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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927.

RAILWAY RUIN.

We hope that the majority of our readers yesterday rend the very informative article on the subject of the plight of China's railways which was written by Mr. H. Strin- -per-to-the-North China Daily News and which we reproduced, be cause it told a very aloquent story of mismanagement that is spelling the utter ruination of China's railway service. We do not intend here to retell Mr. Stringer's tale, but would only re- mark that the article was obviously written by one in full possession of

Time

his facts and who was personally grieved to witness the deterioration of what ought to be one of the country's greatest assets. was when China's railways were well run and made to pay, for we were told that in 1918, when the service was at the zenith of its pros- perity and efficiency, there was a surplus of $8,000 per mile and that the earnings fluctuated between 10 and 22 per cent. of the expital in- vested. Thereafter, there has been a tale of civil wars, of a decline of

foreign control and management, the breakdown of discipline and the disappearance of fair treatment for railway workers. Pettifogging Chinese officials have been clogging the organisation until it has been wrecked. Mr. Stringer asserts that utter and complete breakdown is not far distant.

THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927;

civil officials in control will it be possible to bring the railways once more under proper direction. Until then, each military satrap or clique will use and misuse not only rail- ways but every other resource of

the territory in which he or they might happen to be, and all the pious hopes for reforms and im-

provement will be unavailing. The

loss which China must have suffer- ed during the past two years of strife and chaos is enormous, na is also the gain from which she ständs to beneft, when peace, quiet trading and general construction become possible.. The folly of civil war was Rover more clearly or

vividly brought out than it has been of late, but, other people 'being in the mood to let things take their

awn course, it seems as though one can only wait until the Chinese have worked out their own salvation.

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Locked Grilles.

DAY BY DAY.

MAN BLINDLY WORKS THE WILL OF TATE-Wicland.

The B. I. 8.s. Talamba is due

CHINESE WEDDING.

INTERESTING CEREMONY AT" REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.

The Very Idea!

A man asked a Pullman porter what his tips averaged. The

handed a dollar to the portor who in-portor replied that the average amount was one dollar. The man caressed the silver coln affection- atoly and said:

here from Singapore on Sunday, terest to the Chinese and foreign

A wedding of considerable about 7 n.

commenities alike, was that be- tween Mr. M. H. Lo, son of Mr. Lo, and Miss Edith Lam, daughter fust puhson what has come up to Lo Cheung-shui, J.P., and Mrs.

Vladivostok, is due here next Sun

The P. and O. s.s. Lahoro, from

day morning,

Among the passengers arriving from Australia to-day by the s.8. Taiping was Mr. M. Manuk of the Dairy Farm.

There were two fresh cases of typhoid fever reported yesterday both being Chineso. There was a further Chincee case of small-pox.

"assuh, boss, but you in the

of Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Lam, which took place at the offices of the Re-the average." gistrar of Marriages at 3 p.m. to-

day.

The bride was given away by her father and was charmingly attired in a beaded-dress-with silver lace sleeves and silver lace train, while she carried a bouquet

of lies

When mobs with Bolshie froth

are fed,

A curious paradox is seen,, For though the orator is Red, His dupes are very green.

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Fashion changes; and 200,000 ostriches are killed off in South

bridegroom, attended as matron Africa because there is no market

Gliss Enid La, sister of the of honour with the Missea J. Hall for their feathers. It is rather a. The F. and 0. Company notify and E. Waller as bridesmaida. grim example of the working of that the 8.8. Nellore, salling for Mrs. Lo wore a pink dress with the callous mechanism of civilisa- light instead of at the usual hour bridesmaids dresses were of pink without grinding out catastrophes Home on Saturday, will sail at day-gold open work trimmings. The tion, which can make no movement.

taffetta with blue ribbon trim-at one corner or another, mings, and they carried bouquets of pink roses.

of noon.

The as. Empress of Canada is due to arrive at Shanghai, from Kobe to-morrow morning and will leave for Hongkong on Saturday morning.

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Husband, summoned at Willes- den: I live in a perpetual atmos-" phere of intensive provocation..

