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Preliminary
1
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1929.
GO.C. was informed and he refer that can be seen, for those who Among the first to reagh Wuchow red the Pressmen to the Assistant appreciate glimpses into Chinese after the trouble on the West Rivers Adjutant and Quarter-Master-life. Not so long agd dates are the "San Ning" "Tai Ming" and General in Charge of Administra- available in the usual reference the "Kivong Ying" returned to port · tion, This officer said, he would books-Kowloon City was under yesterday. They all report that There are there is now no longer any difficulty phone to the Adjutant at Murray Chinese suzerainty, Barracks to pass the Pressmen relics of Chinese mandarinship, in reaching Wuchow. through-without a pass. Not especially in Hau Wong Temple, long afterwards, the Orderly on a hill outside one of the four Room-Murray Barracks, inform-gates, to which thousands of ed the newspapers concerned that Kong Kong-ites make an annual their representatives could enter pilgrimage, Murray Barracks. Which they did and for which they are duly grateful.
A Hitch
But this recalls to mind an episode
of Some
Years Ago
Relics of
Mr. C. D. Wales, an all-round- sportsman, has left the Colony on transfer to Shanghai. He will be greatly missed. in Cricket and There are at least Rugby circles. He played for Hong a few souvenirs Kong on several occasions in inter- Volunteers of the "capture" port Cricket and Rugby matches.
"Battle" of Kowloon City!!
in which the Owing to the late arrival of the of Hong Kong s.8. "President Cleveland," the violin. of more than a Volunteers
The writer part.
is recital which was to have been given years few
ago,took
of the appearance at the Theatre Royal last night by also in connection aware
Kubelik, was cancelled. with Courts Martial. The Pre-of certain snuff bottles and such Jan sident of a District Court Martial like which came from the Yamen Those who have purchased tickets- ruled that Pressmen could not be of the mandarin in charge, who may secure refunds. from Messrs. admitted. The acting G.O.C. of had bolted before the crisis. Moutrie and Co.. the time (he may have been called These articles are now proud pos- Another
The marriage took place. by the Senior Military Officer then) sessions of a resident."
the Registrar's was interviewed and there was Volunteer, who died a few years special licence at Bo further hitch. At one Court ago, got in late and had to be office at the Supre ne Court yester- Martial however, the prosecutor satisfied with stuffing his tunic day of Mr. Charles Michael Harloe, went to the trouble of asking the up with Chinese Imperial flags! son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harloe, President to inform the Press- And who remembers the Sunday of Shanghai, and Miss
Kowloon City to play Barham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. men that if they reported any trips to
that fascinating game Barham of "Elmlea," Sutton-at- thing which did not transpire in fantan, the trial they would render being then permitted by Chinese themselves liable to prosecution. law? For which the Prassmen were duly grateful.
Honour For A Journalist
Home, Kent.
Eveline
Journalists, who Professor W. J. Hinton, Pro- have been describfessor of Political Economy and A few years later
ed by a well-known Political Science of the University actor- of Hong Kong, recently arrived in Command that is, a few
London
the Kuala Lumpur from Singapore.. Orders
manager, as years. ago an
to leave for Penang last. "Stopped" Officer was tried hardest-worked and the most. He was
It is understood that ex- by General Court poorly-paid of all professional Sunday. Martial. The finding was publish- folk, are seldom horoured. So, students
of the University are
ed, as was a subsequent extract when we find one of them among arranging a dinner for him there from the "London Gazette." the seats of the mighty--and he, to-day, Hitherto Headquarters, South one of ourselves surely it is a
China Cominand, had accorded matter of satisfaction and per- St. Stephen's College is now ee- the local newspapers the favour haps of congratulation. Journal-cupying the new Premises at Stan- of perusal of Command Orders ists are very often in the Police ley, having vacated the old premises issued from time to time, in the Court: most frequently reporting at Prospect Place and Pokfulam. way of giving news of public in-cases, interesting or uninterest Mr. Li Hoi-tung, c/o Banker & terest, All of a sudden came aing: occasionally, as witnesses; at Co, Bank of China Building, and court note to the effect that Com-very rare intervals, it may be Messrs. Thomson & Co., the trea- mand Orders would not be sup-they are even to be seen in the surers and business agents, repre-
But seldom is one to be plied. And they have not been dock. supplied since. Why?
found seated in state beside "His sent the school in town and from:
them enquiries may be made. Worship." This honour, how- gorically, that there was.
