MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1925.
BOWLS LEAGUE.
CRAIGENGOWER CHECKED AT TAIKOO;-
· ́league. ̧
POLICE ON TOP.
Some very unexpected results were seen on Saturday in the bowls Playing at home the Kowloon Cricket Club secured a victory at the expense of the Dock tear, by a margin of five points. Contrary to expectation Craigen gower were defeated by an over whelming majority by Talkoo, The Civil Service Club proved that
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Public Service. NPA
(To the Editor of the China Mail).
Sir-I have recently returned from Home to find certain con- ditions of public service. aggra vated without any comment being made in public concerning them In private there is the comment sarcastic, but this does not reach the ears of officialdom and there
not penetrate its före does pachydermous hide.
Some months ago your Sunday number of officials who were to carry out the duties of holiday departing officials "in addition to The com their other duties."
RUSSIAN-EXILES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
KING'S LEGS,
PRINCE TO GO ON THE STAGE.
MP UPSET BY A WATTS"-
PICTURE:
OUR CABARET.
DRIVING DULL CARE
AWAY.
DA NOVEĽARTU IDEA...
As the end of a perfect day, a
Questions concerning an early Russian refugees seem to be/painting by. Watts, in one of the visit to the Theatre. Royal this!
Commons, showing King Alfred evening can be heartily command- Committee-rooms of the House of loviting the Saxons to prevent the ed. The "Our Cabaret" enter- landing of the Danes, were the tainment goes from strength to subject of much amusement In Parliament.
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strength OoSaturday there, was the
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Anding their way into London life with unusual success and aptitude, considering that their lives in palaces and castles formed no training ground for a battle of life
Prince Alexia Obolensky, who Mr. escaped from the revolution W
A. S. Sandemaa ́ (C.,|a uplendid audience and Middleton and Prestwich) asked, relationship between it, and, those. out any possessions save a. Strud if the First Cr amissioner of Works on the stage was of, the happiest violin and a string of his wife's would remove the painting on Each member of the Cabaret was they are a team to be reckoned contemporary commented on the pearls, will embark on his career account of its "Irritating effect'
In fine form. Frank Milne supplied with when they defeated the
as a public singer at the Loudon on members.
major Mr. G. Locker-Lampson (Under the
the Bowling Green Club by twenty.
Coliseum,
portion of Before the war he used to sing Secretary, Home Office) said he humour. He is seven points on their own green-
to the officers in his regiment,
a mimic of a sure sign that they mean to do well irrespective of their away mont was resented in the quarters never dreaming that his bass voice the suggested effect one and rare, discerning powers, whilst
upon mem- his. "talk" never fails defeats. In the Second Division which imagine themselves given would be the meios of his earning the st the Police remain at the head of over to the cult of "Good form, a livelihood.
Mr. Sandeman: Will the hon. raise hearty laughter. Reginald the table by defeating the Kow. and who deplore straight words to It was the Duchess of Ryland member go for live inloutes and Selleck' once again proved his Toon Cricket Club by a comfortable the Government. Several warm-who obtained this engagement" for try to contemplats the legs of dominance of the plant. Morist margin. The Indians came very ly upheld the stystem, on the mu," he told a representative of King Alfred; and, having done so, close to losing their home record grounds of expense, of other the Sunday Times.
"Melbe will he try to concentrate on the Varna, earned our sympathies If me take up running them to one polut. The gone home Very well.. What is professionally when I met her in miitee-room, and, having come to faith that in all the preponderating of no defeat, the East Point Club officials doing the work of those advised
singing work that is going on in the com-only by reason of the fact of her Yacht Club were not strong the position in one great depart- the South of France, and she then the same conclusion as I have, will enough to make an impression on ment of Government service? I took me on tour with her through he at least hav the picture put at male. Influence in the world there the Taikoo second string who won refer to the Government's Law Canada, America, and Australia." the other end the room? Or, should be one for ma'. Charles. by a very comfortable margin. The Department. Three of its prin-
Another Russian who has em falling all: the ptions, would he Chamfer sang delightfully as did results are as follows.
cipal officials are at the present barked in the professiona is like to go dows >posterity with, Madge Carter; whilst Jan Caryll moment on Home leave Messrs. Princess Galitzine; the wife of the legs on him such as those of King and Delyse danced with superb
of the last Prime Minister Alfred. (Laughter.)
technique. In addition there was J. H. Kemp, A Dyer Ball, and BOD J. H. B. Nihill Will anyone under the Tsarist régime: The uphold this method of doing business was an American girl, TAIKOO ♥. CRAIGENGOWER ness, and if so on what grounds? Miss Frances Stovena.
