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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
TOTAL
DRY FIRE EXTINGUISHER CONTENTS NEVER DETERIORATE
MONDAY, MAY 14, 1928.
DAY BY DAY.
GERMS ARE LIKE WOMEN; THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT THEM THE MORE DANGEROUS THEY BECOME "The Vandal,"
The B. I. 8.8. Santhia is due hero from Singapore on Thursday.
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contended' 'that the ""despatch "of" troops to Shantung was dictated by the necessity of protecting the lives and interests of her nation- als, and we cannot see her readily surrendering that standpoint. Most of the Powers have preserved to themselves the right to take what action is deemed necessary in
Two Chinese cases of typhoid China for protective purposes, and were notified over the week-end. Japan would probably argue that
The B.I. e.s. Hatipara is due If the sending of troops to Shan. tung has been followed by unto-here from Shimonoseki at Ga.m.
on Wednesday. ward events, the fault lies not with herself, but with the Chinese Na- tionalists.
for from the Japanese regarding themselves as. being to blame, they vidently con- sider themselves the victims of or- ganised outrages on the part of the Chinese soldiery, and their news-
The Hongkong and Kowloon Taxicab Co., Ltd., (in voluntary Papers are talking of the demand- ing of adequate reparations tliere-liquidation) has declared a first and finni dividend at the rate of 58 cents por share.
NO PERIODIC REFILLING for
APPARATUS NEVER FAILS NON-CONDUCTOR of ELECTRICITY RELIABLE, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, Types for Motor Cars and all Establishments,
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its
The Empress of Asia left Shang- hai at 2 p.m. yesterday and is due here on Tacaday afternoon.
The .8. Halyang arriving from Apia (Samon), with 541 deck pas- sengers reports the death of three en route,
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COAL COOLIES IN TROUBLE.
BLOCK PULLEY STOLEN FROM NORWEGIAN SHIP.
The Very Idea!
The following story is worthy of putting on record as a proof
A block pulley and shackle form that not all Government depart ed the subject of a charge against menta are without a senso of two coal coolics before Mr. W. humour. An inexperienced chic- Schofield at the Kowloon Magis-ken former was having trouble tracy this morning. The block with hla" brood. He wrote to the was taken from the s.s. Daviken, Agricultural Department in Lon- and Mr. S.Solberg, chief officer of don for advice. "Each morning I ! find two or three lying stiff on the the ship, prosecuted.
Mr. Solberg stated that the coal ground with their legs in the air," coolies boarded the Daviken at 6 he complained, "Can you tell me o'clock yesterday morning and at 8
later he received a reply. It read: o'clock witness gund the block what is the matter?" A week missing.
Summoning the coolie foreman "Dear Sir, Your chickens are
dead!" · he threatened to call the police if the article was not produced in five minutes. At the expiration of this period the block was still miss- Ing and witness called in the police.
Some minutes before the arrival of the police the coolie foreman returned the block which he had recovered from a
sampan inte which it had been thrown by the An unemployed Chinese was re-two defendants.
Corroborative evidenco was manded by Mr. R. E. Lindsell on Saturday on a charge of stealing given by the mistress of the sam a travelling clock and a fountainpan and the coolie foreman, after both convicted. The defendants pen, from the residence of Mr. which the two defendants were P. W. Clark, of 454, The Peak,
admitted throwing the block on the
Assuming that the dispute comes before the Council of the Lengue, what are the prospects of successful intervention on part? There have been many efforts in recent times to streng- then the authority of the League,
Mrs. Elvidge, wife of Mr. Elvidga sampan but stated that they mere- and it has well been said that of the Harbour Department was ad-y placed it out of their way as it hopes for its future utility depend mitted to the Victoria Hospital on obstructed them in their work.
Friday last, suffering from appen- They intended to replace it. to a very large extent on thorough-dicltis. It is understood that an KELLER KERN & Co., Ltd. going, impartial preliminary in operation will be performed to-with the alternative of six weeks'
16/19 CONNAVong Road,O.
