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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1934.
ECHOES OF 1861
47-A "Mixed Bag From The Files.
and side walls are being made all
precisely the same?
We learn from pretty good au- thority that owing to the state of
It is clear political affairs in the United Sta- either that the backs will be too tes, the probability is that stipends strong, or the fronts too weak, and from many of the Missionary So-we cannot comprehend why in the cieties will be stopped and that the contracts, the backs should not be present recipients of those stip-made thinner and the fronts thick
ends, resident in China will con- er. sequently be thrown upon their own. resources.
FAR-EASTERN MAILS
Despatched Through Manchuria
Around the Courts
On a charge of attempted thefty day on Leung Chun who was of a Sheaffer fountain pen, yalued charged with stealing three wood-" at $20, from. Mr. F. T. Evangelis, en planks from No. 75 Lee Gar- outside the King's Theatre last den Street and with returning to Saturday, Chan Tak, a 19-year old the Colony after having been. month's hard labour by Mr. Mac- unemployed was sentenced to one banished. Fadyen at Central Magistracy yes-
The Advisory Committee of the League of Nations Assembly took a decision in May intended to re- concile the doctrine of non-recog- terday
tion "de Jure or de facto" of the present regime in Manchuria
*
•
Two unemployed men, Wan Kwan and Wan 8 were charged before Mr. Hamilton at. Central to which at the States are bound No. 496, Elgin Street as a gaming pieces of clothing and two pillows For keeping the "ground floor of Magistracy with the theft of seven that accepted the Assembly report house and for being in possession from No. 17 Spring Garden Lane, of February 24th, 1993, with the of eight "Pop" tickets, Wous with living on the earnings of a practical question of facilitating Hau Nai, & widow, was fined $30 prostitute in Wanchai and with the transit of Far-Eastern malls of in. default, three weeks hard being in possession of a razor, t through Manchuria.
labour, by Mr. MacFadyen at Cen- for an unlawful purpose at Luard. m pursuance of this report, the tral Magistracy yesterday:
Road. Assembly Advisory Committee re- commended a series of measures to
The defendants were eachsen- Sentence of 12 months' hard tenced to nine months' hard lab- apply the policy of non-recogni- labour was imposed by Mr. Hamil our on the first two charges, and tion, including the exclusion of ton at Central Magistracy yester-ained 3100 on the third. Manchukuo" from the provisions of any international convention.
In accordance with the Aasem- In the first place, the coolles em-bly's application of the non-re- ployed in carrying merchandise, cognition doctrine, "de facto" should be registered, and the head portal felations have continued man licensed. In the next there with and through Manchuria, but should b a corps of Chinese watch without implying a recognition men attached to the police whose of the existing regime, The latter. exclusive duty should be to look however, sent a communication to after merchandise stored in the the British Office asking for the Colony-especially the tracing out supply of statistics and the pay- of any thefts which may be comment of certain transit charges for mitted thereupon. These watch Bunch is passing through men should be available by the Manchuria. The British Govern- night, or week, or mouth, to any ment asked for a meeting of the private party who might choose to competent Assembly committee to pay for them. In the next place, decide what should be the attitude month adopted by the Members of the
League on this matter.
The trequent occurrence of thefts: "It strikes us, that а good op-upon godowns containing mer portunity may thus occur of secur-chandise is really becoming quite a ing the Colony, the services of a drawback to the trade of this Col- few interpreters, as many of the ony, and we think that the police American Missionaries have an in- might set with more efficiency and tamate knowledge of the Chinese elect to counteract the evil than language. We thing the Governi- they do at present. ment might hold out such induce- ments as would render the duty palatable to the reverend gentle- men's tastes and habits especial- ly by affording them all possible leisure and every possible facility for prosecuting their missionary labours.
a
SAAR PLEBISCITE SPLENDID TIMES
One Difficulty Overcome
Several Records Go By The Board
paration of the Saar plebiscite was
"One great difficulty for the”
Glasgow, EL Page (London Metropoli- overcome by the League Council tan), the
former A.A.A. sprint when the French and German champion, did not defend his hun ment to the proposals presented Ece Championship Governments signified their agree-dred yards title at the British Po- by Baron Aloist, the Italian chair-Hampden Park, Glasgow, but re- Meeting at man of the Baar Plebiscite Comtamed his furlong championship. mittee of the Council, said the date for the plebiscite was fred atkinson (Bradford City) annexed In the absence of Page, W, WI- January 13th, 1935.
