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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

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CONTENTS NEVER DETERIORATE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1928...

China's problem can be solved, but it is a task which is best attempted plocemeal, unt!! provincial on deavours eventually culminate in national salvation.

So we can, with Sir Cecil Clementi, commend the Canton Government and any other Ad- ministration which focusses its efforts on problems that are near at hand. We have of lato seen many indications of the intentions. of Marshal Li Chai-sum and his colleagues to take up practical issues which have long been calling for attention. Especially do we note the enthusiasm of the author!-

DAY BY DAY.

SHAMEEN TOPICS.

SLEEP, TO THE HOMELESS THOU SOME INTERESTING ITEMS. ART HOME, THE FRIENDLESS FIND IN THEB A FRIEND-Ebenezer Elliott,

There was a clean bill of health in the Colony yesterday.

The Ben Ling B.B. Bendoran, from Home, Straits and Philip pines ports, is due horo to-morrow.

Mr. J. S. Gingham, formerly of Hongkong Naval Dockyard, has been appointed Constructive Mana. ger at Devonport Dockyard,

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Shameen, June 12, The golf competition arranged by the Tungshan Recreation Club for Sunday, 10th June, had to be postponed owing to heavy rain. it will probably take place on Sun- day, 24th June,

Tennis Prospects.

Weather permitting, the Sha- meon Lawn Tennis Club will open its courts for the season 1928/1929

The Very Idea!

The Long Arm of Coincidence: -An Edinburgh reader writes to mine, a good many years ago, on a Homo paper: "A friend of leaving Edinburgh for London, took with him a

presentation umbrella with a sliver top and

monogram. He was naked to din- ner at an hotel in London, and on arriving put his umbrella in the stand. After dinner he found it gone, and in its place a somewhat similar one not nearly so good.

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on Friday. Since the close of last

"He declined to take the sub- season, the Club has lost two of stitute, but the hotel manager even- Mrs. Hayley Boll and children it best players in the persons of tually sent it to him, as the other ties in regard to highway develop left for Home by the Blue Funnel Br. J. S. McEachran, of the Char was not returned. A year or so Mr. and tered Bank of India, Australia and later my friend was in London liner Antenor to-day. ment in the Southern Provinces Mrs. H. McTavish were passengers China, recently transferred to again, and on the day of his ro

Hongkong, and Mr. E. D. Law-turn, Anding he had time for

train, and the schemca for industrial by the same boat.

rence, of the A.P.C., also trans- chop before catching bis

However, he went Into" a restaurant and progress. The task facing Mar-

The forthcoming wedding isferred to Hongkong. an shal Li's administration ia

announced of Mr. A. T. P. Far-Mr. C. E. Watson and Mr. A. T. placed the aubstitute umbrella in onerous one, and we must not ex-quharson, banker, 2 Humphrey's Lay are still here to maintain the the stand. There entered an- looked like my friend's umbrella few years. peet to see wonders, accomplished Buildings, Kowloon, to Miss R. L. high standard of play of the past other luncher, who placed what in the stand. My friend hurried The German Fing.

over his chop and found that the second umbrella was his own right Hik regret was what had not time to wait

the what

other enough.

Bee

NO PERIODIC REFILLING within a few months, For years Peet, Asior House Hotel, Shang-

APPARATUS NEVER FAILS

NON-CONDUCTOR

of ELECTRICITY

hai.

past, Kwangtung and Kwangal have been sadly governed, and thero

Mr. H. M. Godfrey-Vaughan, is much lebway to be made up. Mr. E. Kern, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. But the spirit of willingness to do, Gubbay and Mr. J. G. Patterson were passengers on the 8.8. Tenyo and not merely to talk, is now ap-faru which left Hongkong for the

North yesterday.

RELIABLE, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE. parent. Hongkong will wish the Southern leaders every success in the work that lies ahead,

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The German flag is now' to be

the first time since the war. seen flying in Shameen again for The Canton Branch of the Deutsch and Asiatische Bank, Berlin, have man thought when he had finished recently removed from the Sun his lunch." Building in the city to the building just vacated by the Yokohama During tar-boiling operations at Specio Bank, Ltd. They in turn Tin Lok Lane, this morning, have moved into their own build- large barrel of tar caught fire and ing, which was completed carly this blazed fiercely for some time, year, opposite the Hongkong and The Fire Brigade was summoned Shanghai Bank, and soon dealt with the outbreak. Although the burning tar barrel

The Reparations Problem. Germany's obligations under the KELLER KERN & Co., Ltd. Dawes Reparations Plan, demand-was adjacent to a house, no damage

16/19 CONNAUGHT ROAD, C.