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The bridegroom, who is the as- Solicitor at Bow County Court: sistant compradore of Messrs. Your wife is here, I suppose. The sinking of the river steamer

Jardize, Matheson & Co., Ltd., and Man Oh, yes. She said she Leung Kwong in a few minutes

"well-known figure among the wanted to come and have her say. after being holed in collision with

Chinese community, was attend- the Moonshine, in Cupsuimun, has, The ping pong match played lasted by his brother, Mr. Horace Lo, 011 the facts as reported, evening betwen the St. Peter's as "best man." given a direct test to the often-Young Men's Club and Wah Yan expressed theory that there would Old, Boy's Union resulted in a win never be time, in rapid sinking of for the latter by 114 games to 61.

river steamer, to unlock the grilles which the elaborate anti-. piracy regulations of a few years ago enforced on all vessels plying along certain routes. Oh at least one occasion within the past two years or so, it has been a matter of a few minutes longer time for rosene, or the fortunate interposi- tion of shallow water, that has

averted a terrible tragedy of people. drowning like rats in a trap. This danger has been pointer put con- tinuously by members of the mer- cantile murine serving on steamers that are fitted with grilles, and it Was revived by the authors the of the "Minority Report" of

lust anti-piracy commis- sion that sat in Hongkong. Officially, then, the grille system has case of wreck or collision, and there heen admitted to be a menace, in

is no doubt that it conflicts with the strict requirements of Board of Trade regulations as to the safe ty of passengers on & well-found ship.

We presumie

the Registrar's office a reception Subsequent to the ceremony at

was held at the residence of the bridegroom's

"Wood- parents, The local weather forecast green," No. 20, Conduit Road, issued by the Royal Observatory where for the period ending at noon to-speeches were made and custom- the usual felicitous morrow is: E. or variable winds, ary toasta honoured. moderate: overcast at first, finer

later.

Mr. and Mrs. Lo will leave later for Repulse Bay where the honey moon is being spent, the bride's going away dress being of fawn georgette.

West Ham landlady: Have I to because she is twice my size? stand being sworn at by my lodger

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Builder's labourer at Willesden; My earnings are most irregular. I cannot alter the English weather.

This mornings Harbour Office

Some doubt has been thrown on Reports gave 12 arrivals and 14

the legend of Newton and the departures, of which four and

A large number of friends at-apple, but about the apple-tree seven respectively were British, tended the reception, including Sir itself there is no doubt. A leaving 62 vessels in harbour, Bri-Robert and Lady Ho Tung and the fragment of it is to be seen under tish 15.

Hon. Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Kotowall, a glass in Burlington House. "The

The guests also included:

tree was blown down during a gale The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. W. T in 1707, and a party of schoolboys Southorn, His Hon. the Chief were permitted to visit the garden Justice and Mrs. J. R. Wood, the and secure relics. It was a son Hon. Sir J. H. Kemp, K.C., the Hon. of one of them who presented it to Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.M.G., the the Royal Astronomical Society..

Making a hasty landing from a moving motor-car on Stubbs Road yesterday, a Chinese was seriously injured when he fell on his head. He was taken to the Government Civil Hospital.

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A quantity of money, jewellery and clothing amounting to over $100 was stolen from the ser- vants' quarters of No, Nathan Road yesterday afternoon. Admittance was gained through the back door which was left open.

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America is out to capture the trade of the world. Lord Riddell. There are too many taxi-cabs and they are too dear-Mr. Hay

Hon. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. C. Wolfe, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs, D. G. M. Bernard, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lind- set, Mr. Wood, Mr. N. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Trak man, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Franks, Mr. R. A. C. North, Captain Steel,

