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Mr. and Mrs, L. C. Dyer and Mr. His many friends will wish to H. M. Snyder have returned to join in congratulating "Old Bill "' Shanghai from a trip to Manila Armstrong of Shanghai, on reach- Mr. Dyer is a member of the U.S.ing his seventieth birthday to-day,
whereby he becomes one of the select | MISS BASCOMBE'S · LUCKY Congress.
few who have passed three core The Shanghai Chinese Bar Asso- | years and ten in Shanghai. Mr. ciation has sent a circular to its Armstrong has been over 47 years
"Johnny members forbidding them to have in the Model Settlement and while anything to do with the Inter- not claiming to be "a national Bar Association which, it Walker, is still fit enough to be is alltged, has no legal basis accord- ¦ envied. ing to Chinese law.
Yunnan now owns & dozen nero- planes and these will be placed under the direct control of the Central Government provided the grant of 810,000 latter make a monthly towards the expenses of the Yunnanese Air Squadron.
Times got out of jaint, and these people being somewhat weaker in Yesterday's weather, report, fore-intelligence probably, or less enter. cast and remarks, issued by the prising, were the first to suffer Royal Observatory at 3.30 p.m.. | particularly as there was a complete stated:-
absence of prophylactic measures The anticyclone remains to the which might have prevented such a north of Hokkaido and a depres considerable proportion of them from being caught in the maelstrom Tokyo. Pressure is relatively low and being whirled downwards, with over the China Sea and to the out their realising how and why eastward of the Philippines.
Local Forecast:-N.E. winds, they were going down and under. Dr. MALHERAE did not find a single fresh, cloudy, occasional rain.
"poor white" who had had an education beyond the sixth standard" and to some, he saw, the obvious solution would seem to be to in eculate every child with a sort of But the secondary school serum. aolution, as Dr. MACHERDE showed, is not as simple as that. Most of the poor whites "
are Dutch- speaking. Until recent years a book to the Dutch South Africa was an English book, except perhaps the Bible, and therefore regarded with certain amount of suspicion. When Dr. MALHERSE asked many of the children to write down all the books they had in their homes and
In the courad of an interview all the books they had read, they with the Chinese Fress, Dr. C. T. asked whether the Bible was also a book!
Wang says that negotiations regard- Can there be any surprise that ing the rendition of the Shanghai children of this type of intelligence Provisional Court will be opened at grow into men who are only a little,
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HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 14, 1929.
THE "POOR WHITE" IN AFRICA.
5.
At p.m. on Thursday, Misa N. W. Bascombe of No. + Queen's Garden met with a serious motor accident when coming down the Peak along Stubbs Road
Dr. and Mrs. Lavington Hart of
Being apparently unfamiliar witr the London Mission and the Anglo- the main road, Miss Bascombe is Chinese College, Tientsin, were believed to have taken a wrong given what must almost be a record turning pear Craigmin Road and send-off when they left the northern before she could pull up the car had port last Monday, Crowds were organe over the hillside. the railway station platform and Half-way down the slope, Miss the departing ones were bidden Bascombe was thrown out, but her hearty farewells by both foreigners car continued to drop, coming to a Several memorials standstill to rest upside down, sixty The Chinese Commissioner of and Chinees. Foreign Affairs is to lodge another were also presented. Dr. and Mrs.
Hart were leaving to catch a ship feet below the road. protest with the French Consulto Japan where they will join a General in Shanghai against the boss for Canada and ultimately installation of wireless stations in England. the Kuokaa Park, in Route Fre- lunt, and in Route Zikawei.
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Apart from a severe shake up, fractured left wrist and a few bruises, Misa Bascombe escaped without serious injuries It was fortunate that the accident came to
Chinese merchants have made a suggestion to the National Govern ment that the rouble notes issue by the former Imperial Russian the notice of a European resident Government and held by Chinese living near the scene, and timely citizens should be used for the reassistance was given to Miss Bas demption of the Chinese Eastern
Chumbers of
Commerce
bave
Railway. The Administrative Yuan, combe, who was subsequently admit- according to the Chinese papers, ted to the Peak Hospital. has ordered the National Associated if any, more intelligent, than a the end of this month in Nanking Chambers of Commerce to find out by Chinese so that a deraand. for native? As soon as such men sink with members of the Shanghai Con- the total amount of such notes held below the level of civilised stand-sular Body.
compensation may be presented to any duties, but they do not usual- ards and come into competition with
the Soviet Government. The Chin-ly include cooking as do those of the Chamber at Constantinople. To the native, the politicians begin to
In accordance with orders from ex papers say that the Mukden talk loudly of the country's native question. This is all nonsence," General Chiang Kai Shek, the Chamber of Commerce has reported wees the demands of American that merchants there, alone, hold governments, it has decided to declared Dr.
