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THE CHINA "MAIL.

SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2920.

SHIP'S BOY CONVICTED.

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THE COLOMBO,

[China Mail SPECIAL 1

SINGAPORE, May. 28.. H.M.S. "Colombo," with the flotilla, proceeding to Hongkong

MALAYAN ELIOTRICITY

BOHEME.

of $10,000 per annum, jump into whose letters have not gone in, osten in tiny Tear Drops on the sleep INTERESTING ARMS CASE. SPECIAL CABLES.

apologies, and this explanation. ing Lids of Infancy. I have seen an expenditure of $20,0009

Does Middleton Swith ever

Will those people who fit trickle down the blushing Cheeks weigh his words, or does he merely E.O.. believe that there mistal Youth, and go in rushing Tor- turn on a tap For instance, what

and frents down the wrinkled Cheeks of always beware," impression does he intend to con- who seem to like the idea, please Age. I have seen it in tiny Dew

At the Magistracy, before Mr. N.Į vey when he says, for 2 years note that the L.O.N. is not a Drops on the Blades of Grass wild I have in such scant leisure as has Utopian scheine to abolish war? Leaves of Trees, #ashing like Smith yesterday afternoon, the came to me, been a garret-student Euch -nation "member. of it must polished Diamonds when the Sun hearing was concluded in the case in of English literature, history, and always be prepared for war, to bursts in resplendent Glory o'er which a Chinese seaman was charged economics That he has studied to operate with the others in at the eastern Hills. I have seen it with the unlawful possession of a is thone suljects for 20 years? Or tacking any aggressive Power that trickle down the Mountain Sides in Winchester Ride, two revolvers and that his knowledge of them is as assails a weaker. The knowledge tiny Rivulets with the Music of 1,541 rounds of ammunition

stated previous hearing, it was seant as the leisure devoted to that there is such an international liquid Silver striking on Beds of will be remembered that at the the them? That is typical of the whole police force may deter some swash. Diamonds. I have seen it in the for the prosecution that

[China Mail SPECIAL] article, designed to discredit such bucklers, but the idea of the rushing River rippling over pebbly defendant engaged a sampan in of a 13-year-old gith little bits of straight speaking as L.O.N. is to give the bellicose more Bottoms, purling abent jutting charge we have publisheil? It is true the war than they want, same as Ger- Stones, roaring over precipitons to go to the ss, China," from which Falls in its mad rush to join the ship he transferred to the sampan a

SINGAPORE, May 28. Chinu Mail is not mentioned, but many gut..

The Government announces the seeing that we were the paper to

We invite Stud-mighty Father of Waters, and, in basket and a parcel. Arrived at o the matter, the object of the

STUDENTS', „ent,' author of a the mighty Father of Waters, shore, he asked the girl to look after probable introduction of a large sttack is plain enough. Well, of

letter in yesterday's have seen it go in slow and majes- the basket and parcel for him while electricity scheme for Malaya, for And he went on some business. Some which it hopes to employ water all the weapons that may be effec

China Mail, to ecn- tic Sweep to join the Ocean. tive against the China Mail, let it sider (we do not say re-consider. I have seen it in the mighty Ocean, Revenue Officers searched the sampan power. be understood that gas, mere gas. for an obvious reason) his sugges on whose broad Bosom Boat the at eight o'clock at night, and took the is not one, Innuendoes about ting that the Irish question is Battle Fleets of all Nations, and girl and ber godmother tate custody. friends or foes are cheap. The rightly regarded as purely domes the Commerce of the World. But, As the result of certain information China Maik as mentioned already, That is the argument of a my Friend, I want to say to You, received subsequent to the women's arrest, the defendant was arrested: is more than a friend-it is a par-wife-bester. No grave moral issue that as a Drink, it is a d ent-and it does not have to prove can be "purely domestic.""

As Failure: that its public spirited criticisma we have said before, and say again, constitute it a foe. We have not the fault of America is not med- attempted to destroy." thedling too much bu meddling too University, so much as to destroy little. In the name of the

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-LETTER.

