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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TOTAL
DRY FIRE EXTINGUISHER CONTENTS NEVER DETERIORATE
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1928.
As a
DAY BY DAY.
BE SAVING, BUT NOT AT THE COST HAVE THE SOUL OF ALL LIBERALITY. or A KING AND THE HAND OF A WISE ECONOMIST.-Joubert,
THE POLICE RESERVE.
ORDERS FOR CURRENT WEEK.
Hongkong Police Reserve Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, The "Empress of Canada is due C.M.G., Captain Superintendent of nt Yokohama to-morrow.
The "Empress of Asia" from Hongkong arrived at Vancouver on Saturday,
Police, state:
rovision, the Nanking Government knows quite well what the attitude of the Powers is. If this problem has hung fire, the blame cannot be laid at the doors of the Treaty Powers, who have again and again declared their willingness to take up the question so soon really representative Government whom they can emerges with, negotiate, The events of the past few weeks notwithstanding, no such Government has yet made its appearance. The muddle con- tinues in Poking, where rival cliques are appointing. their own nominees to high positions, and
A silveramith, of 2, Wo On Lane. cover, Belt, Rifle, and Side-arms. Nanking's control is at the mo-
Recruits will parado at the ment of a most shadowy charac-has reported to the police the dis-
appearance of a foki with a quant-Central Police Station on Thurs- ity of allver which was to have been day, June 21st, at 5.30 p.m. sharp made into a tea-set. The value of for Squad Drill under Sergeant the metal is assessed at $80. Condon; Dress-Mufti.
ter.
There are the usual promises, in the Nationalist declaration, of pro- tection to foreign life and pro-' porty, but here also we cannot be
a
Sir Victor Sassoon is leaving Hongkong for Bombay by the P, and O. 8.9, Ranpura on Satur- day.
A Notice to Marines, No. 29, dated yesterday, states that a dere
NO PERIODIC REFILLING blamed if we view these with liet junk, dangerous to navigation, was sighted by the s.s. President measure of scepticism. During Jackson, 23 miles east by north of the course of the Northern Ex-Chiang Point at 10.30 a.m. on that pedition there have been in-day.' numerable instances in which for-
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Chinese Company.. Those members of the Chinese Company who were absent, from the parade for inspection of arms on Thursday, June 14th. will attend at the Central Police Station Compound on Thuradny, Juno 21st. nt 5.30 p.m. sharp Dross-White Uniform. Cap with
Revolver Shooting, Members of the Chinese Company who have passed the preliminary course in
Revolver Shooting will attend at
The Very Idea!
The Long Arm of Coincidence "I was on Waterloo platform ono evoning," writes a well-knowd ofcial, "waiting for a train, when I saw a man whom I took to be s high police ofeial from the North, and whom I know slightly, get into one of the carriages. 1 followed him and sat beside him. Ho adressed me by name, and sald bo was going to visit his mother, whom he had not seen for 'three years, as he had been on the Medi-
terranean Station,
"I then saw I had made a mistake, and that the man beside me was a certain Admiral with whom I had dined on his battleship at Portland some years before. He was very like the police official.
"At Surbition ho got cut. At Woking the door opened and in' got the police official from the North. I told him of the coinciden- ce, and he said it was the only time he had ever been in Woking.
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Beerbohm Tree, says a contem- the Konnedy Road Revolver Range on Sunday, June 24, for the ad-porary, was walking down Piccadii- vanced course under Inspector ly one day when he met a friend,- Booker. Firing will commmenco evidently in deep despair, some of at 9.00 a.m sharp; Dress-Mufti. whose plays he had produced.
"Why, what's the matter?" asked The following members of the Tree. You look awful.” Chinese Company have passed Training Course (knowledge of Police Duties and Regulations).
"So would you," rejoined his
"Why what's up?"
This morning's Harbour Offices eigners and their property have gave 17 arrivals and 18 departures, Chinese registering the suffered at the hands of Nation-with Julist soldiery, without the least highest number of arrivals and Bri. their examination in Part 2 of friend,,"If you were in my shoes."
