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TUESDAY, JULY 20. 1926.

ings after heavy rains. That is. one of the risks attended on pro- gress and development. Apart from losses suffered by residents, yesterday's disastor will mean a busy time for the Public Works Department and entall the ex- penditure of a big sum of public money. These things, however, cannot be foreseen or legislated for, and the most we can do is to

face the issues In A spirit of

DAY BY DAY.

DIGNITY BEGINS.--Young-

WHERE BOASTING ENDS, THERE

The Colony had a clean "bill of health for the week-end.

PARTY RIVALRY IN CANTON.

LEFT AND RIGHT ELEMENTS IN CONFLICT

DOZEN PEOPLE KILLED IN TYPHOON;

MUCH DAMAGE DONE IN PHILIPPINES.

The dispute in Kuomintang The as. Tilma, which loft Sin-ok at Canton, between the Left BY HOUSES KNOCKED DOWNI gapore on the 17th Instant, is due to the student organisation and and the Right apetions, has spread here on the 22nd,

Labour Unions...

More than a dozen persons were The 8.5. Kalgan reporta that tang. Students' Conference was and several others injured during On July 16th, when the Kuomin- either killed on land or lost at sea on her way to Hongkong, a drift being held at the Kwangtung a short but severe typhoon which Ing sampan was sighted ono mile University, a party of more than hit Samar and Romblon on July 3 courage and, as far as circum-west of Green Island. There was 40 members of the Right section and 4 according to partial reports stances permit, chceriness. Time no one aboard.

attempted to interfere; and a fight from the Governors of those two soon heals.the scars of disasters

Mr. G. A. Charles, a tailor resid- for three boys being sent to Manila.

which followed was responsible island provinces just received th like these, and we must count ouring at 4, Bowring Street, Yaumati, hospital. On the following day, selves fortunate that our latest reports to the Police that between some 60 students of the Kwong to property in Catalogan, the Considerable damage was done set-back has been marked by the 1 and 6 p.m. on Saturday clothing Weh Medical College in Canton Capital of Samar, the reports also loss of so few lives, considering and money was taken from the took a fellow-student into custody, show. The walls of the municipal

the grave possibilities of such an

Occurrence.

FRENCH CRISIS.

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house amounting to $14.

In connection with the wator shortage on the Peak, Messrs. A S. Watson and Co., Ltd., ask us to state that they can supply and deliver distilled water on one-plut and half-gallon bottles, and in three-gallon jare.

Fl

Before the Marine Magistrate, the Marine Court this morning, Lieut. Commander G. F. Hole, at No. 75167H was summoned for the master of conservancy junk

charging him with being a counter-revolutionist, or "anti-)

building were torn down and office Red," because of his recent contrally located were also wreck- archives destroyed while £7-housea attempt to side with the Faculty, when the Left elements were try- ing to replace a moderate princl-talvero of Romblon, in one place According to Governor Juan Fe- pal by an extremist.

ed.

were children. An entire house

The 130 "anti-Red" and the 172|

alone, the barrio of Homaguichio, M. HERRIOT'S CABINET.

"Red" Labour' Unions are said to municipality of Badajoz, there. feud, one similar to that of early was washed out to the sea by a be prepared to enter into another were eight killed of whom four Paris, July 19: M. Herriot announced at noon

when casualties of more than a January this year along the Bund, river flood and the whole family The Telegraphed by the evening. He says he

trouble has resulted from a failure Teodoro Merano. 29. (husband); that the Cabinet would be form

score were recorded. The present

within was lost. ' has been assured of co-operation

Those drowned in Badajoz are by some of his colleagues and this causing an obstruction by anchor of anti-Red" Unions to have Camila de la Cruz, 20, (wife); is regarded as meaning that it willing in the southern fairway. The be based on a union of the Left defendant was dismissed with a parties It will probably Ingrde M. Herriot (Premier and Foreign

TUESDAY, JULY 20. 1926.

THE FLOODS.

!

caution.

message to Manila" papers, Presi- According to a United Press dent Coolidge's administration will end with his present term in office and he will not be a candidate for re-election, said Senator Albert

themselves registered by the Kuomintang.

These

Salvacion Merano, 3, (daughter); Commissioner of Agriculture and Labour.

and two sons and another unidenti-

the Commissioner who, later, for buried in a landslide. Unions, about 30 in number, have fed poreon, Adela Manalon, 14, therefore brought charges against tree, while Rupertn Manalon was was hit and killed by a falling

other reasons, resigned. The "Reds" now have'n auspicion that Cosine Maralon (husband). En

The ones reported injured are their opponents are moving carnacion Mayo (wife), Francis uguinst them, and they have, in

!

Troneh france on London closed Cummins, Republican of Iowa, in turn, brought charges before theca Manalon (daughter) and Jose..

