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The China Mail responsible for it.
We cannot all avert hearing or
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1931.
The latter, on the other hand, The steersman of 'a' cargo Junk would be extremely difficult to es- for mooring outside five other craft tablish, for a motorist with, for alongside the a.. Koltana Maru, instance, a gramophone on board yesterday, WAS fined 8 or three could hardly pe, stopped and,quea-{ days' jail in the Marine Court to- tioned as to whether he intended day..
to dispose of it at his journey's end.
The Traffe Act attempts a defini- Chan Chung, coxswain of the tion by stating that a goods vehicle steam, launch Fuk Lee, has report! is one "constructed" or "adapted ed to the Felice that when leaving.
Use for the conveyance "of the northern end of the Yaumati goods." But what is adaptation? Typhoon Shelter on Monday after-
for
T. P. O'CONNOR'S WIDOW.
Well-Known Author and Playwright.
MEMORIES OF OLD VIRGINIA.
Mrs. T. P. O'Connor, widow of
Is the private motorist who removes noon, his launch collided with a the celebrated Irish politician and of the journalist, died from pneumonia in La front seat to make room for a sampan. The occupants
thrown into the a nursing home at St. John's Wood lengthy and heavy package to be sampan were penalised while the man who trusts water, but managed to scramble early on September 1. She had it to the luggage grid gels off? A back to their slightly damaged been for a week." Her age was farmer who cuts out the back seat craft, none the worse for their ex. about. 74. of his car to make room for a sheep or pig pen would clearly be llabic to classification as a goods driver. But the finer "adaptations" are more difficult to judge, and it is a good thing that the Automobile Association is appealing on the
perience.
Personal Pars.
According to a Reuter cablegram from. Nanking, Dr. C. T. Wang is better. He has no temperature
Cardiff case to the High Cout. and there are no complications.
* *
Bicycles and Byways.
Her son, Mr. Francis Howard, chairman of the National Portrait Society, and Mrs. Howard, were at her bedside at the end.
A member of an old Virginian family, Mra. O'Connor was the daughter of Judge Paschal, a cele- brated American lawyer, who suffered for his adherence to the unpopular side of the Union during the Civil War. On the conclusion Aklerman Maurice Jenks, who is
of hostilities Miss Botty Paschel, shortly to be knighted by the King, was at the Guildhall yeater-Grant, the President of the United as she then was, wont to Gen. day elected Lord Mayor of London
She was appointed to assist in for the ensuing civic rear.-Bri-States, and asked for employment, Korting and indexing the archives
tish Wireless Service.
For some years now Henry Ford has been engaged in a catholic col- lection of the relies of an earlier America and in an endeavour to revive some of its customs. Some one with sufficient temerity might respectfuly suggest to Mr.Ford that
The King's return to London of the War Office, and was allowed he add to these efforts a campaign looking to the rejuvenation of a de- yesterday contrasted with his hasty to do her work at home, as she was return at the beginning of the considered too young to go to an office. Walt Whitman was the lightful pastime which he probably crisis, when these were no decora-
earliest of Mrs. O'Connor's literary more than any other individual pre-tions ami no carpets. On the con-
the pastime of bicycling.
Four wheels for two. Engines. for muscles. Speed for leisure.
cipitated into relative obscurity-trary, flags were flying when he re-friends, and in London, after her turned. His Majesty looked well marriage to "T.P.". she gained a and cheerful, and was welcomed by rapid popularity in the literary and
Visit to London. Her first husband, Mr. Francis Gassaway Howard, having died, she came to London, and her meet- JUVENILE COURTS. ing with "T.F." is described in a
one can
30-
economist, Sir Reuter.
Josiah Stamp-
(Continued from Page 1.)
book she, published some years ago, entitled "I Myself." On her first visit to London she had gone to the House of Commons to meet Mr. Justin M'Carthy, but he had policeman advised her to see Mr. O'Connor, left the House, and a who, he said, "was always polite to Americans."
a visit to her armed with a special licence for their marriage the next day.
