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Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 9, 1931
'MONSTROUS LUXURY'
munity to resort to the wearing of sackcloth and ashes until such period as the Colony's Budget takes on a more promising aspect| than at present?
News in Brief.
An address on "Pregress Action" will be given by Mr. J. Russell at the Theosophical Society on Thursday, February 12.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1931.
"MONSTROUS LUXURY."
WEDDING.
MANY FRIENDS AT LOCAL CEREMONY.
GUTERRES-D'ASSUMPCAO.
Stated to be an old offender, Chow] CORRESPONDENCE. Kal was fined $216, or ton weeks' imprisomont, at the Kowloon Magis- tracy this morning, for having un- lawful possession of 2.7 taels of raw oplum at No. 586 Canton Road.
Dr. A. J. Watson, M.D., B.Hy.
[To the Editor of "China Mail") D.P.H. will read his paper on Sir, At a time when the "Leprosy (its diagnosts and treat-Colony has, in effect, been declar- ment)" before the Universityed bankrupt by His Excellency! Medical Society on Wednesday, In the Governor and emergency mett- In the Rosary Church, Kowloon, the Union Assembly Room at 5.30 sures passed which involve the on Saturday, the wedding was p.m. Members are cordially in-breaking of Government con- solemnised of Thelma Recardina tracts, it is amazing to find the Pacheco d'Assumpeao, only daugh- public so eager to support an un-ter of the late Мг. Јодо Carlos Remarking that there had been a necessary luxury extertainment Rocha d'Assumpeac and Mrs. good deal of larcenies going on at such as St. Patrick's Ball.
Amalia Pacheco d'Assumpcao, and the Taikoo Dockyard, Mr. R. E. At the request of the mer- Dr. Antonio Paulo Guterres, M.B., Lindsell this morning sentenced a chants and business men of the B.S., eldest son of Mr. Jose Candido Chinese to four weeks' jail, for the Colony our Governor has
re-Guterres and Mrs. Hilda Maria theft of a quantity of scrap brass, frained from taxation, or from in-Lopes Guterres. The Very Rev. which, Inspector Stimson stated was creasing the very small harbour Father G. M. Spada officiated.
dues on the plea that such The bride looked charming in a charges would cripple and crush dress of white velvet chiffon,
was given away by her oncle and Mr. C. A. Rocha
vited.
worth about $5.
Sho
In a report to the Police, Mr. J. the business life of the Colony, Shand, of 4, Ventris Road, atated Yet these very merchants and guardian that at about 1.30 yesterday morn-business men are flocking round d'Assumpeno, and carried a bouquet ing, whilst driving his-motor car the banner of St. Patrick with of roses with maiden hair fern. along Causeway Bay, near the donations of anything from $50 She was attended by four brides Jockey Club Stables-the road be to $200 and the sum subscribed maids, a flower girl and a page, ing greasy at the time-the vehicle already amounts two two thousand who were respectively the Misses skidded, and ran into a tramway two hundred dollars! While Cissy
Noronha, Lina Noronha, lump standard. Damage to the several hundred people have al-Marie Guterres, extent of $500 was done to the car, ready promised by buying tickets, Celeste Guterres and Master Tony Hilda Guterres, whilst Mr. Shand received injuries at $10 each!
Lopes. to his face.
To break the contracts of Civil The bridesmaids wore dressed of Servants without warning and to georgette sky-blue, light yellow, And hats to
The first "At Home" to be held by anti-date the reductions in pink and apricot, the Belilios Old Girls' Association, salaries is unfair. To make one match. took place in the School Hall yester-section of a 'community bear The flower girl was dreased in day afternoon, when the President, alone, a burden which should be pink satin and tulle, and carried a Miss M. Mooney, and the Com- shared by all, ia unjust,
But bouquet of sweet peas. The mittee entertained the old students. When the money thus gained, bridesmaids bouquets were of About 50 people were present, and is immediately squandered by the gladioll. Master after tea, dancing and games were general public on a big luxury dressed in velvet and white satin. Indulged in. Miss Mooney Ball it becomes perfectly mon-
ex-
pressed her regret that there were not more members of the, Associa tion, the total at present being only sixty. The Association was in- angerated about four year ago.
COCKTAIL HABIT.
INJURIOUS AND DANGEROUS DRINK.
1
strous!
Yours, etc.,
"JUSTICE BEFORE PLEASURE."”
Hong Kong, Feb. 8.
him.
JULIA JUBILANT.
the
Lopes Was
Mr. S. A. Lopes and Mr. A. A. Pacheco were "best men," the latter belag represented by the bride's guardian. After the ceremony in Church, a reception was held in the Club de Recreip, where, a large number of friends joined in the time-honoured tonsts
and felicita- · tions, after which the happy couple left for Canton for their honey- moon, the bride's travelling dress being of green satin with fur cuffs and collar, and flared skirt, with coat, hat and shoes to match.
ham
GAMBLING IN SHARES.
into
A
To the Editor of "China Mail." Our correspondent does more
Dear Popay,-I am awfully than touch the fringe of our At the Autumn meetings of the sorry to tell you that Dudley is not economic structure in suggesting Friends' Temperance Union at the very well. The doctor anys he the use of the axe for St. Manchester papers were given by or something like that.
