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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1928,
DAY BY DAY.
THERE ARE TWO FREEDOMB THÈ FALSE WHERE A MAN 18 FREE TO DO WHAT HE LIKES; THE TRUE, WHERE A MAN 18 FRER TO DO WHAT THE OUGHT-Charles Kingsley.
Entries for the Hongkong Cricket Club's annual tennis tournament close at noon on January 19th Forms may be obtained at the pavillon.
PRETTY CHINESE WEDDING.
of
The Very Idea!
"In nine thousand London homes recently much is the paper that that has been wasted, and many the feropers that have been fray. ed, because father has been unable to work an arithmetical problem John's Cathedral between Mr. 8. | which eloven-year-old Fred was
The bridegroom, Mr. S. Q. Phoon, is the son of the late Mr. Phoon, and Mns, Phoon Syc-leong and brother of Dr. S. F. Phoon who was married on Saturday list.
The Dean of St. John's Cathedral (the Very Rev. A. Swann) officiat ed.
who can instantly calculato money due to them, when doubles, at In- tricate odds are successful have confessed failure;
a
"Perhaps your readers,” writes correspondent, "could do better. So here's the poser:
be made of world shipping in or der to give Chibi # position in this sphere which should rightly. be hera. When we bear in mind
INTERESTING CEREMONY AT that the Chinese have a consider-
THE CATHEDRAL able natural aptitude for seaman- ship, and think of the progress
There was a large attendance which Japan has made in matters The transport Neuralia arrived guests at a pretty Chinese wedding maritime, there is every reason at Shanghal yesterday from Hong-which took place yesterday at St.
konga why serious attention should be. The P, and O. a.s. Khyber, from given to this question. Although Hongkong; arrived at Marseilles on Phoon, of Hongkong University, expor ed to solve in soven minutes, and Miss Lucy K. S. Ng, daughter on the occasion of the junior the time is yet far ahead when the 23rd December at 9 a.m.
of, Mr. and Mrs. Ng Tin-sang. Even those expert arithmeticians county scholarship examination. Chinese shipping will be able to cope even with the coastwise trade, it is to be expected that as time goes
on there will be a gradual change in present condi-' tions, with, the resultant more fre- quent appearance of the Chinese flag on routes now almost wholly served by foreign interests. But developments, in this, direction must necessarily be slow.xt
Coupled with all these develop ments, there is growing call for men with modern ideas to serve China. It is interesting to note, on this point, that the Canton Commissioner for Reconstruction has put forward a proposal that a hundred more students be select ed for training in special subjects in Europe and the United States, these to be required to enter Gov- ernment service on the completion of their studies. It is rightly feit
DODWELL & Co., Ltd. that if progress is to be made, more specialists will be required; as the number of available young тел with modern knowledge is ati insuflicient. Hongkong
The
Hongkong Eelegraph. watches with keen interest and
THURSDAY, DEC. 27. 1928.
́CANTON ALERT.
That a spirit of progressive onterprise continues to animate those in charge of affairs in
we
sympathy the efforts which Can- ton is making in the many tasks being taken up, sincerely hoping that the era of progress and ad- vancement now begun may long
continue.
Miners' Distress.
1.
A Notice to Marinors, Issued by the Harbour Department under to day's date on the authority of the master of the 8.8. Bintang, states that a whistling buoy, adrift, has been sighted In Latitude 16.47 N Longitude 109.07 E..
The Recreio Amatour Players will present "What Happened to Jones" a farce in three acts, of the Star Theatre on January 8 and 10. Booking will open at Mosers, Anderson Musle Co., Ltd., and the
Star Theatre on December 29.
ILMS. Cumberland will leave Hongkong on a southern cruise at five o'clock to-morrow evening. and will visit Tourane, Singa poro, Penang, Pert Swettenham, Malacca, and Saigon. The cruiser is dúo here again on February 14.
