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And now to revert to the unusual interest attaching to next Satur
Ariel Varges, 3 widely-known The Mayor of Greater Shanghai' news reel photographer, has arrival has ordered his subordinates to in Tokyo and will be stationed for protect the tomb of the late Mr. some time in Japan. He spent Chow Pung, cae of the martyrs many years in China, and is well who sacrifeed his life for national known all over the Far East, revolution sad was later buried in
Shanghai,
them.
Fifteen men convicted in Japan in connection with the so-called Kobe Custon's House cloped with Because a young inspector of the have been transferred from Shaksi the wife of a millionaire brewer Communist plots of March 1929 prison to the Takamatau galicials have ordered all young men
of sake" Nagasaki Customs" single cells have been haile, for in the service to have their hair for incorrigible criminals. Special
cropped. Girls will not fall in love with young men with shaved beads, the Director of Customs believes, A Chinese was summoned before the Bench at the Kowloon Magis A further telegram has been sent tracy for depositing sand, unloaded | by the district magistrate of from his junk, on the promenade Shanghai-hsien to the Kiangau at the Yaumati abelter, Comply Provincial Government, asking the ing officer, Mr. Whyte Smith only funds necessary for the upkeep of ing with the request of the prosecut latter immediately to earmark
the District Public Safety Bureau registered a caution.
as 'taembers of the Bureau have been unpaid for three months again.
Dr.
Ernst Arthur Voretzsch, German Ambassador to Japan, has left for a three months furlough in Germany. He honour at a farewell dinner at the was guest of Imperial Academy Hall in Tokyo this week under the auspices of the
day's race and to another event week-end. The winning crow on which is fixed for the following Saturday is to race on the Seine in Paris against the best French crew, and the beaten University crow next Saturday is to compete with the second-best French erew. The Presidents of both Oxford and Cambridge Boat Clube have accept ed the invitation to go to Paris on April 19 to take part in what is called the grand match of the Universities." This is to be a sporting regatta which will be attended by the President of the French Republic and the British Ambassador. Arrangements have been made to sell seats on both reasons which will appear banks of the Seine so that the later, this year's University, boat-profits may be devoted to the General Federation of Intellectual Workers. In rowing quarters in England this event in regardedly
For
Howo Howo,
Japan-German Society. APRIL 10, 1930,
"THE BLUES"
AGAIN.
race is of more than usual interest.
1
Hitherto the excitement arcused by this event naturally reached its
with doubt, for unless the two crows continue to keep in training climax on the day of the race, but after next Saturday's race on the this year. the rivals will still havo Thames, they may have some dif more work to do after they have ficulty in not being beaten badly won and loat-the contest next to show that French oarsmanship
by the French crews, who intend-
Saturday. Each University now is equal to that of the two English has forty wins to its credit. Latest universities, It is to be hoped, therefore, that the Cambridge and reporta from London indicate that
Oxford crews will take this event Cambridge is the popularly favour-seriously so as to give a good ne the public fancy is fairly evenly ed crew, although it appears that count of themselves in the coming
international contests. divided, and there is by no means an overwhelming predilection for the Light Blues. It has been said very many times-but it is always
a pleasure to repeat the "statement -that the University boatrace is an outstanding example of clean sport, and it is this fact more than
anything which explains the anor- maous public interest faken in the contest. This year that interest. will be even keener than usual, for there has been a revival of prac tical, popular interest in rowice and as "the writer of an article' recently published in our columns pointed out-there is more activity on the Thames nowadays than bas been seen for many years past.
All rowing men know the joke about a famous woman writer who, in describing the prowess of her hero in a Varsity crew, said that although all in the mea in the boat rowed fast, none pulled so quickly as he! The idea of one stalwart male pulling faster than his fellows in the boat has caused many a smile, yet curiously enough syn- copated rowing-in which the crew has its advocates and, of course, its opponents. Syncopated rowing is an attempt to apply a scientific principle to the very human and subtle art of rowing. The scientific principle is die well-known one
News and Views.
A serious accident, resulting in the death of a coolie, occurred at the Taikoo Dockyard on Tuesday when a log of wood fell and caused » compound fracture of the leg to Tung Chi, resident at Shaukiwan. The man was taken to the Govern meut Civil Hospital but died short
afterwards,
A Bill is about to be introduced
in the Malayan Federal Council, passed in the Legislative Council following a similar measure already of the Colony, to empower the High Commissioner, in times of public emergency, to make such re- v gulations a may be necessary in crder to suppress disorder and pro- vide for the carrying on of essential trades and services.
Over 70,000 school children took part a few days ago in the festival arranged to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of the world-renowned Danish poet, An- dersen, whose fairy tales have been Nominations closed yesterday for translated into almost every laa- the election of a Justice of "the gunge in the world. A large 'pro- Peace to serve on the Legislative cession was formed which opened Council during the absence of Sir with representations of Anderson's Henry Pollock, K. C., on Home best-known fairy-tale characters. leave. The only nomination re- ceived to date is that of Mr. C. Easy Monsy. G. S. Mackie, who was proposed by the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton and seconded by Sir Shouson Chow.
