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RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE CUSTOMS
IN SPAIN
Interesting Talk At Rotary Club Tiffin
Ladles Day at the Rotary Club meeting was a great suc- cess. Rotarians listened to an Interesting and impressive dis- course by Mrs. 'R. D. Barrett, MA, on "Recollections of Life In Spain;" at Ladies' Day tiffin meeting of the Hong Kong Rotary Club held at the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden yesterday. Ro- tarian Major R D. Walker (President) was in the chair.
The President introduced Rotarians William Yinson Lee (Shanghai), H. S. Chuck (Canton), B, J. Miles (Shanghai), G. G. Bradford (Shanghai), E. P. Matheson (Tucson, Arizona, USA). H. Tsia (Shanghai), and Dr. Ho (Shanghai).
Addressing the gathering, the, sunny little squares where hawkers speaker said, in part:-
displayed their peaches and melons and grapes and queers overgrown cucumbers, and water-sellers trundled their noisy handcarts to and fro
Spain has certainly had its share of strife and bloodshed. Now once again there is yiolence and destruction, apolling those peaceful and beautiful places. Madrid must present a sad contrast to its form- er proud state. I saw it as a rapidly developing city with hand- some public buildings, beautiful parks, good wide roads, modern hotels, rind the world-famous
Prado.
PRICELESS MASTERPIECES The Prado Museum is approach- by the magnificent Prado ed Boulevard. It would take weeks--- no, months to exhaust the artistic resources of that wonderful Prado. Priceless masterpieces almost fostle one another on the walls of the picture-galleries-chubby Murillos and luscious Rubens, Velasquez and
Raphael, Goya with his satlies and El Greco with his visions.
To try to absorb more than two
ENCHANTED GARDEN There was the house of El Greco; the master, with its enchantea garden, and the Inn of the Holy Blood tucked away in a reniote
street; Cervantes stayed there for a while, and they told me he got a great deal of writing done while he was there, but I wondered how he ever could see to read or write. in such a tiny dark little place.
There was a little chapel on the outskirts of Toledo, with a most felike statue of the crucified Christ above the altar. One arm hangs down from the Cross, and legend tells that long ago two lovers came into the chapel and knelt in prayer before the altar: and when they rose from their
or three in a day is to give your-knees, the right arm of the Christ was stretched out to them in self a sort of spiritual indigestion, but the experience is too rich to blessing, and so it has remained
ever since: be forgotten, and someday you feel you will return to feast again.
GOLDEN SUNSHINE
Toledo, the ancient city of steel, famous for the Toledo blades, les a short train Journey from Madrid. It seemed like a city apart, lying there on a green hillside, with
creamy walls and rosy roots glow- ing in the golden sunshine.
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hill.
My last vision of Toledo is of a most glorious sunset, the sky be- yond the hillside ablaze with the splendour of
the setting throwing the hillside into deep shadow, pricked with a thousand tiny points of light from houses and shops and taverns. There isn't another place in the world where evening aky and dark hill-
side and a million twinkling lights can compare in beauty with, that Toledo,
unforgettable pleture of but that was a joy still before me. and Toledo seemed to me thcom-
The slow-moving Tagus flows be- tween rocky banks below, almost encircling the city on Toledo looked so utterly peaceful and drowsy, yet cruelty and suf- tering were to come again, just as they had been before, in Re-parably beautiful man times, and in the years when the Moors fought for their oc- cupation, and in the terrible days of the Spanish Inquisition, "whose headquarters were at Toledo.
I stood and watched the pan- miered donkeys, with angelic faces and abnominable dispositions, am- bling slowly across the bridges to and from the city.
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The streets were crooked and DAITOW opening suddenly into
HEROIN HAUL
SPEAKER THANKED
A hearty vote of thanks to the speaker was proposed by the Pre- sident.
