PLAN TO REGISTER ALL GARAGES."
NEW MOVE AGAINST CAR -BANDITS.
A proposal that all motor-car garages, whether public or private, shall be rollstored is to be sub- mitted by the police authorities to
the Home Secretary.. --
check on
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
INTERPORT GOLF.
HONGKONG'S BIG ADVANTAGE -OVER-MANILA.
ALL FOURSOMES WON.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1930.
JAPANESE TENNIS
STARS.
EXHIBITION GAMES YESTERDAY. Although Harada and Sato, the well-known tennis champions" of
The Very Idea!
to
A correspondent writes Home paper asking if nothing can be done to stop the progress of slang. I have actually, received catalogues," she writes, "from
which the word "kiddies' occurs for child or children. What is frequently. In vain have I looked wrong with these beautiful, Eng-
The triangular Interport golf Japan, were unable to give the ad-three of the best London shops in tournament will conclude to-day, vertised exhibition matches on the The amount at credit of Profit Hongkong should have no difficul- Hongkong Cricket Club courla yer to porect the sperations of and Loss account, after transferry in securing the hood Shanghal terday, owing to the ground belog
The object of the scheme is motor-car bandits, and to put a ing $50,000.00 to Reserve Fund, have already defeated
on account of bad wen- lish words? the all-too-frequent $40,000.00 to Contingency Account, and are now well on the way to closed
Manila. The Manila thor, they were seen in action at the thefts of cars. In the metropolitan paying for repairs, allowing for beating area alone about 80 cars are stolen Directors' and Auditor's fees, and players have not won an Inter- residence of Mr. M. W. Lo, No. 29, depreciation, including $40,038.34 port at Fanling yet, and it is im- Conduit Road, on the invitation of This proposal comes in the brought forward, is $354,487.03 possible for them to secure a vic- Mr. Lo. form of a resolution passed by the which, with the approval of share tory in the match now proceeding, Constable Joint Committee of hulders it is, proposed to appro- for if they win all six singles to-
a day they can only tie. the Police. Federation, and will hriate as follows:-Te pay form the subject of a special con- dividend of $2:00 per share, $160,- 900: To pay a bonus of $2.00 per ference.
share $100,000; To carry forward, $54,487.03
daily.
Should the federation confirm the scheme and there appears little doubt of this the Home Se cretary will be naked to grant the
necessary powers.
From the Ranks.
Directors During the year Mr. A. 3. Gubbay joined the Board but subsequently resigned, and Mr. H. H: H. Arlostly was invited to take hits place. Mr. T. G. Wealt and A high police officer, spoken to by a press representative last Mordon Mackle also resigned during the year, and Mr. J. P. night, anid:"
The suggestion comes from the Warron and Mr. M. T. Johnson filled the vacancies. Since the lower ranks, and I think it is a good one. Every honest far owned of the year, Mr. Johnson resigned and Mr. Mackie rejoined er will welcome it.
"Supposing, for example, a car on his return to the Colony. Mr. is stolen in the North of England A. Compton retires according It must be garaged somewhere, to the Articles of Association, but under this scheme it would being eligible, offers himself for
ré-olection. not take us long to find it."
While making inquiries into the Charing Cross
Trunk murder, Superintendent Cornish discover ed nests of garages in Brixton and Camberwell, but they were all locked and go one seemed to know the owners.
During a recent Old Bailey trial it was stated that the prisoners, who were convicted, had. disguised stolen cara in wholesale fashion.
Until a alolen car was followed right into the garage the police were not aware of the existence of this receiving depot, where the work was carried out.
In Camden Town
A
Auditor. The accounts have been nudited by Mr. C. Bernard Brown, A.G.A., who offers himself for re-election,
THE RUGBY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE & LANCS IN THE FINAL.
London, Feb. 2.
of the Rugby
#
The semi-finals thieves'
a Football County Championship
were played off yesterday.
garage was cunningly masked by secret door which resembled part of a wall. Here also, it was only by accident that the detectives stumbled upon the place.
The police hold the view that many owners of private garages unwittingly Resist. car thieves by
letting to them premises which they
Gloucestershire, winners of the South-Wetern group, journeyed. to London and bent Middlesex, winners of the South-Eastern group, by 12 points to six.
In the athor semi-final, Lanen-
"Such a hold has 'kid' taken on our language that when I recently told of a panther hunt when a kid was used as Baita child understood to have been murder, ed."
was
We do not see what is to be
After the visitors had given' an exhibition in which both played !! brilliantly, Harada played two sets The fourballs yesterday were with, Mr. Lo, victory going to the done about it. "Kid" in itself is played in terrible weather.
