THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
UESDAY, JUNE 26, 1923.
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AERTEX
VAULT DOORS
valuable, is not to be unduly
wasted, provlafon should be made at least for an additional station
DAY BY DAY.
For Banks and congestion, let us point out that YESTERDAY
in Kowloon. On the mattor of NOW THAT IT'S ALL OVER. WHAT DID YOU REALLY DO
Offices.
Herring Hall- Marvin Sale
Co.
1)
SAUCE FOR THE
GANDER."
A TRANSACTION IN TYRES
Britto's Sue the Sun Garage
THAT'S WORTH Testimonials for the Boss. last year more than 18,220 cases MENTIONING 1-Coleman Con came before the two Magistrates
[BY "GADABOUT."] Mesars Britto and Co., Ltd. roughly an average of about 60 Amongst the passengers who
Bund the Bun Garage, of 9 and 10, When you leave your job your cases daily. All the casos ex-left for London by the ae. boss gives you a testimonial for Caroline Road, Causeway Bay, in the Summary Court before Mr. Toiresias wero Mrs. B. D. Oraw- cepting those from the New ford Morgan, Captain W. B. he will if you ask him). Why Justice Gompertz, this morning,
shouldn't you give your boss s Territorios conse before these two Moorhead and Captain P. Watson, testimonial as well?
for $19L32. The claim was for Magistrates, with the result that
When you apply for a billet goods sold and delivered on Dec. officers from Kowloon, Shauki- It may not be generally known your prospective employer prob- 30th, 1922 Plaintiffs were repre wan, Stanley and Aberdeen, to to local residents, who probably ably wants to know what sort of seated by Mr. A. el Arculli, and mention only a few of the dis- City Hall museum has for some found you. He can find out by Mr. F. E. Nash,
never visit the place, that the fellow other employers have the delence was conducted by trict stations, have to come in and time been "closed to the taking a look see" at your Outlining the facts, Mr. Arculli spend the best part of a morning, public until further notice. testimonials. You want to know said plaintiffs were dealers, among While regretting that one what sort of a firm you are going other things, in motor tyres. or even more, in prosecuting of the sights of Hongkong should to. For all you know, they may Plantiffs broker arranged with Surely their time could be farbe denied the tourist, we venture be the kind of crowd who can't the defendants for the purchase better employed. For years past, to hope that the cleaning-up keep a man a twelvemonth. The of certain tyres, and a gentleman a Police Court for Kowloon has procces will be sufficient" to im No. 1 may be a perpetual grousor, from the defendant firm wout 10 been at absolute necessity. Can part brightness to the exbibite as he may be a wretched mieer, the plaintiff company and bought well as their surroundings. he may be a bullying slave-driver. them. A receipt was made you imagine a town of 133,000
If you fix up a contract at Home out in the name of people without a Police Court By an error yesterday we de to come out to a firm in the East, defendants and was signed by MUSTARD & Co. Whether you can
or not, you scribed the forthcoming buction you don't want to travel 10,000 this gentleman. The bill als
sale of the business of the Motor piles and spend five years to find was sent in the name of de- have it in Kowloon to day pele Exchange as being by out. Your firm ought to have fendants. Therefore we say that Kowloon order of the Registrar of the testimonials to show you.
The broker gave evidence in I'll probably be taken for a kindi support of Mr. Arculli's statement must have its separate court, the Supreme Court. This was occa creation of which would save sioned through the heading of of miniature Bolshie, I suppose, and added that the tyres were but that's always the bad joss of taken to the defendant company's. another advertisement becoming police officers a deal of time and accidentally displaced. The sale, the reformer No my scheme premises and exposed for sale. also relieve the Hongkong sourts we understand, is being held by as none of the red flag waving He purchased one for himself at of much of the existing conges- reason of the present proprietor behind it. If bosses bad to show cost price. tion. As to the outlying stations, giving up business, and the con references to a man they intended cern is in every way a paying to take on, there would probably cases there might perhaps be
come a time when even ublona proposition. dealt with by a travelling magis
and guilds wouldn't be needed. “
You'd see adverts. in the paper like this
Specifications on "Applic- tion to
Distributers
17, Connaught. Road, Contral
DEATH.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 26th June, 1923.
