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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TOTAL
DRY FIRE EXTINGUISHER
FRIDAY.
JULY 6, 1928,
DAY BY DAY.
IF WE ARE RIGH WITH. THE RICHES) WE NEITHER GIVE NOR ENJOY, WE ARE RICH WITH THE RICHES THAT ARE BURIED IN THE CAVERNS OF THE EARTH-Vocahno Sarma.
."
A BAD CHARACTER.
GETS PRISON TERM AND
BIRCHING.
The Very Idea!
the noise and din was added to
to by the raucous cries of these Itinerant tradora who make nothing of in- fringing the conditions of their Ifconces. There were other things
The Long Arm of Colnedence- also. On the strip of pavement in
His defiance of the law and his A Hartfordabiru man tells of the front of the A. F. C. Building,
audacity in returning to places following curious coincidence which there were three rickshas occupying
almost immediately after commit occurred to his father. One day, The B.I. ss. Talma, from Singa- ting a crime were the characteris- for the day, and was shot out of many years ago, he was in London space set aside specifically for pore, is due here on Monday. Hies of an unemployed Chinese who the hangor cabin which he was pedestrians, and, of course, there
appeared before. Mr. W. Schoflold, riding, the horse having come down. was the customary. disfigurement, Yesterday's return of notifiable at the Kowloon Magistracy this He landed on his feet, and found of verandahs on the opposite sido diseases shows one Chinese case of morning, on charges of larceny of a great friend of his standing be a pair of barber's clippers andside him, who greeted him with: of the street by pincards struck on small-pox.
other implements and with return "Hello! C what
t are you up to? pieces of pasteboard advertising
The E. and A. Company's 8.a.Jng from banishment.
Two years afterwards he suffered somebody's commodities. This lat-Arafura, from Manila, is due hers The defendant admitted both exactly the same mishap, and again
counts.
his friend was there, to greet him ter practice, incidentally, Is an In- on Sunday morning.
this time with: "Hello! C Up fringement of the law which does
The Ben Line se. Benrinnes,eriminal record, it was seen that
On production of the defendant's to it again?" not permit the display of such ad-from Home and Straits ports, is he had been deported from Hong- vertisements on private or Crown due here on the 11th instant,
kong only two months ago... His
A "Widow's revelation to Elshop property without permission. But
banishment order was for a period Leighton" is a story which still of ten years' and followed a con-ngers in Dunblane. The woman' HAS NO EQUALpparently it is nobody's business to that bye-laws are enforced,
inviction for larceny for which he was the widow of a poor clergyman, neither do the polien brother to keep
was sentenced to three months and the Bishop had often contri hard.labour.
buted toward hier support and that. 'of her family. the pavement referred to free of
Referring to the first charge Breaking in upon the occlesias rickshas. Then there is the con-
The 6.8. King Yuan, arriving against the defendant, Sub-Inspectic's place of retirement in the gestion caused by the public chairs from Bangkok and Kohaichang, restor Dick said that on Wednesday Bishop's Walk, the widow de PARIS at the foot of Wyndham Street, pria that she fouled the s.a. Koln afternoon defendant went to a clared that she had had a revela-
whilst semi-stranded on the Bang-barber's shop where he was known tion." where the chair-bearers appear to kok Bar
by the inmates, After a short revelation," exclaimed the visit and conversation with the astonished dignitary. may be, miner matters, but the ac- The forthcoming wedding is an- fokis he left. It was then dis-
"Yes, my lord,” said the woman, eumulative effect of giving too muchnounced of Mr. A. Souza, clark, Pocovered that certain articles were it was.' revealed to ma that your Kwong Road, Kowloon City, to missing and this man was at once lordship and I were about to be liberty to the users of our Mias M. Almeida, teacher, of the suspected. thoroughfares is very considerable: same address, It all tends to detract from our re- putation as a well-ordered city...
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married."
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A few hours later he again "Indeed," said the saintly Leigh- visited the shop, when he was im-ton, "No such revelation has yet mediately accused of the theft. been made to me, and if we are to He took to his heels and was chas- be married by revelation the mar ed, later being arrested by a con- riage cannot take place, you know, stable. On enquiries being made until it is revealed to bous parties it was found that the defendant 'had already sold the articles.
*
At a recent fancy ball a prize was On the first charge, his Wor-offered for the most ridiculous cos-
passed sentence of six tume.
KNIGHT.-On 5th July, at Shang- of Hongkong, but it is strange that and Military Gazette, Lahore, has weeks' hard labour, with a further hai, the wife of C. C. Knight, many of the old familiar faces re-been appointed editor of the eight months and 15 strokes of of a daughter.
main with us day, in and day out.alay Mail, and is expected to ar- the birch on the second count.
rive in Kuala Lumpur early in A walk up Battery. Path or August. through the Cathedral compound
confirm SUCKLING.-From pneumonia, at wil
K. Yamaguchi, a Japanese wo- this, whilst 1 Colfax, California, on the 2nd couple of blind buys can
man, 37 years of age, who lives beat 41, Praya East, was admitted July, 1928, Ida May Suckling, wife of Percy H. Suckling, regularly seen near the unoc into the Government Civil Hospi- General Manager of the Hony-cupied part of the Hongkong tal yesterday, suffering from poi- kong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. Aged 28.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
FRIDAY, JULY 6. 1928.