One former with the local champion not really an offensive word, and of the Manila players was whist winning only one game. Mr. Lo one does not know how it cams ling the tune "Singing in the Rain" did not show his usual form for the to be reckoned in the slang class before the fire in the Club house first three games, but he then seem-any more than "chick" or "lamb" about a quarter of an hour before ed to get somewhat used to the or any other affectionate term for the first fourballs started, but visitor's dashing methods and the human young borrowed from
lower after that it was golfing in the brought off some excellent shots. the
creation. Moreover, rain all the time. Never has an Mr. Lo gave a much sounder-ex-| "kid" In this sense is known from Interport been played under auch bibition in the second set but he adverse conditions, and the re- was no match for the Japanese. markable thing is that the stand-
The local champion then played ard of golf during the afternoon.
a one-set match with Sate who won downpours was so high.
with the loss of only one game. Mr. Lo again put up a splendid fight but he was obviously feeling the sirain of his previous bout with
Marion in Form.
Marton was at the top of his form. He has a mashic in his bag that was doing all sorts of won-
derful things. Some of the greens were almost under water hut this did not trouble Marton. Out came his nashie and the ball was in
the hole. He was
Härada.
A doubles match between the Lo brothers and the Japanese champ- ions was prevented by rain. driving a Mesara. Harada and Sato continu- straight ball all distances with his ed their tour this morning when second. He went round in the after- they left for Europe. noon in 74,"figures which speak for themselves. Wrigley, his part- ner, had little to do. He played a fairly good game, but was not at his best.
Capt. Fielder and Parrott held the Hongkong men very well up to the 25th, but then Marton holed a long mashie, "putt." From this point he went on to carry every-] thing before him, securing "birdies" and bogeys all the time, The match finished on the 33rd with Marton and Wrigley winning 5 and 5.
ار
A Keen, Tussle.
NANKING AIR MAIL.
-U.S. LEGATION ENQUIRIES
the end of the Sixteenth Century. Maxsinger uses it, as does Tom D'Urfey later, and nearly 90 years. ago Lord Shaftesbury wrote in his journal how he had passed a few daya happily with his "wife and kids."
my
"Look here, young man, I think you are too attentive to
daughter."
"But but, really, sir, «I'm serious, you know. I'm hoping to marry her."
I'm warning you. If you're top ̧‚"So I guessed, and that's why
attentive you won't have money enough left to do it."
•
(Sir Walford Davies deplores aibilance in 'song:)
Sweet Sibyl, since thy sweetest |
kisses.
I scarce can safely sing. Thy splendid charms and secret
blisses
Must ancred silence bring: Yet should my votive ring
Transform your present Mise
to Mrs.,
How shall I sound thy name, for
this is
So Sibyllant a thing?
•
Beggar: "I'm an orphan, sir! alone in the world, and
Man (who has just bought his; seventeenth nece a Christmas
are wr Cheshire the trevious Lory over the previous themselves do not require.
Little notice is taken, as a rule, week had won the Northern cham of the ears left in these garages, so plonship. met the East Midlands, a that it is easy for the owner unsus-team' composed almost entirely of they could do during the morning has never officially been made pub-present): "I congratulate you, my]
Northampton players, for the championship of the whole North of England. Lancashire, playing at home, won by 30 points to 10.
Gloucestershire and Lancashire will now meet in the final,
pectingly to lend his garage for a
criminal purpose.
If all garages have to be regis- tered, it will be necessary for the owner to state whether he, himself, is using the premises or, if he lots, to give the name and address of his. Lenant,
WOMAN PLAYWRIGHT
POISONED.
THE RETURN OF EUNICE.
friend, I congratulate you!"
It is at Oakland, California, that]
grounds that his wife was
sullen, frritable, morbid, disagreeable, nasty,
#
a man is suing for divorce on the
loathsome, insulting, brazen, miserly, gluttonish, temperamental, selfish, contemptuous, inattentive, uncivil, and
heckling,
Nanking, Feb. 7. The Foreign Office has received telegrams from the U. S. Legation and from C. C. Wu requesting in- formation regarding the reported cancellation of the aviation con- tract. The telegrame have been referred to the Minister of Com- munications and Wang Po-chun, Mason and Cothran gave She-Who is chairman of the China No- wan and Andrewes quite a fright tional Aviation Corporation. for a time. The Hongkong pair. It is pointed out that although were expected to win this match the Government had decided to casily, but they had as much as cancel the contract, this decision round to hold their own. There Be Reuter, was very little in it throughout the whole eighteen holes, and when
Sun Fo Explains, the players went into Liffin Hong-
Nanking, Feb. 7. kong were only one up. They soon setled the issue in the afternoon.
