ENGLAND ON LEAVE. [CONTRIBUTED.]
If England was what England seems And not the England of our dreams
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* How ynick wo'd leave her but she ain't.'
So many different reports as to the sort of time that may be expected in England sre prevalent in the Colony that a few notes of actual facts may be of interest But it must always be borne in mind that there are always differences of opinion to what a "good time" really means
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
CORRESPONDENCE.
DOG OWNER AND
ATHLETE.
THE
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE “ HONGKONG DAILY_PRESS."]
ARMS AND AMMUNITION CASES. REVOLVERS ROUND THE WAIST.
The arrival of the s.a. Empress of Russia from America on Monday had as a sequel several arms and ammunition prosecutions before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Magistracy yesterday,
A Chinese passenger, who had lived for some fifteen years in America waere he carried on the business of a silk mar- chaseyovers which were tour, sed round bis waist. He said he had had the wea was taking them back to his home in Heungshan
two tied
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18′′B. 1990.
THE MARATHON RACE CONDITIONS FOR THE COMPETITORS.
The conditions for Saturday's Marathon Race include the following:-
Each competitor will be provided with his race numbers in duplicata. There must be affixed to the singlet or shirt, one in front and one behind.
A competitor reporting at the starting paint without both numbers will be pro- Any competitor receipt bis hibited from taking part in the race. number by Wednesday, 18th February, is responsible for reporting this fact Association and for duly procuring his to duplicate numbers.
S12,-It is often the small things in life that proclaim the gentleman On Monday evening a young Indian lad who had catered for Saturday's Marathon Race was doing his regular training. He was running near Leighton Hill Rood when he was chased by a dog The people who propose to go on leave make in self-defence, kicked the dog. Instead all the difference In the case of of calling his dog away, the owner, a bachelor I would say at once that be European, chased the lad with the evident probably will have the time of his life, intention of hitting him. Fortunately, though if he has extravagant tastes or the boy had sufficient speed to escape him. wishes to live luxuriously in Town be Had he received a blow on the chest from that powerful man, the boy, who bad will probably have to pay heavily.
run over 6 miles previous to the incident might have been killed. tainly have been seriously injured
If the
owner of that dog were chased by a dog, who threatened to take a piece off his leg, would be extend his leg, and say to the dog "Here you are, poor old chap, bave a bite," or would he kick the dog off In the latter event would be regard as a "gentleman
"Murthermore, the circumstances" of the l'animal was about to bite him when he pons all the time he lived in Americs, and the Hon. Secretary of the Boxing
For married folk who go home there are, I think, three main difficulties-The Housing Question; the Servant Question: the question of.Supply and and finance. For those who have houses to go to, or friends at home who can Erst question is the engage: rooms, eliminated, and in many cases, also. the second
It is very hard to find any place to live in at present,
Mr. Wood imposed a fine of 950 and ordered the revolvers to be confiscated
Start The starting point will be at the Statue Wharf, near the Queen Victoria Statue and Hongkong Clah On the BATHER GO TO JAIL
fall in being sounded, competitors will Another man who was charged with the line up facing cast. No. 1 to 10 will be the first or front row; Nos, 11 to 20 possession of 750 rounds of Winchester in the second row and so on. This order and automatię revolver Ammunition, is to be maintained at the starting point, which was found concealed in a safety even though some Competitors do not turn He would cer-lamp, and in boxes of rasina, pleaded up. That is to say, a man in the second
guilty and offered no excuse.
row is not to step into a vacant place in any other row.
He was fired $500, but he told the
the fine was too heavy. Magistrate he would rather go to jail as
Winning Post-This will be on the Water Front, opposite the Hongkong Club.
shorts.
any) to be
It is wise to write the owner who attempted to strike him four revolvers and 600 routids of immun made to any Just be decided by the
for doing so! Or would be consider him a cad-Youri faithfully.
CASABIANCA
for accommodation in Town at least three months before one's bont leaves. If not, to cable from Colombo at the latest (vid Snez): better, still from Hongkong pre- vious to mailing. It is well-nigh impos-A
Hotels sible to get a flat in London. arr very crowded and lodgings in the suburbs hard to find-and usually dear "Also, as one and nasty when found. 'married man of my acquaintance put it, "When you tell the landlady you have one child she merely says she can't take you in. When you admit you have two slie is positively insulting."
