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CANTON ISSUES.

RICE IMPORTERS' ANXIETY.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1891 二拜禮·號六月七英港香

No. 21,002

TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1926.

日七廿月伍

20 386 PER ANNUM

·HINGLE „COPY" 10 OKHT@

COLONY FACES WATER OUR MOSQUITOES. SERIOUS TROUBLE IN

SHORTAGE.

NECESSITY TO CONSERVE SUPPLIES.

RAINFALL BELOW AVERAGE.

Hongkong la again faced with a shortage of water, with the result that the authorities have intimat-

MANY VARIETIES IN HONGKONG.

RESULT OF INVESTIGATIONS,

Some interesting particulars of the mosquitoes of Hongkong are given by Dr. A. G. M. Severn, B. M.D., D.P... in the current issue of

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MILE-LONG TUNNEL

COMPLETED.

-THE SHING MUN SCHEME.

Canton'a year ago, when the large ad that on and after to-morrow, The Caduccus (the journal of the spirit of protest and rebellion of funds, the big pier, one of the were.bitterly attacked by Mr. Dob-Scheme was. completed at midnight

HUNAN DEVELOPMENT.

Shortly after the inauguration of the anti-British boycott In

Hongkong rice. firms could no longer despatch cargo from Can- ton, a number of Hongkong|tricts lying west of Garden Road Chinese rice importers established will be controlled by bringing the

rider mains into operation, water to be turned on to each

the supply to the rider main dis

the

Hongkong. University Society).

After referring to the work of

over

Joined up.

COST PESOS 8,500,000. NEWSPAPER SUPPRESSED.

PRESS LEAVE CONFERENCE.

Pier, No. 7 at Manila is com-

London, July 5. Batavia, Jada, July 1-Notwith- standing the apparent quiet which complete, says the Bulletin Coto

The Railway Companies, the most Interesting stage in the prevails here, certain grave occur. menced in 1920, delayed several Government and Mr. Baldwin progress of the Shing Mun Valley rences lately Indicate that the times because of non-availability

gaining ground among the Malay.fi Medien inhabitants of the big islands of finest structures of its kind in the bie, President of the National on Sunday night, when the two. Union of Railwaymen, in a speech ends of the long tunnel which Sumatra and Java,

world, has been turned The agitation which recently formally to the Bureau of Customs. at the annual conference of the pierces Golden Hill were finally examination and classification done culminated in an encounter in the The total cost of the pier proper is)

Union at Weymouth. western part of Sumatra and in by Dr. J. C. Thomson and late. Dr. a series of encounters in the re- Fesos 8,506,700, that of the electric had roused class consciousness in tract engineers, Mesara. Sir W He said that the general strike For some months past, the con H. Macfarlane (the latter of whom glon of Acheen, Sumatra, la, prine handling cargo equipment Fesos the workers, whose spirit on the G. Armstrong Whitworth and Co., added considerably to our know- cipally due to the tragic death of

ninth day of the great fight was Ltd, have been working from better than the first. The Rail- both ends, driving a tunnel which, ledge of the varieties of mosquitous two leaders of the Sarekat Rayat found in the Colony), Dr. Severn one of whom died in exile and the

BERTHIS FOUR DIG LINERS. (Popular Revolutionary Party),

way Companies were determined now it is completed, is nearly one Few appreciate the magnitude of to make the railwaymen pay the mile in length 4,649 feet, pre that last year he himself com- other in gaol,

One leader was named Misbach, the structure. The main deck penalty of their strike losses, "but cisely. Recently, the two tunnil portion to its capital and standing, ing the supply in the area named menced to collect mosquitoes, who was one of the most popular ares alone is eight times that of before long wu shall demonstrate faces have been nearing each is the present shortage. So far, mostly bred from the larvae aders of the, Sarakat Rayat and Pier 3, five times that of Plet 5 and that the temporary victory of the other and much interest has contr contribution towards the pending this year is proving to be drier found by the staff of the who died in exile in Manokwari, three times the combined area of employing class is only the pre-ed on the final stages of the work.