Pete Stone, sometimes called Pete the Goat" in New York pugilistic circles, is not as much of à financial innocent as his nickname might suggest. Six months ago be Sentence of three months' "hard invested 81,000 for a 25 per cent. labour was passed on a Chinese by share of the earnings of Primo Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon | Carucra, · ginat Italian heavy- Magistracy yesterday for being weight. To-day Stone is approxi found in possession of a stolen mately 823,000 richer. Up to his pen knife and a piece of wire. The fight at Philadelphia, Carnera has defendant was arrested on suspicion earned elow on to 8102,000 for outside Argyle Street in the early American appearances. This was hours of yesterday morning and his split up between Carnera, Stone, record showed that he had once and other advisers. Primo has met been convicted of larceny,
but eight opponents for a total of 13 rounds in his fights, and won The Wuchow Municipality has In view of the revival of bandittasis, Carnèra has received 88,533"
all of them by knockout. On this Works to construct a radio broad-warfare, the Cantan Government is second for his actual working time. instructed the Bureau of Public activities since the inter-Kwang round, 82.277 a minute or 838 a casting station in the Pak Shan
If he keeps on at his present rate, Public Park.
the Italian will take in at least 8400,000 for the aurrene fiscal year, which will net Stone a return of 10,000 per cent. on his investment,
This evening, at about seven o'clock, Dr. Canhon is to broadcast a talk entitled "A Survey of the Cancer Problem.
As Foo Lee made a report to the The Chinese compradore of the
Police yesterday to the effect that a thief entered the "T" hold of the boat and stole three bags of
green peas valued at $5.
The death has occurred in Berlin of Councillor of Legation, Herr Krebs, who for many years held the position of Firat Chinese Secretary of the German Legation at Peping and who not only was a great sinologue but a linguist of no mean order. He was 63 years of age.
A clean bill of health was re- turned for the Colony on Tuesday, no cases of disease being notified
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HONG KONG,
THE TREATY FORTS OF
CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO.
CHINA," SIAM, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATES, NETHERLANDS INDIA, BORNEO, THE PHILIPPINES, Etc.
Names of Hearty
20,000 FOREIGNERS. Arranged, with the initials as well
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which every engineering student at
the Medical Officer of Health. For the week ending last Saturday, there were 11 cases of small-pox, all Chinese, of which five proved fatal, and thrée native cases of typhoid, with one death.
'
taking measures to carry out a cam. paign against them on a large scale. Four groups of bandit suppression troops are being organized and to General Wong Keung has been en trusted the task "of drafting a scheme for the wholesale suppres sion of brigandage throughout the province.
Looking Back 25 Years,
Mr. Cecil Clementi, M.A., in his Capt. Moir appeared at the Kow-new book of Cantonese Love- loon Magistracy yesterday to songs," directs attention “ to a side answer two trafic summonses. It of the Chinese character which was alleged that at 1.25 p.m. entends often to be overlooked." March 23 accused drove on his moThe extreme sentimentality of the dangerous speed, 44 m.p.h.. ard perarment even of the coldest busi- tor cycle along Nathan Road at a Cantonese," which tiages the tem that he failed to produce his licence ness-man, .or the most uncouth when requested to do so. Defen-coolie," is a matter that comes. dant pleaded guilty to both charges within our province; and before, and was fined 815 on the first count handing Mr. Clementi's handsome, and cautioned on the second.
volume to the tender mercies of our reviewer, we may consider some of Prayers for the repose of the
the statements and comparisons. souls of 12,000 dogs slain during that are made ip the introduction. an anti-hydrophobin campaign in Rightly or wrongly, the Cantonese
enjoys 1920 were conducted at the main
reputation for being the most hard-headed of all Chinese temple in Osaka of the Shitennojimainess-men; and it is therefore under the auspices of the Osak Mr. B. G. Birch will deliver a
S.P.CA Devout Buddials chanted surprising to have his alleged sentimentality emphasised. Rightly lecture on Voltaire" on Tuesday, prayers through the afternoon for April 15, at 8.30 p.m. in the Union the spirits of the dead dogs. Mean or wrongly, also, the Chinese gen- Assembly Room of Hong Kong time the authorities have prepared erally are not credited with way of n new anti-hydrophobia campaign. the refinements of Cupid. Like the University when the next meeting and will round up all stray dogs Japanese, if not more than they of the Education Society is held.
they are popularly to be supposed As the lecture is open to public in five prefecture-Kyoto, Osaka, to be devoid of sentiment in all we are asked state that all in yoga, Nara and Wakayama-be-their relations with the female sex- torested are cordially welcome.
fore the hot weather sets in:
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"Yet, "on the
either wholly animal, or whely The Kowloon Magistrale yester-
A Canton vernacular
callous. Mr. Clementi apparently report is prepared to credit them with. day sentenced a Chinese to three
states that bandits have become better things. He draws a compari weeks hard labour for stealing very active in Fatshan. Recently, son not flattering to Ovid in con from the Kowloon Docks five pieces had a narrow escape from being courtesan, and this from a moral
wealthy merchant Hong Kongnection with an apostrophe to of scrap white metal. Mr. H. Mar.