We do not pretend to a know- ledge of practical masonry, but we do claim our right as Editor of a paper to find fault with every thing. Furthermore we set up strong claim to common sense.
Touching the two reservoirs a quarter of a dollar per which are being pillt behind. Tai- should be charged for each of the pingshan. The spots selected for night passes, to reimburse govern-
Cannot Appeal their construction, are certainly ad- ment for any outlay the step" we
The Assembly Committee decided mirably chosen. That is to say. recommend may cause. We sub-
that the "Manchukuo Department hollows in the hill have been pitch- | mit that 5 responsible class of ed upon, so that the rear and the watchmen would thus be created. to the provisions of the Universal of Communications" cannot appeal two sides of the reservoir can be with the police to fall back upon, Postal Convention. On the other filled up solid and backed by the and robbery of merchandise ren-hand, it considered that the postal hill. The front alone will be undered almost impossible. We are administrations of the Members of supported and will have to bear ́a told, that either thefts or attempts the League were entitled to take Commission appointed by the Lea was beaten by E. H. Pling, who great pressure. Now would our at thefts are committed readers belleve . the front, back,; nightly at presept.
H.K. POLICE RESERVE
(ORDERS BY THE KON. MR. E. D. C. WOLFE, CMG..... LG. OF POLICE)
Chinese Company
Training Course Part II-All recruits of the Chinese Company w attend at the Chinese Com- pany Headquarters on Tuesday, August 7th, at 17.30 hours for in- struction."
Indian Company
Training Course Part I.-AN recruits of the Indian Company residing at Kowloon will attend 4, Chi Wos Street, Kowloon on Wed- nesday, August 8th at 17.30 hours for instruction
here any temporary measures, not based
upon an international convention or involving the conclusion of a convention' or the use of an oF-
MYSTERY OF SEX ganisation created by a convention.
Scottish Professor's Confession
The Baar Basin, it will be re-the sprint title, and in winning in territory that was detached from accomplished by J. A. T. Hanlon in membered, is an area of German 10 secs, equalled the previous best. Germany at the peace settlement 1931. P. R. Lovell (London Metro- for a period of fifteen years and polltan), winner two years ago of put under the rule of a Governing the Quarter-mille Championship.
gue Council. The coal mines in the Baar were made the property of the French Government as com- pensation for the destruction of the French coal mines in the war
won in 51 1-sec., to beat Lovell's record by two-fifths of a second.
Another record was bettered when Donald McLean (Greenock) won the Mile Championship in 4 The min. 28 1-5-sec., as against W. C. Houseman's time of 4-min. 29 4-5 secs.. made three years ago..
that might facilitate the forthcom-zones of northern France. ng of mails through Manchuria. If Baar Eearitory comprises about 1, such measures involved relations of aver 800,000, the densest popula 100 square mile and has population between the postal administrations tion in Europe. of the States Members of the Lea gus and the postal authorities of "Manchukuo," such relations should A confession that he did not be regarded as being not relations know what was male and what was between one State or Government female was made by Professor F. and another, but as being merely A. E. Crew, of Edinburgh, in a dis-relations between technical ad- cussion on the nature and abnor-ministrations for the sole purpose maltties of sex held by a section of assuring the proper conduct of of the Royal Society of Medicine the technical services. To avoid and the Medico-Legal Society, re-any confusion on this paint, any ported in the "Lancet."
