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Hongkong Telegraph.
FRIDAY, DEC. 23. 1927.
-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1927.
DAY BY DAY.
FAITH IS THE CHAMPION OF GRACE, AND LOVE THE NURSEBUT HUMILITY IS THE BEAUTY OF GRACE-Thovins, Brooks. I
HONGKONG POLICE CHANGES.
A NEW ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT,
A number of important changes'
The Hongkong Telegraph wil publish as usual to-morrow, but, on are to be effected in resned to the account of the Christmas holidays, organization and status of senior its next subsequent issue will be
officers in the Hongkong Police on Tuesday.
Force.
Among Michaelmas" term stud- ents called to the Bar at the Bild- dle Temple, on Nov. 17, was Mr. Kye Choo Chan.
selves too well-informed not to know that peace is the major in- terest of Britain. This belief is now slowly penetrating through the mass of the British people, and the popular Press knows that it will lose nothing by expressing it. For very many years, the indiffer- ence of the newspapers has been stock subject of despair with pacifists. Here, then, is something new and something good, and it is precisely in the stunt Press that this, advocacy is most vainable, These papers reach people who would never read pacifist speeches or leading articles. If the penny Tory Press will take dp peace às a stunt so much the better for the chuse, and even if, as is the mature of these things, it is soot dropped for something new, good will have been done. If people can be only. started thinking about peace, the The Manager of the Glencal rest may follow, for the appeal is pilotel has reported to the police the to 'fundamentala, and a stunt may theft of clothing from the lote
yesterday, valued at $55. | start an irresistible pressure upon
Governments,
The Motor-Horn Nuisance.
An
interesting decision was given by Mr. 1. E. Lindsell yes forday in the case of a chauffeur who was charged with the offence of blowing à motor-tar horn in sneh manner as to cause annoy- ance to the public. The prosect tion was taken under one of the first Ordinances passed in the Colony, namely, the Summary
of Olfeners Ordinance
1845.
Yesterday's health return shows tree cases of typhoid (two Chinese and one Indian) and one Chinese case, of diphteria.
The quarantine restrictions im-
against arrivals posed
from
The Very Idea!
Manager of Accident Insurance Company So you're positive that her accident was.faked?"
Investigator "Suro. She said her heel caught in the hem of her dress!"
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"Kiss-proof" lipsticks, which have just been introduced in. As from the 1st January, 1928, London, sell like hot cakes, necord- Mr. Walter Kent, now Chief Insing to the perfumers, who have pector at Police Headquarters, observed.. that malds as well as will be promoted to the substantivo matrons have been pleased with rank of Assistant Superintendent this novelty. It is also claimed.. of Police, following in the foot for the colour of the new sticks steps of the former Chlef Inspec- that neither hot tea, coffee nor any Many tur. Mr. James Kerr, who was other liquid affects them. Assistant Superintendent when he young man, it is revealed, have retired on pension, two years.ngo.bought. samples for women
friends. Inspector Peter Grant, now in
will then become Acting Chief Inspector at Palice Headquarters in addition to his other duties, while Inspector Charles Aris, com manding the Kowloon Division, will be appointed to the new post of Acting Chief Inspector (Kow• loon). The last-namel post has A Chinese girl committed suicide just been created, in recognition yesterday, by jumping into the of the growing needs of the Kow. hart ur from the Macao Wharf.toon Peninsula and the mainland. She was only 17 years of age.
Batavia on accouat of cholern charge of the Western Division,
have been rumoved,
E.
The little tol asked dad to
help Tor with her problems, so Dari sat right down, and soon
found out How much he didn't know.
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Counsel, to wllaess, in the Shoreditch County Court: "Was this motorist on the right side of the road?" Witness: "Oh, yok, Hongkong and the mainland he was on the left all right.” will, as a result of these new ap
Hackney pointments, each have a Deputy speaking of her lodger, at Shore- woman," seoráfully Superintendent.
diteh County Court: "He is call- Superintendent and Chief Inspeed & polished gentleman-they.
tor.
Assistant in
Amongst the passengers who arrived by the P. and O. S. Kashgar from Shanghai wore Dr.
Mr. W. G. Gerrard is the H. G. Warle and Mr. R. E. Coxon.
Assistant Superintendent of Kow. I must look at his boots." The death: took place at Bognor,con, having been appointed to the assaulting his wife, turned to her
rank, when years ago.
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on November 19th, of Mrs. J. P. Donovan, whose husband, was for merly Commissioner in the Chinese Postal Administration.
According to the particular The s.s. Devawongso was taken
section of that Ordinance under in hand at Kowloon Dock this mor- which the case was brought, it
5.4.
is an offence if a person "wantonlyning for overhaul and the or unnecessarily blows any horn, Kong Ning from the Wuchow ruh,. beats day tong or drum, or makes to Shamabuipo for half yearly CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE, other anise calculated to survey.
annoy or alarm any person or to
horse
other frighten any
"
Inspector
LOCAL PICTURES.
