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"TRUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE'

THE COMPLAINT BOOK...

Ventilating grievances Is important function of the Press but solte conditions necessary to be observed are locally overlooked A man steps into an unlight hole t by the P.W... and writes dignantly to the editor about R, The flea of mentioning it at all -irald be. first, to prevent other people falling into the same hoie. and second, to stop the P.W.D. practice (if it is a practice) of leav ing such places unlighted.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

Anyhow, the ship has gone, and ATTEMPT TO STOWAWAY. the merchant with it. All's well that end's well. But the passport nonsense, all this needless Red Tape, has not ended yet. How long: O Lord, how long?

THREE MEN FINED.

FLAUSIBLE EXCUSE FAILS.

rather, he had to exercise more than princely tact to retrieve their blunders in such democratic com- munities as Australia and Canada have. They offended and their master placated. They annoyed, and be retored good humour. This, We would outlaw every English we understand, is not unusual man who defends the retention of Sergeant Moss, of the Water Police, The lackeys of the great are al- this wartime device. We would this morning charged three Chinese ways insolent, assuming the great-excogimunicate him as a sinner before Magistrate Hutchison with news without having the necessary against our national principles and attempting to stowaway on beard qualifications.

In Australia the pride. We would denounce him as the ss. "Haitan." People are very proud of their intellecmally inadequate, unfit to conutry, and they are not unduly associate with us. We would-yes. impressed by pomp. They took a we would go so far as to call him commonsense view of the royal-pro-Geraun." visit, and wished the Prince really

to see Australia as it is, and

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to waste all his limited tire on attending receptions and "fune- tions." listening and replying ti the conventional addresses. The i people acompanying the Prince!

A special meeting of the Sanitary could not see that this was better Board will be held at 4.15 p.m., to for the Prince, because less "fati. day. guing and boring, and more in decundance with his own wishes. They insisted on the tull tale of paraile and ceremonisl. It is not explained how he did it, but the grandson of Edward the Gentleman D. Aldworth, recently acting as Re- It is understood that Mr. J. R. managed to put things right, and sident, Negri Sembilan, and Mr. W. to convince the observant and high-1. P. Hume, at present acting Re ly sensitive Australians that he insident, Perak, will retire within the fit to be Cobber as well as King.

PASSPORTS!

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920.

SQUARED."

'INDIAN CONSTABLE BRIBED.

KUMSHAW

** ACCEPTED.

364, was yesterday afternoon charged Teja Singh, Indian constable No. before Magistrate Smith with having unlawfully received bribe of £2 from a Chinese. the defence and pleaded

Mr. Leo Longinatin appeared for guilty."

"not

BURGLAR'S LUXURY.

NIGHT.

SOTA CUSHIONS. AND" POEMS AS A RELAXATION.

in a state of alarm over a succession The inhabitants of Orpington are of daring burglaries which colmin- ated on June 28 in an attempt on a private house in Chislehurst Road, which failed owing to the noise of breaking glass giving a warning, says the Daily News.

MADE HIMSELF AT HOME.. Amazing coolness was displayed early one morning by the man who

The defendants denied the charge, They said that they had each given a man $17, and were told to go on board where their tickets would be Eviderce was given to the effect given them. Arrived on board, that the defendant, who was on Huty The robberies have baffled the whose dialect they did in Bonham Road, went to a store and police, although the suspected man, not know asked them to follow there interviewed a Chinese youth, who has been going about the district bim. He conducted them. to the whom he accused of having caused in khaki for some time, and is known forecastle where he locked them up an obstruction of the road by placing to have occasionally occupied a shed When the Police came on board, some boxes outside the shop. The near the golf links, seems to come they raised their voices to attract the constable ther informed him that if and go as he pleases. lattes attention. The door was he took out a summons against the then opened and they were let out store, they would be fined $5, but be Sergeant Moss stated that one of would overlook the matter for a The D. F.Amelias Co. give their the defendants had said he knew camshow of $2, The youth told postponed concert this evening in St. where the man lived. He was given the defendant that the master broke into Mount View, the residence Andrew's Hall,

a chance to find him, but returned of the shop *** out at of Mrs. Moon, who lives alone in the with the story that, the man bad the time, but he would speak to house except for a companion. Hay | absconded to Macao.

him about the matter on his returning stolen a ladder from a neigh- Replying to Sergeant Griffin, who arrested the and said he was going to take out a back of the house, and after a sub- the Magistrate, The defendant was unwilling to wait, bouring yard, he entered by the defendants, said that they had to summons against the store forthwith. stantial meal of bread, butter, tinned shift about half a ton of ropes before. When the master returned, the fish, and pickles and ham sand- they could get the defendants out of youth reported to him what had wiches with a wash down of lemon occurred and the police were in- squash, he took oranges, bananas, The Black Cats are appearing The Magistrate imposed a fine of formed. That same evening, the and peaches to the room of the lady again, at the K.C.C. on Saturday. $25 each or in default one month's defendant called at the shop and said companion, and had dessert in her 14th inst. at 9 p.m., in a new pro-imprisonment, with hard labour.

that on second thoughts he had room while she slept. He left the gramme and assisted by a string band.

decided to defer the issuing of fruit peelings on the dressing table Their recent success should ensure

the summons until the morning, and ransacked the room, taking 15s. another large attendance.