The Treaty further provided that at the end of the fifteen years, the inhabitants were to de- cide by plebiscite whether they wished the existing regime to con- tinue or to become. French or to return to Germany. In the latter' event, Germany is required to buy back from France the ownership of the mines in their entirety.
Outside Help
The "Versailles Treaty stipulates that the voting is to take place by communes or districts; that all persons of both sexes over 20 who were resident in the territory when the Treaty was signed will have to vote, that the plebiscite should
postal administration of States Professor Crew said that it was Members of the League address doubtful whether there, existed ing correspondence to the postal anything like the phenomenon of administration ΟΣ "ManchukuO" human society in the experimental should explicitly state that they material available to the biologists.are to be regarded only ELS com- The biologist contented himself munications between one adminis in this stage of development with tration and another for the sole take place at the termination of
LOCAL EXAMINATION CENTRE
Twenty-Nine Students Entered
Examinations of various Com- mercial subjects, viz: Advanced Ac- countancy, Secretarial Work and Practice, Commercial Law, Econo- mles, Bookkeeping, Business Eng- lsh, training and knowledge etc.. conducted by the Institute of Com- meree, Heather, England were held at its Local Exam centre the Commercial Institute, Shelley Street, on the 5th instant.
a discussion of the analysis of the purpose of assuring the proper a period of fifteen years from the differences which permitted him to conduct of technical services and coming into force of the present and H. K. Yew FCI, T.dipl. C.I. Messrs. E. Hawkins, K. M. "Au. regard one Individual with one not as communications from one treaty", and that the Council if (thembers of the local Examination. kind of organisation and charac-Government to another, and that the League should fix the other Commitee) supervised the Examin- All recruits of the Indian Com-terisation as a male, and another they do not imply that the Uni- conditions, methods and date of ations Worked papers were m pany residing at Hong Kong will and contrasted kind of organisa-versal Postal Convention is applic the voting "in such a way as to mediately sealed and
tion as attend Chinese Company Head-
a female.
mailed to In fact, able.
secure the freedom, secrecy and England for correction. quarters, 17, Queen's Road Central
the more one knew of sexual dif-
trustworthiness of the voting””. ferences the less one felt one knew A MODEL ORGANISATION dite made by the League. Council self-studied candidates sat for the Twenty nie students of the on Thursday, August 9th at 17.30
The arrangements for the plebis- Commercial Institute and hours for instruction.
four
."
Entergency Unit Reserve.
Strength Constable R495 R. Lee has been taken on the strength of the Emergency Unit Reserve, as from 18th July, 1934. N
Lance Sergeant R435 B.P.C. Flet- cher has been permitted to resign ¦ from the Emergency Unit Reserve
as from 18th-July, 1934.
C. CHAMPKIN
Acting, DB.P. (R)
Hongkong, August 6, 1934
BEATRICE LILLIE
Loses £10,000 Suit
about sex itself..
Professor Crew asked subsequent speakers to try to define what was male and what was female, as, frankly, he did not know himself. this matter, would probably con The biologist, if appealed to on
feas that he had no knowledge as to the nature of bet.····
EX KING IN A CAR
CRASH
The Automobile Association
ALLENBY ON WAR
Bally Well Had To
Fight
on the advice of a group of ex-Exaimations. perts and of the Committee of three of its members appointed for the purpose comprise the set- (DOLLIES HUM IV, JING). ting up of a Plebiscite Commissiori;
London, July 201
the appointment of a plebiscite Directors of struggling businesses tribunal to decide in the last resort who attended the
Automobile on all questions concerning the Asociation's annual meeting to-day electoral lists, the validity of the fadně have gone away with their voting, alleged in fractions of the mouths watering. What a report files governing the voting, etc.: What accounts! A credit balance and powers to the Governing Com of £20,000 odd on the year's work-
(Special Air Mail Service)
We fought because we bally Feserve land of one that mission to recruit its force for well had to, and it is quite posl One Man Killed
£110,000, a membership which in maintaining order from outside ble the younger generation may 1905 wis dbout to shù to-day is the territory if necessary,
Have to do the same," said Vis- 537,500! Four bundred Applica
Voting Superissed
count Field Marshal's uniform, he Vienna, July 18 Lions during the year from hotels The Coundi took the view thar, visited the Ramsgate British Le- Ex-King Alfonso of Spain was and over five hundred from garages in order to ensure the freedom and glon Club and named the premises. concerned in a motor-car accident for the right to show he AA alga, trustworthiness of the voting, Allenby House. last night in Vients. He escaped berkept happy and satisfied, was essential that those who voted Addressing his comrades of the uninjured, though his car was vast public services carried out, and should not be influenced by the Legion, Viscount Allenby said that slightly damaged.
