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As a sequel to ny accident which i accurred on, the night of Novem-i ber 13, when Mr. H. Fawcett, of! Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, was! knocked down and injured by a poble ear. No. 85, in Queen's Road Central, the driver, Lo Ping. appeared before Mr. E. W. Hamil- ton at the Central Magistries this the Prime Minister of Great Br
nin, in the Shangha‡ Club, yester=" morning on a summons brought day, lunched with the President, against him alleging negligent Committee, and distinguished for- mer officers of the Shanghai St. driving.
„Andrew's Society.
Shanghai. Nov, 26. Mr.Malcolm MacDonald, son of
CORRESPONDENCE.
Libel Action Sequel,
"To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]
Si-May I crave a little space in your valuable volumus to an- Hounce to the public that the dumhues of $1,000.00 awarded to me by the Puione Judge yesterday afternoon in a libel case against Fung So and Wong Hiu Kwong, Editor and Printers respectively. of the vernacular wat Tze Dally, is to be contributed to the Tung Wah Hospital (Enstern Branch) Through Mr. M., K. Lo.
Yours, etc...
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accept any offer of mediation, said the Minister, adding that he had not yet been informed officially of the report that direct negotia- tion between China and Russia had
already been opened,G Shidehara has advised the Minis- It is understood that Baron
of the League, as the Soviet is not ter not to seek the mediation' a member.--Reuter,
Mr. Euwcett, in evidence, stated The President, Mr. J. F. Mae that he was on his way home, and Gregor proposing the health of the prior to the accident was crossing guest, said that Mr. MacDonald was not really a case of reflected Murray Road at its intersection glory, for at Oxford he prove:40 with Queen's Road Central himself an earnestethinker, a fine Crossing over from the pavement speaker, and a keen debater. He won laurels in a debating tour of on the Cricket Ground side, he had the world, and now he was a mem- almost got on to the kerb outside ber of the Mother of Parliament the Naval Yard wall, when he was and was following closely in his knocked down, without any warn-true Sestish characteristic in that father's footstops. He had the ing, by the defendant's car. The he wanted to find out things for buniper struck his logs first, while himself. He was no! satisfie the radiator caught his elbow.
with listening to what people said and what they wrote about the He was also injured in the right Far East find so he had come out | ahaider and right knee.
la see for himself some of the difficulties we had 1. face in ever. Knocked Into Gutler,
changing and kaleidoscopie, condį. The
thing next
he knew, lons. after being diruck by the car, was his lying with his head in the gutter and his feet pointing to- wards the tramlines, at a distance which he roughly estimated at ten yards from where his hat was ly- ing. He was lying at a spot which he would eventually have reached if he had not met with the
cident.
What Seals Have Done.
Takyo, Nov. 28..
A Harbin message to the Reago agency ways thirteen Soviet planes appeared over Buchatu this aftor- noon and bombed the Chinese | military headquarters.
Later, eight more planes also flew over, but did not bomb the place, 11 is believed the Soviet's| intention is to frighten the Chin- Into accepting Ita Larma,--
exe
... Events at Chalanur.
They were, said Mr. MactGregor. | Reuter, rather proud of Shanghai and. would like to think that Mr. Mac- Donald was a little impressed by
Harbin, Nov, 28. the efty which had arisen from the Chalanor arrived here yesterday, The Assistant Chief of Police at muddy, flats, of the Yangisze, and and states that Chalanor was oc- eit might be a matter of pride to cupied at 11.30 a.m. on November him to know that Scotsmen had 18, and that approximately 700 The car stopped levòi with his played as great part-even the people, including 300 miners took body, with its radiator pointing greatest part-over and above all refuge in shaft No. 9 and abend. Mr. Hobling was with other nations in the "develophient this shaft walks closely guard- him, but escaped a similar cuishap and prosperity of this community, fed by Soviet sentries, who shot by quickly jumping on to the (Laughter and prolonged np. twelve attempting to excape; kerb. Mr. Moon, of Messrs. Jar pinuse.) He believed that was】and that on November 19 the dine, Matheson, was a passenger about the only gathering'in which | Soviet garrison commander ordered in the pubile car, and he offered | he could make that singement them all to come to the surface, to rome" forward as a witness if without fear el contradiction of therwise they would be shot. The he was wanted.
the tath. (Renewed applause,}
order was complied with, and all | Russians having Chinese passports. Grass-eximined by Mr. O, R. C.
The toast was accorden musicnl!
were shot.--Reuter. Marton, on behalf of the defend-honours, ant, witness said that the first he saw of the car was when it was near the Prince of Wales' Gate, coming up Murray Road towards the innetion. Witness considered that he had then plenty of time tà cross over, and disagreed with Mre Marion that had he looked to the left the nrrident could have been avoided.
tight.to Rond.
"Witness considered he had over right to the use of the roadway, tuul it was for the driver to use every reasonable, precaution and not endeavour to eut the corner in the way he did in an effort to get through ahead of the pedes-
trian.
" consider myself a very rau- tious man where ears are concern- ed" said witness, who was also of the opinion that had not action. been taken in connexion with the prevent Ancident, the next one ould have resulted in the death of the victim.
Witness resisted Mr. Marton's suggestion that he was influenced
into. Taking - out the summons, declaring that he did so of lids, own initative.
ji
Mr. H. W. Moon, who was dra-
road
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Mr. MacDonald Impressed.
He
SOURCE OF ORIGIN NOT DISCLOSED..