THINGS THAT COUNT.
Indian Labour Churlishness,
Honing, believed to live been self- administered..
Yinson Li, of Shanghai, son and daughter-in-law of the late Mrs. Pa, whose funeral takes place to-morrow, Saturday, at 3 pm. from her residence at 87, Kai Tack Bund, Kowloon City.
The Rev. W. T. Featherstone in- forms us with reference to the fund to express · apprecia- tion and esicem for Mrs.
GIRL CENSURED BŸ. MAGISTRATE.
SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
HERSELF.
In discharging A Chinese charged with being in a dwelling house with felonious Intent, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Magi- stracy this morning, told a "girl complainant that he was telling a lot of lies and that she ought to be ashamed of herself.
According to the girl's story, she was sitting Inside No. 12, Catchick Street, Inat night, when she saw the defendant come out of the premises, She had not seen him enter and presumed he must have obtained admittance from the back. On seeing him she blow a police whistle after, which the defendant
ran away, but was caught.
The defendant stated that men were in the habit of approaching the girl and tickling ber under the arms, so he did the same. The and the Misses Woods, that in ad-girl was outside the house, he said, and when he tickled her she blew The Indian delegation has cho-dition to the G.$600,00 which was
a police whlatle for spite. sen to withdraw from the Com-given them before they sailed a monwealth Labour Conference in sum of M.$620.00 has been sub- protest against the British dele-serfbed. The Fund will be closed gates unwillingness to discuss the on Tuesday next, July 10th. Simon Commission. We trust re- presentatives" from other parts of
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·
At first the thought occurred to
me
That I might win renowa
By going as a chimpanzoz,
A baby, or a clown;
My garb, I fancied, might in call-
ed
The best, if I appeared
As Cinderella (slightly bald)-
Or Bo-Peep with n beard). But spurred on by my lust for
loot,
Once more I changed my view; My one and only evening suit
Is anything but now, And as a mirth-provoking guise It served to bring me pelf; Triumphantly I won the prize
By dressing as myself.
Solicitor, at Bow County Court Does not your husband uso bad
Woman: It all de langurige? pends who is present.
County Court if he considered an A motorist who was asked at Bow accident a serious smash, replied, Oh, dear no! There was only one Injured,
Midland magistráte: Why did you run away from the policeman? Man: I thought it was,s good way of getting out of trouble.
Guardians' official of Willesden; This man is in good regular work, but he has six children chargeable, Man (angrily): Yes, but how can I find a flat with six children? I am turned down every time.
Highgate magistrate: How did you come to be drunk? Man I had one too many.
Mr. Lindsell recalled the girl to the witness box and questioned her upon her story. As a result of unsatisfactory replies he dis- It is with much regret that we charged the defendant, at the same the Empire will survive the disap-have to record the death, at Colfax, time making the remarks mention-any rose without its then. pointment. The spirit of sweet California, on Monday last, of Mrs.ed above. reasonableness never was a part P. II. Suckling, wife of the general
"TELEGRAPH."
We pay for progress; neither is
One of the grounds on which a woman based her application to thẻ Tottenham magistrate for a so-
Hotel in Des Voeux Road. Some of these beggara may not be ob- jectionable in appearance, although
Throwing herself into the water others of them are most decidedly from the Praya near the Yaumuti Ferry in an attempt to take her so, but that is not the point. They life, a Chinese woman was reacu- are obviously soliciting alms, anded by boatpeople, and taken to we know of no just reason why hospital. The incident occurred certain of them should be permitted at 8.45 last night. to remain here whilst others aro
Amongst the passengers who at bundled out of the Colony. It is rived on the 6.8. Khyber this morn- the same old story of the non-ing were Mr. Li Zee-min and Mrs. enforcement of our laws. That is Hongkong's main trouble. If a tithe of our existing Ordinances and Hongkong hins, on the evidence bye-laws were operated as they should be, this Colony would be a of visitors, the 'reputation' of being One of the cleanest and best-far happier place in which to live. ordered cities in the Far East. Constant repetition of this com- pliment has, had the effect of making us accept it as the truth, with the result that we are apt to overlook many shortcomings which close observation will reveal. That our main streets are kept admirably clean, there can be no question; and a tribute is due to the Sanitary Department for the of Swaraj principles, but it is as- Manager of the Hongkong and excellent work which it does in this tonishing that Chaman Lal and his Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. The de-THE WEEK'S PICTURES.paration was that her husband par- regard. But we fear that Hong- friends should make the long jour- ceased lady, who was only 28 years
sistently annoyed her, by tinkering. age, passed nway from
with his wireless set at night. kong is fast losing the title of ney to England to exhibit such of
churlishness at the first setback. pneumonia. Much sympathy will
The Tottenham magistrate grant- being a well-ordered city, for rea-It must have been well known and be extended to the bereaved hus- FEATURES OF TO-MORROW'S
ed the application... sons which will presently be made understood that the Conference is band and family.
