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have many admirable qualities Owing to the indisposition of well worth copying and many Commander J. B. Newill, D.S.O
R.N., Harbour Master, that should be eschewed; The charges for breach of harbour re choice obviously lies with the gulations were brought up this Canadians themselves. They morning at the Police Court by form part of the British Empire Inspector Moss,
"Bloses, said Mrs. Cohen, "do and the more they are influenced
you know it is our little poy's birth+ . In connection with the theft of day next Monday?" by the homeland in manner cight gallons of motor oil from the "Vell?" remarked Moses, expect and in method the more will Standard. Oll Company's service antly.
station at Leighton Hill-road (re suggest," continued. Mrs.. Anglo-Canadian relations con-
ported yesterday), three Chinese Cohen, "that thith tinue to be wholesome, no matter were this morning each sentenced change, we allow him to have some-> yaar, for a what alien influences may trickle to six weeks' hard labour by Mr. thing new." in from across the frontier. R. E. Lindsell.
Player Writers,
Then the seriousness of the situa tion dawned upon Mózes.
"Ah, vell, Rachel," he said, after a few minutes' reflection, "Just as
"Ever had a serious illness?" ask...
"No," was the answers. "Ever had an accident?!" "No."
"Never had a single accident in: your life?”
For stealing four sacks from a matshed erected at the junction of Pekin-road and Nathan-road, a Chinese, described as an odd-job you vish. Ve'll let him have neural- Though sympathy will be felt coolle employed at the Kowloon
gin!" for the United States na n Davis Wharf and Godown Co., was sen- Cup participator and for the tenced to 3 weeks' imprisonment at
Giles was being medically examin.. the Kowloon Magistracy this morn-ed preparatory to taking out an in- players selected to represent that ing. country, nothing but general
surance policy. satisfaction will be expressed, we. The following forthcoming_mar- imagine, at the attitude of the riages have been announced: Mr.ed the doctor. United States Lawn Tennis Assopean Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, to Miss J. McDonald Dalziel, of the Euro- ciation in barring Tilden. The E, F. J. Hendy, c/o Yaumati Palice| famous player has been disquali-Station; Mr. J. W. Grieve, of the fied by his national association Foreign Y.M.C.A.. Bubbling Well for violating what is known as the road, Shanghal, to Miss S. M. Amateur Rule, it being alleged Angel, of No. 25. Arthur-road, that he wrote, for payment, news Church-street, Edmonton, London. paper articles on the Wimbledon Tournament. By this drastic A sentence of months' hard action amateur sport in America labour, with the alternative of an has done much to rehabilitate it-$80 fine, was imposed on a Chinese self in the eyes of the rest of the Standard Oil Company's service world. Many a time has it been morning, for the unlawful posses- Farmer Beaton announced to his alleged that the line between pro-ston fessionalism and. amateurism in The arrest was made by a Chinese eating badly-made bread that he of non-Government oplum. household that he was so tired of the United States is too fuely detective on board a Chinese gun-would make the next day's supply drawtz Now, however, the boat, in the Yaumati Shelter near himself. powers that be in lawn tennis the Police Basin, yesterday. have taken action with a ven- geance and, although the affair is
an unfortunate one, Tilden's dis- CORRESPONDENCE. Educated Americans themselves qualification shows once and for
"Never; but 1 might mention that last spring a bull tossed me over a fence."
"Don't you call that an accident?"
No fear. He did it on purpose!"?
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As soon as tea was finished
"Good idea," agreed a visitor. "I'll lend you a hand, if you like."
Together they departed kitchen- wards, one bearing a bag of flour,
The China Mail, deplore such a display of spurious all that the dodging of the ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE'S the other a drum of yeast.
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ANGLO-CANADIAN RELATIONS.
We are inclined to think that the reply, in the House of Commons
status of the dodger, will not be player-writer rule, whatever the
tolerated in America.
A destitute Chinese, aged 55, who was found on Connaught-road Cen- trai by the police, was taken to the Tung Wah Hospital.
$30.
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Was
DIAMOND JUBILEE.
It was past midnight, and still the amateur bakers were: hard at work. The farmer's wife ventured to ask whether the bread was in the
cried Béeton.
[To the Editor of the "Chiun Mall,"
Sir, As the Hon. Corresponding Secretary of the Royal Colonial oven. Institute in Hong Kong I have been "In the oven?" requested by the Council In London "We can't keep it in the kitchen, lets
alone the oven."
