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Hongkong, Thursday, March 11, 1926.
A BOMB OUTRAGE.
It is a welcome sign of the times of the placid mood of the com- munity that, beyond the usual feeling of horror associated with bomb outrages, there has not been the slightest concerni as to the safety of the public generally sa the outcome of yesterday after noon's regrettable incident at Hunghom. The nerve of the Colony are not on edge. The strikers shot their belt months ago so far as law and order are con- ¡cerned. The machinations of the short-lived. The
intimidators were
ALT
new
School The schoolS quarters does not begin a new life. It merely continues a life that has always been now.
NIGHT ATTACK.
U.S. MISSIONARY: MEETS PIRATES.
"LOST EVERYTHING."
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Hollow (Hainan Is.), March 4, Following is a verbatim account of a during river bont robbery in which Rev. David H. Thomas of the American Presbyterian mission and his family with three children were the victims in a trip from Kachek to Hoihow, w
At the warning of shota at mid night they waded ashore and spent the hours until daylight in the swamps of the rice fields. losing bill their possessions.....
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BRITIST
"BUDDING THESELÄNSI
The Little Mummers” or Kow-
TEED
SENTENCE REDUCED.
culen's Serpton)
Florence, March 10% The Court of Appeal dealing
Joon Children's Dramatic Society were introduced by Mrs. Gay Cum- ing to the public yesterday after noon when a matinee performance with the case of William Ellison. was givan, in the Star Theatre, as reduced his sentence to Ave which was almost packed the
juvenile element of the community months: 21 days Imprisonment and
a fine of 685 lire. S assembling, in full force. Ventures
Ellison is applying of this kind are not always yà.
King's pardon.. aucceeà, particularly if the re- quisite time is not given for rehear | sals, for the children” chosen for "the cast require ad' much, · if not more then, the amount of training Of
grown-ups.
The eye
and Bar of the
the captious
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LONDON STRIKE.
UNIONS RECOMMENDATION REJECTED.
LIVELY MASS MEETING..
-1°
(Reuters Service.)
critic are usually considered · put of place in a performance for "sweet. charity," whether the principala are juvenile or adult, although the occasion does arise where a frank
London, March 10: opinion, given in kindly spirit A lively mass meeting of the for the ultimate benefit of those strikers at Mesars, Hoe's factory concerned, is rarely if ever taken rejected tile recommendation of the amias That the biggest room in Executives of the Unions to return the world is the room for improve-to work, and resolved pot to resume.. meat applies to the appearance of work until the non-Unionists were little tots on the stage as well as removed and a substantial increase to seasoned adults who are pro-in wages assuredt
fessionals in their art.
The Executives of the Unions have called a meeting to conalder the taking of disciplinary, action against the atrikers.
to make good his escape, but even this is not dising in view of the panic naturally created in the Vicinity of the explosion Nor would it be the first time by a long way that an amateur bomb thrower, sa compared with a professional political malcontent, has succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the
"On March 8 my party, consist- || crowd and of the Police subing of my wife and three children This need not be taken as the aged 6, 5 and 8 years, together with prelude for any unnecessary com- sequently:
a. Chinese amah, a Chinese pastor,ments on the production yesterday two school teachers and several afternoon of "Cinderella" in a new other Chinese, left the inland and original setting. The main * As a result of“ a meeting of the market of Kachek, en route to test was the appreciation of the members of the executives of the Hoihow..
audience. It was a children's play seven Unions concerned in the dis-. performed for the benefit of chil-pute at Hoe's factory and Sir Allan dren. And the children who form ed the largest proportion of the large audience spent a real happy two hours, and were only sorry when the curtain went down for
In short, the whole outrage can be ascribed purely and simply to malice or revenge, outside the realm of which it is not worth com- ment, beyond regret that a number of innocent persons were injured and congratulation: that other per sons, including Europeans, escaped from the effects of the explosion
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DIOCESAN 'BOYS' SCHOOL,
"We arrived at the river late and so took a boat instead of a car to Hofhow. After journeying three hours, the boatmen came to a stop near the bank of the river and suggested that it would be better
This:
Lock-out Deferred... «
London, Later.
Smith, Chairman of the Employers Federation, the employers have agreed to defer the operation of the lock-out notices until Thursday," March 18
"LINER ON FIRE.
