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GOING HOME
NAVAL YARD BIDS A FOND FAREWELL
MESSRS. BLACK AND WYNNE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15,
MR. J. E. HANCOCK
PRAPS
P'RAPS NOT!
"My shoes
He (during dance): are just killing my feet.”
She: "They're killing mine, too."
DEATH IN HOSPITAL AFTER AN OPERATION-
LOSS TO VOLUNTEERS
At the Royal Naval Dockyard The death has occurred at the the trooping season" appears French Hospital, from complica something more than 12 hardy tions following an operation for annual-it is a perpetual, feast. appendicitis performed on Monday, Heads and members of Depart of Mr. J. E. Hancock, manager of; ments come and they go. And Roneo, Ltd., the typewriter depart- Author: "Ah-women
- wa on their going an ancient custom ment of Messrs. Dodwell and Co., men." ordaineth that their colleagues Ltd.
Colleague: "Yes, but if all the shall meet in the Dockyard Re- Mr. Hancock, who was in the marriages were happy, what would creation Club to bid them some-prime of his life, was originally in we podr novel writers do for thing more than a mere perfunc-business for himself in Hong Kong living tory "good-bye.”
as a commercial artist and adver-
Such
with tising expert,
an office in gathering-almost a # weekly occurrence of late, owing Wyndham-street. Early this year to the large number who have he gave up business and joined been trooping" Homeward-took Messrs. Dodwell's. place yesterday evening. It was
A keen Volunteer, Mr. Hancock in the nature of a double event, was a Lieutenant in the Armoured
Car Section of the two members of the Chief En- gineers Department sitting in the sents of the mighty. These were Mr. F. W. Black and Mr. Fred. Wynne And there was a good ly attendance present to bid them
A Fine Sportsman goodbye and wish them all that
Hancock was also a fine they could wish for themselves on sportsman, being more than ordinar infant class. reaching the Naval Dockyards in arily adept in various sports, in- the Old Country. Mr. Wcluding boxing. He was particu- Bickford, Chairman of the Club, larly fond of cricket and played presided, being supported by En- some good games both for the Hong gineer Captain Michell, R.N., Chief Kong Cricket Club and the Kowloon Engineer, and Commander (E.) Cricket Club. T. E. Docksey, .R.N.
Dual Presentation
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, and was a valuable officer in view of his
service as a regular Army officer during the War, with the 14th Army Division in France.
Mr.
Mrs. Stukkup: "Tell the gentle- man I'm not receiving to-day, Jane" New Servant: "But he ain't de- liverin', ma'am; he's collectin'! He's come for the piano,"
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Wife (examining day's catch): Is it true that fish go about in schools?"
Hubby: "Yes, my dear; why?" Wife: "Oh, by the size of these I should think you have disturbed
Disguised Policeman: "I suppose
you do a bit of poaching, mate?"
Village Yoket: "Ayo.". Disguised Policeman:
"How
wink):
Village Yokel (with a "When missus is poorly an' I cooks my own breakfast!"
often ?" As a commercial artist and ad- vertising expert, Mr. Hancock was The Chairman, after expressing responsible for the design of cover his pleasure in being asked to decorations on the programmes of preside over what was really a various local charity fetes, princi- Departmental function, referred in pally that of the Ministering Chii-. eulogistle terms to Messrs. Black dren's League, of which he was chief thing in his life. and Wynne, whose departure they keen supporter, and also handled all sincerely regretted.
the advertising of some of the prin- cipal Hong Kong firms.
Engineer Captain Michell, R.N., then presented, on behalf of their colleagues, a Blackwood cabinet and stool to Mr. Black and à gold watch to Mr. Wynne. In doing so be stated that it had been his in- tention to bring along the "China
the Dackyard.
Much sympathy in their sad loss will be felt for Mr. Hancock's rela- tives in England.
The Funeral The funeral, which will be with with the Hong Military honours,
MRS. G. RODRIGUES PASSES AWAY
His saxophone playing was the
about the room, tooting for all he One night when he was strutting
was worth, and making the dickens of a row, his wife tried a mild protest..
*Jim," she ventured, "you are making an awful noise."
"Sorry, darling," he replied, aa
boots, and then got up and resumed
Mrs. Smith: "We've had our new car two months now, and my husband hasn't learned to drive yet."
Mrs. Jones: "Oh, I didn't know you had a son?”
age cables and the Sun Ship Mail," the "Sunday Herald", and Kong Volunteer Defence Corps in obligingly he sat down, took off his building Company (also of the the other papers and read to that attendance, will take place this United States) "will soon start gathering all the nice things that evening, passing the Monument at playing. work on the underwater sections." had been written concerning Mr. 5 o'clock.
