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| ple ̈of "dropping a brick." Ye- terday, with the very best of in- ment of white men as night watch teations, we suggested the employ

LOGAL AND GENERAL.

The F. & O. s.s. "Lahore" (MC-

the cock loft of the Wo Hing Sugar Refinery, Davis Street. -Kennedy immediately communicated with. fc. & Ca, agents) left Singapore on

own, by a joki. The Police were We thought that half aert, O'Connor went to the scene Juce 25 with outward English mails, dozen ex-service men could be got and shot it.'"*

men.

to do the work of å score of Indian! This reminds as of the forecastle and is due here about 6 am., on watchmen, and do u more efficient-] hyming competition.

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In the Bay of Bengal I lost my all... Another followed with:

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Berdekata

shell-July 4

The Hon. Mr. Lan Chu Pak and Mr. Ho Kom Tong have returned to the Colony from a visit to Shang hai and Peking by the M.M. steamer "Porthos."

TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1929.

DEATH BY MOTÙR.

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·VERDICT PURE ACCIDENT,

At the Magistracy yesterday after пoo, Mr. R. O. Hutchison, in his capacity as Coroner, with a jury composed of Messrs. D. J. Hanscom, C. A. Franco and E. C. Hudson, held

CHINESE FAMILY TANGLE.

FICKLE HUSBAND SÜND..

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Magistracy this morning, a Chinese Béföre Mr. R. O. Hutchison at the

was charged by Inspector Lanagan with having failed to support, his kif fat wife, and with assault. His con- taken part in the assanit cubine was charged with having

The husband denied the first charge but admitted the assault

The woman denied the assault.

Asked to relate the facts of the

an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Chinese A cable from Japan states that who succumbed to injuries received Dr. Wu Ting-fang has been warned, under threat, by one of his fellow-through being knocked down by the case, the Inspector said that the male countrymen in Kobe, to leave Japan CSPs motor car, No. 11, on defendant and his wife lived togeth- immediately.

June 10.

er at Maleungkong. Samshuipo. Dr. Y. K. To, Assistant Superin the husband made the acquaintance Their married life was happy until tendent of the Government Civil of the second defendant, a widow, Hospital deposed that the deceased whom he brought home. In spite of was brought to the hospital in an his wife, he persisted that the other woman should live under the same unconscious condition on the morning roof. This led to frequent quarrels.

We still think so. But. To-back said day comes in an indignant lotter from a hitherto loyal supporter. acensing us of "lowering the pres- tige of the white man. We never

In the Bay of Biscay tonched his blooming prestige. We I lost my seaboots.

If we have That loesn't rhyme never even saw it.

said the tripped over it in the dark! we are irst man. "No," said the second, not going to apologise. We abut wine's true and yours aint going to swear. What does he We eonfess that our snake story tean hy leaving it lying about lacks the dramatic colour of the Confound his prestige. Why | Shanghai and Singapore yarns; but doesn't he keep it at the book, oi it is true, and theirs-well, you│- frame it, and hang it up some know what they am. where where it won't get midden on? Of all the dadfetched, silly gadgets, this particuler sort of preas. tige seems to be the limit. Whore's! the difference between being, a watchman and a warder? White warders and Indian warders work of together at the jail. If white men would take more care for our real prestige, and endeavour always to show an example of justice. good temper, tolerance, etc., there would he some senes in it. The gentle man who has presumed to nepri- mand us foran imaginary bloomer | The engagement of Dr. Welling- may go and boil his head. There's ton Koo, Chinese Minister at Washing- nothing in it.

Ion, D.C. to Miss. Huey Hoang "aughter of a millionaire sugar mer. An awful thing las

hant in Japan, is announced and leen de by southe marriage will take place in Chinese batmen, and Washington very soon, Dr. Koo is we are glad to see they were fined cow on his way to America from the Twenty dollars apie with the Paris peace table. alternative of a month's jail. The

TURRIBLE.

in bis interior.

