23, 1929.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
DIFFICULT DECISIONS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
SOMETHING BETTER THAN THE TALKIES"
COMING!
COMING!
FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY
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AND
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PRAVA EAST RECLAMATION
GRAND OPENING THURSDAY 28th NOVEMBER at 9.15 P.M.
TWO SHOWS DAILY 4.15 and 9.15.
BIGGER BETTER BRIGHTER
30
THAN EVER
EUROPEAN
ARTISTS
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1st CHAIRS
404
24
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STALLS
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Children Half Price to Afternoon Performances Only.
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4.-Correlative of either.
6-Type measure.
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11-To make fun of
3-Slender girls. 15.-Stage.
16. Large tub.
18-Egyptian goddess. 10.--Thus
30.--Man's name. 22-Plural ending 23.-Pronoun.
24-Greatly desired. "
28.--To exist.
28. To take for granted 30-A football team. 32-A constellation." 33-Hawaiian wreath. 34-Sides of cut jewel. 37-Imperative request. 40.-By. 41.-Smirks. 43.-A sloth.
44.-Symbol for tellurium,
48.-Lines roof.
47-Pronoun.
48. To throw.
50. To rent.
51-Dry.
33,To put in.
55. To reach destination. 57-Golfer's mound.
58.-While.
60.-Point of compass.„; 60-To stitch.
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To find sum of.
2.-Stops.
3. Picce of three.
4.Hypothetical forpe.
6. To bring to life.
G.-Property.
7.-Possessive pronoun. 8. Part of church. 9.-Sweetheart of Pyramus.
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24. -Heals.
25.-Judges
27.Half an em.
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31.-By way of
31-Musical note.
35. To put in harmony:
30-Separates metal from ore.
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42,--Pastry.
45.-Gaelic.
4-Part of eye.
19.-To strike.
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YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
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GEAR ́ ́FZER— LOEMLEZA SAR GOMAYANAND FID FITOFS OF
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WHEN YOUR WIFE HAS COMMISSIONED YOU TO MATCH A SAMPLE, AND ONE OF THOSE OVERPOWERING SALES LADIES PRODUCES SOMETHING ABOUT TWO SHADES OFF WHICH SHE INSISTS IS A PERFECT MATCH; AND YOU DON'T DARE CONTRADICT HER, AND YOU DON'T RELISH WHAT YOUR WIFE WILL SAY IF YOU BUY IT.
10-29 (Copyright, 1929, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
HONG KONG FLOWER SHOWS.
REMINISCENCES OF YAUMATI AND KOWLOON,
PORTUGUESE HORTICULTURAL
PIONEERS.
[BY THE HON, MR. J. P. BRAGA.J
food of reminiscences recalled by Mr. Ho Leung's speech is as the annual meeting of the Hong Kong Horticultural Society yester day afternoon.
and
GWYAS WILLIAMS
tion to the whole Colony to visit his gardens rich with the fragrance cf brilliant blooms Mr. Darahjee was a familiar figure in Hong Kong, as distinguished in his per aonal appearance as he was in kind nets of charity performed without the least ostentation.
"Father of Homantin."
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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY 7 2.30, 5.30 & 9.20.
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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Continuous 1.15 to 11.15.
FINE IN MUI TSAIA PAPER MYSTERY.
CASE.
MEMORIES OF A DEPARTED DAUGHTER.
Before Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham us Central Magistracy yesterday, a Chinese woman named Lau Ngan Chung Lui, and living at 20, Caine Road, was charged on two counts
20, 1928, D
CURIOUS STORY,
Considerable anxiety is felt locally concerning some large shipments of paper, delivery of which by two different ships arriving here recent- ly had been anticipated by the con signees.