Coffees in Canton so as to import the commodity from Siam and other rice-producing ports with out transhipment In Hongkong.

A number of these firms are now said to be considering with

drawing from Canton, on account of the reported Intention of the authorities there to... exact from" each rice firin in the city, in pro-

a certain amount of rice as a war

Northern expedition..

The Government is said to have recently demanded a credit, vir- tually'n contribution, for 100,000

Rice Guild.

pleuis of rice from the Canton

A Nam Pak Hong firm in Hong- ong has just received a wire From Swatów connectione advising it not to ship goods there until further notice. A general strike, or a suspension of business, is to take place soon, unless the tixes imposed are greatly now h

HUMAN OUTLOOK. General Chao Hong-ti, the former Tuchun of Hunan, who was recently driven from Chang sha by General Tong Sang-chi, who is now identified with the Kuomintang cnuso, wired to the Brigadiers Generals under Tong the other day advising them to influence their present chief to further investigate the existing .conditions in Kwangtung before co-operating with the Kuomintang According to General Chao, there' are too many factions in the Can- ton party who are suspicious one of another to be successful, whilst the evils resulting from Bol- shevism can be seen from the destruction in sufferings and Rusaia.

A committee of Hunanese opposing the making of Hunan Province a battle-ground for the anti-Reds and the Kuomintang Army is holding a conference with the former Tuchun, General Chao, at Hankow, and the latest pro- posals advanced are that General Tong, who mutinied against Chno, should resign..

DISARMING VOLUNTEERS.

In the meantime, however, the Kuomintang in Canton is devoting its attention to the raising of funds from the people rather than expediting the Northern Expedi- tion.

Anti-Red operations in Kwangtung, carried out in many channels, have actually begun, and, adopting the "safety Orst". polley, Kuomintang troops have been. disarming the People's Volunteers, beginning with the Eastern Kwangtung districts, where anti-Red influence has been rather strong.

rider main dally for two hours.

On enquiry at the offices of the Water Authority this morning, a Telegraph representative learned that the sole reason for restrict-

than the average, spread over a

saya

long period of years, the rainfali Sanitary Department in

950,000.

the New Guinea. The other was Piers 3 and 6. It has berths for lude to a great working-class Earlier in the day on Sunday, a up to yesterday being only 37.75 course of their duties. These were Sugono, president of the Railway four big liners. Its facilities for triumph."

Labourers', Union, who died in the handling of cargo are

41 inches.

Ions,

The coming of the hot weather has naturally caused consumption to increase very much, and for the week ended yesterday the consump- tion in Hongkong alone was over 65 million gallons, whilst there are signs that the rate will increase further still unless restriction is brought into effect.

A DAYLIGHT BITER.

ment.

hold had been drilled through, unsur- Mr. Dobble denounced Mr. from the north face, condrming

Ревоб

the fact that only three feet still remained to be excavated. Short- ly before midnight, a round of holes was fired which blew a big aperture through the last remain- ing barrier, thus completing the

connection.

4 against an average of over sent to Mr. F. W. Edwards, the gaol. The nationalists in Java passed and before the end of the Baldwin as a dangerous hypocrite. well-known authority, of the British and Sumatra have converted these month automatically operated steel He talked of his rural contempla The reservoirs are getting very Museum of Natural History, whe two dead leaders into idols and gang planks will be in operation. tign of a pig, but he appeared to low, and the total amount of water very kindly offered to identify are broadcasting the report all The engineer in charge of construc- have learnt more from the fox, in storage in the whole of the six them. A few also were identified over that they died as martyrs of tion was Lir. W. J. Grodske chief gaining his ends by posing as a reservoirs on the island this morn-ut, Liverpool University.. Alto-

of Public Works. The work was ter ing was only 1,146.27 million gal-gether, more than 6,000 specimens the system of colonial govern designing engineer of the Bureau friendly-disposed opponent-Reu

have been sent Home by Dr. Severn The Dutch Government has dono entirely by the Bureau.

