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assumed artificers, canal makers. thing. All this is the rankest Instead of their many many miles heresy to you? You are quite sure

LOGAL AND GENERIL.

Owing to the lack of a quorum,

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Seichiro Yamamoto, of Singapore, has been granted exclusive selling and other rights of an invention for an improved anti-mosquito joss stick and stand for same.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST € 1920,

CHILDREN TORTURED,

SHOCKING CRUELTY.

MAXIMUM PENALTY IMPOSED,

DRUGGED AT DINNER.

CHINESE GENTLEMAN

KIDNAPPED.

HELD FOR RANSOM,

of width exposing the absurdity of you can tell a good cigar from a The 3.3. "Mongolian Prince" this conception, they only led the bad ove? Very well. Prove it. (Shewan Tomes & Co.) is due here wiseacres to conclude that being Get two nearly of a size; one a good to-morrow from New York. canals, and being so many miles (one, the other cheap Flor de wide, the Martians who made them Broccali Light them both some mus; be wonderfully intelligent and night, and hand them to a friend the meeting of the Sanitary Board able people. Thus does popular to hold, while you turn off the called for yesterday was abandoned.

Magistrate Smith had before him science come. Later on Lowell: light. If the room is quite dark,

yesterday afternoon, a Chinese woman A well-to-da. Chinese gentleman noting a certain regularity of ar- you will not be able to tell which

living at No. 9 Gage Street, charged living in Wellington Street, come rangement about them, plumped is which. If you make, à card- The Civil Governor of Canton with cruelty to a couple of servant three weeks ago received an invitation for the artificial hypothesis. But beard screen, with a round hole will soon take steps to promote the girls, the eider of whom is fifteen to a dinner party at the Ram Ling Lowell. is an advertiser, a drum-that just fits the cigar and shuts unification of the Cantonese dialect, years of age. Defendant was alleged Hotel, Shektongchut. He went, and beater and trumpeter. No two obe off the glow of it as you pull at it, according to a Canton press agency to have burned the children.

bis family has not seen him since. servers seem to see these canals "you won't even know whether it is

Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by His anxious wife sent servants to ‚་ Mr. Leo d'Almada) appeared for the fake enquiries at the hotel, but in the same way, so far. Lowellalight or not. You will think it explains away the impossible width has gone out. These notes are

defence and before the case for the beyond the information that be shad of the canals by saying that the based on experiments. Try them

prosecution was opened, stated that left the place together with other fines seen are not the canals them for yourselves. Theoretically, they

his defence in the case of the elder members of the party, the hotel selves but broad belts of vegetation are all wrong, because blind, men

girl would be that his client resort people could render no assistance in ed to the common Chinese practice the tracing of the missing man. growing along them. So wight a sticke, and are said to enjoy smok

of burning as a cure for boils. A few days ago, the woman man with alcoholic delusions argueing. That is something we do not

In doing so, the defendant might have received a letter from her husb that the blue ratsche,sees are not profess to explain. What we do

The Philippine National Bank exceeded what was reasonably neces and informing her that he had been rats but dogs that chase them, and know is that taste in things like finds itself cheated out of P40,000 sary for the purpose. She was pre drugged at the dinner party and argue that there must be blue rats whisky and tobacco is a supersti- of its funds by a clever Chinese pared to plead guilty to that effect taken to Macas where he was being because he deduced the blue, dogs.tion. Autohypnosis has something The same bank was also defrauded only. Counsel said that he understood kept in close confinement. The forms which life can assume to do with it. Go along to your by a local Chiness merchant of a that the CSP, and Inspector Davitt kidnappers were holding him for are infinitely numerous. We have tobacconist right now, and instead similar sum last year.

were prepared to accept that plea if ransom, he said, and negotiations for an incalenláble variety on earth, of parting with eight dollars for

the maximum fine of $250 were im his redemption were to be made with bat we have no right to asstime | half a hundred-eigars, as-uspal, buy | Jewels which belonged to the posed. His client was prepared, said his captors through a Chinese Hotel that Mars must have sentient and a box of those at $3.50 the hun-late Mille. Gaby Deslys, the noted Counsel, in the event of her plea, as in Macao. contriving creatures, in any way diel, with a gaudy inhel. Look French dansense, were offered for outlined, being accepted and the fine The local Police have been inform- approximating to those we know.fixedly at the label until you are sale at auction for the benefit of the imposed, to pay adequate compensa-ed, and are now in touch with the The trouble of all these newspaper quite sure you will know it again. poor of Marseilles, and realised tion to the children, and to agree to Macao authorities. contributions in such a subject is | Light one of the atrocities, and say 2,304,000 francs (about £92,160).

