FRENCH ADMIRAL
ARRIVES.
LANDING CEREMONY AT QUEEN'S "PIER.
OFFICIAL RECEPTION.
Rear-Admtial Stolz, Command-
Coronation.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
CLAIMS AGAINST
PARTNER.
CHINESE WHO LIED LOSES THREE ACTIONS.
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MUSICAL JOTTINGS.
Forthcoming Concerts: Advance "Puffs."
|BY "ALLEGRO.]
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1929.
SEQUEL TO KOCHOW DISESTABLISHMENT
"THE SOLUTION.”
SINKING.
MARINE SURVEYORS SUÉ.
THE OWNERS.
ACTION SETTLED.
THE BISHOP OF DURHAM'S STATEMENT.
Dis-
The Hongkong Musical Society! FOR GOODS SUPPLIED: is making its first move towards
CHURCH IN BÖNDAGE. accuring widespread publicity for The Chief Justice (Sir Henry forthcoming attractions by circu-
A case concerning the sinking
Durham, Dec. 17. er-in-Chief of the French Fleet Gollan) sal in his own Court, in lurking all its members, and all of the 8.8. Kochow in the West The Bishop of Durham, speak- in Far Eastern waters, arrived Summary Jurisdiction this morn those who should be interested but River came before Mr. Justice ing on Discstablishment, in Dur- aboard his agship, the armoureding, when he dealt with a case in-have not yet joined its ranks, as Jacks in the Summary Court thisham Cathedral to-day, declared cruiser Jules Michelet at 8.45 this volving a partnership dispute, to the impending visits of William morning.
that he had been brought to the morning. The vessel has been to
There were three writs issued Henghan, La Argentina and The plaintiffs were
conclusion that they must look to Messrs. Disestablishment for the final the Naval Review held by the against the Hang Loong firm, and Galli-Curci. Owing to uncertain-Carmichael and Clarke marine sur solution of their problem, unpalat-| Japan where it participated in
of Queen's Building Emperor in connexion with his Lul Lim, the managing partner, as to the date of Heughan's veyors,
both of No. 1, Bo Leang Kuk, concerts, the printing of the Chater Road, who claimed gainst and formidable as the loss of uble as this could not fail to be, New Street. The paintiffs and intimations will not be in the Limited, No. 60, Ko Shing Street, notices has been delayed, and the the Tai Hong. S.S. Company,
properly, incidental to amounts claimed were the Yee hands of members for a few days. for $650 for professional services establishment must be. They Chun Firm, import, and merchants. No.. 78. Connaught and to inform friends likely to be
exportThey are asked to book the dates rendered.
ought not to allow consideration of material advantage to weigh in Road West, $201.45; the Hop interested.
It was stated that on June 14 the scale against their spiritual Shing Company, timber mer-
In representative of the plaintiff chants, 187, Des Voeux Road West,
firm proceeded to the 8.8. Kochow, Before he expressed this opinion,
franchise, $197.47; and the Tai Shing firm,
William Heughan came here a which was stranded on the bar the Bishop said that the relation timber merchants, Na, 19, Eustern few years ago. He was then on a below Wangmoon, and made a re-
of Church and Parliament had Street, $500.62.
"mission," financed by some port on
the condition of the musical society in Edlaburgh, vessel; also that between July 10 Brown steadily worse until, at going all round the world popu-and 18 the plaintifs surveyed present, they had reached dead- arising Scottish songs, and there damaged cargo which was sal lock. The reasonable assumption seems to be a wrongful impression vaged from the vessel and made a that Parliament would not inter- that he is a kind of Harry Lauder. report; and that there
fere with the spiritual action of Whether he is on a similar mission further surveys and reports from the Church had proved to bo this time. I do not know, but I July to August 3.
Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones was for doubt it and sincerely hope not.