These, in answer to the dictates of the Princes, and chatted with the political worlds.
the progress, technological tomobile substituted for the bicycle. The latter, consequently, to-day finds its use, in the United States, chielly among the younger set and And 'yet telegraph messengers. only some thirty years ago 10,000,- 000 bicycles
were carrying the to his home surroundings and his
We are also agreed that nation-adult as well as youth tory.
under the out onto a rapidly increasing net the Remand Home for Juvenile boy work of bicycle-created highways. offenders, should be Heng Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1931-reading a rumour. Press men, Men with, great sweaters that dis- charge of a police officer and details necks dis of our recommendations appear, in in particular, as we have indicat-creetly concealed their
in billowy the paragraph dealing with Remand
From this meeting their friend- Dame Rumour. ed above, are, by the very nature cussed with women
of Homes. Finally we consider that ship quickly ripened, and Mrs. bloomera the relative merits.
offenders when of their profession of
first O'Connor tella of her husband's news twenty-inch Jandlebars, toclips, juvenile As usual in times of difficulty gatheres, liable to be gulled by suspension wheels and what not. brought to Station should not whirlwind wgoing, culminating in and stress Dame Rumour is fairy stories during a period of Staid citizens inveighed against taken to the station charge room but "scorchers" and their choking to the Inspector's office where they busy, and all kinds of stories are local difficulty. But all Press clouds of dust. City fathers moot- would not come in contact with
For some years Mrs. O'Connor in circulation. To hint at some men do not imitate the legendary ed the acute bicycle parking pro-adult prisoners.
Probation Officers.
was the president of the Society of them would obviously be play example of a Chicago news-blem. Newspaper columnists gain-
One of the most important of Women Journalists, and display ing into the hands of their in-paper who, on a day barren of ed fame un bicycle witticisms.
But
fall here into an features of the Juvenile Courts are ed a remarkable business capacity
Section 9 in "murdered" the Mayor easy mistake.
that position. In 1913 sho sidious manufacturers. To pass news.
The charm of the the Probution Officers.
charm of the Bill submitted gives full de- published a book, "My Beloved them on orally to some one else and automatically contradicted bicycle la not simply the
told many of things past-like the barouches talls concerning these officers, their South," in which sho would be equally mischievous. its own yarn the next day!
1 18 charming stories of the old planta- Some people are only too ready In a certain country, which and broughams one sees standing powers and their duties.
somewhat disconsolately in New their duty to receive reports fromtion life "befo' de wah." She was to believe what a man with
amust be nameless at the moment, York City's
Plaza Square. The the persons under supervision (Sec. also the author of several novels
profound intrinsic 9 es. 8) (a) to see that they observe and plays. gulling and voluble tongue tells a law was promulgated a few bicycle has
Mr. T. P. O'Connor died in 1929. merits. It is unique as an instru- the conditions of the recognisance, ayears providing penalties for per-
to the And by the time
report
Court excellent (b) to ment offering at once
to their behaviour, (c) rumour goes the round of half a sons who disseminated rumours exercise and adequate personal tran-as
LORD LANGFORD. advise,
and pasist
be- of to As dozen people its original form is in a time of national emergency.sportation. past all recognition. Press men There may be no need for such achieving real acquaintance with friend them and when necessary to
them suitable employment. Working Passage Home new lands and new countrysides it find naturally hear a great many of drastic
from Australia. Ordinance
this is incomparable, giving in
to the Such officers must therefore be able these rumours, only to find
on Colony. There ought to be other devotee intimacies and delights that to speak the language of the offen-
"Melbourne, August 31. investigation that they have not ways of curbing rumour manu- the automobile, the train and the ders and be in a position to trace
Lord Langford, the Irish peer, airplane can. never provide. Its them when required and keep in the slightest foundation in fact facturers and rumour dissemina-rider can explore many a byway touch with them until they are re-whose wife has been working in a As often as not it is a sheer waste tors. In any event it is the duty which the automobillet would leased from the supervision of the London teashop, has sailed for
Courts. We therefore recommend of time endeavouring to secure of citizens of repute to refrain | avoid.
fts recrudescence that these Probation Officers should a confirmation or denial. Usual-from assisting in the circulation
of 25-30. There ly a circulator of a rumour, even of a baseless and mischievous might add to the traffic hazards on be Chinese of good education be
highways, as any tween the ages
male Probation] if he be a European, is quite un-rumour but report it, along automobila driver will remark who should be two able or unwilling, most likely-with
the has had to swerve around one of Officers to begin with, one for Hong the 255,450 bicycles made in the Kong and one for Kowloon and one to supply a clue.regarding its higher authorities, who may be United States in 1927,
the last female Probation Officers for the
The salary pro-1 origin. Yet, by the mere act of trusted to deal with it in their year for which production figures whole Colony,
are available. But the current posed would be $1,200-$1,800 by assisting in its circulation in the own way if and when necessary,
persistence of the two-wheeled, leg- $100 annually for all such officers hearing of certain other persons,
powered vehicle in many countries whether male or female. These he may unwittingly be acting as
-for example France, where some officers would form part of the the dupe and tool of mischievous
7,000,000 are said to be in use, and staff of the Magistracles in Hong England, where legions of middle-Kong and Kowloon,
them.
its
source, to
From Other Pens,
folks who apparently have-no- thing belter to do than malici- ously manufacture rumour and When is a Car Not a Car? gossip.
