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CORRESPONDENCE.
CRUELTY TO BEASTS.
To the Editor of "China Mail."3
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1931.
that body on our Committee; we have tried very hard to get repre sentatives
from the Y.M.C.A: (European and Chinese) but their attendance at our meet-
CHIEF JUSTICE'S RETURN.
1
of animal MR. MELBOURNE'S DEPARTURE.
ing has not been forthcoming. Mr. Justice Wood Going Sir, In this Colony, where there probably they could more ensily :
on Leave. is already for too much ignorant form a group. in their own society cruelty to animals, a fim keto take up the matter "Ingagi" ought to be prohibited. welfare. How can one chase Chinese for ill- Social work I know demands a treating and neglecting animals tot of one's time, every one la so
Sir Joseph H. Kemp, Chief after asslating at a spectacle In interested, but the workers are aboard the F. & O., 5.9. Comorin.
Justice, will return to-morrow
Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, Acting
which two white mou, one with a few, it is so easy, sometimes, to handle to his name, indulge in aget into a lazy attitude, and leave general massnere of every beast the work to the willing horse; hew Chief Justice in the absence of Sir they come Rerosa, obviously enjoy much easier, it would be to ge
Joseph Kemp, will leave for Home, it, and appear to be thoroughly many matters reminded if only you P. & O. 9.8. Rajputana.
on leave, on Saturday, in the proud of it.
Also aboard the Rajputana, go-
would put your shoulders to the
It may be necessary to kill beasts wheel; many helpers make easing Home on retirement, will be
for food. self-protection, DP com-work. merce, but it should
never be
I have sometimes been twitte * pleasure to do so, and the fact, that by others of my reasons, for suFV-
Mr.
C. D. Melbourne, Supreme Court, over a
while ago.
Registrar, period of
it is a pleasure to some people does ing as a member of the S.P.C.A.many years, who retired a short not make the enjoyment of cruelty and sometimes it's not easy to ex- Any niors of a desirable charac-plain, but if we all could choose our work, I'm afraid there would
teristic.
There are some things which we be a good deal of chaos, we get all know happen, but of which we an invisible urge at times, pari are not proud and which we prefer ticular task is given to us and not to think much about....the [when that comes It's up to every- proceedings in a slaughter-house, one to carry out his task to the for instance. At any rate, we do best of one's ability.
A FREE FIGHT?
AMERICAN SAILOR IN CIVIL HOSPITAL
According to a Police report an not get shown films of It, or we Our Society here was formed by American sailor
a keen sense of Grant, of the U.S.S. Whipple now named P.O.
might enjoy our beefsteak leas, people who had
INVISIBLE RAY.
TO CUIDE CHANNEL AIR LINERS.
Cross-Channel.
pilots of
the
Equally we are not proud of the public duty, and in a society such lying in harbour, was removed to existence in our midst of the killer as ours, one must have courage to the Government Civil Hospital, who kills for the joy of it: but here carry on with the good work even yesterday, aufering from injuries he is presented in us in a serice if some will call you cranky, a to his face, alleged to have been of scenes of butchery which are not tell you how much better one inflicted by some other American "Hollywood" but real. The thing would be looking after the chil-suitors in Johnston Road, Wan- is a carnival of bloodshed, rendered dren of the Colony. Well I can chai more nauseating by the fact that not conceive that people who are the animals are invariably either fond of animals. are less fond of unsuspecting or attempting to es children. or without- their sym- cape, After watching the "bump.pathy from any deserving cause. ing off" of about eleven species of Rather will it be the opposite beasts by these civilised gunmen, where love of animals exist, love I left the theatre without waiting for all members of the universe to see the gorillas bumped off in must also be alive. their turn, feeling as if I had spent We have great hopes that the future, when flying "blind" in for an evening in an abattoir and work of our Society should com- or darkness, will be guided from but it has never been succeeded shamed of my own countrymen.mend itself to you. Don't with-Britain to France in a direct line by a universal People's Sunday something" is a reproach too often think we are
"It's a fine day-let's go out and kill draw your support because you by an invisible "beam"- radio
not active enough. beacon. Night on similar lines. A weak levelled at Britons: it is humillat-Remember our time is limited, and
The beam will be operated from effort has been made to popu-ing to see it publicly proved correct. It is sometimes a very slow pro
Abbeville, France, and it has larise Pleasant Sunday After-supposed to
Films of unrelieved brutality are cess even getting a little accom- uroved so successful in secret tests
be barred; noons, but no satisfactory sub-brutality to beasts
unless plished, but that little in always carried out by the French Air is regarded as something and may be a tremen-Ministry that the system will re- stitute has been suggested for not being brutality, it is difficult to dous change in the life of some volutionise the guidance of Chan- cinemas and other places of en-see how this film, depleting revolt-animal, so that even your presence nel aireraft. tertainment to which the masses the Censor.
ing barbarity can ever have passed at our meetings is not a waste of
The method is astonishingly time if you get into the work and simple. Two, wireless transmit- Yours, etc..
make your presence felt, make theters are
fixed a short distance readjustment of any grievance apart at Abbeville. H.T.
