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Contents
Francis and Day's
49th Song Annual
Broadway Melody
Honey
You were meant for mo
Marie
Where is the song of songs for me Building a Nest for Mary Sweethearts on Parade
I get the Blues when it rains
Yet you forget
A precious little thing called loge
The sun is at my window
Weary River
I'm just a vagabond lover
Twenty thousand Scotchnien
Lovely Lady
Some aweet day
(With Ukulele Accompaniment)
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1930...
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The
Hongkong
.
DAY BY DAY.
Mr. T. Carr Ramsey was among the passengers arriving by the s.. President Lincoln.
The Legislative Council is to meet on Thursday. This will be the first meeting presided over by H. E. Sir Wiliam Peel.
ment notified the decision to impose these extra taxes. Because of the constant labour unrest,
THE POOR DEMAND RESPECT oppressive taxation and illegal RATHER THAN SYMPATHY.-C. F., G. interference with business in in- Masterman. dustrial centres in China, the hope has grown locally that in course of time many big business concerns operating in other parts of the East would transfer to Hongkong, where they would be free from Customs duties, except- ing in respect of tobacco and liquor, and where they could count on protection and security under the British flag. There have, in fact, been one pointers in this direction already, The danger la, however, that, unless matters are closely watch. ed, the burden of taxation may gradually rise to such an extent as to offset, at least in part, the advantages which Hongkong has
to offer...
or
two
Older residents can remember when Hongkong was literally ik free port. It still is, excepting for the duties on tobacco and liquor, but the fact must not be overlooked that these imposts have been greatly increased singe their inception and to that extent are un added burden to trade, to say nothing of their effects on the standard of living. So, also, in
regard to the suggestion that the assessment tax should be increas-
Quarantine restrictions imposed by Hongkong against arrivals from Shanghai on account of cerebro- spiral fever have been removed.
... Mr. Edgar E. Strother, Manager of the Hongkong branch of Messrs. Millington Limited, and Mrs. Strother have removed to the Peak Hotel.
The dollar again dropped this morning, the opening rate being 1s. 2.7/8d. This is the lowest on record with the exception of the rute of 1s. 2.5/8d. on June 5th.
ARMS CLEVERLY HIDDEN.
STORED IN HOLLOWED-OUT
BEAM
The Very Idea!
The late Dr. Nansen was a rare visitor to London, particularly in his later years, says a writer in and the Daily Telegraph. But he was a member of the Savage Club, and large picture of the great explorer, in Polar costume, with his signature straggling across it. hangs in one of the corridors.
of arms A quantity ammunition, as well as dynamite and detonators, cleverly conceal-a cd on board a fishing junk was revealed by a Police search which was carried out under Detective Sergeant Kellett yesterday in the Yaumati Typhoon.”
When he was entertained at a club dinner soon after the Fram The master was placed in expedition, he seemed worried custody when the contraband about something towards the end goods were found and before Mr. of the evening and asked if he Whyte Smith at the Kowloon might send a club messenger to. Magistracy this morning he was his hotel with a note. charged with being in unlawful The man returned with a fur
of two possession
rifles, 104 overcoat, and Nansen. explained. rounds of rifle ammunition, one that it was a chilly evening and Mauser pistol and 15 rounds of he was "afraid he might catch cold
fauser pistol ammunition, and on the way home! also with being in possession of quantity of dynamite and 34
detonators.
The defendant pleaded guilty to both charges..
*
"At times my wife seems to be trying to be an angel."
"You mean when she wanta something from you."
"No; when she drives the ear."