Dr. Egul J. Todd, Superintendent Kung yee Hospital, is leaving Can ton for America on a visit.

Monsieur A. Pingrin, the Man- ager of the Banque Industrielle de Chine in Canton, left the city yester: day, on transfer.

"Depression North-eastern part China" Sea," W23 the

typhoon warning received by the American Consulate General at 11:14 am frem Manila to-day.

Mr. P. Grant Jones, senior British Assessor at the Mixed Court, Shang hai, is leaving on July 11 on furlough. He will, it is understood, probably be succeeded by Mr. Garstin, who formerly held the post.

Times.

at

were

Mr. T. C. Pas, of Scheveningen, of June 10, suffering from injuries On June 19, the complainant came has purchased from the British Navy to the right leg and the left ear, to the Samshuipo Police Station and

The the obsolete cnrisers "Pyramus" and which was bleeding. man complained to him the Inspector) Blonde," to be broken up at bis received immediate attention and that she had been assaulted by her shipbreaking yard in Holland.

his injuries

dressed, but husband. Hereferred her to the SCA.. he never recovered consciousness. who, after hearing the facts of the He died seven days after ad case, sent the partiesboue. Theywere ittance to the hospital. As the told to try and live peacefully to result of post mortem examination gether and not quarrel again. Two witness found that death was due to days ago, the husband again assault- ed his wife, this time helped by the fracture of the base of the skull.

An Indian constable who was next "sweetheart". The woman went to called, stated that at about 915 am. the SCA., and lodged a second A Chinese has been admitted to on the 10th he was on duty in complaint. The S.C.A wrote him the Government Civil Hospital suffer-Queen's Road Central when he saw (the Inspector) a le ter requesting ing from injuries to his mouth and motor car No. 11, travelling at a that the husband and his sweet- knees caused through a fall on the moderate speed from east to west. heart" be charged. first floor of a house in Der Veeux It was

raining pretty heavily His Worship called evidence. time: the

As the car Road, while stealing shark fins.

The woman, in the witness box, passed him, he noticed the deceased said that she had been constantly ill- sonacienceless scoundrels went ami Owing to the necessity of effect."

make an attempt to cross the road treated by her husband since the Parcels and insured mail matters drew water from a hillside, insteading certain repairs in dry dock, the to places in Hanan and districts west sounded his hooter and swerved the house On the 19th she was assaul in front of the car. The chauffeur second defendant case in live in the of getting progerivovatel water. departure of the CPOS, 5s "Em of Changking will be suspended for car to the left, but it was too late to ted by her husband. He took her to This, as the magistrate agreed, was press of Russia" has been delayed the time being by the Chinese Post avoid an accident. The deceased Yaumati with a view to selling her. gravely dangers. It is quite right The vessel will probably sail for Office, because of unsettled conditions was struck by the right mudguard They went to a flat in Yaumati to be dangerously grave about in Vancouver at noon, on Saturday,

The car was where her husband allowed her to be The water might have been had. July 3. On account of the cholera prevailing there, reports the Canton and knocked over.

only a few paces from him when inspected by several men. However, They might have offered a drink epidemic at Kobe, the steamer wil

the deceased tried to cross the no bargain was struck, and he took ful it to somebexly. That some-omis that port on this voyage.

body might have acquired a gerin.1

A large quantity of low grade road. Witness instructed the chauf- her home sai gave her a bealing. and curled up, and had commotions: Jacob Keinpere, the Esthonian foods, such as oil paper, umbrellas, feur to drive the deceased to the On the following morning he again The deceased did not assaulted her. This time the That there is no stowaway on board the s.s. Inabe towels, matches, wooden articles and hospital.

