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MONDAY JUNE 30, 1924
WORLD FLIGHT.
BRITISHAVIATOR ARRIVING,
MACLAREN DUE HERE.
TO BE WELCOMED BY HE.
THE GOVERNOR.
Squadron, Leader MacLaren, the British world aviator, is to arrive
STEAMER COLLISION.
ACTION FOR DAMAGES.
ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.
Arising out of a collision in the Canton river on July 14, of Inat year between the steamers "Apoey" and "Tai Sang" an commenced yester action was day
before
FASHION'S WHIMS,
HOW EXPENSES ARE AVOIDED,
CHINESE LADY'S RUSE.
THE CHINA MAIL.
IN GOOD TIME.
INTER-COLLEGE TENNIS,
WATER RATION SURMISE. ST. STEPHEN'S CANTON
DAMAGE REPAIRED,
necessary.
but now
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.
Two pairs represented each
played 13 games. College and each met once and
Scow-chong, Capt. and Lo Kwong- The St Stephen's first pair (Lin
hin, sec.) were hard put to it in their games with the visitor's first pair but managed to win by 7 games to 6. Lin Seow-chong's service won many games for St. Stephen's and Lo Kwong-hin's There net play was excellent.
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The return tenuls match between On or about Wednesday (the St. Stephen's College, Hongkong. One method of circumventing day after to-morrow) it is ex and the Canton Christian College Dame Fashion's dictates to women trictions in
pected that the rider-millin res Middle School, took place on the the central and St. Stephen's courts, Pokfulum, on has been revealed by the Yaumati eastern districts will be taken off Saturday and in spite of the heat at the Supreme Court Police during the week-end when and a constant supply put on.
some excellent, play was wit Mr. Justice Gompertz, Chinese young lady was' found
According to the latest ffnessed The almost overwhelming here this afternoon from Haiphong.sitting in Admiralty Jurisdiction,
formation the· "damage to the defeat of the visitors was a little man's Bower Road flume has now been unexpected for in the match at Accompanying him are Flying in which the Lai Hing Steamship to be masquerading io
repaired. As the amount of water Canton the issue had been in doubt Officer Plenderleith as pilot and Company Ltd., (owners of the clothes.
"Apoey" claimed damages from This "lady" was found loitering in storage is sufficient the res up to the last games, St. Stephen's Sergeant Andrews as mechanic.
will no longer be, eventually winning by two. Оп After a month's enforced stay at the Indo-China Steam Navigation near the Hongkong ferry wharf.trictions
Lieut. Company,
Commander
Saturday St. Stephen's won by 35 Akyab waiting for the Tokyo Conway Hake appeared with His garments on, traces of rouge and Wednesday last a burst occurred
Although she had a man's outer
It will be recalled that on games to 17. machine to replace his original Lordship as assessor. 'plane which had crashed beyond Mr Eldon Potter K. C., instructed powder showed on her face and
part of repair, Squadron Leader MacLaren by Messrs Deacons, was for the when the wind ruthlessly caught in the conduit and a landslide
up her blouse the usual trimmings caused damage to a
'Braeside." plaintiff company and Mr, C. G.
used on Chinese ladies' lingerie usual rider-main scale followed Rationing on the hopped off for Rangoun.
Alabaster K.C., instructed by
were brought to light.
that the repairs message was received here from Messrs Hastings, Dennys and
A Chinese sergeant brought have been completed, arrange Rangoon stating that he had arrived Bowley) was for defendants.
her back 10 Yaumati" Station there safely, but no further tidings "ACROSS THE COURSE." where enquiries were made by thements are in hand for a return to came to hand until it was learned There was only one point in the detective staff. She blandly ad- normal supplies.
AMUSING SIDELIGHTS. this morning that he was arriving case 'said Mr. Prosser in opermitted that she was not a man,
Tai Sang" but à married woman and that hel An amusing story is related in ingwhether the about three o'clock to-day.
could justify what she admittedly husband was at Waichow. By way the local Tsun Wan Yat Po in When he arrives at Hongkong, did That was that she went of explanation she added that she connection with the enterprise appeared MacLaren will have completed astern across the course of the hed shingled her hair in accord-shown by street coolies to 'supply understanding existing between 8,700 miles of his flight. He has
A poey" The place of the ance with the style of modern Chinese tenements with water them and their style of play fitted
public and therefore from the
fountains. in well together. This was mort still another 14,600 miles to cover. collision was just above Amherst China's women His next stage is Hongkong to point. At the time it was.floud- had no difficulty in brushing Various rates are given for the in evidence in their games with Foochow, 400 miles, after which he tide and daylight. The "Apuey" it like a Her reason for different floors and it is alleged the visitor's second pair whom they
this class of coolie | defeated by 10 games to 3. has a 450-mile lap to Shanghai.