Meeting House in Mount Street, [seems to be suffering from syncope Poor dear Patrick's Ball. The freedom of the Rev. Allen Job on "The pro-haa been only semiconscious all day Salatary Effect of New Companies the individual to spend his carn-gress of the Royal Commission" and keeps muttering such strange
Act. ings as he pleases is sweepingly and by Dr. Charles Marsh on Cock-things. Oh! I'm so worried about
tails." assailed. Not being eligible for
All morning he lay staring Dr. Marsh said his was a popular into space with a peculiar glitter in
Lecturing to the City of Birming- membership of St. Patrick's subject but not a new one. The his eyes
Commercial College, Mr. and kept on mumbling Thomas Keens, past president of Society we are certainly not biased idea of whipping up jaded things like metabolism-swindle the Society of Incorporated Ac in its favour; and we cannot dis-livening the mental processes was queror leeches-Magna Charta ad on the disastrous results of
stomach to do its duty and
of servants-a taxi-William the Con-countants and Auditors, comment close whether our correspondent an old one, and cocktails were incremations. Оп the clinical is or is not qualified by nation- mentioned in Pickwick Papera. chart he has filled in
company finance in the last few ality to pose as a stern critic of But since the recent importation pulse-rate column for a week with
years. of the habit from America they figures, such as 114, 11% and so worldwide depression of trade, the members of St. Patrick's had become
Ho sald that, in addition to the a social institution. on, dropping every day and in the there had Society. Without risking being in one hotel alone in London there temperature column he has marked
been other causes bogged in further arguments we were 700 different recipes in the on half as 1/6 and the other half state of affairs, Including, over- responsible for the unsatisfactory imagine that we can leave other cocktail bar. Their constitution"currents." In the other colums
was usually considered something he has well I'd better not say too writing and, above all, the use of capitalisation, extravagant under of our readers to cross swords of a mystery. Actually they con- much about that. with the apostle of Thrift in resisted of alcohol up to 30 per cent., ed him, he muttered something gambling counters by interested
But when I ask-
the shares of companies да lation to St. Patrick's Ball
of some volatile oil like absinthe, about it-"it would make any man parties who were more concerned and a mere flavouring of fruit like that, all these extraments" juice.
with rigging the market than with Cocktails were therefore Really, it's too bad to see him like the legitimate object for which the drink in its most concentrated and this. We can get nothing really co-company was formed. This had dangerous form; the combination herent out of him. I hope it is not involved shareholders with heavy of alcohol in so large a percentage hydraphobia. He has been worry losses. together with the volatile oll was ing quite a lot recently about the particularly injurious. Absinthe civil servant question, as he calls Companies Act, which came
Mr. Keens believed that the It may be expected that a cor-
was not merely an intoxicant, it it. Why people employ servants force in 1929, would have respondent who writes to-day on
was a "convulsant," and its manu- who don't do any work, puzzles mealutary effect. The tightening of facture had been illegal in six There must be something wrong the law in regard to prospectuses St. Patrick's Ball will draw down
Continental countries whose tem-with the head of the house. Aunt had compelled the disclosure on his or her head-we cannot
perance movements were not near- Matilda always said, you must rule certain items of information in ly so strong, as ours. divulge the sex-for the temerity gall
servants with a firm hand. You balance sheets. He welcomed also in suggesting that it is "an un-1
In the ensuing discussion a num-get twice the amount of work out of the new regulations of the London ber of speakers laid emphasis on them and they respect you better Stock Exchange with which all necessary luxury entertainment." The total output of the Kailan the widespread nature
Mining Administration's mines for cocktail habit. What the poor. (or apparently the week ended January 24 amount-that
thu for it. The very idex of getting obtain an official quotation for One speaker said lot of strange people to come in and companies must comply in order to rich) Irish folk have done to ed to 128,317 fons, and the sales to London
travelling north from advise her on how to run her house- their shares. Mr. Keens strongly evoke such vials of invective 120,281 tons.
aining-car the hold economically would have caus- advocated the close co-operation of other day he had seen not only ed a collapse. Yea! There must be industrial administration with the we know not: not a murmur was
bottles of wine placed ready on something radically wrong with the financial department of a company. heard regarding the money spent are crackers at Kau Yau Street round by a waiter and pressed on
For having possession of 8,000 every table but cocktails brought heads. on St. Andrew's Ball, St. George's yesterday, Wu Ying was at the the diners. before the meal com-jast fallen into a deep sleep and Well Popsy my dear, Dudley has Ball, or Burns' Nicht. Why now Kowloon Court this morning fined menced. "That," said the speaker, there's such a heavenly expression -it may be asked by some-this $75 or six weeks' Imprisonment.
