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THE SHIPPING
INDUSTRY.
Much has been said of late about the position in which ship owner find themselves today, with hamily enough trafie, in solle casus, to mase both ends
mert.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20,- 1923,
DAY BY DAY.
the present total includes a con- siderable. number of vessels which for various reasons are not likely to be employed evan
NO DEGREE OF KNOWLEDGE in the event of a substantial SET HIM ABOVE THE WANTS OF ATTAINABLE BY MAN IS ABLE TO
revival of trade; and in this con-HOURLY ASSISTANCE.—Jukason. nection it is worthy of note that
during the twelve months ended
Mr. and Mrs. R. Hancock 190th June, 1923, some 300 vessels, returned by the es. Suwa Maru.
of about £25,000 tous. were broken
up or dismantled, as being no longer economically efficient. Still, shipowners in general are unable to see in the near future any probability of
CRICKET NOTES
THE ARMCHAIR
CRITIC
Phow! Hectic batting. fast rotten table. I feel that one of There were eleven further cases enough to please even such a these days I shall be damned of small-por notified yesterday, notorions grouser as myself~221|rude to the League. of which two were Japanese and in one bour and fifteen minutes the rast Chinase.
is bustling. I'll tell the world!
The shook of the week was, of Claxton got 106 in 49 minutes course. the defeat of the Cavit
The dedicatory service of the and retired. He was let off early
tonnage as would induce them Hospital Wuchaw, is to take to place orders for new vessels, | place on Sunday afternoon next.
much for the future. There
such an increased demand for chapel of the Stout Memorial in his innings and then proceeded Service by the Gunners-doubly
->
is a constant increase of supply, Short time working is becom without the demand that woulding more prevalent in Shanghai cotton mills and it is believed the
New Year.
unfortunate, following so closely
to demonstrate what real con- tempt was. Four sixes and on my favourable comments on eighteen fours were included in the Civil Servica. Possibly it's a case of Pride comes- etc. (as his bag. Phew! again.
a friend of mine ironically sug- gested). However, these things Owen Hughes got 61 in 24 will happen in the best of regulat- minutes by means of every run ed cricket clubs-that is why the
-
justify it economically. Thus we position will be worse by China getting shot in the book, and game is so attractive and full of
End that the total tonnage of merchant vessels atleat at the
quite a few out. Que six and six charm. I congratulate the RG.A. fours to him. More meanwhile and especially Rough, whose end of June, 1993. bolding thei A Queen's Road Fast yester-had been watching the others intensive bombardment was the Society's classification amounts day, taxi No.981 knocked downbat, and at 48 wisely decided to determining factor.
28.208.206 tons. and is the years of age. The boy was taken minutes, the Craigengower field-Gunner.
and injured a Chinese boy. 14jretire. After the first twenty Not for nothing is he a Master highest total yet rewarded. ex-to hospital. ceeding by pearly a million tons the similar figure for last year)
Square, two nights ago.
ing was truly terrible. They
ity in a friendly (mark the word!} game. The University turned 'their batting order upside down, Rumjahn, Quick and Balhatchet
Ay. At first it seemed that they were in for a Hoking, the first three Indian batsmen amassing 85 against their opponents' total of 129, but later the wickets fell rapidly due to the bowling of Quick, who took 5 för 16. the
were completely demoralised and The Indians almost suffered At the Magistracy this morn-made no attempt to conceal the defeat at the bands of the Univer- It is hardly practicable to having. Mr. E W. Hamilton passed fact. restriction in shipbuilding the sunment à Chinese who was
sentence of two months' impri "remedy" would be worse than convicted of theft of tools from agether a walk-over for the Club, being Nos, 8, 9 and 10 respective
Craigengewer got 36 Alto- the disease, with the thousands motor-car, parked in Statue of shipyant workers who woula be renziered itle: apart from the pernicious precedents that would The Italian Grand Opera Com- arise, Britain alone it would pany gave a fine performance of seem, can do nothing. The ship-last night to a most appreciate "Carmen" at the Theatre Royal
ping slump is world-wide. and audience. The sol work and the remedy is a matter of inter-choruses. were tinely rendered national concern.
and many demonstrations of ap It is a gloomy
proval were given. outlook indeed."
Public Health.