took. a hand in the bad water on Hongkong, coining Maru." from Shanghai, "was again especially coal have recently been appear to be seriously hurt at the woman out of hill sides, doesn't matter. before Mr. R. O, Hutchison yesterday imported, notwithstanding the Boy time. The car was travelling at a assault, belabouring her with The point is that it might have when he was discharged. Inspector cott Movement, says the Canton slow pace at the time of the impact, bamboo pole. She also took away

and the chauffeur had no difficulty witness's earrings. Since her hus been. Besides, there is the gross for the man's discharge, said that he

Gerdea, who made the application Times,

in bringing it to a stand still a band took the second defendant aftunt to the Sacred Rosy Ribbon could arrange to have him seat back

sweetheart" some six couple of yards from the spot where home as his which so many of us worship here:

months ago, be had neglected her Cruelty animals cannot be toler

to Shanghai within the next few

the collision occurred. days.

The chauffeur gave evidence in and been persistently cruel to her. ated. The Red Tape-worm must

corroboration of the constable's He had not contributed anything be protected.

In conrection with the murder

statement. He said that the brakes towards her support, and she had It is understood that of the sing song girl, Lien Ying, the EMERITUS the authorities ex- Chinese press reports that the alleged

after the collision and were found to Taikoktsui to support herself Two amine the chairs

days ago she came home with some be in perfect working order. murderer, Yen, has been arrested in COOLIES. and rieskas, that are Hongkong states the C. Daily Pearl White, a firm Hongkong At the suggestion of Inspector ten odd cents, which represented Her husband livened for public News. This report has not been favourite, plays the leading role in Garrod of the Traffic Department her day's takings. service. We are fairly safe in confirmed The police have issued the "Black Secret" serial which has who watched the proceedings, the demanded the money from her, and sight, as a possibility, though if we fall out of the wheat of the resha, and hotels prohibiting the calling out Theatre. The 15 episodes of this widow and son what had been said assaulted her.

assuming that the spokes will not notices to the various restaurants been secured by the New Victoria Coroner explained to the deceased's when she refused to give it to him, are to judge by the slowness with us hire, nor the bottom out of the of sing-song girls after midnight, thrilling drama bave been adapted at the inquest. which commercial wireless coines chair we take. our way, we may have to wait a examine.

Do the also[Nothing is known in Hongkong of from the novel "In Secret" by The woman said that the main long time for the wireless phone. scrutiny, the cool who pull or murder.-Ed. C.M.)

with equally careful an arrest in connection with the Robert W. Chambers. Every week tenance of the family depended two episodes will be screened at each entirely on the deceased, and she In America even the amateurs have carry them? We suspect not.

performance. ・・

asked the Coroner to assist her to achieved it. An amateur wireless Perhaps it is the kindly good-nature The Humphrey Bishop Operatic

obtain an allowance.

The husband, asked what he had operator in Ohio was taking a

Inspector Garrod told the Coroner we are diways, urging upon them and Comedy Company will present A "Chow" dog was recently Morse message in February of this erat causes them to pass the vener- its second change of programme for flown to Paris in a Handley Page that he intended to interview the to say, told the Magistrate that his wife was a very good woman when JONES-On June 17. st Hems year, when suddenly he sable grandparents who shoulder us the present season at the Theatre commerical acroplane. There are CS.P. about the matter on Friday.

worth, Yorkshire, Margaret, the prised to hear a hum Toice in his and agonize is with their painful Royal to-night, when they will feature increasing inquiries for the trans The jury, without retiring, returned he married her. Lately, she had beloved wile of P. Lockwood instrument, me talker was progress. What evuld these csere. to Wedgewood Classics. There was fer of animals by air to the Con- a verdict of" death by misadventure." been corrupted by the last witness. Jores of Shanghai "

New hundreds of miles away. pit centenarians do jor-a-living if another crowded house last night, and tinent, as air travel obviates the They considered that the chauffeur They both used to DELENTE-On June 21, at Shang

they were withdrawn from the judging from the way the audience confinement in baskets for many bad done all he could in the circum- kerosene oil, carriers at. Taikok- tsui Several times he caught shafts? Let us he reasonable received the programme, the Com- hours which rail and steamship stances, and was not to blame for When Methuseleh crawls up to our pany has firmly establish itself in travel involves.

