THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH *1930.
PEAK MOTORING ESCAPADE.
CAPTAIN KENNEDY HONGKONG ESTATE
RETIRES.
OF $250,000.
WILL OF THE LATE COL. A. BELL-IRVING.
FRENCH DRIVER FINED FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS WITH THE
A "FEAT."
INDO-CHINA S. N. CO.
ADVERTISING STUNT, LEFT FOR HOME TO-DAY
Lacor was summoned for driving his car, registered locally under a temporary licence held by him an No. 2928., on prohibited roads. namely, Lugard Road and Harlech Read, without written permission the Inspector-General of
from Police.
On his admitting that he un derstood "just a little English," Lecor had the charge read over to him by Mr. Hamilton, and he returned a plea of "guilty."
Mr. Hamilton:-What have you got to say?
Lecor:-I did not know it was forbidden..
CHARITIES BENEFIT.
POLITICAL CRISIS IN CHINA.
NO CHANGE IN SITUATION AT THE MOMENT.
SHANSY'S CAMPAIGN.
and
The Very Idea! POWELLS
Truth is stranger than fiction. Here is a true and quite un- premeditated piece of humour.
When the congregation dispersed there was much heart-searching as to who were the nuts and who the cranks.
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A Zulu who had been working for a farmer and attending a local mission hall decided to have his child christened, and called on the parson to arrange for the cere mony. the little chap?" asked the minister. "And what do you want to call
"Dam fool!" said the Zulu. "What!" exclaimed the startled minister, "you can't call the child that name."
"white man been calling me that "Why not?" asked the native, name for years."
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The senior elder was endeavour- ing to encourage the "unsten" | workers at a church meeting the other day, and... comparing the The successful negotiation of
Far Eastern shipping circles have Bequests of 250 each to the
Church to an engine he remarked: Shanghai, Feb. 28. Lugard and Harlech Roads, recent- to-day lost one of their most ex-Royal Artillery Charities Fund, The political tension shows no just like the engine, could not work The Church, my dear friends. ly accomplished by Mons. R. Lecor, perienced officials and Hongkong Woolwich, and the Queen Victoria sign of improvement. Preliminary at all without its nuts and cranks!" the husband of Mlle. Odette one of its best-known residents, by School, Dunblane, Scotland, are hostilities between the Koumin- Darthys, the French operatic reason of the departure for Home,contained in the will of the late shun and Nationalist forces have singer, in a Delage car, which on retirement, of Captain A. C. Lieut. Col. Andrew Hell-Irving, taken place along the railway was claimed as a feat in an article Kennedy, Marine Superintendent InD.CO., O.B.E., late of No. 15, St. zones, but no definite news of sent to the South China Morning Hongkong of the Indo-China Steam James Chambers, Ryder Street, formal announcement of war is Fast by an interested party, had Navigation Co., Ltd. Accompanied London, who died on July 24, 1999, available. an unexpected sequel to-day, when by Mrs. Kennedy, he left by the at the Empire Nursing Home, Vin- Mr. Wang Ching-wei, the erst- the Frenchman was summoned and O. liner Macedonia, thus sever cent Square, Westminister. Do while Kuomintang Leftist and by the Traffic Department for sing an association with the Com- cenaed, who was a retired officer of former Chairman of the Kuomin- breach of the regulations govern-pany which has extended over a the Royal Artillery, left estate in tong Party, has issued a short pro- ing the use of roads.
period of no less than 20 years. Hongkong worth $250,000.
clamation, announcing his support In his will he appointed his bro-of Marshal Yen Hsi-shan and at Worthing, but who regards of Makeratouns, Kelso, Roxburgh- tion of a Kuomintang National Captain Kennedy, who was born thers, James Jardine Bell-Irving, advocating the immediate conven- Westgate-on-Sea as his real home, began his career in the Mercantile Shire, North Britain. John Bell Conference at Peking. Mr. Wang Marine да an apprentice with Irving, and Freke Dalgleish Wil- Ching-wei is understood to be on Messrs. Bethell, Gwynn and Co..liams, solleitor, of No. 18, Pall Mall, his way to Peking. shipowners, of London. He first turstees of his will, but by a codicil arrival at Taiyuanfu to confer Middlesex, to be executors and Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang's
of age, aboard the barque went to sea in 1894, when 16 years he, revoked the appointment of with Marshal Yen Halshan con-
West Australian, employed on the Lon-his son, Capt. John Bell-Irving, jnr., between
John Bell-Irving and substituted firms the reports of an alliance don-Freemantle run.