first saw the Tại Sang four dressing in man's clothing was that
re- St. Stephen's second pair (Lin miles
apparently that she was pecuniarily embar welcomes the rider main
because ..of the Peng-jin and Yo Chuan-bee) did following the course on the left rassed and the dictares of fashion strictions
presented, One even better than the first, defeating bank of the river, both ships going, made. Chinese ladies' clothes so opportunity
The plaintiff expensive. However, as soon as coulie house had put up a make the visitor's first pair by 8-5 and towards Canton." said that when three lengths she received a remittance she was shift sigpboard outside its doors to the second by 10-3 Lin Peng-iin aliead the "Tai Sang" began to expecting" she would don the announce that its occupants con- is a young player of promise and swing to starboard across the female garb again. She gave an tracted for water carrying. A his partner although rather weak MONO MONDOOHOO||QmQt As no news of his arrival in course of the "Apoey." The de- address at Shanghai Street and practical joker inserted two char- on the back-band stroke backed
hetween those denoting him up excellently. Haiphong had been received this fendants "said if the plaintiff's nothing was found to contradict acters
carrying and water and the sign- morning the Hongkong Govern- chief officer had done earlier what her statement.
hoard read somewhat to this effect mient were requested by the he did do events would have
Contractors for carrying chief Asiatic Petroleum Co. to wireless been different. He thought that
mourner's wands and buying") when the court had all the facts 10 Halphong but, erc answer to the wireless message they would be satisfied that if the" Apoey" had had been received a cablegran chief officer of the was "received by the APC not done what he did the "Tai stating that MacLaren had arrived Sang" would have been at the yesterday and was leaving for bottom of the Canton river. Hongkong this morning. He
ASUDDEN SWING." anticipated arriving here at three The plaintiffs alleged that the o'clock. The cablegram was des-Tai Sang" suddenly began to patched from Haiphong at 7.30 swing to starboard and the this morning.
engines were reversed so that she Among those who went off in swung right across the course of launches to welcome the aviator the "Apoey." The "Apoey" ported were His Excellency the Governor, her helm and also went astern, the Sir Edward Stubbs, and the vessels collided and went on the Captain Superintendent of Police, mud. It appeared to plaintiff that it was trouble with the steering the Hon. Mr. E. D.C. Wolfe.
Up to a comparatively late hour this morning nothing was known of MacLaren's movements other than that he had arrived at Bangkok on Saturday and that he intended leaving for Vinh and Haiphong or Sunday morning,
n
an
astern and
man.
COMMERCE AND FINANCE.
water for a dead person." This Was a skit on the Chinese SHANGHAI MARKET.
custom of pretending to buy in reality it is fetched from The local markets, had one of public tap-water to cleanse the body of a dead person prior to in- their almost unexplainable lapses terment, the son being responsible again this week, says the "N.-C. for the ceremony When a man Daily News." Last week, after dies without leaving any children the holidays, every one was happy, his relatives hire the services of a for there was a regular boom in professional mourner who pretends business and there seemed to be to he the, son, a most degraded, nothing to interfere with a con-profession It is thought that the tinuance of it. Of course, general joke was really a protest against produce is excepted, for that parti-shameless pronteering by the water cular line just now is dead. It was coolies. piece goods that caused the trouble
Arriving by the s.s. Suwa gear that caused, the "Tai Sang and the only possible explanation
There was
of
Maru" from the North to-morrow to swing as she did. If that was
the sa continuance of the policy that is the French aviator Captain the position then those on Pelletier D'Oisy and it is just" Tai Sang" should have stopped after has been noticed, of reducing possible he may meet Squadron the engines and keptthem stopped. or increasing orders as the raw Louder MacLaren
a difference The wonderful flight of Captain opinion between the parties on the D'Oisy and Sergeant Basin question of the time. The plain- is top-well-known to require tiff said it was 10 o'clock when the retelling Captain D'Oisy
Tai Sang" passed the "Apoey" but defendants said that it was at nine o'clock and that they had got half a mile ahead of the "Apoey"
COLL
sei
from Paris on April 24. He reached Shanghai on May 20, that is, in fourteen days.of fly ing, or winery hours in the air, he covered 10,000. miles. In six con- secutive days, he flew from Paris. to Karachi, 4:700 miles,, in 3814
hours.
RULE OF THE ROAD.
TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS AT KOWLOON COURT.
THE FASTER SHIP. The plaintiff's case was that this was impossible becase the "Tai Sang" was a faster ship
than
material goes down or up. Last week the price came down with a run: hence, say some people, a reduction of piece goods orders. As for produce, as one merchant put it, I moribund was the correct word to use before--ani somehow it seems to sound alli right-then the market now can only be described as "more mari- bunder"
Piece Goods-Indent business the 'Apoey' and it would have has been very quiet throughout been impossible for that the week. The inquiry, according ship to catch the "Tai Sang." to dealers' reports, has been of a Defendants said that the more general nature. but it has Apoey" was the overtaking been very limited. Then, too, ship but plaintiffs said that the although local values have been “Thì Sang” was. Defendants somewhat easier, only small sales would be in an excellent position have been recorded. on account of to check what plaintiffs said the native interest being high. For- speed of the
Appey was beward business at the moment is. cause she was an old Indo-China unpopular with dealers, for they vessel being originally the "Sui have Я conviction that Home Dr. K.W. Ip the Kwong Wah Capt. Fraser of the "Apoey" values must weaken.
