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The Marriage of Miss Jean Ho Tung, daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung, and Mr. W. M. Gittins, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Gitbins, will take place on Tuesday,
March 19, 1929.
No invitation cards will be-issued, but all friends are cordially invited to the reception to be held at Idlewild," S, Seymour-road, at 4
p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1929.
CERÈ
The Prophet has said, "Where The May Hall (Hong Kong" BOUND FOR HOME there is no vision, the people University) annual concert and perish." Where there is no fur dance will be held on Saturday at FAREWELL TO MAJOR-GEN ther unfoldment, disintegration 8 p.SALU sets in. It cannot be otherwise,
for to deny the acfence of spirit- The ordinary general meeting ual evolution is to deny the of shareholders in the Hong Kong infinity of God, and this ultimates Fire Insurance Co., Elmited, will in sin, sickness and death-be held on March 26;NT KI William Rogs.
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THURSDAY'S ARRANGEMENTS
The transport "Dorsetshire" which arrived this morning and One of the chief social events berthed at Holt's Wharf, will The Eastern Extension Aus- of the Craigengower Cricket Club, gall for the United Kingdom and tralasia and China Telegraph Co., in the form the Bachelors' Ball intermediate ports at noon on
Thursday. Ltd., announce that owing to is being, on Saturday 3. The following will be embark- faulty cable connection, telegrams to and from Shanghai and beyond are subject to abnormal delay.
There will be a Boxing Tourna- ment, KO.S.B. V. H.M.S. "Hermes" in the Murray Bar racka at 8.15 p.m. on Thursda
Four cases of small-pox, two of
fever
Among the passengers leaving on the "President Jackson" for Seattle to-day is Mr. R. Kent Beattle, principal pathologist, enteric
and one of Bureau of Plant Industry, US. diphtheria were reported to the Department of Agriculture, tra- Medical Officer of Health over the velling to Japan,
¡week-end. All were Chinese,
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ing from this Command on the
morning of the 7th inst.:
For United Kingdom:-Major General C. Luard, C.B., C.M.G., M and Miss Luard. Detalls, Officers and other ranks for U.K. and intermediate ports.
For India:-1st Bn. The Bed- fordshire and Hertfordshire Re giment.
Visitors to the troop decks will Miss Violet Capell desires to Mr. W. W. Hornell, C.I.E., M.A., not be allowed on board until 11 express, through our columns, Vice-Chancellor of the University am. on 7th inst., and will be re her thanks to her pupils for of Hong Kong. has kindly con-quired to disembark by 11.45 a.m.
that date. their assistance at the recent sented to distribute the prizes at
Other visitors to 1st and 2nd dancing displays given by her and St. Stephen's College on Wednes- Class may go on board at any also for gifts of cheques received day, March 18, at 5 pm.
time the "Dorsetshire" is in port, on the occasion of her departure ||for England shortly.
A Chinese named Ho Ming, a provided they are in possession fitter employed at the Kowloon of a pass signed by the D.A.A. Pretending that they had call-Dock. was yesterday removed to and Q.MT.G., South China Com- ed to pay rent, three robbers arm- the Kwong Wah Hospital auffer-mand, but not before 10.45 a.m. ed with revolvers gained admis-ing from shock, as the result of on 7th inst.
The following are the arrange- sion to No. 267, Laichikok-road, being struck a glancing blow by a Shamshujpo, yesterday. They falling length of timber whilst atments for embarkation: bound red gagged two females work
Major-General C. C. Luard, on board a vessel in the and got away with jewellery and course of construction at the dock. B.. C.M.G., General Officer Com-
manding. money to the total value of $340.
