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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 1927.
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 11, 1927.
DAY BY DAY.
tion to parties of world tourists and we should have liked to have given to our visitors on the "Em press of Scotland" some points of crow
AFTER CROSSES AND LOSSES, MEN
KUMBLER AND WIBER- guidance into the real meaning and Franklin. significance of this British Colony on the coast of China, far away from the Homeland and, seemingly, something of an anachronism in these days of the worldwide recognition of nationalism.
But
The Bishop of Victoria and Mrs. Duppay returned to the Colony by the ss. President Taft to-day.
**
"EMPRESS" TOURISTS,
MANY BRITISHERS AMONG
PARTY,
The Empresa of Scotland, which day, came up into harbour this went into dock at Talkoo yester- morning and went alongside at
the Kowloon wharves.
Amongst the tourists aboard Yesterday's health return show-the liner are a large number of ed one imported Indian case of well-known Britishors, including editorial time has been otherwise small-pox and one Chinese occur the following:
rence of typhoid fever.
Mr. P. Shaw Jeffroy, M.A., Oxford University lecturer and Inspector of Schools to H.M. Board of Education.
engaged.
Mr. Frank N. W. Doodha, the Young Men's Club has just been Secretary of the St. Andrews'
nominated A member of the National Geographic Society of Washington, D. C.
The ordinary yearly meeting of Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., will be shareholders of the Hongkong and held at the Registered Office of the Company (Exchange Building), on Friday, March 4, at 11 am.
The daily life in our streets bears witness and testimony to our excellences, and short comings, and it is from these that we think our visitors might learn. Peace and order, good roads, buildings, light- ing, policing all the attributes of modern urban centres, with pro- perly conducted civil and criminal law-courts, a generous scheme of free and Government-assisted edu- cation, a young and lusty Univer- At the request of H.E., the Go- sity, with hospitals and an elabor- verno the Volunteer Defence ate health service.
Corp A great civic
holding a route march organisation controlling a
at 5.15 p.m. on Tuesday. Army Krent Headquarters has arranged for a port is here on the coast of Chira band to accompany the Corps. funishing a daily example of good government to thousands of Chin cse who come and go between here and the mainland where, unfor-
The master of the French s.s,
that at half past eleven Tonkin, from Haiphong, reports
morning of February 9th he resep- ed ton Formosan men
on the
from a
director of an insurance company Mr. G Shrubsall, managing
Croydon.
Mr. William Sydney Smith, mom ber of Lloyds, London.
Mr. Robert S. Brown, J.P., gow, Member of the Glasgo bleacher, dyer and finisher, Glas-
Licensing Appeal Court and of the Council of Renfrewshire.
The Very Idea!
A minister who was not a good golfer want out an early morning round while staying at a famous. kers and duffed shots he used golfing resort After some bun language scarcely in accord with his sacred calling...
While on their way homeward the enddie stumbled and foll, and alas uttered a few strong expres- BİORS.
"Boy," remonstrated his em- ployer, "do you know where boys who use such language go to when they die?"
ve mentioning the name o'd two-.
"Ay," replied the youth, "I heard
three times this mornin'!"
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Lives of broadcasters remind
We can say good night and
quit,
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And departing leave behind us...
Listeners quite glad of it. Lt. Col. II. F. Burton, retired Indian Army officer, Kew Gardens. Buses now run day and night on Mrs. Colin H. Campbell, Winnipeg, through schedules between Seattle widow of the Inte Hon. Colin H. and Los Angelos, akirting the Paci Campbell, K.C., attorney generic Ocean for more than 1000 miles. of Manitoba. Provincial Presi Bhe seats dent of the Imperial
are arranged so that Order pressing a button at night lets the Daughters of the Empire.
backs down, Air cushions are Mrs. Winnifred E. Murray, used on most of the acata." widow of the late Dr. Montagua Murray, F.M.C.P...of London,
Archdeacon and Mrs. Paterson- Weat Ham: I followed tho man Smyth, of Montreal.
into the house at night, crept Mrs. Annie S. Barroll, Bourne-downstairs after him, and asked
Policeman giving evidence at
tunately, good and honest govern Japanese motor fishing boat in La mouth, widow of the late Dr. him what he was doing. He said, ment is a rarity. And Hongkong 20.14 N. and Long. 110.40 E.
