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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1929.
is then dissatisfied with the captain's decision, ho may respectfully ask that he may
DAY BY DAY.
TO BE IMPATIENT IS TO SHOW be allowed to make bis com- WEAKNESS.-Winifred Graham." plaint in writing." and the captain
Is bound to grant this request, after giving him twenty-four hours "to reconsider the matter." The written complaint is then to be for- warded by the captain 'to his next. superior officer, with a further right of appeal to the Admiralty it
self.
Two Chinese cases of amall-pox, both from Victoria, were report over the week-end..
The Kowloon-Canton Railway advertise that a revised fare table will come into force from May 1.
H.M.S. Kent, flying the flag of puts it, nothing more assists the the Commander in Chief of the investigation of a complaint China Station, and H.M.S. Peters than a written record of its subfrom Hongkong
field arrived at Amoy on Sunday
Sect. The briof notes which the ship's corporal takea of cases heard orally on the quarter-deck are not authentic records of anything but the bare fact that a man has been before the officer on duty and that a decision has been given in the man-
JAPAN EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY.
RECEPTION · AND OTHER FUNCTIONS TO-DAY.
The Very Idea!
Provided he was not born black and that he or his parents have not received Parlsh relief and that Intions, notably regarding age and he satisfies numerous other stipu
To-day is the anniversary of the birthday of His Imperial Highness pince the Emperor of Japan-the first in a certain area of Surrey will of residence, Any boy anniversary since the Coronation ceremonies--and the occassion is henceforth be eligible for a free being loyally honoured In the pair of knickers every year ander the will of the Rev. Jolin Gwyon rector of Bisley.
Colony.
This morning Mr. Y. Murakami,
The bequest totals £10,000 all H.M.S. Cleopatra left Hongkong the Japanese Consul-General, was Whilst it is obvious that the Ad-this morning for England and "At Home" to all the members of of which will be devoted to a mírálty is anxious that officers and II.M.S. Bruce arrived in port from the Japanese community at the trust fund for providing boys with
Japanese Consulate and thers knickers. men having grievances, should be Shanghal.
were also about 100 school chil- Tho Rev. Johri Gwyou commit- dren present. The loyal toasts ted suicide by hanging himself in able to bring them to the notice of those who can materially, help in The damage caused by the aero-were honoured and the children December last.
plane accident at Kal Tack on made obeisance before the portrait |getting them adjusted, it does ap-Saturday to three Olinese huts is of the Emperor.
A young man had bought a pear a little unfortunate that a estimated at $250,
At the Hongkong Hotel at 11.80 motor cycle and was demonstra- a.m., the Consul General gave Ating its written complaint is forbidden in
powers to his pretty reception to the foreign com pillion-rider. the first instance. As the Nation
munity, H. E. the Governor, to gether with H. E. Major-General 'Suddenly the machine began to Sandilands and other omeers, aring painfully, and, try as he might, rived at about noon, and there he was unable to make it go faster. were also present at the recep- A swift examination of the engine tion the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern yielded no results, they started off (Colonial Secretary), members of again. 1
"I say," remarked the girl, the Consular service, officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force, touching him on the shoulder and distinguished members of the pointing to the brake podal on Japanese and foreign communi- which her foot was firmly press-
ed, "what a pity thero's not an The Consul-General proposed other foot-rest on the other side. the toast of His Majesty King the strains of the National An- them, and thereafter 1. E. the coroner, at a Cambridge inquest; I Governor proposed the toast of should think it was impossible to His Imperil Majesty the Emperor get intoxicated with the present of Japan, the toast being en-weak beer. thusiastically honoured by the 120. Willesden Witness: Ho was a guests.
gentle burglar and did not create There will be an "At Home" at much disorder, although he took
The afternoon to membera
Mr. Registrar Friend, at. Clerkenwell County Court: An 1.O.U. is a sort of document petty maney-lenders, use to save stamp dutice.
It is advertised that the offices of the China Underwriters, Ltd., situated at Hongkong are now Bank Building, 4th floor, 40, Des Voeux Road Central.
Owing to a kink in the steel ner noted. For petty disciplinary rope having to be straightened cases this is adequate; "complaints" out, the Peak tram service was are different. An unjust officer suspended for the greater part of resumed this might, in fact under these new re- yesterday. It was
morning. gulations, prejudice a fair Inquiry by alleging that a written complaint differed from that first made
ties.
.
George V, which was honoured to Mr. Douglas Cowburn, the
Hongkong Telegraph. orally. In the main, however, we Des Voeux Road Central, close to the Japanese Club at 6 o'clock this property of the value of £114.
MONDAY APRIL 29, 1929
NAVY DISCIPLINE.
Some few weeks ago, Reuter
accord
may regard these new rales as be ing a distinct improvement on the procedure which previously existed, and they will doubtless be found in
St. John Ambulance Brigade every way adequate in the great vaccinated 764 persons during the majority of cases where complaints week ending April 26, bringing the number up to 333,859. The divi- arise. At the same lime, thesions have now ceased public "Royal Oak" affair showed that all vaccination. officers have not that fair and dis-
About seven o'clock Inst night a chimney caught fire at No. 74, the Central Fire Station. flames were put out in three Japanese community, minūtes.
