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LALCHAND. — On March 24th, 1929, to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lalchand of 12, Fung Fai Ter- race, Hongkong, a son,
The
Zhongkong Telegraph.
TUESDAY MARCH 26. 1929.
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1929.
DAY BY DAY.
THE POLICE RESERVE.
WEEK.
Orders by Hon Mr. T. H King, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, state:'
circumstances, admitting the win- dom of now works on the island, the complete Abardeon scheme ap
HE IN INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT pears the one most likely to pro-WILO CONSCIOUSLY SUPPRESSES HILS duce boat results. Its foxibility DOURTS-Dr. Donald Ross. has been commented on, and one of the main arguments in Its favour is that it will prove a great rollef to the western districts, which always feel shortage condi- tions before other areas.
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H.M.S. Cleopatra, one of the cruisers bringing reliefe for the China Station, left Colombo for Singapore on Sunday.
The Very Idea!
Professor. E. C. Baly of Liver" pool University has perfected a new process for the manufacture of non-breakablo glans. It is call- Chinese Company.
ed plass. The professor says that "First Aid to the Injured.-Class it was frat invented by Dr. Pol- for instruction in First Aid will be lock of Austria and that he har The splendid troupe. The held at the Company's Headquarters Improved it to a point where. It On the general question of the Samoan Dancers" are giving fare-on Wednesday, March 27th at 6.30 can now be moulded into shape. Plass will not break and cannot be water shortage, the present situa-well performances to-day at the
Signalling. The Signalling Squad cut with a glass cutter, but it tion is one giving cause for con- Queen's in conjunction with Syd Pnt, sharp. siderable anxiety and concern. It Chaplin's great comedy "Skirts."
will attend at the Company's Head- will admit ultra-violet raya, of In computed that there are only
quarters for practice in Morse and sunlight.. During last week, there were ninety days' supply in the reser-three Chinese cases of typhoid not-Semaphoro under Crown Sergeant
To-day's Ghost "Story voirs on the island. Possibly fied, of which one was fatal. There R15 Ow Young Kin Heng on Wed- there is not even that extent of were also two deaths from influenza, nesday, March 27th at 6.30 pm Sunday, December 31, 1929, at 11.30 a.m., I was in an old historic really unable water. With condi- The small-pox Agures are given sharp,
clsewhere.
Annual Examination in Part 2-London church, the Litany pro- tlons thus, the question of fur,
There will be no examination in ceeding. I knelt at the end of a ther rationing may soon have to
abroast of my seat, I prosumad a Mr. Wong Kwong-tin has kindly Part 2 of Training Course at the Pew and someone came and stood be seriously considered. It is consented to distribute the prizes Company's Headquarters on Thura- verger, till, frapelled to look up, expected, of course, that within
day, March 28th. the next three months the supplies may be augmented by rain, but it is not by any means. certain that the fall, if any, will be suf- cient really to solve the problem In view of the possibility that hopes may not be realised, the au- thorities will be woll advised to explore every avenue in the direc- tion of securing an even greater conservation of supplies than is at present possible. Any exten- sion of the restrictions may cause hardship, admittedly, but in such
to the successful students of the Sacred Heart College to-morrow, at 22, at the Majestle Theatre, Nathan Road.
I found a youth of about 28 beridó He wore a plumed hat, a
Inspection Parade-All ranks of me. the Chinese Company will parade at furred, embroidered cloak, and his Central Police Station on Thursday, left hand rested on his sword-hilt, March 28th, for the monthly inapoca few inches from my right. Hi boyish face and linky fair hair Amongst the passengers who left tion of Arms, Equipment etc. by the were undistinguished, but he was by the President Jefferson to-day Company Commander. Fall in at richly dressed, and his black ruff were Madame Galll-Curel and party, 6.80 p.m. sharp. Dress Blue Uni- was spangled with pearls. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Taggart, Miss p. Taggart, Rev. and Mrs, E. C. form, Cap with White Cover; Rifle,
Side-arms, Truncheon, Duchess of's tomb Present- Lobenstine, and Mr. and Mrs. D. Timmins.
"He stood staring towards the
"I was so close, almost touching
Belt, Whistle, Armlet Badge, "Pocket ly his form grow milky white, and Policeman", and Note-Book to be coomed to shred away in semi- opaque wisps and he was gone-- A cable has been received by Mr. carried. Those not in possession of in about two minutes. Evidently W. Anderson, the local secretary of Uniform will attend in mufti. No no one else saw him, the Hongkong centre of the Trinity member may be absent from this College of Music, London, con-parade without leave from the Com- gratulating him on the excellent pany Commander. The Equipment a vital matter it is well to hus-entries for the forthcoming - Officers will make it a point of be hmination, and advising that the band resources to the fullest ex-examiner, Mr. Mallinson, will aring present.
rive in the Colony on May 23rd. tent possible.
