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On a. Star Ferry Windows Ferry the other day, a Chinese lad got his right hand fingers jammed in a window while
Buerland China Mail, playing with it- pulling it
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Hong Kong, Saturday, March 22, 1930.
STILL WATERS
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Sir W. Peel. and the Chain!
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SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1980.
News in Brief
Yet another ingenious way of smuggling oplum has been brought
Francis Joseph of Austria, and Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France), who repre- sented China at Both Calcutta and Darjeeling throughout the to light. A Chinese was arrested delicate and prolonged Sikkim yesterday with raw opfum stuffed
into sausage skins. What next? negotiations with the Indian Government, culminating in a Convention signed on December 5, 1893, during the Viceroyalty of the fifth Marquess of Landsdowne, was not born until October, 1847,
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Mr Van Lear Black pas used since he left Croydon, and Is the brand he is using now. He took on Mobiloll Acro Oil "H" soon after supply of Gargoyla
he arrived at Kai Tack, and he will continue to use Gargoyle Mabiloil Bero Oil "II" throughout the rest of his journey. The summons taken out by Mrs.
Gargoyle Mobilot Aero Oil J. P. Soares against her husband Of Company's specialities, and 13 one of the Vacuum for maintenance was again ad-
is of the Journed by Mr. Whyte-Smith at
same high 'quality' as the world-famous Gargoyle Mobil. the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday
oil. afternoon.
Will you be goud enough to cor rect the misstatement, and oblige,
Yours, ele.,
In 1885 Mr. J. H. Chinese Hart was appoint- His Excellency the Oficer Ad- Boundaries ed a member of ministering the Government. has appointed Chief Detective Inspector the Chinese Timothy Murphy to act as an Boundary Commission, set up by Assistant Superintendent of Police, the Franco-Chinese Peace Treaty with effect from March 11. of 1885, to co-operate with a French Commission in the de- limitation of a frontier between China and Tongking. The month of December, 1885, was spent by him in the wilds of Tongking, and at the banquet, which he, the other Commissioners — both French and Chinese-and their
A notification in the Gazette states at the expiration of three months from date the International Tradera, Limited will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the register of companies and
be dissolved.
It is notified that satisfactory proof of the appointment of Dr.
J. BROOK,
For Local Manager,
Vacuum Oll Company.
Hong Kong, March 21.
RANDOM REFLECTIONS
FROM THE EXPURGATED DIARY OF TUCK SUN PAO
Hong Kong, Yesterday. Ah Ching talkee me that five plecee men the oder day have makes catches one pierce motor-cycle and have makee smashed up a tikisha.
machina blong solo or kumbinashun. Ah Ching talkee ho no
| staffs attended on Christmas Day, Robert McLean Gibson, M.D., the Annamese, chef de cuisine, a F.R.C.S., Edin., as Senior Mis- sionary in Hong Kong of the Lon- resourceful culinary artist, caused don Missionary Society has been much hilarity among the occiden-placed in the hands of His Ex-But my tink this blong too funny. tal members of the company by providing roast tiger as the piece de resistance!
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cellency the Officer Administering the Government.
Buildings, first
S'posing five plece men makes ride one piece machine, any man with half piecee brain must know it do can blong solo.
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The following forthcoming wed- "In conclusion, I wish to men-
dings are announced. Mr. Henry Ha Yah, my tink zis colishun have tion that Sir Robert was married Christian Brown, Mongkok Fire makee Ah Ching lose one pieces in St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, Station, Kowloon, to Miss Irene scrow. He no talk ploper. Ho on August 26, 1866, and not, as Helena Collaco, No. 583, Orient talken he nɔ savvy too much zetails. stated in "The Dictionary of Mr. Edwardo Miguel Franco, No.
floor, Kowloon. But how fashion he not zo tail? Ho one time blong alt samee me-John National Biography," at Ravar-223, Wanchai Road, to Mis Rosminía Chinaman. Now he makee go and nette House, near Lisburn, where Filomena Cruz, No. 10, Kwong Ning lose za tall. My no sorry, I hays,
Street. his father, Henry Hart, was living
got one piecee good flend, and he makes give me plenty zetalls. I at that period.
a'ways buy ze China Mail,
Shooting Galleries
Shooting galleries where, at one cent a time, one can take pot shots with A
There will be a concert at the
To-day blong velly bad day. Helona May Institute on Thursday. April 3, at 6.30 p.m. The programme Everybody make telephone ma will Include Beethoven, Liszt, Wantchee bollow too much money Chopin, Seriabin, etc. Artistes to go races. S'poso they win they Mr. Harry Ore, and Miss Winifred no savvy me, and s'pose they no win, they also no salwy me. "Bollow money but no Jikee pay back.
