"SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION.
· SISTERS' WORK AMONGST
LEPERS.
di
The Sisters of the Immaculate
EUROPEAN, YM.C.A.
ACTIVITIES.
MANY SOCIAL AND SPORTS EVENTS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1930.
·FIVE ENEMIES OF CHINA.
VOLUNTEER CONCERT
PROGRAMME.
VOCALISTS TO AID BAND
TO-MORROW.
At the promenade concert at the
Parade Volunteer
"Ground" "to- morrow at 9.30 pm, the Corps Band, under Baudmaster A. J. M. Rodriques, will sustain the main
PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT.
FOKI'S -FANCIFUL STORY TO
THE POLICE.
A Chinese named "Lau Man-fa pleaded guilty, before Mr. Butters at the Police Court to-day to charge of embezzling $120 from the shop where he was employed...
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tives, we may now ask our original Full of variely, the social and question-what rond shall we take Conception, widely spread in the sports activities at the European in order to arrive at our desired destination? Shall we take the Far East, will be celebrating, toY.M.C.A... last month provided road of revolution? Or that of morrow, the Silver Jubilee of their members and friends with many evolution? Or is there a third Very Rev. Mother Superior General happy occasions, and went fur road 7 Revolution and evolution and foundress of their Order, ther to illustrate the value of an are relativo but not absolutely, part of the programme. Thore Detective Inspector Shannon sald Mother Marie du Saint-Esprit, organised monthly programme. mutually exclusive terms. Natural will, however, bo items by well-that the defendant was employed, residing in Outremont, Montreal, Games night, bathing picnics, growth, culminating itself in na-nown vocalists, and a most enjoy at the Man Sing Sun shop, 146
including the moonlight cuting on tural fruition, is evolution
able evening is assured. Mr. F. Wing Lok Street. Ha was sent out The devotion of these Sisters in July 11, a flannel dance and games Successful revolutions, like the Mason will be the accompanist for to collect some accounts and caring for the sick under their competition between resident and timely surgical aid to childbirth, the vocalists, and the full pro together collected $120. At 480 charge, especially the unfortun- outside members were among the have always been nurtured by a gramme is as follows:
pm. yesterday he reported to the police that he had been robbed of ate lopers in the asylum of Shok fentures, whilst the Sunday "Quiet long process of historical evolution.
the money by three men who con- Lang, over 700 in number, and In Hour" was better attended than
on his way to the shop. He put fronted him in Queen's Road while educating the children entrusted for many months past. to their care, has earned for them!
pre- the respect and esteem of all who
his hands over his wallet to vent. the money from being taken but the men cut his hands and took the money.
Canada.
come in contact with them.
The resident and outside mem- bers engaged in a billiards and golf match, the former being won On this occasion, His Lordship by the "outsides", and the latter Mgr. Deswazieres, who, for fifteen by the residents. The Chinese years prior to his consecration two .M.C.A. were also visitors to the years ago, was in charge of the Salisbury Road building, and de lepers' asylum at Shek Lung, will fcated the Europeans in a billiards Bay Mass in the private chapel of match. the Sisters in their temporary For this month the chief event home at Almai Villas. In the is the concert on Thursday next even, at 5.15 a solema Te Deum August 14, which will be held on will be sung as an act of thanka- the tennis courts. Mr. W. R. giving, at which many of the Fleming and his committee promise Fathers In Hongkong will assist The Rev. Father Joy, S, J., will de the liver a short sermon before Benediction. All friends are cor- dially invited.
The celebration at Shek Lung, where the Sisters of the Immacu- late Conception have worked for
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I, for one, am in favour of re- volution in the sense of conscious endeavour and Intelligent control aiming at an acceleration of his torical change. Unfortunately, re volutions in Chinn are of different kinds. As far as I can make out there are two kinds of revolution in present-day China. One type is merely
armed conflict between military forces-mere use of one; blind force to oust or replace an other. Whatever high-sounding slogans they may adopt, such re- velutions cannot lead
anywhere: except to
PART I.
1-March-El Abanico," Javaloyes The Corps Band. 2-Song-A Song of Thanksgiving," Allitten. Mrs. Portallen... 3-Mr. Dick Barty and a Piano. Songs(a) "Moon-enchanted,"
"3
Baby, Chaminade,
(b) "Summer,"
Mrs. Snowdon Jones,
5-Fox Trot-"Happy Days are here
again,"
Ager. Serenade "Dreams of Love,"
Fallon.
