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THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
DAY BY DAY.
24, 1927.
DO NOT WORRY, EAT THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY, SAY YOUR PLAYERS, BE COURTEOUS TO YOUR CREDITORS, CLEAR OF BILIOUSNESS, EXERCISE, GO KEEP YOUR DIGESTION GOOD, STEER
SLOW AND GO EASY--Abraham Lin coin.
MACAO RACES.
POSTPONED MEETING
NEXT MONTH,
The Very Idea!
Sandy M'Dougal was the village butcher. One day an Englishman sheep's hand. entered the shop and asked for a
PROTECT YOUR CAR average Chinese worker in foreign
by installing service is in most instances a thou "PYRENE" Fire and times better of than his coun- Extinguisher.terpart in Chinese employ There "FYRENE will is admittedly much room even yet kill fire without for raising conditions of labour
Meeting of the International Race We learn that the inaugural damage to the engine, woodwork amongst the Chinese, but it is for
and Recreation Club of Macho, "Of course," he added, in a or upholstory the greater part in native establish-
which had to be postponed on ac- rather superior tone, "I must have Water oprendo a ments that the employees are forced potral fire; sand is to work long hours for an absurdly left Singapore on the 18th instant, when it is hoped that there will answered Sandy. Then turning
The B. I. s.a. Gambhira, which count of wet weather, has been an English sheep's head."
fixed for March 12th and 13th, English? A richt sir," inefficient and will
low level of wages and in circum-s dus here at 7.80 nm. to-morrow be a large attendance of Hong-te his assistant, he said "Wull, put the engine out
stances which are distinctly harm- of action.
tak' the brains oot of a sheep'e The only case of notifiable dis-kong and Macao enthusiasts.
At the Invitation of the Club, held angle it the this gentleman." caso reported yesterday was onethrae Hongkong jockeys, Mesars, "PYRENE" Exful to their bodily welfare. tinguisher is small: In China, as in other parts of of smallpox, the sufferer being a
Chinese.
Sowell, Ralph and Charles, weht
The man in the corner nodded. in size, right in the world as well, much of the pre-
up last week-end, having been weight and oasy to vailing labour unrest is traceable to
There's hardly a paper that The Kwangtung Telegraph Ad-hould be set aside for them to doesn't report similar antagonism
promised that some of the ponies one can take up nowaday: that handle.
a failure on the part either of ministration announces that an ad-ride at the inaugural meeting between members of different "PYRENE" does capital and labour, or both, to ap-ditional 20 per cent. is to be charg- As stated, however, the Meeting faiths. 1 call it stimulating, Lot deteriorate and preciate the other's standpoint. ed on all classes of telegrams, the had to be postponed, but, none the seems to point to the act that this
Time and time again it has beening lines."
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MARRIAGE.
| TAGGART-TURNER.At the British Consulate General and afterwards at St. Joseph's Church, Shanghai, on the 23rd February, 1927, James Harper Taggart to Mary Turner Turner (nee Bowen).· ́
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
able to have a practice ride over the course on Sunday morning.
Considering that the course hus
found that when both parties get
After having taken the oath'in together in the right spirit, secm-
a case at the Criminal Sessions yes-- ingly insurmountable obstacles can, today and told she must speak theo bben lid for many weeks, without much difficulty, be over-truth, a Chinese woman witness For that reason, we place enquired "What kind of truth do
you want?
it was found to be in fally good condition, and when it has boon turfed and laid It should,
age"
It
The man in the corner nodded again I wish I could feel con- vinced of it," he said slowly. "To mo it seems merely war of
words."
"I do,” said the voice from the corner, "for in the times gone by rep fought for their religion.
come.