Hongkong, February 17th-
FAIR RENTS TRIBUNAL
WANTED.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY FEESS,"
Conditions of Race-1, no stopping; 2. A STUDENT FROM VANCOUVER ·
no pacing: 3 refreshments allowed (pro- Mr. A. E. Bali defended a third man, vided there is no breach of conditions 1 or also a passenger on the Express liner, minimum clothing-singlets and
Complaints-Complaints (if who was charged with the possession of
Assistant Judge or tion. Counsel pleaded guilty on his Umpire. Same client's behalf, and asked for leniency. He Judges and Chief Umpire at the conclu said that his client was a student who had sion of the Race, or at such other time as arrived from Vancouver. He was entirely the Judge may appoint. ignorant of local regulations and brought Prizes Cups will be presented to the the weapons with him on his way to his first twenty men in. Winners are requir home in Sunning, Life and property were ed to present themselves at the foot of the not at all safe in Sunning, and the Queen Victoria Statue not later than weapons were meant for use against twenty minutes after the conclusion of the roobers. Counsel submitted that it was quite obvious that his client was but of the armed robber type.
A fine of 8750 was imposed and the weapons confiscated.
AMMUNITION IN CIGARETTE PACKETS.
SIR, A Committee corresponding the Fair Rents Tribunal threatened by H.E. the Governor was appointed over two years ago in Singapore, and has
A fourth Chinese, a boarding-bonse runner, was charged with the possession: effectually stopped rent profiteering in that Colony. Things are going from of a reveiver and 90 rounds of ammuni bad to worse in Hongkong, and Ition. The Police said that, when search- earnestly appeal-boying at the same ed the revolver was found concealed in the defendant's girdle, and the ammuni time that you will wield your powerful tion was found in the various pockets
cigarette packets
Race.
MEETING OF UMPIRES.
A meeting of the Umpires of the Marathon Race will be held at Prince's Building to-morrow at 4.30 p.m.
SPORT
CRICKET.
There can be no doubt that the best course is to find some small sea-side place for the summer. It will be uncommonly difficult if you have no friends at home to arrange matters. The only way is to manage an abode for a month in or near pen in my support to H.E. the Governor of his clothing, carefully wrapped up in in this match on Friday and Saturday!
"Town and then leaving the family therein, Toy, and to lay for rooms. There is
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to appoint a Fair Rents Tribunal with out any further loss of time. This Com- mitte must investigate all cases of rent profiteering are referred to
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good deal of room in Devon or Cornas having occurred during the past two un wall if you avoid the better known trip ears.
I know a case of a house in town per" towns. Even in these, accommoda,which toe been let for the past nine years tion can be obtained for the winter months at 8160 per month, and the rent has just -say after September. In fact this been raised to 2200, and the tenant is also required now to pay taxes amounting applies" everywhere. Bat svaid well
to 826. If this tass comes up before the Fair Rents Tribunal, could the owner's known watering-places.
action in raising the rent by 876 be up- held 1-Yours faithfully,
The Servant Question must next be con sidered. This, of course, applies to people who take houses. If you go into rooms you have got to make up your mind to forget you ever had a boy" to look
PAUL PRY.
Hongkong, February 17th, THE WALTERS-KERRISON MATCH.
[TO THE EDITOR OF TAF HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,"
Biz,-May I be permitted to say that I
The defendant said that the things were given, bim by a passenger on board the Empress liner.
Mr. Wood sentenced defendant to two months hard labour
ALLEGED ARMED BOBBERY
THREE MEN ARRESTED.
Two of the three men, who were arrested after they had, with three others, not custody, committed an armed robbery on a cargo junk in Yaumati Bay, at 3.30 a.m., on Sunday, were charged before Mr. J. K. Wood, at the Magistracy, Fester- der:
Inspector Gorden informed the Magis- trate that the other man was in hospital As a result of the hammering he had received from the boat people, and would week at least.
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H.K.C.C.. KOWLOON.
The following will play for the Club against Kowloon on Friday, play com mencing at 10.30 am sharp:A. B. Raworth (cap.), C. Brown, A. Burnie, AH. K. Cobb, P. Jacks, A. K. Mao kenzie, W. W. Mackenzie, C. W. Martyr, Capt. H. E. Marray, D. Reid, and C. C. Stark.