"The Kiangsu Bureau of Finance has more than 300,000,000 worth of these publish the recipes of all Turkish dishes and culinary specialities, native question which the politician abolished the bamboo and lumber | notes.
which will be drawn up by a com- has in mind is in essence little more
tax. In thanking the general for
mission of leading Turkish restaur- than the poor white question.
anteurs, and which will be sent to What it boils down to is the fear this, the Chinese Timber Guild asks
New York. The list will include a
diab that the upper 50 per cent. of the him to take steps also to abolish
favourite Turkish "Imam Behild," which means "The pugnant to the race which likes to native race will oust the lower 10 pertikin as soon as possible.
Priest swoons "-presumably with happy repletion after eating. Mr. Churchill as a Bricklayer.
It has been said that South Africa's worst problem after droughts is that In a country of the poor white." where the black man putnumbers the white by nearly seven to one, the idea of white poverty is re-
MALITERSZ.
cent. of the white, and under the look upon itself as the ruler-yet influence of this fear the white man does not realise the danger that lies resorts to measures which will jeopardise the whole of South at its door. In the towns there is ex's economic future and that apparently little white poverty.of, the white man in particular." The majority of artisans, the work. Such measures will in time rob the dominating race of the virility bred ers in the streets, even the very man from the buffetting of stern com who brings vegetables to the door, petition, and will render it soft and His in a coloured man, either a native weak when the crisis come%
and
Marking Time at Hankow.
called
or an Indian, White poverty doentory has amply shown that nature re-opening, the workers will have that no further steps be taken by offence to some members of the
economic forces select the
not obtrude itself." Yet in the coddled, privileged class of any barren sun-scorched backveld the society for destruction. And in Dr. MALHERTE's opinion unless we cease nation has a terrible skeleton in its to think of the population of South cupboard. Of the 1,800,000 white Africa as 11 million, and realise people in the Union nearly 150,000 that it is 7 million, and unless we realiec the good of the whole is best are below the level of a civilisederved by serving the good of all standard of economic efficiency, the parts, the ontlook will be black which means that from 8 to 10 per indeed for the whole of South
Africa. cent. are ekeing out an existence which consists of barely keeping body and soul together.
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News and Views.
The third Anal General Meeting of the Hong Kong Ladies Hockey Club will be held at the May Institute on Monday 18 inst. at 3.20 p.m. Ladies wishing to be come members are cordially invited to attend.
the first option to employment.
From the latest news regarding events at Hankow, it would seem that the local authorities have been acting on their own initiative in destroying Messrs. Butterfield and The Wen Kee Silk Filature, Swire's sheds. A Reuter message Chapei, has been forced to suspend says operations have been suspended
The pleasantry of making Mr. business and the arbitration com- as a result of explicit instructions received from Nanking. This is mission has ordered the manage-much better news, and further de- Churchill a member of the Amal- ment to pay its employees one and velopments will he awaited with amated Union of Building Trade Workers-the bricklayers' union- a half month's wages in lieu of keen interest by foreigners through his qualification being one build- out China. It is stated that the notice. In the event of the filature Nanking Government has ordered ng work he had done as a hobby at Westerham, remains a cause of the Hankow authorities until the union. The Fulham branch raised Government has reached a decision
the matter at the annual conference- is this matter. Evidently vigorous in London, and moved a vote of representations have been made to the Central Government by the censure on the executive "for not British Legation regarding the upholding the dignity of the Brothers G. Hicks (the general high-handed proceedings at Han-anion by summarily dealing with kow. It now remains to be seen whether the Kanking Government secretary) and Jaines Late (who was Mayor of Baltersen at the time approves what has been done, or
he presented Mr. Churchill with his Mr. Churchill membership card). alternatively explains how it comes about that local authorities can
is not, in fact, a member of the take such action without the
union. When his admission te knowledge and approval of the membership was announced there Central Government.
was a erop of angry protexts, and the union executive decided that. he was ineligible. Mr. Churchill..
To convert Chinkiang, Provincial capital of Kiangsu, into a modern city, the Provincial Government Committee have decided to appoint a Provincial Capital Reconstruc tion Committee for the formulation of plans. A sum of $1,200,000 will be appropriated from the Provin cial Treasury to cover the initial expenses of the Reconstruction work.
