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THE CHINA MAIL.

In the year 1970, prac- to the stage here we keep them 1970.tically everyone that in check. But at the first sign o reads this paragram violence by your side, they resumir will be dead, unconscious, careless. their supremacy, and we are help Aren't we silly not to "keep our less. You cannot prevail agains hair or in the present fuss and them, and are wores off than fret? We close a club to numbers before. when one member of it dies. When we realize that all the members will be dead so soon, should we not

**The conduet of

SPECIAL CABLES,

SHANGHAI NEWS.

BOMB OUTRAGE.

[China Mail SPECIAL]

SHANGHAI, July 15.

A second attempt was made on he life of Wang Yi Tang. A bomb exploded in Kardoon's

Gardens. There were no injuries.

Political motives are the cause of the attack.

RUN ON BINES,-

CONDITIONS NOW NORMAL.

SHANGHAI, July 15. The runs on the Bank of China

FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1920

CHILD TORTURED.

·SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS,

CHINESE WOMAN CONVICTED.

་་་་

THE QUAINTS.

AN EXCELLENT SHOW.

SECOND PERFORMANCE TO-NIGHT.

T

Speculation was rife in Hongkong sterday, when the P. & O.. *Kalyan"

was seen anchored away

Serious allegations were made. against a Chinese woman yesterday afternoon, at the Magistracy, when she was charged before Mr. N. Lout by Stonecutters. The Quaints" servant girl. Smith with assaulting her 8-year-old were aboard and the question was, would they be able to play at the Mr. S. B. B. McElderry, of the

Theatre Royal Spécial launches, Secretariat for Chinese Affairs enabled a big audience to enjoy itself lighters and an energetic company secuted, and Mr. F. E: Nash appeared for three hours in the Theatre, and, for the defence...

This, remarked Huck, scratching the back of his neck with his star- board bind leg, were better worth make the best of what we yet reading than the Biot Act. Huck may spend 2 Life cannot be is right. We recall one case ir lengthened, but it can be broaden which the argument worked, and ed. widened. Live widely. The quieted a mob, The brave man pitch may be bumpy, but the game who preached it was misunderstood is worth while. Why let small by people of his own race, and annoyances spoil the pleasure in it? dubbed a seditious person. It is better to see a joke now than)

If they know their.

Mr. McElderry said that as theater, to chuckle itself to sleep. That to hot for a proburent,

TIPS FOR THE job, says Huck,

result of a report made to Inspector is the first point the "Quaints" have OBSERVATORY and really bave

McKay, the latter brought the child to be congratulated on. In spite CIFARS. ** GENERAL, General Dyer ne Am

anything useful to

to his office. He examined the girl of the short notice they produced a tell not counting DYER. ritsar. writes à cor

and found that she bore marks of show complete in all details and, respondent whose an- the twinges of their corns) they

bad. treatment. He sent her to the further, started well on time. an article not should enlist the aid of the news- gry references to

Government Civil Hospital.

Those who saw the "Quairits "* - They should send of published in our paper we suppers.

The principal tenant of the first when they visited Hongkong early in press was exactly the same, no phone to cach paper the news as and the Bank of Communications then called. Asked if she had at Their anticipations were more than floor of No. 36 Hollywood Road was 15 went to the show expecting much. more and no less. as Gennanthey get it, with their deductions have sotsided, following ease in the any time seen the defendant chastise / realised. The programing was. - E "frightfulness" in Belgium-the in simple language. They shonk political situation. Conditions are sanie motive, the same ruthless sax that a typhoon sported at now normal. slaughter of charmed people."an approximate thistance in such Very well. Let it go at that. The and such an airt (eg. 300 miles to thing is over now, the ease settled.the S.W, that it is coming this All we are interested in now, and way, and may hit us at approxi all we wrote about, is the future toately such and such a date: treatment of Editor Horniman. Unless they can do that (and I which, we understand, is bound to don't know that they can they are come up again before Parliament A householderen the Peak It is a case which certainly shows doesn't want to close all his veran

left cheek

the winter time. In fact they so far was another barn. the Government in an awkwardahs all round the house for an

Numerous other burns, blisters, and forgot themselves 29 to help him to dilemia.

unnecessary length of time in this

sores were discovered on the child's sing the chorus. Miss Hilda Denton weather, to bake in an oven. If

chest, abdomen, shoulders and arms. was qul kly a favourite, possessing a Hallam, in his Con he knew from his newspaper each

The burns seemed to have been fresh, clear soprano voice. She sang Dit stitutional History.

stage of its reported approach, he

caused by paper. The child was

the popular "Fairyland" in excellent. remarks that no coronil close his windward shutters

suffering from no disease, and he style and save as an encore "My fidence in the general integrity of

and take things easily until the final

could see no justifiable reason for an folk" which was loudly ap a germinent should beguile us to

warning, and still be reasonably

the burns, which were injurious to plauded reint? that vigilant regard for

softw

Having tasted the bitterest dregs health.

