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etairways,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 0 1925.
or open“, osospes, should be insisted, on whether the premisos ectod be, two
DAY BY DAY.
storeyod ar more. There would 60 SURELY THERE 18 NO
SUCH
AÐ BURE. AS "GOD IS GOOD,
still be the dangorous bording
THING AB NECESSARY. In cubiclee, but at least thoro EVIL-Southay, would no longer be the conditions which load to human beings bơ-
A black chow dog which bit a was taken yesterday to Kennedy
LOCAL WEDDING.
FRANKLIN-MURDOCH
wodding protty
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NASTY EXPERIENCE.
SHIPMASTER ATTACKED BY. BUFFALO.
Penk The dangorous mood which Church yesterday afternoon, occasionally solzes upon buffaloes ton Murdoch, daughter of the Capt. J. 8, do Wolf, of the sis wbon Miss Gladys Livings-was instanced yesterday, when
ingtrapped like animals and Chinese at No. 54, Canton Road Rev. A. G. Murdoch, M.A., B.D., Hulshow, was attacked by one on
rado to suffer a horrible end.
Needless Noises.
Town for observation.
and Mrs. Murdoch, of Glass, Praya West.
Huntly, Scotland, was married to: The animal broke away from Mr. Frodorick Percy Frankiin,|
A Chinoso passenger was oldest son of the lato Mr. Alfred those in charge, while on its way. arrested on the President Franklin and Mrs. Franklin, of to the slaughterhouse, and rushed A few days ago, wo drow atlon-Harrison yesterday in possession Bournemouth, England. "The at a riokeha in which Capt. do tho businous Wolf was riding after coming off tion to the nuisance created along of a revolver and 54 rounds of bridegroom. is the waterfront by the needless ammunition.
manager of the Hongkong Telethe Cheung Chau ferry. The sounding of ship's syrops—a mat-
graph, whilst the bride was a puller falled to get clear, and tor to which we hope duo attention' The spoofal sale now being nursing sister on the staff of the the buffalo upset the vehicle and. will be given, A reader now hold by MORATS. Mackintosh Government Civil Hospital. Both attacked its passenger. Capt. do suggests that we should pon a few and Co. onde on Thursday are very well-known locally, and Wolf was trampled upon, and back. comments on the liko annoyance
Jannary 8th,
there were many friends present alightly gored in tho to witness the ceremony, which and
animal pinnod which is caused on our strosts by undus blowing of motor-car horns,! A Chinese woman was romovod was performed by the Rov. V. Hhim to the ground by standing Wo will do so, because we have to the Government Civil Copley Moyle, the church being over bim. Fortunately, he was accompanied, in anothor riskaha, by Mr. D. E. Donnolly, who came to the captain's assietäžbe, noizing The bride ontored the church the buffalo's horne In an effort on the arm of Mr. P. W. Groone, to wrench its head roufid to one
for
tho
tho
60 many occasions noticed Hospital from No. 5 Eco House offectively adorned this practice ourselves. It is Stroot yesterday suffering from occasion. nooossary, of course, for chauf- opium-potsoning. feurs to sound tho horn whon coming to a cross-road or whon "Roincarnation" will be the by whom she was given away, aide. Police Inspector Lano, of they wish to attract the attention subjoot of this work's public being attanded by Miss Margaret Cheung Chau, was also on the of the policeman on point duty.lecture of the Hongkong Lodge Turnbull, as bridesmaid, and scone, and rendered assistance. We have again and again obsorv-The Theosophical Society, 16, little Miss Nancy Greono A The animal was eventually pulled MUSTARD & Coed, however, that many of thead Queen's Road Contral, on flower girl. As the bridal prooff and scoured
drivers soom to regard thoir Wednesday January 7th, at 5,45 cossion movod up the aisle, Mrs. Capt do Wolf was found not to klaxon horns AR A means of p.m. All are welcomò,--Adet. Quarles van Ufford, at the organ, bo seriously hurt, and after pre- amusement, and they accordingly
played the hymn, "The Volos liminary treatment at No T Bound them on the least provoca- Tho many friends of Capt. A.That Breathod O'er Eden," in the Police Station ho returned to tion; in fact, it is by no means J. D. McArthur, who was for singing of which the congrogation Cheung Chou on medical adviso uncommon to 600 a chauffeur several years in the service of joined.
A crowd' of Chinese watobad sitting in his car, at a parking tho China Navigation Co., will be The bride presented a charming the whole affair without making apot, gaily tooting the horn with-interested to hear that ho has appearance in a gown of whito any offort to assist. out the least raason therefore, baan appointed mastor of the 8.8. charmeuse, trimmed with pearls Our streets are far too noisy oven Admiral, which runs between and orange blossoms, and word a normally-tharo is AO much Wellington, Now Zealand, and white goorgotto hat with ostrich shouting between Chinose that a the Marlborough Sounds, constant uproar prevails. Evon this kind of behaviour would not
17, Connaught Road Central
To. C-1180.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 6th Jan,, 1925.
DEATH TRAPS.
When there was a fatal firo
aomo
fow wook's
Chinese tenermonts of the older Buffaloes.
feather trimming. She carried a beautiful bouquet of pink and
MAÇÃO NEWS,
DREDGING WORK PROCEEDING.
Whilst ondoavouring to avade white roses and maidon hair ba permitted at Homo. But con-arrest in a house under constrac-form. The bridesmaid looked very ditions are, renderad even worse tion at Reclamation Stroot, pratty in a dress of silver ohar- when chauffours Create these Yaumati, yusterday, a Chinese mouse, trimmed with goorgotte to unnecessary noises just for the fun dropped through a hole in the match and wore a black aloche The dredging of the port of ago, public of the thing. Perhaps the au-socond floor and foll to the hat, trimmed with pink and Macao, which is in charge of the attention was further drawn to thorities will note this little ground. Ilia pursuer, a Chinese mauve georgette flowers. The Netherland Harbour Works, is the death traps which
complaint. the
constablo, also met with a like flower girl was prettily attired in now in full swing. It is stated accident. Both were taken to cream figured not, Bounced over that on Sunday last a big load of hospital.
white charmeuro. The brides- mud was lifted out of the harbour type form all over this Colony, The distrossing incidont which
mald's bouquet was composed of every ten minutos. The dredger yesterday whon + and especially in some parts of occurred
Teun Wan Inland Lot No. 7, a sweet peas and maldanhair fora, Nanking is.anid to be doing ex- Hongkong. Now that there has master mariner was gorod by a piece of Crown Land 30,000 whilst the flower girl carried a collent work, and has been in
buffalo and might, but fc the beon a big loss of life at a blazo plucky
square foot in area, was yesterday baskot of swoot poas,
oporation constantly lately. The action of two other
sold at P. W. D. headquarters for Mr. A. Morley attended the pay-roll only of the Netherland in Yaumati, this matter of Europeans, have lost his life as a the upset price of $600 to Mr. M. bridegroom as best man.
Harbour Works at Macao is said absoluto lack of provision in case result, raises the question whether B. Yung, who attoned the sale on
Lator, a reception was held at to have boon as high as $4,000 of fire is again a inattor for dia- taken to protect the public from price paid works out at two Mr. and Mrs. Greens, where the
sufliciently adequate means are behalf of Mrs. Violat Chan. The 260, The Peak, the residence of per day recently. cussion. But it apparently must these animals. It would seem conta por square foot.