...
Edith: What did you say to
American life, and very properly condemn those cinema producers responsible for so much that is devoid of good taste. Happily, matters in this respect are not quite so deplorable as they were
to endeavour to obtain
as many some years ago; and evidently
new Non-Resident Follows as pos- A fire which broke out at No. alble from this Colony. Hollywood is not without hope of 250, Queen's-road West, yesterday}
He: "Joan, I'd go through pur- gradual improvement. The re- morning at 11 a.m.,
Ordinarily Non-Resident Fellows gatory for you!" soon have to pay
an entrance fee of She: strictions that are being imposed brought under control.
El. 1. 0, and an annual subscription I prove that?
"You say so, but how cane in most countries against the
of EI. 11. 6, but in order to mark; A thief entered No. 15, Yunnan the Diamond Jubilee of the In-
He: "Be my wife." wholesale display of American lane, Yaumati, between Monday atitate, the Council have decided to films should in time do much good midnight and early yesterday, and suspend entrance fees in the case in this as in other respects.
made off with clothing worth about of all applications for membership George when he proposed? Meantime, however, there can
posted to or received at the In- Maud I asked for time to con-- be no doubt
stitute before the end of September. sider; it was so unexpected, you: that American A Chinese foki, of the "Cheong
As the Prime Minister, Mr. know. methods in Canada and elsewhere Lung: Grocery Shop, at No. 221, Des Stanley Baldwin, said in a recent
Edith: It always is, dear, when would be none the worse of being have absconded on Monday with invaluable work in promoting the
Veux-road West, is reported to message,. "the Institute has done one has given up all hope. considerably modified. It would $101.52.
increase and diffusion of knowledge appear that Canada's "American-
respecting all parts of the British
Mobby: "Mrs, Beech is simply isation" has been so pronounced lary, valued at $39.50, are reported
A gold bangle and other jewel-Empire."
mad on the subject of germs, and that the Premier of Ontario has to have been stolen from No. 292, clearly the advantages of joining
The enclosed pamphlets show sterilises or filtera everything in the
house," thought fit to call special atten-Temple-stroet, Yaumati, yesterday the Institute, and it is to be hoped Hobbs: "How does she get alongTM tion to it, and it was because of
morning.
|that Britons out here will take this with her husband?” what he said that the ques-
opportunity of joining the In- Mobbs: "Oh, even their relations A Chinese woman, about 40 years stitute as Non-Resident Fellows.by are strained?" tion was ultimately discussed in old, jumped into the harbour from sending me a draft in favour of the the House of Commons. As we the Central Praya early yesterday Royal Colonial Institute London, have stated, Mr. Amery's reply
morning. She was rescued and for the sum of £1. 11. 6. was not particularly satisfactory. Hospital,
taken to the Government * Civil
Yours, etc., It may be that the state of affairs
4
The Indian soldier, who appeared
H. E. POLLOCK, Prince's Building, July 24, 1928.
QUEER CASE: POSSESSION OF FOREIGN
An old women had had a charge of drunkenness dismissed, and was profuse in her gratitude to the magistrate.
"I thought you wouldn't be 'ard' on me, your worship," she remark- ed, as she left the dock. "I know 'ow often a kind art beats be'ind an ugly face."..
on Monday, made by Mr. L. S does not precisely call for the apare holding the annual prize giving The Garrison Children's Schools Amery, Dominions' Secretary, as,pointment of an Empire Confer-ceremony in to the way in which American ence to review the means
the H.K.V.D.C. drill of hall at 11 am, on Tuesday next. influence and methods are per-strengthening Anglo-Cariadian re- Mrs. W. T. Southorn, will present meating Canadian life,' will not lations, but even so in the event of
the prizes.
OFFICE BUILDINGS. give very general satisfaction such a Conference being created either in the Commons or out of surely it would
The Hague, Yesterday.
The recruit had been at the naval be bettter that before Mr. W Schofield in con A process server has officially training station two weeks and had. it. There are quite a few good the initiative should come from nection with the theft of a gold taken possession of Foreign Office spent most of that time digging reasons why such
a question the Mother Country than from road yesterday, was discharged on
wrist watch from No. 57 Haiphong-buildings.
ditches, chopping trees, and filling should have been addressed to Canada, or any of the Dominions the ground of insufficiency
This is the strange develop. depressions. Finally he sought his of ment of a quarrel between Hier immediate superior, Mr. Amery and while doubtless it or Colonies. It would, if so be- evidence,
Wenniger, ex-Counsellor of the "You dee, Sir," he complained, was politic on his part not to gun, probably have more effect.
