TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1931.
THE LOG
Of The "TRADER HORN" Expedition.
by. W. S. Van Dyke
Forclusive to the "Ching Mail"
thing Clamp, Uganda, July 1-1.
THE CHINA
MAIL.
GIRL CHARGED WITH NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HOUSE-BREAKING.
Alleged Big Haul of Jewellery.
POLICE RAID ON SHOP.
hed a club and started for the spot. the name of Mrs. Isabella Brown, A sartly dressed girl, who gave
G
R.
NOTICE.
H.M. THE KING'S BIRTHDAY REVIEW.
So much has transpired during The d for by this line had gone aged 22, of Great College Street, PUBLIC ARE HEREBY
the last three days that I am still a To examine the boy and was bead-Camden Town, N.W., was charged Traffic arrangements which will NOTIFIED of the following bit groggy from the effects and noting over him when the others arat Blendon, N.W., with breaking be enforced during the ceremony
They thought, probably into the residence of Mr. Montague at the Cenotaph:- altogether compelant to record the rived. facts in proper perspective. How that tite boy was badly hurt and Harris, at Hodford Road, Golders ever, regardless of the exact signi- began to beat the doctor.
Green, N.W., and stealing Д All of which sounds uninteresting diamond ficance. the Truth remains that we
bracelet, # platinum are enveloped in a very nuaty situarough on the face of it. Not so,
Bowever.
Racial Antipathy.
tion, the outcome of which will un- doubtedly have a lot to do with the tranquillity of our last Atrica.
days in
At cinner time, day before year terday, at the members of our either entering the Compary were mess tent or about to do so, a motor truck pulled up on the road buide camp. It was one of our own ears that had been sent 1: Arun to pick. up supplies in the afternoon atud was driver and several natives. There was, of course, thing unusual in one of our trucks arriving in camp
manned by a European
and consequently no attention was paid the incident. We had just seated oujgives when a great shout ing was set up in the direction of It want nothing to me,
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,
THE
THE SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING Will be held' (wan- ther permitting) at Happy Valloy on SURDAY 6th June, 1931, commeing at 2 pm.
The first bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.
MEMBERS ENCLOSURE.
Membera are notified that they and their Ladies must wear their Badges prominently displayed.
No one without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Encios- ure. Badges admitting non- members to the Members' Enclos- and Club Rooms at $5 for Gentlemen and $3 for Ladies (both including tnx)
obtainable through the Secretary upon intre- 2. From 9.45 am to 11.30 am.duction by a member, such member motor omnibuses and Jarries
to be responsible for payment of | travelling along Caine Road in an
all chits, &c. Easterly direction will be diverted
1. Motor cara conveying off- cials to the ceremony at the Ceno- taph will be stopped at the junc- valued at £1,000, with stealing and and Jackson Road where the oc- receiving on
ure various dates from cupants will alight. The cars will It is not difficult to notice almost persons unknown, four gold brace-then be sent to Chater Road, West the monient one arrives in East lets, four, gold necklaces, two
of the Statue, to park there. Africa, the feeling existing between gald the residents of the Kenya Colony brushes, a silver cigarette case, a rings, three silver hair and the Uganda Protectorate. This silver card care, allver watch, a is not the place, nor is it my busi-gold wediting ring, a fur coat, and Res, to analyse the cause for such other property. a condition. Suflee it to say that
Detective-Inspector Baker said
it is very much the same antipathy that
way of Arbuthnot Rund, Holly wood Road, Lynhurst Terrace and Wellington Street to Queen's Road Central and Blake Pior vla Pedder Street. From the lower levels to
these vehicles was behind upper levels
will travel by way
of Pedder Street, Queen's Road
Central and Ice House Street.
he went with Detective- which exists to-day, in some degree, Sergeant Muggridge and other in different sections of any country.officers to Brown's address In a antimal erlas the thing is for gotten at once, but in times of peace and prosperity il crops out in vau- deville jokes, aver drinks and in fashionable repartee. And this fact, though it seems simewhat far draws, snatched the soiree at camp
which was a small drapery and outilting shop. She the counter, and said she was the owner of the premises. le asked, "Are
you Airs. Brown?" and she replied "Yes."
He told her he held a warrant mit at the category of similar native to search her premises, and she but I noticed that every African inuitbreaks and made of it an inter-asked. "What do you expect to
the Hul,
the test jumped to his feet and started for the spot where the voices had been heard. Not to be natione, 1 followed.
