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BIRTH.
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Barroll-On July 30, at the Nursing Home, Bangkok, the wife of O. A. 8. Bewell, of a son.
MARRIAGE. Colla-Leonard-On 'uno 25 13 2, nt St. Paul's, Arran Quay, with Nuptial Mans, by Rav. J. Puteahy, no-isted by Vory Rav Dean Shine, Rev, Father Prendergast, and Buv. Father dartin, Garrati Cuthra, Chief Polina Uni or, Kelantan, Malay Pon nsuls to Roso, eld or daughter of John Leonard, Phibs- bonagh, Daolin, isto uf Wexionl
DAY BY DAY.
How idle it is to call certain things God-sonds; as if there were anything else in all the world..
Body on a Buoy.
Tho dead body of a child nged one month, has boon found on the O.P.R. buoy, in the Harbour.
Sir Hodworth Moux... Admiral'the Hon. Sir Hodworth Meux succeeded Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore ns Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth on July
30.
"MID
SUER MADNESS.
A New Cure By an old Physician.
When John Dryden the erst while Poet Laureate of the Seven- teenth Century had occasion to attack the Government of the day, he expended his efforts more upon lampooning the Men than in ridiculing the Measures. Had he shown preference for the latter course, the world would, now, be the richer in honest satire, for
Alleged Thelt of a Boat. Two men charged before Mr. Dryden could in six lines so sun C. D. Melbourne, at the Police Court, today, with sterling a up the character of those with were. dis whom he dealt as to earmark as boat at Yaumati
clear as noon-day their several charged.
demerits, he
tions for, those silent musings, which might recently have fairly lod him to exclaim-with apologies to the Shade of Byron
Still must I wend my way by
devious tracks."
To reach the scene which others on their "hacks".
May by their passage on the
King's Highway Attain in comfort any time
of day,
While I perforce must travel
through the crowd.
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CARELESS TRUCK DRIVING.
Boy's Heol Practically Cut Off.
NOTES AND
["Tied" Junks.
COMMENTS.
A parallel to the tie-huube
At the Police Court, this mornaystom in England is soil to bo ing two coolies were charged at found in China where a loan of
ho instance of Inspector Dymond
with carelessly driving a truck money, in some cases given on and colliding with a boy, almost amplo security, makes the bor taking his hool off.
rower for over the bondservant of tho londer. It is natural to
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The case was remanded,
A Second Cuse.
A second onse of careless truck- expoct, in a country where driving came before Mr. E. A:"squeeze" is so time-honoured Irving, at the Police Court, to-day an institution as to be almost a when a coolio was charged with
sixth sense, that usury is brought the offence...
Who surge so densely and
with noise so loud, What time the trimcor surry-
ing quickly by Renders quito useless my un-
It was stated in evidence, that to a very fino art; but it would, consing cry
in consequence of defondant's be hard to find a more striking In concluding, we would ex- carelessness a boy had been rua example than that said to be prosa the hope that Motor Car over and his foot seriously injur-practised by many fish mor Drivers will show the appraoia-o tion of His Excellency's at- titude in this matter by striot attention to the Regulations as now amended, and further by at all times-whether under specific
ARMED ROBBERY.
chants in the waters of the Colony. The junkmusters, like other mortals, sometimes got into pecuniary difficulties and,
Regulation or otherwise driving Affair Reported from Pingshan. in their extremity, ly to fish-
at a speed which is not only not to the common danger but is one
Assaulted a Cpolle.
Among others whose attitude At the Police Court, to-day. Mr. C. D. Melbourne, fined a he doomed a fitting subject for
The police report an armed mongors for, loans. A sum of Portuguese engineer, employed his pou and whom he satirised in at the Electric Works, $2, for memorable verso was Villiers that exhibits in common fairness robbery at Pingeban. It ap-money is raisod, and the junk assauting a coolie.
