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The Telegraph.

SATURDAY, FEB. 27, 1926.)

THE CUSTOMS INCIDENT.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1926.

DAY BY DAY.

action between the foreign Powers and the taking of no unfair advantage by the nationals] of one country as compared with those of any other. This is an HEAVEN.Dickens.

aspect of the boycott question which might well engage the at- tontion of all the Powers con- cerned.

As we have said, however, this Customs incident is quito separate issue from the boycott, but there are

GWO points

HOURS ARE GOLDEN LINKS; GOD'S TOKEN. REACHING

Mr. W. E. Antrim, Manager of the Manila Hotel, 'is on a short visit to Hongkong.

stolun.

MIXED

ASHLEY STERME ·

GRILL

AVTHOR OF TWISTED TALES-

According to tho.old Chinese calendar, to-day is the Feast of The dawn of each New Year I hear that Mrs. Moldeigh Lanterns (Shang-yuan-chiehi. fills us with high and ennobling Marthagh's Christmas house- resolves. In the words of M. party at Mildew Manor, Mac- An armed robbery occurred at Couc (as near as doesn't matter), olosfield, was a grout success. arising out of the settlement that about nine o'clock this morning, we resolve overnight that every Nearly everybody was violently at No. 255, Laichikok Road. The day, in cvory way, we will try to ill after the Christmas pudding, nead emphasising. The first is men were armed with daggers.live better and botter; and to our especially old Sir Horvey that the Canton Government, by Money and jewellery, the value national orodit let it be said that Stougher, who inadvertently of which is not stated, were there is not a man amongst us swallowed the sixpence. The gotting the boycott organisation

who fails to keep his resolution-issue was complicated by the to return the seized goods, in no w

until breakfast-time next morn- fact that the cook, having had no Arranged by the Kowlooning. Then we are confronted sixpenny-piece handy at tho placed in the position that it can no longer plead that it has no will be held at the Hongkong Note, Schedule D, First Instal-ture, inserted three pennios, five Cricket Club, a fancy dress dance with the grim spectre of Demand time of the pudding's manufac control over the movement. That Hotel Roof Garden on Friday. is a vital point to be kept in wind March 5th. Prizes will be given in connection with any future for the best and most original negotiations for a settlement be obtained from the K.C.C. The second matter is that, by complying with the Customs A Router's message from Lon- Commissioner's orders, the Can-don announces the death of Capt. Edward Winthrop, who is de- ton Governmont tacitly recognises soribed as

▸ former Harbour the supremacy of the Polting Master of Hongkong. His name Government, since the Customs dous not, however, appear in the tent, and instead of striving to for transuro trove. I understand Civil Service list of fermer Har-ve batter and bettor wo prompt-that everything was recovered ly give way to base and criminal except the packet of pins. For- desires, and wish for nothingtunately they were only rusty better than the opportunity to brass ones.

costumes. Admission tickits can

service is under the latter's contour Masters of this Colony.. trol. In these sonses, the settling

fof the Canton dispute has a The now wing of the Kwong impale the skulls of the local tax- Wah Hospital in Yumati; one of collectors on the spikes of the the two larger Chinose institu-) tions in Hongkong, will be formal-postern-gate.

greater significance than would appear on the surface of things.

A Considerate Government,

BRITISH FILMS.

Rugby, Feb, 26.

But come! I don't want to sound an altogether lugubrious acte anent a laudable, if abortive, Now Year's customi; so let me

jote a little uplift" poem, ut my request by Dr." Feign Crunk

Should we make resolutions; Not only when Decomber ends

Each day's a day to make

amends, There is no Resolves, and restitutions;

Year

+

halfpennies, one farthing, and a packet of pins, all of which word incorporated in Sir Horvey's slice. Fortunately the house- party included two eminent surgeons in the persons of Dr. Codley Veroylé and Dr. Glauber Saltz, who kindly consented to operate; and a most amusing and Instructive evening was spent delving into Sir Harvey's innards

been privileged to take off my hat Twice already I have recently

figure as a halfpenny a unit seemed impossible to mo at first. aesthesius Bilgewater, informe But my friend, Professor An- me that this is by no means im practicable. For years he has lit his own house at a negligiblo from coupling-up electric eel: cost solely by the power derived while all the current required for cooking and heating has beori derived, with out any expense whatever, from the simple process of warming cats in front of

their fur against the nap. an oil-stove and briskly brushing

day and sosing eight cushiore Calling at my bank lust Mon standing guard over my overdraft and a whole platoon of clerks

awfully busy making it more, it

to Liverpool in this colunin, and ly opened next Friday, March Should I ever become a M.P. today I doff it again-to mark 5th, when the Secretary for Chi-(which is not unlikely, seeing that my appreciation of its progressive nesc Affairs will he invited to un-I am rapidly approaching that step towards the solution of the If further proof wore norded the six graduates

lock the door. At the same time state of sonile imbecility when smoke problem. 250 all-electrio from the my services might be useful to houses are to be otected (I hope, that the Hongkong Government Nurses Training Class of the my country! I shall bring in aby all-olctric bricklayers) which is ready to receive with every Hospital will be given their certi Bill to make First Instalments will. boast neither fireplaces, sympathy the representations of ficates.