Last wook it was reported that It is happy couple wore the recipients a Chinese Colonel, formerly an romain a tople of the What did that this animal ran amok whilst understood that Mrs. Oban of the congratulations of thoir officer in Chang Tao-lin's..army.
on the way to the slaughter intends to build a I say!" variety, and be forgotton house. This is not the first time residential house on the proporty, will be spent at Amoy and Foo-bling in one of the notoriona European many friends. The honeymoon was practically ruined by gam- a few days later-until the next that such a thing has happened,
CORRESPONDENCE,
(To the Editor, "Hongkong Telegraph.")
o time firo fatalities are recorded. for we call to mind one instance, The trouble is that practically amongst others, in which a buffalo
ran into soveral vehiclos in Caino. nothing can be done with the and Garden Roads and was, only oxisting slum property in China-stopped in his mad caroor whon the Murray Parade town. It was built by men in
shot Ground. As we say, other cases years gone by who, either through of a like nature have also oc- ignorance or callousness, cared curred. As to the romedy, we
A Correction. means bo not a rap about the possible suggest that somo
Sir-May I be permitted to offect of a serious conflagration. devised by which these animals
are kept under strict control make a few amondments as to Thus wo have thousands of whilst on the way to the slaughter dates in the account of my career] people who retire to sleep every house. If this is not done, then which the Vice-Chancellor was night with one of the gravest one of these days there may be kind enough to give at the
oven worso incidents than yoster- University congregation menaces of life hanging over day's to report. them. This Colony has really
beon most extraordinarily fortu-
inato in not having so far ox- REVOLVER FOUND.
perienced a serious outbreak of
COURT
torday
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chow. The bride's going-away Macao fantan houses. We dow drase was of powder bluo wool learn from a Cantoneso vorima- marocain, embroidered, and her cular paper that the man later hat was of black tulle with roturned to that city, where powder bluo silk trimming and ho committed suicido by drink- orimenn moss rosebuds. The ing
oplum overdose, of wedding cake and catering wore in liquid form. His wife, wid by Cafe Wiseman,
shortly afterwards returned hoina: to find him dead, thereupon killed herself by sovering the jugular. voin in the neck with her hus
DEALS IN SINGLETS. band's razor.
LOCAL FIRE..
NEAR KOWLOON CITY,
CHINESE FIRM SUED.
That the goods, although order- 1. I left Charterhouse at the jod by a foki of the firm, were noti ago of 18, and not at 16.
ordored on behalf of the firm, was the indicated defence when, in the Supreme Court this morn-" An outbreak of fire at No. 61 ing, beforo Sir Honry Gollan, Ha Sha Po, in the Old Kowloon Mosers. W. G. Humphreye and City district, caused the diepato Company sued the Tai Kal firm of a motor-pump and fire float to for $1,776.97 and $439.55 for goods that locality at a quarter past. sold and delivered.
ton this morning.
2. I was called to the Bar in November, 1887, and arrived out in Hongkong in April, 1888.
H. E. POLLOCK.
Your oto.
fire in the heart of the city, CONFLICTING EVIDENCE IN either at Wanchai or, worso still from the point of view of the Vory conflicting evidence was Prince's Building, Jan 6th 1925. probable effect, at West Point. given by the prosecution's wit
Actually, it amounts to this, that the administration has to
HOCKEY.
Mr. F. C. Jonkin was for the Attributed to having originated nosoв at the Kowloon Magis- It morely requires a big blaze
plaintiffs and Mr. C. G. Alabaster, from a spark from a stove, the tracy this morning when Wong with a strong wind from one Tung, & passenger of the Pre- that they wore to be searched K.C., represented the defendants. fire occurred in a building of one Mr. Jenkin said that floor, measuring 40 by 60 foot, quarter to wipe out a good deal sideat Harrison, was charged, He was carrying the buckets in
the defondant firm, donlors in the front room being completely of these old, and partly dilapid before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, with his left hand.
being in unlawful possossion of Another detective was called pisco goods, in December, 1923, damaged before the flames were atod, tonomonts, That would one revolver and 54 rounds of and ho said that he saw defendant ontered into a contract for the put out by the inmates and the perhaps solve the problem, but at ammunition.
carrying the rattan basket and the supply of singlets. Most careful firemen, who worked with two a brutal saorifico.
A Chinese dotective stated that buckets, The buckets wore in his particulars were given as to the deliveries. The contents of the ho boarded the President Harri-right hand.
making of them by Au Yoo-chuen, other rooms were damaged by The defendant, giving evidence, who was the representative of heat and water from the hoses; son at about 10 o'clock yesterday
The de morning. Defendant was soon said that he did not possess any the defendant firm.
The forvices of the fire: float walking along the ship's dook rattan basket, but had a leather fondants wore alleging that the were found to be unnecessary, wait until those death traps carrying
three backets-two bag. The first detective searched contract was a private ono of owing to the promptness with decay of thomsolvos are small ones placed ingido a largor his trunks, which were lying on Au Yeo-chuen, but he would which the outbreak was quelled. pulled down for improvements one. Thore woro & number of the deck, and be then turned his liko to point out that the in their area. Not only did the sampaus alongside the steamer, attention to three buckets which contract was taken to the do- over which was hanging a ropa detective falled to unfasten the faki, not Au, and a few days wore tied with string. The fendant firm and received by a builders of old pay scant atten- for passenger's cargo vo ba tion to the provision of osoape-loworod, Witness searched the the string and asked the defon-lator with the firm's chop on it, it considering ono rickety, laddor-buckets, which the defendant dant to help him, but accused was returned to the broker by a like stair sufficient for all the placed on the deck, without raising replied that the buokots did not foki, not Au. On May 6th, 1024, The following will; represent any objections. The two smaller belong to him. He, however, delivery was made of four cases the H. K. H. C. 1st XI against topants on soveral floora-but buckets were taken out of the helped tho police officer to of singlats on production of the Submarines at the U. S. R. C. the farmor administration was bottom one, which was found to unfasten the string and the ra- request for delivery chopped with at 5 p.m. sharp on Wednesday Defendant the Tai Sai Kai ohop. A promis 7th January: P. W. F. Mills, H. just as culpable in permitting the contain a revolver and 54 rounds volver was found.
of ammunition in a false bottom: denied that be over carried the sory note for $1,776.97 (£213.6.7) Owen-Hughes, Q. L. R. Bechor orection of Buch property. To Cross-oxamined by Mr. buckets in ono haud and the rattan was given chopped with the Rev B. W. L. Martin E. J. R razo all those dwellings would d'Almada, the detective said that bag in the other.
chop of the defendant firm and Mitobell (capt), L. P. Ralph, G. In answer to his Worship, wit signed by Au. On May 19 R. More, R. E. 1A. Webster, Lt infllet great hardship on a com- the defendant was standing bo-
side his trunka at the stern of ness said the buckets were three further goods were supplied and Jones, E. L. Sim and T. J. Price, munity already harassed by the the ship. Witness denied that or four foot from him. He did a further promissory note was The following will represent
To offect when ho naked defondant to not notice any rattan basket on given for $430.55 (£52.) Improvements 18 Impossible. All untie the strings of the buckets dock.
Evidence was given by the vOTEUB
the Hongkong Hookey Club "A.” His Worship said he did not lay
Royal Engineers at the latter said the buckets wore the authorities can do is to 800 not his. Witness said that he was much siross on that point, as it broker and by the compradoro of igoskunpoo on Wednosday at 5... that no
more of these death positive that he saw defendant was probably only a casual way when cross-examined, that the Macnausra, D. S. Green, G. H..
Mosare, Humphroys. Thoy denied, oolock sharp. Bower, H. C. traps are allowed to roar their holding a rattan basket in one bolghts in any part of the hand and the buokots in the
other, Colony. Porhaps thore is ovon
Answoring his Worship, wit now room for improvement in nose said that defondant put the the tenemoat designs. Fireproof buckets on the dock when told
$120.00, $140.00 and $160.00 using situation.
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of describing the incident.
Mr. d'Almada replied that
was very important.
A follow passenger corroborat ed defondant's ovidonco.
Defendant was disobargod,
·
it managing partaor of the defend- Fioroy, H. R. Moncook, D. Lyon,
ant firm over told them that Au G. R. Vallack, C. F. Lloyd, H.G was not authorised to buy on Gardner, H. H. Rose, and J. Wedlako (Capt.) Referee W. H
behalf of the defondant firm.
The case is provooding.
Edmonds,
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