White Doctor Clubbed.
sectional issue. Not. of course, that any me here will admit it-no in deel. It's one of those things which is understood by all, and ad- mitted by none.
At the naek of the lorry I could see a crawd of about twenty na- tives, armed with clubs, belabouring asing figure crouched in the cen-Benya. tre of the group. As we approach Denuda, but
find?" He replied "Jewellery." She said, "You will find no ateien jewellery here."
Inspector Baker said he'searched the premises and took possession of a quantity of jewellery and other articles.
Card In Fire,
And this is it's significance: The Baganda natives in our safari were employed and transported from Their tribal home la
As he was searching a room at these with us had the back of the shop Brown threw ed in tu ran the natives diapersed | migrated to the environs of Nairobi | a card into the fire. He grabbed and, in doing, became "Kenya it, and Brown said, "That's nothing natives" All the hunters with us, to do with you. likewise are
ean burn, my residents of Kenya. own property if I like.“ But Doctor Barrell is from Uganda
In a wardrobe he found
and van for cover. The figme who
appeared to the attraction in the fraras tightened up, wipe his bleeding chin and month with a handkerchief and anounced himself
as Dr. Barrett. Malical Officer in Charge of Sleeping Sickness for the
West Nile district. Had we not ar- rived at the moment, I think it is safe to my the man would have been clubbed to death or very seriously
"Open
mouth,
Dential: please."
Patient: "What? All your study, and yo can't extract my tooth without my opening my mouth?" -Pages Gaies, Yverdon.
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Brown then said "Now you have i found those I will tell you how I pot that stuff. I get it from a man whose name I do not know."
-ot only that-he ja a Cganda woman's hard bag containing gald Goverment official. There is your chains,
pendants, lockets and problem, in short. Uganda official ringa. attacked within Baits of American; camp by Kenya natives in charge of Kenya hunters. The facts, as such, yeath the attention of the Governor, That American party is causing
The inspector said he told Brown trouble in my cuantry," he thinks he would be detained in connec Our future moventents, in conse tlon with a case of house-breaking, quence, fre carefully garded,
at flodford Road, and after being future favours less freely given.
cautioned sho said, *F know Charges Framed.
nothing about it." Later she said. Well, to shorten the story, WO, "I will tell you presently how I got nutified Captain Handley of Arus the stuff you have taken possession the Superintendent of Police for the of" Northern Province. Directly after. The livident we identified, with the
are
Budges admitting to Members' Enclosure will not be on sale at the Race Course.
Members can, obtain
upon ap- plication to the Secretary Badges (Imited to ONE) for the free ad- mission to the Members' Enclosure of
lady relatives and | friends. Names must be stated
when applying.
wives,
3. From 9.45 a.m. to 11.30 am. On ne pretext will children be motor omnibuses and lorries permitted in either Enclosure dur travelling East along Queen's Reading the Meeting. West will be diverted by way of Ronham Strand West, Morrison Street and Des Voeux Road Cen-
tral.
4. Between the hours of 9 am and 12 noon vehicles will not be permitted to park in Connaught Road Central between Pedder Sireet and Murray Road; Chaler Road, East of Queen's Statue; Wardley Street, North of Queen's Statue and in Jackson Road.
5. No vehicular traße will be permitted in Connaught Road Cen teal between Pedder Street and Murray Road between the above hours.
E. D. C. WOLFE, Inspector-General of Police. Hong Kong. June 2, 1931.
PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,
LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL ORDIN ARY GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders will be held Ilang Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on at the
MONDAY, the 15th June, 1931, at 11 am, for the purpose of receiv. She was taken to Golders Greening the Report of the Directors to doctors' help, ull the ring-police atation, where he made a gether with a Statement
leaders
Another Charge.
further charge when the clerk in Inspector Baker was indicating a terrupted and said that was suff cient evidence for the day.
