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EXTRALITY.
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1929.
has been catablished, its writ dnes not effectively, run in many parts of the country. In his Note on the subject, Dr. Wang aasarted that certain countrica which have ceased to enjoy extrality rights In China have found satisfaction in the protection given to their nationals by Chinese law and have had no cause for complaint that their interests have been in any way prejudiced, That does not square with frequent complaints
DAY BY DAY.
LIVE
TO LIVE OUR LIVES, TO GET OUT WHAT IS IN US, TO DO OUR SHARE OF THE WORLD'S WORK, AND BROTHERLY WITH OUR FELLOWB THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR- Eduard S. Martin
Sub. Lieut. J. G. P. Long has been appointed to H. M. 8. Titanin
Threo further Chinese cases of
small-pox were notified yesterday. The ion. Mr. S. W. Ta'o will present the prizes and certificates at Wah Yan College on Thursday, May 29,
that we have heard voiced to the effect that it is useless for sub jects of non-extrality Powers to invoke the law in case of dispute with Chinese, for any remedy of
On the 11th instant relatives of grievances is next to impossible.
Chinese woman, Lo Sza, report The point that those demandinged to the Police that she had dia- the immediate abolition of extrali- appeared. Yesterday her body was ty overlook is that the solution of round floating in the harbour near
Buoy A2. this problem is entirely in China's own hands. Let the Central Gov-
Believed to be suffering from verenal poisoning a Chinese woman named Cheung Chow, residing at 69, Pokfulam Road, was yesterday admitted to the G.C.11. and is ly ing in a critical condition.
ernment show by acts, not words, that foreign life and property are safe, and extrality will soon dis appear. We need only point to the manner in which Chinese in troubled areas rush into foreign settlements for protection to tablish the point that not only foreign but Chinese interests as well are often belug placed in jeopardy as the result of unrest and turmoil In China-1oper? The first task of the Central Guvern-
Mr. A. Menshall, 2nd Officer of ment le to make life and property the s.s. Sulsang has reported to safe for all. Then the surrender the police the loss of articles from of extrality will automatically his cabin valued at $70. He states that his enbin was entered follow..
between 11.30 p.m. on the 12th instant and 6 a.m. on the 13th and that a gold wrist watch, silver cigarette case, alarm clock and
Expelled from the Colony on no fewer than five occasions, the last es-for the rest of his life, a Chinese, upon being again arrested in the Colony yesterday, was charged be- fore Major C. Wilnon this mor- ninig. He was sent to prison for a year, and in addition ordered to receive 24 strokes of the birch.
Kowloon Development.
The Canton extradition case, in
which the surrender of a Chinese is being asked for by the Kwang-
ing
Casca
CORRESPONDENCE.
Bridge Points.
[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.1
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE,
SATISFACTORY FINANCIAL
POSITION.
The Very Idea!
A retired merchant, William C. John, aged 54, of Westbourne- Terrace, Hyde Park, was fined £2 costs at Marylebono for 25. 488aulting a young woman by kissing her.
The report of the Canton Innur- ance Office, Ltd., up to December
Miss Mildred Coad, of Goldney- 31st, 1928, is as follows:
1927 Account. After payment Road, Paddington, employed by a of an Interim dividend of $18 per sewing machine company, Brid share on 17th May, 1928; this that she was sent to John's house Account shows ♫ surplus of to repair a machine and deliver $906,868.10; and it is recommend some oil. After she had attended ed that this sum be appropriated to the machine John caught hold as follows: To pay a final divi-of her arms and kissed her twice dend of $22 per share, $220,000 on the lips. She struggled, got to add to Underwriting Suspense free, and on going to the door Account to close the year 1927, found that it was locked. She $686,868.10.
threatened to break a window, and he unlocked the door.
1928 Account.-The anwunt standing at credit of this Account is $1,837,848.86. Out of this num,
per it is further recommended that an share be paid, absorbing $180,000, interim dividend of $18 the balance of $1,657,848.86 being carried forward.
John, in evidence, admitted that he kissed Miss Coad, but denied
Mr. C. V. Hill (defending)—Ho. that he locked the door.
lost his head. It was due to a mental aberration."
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John-I suppose I was carried Consulting Committee. The away for the moment; that is all. The Magistrate said he would General Agents regret to have to record the death of Mr. H. P. have dealt with John more sovere White, who has been netively inly if he had not been honest and terested in this Company since admitted it from the start. 1904 in the capacity of a member of the Consulting Committee. Sir Alma Smith, a belle in "Show Robert Ho Tung, Messrs. A. 11.Bout," tells of a Negro who wrote Compton, L. Dunbar, A. S. Gub-his wife a letter very slowly, bay, Henry Humphreys, T. E. Pearce and A. H. White retire but, kain't rend fast." being eligible, offer themselves for re-election,
Auditors. The accounts have been audited by Messrs. Lowe,
Bingham and Matthews and Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming who being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
BRIDGE MADE EASY Joy
W.W.Wentworth
K-
"You see," he explained, "she
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Man to a solicitor at Kingston- Your letter came down on me liko a bird on a crumb.
