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Hong Kong, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1931.
News in Brief.
Li Sau, a returned banishes who said he returned to the Colony to search for food was sentenced to | eight months' imprisonment at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1931.
IN THE
SOCIAL SWIM
by AUDAX
An armed robbery reported to have taken place at 191 San Hing Street, Cheung Chow Island, on "The Policemen's lot is not a ton; Commander King-Hall, and October 22, last year, has been happy one," wrote W. 9. Gilbert, "Bartimeus," he can
wield a pea found by the Police to be a false and there are, indeed, occasions with 'a style and forcefulness that report.
when one is inclined to sympathise make one wonder, as did the critica with members of the Force. Like of Conrad and White Melville, what That he took it in a moment of the conscientious doctor, they are it is about "dat ole.debil" which temptation was the excuse of Chang at the beck and call of humanity, cherishes in seafaring men a spark Yung (14) who was charged at the curing if they cannot prevent the of the divine fire. Kowloon Magistracy this morning Ills that make their existence with stealing a watch and chain necessary. At the same time, they from 65, Ta Kau Leung Road, often have thrills aplenty, although yesterday. He was sentenced to crime has possibly lost most of its two months' imprisonment.
mystery and "romance" for them.
It is evident, however, that Mr. Four Chinese, Chan Mun-lam Thomas King, the genial Director (20), Wong Kam-fung (26). Chan of Criminal Intelligence, find much Kam-yik (21) and Chan Ming-ha in the course of his duties to pre- (21), natives of Fuk Chow, Fukien, sorve enthusiasm. were to-day charged with arriving in Hong Kong us stowaways on the m.s. Cremer this morning, from Sandakan. All pleaded guilty and ware fined $60, or one month's im- prisonment in default.
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Both Commander Powell and Cap tain Morris, also of the Tamar, are enthusiastic walkers, and may be on many e fine afternoon atriding hills far out of the reach of the madding cry, claxton horns, bikes, and other doubtful joys of the landlubber.
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The talent of the Senior Servico is not confined to literature, how- Mr. King caught the midnight ever, and in the case of Commander tram to the Peak on Saturday, Hughes we find an artist of repute. tired but not dispirited. He did Often he will accompany Dr. Herk- not even appear to mind having lots or Mr. Hutson on a bird-hunt- missed Dame Clara Batt's performing expedition and saunter into ance at the City Hall, "I've just bosky glens, sketchbook in hand, or Wong Chau (17) an unemployed had a tour around the City to assist in the enslavement of the Chinese, was charged before Mr. night," he said, adding with a Rufousbacked Shrike, or what other Butters at the Kowloon Magistracychuckle, "and have been further than avian specle the Hong Kong Na- to-day with being found on the pre-most of you!" Mr. King explainedturalist may desire with which to mises of No. 272, Reclamation that he liked, to have "a lock round" embellish its pages, Then with a Street, ground floor at 4 p.m. each night to see that everything deft brush and the colours of Life yesterday with intent to commit af was in order. This may sound like itself, he will sit him down con- felony. Sentence of six months the nocturnal perambulations of a tentedly before his easel and, with and two years police supervision prefect in the school dormitory, but the painstaking care of B was passed defendant admitting in reality it means that the Force draughtsman copying plans for a three previous convictious.
is koyed to efficiency and Burglar model battleship, will capture every Bill temporarily converts himself detail of the bird's anatomy and into an honest citizen.
plumage.
ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP CHILD TEMPTED BY LURE OF SWEETS.
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of my readers,
Mr. King, it may surprise some has been in the service of the Hong Kong Govern ment since 1904, in which year he Chan Ping-sin, a Chinese youth. was appointed a Police Probationer. appeared before Mr. Butters at He speaks Cantonese, Urdu and the Kowloon Magistracy to-day Punjabi quite well. Last year he charged with attempting to kidnap was appointed Deputy Inspector Wong Wai, of No. 16, Pine Street. General of Police, when his salary 1st floor, Taikoktsal; on January was revised. Both Mr. and Mrs. King are good bridge and tennis players, and live in a charmingly. altuated house, perched on a sort of high "campart" wall, overlooking
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has not, he would realise that] such considerations as our fair name would cause very little con- cern to the Chinese
so long as they were treated with commer- cial equity in their economic re- lations with Great Britain.
There is nothing selfish about the Bill. On the contrary it named Pun Mau who befriended Cheung Chau and the adjoining offers, side by side with the un- hím. They drank tea and went islands. doubted benefit it would confer around together, for some while,
Defendant pleaded not guilty, and said he was out of work, and while idling around he met a man
and later Pun Mau asked defen-.
a short distance
TOO OLD FOR JAIL.
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TO BE PAID IN SILVER?
