INEFFICIENT BRAKES,
TWO CASES THIS MORNING.
"HONGKONG" OR
“HONG KONG”
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30,
HOME PAPERS' COMMENT.
Two cases of vehicles bein Iriven with inefficient brakes camp before Major C. Willson, at the Central Police Court this morning, during the hearing of traffle sum-keng says: thonges.
A
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NEW FIELD MARSHAL
ELEVATION FOR GENERAL
SIR CLAUD JACOE
Writing to the China Express
Rugby, Nov. 20. and Telegraph (London), Mr. J.
His Majesty the King has ap Orange, a former resident of Hong-proved of the promotion to the rank of Field Marshal of General Field Marshal Sir Arthur Barrett Sir Claud Jacob, in succession to doceased. British Wireless.
"Your note in Inst Isauc re the Chinese was charged with driving car No. 1155 without effici- and you might like to quote in your spelling of Hongkong interests me ant brakes, and also without hav-next issue the following from Dr. ing à proper drlying conce.
The new Field Marshol; al- Eitel's History of Hongkong. Sub-Inspector Alexander · said
though not very well known to the the defendant was employed by the When the ratifications of the le long service in India, has had general British public because of P. W. D., and possessed n Govern Nanking Treaty were exchanged ment Hicence, which did not entitle (June 26, 1848), between Sir H. son of the late Major-General W. A very distinguished career. The him to drive a private car. Poltinger and the Chinese Com-Jacob, he was born in 1863 and Evidence as to the condition of missioners who had come to Hong-was einented at Sherborne School the brakes was supplied by Sergt.kong for the purpose, the Charter and the Royal Military College at Mason, he said both the foot of Hongkong and the Royal War-Sandhurst. He entered the army Brake and the hand brake were in tant were read out at Government in 1882, and became Captain in the a very bad condition. He took the House before a large assembly of. S. C. fri 1893. He was a Major car on the road for the purpose of residents, and subsequently pub- of the Indian Army in 1901, was testing it, and the brakes were solished (June 29, 1843) by proclama-Lieut.-Cal in 1964, Colonel in 1906, useless that he dare not change ou tion in the Gazette. The same pro-General Staff Officer, 1st. Grada, in of,second gear, and he had to us: clamation fixed the name of Her 1912, was rande Brigadier-General the engine as a brake. The car. Majesty's new possession as the Commanding the Debra Din was a big Buick and was fitted with Colony of Hongkong four-wheel, brakes, but none of Hong Kong as previously used), same year held, for a short while, (not Brigade in 1925, and during the them were working.
and the name of the city athe Command of the Meerut Divi- In November of the same
spelt as two words, will the cable to 1919 command the Second Army "I Hongkong is to be officially year he was given the command of the 21st, Division, and from 1916 companies' charge for two words in Corps. He was Chief of the Gen- messages? And, as the Mercantile eral Staff in India from 1920 until Guardian points out, will the Colonial Ofice write Shang Hai, Pe1024, was General Offer Con- King, etc.
manding-in-Chief of the Northern Command, India, 1924-25; and last year was appointed Commander-in- Chief in India.
The defendant was fined $6"Viétoria." for driving without n
prop Bcence, and in imposing a fine of $15 on the other charge, his Worship remarked it was a very serious offence, and was a source of danger to everything on the road..
In another case when a Chinese | was charged with driving a car with inefficient brakes, the defend- ant said he was appointed, to drive the car to the Central Police Station for the brakes to be tested on his master' instructions.
Sergt. Baker explained" that Sergt. Hopkina told him he stopped the car as it was travelling" in Murray Road, and was going away from the Police Station. Sergt. Hopkins instructed the defendant
to take the car to be tested.
Sub-Inspector Alexander said
him, but the defendant did not arrive at the Station, and the man
had to be fetched..
Pa
sion.
"I wonder why the change has been made, and perhaps you' may think it worth while to inquire of
During the course of his long the Colonial Office the reason of the service, the gallant officer has soun change, and also, if Hongkong is to much active service. He served he in two words, why Kowloon is in the Zhol Valley in 1890, on the retained as one word only?".
North-Western Frontier. 1901-02 Commenting on the subject, the medal with clasp), and in the journal named says: Mr. James European War, 1914-1918 (C.B Orange, who writes to us on the wounded; mentioned in despatches subject of the recent change in the ten times, promoted Major-Gener official spelling of Hongkong to, and made Lieut. Gen. on June "Hong Kong, is not alone in want, 3rd., 1917). He was mude Generat the matter was also reported toing to know what caused this un-in 1920, and was A.D.C. General to necessary and cumbersome altera-His Majesty the King from 1920 tion, and why it was gazetted with- to 24. out a word of explanation. The Among the Orders he possesses change has been authorised, it are KC.D. (1917), K.C.M.G. (1919). stems, by the Colonial Office, and presumably those in authority there had a reason, but why did they sit upon it and why were they not con- sistent in carrying the change to Shaukiwan, Shataukok, Taipo, Wanchai and to the numerous other two and three-syllabled place names with which the Colony abounds, not omitting that very important centre of the Colony's industrial activities Kowloon? While we agree as to the need, for consistency's sake, for an official spelling, the public, official and unofficial, who since the earliest
days the Colony have been ac- customed to writing "Hongkong," and the few who, like The times, consistently hyphen the
Sergt. Mason said on testing the car heifound the hand brake to be nearly useless, and the foot brake no good at all. The vehicle had been at the Station a week pre- viously, when the brakes were found to be in good condition, 20 that twice within a week, the same vehicle had been to the Station. A fine of $15 was imposed.