The customary salutes were exchanged with the port as the in and Jules Michelet steamed took a position allotted to her in the naval anchorage. A short distance away was the Dutch cruiser Java which had come to por some carlier.
twenty-four-hour
Du niaking an official · landing at Queen's Pier later in the morning, Rear Admiral Stotz who
the money
WOR
In all cases,
sold and delivered.
claimed as balance due for goods
www accompanied by his A.D.C., Mr. C. A.-5. Russ appeared for Commando De Hadens, was met all the plaints, while Lui Lim by Captain A. J. L. Whyte, R.Ewas present in person. A representing His Excellency,
Evidence was given in the effect
the Governor, and by M. Dufaure
were
groundless.
de fa. Prade, Cunsul for Frahch that Lui Lin had held himself out Heughuin was for some years sing- the plaintiffs, and Mr. C. A. S to the State and could not so much
in Hongkong.
to de a printer in the Hang Looming in opers in Italy and if he Ruas defended, Firm and also the master.
wished could give us a varied and; A Guard of Honour from the
Interesting programme. Is wife, dants would consent to judgment, Mr. Russ stated that the defon- A witness was called by Mr.Miss tiladya Sayer, is with him, and admit liability for the sum of 3/15 Punjabis which was drawn up before the Pier, accorded the that a judgment was previously cellist, will give variety to the
Russ for the purpose of showing pianist, and Miss Bell, the $250. General Salute, the Band from the obtained against the Hang Loong coneerts, which take place on Jan. same Regiment striking up the after which the signboard was 21st and. 22nd. Marseillaise. After inspecting thei Guard of Honour, the French changed to Man, Loe, although Lui visitors were ported into wait-i lịm was still there.
ing cars and driven 10 Govern- Giving evidence, the defendant ment. House' where they were re-emphatically denied that he was a ceived by s Excellency Sir partner or a master. He derib Creß Clementi..
ed hinwell as a ranner and said that he did not know the Mun Lee Defendant called a witness who supported his story.
Amongst those present on the Pier were Major J. F. Whitacre Allen, M.C., D.A.A., Q.M.G. from Millary Headquarters, who WILH in charge of the parade.
An oliela reception in honour of Admiral Slotz and his officers is being held by the French Consul at his residence at Peak Road to-morrow. afternoon, be tween 5 and 7.
be with us on Feb. 15th. is La
The next artist of note, who will) gentina. the Spanish Dancer. Tae Hongkong Musical Society is championing hor, becausó dancing
This was accepted by the other wide and the case was settled.
__BRITISH RAILWAY
SMASH.
It had been shown that the Church of England was in bondage as determine its own Order of mission from Parliament a posi Holy Communion without por tion which the Archbishop of York (Dr Temple) had described as in- tolerable.
"
The Establishment had become an anomaly which was censing to function tolerably. To-day, when the mass of the people lay outside membership of Christian society in any of its organised sections, and no religious conditions whatever were attached to civic rights,)
is an allied art, and every member THREE PASSENGERS FOUND Establishment was incapable of
would, wish a dancer of the same calibre as Pavlova, to have a good
KILLED.
London, Jan. 9.
come right to the front rank of the driver of the former. The col-
In reply to Mr. Russ, witness reception here. Moreover, she, said that the defondant was cm-will probably have one of two ployed at the Mart Lare.
musicians with her who will con- The bodies of three pinssengera Is Lordship pended out that tribute to the programme,“ Lahave been found pinioned in the the defendant had himself and Argentina, is practically unknown wreckage at Aslichurch, in Glou- that he did not know the Man by name dut here and it is neces-cestershire, where an express train rend he then admit that he was sary to emphasize that she has crashed into a goods train, killing employed there.
Remarking the as the deton-her profession in a few years, lision was head-on, the express The Jules Michelet is the tagant had lied abolit the Man Lee She made her deinit at the Royal spending at fifty miles per hour ship of the French Far Eastern firm he was probably oog as pern House, Madrid, when only in a fog-Renter. Squadron. She is quite a famaris position in the Hang Le since the war that her originality nine years old, but it was only, visiter to this part, haying called his Lordship gaver for was recognise, so that Antonia Four persons were killed and here a number of times, although the plaintiffs in all three cases.