-DEATH.
vestigation of problems which
morrow.
come before it. Commenting on The U.S.S. Jason, flying the that point, leading Home jour-flag of the Commander of the Air-
cratt Squadron of the Asiatic- nal recently remarked: "When
Fleot, is due to arrive here on a dispute has reached what we Tuesday, May 16, for a stay of may term the last degree of four days. She will sail for the 13th May, Philip Wallace gravity, when there is an immi North on May 19, Goldring, aged 53,
GOLDRING.-At Shanghai,
The
on
nent danger of armed conflict,
Professor W. J. Hinton, M.A.. when States are arrayed in oppor- is again leaving Hongkong on a ing factiofis, deeply committed to tour of South-Asia, possibly ex- partizanship on the matter in dis-tending to Europe and America,
engaged study of
The first defendant was fined $50
hard labour. The second defen- dant was sentenced to two months? hard labour, there being a previous conviction against him.....
EXPECTED TO GET AWAY WITH IT.
THIEF HAS DESIGNS ON
PACKING CASES.
Hongkong Telegraph. pute, our faith in the efficacy of conditions of Chinese setlors in too large, too heavy or too bulky
MONDAY, MAY 14, 1928..
It would seem there is nothing
for a certain type of criminals countries bordering this side of judging by instances provided in Major C. Willson's court this morn- ing.
the Pacific.
A Chinese, who pleaded guilty A Chinese appeared before the to being in possession of 480 duti-Court charged with stealing two able Three Castles" cigarettes large packing cases from a shop weeks' hard labour, by Major C. once held piecegoods, but having was fined $20, or, in default, two in Wing Kat Street. The cases Willson this morning. The min emptied the contents, the shop was arrested on the Tung On exhibited the cases for sale. Wharf, last night.
the League is small,... In other words, diplomacy is at its best at the crisis of a dispute, ni its worst when the trouble is brewing; whereas it is when the trouble is CHINA & THE LEAGUE. brewing that the advantages of the Lengue technique are at their height.....
To call in the League It will be interesting to see the only when diplomacy has failed is outcome of the appeal made by to confront it with an almost im-According to a report made to the Nationalist Government In possible task." Those words are the police on Saturday, a bread Nanking to the League of Nations particularly apposite just now in which was placed on the road only new Austin seven (No. 262) asking for the summoning of the regard to the Sino-Japanese a few days ago for a customer them and arrested. Defendant
Leagua Council to intervane and troubles. terminate a situation which is pre- judicial to peace between China and Japan. Although, technically. uut af order, for the reason that.
by Mesars, Alex, Rosa and Co., Ltd., was stolen from the public parking place in Chater Rond on Friday night.
the Nationalist Government is not n member of the League, the ap-in Kowloon is almost by common who had been functioning, tempor-
consent. At least
The defendant succeeded in re-
about a hundred yards before the moving the cases for a distance of
shop people were aware that the cases, were missing.
The defendant was Been with
had nothing to say in answer to the charge, and was sentenced to ten days" hard labour.
In another casc, a Chinese at- A Traffic Nuisance.
tempted to steal an empty of) bar- An Indo-pacii message, dated rel from a wharf in Connaught "The campaign launched by the police against reckless pedal cyclists April 26, states that Mr. Muccio, Rond West, but was unsuccessfu).
American Consul in Hongkong. He was fined 35,
have been brought before the Ma-Yonnan to return to Hongkong on dozen youths arily, as Consul in Yunnan-fu, left gistrate in the space of a few days, the arrival of Mr. Chamberlain ALLEGED COAL THEFTS. same lines should have the desired from Shanghai, Mr. Chamberlain has been appointed United States effect. Traffe dangers are real Consul to Yunnan-fu. tion by youths imbued with a spirit enough, without serious aggravat
of adventure.
and a little further actibn on the
If the danger was
tion. Too often their calm indif-4
Our
CASE AGAINST THREE MEN ADJOURNED.
And woman in her time playa
many parts, Although she tries to make them
all alike,
Her ncta being soven poses. At
first the infant
Yelling all night for some man
to take her
In his arms, the only differenco
boing.
That in after years she doesn't
yell out loud.