From the information at our dis posal, it appears that the consignees some months ago placed orders in Europe for large consignments of paper which, it was understood, were to be shipped to Hong Kong
By a later generation of Hong Kong residents Mr. F. P. do Vasconcellos Soares is well-known as the enterprising gentleman who fathered the scheme for developing the district of Homubin as a Mathias Soares than whom no more trees into Hong Kong was Mr. suburban residential area. In the REASON FOR A TRANSFER. face of many and serious obstacles enthusiastic and painstaking ama- Mr. Soares succeeded. The elder teur botanist was ever met with in
son of Mr. Mathias Soares he is Hong Kong. Two or three days &
a lover of flowers and follows his Departing from the stereotyped week and in the summer months father's old-time hobby. To resi form of speeches on such occasions, aimait daily the two friends dents of Homuntin such as Mr. the popular President of the Messrs. Noronha and Soares-used Soares, Mr. Ho Leung's forceful Society made. brief allusion to the exhibitors at the Annual Flower Kong to Kowloon, at the east of 30 and exhibits on behalf of the Hong to cross the harbour from Hong appeal for additional, membership Shows of nearly half a century ago, when the residents of Hong Kong the good old days, to indulge in possess
cents return journey by sampan in Kong Horticultural Society should
peculiar. did not number a quarter of the their favourite hobby of gardening. should, at least, maintain
char. They the European population of the present To their meal and enterprise must traditions of their lineage in so far of taking into her empley on or by certain vessels. day, and yet there was considerable be credited the production of the Hong Kong is concerned. A atouto December enthusiasm in the Showa held at
A letter of credit" with re- Hong Kong at that time,
first pineapples from any European special prize for cut-flowers from twelve-year-old mui tai, and trans- course is said to have been His mention
garden on the mainland. To-day the Homuntin area may be an in-ferring her to another of Yaumati and pineapple cultivation promises to ducement to create that healthy named Wu Pai Kwai en or about of two shipments were duly received woman issued, and bills of lading in respect Kowloon when they retained their become an important industry in rivalry which Mr. Ho Leung's April 24, 1920, contrary to Ordi-in Hong Kong through the bark earlier simplicity with small Chithe New Territories. Among the speech aims at establishing in nose villages scattered here and
nance No. 1 of 1923.
concerned. there inhabited by peor fisherfolk Taumati and whith produced abunprofitable occupation-Bower, gar-
fruit trees successfully grown at Homuntin, in that pleasant and Defendant stated that the child
Anxiety Felt, few farmers, brings to dantly are banana,
was adopted by her daughter. The memory the pioneering enterprise peach, fig and the common guava,
rose apple,dening.
latter died, and defendant present bills of lading were presented to Upon arrival of the ships the of the early foreign settlers of Hong Mr. Delfino Noronha was a regular
ed the girl to the woman Wu, menthe shipping agents in the ordinary Kong, prominent among whom were and successful exhibitor members of the Portuguese con- Flower Shows of fifty years ago.
in the munity, many of whose descendants To overcome the difficulty and less now take an active part in the of time in getting to and from Yau- social and municipal affairs of the mati Mr. Noronha acquired the Colony.
steam-launch "Blanche and. in- Genesis of "Delmar."
augurated the first European; Delmar," spoken of by the owned ferry service across the har Society's President yesterday con-ur. The traffic in those early veys no, meaning to the present-day days failed to make the enterprise residents of Hong Kong. An ex-
a commercial venture. planation is of local historical in-1 Among the first investors in pro- tercet." Delaar," was the summer d'Almada e Castro, a former dis. Peal for next year's horticultural. perty at Yaumati were Mr. J. M. Mr. Delfire Noronha and Mr. ignished member of the Civil Ser- Marcas Calisto do Rozario. Noronvice of Hong Kong, and Mr. Jose ha was the founder and proprietor dos Remedios," who owned the of the firm of Government printers chalet " Bemini buils on the crest and publishers which retains to the of a bill overlooking Yaumati Bay. present day. Mr. Rozario was the managing proprietor of Rozario & Co., a Portuguese merchant firm of importers dealing principally in Australian products in the days of the sailing ships.
villa of two close friends-the late
year.