He was visiting his point of view." riott told the Court that defendant kidnapped. had formerly been, employed in the ancestral tombs with his relatives whole, these Cantonese love-songs Docks.
when a gang of armed robbers held are quite unlike any love-poetry them up. They were picked clean of the West, hoth in diction and in of valuables and the bandits finally thought." This certainly needs to tried to carry the merchant away be said, for there are no Chinese tives informed the people's militia, this or any other book.-Hong Kong with them. The merchant's rele sonnets to a mistress's eyebrow, in who pursued the bandits, and a Daily Press, April 10, 1805.
A report has been made to the Police by Ching Yuk, master of the Wah On Hing, commission agente, af. Bonham Strand West, that be tween March 4 and April 8 some-
Cambridge is invited to prove for himself. The form of the problem is something after this style: Take a given boat which has to be pro- pelled at a speed of 15 miles per hour. With certain data concern ing resistances the horse-power necessary to drive the boat at this speed can be calculated. Now imagine the boat to have the same mean speed of 15 miles per hour, but superimpose a tiny fluctuation of, say, half-mile per hour either Way" 30 times a minute. The This Large Volume of approximale average speed will still be 15 miles ly 2,000 Pages gives, in addition per hour, but 30 times a, ainute to the Ummal Lists of Fizma, an | it is just boosted up to 15 and Alphabetical List of Residents allowed to fall to 14). This is in the Far East containing the very roughly the case of a rowing
boat, whose speed fluctuates in such a manner, though, of course, the figures taken are quite im aginary. It will be found that the horse-power required is slightly one as Surnames in strict alphabe larger-not much, but nevertheless godowos, Kennedy Town Praya, 15 fortunately rescued, but a corporal Looking Back 50 Years.
stale from the Company's fight ensued. The merchant was something quite definite.
bags of sugar, each weighing 150 of the anilitia was killed during the
fight. From this it follows that a given cafties. The goods are valued at horse-power would propel a boat at 8187, a greater speed if the fluctuations could be eliminated. Hence' syn-
"At the Kowloon Magistraty yes Quated towing instead of eight terday on order was made by Mr. men striking the water together the Whyte Smith for confiscation of the stroke is divided into four, and arms and ammunition, which were each pair tows a quarter of a seized by Detective Sergeant Kellett stroke "late/ on the pair in front. in the steerage of the President The boat receives four small im Grant on Monday. The arms com pulses where before it received one prised an automatic pistol, a revol large one. Hence, the fluctuations ver, 398 rounds of ammunition and in its speed should be much re three spare magazines. duced, and it should travel faster, That is the theory but when it An amazing April fools' joke was comes to putting these principles perpetrated in Berlin laat week, into practice the human element when the police force, fire brigade, has to be considered. The inventor and high officials were alarmed by of syncopated rowing Mr. F. E. the report that a bomb had been found in the City Hall, The police HELLYER, an old Cambrige "blue" $8 -admite that for racing purposes at once leased off the streets in the a crow would be required to row neighbourhood of the City Hall and strokes a minute. Anybody who took other precautionary measures. knows from experience what 35-or After careful investigation it was even 30-strokes means in sustained discovered that the skillfully con- physical effort will realise what it | structed bomb was charged with would mean to keep up a pace of mud instead of dynamite.
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A comparative return of the revenue and expenditure of this Colony in 1578 and 1879 is published in the Government Gazette, The Capt. A. E. N. Howard wol walking in Nanking Road, Shang 2064,094.90 and the expenditure to
revenue for 1879 amounted hai, last week when, from a 5cor 8920,867.86, as compared with a above Messrs. J. Ulman & Co. revenue of $847,637.72, and an ex- premises, a heavy steel drill about penditure of 2910,323,32 in 1878, two feet in length fell at his feet Thus it will he seen, there was an and he may be said to have escaped increase of 616,437.27 in the revenue death by inches. Capt. Howard and of 816,344.54 in the expenditure picked up the drill and kept it un-of 1879, til it was claimed by the workman. revenue account may be considered While, however, the Meanwhile, says the N. Daily fairly satisfactory, we can hardly Ness, the usual crowd had collected say as much for the expenditure. and also two Chinese constables ap... The truth is Hong Kong pays peared on the scene, one of whom far too much for its government. wanted Capt. Howard to charge It is high time that some economy the workman but this he declined should be exercised in the expendi to do. The "delinquent was, how-ture. When the money is devoted ever, given a couple of resounding to public works, there smacks on the face by one of the to show for the money, some per- something constables. A similar occurrenos manent advantage gained; but happened to Capt. Howard during when the increase in the revenue is. the erection of Sassoon Building as was the case last year, frittered. when a brick falling from the top away in grent measure, there is the building smashed into frag good cause for complaint-Hong monte at his feet.
Kong Daily Press, April 10, 1880.
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