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES LEAVE.

ACCURATE ALIGNMENTS. up to the present, including a few adopted energetic measures in The pier proper was constructed

Later. From the engineering stand- species not previously found in these two islands and as a re-at, an expenditure of Hongkong.

prisal, over 500, leaders of the 8,506,700.00 or at a total unit The N. U. R. Conference at point, the most interesting work Sarekat Rayat are now in gaol. cost for the whole structure of Weymouth adopted a resolution was done immediately after the Two of the revolutionary news Pesos 25.00 per square foot of that only representatives of Trade connection, this being the taking papers that were most active, the main deck. Piers 3 and 5, which Union papers be eligible to report of a survey to check up direction Api of Samarang and the Nfold wers, built between 1908 and 1916 the proceedings, despite a speech and elevation. It was found that of Batavia, have been supressed when materials and labour cost by Mr. J. H. Thomas, declaring the two tunnels, which have now. by the Government

considerably leaq than half of that such a resolution would only been made into one, had been present prices, were constructed make the Conference ridiculous aligned in respect of both elova- under contract at a unit price of and adding that the Press repre- tion and direction to an accuray Pesos 12.00 per square foot of area. sentatives were as good Trade of one and a half inches. Modern plers in the provinces are Unionists as the mover and secon. being constructed under contract der of the resolution. at Pulupandan, Occidental Negros and at Davao, Davao at unit prices of Pesos 15.00 and Pesos 20.00 per square foot of area.

The Colony has now reached the end of what is normally regarded as the wet half of the year, and as the rainfall is lower than the average, and particularly less than for the corresponding periods of 1924 and 1925, it has been deem- ed necessary to conserve supplies as far as possible.

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STRIKE COSTS.

VOTE OF £3,000,000.

London, July 5. A White Paper has been issued covering a supplementary estimate of £3,000,000 to meet expenditure in connection with the general and coal strikes. The figure in-

"

cludes:-

Food Organisations £197,000. Transport £20,000,

Coal Consumption and Distribu tion £35,000.

British Cazette, £16,000. Police, £165,000. Also the purchase of imported coal-Reuter.

CHOSE WRONG MAN.

PICKPOCKET ROBS CONSTABLE.

In the course of his article, Dr. Severn says the species most com- monly found in the Colony is Culex fatigans. This ubiquitous insect is, met with everywhere, and at all seasons of the year. The Stegom- yia scutellaris, the common black and white mosquito, is the dext most numerous. It is frequent in hot summer weather, and is a per- sistent daylight biter.

LOCAL RADIO.

TO-DAY'S BROADCASTING."

The Anopheles most frequently

In another part of this issue will found here are A. maculatus, A. be found some particulars of sinensis and A. minimus; all other broadcasting tests which ете Anopheles, in my experience, may runde from the offices of this paper be considered as rarities, in this

last evening,

FLANS WERE EXPANDED. Pier No. 7 as originally proposed

Colony. It is to be regretted that There will be further intermit-I both the A. maculatus and A. mini-tent testing and brondcasting this was to be the same size as Pier No. mus are in other countries well afternoon from 4 o'clock onwards, 5, but of heavier construction and known to be vectors of subtertian on a wavelength of 475 metres, built by modern methods. or "malignant" malaria, The A. Those owning receiving sets are sinenses has in Formosa been asked to listen-in, proved a carrier of benign-tertian and quarian malaria, and in other parts of the East, particularly in the Dutch East Indies, it is suspect- ed to transmit sub-tertian malaria. It is a matter of interest that these three Anopheles are the ones most commonly found in Formosa, where malaria is a serious problem.

CHOLERA AT NEGAPATAM;

DECLARED TO BE AN INFECTED PORT.

KING OF SPAIN.

Rugby, July 5.

Every Press representative left the room after the adoption of the resolution by a show of hands. Reuter.

