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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH)

TUESDAY, APȚII 29, 1924.

THE NAVY LEAGUE, dont; Mr. L. M. Whyte, Seorotary

HONGKONG BRANCH

MELTS,

A géneral meeting of the Navy Longue took place at the City Hall lant evening, the Hon. Mr. H. E Pollock presiding. par attendance,

of

and Treasurer.

Committee: Mosers. E. F. Auoott 1. A. Porry, J. P. Warren, W. Aj Dowley and Et.Comdr. a 8 C. Ingliam

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IN GUITAR CASE.

HIDING PLACE FOR OPIUM.

At tho Kowloon Magistracy Singapore Naval Base.“ Dealing with the following item this morning. John Kaloo, an Hawaiian scaman on the 8.8. the agenda: "To consider

President Polk was charged before

La

There was 2 the following telegrain received Mr. E. W. Hamilton with boing from the Navy League, London: in possession of 685 tools of non- After referring to the mall attenrateful expression opinion, abau Government prepared oplum dance which, he thought, was partly donment Singapore Base, before It is alleged that defendant was due to the tennis, inatch, the Chair 7th May, the Chairman anid: "1 seen by two watchmon to board man dealt with the statement of have had sent out to us from the s.s. President Polk last night ncóounta for 1923, saying, in respect Home

intoresting acerunt with a brown paper parcel under oach atm and a guitor caso in his of the two payments for the "Navy" of the factors bearing on this banda. One of the parcels foll (the publication

the Navy subject, and.if you will bear withints the harbour, when he was League) that in previous years me will rond out ontracts.”

stopport. The parcel was recover- these publientious had been present-

"At any given moment there are fed and the opium was found in ed free of charge, but owing to the at least £180,000,000 worth of British the packages and guitar caso. heavy cargo the League at Home trade aflent East of Busz, of which Tho opium was worth no lees decided to debit the Hongkong 2187,000,000 are in what may

bethan 88,220,

Dofendant was remanded for Longue. Mr. Pollock then proceed called the Singapore pliere of el to give a resume of the history influence. From that area w draw one wook an an interpreter had He received not been obtained. of the Lengar. It was started in 8 per cent. of our supplies of tea, permission from his Worship to Hongkong in the early nineties. At fry, of our jute, 10% of our zine see the mate on board, before the the time of the concession of the

our rubber, 80% of our ship loft the Colony. Asked why fore,

the mate, New Territories, Commander Hast-wool, 77% of our heng, 63% of he wanted to s60 ings was the President, Mr. Francis

jour prive, 57% of our tin, 69% of defondant replied that he wished was the Vice-President and he him our cheese, 49% of our batter and to find the man who gave him self the secretary. It might perhaps a large propertion of our frozen the opium. interest

Tunay, especially

ment, oils for fool, etc, and, also mers, know that the

nny ather necessary materials for they got the New Turritorios Cour peace or war, Every ship un the cussion was begaano it WAS CUT [castern trade umakes on an average sirlered that the nequisition of fluns five voyages nub and five home useful territory was absolutely in every year. Thus the 307 ships perative for the defence the trading in the Indian area alone Colony- It might seem to be my be said to have and curious thing to those who had not lived here very long, but it was a fact Bevertheless that half of the Lyde mann Pass was, before the Conces sion, Chimere

!

new

floating worth of over 2500,000,000, which it is the basiness of the Navy to protect.

.

"What the effert would ba of leaving this vast trade unprotected we may see from the experience of the late War. The Emden in under two months sunk 17 ships whose hulls and enrgoes were valued at £200,000: the Moewe wank 22 ships on one cruise and 12 on another This, too, happened at a time when there was a large number of #raisers, not only British but also Japnueso and French guarding the trade routes.

LAWN TENNIS.

YESTERDAY'S GAMES. There was a good crowd at tho H.K.C.C stand court last evening. when Ng Sze-kwong and C. Choa met and defentod S. H. and S. D. Ismail in the Open Doubles ovant. The Chinose pair, playing with mitch more confidence than their opponents, won the first two sets i at 6-2 and 6-1, but the Indian youths thon came up strongly and won the next set by 6-0. They also secured the fourth at 6-4. There was a great tussle in the final set. The Chinese lod at 3-1, but the others pulled up love in lost the next three and wore thus the sixth game. However, they dufenied by three eats to two and 29 gaines to 18. The butler pair won, but a tribute must be paid to the losers for putting up a really splendid fight.

waters and the Channel Rorks were in Chinese waters; also where the considerable collection of tanks belonging to the Standard Oil Company at Laichikok was situated was, at the time, the Chinese Customs Station. The boar dary in Kowloon of our territory was the present 190-foot road running from Shumshuipo to Kowloon City

Mr. Pollock indulged in some Leresting reminiscences regarding the stew of affairs prevailing in the

In the Club Championship; R. uld days, mentioning the thin

"Is the sum of £11,000,000,- spread | M. Honderson defeated C. C. flourishing fauthn houses in Kowover a period of years, for the Stark by 6-2, 8-6 and 6.1.

Singapore the Best Base.

loon City visited by both Europenas construction of the Singapore Base and Chinese.

:

More Members Wanted.

