THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1928.
21 YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM "TELEGRAPH FILES.
The following items are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended January 12th, 1907.
The rate of the dollar où de- mand was 28. 274.
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Plans were announced for the forthcoming visit of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, these including the unveiling of statues of King Edward and the Prince of Wales. in Statue Square.
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A Sentilah concert was an nounced to take place at the City Hall on Burns Night
WOMAN'S WORLD
FOR OUR LADY
Modern Jewellery,
AND HOW TO WEAR IT.
At the wonderful £1,000,000 jewels "display and dress show, organised by
the Jewellers' Association and Paul National
Carot. Ltd, at the May Fair Hotel recently, the famous 100,000)
of
A bona in Hongkong and Shang-three-string pearl necklace was Ini Bank shares was enused by worn with an evening gown the announcement of the intended black safi and gold; another creation of 40000 new shares of three-string pearl necklace at $125 euch, to be offered to sharer65,000 had also a black and gold holders at a price of 220 each in setting, but this time it was a two- The proportion of one new share to piece that the mannequin. wore,
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the frock being of blick,velvet of black velvet; the hat wars of and gold tissue and the short coat folded purple velvet drawn down at one side over the ear.
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The appointment of Me. W. Begs Davis, King's Advocate at Cyprus, as Attorney General of Hongkong,
Puccession to Sir Henry “Berkeley, was' annuanced.
Mr. J. Barton was appointed President of the Hongkong lorti- enlioral Society in the place of Sir Francia Piggott, resignei.
INDIAN REFORMS.
STATUTORY, COMMISSION 'LEAVES FOR INDIA.
Pearl necklaces were worn with |n plain bút very smuurt brown two- piece, which had a woven jumper with a velvet border and a cloth skirt, and a delightful evening frock of line green chiffon lined with azaler Irown,
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READERS.
chains, was worn by a mannequin in an evening frock of fine black inco and silk.
Petalled Slip.
Carved Emeralds; - A necklace of curved emeralds Recompanied a beige frock waru htneth a brown and beige check tweed coat collared with brown fur: the tweed hat was trimmed with an emerald scarf. - Emeralds were also worn with a grey suit piped with emerald colour which The Statutory Commission to reappeared in the grey scarf and Inquire into the working of re-job the grey hat, forms, headed by Sir John Simon A shoulder-kont brroch, a! has foft For Inilia-Reuter. diamonds and emeralds, the
Sir John Simon and his collen- emeralds suspended on diamondwn.of headed net and georgette
London, Jan, 19,
gues of the Stutatory Commission, i which is to jaquire into the work- ing of India reforms, will leave London to-day and embark Mooltan at Marseilles to-morrow. They reach Bombay February 3 and proceed first to Delhi,
On
Last night Sir John Simon's Ingal, colleagues bade him fare- well. Sir Douglas Hogs, Attor ney General, expressed his desire. that surress would grown thei great work he had undertaken." British Wierdess.
GUNBOAT ASHORE.
CHINESE CHANGLU BREAKS HER BACK.
Shanghai, Jan, 19.
It is reported that the gunboal Changli has gone ashore at Chang- shan, North West of Chefoo, The i vessel, has broken her back. No details are available.-Render.
con.
The Changli.is a steel boat of 740 tons displacement, structed, with three sister ships, in Japan, in 1907. She is 180 feet)
in Jength, Bear 28 ft. and dought
7. t. She carries one 12 en, one
75 em., four 4.7em, and four 8 mm.. guns. Her speed is 13 knots and she has a complement of 97 officers. and men. The Chapel was cap- Lured by the nichi off Woosung in the spring of 1927]
- "INCIDENTS.”
GLOBE TROTTERS AGAIN
TO-NIGHT...
To-night at 9.15 in the Star Theatre. Mr. Dick Norton's clever company of eleven artistes, the "Globe Tralters," will present their entertaining revue, "Incidents," which fepresents an entirely new programme. The company will repeat "Incidents? to-morrow night when they will bring their season to a char "Incidents" is probably the best of the company's revues and two thoroughly enjoyable evenings
are assured.
Booking is at Moutrid's and the Star Theatre at the popular admis- sion prices of $3, $2 and $1.
Smart & Simple.
There is no of those "Hi" frocks that achieve distine- tion by virtue of their emant simplicity.. Carried out in geranium-hued crepe de chine, with self collar cuffs, and fle it is given a striking relief note in the fashionable belt of black suede which girdles the bipline.
FRIDAY NIGHT IS AMAMI NIGHT:
A dawn pink Paris evening alip has a hip roke of "rich" cream lace and the skirt por- to a dozen separate delicate" pink petals that allow great freedom for dancing.
exquisite sautoir
An
of diamonds hung low on a golden
worn with a gold tissue cont cul- Eared with orange-brown fur.