Then the schoolgirl with hor
lipstick,
Powder rag and mirror in her
satchel,
Hating bays, but playing with
them all the enme.
Next the flapper, with long legs
and elbows,
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Busting her rival shins with
clubs at hockey, Next stage is still a flapper, only
more so,
Clawing tennis balls from out
bigh heaven, -And-clinging-with-her-knees to
motor-cycles
Or wagging those same knees In
frantic Charlestons, Not caring twopence about repu-
tation
Even in the neighbours' mouths,
Comes another flapper With shorter skirta and sheerer
stockinga.
What boots it that she can re
member
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The Relief of Mafeking and how
a soldier kissed her
In the Strand? Her face is
twenty, and her legs Eighteen. She loves the pic- tures, and will go miles To see her hero on the screen
and tell herself·
That only she could make lovo
like that
In real life. The sixth age,
shifts;
She may be married, but she's
still a flapper
With youthful hose well saved, a
perfect fit.
Spending her afternoons at fox-
trot tens,
What time that lean and slipper-
ed pantaloon-
Her husband is working over-
time, or says he is,
To make both ends meet. Last
scene of all
That ends this strange and
truthful history
Finds her still so chemically
beautiful,
She might be seventeen, or there-
abouts,
Except that she has a grown-up
habit
Of going three no trumps on
next, to nothing,
And playing golf to keep her.
figure.
While as to staying home, and
darning socks,
She would prefer oblivion,, A
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peal has been circulated to all members of the Council. The (technical point could, of course, be overcoma by some member of the League endorsing the appeal, and in this connexion the Peking
Foochow correspondent
The case in which three Chinese Government is mentioned. Inas confined to themselves, our concern writes that among recent depar
might be less pronounced, but theirtures is Mr. H. Shelley Brand, who were charged before Mr. W. Scho much us Peking has, like Nanking, circus tricks are a continual sources on his way home to England field, at the Kowloon Magistracy protested to Japan concerning the of apprehension to all who pursue for a holiday for the first time for on Friday, with larceny of two lawful progress in the streets, and more than thirty years. He is ex-cwls, of coal from the Taipo Road, latter's actions in Shantung, cu-especially to those who drive motor-pected back in a few months. In where repairs are being carried dorsement from that quarter ought cars. They are an embarrassment the meantime, he will be greatly out, was again mentioned in Court
The Postmaster-General has ap- not to be difficult to obtain, ex- and peril to mechanically-propelled missed by the many who do not this morning, when the hearing proved a new scheme for advertis-
vehicles and pedestrians alike, for know Foochow without him." was fixed for to-morrow.
ing in telephone booths, Two. cept for the rumours of the im- reasons which need no recapitula
Sub-Inspector Dick told his Wor- thousand of these booths are to be panding break-up of the Pekingference to danger, which might be reports gave 17 arrivals und 18 de one into and everything was cor- don area soon, The equipment
This morning's Harbour Office ship that the books had all been fitted for this purpose in the Lon-. Government, in which event there admired in another sphere, is liable partures, with British recording rect, with the exception that 1.8 will take the form of a black for would be no Administration to to force a motorist into a danger-five and five under the respective tons of coal were missing. This, on the wall, beside the receiver, speak for China. However, with ous swerve, possibly to knock down headings. Tonnage was fair, but however, covered a period extend- in a window of which illuminated a continuance of the Nationalist with a lamp-standard or another cargo returns were generally low, ing from the beginning of the year, pictures will be shown in succes- The total of British crago under The defendants' duties were to sion, each Imago remaining in advance, the Southerners may vehicle. Usually the delinquent both headings was only slightly deliver coal to the different gangs view for seven seconds, soon be in possession of Peking, tunale, victim has no means of highest inward was Chinese, all than they were supposed to from
escapes scot free, while the unfor
more than 2,000 tons, while the and it was either by taking more in which case they would no securing satisfaction, unless he is other heavy returns being Japanese, the dump, or that they had ex-
writer:- doubt claim to be the rightful suc-able to catch the culprit and ad-
tracted small quantities from each Many animals that, once minister a little, corporal punish- cessors of the Chang Tso-lin re-ment. We trust the police will not
common Sentence of four weeks' hard of eleven baskets which they had
are rapidly becoming gime and therefore be in a posi- relax their efforts to check the labour was passed by Major C. delivered to the Talpo Road Work extinct. There is the plesiosaurus, tion to invoke the
nuisance. Incidentally, they might Willson this morning on a Chin-men, that the defendants were able the dodo, the horse, the red-nosed comedian, the Ford, and now the Bid of the devole some attention to individual ese who pleaded guilty to the lar, to steal two baskets full. League on behalf of China as a cyclists who regard motor-busca aa ceny of four package of cloth The case was adjourned till baby. You could travel for miles through some of our suburbs push. whole.
