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China Mail
No. 25,994
HONG KONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1928.
PIRATES "BOLD"
SOUTH CHINA SPECIMENS
TWO VIEWS
Why The Gangs Are Likely To Survive
CHINESE WILL STAND VICTIMIZATION
[By "Li Chung-yin."]
Described by the diplomatic correspondent of the "Observer" as peaceful farmers of one day and pirates of the day before, the marauding communities of the Kwangtung coast and the West River delta are not altogether devoid of that honour which is associated with thieves; and it is such honour, as far as it goes, which makes for much of their power.
THE GRAND TATTOO
NOVEL FEATURES
ENORMOUS CROWD PRESENT LAST NIGHT
ANOTHER BIG NIGHT
A REMARKABLE GUN
A U.S. "ROBOT”.
FINDS AND KEEPS ITS OWN
RANGE ANTI-AIRCRAFT
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
MR. JOCK MCCUBBIN'S
DEPARTURE
"Your Eyes Are Safe With Us,"
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IS THAT SO?
A GREAT SOCCERITE Thoughts Terse, Perverse—and Worse.
ONE OF THE BEST FULL BACKS
IN HONG KONG
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The Tattoo was as nothing com- "Iced Drinks Without Ice.". GOING STRONG AS A VETERAN pared to some of the toote that fol-Sounds rather a frost.
lowed, what? [By "Rover."]. New York, Yesterday,
"On Sunday last at about 1 pm. Last night's audience was at least
"Flies may be killed by setting the quietness of the town was dis- as large as that of the previous even- A new gun is being demonstrated Hong Kong is shortly losing a ing, and the spectators and all at Aberdeen. It is described as a famous sporting personality. On around a dieh containing a mixturbed by the drone, of an aero- It was concerned were very fortunate in "Robot" anti-aircraft g It finds Oct. 13, by the F. & 0. 8.8. "Mores," ture of cream, ground black pepper plans circling overhead.
.We want thera Mr. Jack Davis.
Mr. Davie keep its own range by Mr. the climatic conditions that prevail-and
"Jock" McCubbin, famous and sugar."
alighted on the local commonage ed, the weather, upon which so means of sound waves, adjusting locally for the last twenty years in deader than that.
for lunch." .. We hope he found much depends in a spectacle of this the range as aircraft approaches, football, bowls and outdoor sports
We see a headline "Cures to the grazing good. for the land of his birth-the birth-Music." A sound mind in a sound sort, being practically perfect. The retires or gains or loses height:generally, will leave the Colony features that were so popular on Reuter's American Service.
place also. of many more of Hong body.? the first night were repented, except
Kong's big men-Greenock, Scot- Jand. the Indian Khattak Dance, and two fresh and particularly delightful items were presented, namely, May- pole and Morris Dances, in which Miss Daisy O'Keefe and her pupila
LICENSING BOARD
APPLICATIONS FOR NEXT
YEAR
Ď
Even the life of a pawnbroker The weather is getting cooler by has its redeeming feature. degrees.
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In America one in three persons an automobile....The car
Jock McCubbin is still in the middle forties and going strong.
Closely associated with the Hong and local ladies shone, and an - HOW TO MAKE OBJECTIONS Kong Football Club since its very owns carly days, Jock as he is affection-race. ately known by his confreres and Powerful they are, it cannot be denied; but there is also a mul-luminated motor vehicle exhibition,
Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 12 noon
The new Tussauds is nearly ready. itive. titude of causes which mitigate against their being swept off the which proved exceptionally attrac
in the Sanitary Board room, top sporting friends in the Colony, is
.It will be a model exhibition, being worthily honoured by the Our Actor Soldiers room, Post Office building, has been Club for which he has done so face of the earth. Of these difficulties perhaps the most outstand-
Aa on the first performance, the fixed for the holding of the annual much practical work. On Oct. 10, Three shiploads of blooms, from ing is that the average inhabitant of that ill-defined place known as
a military precision that was ex- consider applications for licences Jock will be the guest of honour don.....Blooming Scilly. tremely pleasing to witness, and it of publicans, hotel keepers and res- of his old Club. again revealed the fact that our taurant keepers for the year 1928- The Hong Kong Football, Asso-
A luncheon was served in the can be, on occasion, 1929.
ciation, having had Jack McCub- actors as well as soldiers. The Particular are given in the bin's practical help and advice for swell chamber of the organ loft at hundreds that participated played "Gazette" and persons objecting to many years, la joining in the the Albert Hall....Were all guests their respective parts admirably, re-any application must appear in per-honour. vealing a keen interest in the novel-son. ties in which they were engaged, and
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From a wall calendar: "June 31, Sunday." ... Splarled workers are likely to object even if it is a Sunday.