Born in Hong ever, was conferred upon our for- Court Martial. When the Press-
Air Commodore Kong on Nov-mer confrere, Mr. O T. Breaks- man replied that he knew that
ember 8, 1881, pear, at the Central Magistracy the trial was going to be held-
Air Com-yesterday morning when he called modore N. D. Kto see his friend, Mr. E. W. and that at the same time more
MacEwen, C.M.G., D.S.O., has Hamilton, the First Magistrate. CONCERT IN CATHOLIC UNION than one of those taking part had been appointed to No. 22 Group Mr. Breakspear was passing just passed through the gate Headquarters, South Farn- through Hong Kong en route to the Regimental Policeman asked borough, as Air Officer Command- take up his
no
from
Hong Kong
new post with
SACRED HEART
CLUB
MUSIC AND POETRY
In
celebration of the feast of
him to wait until he called some-ng. He was educated at Charter-Reuter's Agency at Shanghai. house and Sandhurst. He joined Certainly, Mr. Breakspear looked body else.. As the R.P. walked the Argyll And Sutherland far better on the Bench than he away, the Pressman voluntarily Highlanders in March, 1901, and could possibly have looked in the the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a very declared that if any of his col-was promoted to Lieutenant in Dock! And do doubt "His Wor-enjoyable concert was given in the
inship," appreciated a drop of Catholic Union Club, last Captain December, 1904, leagues arrived in the interval, he February 1913, and Major in would be responsible for acquaint-January, 1916. Having learnt to
"O.T."
evening, when the members of the Club were "At Home to their families and
ing them of the position and re-fly, he was appointed temporary The General Electric Company of friends, who attended in large
Lt. Col. (Assistant D. of A.), on China, Ltd., has completed the in-numbers. frain from trying to get in until August 16, 1916, and in the fol-stallation of wireless receiving sets The lengthy concert programme
lowing April was made S.0.1, and in the Matilda Hospital. graded for pay and allowances as
the matter had Been cleared.
was full of good items, all of which were much appreciated by the
sons,
were
was
Then the Regi- A.A.G. Turning over to the Shortly after arriving by train audience.
R.A.F. as Lit-Col. (S.01), he was from Canton last night, a Chinese The programme opened with an mental Sergeant Formal
promoted to the Colonel (Adm.) woman' was robbed. Her pocket overture "Wien Bleibt Wien" (Joh. Schrammel) played by a band com- Application Major appeared from April 20, 1918, and from was cut and $40 extracted.
posed of Mr. P. N. Sequeira and for Pass One of his first August 20, 1918, was Brigadier-
I was very well. General (Adm.) in the South-
Sentence of three weeks'
hard his statements was
Eastern Area, R.A.F., London. Labour has been passed on a cat- rendered and deservedly applauded. "There's no Court Martial." The Still as Brigadier General, he as-burglar for the theft of two pieces Mr. H. Dixon, J.P., I.S.0., Pre- Pressman then asked formally sumed command of the R.A.F. in of clothing from No. 30, Tai Nam-sident of the Chub, then gave an address welcoming the attendance and discoursing on the great feast in the following August, he was Hong Kong. Saturday, June 8, 1929. for permission to enter Murray India in January, 1919, and when, street.
Barracks in order to be present granted a permanent commission
celebrating, a Apparently in an attempt to which they
their near to at proceedings in "open court."as Wing Commander, he retain commit suicide, a Chinese last night feast which STILL WATERS
The R.S.M. countered "Have you ed acting rank as Air Commodore jumped into the harbour from Blake hearts as Catholics.
Poem dedicated to the Sacred a pass?"
He also said that a whilat. holding this command. Pier. A Europesin and a Chinese
entitled "Coracao Although mat-pass from the General was need From May, 1920, to March, 1928, jumped in and brought him back. Heart of Jesus
ed. Forthwith the Pressman pro- he commanded the Central Flying He is now in the Government Civil Santo" was recited in Portuguese by little Miss Beatriz Ozorio whose ters never ceeded to Headquarters of His School, and while there, was Hospital.
elocation was remarkable for orie reached a head, Excellency the General Officer promoted to Group Captain in
It is notified that, at the so young. Other musical items de Commanding, the British Troops, January, 1922. From April, hitch
China, at Seven-and-Six Penny- 1928, to April, 1926, he command-expiration of three months from were the duet "Crucifix" (Faure) veloped on hill. He was officially informed ed the R.A.F. in Trans-Jordan. date the McNeary and Company, sung by Messrs. E. G. and G. Tuesday morning prior to the there that a pass to enter Mur His promotion to Air Commodore Limited will, unless cause is shown d'Aquino, father and opening of the General Court ray Barracks "must be obtained was on January 1 last. Air Com to the contrary, be struck off the well-known on local concert plat-
2nd KO.S.B., as they are his pretinction both in the South African Ogilvy of the 2nd Battalion the cincts." When the Pressman got War and the Great War.. King's Own Scottish Borderers is back to Murray Barracks, a col- the accused. The venue was the with the R.S.M. Thereupon for league was talking matters over
Officers Mess, Murray Barracks, mal application was made to in- where a part of the 2nd K.O.S.B.terview, at his convenience, the is quartered. It must be em- Commanding Officer, 2nd K.O.S.B. phasised that those concerned in the temporary impasse were never discourteous. Like many others in the Fighting Services
to a Court Martial
a
яon, both
Martial in which Major G. M. H from the Commanding Officer, the modore MacEwen served with dis-register and the company, will be forms; two violin solos, Charles de
.:
Attempt to Mislead Resented
Are
•
Костя
It is notified that,
Beriot's "Balletscene" and "Pablo dissolved.
de Sarasate's "Les Adieux" by It is notified that, at the Master F. W. Abraham, a promising "Even Song" Beautiful at all expiration of three months from young violinist: Hydrangeas times, the Peak date the Chung Kwok Restaurant, (Antolfsei,) sung by the pupils of has a very espe Limited will, uniess cause is shown the Schola Cantorum Immaculatae A-Blowing cial beauty at to the contrary, be struck off the Conceptionis; the Portuguese song the present mo-register and the company will be "O Sonho" (GR. Salerini) by Mr. other ment when the hydrangeas are dissolved.