The latest details to hand, are Black. Unfortunately he had left the even more interesting to the gen- however, supplement what had
papers in the house! He could, PORTUGUESE LOSS eral public as we learn that the been written of Mr. Black in first floating aerodrome will be sporting éircles by alluding to ready for use next August. Each his work in the drawing office of As they knew, it of these aerodromes will have a was an old excuse, when anything of Mrs. Guilhermina Rodrigues We regret to announce the death displacement of 15,000 tons, will went wrong, to blame the draw which occurred at her residence, St. be 400 feet wide and 1,200 feet ing office. So long as Mr. Black Joseph Terrace, at 9.30 yesterday long with a landing deck 70 feet was there, however, that exeuse morning.
The deceased lady, who was in above sea level. They will be could never have been made. He
was ever a conscientious craftsman her 76th year, was a well-known anchored, by masses of steel and and when they wanted anything and respected member of the Por masonry even at the deepest part they had only to send to Mr.tuguese family, and her death Wife (complainingly): "'1 of the ocean and each will have Black; a drawing was made; and will come as a shock to all who thought you were only going out for
the thing was done. He wished knew her. hangars, repair shops, a restaur-Mr. Black all good luck when he She is survived by two` BONS Husband: "Yes, dear; and I've
and a married daughter. One of had It."
ant and an hotel. There will also be buoys with lights and signall-
ing apparatus placed at intervals
"joined up" at Devonport.
In regard to Mr. Wynne, said her sons, Mr. A. J. M. Rodrigues, Captain Michell, he was indebted is the popular bandmaster of the
Sweet Young Thing (to airman): "What happens if your parachute fails to open ?"
Bored Airman; "You go back and get another one."
a second ?".
He: "If I'd known how sarcastic
of 50 miles between the islands. to him for the first real laugh on Hong Kong Volunteer Defence you were I never should have mar-
first arriving here. That was the Corps band, and is connected ried you." Verily we live in a wonderful occasion of the children's sports with the Eastern Extension, Aus- She: "You had a chance to age-a real aviation age-and st Stonecutter's, where Mr. tralia and China Telegraph Co., notice it... Didn't I say, "This is 50 Hong Kong, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1929. before long flying across the Wynne's efforts amused adults as Ltd. The other son, Mr. P. J. M. sudden,' when you proposed to me
Atlantic in enormous airships well as children. He wished him Rodrigues, is employed at the after four years courtship ?"
OCEAN AIR PORTS
will be a commonplace an event as travelling by sea in steam and motor ships.
Quarantine regulations have been put into force against shipping from Shanghai on account of cholera.
While sincere sympathy will be felt with the Japanese, and particularly with their War Office in Tokyo, owing to the appalling air disaster which oc- curred yesterday near the capital and in which no fewer than eight valuable lives were lost, yet the news of the very progressive steppital suffering from a fractured that is now about to be made in spine caused when he fell to the aviation, by the erection of air bottom of No. 2 Dock from a ship ports in the Atlantic, cannot but on which he was working.
a happy Colonial
J
Treasury. Deceased's married daughter, Mrs. Maher, is
e pleasant voyage and. time at Home.
The Responses
a resident of Macao, for whom the Office Boy: "I called "round at Messrs. Black and Wynne suit-deepest sympathy is extended. Mr. Dodgett's as per your instruc ably acknowledged the presenta-
The funeral took place yester- tions, sir, but his office was shut up. tions, following which the com- day evening at the Roman Catho He's gone."
lic Cemetery, Happy Valley, before pany drank their healths and sang "For They Are Jolly Good a large concourse of friends and Fellows."
relatives. The Rev. Father Rossi officiated at the graveside.
Boss:
"Gone! Gone where 7 Gene for a rest ?".
Office Boy: "Well, not exactly, sir. As far as I could make out,
A musical programme was pro- vided by Messrs. Bartlett, A boiler maker employed at the
Canniford and Bates, "the happy Kowloon Dock, was yesterday re- moved to the Kwong Wah Hos-party ending all too soon with FRENCH FLAGSHIP
"Auld Lang Syne" National Anthem
Many floral tributes were sent. he's gone to avoid it.”
A Chinese named Siu Kau (20), living on the second floor of Nu- 15, Wing Shing-street, was yester- day removed to the Government Civil Hospital
and the
ANOTHER ASSAULT
CHINESE REMANDED ON BAIL OF $500.
"Yes, it's really remarkable," ob- served mother, at the head of the DENIAL OF AN EPIDEMIC ON table. "Johnny seems to eat twice
BOARD
as much visitors."
