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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1929.
SATURDAY'S WEDDING.
THE MEXICAN WAR.
GRIM STRUGGLE.
VILLAGER MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.
PRETTY CEREMONY AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.
A pretty wedding took place at St. John's Cathedral on Saturday afternoon, when Miss Anno Mac kenzio Tollan, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Duncan Tollan, became the bride of Mr. James Moodle, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Moodle,
of Broughty Ferry, Scotland. The Very Rev. Alfred Swann officiated. The bride, who was given away
by her father," was charmingly at- tired in a panne velvet medieval gown with pearl and diamante trimming, Hued with blue georgette and silver cc. Her shoes and stockings were of silver. Her bouquet was a cheaf of arum Hilies. In attendance as brides- maid was Misa Lorna Tollan, with Misa Dorothy Tollan as tower girl. Miss Lorna Tollan wore a dress of blue satin, with lace to match
pink rosca,
AMERICAN, IMMIGRATION STRONG ACTION,
Mexico City, Mar. 24. The murder, In cold blood, of The American Ögnaul
ata villager of the Sheung Shul dis diled in the course of the fighting yesterday morning, is reported to Mazatlan is reported to have been triet during the early hours of between the rebels and the Federal troops-Reuters American Service.
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Unfounded Report,
Mexico City, later. The report of the death of the American Consul at Mazatlan la un founded-Reuter American Ser
Exdazatlan is a town on the west coast of Mexico, at the lower part) of the Gulf of California, in the province of Sinaloa.]
Watching the Border.
Washington, Mar. 22.
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MORE FUNDS NEEDED. Giving Up the Lip-stick.
"It has been observed,” saya a London nowspaper, "that of late many women are abandoning artificial aids to the complexion and are deponding more and more on natural means to sustain their good looks.” (20)
This is but another indication
CHINESE Y.W.C.A. DRIVE
· TO COVER DEFICIT.
To-day the X W, C. A. begins Ita annual campaign to raise the yearly next two weeks, members of the budget autorence. Throughout the the police. A gang of armed Board of Directors, staff, and of feminine common sense. Every robbers committed the deed before Volunteer workers of the member woman now-a-day knows the the eyes of the victim's son, who ship will visit friends and suppor. beautifying value of freak air, was too young to asafat his father. tera, of the Association and solicit of out-door exercise and of good, The man was fatally wounded their contributions. Since the pored blood. And. it is because after a desperate struggle with the licy of the Y. W. C. A. is to keep they also knew how extraor intruders, who were armed with the membership feel doo at dinarily efficacious Dr. Williams® revolver and a dagger, Vente evory woman and girl may join and
share the fellowship, and since the pink pills are in rapidly im- the only witness of the tragic oc within the reach of every girl, there and in correcting feminine aches A pathobic story was related by class and clan Teas, too, are kept proving the quality of the blood currence, a cow-boy of 18, who re must necessarily be a yearly effort and Ills, that great numbers of counted what. took place in an to make up the dolcit, which, for women throughout the world have unnumbered house in the San Ku the coming year, is $8,500.004
adopted the world's most famous Village, in the New Territories. On Friday afternoon a meeting of The possibility of an American The boy told the police that he was the campaign workers was held for blood and nerve tonic as their incursion into Mexican territory is asleep in the same bed as his instruction and information, to dis favourite medicine for use when- admitted by Mr. Frank B. Kellogg father when, about three o'clock tribute names of subscribers, and ever ailing or run-down. in the course of a statement of the yesterday morning, he was awaken for mutual encouragement in their For example, Miss E- Goff, of attitude of the American Governed by some unknown persons united effort. The women of the 128, Adelaide Road, St. Denys, ment towards the Mexican Revolu-breaking down the door of the Association were most happy to Southampton, says I suffered tion.
