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NOBODY CAN HELP BEING BORN CAN HELP STUPID, BUT' ANYBODY BECOMING STUPIDER THAN HE WAS BORN.-Lady Helen Forbes.
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DEATH OF MR. ANDREW FORBES.
SUCCUMBS AT HOME AFTER
MOTOR ACCIDENT.
yond question that Chang Hsueh- liang did agree to the Soviet terms. Whether he did so entirely off his own bat, fearing that Russin's forces would push on to Harbin and then informed Nanking later; acted with or whether he Nanking's cognisance, may one day be disclosed. There are all man- ner of possibilities in the altus-, on Friday, tion as between Mukden and Nan-
Sir Henry Pollock and Mr. J. M.quence king, even to the extent of an at- tempt. being made to "double-Alves returned to the Colony on knocked down by a motor-car.
the Asunta Maru.
cross the Soviet.
This Mukden business is typical of much that happens in Chinese affairs. Again we get, as we have had before, spirited FO often denials of unpleasant facts. To take only two relatively recent | distortions of actual happenings, there was the story home weeks ago of the Ironsides being decimat- ed; then, from the North, came the tale of Feng Yu-halang being a prisoner in the hands of Yen Shi-shan. Not only from the Nationalist side, either, do ob vious mis-statements. emanate: it
is the same with every faction. The truth is made"subservient to The folly of these propaganda. methods is apparent, for, in the long run, truth will out. As the saying goes, "Inets are chiels that winna ding."
The P. and O. s.s. Rawalpindi, from Shanghai, is due here at 6
The P. & O. 9.8. Kälyan from Hongkong arrived at London on the 1st December at 10 p.m. --
The Very Idea!
"During 12 hours of every day I have to be what other people want me to be. The rest of the time I can be 'myself."
- "If I married I should have`to' spend the rest of my time being what my wife wanted me to be.” Thut, declares Evelyn Graham in a frank and well-informed article "In the November, Britannia and Eve, is the explanation given by the Prince of Wales himself of why he does not marry.
But Mr, "Graham, who speaks with authority as the biographer of many toyal personages, adda another reason. He Baya
Many of the older residents of the Colony, have learned with the of Mr. Andrew Forbes, who suc utmost regret of the death at Homo cumbed in Newbury District Hos- pital on October 19th as a. conse- of being accidentally
The late Mr. Forbes, whe was 67 years of age, after training for a mercantile career, spent ten years with the firm of Sinclair, Hamil ton and Co., of London. He came to Hongkong in 1898 and was for some years a partner in Mesar. Bradley and Co. Later, he took a partnership in Messrs. Weking and Co, and then he start in Union Building. He was, dur-it would be politic for him to ed business on his own, with offices ing his residence in Hongkong, for marry, Thore is none with whom some years a Director of the Union he has yet fallen in love... Lady Clementi has kindly con-Insurance Society of Canton, the "That is why he is still a bache. sented to distribute the prizes to British Traders Company and the students of the Peak School at China Fire Insurance Company. the Penk Club on Friday, Decem- ber 20.
The Empress of Canada, which left Hongkong on the 16th Novem- bei, arrived at Vancouver on the
2nd December.
Plending guilty to a charge of out permission, the occupier of No. extending the water service with 113, Laichikok Rond, was fined $10 by Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.
A Sale of Work will be held in St. Stephen's Girls' College, Kwok Sm Lau all, by the students of the College and Fairlea School, in aid of the Ministering Children's Mis. H.-T. League, to-morrow, Creasy will perform the opening ceremony at 11 o'clock.
Harry
"There are plenty of women who have most of the qualities that he requires. There are plenty whom
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The writer gives a charactor- sketch of the kind of woman-he has five in mind-who would make suitable partner for the Prince.
Some few years ago, he left Hongkong on retirement, but once since he made a brief visit to the Colony. He was a keen and able business man, whilst in social life
An errand boy asked for a job of sterling worth and an alto-ni a fishmonger's. He could do mental arithmetic, he said so the he was very popular, being a man |gether charming personality.
paces,
Much sympathy will be felt for tradesman put him through hie Mrs. Forbes, as well as for the de-
"What would 20 pounds of sal- ceased's daughter, Mrs. L. H. V.
the question. Booth, who is a well-known Hong-mon he at 38. per pound?" was kong resident.
"Bad," was the reply.
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COUNCIL MEETING
TO-MORROW.
"FIVE NEW BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED.
The Legislative Council is to
The Hoover Budget. President Hoover's first Budget, the preliminary detalls of, which
On a charge of being in posses- are published to-day, will attract
public attention,sion of 60 cattles of dead pine considerable partly because of the hopes en branches, reasonably suspected of
complete under- having been cut from the Governmeet to-morrow afternoon, when tertained of a standing on naval disarmament, meni Plantation at Kowloon City, and partly because of the dis- an elderly Chinese woman, who appeared before Mr. W. Schöneld astrous financial crash
on Wall
at the Kowloon Magistracy this Street. Speculation regarding the morning, was fined $10 or 14 days'
not imprisonment in default. possible influence of these
THE MUKDEN PUZZLE. unimportant factors proves, how- ever, to be without foundation. Those who anticipated sensational cutting of promsals, drastic
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An application for a remand for further inquiries to be made was ranted by Mr. W. Schofield, at the.
the Attorney General will move the An Ordinance to amend further first reading of the following Billa: the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.