The

Hongkong Gelegraph.

THE ONLY WAY.

ing a bigger sacrifice every year, have again been fully and pune- tually met, justifying the 'conf-

The gra dence of the experts.

was done to property.

4.

This morning's Harbour Offee

Derby Sweeps.

Large sweep prizes rarely come to Canton and this year has been no exception. However, it might he said that they are coming a

From schoolboys' papers:

The earth makes, a resolution every twenty-four hours.

The difference between air and water is that air can be made wet.

ter and water connot.

We are now the master of stear and eccentricity.

Things that are equal to each other are equal to anything else.

Gravity is chiefly noticeable in the autumn, when the apples are is, an

dually rising figure renches its reports gave generally poor figures little closer. The number win-falling from the trees.

of

under all headings, the total

ning the 1st prize of the Easma tonnage entered being less than Club on the Derby was lying on the 30,000, with only one inward cargo har of the Canton Club for about a of four figurce and five through month and was then returned to registries. There were 12 arrivals Hongkong unsold; the 3rd prize and 14 departures, with British of this sweep did actually come five and seven respectively, leaving to Shameen, the lucky drawer 60 vessels in harbour, of which 22 being Mr. C. II. Lammert, the well- were British.

known exchange broker.

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The axis of the earth Imaginary line on which the earth, takes its daily routine.

A parallel straight line is one which if produced to meet itself does not meet.

Electricity and lightning are of the same nature, the only ufffer- ence being that lightning is often several miles long while electri- eity is only a few inches.

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pinnacle in the coming annuity year when Germany will be expect u to provide 2,500,000,000 marks, an increase of 750,000,000 marks, in spite of which no doubt is en- WEDNESDAY. JUNE 13. 1928 tertained in authoritative circles that payment will be made. Mr. S. Parker Gilbert may well comment Jon Germany's economic recovery,

In a small sweep organised which is the more remarkable The 8.8. Anking, arriving from locally, the first three horses were since her industry differs essential-Singapore and Amoy, reports the drawn by Mr. L. F. Townend of y in structure and compass, from, death of one deck passenger the Union Insurance Society of

The discussion on "rage" in the pre-war basis. Another en route from beri-beri. The .. In his interview with a Press twelve months' supervision of the Limehow, arriving from Haiphong Canton (1st), Mr. G. H. Bowker, London, due to the action of cor- maa in Japan, Sir Cecil Clementi Dawes Plan has confirmed Mr. and Hollow at 6 p.m. yesterday Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd., tain young men full of spirits- the Parker Gilbert in the opinion, ex- with 301 deck passengers, reperta (2nd), and Mr. Banbury, Banbury sometimes purely hectic-recalls the fact that not very long ago auccinctly suramed up

there was at least one annual pressed in his third annual report, that one male died two hours after & Co., (3rd).. LI aspirations

Marshal

Businesses Closing. of

that the reparations problem will arrival, the cause not being stated

"rag" in London streets which Chui-Buth and his colleagues not be solved until Germany is in the Harbour Office reports.

Messrs. Arnhold & Co, Ltd., seemed to have become a regular when he Maid their aim given a definite task to perform. The body was removed to the

formerly Messrs. Arnhold, Kar-fixture. berg & Co., are closing, their On Lord Mayor's night which appeared to be confined mainly to Clearly, when under prosent con-Mortuary at 7 a.m. to-day.

WIS was also the Prince of Wales Mr. T. J. Cokely, General Canton branch. The firm the welfare of the provinces whichditions Germany may go on pay- ing and paying without reducing they at present control, without materially the capital liability as Manager in the Orient for the established in Canton over 30 birthday-Regent-street and Pic- troubling to look further afield originally assessed, a lack of in-Dollar and American Mail Lines, years ago and has been one of the cadilly were the scene of much 5.5 most important export and import bonneting and hat smashing, and centive to carry out valuable re-arrived yesterday by the

were illuminations for the crowd That, incidentally, would be an al-forms is easily understood. The Cremer from Singapore, to which firms here. Mr. L. V. Lang has even regular horse-play. There together admirable policy for other French leaders recently renewed point he had escorted Captain already left to take over the man-

Robert Dollar from Shanghai. agement of the Tientsin branch; to see, and the free use of aquirts Chinese lenders to follow-conccu- suggestions that a means might be Mr. Cukely is spending a few days Mr. J. B. Etherington is remain and "teasers" led to many hand-to- Regent street cs- tration on the task which lles im- found to speed up reparation pay in Hongkong and Canton, looking ing here all for some months to hand conflicts.

ments, but as far as we can see, into business possibilities and will liquidate existing contracts; Mr. pecially, was a bear garden. mediately at hand. If the Nation-the French, limit their ideas to the then return to the States via Curtat, alk inspector, will go to

Then one year the police de- alists had been content in the past sale of a part of the German Rail-Shanghai. Mrs. Cokely

Shanghai, and Mr. W. C. Taylor cided that the horseplay should the streets were" cense, and has already left for Hankow. to have worked along these lines, it ways 5 per cent, Bands, ear-mark-

heavily picketed. That was about ed in the Dawes Plan. The objec Lis safe to assume that the country tons to-day are on all fours with

The P. & O. Banking Corpora: the middle of the 'Eighties. The The first steamer of the Oceanie would not be in the parlous and those which led to the rejection of and Oriental Line, comprising the tion. Ltd., is also closing its measures taken proved effective, unsettled state that it is at present. the proposal in 1926. There is no "West" ships recently operated Canton branch, opted in 1924. and there seems no reason why his Before the previous Canton re-market for the Bonds except at a by Swayne and Hoyt arrived yes. Its interesis here are being trans-tory should not repeat itself. heavy disebunt. Suppose £100,-terday with oil cargo from Los ferred to the Chartered Bank of 110W house India, Australia and China. Mr. A. gime fell under the influence of 000,000, one-eighth of the total, Angeles. Under the

Professor Godfrey II. Thomson, Borodin and his fellow-schemers, a were mobilised, it would not be an flag the ships have been renamed E. McCartney, the very popular great opportunity presented Itself attractive proposition to the in the Golden Dragon, yesterday's agent of the P. and O. Bank Cor- Director of Studies, Edinburgh vestor if offered at more than 70, arrival, having formerly been the poration, Ltd., is returning to Training Centre, described se- to the Southerners to make Kwangwhile the decisive consideration West Chopaka. It is announced Hongkong-Our Own Correapon- veral tests given German boys and tung a model province. There was lies in the fact that according to that the line will operate betweendet.

San Francisco, enough work in this sphere to oc- the Spa percentages, the capital Hongkong and

return would chiefly benefit with a call at Manila after leaving cupy their energies for years, but France, while London would suffer Hongkong.

him.

is with

instead of putting their own house the greatest loss by the sale of the

on Sunday a At about noon in order, the Southern leaders of asset at such a discount. AL that time plumped for the bigger best, the scheme is premature, locomotive knocked down a young though it may figure prominently fan just outside the Canton-Kow- venture of subjugating the whole in future discussions of the re-loon Railway station at Canton, of Chinn. Some of the con-parations problem, That the killing him instantly. The body bewas severely mutilated, the head sequences of that decision we have whole question will have to become acquainted with during the thoroughly thrashed out in the being severed, and the right arm cut off. is learned that the de- near future is beyond argument. past two years. The whole coun

crased was 28 years cld and came to Canton from his native distrist try has been torn with strife and

in San Wuf. He was mentally de- warfare, and although allies of the CLEVER SMUGGLERS.

fective and his father took himi to Nationalists are now in Peking, it

Canton with a view to securing medical treatment.

is obvious that the protracted military operations have brought HOW CHINESE CONCEALED

OPIUM. the unification of the country no

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ment of opium.

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ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

BRIGADE.

MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED,

MILITARY HONOURS.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE PRIVATE PLUME.

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girls when they leave school by the German vocational advice bureau, to Edinburgh Rotarians' at luncheon recently.

lle compared one test to the Edinburgh automatic public tele- phones. One learned a great deal, he said, about people, the way they operated, or tried to operate these 'phones.

Marked by full military honoure, A friend of his was endeavour- the funeral of the late Private ing to telephone him, and after Edward Plume, of the 1st Batta-putting in his twopence could not lion the Queen's Royal Regiment, get a reply. On pressing button took place at, Happy Valley last "B," he got fourpence back.

He therefore concluded the pre- evening. The deceased, who was

vious occupier of the 'phone box only 21 years of age, had been a patient at the Military Hospital, was not a native of Scotland. suffering from jaundled, for about a fortnight, and his death was the. first from the Battalion since it arrived in Hongkong. A native of

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Woman at the Thames Court: I was not drunk, I was suffering

Clapham, London, he leaves a from paralysis. Mr. Cairng:

mother and father, as well as have heard being drunk called being

paralytic. brothers and sisters, with whom much sympathy will be felt.

nearer. Indeed, intrigue is ΠΟΥ A Chinese woman who was ar- more rife than ever before, and it rested on the waterfront yester may well be that the Nationalists day, was charged before Major C

I have every sympathy (says a in graping at the shadow will find Willson, at the Central Police

The gun carriage conveying the Court this morning, with the pos that they have lost the bone. Over-session of 15 taels of raw opium.

coffin was drawn by mules and writer) with the man who, being was preceded by a firing party in accused of drunkenness and having successfully etated that the British weening ambition has met with dis- C. P. O. Clark said the woman

The Assistant Commissioner charge of Sergeant Huskinson and Constitution was a wonderful in- astrous results in the history of was evidently a regular smuggler, many countries, and in none more for she had on a girdle which was bega to acknowledge the following the band of the Battalion with stitution, refused to attempt a and men of the Queen's Regiment stood on the doorstep, welcoming than in China. Peace and specially made for, the conceal subscriptions to the Funds of the muffled drums. Then came officers second fence in the shape of "Sho

Brigade:

Collected by Mr. Ip Ian-chuen.as well as a party from the 2nd him in."

That after all, is a recognised happiness will only come to the The woman was fined $450, or,Mr. Foo Yik-pang, $50; Mr. Li Battalion Scots Guarde. With the

over which the Chinese people by the efforts of in default, three months hard Hof-tung, $25; Mr. Ll Kit-cho, Queen's contingent, which was in "tongue twister" lenders who are willing to make ser-labour,

$50; Mr. Chan Ping-yu, $50; Mr. charge of I.S.M. Hartridge; were staunchest tectotaller might come such a test for drunkenness is un- vice their motto. Military ex- In another caso, a square rattan Chan Tsung-son, $50; Mr. Ng Yiu- Lieut.-Col. J. D. Boyd, D.S.O., and to grief, and in my humble opinion peditions, based on the lust for suitcase, in which 80 tacls of wan, $50; Mr. Wong Pak-son, 350; Captain W, G. Beeton.

Private White, Private Bush and fair. Of course, the full sentence power and on greed for office, will illicit raw opium had been conceal Mr. Tae Yat-cho, $50; total, 8875.

ed, was shown to the Magistrate. Collected by Mr. Woo Hay-tong. Drummer Taylor were the chiaf is: "She stood at the door of Bur- only aggravate the condition of the

as pallbearers. him in." But to ask a suspect to "It was rather cleverly done," Mr. Mok Kon-sang, 5100: Mfr. mourners, and deceased's personal geas's fish sauce shop, welcoming hation. The wise political leader commented C.P.O, Clark, as he Mck Wing-yue, $100; Mr. Ko Ho-friends acted

These two Ingenious tests really or group must also see that by deal-ahowed how the tin lining of the ning, $100; Mr. Lam Dore, $25; The officiating clergyman was the repeat that would be equivalent to ing with first things first and suitcase had been ripped open by Mr. Chu Chung-hin, $15; Mr. Lai Rev. S. Llewellyn Webb, S.C.F. applying the Third Degree.

Yuet-chan, $15; Mr. An Yeung After three valleys had been fired

told that a suspect on being asked evolving order out of chaos even in revenue officers to expose the drug Fung-pak, $16: Mr. Ho Man-hon, over the grave, the Last Post was defeat their own ends. If I were

packed against the sides.

to say "gig-whip" rapidly six times limited areas, experience is gain-

The Chinese man charged in this$15; Mr. Mok Hing-klu, $10; Mr sounded by buglora.

Mok Hing-cheong, 810; Mr. Chan Thiere were many floral tributes, in succession had successfully ac ed for bigger tasks. And with ease was fined $2,400, or six Lam-kwan, $10; Mr. Choy Hoo testifying to the high esteem Incomplished that feat I should be in-

which the deconsed was held."

clined to say that he was drunk.·· success will come recognition, months' hard labour,

Bang, $10; total, $430.