house. There is danger that the fighting
have Mrs. W. T. Southorn come to for years from anaemia. I was The son immediately aroused the meeting and tying them an en- and a picture hat. She carried a now going on between the Mexican his father, and both got up to in-couraging message to stimulată | pale and breathless, and could bouquet of gladioli, while Mina Government troops and the investigate, Three, men, one armed and chear them on for the campaign, not even go upstairs without Dorothy Tollan, who
gents may lead to fighting near the wore border and the "United States Gov-with a revolver, another with a Mrs. Southorn, from her own wide getting palpitation. I alway similar dress, carried a basket of ernment conalders it has a perfect dagger and the third with a stick, experience, spoke of women's efforts felt weak and 111, and suffered right to prevent the firing of shells entered the promises. Realising all over the world, and her sym- from severe headaches; for nights The bride's mother's dress was over the border, which obviously of the two occupants of the house women, in the expanding sphere of Doctor's medicine seemed to do that they were robbers, the older pathetic understanding of Chinese and nights 'I had no sleep. of grey satin charmeuse, trimmed might endanger American lives and instantly seized a big knife which their infigence. She gave unstinted no good. Eventually I became so with pink and gold embroidery, property," with a black crinoline hat. She
The U. S, Government is fully was hanging near his bad and praise for the wide scope of the bad that I had to give up, my prepared to take whatever stops made an effort to drive the men work of the Hongkong Y, W. C. A.
touching as it does women and girls work may be needed to put an end to such away.
Then I decided to try Dr. actions."."
A desperate struggle ensued, bo of all types, and doing many kinds. The Commanders of the Ameri- tween the old man and the in- of work, such as mothers help Williams' pink pills, and after a can troops on the Mexican border trudera. During the scuffle the study, women's education, young very short time I felt the beneat. ap-have, it is understood, received in villager lost possession of the girls work, health campaigns, baby I perserved with the pills, and structions to this effect, and will knife, which dropped to the floor. welfare, factory and servant girls' soon all traces of apnenia die- net sa circumstances demand.-seized this to continue the attack commodation, popular education, resplendid, and I feel like a differ Being a stick in easy reach ho education, student work, hostel ac
appeared. Now my health `is Reuter's American Sarvice... vice,
but his resistance was soon ligious work. Mrs, Southern was culminated. The robber with the especially appreciative of the fact ont airl”.......... revolver was instructed by one of the Y. W. C. A. is entirely made up his comrades to shoot the old man, of women working for women and bloodless, lack appetito and Without hesitation the robber and so gives training ·lender-|| strongth, are suffering from any ared twice at the villager, who fell ship
and the bearing of form of weakness or fil-health to the ground. He tried to rise, dommunity responsibility. Mrs. traceable to poor blood or dis- but one of the men made an effort Southern said that the bread ordered nerves, you will ba, wise to stub him. The son by this time interests of the Y.W.C.A. in Hong to begin a course of Dr. Williams decided to seek assistance and ran
kong came as a great surprise to to his uncle's house. After
her. She closed by wishing the pink pilla without delay. They having aroused
campaign workers great success in will surely do you good, bor you some
other their efforts, and in their coming man or woman. Chemists overy- villagers, the party returned to
where sell Dr. Williams' _pink In a precarious condition and the by Misa C. M. Cochrane, Miss from the Dr. Williams Medicine the house only to find the victim smpaign for a new building.
Mrs, Southern was accompanied pills for pale people, or direct robbers gone. The trio were seca Pamela Scott. Harston and Miss Co., 60, Klangse Road, Shanghai, to make for the Men Kam To Leila Clarise. After tea the party at $1.50 per bottle, six bottles 38 Village in Chinese territory.
The victim of the outrage auc- the Y.W.C.A. by the Y.W.C.A. prepost free.
was shown' around the 'quarters of cumbed to his injuries soon after-sident, Mrs. Ma Wing-chan, and Miss Shin. Tak-hing, general secretary,
carried a bouquet of pink carna-
tions.
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Mr. J. K. Ewing, of Shanghai, discharged the duties of best man, while Mr. F. Mason supplled propriate music at the organ.
Subsequent to the ceremony at the Church, reception was held at the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden, where the happy couple were the recipients of the con- gratulations of their friends.
The honeymoon is being spent at Bagulo, Philippine. Islands, the bride's going away dress being of blue crepe-de-chine trimmed with silver, with a white satin charmeuso cont trimmed with white fox fur, hat to match, and fawn shoes and stockings.
INDIAN MILLS.
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REPORT ON CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.
CHEFOO SITUATION.
CHANG CHUNG-CHANG SAID TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
Choloo, Mar. 23. The altuation“, here has που changed.
that
A report from Tengchowfu dated March 18 states that it is apparent the lenders of the rebels operating agninat General Liu Chen-nien, the pro-Nanking defen- der of Cheloo, aro. disappointed because the revolt Ins not gained the impetus expected, nor do they Bombay, Mar. 23. apporr to be confident of success in negotiation with General Liu The report of the Committee Chen-nión to desert, the Nationalist recently appointed by the Bomosuse and the in-his lot with the bay Government, to inquire into
* "robola." the strike in the cotton mills, has approved the scheme for the standardisation of
wages, the duties and the numbers of operatives, whercon the MIL Owners Association Strike Com- mittee agreed.