the placing of them in the care of the the besetting error of theology, akid and firmly, several times:

Po Leung Kük.. Counsel said that if

Another kidnapping repert has namely, the anthropomorphic" By George, but these cigars are Because of the internal strife in his Worship approved of the sugges been received by the local Police Postulate.

quite good." After that you will China, the interruption of the railwaytion, the children would receive cont from a woman, a visitor to Hong- never smoke any other kind. not. service of Honan and Shantung has Pensation which they otherwise might kong. 01 her way from the that is, with the same enjoyment. interfered with the transportation of The Magistrate said that the band. On the way down by train, country to Macao to join her hus Owing to the numerous readers who peanuts. Consequently the price of charge was a serious one, and not she said, she got into conversation keep sending loves of cigars to the peanut oil is soaring in Canton.. having heard the facts of the case with a man and a woman who later China Mail office, as tributes of

he could take no such step as sus drugged her, it was alleged. On the esteem for these writings, we have A special meeting of the Sanitary gested by Counsei.

arrival of the train at Kowloon, they Medycynicidal character of had to adopt a different formida. Board has been summoned for Thurs Mr. Jenkin said that he was only absconded" with her little son and the Big War is hidden to stamp We say All cigars are jolly day August 5 at 4.15 p.m., for the mentioning those points to his Wor her luggage. collectors, who are instally excited god." This teaches the palate ih purpose of considering

certain ship before the case started. He did over the variety of how issues it be appreciative, and so note of the applications held over from last meet-not mind evidence being taken. led to. Thego magpie-like coll»etory misd brands we get are wasted. ing at which there was no quorum.

The Magistrate said he must hear the medical evidence.

CALLOUS STAMP COLLECTORS.

of gaudy trifles, messing about with The sanm applies to whisky. SALE

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BARGAINS, IN-MILLINERY, SUMMER FROCKS-

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The China Mail.

A NEW KIPLING,

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We of the generation that rekong Clubhouse,"

at his best.

did they mis pidgin-English and local Chinese tents and rand their

their albums, hunting, begging. haggling. buying, pilfering, ex- changing, or otherwis purveying fand conveying postage stamps, do

mat realize the, convulsion of labour,

WHISKY AND TOBACCO.

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The merchants of Kamyung Dr. Y. K. To, Assistant Superin- have written to the authorities tendent. of the Government Civil protesting against the renewal of Hospital, stated that the elder girl miscellaneous taxes because they had a contused wound on the left have already paid $16,000 to the side of her head, and a lacerated former Commander of the Border wound on the left cheek, cear the Defence Army who promised to lips. Her chest and the upper abolish these taxes permanently. part of the abdomen were covered

and were conducted round all the

men.

$1,000,000 DAMAGE.

15,000 CASES OF RUBBER LOST.

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CHILD KIDNAPPED.

His

The Police are now on the alert whom has been supplied them by for the kidnappers, a description of the complainant.

HONGKONG YARN MARKET.

state-

!

OCCUPANT STABBID.

their

matshed at Wongneiwui reports that The occupier of an unnumbered

to which the mountain has enl In the avitree of some really put in older to burler the rifiendus, Pscellem sentiments on the sul mus that absorbs their interest. A fject of Better Haluation Want-

with bruises and burns. There local firm yesterday revived from an indiscreet caption far too

Messrs. S. D. Setns & Co., Hearing that a cowthief was were many bruises on both arms, market report for July 1 to 31, Bungarian despatching clerk at tempting to the ribaki instincts of Budapest a cheeky request to cul- Hongkong readers the leader cruelly buried alive in Siu Pak, Can- from the shoulders to the hands

Cotton There is no stock in the lect for him-offeringbeautiful writer of our evening contempor- ton, by the villagers of Ha Tong, the The left elbow joint was badly series of Hungarian postage stampe ary makes a statement that is sure Police Bureau recently sent several bruised and swollen. The right groin market, hence no reliable prices can issued during the great war. to be locally densamced as far too policemen to dig up the dead body. was bruised and there were several be quoted Here. for a curio. is his letter: sweeping. He writes:

Indian Yarn:-During the earlier Strange to say, observes the Canton small wounds on the left loin. Both Dear Mir.--I beg your kindlyNot one of us cannot look back Times, the corpse has not changed at legs, from the hips to the feet, were part of the current month our market indulgence, for my courage of trou. to our schooling days. without a all, although it has been buried for badly wounded especially the outer ruled rather weak as some of the side of the left thigh and knee. The importers were eager sellers. Latterly bling You although I don't have remembrance of the fear and itk-core than a week.