Major C. Willson sentenced a criminating outlook which has al
three ways been characteristic of most: a Chinese this morning to circumstance which makes it ad-six new blankets. Investigations.
weeks' hard labour for stealing visable that every facility be given had been made by the police in those who have a real grievance to various shops, but nobody claimed
the property. Home ventilate.
briefly reported that, in with the undertaking given at the time of the "Royal Oak" affair, the Admiralty had amended and recodified the regulations with regard to complaints. papers to hand give considerable prominence to the subject, and as
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Success and Failure.
An armed robbery on Saturday night is reported from Woo Hop- shek vilinge. Chan Fat, the owner of Lee Hing grocery store, states that five men arried with iron bars raided his store and took away, money and groceries valued at about $20.
of the
BRIDGE MADE EASY by W.W.Wentworth
(Abbreviations; A-ace; K- king: Q-queen; J-Jack; X- any card lower than 10.)
6-Opening Bids.
Here is an additional set of sample hands, with explanations of the proper opening bids:
Spades K JX.
Hearts A X X X X Diamonds KX
Clubs KJ X
Wife nt Tottenham: My hus- hand ran after me with a razor shouting, "I will kill you." Isaid, "Don't be ally; if you do I will make a scene in the garden."
The following are taken from this term's examination papers:
In (a) Parliament assembled
November and dissembled in December, (b): To collect fumes of sulphur hold a deacon over the end of the tube.
(e) Double dealing is when you buy something wholesale to nell' retail.
(d) The chief work of the Bri- tish in Egypt since 1880 has been the extermination of the sphinxes,
Hand containa support for bath 1 look forward to the day when majors. If you bid one heart you a Prime Minister will recommend-
have no doubt that the new regula-
It is a trifle disappointing that tions have been freely discussed here. In dealing with the matter, the Fairey "hush-hush" monoplane the Admiralty appears to have failed in its main object, though been animated by a venerable congratulations will be showered on all other countu. Service tradition that it is better the pilols on
A Chinese student named Mak may discourage a better declara-ed a novel because the Home that grievances should be for- They accomplished thus frat non-Tan-long (19), residing at 325,tion. All suits are stopped. Bid Secretary has suppressed it and Kotten
rather than that they stop flight from England to India, Queen's Road Weal, attempted tone tranip for further Information.
commit suicide last night. by ad- shonid be ventilated, and this covering 4,130. miles na the crow ministering opium polson. may account for the impressionier in 50 hours, 38 minutes, while was taken to the G.C.II, where he was is now lying in a critical condi- given by the new regulations that he actual distance covered when complaints are made, the much greater than this, running tion. No reason is given for the
student's action. procedure of investigation is ke- extremely close to the challenged
Jenkins can
be.
He
2-Spudes K J X-
Heurts KQ X Diamonds X X X
Clube. A KQ J
the Home Secretary suppresses a novel because the Prime Minister has recommended it-Sir George Stuart Robertson,
A day of leisure spent quietly Bid no tramp Instead of club as at home would now have for many you have support for either major people ́all the charm of novelty. take out and on an average, gamoThe Bishop of Swansea, can be more readily måde to no When At the Marine Court this morn-trump or in major. Game is more speeds as 360 miles an hour in the
important than honour score.
3-Spades J X X Hearts A X X Diamonds K Q Clubs AK XXX Three suits are stopped. A no trump is most advisable.as it might encourage a mujor declara- tion that will insure gume,
4-Spades K XX
Heart AJ X X X * Diamonds Q X
we rench such dizzy
air or 231 on the surface of the earth, the joy of movement has vanished. Mr., J. D. Beresford.
Laughter is the escape from the Jot--Mr. ego into the common Gerald Gould,
The various and vagabond heart of youth is inclined to roguery as the sparks fly upward. Mr. C H. Wilkinson.
Clubs K X. X
All the morning she had been Bid one heart. To bid one no trying to teach her small pupils
a denial of the mysteries of simple addition. trump would he major suit, holding,
One small boy seemed far be 6-Spades X X
Hearts KQ 10.
hind the others at grasping even Diamonds AIX
the simplest ideas.