Brown was remanded in custody.
of Ac-
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11 the disturbance statement, which Inspector Baker counts for the year ended 30th and dispatched two Car's Lo said would be produced at a later April, 1931. Arus to bring Uganda Police date. your
into camp. Captain Handley and five seari reached the seuns at 6 the next morning and ten natives were arrested. All the huya in our employ were lined up and one addi tional one was found before the pri Joners were sent on their way to the police station. Most of them were porters, the lowest type of atari boy.
but in the
of Edwina Two,
Booth's personal boy and Our chief pastry cook, the loss will be severely
injured. The story he told us to this:
In Arua he had set the European driver of our truck. Learning that the lorry wai returning to camp that night, he accepted an invitation to ride down in it, spend the night near us at Rhino Camp in order to sail the next day on the Lugard for
the upper Nile to his headquarters
case
MINISTER BRIDEGROOM.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hong Kong, 2nd June, 1931.
A Premier's Sister To
Marry.
POSITION VACANT.
Political people in three capitals WANTED-A typist (male), able to
Apply per
felt. They are to be tried on the-London, Ottawa, and Washington do general office wark,
16th on charges of rioting, and as--will be interested in a romance(sonally to Pahomull Bros., 29c, Wynd- Sault. The maximum penalty, I be just revealed, writes an Eveningham Street from 9 a.m. te 5 p.m. At Aringa. When it came time to lieve, is three years for these News correspondent. leave for camp, the natives present-offences and is imposed by District It concerns Mias Mildred Bennett,
on, who was on the spot first, willHerridge, K.C. D.S.O.. the new appear as a witness against the boys Canadian Minister at Washington. { and, being a Uganda official will weo They are to be married very short- that they receive adequate punish-13. probably before Major Herridge ment.
takes up his new duties.
Magistrate's Talk During Care.
ed themselves at the truck in a Commissioner Nelson, after a care-sister of Mr. R. B. Bennett, the LLOYD GEORGE AND A POACHER highly intoxicated condition, having | ful hearing of the case. Pote Pear-Canadian Premier, and Major W. D. sneaked off to a native bar during afternoon. When the truck the stopped in the road beside camp to unload the supplics, the doctor climbed into the back end to super- vise the discharge of his personal safari kit. One of the "boys," to drunk to move, refused to get out of his way and talked back to him
in highly uncomplimentary terms. With this the doctor pushed the boy
off the truck into the road and went about his business. The boy, hav- ing hit his head on the ground, screamed murder and gave his tribal ery of alarm. In an instant every Baganda within earshot had grab-
POLICE RESERVE.
ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.
KING'S BIRTHDAY. · Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfo, C.M.G... Inspector-General of Polico, are as under:-
King's Birthday Celebration, Members of the Police Reserves who had been warned for duty to-morrow will parade at Central Police Station at 9 a.m. sharp. Dress-White uniform. sun hats, belts, and truncheons,
Those present when the House of
For my part the incident is The engagement is a sequel to the Commons adjourned before Easter thoroughly regrettable both because Imperial Conference in London last witnessed Mr. Lloyd George in one
of its reflection upon my company year, when Mis Bennett acted as the and because of its unpleasant aspect | her brother's helpmate socially, and
as an irritation to a delicate situa- | Major Herridge was his personal Clynea, the Home Secretary, to
tion. I know too little of the coun-assistant.
They were in almost
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
The Price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $2 in- eluding tax, for all persons includ- ing Indies and is payable at the Gate.
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform are admitted half price.
Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, &c., will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.
Tiffin will be obtainable In the Restaurant in the Public Encles-
ure.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 1st June, 1931.
THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD., COPENHAGEN.
The Motor Vessel,
"MALAYA"
having arrived, Consignees of cargo are hereby informed that all goods are being landed and placed at their hazardous Godowns of The Hongkong risk.ints the hazardous and/or extra-
& Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., where delivery can be obtained as 1050 as the
goods are landed.
No clans will be admitted after the
9th June, 1931, at 4 p.m. will be sub- goods remaining undelivered after the goods have left the Gedowns, and all
ject to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged goods are to be left in the Godown, where they
will be examined by Mesars, Anderson & Asha on the 8th June, 1931, at 10 a.m.
All chims against the vessel "must be presented to the Undersigned before the 19th June, 1931, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be counter-
signed by
JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.
Agents. Hong Kong, 2nd June, 1981.
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COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED
IN CHINA MAIL.
try or of the natives to take any daily consultation about business or Hereford, who had been sentenced Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels. sides in the matter but I do know social engagements. that in the future we shall have no similar outbreak. It has been a leeson to the black men.
[To Be Continued.)