There is no
The death of the son of Mr. J. Roe of the Harbour Department, occurred early yesterday morning,
the funeral taking place last ever ing. The deceased was only sever for some time. The sympathy of years of age and had been alllag the many friends of Mr. Roa will meat. be extended in his heavy bereave-
Barroll, R.A.M.C.
Mr. Frederick Batchelor, former Irish Architects, F.R.I.B.A., R.H.A president of the Royal Institute of
and woollen rng merchant, of Dr. A. E. Hart, surgeon, of Hull. Mr. W. E. Hickman, paper stock
Loeda.
Mr. R. Lawrence Heenah. engineer, of London.
Dr. J.
"I've come to see the time."
"Can I have the Is. 9d. found on
custody at Kingston-Chairman: me?" asked a man remanded in
Police Sergeant: But he will have You won't have to pay for "food and board at Brixton Prison.-
to pay for a shave.
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An order for 10,000 Bibles has E... Hetherington, been received recently from Gen. physician, Cody, N.B., Canada. Chang Shih-kiang, according to Ex-speaker House of Assembly, the China agency of the American
und men of Chang's army.
According to reports reaching Ex-Provincial Secretary-Trea- Bible Society. The scriptures are us to-day, the Lingnam University, surer, ex-acting Minister of Lands to be distributed to the officers Previously known as the Canton and Mines. Christian College, was formally Mr. William H. Payne, incor- taken over by the Canton Govern-porated accountant, of London. ment yesterday.
Mr. F. X. Plaunt, lumber mer chant, of Ottawa.
It is stated that
a large number of the foreign staff have resigned and that some have already arrived in Hongkong,
Mr.
director of a public company, of E. Blakesley Layman
Bickley.
stands free to, all. race discrimination either regard- The marriage of Mr. Johning entry or the payment of taxes, Fraser, P.W.D. and Miss Helen and all the world's various nationals | Sheppard, of Balgownie, Aberdeen,
has been arranged to take placere frek to come and make this at the Union Church, Kowloon, on Colony their safe-abiding place; Saturday 19th Feb., at 2.30 p.m. either for trade or pleasure. Hong- Reception afterwards at "The Best kong is British-owned because, House" Taipa. All friends con- dially invited.
back in the days before 1841, trad- Conveyance ar- ranged.
ing conditions were made intoler- able for British and other for eign merchants under the corrupt co-Hong system at Canton. China gave Britain this then barren is- land as a place for the settlement of merchants, and, after 85 years of steady application and honest administration, this Colony has grown into a great trade emporium in which the Chinese own the! greater proportion of wealth. We would ask the worki tourists now SEQUEL TO GAMBLING RAID. with us to think on this side a
A police raid at Wanchai yester- little when they sail away with memories of other things. There women and four men before Mr. day led to the appearance of three are lots of problems we have not. R.. E. Lindsell this morning on yet been able to tackle and we are charge of gambling, one of the wo all too-conscious of many short-men being also charged with being
little proud. comings. But we are, justifiably, The Magistrate (to Mr. F. E. Loseby, representing the defen- dants)-You deny this is a com- mon gaming house?
Mr. Loseby:-Yea, I do. His Worship:--That it was just furnishing and decorations,
Mr. J. M. Doughty, metal works, public house planned in an artis- It is quite refreshing to find a
London.
the way-Sir Arthur Spurgeon. Mr. David Greenwood, merchant, of Cardiff.
TO OUR VISITORS.