Clubs A KQXX
ly to be rather slow and cumbrous. record of Ferrarin and Del Prete To such an extent does this appear of 4,464 miles from Rome to Southing, before the Hon. Commdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., six mistresses of cargo to be the case that although the America, Had the weather
boats were fined $10 each for lying new rules can enable a just and haved as splendidly as the huge inshore during prohibited hours, it seems obvious that and two mistresses of passenger equitable commanding officer to machine,
bonds were each fined the same secure redress of grievances felt success would have been an easy
amount for committing a breach of by those under him, they would matter, but it is now disclosed that conditions of their Heences by also appear to give plenty of the pilots met with heavy rains in carrying cargo. opportunity to A commanding Western Europe, snowstorms over
Austria, and strong headwinds in A robbery waa perpetrated at officer more anxious to stifle com- the Persian Gulf which reduced Woo Hop Shek Village in the New plaints than to redress them.
their average speed by a half. The Territories, early yesterday mor Let us look for a moment at disappointment of Squadron Leader ning, when five men entered the house of a villager, named Chan some of the provisions. In the Jones Williams and Flight Lieut. Fat, age 50, and took away cloth
easily be. Imagined.ing and money to the value of $21. be. first place, complaints must
After flying past. Karachi for an The robbers made off in an un- made by single individuals; no
hour they were within 900 miles of known direction. The men were
"Look here, Bobby," she said for hvo or three seamen or junior their destination, and the 630 h.p. armed with iron bars, and ap
A doubleton of lens valua than the fifth time, “let's suppose your officers muy jointly petition for Napier Lion engine had not given peared to be labourers, speaking X, If the hand is not otherwise father saves six pounds. every
the Hakka dialect, redress. This, of course, ÍR П a sign of faltering. The petrol
strong, is a weak spot in a hand week for four weeks. What will survival of the tradition that a guage, however, presented a force-
and should discourage a no-trump. he have at the end of that time?" At the annual meeting of the In third or fourth position. the collective complaint is in itself fal argument, and rather than Lake Chung Sing Benevolent Society danger of a worthless doubleton "A gramophone, a new sult, a Bobby had his answer ready. conspiracy against, discipline the risk of a forced landing in an yesterday, Mr. Ho lu, a prominent is diminished, and need be no bar wireless act, and new furniture admittedly a very important matter
unknown district at night, the pilots Chinese merchant, was elected as to a no trump bid if the hand for the house," he replied;........ returned Lo not lightly to he passed over-acknowledging defeat. It
Karachi, thereby Chairman for the coming year, otherwise contains the require-
must Mr. Lau Yuk-wan Vice-Chairman, ments. but there does seem some danger have been a bitter pill to swallow, and Mr. Chan Shiu-long the Hon, The hand contains a worthless that in its operation this rule will and the decision to return
The was Secretary.
Sing doubleton, but otherwise is very Chung tend to discourage complaints of greater than would have been a Benevolent Society is regarded strong. It does not contain a as one of the foremost charitable sound major bid. In view of the any kind, for a seaman would challenge to the Gods of Luck. In associations in the Colony and strength of the hand the worth- naturally hesitate to bring for any event, they have earned the has performed splendid work in Ican doubleton should not discour-Paris
the the past in connexion with lamine age a no trump. Bid one no trump Brussels ward a grievance if he knew world's second best long distance and Hood relief in China and as the only worthwhile declara- Amsterdam beforehand that his mates would flight, and it may be that an ar- particularly Kwangtung.
tion. not be permitted to support him. rangement will be made for 'n nec-
Passengers.leaving for Home on Then, also, it is provided that ond attempt on the record in a re while the complainant is allowed turn flight to England. The 334 the 6.8 Mantun on Saturday in-
miles which eluded them
cluded. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. M. on the
Hand contains two worthless Buenos Aires, the assistance of an officer outward trip should not offer the for T. C. Bowie, Mr. W. E. G. Beer, encourage a major take out und Yokohama Bevan, Mrs. I. B. I. Reason, Madoubletons. A no trump bid may Shanghai stating his case, this officer is to sime difficulty in a second venture. Capt. and Mrs, C. B. II. Delamain,
detailed by the captain- In the meantime, the Fairey mono- Mr. A: II. Gillingham, Mrs. E. you have no support for a major New York
be
a
distinction of having made
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6-Spades X X
Hearts X X
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Diamonds A.K X X X Clubs A K XX
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7-Spades AK J X
Hearts A KX X Diamonds X
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a rule that might conceivably be plane, the first ever bullt by the bertson and two children, Mr. and used to deprive the complainant of Company, has fully proved its qual-ra. E. W. Gaubert and the Alfayes an officer, In whom he has specialities, and the time when air-mails Gaubert, Mr. H. Griffin, Ileut.
Clubs AJ XX will be carried to India in two days, P. Hale, Mr. and Mra, A. G. confidence, such, for example, as and to Australia fo five or six days, land, Lieut-Colonel and M, Sharp-shooters" would bid one Howlett, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hol- The singleton bara.a no trump. the chaplain. As to the procedure is brought appreciably nearer. Lucey, Lt.-Comdr. A. L. Pears, Mr. club to encourage opponents to Bombay for making complaints, these, In Even Hongkong may derive const- and Mrs. J. Ring, Capt. and Mrs. bid so that extreme penalties Hongkong the first instance, must be made derable benefit from this latest Wallington and Lieut. A. G. War might be collected. One spade is silver (spot and forward)....25. orally. .If the
ren, complainant advance in alreraft construction."
a sound bid.
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