Scheme Would Benefit World Trade.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION.
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The Misses Edwardes Jones, two charming young ladies who, though but lately arrived in the Colony, have already made hosts of friends, come of good Welsh stock. They have a brother in Egypt, in the Air Force, I believe, whilst another brother, Mr. R. G. Edwardes Jones, is on the staff of the Asiatic Petro- leum Company. He is a keen sup porter of the local Flying Club. Another Welshman of distinguished family is
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family often stay at a little country inn in Breconshire, where he was his son, Harry-Owen Hughes, who born. Of course, everybody knows
enhanced his reputation as interport cricketer. last year by making a century against Shanghal. Miss Alwyn Owen Hughes, the daughter, is a very pleasant girl and plays a good game of tennis.
Finance and Commerce ob- serves that this is a possible eclu- tion of the debta problem, repre- senting little or no cost to Ameri- ca, and might come more within the realm of practical politics than the cancellation suggestion.
SANITARY BOARD.
NOTHING OF PUBLIC INTEREST ON AGENDA.
at Taipo, Major Edward Wynne- the District Officer
Jones (Oxon), who is related to the Very Rev. Llewelyn Wynne- Jones, M.A., Dean Emeritus since on British trade, increased edu-dant to take his little brother to der "Tam" Powell, R.N., who is bigh. Mafor Wynne-Jones is mas A typical sailor, Lieut.-Comman- 1927, and Dean of St. Asaph, Den- cational opportunities to China; Kowloon City. Defendant declin-resident" on H.M.S. Tamar, has a ter of a pack of draghounds which greater material prosperity by ed but, after Pun Mau threatened delightful personality, though he is has a select little following and helping her to build up a great to kill him he agreed.
inclined to be reserved, and proves hunts in the New Territories. transport system worthy of her Prince Edward Road
The child was handed over near on acquaintance to be "no mean and defen- wit," as someone once observed of natural resources; and increased dant set out on his errand. Be-Sydney Smith. An excellent racon- Welsh family, of course, is Mr. J. Another member of a well-known purchasing power and produc-fore he had proceeded far he was tear, he knows as few do (with, Owen Hughes, the principal of tivity, as a direct result of which arrested by a detective.
perhaps the exception of Professor Harry Wicking and Company, and the Chinese market would gain
To Buy Sweets,
Middleton Smith) how to enliven a an Unofficial Member of the Legia- Detective-Sergeant Goodwin said conversation with humorous anlative Council. When on Home greater confidence and develop on that a Chinese detective stopped ecdotes drawn from experiences in leave Mr. Owen Hughes and his sounder lines.
defendcat and on being question- two hemispheres. ed the latter stated he was taking Apparently this arrangement the child to buy sweets, at the re- does not satisfy Mr. Lambert, quest of the child's mother. Not in charge of Piracy Control in local At present Commander Powell is who believes the Government are satisfied the detective told the boy waters and consequently knows suf- taking a very circuitous route" to return to Taikoktsui to verify ficient of the Chinese corsairs and to secure education in China and the statement, and after walking their little ways to write about points out that the
the defendant them brilliantly in "Blackwood's United bolted, but was caught by the offi- Magazine." Like his contempor- States. would have used the cer.
aries, Commander Keble Chatter- money obtained from the Indem- The mother of the child, Ma nity in a
Kuk (38) said about 12.30 p.m. on very different way, the 19th the child went out to play, WHY HYPOCRISY? though how he does not suggest. and failed to return at 1 pm. WAR DEBTS
This confused thinker does not whereupon she went to look for The outburat in the House of "object to profit" being made by boy was at the Shanshuipo Police him, and was informed that the Commons yesterday by the Rt. British manufacturers, but he Station Hon. George Lambert, a former does object to "hypocrisy," which
The kidnapped child, giving evi- Civil Lord of the Admiralty and apparently is his description oflence, said he met defendant while a distinguished member of the the educational facilities which look for cigarette pictures.
playing and the latter took him to Liberal Party, who moved the re-the British Government propose His Worship imposed nine fection of the China Indemnity to offer to China. As a matter of months' imprisonment. Bill, is likely to perplex business fact, as Captain Eden pointed out men in the Orient who have had in the House of Commons yester- dealings with Chinese interests day, the body on whose recom-
Shanghai, Yesterday. for years to their mutual advan-mendations the Bill was based
A scheme for stabilising silver There was nothing of public in- tage. The Bill, it will be recali-included many Chinese represen-
which is proposed by an Ameri-terest on the agenda for the fort- can, Mr. Arthur Bassett, who lenightly meeting of the Sanitary ed, is designed to extend the Bri- tatives, and the measure is known The 78 years old woman, whe was a director of the British-American Board which was held yesterday tish market in China, particularly to have the warm support of the remanded by Mr. R. E. Lindsell Tobacco Company, is published in afternoon. These present were in regard to the iron and steel Chinese Government.