IMPORTED MEAT.

Under WHY CONTINENTAL SUPPLIES

ARE PROHIBITED. the supplementary appropriation, plans, were made for doubling the

Rugby, July 5. width of the structure but keeping the length as originally planned. Replying to a question upon the With the advent of the port works recent Order prohibiting the im bond issue, whereby additional part of continental fresh meat into funds were to be made available, Britain, the Rt. Hon. Walter general plans were prepared for Guiness, Parliamentary Secretary the improvement of the whole to the Miniatry of Agriculture, south harbour, and in conformity said it was instituted because of therewith it was decided to utilize the actual discovery of foot and to best advantage all available mouth disease in three such con- water frontage.

signments. No case of disease Consequently it was decidedly could be traced to Argentine meat, advantageous to extend Pier No. and in the absence of definite 7.to.the harbour limit line, as to proof of disease, prohibition of day is being done in all modern chilled and frozen meat from the harbours requiring several berths Argentine would not be justified where such extension does not British Wireless, encroach upon the fair way, thus providing facilities for twice the tonnage of vessels with a minimum expenditure on dead works. Ac- cordingly the plans were revised

London, July 5. LUCKY DISTRICTS,

The Government of the Dutch has declared Indfes Anopheles are very rarely found East in the city of Victoria, and that Negapatam to be infected with part of Kowloon situated south of cholera, Reuter Gascoigne Road is equally free from these dangerous mosquitoes.

Dr. Severn Boys-My collection tends to show that Anopheles are relatively common in the winter OXFORD CONFERS A DEGREE months; this, I think, may be due to the damming up of streams and nullahs by farmers and others dur- The Degree of Doctor of Civil ing the dry season. These efforts Law, by diploma, was conferred to conserve water often provide upon the King of Spain in the to provide for a pler proper 1,400 suitable breeding places in water- Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, by feet in length "beyong the pier The usual daily cases brought courses where there is, during the the Chancellor of the University, head, by 285 feet in width, c before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill at the rainy season, tos rapid a flow to Lord Cave, to-day-British Wire- equivalent to nearly five times, the Kowloon Magistracy this morning permit the breeding of Anopheles. required but ten minutes to be disposed of, there being only eight Hongkong are fairly readily dis- The Anophelene mosquitoes of police cases, all of which were tinguishable from other varieties; in regard to petty offences.

the only Culicine species likely to In a cuse of pickpocket, a Chinese who was charged with which has spotted wings, and pos

'cause confusion are C, mimeticus,. In Hongkong last year, has now larceny, from the person of a sibly C. orientalis; however, both nearly 6,000 members throughout Shantung constable of a sum of these mosquitoes are of infrequent. Hongkong, according to Mr. Yip | $8, pleaded guilty and was sen- Loo-wah, one of the secretaries, of tenced to six weeks' hard labour. the organisation.

His Worship remarked to the

A HONGKONG SOCIETY.

The "Wu Cho Sha," or "Society of Assistance," of 76, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong, which is an auxiliary of the Labour Main tenance Association which did so much good work during the strike

occurrence.

MOSQUITO-EATING FISII,

The purpose of the Society is defendant that he chose the wrong co-operation and mutual help person to rob, to which, he replied Hongkong is fortunate in pos among the members, who are that he was not aware that the sessing at least two or three indi- mostly recruited from the working complainant was a constable, hegenous species of small mosquito-

ass. The Society provides legal being in civilian clothing at the Edrice for members needing such aid tries to find employment for the idle, grants medical assistance to members, and has a relief fund for the benefit of familion of the deccased members.

A member, when admitted by the committee on recommendation

time.

death, every other member assists the family of the deceased by a contribution of 10. cents. 5.

The head office of the society is

at the same building as the Labour

of another, pays an initiation feo Maintenance, Association, but it

of two dollars and a monthly due has branches in Shamsuipo, of 20 cants; but in case of the Yaumatt, and Mongkok..

less..

SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE.