Duke of Buckingham who had a due regard for others whose pours that five masked men on- given na security. That is about canso to remember to the end of rights it must be borne in mind tered a house adjoining a temple, as much information as generally where a man and two fokis resid-reaches European cars on the matter; but it appears that be-
Kidnapping:
At the Police Court, this after- bis time the day that Drydon laid are in no sense postponed to those noon, Mr. Otto Kong Singare to the public gaze the hill of the Motor Car.
prosecuted a woman for kidnap- ping a girl. She was found guilty and sent to gaol for three months. Various Fines.
various sums from $5 to $30, at
This Journal does not lond it
if and whed occasion demande,
HONGKONG UNIVERSITY, Professor CAM. Smith, M.Sc
measure of his actions. . self to attacking the character of A balch of men wore fined any man, but it will not scruple,
There is no doubt that the Bowell-On August 1, at the Nursing lone, Bangkok, Ethel Dorothy at the Police Court, this morning, to attack auch Measures on it newly-created university at Hong on these linos and in this strain the solution of many of the pro- most part the defendants were that we published on the 12th blems to be dealt with in China shopkeepers.
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DEATHL
(noo Grill) duarly loved wife of C. A. 8. Sowell,
The Hongkong Telegraph.
BONGKONG WEDNESDAY, AUGI ST 14, 1912.
WOMEN'S VOTES.
ed. The man was known to have! the sum of $174 in his Posses. Bion. He was bound and gagged, los giving the junk as surety, as were the fokie, and the robbers, the fisherman' binds himself to who were armed with daggers, gut deliver all fish that he may catch away with the money. The man
to the lender, at terms fixed by claimed to be able to identify one He gave information to the police, result, it is impossible for junk of the robbera despite his mask the latter. It is said that, no a
ticulare given has been arrested.
for causing obstruction. For thedeoms mest for attack. It was kong will prove a great factor in and a man answering to the par-owner to raise the money to repay
$100 Fino for 'Opium.
At the Police Court, to-day, a man found in unlawful possession of quantity of opium, was fined $100 or, in default three months, by Mr. E. A. Irving.
Lady May at Home.
New Pacific Mail Steamers.
a
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CANTON NEWS.
HEAVY BAIL.
Penang. On
a Woman..
"
the loan, and, in the course of time. the junk becomes the property of the man who for years before has probably had the fish at his own forms.
Spacious, but Transparent.
There is this to be said for the
jult. our Articlo hoaded "Motor at the present time, and we are Curs and Midsummer Madness" pleased torecord, says" Engineer- with the result that wo have nowing," the appointment of Professor more pleasing duty to perform in O. A. M. Smith, M.Sc., to the according notour imprecations but post of Professor of Civil and Alleged Unlawful Detontion of our praise in regard to the atti-Mechanical Engineering. During
Very ingenious is Mr. Winston tude which the Government have the past five years his work at assumed upon the subject of the East London College has
A man and a woman wore Churchill's question-begging in Motor Cars.
resulted in the publication of
and chargod, at the Police Court, to- the little duel with the leader of Allowing Mosquitoes to Breed.