A misunderstanding arose at the Kowloon Court this morning when
Hospital was charged with driving.
Sang."
was now in England, said
his motor-car on the wrong side of Mr. Potter, but the chief officer
the road at 9.55 p.m. on June 15.
Dr. Ip explained that at the time would give evidence
of the alleged offence he was play
ing
ma chuk." He always drove
having to sail shortly he asked for
On account of the "Apoey"
HOME TRADE,
Messri. Mirrenu and Spiegel-
report dated May 29 write follows:-
his car himself and on this permission to call the officersberg, Manchester, in their market particular night it was locked before opening fully.
up
hospital. He inside the
Donald Needham, Chief Officer who and Thomas E. Crombie, Chief Cotton-Lower estimates of the was the only person had the hospital gate zay. Nobody Engineer of the "Apooy" gave autumn of the growing crop ure else at the hospital could drive evidente to the effect that the responsible for the advance of 3 a
"Tai Sing" was the faster ship and | lb, in"American šorts, his car.
that it would be impossible for the
Apoey" to overtake her.
An Indian constable said he saw the car and took its number twice at the Junction of Salisbury and Nathan Roads.
(Enquiry proceeding.)
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Two men, one a quartermaster
*Yarns, Egyptian prices are very firm whilst American yarns live been advanced in sympathy with Colton.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending 14th June, 1924, amounted-to 80,844 tons and the sales during the period to 59,983
tons.
A Reuter cable from,Manila reports that 56 people are believed to have been drowned when al sailing vessel from Cebu capsized on the coast of Leyte on June 24. Six saved themselves by swim- ming to the Camotes Istand,
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CONTESTING DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
*
Adco
Cloth-Prices have been ad-f
on the s.s. Ben Lomond," were vanced, following the advances in
charged at the Kowloon Magistracycotton and yarn.
The Magistrate said that as there seemed to be some taisunderstand- ing, he would dismiss the case.
ALLEGED RECKLESSNESS,
on Saturday with being in posse The volume of business booked. Mr. Reginald Earnshaw of the
the Whole. Kat Tack Motor Bus Company sion of nearly 200 rounds of 25 is very small appeared on a charge of reckless ammunition which was found in although good lines are booked ly and negligently driving motor canvas helt they were wearing here and there where Givers are car No. 1127 along Nathan Road Each was fined $500 and given an prepared to take the risk of the
alternative of serving & mouths in market. at midnight on June 14.
Mr. Eurnishaw admitted he was jail with hard labour. driving at 25 miles an hour; but
There is no particular part of the world which has figured largely, in
he denied he was driving Members of the Sindhi Com-the buying, India, Chúa, South recklessly. He had complete munity of Shanghai gave a party and North America, dava, the Neutr control of the car.
and presented an address in honour Bastand the Home Trude have Sergt. McWalters pointed out of Dr. Rabindranath Tagore at the all made purchases. that at the time of the alleged residence, of Messrs. Wassiamoll offence, the
It would appear that where crowds were just, Assomull's a few days ago. leaving the Puhing Theatre.
goode must be had for a setson The distinguished DOLI was Defendant was fined $5. Herceived by Mr. L. A. Daswani, trade, Buyers will openie. had a clear record.
of manager
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CHARGE DISMISSED. A charge against Inspector Thompson of the Sanitary Depart men: adjourned from tus week was dismissed by Mr. Hamilton
this morning..
Inspector Thompson was charg- ed with leaving his car un- attended and at the last
President and
There is no prospect of the Assomull und Co. on behalf of the short time" being abandoried at Community and the address was the moment. read by Mr. Tahiliani, Hon; Secretary and the rauagur of the well-known African firm, Messrs Teikamdas & Bros.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
In the uncertainty regarding the how crop it is not in bi wandered. at that buyers hesitate to buy any thing but pressing requirements. This is the senson of "Weather, Reporta," "Condition Reports" und "Crop Estimates." The Burean of Agriculture, the National Gin-
hearing pointed out that his Over- Cargo arrived per ..eniomend' land two-seater had been at a reusiping undelivered after July 4, Kowloon repair shop for three will be subject to rest. Agents, Gibb,ners Association, Miss Giles and
months. Sergt. Mr. Walters sug-
Livingston & Co., Ltd. ::
Cargo arrived
all the other "estimatork" age in "Annam" full operation and each report has gested that the repair firm were remaining undelivered after July 4, will its effect, temporarily at any rate,|| possibly using Mr. Thompson's be subject to rust, Agents, Joba number.
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