RELIEF FUNDS OPENED.

Amsterdam, July 6. Funds to relieve the victims of the earthquake In Sumatra have been opened throughout Holland. -Reuter

SYRIAN REBELS.

MORE FIGHTING IN JEBEL DRUZE

Paris, July 5,

size of structure originally planned. FACILITIES FOR CARGO

SUBMARINE RAISED.

„SALVAGE OF S 51.

Washington, July 5, It is officially announced that the Submarine S51, which qunk in 135-foot of water off Block Island last autem, bas been raised to In order to handle cargo pro- the surface. It will probably perly and economically, with a be towed to the Brooklyn Navy minimum of delay, a well designed Yard and opened in order to re- and flexible system of electric move the score. of bodies of the cargo handling equipment has been crew for funeral with full naval installed, consisting of overhead honours Reuter's American Ser- cránes throughout the pier. nnd vire. semi portal gantry cranes for light and for heavy lifts on the pler aprons at a total expenditure of HISTORIC AUTOGRAPH. Pesos $50,000.00,

AN ACCUSATION OF THEFT,

This most satisfactory result was, of" course, extremely gratifying to. those responsible

The foremen in charge of the work have been Mr. A Water house, on the south face, and Mesara, Danes and Williams“ (all of Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co.) on the north face, whilst the engineers responsible for the alignment and grading of the tan- nel have been Mr. A. Culver for Mesara. Armstrong, Whitworth and Cb.) and Mr. R. H Skelton, A.R.S.M., of the Public Works De- partiment.

This morning, His Excellency the Governor (Sir Cecli Clementi) has, in company with Public Works Department officials, made au lu spection of the work, going right through the tunnel from the Shek Lal. Pul end.

· ANOTHER TUNNEL'

The other tunnel, which is to pierce Smugglers Ridge, is also nearing completion, but this is not so long as the one now anfsked, being 2,160 feet in length. When this is completed water will be able to flow from the Shing Men' River right into the Shek Lai Pul reservoir above Laichifok

The works already finished to make this possible are:-The con- struction of an intake dam across the Shing Mun above Pineapple Pass, with a temporary conduit 6,000 feet in length; the construc- tion of a permanent conduft 2,900 feet in length; and the construc tion of another open coadult, link- ing up the two tunnels, 2,000 feet" in length.

FURTHER WORKS.

The supply of water from this part of the whole Shing Man scheme will be about five million gallons of water per day, but the works that are necessary to com»

Hongkong the benefit of the sup plete this first section and to give Ply are: The construction of a raw water reception reservoir in the lower Shek Lai Pul Valley work in progress); the instalia tion of a filtration plant Immedi covered reinforced concrete ser vice reservoir for the storage of

The remainder of the port works

New York, July 57 eating fish. Theso are found in

bond leauo was released. In the

A message from Atlanta, says ponds and streams, but are less

amount of Pesos 2,138,000,00 for common than formerly; such valu-

the acquisition and erection of that the Georgia State authorities able fish should be protected." A

general port works equipment for announce they will pae for the reataly below the above reservoir u very hardy and voracious species,

the burenu of public works, a covery of the autograph of Mr. with an extraordinary appetite for

A message from Beirut, Syria, portion of which equipment is be- Gwinnett, who was one of the mosquito larvae and even pupae, is says that 85 rebels were killed ing utilized in the construction and signatories of the Declaration of the filtered water; the laying of the Macropodus opercularis, Linn, during French advance in south- maintenance of port works through- Independence, which was auction- 24-inch trank min to Kowloon the Chinese Paradise Fish. I am ern Jebel Druze The French out the islands, and for which the ed recently for $22,500. It is al Point, and the carrying of it across sending other fish, with sallar pro roached Melha without incident, demands are increasing from year leged that the signature was mirthe harbour, with the ovenatal link clivities, to England to be named, and many ringleaders have sub to year to care for these ports poloined from the State archives Ing up with the City's distribus

tion system. (Continued on Page 18),

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