the report and accounts adopted fear of subsequent harsh treatment the present generationi really knew with wall-deserved congratulations!
strongly against the proposal that
He was driving towards his hotel. Of course there were grimblers, the result of their political at-othing of the war, and the les- after midnight when another but they were all diretted at Partitude.
Bons learned from it would be (Special "Air Mail Service)
motor-car with a Danish registra-liament and other oude bodies Accordingly, the organisation of Wasted if they were not careful Mon-mark, and driven by a British and not at the nasobiation London, July 201
The the plebiscite and the voting are "We did not fight for glory, We merchant, tried to pass, The chairman, Mr. Charlie MoWhirter, to be supervised by the Plebiscite tought because it was our duty." Miss Beatrice Lillie (Lady Robert Danish car skidded and collided criticised the proposed thirty miles Commission, and the Supreme Pie- In a speech before opening the Feel), the actress, has lost her
with a tram-car which was come hour-apeet-zat in built-up bunal, with its eight difloral tri- town's sharter jubilee pageant, £10,000 suit in New York against ing froth the opposite direction areas on the ground that sate speed bahala, Is to function during one Lord Allenbyld Politics and Warner Brothers and other Detacos with the result that the motor car was not a constant quantity which year after the plebiscite and to national or imperial defence are who she alleged had made un- was badly smashed and the or could be fixed and he protested have jurisdiction on all complaints inseparable. To my mind, one of authorised use in an abbreviated cupents injured. One of them, a the motorist should pay the costs brought by persons bating the the most important lessons of the form of her Show of Show Nazi journalist, Carl Smetana, was of emergenty treatment arising out fight to vote in the Baar in res Great War la the necesalty for Miss Lille alleged that instead nung on the pavement and bitter- of un mondent, whether caused by pect of pressure, persecution, recloser touch and co-operation be of a full-length picture her worked fatal injuries. Smetana died hir own negligence or not. But prisals or discrimination as the re-tween statemen and the comman was shown as a "short" sid that soon after the collaton,
the loudest applauso greetedsult of their political attitude to zera of ngnting Sold- this was detrimental to her. A
Warner Brothers contested that
private hember who demanded connection with the plebicalter the force o action against ribbon development. Any differences between Germany Flexos son colleaghes, hot rivals Mis taille had no grims for chili-
He pointed out that by-pam roads and France and a member of the plaint and that if prolemonial
paid for partly out of the Road League Council copceming the ap reputation could be legally dach-fering damage in konec sezet and master ITEU siged only by Slender or libel.
Ex-King Alfonse (his was Une ing his car himself) was unable to brake quickly enough, and his car collided with the Danish ear, ang
the spéculation builder #acus road plication or interpretation of the Miss Beatrice Lille ri Bir the injured men from beneath the motoriste redkets, while the ort and Germany Governments, which brought
The at-King helped to extricate charge are thus paid out of undertakings given by the French the above ran Robert Feel in 1920 and his one car and sided fir áfying them 76 dial purpose of the by-pass road explicitly solemnly accepted Court
kozi,
nearby hospital.
defented.
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itions devolving from“ Hague
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