It has led to what I think is a re. She studied Futurism with its markable feature of our life in foder, Marineti, in Italy, and
exhibited portmita at this Colony the sense of un- and other salons. Recently she reality that pervades things out here. Sir Henry Pollock haa went down to the new racecourse (5.) 8 accepted the office of Acting Bournemouth to practise a new Attorney-General.. Presumably I want to combine art with the usual salary of the Attorney-sport," she told the Sunday General goes with this post. Times representative, so I um Where is the economy in allowing going to take pictures of horses in (S.) 10 three officials from one Depart-ther own environment, and treat ment to be away at the same time, the portraits with a speeinl method and engaging an outside expert to which will make them look like do their work? Whut, may one old sporting prints. ask, governs the appointment of an acting Attorney-General? Is
First Division.
McFarlane
J. Sloan
Alves
Peterson.
Fritz
Morrison
Wallace
ROLD Bala
(S.) 28
Maclachlan.
Grimshaw
'Russoll
Muskett Rosselet Dennis
Wotherspoon
(S.). 28
Laing
Neves
Seath
Sousa
Weir
Green
Ferguson
Bradbury
(S.) 35
(S.)
Total 91
Total
K.C.C. v. K.D.C.
Fletcher
Henderson
Howe
Hamilton
Gibson
Pile
(5.) 19
Robinson Lammert Nicholls
McKelvio Ризсвеод
Gourley Docherty Kaith
Hyde
Lapeley
(5) zó
.
Whitley
Ramsey
(S.) 22
Fraser
Brawn
Total....... 61
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5
art.
1
"You've heard what the last
Mr. Locker Lampson: I have Gertrude Clegg at the piano, and looked at the picture this morning. sketches" of a highly humorous do not know whether the bon. tom. Encores were in frequent member realises that it is a very demand and readily conceded. A Bee example of the early work of very good show indeed, Paris Watts.
Major Hore-Bellsha (Ls Devon- port): In view of King Alfred's connection with cakes, will the hop. witness said," persisted the coun- gentleman have the picture put in sel, "and yet your evidence is to the_tes-room? (Laughter.) Argyllshire): Will he consider the you doubt her veracity?"
Mr. F. A. Macquistes (C., the contrary. Am I to infer that advisability f getting picture
The polite young man waved a painted for the other end of the deprecating hand. room showing the members for
"Not at all," he replied. "I Glasgow resisting the invasion of merely wish to make it clear what Irishmen Into Scotland? (Loud & liar I'am if she's speaking the laughter.)
truth"
"I can't be a Munnings, but there is so much scope for art on
& mcecourse.
"
The Princess, who is settling in London, is also going to join the ranks of women mee-horse, owners, for she is bringing over from America, some of the horses from her, stable.
the position advertised? Had we had one of the departed officials, acting, should we have had the Governor's reference to recent legislation containing perhaps, the longest sentence in English? This particular appointment (S) 13 means that certain effort of a With one called "Sunshine," a public nature, must necessarily be high jumper. He has had many either dropped altogether. or successes, and she dreame of his suspended; and it seems being a prospective Grand National to me *that such ques-winner.
1. Puncheon
Cullin Gor Joharon
(S.) 16 tions as Constitutional · Reform become a mere farce. I cannot see
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(5.) 17
Total...... 46
CIVIL SERVICE ▼. K.B.G. Oswick
Alderman
Allen
Deakin
(5) 16
Laing
+
Gibson
Gregory
Grimmilt
(5), 24
Smith
Booker
Knight
*Stanley
(S.) 23
Total 63
Muir
Hoy Holland Guy
Hazel Johnston Wylie Whitley
Smith Nish
Duncan Farrell
Why a former member of the Legislative Council in an un- official capacity should become an official member unless his unpaid public work is to cease altogether.
ACID ATTACK.
JEALOUS MAN'S CRIME.
Hudson, in long statement, said there was trouble because she went about with a dancing partner. He said:
Mr. Neil Maclean (Soc, Govan): Vill he also consider putting another picture on the side wall of the same committee-room show. log the member for Argyllshire be ing rejected by Glasgow at the election? (Laughter.)
.. BOY KIDNAPPED.
THREATENING LETTER TO PARENTS.