Lish the best departures. With nine nationalities in the complete return, tonnage was only fair, with generally poor cargoes. Individual throughs were better, but there were only six returns under the there only 6000 tons! At 9 a.m. heading, British freights totalled were 60 vessels in barbour, of which 18 were British.
intention of any acceptance of res- ponsibility being shown by Nan- king. Then there are the Nanking outrages of last year, for which no KELLER KERN & Co., Ltd. redress whatever has yet been made. And, 08. A Shanghai Journal has painted, out, even at the very sent of the Nationalist
Inspector Fallon mentioned be fore Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kow Government, mission properties continue to this day to be occu-loon Magistracy this morning, the
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The
Passed with credit-Constable R23 Ho Shit Yu.
Pasacd-Constables R40 Ng Chi Lau, and R69 Young Kwan Sui.
Indian Company. Constable R252 Y. J. Khan has been taken on the strength of the Indian Company as from May 31st. All recruits of the Indian Com-
"I had just funished a new play for you, and left it in my study to get my hat,
littla ..my
grandson when who was playing in the room, took it up and threw it into the fire, and I have no copy."
"Why, I didn't know he could rend," said Tree.
Hongkong Telegraph.pied, in defiance of all law and lease in which a Chinese jumped pany will parade at Central Policemented on the expenses, of High
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1928,
THE RECOGNITION PLEA.
Judging from the declaration which it has just issued, the Nan- king Government is in rather a hurry to secure recognition by the Powers. Even on its own show- ing, the plea must be considered as somewhat premature, to say the least. The most that the Nation-
Judge Crawford, at Edmonton recently again com-
made to him under a judgment Station on Thursday, June 21st, at 5.30 p.m. sharp for Squad Drill Court actions. Application was under Sergeant Condon; Dress-summons for the payment of £230, Müfti.
Flying Squad.
justice, not merely by ignorant from the second floor of No. 577, Reclamation Street in an attempt and uncontrollable soldiers, but to escape arrest after having been by committees of the Kuomintang seen to climb up to the verandah. itself. Repeated representations The man was stated to have frac tured his spine and to have been
Strength, Constables R303 by the rightful owners, even when sent to hospital where it was ex- backed up by their Consuls, are pected that he would remain for Chan Ming Chi and R804 Lam of no avail. Facts such as these some time. The case was accord-Chung Mow have been taken en
ingly adjourned for one week.
the strength of the Flying Squad are sufficient to explain the re- luctance of the Powers to grant
Motor Insurances.
damages obtained in a claim before the High Court concerning a motor accident, and also for £105 costs.
Judge Crawford remarked that
the defendant earned only £3 108: a week, had to maintain a wife and three young children, was helping
been professionally represented at the action,, and the costs of the other side had been £105-this to get only £230,"
at 5.30 p.m. sharp for Squad Drill Court. He made an order for the
payment of £1 a month. under Sorgt. Condon.
us from June 13th, Constable to maintain his aged mother, and Col. Ensor, chief of the medical R312 Chung Yu Fun has been had to pay ds. weekly in travelling premature recognition to any fac-staff of the British Defence Force permitted to resign as from May to and from his work. He had not
corated with the C.B.E., is proceed-
The weekly instructional patrol tion. The best way for the N-in Shanghai, who was recently de-29th. tionalists to gain recognition is tong Home by the P. and 0.8.9.
of the Hongkong Section will take Ranpura, having completed his
place He
on Thursday, June 21st. term of office in Shanghai.
He supposed the total of £335 earn it.
will be accompanied by another Fall In at Contral Police Station
not a ghost of a chance of getting well-known officer, who has been at 5.15 p.m. sharp... Dress-Mufti would never be paid. There was Those members of the Flying all of it." Had the action been tried on the star since the arrival of the Defence Foree, L.-Col, the Squad who have not yet been in the county-court the costs would It was The serious problem presented by Ian. P. S. Scarlett, while Captain passed out as efficient in Part I not have been one-third. alists can claim Is that unifica-the growing congestion of motor-Lindley of the Northamptonshire will attend at the Central Police perfectly scandalous that these tion of the country "is being ac-traffic and the consequent increas-Regiment is also proceeding Home. Station on Wednesday, June 20th, cages should be taken in the High At an examination for Sanitary complished," and that "the mili-ing dangers of the streets, have
Sharpshooters' Company, tary period of the Revolution in given rise to a somewhat startling Inspectors held at Hongkong on
The following have enrolled in | closing.". Neither the one move-proposal by the Police that the March 27 and 28, the follow-
relves, all of whom satisfied the the Sharpshooters' Company-Lee,
you ? ment nor the other can be cited owners of all public motor vehicles in six candidates presented them- as amongst the consummated osall be compotted to take out in Examiners as to their competence Sergeant (Supernumary) R425 P.