E. G. d'Aquino; and two The declared in-a-blowing and in full bloom. It
selections by the Sequeira Band, Lammer- "Lucia de the Denizetti's at tention was to is the humidity and the heat of apply for a pass to late May and of early June that expiration of three months from moor and Wallace's "Maritana."
Amusing Monologues enter Murray Bar bring these lovely flowers to full date the Shuug On Land Investment Tacks. No, the maturity, in all their clustered Loan and Agency Company, Limited Other items were monologues in and as becomes soldiers, some R.S.M. was adamant. "The C.O. beauty. For it is in glorious wil, unless cause is shown to the Portuguese and English entitled, with gallant war service, they not available." Will I be able clusters that they grow. Every contrary, be struck off the register respectively, Sou Tao Pequanino“ were firm. But two of them to wait on him later in the morn-year they come to enchant us in and the company will be dissolved. by Master Jose Antonio, and "The Artist" by Miss Hilda Antonia; two quibbled about words in an unsucing, this afternoon, to-morrow, or glowing colours blues of various
Pressman tints, of pink and of shades that Fines of $5 each were imposed by Portuguese poems "Joaninha" and cessful attempt wilfully to mis.next week?" the
the Amor de Patria," recited by Mias lead Pressmen, Whether they queried. "No," he couldn't say seem to be a blend of both. Mr. T S. Whyte-Smith, at
when the C.O: could see the Preas. Perhaps a trifle "heavy" for table Kowloon Magistracy, on a number Dalefnia dos Remedios, and Mrs.
but, He decoration, acted under orders or not is no man, the R.3.M. rejoined.
nevertheless, of Chinese women and boys for Corina Antunes d'Almeida; was thereupon informed that act-charming indoors or out-of-doors drawing water from fire hydrants. Portuguese one-act comedy without concern of the journalist.
ing on his suggestion, application They are a true tropical flower: Several others who did not appear a title; and the Finglish one-act had been maple at Headquarters responsive only to the warmest of had their balls estreated.
comedy "Waiter's Luck," the scene
an of which was set in Italian At about 9.30 that and had been referred back to weather conditions. The Peak, as
His Excellency the Governor has restaurant in London. Statentent morning, a Press-Murray Barracks. He was also we have said, is beautiful at all
told that the question of admis times, but when the hydrangeas been pleased to recognise, provi-
Those taking part, in the Obviously man presented
sion was one for the military but area-blowing and a blooming sionally and pending instructions Portuguese play were the Misses Incorrect himself at the the statement that "there's no surely there are few more attrac from the Secretary of State for the Carmen Vax and Hertia Silva, and
resented. tive places the world over. Queen's-road gate Court Martial" was to Murray Barracks and asked in The quibbling was made at this stage. Looking at his wrist- which part of the Officers Mess watch, the B.S.M. said "It's 10.20 the Court Martial was to be held, and I still say that there is no The Regimental Policeman (it is Court Martial now,” believed that is the proper de- signation), who is a Private, re- plied that there was no Court Martial. Which was the Press-
Colories, Senor Don Antonio Alex-Messra. J.A.. d'Almeida, E. G.
An announcement andrino Rosello Botelho as Honor-d'Aquino, F.-X. L. de Faria and J. Romance in the "Governary Consul of the Republic of El dos Remedios; whilst the artistes in the English comedy were Messra, of Kowloon ment Gazette," of Salvador in Hong Kong.
Julio Rosariq, V. M. Barradas, V. M. City Wall the usually
The first fifteen numbers of the Nunes, A, L. Vaz, M. A. Baptista, prosaic form, calls After pointing out for tenders for repairs to the wall Jornal de Macau" have been sent G. d'Aquino, and Master L. Silva.
The accompanists during the Pressmen that he had not of Kowloon City. Which stirs up to the "China Mail." On the front
used the qualifying the memories of old residents page is an article in English deal evening were the Rev. Fr. A Grateful "now in the earlier who knew the "City of the Wine ing with the commerce and industry Biganti and Mr. R. D. Baptista instance, the Press, Dragona in the old days. Bit by of the Portuguese Colony The re-The beautiful scenery was painted man referring to, he asked, after men proceeded elsewher and bit, Kowloon City becoming mainder of the journal is printed by the Rey Fr. A. Parisotti,
[O.BE H.E the modernised. Yet there is much in Portuguese. Having stated, clearly if not cate- used the telephone
Duly