The Gilbert & Sullivan Concert which was postphoned will take Thursday 3rd January at 5.80 p.m. place at the Helena May on
Teas must be booked in advance. A Season Ticket for members only may be had at $2 for the following seven concerta.—Advt.
been warned on several occasions
sells at two rupees...
"Tom cycles from home to a factory each morning at 10 mp.h. The bride wore a very lovely and regularly passes his father, dress of white satin embroidered who walks from home to the fac with pearls, a pearl head-dress tery at 4 mph at the same spot and "tullo vell. She carried, which is: milo from the factory bouquet of white roses.
gates. One' day. Tom was detain-.
A well attended reception wased on the road by à friend, and afterwards held at Lane, Craw reached the gates at the same time ford's Restaurant."
as his father. For how many minutes was Tom delayed?"
The Donn in proposing the
"May I add that my own Volu- health of the bride and bridegroom tion of 2 minutes is given with
About Hong Kong
Do you know that--
One of the first Captain Superintendents of Police
was an Army offleer?
This was Captain Haly, of the 41st Madras Native In- fantry, who was appointed in. February, 1844,
In the following month, he
relieved by "WAN"
Captain Bruce, of the 18th Regiment, Royal Irish, as Captain Haly's services were required by his regiment.
maddiemmin
USED AMBULANCE FOR SMUGGLING.
NAVAL YARD COOLIE SENT TO PRISON.
all reservation "
[Hate in contrasting colours are now the vogue.]
When Phyllis selected her latest
new hat...
She was zealously careful to
Bec
"Twas fashioned in tints that
contrasted, for that,
She know, was le dernier crl.
A greater success than sho'd
over forasean
Is hers now it graces her head It has turned half her rivals
with jealously green While making the others "seo
red."
A university degree is no proof | whatever of all that we should mean by education.The Arch- bishop of York,
I suppose that Jeremiah was not invariably right in his denuncia- tions. Canon J. O, Hannay.
....
Perhaps with our multicellular Empire we may be called more than ever to be the consultant con- stitutional engineers of - mankind. -Sir Geoffroy Butler.
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The following incident is told regarding a visit of a prominent Scotsman to America.
Lord Blank was being shown a largo skyscraper.
"Do you know that this sky-
"You can see the Hudson River
from the top storey.
"Marvellous!"
This morning's Harbour Office reports gave 11 arrivals and 14 de partures, British holding top place with six and five respectively. Ton- nage was only fair and freights H were below the average, Japanese recording the highest inwards and said how very pleased they were German the best of the throughs, to welcome Chinese people to the The six notionalities in the complete | Cathedral, Personally he was return all recorded arrivals and de- very grateful for the honour of an partures, leaving 56 vessels in port, invitation to this wedding and it The Italian Press is the froest of which 29 were British.
gave him the greatest pleasure to in the whole world.--Sgr. Mus propose this toast. He always solini. The Nanyang Si Pao, a well enjoyed Chinese weddings In the Slirewdness is not exactly a From a subject of party bleker-established Chinese daily paper in first place he had the greatest nd-Christian virtue.-The Rev. Ber-
Penang, has been suspended by miration for the decorous manner tram Smith. Canton is indicated in, a numbering, the distress in the mining Government for three months on in which the whole function was Travel is the most effectivo areas of Britain has developed into account, it Is believed, of conducted, and Becondly the means, of securing a proper dis- of news item's showing that the
a grave national problem. Over a endeavouring to promote anti-beauty of the Chinese dresses tribution of the qualities of Provincial administraton which million persons, dependent on the Japanese feeling. It is under-made him very much envy thoso humility and pride,Sir Josiah
Stamp. has its headquarters there is fully coal industry for their subsistence, tood that the publishers have who were able to wear them.
