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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929.
LOCAL WEDDING.
YESTERDAY'S CEREMONY AT
'THE PEAK CHURCH....
A pretty wedding took place at the Peak Church yesterday afternoon, when Miss Ingeborg Bergishaen Jessen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Jessen, was mar-" ried to Mr. Alfred Tage Starmose Jensen, the ceremony being St. performed by the Dean of John's Cathedral, the Very Rev. Alfred Swann,
MORRISON HILL.
'VARSITY LECTURE.
CAPT. MCNAIR ON ODDITIES IN MATHEMATICS.
LESSEES CHARGED WITH CARELESS BLASTING.
An That being a Government, quarry,
Interesting lecture on was given by Morrison Hill was exempted from the "Mathematica" provisions of Section 210, of the Captain McNair, RA, before tho Publie Health and Building' Ordin- cfrele of the Hongkong University ances, was the submission on a point Engineering Society Inst evening.
In introducing the lecturer, of law which Mr. F. H. Losoby enter- ed on behalf of Messrs. Sang Loc, Professor Middleton Smith com- the lessees of the quarry, who were mented on the fortunate circums summoned before Mr. E. W. Hamil.tance that they should have ton yesterday afternoon. for not taking proper precautions when carry ing out blasting operations.
Mr. Alfred Ernest Wilcman, who died at Mentone on Feb. 15, within a fortnight of his 69th birthday, had a long career in the Consular Service in the Far East Appointed a student Interpreter in Japan in July, 1882, he became Assistant Japanese Secretary at Tokyo ten years later, also serving as Acting British Vice-Consul at Tokyo during 1892. He was Act- ing Japanese Secretary from June |7, 1892, to October 29, 1894; aery of the Hongkong branch of the been doing the recinmation work at the Technical Staff in England,
ed in the Japanese Secretary's Office, Tokyo, until March 31, 1896; and was twice Acting Re- gistrar to the Court for Japan.
The bride, who was charmingly attired in white charmeuse and enrried a beautiful bouquet of white carnations was given away by her father, who is the manager Great Northern Telegraph Mra. N. Murer was Matron of Honour. The bride's was dressed in black crepe geor- gette'and satin.
The bridegroom's "best man" was Mr. J. K. L. Stanton.
quarry.
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other officer from the Army and Air Force to lecture to them following upon the last lecture by the Colonel of the Royal En In the course of the case it was
gineers. Captain McNair was on mentioned that Sang Lee, who had
and they hoped to hear from him the Praya East, now held a Co.
man's lease for what still remained often during the period of his of. Morrison Hill, In the absence of sojourn in the Colony. mother
any regulations by the Governor-in
The lecturer dealt with the Council as provided in the Section for relation of philosophy to engineer- Government quarries, it was argued for the defence that they were not ing, revealing that there within the operation of the Section: closer association between the two branches of knowledge that one would expect from the fact that one was abstract and the other practical. Philosophy ceased to be merely such when in its quest for truth it discovered a definite formula and became science. As an instance, the speaker sald that astronomy was regarded as a
ed its truth.
At the end of 1896 Mr. Wileman was promoted to be Vice-Consul for Hiogo and Osaka, and was AL the conclusion of the Acting Consul at fogo on various ceremony, a reception was held occasions during 1898. He was at 3 Aigburth Hall, May Road, transferred to Hakodato as Vice- the home of the bride, where the happy couple were the recipients Consul early in 1901. In May, of the congratulations of their 1903, he was promoted to be Con- mary, friends.
Stones on Police Ground.
Evidence WAS first heard from Lanco Sergeant Moran, to the effect that at about 6 pm. on the 27th of last month atones, propelled by a blasting charge, fell into the grounds of the Police Club near by. Witness said, he was silling out under
when he heard gongs being warn people of
the
sul for the Consular District of The honeymoon will be spent verandah of the Club sounded to philosophy until Newton discover.
in Europe, the bride's going away dress being of powder blue crops de chine with coat and hat to match.