DAMAGE.
to wait until morning before pro- the last time. If any Adult orre ceeding further. One or two of were at all bored it could not be them then left the boat with a lan-on account of the "performance on tern, going to a nearby village. Ite merits at such short notice, but An hour later they returned with probably owing to the lack of insuffi- TWO MILLION DOLLARS several other men who quietlycient orchestral music in the pauses. boarded the boat at the stern and we between the various scenes. were under way again. The other is a small detail, however, and can boats ahead of us were consequently easily be remedied both at the even- out of reach. We proceeded slowlying performance to-morrow and on running aground every few any other future, occasion when "The Little Mummers" play as they did yesterday afternoon for the benefit of Dr. Barnardo's Homes.
minutes.
•
Firing Begins
Without much crashing of cymbals, the transference of the Diocesan Boys School from the been Island to the mainland has accomplished. If "this "ere pro gress is always going on, it is always going on in connection with institutions and particular ly with educational institutions. The old quarters of the Diccesan Boys' School had outworn their usefulness. The methods were
in the ante-room to the Queen's new, but not soothe buildings
hall room, provided a tribute to the And so this move has been made
skill of the Misses Viciet Capel and "We reached the bank when Daly O'Keefe, by whose permis and from cramped quarters with little or no outlook-not even the attempted to return to get oursion the young artistes appeared baggage which contained all our It would not be a kindness to say backneyed fine view of the harclothes and family silver, when the that the minuet was perfect, but boura number of very fortunate amah with one of the boys fell here again it was obvious that the
རྒྱུ་
(Reuter's American Service.) Newport News, March 10. Fire swept the liner "America which was reconditioning here;. from stem to stern
The damage is estimated at two million dollars (gold),
[The turbine liner "America,"
"I fell saleep but was awakened by the boat grounding again, and it was a happy thought not to which was built in 1905, is owned then firing began. The boatmen confine the programme to the pro- by the US Shipping Board. Her were frantic and left the boat. diction of "Cinderella. The gross tonnage is 21,144 and her The Chinese began to flee with quartette of pretty dances and the dimensions are: length. 668 ft. small bundles, The Chinese pastor recitation all: "brought down the breadth, 74 ft depth, 47 ft. Her
The dancing right speed 17 Idiots.]* advised us to take our children house." and flee Picking them up we throughout, including", "the minuet pude de com
CROWNING GLORY,
BEAUTY CULTURIST IN THE
COLONY.
jumped into the water, the firing getting closer, now from a small sandbar.
We kept on
ENTERPRISING VENTURE.
A woman's crowning glory is
that the future of the Hongkong therefore her natural comeliness.
raids on certain areas by the schoolboys. find themselves in the headlong into the water, landing in short time permissible for reheartill her hair, whether it hangs in Police, with the co-operation of midst of spaciousness where, in the rice field. This fully awoke sale was alone responsible for any flowing tresses, is "done up" in the
the child and his screams were any-alight shortcomings discernible. the East Surrey Regiment, succeed deed, every prospect pleases. The thing but mild,
style of the pre-bobbed days, ori In "Cinderella" the Juvenile is shizgled and waved.
The only ed in ridding the Colony of un-schoolboy of the future in this "I ran to his, rescue and gave desirables. The criminal records Colony at least that section up returning to the boat, concen- dramatists excelled themselves, one problem of the moment, is the same or two in particular performing socid problem that has perplexed the soon began to testify to the efficacy which decides to place itself intrating on getting my family sway well as to leave not the slightest mind of woman down the centuries a fast as possible. We were lost of the drastic measures enforced, the disciplinary and educational in a perfect, maze of rice fields and doubt in the minds of the audience how to improve her hair and even armed robbers Anding for care of the Diocesan School, will were constantly picking ourselves A.D.G. is assured with such a fer- and beauty There is little to be time that the last place in South give thanks if the modern school out of the water. China to ply their nefarious calling boy ever gives thanks for the until we came to a grassy spot near tile field to draw upon with the gained by discussing whether the a. branch of the river and there we audience, both juvenile and grown-shingling, will be evanescent or passing of the years. The present rage for bobbing and was Hongkong
commendable foresight, and won-hid for thres hours. With the relaxation of vigilance Certul initiative which has pro- "I lay down in a swampy place u enjoyed it thoroughly, and the otherwise. The vogus is here, and on the part of the pickets in Can-duced the most modern block ofIt was all awamp-and took two ranks of "The Little Mummers the votaries of the cult require of the children, endeavouring to should be greatly augmented as the everything that will further en ton, it was inevitable that there school buildings in this part of the keep them warm with the heat of result of the performance, which, hance that vogue,
Local Indios will, therefore, be should creep through the cordon world. The move has been a wise my body. My wife had the other as already stated, will be repeated and drift back to their oft haunts one-and having made it, perhaps Three other little Chinese children in the Star Theatre to-morrow keenly interested in an enterpris ing venture that is to be inaugur some of the criminal classes--other institutions who gasp for were with us, two very small, who (Friday) evening.