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"At Nabarara there are some wells dug through very hard lime- stone. The Masai when asked who dug these wells say that God. with His foot, but I hardly think that likely."-Letter to paper. It does acem slightly improbable.
"up-country" or "the interior" does not view them with the horror Tattoo proper was carried out with meeting.of the Licensing Board to at Mesara. Lane, Crawford's cafe, Scilly are sent each week to Lon-came down one day and dug them
depicted by the Occidental mind--not even after grievous suffering at the hands of pirates.
FINANCING A HOLD UP
military men
Analysis of the common name that case were Blus Bay men. They proving that the time had been well not land at random at the spent which they had devoted to applied to pirates, bandits, robbers could
Their appearance and and such like shows that the outlaw nearest secluded anchorage of the training.
much is not an outcast in Chinese social West River delta, which is much smartness generally were life..
nearer than Bias Bay, merely be-admired and the many parts they cause they would have been over-played afforded pleasure and were The civilians whelmed by any large force of na-highly appreciated.
also entered upon the parts tives and robbed, in turn.
to them with. zest shared in the general triumph. Perhaps a little more "Up-country" is usually too dull-"dramatic intensity" might have a and too far away to keep in touch-propriately been displayed by the. for the average pirate chieftain. Scottish lads and lasses on the first He fits about between Hong Kong, appearance of the "Fiery Cross." Macas and, possibly, Canton and But that is a mere detall.. other ports. He probably confers had quite a lot to do, and they did with the initiator in the comfort it very well indeed. The "Gathering and seclusion of an hotel,
That name is "Lo Gar" (Canton csc pronunciation). In ita worst light it conveys the impression of being an opportunist or a person- take person- because both sexes part--seeking speculative gain. By common usage it has come to denote an individual living by his wits and, therefore, a rogue.
The pirates themselves do not ap. preciate the crime of their calling us is internationally understood. In fact they have often expressed genuine surprise that the British should go to such pains to circum- vent them when they are not in British ships or waters.
And a broader view of secrets revealed by those who have, volun- tarily and involuntarily, come into close contact with them, will show that in the eyes of many, piracy is not a greater evil than smuggling or sharp practice in business.
Spying Out
However, to revert to the original allotted theme, that of what is done when and the germ of a plot is hatched.
Financier's Part
They
of the Clans" was wild and weird, and those taking part deserve full
Assume, then, that the No. 1 credit. approves of a scheme. In nine cases
Special mention must be made ff
gwells?
Geneva
.
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line.
"Herts Champion," is a head- Sounds as if it was Herts of Oak.
Some moth aeroplanes are so small that they go into the (air) pocket,
A Great Full Back
has appointed Prof. Jock has been with us in Hong
Natural History lesson-Watch- Kong since March 9, 1906. Within Gilbert Murray president of the a fortnight of landing, he was International Commissioner for In-ing a salmon leaping to a conclu-
... Hesion." “HERALD** FEATURES
playing for, the Y.M.C.A. against tellectual Co-operation.. the Hong Kong F.C. with which he will see that Britannia rules the The Grand Tattoo, the Rev. J. was later. to become associated in brain waves. Kirk Maconachie and the "Sun-making football history in the
Parliament has, presented Lord day Herald" international charity Colony. football cup (which will soon be. Memories carry ua over the years Balfour with a new car. competed for) are among the from 1908 to 1919 with McCubbin When he gets into.it Balfour Must
a regular defender of the Hong Go. subjects in the local picture page All of to-morrow's. "Herald."