The 2nd Bn. K.O.S.B. will pro- The Secretary of the Hong
ger
sampans
The mistresses of two passen-Kong General Chamber of Com-vide a Guard of Honour of two were yesterday merce has received a cable from Officers (one carrying the Regi- Bined $15 each, by the Hon, the President of the Indian Coal mental Colour) and 50 rank and Comdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., (retired) Grading Board stating that the file who will be in position at for carrying passengers in excess temporary waggon' shortage in Queen's Pier at 11 am. of the numbers allowed by their Bengal will not affect the loading limelight as opponents and notes was two weeks' hard labour receives, preferential treatment licences. The alternative for the of shipment graded coal which supporters of General Li Tsung-in each case.
in waggon supplies, |jen. They ultimately surrender-
President Hoover
the other.
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et here will also be present at and Heads of Services and Depart ments and other Officers station-
Queen's pier, and will take up a
A salute of 13 guns will be
SAMOAN DANCERS
́· UNIQUE AND ENJOYABLE
ENTERTAINMENT
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Before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith Under the auspices of the Hongosition on the pier itself facing ed to him and have been given at the Kowloon Magistracy, yes. Kong University Photographic East, left on the northern end of parts of Hunan. The presence of terday, à Chinese was charged Club, a series of lectures will be the pier, right, in touch with the another General in Hunan, as with the larceny of a pair of given. Mr. Khoo Keng-wah will members of the Executive and
Legislative Councils. Lu Ti-ping, would, therefore, be trousers from No. 151, Wuhu-deliver the first lecture on "Scien-
street, and with unlawfully re-tific Simplicity Exposure" at the fired when the transport "Dorget- desirable to Wu-Han if only to turning from banishment. He re- University Union on Wednesday, shire" passes the saluting bat- preserve the balance of power. ceived sentence of two months' March 13, at 7.30 pm. The Club
Once again, in spite of reports hard labour on the first count, cordially invites those interested try at Gun Club Hill, probable
time, about 12.45 p.m. that he has left Nanking and that and six months and 15 strokes on in photography to attend.
The 1st Battalion, the Bedford- he is going to Germany, Feng Yu-
Sir Charles Eliot, who was hire and Hert "ordshire Regi- hsiang (the "Christian General") Mr. C. A. S. Williams, of the Principal of Hong Kong Univer-ment will parade at Holt's wharf
Chinese Maritime Customs, de-1sity seventeen years ago, and at 9.30 am. for embarkation. is the dominant personality in fivered a lecture at the Helena was British Ambassador in Japan the highest councils of China. May Institute yesterday
from 1919 to 1929, passed through Although a pronounced radical if "Chinese Symbolic Art." He Hong Kong on his way to Tokyo not an extremist, he is in a posi-referred to Taoist and Buddhist on board the N.Y.K. "Haruna Yesterday Sir Charles emblems and gave their mean- Maru." tion and strong enough to main-ings. A number of symbolic de- called at Government House to tain peace. It need hardly be signa were produced, Mr. visit HE. the Governor, with
HULA IN GREAT DEMAND said that a national conflagration Williams explaining their mean- whom he remained for about at this time will be fatal to China, ing and history. He said that the three-quarters of an hour.
There was a good "house" at dragon-in Chinese symbolic art: It will bring havoc to South China is the chief of the 866 species
For attempting to travel on a the Star Theatre, Kowloon; last insomuch as the province of of scaly reptiles and that it is motor 'bus without paying his night when the Samoan Dancers Kwangtung and Kwangsi (which credited with the power of "mak-fare, a Chinese shop fokl. who presented a lengthy programme
ing itself invisible."
appeared before Mr. T. S. Whyte- of unique but nevertheless enjoy- supply the bulk of Hong Kong's
Smith at the Kowloon Magis- able entertainment. The Siva trade) are the background and Mr. Lee Pui-tong presided, last tracy. yesterday, was fined $25. Siva dance, presented for the the most valuable possession of night, at the first general meet-Defendant was alleged to have first time in Hong Kong, was a ing of the University Arts claimed that he was the holder great success and pleased. im- the Kwangsi group. Because Association. Professor L. Forster of a season. ticket, but Mr. W. mensely. Other novel items were everybody has too much at stake thanked the Association for elect-Louey, manager of the Kowloon the War songs, knife, bamboo, and nobody will risk trial by com-ing him President and spoke on Motor Bus Co., said that defen- Niue, and gourd dances, whilst the bat-with the "Christian Gen-the value of examinations. The dant's name did not appear in the better known Hula appeared no He added fewer than five times on the pro- ora!" hovering over Central China Mr. W. W. Hornell, C.LE. (Vice- that the Company never issued gramme.
Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso, O.B.E., LL.D., Company's register.
It was danced, how- a way that was never the present trouble ought to be Chancellor) and Mr. Kwok Síu- tickets to business firms for use ever, in confined to Hunan, localised, and lau were clected Hon. Vice-Fre-of their employees. The tickets before seen in Hong Kong.
Other items included some then patched up.
sidents and hon. members. Other were for personal use only and hon. members elected were the were not transferable.
effective singing by Princess Roselani, a male quartette, and - Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D., Messrs. H. K. Woo, A. H. Mr. Gordon P. W. Lum, one of dreams melody on the steel guitar "Good-bye," my Mr. Herbert Clark-Hoover was and Ng Wah,
Crook, W. Kay, Fung Ping-ahan China's Davis Cup Tennis Tourna- and "uke."
ment, left Shanghai to-day by the Felin!" and "Aloha De" by the 1 · very yesterday inaugurated President
3.5. "President Jackson." There entire company, was
colourful finale to the excellent of the United States and he, Mrs, the Club de Recreio, King's Park, steamer: Mr. M. Manuk, Secre- A garden party is to be held at also travelled by the same
programme. Hoover, and family are now the at 6.30 p.m. to-morrow. It has tary of the Dairy Farm, Ice and joyment of the programme by occupants of the White House, been arranged by the general Cold Storage Co. for Shanghai; Miss Faye, who gave fine exhibi- Fears that the political up the President's official residence committee of associations and Mr. C. Gadow, connected with the tions of the toe and Indian dancer heaval in Hunan has, like the at Washington. President Hoover clubs in Kowloon in honour of the German Dyes Trading Co., for and a Highland fling, whilat Lei appointment of two Kowloon re-Shanghai; Mr. V. M. Haimovitch, lime's Black Bottom turf was ripples caused by a stone flung in has succeeded Mr. Calvin sidents, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga Mr. W. M. Hill, Mr. L. Quincy; quite acceptable. She introduced lake, spread outward, have Coolidge, who during, his five and the Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso, Mr. C. Encarnacao, well-known in something new in this by doing been temporarily dispelled. An years' tenure of office, as the suc- Council. The Band of the 3/15 after riding in the race meeting the Catherine wheel with one and
O.B.E., LL.D., to the Legislative Shanghai race circles, returning overnight cable has established cessor of the late Warren Funjab Regiment will be in atten-here, and Mr. H. A. Wilbur, two hands-a feat in itself. the fact that there has been no Harding, worthily occupied the dance during the earlier part. associate general secretary of the fighting at Anking, as was stated distinguished post. Mr. Coolidge Later, dance music will be pro- National Committee of the yesterday. The clash has been in had indeed a very exalted idea of vided by the "Footwarmers' Y.M.C.A., also returning
his high office, as at Dance Orchestra." An exhibition Shanghai. a different part of China; in fact, least on one occasion he publicly of native dances will be given by at the place where the troubledeclare it to be the greatest the Samoan Dancers. Tickets, at began through three Generals post in the world. It may be, at each, include tea and dancing.
but it comes with a combining to throw out a fourth: jarring sound to hear it so pro- K.C.C., K.F.C., Y.M.C.A., Club de ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS
decidedly These may be obtained from the Anxiety has been felt that if in claimed by the man who occupied Recreio, K.R.A. and Mr. R.