Mr. MacDonald addressed the INDECENT PICTURES. company as "follow exilés." said he had been much impressed by what he had seen of this Inter- nationa), city-so much impressed, indeed, that he knew Scotsmen must have had much to do with its Without divulging the source of creation. Before he came, he had origin, Mr. D. Burlingham, Deputy heard people talk much about this Superintendent of Police, made famous. International Settlement, an application before Mr." W. meant a Scottish Settlement. He Magistracy this morning for the and now he thought they must have. Shoheld at the Kowloon fully understood that he was talking confiscation of a number of pie- to the most important citizens of tures which he produced to his Shanghai, but he thought he must Worship for Inspection. also congratulate them on singing. If they could do what they had done at 2.p.m., his regret was the greater that he would be unable to stop and hear what they could do at 6.30 on Saturday morning. * t Loud - laughter.)
their
Mr. MacDomdd then drew a de- fightfully intimate word-picture of Scotland, which Scotsmen will un derstand as really an explanation of the old Settish toast of "the Bens, and Glens, and the Heroes" though he did not mention that, speaking all the time in a delightfully in timate style.
About Lossiemouth,
he was making the application Mr. Baslingham mentioned that under Section 7. Sub-section 2 of rdinance No. 3 of 1918 Indecent Exhibitions Ordinance), which
reads “I shall be lawful for a magistrate to order to be forfeited any written or printed matter, or any picture, figure, or other thing, which appears to him to be of an indecent, obscene, revolting or of- fensive nature."
After inspection of the pictures
His Worship accordingly made the order.
his Worship asked if there was anybody appearing on the other side to object to the application... Mr. Burkingham. They wère velling in the ear, told the Court Of Lussiemouth, which his father warned that they could appeur at that he was on his way to the Peak has brought into such prominence.10.45 if they wished to appeal on the night in question. Coming hesaid that it was famous for many against your decision but they de through Murray Read, he could see things, but the most famous, and cided not to: two foreigners in the middle of the that for which it ought to be most
:t the
where noted, was that MacBeth murdered place joins Murray Head
Dunean about a mile from it. "There up with Queen's Road. The
was a man named Shakespeare, a CAP Car- ried on dut the pedestrians ignorant Englishman, who, in his continued to walk. " naturally ignorance, reported that incident expected the driver of the car to quite, wrongly." check its speed, but he carried on to cut the corner, with a view up parently of getting in ahead of the foverners. Almost at the corner 1 expected an necident and shouted "Look out!" It was too late. The faller of the two Europeans Jumped on to the herb. The other was knzoked down."
new at H."
MP MacDonold then told what every Scuts hoy knows of the march of the Murrays under MacBeth and the opposition by Duncan, the his toric battle, and the ending "when MacBeth stuck his dirk where did the most damage."
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decamped with her before the dramatic affair.
"We are told we are a very mean race, and that is no true that we do not spend any time in flisputing it," was a cheery quip.
"I have got some of the most extraordinary relatives in the land,” said Mr. MacDonald, "including ing to the unusual circumstance.
nursemaids and hired retainers in if next year it was suggested that
the houses of the great. I have one a persoanlity outside the Cons, il
Scottish History...‚'
who, by an extraordinary turn of should be co-opted, and the names
fortune, has been twice Prime LINCOLNSHIRE TOWN AND
of Lord Ancaster, Lord Yar-
"After you go back to Scotland Minister, and one who is a station FTS MAYOR.
borough, and Lord Buston
to-day," said Mr. MacDonald, "you master. And the station muster. submitted, but the Council majori- Continuing, witness said that, as have not to go to those stone has no more shame of the Prime ...A curious, position confronted ty thought an outside selection a general rule a car should Blow monuments and ruins which you Minister than the latter has of the the Boston (Lines,) Town council would be unpopular,
down, when entering a muis road | find everywhere, to find Scottish his- Atation master. The Prime Minister ut a special meeting to consider
The mentor Liberal Councillor, from a side street, "but this fel-tory, but go to any farmhouse, and is at least as good a Prime Minister the Mayoralty.
Mr. J. H."Mountain, declined to low," indicating the defendant, you will find Scottish history in it." as the station master is a station Boston, U.S.A., will next summer accept office until a Labour men- "simply flew at it?
This led to tales of Arthie Campbell master. You may say that is not celebrate its tercentenary, and is a DEF, Mr. R. Salter, had been given Reply to Mr. Marton, witness of Buchan, of whom he said he much, but each of them does his result of the close association an opportunity, and at the close of would not agree that the two Bura-understood his son was a policeman job to the beat of his ability and maintained between the two towns, the meeting no decision had been peans were walking blindly on- out here and was killed in one of there is no snobbishness about it. the English Boston prolined to arrived at other than that the they simply carried on. He con- your troubles." It led also to the It is the quality of finding your send next year's Mayor to America Council would accept the nominee sidered that it was the fault of the whom it is said that he was found everyone on their merits that is one story of the Jew in Aberdeen, of place in the world and judging to participate in the ceremonies.of the Liberty Party.
Americans realdent in England
walking about" with his breeks over of the great qualities of the Scottish The Mayoralty in Bostou falls will foregather at Boston (Lines.) Mr. Fawcett, said he escaped an
Mr. H. Hobling, who was with his arm, looking for the "Aberdeen race. alternately to Liberal and Cons during the centenary week-end. Eccident by quickly leaping on to imate romance, which was foreign great, has made it. spread, round Fran Press. And to a more in- That is what has made thoraco vative members, and next year the and the social demands on the the herb. He gave evidence car to most of his hearers, of one of the world and make its mark for choice falls to the Liberals. Ow-Mayor will be extremely heavy. roborating Mr. Fawcett's..
After defendant had given his who went to the fatal valley of rod, and as you
the massacring band of Campbells good wherever, the foot of man has are doing in case from the witness-box, his Wor- Glencoe, but, before the torrible Shanghai, We undertake great alip found the summons proved,
massacre, fell in love with a Mac-tasks and do them well, and we will and imposed a fine of $100,
Donald maiden, married her and do so until the end of time.
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