Some graceful dancing was execu | liberty, at the public good for

The China Mail apologises for of the cup of militarism Austria does

Mr. Nash asked the witness if the ted by Miss Ella Cameron, an espe which we tunst look to an un- the freedom of Huck's mode of want the cup filled again. Ac-burns could not have been produced cially pretty one being in "China shackled and independent Pross.)

men.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The new building of the Hong kong & Shanghai Banking Corpora tion at Elankow was formally opened on July 10.

The Newspaper World states that cotification of increase of price has been made by twelve more news papers and periodical publications at Home The total of such advances for the year is 368.

Crowns

the girl, she replied in the negative very lengthy one, providing some and stated that defendant was a very bury was, daturally to the fore in thing for everyone. Mr. R. B. Salis kind mistress who always took great the humour department." care of the girl.

His

Dr. W.B.A. Moore, Superintendent whimsical was of doing things, of the Government Civil Hospital, the innocent manner in which said that be examined the girl on her he asks all manner of absurd admittance to the hospital. She had estions cannot fail to appeal. The bruise on the right jaw and a super audience was greatly struck with his ficial burn on the lower lip. On her song enquiring where flies go to in

a

Mr. McElderry closed the case fer the prosecution.

For

instance one of Mr. Scovell's shoes suddenly left him and whizzed across the stage. He carried on gamaly. Miss Derothy James was very good in her songs at the D'aro, while Mes Josephine Cantor gave some whistling solos which proved very acceptable.

As for the male element, Mr.

| Such inderndence, cannot be said specel. Remember, he is only a cording to the Vienna newspapers, by a strong solution of Jeyes fluid. Chimes." Her "Scarecrow" dance, To exist where discussions of a poli.nkga, and a Sinn Feiner at a powerful agitation is under way The witness replied that they could in which she was partnered by Mr. that. Bat, by George, he does for the complete abolition of the have been produced by a corrosive Ernest Scovell, was a feature of the tical or religions nature are restrain. seem to have more savvy than some be made by doing away with the

army. They point to the saving to fluid.

evening, especially as it provided one.. ed by too narrow or severe likita-

The girl was then called, but in or two unrehearsed effects. tions. In a review of this still valu-

army, which they estimate at a billion spite of Mr. McElderry's questions jable work. Macaulay said. "We

and the strenuous endeavours of the | know throgh what strange loopi

interpreter to make her speak, she A Melbourne message says that refused to say a word | holes the human mind contrives to

a Japanese firm dealing in thermome Fasciju, when it wishes to avoid a

ters and surgical goods sent a circular | disagreeable inference from an ad.

letter to various firms in Melbourne mitted proposition.

The defendant deposed that the stating that its representatives had girl was sold to her when 18 months We have a letter

entered Germany shortly after the old, and she bad always been treated Grahame Doncaster brought out some from the lowa

armistice and had secured a monopoly as one of her own children. She good songs, "The Stoker" and POSTMASTER'S schoolgirl who

Mr P. Grant Jones, the British in certain lines of goods, overlooking brought her to Hongkong in February. the CSM-sot the disease but Some time ago Assessor, Shanghai, left for Home on the important fact pointed out by the The girl had a very weak constitu- the non-comproving, great hits. Monday last by the "Katori Marn." Minister of Customs, that the imtion, and was periodically subjected Mr. Ernest Scovell's best number quest to the best newspaper in}

portation of German goods into to skin diseases. The girl's latest was "It's Homely," a song which Hongkong."Pleased with our

According to Chinese press Australia is prohibited.

ailment was the appearance of small just suited als voice. efforts to send her what s want-reports Dr. Wu Ting-fang was to

boils all over her body, and witness The "Quaints," however, have al-

HONGKONG

BRAINS.

addressed

The C.M.S. Co.'s s.s. "Nanking" sailed from San Francisco on July 14, in accordance with schedule.'

F

"ASUTA, JUSTICE, PUBLIC' SERVICE," je to a child of six four situses self the China mail that had that in Shanghai, up to Saturd dy last, his thirsty pals in the States. To not taken the girl to a doctor.

