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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TOTAL
DRY FIRE EXTINGUISHER HAS NO EQUAL
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greater than the principal lent and simple interest at the rato,of three per cent, per month. More than that, the lender has to draw up every transaction in duplicato In a language selected by the bor- rower, who is to receive a copy free of charge. A correct copy of
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NOVEMBER 19, 1928.
DAY BY DAY.
START A. LIE AND A TRUTH TO-
GETHER, LIKE HARE AND HOUND: THE LIE WILL RUN FAST AND SMOOTH, ASIDE; BUT AT THE TRUTH MOST HANDS WILL FLING A STONE, AND 80 HINDER IT FOR SPORT'S SAKE, IF THEY CAN-Quida.
AND NO MAN WILL EVER TURN IT
Over the week-end, three further Chinese cases of small-pez were notified, of which two were from Kowloon districts,
every agreement, moreover, has to be filed with the Registrar within ⠀⠀ The P. and O. a.s. Naldera, from seven days of the date of execu- Singapore, is due hard at 6 am. on tlon, as also have copics of agrée- Friday. ments entered into before the com- mencement of the now Ordinance. Failure to comply with these re quirements may render the agree- ments null and vold. Another
The Empress of Russia laft Van equally important point is covered
couver on the 17th November, and by the obligation which will resta due here on the 5th December. on the lender to supply to bor-She will then go to drydock.
rowers information as to the state of loans and copies of documents relating thereto. If bo defaults on this point he is prevented from charging any intereat during the period of the default, besides ren-
The mail from Europe vin Suoz, dated London, October 18, by the 8.8. Takada, consisted of 635 bags, and was distributed this morning.
The trial of Carvalho Yeo, on charges arising out of the alleged
NO PERIODIC REFILLING dering himself liable to a fine not Treasury frauds, is to commence
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The
Hongkong Telegraph.
MONDAY, Nov. 19. 1928.
MONEY-LENDING.
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exceeding $60 for every day on before Mr. Justice Jacks at the
Criminal Sessions to-morrow..
Been smoking a cigarette in the Court room at the Kowloon Magis- tracy this morning, a Chinese was brought before Mr. E. I. Wynne- Jones and fined $1 for contempt..
which the default continues.
These are some of the principal features of the new law, and it will be observed that they have been designed for the purpose of making a really serious effort to deal with a very real evil. The rate of interest permitted, equiva- lent to 38 per cent, per annum, might at first night appear exces- siye, but we believe we are right in saying that it is very littic, if any, higher than in at present
At the Marine Court this morn- common in the Colony. Moreover,
ing, two masters of the Macao It knocks the compound interest fishing boats pleaded guilty to habit well on the head. It has, in navigating the harbour without fairness to the lenders, to be re-regulation lights. On this oc-
risks in lending out cash, for so many of their customers are men of straw, unable to offer any
A slight error crept into the re- ference to an ancient bill of lad- ing, now being exhibited at the offico of Mr. J. M. da Rocha, in our Art Supplement on Saturday. The date of the document should have been 1828, and not 1862 as stated.
"WEST POINT.”
ACTION ROMANCE of
ACADEMY LIFE.
William Haines, who will be re- membered for his clover comedy work in "Spring Fover," has an equally dashing role in "West Point his now picture which will be seen at the Queen's Theatre from Thursday to Saturday,
The Very Idea!