One sends your work, and so our Society will out a continuous "F" and the other be a progressive one, where har a continual "L" in Morse. These mony will be the keynote of all signala intersect to form a con- our actions and happiness will be tinuous straight lino between found in making others happy. Dover and Paris, Contributed.
can go in preference to staying indoors on a wet Sunday night in
overcrowded and unhygienic alums.
Hong Kong, April 21.
In Eastern Colonies like Hong: ANIMAL WELFARE. Kong the question of opening or
closing cinemas on Sunday has BROADCAST TALK BY S.P.C.A.
Я
MEMBER.
LOCAL ACTIVITIES.
In the course of a broadcast talk on Monday a member of the
S.P.C.A. said:
A WEEK'S DISEASES.
ONLY ONE DEATH FROM ENTERIC FEVER.
A long as an airplane is flying along this line the pilot will hear in his earphones a continuous buzz caused by the mingling of the two signals.
If he deviates to one side the buzzing merges into an "F" or an "L" signal according to the alde. Thus, by his ear alone, the pilot ican guide his machine from Paris
compass.
not arisen in acute form. The authorities have permitted Sun- day opening so long that only an extreme Sabbatarian could be ex- pected at this late date to clamour for a reversion of that policy. By arrangement with the Police. And then he would find himself our Society will now collect stray in a hopeless minority in
dogs picked up by the Police and The official return of diseases to Dover without once seeing the Laken to Kennedy Town. Where and deaths during the week end-ground and without the use of a Colony where pleasures are so they are destroyed unless claimed ed April 18, is as follows:- rare both on week-days and Sun- by their owners. We will regular-
Buried Cable. Hong Kong, Wednesday, April 22, 1931. days. In any case the individually advertise in the local Press the
Enteric fever Small-pox number of dogs with description conscience applies here as well as of bred and markings; and if
Tuberculosis at Home. One is not compelled owners of dogs will communicate to attend a cinema, witness a with our Home
The returns from January 1 leading ring up Mr. or cricket match, or take part in a Fowler, telephone No. 66802, into April 18 zive the following than a mile in length, which the
formation will be obtained withi figures:- golf competition.
pilot can pick up Some good reference to their dogs, if at the Typhoid
at Paris and Canes Deaths which will guide him to his des
Linution in the thickest fog.
SUNDAY CINEMAS..
In the House of Commons a victory has been scored as the
Casa Deaths
1.
1
1
62
Summary to April 18,
result of a free vote on the Sun-People may frown on such things Home. This arrangement has been Small nox
We respect their made in order to reduce the runt Scarlet fever
ber of dogs destroyed every month | Diphtherla
day Entertainments Bill, giving local authorities the power to licence the opening of cinemas on Sunday.
GO
10
11
2
We
hy the Police. It will entail extra Cerebro-spinal' fever expense from our funds, have no doubt you will readily Tuberculosis
Puerperal fevor
48
16
6
2
but f
4
2 756
+
The maximum error oven at Paris, eighty miles from the bea-
con, is only one mile, and it is proposed to instal a buried cable, to the aerodrome. more
The Air Union pilots who have
are en-
on Sunday. views and do what we like. do not seek to force our views upon them. And seemingly the It would have been expected Colony is none the worse for this that, except on the score of Sun-pirit of toleration of what shail Society a subscription of $2 or scarlet favor cases, one small-pox day employment, the Labour and what shall not be done on donation to our funds will bring case, and 14 diphtheria cases.
been testing the beacon thusiastic. "It eliminates both in- Atrumental and human error," said one pilot. "It is almost like fol- Thirteen of the typhoid cases way, and removes most of the un- lowing an invisible rond or rail- of our were non-Chinese, as were two certainty of fog-flying,
Sunday's.
News in Brief,
of 17 a girl,
agree to our action.
To become
tend.
« member
more
our
the
CORPSE FOUND.
LEFT BY ABSCONDING TENANTS.
"Although both outgoing and in. coming airplanes use the same road, there is no danger,of colll- slon, as they fly at different heights, and we fy now in weather which would formerly have held us up.
"The sole disadvantage is the monotony of listening to the algnal. We are now testing an sists of a glowing lamp. apparatus on air-liners which con-
when .we
glows Steadily, but
"When on our course the lamp diverge the lamp flashes the "F" or L signal."
Ten Years Ago.
From the "China Mair”
• April 22, 1921:1
To-day's dollar is worth 2/6%;
+
י.
