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The Telegraph.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 1926."

THE CHINA WAR.

After their initial serica of strik ing successes, the Southern troops now operating in Central China

would appear to have come upon more evil days. There is, at the moment, nothing in the nature of general retreat, but present ten

FRIDAY, OCTOBER

DAY BY DAY:

CORRESPONDENCE.

HONGKONG EDUCATION.

THE RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK.

To the Editor of the Hongkong, REASONS FOR LIQUIDATION.

Telegraph FRE

LIFE IS LIKE A GAME OF WHIST I DON'T ENJOY THE GAME MUON BUT I LIKE TO PLAY MY CARDS WELL, AND SEE WHAT WILL BE THE END OF IT George Elliot.

Sir, The article in yosterday 6 There was a clean bill of health issue, under the title of "The New in the Galony yesterday.

The Patriotic Trading Company send us some samples of the "Happy Home Maker shampoo,

and that he is in reality anxious to carve out a new domain for himself." Hie ability to hold Hankow will, prove a big factor in the situation, and this at the moment la somewhat In doubt. Possibly he had hopes of gotting through via Nanchang to his nativa province, Chikiang, but here again his way seems to be blocked at present. Once he Is cut off from his base, the Allied troops, if they hold together, can make his position untenable, and it may well be timt big operations with this end in view may now be in immediate contemplation. At

A Chinese was admitted into the any rate, the cables of the next few Government Civil Hospital yester days should prove most interesting day suffering from scalds receiv and may possibly throw a deal ofed when a pot of congee to which light in what is at the moment. a

he was attending became upset. somewhat obscure situation.

A baby two months old, which slept throughout the journey, was a passenger from London to Paris in Handley Page-Napler air liner.

The Empress of Asin left Naga saki last night and is due at Woo- sung at 7am. on Saturday.

In our report of the funeral of the late Miss Dulmage it should have been stated that the obsequies were conducted by the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, assisted by the Rev. Horace Johnston.

Commenting on the announce ment that the Shanghai branch of

Term," "Observator, dealt with the Russo-Asiatic Bank will go in- the advantages of local education, to voluntary liquidation, and will stressing, mainly, the opportunities remain closed pending appoint- for sport enjoyed by the boys and

girls of the Contral British School ment of an official liquidator, the

That these pupils enjoy advanN. O. Daily News says: tages not often attainable at Home While this step la boing taken, It 18 agreed, but I fear "Observator" is learned that in no manner does his missed the main point and is natywell informed as to the sports.

it suggest any indication of insol- side of the school. vercy, What has happened is that The education at the Central in view of the well known difficul- British School, as regarde studies ties of conducting the normal la, in the writer's opinion, superior

to that obtainable at Home, nos operations of the Bank in recent excluding our excellent Public years, the Directors resolved to Schools. What school of that size make an application to the Tribu- could afford to employ a staff of twelve, to fourteen fully qualified. al de la a Liquidator (the Head Omec boing In Paris) and it is anti- specialists, practically all withi good degrees and mostly taken basmade on Friday. Until this is cipated that such appointment will with honours? The three top done it is necessary for the Bank forms are generally so small that to suspend operations. it becomes a case of individual tuition as against classes of fifty above is being posted at all the A notice similar to that given or so which is so general at Home Branches of the Bank and those This is certainly an advantage will also be closed in accordance which maken up for many of the with the decision of the Directors disadvantages commen to life in

An announcement is Hongkong.

expected shortly regarding the future. part of

When it comes to the remaining course of business" in regard to point stressed by "Observator,"

education sport the this liquidation. -

As a result of the Bank's recent what is the case? Is there a policy it is learned that very few games master or mistress qualified of its notes are in circulation and with opportunities to teach practically none. ticularly the real meaning of team Passengers arriving from Lon-them the various games, and par

Colony's Health.

The annual report of the Medienl Department is, in many ways, a very encouraging document. We are told that during 1925 the Colony was entirely free from epidemic disease and also entirely free from plague. Surely there is no more eloquent testimony to the benefits of the work of disease prevention A leakage of gasolene in the than is provided by this Colony of engine caused a fire to break out Hongkong, where a few years ago aboard the motor-bont Lee Kuen plague and epidemic diseases took at 8.45 this morning. The oil grent toll of human life. The burnt itself out and very Httle elimination of plague is indeed a damage was done to the boat. wonderful accomplishment and u tribute to the unceasing work of the Sanitary Department by which don by the P. and O. liner Khyber the war against rodents und dirt has been waged for years. Malaria ware Rev. & Mrs. F. Short, Mr. now awaite a similarly concentrated. K. Ewart, Miss W. Suckling, aught there are fur too lips, Miss F. T. Croig and Mr. G.

many cases. There were no fewer, than 524 admissions to "hospital among the members of the Police and it is noted that "these men Force recruited fröfn Wei-hai-wel come from a non-malarial country

Mr. W. J. White, Mrs. D. W. Phil-

Hargreaves.