the Kuominchun This was in sailing ship days.
of White Hill, Lockerbie, to net Shansi Commanders. After serving
It is stated that Marshal Feng for four years on this boat, he made jointly with the other two.
Probate has been granted by the Yu-hsiang will direct military one further voyage to Australia. Supreme Court Hongkong to Mr. operations against the Nanking service of Messrs. John Temperley, and then entered the steamship B. D. F. Beith.
Government, while Marshal Yen After making family bequests Hsi-shan will devote himself to of London, in the Atlantic trade.
and donating funds to charities as organisation of a National Con-stances." stated above, testator directs that ference at Peking. all real and personal property not It was in 1901 that Captain otherwise disposed of is to be given at Peking and Tientsin have The Kuomintang Departments Kennedy joined the Indo-China free of duty, to his brother, John issued a joint statement denounc Steam Navigation Company, com- Bell-Irving, absolutely, with pro-ing Marshal Chiang Kai-shek for ing out East with the sa. Hang visions for disposal of the estate his ambition to extend his military Sang, which had just been launch-in the event of the latter's demise. ed. Thence onwards, he served the
power by floating loans. Company in various capacities and whilst Home on leave, he was ap- aboard various steamers until, pointed to the command of the s.s. Hin Sang, in 1913. This ship had just been purchased by the Com- pany in Hull, and Captain Kennedy was commissioned to bring her out to Hongkong. Subsequent com- mands held by Captain Kennedy Sang, the Mau Sang, were aboard the Tai Sang, the Kwai Sang, and the Yannis new Mau Sang). the period from February, 1904. to September, 1905, the whole of his service has been from the Hongkong base of the Company, whilst his commands have been principally on the Manila and Bornes services. As might be ex- pected, Captain Kennedy has had his share of typhoons on these runs, but he is fortunately able to sav that never has he met with a major mishap.
Couldn't Turn Back. Accused proceeded to explain that on the day in question, February 23, at 1.30 in the after- noon, he had driven up to the Upper Peak Tram Station, at a point from which three roads radiated. A red signal was dis- played over the middle one, but he did not see any such sign over the left road, and accordingly took it. The car proceeded down the road, and as it went on, the road because smaller and smaller. He could not turn back, and had not option but to go on.
Mr. Hamilton: You applied for
a temporary licence. I can't ima- gine why you did not take the trouble to find out what roads a prohibited.
Lecer further explained that when he arrived at the junction referred to, he thought he could proceed down the road which he eventually took. There was a policeman on duty, who gave him the right of way. He even told a rickshaman who was at the spot to go away so that the car could pass, which it did.
Advertising Stunt.
Joins Indo-China Co.
the Yuen (later the Excepting for
Mr. Hamilton-The read is In 1923, Captain Kennedy was ap- very much frequented by children. pointed Assistant Marine Super- There was a very objectionable intendent, and two years later, on paragraph in the
newspapers. the death of Captain Wheeler, he The whole thing is an advertis- became Marine Superintendent, a ing stunt. When you are under post which he has ever since held, the protection of the Colony, you le has been a member of the Piracy should make it your business to Advisory Board since its inception, abide by the laws of that Colony, and also a member of the Com- Lecor-Yes, I know, but i can mittee appointed to consider local swear I didn't know it was forbid shipping survey regulations,
den.
THE RETURN OF
EUNICE.
Continued from Page 6)
"Oh, they're both sound fellers, if you know what I mean, Lads of the villages, so to speak."
"Well, tell me all about "them dearest. Are they piece goods men or what?"