Some
Man at Stratford, fined 40s, for
and said: "I have no money; pas my fine, dear."
ar
"I was once fortunate enough to find a sovereign between tho wooden ledges on top of omnibus.. I gave it to the con- ductor, who seemed quite sus plelous of mc. It was not very encouraging." Mr. Bingley, magistrate, at Marylebone.
OUR LIST FOR TO-MORROW.
To-morrow's Telegraph will con- Through being knocked do vn by tuin a very interesting collection
Typewriting is the newest fail. London's Mayfair, society public motor-car at the junction of local news picttires, including
Most hoatesses NOW,
own invitations to Des Voeux Road West and photographs taken at the official in Western Street yesterday, a Chinese landing on Wednesday of Rear Ad- circles. was removed to hospital with amiral Stotz, the Commander-in-type their
Chief of the French squadron in dinners and dances on embossed fractured leg.
Far Eastern waters; the football notopaper with a thought to the
antimal." It appears that the Not only in connexion with the police relied on the phrase "blow any hora," and, literally speaking, erleiorations of Armistice Day of course, a motor-ear horn would Ilow- when such sentiments are more or come under that definition
At the last meeting of the Coun-mateh RA.F. v. Chinese Athletic:colour of the typewriter ribbons.. tess general, but for many days ever, account has to be taken of
the intention of the Legislature, of the Royal Colonial Institute and a group photograph taken at These are provided in several subsequently, earnest e talk and, as was remarked during the
Mr. Legis H. King, Hongkong, ang Day of the lawn bowls section. smartest women. was the remarkable feature of all bearing of the case, it could not following were elected Fellows: Taikoo on the occasion of the Clos- shades to meet the demand of the
Mfr. Warren S. Dyer,
Other pictures include a group the leading Home newspapers.have been intended fifty years
ag when the Ordinance was...E.E., Shanghai. Never before has there been such passed, that the words should an insistence on the necessity of amly to the motor-born' nuisance,
of prominent members of the loen! Every minister of religion German community being enter- thanks God for football. Rev. J. tained by the Hamburg-Amerika Shepherd. Vogtland; and a picture of II.M.S. Hawkins Mirth Makers" who
Britain exerting all her inuenes It is on that, ground that Mr. Lind { timber yesterday while engaged in Linie on board the motor vessel
L
A coolie was injured by falling unleading lumber from a lighter on to the reclamation at Wai Ching Street, Yannati. He was removed to the Kowloon Hospital.
monsoon
Fave a successful concert a fow nights ago.
sell has found the Sunmmens "bad." on the side of international peace Nevertheless..it would seem, clear as was muintained dering" days that prosecutions for the needless that followed November 11th, this blowing of motor-horns can still be taken under the Summary
Today's Observatory report Of more than usual interest will year and in the newspapers and Offences Ordinance, as the nui-
will be two pictures showing the new Journals now.coming to hand thissance can be dealt with under the states that the
freshen along the coast of China fore part of the .. Tjileboet words "or any other naise feature is being, encouraginglyhe case has certainly raised an and over the 'China Sen. The which has been built at Talkoo Commented upon. Lord Rother-interesting point, and it is as well forecast up to ten to-morrow is Dock and the old main part, just the that the position should be made Northerly winds, moderate, fresh: before the joining up which is now mere, in his own newspaper
Of enurse, lid the Sum: fine.
being carried out. clear. Daily Mail, has been ennifueling at
Oltences Ordinance mary vigorous carpalen against what apply; it would have been relative he describes as "Europe's Warly easy to get the point covered Perif" and, he pleads that it is timely a new regulation under the Trathé Ordinance, but that has te ervet a barrier of goodwill. He now here shown not, to be neces; conteruled that Europe is sinking | angyl
re-
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE CHRISTMAS. MAIL.
A
net
West River arrivals to-day state that the situation remains quiet. there having been no interference with the crews, while enrgo" and passenger figurca show an inerens ing confidence on the part of the merchants.
BEAM WIRELESS.
PREDICTION OF MARCONI'S CILAIRMAN.
London, Dec. 22.
They do not speak English in Hinois. but American."Big
" Thompson,
The tyranny of glaring wealth has been substituted for that of kinga, Rev. II. Dunnico, M.P.
It is true I powder my nose, but surely that is not a crime.- Princess Victoria of Schaumburg- Lippe (the ex-Kaiser's sister).
Au American newspaper has an [advertisement-
"Stenographer Tor special work after hours. Prefer one who has no college education, as the work will require correct spelling and punétuation and the use of com-' monsense."