25 Injured in the Ashchurch the present was the first occasion on which Admiral Stotz had made
"La Argentina" as one would speak collision. an allicial fanding,
A sister ship of the Victor-Hugo, belonging to za armoured class completed by 1905, the Jules Michelot is commanded by Capitaine de Vaisarau Devin, with Captaine de Fregate Charment Lamotte as Chief-of-Staff 1 Rear-
Admiral Stotz. In addition there are 20 other oflleers and 720 men comprising her normal personnel. The cruiser is 560 free
SMÁLL CRACKERS AND
SMALL FINE.
FIRE DANGERS POINTED OUT TO DEFENDANTS.
shopkeepers
Several
were
brought before Mr. E. W. Hamilton to-day on charges
of exposing crackers for sale without keeping
same inler a glans ease.
Argentina came
follows:
*
to be known as
哗
7
above each other.
Later:
defence. An anomaly which had ceased to work would become in tolerable both to the reason of the citizen and to the conscience of the Churchman,
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE PRAYER BOOK.
[To The Editor of Hongkong'
Telegraph.]
Sir,
A
of "La Paylova." Hef.popularity The express cut through the
Diogenes" letter in your Amerien may be guaped from the goods train, which was shunting issue of yesterday is quite witty fart that she recently gave nine per- from the main line into a siding, and though cynical sounds a good formances in New York to com-then almost buried itself in the doni more sincere than the "Song Kround. The coaches behind reared of the Deposited Book" which pletely sold out houses,
up to a height of thirty feet appeared in Cathedral Notes, and therefore calls for a reply. I can A hosepipe run from Ashchurch picture "Diogenes" sitting in his I bave before me "An Apprecin- tion of La Argentina, transinted station extinguished the fire in the tub inditing that letter, with from Lustrofim It is a very locomotive. pratically-phrased article, which the wreckage and froze, handicap ing "Diogenes" what boon he The water over-ranfordly prelate coming up and ask- wiously suffers in translailon, and ping the rescuers, whose efforts could grant him, and the latter composed partly of an apprecia- were also hampered by for. The merely replying Stand out of my tion by the poeless, Mrs. Gerard latter was so dense that night." But he has forgotten that Houville, who wrote of her an ambulance from Gloucester had to the Rejected Book was a sincere be piloted by a motor-car-Reuter. and honest attempt to put life into the archaic services compiled cen- turies ago, that the rejected book A belt of thick armour prôléels she dealt in crackers she had to enved mouth in a slow smile has
was accopted by the Church the hull at the water-linie.
Assembly, and legally presented to offensive armament includes four were enought fires before Chinese
carry out the regulations. There the puck freshness? But, no; ahe
Parliament under the Enabling Peking, Jan. P. Act. And again, that the Bishops 7.6 guns in double turrets mounted New Year, said his Worship, with straightens again, sways to and fro, forard and aft, and fourteen 52 out her accidentally adding to the leg, provocative hip jutting out; such-liang, has telegraphed to book.
a living searf, poises steadily on one Government,
The leader of the Manchurian have the right to print the book) guns disposed singly about the number,
General Chong for what it is worth, the rejected fighting deck. In addition, there Sergeant Gibblin informed his
draws herself up to her full height; Nanking stating that he will eva- are 12 other guns of smaller Worship that the defextant's busi-stamps her heels, and then, by euste all Fengthen troops from dis- calibre forming the secondaryness was not very large.
turn of the loins, captures our en-tricts east of Luanchow as soon na armament. The vessel is also Two summonses for the same lothusiasm, arouses our acclamations, he can find suitable territory for equipped with two lateral tules of crackers were taken out by two discharging torpedoes below the
(Continued on Page 9.) water-line.
displaces 13,300 tons, and attains a speed of 23 knots by three seis of engines developing 30,000 hp. At the moderate speed of ten kifs, she has a range of action of
6,600 miles,
The
WANTED FOR ALLEGED KIDNAPPING.
'EXTRADITION CASE ADJOURNED.
Street was fined $25 on admitting The mistress of No. 31, Portland the offenes. She stated that she had purchased the fireworks in pre-dancer bends; is she going to break, "Half turned on herself, the paration for the New Year.
