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wards the support of the thous ands of Bombay mill workers who have been induced to strike, and also those of the Tata Iran and Stool Works. These two stoppages have persisted for months. They would doubtless have been adjust-
DAY BY DAY.
IT IS THE NATURE OF THE HUMAN DISPOSITION TO HATE HIM WHOM YOU HAVE INJURED.—Tacitus.
The s.. Royal Prince, from New ed long ago but for Russian inter- York, sailed from Reclung yester day afternoon and is expected to ar rive here to-morrow at daylight.
ference. If we take the latter of these two strikes, we find that most liberal terms have been offered by Information has been received the management, It is true that that the as. Kochow, salved after the Company has proposed a reduc. Vangmun Bar, is to be sold as she grounding and sinking on the tlon in the number of men, employ-now lies at Shamshulpo. ed, but this only affects some. 18 ner cent, of the workers, most of whom have less than two years acrvice to their credit. Against that is the fact that the Company is willing to set aside ten lakhs of rupious for bonuses and to provide five lakhs yearly on Increments
Passengers departing for Manila by 8.a. Empress of Russia this evch ing, include Mr. J. K. Bousfield and Mr. A. E. Stone of the A,P.C., on business and the Kevd. and Mrs. A. Swann on a brief vacation,
woman were each fined $3 by Mr W. Schofield at the Kowloon Ma- gistracy this morning,
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It was very unfortunate for Hongkong Police Reserve Ortors Fraulein Dorlach that hor casa cama before the Berlin Com-- by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe,mercial Court on the hottest day C.M.G, Captain Superintendent of the Garman capital has perspired through for many years paat, for she entranched herself behind tho postulate that shirt-sleeves · are · indecorous.
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Holding this vlow, she was, of School, Kowloon, will be held on was called into her employer's Reservists at the Police Training
courao, deeply affronted when she
Tuesday, August 21st, and August office to take down a letter and 28th. at 6.00 p.m. sharp. All found him in such condition of members of the Chinese and Indian sartorial insufficiency. Instead of paying attention to his Instruc- Companies, and of the Flying ions, ahe stormed out of the room, Squad who have not yet passed put on her hat, and wont home Part 2 of Training Course must attend.
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For carrying a pig with ita lega protruding through the bottom of in wages. Moreover, strikers will be a crate, thus causing unnneces-Indian Companies, and of the reinstated without break of sersary cruelty, a Chinese man and Flying Squad will parado at Con- vico, whilst practically all those who have been prominent as strike leaders will be re-employed, ex- cepting a few who have publicly Indulged in personal slander of the foulest type. In view of these facts, is starcely to be wondered at that the Company says further concessions to the strikers would KELLER, KERN & Co., Ltd. involve serious economic conso-
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The same policles, which the Communist Congress urge for In din are also.advocated for China.
Passengers arriving in Hong- kong on the s.a. Empress of Run- sia included Mr. A. C. I. Bowker, Mr. H. Chon, Major J. W. Alken- Donaldson, Mr. and Mrs. W. Hall: Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. S. Spencer and Major C. 9. M. Stilwell.
The .s. Empress of Russia ar- riving yesterday from Vancouver and Shanghai, reports, two deaths at Hen from luberculosis, while the as Van Heutz, with 1,940 deck passen.
Mr. Morley Horder, a member of the Church Body of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, madu a report to the police yesterday to the effect that some person en- CABRAL CARVALHO.—AŁ Lis-
bon, on August 19, 1928, Guil-a country which the Soviet has stilltered the Church between Sunday hermina H. Cabral Carvalho, well in mind' for further opera- and Monday and stole a table fan
valued at $20. widow of the late Carlos F. de tions. For the moment, the Rus- Carvalho, (By Cable). Shang- hai and Macao papers plenseslans are not actively engaged in stirring un trouble in China, but that they are watching tihd' wait ing for fresh opportunities there can be no doubt. China's civilgers from Belawan Deli, recorda wars are, unhappily, not yet ended, one death, cause not stated, the and we shall be surprised if the body being buried at sea. Russian "Reds" do not again at tach themselves to one of the war- rine cliques in the future. At pre- sent, the danger is not imminent, but it lies simmering ready to burst forth into flame once more when the time is propitious.
ECA DA SILVA-At the French Hospital, on August 20, 1928, at 6.15 p.m., at the age of 47, Francisco Filomeno Eca da Silva. The funeral will pass the Monument at 5.30 p.m. this
afternoon.
The
Hongkong Telegraph..
TUESDAY. AUGUST 21. 1928.
SOVIET
INTRIGUE.
