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the fue may yet come when citizens will demand laws made for themselves, | rather than for the benefit of the
SPECIAL CABLE.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1921.
THE IRISH TANGLE [NO. 1.]] DISHONEST APPRENTICE. THE THEATRE SHOOTING.
kvors. It would be nice for Hong-SHANGHATS STRANDED SHIPS 115Y "PRASINUS" FOR THE China Meil.)|
kone to set the example, and prove not only that we can do without them. bu laat we cut even do better with- the Does this seem silly to That's only herause it is new, 1er it. Even though there is no
silate kellel of it being taken serumsly, the idea is a meritorious and will probably be acter en by by, ter ued to it:
2
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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One case of paratyphoid fever Cainese, was notified yesterday,
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THEFT ON STEAMER.
NOTHING NEW.
The preliminary beating of the A 15-year old Chinese apprentice employed by the Kowloon Docks was Woping Theatre wurder case was this morningcharged before Magistrate practically concluded before Mr. K. "They still believe in the Pto-Lindsell with the theft of silver. Lindsell yesterday afternoon, a lernaic system as far as their litera-izarette case, the property of Mr. there ouly remains evidence of parades the identity of the allegest murderer ture is concerned," said an English Williamson, of Messrs. Moller and held for the purpose of establishing man to me, referring to my fellow Company. SHANGHAI, August 26.
The complainant said that yester to be given this afternoon. The country men, the Irish. The French licer Cordillere mar
As I most heartily agree with hic day morning he was on board the prisoner may then be conmmitted to vellously righted herself late Wednesday night and the captain, I can the more readily explain his Lindsay Moller," in dock. He [stand his trial ar a special Criminal
But before I do so I had occasion to take of his coat and Session on Monday,
The prisoner, Yeung Ko, is de- officers, and crew were enabled to go point of view. aboard. The rudder was broken by wish to try to represent the Irish her it on a table on deck, outside! the bumping she got. Her previous view point An Irish weekly, recente Captain's cabin. When he re-fender by Mr. D. J. Tewis. Mr. T. M. list was to starboard. Early yesterly started, had an important leading turned a few minutes later, he saw Hazleriey. Assistant Crown. Sdicirer.
de article stating its case from the
It said the accused in rustody. A hurried condurre the prosention, aml Mr. A proposal is afoot to extend the day morning the list was tea
grees to port. She is still in a dan-comparative point of view,
the that England about the time of search of the coat found nothing|A. E. Hall is watching the poolings Hakow harbour limits.
gerous position, as are also
Di less Glaucus and Hendrik. The Glazys Shakespeare or a little earlier had missing at barer when he wanted in the interest of the relatives of the
than a smoke, he found his cigarette case rundened actor, Li Siu Fun. population
Shia Chuen. Clenese detective. Of this population missing. He promptly rang up In-
for the four millions. 3
the principal witness only a small percentage was able to spector Aris and had the accused re-
Crown. He was in the theatre ou read or write, and a smaller per cent. move to the Police Station.
The aesused denied that he took the night of August it when the still showed an intelligent interest in literary pursuits. Yet from this the case from Mr. Willianson's coat beter was murdered. He says he unpromising nucleus sprang a great
white coat as he ran out of the theatre: Age of up in the dining saloon. outburst of dramatic and literary Peket, alleging that he picked it saw the face of the man in the leng Remarking that in any case the
it was the agreed. He saw the man brilliance--the Augustan English literature-a wealth thought, literary and scientific, dramerysed had go right to take thitisesed the coat outside the theatre. atie and philosophical, such as the that did not belong to bin, the Ma-It fell on the ground with a thui na world had scarcely ever before seen. gistrate entenced him to three if it curtained something heavy. He Now, said the article, Ireland has a months at the Laichrekok jail. larger population than England bad then; a larger percentage of its people read and write, and it has a devoted group of Irish writers. Irish an about us bring Let renascence. let us create an Irish literature, selt expressive, in our own tongue, Irish-own very own,
Mr. Lewis ebjørned to the cons which shall shake the world, and do more for Ireland than the great litera-second thor of No. 10. Tung Street,venation, which he maintaine! was ture of Greece did for Athens cr than reports to the police that about in n.. but evidence.
dinner at the Y. San Restaurant. Horace, Virgil or Lucretius ever did on Wednesday, she was invited to for Rome.
Mr. O. H. Farrar has passed his examinations as master (steamships).
