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ROUND THE COURTS. SHOVE HA'PENNY:"”'
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AFLOAT.
NAVAL ENTHUSIASM.
NEW LINERS PLANNED.
RADICAL CHANGES IN DESIGNS OF BRITISH SHIPS.
Recently a small Chinese boy was
In spite of the fact that the old convicted for possession of a cane,
game of "Shove Ha'penny has which at first sight appeared to be
Despite the announcement of the of ebony with a silver top, but ng been a favoured pastime in
011 the which, in fact was made of steel and houses of refreshment in England, postponement of work
"world's largest liner," the 60,000 was more of a weapon than a walk and, like Snakes and Ladders " ing stick. The boy maintained that and House," has been played ton Ocehnie a the Harland and he was given the stick by a man sinco tire immemorial upon the Wolff yards at Belfast, the White dreased in European clothing. His Worship had enutioned the youth.
lower decks of his Majesty's ves Star line have by no means dropped Yesterday, Mr. Whyte-Smith can- sels of war, I can discover no men- out of the rare for the mythical celled the conviction because, he ex-tion of it in the standard Encyclo- blue ribbon of the Atlantic, now plained, he had been informed by
my disposal, writes held by the Bremen, Mr. O'Connor that the latter had bada at actually seen
**Tafruil" in the Morning Post, a person dressed in European clothing hooding a stick This is all the more to be, regret. to a boy: "I think it is most jun- ted as I recently found the game fortunate because this little boy had in vogue in the wardroom of one of spent almost 48 hours in custody,
our largest battleships, where the but that was the inevitable result officers, "badly bitten with the craze, of Sunday being a holiday: We have formed Shove Ha'penny cannot help that."
Club," and have organized an inter- branch tournaisent for email prize of to fir unknown nasure presented by an offer, with "än- other, and ever smaller prize" for the runners upi.
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His Worship added that he did not blame the Police in the least for the arrest. If he had been, a constable and had seen a boy with A walking, stick of that kind, he would probably have arrested the boy;
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CHANCE FOR FIEST OFFENDER.
omeers
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are
Ofeors in Training. Assiduous prictice takes place in the anteroon during every spare moment of the day, even before breakfast. There is the greatest keenness. Several Arrested during one of the race days for distributing seditious pro-
stated to have gone into train paganda, a young Chinese appearing," and there is some talk of in ed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell yes-ettuting & sperial costume for the gue, with olours" for those terday.
players who really excel. Before long, for all know, there may even be inter-ihip, inter-squadron, and inter-fleet contests.
The Magistrate in view of the defendant's age, decided to give him & chance to make good. The pro- pristar of a native-lodging-house, where the defendant was employed, was asked if he would sign a bond on behalf of the defendant. To this the man replied that the proper
person to sign a bond was defen- dant's father-in-law, a shop-keeper in Kowloon City.
The rules of the game are strict and so is the itiquette, and before organizing the Wardroom Shove Secretary was at pains to com Ha'penny Club the energetic, Hon. unicate with the governing body in London, otherwise the Shove Ha'penny Control League, Ea- closing a postel order for 6d. for a book of the rues, he also asked for a matter of "The pri-expert advice upon soner is young," his Worship said.
He has obviously fallen into bad company, and, given a chancy, will probably behave himself,"
"The Magistrate decided that if the father-in-law would furnish a bond at the next hearing, he would dis charge the defendant.
TRAFFIC IN CHILDREN
At Kowloon Magistracy yester day, Pun Ching a married woman residing at 100 Apliu Street emi Lam Sheung, a coolie of the same address, faced a charge of selling children. Mr. L. R. Andrewes, Assistant Crown Solicitor pro
cated.
Outlining his case Mr. Andrewes said that his principal witness Li Sui Pinga married woman, would 'say that some years ago her child was kidnapped. In her efforts to find the child she came across a number of people who were connect- ed with the traffic in children. She eventually got to know defendants who conducted the sale of children, She informed the Police of this and a trap was set for the defendants,
moment.
The board used in the Mess," he wrote, is a wooden one, and some doubt crists as to its proper treatment to ensure a good pitch. Hird's Custard Powder has hither- to been employed with marked suc. cess; but no doubt there is a special preparation fer this purpose."
