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DAY BY DAY.
WHARE INCIDENT.
AMERICAN SEAMAN SENT TO GAOL
workmen threatening to cease
SMART CAPTURE.
OVERHEARD TALK LEADS
"TO ARREST,
other that someone had stolen
nothing very strong to say against the Troaty, and in assessing the worth of the Polish
IF PUNISHMENT REACHES NOT protest it must be borne in mind THE MIND AND MAKES NOT THE that Poland is notoriously WILL SUPPLE, IT HARDENS THE
Harold Little, seaman on the distrustful and resentful of any-OFFENDER-Locke.
A smart arrest by Sanitary Ina- thing Germanic. Russia's, boast! The B..I... Santhia is due President Jefferson was charged pictor Taylor last evening, was re- that Locarno. has been undermin-here from Amoy on Friday.
before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, the Jated before Mr. R. E. Lindsoll, at ed is liable to bo just a gesture
Kowloon Magistrate this morning, the Central Magistracy this mor- calenlated to annoy and
The F. & O. 96. Khyber, from with assaulting a cargo coolie at ning, during the hearing of a case aruuso distrust, and perhaps much head Singaporo, is expected here on
Saturday,
the Kowloon Godowns yesterday, in which a Chinese was charged
It was stated that whilst the de-with the theft of somas clothing. The most significant thing The P. & O. sa Khiva, from fendant was returning to the shin
Sub-Inspector Field, explained noon yesterday, about all the bother that is being Hongkong, arrived at London shortly after
on the 24th. April:
under the influence of liquor, he that Inspector Taylor was riding made is that mid-Europe is still
abused a number of coolies who along Shaukiwan Road yesterday. a centre of intrigue, distrust and The weather forecast up to noon were loading cargo and then on his motor cycle, when he pass- diplomatie play. Thoro have to-morrow id-S.E, winds, mode-struck the complainant in the evo, ed by two men who were talking beon (many serious post-war rato ovorcast, rain, fog, warmor. The incident resulted in all the and he heard one complain to the attempts to disput what would The Vory Rov. Father Robert work, but, after being persuaded some clothing which he had hung seem to be natural dislikes and returned to the Colony from by the Police, the coolics con- on a line to dry. Inspector Tay jealousies between continguous Shanghai yesterday by the s.s. tinued with their work After the lor continued on his way, but when
President Jefferson.
assnuit the defendant was assisted on the reclamation shortly after- nations, but the enmity of politics
on board his ship by the quarter-wards he saw the defendant carry- ing a bundle, he examined the is notoriously hard to kill. By While working near the West- master.. the discorning man, wo think, thoorn Market Queen's Rond East, The defendant, when asked, to bundle and found it to contain Ho a Chinese foll and cut his kneo.plead, said that he was unaware of clothes that were still wet. part boing played by Russin is He was sont to the Government the whole incident and would leave took the defendant back to a house soon to be the most sinister and Civil Hospital.
the matter entirely in his Wor-near the place where he had heard harmfl. Cheated by her own
ship's hands.
the men talking, where the cloth- A. Chinese has baon sont to the ovor-reaching radicalism of
It was further stated thirt neither ing was identified as that which Kwong With Hospital suffering the Consul nor the agents would had been stolen.
of the Old World she is seeking camphor oil in mistake for Chi. dent. to create a disarray among the nose medicine.
His Worship asked if that was ranks of her neighbour nations,
equivalent to dismissal by the The late Mrs. Lod Po Sham, of agents, and was informed that the hoping that out of any war or No. 7, West Terrace, loit estate defendant was on the ship's articles | strifo sho might engender would to the value of $1,050,900. She and could not be discharged hero.
The defendant was sentenced to come added opportunity to make bequeathed her fortune amongst
hor family. Probate of the will seven days' hard labour and order- offective hor counsole of excess has it been granted.
ed to pay the complainant $5 as compensation. and the break-up of what her extremists style as "the hated bourgeoisie." The great proble in how to treat Russia and offset her pernicious influence is on which will soon have to faced very seriously by Europeun sach count. statesmen.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1926.
MID-EUROPE. WRANGLES.
Nihill at the Kowloon Magistracy Arraigned. before Mr. J. H. B. this morning on charges of pos sessing 450 cigarettes on which the duty had not been paid, and of storing cigarettes in an unlicensed shop, a Chinese was fined $50, un
Among the passengers arriving
POLICE INSPECTION.
RAIN CAUSES THIRD POSTPONEMENT.