£27,652
Mr. Charles Guiland Ballingail, One fatal case of enteric fever, a director of Java Robber Ilantation, Chinese, nas reported on Wednesday. Ltd, left estate of the gross value of
The Chinese Government has i
The Bank of China will move appropriated $100,000 in the Budgetį for the construction of Weasung as into their new offices, No. 4. Queen's Road Central, on September 1. from which date all transactions will be made there.
a part.
The ss. "Namsang" yesterday brenght 34 deportess from Singapore, They have Ltd. including one woman.
ten referred to the S.C.A., for repa-Boustead tria jon.
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PUBLIC SERVICE. “ TRUTE, JUSTICE, BUNGEONS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1923.
The attention of residents and business people in the districts west of Glenealy, Wyndham and Pedder Streets is drawn to a notice from the Water Authority which appears in Our advertising columns.
Fart of the roof of the third floor verandah of No. 26, Cochrane Street, The falling collapsed yesterday. plaster broke some window pares. No other damage was done. The collapse was not serious. The P.W.D. have been notified.
Mr. L. Noronha of No. 27. Shelly Street reports to the police that about 6 p.m., yesterday, while he was bathing of the North Point bathing beach, someone stole from the men's dressing matshed his gold wrist watch worth $48.
Found outside No. 25, First Street yesterday afternoon, the body of a male Chinese, aged about 36 years, was removed to the public 2 post mortem mortuary where examination was held and death
causes.
Mr. John Melvill Boustead, of Sens, Fenchurch-street. E.C, a director of several rubber planting companies, left estate of the gross value of £24,559.
The young houseboy who was charged yesterday with complicity in the attempt made to reb the house of a Japanese lady in Anton Street, Wanchai, was this morning sentenced to eight strokes of the care and four hours' detention.
to
the
of
DOPED.
A WOMAN'S EVENING OUT.
A Chinse woman living on the
Here again is much the same thing from the pen of the greatest of living a male friend surned Luk. At writers of the Irish School What the restaurant they were joined by
Ecliowed the fugitive, calling out
Stop running or I will shoot you dear. At the corner of Gilman [Street be raught the prisoner. Other police officers helped him serre the When asked Where is your pistol the prisoner said Ever there."
man
The Magistrate took it down, and nede a rate of Mr. Lewis's objperion.
A district warchmar heard about
the shooting and went to the theatre.
Coat.
is the root of the Irish trouble? another man. After dinner, she had the doorway he came up the He felt it. It was wrapped "The Irish people want to be free, a cup of red tea and did not know
Why do they desire freedom? anything wore. She awoke at fund something hard. le guarded "think it is because they feel in yesterday and found herself in bed in the cost until the police arrived with at the Minglee Boarding the prisoner. The coat was unwrap themselves a genius which has not a
Con
A Chinese electrician living on the first floor of No. 4, Kowloon City Road has reported district police that his niece, aged 24 years, is missing from home since 10" yet been manifested in a civilissense of Connaught Road Cemiled and a Mauser pistel which had
"tion-as Greek, Roman and Egypt Sur questioned a waiter, and earnest en recently fized was found, a., on August 20 when she left the
"ian have in the past externalised that she had been taken there by two "their genius in a society with a men at 8 o'check on the previous | house to go to market.
"Shan-culture, arts and sciences peculiar night. The ten stayed a few raitautes at the prister's arrest also spoke of
The Canton teahouse workers' Their chief demands strike is over. pronounced to be due to natural having been granted the strikers are resuming work to-day. With 6,000 employees on strike practically all the teahouses were forced to close. It is hoped that the strike of masons and carpenters will also be settled socn.
to themselves."
the witnesses who were present
was adjourned until this aftemon when it it experted the evidence for the Crown will be crat- plesat.
While out at sea the s.s. tung" which arrived from Shanghai
Now what is the great flaw in all in the roan and then departed. On the conversation between Skin Chuen
Mr. Lewis azain, protested. to-day took off from a three-masted schocher a Japanese sailor who had this? It is simply what my friend examination, she found that she had and the prisoner.
The erat. pistol, bullets and other severely injured himself by falling said, that the Irish are in literature, been relieved of all her jewellery,
les, one pair of jade bangles ore gold exhibits were then trared from hand appearance down a hold. The man was brought art and science still followers of worth $85-two pairs of gold bang- ashore to-day and sent to the Japanese Prelemy.