whole back was covered with bruises telegraphic intimation of a stronger the honour of your acquaintance-someness that we used to suffer at

The other girl had bruises of various demand at Bombay, coupled with an I am sure however in advance of examination tine. We were just

Yesterday afternoon H.E. the sizes all over the body. There were advance there, of about Rupees fifty your benevolence for a beginerariumber of grant-earners, looked Governor and Lady Stubbs, accomo burns on her.

per bale, strengthened our marker, Mr. Smith: In your opinion were and prices show a good advance-of was tadaime, that irritant for nee this conviction the liberty of ask-capalile of attaining a dead level Tung Wah Hospital. They were these children treated in such a about $10 to $15 per bale in selected welcomed by the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu- manner as to came thera unnecessary threads. Business during the month "TRUTA, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE dental impatience. In an otherwise in You the kindness to collect for of mediocre intelligence."

Here in Hongkong it does hap pak, the Hon. Mr. Ho Fock, the Hon. suffering and to be injurious to their is reported of about 100 bales of No. effective chapter on the traveller's e-if only possible all kind of

6s.-5,000 bales of No. 10s-2,000 mind pictures, he tells us that taps issued during or after the pen that we did not all go to the Mr. E. R. Hallifax and the Directors, health?

Dr. To: No. HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGcst 4, 1928. | Malays. Lascars. Hindus, Chinese world-war dute for postage on cards, schools referred to, where the-stud-wards of the Hospital.

bales of No. 12s-200 bales of No. Mr. Smith-All the injuries are 16sand 600 bales of No. 20s-in letters and parcels which You must ents were. it Japanese, and Burmans quarreled receive daily-I suppose in

said, regarded as ant-corners. At the excelent

curable? None of them can be per-all about 7,900 bales. The unsold around one copper dish of rice and rather great number from the educational institutions of Dr. dia," outward bound has a novel

The Danish motorship "Selan-manent?-Yes.

stock is estimated at about 5,000 bales. fried onions-a most unlikely event. British Colonies and Dominions as Barnardo, for instance, we do not crew. The Danish shipping industry trace of boils on the elder girl? No, bauds, is said to be about 15,000 Mr. Jenkin: Did you find any Sold but uncleared stock, in Chinese Did they, inthe stately Hung from al inhabited parts of the recall any grant-carning examina has been in the throes of strikes, and

so recently as world considering the large scale of tions. Moreover, there is Eton. to for this voyage of the "Selandia" and boils on her?-She might have If you examine her now you will

bales..

Market closes steady. members the advent of Depart the nineties, really talk often, business carried on by your worldy-which every member of the Hong-people of social position volunteered toils now, but when I examined her

tal Ditties" and Plain Tales silk, and shortings (shirtings?) and reputed Company.

Kong Club is presumed to have their services, and the crew consists she had none. from the Hills. by a young man

I am willing to render service in gone.

| entirely of such people as university in India. those wonderful Birtle

Is burning by wick or by paper a ARMED ROBBERY AGAIN. return and should there be another

professors and prominent business usual process among Chinese for grey-backs, and the spate of grip talk with corrupt Portuguese collectioner among the clerks or

curring boils-Not particularly for Ping stories that quickly followed. We do not think so. Compra-employees of your company I could

boils but for some kinds of inflam- ard the announcement of a new dore and praya are corrupt send him for exchange beautiful

The death has occurred of Mrs.mation. pling book as an event of in Portuguese, but two such swallows series of Hungarian, postage stamps

Olivia Maitland Davidson, a writer ortance. Alas!

Is it customary among Chinese "Letters of do not make a summer, nor any issued during the great war and hy

on social and other subjects, whose doctors (doctors not educated abroad) Travel Macmillans are a dis- thing like the impression he on-the different revolutionary govern-

contributions to the Tatler under the to apply this process?-Yes.

at 5 a.m., yesterday, four men broke appointment. They are not new,veys. There," and many other | ments afterwards.

signature of "Eve" brought ber an If this process was applied there into his matshed. and they are certainly not Kipling blemishes that we ignore, are trifles In expectation of your kindly

enormous amount of correspondence would be burns such as those you Two of the intruders seized him They represent a lot in the ordinary way; but from reply and thanking You in advance of July 23 in the Penang harbour out the world. Mrs. Maitland Davidson, an extent. Some of the burns are He called out "thief," whereupon Aboux 10 o'clock on the morning during the war from officers all over saw on the elder girl?-Not to such and demanded the key of his box.. of jurnalistic work scraped up Rudyard Kipling we have a right for yours pains 1 ant."