Mr. R. H. Butters, of the S.C.A.ed on the manifests, nor were the who prosecuted, said that Sergeant goods on board the vessels. Post had obtained the presentation
We understand that cables have document from the woman Wu, and been sent to Europe inquiring as to the Kowloon Court on November 12 no definite information appears to it was this woman who appeared in the whereabouts of the cargo, but
on a charge of taking over the child
have been forthcoming an this and was fined $23.
point.
It is just possible that some un- Girl's Aunt Gets $100, toward event has caused delay in
and the presentation document was by all concerned at the non-arrival Defendant, on oath, said the girl the shipment of the paper but, in came to her house in January, 108, view of the very large aum said to given by the girl's aunt.
be involved, great anxiety is felt child's aunt told them a story about of the goods by the steamers which proverts, and defendant's daughter were expected to carry them. took the girl and made a present of 8100 to the aunt.
The
Mr. Butters: If you are charitable, why did you not double the amount to $200 as in the docu- ment?
50 IS YOUR STOMACH UPSET
BY QUININE? DISAGREEABLE AFTER- EFFECTS, OVERCOME.
Defendant: I did not ask for that to be put in. It was put in by the aunt, as is the usual custom.
the child was actually a mui taai, and not the adopted child of her of the opinion that had she adopted Leloved deceased daughter. He was the girl, she would not have gives her to such
A
few
Kowloon Garden City. The appeal of the Horticultura!tioned in the second summons be Society to Kowloon Tong residents child, who reminded her of her dead signees that no such cargoes as des cause she could not bear to see the way, but they informed the con
bered that they claim to belong to should be strong when it is remen- the Garden City" of the Colony,
cribed in the bills of lading appear daughter.
which is indeed the prettiest saburb Kong. So many of the Chinese re- within the dependency of Hong sidents of this district pride them selves in the charming lay-out of their gardens, that it will be sur- made to Mr. Ho Leung's earnest ap prising if no adequte respoust be
advantage of an organisation in show. They posscas, moreover, the the Subscribers Association which should reduce to a minimum the difficulty of transport with ample facilities for which the Society pro- Pioneers of Kowloon.
nises prospective exhibitors next Portuguese residents figured minently as the pioneers of Kow- pro-
Mr. Mathias Soares, loon. It was they who hore the brunt of malaria in the early days Saiyingpun brings back to memory Mr. Ho Leung's reference to of British settlement, when anti-the little garden owned by Mr. If I remember correctly it was malarial measures were practically Mathias Soares in Saiyingpun in in 1876 that these two gentlemen unknown and the disease exacted a the early days of Hong Kong. It bought K. F. Lots 2 and 3 with a heavy toll of human lives. Despite was there that the enthusiastic Mr. Butters put it to defendant total area of 5 acres of agricultural this serious handicap members of Portuguese florist carried out much land. Late bordered on the sea with a beautiful bathing bench in
the Portuguese community proved of his experimental cultivation of the suitability of Kowloon for flowers with so much success, to the Yaumati Bay. Lot 3 was farther suburban residence, and to-day delight not only of himself and his inland. The sites were about 500 they form a large proportion of the friends but to the benefit of this yards train the Yaumati Police non-Chinese population of the Pen Colony. I remember being told Station northward of the Water insula which their forbears had many years ago that it was Mr. Pumping Station which was not helped to develop. The earliest Soares who introduced the bulb of built until more than 30 years after. Crown lessees of Kowloon were the ginger lily to Hong Kong, On K.F.L. 2 Messrs. Noronha and Messrs, J. M. A. da Silva, Mathias This fragrant flower has earned Rozario, as joint owners, built a two-storeyed summer villa of brick A. Chagas and Candido A. Ozerio.. decorations in the summer months Azevedo, A Brandao, A. M. Alves, great popularity for table and other and mortar which
was named There might have been a few others when they can be had cheaply and Delmar,' formed by the first whose names cannot be recalled at in such great profusion. ayllables of these two gentlemen's the moment; but it is possible that Christian names, Mr. Noronha the hiatus might be filled by some
The Flower Nursery at Pokfulam. was a keen amateur horticulturist old Portuguese resident. Easily dreamt of for Pokfulam and when and, with the aid of friends, im- the best kept and the most extensive the road thither was a narrow path Long before any dairy farm was ported a number of indigenous Aus garden st Kowloon and the one that tralian trees including the famous produced the greatest variety of
way permitting of a firs and pines of the island Cone Howers for, the annual Show was huggy to carry its fare to Pok- pony and tinent. With proper care the trees that owned by a Portuguese gentle fulam, Mr. A. G. Romano (sub grew to a great height, as also did a number of coconut palma im
man, whose land fronted what is sequently Consul-General for Por- ported from Singapore. They had Peninsula Hotel..