BosGrose, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1910.

THE CHILDREN. -

sure glad that that postmaster in due in Shanghai to-morrow. Hongkong had the rains to mail concession! Such letter to you. The Chinese magnanimity surely entities us to but she proposes to keep for her paper goes into her school museum.

of a policeman-wielded cane.

How The Set of 1988 at Hour deficite. lovely letter in it for me.** ly established children's courts, the easy and pleasant a thing it is to main object being to keep the give pleasure, when people are child.the enbryotic offender whoing to be pleased. has probably erred" from ignorane or the pressure ng circunstäures or misfortune, altogether free from the taint or contagion that attaches to criminal proceedings."

will.

The CP.OS. RMS. "Empress of Japan" sailing from Hongkong at Some time ag, noon on Tuesday, the 20th instant, ECCENTRICITIES about April-May, for Victoria and Vancouver, BC. will

a Hongkong man omit her usual call at Kobe. desiring a swall article from

OF

EXCHANGE.

friends.

ed. the maiden says, P.S. I am leave Japan last Monday and was who is rather keen on "the liquor idg by washing her with a solution numbers. Last night they gave A local American friend of ours sought to prevent them from spreas-ways had a reputation for concerted question, invested the sum of $16 in of Jeyes fluid. She had also given "China" Chimes" a phantasy of a an assortment of drinks here, writes the girl some medicine which she mantelshelf, in which the artistes. The recent investigation by the

a Tientsin paper. In due course he obtained from the Alice Memorial were dressed as the well known of Commerce shows that there wased and has since sent copies to all Shanghal Chinese General Chamber had the array of battles photograph Hospital.

Dresden china figures. It was a very By Mr. McElderry: Witness had pretty scene, ably carried through. One of the most humorous items some 263,000 piculs of rice.

make the blow all the harder, he bad After the witness had been dis was a journey to Spain, India, and "is is what $16 will do for you in prosecution had not proved any written underneath the picture missed, Mr. Nash submitted that the England.

Taken altogether the show was Tientsin."That's the way to make assault. The girl had only are one of exceptional merit.

The bruise on the left jaw, and that could Quaints are playing again to-night- have been caused by a fall. Counsel His Excellency the Governor, Lady When the China Mail a year ago

A news agency which shall be submitted that the only offence his Stubbs and party attended last night's tried to do something for the child

Shanghai carpenters, masons, nameless tells of a project for creat client was guilty of was neglect in performance. ren, by starting Children's

ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE How about some arrangement by distant port, and not knowing its wharfworkers, millhands, tailors, baring a Coney Island in the beart of that she had not taken the child to a doctor. Jeyes fluid was Corner. offering prizes for letters, which our Chinese Justices of the cost, reuitted a money order furters, etc. ad. lib.. have all had their Tokyo, where those who cannot get see etc., the response was not enough: Peace would take it in turn, day one pound sterling, with a request go at striking. On July 9 the shoe to the seaside may forget the beat efficacious for some kind of skin

and the crowds. There will be a diseases.

PRESENTATION TO To warrant a continuance. Aulet after day, to hear and deal with all for the article and any change there makers took a hand in the game.

- ME. WONG. ffort is to be made. On Saturdays charges brought against children? night be. The money order coSE The authorities at Kure have se will have a column or so devoted Then the Government need private him something under five dollars discovered a cholera case among the do children, beginning on Saturday no more than a roan, and the work. He has just had his order filled, and naval workmen, and have ordered this week. The Children's of the ordinary courts would be 16s. G. change returned to him. the entire staff of 30,000 work-people 4 orner will be wonducted by a Peak lightened. So great knowledge of Cashing the order for the change, to be injected with anti-cholera serum, lady who writes the most charming the law, but didly commonsense, he received $5.20. or about a dollar stories and verses for children. is needed to deal with such, young more than he sent in the first place. How many foreigners know what What a place Hongkong is for offenders; and the Chinese J.P. When he was telling us about it. Antu means? aska Rodney Gilbert in such an experiment." We have more of whom could be appointed, he seemed to think he had done the N. C. Daily News. The interpre- hildren of almost all races, to would be able to talk to them and something clever; but we pointed tation is by implication as usual. The many of whom such a feature in warn them more effectively. What out to him that if he had sent phrase in full is aa kuo, fu mİA. * an English newspaper can have no do practical, hard-headed men think 1000, he would have made a thou- pacify the nation, and bless the people possible appeal.