"THE NEED FOR POLICE
REFORM:IL.
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Mr. Naah suggested to the witness that the tyres in question were a new brand and dittioult to put on the market. From your experience as a broker," said Mr.
Nash, in the case of new articies, you generally consign them to sell on return?"
Witness:No.
Mr Nash-When you sold: these goods to the Sun Garage, did you take any trouble to find out who was the owner? ..
RUMJAHN-At the French Convent Hospital, on June 26th, Elias Rumjahn, aged 1836 years.
Residents who were not able to (Shanghai, Tientsia and Kobe trate, especially seeing that there papers, please copy).
are now excellent motor roads to see the fine masterpiece. The
"ASSISTANT WANTED. Four Horsemen," when it was these districts. Mr. Wodehouse shown at the Coronet recently
References required and given. appears to think that the present will be glad to hear that they will Apply Soakem and Soakem." system, whereby all the cases have one more opportunity of You'd go along and hand over come to Hongkong, meets re-seeing this wonderful picture. In your testimonials, showing what response to numerous requests it a brilliant sort of youth you are, quirements. We beg to differ has been decided to screen. The and all that sort of thing, and from his viewpoint, In our opin- Four Horsemen again. It will then you'd ask to see. theirs.
They'd hand over something Witness replied that C. N. ion, it leads to serious waste of be shown at the Coronet, for one
| Chung told him he was a partner, time and energy by our police orchestra will play special music
day only, on Friday. The full like this:
"I served the firm of Messrs. and he made enquiries among the Soakem and Soakem for five chauffeura. -. {!: men, who could be far more pro- during the showing of the picture.
years. During that time they at Bitably employed. There are other In this column yesterday, we factors contributing to this end
The Yellow Dragon "for Junej endeavoured to show that the which we shall comment upon contains much matter of interest has made its appearance and it police of this Colony are not to-morrow, but, to sum up to relating to Queen's College ac- employed to the best possible day's reflections, we want better tivities. Besides editorial and advantage, and, in support of police court facilities for men in school notes, various contribu- that contention, we cited the fact outlying districts, and we want pluding thumbnail sketches of tians are given by students, in-")
that by far the larger proportion to see the members of the Force two of the masters. An appeal ere, at various times, diverted relieved of the necessity of pree also made to old Queen's from their primary function of paring and conducting, their own College boys to provide prizes for crime detection and put on traffic cases. This work should be de- those previously given by the late composition and mathematics as duty in the streets. To-day we lcgated to an official or officials Mr. A. F. Arcuili and Mr. R. E. intend to call attention to some specially charged therewith. Belilios are no longer available.
other respects in which unreason. These are some further respecte able and unnecessary calls are in which police reform in Hong made on the time and energies of kong is a vital necessity: our policemen. Our comments -will-have to do-with-Police-Court congestion and the antiquated
THE ORICINAL CELLULAR UNDERWEAR methods of prosecution which
EVEN WHEN THE SUN IS HIGH AND STRONG ANSWER THE CALL OF
THE
OUT-OF- DOORS—THERE'S" HEALTH ON
| THE HOTTEST DAY—IF YOU KEEP COOL.
TO-DAY AERTEX GARMENTS ARE THE
MOST POPULAR OF ALL FOR SUMMER
WEAR
SIMPLY. BECAUSE THEY
ENABLE TзE WEARER TO KEEP COOL
IN THE HOTTEST WEATHER, AND AT THE SAME TIME KIEF
FREE FROM OHILLS.
continue to be employed in Hong- kong. Both these matters affect our police to a very considerable
extent.
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all times treated me with con- the broker asid be know U. N. Replying to a further question, sideration, While being a little,
on the close side with regard to Chung was the driver of a private salary, they were generous concerning leave, and promotion
Nash-I put it to you that
was rapid. I can thoroughly you made a private arrangement recommend the firm of Messrs, with C. N. Chung to sell thees ambitious young, man who 20 per coat? Soskem and Soakem to any tyres for you at a commission of
intends to take up a career in the Far East.