"is the most abominable and out-of contentment on his face-I think The Czechoslovak broadcasting effort to regulate the spending of
rageous thing I have seen on any he is dreaming. Maybe of a better company has prepared nine con- Charged at the Kowloon Magis- of our railways for many a long land. only one section of the com-tracy this morning with the larceny day."
certs, which will be given by the munity?
Czech Philharmonic Likewise it may be of a car tyre from the premises of
The meeting concluded with
orchestra. Lovers of good concert-music will submitted that spending-whether Liu Shan was sent to prison for possible to obtain a really harm- the Kowloon Motor Bus Company-discussion as to whether it was
no doubt and it interesting to re- on sheer nccessities or on "luxury five weeks.
Hong Kong, February 7.
gularly peruse the Prague pro- less "pick-me-up.". Dr. Marsh said entertainments-implies, custom
grammes, AB the Czech Phil It was possible, but that the mix- They had been married just five harmonic orchestra possesses ex- for hotels and merchants of which Senders of telegrams are i-ture of ammonia and ether which years and it was her usual custom to cellent qualities.
formed that, owing to the faulty was the best non-alcoholic stimul- make her hubby a cake. they are truly in great need in cable between Hong Kong and ant was a "nauseous mixture."
Various foreign conductors, such this time of trade depression. A Shanghal, telegrame to and from
"George, my dear," she said, "this as G. Szell, A. Zemlinsky or Bruno la our anniversary, and I've baked a Walter, Felix Weingartner and H. thrift campaign undoubtedly has Shanghai and beyond may be sub-
fruit cake for tea." ...Knappertabusch, including a num infinite excellent points both in
ject to slight delay.
- Her husband put down his paper ber of Czechoslovak conductors, normal and abnormal times; but, Caught attempting to pawn
and took off bla spectacles. It was will conduct the various concerts. easy to see that he was preparing to, cannot there be moderation, as serge Jacket which was later proved
make a speech. He cleared his opposed to extremism, at a period to have been stolen, Lau Kwai was
throat. when it is essential to encourage this morning, when Mr. Butters senttish Life Assurance Companies looked back on the previous cakov
and charged in the Kowloon Court
London, Dec. 28. A number of English and Scot dear!" he replied. "I have always "How thoughtful of you, my commerce and to stimulate trade? him to jail for six weeks.
There will be an Irish jig and reel practice at the Helena May Institute on Thursday, February 12, in connection with St. Patrick's
Is our correspondent one hundred by
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NEW INSURANCE MOVE.
Limiting by Companies of Profitless Agencies.
have decided on steps to frustrato
Yours, etc.,
JULIA
CONCERTS VIA PRAGUE.
Ten Years Ago.
[From" the "China Mall" of February 9, 1921.]
the device of people who have been a milestones in our life.". Three weeks' imprisonment was per cent, correct in defining St imposed on Choung Niu in the Kew- obtaining agencies to the com Patrick's Ball, or any other form loon Court this morning for stealing panies' disadvantage instead of
To-day's dollar is worth 2/5 %. of entertainment, as "a big luxury a quantity of nails, the property of prot
such agents, and a good deal of ax Ball" which is perfectly mon- his master, a sub-contractor at the has been to apply for agencies stir the latter into activity to verandah of
The practice of these
persona penditure is incurred in trying to
A cracker bomb thrown from the strous" Is it desired that all
Green Island Cement Company.
with the object of efecting in obtain more clients.
a West Point hotel Balls and dances involving the The keen eyesight of an Indian eurances on their own lives, thus After two years negotiation nine motor car accident as a insult of yesterday, a sensational placing of custom with hotels and prison warder proved the undoing of securing the benefit of the of the more important offices.com which five people are dead and merchants, wholesale and retail, Lam Hon, a Chinese, who stole agencies commission payable on trolling funds totalling £112,000,000 thirteen are now in hospital, four in fountain pen from the person of a the policy and then, having obtain have come to an agreement that a very critical condition. The should be ruthlessly eliminated? Chinese: pedestrian In Shanghaied the rebate, to let the agency dle the payment of commission on a cracker exploded in front of the car, Is it submitted that all forms of Street yesterday. The warder se natural death policy on a man's own life shall and the driver toomentarily blied- entertainment should be cut out ported the Incident to a Chinese It is sured that this method not be made until he has completed ed, and attempting to avoid a little constable, who arrested the man acts unfavourably on the ordin other policies, in which he is not child, mounted the footpath and until some time in a questionable Mr Butters Imposed a sentence of ary policy-holder, the surplus Interested, as life assured or grant crashed into a crowd of hawkers, future when the dollar recovers four months Imprisonment in the available for bonuses is reduced ad for an amount at least equal te beggars, and pedestrians, three of to 1/6, 1/9, or 2/-70 Hea com-Kowloon Court this morning through being unfairly diverted to that of his own assurance.
the victims being crushed to death.
of