Mr. Kellogg and Egypi, Apparently the British Govern- ment has not sufficiently recovered
anxious was be to get negotiations under way that he chose to hand draft copies of the treaty to a junior attache, of the Egyptian Legation in the absence of more responsible officials. On the face
The Officer Commanding the 2nd Batinlion, King's Own Scottish Borderers reported by letter to the police that Private R. Pritchard, age 23, a native of Derbyshire, had alisented himself from duty on Sunday, Frivate Pritchard was arrested yesterday at Talpo.
OPEL ROCKET CAR FIASCO.
FACILITIES WITHDRAWN bý RAILWAY, AUTHORITIES.
Chinese Company. Strength-Constable R. 74 Ng Chi Chow is permitted to resign undor the conditions of Sect. 19
360FC:
About Hong Kong.
Do you know that-
Licensed gambling was onto permitted in Hongkong?
In 1855, Sir John Bowring proposed to the Secretary of State that gambling houses be controlled by licensing a limited number. The scheme however, turned down.
was,
In July, 1867, however, eleven raming houses were Beensed and the number was afterwards Increased 14 sixteen. Six houses were at first opened to all except women, but for- "eigners were not allowed to patronise them. Later, only Chinese and Malays were ad- mitted. In 1868, Chinese ser- vania, shroffs and cashiers were excluded.
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The schrine was welcomed by the community, with the excep tion of "a few gentlemen of the clorical profession who felt it their duty to protest." An ngitation was raised by the Rev. F. S. Turner, of the Lon-- don Mission, with the Rev. D.B., Morris, minister of Union Church, and four missionaries, who became known as "The Moral Six."
The scheme was eventually abandoned in 1871,
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When, however, she demanded" her · salary for services to the... dato of her, abrupt departure, her employer refused to pay on the ground that she had forfelted her claim by breach of contract. She, therefore, appealed to the Court, ploading that his shirt-sleeves had been an insult to her feminine honour.
Pondering over this zather sweeping assertion In a shade tem- perature of 96deg, and, doubtless, rollogg that thousands of elli- zens with otherwise unblemished roputations were at that momont crawling about the main streets of the city devoid, not merely of jackets, but also of waistcoats, the Court quickly came to the conclu- sion that the lady's sense of de corum was too delicate for those. go-ahend days, and decided against her.
•
Gleanings, from examination papers, as quoted in the Tynecastle School Magazino:—
"King William had a New Forest maid, and he killed everyone who- chased his dear."
"The cuckoo naver lays its own eggs.
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Man at Willesden: She made a long nose at me, which is an un- ladylike thing to do, although I am fond of a joke myself.
Solicitor at Bow County Court: 1 suggest that it is n deliberate untruth. Witness: Your, living would look funny if there were not.
few told.
Clerk at Mansfield?" When were you married? Woman: Bolween six months and three years ago.
Willeaden woman: I am in the profession. Magistrate: Music- hall? Woman, bridling: Oh, dear no; the theatre.
Mr. Charko Hall, magistrato at Old-street: Did any one hear you. say this? Woman: Yes, the land. lady, but she is deaf.
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Question at Shoreditch County Court: You are, a debtor's wife? Woman: My husband borrowed the money. Solicitor: And you spent it. Woman: I did:
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laugh in inverse proportion to the It has been stated human beings
speed at which they travel, says Mr. Robert Lund. ...
Laugh, and the world laughs
with you
A conlle who was arrested in from its consternation to give ex-possession of a bunk cover and a pression to its views on Mr. Kel- towel on board the a.s. President logg's offer ofan arbitration treaty Pierce yesterday, was charged be-- Russia's efforts to stir up trouble to Egypt, though we may be cer-fore Mr. W. Schofield at the Kow- in other countries are again strik-will be made in the very
tain that strong representations loon Magistracy.this morning, and, neuron pleading guilty to larceny, was ingly demonstrated by the discus-future. The suggestion comes at fined $7, with the alternative of Alons which are taking place at a time when it is most likely to ten days' hard labour.
embarrass Great Britain, and the Congress of the Communist In-though it is impossible to accuse This morning's Harbour Office ternationale now gifting in Mosthe U.S. Secretary of State of lack reports gave a reduced number of of the Hongkong Police Reservo
With the Increasing public use of cow. At this gathering, the re- of good faith, it is difficult to over-arrivals and departures. Freights Ordingneo 1927 with effect from
motor cars, it is only to be expected, volutionary outlook in various come, a feeling that he is being were poor, especially under the Bri-August 20th.