A new appointment of in- spector of Chinese Schools
F. M. S. with office in Kuala it was an interesting and beginning of next year, has now Lumpur, which operates from the portant discussion which took been temporarily filled by Mr. place at the last meeting of the Chan Kwan. Po. who is a grad Sanitary Band regarding mea-uate of the Hongkong University, liken to cambar disease and has for the past two years spread by mosquitoes. The main ten engaged in Singapore. fuel which emerged from the dis-] cussion was that four-fths of the
ן
"A WALK-OVER
Kowloon received a trouncing: from the Navy, both first and. second elevens being beaten. The
Sanitary Inspectors are employed A marriage has been arranged fon anti-phique work. It may and will take place in March at Navy are a greatly improved side the Board was originally, for all Margaret Benson (daughter of they are once again a power in have been, as Mr. Suger said, that Shanghai. between Miss Helen and it is pleasant to think that' intents and purposes. Plague Mr. C. Benson, fate of the Indian the land. Their attack is not; Department, but that, to our wag Civil Service. Madras and of overstrong. bur if Gould continues thinking. is a reason why it Haydon. Lyme Regis, Durses to be as successful as he was on should forever remain so. While: England) and Dr. William. B. A.Saturday, they will scarcely have!,
"WICKETS FULL RAMOLY
• * •
·
עמן
Some of the larger shipalising that plague and small-Moore, Government Medical anything to fear in this direction. later figure being the exact pox are serious diseases against Officer in charge of Kowloon and Kawhon are not very powerful amount the last eight men made! which the authorities need to be the New Territories.
this season, and I fear that the An interesting team, Always on the plot, we de lupa
local Derby will this year be Lavarsity, whose interpretation that the question of adequately
of the word Cricket is not coping with the pauses which Messrs. Jarding. Matheson and
From the import department of somewhat one-sided.
limited to the bat and ball. lead to malaria and dengue will C, L., we have received an we are left with an impression, bloger and calendar issued by won the toss and put his oppon-Let him promptly answer "Out" ! be taken up in all seri usness extremely well produced desk the wind blows Kowloon skipper If" How's that? I loudly shout.
Straws which show the way Cribbed :- after Tuesday's debate, that all is the Nobel Industries, Liê hat being done that could be in combine of British 5ms for preferred te bat last. Both League Let aim cough and look aside;
a ents in. Craigengewer also If, perchance, I bowl a wide, this respect. The proposed survey which Messrs, dardine, Matheson M.O.H. and the drain age authori-is strongly bound in art leatherable that Saturday cricket, which If be cry No ball!" to me, of nullats and swamps by the and Co. are agents.
games. One need not seek far to If my toe slip o'er the crease. The blotter and the reason, and it is deplot Let him sigh, but hold his peace. ties is a wise step, from which which is the product of one of
trust that
workable Shel's associated companies, scheme of combating malaria and Teague will be evolve. It may
Eping companies are still operate fing at more or less of a loss, meeting the annual deficit out of their resurves, which fortunately wer -well- during the few prosperous stats just before and immediately after the Armistice When the sump came, ruang were prepared to face akan period in the hope that of prosperity would i not be long with it, but now
thes
ja retur
reali-ing hut
a farther spell et depression has be quite true that the Bard will
The
is intended to be recreation. What care I how fair he be should develop these unpleasant
aspects. Thocompetitive spirit is a When they catch me near the Mun before Mgreat thing, but it can be carried ground, fever about. Igie, as we have never hablet elininate domes Justice (Fompertz, at the Crimin-ton far.
Let him think 'twas on the bound; heard it remuel, the super shamp,tir mosquitoes altogether, but at Sessions. charged with con.. I forsee the time when the, When against me they appeal
that is no reason why it should Spirety, were both found guilty cheery, large-hearted cricket of Let him hesitation feel; We learned a gracheally increantenpatrate on this aspect of at the conclusion of the evidence, the Colony will degenerate into a Let me profit by the doubt, ing broad of ships laid up four local health problem. espec-esterday afternoon, one of the tourney of venom and malice, and Let him never give me out. vessels being sold at less than fally seeing that there is a very accused also being found guilty all for the sake of scratching a If he will not favour me, cost price, and of wages falling marked incidence both of malaria of sending a threatening letter couple miserable points ou ai What care I how fair be be?
and dengue amongst the European Sentence was postponed until; į steadily to as extent which must population. If the present staff Jal. 21st to see if in the mean- ston reach the irreducible minimis it big enough, then, in the time the accused could do any- un. One of the Conservative interests of public health, it must thing to obtain the release of the
be enlarged.
kidnapped bog campaigner in the recent elec tinated his definice belief that
protection-that alleged panacea Distorting the Facts.
for wo nang ille--would result in
a return of business to the ecun-
Dr. Sun Yat-sen's message
"In
HOCKEY.