The picture at the Star Thentra
One of. II.M. inspectors, while to-day and tomorrow is "Wander- | '
examining a class in a city school, ing Husbands," a domestic drama with an unusual climax. The The early installation of a com- asked if any boy or girl among leading players are James Kirk-mercial telephone service to all them had ever seen "driven snow
He received a very wood, Lila Leo and Margaret countries served by the beam and where? Livingston.
system, was foreshadowed by unexpected and humorous answer. After a long pause,' a boy held Lord fhverforth at the annual Thirteen dozen black woollen meeting of the Marconi Company up his hand and said, "Yes, sir: jerseys were stolen from the Kai which adopted the Directors re- I've seen it carted along our Sang Knitting Factory at Sham- shuipo yesterday, according to a port on the effects of reconstruc, streets."
tion, recommending the payment. report reaching the Yanmati Police. of a dividend of sixpence per The vaule of the stelen goods is stated to be $226.
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The most
varied.
It is
int altitude of armed ex- pectancy exactly similar to that of 1914. He has emphasised the fact that our expenditure an armaments is now larger than it was before the war; and that in
industrial Our consequence
To the Editor, Hongkong sources au'e still so crippled that we
Telegraph.] can with difficulty meet the de mands of the big armament
Sir-1 see in your morning as the 8.8.
Some people find the Times a school." The present peace is but contemporary that
Deranha will not arrive until 9
share.
prosy newspaper. But this adjec "the quictude of the powder magna.m. to-morrow, the Post Office
Lord Inverforth drew attention tive can never be applied to its zine that only awaits the spark." will not be able to deal with the
While proceeding along Des to the Company's progress, and personal advertisements that are and he concluded: "It is the dutyparcels the same day.
I can see no reason why this Vogux Road West yesterday on his said that hithero the results of commonly described as ita agony
2 sub-officer of the the South African and Indian column." of every Government, of whatever
should be so, and if the Post notor-cycle, political creed, to give us someOnce were conducted on business Fire Brigade, Mr. E. Tuck. Collided companies gave reason for optin- material is found there,
with a Chinese woman at the junc-ism. As regards the controversy, even the vehicle for obscure poets. reassurance that the future will lines, step would be taken to see not merely repeat the past or the parcels were ready some time tion of Centre Strect. The woman Cables versus Wireless, he said to get their work before the public. double and treble its terrors to-morrow. I admit that it would received head injuries and was that nothing must be done to de- In a recent, Issue the following taken to the Government Civil Hos-prive the trading interests of the appeared over the writer's name "Adam and Eve probably inconvenience the staff a
pital.
Empire of the advantages of beam and address:
came back to earth, to see the wireless.Reuter. Many other penny papers have ex- little, but surely at a time like this,
Said This morning's Harbour Office
latest designs of Worth. pressed the same, views, and have with hundreds of people waiting
Eve to Adam, 'Adam, dear, there's for their Christmas parcels, the Reports gave 11 arrivals and 12 de- given great prominence. to the staff could go out of their way partures, leaving 70 vessels in har-
not much change since we were the bour, British 29. British arrivals
here. statement by M. Briand, the dis. if only to allow many of tinguished French statesman, that public to get the Christmas feel- and departures numbered five and ing which a parcel from Home six respectively, all ships of the "we found nothing in war likely to helps to impart. Whilst no one nationality registering cargo both improve the situation of France is keen on overtime, all have to inward and through, with fair Norwegian carried the even by a new victory." "If you work after hours when pressure of totals,
heaviest inward cargoes and Ja- the highest through want to organise peace do not be business necessitates.
So I would suggest that the panese afraid to any so," he added.
Post Office should close at five freights of the day. This campaign for peace; especi- o'clock, as usual, for everything but parcels, and that the whole of ally in the popular Tory news-the staff be then devoted to getting left Windsor on Nov. 19 en route Helsingfors papers, has called forth much com the parcels out.. This, I think, ment from writers in more serious could be done by seven o'clock, journals, and one of them succinct- provided there were proper or ly argues that this demand for dis-anisation and the will to do it Armament, this "conversion" . of the Tory newspaper magnates, is not merely a new "stunt." It is
T: HOPE.
Yours, etc.
Hongkong, December 23, 1927.
•
EXCHANGE RATES.
Paris Brussels. Amsterdam Berlin Copenhagen
A draft of Coldstream Guards Vienna
for China. The detachment, un-Lisbon der the command of Lieut. G. H. B. Bucharest Madocks, is going out to relieve Buenos Aires
Yokohama of reservista.of the 2nd Battalion
New York the time-expired men and A class Shanghai Coldstream Guards, who are re- Geneva turning home. The party, headed Milan by the drum and fife, band of the Stockholm 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, Oslo were given a hearty send-off.. The Prague Lady Clementi, having been in-detachment proceeded to the To-Madrid the London press know fairly well disposed, is obliged to cancel all wer of London, where they joined Athens
Rio what is dimly rising to conscious-engagements for the present. Shen detachment of the 1st Battalion,
had been advised a complote rest Coldstream Guards. The combin- Rombay
Hongkong ness in the minds of their public, after the New Year. The ed draft was to leave London on Silver (spot) and as their manner is, they are dance, at Government Houge to- Nov. 22 for Southampton, to emailver (forward) responding to it. They are them-night will not be cancelled.
bark for China..
contended that the great leaders of
London, Dec. 22.
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