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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
The revenue returns of the Reports of disturbances amongst first eight months of 1927 totalled the Chinese in Puket, ara denied in 25,816,000,000 francs, showing in-official quarters at Bangkok. Greases of 1,171,000,000-francs on the Budget estimates and 6,000,000 over the same period of last year.
For the unlawful possession of thirteen brass bolts suspected to have been stolen, a young Chinese who said that he had found the bolts in the streets was yesterday sentenced by Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy to two
months' jail.
The vernacular press states That it is estimated the damage done to two Chinese shops set on fire during the recent rioting at Hal- phong amounts to $300,000.
In the Isle of Wight an order which came into force on August 1 restricts the use by motor-coaches larger than 14-seaters of between 20 and 30 narrow highways.
Before Mr. W. Schofield at the
For standing on a railway car- Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, a ringe footboard nt' Richmond Sta- Chinese was charged with trespass-tion, William Power was fined 20s. ing in the garden of the Laichikok Prison and with attempting to amuggle tobacco Into the fall. On the application of Mr. J. N. Remedios, the hearing of the case was fixed for Tuesday next, ball being fixed in the sum of $150.
Trafic on the state highway of California has Increased 93 per cent. In the past four years follow- ing an expenditure of $100,000,000 for good roads, the state highway commissioner recently announced.
Members of St. Peter's Church Young Men's are notified that, un-i less otherwise informed, the usual week-end Picnics will be resumed until the end of the month. launch will leave Queen's Pier at 3.45 p.m. as usual. The destina- tion this week will be Picnic Bay.
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There was a sequel in Mr. W. Schofield's Court at Kowloon yes. terday to the accident in which at Richmond, Surrey. Evidence Miss Pear! Forster was thrown out was given that Power was saying of ricsha and slightly injured. good-night to a young woman and The driver of the ricaha was kissing her when A railway
charged with negligent driving. official asked him to stand aside. Evidence was given by Miss Power told the official to mind his Forster as to how the defondant own business and Beclined to move. had turned into Carnarvon Road in front of a bus which was tra velling in the opposite direction. The defendant's carelessness sulted in a collision with the bus and the witness was thrown out of the ricshu. The case was adjourn- third floor of the pagoda was in- ed until to-morrow. stantly killed by Sie bolt. The sol- dier's face turnet black. A man aaleep on the sixth Acor was ren- dered unconscious. A huge crowd collected around the pagoda and it was necessary for the police to fire a number of shots in order to dis- perse them.
An ancient pagoda at Lunghwa, Miss Ruby Mow Fung, the or- ganising secretary of the commit- built in the tenth year of the reign tee of St. Peter's Church which of Tshih Wu of the Han dynasty, arranged an outing for the girls at was struck by lighting during a the Blind Home, Kowloon, Inst thunder-storm. A soldier of the week-end, has received letter Nationalist army who was on the from Miss Beswick of the Home in which she expresses thanks and en- says that the girls thoroughly joyed a glorious treat. Miss Bes- wick adds that she desires thanks expressed to all those who gave their support to the treat by dona Hons, the loan of motor cars or in any other way.
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Tang Yuet-chee, owner of No. 176 Nelson Street, Yaumati, yesterday summoned before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magie- tracy for having installed a water- closet in his premises without a permit, thus contravening the Mr. The farm at Welverdiend. in Public Health Ordinance. The forthcoming weddings are announced of Mr. Eduardo Valerio the Lichtenburg district, parts of J. M. Hall, for the defence, plead- which have already been worked ed "guilty" to a technical offence, Maria Botelho de Sousa, mer for diamonds by the owners, will; and said that the water-closet was chant, residing at 39, Granville be proclaimed shortly, and a rush not connected with any water pipe, Road, Kowloon, te Miss Felicita of diggers is expected. The date but was flushed by sea water. Maria Barretto Gutierrez, residing of proclamation will not be divulg- Sanitary Inspector Thomas who nt 36, Granville Road, Kowloon; ed until the last possible moment. found the water-closet on the pre- Mr. Allan Chapman, costing 4c The owners of the farm are bellev- mlaes on July 26 and It was still countant of Mesara.. Butterfeld &ed to have made fortune out of there when he again visited Swire, Hong Kong, rosiding at No. 19, Humphrey's Building, Kowloon, to Miss Lillian Donaldson Mel- ville, of Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland.