The British Houses of Parlia-. ment for some years have been undergoing the process of "hand- picking.” or removing the loose fragments of stone, not less than 200 tons, or 8000 cubic feet of loase decorative stonework having“ already been taken away.' Seeing Haines plays the part of a West this work in process someone sug- Point cadet in the story which is gested that members of Par a vivid romance of life at a military llament would like to have a academy. It gives an intimate ralics the pieces of ornamental glimpse behind the scenes in the stonework removed from the famous school with a huge thrill building, and the suggestion has in the Army Navy football game been promptly adopted. A brisk to climax the story, Joan Craw trade has already "bean done, ford plays the heroine, and a not- Garyoyles have been in great re- able cast, which, besides regular queat, as much as 10 guineas hay- actors Includes officers and cadets of ing been given for specimens, the United States army. Ralph Crocketed spires have gone a little Emerson, Neil Neely, William Bake cheaper. At present the sale la well, Lean Kellar, and others of confined to members of Par- note are among the players. Spec llament, who propose to turn, tacular details include the great their relics into aundial bases, dress parade at the academy, and bird baths, tables, rock ornaments, other mancevres including cavalry or other decorations for the gar
den. Later, the general public may be invited to purchase,
About Hong Kong
Do you know that--
Lyndhurst Torrace, la named after Lord Lyndhurst, who was Secretary of State to the Colonies in 18597
Marah Street is named after Mr. William Henry Marsh, C.M.G., who was Colonial Se cretary from 1870 to 18877 He came to Hongkong after a long career in Mauritius.
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Cochrane Street is named after Rear Admiral Bir James Cochrane, who was Comman- der-in-Chief of the Naval Forces in China from June, 1844, to 18467
Mercer Street was named after Mr. W. T. Mercer, who was Colonial Treasurer in 1846?
When the Houses of Parlia- ment were erected in 1840-1852 they cost just over £2,000,000. When the work of repair now in contemplation is finished, that is, 10 or 12 years hence, it will invo cost the British Nation not less than $1,000,000.-Christian Science Moniter.
The teacher had been revising with her infant class the Bible atory in which Pharoah made Joseph an overlord.
Hoping to get either "raiment" or "vestures" from the children, sho, asked, "What did Pharoah give Joseph to wear?"
The bright boy of the class im- mediately replied, "His old clothes!"
Amic, the veteran carpet- mender of the House of Commons,
her opinion that Mil'.'s are extreme- ly untidy.]
membered that they often take bij casion they admitted not carrying | smmakinguar who is about to retiro, gives it as
masthead lights. A fine of $10
Ro- with the usual alternative was in-practice and artillery work.
mantic scenes were taken on the fa- flicted in each case.
mous steamer "De Witt Clinton" on the Hudson, and famous spots such as "Flirtation Lano at the academy are to be seen in the picture.
level
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CAUGHT.
POLICE INTERRUPT GAME
OF FAN-TAN,
A game of fan-tan, in which about twenty coolies were en- gaged yesterday morning, in Con- naught Road West, was rudely in- terrupted when d plain-clothes Chinese detective marched off the croupier, who was recognised as a confirmed gambler.
The man was brought before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning and was fined $10, or, in default, fourteen days' hard labour, A sum of $3.05, which the detective seized from the gamblers, was confiscated.
Our M.P.'s are extremely untidy.
Yes, "Angla" doclares it is no. She has known the poor dears for
a number of years,
And she found it out ages agʊ. And that is a view, I may mention, The critle of Parliament shares, Since they cause him distress, ha
avers, by the mess
Thoy make of the nation's affairs.
Now a beauty-spot left in disorder By a happy Bank Holiday crowd Is a sight that, indeed, might mako
any heart bleed.
And wo say it should not be
allowed.
But the floor, when the Commons
..have risen
Is even more sad to be viewed. And though tidied away, yet the
litter each day
In the season is surely renewed.
So whenever I soo in the future
A spot where the thoughtless
have been,
And with paper and tina and a
score of odd sina
Their revels have littered tho
утеса,
I shall not need to ask who defiled
It;
After having been previously It is not before ita time that the security whatever. That is n clr-imprisoned for breach of the local law in regard to money cumstance which justifies a higher Banishment Ordinance, a Chinese lending is to be amended and rule for accommodation than was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour and 24 strokes of the strengthened. The existing law would normally be charged.