Three huge emeralds on a back- round of platinum made a lovely brooch worn on an evening frock in black and white and silver urlequin design. All brooches, whether worn on evening or day Frocks, were pinned at the side, usually the right side of the gown. Diamonds on Black Cloth. A.diamond brooch of beautiful design dördd a frock of black cloth and black lace silk worn with a small black hat," Another ittle black frock wal made.dis- tinctively lovely By large dismond brunch in the form of a soake with head and tail turned Lowards each other.
Bamond brooches, many of them also set with larve emeralds,' were worn in the front of many at the bute, which were all vary blain, randerin, coivel, finest fell or atin and fulded in all sorts of ways, the favourite finish being the drooping fold over one gan,,
A diamond necklace jášet with large sumare emeralds, "and worn lose round the throat, acton- panied n-frock of puce silk, Al Cemerald necklace of Egyptian de- sign was in the pieturo" with an evening gown, which suggestad gold cobwebu over orange-pinic crepe de Chine.
Babies null emeralds were con- trasted in a bronch worn at the side of a white and silver dames track, with panels of black velvet hanging from the lips. Ta [accompanying coat was of Tuby
velvet.
Ah opal necklace
and an temerald and diamond brooch were Jehosen to be worn with a beige crepe de Chine frock and a beige felt hat: the heige coat was trimmed with lyns.
Rearl and diamond earringá, three perfect drop pearls being! suspended from sigh earring, were worn by a mannequin dress- Led in white and palest pink chiffon
embroidered with diamante.
A $3,000 diamond bracelet sparkled on, the wrist of the Wearer of a pink and black crepe frock; the top part of the frock) being pink and the skirt black; sequin embroideries were worked in one huge diamond design on
bodice and skirt.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
DO YOU STILL
QU YES=1
GO TO SUNDAY HAVEN'T MISSED
SCHOOL, JAY
A SUNDAY ALL
SUMMER!
1 60
700,
TAG!
Women Rebel.
CHURCH UNITY.
الصينية
SEVERAL SUBJECTS
ELIMINATED."
London, Jan. 19. The report of the Malines con versation, hold under the approval of the Vatican and Roman Catho- lic theologians, is published to- day. It consists of two parts. One is the Anglican Church's re- port on the informal conference to the Archbiship of Canterbury, and the other consists of a mentoran- dum by the Roman Catholic mem- bers of the conference.
The conversations were neces- The ladies of Italy, it would sarily inconclusive, but the Ang- scum, áre rebellious against the delican members state that the termined efforts of the Catholic series of conversations may be de- clergy, acting under direct orders scribed as an elimination of sever from the Pope, to light the prova-al subjects which have ceased to lent feminine fashions.
OBJECT TO RELIGIOUS
INTERFERENCE. -
Several scenes in various be causes of difference and the churches are reported, when ladies elucidation of others that still re- have been requested to leave owing main. to the exiguous nature of their costumes..
The Roman Catholic members. state that the conversations have impressed upon all who took part in them the conviction that in
In the church of St. Domenico at Prato, near Florence, two young women, ahamefully dressed," to proportion as mutual understand- quote the words of the monks, ing and doctrinal agreement ad- were requested to leave during the vanew, it will become possible to high mass they had come to hear. arrange a satisfactory adjustment The ladies, wearing the light and of disciplinary rules however deli- alluring dresses prescribed by cate that may seem to be at pre- fashion, with sleeveless arms and. sent.--British Wireless, transparent skirts barely reaching to the knee, were approached by two severe-faced Dominicans and asked to leave the church. «
They refused, and expostulated with great vivacity. The white robed monks, nothing daunted, ac companiect them firmly to the door, while the rest or the con-" gregation looked on in amazement.
The ladies remained outside the church for several minutes, pro- testing against the behaviour of tive monks.
A similar case is reported from Pinenza where a priest engaged in confirming a group of children, took
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For the Spring.
Over pleated frock of shell pink georgette is worn cont in coarse string- coloured lace; the hat is in etring coloured straw with a black plume at one side.
exception to the dress of one "of the god-mothers and requested her
to leave..
YOU BOTH GO TD 7245 SAME
SUNDAY SCHOOL
TRADE DISPUTES.
LOSSES SMALLER LAST YEAR THAN PREVIOUSLY.
London, Jan. 19.
average
OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
IS
23
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28
Across.
1 Having a rank smel 6 Derived from citrons. 10 Aperture of the nose. 11 Performing.
12 Covers for hands.
13 American Indians, 16 Organs of hearing.
19 Supernumerary.
22 Fear.
20 Queen's name.
24 Guide.
25 Valley.
26 Allowance for wasto.
27 Crowds. 28 Eases.
29 Added to.
30
14 Inval.
18 Hundred.
17 That which remains unpaid
(plur),
18 Makes sorrowful,
20 Waits on.
21 Not one of two.
29 Writing tables.
24 Caravanenry
30 Mond a rent
31 Table-land rising abruptly.
32 Remnant of a fire,
33 Helping.
35 Dawdle.
86 Withered.
38 Rested,
39 Worship."
10 Tree.
42 Growth on the cyo-lid.
3 Measures of capacity for herrings 45 Border.
(Scot). 31Wastes time.