Kong FC goal. Partnered by
A hairdresser's assistant has usual features will be printed, as. A.. T. Hamilton or F. W. Black, well as the page. of "Feliz, the
a big factor in shaved himself in 27 seconds, a McCubbin waa
But not a scratch Cat" cartoons.
After that record. Boccer until 1919, younger men were sought as round.. H.KF.C. full backs. But McCubbin
APPOINTMENTS
LATEST IN "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
( ( (3.
But there was
was still available, as late as 1924, A man went over Niagara in a to fill a vacancy. By his presence rubber case. and experience, many B younger far more rubber in the necks along player, now a "star" in the Hong the banks. Kong football world, has had rich tuition.
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In these road-hog days it's a case of the survival of the quick
more
To celebrate their centenary, Joseph Crosfield & Co. have pre- sented gold watches to 855 em- ployees. ... Timely gifts.
1 1
We see a picture of "Yachts It is Passing Plymouth Hoe." only when the skipper doesn't know what hoe that she bumps.
A South Wales police chief has been fined $10 for driving to the public danger. He is understood to have warned himself that he cannot allow him to do this again.
We
"Golf Бес described Salad." As a change from high tee?
In Scottish Football McCubbin in his younger, days, est.
Certainly worry
kills in Scottish junior football - a before coming out, was prominent The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes school of training.well fitting him people than hard work. (who represents the Hong Kong for his strenuous sporting life in Quite a lot of people worry. General Chamber of Commerce on Hong Kong.
Why should a woman who is From its inception, Jock took the Legislative Council) to be a temporary member of the Execu- keen interest in the Hong Kong fond of dances complain if her which climbs trees. tive Council vice Sir Henry Football League (now known as the husband likes hops?
H.K. Amateur Football League),| Pollock, K.C.
Marriage is a ceremony in having been one of its promoters.
out of ten he has. not the money to the May Pole dancing and the
Several important appointmenta finance the project. His ill-gotten Morris dance the latter being most gains have gone in riotous living-gracefully performed by a number of are announced in the "Government such is their nature or in re-local ladles who, charmingly and Gazette," including: plenishing his armoury, which is appropriately attired, gave a delight- often able to seizure, and mysteri-ful performance of one of Edward ous disappearances, because firearms German's famous dances.
Miss O'Keefe marshalled a large: are so readily pawned in Chinese Like most enterprises, legal or territory. At any rate he has to number of her young pupils to the illegal, a piracy has to be planned seek out a financier, in all probabfi- May Pole and it was sheer joy to see with minute care. Each chieftainty the group or Individual who them so prettily dressed, dancing so has his own immediate following but bought hie previous loot and pro-gally in it is the rule rather than the exited thereby. ception that the personnel of each The necessary capital is put up plot is selected only when the pre-because passages have to be taken, liminary work is completed.
likely ship has been marked down,
he proceeds, possibly, to the man
who led his last expedition. If this man is not in the field, or his re- sources are not sufficient for the job in mind, the ploneer goes else where, for there are many tongs (bands) in a fluctuating state of existence.
sometimes to and fro more than once, and living expenses held in readiness while waiting for the ship.
the quaint old English dance. They thoroughly deserved (Continued on Page 6.)
MR. BEN. STRONG
The appointment of the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, O.B.E., K.C., to be
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in the early days, players had to which a man is bound over to keep be entreated to make up a team to the piece for the rest of his life, carry out a fixture and members of
connected.
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1 (1 A fish has been
discovered We suppose
It scales them,
:
been
A Belgian scientist has charged with removing emblems from a Paris cemetery.. glave charge.
The
Spooksman.
We see a headline, "High Meat
The
Prices." ...... No high. mest for us at any price.