Рарога An old BUW tolls us that many scientific Three men wore fined $5 oncli
elegram columna. To scouse "The best way to abolish a bad contributions to the techuical day with detaining a woman for the Opposition, reported in our by Mr. E. A. Irving, at the Police
Professor Smith, who unlawful purposes. Champions of the proposal to confor the Parliamentary vote on Court, to-day for allowing mos-Law is to enforce it." No clourer Press. women havo, we foar, small hopes of securing from the present quitoes to broed on their premises. instance of the truth of this could shortly leaves England to take According to the statement of Mr. Bonar Law and Sir Edward Government the end for which they havo been so noisily clamouring. The Magistrate observed that no possibly be obtained than that up his now upp sintment, has the polico, the couple wern arrest-Carson of encouraging Ulster to civilised being would allow of which is furnished with regard to arranged to visit Canada and ed in a boarding houso in Con-revolt, and to bracket them with the enactment and repost of the the United States, in order fur- naught Rosi Central, and it was the agitator Tillett, was to make It is true that Mr. Asquith had ondovoured to conciliate the ex-
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recently made Motor Our Rogala ther to add to his already ride there that they had the woman a moat tolling score against the ombodied that insidious sem. tremists by helping to preserve the fiction that when the Franchise
Lions and the withdrawal of the knowledge of matters connected waiting for a ship to take her to Unionists, because the indictment The case was remanded, both blance of truth which so readily. Bill came before the House of Commons the Government would
The attendance at Lady May's rostrictions respecting the use of with technical education. permit its followers to vote as they pleased in the event of an
fore it is woll that Mr. Bonir Recond At Home, yesterday after-Caine Road and the Jubilee Roadho resignation of his post at East
London Callego he was the recip-prisoners being allowed bail in captures the unthinking. There Law's return-blow wis rapid, amendment being brought forward to enlarge the scope of the
noon at Mountain Lodge, The by Motor Cars,
We take it that the fact that ent of a token of esteem from bonds of $500 each.
nhesitating and forcible; by it measure by extending to women als the right to voto. But this Peak, was much smaller than
Mr. Churchill's red herring is VOLUNTEER ORDERS. seeming "open-mindedness" was soon proved to be little other was expecto, on account of the the Government have deemed it the staff, whilst his old students
instantly banished from the track than a sham and a subterfugo. For not only was the Bill introduced beavy rain. However, those who no longer desirable to prohibit also showed their goodwill in n
braved the inclemency of the Motor Car Owners from the en-practical manner.
Volunteer corps orders state without ceremoney. How comes by an anti-Suffragist (Mr. Pease), and its socond reading moved by weather were more than repaid.joyment of their legitimate dues or to legislate in favour of one
that in connection with the Con- it that so natute a man as Mr. anothor Ministerialist the same way of thinking (Mr. Harcourt).
Court Procedure Improvement.class of the public as against but the Premier himself, once the Bill was before the House, lost no
Mr. E. A. Irving, at the Police another is due to action on the The Telegraph" Correspondent.)tro Section Machine Gun Com-Charrhill did not realise, before pany, the following promotions committing himself, that for every time in giving his henchmen a strong anti" lead. Douling with Court, to-lay, ordered a batch of part of His Excellency the Gov
Gambling Suppression. will take place in the Kowloon one man whom the Unionists have
Dock Detachment with affect from ucited to violence the Radicale, the franchise proposals contained in the messure, he remarked hawkers without liconces, ob ernor, for it will be remembered
Canton, August 13.
the 12th inst:-Pto. V. Stewart to have invited ten? Mr. Ohan Kwang-ming, Com-be Sergeant, Pte. G. Duncan to be Variety in Plenty.. "Speaking for myself, I cannot help remembering, as we all must structors, and others charged with that the Regulations of which wo
12th ult 'were already inmandant of the Canton Army, Corporal. remember, that the House, at an oarlier stage of the session, rojected trivial offences to be brought be complained in our Artiole of the
force whon His Excellency has, in view of the reticent
Trumpeter H. W. A. Emborley with, I think, sufficient decisiveness, the proposal to confer the fore him at once. As they pload. ed guilty he sautenced thein and franchise upon women, and so far as I am concerned, I dismiss at disposed of eleven women and arrived in the Colony, and attitude maintained by the Magis transfered to the Engineer English climate, that it looke
both congratulato Hitrates and the Military Officials Coy, as a Sapper, with effect from nothing in variety. The present this moment as altogether improbable the hypothesis that the House two men in a few minutes. This we
Hammer appears to be one of of Commɔns is likely to stultify itself by reversing in the same is a decided improvement on the Excellency and the Government throughout the province towards th instant.
