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RANDOM REFLECTIONS, The Hon. Mr. Towe had unusually good ' luck with his first questions in the Legisla tive Council. Ou each subject he drew from the Government quite lengthy and important statements,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
THE HUMPITREY BISHOP Co. COMPLETE CHANGE OF. PRO-
GRAMME TO NIGHT.
*I WAS
DRUGGED AND ROBBED." STORY DISBELIEVED BY MAGISTRATE.
FEMALE JEWELLERY BROKER IMPRISONED.
gold bangle, valued at $380, and two pairs at earrings, bring-worth-shou: 16,000.
Mr. A. E. Hall procuted on behalf of the owners of the property.
SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH, 1920.
SPORT
GARRISON TENNIS LEAQUE.
Bad weather has been responsible for many fixtures in this league being poste The Humphrey Bishop Company are
poned. The 85th Co, R.G.A. after meet presenting a complete change of pro-
lag the R.A.M.C. on Tuesday at the Happy gramma to-night, when they can be certain
Valley met the R.AM.C. in Wednesday I take it that the reply of the Govern of another good reception. As one of the
At the Magistracy, yesterday, the hear“; and although without Major Hackling and ment to the Hon. Mr. Lowe's request for bent balanced vandeville companies if not the publication of the Report of the Com the best that has visited Hongkong in re-ing was concluded in the case in which Capt. Olliver gained an easy victory by 63 Lt. Col. Loring and Capt. Davies.beat mission which reported on the emoluments cent years, they deserve well, even on these. Mak Kwai, a Chinese woman, was charged games to 15. Scores
hot days,
with conspiracy to"defraud vertain women of the Civil Servants of the Colony is not
Some of the Company's patrons will be of their jewellery, which included a“ pearl | Sub-Condr. Longstaff and Q.M.S. Crow, "refusal, but simply a postponement. So,
90 beat S-Sgt. Copy and L-Cpl. aleast, it is to be hoped. The Govern glad to hear that Meurs, Wiseman's hav-necklace, valued at $1,000. 18 pearls valued g ment reply seems to make the situationing Meused a licence intoxicating liquors at $1,000, one diamond ring, valued at Robson, 90: beat, Capt Spinks and more putzling than ever. In short is is" will be sold in the roem adjoining the dress $1,600, another ring, valued at $500, one Sergt. Major Haynes, 8-3
Sergt. Davis and Sergt. Gillard best Where we have departed from ibe recom-circle. This, of course, will be in addi-
Sub-Conde. Longstaff and Q.M.8. Crow, mendations of the Commission we have sinn,to the light refreshments,
8: beat S..Sgt. Copsey and L-Cpl. made the conditions more advantageous in
Rubsan, S-1; lost to Capt. Spinks and every came to the civil servant, yet the
The story was one of an amazing"fraud
Sergt.-Major Haynes, 36.* plain fact of the patter is that there are
perpetrated by a woman who gaining the CS.M. Pragnell and L-Br. May beat important class of men in the Civil
confidence of a large clientele by acting as Condr. Longstaff and Q.M.S. Cruw, Service who are drawing fewer dollars
a broker in small transactions, thought the
po; beat S-Sgt. Copy and L.-Cpl. to-day than they did before the salaries
opportunity ripe to make a big coup for Robson 90: Tome to Capt. Spinks and wern,"resised with the object of increasing
Having received, the jewellery ;
Sergi Major Haynes, 4-5. rather than reducing them! And these are
herself. inhave enumerated and disposed of it to her cheme of Civil Sexynals who can ill afford to bear any reduction in their dollar & CHAT WITH MISS GELA KARDIE own satisfaction, she had the temerity to go to the Palice, and state that she had
HAUNTED BY FEAR. revenue, for their salaries provide little!
a plebiscite were taken, among fr been drugged and the articles stoken..
to which of the margia for convertion. Now, it was sureļj
quent theatre-gisers, na
The case created a greas dent of interest PHANTOM FOLLOWED HIM ABOUT. never intended by the Commission that members of the Humphrey Bishop Co. and the court was crowded, the majority When was charged at the Magi- these men should. Be worse off than they contribute most largely to their access as of the spectators being women, who after, strays, yesterday, with being a rogue and
were before,
to age upon these Irish rises."
I
Last night. the audience made up in infectious enthusiasm what little it lacked in mumbers. It was inadvertently stated Ein our yesterday's, issue that Mr. Bishop had decided to change the programme every night after Monday The wish was father to the thought: The next change will be on Tuesday.
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his presence.
in collective while, we imagine Miss Geln |
she was sentenced to six months hard' a vagabond, be made one of the strangest
excases ever beard in the Court. A non-i The explanation of the whole mystery is Hardie would come very near-together labour, lef's the Court' evidently pleased.