now Middle Road at the back of the tugal in Hong Kong) maintained look up past records of the Flower alists in tropical disease; and your A flower nursery within a portion Shows in the newspaper files of own doctor will not only approve the benefit of the scientific advice
of the grounds that in later years Hong Kong, it will be seen that this use, but also whenever indiges- in later years of Mr. Chas, Ford.
became the property of the Dairy year a former superintendent of the Mention must be made of a con- Farm Co, Mr. Romano's greatest Romano was a successful exhibitoring.
after year Consul-General tion or stomach pains follow eat. Botanical and Afforestation Depart picuous Parsee gentleman the hobby was the cultivation of rare of choice plants and rare flowers. ment, whose advice was readily ten-founder of the Star Ferry line flowers and the collecting of ferns dered whenever sought by residents of
In this brief record of the part' steam-launches-whose flower and orchida. His city residence att with flower and vegetable garden-garden at Taim-a-tsui was a thing "Duarte," at the junction of Caine munity took in horticultural ex- the members of the Portuguese com- ing as their hobby. To Mr. Charles of beauty. Mr. Dorabjee Naorajes and Arbuthnot Roads, was the periments in Hong Kong in the Ford a volume of the "Kew Bulle was a successful and never-failing cynosure of all eyes for the magni-early days of the Colony, it will ho tin" was dedicated for his.work in exhibitor at the annual Flower ficence of the seasonal flowers and that scen their descendants should the afforestation and beautifying Shows. He specialized in chrysan plot plants that forroad such as kausuvez rektor of Home Randoring the uterique feature of 115 triangular en
Associated with Mr. Noronha in months it was the old gentleman's trance. If one had the leisure to in much that contributed to the the share taken by their forbears the importation of new plants and pleasure to extend an open invita- | (Continued at foot of next column), ameuities of life in Hong Kong.
Parzee Horticulturist.
quinine at all, while nearly overy- people cannot take one suffers from its disagreeable is that quinine in any form causes after-effects. The reason for this an execes of acid in the stomach, woman as Wu. Questioned by the Magistrats, the the delicate stomach lining, causing which generates ga, and attacks defendant admitted that on the indigestion, dyspepsia, flatulence, death of her daughter, she automa cramp, etc To avoid these pain- tically became the employer of the ful disturbances you should make girl.
a habit of taking half-a-teaspoon. His Worship held that the pre-ful of Bisurated Magnesia în a secution had not proved that de little water before the quinine. fendant was the person who took This has the effect of not only the child and therefore the first neutralising excess acid; but also charge would be dismissed. The coating the wall of the stomach On that charge defendant would be reaction of the quinine. The use woman on her own admission trans-with-a protective alkaline costing, ferred the girl to the woman Wu which is impervious to the acid. fined $23.
of Bisurated Magnesia before taking quinine is advised and re- commended by the best-known speci-
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