A fire which occurred in the S.M.R. Wharf Building. Dairen, The Anglo-American Negotiations. enused over Yen 130,000 damage. Very good news comes from playfully maintained his right to The Japanese police are investigat- notified on Thursday.
One Japanese case of enteric wasing the cause of the outbreak which Washington concerning the pros-membership lest acquiescence in ex occurred under somewhat mysteri-pects of an Anglo-American agree pulsion should prejudice the posi be held on MONDAY, the 16TH DAY of mittee appointed at the instigation
ment on naval limitation. It is for tion of others who might also be SEPTEMBER. 1929, at 3 r.M., at the
The total output of the Kailanous eircumstances. There was one naval experts to argue, if they; in danger of expulsion for politica Offices of the Fublic Works Department, by of the Carnegie Corporation of New Order of Eis EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOS,York, has been telling the British Mining Administration's mines for casualty. A Chinese cook lookedish, about guns and tons; what reasons, but if he ever had any in the week ending August 31 amount-ut of a window in the building the layman is interested in is the tension, jocular or serious, of con- Association about this dificult probed to 93,490 tons, and the sales durant ames were raging and lem,, and has uttered a warning of ing the period fo 102,289 tons. * the disnstrous results that may follow failure to solve it. Dr. MALIZARE has collected hundreds of biographies and case histories, and has examined about 5,000 children in more than 30 schools. What he had to say about the splitting-up of farms and the decay of farming, owing to slavish reliance on the 8. native, was interesting enough, but the magnitude of the evil can best be seen when it is discovered what class of children are being taught in many of the rural schools, for the child of to-day is the man of
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prospect of some understanding testing the executive's decision, it had his face badly scorched.
being arrived at. Whatever the bas been abandoned. He retains Because of its failure to register actual terms, there will be Admirals the membership card as a mements with the Bureau of Social Affairs, and experts on both sides of the of the incident, and Mr. Lane has Atlantic who will bitterly complain kept as a souvenir Mr. Churchill's the Pawnshop Guild of the later that the other party has much the cheque for half a guinea, which was national Settlement has been struck theater of the bargain. But what never paid into the union's account. off the list of members of the Com mission for the Reorganization of really matters is that a bargain Mr. Lane offered to return it, but Shanghai Commercial Organiza has been made and Mr. Stimson's Mr. Churchill said he did not want tions. The Kuomintang alleged Prophecy that the latest Note sent it back.
to Mr. Macdonald through the U.S. that the Guild refused to register Ambassador in London might lead because it relied on the protection the British Premier to feel confident of the foreign authorities of the that agreement will be reached may Looking Back 25 Years.
be taken as indicating that the bar- International Settlement.
Government passengers leaving for Home to-day by on the 8.8. Morga include Mr. E. H. Dyer (Prison Dept.). Mr. F. K. Ewart Education Dent.), Mr. and Mrs.
A Nanking telegram to the Chin-gain has been almost struck. It will . P. Lane and child (Police) and
ese Press says that Mr. and Mrsa tremendous achievement to Mr. C. P. Rozeskwy (Police).
Kao Ying and Mr. Suen Foon are bring Great Britain and the United Capt. E. K. Boddam-Whetham, now lodged in the house of deten-States into line on the question of D.S.O., R.N., who arrived here on tion attached to the Nanking Dis aval armaments, and it must of Thursday by the Mantun assumed trict Court and that, after accused necessity mark the beginning of the command of HM.S. Tarantula and have been questioned by the Pro- most important international move tock over the duties of Senior Naval curator and all available evidence in the direction of disarmament
15 at hand, the trial will take place, that has yet been made.
i In one of these schools he asked Officer, West River yesterday.. Dr. Francis Liu Shih Fang, a well- Viscount Cecil. whether any of the children had
Notice has been given of the known local lawyer who is a specia heard of General HERTZOG. Three marriage which will take place in list in international cases, has been put up their hands, and when he Hong Kong shortly between Mr.retained as oursel for accused. Baked one of them who General Charles Joseph Noronha, account- nat. of 1991, Vita Cruz, Manila, HERTZOG was, the child replied: P.I., and Hazel McIntyre Sell, ef He is the man who flica in an 1118, Maple Avenue, Los Angeles. airplane"! In another school there was not one child even in Standard 8 who could find 'South Africa on
California.