In the opinion of the Hongkong The first speaker looked at his much value on direct contact be- tween employer and employed. It The Chinese Seamen's Union and jockeys, prove to be a really fine companion with a frown of dis
a hundred pleasure and said with brusque the Chinese Railwayman's Union in course. It is about is the best way in which, a just Canton are today holding a great yards longer than the Hongkong irony, "I suppose you long for the
good old days chi?" appreciation of mutual problems is ing party to the members of the In-course and the straight is even likely to be secured. Such contact, ternational Workers' Delegation better, the turn being easily nego
tiable, with a nice run home. A with a recognition of the funda-mow visiting the city.
sea breeze blows over the course, mental point that capital and labour are complementary to each other, and that both are essential for the securing of the best results, should do much to straighten the tangled threads whenever there is danger of pending trouble.
Who's To Blame?
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The forthcoming wedding is ana fact which should be appreciat-Now they fight about it." nounced of Mr. Raymond Guy Wiled by jockeys. There are two kinson, Secretary, residing at the stands, both of which give a fine Repulse Bay Hotel, to Miss Ailsa view of the whole of the course. Margaret Leadbeater, No. 38, Hur- outingham Road, London, S.W.
For the theft of several blocka
He's gonna kill his chickens ·
off, They've peeved him like the
dickens.
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As to the ponies, there is ong big stable which houses over Afty of its own, and another ac-The hens won't lay for him, The second Organ Recital, incommodated seven ponies from
and ao connection with the re-opening of Hongkong which were sent up
He's laying for the chickens. the re-constructed organ in St. for the inaugural meeting but John's Cathedral, will be given by have slrico been brought back The motor car in which Arch- Mr. Rupert Baldwin, A. T. C. L to- owing to the postponement. The luke Ferdinand of Austria was It is to be hoped that the British norrow evening, Friday, Feb. 25th, ponies at Macao appear to be in slain at Sarajevo, Bosnia, June 28, authorities have not failed to take at 5.45.-Adrt.
fairly good condition, and the rac-1914-the incident that precipitat- ing should be very good.
ed the World War--seems to be note of the fact that, according to a Naval message, it is the Kuorain-.
Much hospitality was shown to pursued by tragedy. A dealer, tang as well as the Labour Unions of wood from Murray Barracks, the Hongkong visitors over the acquired the automobile recently, at Changsha which has issued pro-where building alterations are be week-end by Mr. L. I. Loo (the and while trying to pass another clamations threatening death to ng carried out, a Chinese was Chairman). and Mr. K. H. Chan car, the machine skidded, four of any Chinese found working for given a sentenco of ten days' hard (the Vice Chairman of the Club), the party being killed. Britishers or even supplying them labour, by Mr. R. E. Lindaell at The former arranged tours in "mo- with necessaries. Although it the Central Police Court yesterday. tor cars to see the sights of the might be argued that the Kiomin-
Colony. On Saturday he gave a tang is not the Nationalist Govern- Members of the Hongkong Auto- very enjoyable dance and supper, Since he rather abruptly leftment, it is nevertheless a fact that mobile Association are cordially laat which there were some 250 pre- members of the Government are all vited to attend at the Institution sent, including H.E. the Governor. Canton last year, Dr. CC: Wu has members of the Kuomintang poli- of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Mr. P. M. Hodgson and Mr. C. not figured largely in Chinesetical party and that it is ex-Hongkong on Friday evening, when Alves," of the Hongkong Jockey
also present. political movements, but every now tremely difficult to know where the Mr. C. D. Lambert will read a paper Club, were
Mr. power of the Kuomintang begins on "Automobile Troubles and How Chan also showed himself a most and again he speaks in Shanghai on and ends when it comes to acts of to Avoid Them."
enthusiastic racing man and did subjects of current interest. Such government. Mr. Eugene Chen,
everything" possible to conduce to The case at the Criminal Ses- the enjoyment of the visitors an occasion was the one last week who has lately signed an agreement
with a British diplomat regarding sions in which a Chinese named from Hongkong. the future status of the Haunew Lau Sui was charged with attack-
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1927.