(Cornet Soloist, Bandsman, M. H. Sequeira).
endless, meaningless. miseries in which defeated sol- an excellent programme in which diers become bandits, bandit-chiefs Mr. and Mrs. Lieb, Mr. W. H. Bal-achieve high military honours, and ley, Mr. Li Chor-chi, Mr. A. I
war and banditry conspire to Jeeves, Mr. V. Labrum. Mrs. drive the people into banditary or 1. Sketch "By the Swannee River," Cairns and Mr. Geal] are expected further misery. to take part.
Bathing picnics have been ar- ranged for two Fridays and three
2-Songs-(a)
PART IL
Inspector Shannon said that suspecting the man, he had 'delen- dant searched and found $95 in his right shoe and $4 in the left. De- fendant then admitted that he had; the Inspector to the shop where, made a false report and conducted concealed in a pair of trousers, was another $20.
The Inspector stated that these cases were occurring frequently and the I.G.P, had taken a serious view of them.
A sentence of five months im Myddleton.prisonment was imposed.
The "Corps Band.
Orpheus with his Lute,"
Sullivan. (b) The Lass with the
Delicate. Air," Arne. Mrs. Snowdon Jones.
Mr. Dick Barty and a Piano. Song "Hills of Donegal,"
Sanderson.
Mrs. Portallion. 5.-Fantasia-"In a Persian Market," Ketelby, The Corps Band. Regimental March. God Save The King.
A Sophisticated Revolt. The other type of revolution is over 17 years, will be on a large Saturdays in the month, which in- mare sophisticated. We must first scale. The Rev. Father J. Mar- cludes to-night's moonlight pic-set up something obnoxious as signy, head of the Institution, has nie, whilst with the winter fast "The object for the Revolution," striven to make it worthy of the approaching, thoughts are to be and then use the organized occasion. High Mass as well as turned towards the Association's machinery of propaganda to 3. the Te Deum, will be sung by the hockey club, and meetings in con- agitate for a revolution against choir, composed of leper children. nexion with the organisation of it..... The real revolution which The 740 Inmates will be given a the coming season will be held.
ahall overthrow these five devils dinner. The occasion will The Camera Club, one of the is the only one path to pursue,
Association's latest doubt be one of rejoicing
additions to namely the real road to piece- those who have experienced
its social ammenities, will hold a meal reformation under conscious. often the effects of the charity of meeting on August 12, and the and intelligent guidance. We must real their Mother in Canada. Proof final of the "Weall" tennis cup first clearly identify our
during the enemies and define our real prob- will not be lacking of their grati-will be played off
lems, and then concentrate our tude for the kindness
an. their month. behalf. Contributed.
energy and intelligence on the dif ficult and strenuous task of solv- ing these problems, step by step and bit by bit. The essential point is to replace the blind activi- ties of what is now termed revolu- | tion by conscious and intelligent reform."
UNREGISTERED MUI TSAI.
CASE BROUGHT UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE.
BUTCHER STRIKES
CUSTOMER,
A
MAN WHO VANISHED BUT
REAPPEARED.
The importation of an unre- Resenting a customer's abuse gistered. mui trai into the Colony following an argument as to the by a Chinese woman, Tsang Yuen- weight of lard, a butcher of a stall hing, of Kowloon Tong was men- in the Shamshuipo market struck) tloned before Mr. Whyte Smith at the intended purchaser across the
Magistracy the Kowloon
this back of the head with an iron bar morning when Mr. John Barrow of which necessitated the victim's the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs detention in hospital for eight brought a summons against the days for medical attention. The woman under the recently promul- assailant, in the meanwhile, had gated Ordinance.
abaconded and could not be found The defendant pleaded guilty (although the incident occurred on and intimated that, together with June 16 last. her husband, she had lived in An- nam where she had been given the mui taai. On the retirement of her husband they had come to Hong kong to live and brought the girl with them, being ignorant of the laws of the Colony.
NANKING CHANGE OF PLANS.
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cral Liu Chi (First Nanking Division) have penetrated very
near Taian. +
Hsuchow communiques claim
THE RETURN OF THE
EXILE.