payable on some day other than chimneypots, nor flues, every- The Chinese community for relief

New Year's Day, say 20th. Feb-thing being done by those handy from unduly pressing conditions

About half an hour after the ruary: or better still, 30th. little volts and amps and ohms. arising out of the strike and boy- Sui An left its wharf at Macao February. For it is the height of and things. That the necessary cott, the resolution approved at for Hongkong yesterday morning, paradox to go about wishing each current will be supplied at so low yesterday's meeting of the Legis Chinese steerage passenger other a Happy and Prosperous The firm action taken by the tative Council would more than committed suicide by throwing New Year when we know that in Canton Commissioner of Customs law of the Colony is used very steamer was stopped and a life-be standing outside the public supply that proof. The rating himself into the harbour. The fow days' time ngay of us will in closing the port until goods largely on the Home practice and bont sent to search, but no trace houses playing. "Land of Hope illegally seized had been returned it has long since been proved that was found. It is believed that and Glory" on the cornet; all our for examination and assessment if sometimes rather anomalous in

it is, generally speaking, equitable the man had been very unlucky ready money having been taken to of duty has had its reward by operation. But owing to the fact to pay his passage. Due to the land fit for American jazz-hands in gambling as he could not afford make England, our England, a compliance on the part of the that much newly-orected property above incident the Sui An was to live in.

in the outlying districts of the late in arriving. boycoit organisation with the Colony are only partially occupi conditions laid down. The seizeded, the landlords in such cases goods have been handed over to are finding it a hardship that they the Customs authorities, who have to pay rates on a whole

house. And, in consequence of have now caused a re-opening of representations which have been, the port. However grudgingly made to the Government on their BIG SCHEME AT BRIGHTON: Specially written for my readers the boycotters may have acted, it behalf, the Legislative Council is satisfactory to realise that the these

hasf, by special resolution, given.

fundlords R reason- It is generally accepted that the integrity of the Customs serviceable measure of relief. Our

Board of Trade is favourable to the has been safeguarded as a result Chinese friends would do of the Commissioner's action. As Government hus chosen to do studio at Brighton.

well to bear in mind that the project for a Central National Film we have previously pointed out, this at a time when its revenue difficulty, it is understood, about Each day commences some New this action was taken solely with has been seriously eut by the

generally depressed condition of the capital required, which is, a view to protecting the Customs things, and that this demonstra- £300,000. It is proposed that pari Wherein our quondam sorrows revenues, and it possessed notion of impartial and henevolent of this should be guaranteed under May yield their place to hopeful other significance. The desired justice contrasts vividly with the the Trade Facilities Act,

cheer treatment which Chineso ud- Mr. Beddington Behrens, who is and having been attained, the ministrations usually mete but to the moving spirit in the sebeme, That's why we have To-morrows, incident can be regarded as their own people. It is generally expects that the studio will be closed.

a case of extortionate taxation ready this summer. The Corpora I see that an. English firm of their labours lightened by the Unhappily, however, the settle levied with sweet disregard totion of Brighton is co-operating in orchid-fanciers hasjustdespatched justice or ability to pay. Very a liberal spirit. It is hoped to an expedition to: Burmah to mont of this particular dispute little has been heard of late by build up a British technique and ransuck the Burmese forests for does not imply a cessation of the the general public regarding the film tradition equal to anything in new varieties; and this reminde boycott. Indeed, it is quite "en-but we happen to know that the

administration of the trade loun, the world-British Wireless. ceivable that. having been work of distributing the £3,000,000 brought up with a round" turn on to business men in need of it is UNION WATERBOATS. and whose object was to scour one issue. the leaders of the still going on and that it is our Chinose friends who are practic- movement will enforce the ally the sole beneficiaries of this. hoycott restrictions with all the accommodation. The record of more severity. The fact that the Hongkong Government dur- they have established a depot for extreme magnanimity, wonder- ing this strike is surely one of the examination of goods after fully in contrast to the spirit of they have been released by the antagonism which has ocen exerted against it by leaders in Customs clearly suggests an in-the neighbouring motropolis of tention of continuing the policy South China. of interference with foreign trade, It is in this eonnection that we should like to see greater unity. amongst the foreign shipping companies: One instaneo was reported yesterday in which a sium of no less than £12,000 was follow: paid by one company for the Paris release of a stoumer and cargo Brussels sotzed by armed pickets. We Amsterdam