Party would have been whole-
you into our membership. If in your district you can form a small heartedly in favour of the mea-
group who may be interested in sure introduced by the Home
the work, you could arrange with Secretary, but it was all to the Falling down the stairs
our Secretary for one or good that a Liberal in Sir John Main Street, Shamshulpo,
of your party to attend Yun Wurlin, (7) received bodily be of great help, and would
Monthly Meeting: Simon and a Conservative injuries, and was taken to the Kwong insure some activity in districts this would Mr. Neville Chamberlain should Wah Hospital, where her condition where our Inspectors cannot at- also have been in the majority.is reported to be serious."
Finding it difficult to make both Buried in the misty past are the
A great deal of organisa- ends meet, through failure to pay In celebration of the birthday tion is still needed, and can only rent for three months, a Chinese heinous offences of breaking of the Emperor of Japan, a reception be effectly carried through if more married couple of 7, Fuk Wah sticks on the Sabbath Day, read will be held in the home of Mr. T. assistance is forthcoming.
Lane, absconded. ing a secular book, or sewing on Yoshida, Consul for Japan, and Our scheme to centralise.
After they had left, a boy named a button in order to appear re- Mrs. Yoshida, 7A Conduit Road, on buying and selling of birds, dogs. Ah So, about four months old, was April 29 from 4.30 to 5.30 p.m. and other animals should be found dead in a rear cubicle. The spectable in church.
worthy of all help from those in body was taken to the Public Mor- The national conscience has The Rt. Rev. C. R., Duppuy, power, "The places in use just tuary, but the Police report adds undergone
Mrs, now for the sale of animals are that there are, no suspicious cir- A tremendous up-Bishop of Victoria, and
Duppur left by the Heian Maru not at all suitable; · dark and in-cumstances attached to the case. heavel. There are, it is true, ac- yesterday, for the North. The Roy, sanitary, and not conducive to as the child had been ill for some cording to the report of the de-N. V. Halward and the Rev. C. B. the well-being of animals
time past. bate in the House of Commons, Shana and Mrs. Shann wero pas. Our Committee meets regularly people to-day who decry the open-sengers by the same steamer." on the first Thursday of the month, in Messrs. Jardine, Mathe- ing of cinemas and who would A boy named Chung Kam-chuen, son's Board Room, when we will ban even the Y.M.C.A. from aged one year, who was removed to be pleased in any member comes playing cricket on the Lord's the Government Civil Hospital on forward to assist. We have had
Tettore number The visitors number over a April 18 suffering from scolds, died a very active term and a very
dozen, but we understand that only Day the same type of person at 6.45 p.m. yesterday. It will be generous response to our financia!
three of them, are proficient with probably who would ban a Sun-recalled that the incident happened drive, alapour Carnival Ball held
the racquet. No programmo lias. day newspaper produced for the at 7. Wo Hop Street, where the lad in, the Feninsula Hotel was great Leang Ynt-yu, residing at the been issued yet, but we are in most part on a Saturday night pulled a pot of hot soup from a success.”
Tung Ab Boarding House, has reformed that three singles and post table. and yet grumble were they to be
If sufficient interest was disported to the Police that a certain sibly three doubles hatches will played by members, It might be person is alleged to have stolen be played. One of the Straits men deprived of their Monday morn- Pleading "guilty" to the larceny possible to organise a Dog and leather trunk with clothing in is said to be a good player, A ing newspaper produced almost of $1.85 from Chak Hung at Cat show and in some way to the value of $103, recently, though our champion Ng Star wholly on Sunday.
Keelung Street yesterday, LI Chun demonstrate how animals res- Another realdent named Cheung kwong, beat him 6-3 in a practice wao ́at; the : Kowloon Police Court pond to care and kind treat- Chung-ming has reported that he sat, he is expected to make a good The spirit of the Cottar's his morning, seat to jail for 14 ment; work of this kind entrusted the same man with $200 showing doubles combination 'Saturday Night, of which Robert days, The meney was part of è demands the close co-operation of to purchase three steamship is also expected to give a good ac
Burns wrote, may not to-day beam of 65 in a small, basket, change many helpers. I see the Rotary tickets for Tientsin on April 17 count of Itself, a h
ing in the complainant's shop, and Club have a side branch called the It is alleged that us failed to buy The OTC will welcome the found even in the most Sabba the defendant seized the contents, Community of Service. I should the tickets, and did not return to visitors at a dinner at the Club to tarian parts of Scotland itself, making out with $1,85
like to see a representative from the house.
morrow night:
TRUST BELIED.
́MONEY GIVEN TO "BUY STEAMSHIP TICKETS.
The Chinese visitors from the Straits who are to meet our local' Chinese at tennis are busy practis ing. The matches commence on', Monday,
: