THE CHINA MAIL.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1926.
PIPE BURST.
THE LONG BOW.
PETER WRIGHT.
WASTAGE OF WATER IN
QUEEN'S ROAD
QUEER TALES FOR WORLD
· TOURISTS,
EXPULSION FROM BATH. CLUB.
UNCHECKED FOR ONE HOUR.
A SHANGHAI EXAMPLE,
THE CORRESPONDENCE.
There was a deplorable waste "Old Resident" wriles.to the The controversy between Lord of water in the press restricted"North China Daily News" as Gladstone and Captain Peter supply in the town area when the follows:-On last Saturday after-Wright, the author, as to the joint of a 10-inch rider main roon J was visiting a curto shop character of the late Mr. W. B gave way at the "inction of near Nantuo when I was approach-Gladstone, has led to the expulsion Queen's Road and Pettinger et by a professional Chinese of Captain Wright from the Bath Streep at 5.45 p.m. yesterday, janide who squite evidently thought Club, Dover-street, W,
The trouble started at the head was a "Belgenland"" tourist. As It will be remembered: that ‘in a of a trench which uns, der was curious to learn what kind book Captain Wright made certain Queen's Road from this point and les information these gentry hand allegations as to the moral charac- stream started to low down out to the tourists. Farranged er of Mr. Gladstone, which led Pottinger Street. The windows with hith for a complete tour of son. Lord Gladstone... 10 of a jewellery shop at the corner the Chinese 63ty, rost $1.
desertbe were soon avish and the muse a few of the things he fold torrent eontinued to shoot
Captain He
wards, at fired reaching as high as hit all Chinese except the
conese, professed to be
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Wright in IL
etter to him, publabed at the Lime r "The Daily Mail" as a in a coward, and a fool, and to
ings for libek
the Mt Door. Gidnally the christmas smoke opium. He, it him to take legal procred spone settled down in the trieer- tion of the trench and continted Christian. to for unchecked for Ally Sty minutes. is gimme that doing this time nëse tamil 30,000 gallons of water wer to waste.
Both the Central Police Station and the Fire, Brigade were in-
Correspondence has pusset be reen the secretary of the Bats' That Shanghai is governed by the British Consul-General and, " 3 Wilson Taylor, and that last stentner thu
Captain Wright, extracts from British. army killed a great many Chinese,which will be found below.
That Coalueins lived 500 years lago and that the pictire of the
The Committee's Decision.. The Best is a letter from the
formed by telephone within we in the Rice Dealer's Guild Juuretary to Captain Wright 14 minutes of the first signs being noticed. and it is understood thats painted by Confucius hi-lows:-
self.
,"
The Bath Club,
84, Dover-street, W.1.,
October 19, 1923. Dear Siram directed to in- orm you that a special meeting of he general committee was held o-day. This meeting (of which nu were given due notico in a etter in duplicate dubuch the, 12th That only about half the Chin- Instant one addressed to you to ese girl babies are killed at birth. dallam-street and the other left
cendent of Confucias. He could confer good lack on me for the ridiculously cheap price of $1.
We compromised in 40 cents.)
they in turn telephered to the de- Confucius was born in Shang- partment concerncl Station Oficer P. Condon and his men did hai and the old janitor in the everything possible to locate the Rice Dealers Guild was pointed valves, Bub without result, the as a Confaciun priest, a des- position of those apparently being known only to the employees of the water department. A long last a turnkey from this depart- ment arrived but he appeared to be perfectly ignorzat And has That there are no robbury in at the clubg was summoned, in efforts in trying to shut off the the Shanghai Chinese city as the queendance with Rule 4. to com valves Hear by yielded nothing heads of 200 eft then were eat offider the further ausion to until the 94 At the top of!
jaken in consequence, ed your not Wyndham Street was tried when only last week. the How was partially stopped.
That a rich Chinese have hall having adopted the recommenda
the general committee. The low-lying steps near the dozen or more wives. My inion of Tabaqueria Filipina were flooded formant, being a Christian, haronveyed to you in my fetter of August 30, that you should resign with the torrent which flowed only one. down the srench and across the
I don't know how much addi-e membership of the club. No road into the pavement. Emerional interesting information Letter from you in reply has been gency barricades and to be put could have received but at that inrceived. across the doorway of these shopstent we met another guide who to keep away the water.
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The general committee at a
has known me for the past ten pecial meeting held this day, t But which 22 members were present. years and the game was up.
Junanimously agreed by Ballot to
i had had my dollar's worth.
If that is the kind of rubbisher expulsion as a member the tourists get. how well informe Bath Club.
It was seen later when a gang of men came on the sggae in eterry- out repairs that the parking of the joint had been blown away. The force of the rushing watered they must be undermined a portion of the round the world! roadway.
WEDDING.
BUCKLE BAILEY,
A pretty Naval wedding took place at St. John's Cathedral: yesterday afternoon when the contracting partie were Lieut. Henry Buckle. HMS. "Titanía." and Miss Eleanor: K. Bailey, youngest daughter of the late Capt. and Mrs. Bailey. bride, for the past two years, hat been an assistant mistress at the Central British School
The
She was given a marriago by Dr. Isaac Newton anel. Wax charmingly atrized in a dress of beige georgette and black hat. and curried a bouquet of white roses. She was attendeil. bridesmaid by Miss Dorobhy Perk, who were a dress of mauve erepe de chine, and carried a Fouquet of sweet pras. "
The ceremony was performed by Rev. M. Heriton, of HM.S. Fitania." assisted by the Rev. TR Powel Lieut. Henley, BAS. Ambrose" was best man" whilst Mr. B. 3sun was at The organ..
after a trip
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Amongst the large number who were present in the Cathe- drak were about thirty of the bridegroom's fellow officers, and twenty bluejackets from H.M.S. Titania" As the bride and Bridegroom left the Cathedral Party. they passed under an archway formed by the crossed swords of the naval officers. The motor-cur in which the couple travelled was then drawn by the bluejackets as
GAELIC COMEDY.
far as the entrance in Garden The revival of the Irish Ringu- Rond.
age, which is compulsory in the
A reception was later held at Free State schools, is having some : No. 4. Queen's Gardens. after amusing results.
which Lieut. and Mrs. Buckle left. At an election for a public post for Fanling, where the honeymoon with a West of Ireland board, two | is being spent. The bride'a candidates had to submit to going-away costume Was of oral examination in the white, with while cont and hat.
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The examination took place in front of the whole board, and after a number of questions had
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am accordingly directed to inform you:
of this decision, to gotify you that you have ceased to
e a member, that your name h Been erased from the bist, and that you are hereafter ineligible for elertion u for admission as visitor to the club.
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am further directed to return the subscription for the current year (512 12s.)..
.
J. Wilson Taylor, Secretary. Captain Peter Wright,. 113, Hallam-
Mk, Portland-place, W.. P.S.-I am instructed by the [board of director to include in
he cheque the value of the on- trance fee paid by you in 1900, viz., 17 174. 6.
Capt. Wright's Reply. Captain Wright replied to the president the club, Lord Desborough, as follows:
Outcher 20, 1925.
To the Lord Desborough, Taplow Court, Taplow,,
My Lord write to you president of the Bath Club am one of the chief proprietors.
By
a letter dated October 19 the neyietary informs me that the İreneral committee of the, club, of which you are chairman, have expelled me under Rule 4.
The young student lodging in been asked and answered the ex-1 Edinburgh brought a violin and aminers announced, in English, started to play upon it.
that both candidates had passed His landlady, hearing the un-with flying colours. usual sounds, appeared at the Then a member of the council bottom of the stairs and shouted: from Connemara, the only native "Mr. Tam, what are ye daein'?" speaker in the room, rose to his "Oh." said the student, "I'm feet and declared calmly that he trying a new violin I've just had listened carefully to the ex bought."
amination, and had come to the "Great guidhese!" said the conclusion that not only did woman, "I thought ye was shiftin' neither of the candidates know the bed, "--Monial Witnessdrian, but their ignorance of the language wes shared by both their same examinera!