alike on their prompt renuncia-the campaign against gambling, Leo. Corpl. A. E. Combos imples. Only a wook or two session the considered judgment at which it has already arrived," old style..
tion of a policy, so uncalled for deemed it expedient to fix a granted leave of absonce from gon little hont-wave came around This was, indeed, cold comfort for those of extrem suffragist
and unreasonable as that which ime for the toul suppression of Aug. 7, 1912 to Aug. 7, 1013, and promised a repetition of lest Followod snowstorm In view of the announcement led to the passing of those obnoxi gambling in the province and to Gunner A. R. Cavalier in granted sumar's scorching,
.and persuasion who had been lured on to trust in the Premier's assuranco that the question would be absolutely loft to the free decision of the that the Royal Mail S.S. Co, con- ous Regulations-Regulations introducodrnatic measures against leave of absence from Aug. 0, nowa of a
gales, of shipping disasters, of
its at wintry weather and Honse. It was a "hint" broad enough for the tallest-witted template building four new ves-which, apart from thoir futility the offenders. He has given orders 1912 to Aug. 15, 1912. Ministerialist to take to heart. There could be no mistaking its sale for the Panama Canal trade to afeguard the Public from to the Magistrates and the Milit
tendant evils generally. We are it is interesting to noto that the danger, sorved to render the Co-ary. Officials throughout the pro-
told now that the twelfth of Pacific Mail Steamship Co. also lony a fair mark for ridicule in vince that the 1st of September Holding, as we do, the view that it would be inexpalient and intend laying down a. like anni-that they, not only fostered that next has been fixed no the day INDO-CHINA S,N, CO.'s August was the coldest on record, that rain fell persistently (as is ex- impolitic to drag women into the hurley-burley of politics, we are.ber of big stomers for the same which they were claimed as hav-for the total suppression of gam
posted on that day when grouse of course, gratified that the propoots of the advanced Suffragists traffic. These will run between ing been designed to prevent, but bling throughout the province.
shooting opone) and that four have has been once again "bedimmed, though the weak-kneed
dangorous procedeat, for anwar not outirely prohibited by this Mr. W. Fisher, presiding at the egrees of frost obtain in some- attitude of the Government on the question does not commend New York and the Far East via in addition constituted 4 most should gambling indulgence be
tho Panama Canal.
rantable interferance with the date, the offiials will be held mesting of the Indo-Chins Steam parts of England whore furs, at itself to our sense of fair-play or our belief in precision, when, vital
liberty of the subject, and that, responsible.
Navigation Company, Limited, the moment, are the fashionable matters are under consideration. Me: Asquith and hia followers!
too, in a British Colony like would most assuredly cat manlier figures did they collectively agre
The Commissioner of Police on the 18th July, said that it was wear. Wo recall that, bafore we Hongkong which has flourished na issued a proclamation that, proposed to pay £14,876, being came to Hongkong, wo road in a on a firm policy and display a determination to carry it through at all costs. Nothing is more repulsive in politics than an attitado of
upon and become world-renown-according to the arrangements the six per cent, cumulative pre-gazetteer that its climate was ed for its strict abstension from recently made, the rate of the ference dividend for the year variable and was found very try- shilly-shallying the more so when the Government of the day in
any such interference
polies tax is 10 per cont. on 1910, and to carry forwarding by English people. We have the party adopting it. To our way of thinking, the chief objection
History, Political, Economical the rents, to be equally shared £7,530. The company had ac-siace learned that, in the matter to the granting of votes to women is to be found in the fact that
We regret to announce that
quired a one-third interest in two of variability, it comes in bad women generally do not desire the franchise; we are told, in fact,
However, it is a common prac-steamors previously run by French second to that of the homeland. that not three per cent, of the women of the United Kingdom have Polion Sergeant Stuart (104) died and Legal, possesses many in- by the owners and the tenant. evinced any wish for a Parliamentary vote. Nor must it be assumed at 1.35 pm. to-day, at the Go- stances wherein a few persons that they are indifferent on the matter and eare not to indicate their vernment Civil Hospital, to which have, by reason of their being tice among the tenants and competitors on the Yangteze. And we do not greatly trust a choice one way or the other; for numerous anti-suffrage societies ho was admitted a week ago to-day connected with facts which have owners to defraud the police by Daring the year they had had to certain gazetteer now.