"Portable Gardens" is a news
acting Attorney-General, vice Sir Henry Pollock (who resigned be-
committees had to whip round to No man wquid object to his cause of his Injury), and con-
bear the day's expenses. But Jock wife wearing her skirts shorter if. Sir Oliver Lodge gave evidence currently to be a member of the leaves Hong Kong soccerdom in a she would only wear them longer. in the spiritualist case.. Restless and spendthrift the "Lo
Executive and Legistative Councils, position of strength of affluence. New York, Yesterday, Gar" referred to is always on the
as is that of the As a full-back, as a captain, as About the only thing in U.S.A. move, seeking opportunity. When In the interval, the leader will have Mr. Benjamin Strong. Governer is announced,
assembled his own batch and rein- of the Federal Reserve Bank, is in Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie to sit in an official, or in any other capacity, that you can't get on the justal. forced it, if he deems advisable and hospital with intestinal trouble. the Legislative Council (represent Jock put his heart and soul inte ment plan is bootleg grog." necessary, by calling on free lances Mr. Strong has been in Ill-health ing the unofficial J.P's), in the every institution with which he was bootleggers know their goods. who have special qualifications for several years.-Reuter's Ameri- absence of Sir Henry Follock.
The official notice anent Sir Even though his name may not Counsel for a man charged in Henry's "serious bodily injury be known to some of the present Sydney with abduction told the title. We should think they would such as knowledge of certain lines, can Service. peoples, ships or navigation.
the result of an accidental fall" and day "fana," Jock has done enough Court that the woman really ab- be carried unanimously. the consequential appointments and to ensure his name occupying a appear in the prominent chapter in the annals of changes, also
football in this Colony. "Gazette.";
Following the resignation of the Young McCubbin Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie, who goes His many, friends, and admirers Home to-day, the Rev. J. C. wish him and his the best of luck Knight Anstey is appointed a in the Homeland. A cate predic trustee of the German Missions. tion for the function on Oct. 10 is Mr. . D. Read's commission as that these sentiments will be 2nd Lieut. in the H.K.V.D.C. an echoed far and wide. nounced yesterday, is also gazet Jock has a son who promises, by his achievements in Hong Kong
No Danger On Land
:
Shares and duties are allotted and even far afield, who have to sell loot and receive ransom not without the pirates set forth, invariably in Assuming the arch-pirate hatches of twos and three so as not with the law and, at the same time, recompense-have to keep right proached by the rover indicates his to excite suspicion. Sailing dates
do the pirates' bidding for fear willingness to fit out a gang. Then are studied and both men and oraft much more negotiation must fol detailed in readiness at the render their kinsfolk In the village may be
punished for their disobedience.
The only remedy Res in local troops attacking villages known to
low.
Two Classes of Pirate
vous,
The venture starts. How it is
The Diference
ted.
HANKOW RAID
GERMAN ARRESTED BY ARMEN POSSE
AMERICAN SHOP
Hankow, Yesterday.
ducted the inan. In fact, it was merely a normal, everyday engage-- ment.
Now that winter colds are near, Eat less fruit and drink more
beer....
If this diet does not suit,
Drink more beer and eat no fruit.
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A writer deals with "Safety in the Mines."
But what 13 a pedestrian to do. if there Isn't a coal mine near?
1. Mrs. V. Bruce proposes to "akim the Channel." We are sure the landladies on either side of it
A community worker says her have done that already.
altogether on her own hasn't that
Anked if her husband was in Court, a London woman said: “I
Junior events, to equal his father's eminence. Alec McCubbin is the on own. present holder of the boy's 100) yards swimming championship. The Rupert Bunny, the artist, says left the pretty dear In: bed." We other members of the family, John that much inferior work is being should have called him not pretty.. and Bessie, have been very promin- displayed in connection with hat very dear,
modern painting. Well, all÷rake ent as well-
Mr. J. McCubbin is an old and girls can't be Old Masters.