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Now Rule 485, under. "which I am expelled from the club status, gülte explicitly that the demand for resignation, which. precedes the expulsion, can only take place "after inquiry." These two words, "after quiry," when they occur in this connection, have an extremely precise mesning, for they have been the subject of judicial de-. finition. Should they occur in much a rule there is no doubt how a committee should Let when the conduct of a member before is comrained of and they d and his resignation. They ought to see what that con- duet has been and what excuse | of reason can be given by the member for it, and they ought
to give notice to that member that his conduct is about to be Inquired into, and offer him an opportunity of stating his case,
By letter dated August 10 the secretary of the club asked me on behalf of the general committee for my resignation' and informed me that the grounds for this demand were correspondence between the Lord Gladstone and myself and the matter therein discussed. Whatever this charge may mean, the committee had never been, : por tried to see, whất excuse of reason I could give for my con- duct.
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my answer, you will and 1 un derstand his letter in this sense, which is indeed its true mean-
in.
Run this matter of complaint in his letter of Jaly 30 is, other and different than the allegedi motive of niy explaign, on August 16. This again wis est- tainly calculated, and possibly designed to deprive me of any oppurtunity of stating my case,
Furthermore, assuming fand it is a very considerable, assump- tion that the sceretary's letter
of July 30 was any kind of Botive, then was given notice nn one charge and expelled on another and different charge.
Ender the wording of Rote 41 of the club rules, 1 bada legal right to give an excuse or reason for this correspondence and to Freeive notice that it was to bọ inquired into. and to be given Bib opportunity of stating my case. This legal right you and the other proprietors of the Bath Club have violated.
The total absence of all judi- ein method and spirit in your proceedings inevitably raises the suspicion that the accusation où which yčia have expelled me is a pretext; for if made in good faith. that same good faith would
to have impelled, you make Pome sort of inquiry. Your action looks more like an of malice than an act of act justice. My friends in the club tell me this very natural con- clusion is a fact.
1 further observe that Lord Gladstone himself a member of the general committee.
رجمة
Fo any event, whatever the motive may have been, your die regard
the unequivocal peremptory, and emphatic texl of Rule 43 is, in my opinioa capricious and not bona fide. this opinion is right, you and the other proprietors of the Bath Club are liable to me in damages. I am your lordship's obedient servant,
(Signed) PETER E. WRIGHT, The secretary of the club replied. on October 26.
Dear Sic-1 am directed by Lord Desborough to acknow. ledge your letter of the 20th instant.
I am instructed to say that your ease was considered at two meetings of the general. tom mittee specially called for the and that purpose,
you had from
to August 10
October
19 to make any representations you thought proper.
I
* Τη to add that Lord Desborough is not prepared to reopen the matter with the com mittee...
J. WILSON TAYLOR,
Secretary. CAPTAIN PETER WRIGHT. Finally Captain, Wright sent letter to the secretary OF October 27, in which he aald
Dear Sir,--Thank you for your letter of October 26,
explana
Lord Desborough's tion, as given by you seemą, to me to aggravate, rather than lessen the injury. For it is an arbitrary and illegitimate inter- pretation of the rules, and I can hardly believe it is sincere. He cannot really think the trial should come after the sentence. He must know quite well that" :!, should have been allowed to "make such représentations
You mention before being recom
nended, to resign, instead of being deprived of all oppor In his letter of July 20 the tunity of doing so secretary-sa you will find by
PETERE. WRIGHT referring to it—auggests that Captain, Wrighe informed "The the matter complained or was. Daily Mail that he was takin my use of the club address in legal opinion with a view to action my controversy with Lord against the committes of the Bath Gludstone. --If you will refer to "Clubi
The committee never gave me any notice at all they were going to inquire into the duct for which they expelled me." The committes naver offered me an opportunity of stating my ense at allSKYW
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