As regards the mill owners' proposed cut of seven and a half per cent of the weavors' wages, the Committee Is of the opinion that while the cut is justifiable, there is an overriding considera- tion against the proposal, namely the necessity of full co-operation with the labour leaders who are working for the new standardisa- tion scheme.
warda.
Week-End Robberies,
Several reports of armed robbers wore made to the Police during the week-end. The most serious outrage was committed by five men at No. 335, Laichikok Road, Shamshulpo, where Wong Chlu-chun, the proprietor of the Ying Wah Kee Knitting Factory, resides.
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So if you, reader, are pale.
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As far as can be ascertained, no munitions are coming in, although it was previously prodicted that munitions would flow in from Japan for the ex-Northerners; and it is now stated that such help from the Japanese will come from Tsingtao,
The men gained admission to up to and including Thursday, the It is evident that the ex-Northern the house lato on Saturday after- 21st March, was: forces under Chang Chung-chang noon under the pretext that they Chinese Y.M.C.A. DVI- are ill-organised and badly equip had heen instructed to remove a pod and his continued lovics on the signboard. At the time of the oc countryside may possibly be a precurrence, Wong and three women King's College Division luds to fight,
were on the premises, and they Rallway Division Chu Yu-pu (formerly Tupan of were all bound and gagged by the Indian Division
Kowloon Division Chibli) went to Hwanghaion last robbers, who produced revolvers wook." All the "White" Russian and daggers immediately on enter. Mongkok Division
Shaukiwan' Division soldiers hired by the ax-Northering the floor. nors have moved "wostward
The victima were covered with Un Long The mill-owners should there- A very threatening aspect is con- a cotton quilt and confined in a St. Joseph's College Divi-
sion foro drop the proposal if the tinued by the resistance put up by cubicle.. A maid servant who
Victoria Nursing 'Divi- labour leaders undertake to co-villagers, "Red Spears" and similar happened to return to the house
sion operate and try to make the societies against the anti-Nation In the meantime was similarly
Y.W.C.A. Nursing Divi❤ alist soldiery, scheme work properly.-Reuter.
thereby making treated.
The premises were then ransack-
• slop Chang Chung-chang's position in- crossingly dificult The divisioned, the men staying for about an
Total under his former lieutenant, Sunhour. Property
Lotal to the Tien-ying, has not arrived yot to amount of $7,789 was stolen, in- reinforce him.-Reuter.
cluding $1,469 in money.
Relief of Hardship.
Bombay, Mar. 23. The cotton mill report says that the number of operatives who will be displaced by a general adoption of the rational.or efficient scheme will be very large, and that it is in the interests of the mill-owners to take steps to mitigate the hardships entailed by the introduction of the scheme.
LOSS OF A LEG.
SHANGHAI YOUTH AWARDED TLS. 24,000 DAMAGES.
The report rejects the Strike
Shanghai, Mar. 23. Committee's demand for the fixing A Jury has awarded a youth of a minimum wage of 80 rupees named Thompson Tls. 24,000 A month, but recommends that damages against the Shanghai there should be no diminution Tramway Company for the loss of of the wages of low paid opera-a leg arising out of the defondant tives, and that relief should be company's alleged negligence.|| riven in cases where wages are The Tramway Company intend unduely low.-Reuter,
to appeal..
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SHANGHAI APPEAL FOR at an un-numbered matshed in Lempted robbery which occurred
FOR MORE MEN. Aberdeen Rond. The premises
Shanghai, Mar. 23. wero occupied by two Chinese The Commandant of the Shang- labourers, who were fast asleep hai Volunteer Defence Corps has when the robbers entered at about made an appeal for more members. 1 o'clock in the morning.
Ho strongly urges that the strength The two men, armed with sticks, of the Carps should be increased asked. for the master of the mat immediately and expresses the 8, Des Voeux Road, Contral. shed. The desperadoes stayed for opinion that a minimum of 2,600 about 16 minutes, and on learning men is consistent with safety. He! that the master was out they went urges Shanghai's manhood to res- away without stealing anything. pond without delay.
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