In a survey of the cost of living and trade disputes during the past year the Ministry of Labour records Humble, that in spite of the losses in same important industries the number of persons actually ung 37 Egyptian diety,.. ployed was smaller than the pre-38 Rub out, vious year. The number of trade disputes causing stoppages of work 42 Kind of shoes.
41 Father, was the lowest ever recorded. The 44 Tendencies. average amount of unemployment 45 Excavator. among insured persons was less 46 Desired. than in any year since 1920,
17 Tattered. The review shows that contem-48 Erected. poraneously with the general im-1 provement in employment the cost of living has progressively decreas ed.-British Wireless.
STUDENTS' FATAL
QUARREL.
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ACCUSED GIVES HIS VERSION.
The case was continued yester. day, before Mr. R. B. Lindsell at the Central Police Ceart, in which
I Wandered.
2 Universe.
3 Hotels.
Down.
4 Chief magistrates of Venice.
6 Macerate.
Roll of tobacco.
7 Wrongs.
8 Gully..
10 Hawker.
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Ills "ascot
Yesterday's Puzzle.
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Lo Man-pun and arrested him. Hetween witness and the deceased. was told that a boy was missing, Witness, however, could not say and that he would be wanted at that Lo Man-pun had heard of the La Chi-ling, a schoolboy, is Central Police Headquarters to be row before he came into the room. charged with the manslaughter of questioned in regard to the where- So Chi-cheung, another school- Ho Kwong-hoi, during a Scuffle onabouts of this boy.
boy, stated he came into the sitting- Christmas night in the rooms of
room about eight o'clock in the the South China Athletic Associn-
evening, and finding deceased still tion in China Building.
In further examination, witness sitting alone on the sofa, asked Describing from the witness-sai Lo Man-pun was heard to call him what he was doing. Deceased box the events of the night in the deceased his kai tsai,
said nothing, but went away. soon' question, accuser, yesterday said A disenssion followed as to the afterwards. On leaving, he merely he recalled having stroked, in application of the term, which said, "I am feeling very tired, E playful manner, the deceased's normally would be "foster son" or want to go home to bed." There check, and that the latter apparent "foster brother," and it was even-Was no mention of the quarrel in ly resented this and tried to shore tually accepted that the term in the earlier part of the evening, him away with his feet. I then this case could be broadly translat- and witness saw nothing unusual caught hold of his right wristed. to imply a "mascot."
in deceased's appearance, nor any
A Correction.
while bending my body to avoid his Later, replying to his Worship, mark on his face or check. Earlier foot, and asked him why he was witness declared that he sensed-noin the day witness had gone with so angry. He jumped from the reason for Lo Man-pun giving evi-deceased on a picnic. They had sofa on to his feet and hit me intence against him other than in-walked up to the Peak on an outing the chest with his left fist. Where dignation at the death of his kai which occupied between four and upon i slapped him with my right | tsai.
five hours. hand, on the lower part of his left Witness himself looked upon the The hearing at this stage was check. I did this because I thought deceased with great affection, and adjourned until 11 o'clock this it was unreasonable of him to have they had never had any previous morning, become so angry with what was quarrel. His statement to the only a joke, and also because if I police in reply to the charge was had not slapped him he would that "the matter had nothing to In connexion with the hearing have hit me again. It was not a do with him."
of the case on Tuesday Mr. Lind- very forceful afap, and I did not
sell remarked that he had been hear him make any comment."
Replying to questions by his wrongly reported by both local" Witness went on to say that Worship, witness said he looked morning papers on Wedn, aday while he was talking with another upon deceased as being a younger morning. The passage as report boy, Lo Man-pun, who had pre- and smaller boy, who was not so ed in these columns read that ho viously appeared
witness strong as himself. Asked why de- "thought he had to look at the case against him, came in, and before ceased had lost his temper on this only from one point of view and passing on into the Committee occasion; witness sald deceased he felt certain that no jury would Room, pulled his hair. Witness re.always had a quick temper.
be likely to convict on the ev garded this, hair-pulling as a joke. Witness was not a very good dence."
That night witness went to sleep friend of Lo Man-pun, but in spite in the home of his maternal grand- of that, regarded the incident of to the effect that he was not cer- mother. It was at this house that the hair-pulling as a joke which tain whether a jury would be like- the police called the next day with had no connexion with the row be-ly to convict.
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It Happens Quite Often
YES-OSSIE JUST STARTED. LAST WEEK-" DIDNT YOU,
OSSIE ?
YES-AN'
1 GOT ACQUAINTED ALREADY
TOO!!
TAE MINISTER SPOKE TO ME!! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT-TALINK,
OF THAT!!
GIWAN)¬AE NEVER SPOKE TO ME AN I BEEN 'GOIAS ALL SUMMERİ
WHAT DID AE
SAY TO YOU??.
Mr. Lindsell said his remark was
HE TOLD ME
TO KEEP QUIET!!
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