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TUESDAY, JANUARY
to
Y. 29, 1929
THE NEW NOTES
WHEN £4 FEELS. LIKE $6.
TRICKED BY THICKNESS
The thickness of the new Bank of England 21 and 10. notes com-
The new notes disappear more. quickly because, being thicker, thy make you think you have got more money than is really the
case.
Like most people, who have to earry fair-sized aums, I glance Inside my wallet occasionally to see the thickness of the wad. My wallet deceived me right down to the last £4, which I regarded as six until I counted the notes.
A "Dally Mall" reporter who
has not been summoned. Chiang An accident occurred at the! Kai-shek limited the test to one of Kwong Tak Cheong shipyard, To- whether he would be obeyed on a man falling from the upper
kwa-wan, yesterday afternoon, disbandment. If he is, the pro-deck into the shipyard, a distance vinces will be in a better position of about 22 feet. He was imme- to maintain order-being free to diately taken to the hospital in a
serious condition.
tion, with such wide consequences | Chan Wah, a shop foki of No. 7, pared with that of the old Treasury to the whole of China's future, Lee Yuen-streat, who was chargnotes has given an unpleasant sur-
ed with boarding the ought not bristle with difficulties. "Kinshan"
5.5.prise to people who carry a wallet of without permis- Blon of the Anglo-American Relations
master, fail-notes. A correspondent writes: ed to appear at the Marine Court The remarks made at Birming- this morning. His bail of $20 was ham on Saturday by Mr. A. B. accordingly catreated. Houghton, the American Ambas-
The John Ambulance Brigade sador in London, and Sir Austen are organising "House Chamberlain, the Secretary of House" system of vaccination. State for Foreign Affairs, are All men engaged in the work will timely, There has been at home Wear Brigade Uniform. Ne com
pulsion can be exercised, and elsewhere of labe quite a lot main purpose of the campaign is The
of more or less relevant state- to induce mothers to allow their ments made, both verbally and in young babies to be vaccinated.. print, of alleged strained re- Handbills to this effect will be dis-measured bundles of the old and lations between Great Britain tributed. and the United States and, on examination, it has been found that nothing whatever justifles anything in the nature of the pessimistic note which appears to have prevailed in certain quarters, for example in the article in the "Nation" by Mr. Ramsay Mac. Donald. Anglo-American amity is-to-day, unquestionably, on a more solid foundation than it has been for many a year past. It is probable that the recent dis- closures regarding the much dis- cussed "compromiss," between the British and French Govern-
General Inspection ments regarding naval and mili- general inspection of the tary matters 'came somewhat as whole Police Reserve by the Hon. an unpleasant shock to our Captain Superintendent of Police American friends and what seem-accompanied by the Hon. Com- ed like secrecy surrounding missioners of Police will take the affair made it even more place at the Central Police Station irritating. But the explanation, on Thursday, January 31, at 5.15. readily proffered, as to the origin P.m. sharp. All members are to and intention of the "com-attend. Dress-winter uniform. Aberdeen last month in the action promise" soon dispelled all mis- helts without frogs. No cap in which Mr. Lewis Coutts, former givings among rational people. covers and no truncheons. As Sir Austen Chamberlain has stated this is the only matter Strength. Constable
POLICE RESERVE
NEW ORDERS BY THE C.S.P.
NIGHT PATROLS
new notes found that £500 in the old notes made a thickness of 1 inches, while the same value with the new measured 1% inches,
A bundle of the new £1 notes of the thickness of £500 worth of the old Treasury notes would be worth only £366, Anyone used to judg- ing the value of a wad by thickness and weight would therefore think himself £134 richer than he really
Bank clerks say that
the now much more difficult to handle than the old ones.
Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superin- notes are tendent of Police.
A
Chinese Company
R33.
PROFESSOR SUED
MORE ABOUT “A WRECKED CAREER"
:
Amusing passages were heard at ・・
ly a student in the Aberdeen University, Bues Professor Jack for
that could reasonably be regard Johnson Sim, has been permitted £5,000, claiming that sum for loss ed as having given rise to any sort to resign, having completed one sustained in respect of the defen- of misunderstanding between year's service, with effect from der's alleged wrongful refusal to Kiangsi is ruled directly by the pessimists have had a very
U.S.A. and Britain; and therefore January 18, 1929.
allow him to attend the Honours Signalling, The
University, group led by General Chu Pei-teh poor foundation upon which to Squad will attend at the Com- which
Signalling English Class at the
the pursuer states has of Yunnan. His army comprises, build their gloomy views. There pany's Headquarters for instruc-wrecked his career. The purauer mainly, former Yunnan mercen- outcome of any rivalry, either under Mr. R. C. Wilson on Thurs-
is no bad feeling existing as the tion in Morse and Semaphore condusted his own case. aries who have become "national- economic or imperial, between day, January 31, at 6.45 p.m.