UNITED SERVICES.
'TOURNAMENT.
too low
H.K.S.R.G.A. und
well. Major Coates was very useful at back, and played a hard, fast game.
Forward, Capt. Dods
It is not often that the so-
throughout played a very bard game, end combined well with called comedy film makes
the inside forwards. much pretence to possessing a In their match in the United! The R. A team evidently had plot, but in "A Small Town Idol," Services hockey tournament, the not had much my friends, the American people'
practice. for the six-reel Mack Sennett attrac- H.K.S.R.G.A. try shipyards, and presumably canno: but be regarded as any tion at the Coronet to-day there team (British) had no difficulty ation.
and Grenadiers they showed very little combin- Major Cruickshank play- thing other than a distortion of is as much story as in the aver-in defeating the R. A by oighted a better trailing munditions for ur the facts arising out of the Cuse drama. Ben Turpin is the goals to one. The R. A. forwards lacked pace.
stout game at half, but ships. It certainly seans time tons dispute. He speaks of an leading light and the story is were very weak, and their backs bad plenty to do, and gave a very The goalkeeper our Government introduced re- American admiral being indemned by the presence in the were
to check the good display in the second half. taliatory measures against those Canton waters to join those who east of Phyllis flaver and Marie opposing forward line.
wish to rush us 50 that the
As the umpire provided by the nations who discriminate against Republic in China shall perish."
Prevost, the two most seductive In the first haif, the R. A. did not turn up, Capt. British shipping" However, that We are not aware that any U.S. of the famous Sennett beauties.
Grenadiers Swinton, of the East Surreys, scored three goals before the kindly consented to take the whole Imatter is one for further dis-officer of that rank is anywhere near Canton. Elsewhere in this
R. A. obtained their one and only ground, and did it very well cussion. Protection would take message he refers to American thing is that people in the States. two more goals before the half-
point; and the former team added OTHER LEAGUE MATCHES. very long to show results, if any. guns being trained on this un- who may read this
The match between the East message time whistle and protection has slight chance fortified city of Canton"
sounded and will really think
Capt. Surreys and R. E. Staff and De- accuses the officers and men of is the intention of the American the five guals, and Capt. Dods been postponed,
that this Newton-King secured four out of pts. arranged for Saturday, has of getting on the statute books!
the US Fleet of wishing to and other naval officers now the other. Let us turn to the authoritative
shoot us." These statements. assembled in the Canton river. Dr.
H. M. S. Hawkins will play the In the second half, Capt. Dods Light Cruisers team one day in summary contained in the en-
we have no hesitation in saying, Sun knows as well as anybody added two further points for his he latter part of next week. are 2 deliterate parodying that the foreign naval forces are side, and Lieut. Ancott scored the Dual report, for 1922-23. of of the actual situation. We where they are, not with any eighth and last. The R. A. were Lloyd's Register of Shipping. It have heard a good deal of late ideas whatever of aggressive entirely on the defensive during declares that no signs of early about alleged threats by the action. They are there to protect this half, the ball being most of that the Govemment has agreed A report from Canton states improvement are yet manifest. Dr. Sun persists in his attitude them from being diverted to Their goalkeeper saved some very the imposition of taxes on mah Powers to hombard Canton if the Customs revenues and prevent the time in their "twenty-five.to the terms of a syndicate for The causes of the situation re-regarding the Customs revenues. irregular channels, if such action hot shote, and was thus respon-jongz players. main unchanged, and the con- All that may be written down as becomes necessary. Their missible for preventing an even bigger offers to pay $400 daily se re- The syndicate sheer nonsense. Dow alloat shows
Yet Dr. Sunsion is purely defensive.
To defeat. an himself lends colourto such reports talk of crushing the Republic
venue and $120 more per day as increase of about sixteen million and would have, the American and shooting down peaceful played an
For the winnere, Lieut. Parkes "oficial presents.”~ The tax will tous on the figures for June, 1914. people believe that the act is in Chinese is a sheer travesty of the centre half, tackling and passing places..
excellent game at only apply to playing in public It is well known, however, that I contemplation. The unfortunate situation.
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