DRESS FABRICS

FOR

PRESENT SEASON.

BIRTH

LITTLE-On June 20. at Tientsin,

to Owen and Hyida Little,

daughter.

DEATHS.

zre answered in dashes and dots, hai, Albert Ernest Delente tot having a voice transmitter. I the French Municipal School, aged 66 years.

The China Mail.

SZEVICK"

TRUTH, JUSTICE, FÜRLIC

HONGKONG, Tuesday, June 29, 1920.

WIRELESS

With flying machines coming to

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the favour of local theatre-goers.

beckoning finger, let us pay him his Encores were the order of the night

WAR

MEMORIAL

night.

A boat, apparently belonging to one of the men of war now in har bour, was sailing by Holt's Wharf yesterday, when it was caught by a squall and capsized. No damage

inmates.

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was done, either to the craft or its of the car were examined immediately to work as a kerosene oil carrier at

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the accident.

A Chinese woman was yesterday

with an iron bar, After handling A reader writes in:

ber very roughly, he was said to What about cur Mr. E. C. Dingman, one" the have dragged her to the top of the war memorial?" Weljurors summoned yesterday after staircase and kicked her down it. do wish our inter noon to serve in connection with an She was picked up by the Police in

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At the Magistracy this morning,

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UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC

SOCIETY.

DONSANY TICKLED. WRITES SPECIAL PLAY FOR IT:

An old woman living next door testified that she had beard many quarrels between the husband and wife over the other woman, and had witnessed the last assault complained

of

struck his wife.

work as

his wife flirting with other male seems that wireless telegraphy and

workers. He remonstrated with her telephony are easily linked, to

but she abused him and threw stones gether, and that a comparatively legal fare, and walk. That will be and every member of the Company removed to the Government Civil

at him. She told him to mind low power is needed for the latter. safer, and save tins, and it will not was kept busy until the fall of the Hospital suffering from injuries to

his own business. It was because Yet the amount of interference. distress the senile gentleman who

of this that he brought the other each with cach, is negligible. To comes forward to carry our 1b. change of programme on Thursday that she was assaulted by her husband curtain There will be another the head and body. It was alleged

woman home. Two days ago he connect a wire system with a radio carcase up the heights.

asked his wife to go out and change system is just as single as connect-

ten cents' worth of coppers for him; ing two wire lines by means of a

but she refused. When he scolded repeater. The idea is that the

her, she abused him. He lost his wire telephone system and the

patience with her and gave her twos radiophone systeni will now

slaps on the face. She retaliated co- pellators would be more explicit. inquest into the circumstances attend an unconscious condition and remov- Lord Dunsany has presented to the by kicking him. Picking up a big operate, so as to serve islands, and To what is this one referring? ing the death of a Chinese who was led to the hospital. The husband H.KU. Musical and Dramatic Society stone she threw it at him. She was places to which it is not convenient What war? What memorial? The killed through being knocked down has disappeared.

a one-act Eastern play which he has a very wilful woman and quite un- it to a colony of islands like Hong-Zulu war was finished some time answer his name when called. A to carry wires. The intance of memorial to those who fell in the by the CS.P.'s motor car, failed to

written especially for and presented controllable. It was dict true that he to the Society. The Members the had failed to support her since the Hongkong from Macau, and taking kong, where we have to use expen- go. The Beer war memorial is, we other juror was appointed in his before Mr. N. L. Smith, & Chinese Society are naturally delighted at second defendant came to live in the up Tom. Dick. and Harry, with sive submarine cables, is apparent understand, well in hand, that is place, and the inquest was proceeded was charged with being a rogue and this evidence of goodwill from the house. The second defendant never very large ocean liners entering at once. A lady on Cheungchar

with Mr. Dingman reported him-a vagabond. He pleaded not talented author. to say, receiving consideration. our fire harbour, and with other will be able to ring up her husband Our correspondent raust control his self the Magistrate that he went found in the small hours of the Society staged two of Lord Dunsany's over to keep the peace for six months

self about an hour later and inform guilty." The Police said he was -It will be remembered that the signs of up-to-dateness, not forget here and tell him what to bring impatience. All in good time.