Midland Motorist-My husband had two brakes, but I admit that one was mentally deficient.
Barrister at Bow County Court -If women controlled their tongues half of us would be aut of work.
Man at Glasgow, repeating the oath "I swear to tell the truth, the noble truth, and nothing but the truth."
Solicitor at Highgate to complain- ant-The defendant has always paid his rent? Landlord-Yes, always, irregularly,
Mr. Snell, to a young wife at Old Street--A man cannot bear to be nogged. If his wife nagé him It drives him to desparation:
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1Somic 75 tramps applying at X-Kingston workhouse left on hearing that bathing was compulsory.)
or when holding a singleton or worthless doubleton in one of the suits.
When this is clear, it becomes equally self-evident that if you hold two suits blank, or two suits with singletons, or tiro sulla with worthless doubletons, on any such holding, you ought not to hid a no' trump.
A suit is mathematically and surely stopped when It contains the Ace, or any of the following:
K Q
KJ 10
Q J 10
J 10 9 8.
An advance of a "most pleasing|rome clothing were stolen. nature has been prepared by Gov- ernment since we outlined, several months ago, the original plans for
Lung authorities on charges of "There appears every probability the constructions of the new motor of all the Treaty Powers maintain-road in the New Territories. The armed robbery and kidnapping, ing the shrie attitude in regard to project has now been enlarged am-was to have been resumed before
(Abbreviations: A-ace. of the king; Q-queen; J-Jack, China's application for the imbitiously and will include the pro-Mr. E. W. Hamllion this morning. mediate abolition of extra-terri-vision of a publle golf course near but the indisposition
Hebe. Haven, in the midst of some Magistrate has caused its post any card lower than 10). torial rights. Following the pre-of the prettiest country
on the onement until to-morrow morn-
2-Initial No Trump Bids. sentation of Dr. C. T. Wang's Note whole of the mainland, while a big
When you hold three cards in on the subject, the Powers have scale reclamation scheme will give
Last week's henith returns fa suit, no matter how small, the been conferring on the matter, the Colony a new and its biggest
shows eight Chinese
of danger of the opponents making and they have apparently all recreation, ground. The road it-all-pos, with six deaths, as well more than four tricks in that reached the conclusion that thereof, which will be approximately as three cases (one Eurasian and suit is greatly minimized, the can be no question of the int-23 miles long on a circular route, the rest Chinese) of diphtheria, of probabilities, being that the cards fatal, one fatal are fairly distributed among all will open up country which in the which one was
& mediate renunciation of their
past has seldom been traversed by use of typhoid (nationality un- the players.
From this we deduce the rule rights. The United States, judg Europenas, will end facilitica for stated) and one falal Chinese case
of ecrebro-spinal fever. There that it is inadvisable to bid a nói |ing by latest reports, la quite will-new bathing beaches and, possibly, were also two deaths from
in-trump initially if blank in a suit; ting to discuss the matter with an entirely new résidentihi district. fluenza.
China, but, like the other foreign We also see in the official announce- nations enjoying extra-territori-ment made yesterday on the sub- ality, intends to stand by the reject some hint of a likely Kowloon
"Peak District" the Government | port of the Commission which sat
Kurveyors having struck some desir- in Peking three years ago. This able building sites on, approximate- Commission could not go furtherly, the May Road level. The plans than to advise the gradual release appear to be nicely cut and of rights in accordance with dried. Our only fear is that with China's' ability adequately to pro- the addition to the original project tect foreigners and their property. of somewhat expensive offshoots,..To "Fitensh."-See and No. 2 The stand taken by the Powers the whole may be subject to delay. a Monday evening's issue of the
Telegraph. It is understood that Snancial pro- is one which is in every way justi-vision will be made in next year's I held: Spades, Q. 4 3; hearts, fied by circumstances. Of evi-estimates for the commencement of all; Diamonds, nil; Club, K, Q., J. dence of foreign friendship with the new road, but the question of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5.
For the purpose of bidding an China there has been plenty with the Colony's financial "stringency" Strange as it may seem, I led the initial no trump, a mathematical- in the past year; indeed, the con- la not omitted from the official ob- Club K, and in spite of that very ly sure stop is extremely helpful, elusive 13th card, I-gol, our friend but it is not absolutely necessary. cessions which have been mundeservations, which means, or may two down in his "certainty grand If, however, you were to postpone have been of a most liberal mean, that the completion of the slam," and against any possible de bidding a no trump until your
scheme will take three or four fence, too.--Yours, etc.,
hand always contained three' suits ture. There can, therefore, be no
CATFISH, years. There are occasions when
mathematically surely stopped, ground for arguing that non-
you would be passing up many a we feel justified in thinking that
Hongkong, May 11th, 1929,
hand out of which you might compliance with the Chinese de- it is a test of courtesy to maintain,
reasonably make game, mand for immediate abolition of an air of interest when the Govern- extrality indicates an attitude of ment is talking of its plans for the stubborn hostility. The Powers future, though those under discus- reallse, just as well as China does,sion are no attractive that we'trast that extrality is by no manner of there is no real reason for septle- means an ideal system, and they would be the first to welcome the time when its final abolition could be conceded. But, despite the eroation of the National Govern- ment, it is clear that the state of
Paris China at the moment is not such
New York as to warrant the removal of the
Brussels protection to foreign life and pro-Goneva perty which the continuance of the Amsterdam system guarantees, Civil warfare Milan is by no means at an end as yet, Berlin
Stockholm and In the affected regions there
Copenhagen always must be danger to foreign la interests. Within the recent past Vienna there have been numerous In-Prague
Helsingfors stances of the failure of local au-
Madrid thorities to safeguard foreign life
Linbon and property. We have only to Athens mention two quite recent incidents Bucharest
Isol.