(Incompatibility in married cou
Detective Sergeant Kellett pro- duced a beam which had been Arriving here from Shanghai and hollowed out to afford sufficient Amoy, Capt. Robertson, of the Tai-space for the contraband goods.ples is said to result from a dif- yuan, reported to the Harbour Offee The beam, when the raid was ference in their chemical composi that a junk lies awash in Lat carried out, was in place support- tions, and can therefore be cured by
ing, to all intents and purposes, dieting.) 240 18' N. and Long. 118° 11' E.
the deck of the junk. The Police
When there's thunder in the air,
and the once devoted pair, A report was made to the police had received information, other-
Are inclined to grow diver- this morning by Mr. J. L. dewise the junk might have been
gently polemical, plumber of the President Lincoln, searched for a whole year without to the effect that he lost or had the arms being discovered.
stolen from his cabin a 14 carat gold watch sometime between 6 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. yesterday.
Falling 20 feet from the verandah of the second floor to the pavement at No. 11, Wing Wo Street yesterday, Kau Cho-chuen,
Telegraph.ed, will it be true that, if enforced, aged five years, fractured his
TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1930.
ECONOMY FIRST.--
In reading. the other day, a banker's comments on the Snow den Budget, we were struck by the use of certain phrases which
Us
it will hit business establishments skull. He is in the Government'
Civil Hospital in a serious condi- tion.
and the community alike. Hong- kong has been built up on its free- port status and on the relative The dropping of a lighted cigarette is believed to have start- lightness of its general taxation.ed a fire which caused $200 dam- Any tendency to add to the bur-age to a car near a petrol pump in dens must have a harmful effect on the Colony's future, for we all know that, once imposed, taxes are seldom lifted; they are more apt to be regarded as burdens which
cati
used in regard to the situation at
be borne indefinitely, and Home, seemed to
equally Government expenditure adjusted applicable to conditions in Hong- accordingly. We therefore again kong. Referring to criticisms of suggest that rigid cconomy must the additional taxation imposed. be the policy of the Government if the writer said the root of the this Colony is to hold its own.
Hill Road at 8.15 p.m. yesterday. Luk King-cheung, licensed public motor driver, was in charge of the vehicle, but was not injured..
Passengers who left Hongkong by the s.s. President Grant included
The officer mentioned that the defendant could give no satisfac- tory explanation for having the arms except that they had been left on beard by somebody.
His Worship Imposed a fine of $500 or three months' hard labour on the first charge and a further fine of $50 on the second.
EARLY MORNING CAR ACCIDENT.
INJURIES SUSTAINED BY
CHINESE WOMEN, ・・ Two Chinese women, travelling in a hire car shortly after one o'clock this morning were injured by being thrown forward in their seats when the vehicle collided Mr. A. E. McCartney, of the P. and 0. Bank; Mr. C. Shank, of the with a tramway standard. Hongkong Excavation
and Pile The accident took place in Des Driving Company; and Mr. J. E. Voeux Road Central, near Claver Perkins, representative of the Para-ly Street, the car being driven in mount Motion Picture Corporation. a westward direction at the time. The car sustained damage to Last week's health return shows the bumper, the radiator and the deaths; three deaths from influenza, one from diphtheria, six from malaria and 65 from tuberculosis, as well as one non-fatal case of small-pox. All were Chinese ex- cepting three of typhoid and one of tuberculosis.
They may like to be assured th it..
the trouble they've endured Is the consequence of differ ⚫ences chemical. Maybe, lack of calcium makes him difdent and glum, And his oxygen starts forces
argumentative.
Till a timely change of fare makes them lovingly declare. That a cure is just as good
as a preventative.
A wedding had been arranged to take place in a little country church. On the morning of the happy event, a young man and a young girl presented themselves, at the altar steps.
When, however, the youth was asked if he would take the girl for his wife, he blushed and stammered.
"But, sir," he said, "I'm not the man."
"Then where is the bride- groom?" asked the minister. returned the other. "He's tho shy to come in!"
"He's down at the door."
R.A.F. Official: Do you know anything about aeroplane
an
evil was failure on the part efFar better would it be to slownine cases of typhoid, with four windscreen, which was shattered. which dropped here?
the Government to curb expendi- down development than to sane- ture, and that whilst the desir-tion expenditure which must mean ability of some of the proposals increased taxation. The issue is might or might not be open to simply one of what we can afford
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A further observation, in
Government expenditure must be
curbed and a rigid policy of economy, enforced,
in gold.