Wireless has wrecked a home. clear. One suggestion which we a purely delibérative body, meet-
It was a harmless pleasure that have heard put forward is that the notes and giving mutual encour-reports gave 17 arrivals
ing for the purpose of comparing This morning's Harbour Office
There will be some Interesting and 13 pictures in to-morrow's issue of the this man took in his tinkering, after all. He did so adore the population is becoming too large agement. It does not purpose to departures, with British holding Telegraph.
bright bits, the knobis that twisted, for the size of the place. That pass resolutions, of any kind. The best place in the arrivals, and These will include a group of the the screws that tightened. But his may be a factor, but our view is truth seems to be that the Indian Japanese the best of the depar-Kowloon-Canton Railway and wife was jealous of the wireless.
delegates And It impossible to do-tores, leaving 72 vessels in har-General Post Office football teams set-he did not realise that that the chief cause lies in the tach themselves from the sphere Bour, of which 34 were British. which met last Sunday; groups of It is possible also that his wife fact that present measures of con- of politica even for a brief period Tonnage was good and British the 12th Heavy Battery Royal wanted to hear a little of the broad-
in which they might learn some-freights exceptional, the nation- Artiliery hockey, rowing and cast programme. thing of real value to the millions allty returning a good five-figure athletic teams; and an interesting. She may have admired the rleb of workers in India whom they registry under both headings, with snapshot of the Misses Aileen and refined tones of the young man who profess to represent. The opin- the highest returns both Inward Doris Woods with men of the reads the news bulletins, ion of all constituent; bodies of and through. Empire represented at the Confer- Yesterday we were passing
ence, to use the Indian delegate's through Queen's Road Central, in own words, may be that immediate the very heart of the business cen- self-Government for India should tre, and we saw sufficient in two or Commission should be condemned be granted, and that the Simon
thred minutes to warrant the im-as not meeting Indion political pression that, so far from there uims. Mr. Lansbury might have New York being too much interference with Anyed himself the trouble.of ex-Brussole plaining the British Labour Geneves liberty here, there is, in some Party's participation in the Simpn Amsterdam respects, nol nearly enough. Commission. The point as we see Milan Motor-cars were speeding through it, and which the Indians stead-Berlin.
fostly refuse to see, is that since Stockholm the street at a pace which was far British rule in India is entirely Copenhagen too great for this busy part of the outside the scope of the Confer-
Dalo Vienna town, sounding their horns almost fence, no useful purpose could be
served in expressing an opinion. Helsingfors
Prague Incessantly; pedestrians were If Socialist meet for the purpose Madrid dodging about, anywhere and of discussing industrial relations Lisbon everywhere; chair-bearers were and conditions and for offering Athens dashing in and out between cars constructive suggestions for the Bucharost and rickshas; with further con- In the industrial beld, by all means a worldng out of labour aspiration to
Buenos Aires. gestion provided by big motor let them do so. If, however, Chá-
Shanghai lorries occupying a goodly part of man Lal hoped to produce Swaraj
Hongkonk the width of the street. And as we at odd moments during the discus. Yokohama
alone, it is just as well that his Silver (pot) approached Wyndham Street, one high principles forced him to with Bilver (forward) of the forbidden areas for hawkers, draw,.
trol over the numerous pedestrians and vehicles which use our streeta
are by no means as stringent as they should be.
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HAWKER CAUGHT, AFTER ESCAPE.
18.20.
The husband, however, did not put listening-in In the same class tinkering (and who shall say he fa wrong?)
The tragedy is that he has lost a wife over it, and especially some one who will be at hand periodically to praise the results of his tinker ings.
That is the cruellest blow,
Scene, a tenement backgreen; elderly woman singing the hymn, When I survey the wondrous cross,"
18.21- While being held against the Kind listener tenders a copper $4.50% | payment of a fine of $10 Imposed after first line of fourth verse,
104% for hawking without a licence and Elderly woman pauses for a sec2: 103% for bribing the police, a hawker end then continues the second line 20.52 made a desperate bid for freedom That were an offering far 100 2.7/32
875 by escaping from an ante-room at small." 70514 the Central Magistracy this morn-
AT
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2/05/
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He fled out into Arbuthnot Road, Owing to recent indisposition, but had not gone får before he resulting from pressure of work,. was recaptured, Then, with a Eir Robert Ho Tung has decided crest-fallen appearance, he was to take a rest for a few weeks, led back to the Magistracy, there during which time he will not be to await the due operation of the fable to ročDIVU MAILOM OF Atésna
to any correspondence.
Wireless.law.