Dr. Abbott, lecturer in English, said that in an interview with Pro- ised." Political ties deter him Americans or Britons, and no "First Aid" to the Iniured.-fessor Jack he considered that Mr. from entering zealously into a right-thinking citizen of the Class for instruction in First Aid Coutts was domineering, and he
United States or campaign to crush the Reds in his of King George the Fifth Headquarters
subject will be held at the Company's adopted an insulting tone. It was on Wednesday, a tone of voice that a student should sphere, much as he may desire to seriously believes that there January 30, at 5.30 p.m. sharp. not use to a professor. do so. To a certain extent, is any such rivalry. The Chinese New Year Holidays.- Mr. Coutts: Could you have ex- Kiangsi is one of the provinces aware of the incalculable value parades for members of the Chin-of my literary opinions? If I had people of both countries are well All instructional. classes and cluded me from your class because ruled from the national capital at that exists in a continuance of ese Company will be suspend-paid my fees I could have come into Nanking. General Chu Pel-teh their cordial relations, not only to after Thursday, January 31, until your class even if I wrote "Hey supported Nanking heart and sout themselves but to the world gen- Wednesday, February 20.
Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the erally.
Indian Company in the last stage of the drive |
Parade. The Indian Company not have put me out of the class.
Fiddle." (Laughter.) You could which culminated in the taking Truth is larger than the inter-will parade at Police Headquar-
Dr. Abbott: That question has over of Peking and the establish ests of our organisations and ters on Tuesday, February 6 for not arisen with me; but I do not
much larger than
drill under Sergeant P. Condon. ment of Nationalism in the North. grammes. Wisdom is not solely Fall in at 5.30 p.m. sharp. Dress writing "Hey Diddle Diddle" for a suppose I should tolerate anyone Yet Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, as of the mighty or of officials. The-Blue Uniform, Belt and Caps whole head of the Government in Nan- whole is more than the part; and without cover.
(Laughter.) Wit Flying Squad
ness denied a suggestion made by king, is only lukewarm in his feel the city that does not permit the poor wise man to open his mouth ings toward General Chu Pei-teh. is appointed to be destroyed. Assistant
Strength. Dr. G. H. Thomas, inclined to treat ex-Serylca men as Mr. Coutts that Professor Jack was Superintendent of Obviously, such a state of affairs The Methodist Recorder, London. Police (R) is permitted to resign children. is due to what occurred before, in
upon completing one full year's Mr. Crawford, Inspector of that Genera! Chu took little active Co., on behalf of Messrs. Scott 23
Messrs Shewan, Tomes and service with effect from January Schools, said he was an external examiner in Aberdeen, University, Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1929. part in the war-by force of clr and Bowne, Ltd., London, send us Promotion-Crown
and had occasion to consider a paper Sergeant cumstances. He held a high com. MAINTAINING ORDER mand in that ill-defined area known as the rear. And that was about all.
At present, General Chu has to sit on the proverbial fence while momentous decisions are being reached at Nanking.
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a new and useful ash tray, adver- R333 B. C. Randall has been ap- submitted by Mr. Coutts in 1922 in tising Scott's Emulsion.
pointed Sub-Inspector and to be advanced English. He thought in command of the Flying Squad the answers were below the required The annual distribution of Section,
standard both in literature and prizes will take place at the Ellis Special Night Patrols.-Mom-language.
Professor Jack, the defender, said Kadoorie School for Indians on bers of the Hong Kong Section Saturday next at 10.00 am. Mr. will parade at Central Police Mr. Coutts adopted the position A el Arculli will distribute the Station on Tuesday, January 29 that he declined to conform with his prizes.
and on Sunday, February 3 for the professor's) ideas of teaching special night patrols. Fall in at English literature.
We have yet to learn that sys-
Mr. F. W. Wood, who was sum-8 p.m. sharp. Dress--Winter tematic reduction of armies has moned before Mr. E. W. Hamilton Uniform. been put into force as the result at the Kowloon Magistracy yes-
Mr.
Two views can be taken of the regrettable occurrence in the south of Kiangsi pro- vince where an American missionary has been captured by Communists who are holding him to ransom.