Marcelline Boulais And The tidenes given by various victims stable stated that bo saw the man sneak doubtless in the vagaries of exchange, and with Miss one would like to see how both the Com Loradow-to obtaining did the fact that the woman way up the staircase of a house and he follow- mission and the Secretary of State came premier honours. And this is not slighting formerly an amah and, through the efforted, him. When questioned the man could the other talented members of the Com-of some prople, managed to start is a" not give any satisfactory explanation ofi
"But I can broke in the understand that the exchange conipensation" pany, for they are all the best of pals and jewellery broker. A man gave her a ring defendant, "I have been always haunted previously performed similar transactions by fear. Whenever I walk out I feel as worth $1.100 to well trusting her as she had for him. A few days later the woman if someone is standing behind me ready came to him and told him she had been to strike me down. I was so obsessed with
tion with another jewellery, broker from. windled. Her next exploit was in coonee the feeling that I rushed up the staircase whom she received a pair of ear-rings and to whom she repeated the same tale. Heri at victims were women, also in the same trade, and the majority of the jewellery – SNATCHING FROM A BABY.
of 7 per cent, which has just been granted will undoubtedly agree that little Mim will not suffice to remove the grievance in Hardie has all the "pep necessary for the case of certain subordinate offers at the vaudeville 'entertainer who wants to least. A 1 have wid before it, will-be- rise out-of-the-ordinary, interesting to see how the total vote for salaries under the revised scales compares
with the total vole under the old scales..
A reporter of this newspaper, who had the pleasure of a chat with Miss Hardie (yesterday evening, found that that little lady has had sufficient experiences in her young life as should satisfy the average person”
No announcement has so far been made as to whether may change has been madu in the salary attaching to the deveroor I have been doing raudeville work
the prisoner met another woman by ap ship. Of the Eastern Crown Colonies the ever since I was ten or cleven years old,anged to them. The Police alleged that Governorship of Ceylon has hitherto been she said; in a tone which meant to convey pointment. after she had receive the accounted “the plum of the Service" that she has nothing but the pleasantest
jewellery, and that the things were takeri t Canton. The salary attaching to the post is given memories of that comparatively recent R. 106,000, which, includes allowance past. I learnt my dancing at school in
Several witnesses, with whom defendant That works out at £7,000 a year--or did Scotland, and for a long time. I was had lived, testified to the fact that on th before this week when the exobage saldoing a singh turn with the Africay when the woman said she was drugged, -of-the-Rupec was fixed at 10 to the pound
Theatres Truss Circuit. You wo. I spent she appeated in perfect health and was merling instead of 16. The Governorship of the Straits Settlements is worth £5,000 a lot of my life in Africa, and it was very lively. Defendant, however, adhered
there I joined Mr. Bishop. It was just to her, statemeht that she was art by
■ year, and the Governorship "of Hong about two years ago that we went ap to Long has igured in the reference books being inilari remunerated, plus an Nairobi. That's on the equator, so you
can, intagine how hot it was there."
**Hongkong's Bot enough for me."" put
entertainment allowance of £1,000 a year, making together £6,000 a year. Assuming, that no increase has been made in their the reporter. sterling amounts of either the salary or
"Do you know that I really feel the
the entertainment allowance, exchange het here almost as much as I used to makes the Governorship of Hongkong more to be envied from the point of view feel it in Nairobi. It is extraordinary,
of the emoluments, than that of any other Fray South Africa we went on to Blo Colony. Such a salary, of course, allows
a very large margin for conversion with potamia, and it was there, we had, some the result that while the dollar remains exciting times. Except when we stayed în somewhere in the neighbourhood of 4/- it
is probably possible to save out of the Bagdad, we had to stay in military billets, salary, for conversion into goid, a greater We bare our discomforts in the best por
all um than the post was ever worth in the years that the dollar remained below sible spirits. For occasional periods we the 2/ level. When will the Governments had to live on tinned meats. But we met combine to establish a uniform coinage and with kindness, ga every hand, so that we put an end to such exchange problema?
really enjoyed ourselves. We showed to
woman who invited her to her lipase, gave
her drugged soup to drink and, while she
was unconscious, stole the jewellery.
Mr. Swith sentenced her to six months hard labour.
CHARGE
AGAINST ARAB SEAMEN.
ALLEGE THEY WERE BEATEN.
"
for refuge."
.""
The man had a previous conviction and was sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment.
MOTHER ARRESTS THE MISCREANT.
A Chinese was charged at the Magi stracy, yesterday, with snatching à bangle from a baby's wrist at Hunghom.
The infufit was being carried on the back of its mother, who was going to market to inako a low purchases. The woman got into a crowd and defondant was observed by another persot to cut the banglo which was tied to the child's wrist..
An alarm was raised and the mother immediately
gave chase, capturing the snatcher after. n long run. It was proved that defendant had just served a term of imprisonment for a similar offence and he was sentenced to six months' hard labour and to receive
welve strokes of the birch.
RETURNED .. BANISHEES. BREAKING INTO A MATSHED.
yesterday, the Magistracy,
*AL
다.