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JAPAN UNEASY,
...
two explosions, followed beard
Tainan, Formosa, and returned to
by an ex- Japan in 1907 as Acting Consul-
The lecturer then went on to Goneral at Yokohama: On Nov.
plosion louder than the others, and the next moment two pieces of rock speak of what he termed as 2, 1909, he was promoted to be
(produced) came, salling in. They "mathematical oddities and curio Consul-General for the Philippine
dropped on to the bowling greens. sities" for which no mathematical Islands, and retired on pension on
Cross-examined, witness said he reason could be given except that did not know anything about the they were there, to be regarded as Oct 24, 1914. Ile received the
actual operation of blasting, except Coronation Medal in 1911. An
that he knew of certain regulations phenomena. The elasticity of ob ardent entomologiet, during the SHANTUNG AGREEMENT MAY which must be complied with to jects, such as the distribution of These stress upon the inner surface of a many years spent by him in the
BE INEFFECTIVE.
ensure safety for passers-by.
that
we cylinder, was another item which the chargen Far East he collected butterflies
were to the effect and moths, with a definite view to
must be covered and weighted down appealed to the mathematical Tokyo, Apr. 8:
with a sufficiently heavy timber mind of his audience, as well as add to the knowledge of the fauna
Some perturbation is felt in sick, etc. The Police Club was certain hitherto little known of Japan, Formosa, and the Philip Government circles owing to the about 200 feet away from the spot values of figures, expressed with pine Islands. He red many failure of the Nationalist Com-where be judged blasting was being their corresponding algebrate species, and employed a Japanese missioner, Tsai, to submit a plan carried out.
symbols. During the course of artist to make coloured drawings for the maintenance of peace and
the lecture use whs made of the of the caterpillars. Mr. Wileman wrote a number of papers on the order in Tainan after the Japani-
blackboard by the speaker to lustrate his points. After the The plan was "promised by the
lecture, a general discussion en- his wide knowledge of the Japan- cae language enabled him to keep 3rd instant, but has not yet been
sued, therefore in close touch with all the Japan- presented, ese literature on the subject. He feared that it may be accessary postpone the withdrawal, was an untiring worker, and when to in England regularly spent days though it is still hoped that it in the Entomological Department will be presented in time to avoid of the British Museum (Natural upsetting present planu. History).
MORE ECONOMICAL moths that he had collected, andese withdrawal.
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Mr. I. Campbell-Johnston, Mr. Louis Campbell-Johnston, of Woodcote Grove House, Coulsdon, Surrey, who died on Feb. 28, in his 67th year, was the fourth son of Mr. Robert Alexander Campbell Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of Hongkong.
Mr. Manito Cupelli,
and it is
Probably No Covering. Mr. W. E. Hollande, who appeared for the, P. W. D., stated that he visited the scene some days after- wards, and had the apot pointed out to him by Sergeant Moran. He Captain McNair was accord- judged the distance over which theed a hearty vote of thanks at the
clone of the evening.
Riones travelled as 300 feet.
In reply to Mr. Loseby, witness said would judge that no covering had he knew something, of blasting and been put over the charge, having, regard to the weight of the stones and the distance they were thrown,
Rocks were of differing consistency,
decòm if it were hard rock, dynamlle gen- crully would be used. If posed or disintegrated granite, black
powder was sufficient for the blast-
Apparently the Nationalists are finding some difficulty in carry, ing out their promise to guarantee dequate protection to Japanese lives and property, as they have informally suggested that Japan should remove all their nationala ng charge. It was possible in the temporarily from Tsinan and majority of cases to ascertain tha places along the railway to Tsing-nature of the rock before blasting.
Witness definitely stated that the The Government insists, how-stanea produced in Court should not ever, that this is incompatible have gone that distance if properly with Nanking's promise contain-
tao.
In the death of" Mr. Manlio in the recent agreement. Capelli, of the Chiness Customs Beater. Service, which took place on March 30 at the Country Hospital, the organization has host a valued and rapidle member.
A SOVIET BAIT.
On more than one occasion Mr. Cupelli had displayed a vision and foresight that had marked him in BRITISH TRADE DELEGATION
Particularly is Mr. Cupelli remem hered for his signal service at Laung. chow from 1920 to 1924 when he was Acting Commissioner in the trouble some times when a man of strong character was sorely nooded in that
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IN RUSSIA.
covered.
A Safe Distance..