Before the close of the meeting the President made a suggestion to teh effect that the entire proceeds
CRUISER
MURDER
Cabin Boy Found Guilty
Found guilty of the charge of murder of Captain. Douglas, Lorne Campbell, late commander of the Chinese Customs cruiser Cheung Keng, Chung Chi-cheung, 22-year- old cabin boy who stood trial a the Criminal Sessions was senten- ced to death by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor.
It was alleged that accused shot Capt. Campbell on board the cruiser on January 11.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. John Whyatt, Acting Assis- tant Attorney General, assisted by Chief Detective Inspector John Murphy, whilst the accused was represented by Mi. George she, instructed by Mr. K. F. Wong, of Messrs. G. K. Hall Brutton and Co..
The jury empanelled for the case were: Messrs. E 6. Abraham- (foreman), G. Kalley, Cheng Kwong. Ue Sai-ling, P. A. Finlay- son, T. Wong, M. A. Xavier.
Shanghai refugees arriping at the Jockey Club Stands, Happy Valley, where they were allotted accommodation. (Photo Cheng Studio).
THE KING LUNCHES ON STEAK
AND CARROTS
TELLS LADS HOW TO TAKE SNAPS
HIM OF
The King recently made the first flight of his reign.
He few In the course of his arguments,
In the new" airplane Mr. She submitted that the Court recently bought by the Air Coun had no jurisdiction over the case ell for the use of the Royal since the alleged crime was stated family, from Windsor to Marties- to have occurred on a foreign ham Health, about 20 miles from public armed vessel, which was im- Southwold, Suffolk, where he mune from the jurisdiction of the visited the camp for public boys and working State into whose waters she enter-school boy's
ed, and, yesterday, Counsel con-which he founded when Duke of tinued his arguments.
His Lordship, however, held that the Court had jurisdiction over the case, and counsel accordingly called s client to give evidence.
York.
Outside the camp a dense crowd of holiday-makers were assembled in the hot sunshine to greet him, He was now wearing a white shirt, сред at the neck,
at the airfield.
with brown
Accused stated that he had a very bad headache the night prior to the incident, and on the follow-shorts, into which he had changed ing day, after getting up and still
The boys surrounded the King feeling the headache, he could re-
in a dense cheering throng and member nothing.
scores of them, produced cameras to get a snap.
After a short retirement the jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty of murder.
"LOST BAGGAGE" IN GODOWNS
The King obligingly halted for them and smiling at their nervous efforst, waved them back. saying "You won't get a good picture if you stand as close as that. Try it about six feet away."
The King then began a tour of
DELAYED BY.FOG
He said: "I got you all in here because I wanted to tell you how very glad I'am to be able to come down here to-day and to have seen you all.
"I was going to get here very much earlier but there was G thick fog where I was and I could not start till 10.30 instead of 9.30.
"I am very glad to see you all looking so well and so sunburnt. I hope you are enjoying yourselves. (Chorus of "Yes, sir."') As you know, this camp has been going on now for 15 yeals.
“It started with an idea of mine. and I hope it will always go on. There are two members of the staf who have
every been to camp-the camp chief and Mr. Hyde.
"I would like to say a word of. thanks to them for having run this camp and for having made it possible for you all to come here and enjoy yourselves for a week.
The Hong Kong & Kowloon inspection of the camp. It was away, many happy memories and
Whart & Godown Co., Ltd. inform like a homecoming, for the King us that there is a quantity of knows the place and the ways baggage, bearing names as per list of the camp so well, attached, remaining unclaimed in He surveyed the 27 marquees their godowns, from "Empress of and greeted such old camp com- Asia"-Ackerman, Akerman, Al-rades as Captain J. G. Patterson, the commandant, and Mr. R. A. Barrow. Bridges, Benjamin, R.Hyde, of the Industrial Welfare Blyth, Wm. Blyth. Benwick, Baker, Society.
well.
of the timin should go to the Re-Black, Bersidtd. Sloadbent, Broad- In the concert tent the King fugees Fund for the purpose ley. Blair. F. Balley, B. Bailey, Eur- addressed the boys informally, buying toys for children and those nett: Buckley, Barrs.
standing alone on the platform. present unanimously agreed to
“Cameron, Connell. Campbell, this suggestion
Cunningham, Courtney, Christer.