Mr. Smith remarked that the de-enjoyed. There were two pianoforte. For these also of this suggestion?

sand times as much profit-provid-We've all noticed them doing it. we would like to do something, but

ing that he ever got his change:

can ships, while at the same time, as fendant should have taken the solos, a few well rendered songs and recitations, and a scene from "Julius A correspondent writes to the reported by our Corisul-General at necessary precautions in using Jeyes Caesar, which was well presented how?

N.C.D.N.We in China are inclined Hongkong, It absolutely prohibits Reuter told us yes to think of Mexico as a frightfully Importation of any dyestuffs into

Mr. Nash said that in dealing with and reflected much credit on those taking part. During an interval, Mr. terday that Sir Mat- chaotic country and of the Mexicans that port other than British says the be taken of the ignorance of the leather cabin trunk by one of the cases of this sort consideration must Wong Sui-pun was presented with a thew Nathan goes" ta as irresponsibles with confirmed dis- San Francisco Chronicle. The intent class of people the defendant be students. In making the presenta- Queensland as Gover-like for any sort of government of that is to compel not only Hong longed. nor, and we told you Wonder what the Mexicans think of kong textile concerns to use British

**

For our child hawkers we lately put in a word. With how little effect may be judged from yester- day's police court reports. A boy of twelve, whose mother is dead. was arrested for bawking without

a licence. A European lady saw

him arrested, and after she found

out how to go about it, bailed him

ADVERSARIA.

Lots of people in

back.

SIE MATTHEW KATHAN.

lake which, "when the shadows of Mr. McElderry said he took a Beri- twilight fall, will contain numerous ous view of the case in view of the curves and bends," though it does fact that Dr., Moore had told the St. Paul's College was en fele last not explain how this is to be achieved. Court that when he examined the night when an open-air concert was Hundreds of fireflies and glow girl, he did not find any signs of dis given by the pupils in honour of Mr. warms will be set fying over the case

Wong Sui-pan, a popular and much Mr. Nash said that it was absurd esteemed master of the College, who lake." This is specially interesting, as naturalists have hitherto been un- to suggest that the defendant would is leaving for England shortly to observant of the aviating power of deliberately burn the girl for study the methods of teaching there. the glow-warm

Mr. McElderry said that the girl friends of the students was present. A large gathering of parents and told him that the defendant had The British Government.objects burned her with paper. to legislation intended to confine coastwise commerce strictly to Ameri-

cause whatever.

fluid.

"

A musical programme was much

PROFITABLE Hongkong take in

at the same time something about China and the Chinese assuming, of dyestuffs, but all Southern Asia, so could not have been ignorant as she dealing with the excellent work Mr. The Magistrate said that defendant tion, the student read an address LUDGERS. lodgers so as to re- Queensland. After his Dublin ex- course, that Reuter gives them an far as Hongkong can control it. And knew how to get medicine from the Wong had performed as a marter in for rent. When the Government thew should feel at home in Queens on in this delightful country of the on a title in no way differing from that the child had so many burns on cipal of the College also spoke. He

duce the high outge periences, our old friend Sir Mat- occasional inkling of what is going yet Great Britain controls Hongkong Alice Memorial Hospital. The fact

The Rev. A.D. Stewart, the Prin grants one of its servants a free land, which is very, very Irish.

that on which the Grand Turk her body, should do away with the voiced the sentiments of those house, does it approve of his taking

formerly controlled the Balkans. doubt that the défendant had ignor-

in lodgers? We know of one rather

our, bless her. But, meanwhile, in the words of a police officer probably not to be accused of sickly highly placed and fairly well paid sentimentalism, he wept for seven official, recently granted as quarters SOETS.

hours alone, in a cell. And the

a dollar fine.

strokes of a rattan: With us, a six year old child is a baby still;

Immune from oll: but the lightest |

of warning slappings. We hope

the like those given to the boy

hawker whose wounds we wrote about a little while ago.

HEALER.

TWO

gods.

Talking of riots among natives, Huck says there

Governor's A.D.C., of a riot, the reasoning white man Capt. McGrath, who walks unarmed and smiling into

the school,

antly used strong solutions of Jeyés present in paying tribute to the fluid on only one or two occasions done eight years good service on capabilities of Mr. Woog who had A fine of $50 was imposed.

the teaching staff of the College: The speaker said that he hoped Mr. STRANDED SKIP.

Wong would pursue his studies successfully in England and_réturs tor the College after he had gained his teacher's diploma.

́ FLOATS OFF WHEN LIGEZEKED,

NO DAMAGE.