Over 400 tourists on the s.s. Belgenland, which passed through Hongkong during last week-end, and over 400 more on the s.s. Em press of Scotland who are still with us, have had their first acquain- tance of China and the Chinese on their present tour by their visit to this Colony. For the "Bel- gelanders" it was considered that the conditions in Shanghai and Felting were too unsettled to make a visit to those cities a wise one, but it is hoped that this decision
Cunton Ferment.
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"FRIENDLY GAME.”
the keepor.
To judge by the reports reaching a friendly party?
Mr. Loseby:Just so.
us from Chinese sources, a labour
the
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EXCHANGE RATES.
London, Feb. 10.
In Victorian Jottings" Sir James Crichton Browne, the great mental specialist, writes:-My rather lende itself to equivocal special department of medicine
Mr. William A. Lewis, eigur ture to a Sunday Lecture Society compliments. I undertook to lec- merchant, of Cardiff.
on "Brain Rust," meaning to deal Dr. George Luck Galpin, doctor with cerebral changes due to old of medicine, of Cape Town.
Edmund Gardner, J.P., hard-tion. wood merchant, of Liverpool.
Mr. Harry Southcott,
A newspaper, commenting on many the coming course, said, "We see Ald. R. Spark, J.P., Stockton-on- on 'Brain Rust,' a subject he has facturer, of St. Catherins, Ontario. Dr. Crichton Browne is to lecture proprietor R. Spark and Son, Ltd., Tees, Ex-Mayor of Borough and made peculiarly his own." enterers and confectioners.
director of Blackpool Entertain- Mr. William B. Holt, managing ments, Ltd., Blackpool,
Mr. Counsel, of Toronto."
E. C. Cattanach, King's
Mr. N. A. Cooper; building tractor, of Barnes,
AN OUTSTANDING FILM.
NOW SHOWING AT THE QUEEN'S.
age, disuse, and miadirected educa-
"J
Idealism--Lord Reading.
I have the greatest faith in
I am terribly sorry to loave England.-Dame Nellie Molba.
Australia may yet become the con-Mr. A. Henderson.
Great Britain of the southern seas.
of
It is a really splendid film that
.
Young gent, requires lodgings in Horsham; those making Sunday's joint last best part of the week need not reply--West Surrey
paper...
A lady engaged a now servant, who seemed to be self-possessed und independent. On the first morning after her arrival not a
is now being shown at the Queen': sound was heard in the house, so 4.85% Theatre-quito one of the best the lady rang the ball. There was .25.22 that has been seen here for some no reply. Finally she called up
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time past.
.18.84 Most people are familiar with
the stairs:
"Are you awake, Mary?"
will not be come to in regard to has arisen in Canton uver the ques-until the 14th, at noon, Bail for problem of considerable magnitude His Worship:-Case remanded
The law says that slander must those making the world trip on the tion of the right by employers to the No. 1 Defendant (the alleged engineer Laurentide Co., Ltd. fingers can talk too. Following Mr. Edward B. Wardle, chief uttered and heard, but "moving. Empress of Scotland." In any re-arrange their stalls, by dis keeper) $50. The others $5 each. (paper) and of Laurentide Powera violent quarrel in a cafe recent- event, it will be from this port of each China New Year. Labour ex-ed that the game played
missal or otherwise, at the start of In another case, the police stat- Co., Ltd., Grand Mere, Quebec, y, one deaf mute filed charges of Hongkong that the tourists will tremists, in
was Canada. pursuance of their "something like poker."
slander against another. The take their impression of "un- determination to control business
Capt. T. H. Worsnop, J.P. Judge ruled that slander could settled China." We sincerely hopeusly objecting to the continuance the keeper was fined $50 while the Congress of Navigation, Cairo,
The eight defendants present in F.R.G.S., Kamloops, B.C., Canadian exist in pantomime, and the plein- managements, "have been streuu- the Court having pleaded guilty, delegate to the 14th International tiff won. that the fact will not be lost upon of this long-observed custom, and others were each fined $3. Τίνο them that it is the British rule of it would appear that they have other Chinese arrested in the same
Egypt, 1926. Hongkong which makes it possible forced the Government to rescind affair but who did not turn up in Its recent endorsement of the ar-Court, forfeited their bail of $5 for them to stay here in comfort
rangement. Very naturally, em-each. and safety.