such as only Harold Lloyd is cap- the course of a few days forces it-the man who also stated that Baldwin, No. 7, Pratt-building.
able of he is very funny and "Kid controlled, respectively, by the
The Dowager Duchess of Brother" will cause a smile from Wu-Han branch of the Political would not have been averse to Jackson's" passengers to-day are Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran the
Included in the s.s. "President Hamilton, who is staying at the most serious. it again, but who, nevertheless,
Harold is the younger brother Council on the one hand and the occupying it for a third term had Mr. Koo Ying-fon. Chief home of her daughter, the of a hardworking family consist- National Government On the the opportunity been given to Secretary of the National-Duchess of Montrose, wenting of a father and three sons other, have come into conflict, the him. But a wise precedent de- ist, Government of China, promptly, to the help of a number and the other sons are the typical crees that while an able President travelling to Shanghai; Mr. of cottagers in Brodick, a scaside strong men of the backwoods, but momentum gathered has been may be elected for a second term Luk Hong-man, Secretry of village, who were rendered although Harold is the softle and such that a crisis is, inevitable. of office, a third term must be de- the Nationalist Government, tra- homeless by fire in Alma Terrace, is regarded generally as useless The best news is that General nied to him. There is a rumour velling to Shanghai: Mr. Ma Chiu-in which Miss Mary MacAllister he saves the family's honour, in a in circulation that Mr. Coolidge chun, Commissioner, of: Con-(70), who lived, alone and was screaming climax on the water LE Taung-Jen, who stands out as may herbefter grace the bench as struction of the Kwangtung Gov- stone deaf, was burned fatally, where his wonderful athletic the leader of the Kwangai mili- one of his country's Supreme ernment and Commissioner of the end three houses were destroyed. powers are given full scope. tary group in power at Wu-Han, Court Judges. Meanwhile, Presi- Kwangtung, Government Council, A fourth house was damaged. Kid Brother" bubbles with ral Chan A gallant attempt to save Miss light and clean amusement with den Hoover begins his reign, going to Shanghai
avy, MacAllister was made by a neigh Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston ner bour; Mr. Shaw, whose hand was supplying just the little bit of of the severely injured. The Duchess melodrama required, Harold to conveyed Shaw in her motor Lloyd's surprises are very fresh to a surgery where his hand was the same comedian is here with dressed. Afterwards he was fresh stunts
Hong Kong. Tuesday, Mar. 5, 1929.
WU-HAN AND NANKING
he did not "choose" to stand for.
is not party to the expulsion Hc. is comparatively young for Chak, Commissio from Hunan of General Lu Ti- the position, as he not yet 55 Kwangtung, and ping, who obviously has the sym-years old. He should therefore of the Kwangtun pathy of Nanking. In other be well equipped both physically Political Colfel
and mentally, and as he has had Shanghai Ao Mr. Lee - words, the Hunan coup will not quite a long and continuous spell hier of Staff of the form a basis of contention be of office having been in the Nayal Department tween Wu-Han and Nanking Harding and the Coolidge Ad- Admiral Bar On ministrations he should bring Lin, Mayor of Ca Which on calmer thought, la ripe and valuable experience to missioner of the only natural. The Generals who the great tasks that lie before Branch of the Politi instigated the coup came Into the htm z wyrzut.
also travelling to Shanghaii
DUCHESS AT FIRE
VILLAGERS
conveyed to a relative's house and
to
is now confined to bediswal BANKA
Much was also added to the en-
"KID BROTHER "
HAROLD LLOYD AT THE WORLD THEATRE
Harold Lloyd is at his. best in "Kid Brother" now showing at
the World Theatre. In situations
The Duchess also helped, to izaz
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carry furniture from Mr. Shaws the wreckage of the fire. She also incl. house to a place of safety and gave personal attention to the
17 cottabrera" in – Temovin" i honfeless 3.1