NEW TERRITORY CONDITIONS.
SURTAX SCHEME IN FORCE,
K.C.S.I. (1924), Order of St. Vladi mir 4th. Class with Swords (Russia), Grand Officer de l'order de la Couronne (Belgium), Croix de Guerre, Grand Officer Legion d'Honneur, Grand Officer de l'ordre de Leopold, and the Distinguished Service, Medal (American)..
Lady Jacob was Miss Clara Pauline Wyatt, daughter of the Rev. J. L. Wyatt, the veteran lec- turer in Tamil at Cambridge University.
FORMER CHINESE
"BOY."
LEAVES OVER $125,000.
vant boy rose from proverty to The story of how a Chinese ser- amluence is told in the will of Mok Yin-tong, alias Mok A. Kuen/date of 23, Wellington Street, Hongkong probate of which has just boer granted to Mok Sik-lan and Mok Sik-tai, of the same address. The deceased left $125,600, and in the course of his will he states:
Information from the New Terri tories this morning is to the effect that, following the total with. drawal of strike pickets from the ord, surely have some right to. know what actuated the change. border, native Customs stations, to collect the new surtax decreed by Eitel's standard work, the only his
Mr. Orange's quotation from Dr. the Canton Government, have been tory of the Colony, is clear enough substituted on all frontier stations,
on the subicct, and reversion to a notably at Sumchan and Namtao,
spelling that was officially dropped and that these are functioning in about 1843 and has never beer in dependently of the Chinese Mari-general use seems, to say the least, time Customs at these points. somewhat ridiculous and uncalled Elsewhere, conditions are quict. for. Singe writing the foregoing and there has been a welcome we have learned on inquiry at the absence of such disagreeable in- Colonial Office that as two forms cidents a occurred during the were used in writing the name "Blessed with the virtues of my activities of the strike and boycott of the Colony-Hongkong a. dancestors, I have succeeded in pickets. Goods apparently are long Kong-the Governor sent a building up the family (eЯtate) being permitted to. 20 freely despatch to the effect that with much labour, I remember across the frontier, subject to this seemed undesirable, and he while I was young I could only the necessary conditions being thought there should be a ruling. manage to keep my body and soul observed by native dealers in re Recommending the use of the two together after having undergone gard to the requirements of the words, Hong Kong, he pointed out much hardship and been faced with that the name represented two starvation. After studying for a Chinese characters meaning "Fra-period of 3 years in a school I left and worked as a servant boy to grant Streams." The Secretary of State for the Colonies approved of old I joined the service of the "John some people. When I was 14 years the Governor's suggestion, and Bird" Foreign Firm as an the ruling in consequence is ployee. At that time my stock of "Hong Kong." Regarding a ques-knowledge was very limited and my tion as to why the name Kowloon.
pay-was-very-low. Though-unin-- was not similarly split into two telligent I made up the drawback words, it was stated at the Colonial by working diligently. I. Ied an effieu that Kowloon had always honest life and lived in a frugal been spelt as one word and there manner. was no need to change it.
new native surtax stations.
EMPIRE UNITY.
ACHIEVEMENT OF IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
Londoa, Nov. 29. Mr. Amery, in a brief summary of the general outcome of the Im- perial conference, in the House of Commons, said that basing our- selves on the two cardinal prin- ciples which govern the relation-
em-
You must imitate the example of my diligence and should not in-
ship between Britain and the NEW RUBBER SUPPLY. duke in laziness or negligence; and
AFTER 15 YEARS' EXPERIMENTING.
Dominiona; namely, their complete equality of status and unity under a common Crown, wè had succeed- ed in giving a clearer expression .of.that' equality in matters of constitutional procedure, while we had arrived at practical con-
New York, Nov. 29. clusions in our methods of co- A message from Bogota, Colum- operation in foreign affairs, do- bia, says that according to # fence, migration, trade, communi-Rie Hacka message, the Verezie
must follow my frugal way and should not be haughty and extrava- gant. You must remember the hardships with which I have built up the estate and. the difficulties in maintaining the same. You must. not entertain any ambitious iden and should appreciate my cherished him. Be diligent and frugal, as I have been, and do not neglect any- Jan Consul, Senhor "Rodriguez thing. Maintain the estate handed which he believed would con Afteen years, has discovered
Areia, after experimenting for down by your ancestors and streng- then the foundation of the same for tribute greatly to strengthening that unity.
process of extracting rubber for the benefit of a future age. Be Replying to Mr. E. Thurtle commercial purposes from a new modest and respectful both internal- (Labour) Mr. Amery amphatically plant growing wild throughout ly and externally and keep on good did not subscribe to the alleged
cations and scientifle
rosearch,
.Columbia.
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