Witness denied this. C. N· Chung said he wanted to buy the (Signed) LN.K. SLINGER." tyres. satisfied staffs. No more broken can you assign any reason why the There you are.. No more dis- Mr. Nash-If that isn't true, contracts. There's no more "buy: Sun Garage should sell you a lyre. ing a pig in a poke." The firm at cost price, when they have knows what sort of a man they've taken the risk with all these taken on, and the man knows tyres A friendly transaction. Officer are coming from Ceylon what sort of a firm he's signed on and the Seychelles respectively.with.
Mr. Nash-And wasn't the They are both men of consider-
Taipans who don't know how other a friendly transaction ?— able experience. It should not to treat their staffs decently We brokers, if any traisactions be-long before they thoroughly wouldn't be able to get mer to are put through us, can buy back Outside Appointments.
grasp the local conditions. The join them. The good firms would at cost price. Whenever there is notification medical departments of tropical have men falling over one an Evidence in support of the appointment of an official countries are much the same other to get a job in their establish plaintiffs' case was given by Mr. from some distant Crown Colony but in a branch of the service ments. What more do you want? J. Ismail and Mr. M. Britto. to a bigh place in the Government like the Public Works the
Mr. Nask'e case was that the of two places Service of another portion of the special needs
Bun Garage was not rasponsible. realm, the question. arises as to often differ considerably. Thus a
LEAGUE TENNIS.: the wisdom, or otherwise, of such change, in such cases, from one
The goods were not sold to them. The arrangement was made First of all, we will take the procedure. It je, of course, an old sphere of activity to another, can of considerable benefit.
batween the broker and C. N. H.K.C.C. Secure Second Chung, the driver, who made use system still in vogue here by practice to fill the top places with be
men from "outside," and it is a Another aspect, again, is that of
Place. which police men have to pre-system that will always have its being "up-to-date. We referred
of the Garage. pare and conduct their own cases critics; but we are of opinion it earlier in our comments" to the
On Saturday, the Hongkong of the Sun Garage, in ovidence Lan Sing-cheong, the proprietor in Court. What this means has worked successfully the risk of a man getting into a rut Cricket Club secured second place
whole. It is a procedura founded or groove. This might apply in in the "A" Division of the Ternis denied buying tyres from plain- to the police is best known to on several principles, two of the all services alike. It raises themselves the public can have main ones being freshness of question of interest from the League by defeating the Univertiffe. The first he heard of the very little real comprehension of outlook and disciplina. The point of view of modern ideas sity by the substantial margin of transaction was when he received first aim is to have a man of progress, springing from the 69 gomes to 30. There is only letter from Mr. Britts. Witness the inroads which this procedure with a mind open to new impresswifter march of science and one more matob-to-be played in denied that O. N. Obung had any makes on an officer's time and sions, and ready to introduce discovery and the greater inter- this Division, Club de Recreio v. share in the firm,
Kowloon C.C. The latter should His Honour enquired if the also on what should be his hours reform where such is necessary, dependence of the civilised coua win, but they cannot improve stock book was in Court, If these of rest and relaxation. At Home. If he has been getting into a tries of the world. And here we the League table, the relative tyres were received by the dun MEN'S AERTEX TENNIS SHIRTS
groove, he goes to a new place come. to our suggestion: In subordinate officers are not ex- where conditions are necessarily education we have a very suc-positions of the verious Clubs re Garage one would expect to find pected to prepare and conduct somewhat different. He is lifted cessful interchange of teachers maining unaltered. The details of an entry on the day of the sale.
the Club University match are :—— Mr. Arculli replied that they had. 7.50 AND 9.50
their own cases in Court; neither out of the rut... The second aim is between different Colonies, and
H. Hancock and A. B. Raworth seen the books, but there was one of wider application, and has between these Colonies and
beat Redmoud and Roffey 7:6; should they be required to do so its analogies in various fields of Britain. It is a kind of postbeat Soo and Shann 11-6; beat nothing there, but the books did
There abould be Court endeavour. Thus we find the graduate course. Well, we sug- MEN'S AERTEX DAY SHIRTS Prosecutors for all police caste, ranker oficer
Prosecutors for all police cases, ranker officer transferred to an gest that some such system of Forster and Hau 8.3.