An engaging problem
use his
out
car
for
GAT-
Το
be sure,
the motor
means a
class housewives living in country We consider that provided the districts use them for ahopping necessary Tegislation outlined in testifies to its utility and pleasure, our report is adopted and passed heartily to com- and the very reasonable expenditure There is reason
covery of its delights.
News in Brief.
gold
The suspension of the
England in the Ballarat.
He is entered in the ship's articles as "passage worker."
Formerly Mr. C. W. T. Rowley, Lord Langford succeeded to the title on the death of his uncle last January. He had a varied career. in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. In Australia his occupations Included farm labouring, working, as a night wat
Jand agent, fruit picker, and singing on the wireless and at concerts. For the last four years Lady Langford has been a waitress In a London tea shop. She was married to Lord Langford, in Dublin In 1922.
man,
for standard was sanctioned yesterday hope is not far distant, as the Intessengers in the liner Maure- tania, when returning from Halifax. by the Danish Parliament.-Reus dustrial School for Boys at Aber-N.S., to Now, York, saw three
deen is established and is function waterspouts... Ing satisfactorily.
uncommon
-4'
As we write we have before us motorists is presented by the de-mend to the United States, where sanctioned there is no reason why cision of the Cardiff Stipendiary the bicycle reached its highest Juvenile Courts should not be in a letter from a reputable fire Magistrate that a man who carries tame, a re-examination and redis operation before the close of the An Argentino literary academy is
The Industrial present, year.
to be set up, with the authority of contradicting a certain rumour a basket containing goods in a
Schools for Boys will not be ready the Government, to foster Argen in certain vernacular news-private car may be using hia car be
but much can be done by remands, tine culture and conserve local idiom papera bearing on the present as a commercial vehicle, and
Hlable to pay the higher rate of
probation of offenders and deten- and traditions. situation in the Colony. To re-taxation involved. For the aver-
tion up to 6 months in aggravated cases until such time, which we
11 peat that rumour, even in the age motorist is frequently con- form of an official and authori-strained to
other purposes than the tative contradiction" or, denial, ringe of his family and friends, ter. cannot serve any good and useful it ie, indeed,
The lowest open air temperature
The report is signed by the Hon. purpose. A repetition of it thing to see self-conscious
househoder endeavouring at the yesterday was 78 degrees. The Mr. E. D. C...Wolfe, (Chairman), would only bring it to the notice wheel to dissociate himself from humidity was 87 at 10 am. and Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell, Mr. of hundreds, if not thousands, goods of various-sorts, from a Back at 4 p.m.
R. A C. North, Mr. T. M Iazlerigg, the Hon. Dr. R. IL who had not heard it or read it of potatoes to an antique chair, [.⠀⠀
Mr. Lee Fong, addressing the Kotewall, Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. R. which he may have acquired ad- before. The majority would be vantageously on his wanderings, Rotary Club of Hong Kong at the Rains, and Mrs. D. Hourigan, S.C.,
To-day's dollar is worth 2/11%. kely to accept and believe the and which protrude noticeably weekly tiffin yesterday, gave an denial; a small percentage might above the back seat, What should interesting account of its develop
The female population of the Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jun be sceptical on the so-called but be the test of commercial use themhent, predicting its further growth
construction of the cur or the na-as the logical port for the South of United States is increasing more leave for Manila, Hong Kong, and often erroneous principle that ture of the transaction in which It China. The speaker detailed the rapidly than the male, but there are other southern places to-morrow. brought at 1,499,144 more men- than Mr. Rockefeller, Interviewed, epoke "where there is smoke there it is involved? The former can be various improvements
"highly of what he had seen of the JONAT LIBRIAN TRAI Mof the Chinese and their Institu fire."
Thus, quite innocently, at the best only a loose teat, for about in the city during the past many marketable commodities, from few years, and was of opinion that the rumour, plus a great many pedigree pups to prize packets of high import tariffs, and cheap fuel, trimmings and additions, would seed, can be comfortably transport would eventually make Canton gain a much wider circulationed, in the dickey of a two-seater. great manufacturing centre.
(Committee).
women,
..L
Ten Years Ago.
[rom the "China Mall",
September 30, 1921.J
Sir Alan Cobham has returned to tions. Mr. Walker, `Standard. Du Entebbe on the completion of his manager in Hong Kong, will al survey fights of the African lakes. the party in the Bouth