A kidnapping case, similar_in Its preliminary aspects to that perpetrated by the youths Leopold and Loab, who kidnapped a
merchant, falled to return home. Soon after his disappearance waS noticed the parents received a mysterious note couched in terms resembling those used by the young murderers of the million. aire's son...
The letter threatened that the
missing boy and his sister Ruth, aged 15, would both be kidnapped unless £200, to old, bank-notes wrapped in a package, was left at the foot of a tree in Washington Park.
There is also one other matter, When Samuel Hudson, 46, | millionaire's sin and, according to and that is the participation in turner, was charged at the Old their confession, murdered him legislation--in shaping it-of un-Bailey with throwing sulphuric acid "for sport," is exciting Chicago, official members who, more often over his wife, it was stated that The 12-years-old son of Mr. than not, are directly connected owing to disputes she left her Walter A. Graff, a rich lumber with concerns at which legislation husband and went into service: is aimed. It is surely not right As she left a theatre he throw the * (S.) 12 that members of the Council who acid over her. She had lost the are likely to become directors of sight of one eye, part of her ear the new Telephone Company was destroyed, and she was other should take part in discussions wise permanently disfigured. concerning the terms under which (S.) 15. such a company is to operate. I do not for a moment question the bona fides of the members of the Council. I simply contend that a member of the Council should not be a member of any Board of Directors in the Colony, Mem- 36 bers of the Home Cabinet are thus debarred: why not Legisla- tive Councillors? The situation might be met by paying members of the Council for their time and trouble which I think is consider- able. I put these views forward in no niggardly spirit and with due appreciation of the work done (S.) 23 by those whose names appear in
this letter.
Yours, etc.,
OBSERVER. Hongkong, May 31.
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Socond Division. ~
R.HK.Y.C. v. TAIKOO. Williamson Stewart
McKechnie
Moore
Vaux
Jamie
(5.) 11
Bullock
Keen
Adams
Dixon
(S.) 9
Messer
Rutton
:
Reid
" Matthews Young"
Mitchell Stewart Chapman Dianan
26
J. Sloan
Maxwell Grimes Carpenter (5) 10 Mulrhead (S) 24}
Total
Post Whant Mair
30 Total...... 73 POLICE ♥, K. C. C.
Jack Buckburrough Labram
Teaching English,
What has happened is the elimax of two years of bitter anguish. When I threw the acid I was no longer in control of my physical actions. My mind was Mr. Graff placed a decoy pack- tortured: I could not work. It age in the place indicated, but the was concentrated on her. In my anyone approaching it in a
watching detectives, falled to see anguish the one predominating picious manner, from her that which makes her elaborate precautions to trace the thought was that I must take The authorities have adopted
attractive,"
to communicate further, with Mr. extortioners should, they attempt
Graff's home by telephone or otherwise.
Hudson broke down and cried. "I throw myself on your justice," he said: I do not ask for mercy.
Mr. Justice Mackinnon, in pass- ing sentence of five years' penal servitude, said the crime was a de testable one.. Even on his own story Hudson had the most trivial reasons for his jealousy.
"LYNCH LAW” DRAMA,
BLISH
the school that was attended by The missing boy ic a student st Bobble. Franks, the youth whom Loeb and Leopold murdered...
!
GIRLS ARRESTED.
Sir, Is there any reason why grumoplioness should not be intro- duce into our schools for the JEW TAKEN FROM PRISON "EMINENTLY RESPEC ABLE
pronounciation of English? With
AND MUTILATED.
so many of our teachers coming from different parts of the world-
An unusual case of lynch : Jaw including the northern part of Britain it seems very
is reported from North Carolina, desirable 1. Clarke (S) 29 Davidson (S) 15 there should be one standard of one of the foremost States in the
pronounciation.
fight for legislation declaring that : In this way children would start from the man is not descended from the scratch so to speak.
Yours, etc., Hongkong, May's1.
Blackman
Logan
Grant
Benson Harris Gorvin
West
Sword
.
(S) 17
Goldenburg
(S) 15
Robinson Glendinning Goodwig Reid
Smith A. Clarke (S) 27 Horridge (S) 17
Total 73 Total INDIAN R.C. v. E. POINT RC
Esplua
Kitchell
Nazarin
Ismail
Вих
apes.