Mr. Loseby, putting a hypothetical question, asked: How far would you stand from a blasting charge to be perfectly happy
.
MUPING HOLDS OUT.
CHANG CHUNG-CHANG CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
Chefoo, Apr. 8. Liu Chen-nien is at holding Maping City in spite of constant onslaughts and is inflicting seri- Gus casualties on Chang Chung- chang's forces.
The hospitals here are already filled up and every day there are new arrivals of wounded, adding to, the congestion.
At a low estimate Chang Chung- chang's casualties during his at- tack on Muping have been 1,500. Chang states that he is determin ed to remain at the Muping front until the city capitulates.
Witness replied that that all de pended if the man who was carrying out the blasting was a trained man. If he were not, witness would pre- fer to stand away as far as possible.
Yesterday Liu, Chen-nien secret- (Laughter), Ho considered. AB "trained men" those employed at the ed soldiers in evacuated houses Government quarries at Quarry outside the city walls and met Chang's next onslaught with a Point and other places.
the minds of those above him to be worthy of an outstanding career in the service, and among his co-work-
London, Apr, B... era the Inet that he had joined un
If the consensus of newspaper late na Jung, 1912, and at the time opinions is any criterion, Britain
In a discussion as to what, in wit-rain of machine-gun fire, causing| of his death was Chief Assistant, is not likely to rise immediately ness's opinion, constituted a reason several hundred canualties. Con- was proof positive of his several
to the luscious looking bait dangl-able distance," witness said that he sequently Chang razed all the would want to ascertain Brst houses surrounding the city walls," abilities.
ed before the British trade de-
the man who was doing the quarrying
-Reuter. would legation now touring. Russia by was a tralued man, and then he M. Pintakoff, the Governor of the choose his distanco accordingly. Be.
subject only to the special provision Soviet State Bank, who, declared tween 200 and 300 feet was quite n that the Soviet could give £150,- reasonable distance if all precautions of the regulations of the Governor-in- time when were taken, but he certainly would not Council. There was a | 000,000 worth of orders to British
care to stand near. "We must make Morrison Hill was not a quarry, that industry during the next five years allowances for accidents, witness being when the reclamation work was or the Soviet's import programufe added.
In progress. Now it was a quвITY, could be raised to £200,000,000, Mr. Loseby: That is what I was and a Government quarry at that, providing British capital agreed to leading up to. "We must make allow which had been leased to Sang Lee.
concessions ances for accidents"-I cannot put it Short of the regulations to be
made invest in various and contract operations and higher than that, and certainly I by the Governor-in-Council as provid
ed for in Section 210 for this class normal diplomatic relations be re- would not make fi lower. stored. That is, a huge loan from
Government Quarries,
of quarry, Mr. Loseby submitted that there was no case against his clients. British bankers backed by the
Witness in reply to another ques Mr. Loseby added that in confining British Government,
tion from Mr. Louchy, defined "Gov.himself to the argument regarding the ernment quarries as being quarries, status
of the
the legal in terpretation on the delimitation of Various distances the "safety zone." might be construed, but argumente. thereanent all came back to the point of just how much precaution had been taken by the quarryman.
Ilts Worship decided to adjourn tho summons until next week,
The docensed was born in Rome in 1884 and was particularly, active in Italian circles in Shanghai since going there. Two years ago he was married to a Gerinnn. Indy who, at the time of his death, chanced to be visiting her homo.
The Morning Post recalls what the spider told the fly,
The Daily Telegraph urges the same careful scrutiny of guaran-
run solely by Government men taken into considerat had not |
Mr. L. Cattapan. Mr. J. Catiapan, of the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra, died last week.
Witness was not prepared to say more He is survived by his wife and
than that Morrison Hill was let out to Sang Lee for the purpose of quarry children. He went to Shanghai n tees as in 1924,
ing score of yearn
had The Times is anxious to
Mr. Loseby said his argument would Anglo-Soviet trade prosper but he confined to one of inw, on the diplomatie normaley depends on point that Morrison Hill was a Gov. ernment quarry, and as such was other conditions.-Router.
ago and
an established reputation MA Inician. He was also an employes of the Shanghai Municipal Council.
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