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LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE TROOPS,
FUTURE PLANS UNCERTAIN.
ARRESTED WOMAN AN OPIUM JAIL FOR MAN WHO PASSED-
DEALER?
THEM.
the
A Chinese woman was this morn The Chinese charged with ing fined $10,000 or in default one possession of one $10 and fourteen year's imprisonment by Mr. R. B$1 forged notes of the Hong Kong Nothing definite is yet known Lindsell for the unlawful posses and Shanghai Bank was this morn as to possible future troop movesion of 262 taels of non-Governing convicted by Mr. R. E. Lindsell
and sentenced to three months'"hard! ments from Hong Kong, nor is ment opium, confirmation to be had of the re- Chief Preventive Officer Clark labour. port that the. Mirkesex Regh ment and the Cameronlans will! be proceeding to Shanghai as 5000 as accommodation, can bej provided for them there.
...
In the meantime. these two Battalions are billeted in the Pen- Insula Hotel and, either due to the comfortable quarters as a change from camp life, or to the typically boisterous spirit of the British Tommy, they enliven the neighbourhood at night and in the early morning with snatches from the latest music hall and other songs
The Herminius" arrived this morning from Shanghai with Indian,mules and transport vehi
LONGER LIVES.
What the Vital Statistics Reveal.
Rugby, March 31, Englishmen are living long er nowadays, according to the annual report issued by the Registrar General of Births and Deaths.
Ft
BRITISH BUDGET.
Mr. Churchill Brgets For Over £800,000,000,
London, March 31... The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, has budgeted for a revenue of £824,760,000
expenditure £820,641,000.
and
Actual revenue is £805.701.233 and expenditure £842.395,027.
Property and income tax de
£24,600,000 compared: ensed
9"
with last year-Reuter.
said 10 taels were found on the accuseks person and later 252 tacls- were found in a locked bux in a cubicle on the first floor of No. 23 Sharp Street East. The key of the box was produced by the accused;
The woman said she was a new comer from the country. The box was not hers but was left in her charge by a man.
In convicting the Magistrate said the accused could not get over the fact that some of the drug actually found on her person
WOS
The man born between 1838
In reply to the Magistrate C.P.0. and 1854 was above the aver-Clark agreed that the auspicion was age if he was still alive at that the accused was actually a forty.
dealer.
A baby boy of to-day can reasonably expect to attain the age of 56. -
A girl baby of 1927 may out- live him by four years.-Bri- tish Wireless Service.
cles-unsuitable for Shanghai and unriecessary, 110W that thei R.A.S.C. have arrived there with lorries.
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CLOTHES THIEF JAILED, "
A Chinese was this morning charged before Mr. Lindsell on three counts of theft of various articles of clothing from two houses lin West Street and one in New
Street, West Point.
"
Sergt. Whant said that in all three cases the clothing was put out to dry in front of the houses. On the first two occasiona the thief Helping the Services. Writing in the current issue of got away with the clothing but the "Red Triangle." the Secre- when he "lifted" an overcoat he tary of the European Y.M.C.A. was observed and arrested after a
short chase. Estates:-
"When the, new came through hard labour were passed.
Sentences totalling nine weeks' that Hong Konge was to receive hundreds of troops, many of us Immediately wondered what were The master of a fishing junk re- they to do here. Visions of the ports that
time between men wandering about the streets March 30 and 31, 36 8nishing neta with nothing to do and think-worth $108 were stolen from the ing the Colony. was a. poor sea between Lyeemun and Junk
Вду. sort of place came also minds."
to our
After detailing the measures that were taken in response to the need, and the indication of ap- preciation that those responsible | have received from the members of the Services in the Colony, the Secretary concludes:-
"Practically all this effort will be undertaken by voluntary 3.30 pm workers. "A great opportunity is 4.80 p.m.
5 p.m.
50 CENTURIES OLD.
Discovery of a Remarkable Tomb.
Cairo, March 31.
It le understood that Mr. Cecil 12.30 pm. Firth, excavating Sakkara on be
half of the Egyptian Antiquities Department, has discovered a fity century old Third Dynasty tomb. It is not yet known whose the tomb was, but it is considered the most gemarkable tomb of the pro- Pyramid age yet, discovered Reuter
·8.10 0.22. 8.80 8.70.
8.30 am.
presented for the expression of genuine altruiam, and we are grateful for the help already 4,80 p.m.
given. Such work as this was 5 p.m.
undertaken with enthusiasm in 5. p.
War time, but it must be remem 10.30 m. bered that the present need is very great even if the special Noon
urge of wartime is absent These men are away from home, and we must do our utmost to make them feel that this is a British Colony and we are anxious that their stay should be as happy as Ipossible.
some
THREE MEN IN A BOAT.
Three Chinese were this morni ing charged, before Mr. R. E Lindsell with the theft of a small bont at Shaukiwan
and
They all pleaded guilty" when asked why they did it the first accused whe took it upon him-i self to be the spokesman of the trio said: "We won't do it again...
Magistrate; suppose you took! the other two with you?Weath went, together,
But it was your plan?-Yes. 9 Sergt. Meadows said that the boat was sold by first accused for $3.50: This man was sentenced to four weeks' hard labour and the other two to three weeks each.
WEATHER FORECAST
"S.E. winds, moderate; over- cast, fog occasional rain" is the forecast for the twerty-four hours ending at noon to-morrow,
An anticyclone is central over the Sea of Japan. The depression central to the S.W. of Hai- phong
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and WANTED. -- Enterprising Energetic Chinese Canvasser for Lithographic Works." "Only workers need apply. State terms and particulars to Box 485e/c "China Mail."
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HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
RAFT Programmes and Entry DRATE SECOND EXTRA RACE MEETING to be held on SATURDAY,-. the 16th and MONDAY, the 18th of April, 1927. (weather permit. ting) may be obtained at the Race Course, Hong Kong Club and Causeway Bay Stables.
Entries will close at 4 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, the 6th of April, i 1927.
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