fair game, on which to cling for an from the Tai Sing goldsmith shop 11.46 a.m. to-morrow,
ing a perambulator baited with a effortless spin. Twice recently of 489, Queen's Rond Central,
rattle and never sco one. serious accidents, have been avoided |The cloth was left on a counter
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As might be expected, the Na- tionalist Government, in its Note
to the Secretary of the League, cites Japan as the aggressors, and
an innocent pedestrian, or to collide
Thus a humorous
were
only because a following motorist near the entrance of the shop by PREVENTING DISEASE. people to-day who have heard of has given proof of his skill, or of a customer who was examining the effiency of four-wheel brakes.some jewellery, and defendant In both instances, the danger arose stole it. on the cyclist auddenly casting him-
In this connexion It puts forward self loose from the bus and hover-
casc.
DR. KOCH'S PROPOSAL TO
GOVERNMENT.
mercial Journale, and, in its new ton: form, made a wider appeal,
This being so, there are many
bables and unless you are stone deaf you can usually hear one within a mile-but who have never seen one. The baby, therefore, is The Hongkong University Journal its own version of the origin of ing in the track of an overtaking of Law and Commerce has made its
a small, pink, mottled animal. It At to-morrow's meeting of the does not walk on four lege, nor on the trouble. Japan will doubtless private vehicle. Incidents of this appearance.
type are no deterrent to the cyclist, tion of the separate Law and Com-will propose the following resolu- and does an aerial Charleston with dispute the allegations made, and, unfortunately.
It is an amalgama Sanitary Board, Dr. W. V. M. Koch two, but lles on its back all day It would seem that if so disposed, give a totally diffe-only direct action will meet the
ita feet, so that most people fasten That this Board respectfully things to it with safety-pins which rent account of the affair. A
Amongst the articles are some suggests to the Authorities the pro-stick into it and remind it when nico point is raised by Nanking's
notes on industrial development in priety of setting in action investi-it le kicking over the traces. China by Professor W. J. Hinton; gations into the possibility of de- suggestion that the Longue should At 6 p.m. on Saturday, the Cen- some details of the Permanent vising means for the prevention of request Japan to withdraw her tral Fire Brigade received a call Court of International Justice, by the prevalent infectious diseases, Rather than agres to play "The troops from Shantung immediato-ported, an outbreak of
to the City Hall, where, it was re- Mr. B., G. Birch, B.A.; "The such as typhoid, malaria, tubercu-Red Flag" in the streets of the ly. From the standpoint of the been observad. Two engines were Chinese Legal Reform Movement," that such investigations might be ditions of an engagement, the Are had Academic Study of Law and the lesin, etc. It further suggests town, which was one of the con- Jaggrieved party, the request is immediately rushed to the scene, by Professor W. G. Keeton; and undertaken by local medical men Worthing Borough Band, composed but on arrival there, it was found some facta in regard to the post-under the direction of the Govern- almost entirely of ex-Servicemen, natural, but: Japan has from the that there had been no outbreak tion of Hongkong in trans-Pacific ment, and that their reports be declined to play for Worthing very start disclaimed the least in- and that the call was merely a shipping, by Mr. Harry Hong published for the guidance of the Labour Party at the May Day 1tention of aggression. She has false alarm,
Shing, Ph. D.MA.
community."
Festival.
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