Dovey: Davis, Dick. Davies. Dary. Japanese Action In
Edkins. Estrada, Elson, Eager,
Elias.
Fredericks.
Gornan, Green. Gray, Gowing,
QUARREL IN SHOP
K. Yamagi, a Japanese cafe
Chan Hah, 31, appeared before owner, Tang Kah, and Tang Kwah Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Kow-Carey. appeared on remand before Mr. Kloon Magistracy yesterday charged Keen yesterday charged with pos- with assaulting Yip Chu-yuen a session of dangerous drug at No shop foki and was convicted and James, A. E. Jones, M. A. Jones, 4 Luard Road, third floor.
fined $25 or one month's imprison-Johnston, Jitts, Jack, Jessiman. ment, with $10 compensation..
Killeen, Kay. Kwan.
8.R.O. Grimmitt said that on July 15 heralded the premises where he found the defendants, 1.000 heroin pills and materials and instruments for making heroin pills hidden in a Japanese bath. K. Yamagi was found to be the principal tenant,
Yamagi admitted he was the principal tenant and a cafe owner. He said that he leaves the house every day at 9 am, and does not return till 2 a. the next day.
It was alleged that yesterday a woman went to complainant's shop and purchased two cents' worth of beans. She left the shop but re- turned few minutes later demand- ing the refund of her two cents saying that she had changed her mind. Complainant was serving another customer at that time and the woman helped herself to the money box.. An argument was then commenced and the woman finally
Hutton, Higgins, Hunting, Hun- soew, Hynes, Harris.
China
A Danger To World Peace
The following letter was ad- dressed to the Editor of the "Man- chester Guardian":-
Str-On behalf of "The Friends Louis, ́ Lévis, "Liley, Louylust,. Lock, Laughland.
of the Chinese, People," we desire Mann, Mooney, Mack, Megreor,to bring home to your readers the Mahon, Mummery, Malcolm, Mrs. the dangerous implications of the Marshall, Miss Marshall, F," J. Mar-
recent renewal of Japanese aggres- sion against China and to express our deep concern at the inaction of the British Government with
shall, Mekenlay, Munnings, Madar, Mcallan.
"
Nutt, Westwood Norman, Pells, Pincott, Peach, Palmer.regard to the floating of treaties
to which it is a party. Phillips, Platt.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Japanese militarists," in Bor-defiance of the opinion expressed by the people of Japan at the last elections, intend to pursue a policy
Roberton, Rowland, Richardson, Rogers.
He sub-let the rear cubicle to left the shop. Later the woman Snow, Bolodchin, Bonovich,
Ah Tal who was not in Court, He knew nothing about the heroin in his house.
came back with her husband and ❘rie, Stoddart, Stubbs.
two other men one of whom, de- Taylor. Trowell, Tyler. Tvrnbull.
Young, Yates... Without name 2 Baskets. 2 Bundles Bedding.
fendant, picked up a piece of fire-Thompson, Tyler, Teltao. Tang Kah and Tang Kwah wood and struck complainant on W. J. Wuson. F. Wilson. Watts denied the possession of the drug the head and fractured his skull. Wright, saying they went to see" their Defendant pleaded that he had friend Ah Tai shortly, after they not enough money to pay the arrived here from Swatow and compensation and an order was were asked to stay there for few made by his Worship for delen- days. His Worship found Tangdant to pay his $10 over the period Kah and Tang Kwah guilty, and jof 10 months.” sentenced them to two years' hard labour and an additional fine of $2,500 or six months hard labour.-|
WOOD THIEVES.
.........