It is somewhat curious remarks are two sorts of natives the Japan Chronicle that, after all the During the awearing of a jury and two sorts of white declaration that Mr. Painleve's visit at the Central Criminal Court in a house that was expensively bought men. There is the reasonable white to China is purely cultural and for London ons of the jurors, on being magisterial sympathy" and tender for quite another purpose, for which man, always ready to listen to it, the purposes of putting Chinese handed the printed form of oath, ness and mercy expressed itself-in its former paying tenants were and there is the white man who higher thought en rapport with that announced that he could not read. ejected, and he has rooms to spare believes in force, never thinks save of France, we have heard of nothing Replying the Recorder, the jury- fbpt for conduct really naughty Names if required.

Another boy of six years of age for lodgers. He has taken in two. in tortus of force, and, is quicit to but his railway schemes since he man said he had never been to apparently) was sentenced to four

appeal to it. Among the natives arrived in China. It is now reported school. The Recorder: "I don't that he is to be chairman of a Com understand how it is that you have

*** Replying, Mr. Wong thanked Mr.. Knowing something any colony there is alwayɛ a

Stewart for his kind remarks, and the - TIME THE of the views of the similar division. At the beginning mission for standardising the Govern-never been to school. Can't you

students for their handsome presesir2, ment railways in China."

read at all?”: The juryman: "No.. I cannot. I can tell figures. I keep

He dwelt at some length on school- This child's four strokes will not is full of what he might call" claas the crowd, and harangues it rather Exchange started from Westminster weight of the coal and the amount in Hainan Straits, where she was midst on the completion of his Eighteen members of the Stock a coal shop. I can calculate the-Kam Ying Fat" by her stranding ing that he hoped to be again in thele No damage was done to the as life in the past, and concluded by say that in representing the Governor adds: Your reasonable men bare to walk to Brighton. It was the sidered that the best way, would be vessel went ashore on sand at slow loyalty," the thought occurs to us to the effect just outlined Ee Bridge at 7 o'clock in the morning to be received." The Recorder con- grounded for about three days. The studies. at the celebration of the fall of the been increasing the number of ours, first race of the icind since 1914. In to excuse the jurymas from atten- speed. It is said that no repairs will six-Chinese students and certificates The presentation of prizes to thirty. English law barely recognizes the Bastille this week he was (but for and if your unreasonable ones will the years before the war fun mingled dance. patris potestas of Roman law, the emolient effect of time) in an exercise patience, justice will come with excitement when the Stock Ex read as quickly as you can. You are the time to lighten the ship, in order the ceremony being performed by You had better learn to be necessary. It was necessary at to fourteen graduates then followed, but Hongkong law is not quite uncongenial gallery. The fall But since it must be admitted that change rose eatly and sportfully only 56 years old," he added. English We sometimes adopt of the Bastille symbolized the four unreasonable men are far toiled. The public were not deeply English Acts here, when it suits triumphant rebellion of the pro- stronger than your unreasonable moved by the revival of the "eventa us but we have not adopted the letariat and the downfall of aris men, any resort to violence by There were fewer outside jokes, less Childrens' Act of 1908, our nearest tocracy, the supremacy of demo-yours must end in your discom outside attention. Middle age earned approach to it showing that we cracy over every kind of oligarchy. fiture, and in a continuation and the honours The winner, H. BS are not wholly barbarous) being Nearer the event, we could imagine probably aggravation of the con- Rhodes, on easily in mine and

BLAZON TYPE NOT NECESSARY, Ordinance No. 8 of 1909, by which the gentleman strongly disapprovditions which led to this disturb balf hours from younger competitors and Diarrhoes Ramon, to thou HAMBERLAIN'S Oolic and Denta we decided that sentence of death in it. There are many things ance. It is a principle of ours that TA Burdett, a stalwart veteran. Don't take such risks, A done or two line to attract the public ers

Remedy no glaring head. shall not pronounced on or re beside wine that improve with age. so long As a man appears to be was the handicap winner. With an ill enre you before doctor could simple statement that all cherinia corded against a person why in the Lan it be that in a hundred years reasoning, be must be given full allowance of one hour and 50 posibly be called, and it were falls it is quilcient as every family- opinion of the Court is under the time even Bolshevis may be string, and although our unreason minutes, he arrived # Beighton in ren in the most serore and dangerous value wiff had been mood for fest, yea

Respectable?

esser Theme by all. Chemists); audi" mată la ust what its name: Landles ing. men don't like it, we have got lem than ten hours and a half.

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