(Continued from Page 6.)
the Strand, shiny red pillar boxes, rows of lamp-posts, and friendly policemen patiently directing the traffic at cross-roads. It means the pleasure not only of wearing a stiff shirt himself, but of being surrounded by other stiff shirts. It means an armchair again in nis club.
For I think that is the moment that the majority of exiles look forward to most of all, the moment when they go up the steps of their club again for the first that the Nationalist troops have time after an absence abroad.
A friend of mine happened captured Ningyang and, taking recently to enter his club after advantage of the rain storm on When seen in the streets of Sunday, have advanced consider was greeted by one of the older an absence of some years, and Yaumat yesterday the assailant ably and conquered many of the members, who said, not uncordia]- was arrested by the Police and small villages near Taian. They, "I haven't seen your face here before Mr. Whyte Smith at the latter is only forty miles from lately." My friend was about to Kowloon Magistracy this morning, Tsinanfu the man was fined $10 and further connected by a railway its occupa- Impressive names of the places he and as two cities are roll off his tongue a list of the ordered to pay the victim a similar tion by Nanking may develop a had visited, such as Bangkok, and Mr. Barrow intimated that the sum as compensation.
Rangoon and Mandalay, when his girl was brought from Annam
His Worship described the de-new phase in the war. within the last fortnight. There fendant's action as a drastic mea-
companion continued, "Been to Brighton, I suppose?”, were no aggravating circum-aure. stances attached to the case.
His Worship imposed a fine of $10.
His Worship (to Mr. Barrow): In these cases what happens now? Are there any means of register- ing?
CIGARETTES FROM FAG-ENDS.
HAWKER FINED AT THE MAGISTRACY.
Mr. Barrow: I remember A previous case in which it was de- cided that the girl should be taken away out of the Colony to A curious cccupation was that people willing to receive her, to followed by a Chinese who was relatives of the people who had fined $10, or 10 days in default, brought her in, but in this case by Mr. Lindsell at the Central there is nowhere for her to go Police Court this morning, for and the matter is being decided hawking cigarettes without by Government.
licence.
IMPROPER USE OF LABELS.
Nanking, Aug. 6. Government troops are now within twenty miles of Taian.— Renter.
Threat to Hankow.
Shanghai, Aug. 6. A section, numbering 110, of the Green Howards are leaving for Hankow to-morrow, and 50 more on Friday.
They will remain aboard H.M.S. Cumberland. in readiness for any emergency-Reuter.
FATAL FALL FROM A MOVING TRAM.
SERIES OF ACCIDENTS TO MALE CHINESE.
As a result of a motor-lorry, No. 2556 coming into collision with a tram car yesterday afternoon on the Shaukiwan main road. Tsci Fung (2), a boatman who was taking a ride on the former vehicle, was thrown off his seat and received rather serious injuries on landing on the ground. He was taken to the Government Civil Hospital.*
From Kowloon comes the report that Tong Ming (36), was ⋅ ad- mitted into the hospital there] Buffering from grave Injuries suffered through falling off the seat on a lorry, No. 2290, when the
turned vehicle
sharply when negotiating the junction of Mong- kok Road and Reclamation, Street, yesterday.
Another traffic accident alie came within the notice of the Police yesterday, a Chinese being taken to the Government
Civil Hospital where he later died from injuries resulting from na incautious attempt to alight from a moving tram at a point opposite Bay View Station, North Point.
WOMAN BANISHEE
SENTENCED.
RECOGNISED IN STREET BY DETECTIVE,
A Chinese woman, Lee Kiu, was That is another aspect of the for nine months by Mr. Lindsell at sent to prison with hard labour exile's return. To those who have the Central Police Court this stayed at home, that period, how morning on a charge of disobey- ever long, has passed as swiftlying an order of banishment. as a summer's day. Life has gone on just the same. And the exile Producing the prisoner's record, himself finds that after a week or Sub-Inspector John Murphy said two he too settles down again the woman was sentenced to two, quite easily.to the everyday. round months' hard labour in 1920 fori of everyday affairs.
larceny. Eight years later, she again came within.police attention through a breach of the Opium Ordinance, was arrested and sen- tenced to five months' hard labour. At the end of that term she was. considered as an undesirable, and expelled from the Colony for à period of five years.
The memory of his exile tades. Was he a month ago in the Red Sea? It cannot be true, he de- cides, turning over the pages of his morning paper, though surely that action itself should remind him vividly enough. Abroad one misses so acutely the morning paper with one's breakfast, an English morning paper of that particular morning, not a thumb ed, tattered copy weeks old, sent out by a thoughtful relative. On this point, at any rate, ali exiles, feel, will be in unanimous
Britain and America.