their claims. "Last March astonish- ing Acenes were witnessed when 26,000 people rushed to peg out claims at Grasfontein, in the same district of the Transvaal.
the place on the 8th instant, said that the water used was contained in a tank on the roof, and as for aɛ. he knew it was fresh water. The Magistrate imposed a fine of $50 and made an order for the removal of the installation,
a common stair case in
A quarrel between three Yau-
Handbills in English and Chin- mati market stall-holders because ese; purporting to emanate from one of them accused the others of the Anarchist Youth Federation of
The quarrel between two stealing his business, led to the China, were thrown from the roof mahs employed in two flats hav- parties taking out cross-gardens of the Wing On and Sin-: summonses. But when the case
cere Companies Into Nanking Road, ing was called before Mr. W. Schofield Shanghal. The handbills in Chin- Hollywood Road, which led to one at the Kowloon Magistracy yester ese contained the photographs of of them summoning the other day, the parties decided to with- Sacco and Vanzetti and stated that together with her employer and draw the Rummonses.' In dis- these two Italians were struggling his son for assault, was taken a charging them, the Magistrate or for the benefit of the proletariat stage further in Major C: Willson's dered all three to sign bonds in and were unreasonably put to death Court at the Central Magistracy the sum of $50 each to keep the by the capitalists and imperialistic yesterday afternoon, and eventual- government of America. A boycott ly another adjournment was made peace for 12, months.
of American goods was advocated. until to-morrow. Major Willson yesterday suggested a compromise between the parties, as the quarrel
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Raiding a house in Chiu Loong Street on the lookout for bad char-Chancellor of the Exchequer and matter. Mr. M. K. Lo, for the de
had apparently arisen over a trivial NEW CONSIGNMENTS acters, detectives on Tuesday dis-representatives of the Channel! covered some men printing poplu Islands to prevent tax evasion by fendants, agreed so long as the lottery tickets on the top floor of wealthy British people who have impression that his clients were the house. The men immediately migrated to the islands since Nov- the aggressive party was removed. made a dash for the roof and at- ember 11, 1918, was adopted, with Mr. D. L. Strellett, representing the tempted to gain the street by going a few minor amendments, by the complainant said that his instruc through the house next door. The Guernsey States. The States In- tions were simply to bring home inmates of this house fearing they come Tax administrator was
to the defendants the limitations were being attacked by robbers powered to supply to the Inland of their rights. If they would ad- blow police whistles, and other Revenue authorities facts concern-
mit the assault he thought his detectives who were guarding the ing the financial status of share client would be satisfied. Mr. Lo street in connection with the raid holders of companies registered in was unable to agree, and after a entered the house and arrested the island when these were suspect- lot of argument, the case was ad-
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Mr. E. A. Corbin, of the Electric Light Department, and Mrs. Corbin are expected back in Malaya from Home.
Mr. M. F. Buzzard, Industrial Ad- viser to the Siamese Government, arrived in Singapore by the "Kushi- ma Maru."
Mr. D. H. Hampshire and his broker were at Cowes for the yacht- ing week. Mr. A. K. E. Hampshire, says the "Malay Mail", is the owner of a small yacht.
Dr. S. W. Eyeson from Singapore succeads Dr. R. B. Macgregor as Health Officer, Kadah. Dr. Mac- Gregor is going to Malacca to act an Chief Medical Officer.
In the place of Mr. V. G. Ezechiel, who is acting as Assistant Regis- trar, Supreme Court, Ipoh, Messrs.
Judge Peter Grain has left Shanghai for a short holiday. He will be absent about three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ranald G. McDonald have left on the "Sakaki Maru," for a month's holiday in Taingtao.
Mr. R. P. Fletcher has arrived in Ipoh to open a branch office for the firm of Keys and Dowdeswell, archi- teots.