The Magistrate bound the husband. ing the China Mail, we are rather home for supper. Waglan at pre-

to the Government Civil Hospital | morning by, a Chinese detective plays early this year and achieved a in the sum of $50, and discharged pt here fancy ourselves some-sent cut off) will be able to tell us

About a couple of thinking that the inquest was being peeping through the windows of great success: Some photographs of the woman defendant.. where in the swim, if not in the fall about it, And our families

PEAK WATER months ago. held there. Mr. Hutchison,, after some dwelling houses in Old Bailey.the play and the rather remarkable yan of the world's progress. These going Home on the steaners will

perhaps & little pointing out the delay caused by Mr. The detective shadowed" him to programme, rendered into Chinese fare frills and fourishes. In the be able to keep on saying "Good-

more than that, Dingraan's absence, said that he Chancery Lane where he repeated by the Rev. Dr. T. W. Pearce, were things that matter we have a long byer day after, day until they are we were voicing the complaints of failed to see how he could have made his performance. Convinced that sent to Lord Dunsany. He was par-TOKYO BRIDGE "DOOMED.. way to go before we catch up with almost there, it is another of the Peak dwellers about their admitted the mistake of going to the Govern- the man was out for an unlawful ticularly' bucked. In a letter of the procession. Take wireless, for inventions for which, or for the them bad to come down town for clearly mentioned in the notice served him. Accused was unable to give sany expressed himself as very pleased ly deficient water supply. Some of meat Civil Hospital, when it was purpose, the detective questioned thanks recently received, Lord Doo instance... commercial wireless. Facceleration of which, we have to

Despite the pronounced opposition Direct commercia! wireless con- thank the dread war. The world things done," we were beginning held at the Magistracy. Mr. Ding-was removed to the Police Station displayed" by the Society and wishes authorities are reported to be deter- a bath. As the paper that wets on him that the inquest was to be a satisfactory account of himself and with the understanding interest of the public, the Tokyo. Prefectural munication was opened between has becolte a Takt ** whispering America and England on March 1, gallery." and the **little bird to think this one of our failures; man was discharged with a caution. Four weeks imprisonment with bard to convey his congratulations to the mined to carry out the removal of

labout.

actors. with friendly greetings between the which tells all the secrets will soon but we recently found out, quite by

the Benkei Bridge. New York and London Chambers be put out of business. It may yet accident, that the P.W.D. bas Our Revenue Officers had a very

"The play-that he has presented to There is some force indeed in the of Commerce. Even that wonder- become a commonplace at the tea already laid the new pipes which busy time during the week-end sear

Inspector Caygill this morning The Compromise of the King of preservation of historical relics" the HK.U. M. & D. Society is called argument of those who advocate the ful thing is not a culmination. The table, to say that while talking are to remedy the situation: Evi-ching incoming and outgoing vessels charged a Chinese before Mr. R. the Golden Isles," and it is Chinese remarics Mr. Iwats. Chief of the wonders of wireless promise to go with London this Borning. my lineal descendants of the guy who cessful in making two fairly biz | electric bulb from the Po Hire in its setting. It lends itself to very Internal Affairs Section in the Tokyo dently the P.W.D. people are for contraband. They were suc Hutchison with having stolen an on and on extending. We all heard dear. I beaut Mrs. So-and-so i did good deeds by stealth, and hauls on the steamers "Haihong" Theatre at Yaumati. The defendant fine scenic arrangements. Hongkong Prefectural Office, but at the same of the wireless telephone in con Paris telling Mrs. Somebodyelse in blushed to find 'em farge. In this and "Fatshan.". The first haul was admitted the offence, but said that It is hoped by members of the of, that no real development of public time, the fact should not be lost sight. in wartime. As officer firing over there is no way of making wireless stance P.W.D. stands for "pine made by Revenue Officer Ward, latej he was, forced to steal because he society that it will be possible to engineering enterprise could be ex nection with airships and airplanes | Sydney this and that. For alas!! London talked to some prople; in i telephony private. Anybody with water delivered" and "pretty well of the Naval Yard Police on Saturday was out of work and had no money arrange. a' performance before pected if the authorities be constantly