Washington, Aug, 6. The British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, called at the State Department and conferred It was stated that with discard with Mr. William Castle, Assist ed cigarette-ends picked up from ant Secretary of State. the street, he had been able to The conversation was apparent manufacture sufficient cigarettes ly important, as Mr. Castle im- to fill up twenty packages bearing mediately afterwards hastened to the stamp of a number of well- the White House, where he was DEFENDANT WHO WAS AN known brands. These, with the received by President Hoover.
evidence furnished by a pair of EMPLOYEE.
scissors, were seized by the police
It is credibly reported that the
agreement. the discussion was subject of and produced in the case.
what steps the United States, would take to protect American nationals and their property in China-Reuter'a American Service.
EXCHANGE RATES.
After convicting and fining Chinese for having in his posses sion a quantity of medicinal tea on which were applied the false trade mark of the manufacturers, Mr. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning pointed) out to the complainant that the Paris trade mark used on the genuine Brussels article was not identical to the Amsterdam registered impression.
Berlin Copenhagen
The defendant was arrested by Vienna. Detective Sergeant Meadows on a Helsingfors warrant taken out at the fatiga- Lisbon tion of the manufacturers of the Bucharest medicinal tea and on a raid being Buenos Aires. made at 272, Tai Nam Street, Shanghai Shamshulpo, 425 packets of the illegal goods were seized while the New York
Genava defendant's son was found print- Milan ing wrappers from a block. Stockholm The defendant claimed that he Oslo ་་*་ was merely an employee but his Prague
Athens
Worship held that he was in Madrid possession of the labels. even nie though he might only be a foki. Bombay In imposing a fine of $50, how- Hongkong ever, his Worship took into con- Silver (spot) sideration that the defendant was Bilver (forward).. not the principal
London, Aug. G.
.123.86 .24.805
.12.08% .20.38 18.105 .24.45
WATER LEVELS.
ON WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
COMPLICATED CASE AT KOWLOON,
ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF A BABY BOY,
?
She returned to the Colony, and was recognised by a detective while walking in Des Voeux Road yesterday and immediately arrest ed..
-AIRMAN MISSING.
NO FURTHER NEWS OF AUSTRALIAN.
..
Eydney, Aug. 6. There is no news of the airman Cunningham, who is believed to have landed in a remote spot. He does not possess wireless.
The authorities have ordered a carch of the interior of Timor is land-Reuler.
[A Sydney message of August B stated:
The Australian airman Cunning-
What was described as a com- plicated case was brought before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon .1932 108.25 The following table, issued by Magistracy this morning when two 818 the Kwangtung River Conservancy women appeared on charges in con- 40.9/15 Commission, shows in English feet nexion with the kidnapping of a
the West baby boy. 1/6% the water levels on
North River and East 2/0.11/32 River,
Sub-Inspector A. H. Elston aakham hopped-off at Wyadham (West 4.87 9/32 River, on the dates named:
ed for a remand for 24 hours and Australia) for Bima at 5.45 a.m. Aug. Aug. 6. indicated
the prosecution: .92.98 Shlubing... 26.4
would be conducted by the Secre West Australian time on the first
stage of a flight to England.] :18.105 Tsingyven .... 15.2
tariat for Chinese affairs. 18.165 Samshui
.26.05 +20.00
12.3 17.0 16.2 10.6. 10.1
that
His Worship intimated that the Sheklung
S. C. A. usually only concerned; The highest levels on record are: themselves in cases in which the .875 37K 6.1/16-Shiuhing, 41 feet; Tsingyuen, subject of the charge was a girl. 1/64 29.2 feet; Samshal, 27.8 feet, Sub-Inspector Elston agreed but 1/8 Sheklung 15.5 feet.
remarked that the present case was The lowest level on 15.15/16
record at a complicated one, 15% Gamshul is minus 5 feet and at
Sheklung-minus-2,7-feet,
===British":3}irsidan,
The defendants were both re- "manded for twenty-four hours.
Owing to the Volunteer Promen- ade Concert taking place toį morrow night, the concert by the Somerset Light Infantry band at the HK.C.C. ground has been postponed until the 15th instant at 5.80 p.m.
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