Four men, believed to have takon. s. Jew, from prison and to have left him wounded on a lonely read, are now guarded in the same prison from, possible attack" by people who actually sympa thised with their doings
"Yea, and the teacher, "we have several plants and yflowers The story begins with an accusa- 47 named with the prefix: "dog"
Of tom made by a girl of 17 that A course the dog-rose' and 'dog Jewish commercial traveller from violet" are well known to you all. Philadelphia, named Joe. Needle- Can any of you tell me others?!? man, had assaulted her. A man For some seconds the class renamed Sparrow, said to be one of mained dumb. Then a bright four who took Needleman from (S) 13 Fowler ~ (S) 20 idea illuminated the face of a Jall, drove him into the country, G.M. Shaw pupil, and up went his hand, mutilated him, and left him to "Collie flowers, miss said he crawl back two milles to his hotel
Webster Gles Forbes
Douglas McKellar
Ismail, Ram D. Rumjahpy Hamilton
Mader TAI
Omar
(5.) 19 022 7 (5.) 22 Barclay Thorburn
Viliamson
RCXOR
spread the allegations.
The day after the attack he married the girl, whose story was then discovered? od?
SUBURB MA
When Sarah Peake 17, and Edith Sheppard, 15; factory hande, were charged at North London with insullinghaviour at High- bury-place, N., a police officer said they were indulging in horse-play. The residents complained bitterly of the conduct of the young people.. Mr. Clarke Hall, the magistrato: ... I cannot imagine why these girls should have been arrested, dragged through the streets, and placed in a cell us if they had offence. It is monstrous and been guilty of some, criminal very injurious to the girls. The police have to see that order in kept in the streets, but in this caso it could have bem done by summons." If there had not been relatives near, this girl of 15 would have been a night, in the cells
erd: I did not think there was any harm in what we were
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CHINA MAIL'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
(These cross-ord puzzles have been made by experta but our readers are warned to watch out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho)
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SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSSWORD PUZZLES. Start out by: Alling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, "and", they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white, space, words starting at the numbèrad squares and running either horisontally or vertically or both.
** HORIZONTAL
t-A tidy for the back of a chair 11-To go back and forth · 12-A coast town and peninsula
near Boston, Mats. 13----Correlative of neither 15Man's name. [familiar) 16-A elty in N. E. Pennsylvania. 18-in. this, or that mARION 19-Female divinity of the woods
(pl.)
20-Conjectured. 21-Chopped 24-Prafik. Acroem; ·
28-American Inațituta (abbr))) * 29---Man's name.
39—A fabulous bird: " 34—A strang fortress 27mBouthera constellation 38—8vmx, same 'as '"en" 3-An enginstar
40-A direction in mutato-alower"
\(abbr)
41-Big
43—Electrical Engineer fabbr.).
44-Stoully bulit two-masted boat 46--Gass wrong
48A mallolous old woman,, .50—Stupor,, apathy:
VERTICAL
1--An avslate
2-Eastern State of U. 8. (abbr.)
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Low wat land.
interjulion
6-To be able- ZA man's name
indeffalle article
10-Most popular of Howarn [11—A sylvan spirit
14—A long smooth stick [16–To stretch from side to sida.
17-A number on
22-A Chelatlan festival 21-To droop
|24—Marked by tidinuga 125—A loud noise
| 26-A akin dirézse 27---Baldi to, a ̈ eat, 20-Priok up,, as sara
30—A kind of emali, sweet ple ||$1—Man's name: 32-Early (obs.) 35-Augustos (abbr.) 35-Interjection
42--To bring forward for consider
atian
53---In contact with the upper sur 45-To'angar
face of
64-Preis meaning “ika" 57-Prefix meaning “wa”
Sâm-A, commen 'metsi 80—A large pitcher 161—A ériaket
63A femain deer
$4~~~To abound
45-Even (post)
48-Another name for the nat
| 47--To-go solally about
ufft
46-Pen name of Charles Dickeng.
{ 48~~Kiri's namu
16-Chief of Norsa 'gods'
{62-To equip
55-To be indebted!
86--French for “born**
10--Rogutlys
62-Prefix meaning “back"
The solution of the above crossword puzzle will
"China Mall" along with a new
app in to-morrow's crossword puzzle.)
THE CORONET TO-DAY AT 2.30; 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
Mary Fickford
DOROTHY VERNON of HADDON HALL
From the romantle nool by Charles Major in Adapted
Wathenone Young
A MARSHALL NEILAN PRODUCTION,
Photography by Charlar. Parker
Her Beauty Makes You Gasp!
Never was Mary Pickford so gorgeously beautiful as in this, ber most beautiful photoplay picture story filled with tender romance, thrilling action and delicious comedy:
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Appealing
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