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PATERFAMILAS Hongkong, 1st October, 1926.

work and sport in its best educa- then get real sport for the chil- tional sense? Emphatically, No. dren completing their education This is where our Public Schools in its wider sense,Yours, etc., score, on the playing fields; and this part of education is at least: as important as class studies. It Passengers arriving from the is not sufficient to give playing går included Mr. W. Seiffer, Mr. games should be taught and super- North by the P. and O. liner Kathfelds and time for games-the

A PERTINENT QUERY. Sir, Would it be pertinent to enquire whether the Hongkong the games.

We cannot expect the junioring out launches to the many is- sidered the dire nécessity of send- master to give up his time after lands in the district to pick up school hours to devote to this work, stranded fishermen? meroly for the love of it, much as

Or is this merely a humanitar-

dencies seem to show that the Al- and when stationed in the malariat M. Gavin, Misa. L. H. Wilson, Mr.vised, particularly the spirit of and Macao Governments have con

lled armles are getting the mea-districts of the New Territories fall an easy prey." Altogether, there sure of their opponents, in which were well over 1,000 cases of connection it would appear that malarla treated at the Government

itself represents a costly am of

W. E. Costain, Mr. J. Cockin, Capt. G. E. Swinton, Mr. H. H. 'Lasham and Mr. C. 3. Paget,

....

The programme of the Feast of

Marshal Sún Chuan-fang's forces Civil, Hospital alone, and this in Our Lady of the Holy Rosary at ho may like it. He simply cannot fan viewpoint?

are operating in the field to some communal ill-health. There should Rosary Church, Kowloon, to-mor-afford it. His pay is so poor that Hundreds of junks have been effect. There is no news of Mar- be a more intensive warfare against 6.30 a.m.; Second Mass, 7.30 a.m.; put in some three or four nights suppose that many unfortunate row is as follows:-First Mass, he cannot live on it, and he has to wrecked, and it is only natural to shat Wu Fei-fu, of whom little has malaria here, even in the out-lying Third Mass, 8.30 am.; Solemn a week giving lectures at the Chinese have reached the imme been heard since the fall of Han-where the disease has greatest in- Pontifical Masa. 9.30a.m. Even-Technical Institute, or giving diate safety of one of the many

country districts, because that is

private tuition in order to keep desolate islands. - kow, and doubt exists in many quar-cidence. There is already a fairing Service 13 at 4.30 p.m.. ters as to whether he will count amount of preventive work done,

The late Mr. Andrew Adain Bol Why does not the Government take them off, and to repatriate

out of debt.

Uffless something is done to but no one will deny that much much in subsequent operations.

ton, an engineer at the Taikoo consider that games, properly them, it is likely that their second On this point, much will depend on this Colony-so well rescued from Dack who died at sea whilst on a taught and supervised, are as in-state will be worse than their

nore awaits accomplishment befora further reinforcements from the the ravages of epidemie diseases Montclare on June 16th of this the teachers the game fees for

homeward voyage by the 8.8. portant as evening classes, and pay firat-Yours, etc., North, and also on the question as

of high mortality rate can say that it is doing its best to rid it year, left property in Hongkong, games as for lectures? We should to whether the Loyang War Lord self of a serious yet preventible amounting to $10,200. He left can count on the support of those fever.

everything to his widow, Mrs. nominally under him.

Mary Isabella Bolton,

21 YEARS AGO,

EXTRACTS FROM "TELEGRAPH FILES,

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Mr. Brookes, an English asais- tunt employed on Petatel estate at Batoebahra, was attacked by a Japanese estate labourer with" knife when the former attempted separate two Japanese who were fighting. Mr. Brookes. re-

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MARINER.. Hongkong, 1st Oct, 1926.

The Very Idea!

Judging from the rather scanty telegrams to hard, it appears that the Southerners are meeting with serious opposition in two sectors at least. Up the Yangtze at Shasi, which is nearer Ichang than Wu- chang, they are known to have meted from the Telegraph files for the being taken up by the police.

The following items are extract-ceived three wounds. The matter

Well, Willie's got a brand new enough higher in proportion to coat. It fits him very good, and amount to more than the very with a serious reverse, with the re-week ended October 14th, 1905.

The following vessels are expect shoulders as it should.

yet it doesn't hang around the necessities of life.S sult that many units are falling

The rate of the dollar on demand ce to be in wireless communication sleeves are just a trifle long, but I shall stress, perhaps too.

The back on to Hankow. But the main

So says a tourist, who adds:— with Hongkong to-day.Troilus, even so, they'll fit; Willie helps the materially, expanses throughout threat at the moment appears to be

Knight Companion, Mansang, Bin cause along and rolle them up a Europe believing that more people in the vicinity of Wuchang, the be-

tang, Fukui Mara No. 2 Milton, bit. Kuingehow, Talamba, St. Albany, he's been wearin' out of Inte? one can pay steamboat paesuge Yingehow, Kashgar, Khyber,

And have you seen the necktie realized that in France at least, would come than do, if they Pres. Wilson, Derwent, Apoey, When mother tied it round his and live so much better and so Shantung, Emp of Asia, Vannock, he looked and said, that's much more cheaply than at home Cloon. West Calera, Hinsang, Her-great." Of course, it may be that the trip costs nothing at all. Sur's troops towards Wuchang and Edward, Royle, K.C., and Mr. Bamelin, Soochow, Scheer, Yodo Maru, much too long, but, say, how can. The frane has continued at the

Awd Maru, Samarang Maru.

was 16. 11. 7/16d.

lengured city which, in the face of tion No. 40, Caine Rwai-pui

great odds, has still managed to keep the Southern invaders out. The reported approach of Marshal

the movement in the direction of Tung Shan and Taych make it clear that Sun has begun to drive his wedge in, with the object, no doubt,

Mr.. G. P. Lammert sold by aue-

purchaser was Mr. Lai at $16,500.

