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SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1928.
Up to now a big fight,
One meets, albelt oc- woman, for that matter can trudge Tunney Not such as a champion. Out of the casionally, a Chinese along with a spring in the step and Liked ship battle, has drawn Ordinary, official who does not a song on the tips and after which
tremendous crowds be-
At in with the general one feels, a the journey's end, cause of the popularity of was or idea of a Chinese official. There is that an honest-to-goodness bottle of -- other, or both, of the contestants. one in the Colony, at the present, beer has been carned. No beastly- With the coming scrap between He holds, and has held for the past nineteenth hole with its futile and' Gène Tunney, of America, and six years, an administrative posi. footing plays at conversation about Thomas Heeney, of New Zealand, tion in Canton, This statement, in what Brown did here and swhat the "fans" will pay their forty Itself, is sufficient to place him out | Jones ought to have done there. I dollars for a bird's-eye view of the of the ordinary run of officials. | have played" golf," or at golf, but: affair for distinctly opposite rea. His job is one in which he looks whilst my wind la sound and my sons. Heeney the crowd does not after the purely Chinese end and limbs stronggive me, I pray, the know, or care about. Tunney the foreigners see to other matters af time to tramp about the place. ~ An crowd knows and dislikes. Ho lo, fecting his particular depart occasional swim and a punch-ball It appears, too "highbrow" for the ment. He is now on his way to slung up on the verandah will!. average ringalde critic and fighting, Europe, solely in the interests of round off an adequate programme: enthusiast, too"; concerned with his work. What I especially rö-of exerciso suitable for anybody Shakspear and Milton and the member about him is the story of out here except the lame and the' classica. They do not understand his dealings with Sun Yat-sen. halt, him; therefore they have no time Once, when he came under Sun's for him. What they want to see notice, the Generalissimo prosented on July 26, I am told, is Tunney being knocked for a row of die tionaries. But it won't be much of a fight if there's nothing else in it other than a few split Infinitives, will it7
Curious circumstances
And Thero surround the police You Are! court case which both the evening news papera.reported on the front page yesterday and which concerned two Americans. It appears there had been a previous hearing some time on Thursday, but somehow or other the men's names did not appear in
him with two hundred dollars to de- tray expenses. A few months later at least three-our friend had to report the progress of his department to Sun. After the in- terview the Canton warlord observ ed that he had not paid our friend's salary for some while- paying salaries, I am told, was not Sun's strong suit but upon offer ing to make out an order he was courteously informed that it did not really matter. "You presented me with two hundred dollars a few months ago, Excellency," said our friend, "and I still have some of that left." And that man has held
the Friday morning account or achis post through all the changes in counts. Throughout yesterday's administration that have inflicted
was reported yesterday.
One Chinese case of small-pox
Mr. T. W. H. Hosegood is ap- pointed a Justice of the Peace,
Hua Tse-jen, of the G.C.H., has been enrolled on the local register of medical practitioners,
L. H. C. Calthrop and W.
- Dr. T. W. Ware and Mogars. have been appointed official J. P.'s.
Kent
and druggist, of 17, Customs-road, The name of C. Ehlers, chemist), Swatow, has been added to the local register.
Ltd. will be struck off the register The Sui Hing Navigation Co in three months unicas cause is shown to the contrary.
Events in the north Proceedings the defendants' names themselves upon the Kwangtungstriking wall picture to announce
were not mentioned once, and when capital since then! the afternoon newspaper reporters naked various police officials for
The N.Y.K. Line has issued a
its reduced excursion fares to the summer resorts of Japan.
them (I can cite the names of the Butting In, who has a stake in the of the Polloe Branch of the M.C.L.,
Like everybody else
generally have, of course, delayed that "rendition," though the agreg. ment is still in existence and has months ago, received the approval of the British Minister at Peking.
officera approached) the reporters were met with refusal. They then This latest act of intimidation at Tongshan will, I trust, open the waited upon Mr. R. E. Lindsell who, eyes of Col. Young and the others of course, supplied the information who have to do with the fate of without question. No further com- the Concession to such an extentment on my part is necessary. that we shall hear, no more-at
ment signed in the Gordon Hall, Tientsin, by which the Model Set- tlement of the north would fall to the status of the once-splendid
German Concession...
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A whist drive for ladies, In aid Colony-be it ever so will be held at the Helena May July 8 at 3.30 p.m. temporary and ever so slender-1 Institute on want to see the forthcoming Tattoo Tickets are on sale at $1 each. blossom into a rousing success. But I have my doubts about the in-
A bathing plenic will be held by the St. Andrew's Young Men's Club-
troduction of too much of the civil-this afternoon. The launch leaves Where is Nellie? As a lon element
the Railway Pier promptly at 4 稳您 participanta. o'clock.