*་་
The two passengers were taken to the Government Civil Hospital, but went away some time later after their injuries. had been attended.
The driver of the public car was not injured.
"
PRETTY WEDDING.
NAVAL YARD POLICE OFFICER MARRIED.
ford's restaurant, the couple left After a reception at Lane, Craw- on their honeymoon for Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
WATER. LEVELS.
Small Boy (holding catapult and trembling): No, sir; I've only been shootin' at sparrers!
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EXCHANGE RATES.
Paris Brussels Amsterdam Berlin
London, June 16.
.123.815
.34.23
.12.08%
.20.37
.48.16
34.425
.193
108.25
41% 1/544 2/10.13/82
4.85 13/16 .25.075
.92.76
.18.015
.18.155
.103%
.41.675
.376
.5.17/39. .1/5.25/32
15,11/16 .10.15/16
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WHO WAS—
BILL SIKES ?
Banished for a period of ten years in 1024 following three pre- vious convictions for larceny from the person, a young Chinese who New Territory Road.
appeared before Mr. Whyte Smith
Copenhagen It is an annual complaint dur-at the Kowloon Magistracy this
Vienna regard to the growing expenditure ing the summer months that some months' hard labour in addition, to morning was sentenced to eight
Helsingfors of the State, was that
there of the Colony's roads are sanded 15 strokes of the birch.
The wedding took place at St. Lisbon
Bucharest to be a tendency to to such an extent that they be-
John's Cathedral this morning of Bucha appears
Buenos Aires imagine that an
A Chinese, who was described as Sergeant John McClelland, of the geno inexhaustible come dangerous. The complaint |
Shanghai source exists from which addi-has been voiced already this year, being a habitual criminal from Naval Yard Police, and Miss Ethel Yokohama Singapore, from where he had been Bold, formerly of Messrs. Lane, New York connexion with
Geneva tional funds can always be drawn. particularly in
banished, was given four months' Crawfords. In conclusion, it was urged that sections of the New Territory hard labour by Mr. Whyte Smith The bride was attired in a long, Milan
Stockholm hem road, and on the condition of eer- at the Kowloon Magistracy this uneven
lemon georgette | Sto tain stretches during the past morning on a charge of larceny of dress, with a crinoline bat, whilst Oslo week the protest against what has firewood from a shop. The defen- Miss Barbara Budden, the brides Madrid dant on being sent away from maid, was similarly attired. Mrs. Athens been considered excessive sanding Singapore was automatically ban- Edward McNay, the bride's sister Rig After making allowances for is justifiable. Sections of road ished from Hongkong, he being re- was the matron of honour, Sgt. Bombay the difference in the situations as recently laid down were sanded to fused a landing here.
McNay gave the bride away and Hongkong between here and Home, the such an extent that they were a
Mr. Ernest Tuck was "best man." Silver (spot) menace to motor cyclists and a The boat girl who asked Mr. The Rev. H. F. Foley, Naval chap- Silver (forward) greater part of these comments, with very little variation, could if not actual danger; to the het had opium in her possession was
cause of considerable annoyance, Lindsell on Saturday to send her lain, officiated.
to gaol for six months for having be applied to Hongkong. We are ter-protected driver of a motor again before the magistrate this being faced at the moment with car. The obvious danger is when morning. Mr. Grimmett, of the heavy
additional expenditure, a motorist, blinded by the sand Revenue Department, said he had the Secretary for Chinese largely due to the fact that our threven.