Widower of 42. Major Herridge, the only son of a Presbyterian minister, is a widow er. of 42. He was decorated for his gallantry during the war,
to three months' imprisonment,
Mr. Frank Owen (Liberti, Hereford) revealed that in his con stituency there was strong feeling regarding the case,
of his best roles. As "Father" of Mr. House he appealed to
Social Functions. show clemency to a young poacher To-day-Ten Dance at Hong named fones of Abbeydore, near Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances at
To-morrow-Roception at Goy- ernment House, 9.30 p.m.
Entertainmentà. To-day King's Theatre; "Just Imagine." He said that the landowner in Today Queen'e Theatro; Reservists at the Police Training Bliso Bennett while in London' the case, who was herself a magis "Trader Horn." School, Kowloon, will be held as was musk amused by the frequency trate, did not adjudlerte, but the To-day Central Theatro; usual to-day at 5.30 p.m. All mem- with which, owing to her youthful point was that, being an interested The Singing Peony." bers of the Chinese Company and looks, she was regarded as a daugh party, she came to the Court and To-day — Matestle. Theatre, of the Flying Squad who have notter of Mr. Bennett.
conferred with the Chairman whom "Isle of Lost Ships.' ' yet passed Part 2 of Training Mr. Bennett is a confirmed bacher she had taken from the Bench. To-day World Theatre; Course should attend.
lor, who has denied a score of times. Ile asked the Home Secretary."Words and Music." remours of an Impending marriage, whether it was in the purview of To-day Star Theatre The weekly instructional patrol Miss Bennett has not only manage the Lord Chancellor to deat not "The Desert Song." of the Kowloon Section will take ed her brother's household' affairs only with the Chairmen of the June 7 to 9.-King's Theatre: placa to-day. Fall in at Tsimetan- and acted as hosless, but has herself Bench who left the Court to con- "Along Came Youth." Taut Fire Brigade Station at 5.30 taken an active part in Canadian fer with an interested party bul m. sharp. Dress-Khaki uniform, politics. She spoke at a number with that landowner who was her- and cap with khald cover.
of meetings during the last election self a inagistrate. Two months campaign.
· had elapsed since the youth went Among her recreations are golf Into prison. and swimming.
Flying Squad,
J
There will be no instructional patrol for the Hong Kong Section on Friday.
Sharpshooters' Company.
Hand Shaken,
Mr. Lloyd George, a dapper. figure in holiday tweeds.. jumped
Meelings.. To-day-Hong Kong Univeralty Medical Society, 5.15 p.m. ⠀
June 16-Peak Tramways Co Ltd., Hong Kong Hotel.
June 17-Lane, Crawford, Ltd, Exchange 'Building.
Steam Co., Ltd., Messrs.
Home Mails. To-day--Inward from Europe via Siberia (Theseus),
Friday-Outward for Europe vla Siberia (Empress of Asia), 10 a.m.
SaturdayOutward for Europe vin Marseilles (Kashmir), 10.30
June 17 Indo-China
Navigation. Jardines, noon.
Member of the Sharpshooters Special Duty-Members who are Company will fall in, outside the detailed for special duty at the It was Miss Bennett's happy Ides up and appealed to Mr. Clynes to Supreme Court Building, on the Races will parade at Central Police to introduce dancing during one of release the man and thus do away went side. at 9.15 .n. instead of at Station on Saturday at 1 pia the Canadian oficial receptions at with the feeling that he had not Central Police Station as previously Dress-Khaki uniform and khaki the May Fair Hotel last November, had fair play. He suggested that notified. Dress-Khaki helmets, helmet.
On that occasion she had three and representations be made to the tunies, shorts, puttees, beita,
a half hours of hand-shaking. Lord Chancellor on the matter, Cholsters, and revolvers; ..:
When the appointment of Major "for such things," he vigorously be carried out on the Tai Hang Herlige na Cenedian Minister to asserted, "must not go on.” Revalvar Practice-There will be Range on Sunday at 9.30 am.the United States was announced, Mr. Clynes announced that the no revolver practice at the Bowen Members will assemble. D the it was stated that he would not take plea had not fallen on deaf ears, Road Revolver Range to-morrow range at that hour with their rifles. up his duties, ti midgummer, and he would immediately make.m.
Uniform optional Police Training School,
He is anxious to take his bride another appeal in the right quarter The weekly classes for Police")
General.
Rifle Practice.-Rifle practice will
***. (Sgd.) D.-L. KING, D.S.P.- (R.), with' him.
with a view to clemency.
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