The Clerk-of-the-Wenther seems
The defendant admitted the charge, and was sent to prison for fourteen days with hard labour,
VOLUNTEER CORPS.
AIMING AT INCREASED EFFICIENCY.
Wo understand invitations are haing issued for a meeting of British merchants and others in the Colony which it is proposed to hold in the Ballroom of Gov. ornment House, on Thursday afternoon to consider suggestions for increasing the efficiency of.
Their Excellencies the Governor and the General Officer Com- Russo-L. Everett, Manager of the Stru-tion being held.
there and Barry Steamship Com- After being previously postponed manding and the Commodore will address the meeting, and it pany, at Shanghai; and Capt. (). twice on account of bad weather, will be proposed that a small Com- Paas, Marine-Superintendent of it was decided to hold it to-day. We were interested, as were the San Peh S.S. Navigation Com-Owing, however, to the heavy rain mittee of the hoads of commer- doubtless many of our readers, to pany, who is proceeding to Manila this morning and the unsettled cial firms should be formed to discuss, with the Volunteer Au- conditions, there has been no read the letter sent us yesterday on a business trip.
option but to postpone it for the thorities, the best methods of third time. The provisional date combining maximum efficiency now decided upon is, a fortnight and a minimum interference with
business requirements.
The above was written before in the Colony by the s Pro.to be doing everything in his power the Volunteer Corps. the roueipt of the Renters telegram sident Hayos yesterday were Mc. to prevent the annual police inspec- giving "the text of the German Treaty.İ
Moonlight Excursions.
YOUNG PIANISTS.
The Very Idea!
"There is just this difference be- them so expensive.
am a soldier of Heaven," Tommy's eyes opened a degree wider There was a pause. Then up. spoke he who had accepted the Queen's shilling. "Oh, you are a soldier of Heaven," he said slowly: "well, if that's so, all I've got to say is, you're a long way from the barracks."
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When every triumph sweet is
Important as can be And every small defeat is
A rending tragedy, When only silver stretches
Out where the moonlight
gleams
In spite of the fact that Gor- many has made repcated asser- tions that the new Russo-ferman Treaty does not conflict in any by "Invigorating" in which, the way with the Locarno agroc-suggestion was made that during The funeral of the late Ligut ments nor violates any of the the hot summer months of the William Leslie Berridge, R.N.,
your, excursion steamers should commander of Submarine Lis from to-day. Articles of the Covenant of the make trips either round the island attached to H.M.S. Ambrose of Longue of Nations of which body or to one or other of the well, the Chine Squadron, whose death she is anxious to Become a mem-
The":"Steamboat occurred at the General Hospital, known boys. Company is now providing an Ponang, on April 10th after a ber, one cannot help paying a
orchestra on special occasions for tragic accident' at the Penang certain amount of heed to the jits holiday trips.to Macao, and Swimming Club, took place at jubilations of the Soviet, which our correspondent wonders why, the Western Road Cemetery with are altogether in the opposite on moonlight nights in the sum full naval honours and was at
Vico-Admira! Sir mer, a stoamer, with a band on tended by direction. It is hardly possible board for dancing, could not be Edwyn. Alexandor Sinclair, Com- that two parties to the same used for a two or three hour tripmander-in-Chief of the China agreement should in good faith That the chance of a little cool air Squadron, all the officers of the tween us," continued the preacher. ut sea would appeal to many, we Squadron then in port, the Hon. give such widely differing in-have not the slightest doubt, and Mr. Poel, C.M.G., President Coun: "you are a soldier of Hell and I terpretations to that agreement, with the presence on board of a cillor, Penang, and local military
band and reasonable refreshment officers. and it is very hard to understand facilities, it is hard to see whore how, Germany sees nothing amiss fears of but little patronage would We know that in with the new Treaty as regards be justified.
Sydney, Australia, the beauti- Locarno and how Russia rejoices ful harbour is taken
full at the blow which the new advantage of in this respect that pleasure Arips Treaty inflicts on Locarno. Two and such diametrically opposed view both by day and evening, are the rule, and that they are largely points, leaves one open to suspect patronised by the city workers a lack of honesty somewhere. who wish for a spell of fresh sou- recital Was given by Pro- of thought transference from one
air under pleasant conditions. According to Reuter mosseges Here in Hongkong it is com- Tessor E. Danenberg's pupils at the person to another. He adds that received yesterday, M. Litvinoff, paratively a few (those connected City Hall last evening, when there the more intelligent a man is, the in a speech at Moscow, revelled with mercantile firms) who can was a large audience. It was evi- better he transmits thoughts and in the fact that the now Treaty enjoy the luxury of a launch trip dent that careful instruction had the worse he receives them. This in the summor, and there must been given the pupils, and the reay account for the apparent va- extracted the anti-Soviet sting be very many who would gladly markably sympathetic manner cuity you notice on the faces of St. George's church, was one of the from the Locarno Treaty" and, pay up to three or four dollars although we fail to see how the for a river-stoamer trip on, hot
He was being medically examine Stanley to Maurice Lubbock, Her Locarno Treaty can be thought evenings. So far as the financial
and technical side of organising: Miss Rosario gave a fine inter-cd preparatory to taking out an foot caught in the carpet and, she to have any anti-Soviet sting, such trips is concerned, we are pretation of Mendelssohn's "Capri- Insurance policy.