Henderson (Dancing) Tickets may be booked in advance. Please note, teas must be booked, telephone Matron C.2160.-Advt.
a Chinese, aged about 60 years, in Yesterday afternoon the body of an advanced stage of decomposition, was removed by the Water Police
Balley & Co.'s shipyard. On the body were ten stab wounds mostly in the abdomeri and 'one in the
fortunate man having been the victim of a brutal murder.
CORRESPONDENCE
VAN LEAR BLACK'S FLIGHT
Velly funny world this. blong. Somebody makes selebrate birthday. This blong good, aud my no talkee this no ploper, but what for makeo when he no savvy the men. Same- askee plenty men come chow chow body blong velly foolish. muchee money my tink so. And he no blong Hukka man.
My talken you more later.
Ten Years Ago
(From the "China Mall” March 22, 1920.3
Too
To-day's dollar is worth 5/-2d
The launching of the "War' Piper" took place yesterday at the yard of the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd..
six vessels, constructed to the order The "War Fiper" is the last of
of the British Government. The vessel has a length of 400 feet and is of 8,000 tons dendweight.
[To the Editor, China Mail] Sir-In the March 20 issue of the China Mau you published an article relative to Mr. Van Lear Black's flight, which is not altogether, cor- rect. If you will be good enough to refer to the part relating to the lubrication of his 'plane you will see that a statement Is made to the effect that Standard oil is used for the lubrication of the Wright Whirl- Shanghai Hotel, Ltd, made a net: wind engines.
profit of $596,437 last year which Such is not the case. Gargoyle is an increase of $223,190. A
On Mobilof Aero
"H". is dividend of $2 per share Is the brand of Jubricating oil { declared.
up and then letting it down again. "pop" gun at various prizes, from thermos flasks to packets of He did not so much as murmur, when his hand was pulled out cigarettes, have recently cropped up like mushrooms on both the with the help of a seaman of the island and the mainland. ferry. His knuckles were badly For a long time the law officers torn. Nearly every child up to have been unable to lay their the age of eight or nine years hands on the keepers of these just loves to indulge in this form dens, because shooting is not re-from the sea near Messrs. W. S. of "sport" on the trip to Hong garded as a game of chance but of Kong or vice versa. But a way skill, ought to be found to prevent Yesterday, however, an enter-left eye, which pointed to the un- children playing with windows. prising Revenue Officer thought Why not post up a notice to the of a way out of the difficulty by effect that parents and amaha arresting one of the gallery keep- ||ers for dealing in tobacco without should forbid children playing a licence! It remains to be seen with the windows? [No fee for what will be the keepers' next a bright suggestion!]
move. If they ban cigarettes from their galleries' it appears The Straits that they will be able to continue Times
says and reap a big harvest without that it does danger of prosecution. Such is not want to the topsy-turvyness of our laws! advertise the efforts of chain-
REDS IN JAVA letter imbeciles, who are now active in Malaya again, but the Now .that the latest effort is worth attention. Tourists' Columbus has gone Here is part of iti-.
Garb we may paraphrase
the opening sentence of a par in the Straits Times. The contingent of tourists who recently visited the Colony crowd. ed the streets in a variety of dif- ferent garbs. There were "Pa's" in their high colours, and serge suits, “Ma's" in their old-fashion- ed dresses and ridiculous looking helmets. Then there was the younrer set, the men attired in
vacate the editorial chair within A white woman in the East AT the premiere of "The Way Out" "gma summer suitings" and a few weeks.
eyen if she has a large straw hats, while the women
We can't answer for Governörs, family, has really very little to sported a variety of dif- Sultans, and financiers, but the do except amuse herself, and ferent coloured frocks and credulous may rest assured that there are countless opportunities flaunted bare Jega.
White the editorial scoffer in the Straits for that... plus fours were conspicuous Times remains where he was be. by their absence, but men in fore shorts, open shirts, and bearing their jackets on their arm stroli.
ed casually through hotel lounges.