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LOCAL IND GENERAL.

its destroyers. Nor have the stud-roe Doctrine," a principle, which ents who have complained, with the development of the world has every right, and we are shocked at made obsolete, she is in danger of the Brontery with which this tact-ahirking duty. When Germany:

Taking $17.40 subsidiary colus less profesar tells them. If you invaded Belgium, we did not regard don't like it you may leave it. it as a purely domestic question, to his sick mother in the country (so That is the only real instance of nor does a policeman when he bears he said) Chinese was arrested on "crabbing" the University we the shrieks of a woman suffering Un On wharf. Money confiscated. have seen, and it comes, on top of the attentions of a wife-treater. the admission that expenditure bas Ireland is the wife. She is full of Inspector Davitt charged a Lexceeded income, from a man whe most unpleasant tantrums. But Chinese with having two revolvers stenis confident of persuading the our present treatment of her locks and 200 cartridges. Mr. A. E. Hall Commission that we shall spend like a case of wife-beating. Any defended. Six months' hard labour. the many wizely."

bona fide American protest or sug-

the same right. in a house 'in Square Street.

NATIONALISATION OF CREDIT.

The case for the prosecution hay. PRIZE ESSAY COMPETITION, ing closed, Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instruct- ed by Mr. Leo. d'Almada) opened the

The Travers-Borgatroam Founda defence yesterday afternoon, and aald on at the University of Beme that the case was very peculiar instituted prizes for the best critical Today's dollar is worth 4s. 1d. one of two aspects, and it seemed to studies on the organization of the him that the key to the solution of the credit of a particular country with puzzle was the answer to the ques definite proposals on the carrying tion: "How is it that defendant's out of its nationalization. Three arrest was effected on the indentifica principal prizes amounting to 25,000 tion of the boatwoman's husband, frs,, 20,000 frs. 2nd 10.000 frs- have who had never previously seen

been fixed; besides there will be him?" It was stated by the, pro fifteen accessory prizes of 3,000 fr

each. An International jury will secution that the only person in the sampar at the time the defendant award these prizes for the presenta engaged it was the 13-year-old girl. tion of the essays after the lapse of It seemed to him therefore that the the term, now prolonged up to the only person who could identify the 31st of March 1924. The essays defendant was the girl, and curiously enough, she did not accompany there to be written either in English, German Italian. Further detalls Revenue Officers to the house in on the Regulations of the Foundation Square Street to make the arrest. Mr. Jenkin suggested that the boat may be bad on applying to the

secretary. woman's husband, knowing that! unless some satisfactory explanations were forthcoming his wife and god- daughter could be considered to be the in unlawful possession of

and learning that £73, the basket and parcel contain ing the arms had been put on board

Kobody is likely to accuseana of gestion, not made as a rote-cutch-i

RB.B. Donnell beat R.W. Sinclair exaggerated affection or respect for ing dodge, would be more chiral in the championship competition of the Government, bat we are unrous thansimpudent. The Italian the Singapore Cricket Club tenth feignedly glad that the Government civil war of cireum 1880 was

tournament by 6-1, 6-1. The is intervnog and likely to exercise purely domestic, but two British match was witnessed by H. E. Sir some erintrol over the optimistic warships, the Intrepid and Argus, Laurence and Lady Guillemard. Mad Hatters who have been butted in to protect and facilitate spending the money wisely." the landing at Marsala which fed

ADVERSARIA.

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EXECUTIVE

AND

PRESENTATION TO MR. J. W. JAMIESON.

It is supremely impathies. You must weigh it. Tot or six months. The drug was con-

fiscated. The defendant was seen at revenue officers to à club in Square past eleven years, and who is shortly

portant that executive

THOUGHT

The

IMPORTS.

The Chamber of Commerce pab lishes the following figures as supplied by Importers:

/Cotton piece

neither did be expect a parcel from GOVERNMENT GAZETİE. the ship that evening. He knew nothing about the basket and parcel which the prosecution alleged be had put on board the sampan.

"THEʻGʻST OF IT.

Mr. Karsten Larsen a recognized as Acting Consul for Denmark.

Mr. K, E. Greig joins the Economic

Mr. A. L. C. de Albuquerque Resources committee.

Mr. William Russell acts Government Marine Surveyor.

Mr. M. J. Breen is hon. sec. of the

About 100. masters, mates, or

we full-time tutors, a total of 13 for worth only £20 a year, rising by Now consider this thought, that we ton goods and fancy cot.with her evidence as to the identifica- recognized as Consul for Portugal.