Sir Michael Hicks-Bench, Sir

Colony on their way to Singapore. four Brown, K.C. arrived. In the

in connection with the Tanjong Pagar arbitration caso..

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that hurt, cause anyway the rate of about 85 to the dollar youngster tucks the long end in his during our stay here. That means that each franc is less than three,

A minor affray, which was shirt. prevented from developing into I'mustn't overlook the shirt, and cents each. N something more serious by the pants he calls his best. The lat At the Annual meeting of the presence of armed police putrole, is just a knockout when he's really Mrs. Hope: Ita, Fate that decides of cutting off the Southern forces Corinthian Yacht Club, Dr. Clarke took place in Arab. Street, Singa-fully dressed. There may be for us Mrs, Iggs. My first from their main base. Both the was appointed Commodore and Mr. pore, last week. Two parties of things about the clothes it "usband was a fish awker an my places named are east of Kiuklang M. Hazeland Vice-Commodore. Chinese were concerned, and at- wouldn't do to tell He doesn't secon' a carpenter. Now, what

whero Marshal Sun has of late been

gathering his strength. When the Southern troops invaded Kiangsi, it was predicted

would inevitabat Sun

be

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tacked each other with ricksha know what style is and I guess else could you expec with me. always so partial to fish and chips??

Women who have earned reputa- tions as meticulous housewives seem to have no conscience when

The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock was shafts and poles. Before they it's just na well. elected Commodore at the annual could do much harm, however, I met the youngster yesterday, meeting of the Royal Hongkong they were rounded up and taken to when he was all togged out... 1 Yacht Club, with Commodore the police station handcuffed. asked him what the classy dress are the greatest offenders in the Hotel attendants say that women Vice-Com- Williams, R.N., as

up stunt was all about. Said I matter of carelessly flicking be drawn modore, "The Committee Included

"Where did you get the tie, and cigarette ashes about and leaving into the war, and from pre-Measca. E. W. Carpenter and G. G.

all the grown-up clothes.?"

The lighted cigarettes lying around. Franklin sent appearances

has

kid Just smiled, looked up at me and said, "Aak dad, he knows.". begun to move. Amongat his sup- porters are many who have been somewhat anxions over Marshal

Bun's delay in coming Into the struggle, but latest developments suggest that he has been biding his time until able to strike an effective/blow..

Should the offensive, against the Southerners assume larger propor tions we may yet see startling. developments in the

Many

believe that General Chang Kal shok will never return to Canton,

In the Interport Ille Shoot, Hongkong scored 928, the team in cluding Messrs. Bullock, G. P. Lammert and R. Lapsley.

The crank be used was broken it comes to leaving ashes sprinkle

He had to have another! "Go get a crank," he told bis

aon,

over the floors, couches and chairs of places, they visit. Flappers are the most heedloss,

The following F.M.S. appoint ments are gazetted: Mr. A. & Bailey to be an Unofficial Member of the Federal Council; Mr. E. E. Sproul to be an Assistant Tele graph Engineer, P, and T. Depart ment, F.MIS.; Mr. E, B. Nibbet to be an Assistant Engineer, P.W.D., F.M.S..; Mr. M. C. E. Rebello to be an Assistant Veterinary Sur- geon, Selangor, Mr. L. R. Wheeler to officiate na an Assistant Inspec- tor of Schools, Perak; Mr. C. Boden Kloss to be Director of Museums,

This is the state of contradiction ness ip depositing ashes has been FMS.; Mr. A. Sleep to oficiate as in which Parisian prices exist, babitized by nagging wiyes-the District Officer, Kuala Selangor, Food and lodging, if procured in very ones who offend the most At a meeting of the Legislative Inche Kamarudin bin Idris to act a real French section, and not in ***ANON Council, II. E. the Governor advis-as Assistant vistrict Officer, Kuala the tourist centre, are but a few. “You are concealing something ed the removal of the old Clock Lipis; Lache Hussain bin Moham-cents a day.

Plant from me," anid the hero, Tower and the placing of a clock cd, Talb to act as District Officer, Bat post cards, street maps, and "Certainly I am, replied the in the new Post Office building Temerloh.

A l'all the usual tourlet purchases are girl, "I'm no Salome.

At the annual meeting of the Kowloon Cricket Club, Mr. H. Goyne Stevens was appointed Hon, Secretary and Mr. Crowan. Hon. Treasurer. Dr. J. H. Swan was appointed captain. Do,

And sonny' called his

mother.

Perhaps it is longer experienco in the amenities of smoking that makes men neater, and then, again, It is not unlikely that neat-