Minister) and Demonzie, who is the Nature plays strange tricks.vocate of the capital levy Minister of Finance. Reuter. That is the thought which must

EVEN LOWER FRANC. have occurred to many when con-

London, July 19. templating the disaster which the Colony yesterday suffered as a re- sult of the inundation to which all parts of Hongkong way sub- jected. It was only a few days previously that we were bemoan- Ing the shortage of water, due to the unusually dry spell which had been experienced. Matters be, came so serious in this respect

209.50-Reuter. at 29.25 and Belgium franes at

Paris, July 19. M. Harriot completed his Cabinet mier and Foreign Minister; M. at midnight. He is himself Pre- Deronzie is Finance Minister; M. Painleve is. Minister of War; and M. Loucheur is Minister of Commerce-Renter.

a statement issued soon after his arrival from Washington or July 14th.

Courts against certain "anti-Reds" for crimes supposed to have been committed early this year.

Manalon (son),,

The acting Governor of Samar reported that in the municipulity of Dolores a typhoon äccurred at midnight July 3 killing one woman,

and destroying official archives. destroying 57 houses, tearing down the walls of the municipal building

Balienas and Felipe Cenato of the He also reports, that Mamerto barrio of Cabatuan, municipality

including lands and buildings have Some city properties in Manila. been virtually abandoned due to Street on Saturday night a Chinese the refusal of the city offeints to detective accosted a man who was Whilst on patrol in Reclamation assume reponsibility for their carrying a sack and asked to be custody. This refusal results from allowed to search it. The man im MANY NEWCOMERS.

the conflicting opinions of the inmediately dropped the sack and Paris, July 19. Compared with M. Briand's regarding the liability of each detectivo

sular auditor and the city fiscal bolted. He was chased, but the of Palapag, were lost on the same was outdistanced. Onday, July 3, while fishing, and

found it contained eight revolvers Anito as a result of the typhoon. and 800 rounds of ammunition.

that the supply had to be curtailed, | Cabinet, M. Herriot's list is coin-official for the loss or deterioration returning he searched the sack, and Mateo Labenia of the barrio of

pletely new, It contains several of the property. little-known personalities but be.

list support in the appointments days for the purchaise of the Cebu trays a very strong bid for Cartel-. Negotiations during the last few of M. Chautemps as Minister of Portland Cement Company prop Interior, M. Renouit (Marine), M. erty by Filipino capitalists had Bonnet (Persions) and M. Darine advanced so-far as to warrant the (Colonies)-Reuier.

LEANING TO CENTRE.

Paris, July 19.

The Very Idea!

The human mind seeks eternally "What a the race yours is!" simple solution of the said Lloyd George. "And what

and there was even talk of yet further restriction. Then, with out scarcely any warning, we get a flood almost unprecedented in severity in the history of the Colony. In twenty-four hours, no fess than 21.43 inches of rain fell,

belief that the deal was near con- which is easily a record for any

summation. But at joint meet- July day, whilst during the worst

The Ministry is mainly Radical Development Company and the ing of the directors of the National hour of the spell nearly four though excluding Socialists, who, Senator Ramon Fernandez, J. L Socialist, preponderantly Cartellist capitalists' representatives, former inches were recorded.

like Demonzie, favour the capital Irwin and their lawyer, Judge for Unhappily, in a Colony whereevy but withhold support pending James Ross, new difficulties of a mystery of life. Why we should wonderful soldiers they were much new building and the con-ment's policy. On the contrary, a

the development of the Govern-serious nature developed and it is be so certain that the formula la during the war. I speak from struction of new roads is taking leaving to the centreward is reveal blocked or at least delayed for a

now feared that the sale will be simple is difficult to explain. That experience.

I once saw rains invariably ed by the choice of M. Painleve and long time, says a Manila paper. place. heavy

the form of energy we know as Bretons attack. They mean landslides, and yesterday are largely responsible for post.

life may be the resultant of a astonishing in their assurance and M. Loucheur, the latter a million-

million interacting factors and enthusiasm." that point was most forcefully de- war reconstruction of devastated

elements is just as possible, But "Do you know why?" asked monstrated. We have already told regions.-Bruter.

the mind of man refuses to accept Briand with suspicious gentleness. the main story of the disaster,

it. Dr. William Teg, director of "No," replied L G. guilelessly.. from the effects of which we are

the Biological Research Institute, "They were believes, if he has not been mis- Briand, "with ardour that has inspired," said all more or less still suffering.

represented, that all plant and come down through the centuries. What it means in actual loss it

animal life has a simple cause in These simple Breton peasants the emanations of the radioactive thought we were still fighting the will not be possible to say for

element brodium. "The theory is English." some considerable time. Public

emanations are "everywhere," it interesting, though, as brodium and private property have alike!

may be hard to prove.

The married

many

CANTON CHRISTIAN'

COLLEGE.