The great fact which did more to ring set with diamonds, and a silver to hand up to their hospital.
overthrow the Ptolemaic System than hair ornament. The police who have in Court.
After the Hereased's identity had any other was the discovery that a descriptions of the then, are investigat-
All the pawnshops have been been traced in a similar manner, the lesser body could not suffer a bodying. of much greater mass to revolecularisai with descriptions of the eve round it, but that the lesser bodies must revolve round the greater bodies missing jewellery. Chief Police Inspector Kerr. Mrs.
according to fixed laws in proportion Kerr and their little son returned to
to their distances.
And this law in its general applica tion, is as true in economics, literature the Colony by the 55. "Saiyang" six weess
it is in celestial or science as this moming from a
While engaged in unloading tim heliday trip in North China, covering Shanghai and Weihaiwei, and retorn-j ber from a junk lying alongside the mechanics.
The four millions of Shakespeare's
Aboard H.M.S. "Tamar "last night ing by way of Foochow, Amoy and Hunghom Ferry wharf yesterday Swatow.
Inspector Kerr resumed afternoon, a coolie was knocked into England are not represented by an
One train-load from Kentucky the harbour by a log which fell on isolated Erse-speaking coteric in duty on Monday.
him. He was immediately pulled encysted aloofness. Their tentacles 2 gathering of naval men and their cut and removed to the Kwong Wah spanned the world. It was just their friends listened with keen enjoyment
on the way. association with this expansiveness to an admirable concert programme here a large banner on which was
and the numbers for which "Lena
Frenchiman. but our coin is on the Hospital, but died
descriptive touch and Tedo" were responsible were Death was due to fracture of the of gergraphical discovery, their Several well known artists contributed inscribed ur heart is with the
with the Continent that brought outstandingly popular. Tuneful and champion." A base of the skull.
about the possibilities of Shakespeare topical. "Repulse Bay," a cleverly from the preliminaries to the Dempsey- and Milton, that made the tongue written piece, of their own compost Carpentier fight.] that Shakespeare spake.
In view of the serious danger to public health from the sale of iced drinks by hawkers, instructions have been issued by the Caston Health Department to the police authorities to co-operate in a movement to deter mire the purity of drinking waters offered for sale by hawkers and tem hour or two in any one of the Temporary refreshment stands. ton.mandments. No furm. simple or complicated, could prevent that. It appears that this Ordinance takes away some of the nsual jurisdiction of the fourt in such cases. That to say, it is a statute which alwishes, for the time being, other laws which would otherwise be applicable to such
social intercourse and fraternisation
CONCERT ON THE "TAMAR."
coster sketches.
Messrs. H. Anniss and G. O. vocal items received and
Mr. B. Griffiths, third efficer of the ss." Chipshing," which is under- going overhaul at the Cosmopolitan
With England as her great next tion, proved on of the "hits" of the Dock, was swimming from the dock wharf at 7 a.m., yesterday, when his door neighbour, and English liter evening and they were notably suc Immediately after promulgating silver wrist watch worth $25 wasstolen ature and science holding the places cessfull with a couple of amusing
ware well an order for the suppression of gam from the pocke: of his eat which they do in the world, it is hard for bling throughout the province of be had hung on the wharf. No one an Englishman to speak dispassion-
was on the wharf when Mr. Griffiths ateis of the little Irish group who are Fieldgate. furnished went out to swim, Consequently trying to "Ersify the world. It is that
In the second Juno, Ceres or Phobos were to Mr. Savage held
at the audience Kwangsi, which means a loss of
start off on their own to set up a several million dollars to the provin cal treasury in the form of licences, there is no clue as to the identity alas
little solar system in defiance of balf of the programme with a capital Dr. Ma Chun-wu, the new Governor, tie thief.
A two-year study of the Can- Kepler's laws. Mr. Wells simply loses display of legerdemain. Lz. Sea. So kan have got, we wng still cases. Well, if we were finding fault Assembly instructing it to draft a claim that the tents aliance has with the test or the efficiency of this provincial constitution upon which adian Pacific Railway Co.'s methods his temper over the Erse craze-Symons and Sig. Cock, heard first in justified it, and this without re Ordince, which we are not. ing numerous reforms will be based. ference by litigation under it, just well satisfied with it, we might point out that if it could set aside lawz
RENTS ORDINANCE,
issued an order to the Provincial
Mr. Harry Lousy Pang.