That

The Market is very dull. No sales

War Memorial committee.

to Italian unity, and ended ju Charged before Mr. R. O. Hut- Garibaldi being worshipped in chison at the Magistracy this morn London four years later. It is not ing with the unlawful possession of

Mr. J. W. Jamieson. C.M.G. L.LD. enough to bit upon an argument 40 taels of prepared non Government that seems in favour of your syn. opium, a Chinese was fined $2,000 the sampan by a Chinese employed who has been His Eritannic Majesty's on the ss."China" went with the Consul General at Canton for the our must think. However, being etili4.90 m, by a European Sergeant Street frequented by the Chinese leaving on furlough, was the guest should in the enviable position of a stud landing on a whart off Salisbury crew of the ship. On arriving at yesterday at a reception held at the JUDITARY, have no influence ent, you can go on, studying. Read, Kowloou. As soon as he saw the Club the boatman asked if there Canton Club by the British firms and Over our judiciary. Write again. Always glad to hear the Sergeant, the defendant ran. was anyone from the "China" and a number of British subjects in If the Colonial Secretary appoint af from you younger men, to whom Chase was given and he was arrested. defendant who happened to be there, Canton. cafes to a magistracy, and the we look for the commonsense and

answered him. Defendant was en During the reception, which was magistrate afterwards learns that the nobler ideals of the future.

The work Captain and Mrs. Basil ticed by the man into the street and largely attended by representatives the executive desires a certain decisBeware of repeating the bleatings sion in a certain case, it is obvious of the old men. Their work has Taylour have done for the Devastated was arrested. Mr. Jenkin reminded from all British firms, Mr. Jamieson that the cadet must be a strong gone, dropped from under them Villages of France received recogni- his Worship that a prisoner's evid. was presented with a silver salver, tion yesterday when they received ence need not be convincing, but as a token of the high regard in man to persevere in impartial inde during the great war, and they are from the French community of Hong if it was reasonable he was entitled which he is held by the business. drawn, is it disloyal" to comment. We would all be shocked unconscious of it. They still keep

community, and alsores a mark of Giving evidence in his own defence, esteem from all those who have ap All that red-herring stufat the idea of a British judge ot on jabbering the formulas of a need kong, a magnificent silver cup, about to be discharged.

eighteen inches high. The gift was about loyalty carping, playing the magistrate taking a bribe. Are we and gone world. Think it over accompanied by a letter from Mr. the defendant said he was a bathroom preciated his valuable co-operation game, etc. is an insult to the and better off with the type of God bless you.

Hauchecorne, Consul General for boy employed on board the 95and beip during his long terrure of students and their parents.

magistrate who, with an eve to

Reverting to some-France, in which he expressed the China". When they arrived in port office. The presentation was made We China Mail) are respon promotion in the service, is willing

A SOLEMN thing above, it is gratitude of the. French community on the 18th inst., he came ashore by Mr. H. Staples Smith. sible for reporting that the faculty to decile coses as he believes the

indeed a solemn not only to the recipients of the cup, with the intention of remaining of arts was to be cut out to make executive wishes them to be de

thought, given to us but to all those who had worked for ashore until the ship sailed. He did HONGKONG UNIVERSITY, up for the extravagance of some ciele? That's for the system by Acting Sergeant,

that em-and subscribed to the Hongkongnot go on board the ship on the 22nd body or other. We heard it weeks Before we curce to particular cases pire means responsibility to God, Fund for war Devastated France. The China Mail started the and weeks ago, long before we we will wait and see the executive's and the greater the empire the

This has published a word.

next move. We hear that certain Hongkong University.

greater the responsibility Now God alone knows whether changes proposed have again been solemnity of the thought is intensi- been publicly and officially acknow ledged. Therefore nose but a fool it was or is true or not. Indiea- changed, and in that case we need fied when the thought is really.

His Worship said he did not be. would suspect us of any desire to tions have pointed that way; but not say anything.

thought about. The Empire Day

lieve the girl's story that she was it is our duty, anl our melancholy injure our own offspring.

It would certainly gloating over an empire on which The China Mail started the pre- satisfaction, to point out that Mid-

ignorant of the contents of the basket WEIHAIWE be a shame to bring the sun never sets is one thing. sent discussion of University affairs, dleton Smith announces that next

SANITARY

a competent sani-You may consider, how far it is

and parcel. which were left in her sampan. Be was, however, satisfied with the object of getting certain year we shall still have three pro-

INSPECTOR. tary inspector out necessary or helpful to an already things that are not good for the fessors (one. in addition, on leavel

from Home to a job vainglorious and arrogant people.

tion of the person who had left them on her beat. University put right. We had, and eight full-time lecturers and two

Mr. Jenkin, said that if his Wor- have, more information that

annual jirements of £15 to £230, have responsibilities on which the have used; but we were trying to Arts.