CAPITAL & LABOUR.
at which he delivered an address
tures of which we printed in our issue of yesterday. Although there will be some who will disagree with some of Dr. Wu's suggested re- medies for labour unrest, there will be few who will dissent from his main argument-that the time has come for capital and labour to come closer together and seek to work
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The walter returned to the cus- timer in a state of great perturba, tion.
"The manager" sir," said he, "says this half-crown which you gave me is a bad one."
"Then tell your manager that the we are now quits," suld customer; "for the lunch you gave me was a bad one, boo."
East Ham woman: Sho is what we call cur fashion plate-much in little.
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Landlord at Clerkenwell County Court: My tenant and his wife Ight and use bad language. WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Judge Bairstow: Well, a man-is
entitled to fight occasionally.
[To the Editor of the Hongkong
on labour problems, the main fea-and Kiukiang Concessions, le a ing and robbing a woman was con member of the Kuomintang and it cluded yesterday afternoon. Pri- is the Kuomintang as a party that soner was found guilty and Mr. wags the Nationalist Government Justice Nihill sentenced him to four as its tall. And when that party years' hard labour. oficially issues proclamations in Changsha threatening death to A collision between two junks, Chinese who either work for or at Futaumeon Pass, has been re-
Man accused of drunkenness at supply any Britisher, it is high ported to the police. As a result
Telegraph.]
Tottenham: I had a elgar" and it time that the British authorities of the mishap, one of the boats
Sir-Rumour has it that the got me down.--Magistrate: I am asked the Nationalist Government became waterlogged and sank, but to take the obviously necessary its crew were rescued and brought War Memorial Committee has de-fond of a cigar occasionally; and steps. It may be that it is a few back to the Colony by the other, cided to abandon the idea of 'shall have to be careful.
a hospital on the re- in better harmony. As Dr. Wuhotheads of the Changsha branch which was only slightly damaged. erecting
cently-completed site adjoining A book containing seventeen. himself expressed it; there is little of the party who are responsible
for the latest threat, but the fact Private Melvil of the King's Stubbs' Rond and to erect a less leaves, but which may be worth to be gained (nothing, we would remains that the proclamation was Own Scottish Borderers, died at expensive building on a more suit- 5200, was recently on view at Sotheby's when a copy of the say) by the working up of class made over the official imprimatur the Military Hospital yesterday.able site. hatred and strife.
original issue of William Blake's
Innocence,"
SUNNING PIRACY.
EVIDENCE, REGARDING WOUNDED MAN.
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'found
in the proposals such as mention- The owner of this rare copy is ed above, and the Committee Mr. Charles R. Robson, of Leices would do well in this instance to ter. He bought an old library take those who subscribed to the recently, and while going through memorial into their confidence.. the books found this work. It In any event, the change of site is in almost perfect condition. now provides the Committee with Only six similar coples, it is said, an opportunity of offering the exist.
of the organisation-an organisa. The deceased, who was about 40 Where public money is being tion which is, to all intents and pur-years of age, came out here with spent, I consider it is the para- "Songs of According to Dr. Wu, the atti-
poses, an integral part of the the Battalion last year. The mount duty of those in control to hidden in an old geography book, tude of the Kuomintang Party, of Nationalist Government. It will be funeral takes place this after-advise the public of any change was put up for sale. which he is still a member, is not remembered that about two or noon, with full military honours. symbolised by the slogan, "Down three years ago, there was much outery at Home regarding violent With Capital or by the advocary anti-British propaganda on the of class warfare. Officially, that part of a party of Russian Com- may be the case, but it is pertinent munists and that when Britain made u protest to the Soviet, the to remark that extreme labour
latter righteously disclaimed hav-" agitations in China during recenting anything to do with the or years have been almost wholly the ganisation in question, although it was known for a fact that leading work of members of that Party members of the Soviet were also The Labour Union movement, in its leading members of the party. it most intense form, has developed was a case of men with dual capa cities refusing to know the under Kuomintang encouragement other half of themselves. Maybe, and propaganda, and the utterly the members of the Nationalist absurd and impossible demands Geveranent have copied this among which have from time to time been the many other Russian tricks. put forward by these bodies show that little, if any, regard is shown, for the rights of capital.