on the breakwater; three lighters who was 38, was only ill for two fresh. They are two or three days one of the robbers produced a dagger between 1892 and 1913, with the to expect a great dral. The third Bäujo of Empire twanging loudly section, dealing with Egypt, etc.,

taking rubber cargo to the s.s." Low days, and died after an operation. old. ther Castle (Paterson, Simons and

and stabbed him several times on the and indications of an ambition to is the best, and has a few charac

Co. were wrecked owing to

The wound on the head of the elder arms, hands and legs. They then the shine as a mean party politician.teristic touches. Bat on the whole

Last year the officials of Kwangsi child was not necessarily the result of decamped taking with them a metal There is a chapter on Labour we find the letters lacking the

roughness of the sea. For some time raised $600,000 for the construction ill-treatment?-No. that reads oddly in 1920, on the power and artistry of Sea to

clock valued at 60 cents. afterwards cases were seen floating of the Wu Pak Motor Car Road in The Adjutant was asked to pro- about and the number of

Was it the principal înjury?—No; | The wounded man was sent to the rve of Labour's triumph over the Sea," and void of the magic of his ounce opinion upon a new whisky rubber lost is estimated at 15,000.

cases of Kwangsi, so as. to facilitate traffic. The wound on the right groin was Government Civil Hospital to have dead political school for which writings about India. In the Cana-He took one sip, and said it was

However, some of the promoters of equally serious, but it was also not his wounds dressed. No zrests. Rudyard beats the drum. Or the dian section some of them are rotten. He asked for a drink of Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., and the amount of subscription they pro

One of the lighters had rubber of the project have not yet handed innecessarily the result of ill-treatment. have been made. literary side these letters are de aggravatingly wrongheaded.

If the elder girl fell from the pressing. Whist check we hear a

new whisky was poured, after he the other two were of Messrs. Tan mised to give, and the construction cockleft on a wooden stool or some Club-man reinark. What cheek of

of the road has been stopped for the wooden logs could she bave sustained had gone, into an empty bottle Kah Kee and Co., Ltd. an obscure journalist to criticise a

hearing the label of the sort he tendant's office on July 23 the Pinang

From enquiries at the Master At-time being.

some of the injuries? Yes. A mum paster of English. Master of

ber of them. liked. On his next visit this bottle Gazette learns that two lighters load- The case was mentioned in Pen fiddlesticke He had a happy

The injuries on the elder girl other was placed before him, without knack of epithet, a power of vivid Along the sub-editor's clippings comment. He drank, looked happy,

a Blue Funnel liner ang on July 27 in which F. H than the principal ones are such as ing cargo on

McCormack was plaintiff, and the might have been got in the ordinary description, and some trickery of there is one headed, Are Mar and said: Ah! That's a good were also wrecked by the storm. technique that arrested attention tians Men? A more immediately whisky. I don't know why you

The name of the Blue Funnel liner Criterion Press, and Chesney Duncan, course of daily existence? Yes.

There were one time acting Editor, of the Straits Some of the minor ones. and made us hope that here was

was the Duke Arion,"

In September last year, the Straits necessary query would be, Are Marsbould ever want to try new the artist. Speaking of colonial tians Martions? In other words, brands.

The injuries on the other girl were Steamship Co.'s steamer "Kitala ** about 15 lighters alongside when the Echo, were defendants, in an action He journalism, in one of these letters what evidence is there of the exist. the fraud.

was not told of storm came on. Several were dashed for libel contained in an article in not so severe ?—No, except those on was tied up alongside godown No. 3 He is dead now,

| the paper on November 5. Plaintiff's | the loin.

at Tanjong Pagar, and the "Hong be "hates to think of these splenence on Mars of living creatures and will never know. He wasn't about in the storm, but only two were case was dismissed, the matter having Her injuries were not necessarily Wan I," which was leaving port for did people using second-class worde at all? The American wireless a fool; at least, not more so of rubber of Messrs. Tan Kah Kee

been settled. Defendant's counsel the result of ill-treatment ?—No. Penang failed to keep her course and to express first-class emotions." men who attempted recently to than we all are.

Inspector Davitt said he had a collided with the "Kitala," which was We expected, knowing our Kipling, communicate with Mars listened all judge by the taste. We claims to and Co. and other 736 cases of rubber.applied for costs which were allowed. to find in this book first-class words night when Mars was in perigee. But we all go by the label. Here shout $1,000,000. The harbour was money throughout Germany.

witness who would depose that the damaged. An action was filed by the Altogether the total damage was It is proposed to issue porcelain defendant had beaten the girls two owners of me "Kuala" against the expressing second-class emotions, and heard nothing more than a vast in Hongkong the "boys are play-strewn with cases of rubber, barrels number of specimens of coins from to the Station.