Interviewed this evening on the contract, The rain did not worry Shewan subject of the air mail much, for he produced some very Mr. Sun Fo denied explicitly that fine golf and he and Andrewes the Government had cancelled the eventually triumphed & and 4. agreement. He stated that a re- commendation to cancel the con- Fine Recovery.
tract had been submitted recently The match between Capt. Blox-chun; however, the State Council cool,
to the State Council by Wang Po gruesome,
(Continued from Page 6.)
ham and Dodwell (the Hongkong had decided this morning to refer bitter, Captain) and Douglas and Mackay, the matter to the Foreign Office jealous, plastered with anti-foreign posters, the dwarf and the giant of the and Ministry of Communications, "DRUGS OBTAINED AS
the local branch of the Students' Manila side, was remarkable for instructing the two Ministrica to picayunish, inconsiderate. EASILY AS SWEETS." Association for the Protection of the wonderful recovery made by negotiate with the China Airways The only criticism that suggests China from Foreign Aggression the local men after being three with a view to revision of the exist itself in that the word "disagree- An open verdict was returned had several protest meetings and
the Liffin interval. It at the inquest at Kensington on held a big procession through the looked then us if they were almost contract, which according to able" savours of redundancy. Mrs. Agaca Croysdale, aged 47, of town, and a circular telegram was not share that view themselves as been found unworkable in certain pertain to be beaten. "They did a decision by Wang, Po-chun had St. Albans-mansions, Kensington sent to Canton, Nanking, Peking, was shown by the fact that they respects. Court-place, who was stated by Moscow, and Geneva, denouncing wiped off the arrears in very quick her sister, Mrs. Olive Gibbons, of Imperialism and demanding the time. They got a hole back at the Government, Mr. Sun Fo added, According to the decision of the Nassau-street, Marylebone, to have immediate destruction of all foreign first in the afternoon, another at there was no cancellation of the written plays under the name of goats in China.
the fourth and brought the match! "Agnes Blane."
present contract. contemplated, Mra, Gibbong said that her sister Fortunately, just as things were all square at the sixth. Then pending negotiations for its revi-humble and respectfully through had suffered for a long time from beginning to look serious there was Manila look the lead again, but sien. The report that the contract apply to you for the post of a sleeplessness brought on by irregu- revolution and all the old officials they lost it soon afterwards and lar hours of rest due to her hard had to fly for their lives to Hong-Bloxham and Dodwell went on to was already cancelled was there (atore-keeper clerk), in your de
fore erroneous.-Reuter.
partment, of which I shall bo work as a playwright. A
very pleased if I can be vixo into doctor long. The new gang were too busy win by 3 and 2, had prescribed sleeping draughts, to bother about goata, so
any work your think that will be but a phial found beside Mrs. Kuttle got off by paying the police-
good for me. As regard to the Croysdale at the time of her death man $15 (big money), and promis-
honesty I shall show myself as ing to have the dangerous animal
honest and trust man to department. was not one ordered by him.
It was stated that one dose was killed. Shortly afterwards, it got
I have serve it before under Rail- way store. half a beapoonful, but Mrs. Croy-loose again and ate up his sweet dale took a tablespoonful, and said Peas that were just coming on nice- she had taken such a dose before. and nipped the head off a plant Dr. R. M. Bronte, the pathologist, that Kuttle was very proud of said that the phial was labelled a night blooming Cercus that he "Somnifaino." This was a hypnotic had had for years, and which was and, taken in large doses, a poison. just coming into bloomd. So there The pittal held twelve
was nothing for it but to have the wretched animal done away with. fatal dose. Death was due to nar The meat was made up into sand- cotic poisoning,
"I think all these drugs should wiches and sent to the Club for one
of the Community Pleasant Satur day Evening dances, where it was
J
times 籍
be more restricted, but as fast as
one is placed on the schedule
that
another is manufactured," he said. much appreciated by the officers of The chemist who sold the drug, a foreign gunboat that happened Mr. William Chapman Inman, of to be in port, "
Kensington High-street, said that
*
Really, life in an outport was
It was under Part I. of the Poisons very difficult for a grass widower, Act. It was necessary to record a sale of the drug in a book, but and when Kuttle wrote and told in this case the record had not Eunice all about it, she made the been made.
The Coroner I suppose you
most of the opportunity it gave her for pointing out the advantages of having a wife on the spot. The
know that you have committed #result was that before very long breach of the Poisons Act?
"If you can get these things as he said quite openly that he want- easily as sweets, she might easily ed her back again. He knew have thought them not dangerous," enough about life in China to know that the unfortunate circumstances ho added,
in which she had left Hongkong would not count against her. There were far too many current scandals in Chaomoy for people to The Royal Observatory, reports be much interested In Hongkong that a depression which formed to gossip of nearly two years ago. In the north of Formosa yesterday any case, social affairs are just as has moved to the south-east of much subject to the law of supply Naha. An anti-cyclone has form- and demand as other things, and
FINE WEATHER:
ed over China. Fresh monsoon there is always a shortage of wo- will prevail along the south-east men in outports. If a woman coast of China and over the North looks all right and talks all right, China Sea. The forecast till noon l'a doubtful past will always be over to-morrow. is: North winds, looked, whe fresh; fine...
(To be continued next Saturday),
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