rurance against third party risks. jectives; all that Nanking can say The merits of the scheme are easily to discharge the duties of 0. Peuster,
Sanitary Inspector under
Constables R402 C. A. Grimes, is that there are hopes of its aims apparent, but the problem bears 80 being realised, and on that flimsy niany other angles that we are in- Public Health Act, 1875-James R403 S. C. Ho, R404 R. A. Young, ellied to view the proposal with Albert Bendall, Hongkong; George R405 A. W. Grimmit, R407 W. V
Bloom, Shanglini; Field, R410 J. C. M. Grenham.discover rusis the Powers are asked to considerable misgiving.
The off-lighfields negotiate at once for Treaty re-cial statement yesterday leaves an John James Carney, Shanghai, 412 0. B. Raven, R414 H. Cooper, vision. In the circumstances, it in doubt as to the modus operandi John Christopher Howard, Shang-R415 W. Ward, R419 A. J. Raptis, if official sanction is given but the hai; Weevolode Wladimirovitch R421 J. Van der Lely, R422 A. is hardly surprising to learn that fact that licences are renewable on Michailoff, Shanghal; James Ander-Sparry, R423 W. C. Gee, R424 L. R. the Diplomatic Body in Peking has July 1st next, suggests that insuran Stoddart, Shanghai.
neo will be made a condition of the. not yet even begun to discuss re-
licence, cognition.
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the
Billinghurst, R426 E. Tuck, R127. F. Brett,, R428 A. J. Manton, R429 an J, M. Purvis, R430 J. C. L. Wong, Mr. Jay Calvin Huston, This in itself opens up a highly controvertible. question. Amerienn .consular official, well | R431 G. Frost, H432 W. E. Dorab According to our information, the known throughout various parts of iec, R433 G. P. Murphy, R484 C.
Consulate- We are gravely told by the au- authorities are still giving the pro-China, recently arrived at the F. Pragnell.
Revolver Practice:-The regular thors of this: declaration that theject consideration, but, to us the Shanghai American
to be in charge prime consideration appears to be General Nationalist Government, is now
whether the right to impose auch of the commercial and economic fortnightly practice will be held at Kennedy Road Range on Wednes the work there,
day, June 27th. at 5.00 p.m. sharp engaged on the work of rehabilita-condition exista. The Traffic Re-aspects of
been special-
Unform optional. Members to detailed by tion and reconstruction, with a gulations confer upon the C.S.P. the MF. Ilusion has
Depart. right to issue licences on what con-ly view to the creation of a new ditions he may think fit, but this ment of State to take over this bring their revolvers, holsters and
bolts. news obviously State. This will come
is a broad expression work, and his appointment is in to most observers, for there has which must be given a common-line with the policy followed in the sense interpretation. It would be past by the Department to detail certainly been no marked evidence absurd, for instance, if it were consular representatives to this so far of Nankingg's having taken nude a condition that a driver phase of consulate work. Mr. Hus- up the task of straightening out should make a report in person to ton has spent the greater part of
the police every week, and yet wehia consular career in China. the country's tangled affairs. do not see that this would be any ! Amongst other things, this new greater infringement of the rights State is to gain the blessings of liberty and freedom for the people
Police Training School,
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Heard at Forfar Sheriff Court: Fiscal "Did he get a hold of
WitnesYes, sir."
Fiscal "Where about?" Witheas "In the stable, sir."
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Experiments have been made to whether fishes havo memory and intelligence.