New Link of Empire. The future mapped out for Prince George in well-informed London quarters will arouse the greatest interest in the Dominions,
mont to the Foreign Office is the first stop in an administrative education to qualify him for a Governor-Generalship of one of
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Indian Company, StrengthConstable
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The capital charge against four Shefk Joonus, deceased, has been men arrested in connexion, with the struck off the roll as from March murder of the gardener at Eli Cat-17th. Lage, Old Kowloon Tong, were with- drawn by Detective Inspector Lane before Mr. T. 8. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn
Flying Squad.:
The weekly instructional patrol
I
him, that I could note every detail;
could not have imagined, any but
a white ruff, but am told black ones were a amart. French fashion about 1650,"l"
Parody from a Chicago paper:
Lives of gunmen should remind
Us,
When we hear they're doing
time,
That we're apt to leave behind
--
us..
Fingar prints at scenes of
crime.
A 12-years-old boy, who was ar- rested recently by the Chicago police while he was trying to sell valuable diamond ring for $5, has confessed to having taken part in 160 burglaries since he ring he had in his possession à was nine years old. Besides the loaded revolver, a flashlight, and' a bunch of skeleton keys. Two boys of mind, and another of 13, who were arrested with him were "amateurs" ho said, and had only been on three "jobs."
It is suggested that his appointing. The prosecution substituted of the Kowloon Section will tako charges of receiving stolen property place on Tuesday, March 26th. and the defendants were remanded Fall in at the Talm-ten-taul Fire Brigade Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp. for week.
Dress-Winter Uniform.
The final instructional patrol of A fisherman named Lam Chuen the month of the Hongkong Bec THE WATER PROBLEM, the Dominions, and colour is lent (24) was charged before Mr. T. S. tion will take place on Thursday, to the report by a statement that Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Ma- March 28th and all members are His Majesty is largely responsible gistracy this morning, with parti-requested to attend. Fall in at The public's reaction to the for the experiment. It seems cipation in an armed, robbery and Central Police Station at 5.15 p.m.
kidnapping on board a cargo boat
Dress-Winter Uniform. Government decision to proceed superfluous to add that the pro-at Taf Nam Chung, between Tsun
Sharpshooters Company, with the Aberdeen waterworksposal outlined will be received Wan and Castle Peak on March 21,
StrengthConstable R.424 L. R. scheme will probably be one of with the keencat approbation in 1928. The defendant, on the ap the Domlalons. The regime of plication of Inspector Ogg, was re- approval, in that it betokens
Billinghurst has been permitted to manded for one week. King George V has already made
resign upon completing one full determination to supplement by history In the forging of links of
year's service with effect from
In explaining his posscanion of every means possible the Colony's
can be anld in all
When the Hon. Commdr. G.F.March 19th.
the revolver, he said; "A guy's Empire. It water supply resources. In
Hole, R.N., sat at the Marine Court
Revolver Practice-Members of gotta have a gun. Suppose the the truth that the Dominione have this morning, he had before him the Sharpshooters Company are dicks (detectives) caught me, and past, wo were amongst those who never before been on such happy master and 23 mistresses of passen-reminded of the revolver practice I had a chance to shoot it out with
bosta, ail. doubled the wisdom of embarking terms with the Mother Country ger
charged
a kid named on this project, feeling that the as they are to-day, thanks to the with making fast to the German to be held on Sunday, April 7th. them? I've had lots of guns. expenditure involved hardly war-brilliant achievements of His vessel, s.n. Schlesten, whilst she was at 10.00 am. Members will as One time me and
under way in the Central Fairway, semble at the Range at that time, Coughlin-he's doing a strotch ranted the step, seeing that there Majesty's Ministers, Home and Acting as spokesman for the de- with bolts and holsters with re- now (Is in prison)-stole a car. drove to Gary, Indiana, and bought the master pleaded volver. Uniform optional, ware other means available of abroad, at the last Imperial Con- fendants,
Arms Licences-All members two shotguns from a guy. On ference, when the status of each guilty and his Worshlp imposed a securing a much more effective
of the nations of the British fine of $10, or 10 days' imprison-of this Company who have not the way back Coughlin took a shot. augmentation of the supply. At Commonwealth was clearly defined.ment on each.