fell headlong to the amusement, of the utterance is worthy of serious not competent to express any co Brilliant," the orchestral part "Ever had a serious illness?" the wedding guest.
opinion, but we think that our being played by Professor Danen-asked the deputy. thought. The Polish nowspapers local Steamboat Company might, in Warsaw are said to be uneasy with much public approval, ex-berg on another piano. She also and angry ut" the conclusion of plore the possibilities of the sug Lark," an effort which received n
new agreement, and one gestion. A trial trip would soon of them goes so far as to assort establish the worthiness or worth great ovation. Miss Baptista gave
loseness of the idea.
EL
the
that it resuscitatos what the Locarno agreement aimed at LATEST EXCHANGES. abolishing, namely the making
of mutual private alliancos. It Paris further
Germany of Brussels
accusca
Amsterdam Copenhagen Vienun Helsingfors So far as Home opinion goes, Buenos Aires
Lisbon Sir Auston Chamborlian, who Shanghai
Hongkong has had to answer a number of Now York questions on the matter, says he Genova
Mitan is quito content to accept the Stockholm. Gorman assurances that there is
Prague nothing in the new Treaty to Madriel which objection can be taken. Bombay
| ignoring all the duties devolving Berlin
on her under Artole 16 of the League.
Ria
It is significant that France-Yokohama
Silver (spot) over watchful of both Germany Silver (forward) and Russia has so far had
Rugby, April 26.
CLEVER PERFORMANCE AT. CITY HALL.
A Russian scientist announces A bright and pleasing planoforte that, he has proved the possibility
which they played their places, re-so many professional mediums,
lected, great credit on Professor Danenberg's teaching abilities,
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rendered Glinka-Balakireo's "The
"No," was the reply. "Ever had an nċeldont?" "No."
"Never had a single accident in your life?"
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And eager fancy sketches
The shining face of dreams, When you can sleep of morn❤
ings,
While high the shades are
flung,
Through shrill alarm clock
warnings
You're young, my lad, you're
young.
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The London bride tripped up by the carpet on the steps outside
humorous happenings at the wed- ding recently of Mary Katherine
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She went to see the show,
becauso
She dearly loved the hero. The house was hot and so she
Look
A sest right in the Z row.
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A skull half an inch thick, and unearthed at Truro, has been sent, "No, gir! He did it on purpose." to London without the formality
of an election... Jccular.
pleasing rendering of Liszt's "Rigoletto Fantasie," and after- "Never, except last apring when wards played Sinding's "Andante, a bull tossed me over a fence." accompanied by Professor Darot- "Well, don't you cull that an-ne- berg. Other youthful. pupils, who | cident?", 14644 displayed a fine sense of rythm 195%
1954 and interpretation were
Man- 12.10 20.42% Muriel Gubbay, Misses Caroline
18.60 Braga, Thelma May, Crone Ung, choose Aberdeen as the venue of There are more than 50 broad- 31.50 Cissie Castro Alves, Mario Macha-their stories of abnormal stingi casting stations in England not
193 do Alves, Master Fred Alvos, and mess. These stories of the "Bang counting gossips.
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writers Invariably
45 Master Luis Gutteres. The pieces goes saxpence" variety have giv: h 2/10% they played were selected from the town an almost worldwide
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the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary re- Death In Road-House Fire at 120,00 In addition, instrumental un cently atated that it would probe- Peoria; Stray Bullet Kills One, in 18.10 vical selections were given on anbly astonish the festors to know Chicago and Wounds Five in Phila- 2252 Crthophonic Victrola, which was that Aberdonians last your "bang- delphla.-Daily Tribune, Colo 1043% lant for, the occasion, by Messrs. | ed" 1,8-10,000 "saxpences" rado.
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ard and Collard and Steinway grand planos for the recital.
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little daughter has frightened the
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