The helpfa Secretary of the S.H.P.C.L. in London replied with in a few days, observing that the board in use was evidently of ob solete pattern, and that alate did not requte Hird's Custard boards, "which remained true and
Powder, were di rigueur among the proper exponent of the game.
Club Tiegand Badges. Thanking hin for his courteous reply, the Hon Secretary, Ward room S.H.P.C., vrete again to the effect that he had been instructed by his Committe to go into the question of athilating his club to the central orgaszation, and would the Secretary ofthe S.H.P.C.L. be
tulars as to "ubscription rates. rules, badges, dab ties (if any), etc..
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It was recently learned that the Oceanie will undoubtedly be com
that certuia radical pleted, but changes in design and construction, cessitating an indennite delay in building, have been decided on.
the largest ship in the world, the The White Star Ling still have.
36,000-ton alajestic, but nothing can surpass the four-day-17-hour record of the Bremen, and until the great Atlantie shipping companies out newer and faster ships "Ger- many holds the laurels of the Atlan Lie,
turn
first to accept the challenge of the The White Star Line were the North German Lloyd and annoure ed the projected Oceanic over & year ago. As soon as the Bremen got under seaway, and the success of the various new features in her construction became evident, dras. tie changes were made in the plans of the Occanie. About soft, were added to the original 1,000ft. length, and any changes affecting wind and water resistance were
made.
French Proposals.
The Cunard line, too, are prepar ing for the struggle for atlantic that while it is not yet decided supremacy. Company officials state what course wid be taken, two alternative plans have been drawn up, and the company are carefuly examining every phase of the situn. tion.
It is known that two 60,000-ton contemplated. vessels, to average 28 knots, ure
They will have. direct drive turbine engines, ke those of the Mauretanin and Aqui-'
Lania
tony.
The French line are more definite in their plans. Their next vessel is to be not less than 1,000 feet in length, and will also be of 60,000 build a
The company are out to four-day boat," which means that the engines will have to drive the vessel across the At
antie as an average speed of 30. krots:
When it is realised that to drive the Mauretania at full speed costs about £2,000 a day, and that to stoke the oil-burning Bremen costs about £1,000 every day, some idea may he had of the tremendous out. lay which will be necessary to build and maintain one of these super liners.
The United States lines, the American company which operate the George Washington and the Leviathan on the Atlantic run, are
ton vessels to be 1,000 feet in length and to run at an average of 271 knots, are to he laid down within the next twelve months.
the premises being raided on Febrü-good enough to et him have partiala entering the race. Twp 60,000-
hy 17.
Inspector John Murphy of the S.C.A. waid that he conducted" a ¦ raid on 100 Apliu Street on Febru- ary 17, and found the two defen- dants with several others, including
Italian Contenders.
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS three children, whose ages varied interested to her tha; the high and expect within the year to have
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from 3 years.to 7 years. In answer to the Magistrate Inspetor Murphy said the defendants claimed to be Husband and wife, and that the latter was the principal occupant of 100 Aplin Street, second floor, » . Sui Ping in her evidence des- cribed several interviews with the defendants, regarding the purchase of children. She reported the mat ter to the Police who arrested the
man and woman.
Another married woman corrrobo- rated her evidence and the case was remanded till 2.13 p.m. to-day.
"Since writia to you," he add. xd," the weater has been very wet, and I'am jure you will be
percentage of jugar present in Hird's Custard owder has had a highly deleteric effect on
the speed of our wollen pitch."
How Play. Shoy Ha'pedy, as all good Englishmen shold know, takes place upon a both slab murzed horizontally with nine equal-sized "beds one in apart, and com- mencing four inhes from a base line.
The Italians are also to the fore,
two powerful contenders in their own deld: in October it was an nounced
thut the Navigazione General Italiana and the Lloyd Sabaudo had joined forces in the building of two 43,000-tonners, each capable of doing 27 knots, to run between Naples and New York. It
expected these vessels will cat the run between New York and Naples from nine days to seven.
A matter which many lines are Dow examining with great interest is the co-operation of ships and air planes. Both the N.G.1, and Lloyd Sebaudo vessels will stop at Gibral tar, and passengers will be able to fly from there to Paris.