That fishes have intelligence
There's little room to doubt, In view of the experience
Obtained by tickling trout; The wiles of men are understood
By all the finny race, And constantly Is Man withstood
And flouted to his face.
The artful tricks that fish employ
To baffle schemes of mine, Convince me that they all enjoy Their contests with the line; And were I half as sharp as they,
No more need I appeal
To fancy to explain away
The barencas of my creel.
Some howlers":
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The weekly classes at the
Electricity and lightning are of Police Training School, Kowloon, the same nature, the only difference will be held on Wednesday, June being that lightning is often several 20th. at 6,00 p.m. sharp-All mem-miles long, while electricity is only bers of the Chinese, Indian, and a few inches. Flying Squad Companies who have
Course must attend.
of the individual in a free State BOY STEALS JACKET. not yet passed Part 2 of Training
than the proposal in question. Equally logically, a similar pre-
PARENTS TO APPEAR IN COURT.
A small Chinese boy appeared
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(Sgd.) W. KENT, AS.P.,
Adjutant.
COLONY'S HEALTH.
LAST WEEK'S RETURN OF DISEASES.
The difference between air and water is that air can be made
wetter and water can not.
Things that are equal to each to each other are equal to anything else,
A parallel straight line is one which if produced to meet itself does not meet.
We are now masters of steam and eccentricity.
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of China., That these blessings vision for insurance might be made In the case of fire-arms licences, are not at present enjoyed by the though it might be argued that the Chinese is without question. The motor-car is the more dangerous Nationalists have tried to con- weapon! We are with the Police in vince the outside world that this desire that some control anould before Mr. W. Schofield, at the be exercised over the owners of Kowloon Magistracy this morning, is due to the so-called unequal public vehicles. Undoubtedly, as it on a charge of stealing a jacket has has been pointed out, many of the from a shop in Austin Road on Treaties. Greater nonsense
A Breton onion, soller found owners, who are drivers also, have Friday last. never been attered. The people invested their entire capital in the The defendant pleaded guilty
English beor stronger even than The return of notifiable dis- onions, with the result that quite. of China know nothing of true car itself, and in the event of an ac- and said that another lad had in-
for the past week shows early in the evening he had lost freedom or liberty for the very cident, the injured party's attempt structed him to take the garment. eases
to secure compensation would be Sergeant Mottram said the de- three cases of typhoid (one fatal); his onions and his temper. simple reason that they have tantamount to trying to get blood fendant was seen to take the of which one was British and the
"Do you speak English?" in-. quired the clork. lived, and continue to live, under out of a stone. But this accepted, jacket from the front of the com- others Chinene; three Chinese
away. deaths from small-pox; two cases "Yees, a bit, not mooch, maf the tyranny of their own rulers. we doubt very much if the ques-plainant's chop and run
(American and drunk a lot,” replied the onion tion of compensation comes with He later pawned the article.of. diphtheria In this respect, the Nationalists in the province of the Police, Yesterday he was seen loitering, in Chinese), of which the latter was man. are just as culpable as any other however desirable it might be to the streets and was promptly fatal; one Chinese death from "And were you disorderly?" faction. Despite all the high-afford some protection to the arrested. He was with another paratyphoid fever; and two Chin-ed the clerk.
The Breton alovated his eye- Bounding assurances which they public. We gain little satisfaction boy, but the latter was subsequent ese eases of puerperal fever, one
from the fact that the driver of aly released, there being nothing to of which was fatal."..
brows, shrugged. His shoulders and have given during the past few public vehicle would be relieved connect him with the theft.
The return for yesterday shows intimated that "disorderly" was a His Worship adjourned the case, years, regard for the liberty of the of financial anxiety in the event of subject has not figured prominent a serious accident. The scheme remarking that he would like the two Chinese cases of small-pox, word not included in his vernacu certainly will not tend to counter boy's parents brought to Court to one British case of typhold, andlar, but a constable readily trans- ly in the Nationalist programme. recklessness, the principal cause bind them or for the Heron one Chinese occurrence of puer-lated, The London policeman is a
poral fover, dant's futurs good behaviour. On the general question of Treaty of accidents.
man of many parts