ADVERSARIA.

SUPPLY,

STORY.

(..

he

came across 385 taels

is good at that sort of thing.

Viscount Tajiri, Mayor of Tokys.

London hall. It is less generally an instrument can listen ja."

done." We pat the department on afternoon, when, in the course of a to buy food. The Inspector said the the back.

search on board the "Haihong." defendant was found by a foki of the Christmas of this year. It must be restricted in their activities by such known that in 1919 President Wil-1.

We invited the co

of theatre who was on his rounds yester was race week, the public did not is worth preservation, it might as confessed that, possibly because it considerations. If the Benkei Bridge Son' on the George Washington,

prepared non-Government aplum day in the actors sleeping room greatly, encourage the members of well be preserved by means of a travelling between France and

-OUE SNAKE operation of Our concealed in the lamp trimmer's room at the back of the stage, pulling down perica, was able to talk with

readers in providing Another quantity of opium (120 taels) the wiring. He called in: the Police the Society by their attendance last model. Secretary Daniels in Washington

a Hongkong soake was found in the engine-room and had the accused arrested. The February. It is hoped that they will while he himself was just leaving

How distressfully story, that should make Shanghai Revenue Officer Grimmett was re Inspector said that apparently, the be more tinterested in the new play Brest. The actual voice, across all. WATCHMEN easy it is for a public and Singapore take a back seat.sponsible for the seizure on the defendant did not want the wires, for those miles of water, is more cun-

speaker or writer to The response was poor. To-day Fatahan," In the turibel shaft of they were found strewn about the vincing to the layman than all the "put his foot in it "Hongkong, comes this:

which 245 teals of opium were found floor. He merely burst them în **Dear Adversarius.We have One man was arrested on the order to get at the bulbs. Mach mysteries. of dot and dash. We There are traps for griffins, and send and receive cables here, ot ritfalls eyen for careless old timers, fat last got the local raske story Haihong," and will be charged at damage was done. The Magistrate: indig tion and constipation, and absolutely necessary. The desire

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is also reported to be in favour of the removal of the bridge in conner-> tion with the proposed reclamation 5. work. - He says: As the city grows, CAUSE OF DESPONDENCY.. sometimes such a sacifice ass \E-PONDENCY is often caused by - demanded by the authorities becomes It is a very dangerous undertaking. is it not? Inspector: Yes When quickly disappears when Chamberlain's tion of the bridge may destroy the -ablete-are-taken. Those tablets strong- we received the report, we thought then the digestion and more the bowels natural beauty of Tibe: district - but LAUNCHES some one had been electrocuted. For sale by all Chemists and Store may on the other hand result in the

dawhard labour.

keepers.

enhancement of artificial beauty

high rates, but when we can ring In India it is often dangerous to you were looking for, but onforts the Magistracy to-morrow. enn our customer or relative and say t

***chee-chee." just as in Syd-nately, there are no exciting details plain without abbreviations or ney, the discreet person never men in it. The offent report given by

we shall know we are gettions convicts.. In Hongkong the Police was At 9 p.m., 28th, WALLA-WALLA

asonably within well, Lere & an ouexpected exam-3 make: 14 feet long was found in

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