Dutch Embassy at Tokyo and the "when I joined the Navy they said make too much of the matter, still Mr. Amery seems to think not,
The former left his post and I've been doing nothing but rear- I'd see the world, and for two weeks it would have been better had he and evidently he is only prepared
range it." shown that the Imperial Govern- to be interested to the extent of ment is prepared to move some promising the "co-operation" of and of "breaking into and entering what more actively than it ap- the Imperial Government with the range Canteen." pears to be inclined to move at any of the other Governments of present towards counter-acting the Empire. As to Canada he Chan Kwan (18) was yesterday "A Chinese married woman named what Britons cannot but regard made quite an interesting point taken to the Secretariat for Chinese as at least a regrettable state of regarding what had been done Affairs from Samchuen. The girl affairs. The close proximity of under the Empire Settlement Act. lived in Chinese territory across the the United States to Canada is by To have assisted so large a mum-husband because of his alleged ill
border and, running away from her A LITTLE CANTONESE GIRL'S no means a sufficient reason why ber of women to immigrate to treatment of her, came to British Canada should be even ap- Canada as 7,215 and to have in territory for protection. proximately "Americanised," and curred expenditure of £70,939 in the vast majority of Canada's doing so is well-worth mention population are certainly unwilling. May the good work con- TIẾ: to be
the cane was imposed on a Chinese
Sentence of eleven strokes with Government. painter, at the Kowloon Magis- went to the Dutch East Indies, tracy, who was found on Stone having failed to get satisfaction furniture which, he alleges, the cutters Island without permission of his claim for salary and his Dutch Minister at Tokyo sold without his permission. Court shortly-Reuter.
The case comes up at the High
KIDNAPPED.
PLIGHT.
"Mary," said the lady rather sharply to her cook, "I must insist that you keep better hours, and that: you have less company in the kit- chen at night. Last night you kept: me from sleeping because of the up-- roarious laughter of one of your women friends
"Yis, mum, I know," "was the apologetic reply, but she couldn't you tried to make a cake one day,” help it. I was a-telling of how
A girl named Chan. Yu, 11 years Kuet Mun, manager of the Cheung compradore of the s.s. "Kinshan," of age, was discovered by the Loong grocery shop, No. 221, Des when that vessel arrived from Veox-road West, in a report to the Canton yesterday afternoon recently by Lord Aberdeen, con-
An amusing.atory was told, re-
pure British, it else than tinue, for ultimately such settlers police yesterday, alleged that on The girl, who had evidently been cerning a rather diminutive. Eng-
It is a fact, how will do more than any conference Monday night he entrusted a shop kidnapped, said that her father was fish visitor to the Highlands who ever, that not only in Canada but to counteract any tendency cigarettes for stock, and two dozen morning, a man whom she did not events at the annual games.
coolie with $100 to purchase a fisherman in Canton. Yesterday decided to enter for one of the other places American in- towards "Americanisation.”
mineral water to deliver to the Fook know, gave her some sweets and a He was told by the secretary that fluence and methods have been There can be little doubt, we Xan Clob. The coolla delivered the dollar and took her to the steamer, the only open event on the card was money for sarda, and then absconded, police, but the man was not to be All right mild the Englishman; minerals at the Club, collected The girl was handed over to the "Toming the. Caber "pruža ya f
innocently put, me down for that: My name's Simpson, AS
ent was announced forward, and the
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very much in evidence during the believe, that the best and most past decade, and probably no direct methods of dealing with thing has tended to that, more any such regrettable influences than the universal of the will be best applied locally, for if
The cinema the people of the several Canadia is a potent educator, but unfor provinces are aa British. tunately much of what it has ought to be they will soon been imparting of American life, genuine horm while apparently pleasing to the facile yast army of the uncritical in speech, European edu riùs in Canada leads
and else
surej
Ameri influence
found/grud
Advance booking is now open at the Queen's Theatre for the short season to be given there by the Mr. W. H. Heath (Great Britain)When this famous, magician - our. Tack Sam the winner of the World's Danc- Simpson they and his company, of Chinese wonder ing': Championship in Paris: Jaat secretary,
Juding the beautiful May, with Miss Ruby Rubins has and Neu 8# Long won the International Dancing forman takes Championship of Germany at Bad
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