—which is equivalent to about one. An enquiry into, the fatal farthing per annum on the income accident occurring at Wanchai The Chairman said that in 1899 | tax-- too great is premium to recently, in which a Chinese was

No suggrations being made, Mr. Pollock proposed that, in view of the sumli attendance, the telegram of the League be circulated to

a tribute was paid to the Hongkong ask for the safeguarding of these knocked down and killed by a League that it was largely due to vital Imperial interests? In a concar driven by Mr. J. Wilson, of the Hongkong Electric Company, their exertions that the New Terri diet in which the enemy has not

at opens the Magistracy to- tory was required, Some years only cruisers and submarines but

morrow afternoon. after that the Xayy League con also a battle fleet in the contested tuned as a flourishing institution aron, our Fight cruisers would be with a membership of about three} powerless to protect, foating trade, hundred up to 1900 or 107, when unless, they in their turn, bad the things began to go to pieces and the support of heavy ships, and they enthusiasm wane. In 1912 a meet cannot have such support unless ing was held with a view to arousing there is a base in that area where members of the Hongkong branch, interest, a big committee was up-hea y ships can dock and, repair pointed and it looked then na "if țami obtain the necessary stores. the_Lengue would go ubend. He Expert naval opinion has selected was sorry to observe, however, that Singapore, as the best base for the in 1919 not much progress had been purpose, since it closes the route to made, and the Navy League at the the West and fauks that to the outbreak of war was not at all in Australasian Dominione No other an active condition. It was not a' position van so completely meet thé

WAY

proper time during the to needs of a fleet operating in the

revive the League, but sufficient Pacific and Indian Oceans, and, if time had elapsed since than for the Singapore is not made available, After the fleet will have no base nearer Longue to the resuscitated. mentioning the good works done than Malta, which means that it by various gentlemen as secretary not operate in Eastern waters of the League, including Mr. L. M.all. Whyte, the present holder of that

"Moreover, we must not look on office the Chairman coutismed; "I the question narrowly as a multer - sorry to have to tell you that of our sew-boin trade alone, If

Any

for an expression of their opinion

to whether a telegram shoald

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should_out_to_wont to the Home ALLEGED-BLACKMAIL. case was regarded_by_the_police Government, urging them not abandon the idea of establishing

Navy Base at Singapore. "Seconded by Mr. Melluchon, the proposal was adopted.

The meeting ended with a vote,

of thanks to the Hon. Mr. Pollock

proposed by Mr. Melluchon. Mr. ek hul given them an interest g account of the vicissitudes of the Navy League in this Colony during the many

years of its existence. They all appreciated Pollock had the good work Mr.

one for the League anth it was

he still retained the keenness

| help to revive the League,

to

TWO MEN ARRESTED. They were firmly convinced that ho occupied a very lucrative position and could well afford to pay the sum asked for, was the excuse given by a number of men in making blackmailing demands Sun Cinoma at West Point. on the assistant manager of the Twomen were arrested yesterday, and they aro-alleged to belong to this gang which.It is said, had on two occasions attempted to extort the sum of $30 from him.

The arrest came as a result of an assault made on the cinema Man at n fruit-stall at West Point. He refused to hand over the sum, and, in a scrimmage, lost his pair of spectacles. The

as a sorious ono, us since the arrest of the two men, attempts are said to have been made to intimidate the complainant into withdrawing the charge.

Sub-Inspector. Shaftain said, that only by the assurance of police protection could the com- Wish toe and w plainant be induced to continue

A romand was given when the caso was called. Bubstantial bail of the amount of $250 was fixed

for each man.

D. F. Landalo, the son of Mr. David Lundalo, formerly head of Jardinc. Mathoson and Co. in Hongkong, won the 100 yaris race at Eton College sports, his time boing 10.4/5 secs.

The Cinema event of the Season.

Moving Picture Industry is

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at present you have caly about the Royal Navy camot operate in fifty members in the League, Well, Eastern waters, the Australasian exceedingly gratifying to find that gentlemen, that is an musatisfactory Dominions are left defenceless, an state of affairs if you remember that easy prey to the attack of in 1805 we had two hundred to three enemy possessed of a battle field hundred members. There is no doubt and bases within striking distance. there are more Europeans in the The must profound belief in the Colony now than we had then. It goodwill of the Pacific Powers does is very unsatisfactory that in such not justify us in this act of -lesertion. a shipping port as Hongkong we Next to the "golden link of the should have such a paltry number] Crown" the Kavý, is the strongest of members, and I hope that all link in the ties which bind the British subjects will come forward Dominions to the Mother Country. and join at onet, "Cortainly such | Hitherto, it has sheltered them, a state of affairs ought not to exist more or less completely, from attack, in this important outpost of the even though its main strength bán Empire.!!

been thousands of miles away; bo The Chairman said that an appeal cause it has stood between them had been received from the Hend: and the,mniu force of a potential uffice, of the Longue at Home for engry. If the potential, enemy be an Endowment; Fund for the work neater to their doors than the pro- if the League, which was very much tecting naval, forch, "and" if that handicapped by the lack of the protecting naval force bo paralyzed "necessary funda An Endowment for lack of a bann within covering Fund of £100,000 would be required distance, the most profound anxiety to place the League ona.sound] must be aroused in the minds of "funncial busin..

our fellow 'oltizons dvoracus which

· The Chairman thei proposed thejny pious bellot in the force of a adoption of the roport and accounta. good examplo will allay." Mr. J. Mr. McHatchon seconded Mr. Pollock said that after read-

and the proposnį WDB carried ing the extracts they should, in the -unanimously. ***

interest of the British Empire give| The following officers wore their support to the Singapore Baso appted for the current year: scheme. Ho thon invited discusidon The Hon. Mr. P. II. Holyoak, Prost on the matter.

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