The new great tunnel. under the well-known Freemason, being re-
There is a theatre for children Mersey is just completed. What
a boret mange date
At this stage it will be necessary carried out and how, occasionally, shelter pirates or receivers. That to facilitate comprehension by non- Chinese readers, to explain the fact pirates are overtaken by those who such is being done by the Canton! that there are two classes of pirate. Watch for them are commonly known Government in the West River delta
Those operating in the West aspects. What happens when a
has been reported by the "China River delts, whose prey is nearly successful gang reaches land safely Mail correspondent at Pakkaf. always confined to river shipping, with booty and, very likely, a hand- are mostly Puntis (Cantonese) andful of captives to be held to ransom? Even if the landing be made at
In that region, it pays the troops invariably belong to and possess strength (if only in numbers of the night, it de bound to become common to preserve law and order...There is But in Bias Bay and clan) at the spot where a looted knowledge very quickly. If the plenty of trade and shipping to pay
pirate chief and his followers be-taxes. ship is taken
Around Bias Bay and Honghal long to the village closest to the Honghal Bay there is not. Accord Bay, to the east of. Hong Kong, the landing point, the possibility of ingly, there is not enough revenue
For many years he represented there, though, couldn't be more pirates are Hoklos, with a sprinkl-being attacked does not arise. And to maintain troops in that area and Alleging felt dealing in: narco-spected alike by both Scottish and
the District Grand Lodge of Scotchildish than the average musical ing of Hakkas and natives of the danger does not exist even if a small body of troops has no in- tics an armed posse from the Wa- English constitutions, only in Endell-street. The plays Swatow, whose dialect is different the pirates' home were a little dis ducement to hunt pirates because han Safety Bureau to-day raided
rested a German employee named and South China Benevolence Fund from Cantonese, but who all can tance from the shore, necessitating there is no tax-paying shipping or the Amrican Drug Co. and artish Freemasons on the Hong Kong comedy,
Lord Birkenhead is to give up their having to pass several villages trade to protect.
The people themselves do nothing. Dorville and two Chinese em Corporation. (delatnologi In other words, the pirates initial en route.
For one thing they are afraid. They ployees, all of whom were remov He is District Grand Master politice for business. Does the Root of the Evit
look upon pirates as permanent ed in shackles to the city where Substitute of the District Grand city demand the first-class brains power lies in their confidence of al-
The root of the evil lies in the fixtures from which there is no they are still held. Lodge. This year he is Deputy inside that Birken head communal spirit constituting the escape. No one dan or village fe It is understood that a very Master of the Lodge of St. John of foundation of Chinese life. The strong enough to adopt direct action, strong protest le being lodged by which he was Mastar in 1912. family is the unit, the clan and the The only alternative, in the people's the American Consulate as the Mr. McCubbin is also Depute Z. Germ of a Plot village larger ones. For self-pre-opinion, is to buy the pirates off, or raid was carried out without a of St. Andrew's RA. Chapter, of Take the case of the Steamboat servation, the law-abiding dramen pay cheerfully when they come. warrant from the Consulate which he le also, a P. Z. Co.e as "Sul An." She was of the pirates have to support their The pirates neighbours, however, It is pointed out that every chem Picture in illustrated section,
to keep you wait ry a certain stock of page ZlX
In regard to the matter of Pitt Bo pirated in 1922 when returning from brothers of crime. Their village are left immune for obvious reaist us
But I've just been Charlie Chaplin's distinctive stage, ing, old, Imported only an excursion to Macao. She was must be in a position to exert heavy sons. That is why some thir
regulations, The Marylebone police are anti- dress, Mr. Billy Merson says:: setting, a trap for my essentially river, steamer. Yet pressure on neighbouring communi-pirate is no worse than an
were faithfulous to find the owner of a pair of "Chaplin would be just as good Pott: Good heavens! What do
you suspect 7: she was takon around (to the south lea; otherwise it would not be a tun And there must be
pirate haunt
oode of honour otherwis thely observed in this instance, Ken- valuable Georgian allver pepper without his funny clothes"
danse"A" mouse In- of) Hong Kong and then northeast
boxes found on a man under arrest. Naughty17 wards to Bias Bay. The paEZ
Shopkeepers in the vicinity, or system would fail from the.
speak some Cantonese.
ways being able to exercise a 'free- hand at the point of disembarkation, except for the risk of Interference by an external source.
"In Jas Bay. The ga
narcotic
which, it
The Empire Marketing Board has published a "calendar of oranges.
The Board should go to Belfast
for the best orange men,
Bo the
From a Lourenco Marques.ship ping-ltat! Arrivals. Helenfe (Swiss) 4,440 tons Svarten (Swiss) 4,191 tons.”.... Swiss navy has come at last.
counsel put the case to the Judge. "Supposing I saw your lordship going into a public
"Coming in,” -Interrupted the househo started.
Judge G
The c