HONGKONG BRANCH GATHERING.

afternoon, when

+

sisterhood

your

were

Aunt (who has received a letter from Johnnie's home): "Oh, of Johnnie, your mamma has got two

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SCEPTICAL PRESS,

Paris, July 19. Judging from the anticipatory newspaper comment, the Herriot Ministry has opened under most un- happy auspices. The Journal des Debate says that whereas France needed a government she is getting branch school of Canton Christian The closing exercises of the a Ministry of national calamity.

The Tempo says that instead of College, located at Happy Valley, suffered heavily, and it will be forming a Ministry of national Chinese YM.C.A. last Saturday America is put hunting for one nice new babies."

was held at the auditorium of the long day before the union for public salvation M. Herriot has composed a Cabinet, ravages of the floods are entirely of

eight higher national disunion for, the

primary students received their Mr. C. C. Classon who, disappeared Johnnje: "That's just like effaced. One of the worst fea-salvage of. the Left cartel.

certificates of graduation, Mr. from his home in Omaha, Neb, mamma; I suppose by having two tures is undoubtedly the putting It predicts a brief span of

Lee Chi-chung, member of the seven years ago. His wife and she gets them cheaper,” further convulsion, then the situn Board of Directors of the School, three children just complcted a out of action of the pumping tion will become grave and then presided in the absence of Dr. T. 10,000-mile walk in search for him. When a man retires he often station which serves the mid-dramatic.

Other woman opine that what'a keeps on doing nothing but talking. levels and the Peak. Apart from riot will meet foreign commitment principal address of the day by Dr. must be worth being on, the lock-

La Liberte expects that M. Her-

Preceding the delivery of the worth walking 10,000 miles for, about his work. by inflation. "Our unfortunate Board of Education of Hongkong,

Wen Man-kai, a member of the out for! country does not deserve to suffer the Chinese National Anthem was

depths of calamity and in-sung by all present. Other items receive about £4 a week.

Girl etenographers' of London' famy."

Even the Paris Soir which sup- on the

Only one woman out of 30 has

P. Woo,

the loss of life entailed in this in- cident, which all will regret, con- siderable inconvenience will be suffered for some time by residents in the régions hitherto served by this station. And here again we have the strange result that, with the whole. Colony flooded, a very considerable portion of the island MORE CALCUTTA RIOTS. Directors.

the upper and middle levels has to be placed on rations and the utmost care taken to conscrve supplies. In this respect, the events of yesterday are far more serious than many previous floods. It is naturally on roads which are relatively new that the biggest Jandslides have taken place. Operations of that character, well as the construction of hoages on sites which

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programme included

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▪.

The average woman of to-day is

ports the Cartel, doubts. M. Her-orations by a member of the perfect feet. riot's ability to solve the crisis and and a musical selection by another one and two-tenths inches taller graduating class, Lai, Kwan-lum," asks what his programme will be and how long will he last 7-Reuter, member, Yip Bing-kie.

Prizes than the average woman of 30 were presented by Mr. Chan Fui- years ago. chong, a member of the Board of

Mr. Szoto Wai, the Caddy: Very sorry, miss, but principal of the School, read the I can't caddy for you to-day." POLICE HAVE TO FIRE. „

annual report.

Lady Golfer: "How Is that, Dr. Wen Man-kai, in his address. Robert." Calcutta, July 19. urged the students to be physically Serious. Hindu-Moslem rioting fit and spiritually sound-the sold yer to Ginger Brown for

Caddy: "Well, you see, miss, police fired and four Moham- which was something to be shown has occurred in a suburb. The fundamental basis of patriotism, shilling!": medaus were wounded and sent to in action and not simply display- hospitals. The firing continues.ed in words and party cries. The Reuter.

Canton Christian College aimed at the development of a sound mind and a clean charactor, Dr. Wen said.

DUKE OF YORK TO OPEN,

Melbourne, July 19. Lord Stonehaven announces that necessitate the building of re- the Duke of York will open Parlia taining walls, aro always liable arent at Canberra, the new Capital, to be attended with serious happen- -Reutor

The graduates, of the branchi school wore Yip Bing-kle, Lai Kwan-lum, Lee Kit-chuen, Lee Man-tal, Mok Way-chen, Ng Yip- shiu, Wong Chong-wood; and Wong

Yuk man..

#

The coppers in the cellar.

poeked

And watched some fluid

bubble.

The man intended brewing

wine,

But only brewed some

trouble.

and is very proud of being a M. Briand comes from Britanny

Breton.

i.

In days when graildina was a

child

A young girl going away.

to apend

A few days with a distant

friend

Would travel on a coach high-

piled

With bag and baggage, trunk

and grip.

And what a tedious

Journey then

By rocky road and muddy

glen To frolic at a week-end trip!

But now a racing motor car, Resplendent in the latest

mode, Swift-rolling over con-

crete road,

Will bear the week-end guest"

afar. And for her luggage, just

small

Black bag containing one

dance frock, Duk

A bathing suit, a golfing

smack, Tooth brush and powder puff