If that is trug..one ground of with a war bonus of 15 per cent. sun never sets. Is it not chasten have been recorded during the past ship was not satisfied with a certain play the game. The Registrar of the University complaint by students and parents (presumably soon withdrawable) ing, humbling, stimulating? That fortnight and dealers want a great portion of the girl's evidence then

• The Manchester market is quiet the rest of the statement as true. 1919. published a letter which we mildly falls. We believe there was a pro-ark we are not surprised that the is the point of our objection to the deal of urging to clear bought cargo.his Worship should not accept engineers passed local exama Coring resented. It tended to discredit posal to cys out Arts, when the Crown Agents' adet, has excited usual Empire"Day bosh.

At the same the line we (and we trost the Acting but remains firm. Cotton was last At the previous hearing the girl in answer to Mr. d'Almada's question, our statements, which were con- discovery was made that the inverse commeat.

time, it has to be remembered that Sergeant) would prefer to have en quoted at 26.27.

Cotton yarn.-Dealers have con stated that take saw delen. servatively made, and well within come had been so extravagantly Weihaiver is a very small place, phasised. Read, in this connec fired purchases to meeting urgent dant in the custody of the revente the facts. We squashed that, and exceeded.

requirements only, and values showofficers before she was called to There is, of course, no question and that the duties cannot be much tion, the Parable of the Talents. were willing to wait patiently for

Shanghai A.D.C. put a further decline of about $5.00 per identify him; but later she denied it. the Commission to sweep the of killing our University. At the larger than the salary offered.

SHANGHII On Twelfth Night

balejall round /

Mr. Jenkin severely criticised this ⚫himney.

worst we should have to start afresh

A.D.C. on May-22, very suc

2 Quotations are

Baying that it undermined the value Now Professor Middleton Smith with more practical men better

cessfully. It is to

No. 10s $195/235. No. has published a ridiculous letter in acquainted with simple arithmetic, this morning's paper, and our and less fond of writing journalese. drink.

to be noted that Hongkong's help $205/235. No. 16s $250/280. No. of identification. The witness mide There is that long passage about

After all then is was valuable. The Hongkong 20s $265/310. Arrivals 7,000 bales. a mistake on the most vital point hands are forced again. Our read-

nothing to he A.D.C. leat a special curtain, and Sales 1,500 bales. Shipments all which was the only evidence con- ers would not forgive us if we the light-house image, for example,

ashamed of in Mr. W. Sinclair designed the first Unsold Stock 7,000 bales Bargaine ecting defendant with the arms.

Mr. Smith said that the girl bad ignored it, and of course they come in which we are solemnly informed

probably made a mistake: She was that is much better to have a shooting bishops. They belong to and second acts.

A Singapore paperWoollens Small enquiry about

rected herself later.. 'I cannot and will pot" cater beam of light which carries a dis- the period of court jesters, and

has raised objec- but little business finding its way into only thirteen years of age. She cor- Mr. Jenkin said his client had made into a newspaper controversy on tance less than we hoped, than to should have gone out when they

PHRASEOLOGY, tion to the use in the order books

Raw Cottons. The market is prac a different statement, which should matters which are sub judice," have no light at all." Precisely, diu, along with much other feudal

the Government Middleton Smith. Pretty Then who the devil is responsible, furniture: They are unachronisms

of the phrase Histically unchanged. Quotations are bave been contradicted by, the bost rich, that, isn't it, towards the end seeing that they were on strict oil in silly aprons, who might be bet- Gazette

£40/45 for Chinese descriptions. person in a position to do so: but of three salid columns of special rations, for arranging a beamter men if they did not have to live Majesty's Government, as applied nominal at $37/40 for Indian and woman's husband, who was the only pleading full of the veriest brn- that needed so much more oil that down to their juju trappings.to Crown Colony, business Metals-Market remains quiet the prosecution had withheld this

they had? Moreover, and this

We appreciate the would prefer the phrase Hi There have been sales of Tinplates witness for reasons which he (Mr. The sa. "Portland Maru" of thes UNIVERSITY. loyalty of the stud Majesty has been pleased to apat $12 to $12.50; but the market is Jenkin) failed to apprehend. As It N.Y.K. Bombay line, left yesterday Towards the beginning he says should be the Commission's job,

ent who wrote the prove," or even with the sp- not keen. There is practically one true thing, plumply and plain- but you will see they'll shirk it,

letter signed A Friend," yester proval of His Majesty's Secretary nothing to be done forward in any was, the Court had been prevented for Kobe, via Shanghai, with mail on

from obtaining information concern-board.com ly, Expenditure has exceeded who was wasting oil?

It makes our blood boil to noto day. We appreciate still more the of State. As the business in band line, Large quantities of material ing the means by which the boat The sa. "Kamakura Maru of the income."