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only stimulated by the action of TJISONDARI ETA. & AMOS 16th Mar. 18th Mar MANILA, MKAK their rivals, but also by the grow
ing possibilities of trans-oceanic air TJIMANOEK travel
| It is plad by "shoving
or sliding metallises of standard weight and patter into the "beds." To shore is jescribed by the rules as "pushi.with any part of the hand (usual the ball of the PAMPERED PETS OF THE thuah)," while te person about to
RICH.
play is the Shver" and his op ponent the NShover."
Each player turn shoves five successive dises fom the base line, the scoring bein determined by the position of th dises when the whole five havebeen shoved To count, the discor dises must be wholly within theds," no por between them. The first player tion over-lappin the dividing lines who succeeds irgetting three disea into each af tf nine "beds is. ships in the world at the lowest declared the wider, the score being cost. anrked on the pace at the side of "The Atlantic competition is un- Every
CATS DRY-CLEANED BY SECRET PROCESS. London has its beauty parlours for dogs and cats-but I have yet to discover any such establishment rivalling in sumptuousness one which I visited in New York, writes u correspondent of a London paper.
The specialists who conduct it. eare for the personal appearance of the pets of some of America's' wealthiest men and women. They claim that three times as much money can be spent in beauty treat- ment for a cat or dog as fora woman
Strict Etiquette.
J.
AMOT
ANDT
Neop
24th Mar. 25th Mar,
SOZEABATA BATAVIA
Noon
Noon ZBOTRABALA
1st Apr., MANILA, MX'SAR.
6th Apr 8th Apr... BATAVIA
Noon
"If we can build four-day TJIKARANG ... 8x47. & Axor 30th Mar boats with all the comforts and safety of the modern trans-Atlantic TJISALAK lines, then there will be little to TJIBADAK SHAL & Axor 13th Apr. 16th Apr. MANGA, M'SAL fear from the airship for many wall known firm of shipbuilders, years to come, said the head of a TJISAROEA
"We can still
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When the directors of English companies have decided that conditions at home and abroad TJILEBOET warrant it then we shall see the TJIKARANG opening of a new era of comfort TJISALAK
TIBADAK and speed in ocean travel."
TJISAROLA TJISONDARI. TJILEBOET
AMOT
Noon & FOEBABALA 20h Apr. 22a Apr., BATAVIA
Noan
NORTH BOUND
PHOм
EXPECTED
ON OR LEAVE ON ABOUT ON ABOUT
WILL
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JAVA MAKASSAR 15th-Mar. 17th Mar. Swarow & AMOT
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the board as tf game progresses.doubtedly getting keeper,
one of the big companies have had experta investigating and planning The etiquette as already observ.new and better engines. ed, is punctilios. A player may be Twenty-two of their customers are
the griffons belonging to the much-disqualified iffe damps a dise or married Miss Peggy Joyce, Miss the board; pigs with any but the Gloria Swanson, the film star, sends official dises;efuses to continue the game who called upon by the her sheep dog to be shampooed res
referee to doo, or for conduct gularly six times a year.
He is charged the maximum which, in thefeferee's opinion, ist price £3.33.-because his hair is wilfully or coistently unfair. to long that it touches the ground. Cats, I learned, cannot be sham- -pooed, as they are liable to become personal revaks do not appear to The language of the game is myя- rheumatic. Instead, they are dry-be considered breach of cliquette, terious, for howls of: "Windy " cleaned by a secret and expensive which is just well. In the ship |“ Milky!" and "Face" are heard process, used elsewhere only for the of which I wee, moreover, it is at all times. The first, 1-under JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN
sacred ints of the royal household of Siam.
Health as well as beauty is cared for by these enterprising experts. They conduct a country sanatorium, where dogs who are jaded by the hectic luxuries of city life go for a few days' rest cure
At the samdime applause is not prohibited, we "barracking" and
Mysterious Language.
the custom ofthe opposing teams stand, may appropriately be used to cheer each ther before retiring. when a player pushes his disc right from the field of battle, which off the board; the second, when his shows that theme is played with disc touches one of the dividing the sporting iinct which characlines between the "beds," and terizes all the qings of the Royal therefore does not sore; and the Navy,
third when he achieves no score at (Continued at få of next column). all after pushing all his five discs.
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