had been abandoned by thel The full programme and the castated at No. 13 Ice House. Street on Monday next This is to be the hence the occurrance now and lack of space will consider copy father in his flight and they had in "Cinderella" are as under "Darelle Beauty Shoppe," which is again of an armed robbery and of aing such an excellent example. For followed us.
Dutch Dance The Misses Patey to be a replica of similar establish- series of burglaries in city stores. In Kowloon and beyond, there is
Caked In Mud.
Nicol and Dorothy Henderson.ments at Los Angeles, Hollywood, But, knowing the desperate nature ample space. The youthful vision “During this time we fought Recitation "Society Asides Culver City, and Venice, Darelle, of such criminals, the only wonder le not clogged the mind has a mosquitoes, wondered where we Raymonde Lam the renowned hairdresser of Los Angeles and Hollywood, is in is that outrages of this nature pleasant prospect before it and would go from the place, and how Solo Dance "Pierrette
Miss Winnie Henderson Hongkong personally, and has con- have not been more fraquont, It the chances ducing manly we would get to Hofhow. We heard
at hall which sounded friendly. Scare-Crow Dance. The Misses D. sented to demonstrate, his skil fe evidence in itself that the pro- and pendent young men, This came from one of the prea
Tollan and P. Nicol, and ability as an expression of his vantive work of the Police has not shou
of accom chers from a nearby village. Sword Dance Miss Lorna Tollan, good wishes for the success of the
*****"Cinderellä” Cast, :** slacken in the pilsh
"It was getting light as I went ́basa permitted: to:
new establishment, named, after that under the condi
back to the boat which had gone Herr Granddolphus Schaltf him. Until his departure from the more demonstrative duty of protec
penfule. These wall over. The station treasurer's
(Grumpy & gouty)
Colony on a date yet to be decided tion of the public from crimes with extensions, mates, or develop books and a few pieces of clothing
Mr. Darelle will be found at No.: or without, violence.
|ment Bre to be encouraged. We stained with red dye which had To revert to the incident at owe it
Miss Chrissie Dixon giving consultations on, hair, dress- wife) to the University to en spilled out) were all that was left. Countess Augusta Schmitt (His 13 Ice House Street, and, besides
We returned to the boat. The
ing, including permanent waving, Countess Araminta Hunghom it is the endfest thing la
They serve not boatmen also returned and we con-
Will personally execute orders en- the world to place it at the, door
but a purtinued our journey until we reach Countess Arabelle
trusted to him. daries of the ed the road where we waited without hat, shoes, food, sleep and ract the caked in mud A car took us to
Hothow in the early afternoon.
are thankful to have escap ed a worse fate but are still wan
of intimidators, but all the circum pos stances point to exactly the opposite and only unimpeachable. evidence secured entaally by the
Police will copy
the motive was not
venge for some wrong.
was too crude in the
it to have been the
but blundering,
tomed to
execution
bomb ita
called, was a hon although powerful;
anybody that
personal re they
crim
could be
Eages not to be
Misa Ina Brown.
Miss May Matthews.
Miss Ena Aljen (Ugly but conceited daughters. of Countess Augusta Schmitt) Cinderella (daughter of Herr
Schmitt)
Mr. Darelle specialises in per manent waying and wil also giv practical demonstra latest
cutting:
curso
JARAC Miss Wingle Headerson our siste
the The Queen Mother
Miss Mattle Gourlay Dur
Mise R. Lam the
Prince Luluther, son)
Lord Chamberlain
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