opportunistic. The leading na-tial flag, the nationality register- countries, releding India tions of the world will be gathering less than 2,000 tons. There were Company will attend at the Central certain classes of horse flesh, but a All advanced men of the Chinese perhaps, that there should be a cor- responding slump in the prices of Chinn, is being dealt with, and ing in Paris, shortly to sign a 11 arrivals and 13 departures, Bri-Police
Station on Thursday, half-penny for a sound horse would schemes are being propounded fer Pact renouncing war as an instru- tish four and five, leaving 68 ven- August 23rd, at 5.30 p.m. sharp for appear to be something in the na
Ride Exercises, Extended Order ture of a low-price record. At an the express purpose of creating ment of national policy, and it is Rels in harbour, British 27.
most desirable that all the par-
and Baton Drill under Sergeant advertised nuction sals of horses at pensant risings against constituted [cipants should be on the best
Condon. Dress:Mufti; Rifle, Young (N.S.W.) recently ono authority. The hypocrlay of the terms on such an auspicious oc-
Belt, Side-arms, and Truncheon to animal was quitted at a half-penny, be carried.
When the auctioneer called. for a Soviet could not be better illustrat.casion. If Britain insists upon America's reconsideration of her
bid, a boy, sitting on the saleyard ed than by these activities, for attitude to Egypt, as we feel she
fence, jokingly called "A hap whilst Russia's leaders pose bemust, a delicata situation arises.
The weekly instructional patrol penny." Immediately its knock fore the world as the apostles of Mr. Kellogg has been husly. So
of the Kowloon Section will take ed down to him, and no one was worldwide peace, anxious to bring
place on Tuesday, August 21st, more surprised than the boy him. self, who pilated his new possession Fall in at the Tsim-tsa-taul Fire home with the aid of a plece, of | about universal disturmament, they
Berlin, Aug. 5. Brigade Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp. wire. appear to be concentrating all
The railway authorities' refusal Dress:-Khaki Uniform. to grant facilities for further their, energios on arousing the
trials of the rocket car has given patrol of the Hongkong Section on There will be no instructional worst passions of mankind. of it, we can only suppose that Mr. set-back to Herr von Opel's ex-Thursday, August 23rd.. Anarchy is their watchword, sab kellogg desired that the new de-
periments. tage their weapon and confiscation velopment should be aired before
This is the sequel to the flasco the signing of the No-War Pact. on a lonely streich of railway at their avowed policy. How peace In announcing her pleasure in Lueneberg Moor, where an attempt Promotions.--The following and the brotherhood of man can joining with Amerien in the con- was made to attain a speed of 200 members of the Sharpshooters' be squared with these ideas, passca clusion of the Fence Past, Britain miles per hour.
Company have been appointed our comprehension.
The first rocket ignited, where- Crown Sergeanta' with effect from viously including Egypt among the upon, with a deafening crash, the August 18th-Constable R402 C. India has long been one of the vital regions mentioned. The remaining 20 rockets exploded. A. Grimes, Constable R405 A. W. offer of an arbitration treaty to simultaneously, and the car was Grimmitt, Constable R406 W. v. Communists'
bunting Egypt appears to be in the nature hurled 50 feet in the air, scatter- happy ground, and the consequences of of a reply. Washington has bean ing fragments of mechanism in all Soviet Intrigue are to be seen in at pains to point out that the pro- posed treaty cannot clash with the big industrial upheavals which Britain's special interests because- have occurred in that country of the second article of the trenty ex- late. It is obvious from the Com- cludes from arbitration all ques- tions involving the rights of other munists' own plans that they have parties. The Foreign Office is no real concern for the betterment ilkely to point out that Egypt's of the lot of the Indian worker-position is peculiar and that little Paris
Now York what they aim at in the overthrow can pass between Egypt and a for
Brussels eign State without in some way Geneva of British authority. So much has affecting Britain's interests. Egypt Amsterdam been admitted at the Congress at the present time is without a Milan as Berlin mentioned. In other words, the constitutional Government,
granted by the Declaration of Stockholm Soviet is animated by a desire to 1922, and more than ever it is Copenhagen hit British interests, just as its necessary for the British Govern- Oslo
Viena policy in China was largely ment to stress the 'importance of
Prague Influenced by the same motive. reservations in the Declara Helsingfors
tion. It must be noted for in Madrid Henco the scheme for the creation stance, that Britain, assumes the Lisbon of an independent native Com- responsibility for the protection of Athens .. munist Party for India and the foreign lives and property in Bucharest
Egypt, and we should Imagine til Rio, "mobilisation" of the peasantry-to be the most important feature, Buenos Aires. This political agitation has, we are of American interests. We anti- Bombay bold, been very largely financed cipate that of the true perspective Shanghai
Yokohamis is made perfectly clear, Mr. Kel-silver (spot) from Moscow, and some of the funds logg will accept the British view Silver (forward) so recolved are no doubt going to- İpoint and drop the proposal.
made certain reservations, ob-
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