The Shanghai Central Mint will egin operations on. December 1 and already schemes have been drawn
The cooks are spoiling the broths over at Kowloon by a badly organised strike, part of an at- terapt to raise the wage rate. temporary scarcity is being ex- perienced, but vacancies are being filled at regular rates. There aro complaints that the unemployed and "chow" from their suc- cooks are still drawing "squeeze cessors,Hong Kong Daily Prea, Sept. 14, 1004. Looking Back 50 Yeaza.
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Many laws in the Central King- dom are practically dead letters simply because the lower officials will not carry them out or-far a consideration-wink at their eva- sina by the people... The Imperi- al Government in June, 1877, in reply to a memorial by Kwo Sung Tao, published a decree prohibit ing the smoking of opium in China.
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, more familiarly known as Lord Robert Cecil, under which title he went to Washington in 1924 to receive Woodrow's Wilson's $25,000 pence prize, is to-day sixty-five years old. up for the unification of a standard Although for many years Great currency. The schemes, as prepar Britain's delegato to the League of The Forbes Russell Company fed by the Ministry of Finance, pro- Nations, Lord. Cecil has of late again presented By Candle Light" vide that China's currency shall he somewhat retired from the public the map of the world! Yet Dr. last night. They are a competent in dollars and the tacl unit will eye. He is the third son of the
after the lapse of three years from company and people will be glad be abolished: that subsidiary coins third Marquis of Salisbury, and
that date. But по оде ever MALHERDE was not inclined to blame to see the latest London success" will be readjusted: that, in foreign for two years after finishing at
thought the decree would be carri- education for rather the lack of which they are presenting at the exchange transactions, the gold Oxford he was private secretary to
ed into effect, any more than the education) for this state of affairs. Theatre Royal, By Candle Light" standard shall be observed: and his father. He was talled to the
opens stickily but moves rapidly that steps will be taken, to mint Bar in 1887, and not until 1908, interdict on the cultivation of the when be was elected a member of poppy has been. His Excellency "People are commonly inclined to
once the ladies appear. To-day and guld coins.
Parliament, did he commence hib Shen, however, in apparently de- blame poor whites
Monday they give "Her Cardboard 28 persons,'
The Sino-Belgian agreement re- | political career. He has been términed that in his jurisdiction Lover," which the Times critic he said. "They are poor whites*
described
Tallulah Bank.inting to the rendition of the Bel-successively Parliamentary Under the drug shall not be tolerated, and. gian Concesion in Tientsin have Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has taken steps to enforce the pro- because they are bad. This is not head's festival of lingerie.'
been made public. We understand Assistant Secretary of State for hibition and at the same time pre--
serve the peace during the liter- a true picture. I would prefer to
A report was made to the Tau- that China will assume respon Foreign Affaires; Minister say that they are bad because they mati Police Station on Thursday sibility for the redemption of the Blockade; and Lord Privy Beal, ary -examinations about to take place at Nanking, But the de- are poor, because economic circum-night by a woman to the effect that bonds issued by the Municipality of but his most, active work has been
votees of the opium pipes and the stances have selected those qualities. she and another woman had been the Concession but Belgium shall done at the League of Nations.
yamen underlings will no doubt interfered with by Indian soldiers. submit a clear cut statement of ae- Before 1924 he had the honorary
prové, more than a match for tho Looking at the matter from within-The woman told the authorities counts in this respect. When the title of Lord Robert Cecil, but in
worthy Viceroy, aven if all the from their limited point of view that the soldiers had dragged her Concession is formally handed over 1923 he was created a Viscount,
to the Chinese Government, the changing his name to Lord Cecil. opium shops are closed. The Chin- 30 Cents per Copy
cse are an obstinate people who- there seems to be an inevitableness companion up a hillside. A search
party was sent out, but failed to latter will hand over the money for Lord Cecil has a sharp face set on
will have their opium, and no re- about the whole thing. Looking at find the soldier or their alleged the redemption of the bonds and the slender, stoop-shouldered body, Subscription, paid in advance-it from without, one realises that victim. Later the woman who was Chinese Government will take over. He dresses carelessly, aven slovenly, former, however vigorous, will per annum for delivery in Hong it all happened (seemingly inevit-supposed to have been dragged up the Concession as soon as the pre but possesses a convincing power of succeed in long depriving them of Kong-$13; including Postage to ably) because the whole system was the hillside was found in her house.ent agreement has been approved speech, and a great command of it-Hong Kong Daily Preu, Sept..
The Police are investigating. by the Belgian Government.
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