CASE REMANDED ·
Tang Kam-yn, owner of motor car.No. 3064 appeared before Mr. Chan Mun-fuk, aged 41, unem-
E. Himsworth at the Kowloon ployed was fined $10 or one Magistracy yesterday on a charge month's imprisonment by Mr. K., of allowing his car which had de- M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon fective brakes, to be hired for Magistracy yesterday for the lar- públic use on July 26. ceny of a pine tree and possession Mr. C. Y. Kwan appeared on be of 98 cattles of wood, property of half of defendant and pleaded hot the Government. The total value guilty to the charge. He stated of the tree was $5, ****
that when the vehicle was seen in Au Yeung-lok a 21-year-old un- | the street with fnemelent brakes employed, was bounds oyer-in the is stated by the prosecution, his sum of $10 for 12 months. He was client was not among the passen- charged with the possession of gers. Furthermore, he pleaded wood at the Kowloon Rife Range that defendant did not authorise on Monday. Defendant pleaded the driver to use his car, that he had nothing to eat for The case was remanded till several days.
Monday, August 80.
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"I hope very much that at the end of the week you will take that you will have made many friendships."
Then as the King walked from bugle blew the concert tent, a
"Come to the cook-house boys." The King and trooped tn together.
door, the boys.
All sat down together and ate the same fare-swed steak and carrots, butter beams greengage tart and custard..
MASTER ASSAULTS
APPRENTICE
Remarking that he was doubtë. ful as to whether a master had any right to inflict punishment on his apprentice, Mr. E. Hims- worth at the Kowloon Magistracy”..... yesterday morning imposed a fine of 850 or six weeks' imprisonment on So Sam, aged 19 who found guilty of assault on his 15- year-old apprentice, Wong Cheung.
was
It was stated that on Monday complainant accidentally used the wrong hammer while working on
brass
wares. Defendant who witnessed it took com- plainant up to a cockloft where he assaulted the apprentice.
SOME
NEW ARRIVALS
indefinite expansion, which
the The following arrived' by would clearly provoke a world war. m.v. Aramis yesterday and regis- We are pledged by our adherence tered at the Gloucester Hotel:- to the Covenant of the League of Mr. LR. Yangco, Mr. "A Eveller Nations to support any, member of { and Mrs. A. Lico, while the follow- the League whose territory is ing took up residence at the Hong invaded by another Power, and it Kong Hotel: Mr. and Mrs. is therefore essential that our Atking and family. Government should support any
IN WIRELESS TOUCH
5.
THEFT OF LEAD appeal that the Chinese Govern- ment may make under article 17. Appearing before Mr. W. Scho-To lose this opportunity would be feld yesterday Wong Ming, heroin to sign the death sentence of addict, formerly employed by the collective security. Britain's hon
Press Hong Kong Dally
The following ships are expect- Wadour, no less than Britain's material ea to be in wireless communica- charged with larceny of 53 lbs of interests, is at stake, together with lead and Yu Kah, charged with re- peace not only in the Far East
tion with Hong Kong Radio:-1 ceiving the stolen property.
Santos Maru, Gnelsenau, Asama but throughout the world. Detective Bergeant Davles stated
We therefore call upon the Brident Jefferson, President Pierce, Maru, President McKinley, Prest- that on Sunday a detective was tish Government to summon with- on duty with his informer when out further delay a conference of
Conte Verde, Fushimi Maru, Corfu,. Helenus, Alice Moller, Cortellazzo, he saw the the first defendant hand the representatives of all the
and Bellos. over a basket of lead to the sec- signatories of the Nine-Power ond defendant. The detective ar- Treaty, including, of course, the rested the first man and the other United States and the British went away in a tram, followed by Dominions and India, whose re-tives in Parliament and elsewhere the informer. He was arrested by presentatives signed it, to consider to demand, the adoption of the the detective later trying to sell the dangerous situation which has policy proposed before it is for the lead.
arisen and to re-establish peace on | ever too late.—Yours, &c. Both defendanta pleaded guilty an equitable basis. We also call Listowel, Chairman "Friends and his Worship sentenced them upon all lovers of peace and jus- to 3 months and two months' hard tice to use every means at their labour, respectively.
disposal to urge their representa
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of the Chinese People." 3 and 4, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC.. 2. August 3.