The mere fact
Counsel: Did Coutts make it that ransom has been mentioned
plain that he asserted the right to The weekly instructional patrol present answers to your examina- proves that the captors, be they of the Disbandment Conferenesterday for speeding along Nathan- of the Kowloon Section will take tion papars constructed according to really Communists or not, are no
functioning in Nanking.
road on Jan. 13, was fined $10. place on Tuesday, January 29. his own ideas and not, according to Once The defendant, who denied the Fall in at the Tsim-tan-tsui Fire yours?-Certainly. different from the everyday Marshal Chiang Kai-shek carries allegation that he had driven his Brigade Station at 5.30 p.m. Did you assent to those brigand. Thousands of Chinese the day, the strength of the Na car at a speed of 44 miles an hour, sharp. Dress-Winter Uniform. propesals Certainly nót. If admitted exceeding the speed have been held prisoner for profit. tional Government will have been
There will be no instructional i had assented to limit.
patrol of the Hong Kong Section Coutta's demand and The number of foreigners who proved. Unification in fact
agreed on Thursday, January 31, owing to pass the students on his standard have thus been maltreated is will be brought forward material- Armed with a warrant, the to the Generul Inspection of the should have been doing a shame-- infinitesimal, comparatively, evenly. Then General Chu Pel-teh will police raided a house at No. 79, whole Police Reserve.
ful harm to the other students who if the notorious Lincheng Incident need have no fear of possible hulpo, yesterday and seized a die Motor Patrols-Motor patrols degrees.
Yu Chun-street, 1st floor, Sham- Sharpshooters' Company had worked hard for honours be taken into account, In the aggression from adjacent pro- for making 6-cent pieces, a num-will be carried out on both the Was the uniformly courteous and absence of evidence to the con- vinces, whether these be support. ber of 5-cent pieces. 50 10-cent. Hong Kong and Kowloon sides on civil? Oh, no. trary, therefore, we shall re- ers of Nanking ordot. His hands quantity of lead and some tools.
pieces, 25, 50-cent pieces and a Wednesday, January 30 at 9 a.m.
The Kowloon patrol will assem-There were times when he was cord the abduction of Mr. will be free to rid the province A man and a woman were arrest-ble at the Star Ferry Wharf fatherly. (Laughter.) Edward Young as another re- he holds of one of its vital evils, ed.
Kowloon at 8.45 p.m. under minder of an unfortunate side of The bandits who profess Com-
Crown Sergeant Field.
The Sheriff: Does a fatherly at- Capt. F. G. le Gros, R.A., was The Hong Kong patrol will as-(Laughter.).
titude alwaysimply courtesy? Sino-foreign relations. One point munism could then be dealt with cautioned by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, semble at the same hour at Police
Witness said that never at any has to be borne in mind, however easily, if only to prevent repeti at the Kowloon Magistracy yester Headquarters.
time had ha told Mr. Coutts that he This is, that many so-called Com- tion of endangering the lives of day on a summons for falling to General Inspection-All mem-was mad in the report of his keep to the left side of Salisbury-bers of the Company will assem-conversations that Mr. Coutts had munists are at large in the south foreigners. The question re-road, the defendant being alleged ble at Police Headquarters on made he did not generally recognise of Kiangsi province, roaming an solves itself into one of: Will to have gone via the 'bus route Thursday, January 31 at 5 p.m. bis own phraseology. (Laughter.) extensive area which abuts into Chiang Kai-shek be able to ed out that there should be a no-will be taken at 5 p.m. Uniform/Counsel: Were you at any time
at the Ferry. His Worship poirit-A photograph, of the Company
the north of Hong Kong's neigh bour, Kwangtung. Whether they are subsidised or not by Russia,
or how they exist without out
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Was he ever courteous and civil7.
achieve real unity-unity with notice informing motorists that the as per notices sent to each man.
actuated by motives of malice or ill more of the jealousy of individual middle road at the ferry was for Defendu" Class. This will will towards Mr. Coutts?--I had no generals — by endowing the buses only
be held on Monday, February 4 conceivable reason to be. It came National Government with the At the Kowloon Magistracy yes. pm, under Sergeant R. J. Hunt. tuss, when he got a letter from Mr. at Police Headquarters at 6.80 ae a bolt from the blue, added wit- power to lay down the law all over terday, a postman was charged, Uniform optional, ka Coutts, in which he said: "I naw the country? Supa test would, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, with Revolver Practice Revolver give you a final opportunity to at a and with defacing the postmark Kennedy Road Range on Sunday, you to me from time to time, delivering letters 24 hours late, practice will be carried out at withdraw repeated statements by
side help, is a matter for con jecture. Our object in drawing attention to them is to show, as or should, have been made far as possible, that alarm need national convocation not be felt and that the capture Nationalist Party Be of Mr. Young has no bearing on were doubts whether Ch bigger" issues in which other shek would nations are interested
would be fatal
that?
the on two letters addressed to Miss February 8 at 10 am. Membera namely, that I was mad, Ignorant. there Lulu Xavier, of Pine View No. will assemble at the range at that and When using the word neka
800, Kowloon Tong. Defendant; hour with belts and holsters with gly he (the who admitted the charges, was revolvers. Uniform optional.don't bebau Bined $10 on the first count and D. L. KING DSP (R) piled to that $25 on the others
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