by 3 vehicle seen revenue is received in silver and ahead, loses control temporarily. Affairs and he could do nothing with the girl. The girl finally We submit that this is quite a agreed to enter into a bond of $50 our outgoings are paid
likely result of excessive sanding on her mother's surety to be of In the circumstances, extra taxa- and coupled with this danger is good behaviour for 12 months. tion seems inevitable, but, quite that of skida to motor cyclists, apart from the merits of any bowever careful they may be. It
Charged with carrying 14 passen- particular aspect of the problem, is curious that some parts of the on his licence, the master of a pas- the Kwangtung River Conservancy The following table, issued by gers in excess of the number shown the fact has to be faced that there road are sanded and others not, senger boat pleaded guilty at the Commission, shows in English feet West is a limit which the Colony canyet they appear to have the same Marine Court this morning before the water levele afford to pay. The moment, there-surfaces and all receive much of the Hon. Comdr. G.F: Hale, and was River, North River and
the sun's heat. A tour of the New fined $14. The mistress of a pas- River, on the dates named: fore, is appropriate in which to Territories during the week-end (a) failing to notify the Harbour senger boat admitted two charges,
Shlubing remind the Government that there revealed an absence of consis-office of a change of ownership of is not here, any more than there tency in the sanding, but perhaps her boat and (b) carrying 28.pas- is at Home, an inexhaustible the official reply to this would be sengers in excess of the numbar On the from which additional that it is impossible to treat the allowed by her teence.. source funds can be drawn. It is easy entire circular road at one and first count, defendant was fined are: Shiuhing, 41 feet; Tsing-
$28,and on the second $10.
yuen, 29.2 feet; Samahui, 27.3 to talk, in this connexion, of what
fect; Sheklung, 16.5 feet.
The lowest level on record are termed luxury taxes, but it
from the expensive concrete road, theh it should be even more wide-Samshul is minus 5 feet and at does not more than there is any known surface which ly used, even though the funds. Sheklung minus 2.7 feet. moment's consideration to realise is not affected by heat and which available per year would only that even imposts which come does not need constant sanding to permit smaller sections than within this category represent a preserve it. If there is, then ap would be the case if the present burden on trade and industry. Soparently, it is not known in Hong-stone with tar dressing method far, only the increased tobacco kong, or else it is known and is was continued. At any rate it is taxes have been notified, and the far too costly. Concrete is now highly desirable from many points The Royal Observatory reports
being used situation in this regard is not Colony for the first time and while dispensed with. It is for the au-The Southern depression remains extensively in the of view that aanding should be that the Northern depression is central to the N.. E. of Tokyo, without R measure of Irony it may exceed in cost per mile the thorities concerned to discover a
central
Tongking. The inasmuch as coincident with the majority of other forms of rond method and thus remove road con-local forecast is-Southerly or decision of the B. A. T. Company surface, there is a great deal to ditions watch undoubtedly grave-variable winds, moderate; general- to open a factory here, the Govern. commend it; if it is satisfactory,ly increase the risks of accidents. ly overcast; occasional rain.
take
the same time. The question does arise, however, whether, apert
ON WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
on the
East
June 15 June 16
13.4
13.8
7:1
6.0
Samshvi Sheklung ..ET
-7.1
7:3
2.4
2.14:
The highest levels on record
Tsingyuen
OCCASIONAL RAIN.
over
at
Bill Sikes is the affectionate name that we give to any burglar nowadays, but the ari- ginal character inerited but scant affection; being the very incarnation of bestia-
lity and ignorance.
Created by Charles Dickens
in "Oliver Twist," Bill Sikes was indeed a most unconscion- able blackguard. A house- breaker by trade, desperate and surly by disposition, he was the terror of the dis trict, being feared by his own. confederates as much as by law-abiding citizens.
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It was this abominable: - brute who took charge of young 'Oliver upon a house- breaking expedition, but for tunately the dad was rescued“. from his Clutches. Sikes. career, was one long series of érime and brutalities' which. culminated in the murder of his mistress, Nancy, *"He fled from justice and roam- ed for a time over the country- side,' but on his' return to Jacob's Island he accidentally hanged himself, while trying to get away from the ven geance of a crowd, thus doing the hangman out of a job.