What a great field thero is for Mr. and Mrs. T. H. King, Captain H. E. Bloxham, Lieut. Col. T. A. brains in the advertising world in Robertson, Major C. Willson, Mr. this country-Mr. Wm. Harrison. and Mrs. R. Sutherland, Mr. and It is no use trying to sell figh Mrs. F. C. Hall, Mr. J. K. Shaw, and chips in Bond Street or a Mr. and Mrs. A. Piercy, Mr. and Rolls Royce in a Scottish fishing Mrs. E. B. C. Hornell, Mr. and Mrs. village. Sir Malcolm Robertson., D. J. Purves, Captain D. Skinner, Chinese girls in the big cities Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Carnaby, Mr. and Mrs. G. Grimble, Mr. R. Abrn-are shingled, smoke cigarettes, ham, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Abraham, and dance the Charleston hilari Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Crook, Mr. W. ously. Mr. E.. G. Sahlin, Swedish

Consul General in London.. Kay and Miss M, Kacker.

A Chinese was sent to prison for six weeks by Major C, Willson this morning for stealing a motor-cycle cover from Mr. Littlejohn's ma-

Halkett. Yet grilles have remained, chine while it was left parked out and unhappily, so far as present reside the Post Office yesterday. ports indicate, the instance of the Leung Kwong has proved the dan- ger conclusively. that the official enquiry will in due course have this matter brought up for discussion. The only possible comment is that, while grilles are a safeguard in case of piracy, or attempted piracy, they are a grave danger otherwise. A serious res- ponsibility rests with those who A fireman, employed on one of have the ordering of things to de- the Canadian Pacific Company's cile, which is the greater menace, steamers, was sentenced to one and whether this exposure of pas-month's hard labour by Mr. W. sengers to the chances of a ter-Schofield, before whom he was this rible fate should persist in the morning charged with the larceny of six dinner plates from the rules and regulations.

pantry of the 4.4. Empress of Asia,

RICE DISPUTE ENDS.

FIRMS TO MAINTAIN OLD SCALE.

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THE LEUNG KWONG TRAGEDY.

GENEROUS HELP FROM ON-LEE:

Miss W. J. Meiklejohn, Nursing Ran- Superintendent of the goon General Hospital, hus left Burma on retirement. Miss Meiklejohn had served

Vernacular pers, reporting the sick of Rangoon for over the Capsaiman collision state: twenty-one years and had seen the growth of the hospital from a com- paratively small institution to what it now is.

Of the Leung Awong crew and passengers, about '40 were saved by the lifeboats of the s.s. On Lee.

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President Hindenburg and a re- presentative sent by the ex-Kaiser headed the procession at the military funeral of General ven Wrisberg, who fell dead when arrested for speaking on prohibit- ed ground on the anniversary of Bismarck's death.

The cofin rested on a gun earriage drawn by six black horses, but just before reaching the cemetery three of the horsea slipped and fell. Soldiers dug up the paving stones of the footpath with their bayonets and scattered Those who were saved by the earth on the slippery asphalt to fishing boats numbered to about allow the horses to rise. Running across the roadway, 50, who were later handed over heedless of the

A wreath sent by the ex-Kaiser approach of a to the On Lee. The Kwong Fook was inadvertently left lying on motor-cyclist, a little Chinese boy Cheung rescued 28, while the the gun carriage after the coffin big meeting, at which bath the rice was slightly injured, at Causeway Moonshine picked up about 10. had been removed, and had to be- firms and the Tung Tak Labour was Mr. A. Xavier, and a Chin-had boarded the On Lee, the com- Bay yesterday. The cyclist, who Union were represented.

The wages dispute between the Annam rice firms and the rice favour of the coolies as the result carrying coolies has been settled in

of a special meeting of the Twenty-four Guilds Association held yesterday afternoon..

Mr. Ho Kwong presided over a

When the 90 rescued persons fetched hastily by a sergeant:

Mr. Ha Kwong, after stating ese friend who was riding pillion, pradore of the ship ordered conged It is not difficult that it had been incorrectly report were knocked off the machine, the to be served to them, and passen- for even a layman with no technicaled that the Fook Yuen rice fired about the legs and having to be their dry clothes with the victims latter being rather seriously injur gers on the vessel shared some of knowledge of railway management maintenance of the present scale of removed to Hospital.

was the only one which objected to to understand that the welter of pay, pointed out to the rice firms misuse to which China's railways that the half cent difference between are now being put during these the 5 cents they were paying and the 4 cents they wished to pay, times of civil war, the absence of was so small even in the aggregate proper repair and upkeep services, that it would mean a difference of the reckless working of locomotives little more than $200 per annum by inexperienced drivers and the After Mr. Ho Kwong's explana- abuse of rolling stock generally are tion it was agreed to continue pay- causing damage almost incalculable.ment of the old rates. The work of 40 years is being wrecked..

to each firm...