"I see, I'm sorry, I'd forgotten you hadn't met them yet. Bonzo's proper name is Biggs, and he's in the O.P.C.
"What's that?”
"That's easy. I can
answer
Two divisions of Shansi troops numbering over 10,000 men, have arrived on the Shantung-Chibli frontier. Considerable apprehen- sion is felt in Shantung, and the Governor, General Chan Tino yuan, has wired to Marshal Yen Hsi-shan urging him to spare Shantung the devastation of civil
war.
CORRESPONDENCE. ANOTHER SWEEP QUERY.
(To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]
Sir: For some reason or the that one.
'O' stands for Oriental. other, the police authorities took. 'P' stands for Parrafine. And 'C' into their head to seize and Parrafine Company." stands for Company. Oriental confiscate-the
Chung Sing Benevolent Society's (Derby) Sweep tickets.
aro
Some schoolboy howlera:
to us.
"The cow is a very useful animal horns and milk if it is a lady."
He give us ivory from his
God under very auspicious circum- "Death by lightning is an act of
"Lord Mayors of London they are invariably benighted." generally big business
men and
at the bottom of the Red Sea."
"Aden is a British coaling station.
"Extempore ía 1 disease in doga."
"Sapper is a substance which oozes from trees."
"R. I. P.-Return if possible."
(A writer complains of the lack of original caths nowadays.)
Since the days of Mother Eve,
there is reason to believe, Every age has made some little
contribution
To the adjectives and nouns, which, through dally ups and downs,
Have become a kind of verbal
institution.
But statistics tend to show that invention's running low
In the matter of robust
ejaculations,
And, although we grow frate, we who must be up to date Will forswear the ust of an-
cient exclamations..
"And they sell oil I suppose." "I believe so, though I get mine
Although it is hard to see the There are many jobs which are from the Compradore. But they reason for the police to pounce dull as long as they are done slack- save me a lovely calendar at upon this Society (which issuesy, but interesting if they are done Chinese New Year. I stuck it up the tickets at $2 each) I take it well.-Dean Inge. in the bedroom so that when for granted that they had an wake up in the morning after the excellent one for doing so,
Social problems can no more be night before, I can see at a glance
solved by class warfare than in- What I am concerned about is ternational problems can be solved what day of the week it is, and get whether I will get the refund of by
wars between nations.-Dr. things clear right away.
It helps my $10. (I believe that quite a Nansen. a lot, I find.
number of others will be equally
down, Democracy is breaking interested in this matter.)
and will have to be radically al tered if it is to survive.—Mr. Ro- bert Boothby, M.P.
We are living in a great age of dramatists. Sir Johnston Forbes-. Robertson.
Eunice realised that her Chubby had relapsed into some of his bad
If the police could seize the old waya since he had escaped tickets, surely it is within their Host of Friends.
from her wifely care. At any power to force the above-named The Magistrato:-Fined $25.
rate he had got into frightfully Society to "stump out the money Inspector Alexander informed During his lengthy association stangy habits of speech. He received-if the Society's officials his Worship that a P.W.D. man with the Far East, Captain Ken. would need careful handing to are not prepared to do so volun- was in Court in connexion with nedy has not only shown himself an bring him back into the strait tarily, certain damage that had been able and highly-qualified ahip and narrow path. Tact would be Trusting that you will kindly done to iron. railings by defen- master, but as Marine Superinten necessary, "Tact was indicated," insert this letter in your corres dant's car. The damage amount dent he has served his Company as Mrs. Gherkin used to say. pondence column-Yours etc.,
with marked ability. He has,
"And who is M'Clusky, darling?
QUERY. moreover, nude a host of friends You haven't told me about him yet. who will greatly miss him. Of an life before he came both in Hongkong and elsewhere, "He's a marvellous bloke. Really is. Never played football in his to the port. unassuming and quiet disposition, he has concentrated on his work and now, my word. Can a swim "Of course he is. He's the In the field, 1.0.C. man. I for Inflammable, rather than on social life, although duck? Cricket too.
ed to $20.