i
The Portuguese Consul-General It is advises that for the sake of clarity
"Portuguese Company' referred to
The value, as evidence, of the building to competition amongst The book was printed in 1789, position of a bullet wound, was local architects, which, in fair-the words and pattern of the de- considered by the Bench this mess to everyone, should have corations being etched on copper morning at the continued hearing been done in the first instance, plates. Thirty-one plates were of the case against the two re- The statement that a competition made for the seventeen leaves, and maining suspects in connection could not be held locally, en ac- Blake and his wife coloured the with the Sunning piracy.
count of there being no competent narginal decorations with water The first of the two men was ad-assessor can be discounted, as colours after the book had been mitted into the Government Civil both Shanghai and Singapore have printed. Hospital in a dying condition from held competitions quite success-
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a deep bullet wound in the left fully, the Assessora, being, select- The first Mrs. Charles Chaplla shoulder, but made an unexpected ed at Home by the Royal Institute has been giving advice to her recovery, according to the evidence of British Architects.
former husband. Charlic," ahe
of Dr. Patterson, the Surgeon in charge of the Hospital.
In conclusion, I submit that if says, "has been picking violeta; the War Memorial Committee can he should turn to chrysanthe- Dr. Patterson was called by Mr. waste $100,000 on the formation nuns." She also says that if he
true, as Dr. Wu states, that bad it should be explained that the T. H. King, Director of Criminal of a site and five years of valuable is divorced a second, time he working conditions provide fertile by the General Officer Commanding Intelligence, this morning to rebut time, then it can surely spend on should choose as his third wife "a six woman of maturity and of mental soil for labour agitation. The wise during Tuesday's Volunteer Parade, the statement made by the wound-other fow thousand and
as being in course of formation, is ed man that he received his in-months time in having a local brilliance to match his own." employer realises that fact, for a Company comprised of members juries from a pirate who was ac- competition so that we are assur- there can be no greater asset to of the British community of Portu-tuated by vengeful motives. Wited that the hospital, when ercet- Lany business than contented work,guede descont, and that it is not ness deposed, that the wound wased, will be the beat our local ar- Dr. Lai Chi-hsi, of Hongkong
a frontal one, and its sloping poai-chitects can produced. tion in the shoulder indicated that
Enclosing my card.-Yours,
essentially a national unit.
SQUARE DEAL.
Hongkong, Feb. 24th., 1027.
University, was host to His Excel- lency the Governor at an enjoy able Chinese dinner at Lee Garden- on, Tuesday evening. There were about a hundred present, including some of the Colony's most pro- minent Chinese and British resi- dents. His Excellency's health was "Some of the paintings on the toasted. After the dinner the pavements are more striking than party vielted the now Lee Theatro, some at the Royal Academy upon the arrangement of which Mr. Marlborough street Magistrato, Leo Hy-ban wda congratulated.")
ers. Professional agitators have been, accustomed to blame foreign The candidates' expenses in the the bullet must have been fired etc., employers to a far greater extent Chelmsford Division by-election from above and slightly in front.
have been officially published as The prosecution thereupon sub- than is justified for unsatisfactory follow: Lieutenant-Colonel C. K.mitted that the man was shot from labour conditions in various Howard-Bury, the successful Cons the bridge while standing upright parts of China, but those servative candidate, who polled or In a crouching position."
Other questions put to witness who are at acquainted 18,895 votes, £1,209; Mr. S. W.
Robinson (Liberal), 8,435 votes, were in aubetantiation of this with the country and the lot 51,146; and Major N, H. Moller, point, and the case was then ad- of its masses know full well that the 6,140 votes, £750.
journed.