EXCHANGE RATES.

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The only cure for China's rail- way illa, says Mr. Stringer, is the neutralization of the railways-Paris

Brussels rather hopeless ambition at the

Amsterdam moment. The military factions, Berlin and they seem to be legion, are Copenhagen operating the railways in their ter-Helsingfors ritory just for their own militaryLisbon

Bucharest ends and without the alightest ro-Buenos Aires gard to the needs of the countryside Shanghai

Yokohama through which those railways run. New York Nobody would at the moment Genova

Millan respect neutralization, oven though

Stockholm it were achieved on paper. It looks. Oolo

Prague as though the railways are doomed Prag

Madrid to suffer, like trade and industry, Atliens for just so long as China fails to Rio

Bombay

London, May 11.

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Part-time work wanted by man

after sober and reliable

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But what is he like during or dinary working hours?

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those who were bound for

"When I was in India," said the near destination $1 was given. club bore, "I saw a tiger go down to the water where some women Those who wished to return to Hongkong had free passage, and were washing clothes. It was a 80 cents each.

of the collision. About $60 was collected on the On Leo, and to The new Director of Civil Avia-thoac whose destination was some tion in India, under the scheme distance away $2 each was paid, authorized by the India Govern- while ment for the development of air routes in the East, is to be Lieuten- ant-Colonci F. C. Shelmerdine, 0.B.E., who recently went out to Egypt to act as the Air Ministry Superintendent for the Cairo- Karachi service. Colonel Shelmer rescued dine was originally in the Green Howards and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in the war, after which he joined the staff of the Civil Aviation Department.

.124 In describing the scene result- 34.07 ing from a police raid on a house .12.13% in the western. district, where a .20.62 number of gamblers were playing 34.62% game of par kau, a police officer 102% stated at the Polleo Court this. 2.17/32 morning that it was a case of 775 sauve qui peut and everybody who 47.1732 could do so made a grab for the .2/64 stakes on the tabla. Sa in real- /11.17/32 ity, the aggregate stakes were 4.86% much larger than the 54 cents and .26.20 four cash. seized by the police. 89% Ton Walchow men who were ar- 18.16 18.81% rested in the raid were each fined .163483 by Mr. Lindsell,

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very fierce tiger, but some women About 20 passengers were with great presence of mind

the Kwong Fook splashed some water in its face- Cheung. Some of them who had and it slunk away."

"Gentlemen," said a man, in the stayed in the water for some time were unconscious when taken on arm-chair, "I can. vouch for the board. To them, medical treat-truth of this story. Some minutes ment was at once given.

TJILEKOET REPAIR.

NO ACCEPTANCE FROM ·

BATAVIA.

Although it is two weeks since the Tjileboet was salved, frequent telegraphing to Batavia with re- gard to the repair to the vessel has met with no response.

Tenders closed on Tuesday, and according to Mr. Van Ufford of the J. C. J. L., it is expected that an allocation of the tender by cable may be received at any moment.

Meanwhile the vessel remains at Taikoo, while the crew and officers have returned to Batavia where, it is understood, a court of enquiry Into the stranding. will be held at an early date.

after this incident I was coming down to the water; I met this tiger, and, as is my habit, stroked its whiskers. Gentlemen, those whiskers were wet."

MURDER OF FRENCH PRIEST.

ARREST EFFECTED IN BURMA.

Information has been received in Rangoon to the effect that a Burman has been arrested at Mau- bin in connexion with the recent murder of Fr. Chagnet, a French *priest

It is also said that the gun and the priest's, wallet have been re- covered. No further information Is at present available: