Hongkong, May 16.
A fatal accident occurred at the Kaitack aerodrome yesterday afternoon.
Lending Airceaftsman Jarvin was occupying the rear eockpit of wu' aeroplane piloted by It. Garnett. When the plane was cruising, smoothly about 200 ft. above the aerodrome, Jarvis suddenly fell out and was killed tantaneously.
The eauxe of the accident The pilot neither saw nor heard -anythi The authorities fare unable to give any reason for the mishap.
Jarvis wax a well-known footballer, and played as goalkeeper for the Navy Ist XI. He was a native Sheerness.-Reuter.
Speaking at the annual meeting of that Association, Sir Francis Aglen, former Inspector-General of Chinese Maritime Customs, said that he was in favour of such an agreement and believed that it would great mistake on the part of Great Britain if they fulled to pur that deal thro He hoped. the new Governor would do something in, that connection, The ball was started rolling by the recent lengthy statement of Mr..T. V. Soong, the Chinese Minister of Finance, on the financial conditions of the country, Among other things, he made the following remarks concerning smuggling via Hongkong to Chinese ports:—"So long as the old five per cen: tariff was in effect, there was little incentive for smuggling. But with the introduction of the new graduate ed tariff, smuggling has become a problem, particularly in the south with Hongkong as the base. Th free port of Hongkong, its Proximity to the mainland, its, vast uncontrollable junk traffic, which made the bays.surrounding Hongkong as far as the water edge British waters, have made Hongkong an ideal base for smuggling, although obviously the British authorities are not interested making it so. Unless satisfactory arrangements can be made with Hongkong, or more drastic means of prevention employed, the Britis' colony will remain a thorn for the Chinese Customs Administration cause a serious drain on reve While smuggling may be goi round here, the police authorities resent Mr. T, V. Soong's statement that the junk trottie in Hongkong is uncontrollable. They claim to have very efficient water police within hour limits, for only last week several suspected pirates from Bias! Bay were arrested from a small junk on Kowloon Bay. The water police have made frequent arrests: fon gun-runners and smugglers who brought in illicit opium from Macao. Not only the police authorities, but the Harbour Master have exercised effective control over junk trafic within Hongkong waters. In fact, all junks are duly registered at the:
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