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The Bishop of Southwark (Dr. Garbett), in his diocesan muga- zine, criticises the wearing of coloured stockings by women choristers.
Some of the choirs in his diocese, he states, have been supplemented, to their great advantage, by wo men members, but occasionally in- sufficient thought has been taken over the dress, they should wear.
"The effect of white surplices say the least, very happy," com... over coloured stockings is not, to ments Dr. Garbett.
An Ordinance to amend further the Companies Ordinance, 1911.
A party vleiting the docks in An Ordinance to amend the
work. The endless procession of Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, East London aaw a dredger at. 1900,"
An Ordinance to amend the buckets fascinated one man. He
went on their way. ance, 1900.
I does not take a great deal of naval and military expenditure, Kowloon Magistracy this morning, Crown Lands Resumption Ordin-remained behind whilst the others..
10 Russia.
the Railway:
It
diplomacy and maintains
con-
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1927.
POLICE SERGEANT .
IN TROUBLE.
ACCUSED OF KICKING A WOMAN.
On their return four hours after. wards he was still there, and he exclaimed, "I've counted 11,903. and I mean to see the last of them. buckets if I stay here all night."
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When Auntie writes to us we
know That we shall hear a tale of wor The cat's got croup, the parrot's
dead,
The "help" has gone, and Aunt's
in bed,
The Colonel's quarrelled with his
wife--
In short, the woes of Auntie's
life
1
'Unfold themselves to us when
We
Her usual weekly letter sea!
We are informed by Miss Daisy O'Keefe that the gross receipts of the Dancing Display given at the Theatre Royal on Nov. 6th and 9th amounted to $1,285. After deduct ing all expenses, she intends to Charge of commion assault, in forward donations to The Poppy serious allegations are Fund $50, to, the House which Shih-ben, a Shantung Police Ser-the Blind Home $50. made, was preferred against Pithe Aged Poor Chinese 350, and geant at the Central Magistracy this morning, when Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham ordered a remand of 18 hours in police custody.
The complainant is Lo Chak, a
wird
"An Ordinance to amend the or vigorous measures to combat when Inspector Ogg charged a perspicacity to recognise that much dissimulation is going on in any possible effects, of the Stockhouse coulie in the employ of Mr.
The Attorney General will also regard to the matter of Mukden's Exchange debacle, wil be woeful-M. H. Large, of 2. Torres Build- Deportation Ordinance, 1917.
move the second reading of an Ordinance to amend further the acceptance of the Soviet's prell-ly disappointed. The only definitengs, with theit of 330 from his xemanded for twenty-four hours.
Stamp Ordinance, 1921 and of un minary terms for the settlement of indication that knowledge of time master's safe. The defendant was
Ordinance to amend the law relat- the C.E.R. dispute. First news of crash has reached the White
House in, contained in the Mukden's compliance with the confirmation of the reduction in
Fines of $10 each were imposed ing to intoxicating liquors. ditions laid down in the ultimatum income tax recommended by Mr. on four stall holders of the Sham- The lion. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton before Mr. W. Schofield at the an Ordinance to provide for the of July last came last week in a Mellou. That defensive prepara-shuipo Market, who were changed will move the second reading of Tuss Agency statement. This was tions are considered to be any Kowloon Magistracy this murning incorporation of the Procurator in so definite a form that it left the less vital in consequence of with causing an obstruction by Hongkong of the Portuguese Pro- de room for doubt that Chang Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's visit selling in a place other than a vince of the Jesuit Order and of Hauch-lang had surrendered or the approach of the proposed their stalls. It was stated that the an Ordinance to amend the Jesuit
five-power-
naval conference, is defendants obstructed the traffic to Order Incorporation Ordinance,
other stalls and thus held an ad- Since then, there have been reports from other no means apparent. On the vantageous position.