Rev. Father Perisoud, of the Church of St. Anthony, Teluk Anson, recently returned from a
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Mr. T. G. Wiggins has left Rinch-visit to Sitiawan, where it is con- ing estate and taken over his duties templated to as Administrator, Central Health Church. Board.
Messrs. R. W. Newton Howes and J. F. Edinton, of the F.M.S. Rail- ways, are returning from Home leave by the P. and 0. "Malwa,”
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Mr. S. H. Langston, District Officer, Lower Perak, is likely to go to Kuala Kangsar as District Of
Hai cer at the end of October. and Mrs. Langston are going on leave in March next year.
Mr. Thomas Spencer Kind, of Prince Vuddhijal, brother of the Chester, lately secretary of Laird King of Siam, and Minister of
and secretary of Bros., Ltd., Marine, has arrived at Stockholm to study the ammunition factories Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., left at Bofors.
estate of the gross value of £16,986, with net personalty £14,163, ....
E. D. Fleming, J. J. Sheehan, and Captain Leslie Hamilton, w R. P. Clegg, who are vested with with Colonel Minchin attempted t magisterial powers, are taking up night from England to Canada, is cases by mutual arrangement in the the stepson of Mr. F. W. Douglas, Ipoh Police Court.
District Officer, Klang,
Mr. and Mr. E. 8. Manasseh, who have been residing at the Piccadilly Hotel for over three months, have visited Paris, Deau ville and Aix-les-Baina, en route to having had to relinquish his post P. and O. steamer "Malwa".
Inspector Livingstone of Banting Marseilles, where they joined the owing to ill-heath, Mr. Chilcott who recently succeeded Mr. Poundall, goes to Banting as 0.G.P.D.
Professor Asaka and, his wife, of Tokyo, and Mr. Hesagouel, editor of a newspaper in Korea, were among some thousand dele gates from all parts of the world who attended the opening of the nineteenth International Esperanto The news has been received with Congress at Danzig.
regret in Bangkok of the death of Madame Frere, wife of Monsieur A marriage has been arranged, A. Frere, the Belgian Minister to and will shortly take place, be the Court of Slam during the war tween Hugh Murton, elder son of years.. Dr. and Mrs. E. K. Le Fleming, of Wimborne, Dorset, and Rosalind Beatrice Benedicts, daughter of the late Edward Lees (formerly of Tientsin) and Mrs. Lees, of 88, Cartwright Gardens, W.U.L
Mr. John Raiks, of the Hong Kong and Shanghaf Banking Corporation, returned to Shanghai from his holl- day spent in America and Europe. Mr. Rake has now, been transfer red to the Hong Kong office of the bank
Sfr Ronald Ross, the British scfen, tist, whose discovery of the re- thods for preventing malaria has saved innumerable lives, has been lying seriously ill in London, but fa now making a good recovery. Sir Ronald's discovery of the means whereby malaria spores are con veyed from person to person by the mosquito made him world-famousi He paid a visit to Malaya last year.
Miss Mabel Powell, whose death is announced, was a member of the Staff at the Garrison School, Tang lin, and the sad news caused pai- The Archbishop of Canterbury
versal regret throughout the Gár- has issued his Commission appoint
rison. Amongst those who paid, a ing the Ven Archdeacon Frank The death took place at the Gen- last tribute of respect at the grave- Guthrie Swindell his Commissary eral Hospital of Miss M. Powell, side at Bidadari were, The General and Guardian of the Spiritualities Army schoolmistress, after about a Officer Commanding the Troops, of the Bishopric of Singapore dur fortnights lilnesc The funeral, Crepresented by the Command Edu- ing the vacancy of the See, conke which was conducted by t
the Bercation Oficer), the representative quent upon the restruation of the Mr. Semploy took place at Bidadaril of the Officen Commanding Schools, Right Reverend Charles James and was very largely attended by Tanglin all members of the Army Ferguson-Davis, DD, as on the the military from Palo Brani; Blake Education Corps, representative Efth day of September, and until | nog, Mati and the Singapore sta-parties all ranks from the units of
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