ployers, who have had more than Of course, it is not to be expected their fill of labour domination, that tourists-men and women of resent this truckling of the author-
itles to the demands of leisure making a circuit of the Unions. Reading between the world for amusement and enter lines, it would appear to be the case tainment are going to do very
that the Government is placed in a very awkward situation over this New York much serious thinking about the matter. The justice of the em-
Genova Milan problenis and successes of the vari-ployers' contention that they should Stockholm ous places at which they call. De given the right to run their own Oslo
businesses in their own way is ap-Prague Their minds are much more occupl-parently recognised, but the author-Madrid ed with the state of the weather, ities do not want to do any Buenos Aires pleasurable sight-seeing trips,thing which would savour of taking good. shops for the purchasing of How the situation will develop re- Paris
sides with Capital against Labour. Yokohama
Shanghai
Houvenirs and "curios" and all mains to be seen, but one point Brushe
Brussels such-like thoughts of irresponsibi-which emerges from the dispute is
Berlin lity. We should be the last to say that any Government which seeks
Copenhagen that it should be otherwise, and wecular sections is liable to find itself, Helsingfors
popularity by pandering to parti-Vienna do most heartily wish our present in the long run, on the horns Lisbon visitors a pleasant and profitable of a dilemma. That is n Icsson Rio
which the Chinese Nationalists Hongkong
Bombay utay in this British Colony and also have yet to learn, and unless they Silver (spot) a pleasunt trip for the remainder come to a realleation of the point, Silver (forward) of their long journey. But, at the they may yet live to rue the day same time, we would like to feel when they decided to stand by
labour at any cout. that Ilongkong was 'remembered by
Mrs. E. 'A. Nicholls, aged.ninety-portrayal of the difficult part of A verdict of "wilful murder six; of Colchester, still acts as Rodolphe by John Gilbert. It ta a under great provocation" was re- them all for a different reason than
Licut-Colonel Charles Harvey remaid to her great grand-film which all cinema-goers should turned at an East Ham inquest any stated above, Wo have, at
children, and pushes the baby- not miss.. Hoare, D.S.O., of Rocker Edge, carriage for the greater part of
against Albert Greenway, charged various times during the past few Cranbrook, was fined £2 at High- the day without experiencing fat some fine rendering of the special Mr. Harriet Greenway, of Park- The orchestra grently asslats by with the murder of his brother, years, addressed words of instruc-Tgate for exceeding the speed limit.'igue.'
musical score of the opera.
Hurst-road, Manor Park
Athona
103% the story of the opera "La
"Yes, rather," answered, the
28.95 Boheme" and it is this story which servant. "Why?"
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the Goldwyn-Metro studio bas,
with the brilliant assistance of
2/0.0/82 Lillian Gish and John Gilbert, ad-
123.50 apted to the screen and succeeded the busiest Ilogmanay on record, The Glasgow ambulances had 34.83 in producing a triumph. The forty-seven persons being taken to tragedy wrought by jealousy hospital in thirty-three calls.
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which misinterpreta a loving act
84.424 of kindly deception into wilful and .102 sordid deceit is inely told-for the
217/32 greater part without overstress has been received by the pariahlon- An anonymous gift of £1,000
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5% and with naturally unfolding sc- 2/0quence. The picture is remark- .20.13/10 nble for three things-the.
ers of St. Luke'a, Kew Gardens, towards the endowment fund of
20.11/16 wonderful acting of Lillian Gish, the church,
the beautiful scenes and photo- graphy, and the really great