John
the attention
a candid
has just teen started by six officials "The automobile halted for a moment a Hebrew comedy duo and then in a recalled more than once and the of the Chinese Government railway "at cross-roads, and the finger-post cross-talk turn, were enthusiastically a system. We recognise in China was in Erse characters."
"Look at that!" said Peter with efforts of Messrs. H. Fitzer and A. or pending From various enzrters we hay turned of incidents t show it could also, with one clause. have Chinese mercbant from Australia, that the C.P.R. is the greatest trap-
Victoria." and is residing at the so our Minister of Communications "a Dubliner knows fitty words of the and later, in association with Mr. T. the mere rowledge or even musour; heen made to set aside lawyers. In who arrived yesterday by the assportation system in the world, and "genuine exasperation. "And bardly Ellis who contributed a banjo duet Truckle and Woodcock won warm of its on tener has been rufficient to any such emergency legislation of the prevent aniship or injustice, nch as future- and in such times as the world King Edward Hotel, has reported to decided that we should come to language! It's foolery. If we were Mason, a banjo and concertica trio Mr. Wells would have waxed more appreciation for the pianoforte duet was veraly complained of before is new passing through, there is no the police that about 11.30 am Canada and study C.P.R. systems," "Irish I suppose we should smother were generously applauded. Messrs. wrathful still if he had been Irish with which the programme opened. and the hotel, a letter of credit (No. the party.
decade younger. He its passage. We also hear, by the telling what it may yet need to do-Yesterday, he lost between the ship said Mr. Y. L. Kwan, who is head of "London with black-letter."
As the result of a fall from the barn and way, of tenants paying all inreases we hope the Goverment will re641) for £3,000 drawn on the English,
the time of the, compulsory that they we not obliged to pay, they member that possibility, and ensure Scottish and Australian Bank. The
contractor's coolie is now in the at
At that time only "souls been made shining and many. understanding that it is only a temu:hat its own intentions are not thwart local agents of the bank have been first floor of No. 1,. Salt Fish Lane, a would then have been a schoolboy
Government Civil Hospital suffering Irish craze.
But to be frank. Is there one of porary fas, and fearing that if they by legal quibbles and tricks. For notified.
a Thompson,
ard Dugbort-knew master from injuries to his bead and body. a few people the inhabitants of "coloured by the contact." Jake Livantage of its protection now example, just now at Home they seen their route will ataquently to be busy reducing wages every-- penalize there for it. We al hear where. Suppose the Hongkong em-mariner, was this morning charged The man was at work demolishing Benmulet
Or, here and Dow, of at least se landlord "bluffing."ployers try that on. Hongkong em before Magistrate Lindsell with hav-the building which is in danger of Irish; and they could read it or under these first-magnitude stars in the really depending or without reason, on ployees, Earupeans at any rate, are ing behaved in a disorderly manner collapsing, when a beam on which he stand one another (for the language Irish Armament which
All Lot organized and would be unlikely in Des Voeux Road Central esterday, was standing suddenly gave way is dialectical ice colloquial Chinese). posterity will recognise as great
and assaulted and Indian Sergeant. bringing down with it a quantity of But the word went round, Erse in literature?
Irish or You ca
English, bave
On Baile's the igraver of bis tenants. but one of about eight succumbed to to strike." So perhaps this is Mr. D. H. Blake who appeared for masonry. Luckily the man fell clear Ireland and immediately all the how many readers of literature,
Several picture to yourself what it all meant. lost their souls over. this. We are rather surprised at the only a supposition-the Government defence, applied for a remand until of the debris or bis injuries would schools fell into line. Landloni taking such a risk, for so might be induced to pass an Energ to-morrow explaining that he wished have been more serious.
Half-literature. And our judgment of amount. ency Wages Ordinance. We, should to take out a cross-summons for people at work carrying bricks Another language (and that a com. Strand," "The Well of the Saints" or The immediately below were just in time pulsery one) I fer the matriculation the Demi-Gods? Theirs is not great the National University, comparatively wall an
to get out of harm's way.
understood lectures in Irish, and the their success must be just the reverse Perhaps here was a little ignorance prefer, in that case, a very simple assault against the Indian.