yesterday on charges of the unlaw-the weekly journal Finance and Mr. G. R. Sayer, President), Dr. ful possession of oplum and 8 lb. of Commerce, manufactures, and to arrange for
and is arousing con- C. W. Pope (Medical Oficer of Judged impartially, the Bill is tobacco without permits, appeared alderable interest in commercial Health). Dr. W. V. M. Koch, Mr. the purchase of British railway one of the most sensible that have again at Central Magistracy circles, where deep concern con-
Wong Kwong-tin, Mr. M. K. Lo, materiala. That the object of the ever been framed during the last this morning.
tinues over the widespread and Mr. F. C. Hall, Dr. R. A. Castro Bill is not solely for the benefit decade for the improvement of His Worship (to the woman): disastrous effect of the silver Basto, Mr. J. H. Gelling (Secretary) and Mr. J. Hargreaves (Assistant of British industry, however, was the friendly, relations between You are so old that I don't want to clump._-.- made quite clear by the President Great Britain and China and for previous conviction recorded against ca might consent to receive part
send you to fall. But you have a Mr. Bassett suggests that Ameri- Secretary). of the Board of Trade, Mr. the mutual benefit of trade. The you for smuggling wine. Appayment of her war debts in sil- William Graham, when he declar- whole thing amounts to a gener-parently you are trading on your yer, at, say, a ratio of two ounces An unusual attempt at robbery ed that the whole object of the ous gift to China and, if in return 0. Next time you will not get of allver to one dollar gold, under occurred in Rue Conty, Shahgbal..
off."
condition that other countries sup- Four men, bearing with them a ham Bill was to cement our friendly re- we expect certain commercial
port the market when. necessary
and baskets of food went to rob a
specified limita, for the improve- decoy, the idea being that the oc ment of subsidiary coinage.
cupants of the house would "think. It is claimed that the effects of it was a present and let in the auch a measure would be to peg bearers. The man got into the the silver price nt fifty gold cents house, but when they saw, that one.. New York, Yesterday.to the ounce, indefinitely, and give of the occupants looked suspicious, from the Bill would be far from trade and manufacturing indus the prohibition enforcement bas able the American mines to work: the food behind them.
Twenty months of research Into America a store of value and en- they turned tail and fled. They left the truth, for it is calculated to tries of China, which up to the resulted in extraordinarily incon-profitably besides lighten, the bring increased orders and em present have displayed a lament clusive findings according to the Chinese Government's foreign loan: ployment to workers in the Bri- able lack of initiative and enter report of the Wickersham Commis- commitments, and double the pur tish heavy industries and en prise. Because we have offered to repeal of prohibition, though indi- peoples, thus tending greatly to |sion, which, however,opposes the chasing power of Far Eastern gineering trades. This, it would assist in building up an enclent vidual Commissioners, recommend a the advantage of western trade appear, is the basis upon which railway--transport system in considerable modification of it. and teasering unemployment, emI Mr. Lambert founded his oppost- China, thereby developing the Three Commissioners favour its If the tendency of silver should tion to the measure when he stat dormant natural resources of the chinery; two require a more extend ca could sell and bring back quo
enforcement with more efficient ma- be to rise above fifty cents, Ameri- | 8/16/2⠀ ed, somewhat enigmatically it country, and spre ding the oppored test; another demands a refer: tations. It is unlikely the price must be confessed that it would funities for
endum. But all – agree that would remain under fifty cents, in the Gazőtté, there is a Trok of adequate enforce-virw of the enormous debt pay- ment of public oblervance of pro- menta, involved and the compara- hibitionRenter's American Ber-fively small amount of surplus vice.
silver available annually.
WARNING TO A CHINESE WOMAN,
lations with China in a practical transactions to result, there can U.S. TO STAY WET?" by purchasing silver, within Chineas house, the food being a
way and link up the provision for certainly be no grounds for sug- education with that of railway gesting that such expectations development.
amount to hypocrisy. The provi To suggest that Britain will not sions of the Bill should stimulate derive considerable advantage a healthy development of the
"besmach the fair name of Bi
tain in
lived in:
If Mr. Lambert, had ing in, and hoparently he came
of do
・to:
An ulter!
VARIETY OF VIEWS ON PROHIBITION.
Ten Years Ago,
(From the "China Mall".
January 21, 1921.3 To-day's dollar is worth 2/11
New Parcel Post rates appear in
Mr. D. Lloyd is appointed Census Oficer The Census is to
Laken on April 24.