His Worship pointed on that if as breaks the fragile stem of the enation, of which flower her
different police officers against the master of No. 57, Haiphong Road. The interval between the two of fences was only a matter of about!
two hours,
As the summonses referred to the same supply his Worship imposed a fine of $50 on the first charge and entioned the defendant on the sec- ond. The complainant in the firstj case was Bergeant Riddell and the serund Sergeant Elis.
A fine of $25 was imposed on the master of No. 52, Hulphony Road, Sergeant Riddell being the com-
Lo Chol, who is wanted by the authorities in Canton on a charge of kidnapping, was produced before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning at plainant. ** the Central Mugistracy, when the
In reply to his Worship Sergeant.
extradition proceedings against Ellis said that he also visited the him were continued,
among
defendant's premises but the crack-
A similar fine was imposed on the master of No. 58, Haiphong Road. The defendant said that his crack- ers were only the smaller type, his Worship replying that $25 was a small fine.
Earlier evidence alleged that theers had been placed under a glass fugitive together with others had case after Sergeant Riddell's call. kidnapped a doctor of the Shek Tan village. The doctor who was kid- napped, however, was not the witnesses then called,
The case had been adjourned for two weeks to enable the doctor to come to Hongkong to give evidenco, but when the Court at this morn- ing, the Magistrate was informed by the doctor's nephew that his uncle was too sick to travel,
JAPAN'S TRADE.
FIGURES FOR LAST YEAR. PUBLISHED.
Tokyo, Jan. 9.
A Chinese detective attached to the Canton Police' Force told the] Court that, on instructions received, he vlafted Shek Tan village, but on arriving at the doctor's pince was told that the man was out. Ho did Japan's exports last year were not tell the villagers that he was a Yen 1,971 millions, and imports detective, neither did he go into the Yen 2,192 millions, compared with house to enquire, so that he only Yen 1,993 millions and Yen 2,177 had the servant's word ns to the millions" In 1927. . whereabouts of the doctor.
Despite the boycott, the China
At the close of the morn- trade shows a considorable In- ing's sitting, Mr. Lindaell crease. Exports to China were expressed a desire to adjourn Yon 530,000,000 and Imports Yen to consider whether Д cage 376,000,000, compared with Yen of kidnapping had been made | 484,000,000 and Yen 182,000,000, out against the fugitive,
in 1927-Reuter.
BY NA SERVICE ING.
REO. UD. PAT. CEF,
TROOP WITHDRAWAL.
the forces.
"You should kick, my fólks up there think that's mo playing fullback and the big bum hasn't made a five yard run yet."
non-essentials, and thereby shows. "Diogenes" has attacked the
the weakness of his position, for all will concede that altar lights, perpetual lamps, incense, etc., are a matter of taste, and that those who cater for the public generally know their own business best and can be rolled upon to stage the. play in a manner most acceptable to the people. There is no need to attack the whole gamut of Chris- tian dogmas when protesting against the action of the Bishops; In giving Episcopal sanction to a few superstitious practices which were rejected at the Reformation. You would not dream of using a ballista of a thousand pounds weight to shoot a rat, and why should "Diogenes" go to the trouble of bringing his heavicat artillery to bear on detalls which should be beneath his notice?' If the Bishops wish to practice these Illegal superstitions in Church, they should be straight-forward and leave the Establishment, as the non-conformists have manfully) done on previous occasions when they have lost their case.
not
The public in general do care two pins about the question of the Reservation of the Host, but they have more sense than to go to Churches whose Bishops are lacking in common honesty, and refuse to play the gameYours, etc.,
SENEX
Hongkong, January 10, 1929.
The Hongkong St. Andrew's Society advertise that the Burns' Anniversary Dinner will be held in the Volunteer Headquarters, on Friday, January 25, at 8 pm. Members desirous of being present are asked to send in their names to.the Hon. Becretary, Mr, E. M. Bryden, card of Mosard. Lowe, Bingham &: Matthews, as soon aa possible.
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