England needs a Press agent alive to the necessity of keeping are
The bridegroom suitably re- on the verge of starvation in respect of articles published sponded and thanked the Dean for more than anything else.—Sir. H. pace with the times. In handing unless definite measures are taken tending to promote anti-Japanese the kind way in which he had pro-W. Thornton. over the reins of government to to afford feliof. The Prince of feelings, and as no heed has been posed the toast, and the guests for General Chan Ming-shu, Marshal Wales is throwing himself whole- taken, Government has considered, their presence.
action. necessary. LI Chai-sum has bequeathed him a hearted into their cause and his
The Rangoon. Times lustrated useful legacy of things accom-Christmas Day appeal over the plished and of beneficial schemes wireless will surely strike a res- Christmas Number, just to hand, is upon which a commencement has pondent chord in many hearts. a really bumper issue and can be His Royal Highness, we are glad to described as the best which this been made. It is clear from what say, did not content himselfly illustrated and contains numerous Journal has ever produced. It is free- read that Canton is still with asking for subscriptions to articles of a light and humorous desirous of maintaining a close the Lord Mayor's Fund, but urged character, as well as several which connexion with Hongkong, and in upon his unseen hearers the ron is made of four beautiful loured are most informative. A feature
Two Ingenious methods employ-craper is 25 storeys high?” asked this regard attention may be dering of a greater service where plates from Mr. S. Williams' collec-ed by coolies to smuggle Govern his American host. drawn to the success of Marsliat Lipossible, that of finding employ-lion of Eastern paintings by 13. II. ment property out of the Naval "Really?" Chai-sum In the restoration of the ment for as many of the men Wiles. These are finely printed and Yard were revealed this morning valuo of the note issue of the as possible. The boat that charity are well worth framing. The volume when the police prosecuted
Chinese for the theft of a large Central Bank, which, it is reported, can do la to render the situation
quantity of brass rivets and filings
"And the building is made At the foundation stone laying and also is to be followed up by the estab-less acute temporarily. The finnl
a quantity of lead. throughout with imperishable ma-
teriál." lishment of a branch of the Bank solution of the miners difficulties of the new Cathedral School in Alternatively, the man was charg
Shanghai, reference made to
ed, with receiving stolen property.
Lord Blank's sardonic conclu- In Hongkong, Then we have the can only be found in the provision
the appointment of the Rev.
sion to the description WDE of work. It is stated that the coal E. K. Quick as Headmaster. Ad-
A Chinese detective spoke to "What a pity!" scheme for the provision of a long-industry can never support them dressing the gathering Mr. Edney seeing the defendant In Connaught distance telephone
service again, but we are not so sure. We Page, senior trustee, said:Mr. Road West. He was carrying a
Judge Cluer, at Shoreditch throughout the province, in which feel, on the contrary, that if the Quick is a man of considerable small sack which appeared to be County Court: Can a money-lend-
home experience and also has very heavy for its size. He asked connexion it is intended to make colllery owners devoted their ata knowledge ofthe Eastern, being at the carrier what it contained and erlend money without interest and
beginning with a link between tontion seriously to reconstructive present at St. Stephen's College, when told that it was rice, de- still be a money-lender? I think.
not." Canton and Hongkong as an ex-measures which have been neces-Hongkong. He is known in Shang-manded to sea the contents.
Counsel at Westminster County periment. Another matter
.como up The contents being brasa rivets Court referred to to sary for many years, these could hai, as having twice
a "surgical which the Canton Government is be applied in time to avert worse with the Hongkong Cricket team, and filings, the detective took the spirit" as too strong, being un-
and his love of sport will be a coolie tothe Central
Police devoting much attention is the disasters and lead gradually to sure recommendation to British Station. On the way, the coolle prohibition days it must be the diluted.-Judge Turner: In those encouragement of aviation, and restoration. The fact that sub- boys.
explained that he found the con- only stuff not diluted. latest reports of developments in etantial help is, to be derived in
tents of the sack in the hollow of
The Prisoner at Willesden: a bamboo which he had picked up policeman said to me, "Garn! Get this direction speak of the Inten- the New Year from the accelerat-
in the street. He took the detec-aht of it.”—Mr. W. 'B. Luke, the tion of providing a new, aero.ed de-rating proposals, is rather
tive to his house where he pro- magistrate: The officer has the duced drome and flying field, the cost of alarming from ong point of view;
a bamboo six feet long Irish name of -Kelly and speaks the acceptance of this assistance which will probably come to a
COMPULSORY THIRD PARTY which was hollowed out.
with a pronounced Scottish accent, lakh of dollars. Here again there from essential efforts for re- may once again divert attention
INSURANCE.
