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IRISH SWEEP.
ONE TICKET FALLS INTO THE MACHINERY.
*@ ATTEMPT TO WRECK THE
TICKET DRUM.
London, May 30 The draw of the Irish Hospitals sweepstake on the Darby at the Mansion House, Dublin, to-day was not lacking in exciting incidents.
THE MUI TSAI QUESTION.
HOME PAPER CONDEMNS
THE SYSTEM.
STAR THEATRE.
THE ARIZONA KID "
The Arizona Kid," ehowing at the Star Theatro fill June 10, is a It is always well to know what wild west drama with much comic other people think of us, and with relict. The story centres round the that object the following article is search for the lawless bandit the reprinted from a copy to hand Arizona Kid who first appeare de of England's leading provincial tending law and order by shooting paper, the Manchester Guardian, a less skilled highway man and The article states
Mutani are female slaves. They earning the praise and thanks of There was an amazing occurence are sold as babies into Chinese the occupants of an old time stage! when the draw was in full swing.households and they become the excoach of the Western States: Dur During the announcement of the clusive property of their masters.ing the development of the story Theoretically the, aystem involves names of the lucky 19 ticket hold"
no great hardship, since those who glimpses are given of life in a ers who drow Lemonition, one of buy the girls are supposed to look saloon of the pioneer days. “Prize" the counterfoils which had been after them properly and to see to fights, gambling, and the detection their marriage arrangements; ne- placed in the movable conveyor belt tually the girls often become more of a cheat fallow in quick succes-, suddenly disappeared into the houshold drudges and are treated sions the involved love affairs of machinery. For a moment there with the utmost cruelty. In 1923 the Kid provide much entertain- a serious attempt 2Arna; made to was great consternation. The con-
abolinh thi in Hong Kong; ment; though; as it should be, the veyor was immediately stopped, but but, as Sir John Simon pointed out devation and loyalty cl true love it was found impossible to extricate in the House of Commons yester the counterfoil without taking the little girls in the British colony nations of the others.
day, there are still thousands of triumph over the designing machi- machinery to pieces. Fortunately of Hong Kong who are in homes however, particulars of tho ticket had been taken and the name of the holder was provisionally an nounced.
Machinery Dismantled...
As soon as the draw was finish- ed engineers dismantled the con veyor machinery and recovered the missing ticket, which bore the name of a London woman. Early in the morning there. WAS another Bonsation when a man ran from his hiding place inside the Hall of the Mansion House and dnshed towards the drum which held the tickets. Guards sprank to intercept him, but he turned and escaped. Officials suspect that this was a deliberate attempt to wreek the sweep.
The organization of the sweep stake was so efficient that progress was very rapid and the last horse was drawn by 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Proceedings then closed until Monday whra the cash prizes will be drawn.
tho
ac-
Meanwhile, however, cumulated details of the draw kopt the wires to London buzzing until evening.
14
SHANGHAI TRAFFIC.
RECORD NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS DURING
THIS YEAR.
16
"other than their own and who "aro rendering services there under
arrangements which they them "selves have nothing to do with making and under conditions "which certainly have sometimes led to the most deplorable fir
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cumstances of eruelty." The Colonial Office has steadily set its face against the system, but though it is legally abolished there can be no question but that mui-tani arg still bought and sold in Hong Kong, as in the rest of China. The girls do not know that they conservative hava legal rights; Chinese opinion tolerates their un- happy plight, and even when they got their freedom there is the pro- blem of providing for them.
nat
Parents who were prepared to sell their children into slavery cannot be expected, even when they can be. traced, to provide homes which are any great improvement on mai-tani conditions; and there are enough. charitable institutions in Hong Kong to cope with the large numbers of n-tea that
An attempt has doubtedly exist. lately been made, and has mot with considerable auccess, to ragis- ter all mui-thai and to enforce a reasonable payment for the work they do. Dr. Drummond Shiels Bumitted that the present Gov- erament had mado
great advance in dealing with tho evil, Somo 4,000 mustani had been registered, and Lord Passfield had mado, it clear that the law on the subject was to be rigorously on- More persona were killed last forced. It is admittedly difficult month on Shanghai roads, as a for the Government of a little reault traffic accidents than during piece of China, whose population. any month of the year. The total is continually changing, to enforce is 18, as compared with a similar conditions that do not prevail" period during 1930. There were over the country as a whole; but 1,039 "accidents cf all kinda, in-until the mui-tani system is finally velving motor cars, buses, trams, abolished in Hong Kong the bicycles, and other vehicles. This tish Empire will be open to the is 71 more than last year, when reproach that it tolerates a form cf the May total amounted to 985. labour there that in principle it
According & more or less official utterly condemas. summary of accidents for May, it seems that of the deceased 14 were at fault. Of the injured, number- ing 367, it is estimated that about 175 pedestrians wero to blame for having received injuries. There were 16s bicycles accidents of which it is thought that the cyclists were at fault 82 times.
From the statistics it is learned that motor cars caused the deatha of 10 persons, moter, buses two, and trams three. In the case of motor cart, drivers were involved in no less than 341 accidents, trams in 118, and buses in 40.
During the year to date, that is for five months, there is a total of 4,70%. necidents ca Shanghai roads, 55 persons maceting their deaths, as compared with 54 during a similar period of time in 1800. The total number of accidents for May is
stated to be a record:
Officials of the Trafic Depart ment pointed out yesterday that June, July and August are the months in which meet accidents occur and issued a word of caution to motorists and others concerned to overt more care in driving their vehicles, indicating that during the summer months, the casual pedestrian is more careless than when he hustles along during cooler weather.
OLDEST MAN TO ENTER. CIRCUS.
·ZARO AGĦA MUST LEAVE BEN BENGLAND FIRST.."'
London, May 28.-The famous aged Turk. Zaro Agha, who claims to be 158 years old, is to enter the well-known circus "of Mr. Bertram Milla But to do this be has had to leave England in order to comply with certain regulations,"
He came to England recently as
LESSON SERMON.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.
tor" was the subject of the Lesson- "God the Only Cause and Crea-
Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, June 7th.
The Golden Text was:-"Let all' the earth fear the Lard: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he make, and it was done; he commanded, ane it stood fast." (Psalm 33; 8, 9.)
Among the citations which "com prised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible:-In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the be ginning with God All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made." (John 1;1-3,)
The Lesson-Sermon also included the following passage from the Christian Science textbook,-| "Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures," by Mark Baker- Eddy:-There is but one creator and one creation. This creation consists of the unfolding of spiri tual ideas and their identities, which are embraced in the infinite Mind and for over reflected. These ideas range from the infi- nitesimal to infinity, and the highest ideas are the sons and daughters of God." (p. 502.)
FRENCH 'PLANE IN
GERMANY...
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MILITARY MACHINE SEIZED BY ¡AUTHORITIES.
a visitor and not secking work, so Barlin, May 28-For the second the Home Office refused him a time within a fortnight a French permit which would allow him to military acroplane has landed in work.
Gorman 'territory at Trier and been. seized by the police. The occu pants stated they had lost their way,
In order, therefore, to comply with regulations governing aliens Agha has left England so that he can be re-admitted to-morrow as an employed.porson under Ministry of Labour regulations His first appearance in the circus is au- nounced for June 1;
Thros French airmen who landed inadvertently on May 17 with a similar excuse were fined from 100 to 250 Marke according to their ros pective degrees of culpability.
The scenery is that of the waste' lands of Western America and is: particularly interesting as it is a change from the views of million aire's houses and busy city thoroughfares of which we see so much these days.
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