the Chicago and Kowloon residents permits to carry idiaclare that the i-land's supply

of the House of Representatives. gle with the robbers.

Four bombs only broke the defence. I think this is a fair teached 1,132,000,000 gals, yester and an Imperial University pro-

windows.

sad just request that should not day, Kowloon's figure being

Chicago. The Federal Court be denied. At Yaumsti the 280.000.000 gals. The Tatam

has placed the Chicago and Alton residents are still worse and badly Railroad into the hands of a Re- protected, as wall as Ho Muq Tuk Reservoir was then 39 ft. 6in.

to be sought, which is surely a

ceiver. Counsel for the Receiver- Tia, etc., where there are a good below overfow and the Tytam commendable line of procedure, Intermediate Reservoir 34 ft. lia, 8 is the general plan of opera- What America Was Told. while it is announced, donbt-tions. "We wield our tongue

and pen," declares the manifesto.) Under the beading" Hongkong to the cost and shopmen's strikes. very few exceptions. When they less to the jubilation of the in the spirit of soldiers on the is Swept by Disastrous Fire, the The operation of the trains will bear the whistles from the right street, they deliberately run to Chinese inhabiting the area west battlefield. We fire bullets through following Associated Press mes-not be affected.

Entombed Miners.

the opposite side pretending to of Eastern Street, that the guns of speech... The Bage appears in American news-

Jackson, California-Officials find the robbers! This is no Gretaphor has a militant sound, but papers just to band- Pokfulam Reservoir is full. Kow-it will be seen that the society's

Hongkong, July 31.-The most making for the rescuers said the protection at all.

Yours etc. loon's Reservoir has reached to purpose is essentially pacificist. disastrous fire that has swept the entombed miners have a fighting

KOWLOONITES, within 7 ft. 4 in. of overflow. Investigation is to be the members' European business quarters in chance to escape, but it will take The rainfall, or absence of it."pecific. in the first instance, for many years broke out tonight and two days more. The workers are Kowloon, Sept. 1st, 1922.

making better time than was ex- every kind of ill that affects the is still burning fiercely. during the ensuing month will social structure, and then, appas-

Among the buildings badly pected, driving through from an probably have considerable in-eatly like Dr. Sun Yat-sen, they damaged is the Carlton Hotel on adjoining mine shaft. The ree- North Pole, but will try nezt fluence upon the arrangements are going to combat the disorder Ice House Road, the only Ameri-cuers say the rainers will be able spring.

to hold, although they have no Ex-President's Daughter Dead. with pen, plus. tongue, If they can hotel in the city. for the dry season. As it is, the use these agencies aright, the

The Grand Hotel on "Queen's food and but little water.

Chicago Mrs. Franklin Hitch Amundsen Abandons Plan. Jones, only daughter of ex-Pre- increased quantity allows of full society may advance some little Road also suffered considerably,

Nome. The Coastguard cutter|ident U. B. Grant, and one of supply to the area served byway at least towards realising its while several other buildings bare.

'Bear," from Point Barrow, has the country's fow White House Pokfulam long that lofty sim-especially as, unlike been destroyed. The fire is

that Amundsen bas brides has died of paralysis. The some reformers, the members are threatening Masonic Hall, only news reservoir remains full, while not deterred by the prospect of a few blocks from Government abandoned his plans to fly from funeral will be held in Springüeld,

Northern Alsika House, in the heart of the city. Kowloon is to have another hour being misunderstood.

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fessor, is also participating in the movement. The co operation of Foung men in various districts is

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DUDDELL ST. FIRE.

Sir,-Agalo and again we have to call the attention of the Government to the marked deficiency in police organisation. Castleshant-National Army Scarcely a day passes without s troops captured 700 Belfast re-case of barglary and armed rob- fugees believed to be Insurgents bery is reported, and the victims and large quantities of arms. left unprotected through lack of ammunition and bombs.

police patrols. This is really a BelfastIt is reported that the shame for a British Colony sad s Insurgents fired on congregation meDace against the lives of of mourners attending Mass for Kowloon residents especially. Ma Collins at Westport in County Since no immediate steps can be Mayo, and that five were killed, taken by the Government, we ap

ship said it resulted principally number of people living. Chinese from falling off of earnings owing) lukongs are utterly useless, with

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