birch by Mr. E. 1. Wynne-Jones at CONFIRMED GAMBLER on the subject lacks force and
the Kowloon Magistracy this mor- power, being far too general in ita
ning. The defendant, who was de- provisions, and experience has
The Piece-Goods Trade, ported for life in 1921, was
arrested in Jordan Road, abundantly shown that it is by no The project of moeting Japanese means, sufficient to protect bor-competition In China on
This morning's Harbour Offico terms by the organisation of an rowers from the rapacity of un-immenso Lanenshire textile com- reports gave 18 arrivals and 12 Berupulous and harsh professional bine in the strangest proof that departures, of which seven and were British, lenders. Comprising only six sec- British manufacturers are becom- one respectively
Vessels in port, of Ing a little less impatient of leaving 70 tiona, the 1911 Ordinance, which economic laws. It is also obvious, which 28 were British. Tonnage in to be replaced by an entirely however, that a formidable task showed an improvement, with the has been undertaken. Japan, heaviest cargoes booked throug, new one, does not deal adequately partly by her undoubted enter. but generally amall totals. The with the borrower's obligations in prise and partly by cheap labour, total of British freights was ap regard to principal and interest, it has secured a firm foothold, even proximately 17,000 tons, with the to the extent of capturing a large best inward. and the second bost being merely laid down that the share of the trade in better class of the throughs, Court can vary the terms of any materials, while the products of transaction If It is satisfied by the mills in Shanghai cope with a demand which formerly was served evidence that the interest and exclusively by Lancashire. It is other charges are excessive. The probable that in no place better proposed new Ordinance
than Hongkong is it possible to covers judge the adverse effect on British every aspect of money-lending trade of this new competition, and transactions, as may be gathered in no place will the scheme receive better welcome. The Eastern from the fact that it comprises no Textile Association as the new
Shanghai, Nov, 18. fewer than eighteen noctions. company is to be called is planned The Standing Committee of the
on the only lines which will serve. C.E.C. has decided to Many of the new provisions are The form will embrace every Kuomintang members who have of the utmost importance, and branch of the business, even to criticised the actions of Commis- when they are passed into law the shipping of the textiles which stoners of the Executive. No fewer they should do much to put a stop it proposes to manufacture on the than 30 officials of the branches in masa production basis. If this, Shanghai, Chekiang and Klangsu, to the extortion which is at pre- as we hope and believe, really le have arrived in Nanking and a sent practised by so many of the the beginning of the reconstruc- conference with members of the tion of the Lancashire industrial C.E.C. will soon take place regard Colony's professional usurers. outlook, it has our whole-hearteding the Third National Congress, One of the main evils of the wishes for success. Such schemes There is ground for the bellef will do much to solve the pro- that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, is present system of money-lending boms, including that of unemploy perturbed by the development of
H.M.S. Foxglove la due to leave in this Colony is that borrowers, ment, which have beset the cotton the quarrel by the Kuomintang Hongkong on November 24 for In order to secure accommodation, industry since the post-war boom branches with the Central Execs now at the Northern Station, Accused of drunkenness: I am an
Weihaiwel. The Bluebell, which always provided the mill-owners are prepared to cut their losses brought about by over-capitalisa- tion and to begin anew according
often have to algn for "double the principal which they actually ro-
to the example now set,
EXCHANGE RATES.
ceive, and, not only so, but the rate of interest charged is alto gether excessive, The con- sequence is that, once in the grip of the money-lender, they find it practically impossible to shake themselves free of his clutches. Parts Instances have again and again New York,
Brussels been forthcoming in Court show-Genova ing that, under auch agreements, Amsterdam
Milan the borrower has paid back far Berlin more than he has received and Stockholm still has found himself, after oslo
Copenhagen several years, owing a larger sur Vienna Prague than he ever actually received in
Helsingofra cash. This "double-signing" and Madrid
Lisbon the compound interest charge have
Athens been responsible for such a condi- Bucharest tion of affairs. The
Rio new law
Buenos Aires should put a definite stop to this Dimbay kind of thing, for by its provisions Laughal
Hong Loa" the lender is not entitled to de- Yokohama mand or receive from the borrower Silver (spot)
Silver; (forward)' payment of a sum of money
THE KUOMINTANĞ DISSENSION.