Berlin have no knowledge of what com-

Copenhagen pany this was, but it appears to Vienna us that the payment of such Helsingfors

Lisbon irregular and utterly illegal de-Buenos Aires. mands only sorves to complicate Yokohama

Shanghai the situation and is also extreme- New

New York Geneva... ly unfortunate when other con-

Milan corné refuse to be dictated to by Stockholm

Oxlo the boycott operators. We would Pra

Prague

EXCHANGE RATES.

Rugby, Feb. 24, To-day's exchange rates are as

Oalo

THE ANNUAL REPORT.

me of an expedition of which that silly old fool, Professor Barmion Crampett, F. Z. S., was a member,

the Indian jungle for fresh species of Bombay duck. The professor, however, constantly permitted his attention to be The annual report of the Union weird behaviour of the fakirs he distracted from his duties by the Waterboat Co., Ltd., for the year was perpetually meeting. One ended December 31, 1925, states: of them was standing on his head

The profit for the year, after in a flower-pot reciting the works writing of depreciation and of Sir Rabindranath Tagore back- cluding balance brought forward wards. Another was sitting on a from last account, amounts to baked potato trying to count up. $51,388.16hich the Consulting to a billion. A third was undor- Committee recommend; applying taking a pilgrimage to Benares, as follows:-

Transfer to Insur-

ance Fund · Transfer to Super- annuation Fund... To pay a dividend

of $1:25 per share

J

131.65

107

U 27,728 shares

forward to

walking on his hands with a. beehive, balanead on his feet. A 6,000.00 fourth was under a vow to live for a week immersed in a tub of 5,000.00 | Indian ink with his face turned towards the Taj Mahal and his back towards the, Leicester, Picture House. The result of which will absorb. 34,653.75 this neglect was that an hour Carry 12.14

before the expedition was due to 1926

return the Professor hastily collected a brace of mongesse, four young crocodiles, and a $61,388.46 bottle of mango chutney, which Consulting Committee:-Since his unsuspecting employers as he subsequently palmed off upon 46.27/32 tast meeting Messrs. C. J. F. the fruits of his toil..

370

20.42

18.7

34.5

163

2.17/22

5.734.71

1/10% Quarles van Ufford and Y

4.86.1/16 Yamamoto have resigned and

26.27 Messrs. T. de Meester and. S. EMPIRE-STOCKTAKING.

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.18.13

22.37

Kinoshita have been invited to join the Committee.

134 Auditors:-The accounts under- go even further, and say, that Ri

Madrid.

31.3 review have been audited by 70/82 Messrs. Linstead & Davis charter- anch actions are contrary to the Beinly

.1/0.5/12 spirit of international under Silver (spot and forward).30.9/16 being eligible, offer themsolve

Hongkong

2/4 ed accountants, who retire, and, Itakings which imply unity of

-British Wireless.

for re-election..

THE COMING CONFERENCE.

occurred to me that sailors should not be the only fellows to have singing of chanties, and I accord- ingly went straight home and penned the following

BANK CLERKS' CHANTY. Heave along the ledger, lads! Get the journal out! (Bank rate's gone up one per cent) Save. our poor old customers

from going up the spouti".

Bank rate's gone up two per cent!!

Examine all the choques, ladai,

very carefulleo,, And if we cannot mesi om, return 'em markod "R. D." The managor's at lunch, lads,

und Drake hus put to soa, And Bank rate's gone up three

per cent!

You notice the true nautical chanty touchi? Good! Second verse→→

Enter up the pass-books Tot the payings-in! (Bank rate's) gone up four per cent) To strike the daily balance, lads,

let us all begin). (Bank rate's gone up five por

cent!

Jim

Add up all the columns of our toll of L. S. D.-"Bix and thirty's thirty-six, nought and carry three Nelson's gone a-sailing, and the boss has gone to tes And Bank rate's gone up six

per centi

opportunity for a more than usually comprehensive Empire-stocktaking. It is stated that one of the many subjects that will come under re view will be that of providing Rugby, Feb., 26

moand whereby closur consultation. the October meeting of the Im Governments on foreign affairs The newspapers anticipate that between the imperial and Dominion perial Conference will afford "an may be secured-British Wireless,