Mr. Hamilton (to defendant) :-- You are further required to pay $20. to mend the railings.
The P.W.D. representative was directed by the Bench to see that the matter of payment was pro- perly arranged.
Again addressing the defendant,
his Worship said:-Please don't
let
I understand, you have been up Peak Road. That is also forhid- den, isn't it. Inspector Alexander? Inspector Alexander replied that that was 80.
Series you know, and all that sort of thing."
"Is he an American, then?"
to his wide circle of friends he is he's the Royal Imperial article. 'O' for Oil, C for Company In known for his geniality, his sterling Of course baseball's his game. He flammable Oil Company. He is worth and his high character. It played for the Missouri Mutts at Bonzo's best pal."
was in 1907 that Captain Kennedy home and that's some team, World (To be continued next Saturday.)
us have any more of this was married, at Home, and, except driving on impossible roads. As for occasional breaks, Mrs. Kennedy has ever since resided in the Colony. Like her husband, she
is well- known and very popular, and their numerous friends will wish them all happiness and prosperity in the Homeland, where they will rejoin their two young sons.
At present, Captain and Mrs. Kennedy have not definitely decided where they will settle down, but the probability is that they will make their home in the South of England.
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.818 HOPES OF LINKING WITH 42.5/36
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The Canton Automatic Tele- 25.19 phone Bureau, which opened its 92.72 principal exchange in Canton on 18.11 August 25th last has now
18.17
,764
com-
opera-
pleted a sub-exchange in Honam 29.855 and this will be put into
875tion early next week. The entire) .5.9/16 work of the Canton automatic .1/6.27/32 telephones has been carried out 1/6 without a single hitch by the 19% China Electric Company and the phones are giving entire satisfac- tion.
.19.1/16
-British Wireless.
It is understood that the China The forthcoming wedding is an Electric Company is preparing nounced of Lieut. Christopher the way for the establishment of John Wood, R.N., of HMS. Tro. long-distance telephone service be-. quofs, Naval Dockyard, Hongkong, tween Canton and Hongkong, to Miss Kate Mona Enid Hailaran, which, It is hoped, will be in use of St. George's Hotel, Kennedy before the end of this year. Road, Hongkong,
Our Own Correspondent.
REG.US.MT
"I find it helps my golf if I keep in shape all winter."
man,
It is a much more courageous thing for a woman not to be afraid of a bull than for her chances of escape are fewer.
Professor Mary Hayden.
鹼
I like the way an auctioneer. Says, "Look, my friends, what I
have here
A statuette that's quite unique— What will you give for this anti-
que?
It's
almost "your bid?
priceless-what's
Who'll start it at a hundred
quid?"
And when his hearers still are
dumb,
Ho murmurs, "Gentlemen! Now,
come→→
A masterpiece like this is--why- Its beauties surely take your
eye?
Just think, this lovely thing may
bé
A work that's full of history- The pride of some great master's
hand,
Unearthed from some far foreign
strand!
What will you offer? Look-it'e
gold.....
And when some listener, rather
bold,
Saya, "Righto, matey-half a
crown1"
The auctioneer just knocks it
..down!
Says, "Sold! A bargain you
have got!
Now here's another priceless
lot...."!!
The health bulletin of Eastern ports for the week ended Saturday of Jast, issued by the Director Medical and Sanitary Services, gives the following cases, the figures in parenthesis indicating deaths: Plague, Baghdad 2; Rangoon 3 (3), Pnom Penh (7): Cholera, Calcutta 46 (27), Rangoon 1. (1), Bangkok 1, Pnom Penh 2 (2); Small-pox, Mombasa 4 (1), Berbera 10 (2), Basrah 1, Bombay 155 (74); Calcutta 78 (52), Cochin 47 (6). Karachi 11 (4), Madras 47 (4), Moulmein 37 (7), Rangoon 1 (1), Vizagapatam 2, Colombo 1 Batavia 8 (1), Saigon 1, Bhanghai (8), Canton 4-(1).
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