MARSHAL CHIANG KAI-SHEK
tive.
PERTURBED.
censuro
The defendant's record showed that he had been sentenced, carller In the year, to fourteen days" hard labour for running a gambling school In Yaumati,
NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
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BIG CRUISERS STILL IN JAPAN.
The answer is only too claar, And at once I shall say in a posi
tive way
"The Commons have surely been
bere."
Clerk at Stratford: Does your. husband carry on the "Nosy Cook" ten-house? Woman, indignantly: Excuse me the "Cosy Nook," Clerk: I beg your pardon.
Woman at Willesden: If my husband acts the gentleman, 50 can 1.
Willesden man: A hundred Is 128 in the egg trado. clude the departure of HMS. Suf-street of being drunk was stated. To-day's naval movements in- A man accused at Marlborough- folk from Beppu for Takamatsu, to have fallen on the Under- and the Berwick from Miyajima ground Railway line. Mr. Can- cellor, discharging him with a for Osaka,
caution: You are lucky to be here. to tell the tale.
Nottingham man, aged seventy,
old fool.
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Bolleitor at Foltham: You say? |
"A very atout man stood upon a ̈
weighing machine.. defective When he placed the ponny in the slot the Indicator registered: 5- stones 3 pounds.
Interviewed at Hsuchow, Mar will leave Weihalwed on Decem- shal Obiang sald that if members ber 1 for Hongkong, calling at that there was nothing in front of of the Kuomintang were discon Sharp Peak, Foochow,. Keelung tent, representations could be made and Takau, arriving here on Do-you? Man: Yes. Solicitor: Was
there anything else? Man: No.' to higher authorities within the cember 19.
Party. No attack, however, should Sunday's arrivals included the be almed at any particular person four R.A.F, flying boats from 8nlo- or persons at Lie Kuomintang. He maguo and I.M.S. Cornflower from particularly warned against a Nimrod Sound, London, Nov. 18. minor quarrel which might result .124.10 in a serious dissension, auch na 485 | those from which the Party, had .84.80% suffered for the past sixteen years.
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Marshal Chiang said that an- 12.08 other serious split would merely 92,55 make opportunities for Commúglata 20.38 to secure control of Chinese poli- 18.14 tics and the outcome would be fur- 18.106 ther turmoil and bloodshed: .84:505
18.195
108%
102%
À RESIGNATION:
$80.08
107%
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M. JOUNAUX DROPS WORK ON DISARMAMENT.
Paris, Nov. 18. 2/7 Following the résignation of 2/04 M. Paul Boncour, the French dele- gate to the Teague of Nations, M. 2613/16 Jouhoux has resigned his post a expert on the Preparatory. Dia. armament Commission-Reuter.
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DISASTROUS FIRE.
JAPANESE HOT SPRING RESORT DESTROYED.
Tokyo, Nov, 17.'
Two small urchins watched the proceedings with amazement. !
"that "Lar', Jack," said one, bloke must be hollow,"
The engagement is announced. between Mr. C. W. E. Bisliop, of
A firo which broke out early, this the P. W. D., Hongkong, oply son. morning destroyed the famous hot of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bishop of spring resort at Yumoto, near Nikico. Newdigate, Surrey, and tes Most of the hotels and houses ara M. Hansen, younger daughter of reported to have been reduced to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hansen of
Quarry Bay, Hongkong. ashes.
As far as is known, there were no casualtion-Neuter.
Shanghai, Nov. 18. Marshal Li Chal-sum left for Hongkong yesterday afternoon on the s.a. Paul Lecat-Reuter.
The mombora of the. Financo Committee of St, John Ambulanco Brigade, have arranged with Mel- Lan fang, the famous Chinese; actor, for a day benefit perfor mance in aid of the funderad the Brigade, at the Ko Shing Theatres on Saturday, November 24..