Touching on the abnormally. have come into being to show by more convincing, if less irrational, apparently suffering from dysen-led to an upheaval or altora reporting the rent less than it face further competition, five argument than their shrieking sisters that there is another side to tery. He had been connected with tion in Policy, Economics or really is, in order to pay smaller steamers now being run by a A Batch of Records. the picture, The largest petition ever sont up to Parliament in the Hongkong Police Force for Law reapsotively, conferred upon police taxes. The Commissioner Japanese company on the Calcutta single year was, in fact, one from the Women's National Anti. about five years, having previously themselves-not individually but of Police now orders that here-line. The attitude of this com cold "Twelfth," it is curious to Sufrage League, which was signed by some 320,000 women of all served with the Dambartonshire as a body or class undying fame after all the ownors of houses will pasy to the Calcutta pool was note the number of other,
in the world of Records; thus we bo required to send in their rent very peremptory, had from the "records" mentioned in cables i classes, protesting against the concession of the Parliamentary Police. He was 33 years ago have in Policy The Soven collection books to the local notice first, and without any provocation, despatched from London yester
Docented was connected with
they started outting rates. They day. First we have the record- the fagor-print department of the Bishops," in Economics "The station for "chopping."
The Fong-pien hospital is short had, therefore, no alternative breaking crops predicted in Tracing back the mad agitation of the Suffragists to first Hongkong Force and was looked Six Hatters," in Law "The Six causes, it is to be feared that it has its origin in the mistaken con-upon as a promising young man, Carpenters," and now in Hong of funds to continue its good but to accept the situation, and it America; next a record in slect- ku ception that the activities of man and those of women are necessarily He took a keen interest in sport, kong we have The Three work, and the Committee has was some satisfaction to know ronation at Sing Sing; then Mr antagonistic. The fact is lost sight of that the interests of women and was recognised locally as one Equestrians" who, without the doomed it advisable to solicit that the policy with which they do Haviland's remarkable avisen so intimately bound up with those of men, that in safeguarding of the finest bowl players in the slightest intention on their part subscriptions from the public for mot the competition, lund given tion feat on Salisbury Plains Bliain own interests, men necessarily, throughout a large area of Colony. Nowa of his death came of being drawn into the con- the maintenance of the institu- them the best, financial results In addition there is the appoint human interest, safeguard the interests of women also. But we as a sad blow to his many friends troversy, have undoubtedly done tion. At a meeting of the Com- which they could expect in the ment of an Englishman as Presist
mach to conserve the rights of mittee held the other day it was circunstances. Replying to dent of Peru-surely a record this need reason the matter no further, for, unfortunately, reason does in the Force and in the Army.. not appeal to the women of the advanced type. They prate much It lins been arranged that the the Public. So greatly indeed decided to send several members question, the Chairman said that whilst the likelihood of the in impassioned tones about Liberty and Emancipation. But, as a funeral will, if possible, pass the have they contributed to this end, to Hongkong to collect subscrip- there was no truth in the rumour second largest cotton crop witty wag remarked the other day, "the only liberty they know Monument at 5.80p.m. to-morrow, that they have (let us hope for tione from the Chinese residents that the company was about America is also worth anything about is the liberty they take with other people's the interment to take place at ever) zid the Motor Car Driver of there. The party is to start to be taken over by the British tog when commenting
India Company
out of the ordinary run of any cause during his peregring windowsl
Luppy Valley
meaning.
franchise to women.
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