Enquiries were then set afoot so I cannot think he would have by the police and the fillings, etc., used that Cockney expression. Is every prospect of happy co-organisation. If this happens we
Witness in a collision case were traced to the Naval Yard, operation between Canton and foar the relief will be no more pulsory
The text of a Bill to make it com- after which it was discovered that Shoreditch County Court: I said Hongkong, to the mutual benefit effective than was the Government vehicles to insure against third the arrested man had once been to him, "What do you mean by of both centres,
subsidy of 1926. A well-informed party risks has been published. employed in the Naval Yard as a coming along like that?"-Judge The Bill has been Introduced into hospital coolis, While in that Cluer: Dear me. The language of Numerous other
enterprises writer on this subject says that the House of Commons by Mfr. capacity, it seemed that the defen- the streets is becoming quite sim could be cited to show that, the the hopeful feature is the realisa- Wardlaw Milne, and is backed by dant had used the ambulance as ple and purified. Canton authorities are bent onion by an influential section of Sir Herbert Nield and other mem-an aid to his smuggling. Ploces
of lead were placed on the top of Mr. Grossmith relates this story moving forward, this being par- the ownera and managers that bers,
The purpose of the Bill is to on-the hood of the ambulance and concerning a vlalt he paid to the ticularly true in regard to the big much more vigorous action is sure that no licence for a moter-car defendant would retrieve these on late Cardinal Gibbons, in Balti schemes of road construction which to improve and co-ordinate the can produce, an insurance policy tion came from the defendant & musical comedy.
The persistent effort shall be issued unless the applicant leaving the yard. This informa mure, when touring In America în are being pushed on with and district schemes in spite of apathy issued by an insurance company ap himself in a statement which he The Cardinal received him gra which in course of time will prove or definite obstruction; the recon- proved by the Ministry of Trans-made to the authorities.
clously, and recalled that while he port. of the utmost value in bringing struction purpose" behind" such
After hearing the evidence, was staying. in Loudon with the It does not, however, cover the Major C. Willson, who heard the Duke of Norfolk he had met re- increased prosperity to the people amalgamation schemes as the one caso, of a car being driven for a case, imposed a sentence of three Veral famous English actors. "I by the provision of better moans just brought to fruition In Lan-purpose unauthorised by the owner weeks hard labour ou the charge rember said his Eniinence,
notetrike at of communication. Wo notice, cashire; and the isolated, but and does
"Honey Irving, who was playing of receiving..
in 'Hamlet; and Beerbohm Tree, too, that the Commissioner of important, moves for the better the root of the matter. It is
who, I think, was then acting in. use of coal and its products are merely the owner, of a car is in- important that the driver, and not Reconstruction is anxious that due mainly to the efforts of this sured against third party risks. It
Shakespeare's "Richard III' `And In the year ended March 81 what, my son," he continued, "are steps be taken to prevent the far-seeing section. The fateful should be necessary to be covered there were 4,705,842,932 passen- you acting in now?" Chinese merchant marine from question is whether they can carry against third party risks before ger journeys on British tramways, Mr. Grossmith swallowed hard, further deterioration and he sug-the whole Industry with them in people, drive cars who never own previous year, says the Ministry hearse whisper, "Fluffy Wuffles," obtaining a driving licence, as many 5.51 per cent. more than the blushed all over, and replied in a gests that a special study should time.
of Transport.
necessary,
000.
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