In all probability the
destination will be Junk Bay.
weeks hard labour by Major C. this morning, for stealing a watch Willson at the Central Magistracy and gold chain from servants quarters in Prince's Building.
least for some time-of that agree Where is matter of fact, who is Let the civilians organise it and Nellle? Nellie? We have our patronise it and help to pay for it
-Bessie-and-our-Dolly, by all means, but I do not think A Chinese was sentenced" to t even our Mollie-all feminine nick that an overdose of amateur talent names for certain good men of our is going to help the Tattoo. I feel acquaintance. Among the semi-elmilarly regarding the promenade masculine nicknames, we have our concerts which are restarting soon. The human bloodhound Clarence; among our lap dog nick-Why on earth cannot we leave these
A collision occurred yesterday' Fine did not walt for the meal names
we have our Fido. But things to the people really concern-afternoon, at about 6 o'clock, In- Writing to be brought to him, but what about Nellie? I think it is ed? What will happen, I fear, is volving taxi No. 461 and a public
went after it."
lan't up to us to find her." At the that people who cannot sing for car No. 2104, on the Praya East, op- telegraph office there is a wire for nuts will chip into the concerts and Posite Landale-street. Only slight
damage was done to both vehicles. Nellie, all the way from Shauki people who not only cannot sing for wan, that pretty little seaside place nuts but who also cannot act for the Nationalists have put in the nuts will butt into the Tattoo. We news of late. The wire was receiv- have the trained military bands for ed here on June 4, and it is, I the concerts and the trained mill tary and other units for the Tattoo Why cannot some people mind their own business?
there a thrill in that sentence? Does it not conjure up the best of Edgar Wallace, William Le Queux and the other shocker experts? Cannot you picture this sleuth tracking his prey to his (the prey's) doom, slowly coiling in the net of understand, still here, unclaimed. evidence which will land the afore-What about it, Nellie? sald prey on the gallows, in the electric chair or before the guillo. Hong Kong, Saturday, June 30, 1928 tine? The "human bloodhound,"
(née
PIERCY--At Vancouver, BC
RUTTER) wife of 3. E. Piercy
ADELAIDE
(by cable),
FIERGY
however, happened to be a puny, pop-eyed under-nourished Chinese
H.C.-His Column. detective on the wharf at Canton,
There is without a doubt Too Late, any amount of good ta tent behind the action of the law officers of the Crown ask ing the acting First Magistrate to review the sentences imposed upon the directors, printers and publisher of the Shun Po but it looks as if it
and his "meat" merely happened to be a poor wretch who thought he could get ashore with a little oplum in his possession. And the word artist was someone in the office of the Canton Gazette. So now you know all about it,
Inake
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I see that Maurice Tate,.
To Succeed the Sussex and Eng- "Struddy." land master-trundler, is
Leung Chol-tal: (24) a married woman residing at No: 24 Kowloon City-road, was yesterday afternoon removed to Kwang Wah Hospital, suffering from injuries to her wrists and right arm, as the result of being knocked down by a push- bicycle.
Yesterday afternoon a married Official reports some Chinese womon was rescued by a A Phantom times contain an illu Chinese youth named Chen Wal
yee, from the harbour, where she Crew minating sentence or had fallen in from Kat Tack Bund
paragraph which goes The woman was removed to the a long way towards redeeming Kwong Wah "Hospital, their accustomed dryness. Take
asking who will be Eng- land's next wicket-keeper. The choice is in the laps of the Gods, because there are so many men operating bakind the sticks in the account of the activities of the County cricket who have more or British Section of the Kowloon less equal claims to the honour. Canton Railway over the year 1927. Personally, with Tate, I consider There is a little paragraph there that "Struddy" could still stop 'em which tells of a mystery engine ar have, but, as he would be the first riving in British territory without long delay has not yet been re-
́and stump Yem with the best we
the non-arrival of a European Anxiety was felt last night at member of the Royal Yacht Club. Police launches vainly searched for the missing man, and it was not until early in the morning that yacht and yachteman arrived. The
ported,
driver and without fireman. It is It is rather a serious to admit, he never could bat, and is all too late. The damage, or On A Good allegation to
dificult, of course, to say what the number of keepers there are s good according to how you look Wicket against a good-natured among the first-class youngsters great. Iden was, but the alarm of Members of the Coolles' Associa upon the case has already been
fellow like myself that who are more than passable, when the officials on the British border tion supply a different story ro garding the district watchman, who done. The birds have flown and I personally dislike another fellow facing the bowlers. There is at may well be realised when this iron on visiting the premises of the the paper has been put out of ac- (after all, we are all fellows, despite Home, it seems, a tendency to con-monster with its phantom crew assoolation had his revolver taken tion. A queer affair, a queer decfour little kinks and peccadillos) sider the aspirations of one or two dashed into their midst. I wonder. from him and was handed over to
what our people did with It. Per the palice.Yest alon and a queer aftermath. In But, sad to relate, this of these young men, not because sonally I would have been inclined ascertained that the watchman fact, my masters, a queer world! charge
laid against me they are brilliant wag
went toler
was
858 Des Voeux-road- kafor a friend. On
but met with resist
olic's" story "was that treated by the ing to ex- from them,The ably be dealt with
the police
by a friend during the wee stumpe, but because thehind the to have sent it book the w
way it West At's an ill wind t I immediately expostulated of good wicket-watchers and better came, with just sufficient steam to arrival he attempted to stop games
supply. pawer enough to take It Lin, The Leason of and so on." You course--and sought my discharge, bats to boot. I suppose, however,
Tongshan have read, of course, Well, said the friend, "it, as you that if a wicket-keeper of the across to its owners.
about the threaten- say, you do not dislike him, he cer Strudwick or Lilley class was to ed occupation or interruption of the tainly, most obviously and perfect appear on the Homs cricket horizon mines at Tongshan by disorganised ly apparently does not like you!" he would get the job of represent On Walking. Twain northern Chinese soldlery who Then followed demand as to whating his country in no time,
-walk broke away from the main Body was going. dark about it.E
everybody, I wa after the forced retreat of the late thing,... of Sicousse,” I repli Chang Tso-lin's troops into Man Whilst brother, the
atlemani churia Those mines at Tongshan whom and in the neighbourhood are the obviously and property as most people know of disliking me I am o the Kaffen Mining Administration: I know that all is well The general manager of the KM.A
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