"Indeed exclaimed the visitor. "And why is that, Johnny
Johnny (with his mouth full of chicken); 'Cause that's the only time we have it!".
chicken when we have
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be hailed generally with con- siderable satisfaction. Such air ports, as are referred to in tele- grams to hand, come, of course, not as a complete surprise. They have been in the air" as it were for a long time-in fact ever since Col. Lindbergh flew alone across the Atlantic and thus de- monstrated that at last safe commence at the Supreme Court on formal hearing, and his Worship Monday next at 10 am. There is mentioned Saturday afternoon. aviation across. that mighty only one case on the calendar. It Bail was fixed at $500, stretch
"of watered
be concerns Lung Chik-wah who is Det-Inspector C. P. Fallon said come at least something closely indicted for offering a bribe of $50 that the case was one of "one akin to a commercial possibility to Police Sergeant McLeod Thean's word against the other" - We were then told that Col, Lind-case will be heard before the Puisse Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) and a
In regard to the French dag- ship now on its first visit in Hong Kong, a Havas telegram received this morning from Paris reada: A Chinese was charged this
The French Ministry of Marine suffering from morning at the Kowloon Magis emphatically denies the assertions of scalds on his chest and back tracy with causing bodily harm to alleged epidemic and incidents.on a Communist páper in regard to an
The cyclist has lost his way, and caused whilst he was screwing on another Chiness in Reclamation board the armoured cruiser Waldeck had inadvertently got on a private Hotel 'bus. the radiator cap of a Hong Kong Street.
Rousseau, which is at present bound road, Suddenly he was confronted Mr. E. S. C. Brookes, who aptor Hong Kong and is in perfect con- by a very stout irate bailiff. peared for the defence, applied
dition."
"Look here, young man," bawled
the balliff, you go back! - You'll not
Criminal Sessions for this month for a date to be fixed for the s TIME" FOR A CLOCK proceed any farther, except over my
BUS ACCIDENT
THEFT FROM A SOLICITOR'S OFFICE
dead body!""Very good," replied the cyclist. "If it like that T go back. I've done enough bl elimbing to day already !'!
It is recounted that when Thomas
Mr. Ismahael Chan, solicitor's clerk in the firm of Lyson
Sentimental Suitor (after being branch office at rejected): "I shall never marry bergh himself was of opinion jury,
454 Nathan Road, Kowloon was com now." that the time had come for the
plainant at the Kowloon Magistracy The Lady: "Silly man! An accident occurred on Tuesday this morning before Mr. T. S
Why serious consideration of such air
A woman named
Natalia night on the No. 9 Bridge (where Whyte-Smith, when a Chinese was
not 2 Fernandez (25), described as a Chatham-road meets Guscoigne-road);
Sentimental Suftor If you ports or islands in the Atlantic married woman living at No. 15, No. 4 bus (of the Kai Tack Motor Bus charged with the theft of an alarm won't have me, who will ?"- being placed at certain specified Bowrington Canal-road East, who Yaumatt Ferry to Kowloon City, crash the office, on the ground floor
Co., Ltd), whose route is from the clock worth $2.00 form the desk in points between North America claimed to be a native of Panama far into a telephone post, and up- The Magistrate pointed out that Hardy was being urged by his pub
was this morning charged before rooting a recently planted tree. and Europe
Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Cen- The accident also involved & Chineso Jall in April for receiving stolen Since then the promoters of tral Magistracy, with accoating a child who was knocked down. The bus goods and therefore he sentenced "No, no. Eggs sell according to the scheme appear to have been soldier in Praya Eust last night tried to avoid the child and swerved to him to four months hard labour this their excellence, and not according gradually developing the project She was fined $50 or two months the side, but could not quite avert in-th
Jall with the result that they are now
Det-Inspector Fallon told his done when they were laid."
to the amount of cackling that was Several of the glass windows of the Worship that there had been numer able to let us have some concrets. Herr Gipperich, German, Comul in of the passengers being cut.
bui ware smashed, resulting in soime facts regarding it. The first of Hong Kong,
ous larceniés during the last few months.
series of air ports, we are told, will be anchored between the
United States and the Bermudes, landa and Europe:
CRUELTY TO POULTRY
деге
Do you not realise that you hu
chickens and/
snow
fep
was, imed: *N
accused had served six weeks in
FATAL FALL FROM VERANDAH
clot
her to have a press agent he
firmly refused, saying,
The country women, mother and daughter, were at the Zoo for the frst time. They came to the hip- apotamus, and stood for several minutes trarisited in silent won- der Ymunat, was killed Then the mother turned to her noon when xhé, over-
An amak employed at No. 289, The
et from the draw flame Caughter and waid slowly and fist leaning out to hang olemnly
Ain't he plain?
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