Batavia, Yesterday. Five Chinese have been arrested at Palembang, and sixteen in the Risu Archipelago, for allegedly being mem- Sir Hugh Clifford had to re-bers of ́a large Chinese Communist tire after neglecting the sug-organisation, with headquarters in gestion in the chain. The Sultan Singapore-Reuter.
of Porak won the biggest race) within nine days after compli ance, Mr. C. H. Hatry, the Lon- don financier, was caught for cheating after neglecting the succession in the chain. Sir William Peel by complying was elevated to the position of Gov- ernor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong. The Editor of a
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MEN, WOMEN, AND AFFAIRS
White Women Out East: A Playwright's Idea Of China: Limitation Of Arguments:" "Advanced."
local paper for scoffing at the White Women Out East chain of Good Luck had to
Modern Art: Australia's Test Captain
With the men outnumbering the women by ten to one, she is sar- rounded
Invitations to with
Ah Sin
at the Comedy Theatre, writes graph, I met man, a regular "first Peterborough in the London Tele
nighter who is given to statistics. This play is supposed to take place in China, with Chinese characters in plenty, and he gravely informed me eight plays that since 1922 ao fewer than sixty- have been produced in London in which one or more of the cast, has had to adopt a Chinese up pearance and accent,
"In most cases," he said, "the Chinaman, unless he is supposed to be a servant, has been represented
conference for the limlistion of an
guments, not armaments" Highbrow In Advance
is an enthusiastic and discerning R Alfred Sutro, the playwright, patron of advanced modern art. He follows his own judgment and has the gift of discovering talent, before it is
Is publicly acclaimed.. A little while ago he was visited by a Royal Academician of pron
pronounced modernist views, to whom he showed * *
his treasures, including A wonderful Interior of a cafe by Van Gogh LA Mr. Robert Hart dance, to play tennis, to golf, to
"Van Gogh," the indignant held forth, "is merely a creation of Sir Robert Maza writes from motor and to swim.
some unscrupulous art dealers who In sirailar garb these care-free
Hart Harrogate, Yorks, She need never be lonely for tion and as balig by notare suave, they got fabulous prices for his as having enlayed a European educa boomed him into, promirience until sightseert visit all the tropical
to the FA Want of beaux nor are tliere any
polite, cruel, and," imbued with atlaube, And now, 'of, epurne, every towns, apparently blissfully un- News Letter (a copy of which he competing attractions.
penchant for Machiavellian conscious of any offence to the in-
which in the last act is cheated wealthy highbraw must have a Vaa
Gogh, even if he has to pay courteously forwards to the In no other part of the world by heroine mantered but subtly I suppose you are right," replied
Englishmen."
men, and for 361 thou habitants who adopt a conven- China Mail).In continuation of does a woman find herself so com-
So Villainous Chinaman-is now, it would tional attire. Now, however, at my letter of January 27 to pletely without rivals. In Brithe "Begorrah Irishman and the ex- seera, as famillar a stage. Agure ez least one city in the t tropies has you in reference to the late Sir tains woman's men friends lead cables Frenchman of our fathers "kicked." A recent notification Robert Hart! the only one of his private and personal life, which
and grandfather days.
gave 800 franes for its by the Ministry of the Household, sisters now Uving is Mrs. Christie she herself scarcely ever
scarcely ever seen. A WIKLINO Bangkok, requests, that visitors Tate Osborneyyzformerly, of in Malayal there is no such life. MR. Hugh Gibson, the American Woodfull, Australia Test Australia's Test Captain ca desirous of entering the Palace, Craigavad, who was born in April,
111 delegate to the Naval Center (sk) szcaptain, le the son of the Temple of the Emerald 1844 Upon being told of the new a man can meet otherwise than eat for his efforts to say Nurse Into prominence throug
is the only type of woman
ense, who will always be remember conformist(clergynias, and fires, Buddha, and the Throne Hall
rrival on this way back | SECK She has a monopoly Cavell, has probably attended more city with which must be properly dressed. Pro-
that spring after
that makes her superficially as International conferences than air in country cricke
Mfaliter, since the year he was, nave perly dressed we learn from a
American American Maltes ector
#People said, he Bangkok paper
that
super|| Ho Bas oat gift for coining, ears old, flung
eas the phases, as many long-winded craters he and
(räïševci (zkestings) have found to certalkryžáda
Onssewher asked how thei; 01, 1998:conly ory; work i forkathe Disarmasi kump
Gibson who had been. Estening a foot KUTOA
cannot
Mri Butro, "I must how to you! in that I bought my Van Gogh thirty master of artis But it happens years ago, because I liked it, and
Now