› RUGBY FOOTBALL.
HONGKONG, F.C. v. H.M.S.
"HAWKINS.
after you. Complaints are taken as per sonal insulte. You will probably have to clean your own boots. But there will
The following will represent the Club be attendance of a sort.
11, however, you take a house it is a
against H.M.S. Hawkins on the Olab dole was stopped very few of the middle entirely agree with the claim put forward not be able to be present for another ground this evening, kick-off at 5.30 p.m. different thing. Until the unemployment
Back: H. B. C. Way; Three-quarters: I knew several by Eddie Walters us to his right to have classes bad servants.
Outlining the case, the Inspector said K. M. Headerson, J. W. Alabaster, A. M. V.G. house on an income of about seven hun trence to Iron Bux According to the that the defendants and three other men, D. Wallace, Capt. Tomory; Halves: families who lived in an eight-roomed the Arst contest with Sky Kerrison in pre-
announcement made at the ringside, on not in custody, hired a small boat and Smyth, A. G. Simpson Forwards: J. dred to one thousand pounds a year, but the 14th inst. Walters was prevented rowed off to the junk which was lying Ralston, E. L. Moncrieff, C. M. de all they could get was the attendance of from filing his contract by the Doctor's off the M.B.K. coal godowns in the Courcey, P. G. de Paravacini, G. N. a charlady (we don't talk of charwomen orders. I take it from bie letter which Yamuati Bay shelter, amongst other Linson, D. Reid, J. P. Waiter and J. now) three times a week. The cooking appeared in the Morning Post of the 17th dusting, beds, etc., had to be done by theinst, that he is now. It and anxious to junks Making fast to the stern of the W. R. MacPhail. The Club will play in women-folk while the men cleaned the meet Kerrison and if he can pass a satisank, the robbers who were armed with colours. This is the first game of Rugger boots and the grates Moral reflection factory medical examination, the Boxing knives, boarded the vessel, and taking the played for five years and an interesting people on board by surprise, they bound same should result. The Club, side con- this is very good "for the rising gencra) àìAssociation" should allow these two men and gagged them. The master and bis sains severs good players and with prae- tico and further knowledge of each other's would
wife were the only two who offered any play should develop into a useful lot. resistance, and the woman was stabbed on The Hawkins is said to contain a fine the leg, hand and forehead, whilst the Hugger team, including Commander N, A. master was wounded near the heart. Both Woodhouse an Internations) half. of them are out of dagger, and are ex pected to recover. After binding the boat and stole a large quantity of clothing and jewellery valued at 8808. As they were
managed to remove her gag, and putting her bead out of a window called out "Save Life In their hurry to leave the rob bers capsized the rowing boat, and all fell Magistracy, yesterday, with snatching bouring junks were awakened by the resides at No. 5. Cameron Villax
Miss Goodridge was proceeding along woman's cries and fished three of the men Queen's Road Central, near the Central out of the water. They were severely Market, with a lady companion on Mon- handled by the boat people and then band day, when the boy, came alongside and ed to two Chincare detectives. Some of the snatched the bag from her band
She stolen jewellery, was recovered from promptly gave chase after the thief, who pawnshop on Sunday afternoon, and this ran down Pottinger Street towards the showed that the other robbers were not Praya. At the latter place, the thief was all drowned, get caught and handed over to a policeman On the application of the Inspector, The bag was found on his person when
he was arrested. Mr. Wood formally remanded the pris oners until today.
EUROPEAN LADY VICTIMIZED EXEMPLARY SENTENCE; FOR OFFENCE.