Three Azab seamen who were charged Chinose was charged with breaking into with deserting the P. & O. steaner matshed at Sham-su-po and with return. Derana, in Hongkong harbour on June ing to the Colony after having been banish Zird pleaded guilty before Commandered for life.
The case was remanded.
Apipes, the dissatisfaction existing soldiers all the while, Rad some of them Beckwith.R.Nthe Marine Magistralt A-man who had three previous...convic among certain sections of the Police Force. had not seen an English girl for four yesterday, but said that they deserted betions recorded against him for larcenies cause they were ill-trented daily, by the and had been banished for ten years was attention has been drawn to apara my
raph in a Home paper which begins with years."
Indians on board. these words:
J.
"Not from the Arabe, for the British
The Magistrate: But surely, you could
"Any dangers į” Police conditions are rapidly improving in this country, but there are still folk who wish to wield the batan further afield, and an inquirer this were in occupation and everything was have complained to the Captain 7-We tried week asks how to apply for service in Hongkong. Evidently be has heard good
to do so, but were not allowed to see the reports of the service from somewhere!
With the
quict round and about Bagdad. We had
an accident once when we were travelling Captain.. v
on an electric trolley. We banged up A representative of Messrs. Mackinnon,
And not
found to be in possession of a dagger. He was charged with the offence and also with returning from banishment."
He admited the second charge and was given twelve months' hard labour..
CORPS.
ORBERS FOR CADET COMPANY-BY-LIEUT.
A. D. BRAWN-
PARADE-BATHING.
It is interesting to learn the nature of against another trolley in front, and a Mackenzie, & Co., the local agents of the HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE the response which has been made to the Government's offer of financial assistance we were going at 30 miles an hour it was ship, said that the Company did not know for huilding purposes, with the object of we stock The driver of our-trolley was that the defendants had deserted the ship relieving the house, famine. general conclusions of the Committee there badly hurt that I believe he died after until they gare themselves up to the will be little disagreemont. The Govern-wards Mr. Jaffay had his face hurt. I Folie. The Captain of the ship i ment statement brings out the fact that was fortunate enough to escape with a reported the desertion to the Company bo arrangements have been made for loans castingent upon the building of 33 flats couple of small bruises. Since we left fore sailing. The Company had cabled to Launch will leave Blake Pier on Wednes and ten houses, and terms have been offer- Mesopotamia, everything has been new to the ship at Shanghai for information, but ed for the advance of a considerable sum
Bumme. I always wished to travel, but the for the building of a private hotel. addition to all this, 23 applications have East has been over-rated. Still, it adds to been made for loans for building private one's experiences and life is short. Ishall His Worship: When is the ship due residences. The building projects in sight ion seem to promise que amelioration of be glad to get home Home's in South
the problem. The trouble is that projects Africa, you know." of this kind, are often a long time matur
παρ.
Overboard-in-the-market:
Will you stay there?
"I don't know, yet. I am longing to go to Australia, and perhaps I shall be
Compradors to European Lady Customer: My flen, ho talkee. Eulopean lady now glad to do so."
have got Guild? What for waniabes Guild
#
How few people will guess that Min
allec samo Chinese fashion? My flen, Hardie confessty to the name of Tutgrin, bo tales those amabs planty bobbery now,
and alle misuisce talkce servants vally after the South Afrláða river of that name- bad-makce plenty squeeza pidgen:
闊
European mississe now have not Guild makee stop this bad fashion. My save you talkee your flen, my shop charge ploper price no pay any Bandora,
It was all incomprehensible till it dawnod that the H.K.W.G. and M.G.. had been formed!. What is the H.K.W.O and M.C.L. Once again. A good deal of amusement in an otherwise dull moment enn be obtained from pursing what a
Arug of initial lektori ran]lv stand for.
RODERICK HAndom.
Her father has spent the best years of his life there, and gave her that curious name.
Special thanksgiving services were held
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ax the ship had not yet arrived there, noue wa.available. A
back-Hongkong On July 18th.
-The case was remanded unul July 16th In the meantime the P. & O. Company to house the defendants in a seamen's buarding house and. leare- the Colony.
"CHINESE FOKI ATTACKEI
ARMED FOOTPADS
do not
A Chinese foki who was conveying $400 to his firm, has reported to the Police that, while walking along Heung Hing Lane on
in Jewish synagogues in New York in hoa Thursday afternoon; he was set upon by
our of the decision of the Peace Confer four men, one
day, the 30th inst., at 5.15 p.m. and call at Kowloon ten minutes later...
LKAVE
Cadet J. W. Polley is granted six months' leave of absence from the Colony with effort from July 1st, 1980.
G. F. E. RAPSON, Br-Major,
Adjutant, E.KV.D.C Hongkong, June 25th, 1990.
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whom he was conveying to Kowloon City, Aridha coolie reports that a passenger.
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whom z armed with a ento to make Palestine the homeland of dagger. After throwing him on the attacked him with a hammer and stole
ground, they stole the money. the Jews under a British mandate.
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