yet received the Police Reserve at a farmer in a field and knock- Badge are requested to attend the ed his hat off." that time, however, there was a Under that now-famous chartor
The police, profess to have £5- Police Reserve Office, at Police suggestion that the Aberdeen) or resolution, the Dominions Gov-
Headquarters as soon as possible, tablished the truth of several of undertaking might enable a post-ernments became responsible
with numbers of Revolver on their the boy's stories of burglarios, charge, for issue of free Licences. ponement of the completion of the directly to their Sovereign instead
Adjutant, Shing Mun scheme, and we felt of to His Majesty's Government
(Sgd.) W. KENT, A.S.P., that if any preference was to be in Great Britain. The Governor- General is now the personal,re- shown. It should bo In
A new Socfety, the Hongkong favour of the latter project. All Presentative of His Majesty the
The driver of bus No. 616, be- Russian Cultural Asociation, men-downstaire fr a vogue attitude. the way along, we have urged the King, and it seems a logical stop
in furthering this new relation-longing to the Hongkong Hotel bership in which will be open to Clerk-What does that mean! pushing on with the Shing Munship between the Dominions and Company, was summoned before Russians as well as to Eatvians, Po-Mah-He was very excitable,
Mr. Justice M'Cardie, in the scheme, keeping in mind the pos- their King, that one of his sons Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Central lish. Esthenians, etc., is being es sibility that, with the supplies should become his deputy. We Police Court this morning, for tablished in Hongkong. The King's Bench Division-You did
over-crowding the vehicle. bers of the Initiative group include from this source, it might be are told that Prince George's
Sub-Inspector McWalter said one Latvian, Mr. Herbert Edward not like him? Man-I had nothing Lanepart, and two Russians, Cap- against him. Mr. Justice M'Cardio found unnecessary to lay out a big appointment overseas is by no that while on cycle patrol duty, taln Mikhail Mitrofanovich Affan Woll, that is the same thing.
Woman accused of drunkennesa Aberdeen works, means imminent, but that he will on the 2nd instant, he stopped the assief and Mr. Alexel Alexeievich Happily, it is no longer a ques-probably all the first suitable bus in Queen's Road Central. He Trambitzky. The authorities have at West London-I walked into the tion of a choice between Shing vacancy on completing a period counted 47 passengers in the informed Mr. Lanepart that as long police station, your Worship, and of the as the proposed Bociety acts in acI thought that it was the "pub," Mun and Aberdeen, for both are to of training, as it were, with the vehicle, or 17. in excess
cordance with the law the Govern-yes I did. I asked for a pint of Home Government. It is certain, number allowed.
A fino. of $10 was imposed. ment does not oppose its formation. beer, and they kept me, be proceeded with. The thought however, that the citizens of the with which we are now left is that, outpost of Empire to which Prince if the Government is orring at all, George is eventually, naaigned will it is erring on the side of safety. will look upon the appointment From that standpoint, therefore, as the greatest privilege. we can commend the decision of
Bum .on the
the authorities, for obviously it is better to have too much water
than, not enough. We have also
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EXCHANGE RATES.
to keep in mind the point that the steady growth of the Colony means Paris increasingly heavy demands our supplies, and from that stand-Prague point as well it is wisdom to legis. Lisbon lato for the future. This Aber
Shanghal doon project has been long under New York
Amsterdam consideration. There have been
Stockholm schemes for the partial as well as Helsingfors the complete development of the Athens.... Buenos Aire district, and the conclusion has Hongkong 'been reached that, if the work is Brussels... Milan **** to bo undertaken,
the bigger Vienna. schome should be taken in hand. Madrid Various other sites on the island Bucharest
Bombay have also been considered, but all Tokoma of these have been shown to be Silver (spot).
80ver (forward) dimcult of development. In the
OVERCROWDING ON HOTEL BUS.
SEVENTEEN ABOVE THE NUMBER ALLOWED.
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COMMON ERROR
IN BRIDGE
AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM.
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Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, told A good story at the dinner of the Institute of Certified Grocers.
When he was first appointed to his present job, he remarked, an old and respected schoolmaster said to him-My dear boy, I am glad to see you in this position. I. once played bridge with a Presi
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Declarer now plays Queen of dia-tary of the Board of Education. monds and West covere with King Neither of them know anything of diamonds. How should Do about education, and one of them did not even know anything about rlarer play to make game?
bridge." The Error: Declarer takes with Acu of apades. Then Declarer playa Queen of diamonds and
A motor accident at. Tai Nam when West covers with the King of diamonds, the Ace of diamonds Chung, near Chinese territory, on the Castle Peak Road yesterday is played from Dummy.
evening, resulted in the admitting The Correct Method: To make into the Kwong Wah Hospital of game Declarer must make four four persons, one of whom was tricks in diamonds. Declarer very seriously injured. From the should refuse to take the second reports to hand, it would seem that trick and in all probability he will the car involved, publie car No. 418, catablish the remaining diamonds. | swerved and fell into a ditch, and In this manner game is assured. that the chauffeur, and three par The Bidding: South bide no- The sacrifice of one trick fuaran-sengers were, injured. They were ....26 trump and all pass.
tees two additional trickal. taken to the hospital in due course. Dockding the Play: West lends The Principle: Ducking is often A fourth passenger, a woman, Queen of spades and. Declarer neccesary to guarantee game.
escaped with superficial injuries.