A. Brearley and Sergt. C. R
O. N. Chang gave evidence to who would relieve police officere other battalion than the one where in screnced into the technical Clarke lost to Redmond and the effect that the broker asked
he was a non-com, or a school-be introduced 6.50 AND 8.50
of a burden which must greatly master teaching at a fresh place branches of the Colonial Govern Roffey 56; beat Sool and Shann him to sell the tyres on com
74; boat Forster and Hau 7-4. Interfere with their proper work. for a few years before he returns ment Service. We can imagine A. D. Humphreys and G. Wold could be returned. He men- ariasion telling him that those not Mr. Wodehouse says he does not to his former school as Head. those who will raise their hande Sewell boat Redmond and Roffey tioned that he had cold tyres to This is based on a very ancient in horror at the idea. They 8.3 beat Soo and Shann 8-3 bear sincere and to somebody at know, whether, such. Aaystem experience And they said, Is are old-fashioned folk. What ex- Forster and Hsu 8.3.
Wuchow and to somebody would be of any great advantage. not this Joseph's son? Natural-copt. considerable benefit, could
His Honour, looking through We will leave it to the public to 15, there are disadvantages a result, for instance, from the head "B" Division. judge whether it would not be well. For instance, a new broom of a Colonial department being In this Division the Chinese the books, draw attention to an might be inclined to sweep too transferred to a similar appoint Recreation Club had a comfor-entry, of $36.61, the same figuru infinitely preferable to the pre-clean, and scour the flooring in ment at Home, for, say, two years table win over Craigengower "B" for which the broker had stated he sent method, which involves an the process; also it might be or so? He would return to the whilst Kowloon C. C. A. easily purchased a tyre at cost price, enormous and entirely unnecses objected that a newcomer spends Colony revived in hesith and with accounted for Kowloon 0.0. B. The entry was on the day montion. much time in learning the full knowledge of the latest Club de Recreio, playing, ated by the broker. The explanation, ery waste of time. The operation special conditions of his latest advances in his particular line of home, best Civil Service by the given by the proprietor of the of the present system has an appointment. But as rule work. Perhaps we are a little narrow margin of three gamer, Garage was that this amount re- important reflex action, 400~il & senior official has the wiedom ahead of the times in advocating the scores being
prescuted proceeds of the sale of resultsin district work being in- of his years to save him from such a seemingly revolutionary Noronha and Remedios beat old tyres to a marine hawker
excessive seal or from costly ex departure from the old order of Deakins and Hollidge 6-5 beat His Honour intimated that but, adequately supervised, because, perimenta; d
things, but there are, we venture Longbottom and Allen 7-4; lost for this coincidence he would un.” after all, no officer ona be in two.
to think, some promising possibi- to Stroud and Smith 5-6
hesitatingly have given judgment lities in such a scheme as we Hyndman and Remedios lost to for the defendante. However, in places at one time.
As examples of the praction of have suggested. It must be borne Deakins and Hollidge. 5-6; beat view of the entry, his Honour Our next point is the Hong outside appointments we have the in mind that no reforma ever Longbottom and Allen 8-3 lost decided to adjourn the case, to kong's Polios Courts
irts are insuffic filling of two recent vacancies in came into being without a wretch to Stroud and Smith 5-6 iant in
number, that they are local Government departments, from tradition, whilst every year congested daily, and that if the as announced by us yesterday. It becomes more exemplified that Our new Director of Public Works the old ordercbangeth and maketh time of police officers, always and Principal Civil Medical place for now.
MEN'S AERTEX UNDER SHIRTS 3.50, 5.00 AND 6.50
MEN'S AERTEX TRUNK SHORTS 3.50, 5.00 AND 6.50 MEN'S AERTEX COMBINATIONS
10.50 suit
LANE, CRAWFORD LTD
here.
A Suggestion.
hot.seeta to be very well entered
up.
find out from Sincere's whether Assumpcao and Ribeiro lost to the tyres were sold to them by Deakins and Hollidge 3-8; lost to Chung or by the Garage, also Longbottom and Allen 5-6 best with a view to socuring the evid Stroud and Smith 7-4.
ence of the marine, hawker, s