Aar three days before she was brought owners of the Hong Wan 1, in but even here we were disappoint- silence. That proves nothing of ing that joke on us half the time of oil and bundles of rastan. It is 10 pienning to five-mark pieces have ed. Even on the score of mere course. Their. messages may not We are as innocent as the English

The Magistrate said he would hear which they claimed $61,465. as dam- On July 27 in the Singapore grammar, what are we to say of a have carried, may not have been tripper lunching in the restaurant understood that the bulk of the loss been manufactured by the Meissen that witness. The latter, however, Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Master of English who on page 153 understood. The tain point isip the Eiffel Tower. He

is covered by insurance.

porcelain factory. Monicipal coins proved useless and was dismissed. writes between either ocean"? that, there is no evidence of the mented on the toothsomeness of

of porcelain have already been pre- The elder servant girt then gave Barrett Lennard, Mr. H. D. Mundell Even in the field of epithetic choice, existence of creatures to receive or the spring chicken he thought he

pared for the city of Meissen, and her story, in tears. She told the on behalf of the plaintifs, said that where we expect more of him, he understand such childish experi- was eating. When told that it was

300,000 20-pfenning pieces have been Magistrate how defendant had often the defendants, who were represented gives as "lemonbued "sampans on ments. The evidence in favour of really frog, he turned pale, and was

The possibility of red-haired ordered by the city of Hamburg for besten her with little or no justifi by Mr." L. E. Gaunt, had placed cation. One day defendant told her $55,000 in settlement of the daim. the Japanese coast, and a lot of an atmosphere on Mars is slight sick. It is so with tobacco. You people being a "separate race? was use on the municipal tramways. similarly forced expressions that and inconclusive. Its mean tem fellows can yell in protest all you Anthropological Institute in London mcntioned at a meeting of the Royal

to go up to the cockiott to get a He would suggest the claim be dis- convey impressions quite false. As perature, by a more or less reason want to; the present writer is just

The story of a Singapore man lamp, and because she could not missed" without any order as to coets) to facts, he is as careless as ever. ed guesswork, as supposed to be as cocksure as you are that he has recently, when Professor F. G. Parsons Home on leave being shadowed for reach it, she pressed her down, put a The court agreed to this. He says that the road across the lower than ours; but we don't a palate. Offer a certain brand of Hair and Eye Colour in the British suspicion of being the

gave a lectire on Distribution of several days by detectives under stool over her, neck, and broke her fields from Yokohama to Kamakura know. The famous canals of tobacco, let him see the label, and Isles. The average number of red murderer. Topiis, shows that there she then used to best her all over outlaw head with a piece of firewood which is 20 miles long. It is in fact about Mars, as they exist in the popular it is impossible for him to enjoy it. haired people was, roughly, four in are more things than dear whisky, the body. When defendant wanted Addressing Sub-Inspector Wills eight He takes the Japanese yen and journalistic imagination, have He knows with his intellect that it each hundred, and it was quite an strikes and unattainable taxis to rub to bind her, she ran into the street who was present in Court, the Magis at three shillings. when it was two. no basis other than the use of the is very much like other tobaccos: aristocratic colour. In London 51 one the wrong way if the Land of and the Police arrived. The other trate asked if it was not the pro He sees men working in paddy word candle by an Italian astron but long ago when he tried it, fail per cent of the upper classes had red Freedom. At any rate, our friend servant giri was also very often cedure for half the fine to be given to fields. They were almost positively omer, who meant thereby chan-mg to get another that he wanted, hair as compered with 4.3 per cent nearly solved the housing problem besten

the Po-Leung Kuk for the upkeep of Momen. He tells us that urtebinet Ino negocsárály “artificiali corsething else inside him told, his is the lower classe There was an for awhile in an easier fashion the The Magistrate conficted the dethe children is the Japanese equivalent of the | between oceans. His word being palate that it was no goodAabuormal amount of red hair among many thousands of people, can do fendant and imposed a fine of $500. The Inspector replied that that Spanish monana. It isn't. Yoru- loosely translated" canals, and painte is the most teachable part of the beauties of the south-west of under present conditions, says the He ordered the girls to be placed in was a matter to be dealt with by the shi (not yuroshit) means O.K., all canals being artificial, they all man, but it cannot unlearn any-Ireland.

Tribune.

the charge of the Po Leung Kuk.

MARS.

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the brand he was used to. The

We think we

com.

wrecked. One contained 611 cases

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