contrary, naval and military ex- sources which have confirmed the penditure for next year is placed,
Charges of larceny of a quantity fact that Mukden, has agreed to at C$840,000,000 (approximately of clothing and money from two the reinstatement of the Russian | £170,000,000) representing an in-coolies in the servants' quarters Manager and Assistant Manager erease of G$19,000,000 though it of Kingsclere Hotel, were brought at the of the Railway and, also consented is be noted that two new Navy against a Chinere who appeured to the restoration of the status quà, dirigibles, of a size unstated, are before Mr. W. Schoficki
embraced in these figures. Never. Kowloon Magistracy this morning. On, the application of Inspector The latest confirmation is the re port of the settlement of the dia-theless, it is somewhat surprising Ogg, the defendant was remanded pute, although the terms have been to find the United States budget for twenty-four hours for further
ting for an increase at this inquiries. slightly modified. The variations, particular time. It Is an example however, are the 'result of negotia-which most assuredly will not be The proprietor of the Peking |tions and represent a concession to followed by Mr. Philip Snowden. Hotel, at the junction of Nathan Chinn in return for the dismissal of The United States, which reftises Road and Pakhol Street, was sum- Mr. Liu, the Chinese Chairman of ta be embroiled in European moned before Mr. W Schofield,
an at the Kowloon Magistracy this married woman, aged 50, living his premises to be used for the sergeant attacked her in interesting, in analysing attitude of splendid isolation, morning, and accused of allowing in Fastern Street, who alleges that this question, to recall that near-now has a defence budget equal immoral purposes, Mr. T. S. Whyte kicked her in the stomach, causing ly two weeks ago information was to one-fifth the expenditure of the Smith, Assistant Crown Solicitor, such a severe injury that she had from whole world in this direction,, was for the prosecution, and Mr. to be immediately conveyed to the published in Shanghai,
was her condition has given riae the figure being based on a very J. T. Prior for the defence. After Government Civil Hospital, where Japanese sources, that Mukden
careful analysis of the armament hearing evidence, the case
adjourned. was about to negotiate with the situation by the London Economiet Soviet direct, but that the report recently. Three new cruisers are was categorically denied by the to be laid down towards the end spokesman of the Nanking For- of the fiscal your and the Navy new aircraft- eign Office. When, a few days also requires a
carrier. On the military side, later, the Russian report came through, it did not take long for the expenditure shows a minor Paris Dr. C. T. Wang flatly to deny that increase, though an increase of New York
any kind does not fit in with the Brussels Mukden had agreed to negotiate declaration some few weeks back Geneva...
Amsterdam and Independently of Nanking. Now that all possible economies
Milan were to be effected. comen the chairman of a body reductions
Borlin Stockholm named the Public Enlightenment President Hoover budgets for a Committee of Mukden with a surplus, despite the income tax
Copenhagon denial that the Russian terms have reduction, and the huge sums to Oslo.
be spent on the farm relief pro- Vienna been accepted and an unimpres sive story to the effect that Muk-ramme, and his fiscal proposals Prague
may be summarised as contribut Helsingfora den has only, through the medium ing a great more to America's Madrid of the Nanking Government, "ex-industrial future than to the Lisbon pressed a désire for peace." In pacification of the world,' an Athens the face of such statements, so attitude which is probably well Bucharest.
Blo founded, much at varianco with the actual. facts, it is small, wonder that Mr. Henderson has stated in the House Major D. Caddell, of the Shanghai of Commons that it is difficult to R.AM.C., has taken over the post-Hong Kong ascertain precisely what is han- tion of Hon. Secretary of the Yokohama
United Services Recreation Club Silver (spot) pening. Ruling out the obviously from Major Charles, who is due to Bilver (forward) biassed declarationg, it seems be leave for Home early next year.
EXCHANGE RATES.
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to
some anxiety. She was unable to attend the Court this morning, and a remand was ordered for two daya in order to allow, her time to recover,
It is stated that the cause of the trouble was that the woman at-. London, Dec. 8,
tempted to hinder the polleeraan ..128.896 In the execution of his duty, re- T
4.89 1/10 senting his intrusion into a matter 34.87 which she considered was purely .25.12 domestic:
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20,38 PIGS AND POULTRY.
.18.126
.18.105
.18:205
.34.67
TWO CHINESE FINED FOR CRUELTY.
...165 .104%
Two boatmon, one of them the .35.105 master, appeared before. Mr. W. -108,25 Schofield at the Kowloon Magi. 375 alrney this morning on a charge of .817 importing swine and poultry into .513/10 the Colony in such a condition as to cause them needless and avol- ,40 5/16
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The master was fined $10 and -British 'Wireless. the foki 85.
RETTEZAURENKA
WHO WAS.....
VIRGINIA?
for
Virginia was brought up aide by side with Paul f Mauritius. The two played games together in childhood." and when childhood days were left behind they became sweet- heurts, enjoving a 'courtehin that was idyllic in its simplf- city and innocence.
They were separated; how- ever, when Virginia was sent to. France to be educated at the схредве of her aunt, Madame Le Tour, who planned a marriage for her some two years later which Virginia, full of thoughts of her beloved Paul, lost no time in rejecting.. The maiden was thereupon disowned, and went back, but when the ship was in sight of Mauritius, and Paul In a transport of delight was waving to her from the shore, there came a sudden storm in which the ship foundered. A chance of being saved was afforded Virginia by a naked sailor, but her innate modesty led her to refuse the 'offer and later her dead body was washed shore. Paul died two months afterwards.
This is the story of "Paul and Virginia," an eighteenth century romance by Bernardin de. St. Pierre which should be placed in the hands of all boys and girls soon after they reach thefr teens.'