tion of girl, but a bore when you want
to settle their argument, and I her to play tennis and she has to do suggest the winner to meet Iron Bux. house work). Things are better now, and held ne brief for either. Walters or it is possible, as a rule, to get the ser Kerrison, and don't care a rap who wins, vices of a servant for about 30 pa i providing it is the best man. I under unskilled), but you will have to treat bestond both men signed articles, and it is with a certain amount of consideration ne fault of Walters if he was prevented She wül maintain her right to return at from taking part on medical grounds people, the robbers ransacked the vessel twelve at night on her evening out and On the other hand Kerrison is entitled to you must not rebuke her sharply. Break great deal of sympathy. I take it he had been training for some considerable The whole point really les own attitude. If you are by nature disps: an old boxer knows what this means contented, then you are going to hate it is not all "bear and kittles," and to If you are prepared to regards things save great deal of ill-feeling between More or less as a picnic you, will be sury these men, and men of the Services they into the water. The people in the neigh hand bag from Miss Goodridge, whe prised to find how soon you begin to get should be allowed to settle their differ comfortable. You will also find that the ences. I am confident this would prove servants get more obliging when a great draw-Enclosing my card, yours, discover you are not trying to upon" them.
ages of crockery are frequent your time for this match with Walters, and about to depart, the boat master's wife
pat etc.
"In the country the food situation in quite easy. There is a little shortage sugar, and butter is hopeless. I found
I had been eating margarine for three
mind
RING SIDE FOLLOWER Hongkong, February 17th..
A
SECOND CASE
months, because one day I complained Children increase the expenses and com- tterly that they had given me mariplicate the matter enormumaly.That, I garine. It so happened that was the only day I got a piece of batter-factory made uppose, is because it is the duty of every good citizen to have children-Mr. Lloyd I do not want any more. Unless you George has said to. These figures aro make up your
beforehand to dislike only rough, and I think the scale of 16 you will find good margarine perfectly things is coming down. Of course, if you palatable.
bary yourself in a village and go in for simple pleasures such as picnics fishing then you can do it on faces and being concerned in the armed robbery, at The two most annoying facts are thess, the gold smelters' shop at No. 178, Canton in the first place alcohol may only be Rond, Yaumati, at 8 pm, on Sunday
Four mon, ere next charged with
A Chinese boy was charged at the
Mr. Smith sentenced defendant to three months"-bard labour, to twelve strokes of the birch and to twenty-four hours? stocks,
In London the food question is more difficult, but when I went up to Town y hostess always managed to feed me
the shop master's watch and a couple of without having recourse to a visitor's
goldmounted rattan bangles Witness ration card I believe you have to reg sold between noon and 230 pm and 6-10 2nd theft of a quantity of clothing and arrested him Witness then went to No. ater yourself with definite dealers for pm. Han seems to be so constituted fiat | melted gold valued at $809,
68 Canton Road where he arrested the butter, sugar and meat Thereafter you the fact that be cannot get a drink at Sergt. Ogg said the robbers broke open second and third defendante, in whose have no more trouble.
any particular time causes him to want the door of the shop, and entered the As regards financy many things are pae then above anything else. The second premises. They produced revolvers and cubicle the melted gold and some articles of jewellery and clothing were found undouitedly expensive. find that
is the attitude of the working classes. It knives. and, driving the master and his Later in the day, witness arrested the is anrly-always on the defensive the fake into the kitchen, they gagged and fourth defendant in a house in Reclama“
bachele can live quietly in the count 'm-a-good-a-man-as-you-are" sort of bound them, and then. bolting tion Street. None of the loot was found
playing cricket and golf, on the course, on £500 a year. This will give him an occasional week in Town; an "occasional car when he feels like it; and quite confortable rooms. If he wishes to run round sampling the various gult courses and living in Town it will cost But, to tum up. England is a bad anything from £1,000 up. For married place to live in hut a 1ally good place people fanblessed with olive branches. for a holiday. But, von have got to make I should any about £750 per annum would up your mind to take things cheerfully do them comfortably if they lived quietly.
Fessimiste had better postpone their leave or go elsewhere.
air. No one wishes to deny it, but it kitchen door, they ransacked the place in this house, but a large quantity of li annoying if the man who is as good and took away everything they could lay gaga and wire were discovered Witness as you are takes your money to do some their hands on. The robbers made good then beld an identification parade, and t thing, and then either doesn't do it, or their escape that night. On the following the first defendant was not identified by 2 does it in a skimped fashion,
morning, witness made investigations, the shop people at all. All the witnesses and as the result of information received, identified the second defendant however, he went to No 4 Reclamation Street with whilst the other two men men were each
search warrant, In a cap hanging from identified by fals of the shop. mail above No. 1 bed, witness found The prisoners were remanded until
(Continued at foot of next caly
Thursday
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