"Whereas Magistrate granted the application, on his side too. We have heard it Bill, something like this:
Certain Chinese now in London usual concomitant--a corresponding of AEe-their success has been just A Eurasian destitute named! stated that. being so hurriedly pre-it is desirable that employers should pared, the Ordinance is full of flaws. not reduce wages, and the Gover- Frank Aquino, was this morning are demanding that the value of two shoddiness of knowledge in all the in proportion as they have allied This is at the case. On the whole it ment's intention is to prevent it, charged before Magistrate Lindsell sacred golden bells taken from the other subjects. The pupils in the themselves with English literature Of course the real Irish postion is the most Gaelic of them all, is prac is a successful bit of draftsmanship. it is herchy enacted that such re-bat be, having been granted leave Temple of Heaven in Peking during backwash of the educational struggle. On this account Dr. Douglas Hyde, The tale is probably an echo of the ductions may not be made without from the House of Detention until the Boxer rising shall be restored to
No, there is no possibility of Ireland carlier official apologia, which pleaded the consent of a Magistrate, who 4 p.m., on August 9, did absent the temple authorities, It is stated rather galling. The moon must feel tically unheard of a mere literary that there bad not been much time, must hear both parties in person, himself until arrested yesterday that the bells were found under piles it rather galling to have to follow in eccentric. etc. It really should not require a and use his commuoneense, and decide afternoon. Replying to the Magis of rubbish, and that one of them was the wake of the earth in her path
linguistic. She must simply be con each case on its merits, regardless of trate, the accused said "I did taken by British troops to Delhi and round the sun. But neither Keple being able to set up a little solar very long time to cover so simple problem, and if we were not so wedded all or any legal precedents, and that not return because I had been sick there melted down, the gold belag for the earth la really to blame for system of her own, literary, economic, Gaelic culture still inspires, all that ture, economice, language and social tc-precedent, Red Tape, and bag the parties in this way may be the for a week, and was fo the Govern sold for £25,000. The interested this.
more likely to get justice rather ment Civil Hospital" Sub-Inspector Chinese now pojat to the specialA. E says rather sadly. The tent to fall into line with the litera windy legal jargon, un effective or- dinsace for the parpose could pro- then law, it is further enacted that Grant said that the accused entered clause in the Versailles Treaty where
"[To-morrow will appear "What the bably be drafted on one sheet of lawyers must not intervene in such the hospital on August 20-Asked by by the ancient astronomical instruis best in Irish literature and Irish laws of her great English-speaking foolscap Readers should not be cases." Theirharyers would object the Magistrate to account for the 11 meats loored by the Germany during There are writers like Yeates, neighbours and be prepared to fulfi
said "I spent them in the Aberdeen to China, and demand that the sacred might have won but little repute misled by the phenomenon of legal to this, and declare such a law ultro days, perious to the 20th, Aqulao the capture of Peking were returned Synge, Hyde and Stephens who her destinies as part of them.
in the Gaelic tradition and their can't "Eo., C.M.) restored to the Temple of HeavIR. arguments. It would be poor vises, or dum spiro apero nom est st Docks" Sentence of six weeks hard bella, or their value, shall also be had they not turned back and bathed Irishman sees and the Englishman
wyer that could not argue for an infra dig or something, but we think labour was passed.
A WELL-ARRANGED AFFAIR.
"It was a stunner morning and the
seats were all engaged
For to see the most expensive fight
the world had ever staged: There were movie men and fight- ing men and millionaires galore. And the special correspondents were as sand upon the shore; Then advanced Kentucky's notables
who proudly bore along.
The banner that en bodied all the
spirit of the throng.
With its swift appeal to every sport,
from plutocrat to waif
Our hearts are with the French- man, but, thank Ged, sur money's sale!"
It was a summer evening. the
champion's work was done. He had sent his final message off
explaining How I won."
He had wired his dear old mother to the tune of "Yankee-doodle." And all that now remained was just
to parcel out the boodle.
To Den psey for the job he did A modest eight thousand quid; And fifty clear for Carpentier, Which may preserve him from
the blues
-Although it was his luck to
Jose:
The films the movie men had
got
Were worth the Lord alone
knows what:
The scribes whu plied their
honest trade
A bonny penny must have
Nader: Aud doubtless every living
ainner
Mad taken care to back the
winner.
Thus all emerge happily and, all
works out to rights
With these best of all arrangements for the best of famous fights-- Crowd, challenger, and champion
with nothing left to chale, Aad everybody happy, for, thank
God, the money's safe'! Lucio in the Manchester Guardian,