"That covers all that we have said, the glibness and the supercilious-smartness with which he utilized was the recognition of the new contracted for many months ago are woman's husband identified defen Liverpool Line of this company, 5.830 and justifies it. How he can deny ness with which these people refer utir own image to score a point: American Consul at Penang, we see still to come forward. There seems dant. The question was whether the tone, leaves today for Liverpool and Then we point out that the fire nothing wrong with the phrase to be some doubt as to whether some prosecution was proceeding against Marseilles, via Singapore, Colombo, that there is "poverty in face of tovarius unfounded rumours, that we cannot understand. When well knowing that the rumours had at the University has to be put out His Majesty's Government. of these parcels will ever come for the right man. This fact, coupled Suez and Port Said, with mail or expenditure exceeds income there foundations deep enough to war with money. so that granted the If there is to be any parist reward. In the meantime nothing can with the girl's should be sufficient to board. She is equipped to accom

justify his Worship in discharging modate 27 first and. 700 third class runt sacking the lot. It might Lest intentions, the professors he formation in official phraseology, be dare, as partner is usually bankruptcy.

defendant.ge

passengers, He skates over the real trouble, work for an erring schoolboy to defended (against an imaginary why retain the old-fashioned word FLOUR MARKET REPORT

Stock: About 260,000 sacks.

His Worship once more remarked ignores it, when making innuendoes plead with the birching master for attack) could do nothing. Who Majesty," which applies properly

Patent that the girl was very young.. about the disloyalty of students calm consideration it didn't ever knew a rich University pre- to no one man? Majesty and Quotations American presuming to criticise.* in our day. Such impedeace would fessor?

Excellency sound, in twentieth $4.10. per sack, American Cut off Mr. Jenkin That is the misfor We may take it century ears, very like the German 3.40 per sack, American Straight tune of the prosecution. We are not her to receive any signs as to whom

she should pick out! Here is the position. A boy, or have meant extra swishes.

that although Mr. All fighest that we laughed at $3.40 per sack, Japanese 2nd Patent responsible for it. his parent, has chosen Hongkong This business may be sub judice University,

OBJECTIONABLE. P. Lander has not so much lately. The Serene (old stock), Japanese 3rd Patent Summing up, his Worship sald be Mr. Jenkin said that it would be in preference to We agree. We are helping to judge

ORDER offered any ox Majesty of the Iussy Kaiser Japanese Straight, Shangbai Flour had act the slightest doubt that the improper to convict the defendant o America or elsewhere, on the faith it. We have mall faith in local

planation of the hardly fitted an irritable little man 2nd $3.15 per sack, Shanghai Flour case was a perfectly genuine one, the unsupported evidence of the girl of certain representations held out, commissions, which are usually He has committed himself to a mere whitewash contructors. Watch order" that gave such offence, with a bullet-head, a sore throat, a 3rd, Australian No. 1 $3.40 per sack, He then read to Mr. Jenkin part of alone. He asked his Worship to any defence of or apology for it, withered arm, and the conceit of Australian. No. 2 $3.20 per-sack, Chic Preventive Ufficer Wildin's consider the pros and cons of the

evidence to the effect that the girl case first certain expenditure of money and this one,

Australian No. 3. Who were the enthusiastic he is no longer proud of having popinjoy. of time in return for certain pro-

A friend contributes mised benefits. The time is more friends who persunded us to issued it. The publicity serves to

WATER: - the following on? precious than the money, because commit the University to unguess discourage that sort of thing. Will

postcard Water is the Two new Launches are being bulli, buy cannot live his student years ed expenditure and what was the correspondents please note that

for the WALLA WALLA twice. Now if those promised persuasion? Was it promises? there can be no point in further pufest and beat of all Things that I have seen it glis

Phone No: 3516, benefits, or part of them, are with Did the persuadees, on a promise rubbing it in? To the later ones, God

first.

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MONTEAGLE”. DUE

SUNDAY.

The as. Monteagle" Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, 12,720 dise placement tons, is due to arrive at May 30, from Vancouver, BC via Hongkong on Sunday afternoon, Japan Forts and Shanghai.

She is scheduled to leave Hong-

via Ports, on June 8, and will arrive kong on her return voyage to Canada. at Vancouver on July 2.

N.Y.K. SHIPS.

was called from her sampan to Mr. Smith said that his mind was identify the defendant. Of course, already made up, and he would com4 the girl might have seen a number vict the defendant. A fine of 1500 of men go into the Inspector's office, oral months hard labour WAS but it was too dark at the time for imposed