In this connexion--the cold-blood-Rio
EXCHANGE RATES.
od murder of three Catholic Buenos Aires priests in Honan, and the terrible Bombay
Shanghai
London, May 13.
...124.20
BANISHEE'S STORY.
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EN ROUTE TO FRANCE OR AFRICA!
For the purpose of bidding an initial na brump. the following may be considered probable stop- the pera as distinguished from sure stoppers previously Hated:
K'X
Q J. X Q X X X J 10 X X
J X X. X X. Every sure stopper is obviously a probable stopper, but every
Hurrah for the life of the open
roa,
And a bed beneath the trees, "Or under a haystick if you may, Where you cover yourself with
plenty of hay
To shelter you from the breeze. But be careful, mate, that you
don't get found
When the farmer's man comes
nosing around.
Spring is the time for starting
out
For the man who doesn't ride, You can dig up a hatful of prim-
rose roots,
For you're only a mug if you
care two hoota
For the look of the countryside. What were the wild flowers
meant for, bey,
But to help the jolly tramp on
his way?
If you pick on the house that's
right, and ask
For "a glass of water, mum,
please,"
Why, you may get a meal or at
least a slice
(For often you don't have to
ask 'em twice),
If its only of bread and cheese; But splitting up wood for a
paltry bob-
Leave that to the fellow that
wants a job,
But if it's the lump that you've
got to face.. Give Kingston miss, my son, Whether you're flush or haven't
a cent,
It's no fit place for a walking
gent,
Where such horrible things are
done.
Better by for go short of grub Than face the horror they call a
"tub."
"Bill," said Jim, "what minde you buy 30 many potatoes this season? By the look of your cellar you must have nearly two
too."
After an absence, from the Colony of only one year, a Chinese who was banished from Hongkong last May, returned from Macao and after being arrested in Port- land Street yesterday, was this morning produced before Mr. T. S. stopper. Stoppers in three suite tons of them, and all large ones, -4.86 6/32 Whyte Smith at the Kowlong Mag-alone would not justify an initial
"They, only cost me a half-crown. ..34.94 stracy on a charge of violating the no trump. You also must hold for the whole lot," said Bill, "I some high cards and the hand offered a prize of a half-crown for The defendant was deported in must be worth at least two quick the biggest potato grown in the ..02.65 May, 1928, for a period of ten urleks. As an Illustration, when county. The result is what you 20.46% years, following two previous conyou hold: 18.16%victions for stealing. He was sent .18.20% to Macao, but was yesterday found -18.19% in Portland Street, when he was
.34.54 promptly arrested.
25.19 | Banishment Order,
.12.08%%
..104 When asked. by the Magistrate
Q J 10
Q J 10
Q J 10
X X X X
ace in my cellar,"
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A Jew arrived at Aberdeen with
the intention of starting a bual- ness. On getting out at the sta
193 why he had returned, the defen-you have three suits stopped. The tion he saw a carter feeding his dant said he had received informa-hand, however, is not worth two hen with the overflow of his .34.05%
tion that a certain syndicate in quick tricks and, you therefore horse's bag of oats. He took the France or South Africa requested have no bid. labourers. He was only passing
,108
.376
118 through Hongkong on his way to
6.57/04 one of these two places.
.47.11/32
His Worship pointed out to the
Spades A X X
Hearts A X X
Diamonds K XX Clubs X X X X
.1/5.29/32 defendant that having been banish-your hand contains two and one-
next train South,
It has been proposed to hold a dinner on May 80, at the long- kong Hotel, to which all serving and ex-officera of the Royal 2/%ed from Hongkong lio was not even half quick tricks with three suits Engineers are invited. Detalls, ..1/11% allowed to pass through.
safely stopped. Yet there are may be obtained from Captain C. .1/10.5/32 Sentence of eight months' hard many players who assert this is A. de Linde, R. E. Headquarters, point to be emphasised is that Silver (spot and forward)...25.8/16 labour and 12 strokes of the birch too weak a holding on which to China. Command.
bid a no trump., British Wireless. was imposed. although a Central Government
experiences suffered by the for-Hongkong eign community at Changteh, The Yokohama