If the master of the shop from the woman's purse, and a were prepared to agree with bundle of clothing. bis proposal, he would "square" the matter up. The shop master gave the defendant $2,

next year.

Insight. We have learned sonte. thing we did not know and but for trustworthy evidence woull THAT

Two Chinese were this morning i have believer givint this infernal,

this inderade, this utterly un-with cruetly to a number of fowls in charged before Magistrate Smith english passport business, that

Jubilee Street by crowding them into drags its intensely irritating cuile twelve crates. The defendants plead- teniss out path long after all sealed "guilty" and were fined $2 or five esense for it has gone. We had days each.

thought its carvion stink was "left I to annoy n- betzuse it wasno one's i particular nusiness to play scaven ger. We had so that the rotten Red Tape entanglement still stayed where it is by ere bertia,

Six cases of plague, Japanese imported cases, one of which was fatal, are recorded in today's return of notifiable disease. There were also two Chinese cases of cerebro-spinal

as of static messy. This was fever, one of which was fatal. Of distressing, this was annoying-this three fatal Chinese cases of enteric | was bad enough. But now we learn { fever two were 'imported.

that there are actually in our midst

the forecastle.

WENT ON THE “BURST.”

CHINESE MAU DRUNK

BREAKS THE CELL DOOR.

A Chinese was this morning, charged before Magistrate Smith, at the instance of Inspector Moore, with having been drunk and incap able yesterday.

The defendant admitted the offence. The Inspector said that defendant was found sleeping in the street, and was with much difficulty removed to the Station.

The Magistrate: Did he go on the

people who still think it necessary. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have left | officials who still think it advisable. Bangkok for Singapore. In Mrs."burst?"

persons wis still enthusiastically Carter Hilda" M. Love) Singapore The Inspector: He was mad fingist upon all its cristoaned ritual will gain what Bangkok has drunk" and very violent. He broke

and all its dammable expense and lost, a bright and agreeable young the cell door. fuss and inconvenience. What is lady with a gifted pen, says the Siam

The Magistrate: $ã or ten days. the tatter with them? Has com- Observer. Several of Mrs. Carter's plete ossification of the cerebrum contributions to the Daily Mail have and cerebellum set in? Have they been reproduced in our columns. fas the Kaiser wanted to doj lost every drop of English blood in their veins? Passports. They are for- eigu things. The adjective is offer.

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Be then appears to have visited all the other rooms and turned every- thing upside down without disturbing The defendant in his evidence said the residents Mrs. Moon's purse that he saw ten or twelve boxes on ras emptied of £3. The man the road outside the complainant's ultimately went to the drawing room,” shop. They were placed in such a made himself comfortable with an position as to cause an obstruction abundance of cushions on a Chester- to the road. He went into the field sofa, read a book of selections shop and ordered the youth to from Scott's poems, and later on remove the boxes, but the order went to the bathroom, where he had was ignored. He then walked out a complete toilet, even to the extent. of the shop, declaring that he would of cleaning his teeth with the lady's summons the master. A foki of the brush. shop followed him out and offered him $2 not to bring the case to Court.

He was emerging from the bath- He attempted to arrest the man, but room at 5 am, when he was accost- the latter who had not let the moneyed by the companion, who asked him out of his possession, broke lose from what he was doing, and if he had him, and ran away, calling over his taken anything. "Nothing" be re- shoulder to witness to go ahead and plied, "Then you had better be off." sue him, for he did not care. Later said the lady, and off he went, and witness passed the shop to see if the has not since been seen. obstruction bad been removed

TOLD TO GO AND HE DID.

or not, and two men ran out On the previous night the man and dragged him into the shop where burgled in a similar way the house of the master offered him $2 to "square" a local journalist, and the following at its annual meeting, decided almost The British Medical Association,

the matter. He seized the man and morning was seen in the shed, when he threatened the owner, who unanimously that

According to vernacular press was about to remove him to the practitioner reports, the Telephone Exchange of Police Station when he was arrested. accosted him, and again made of. should not voluntarily disclose, Canton has already placed an order

The defendant denied that he had without a patient's consent, informa- for a quantity of telephone wires made any suggestion to anyone in the tion obtained in the exercise of his with a Gaman firm there, because shop about a camshaw for overlooking professsional duties, and it was also wang of the telephone lines have the obstruction. It was the shop decided to instruct the council to been damaged. devise steps to support its members.

in maintaining professional seCTELY.

business there.-Canton Times.

The Coronet Theatre continues

COA-

at all its shows. Mabel Normand in the Venus Model is just all joy

go and see again. Last evening's and charm. It is a good picture and a good story, of the kind you want audiences seemed more than pleased

people who suggested squaring the matter, but he was not agree able.

Sentence of 6 weeks' hard labour was passed.

MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS.

WHAT DO THEY WANT ?

CHINESE WOMAN ALARMED.

business, on the face of it. Buted as a word of scorn, from the core dreams-well, dreams are different of an Englishman's true and con- Are such men are? They are int. vinced heart. What do we want These people go on reproducing of passports, now that the war is their kind, corrupting and infecting over, and we are on top. What are Boxgrose, Thursday, Auntst 5, 1998. others. How ever is reason to pre-te afraid of?

vail? We have met hun who be. ** There are.Germans who will

The Canton vernacular press lite that the distant planets in give $230) for a mislaid or stolen Since the conclusion of the Euro- Ma Yung-hsien shipped new coins to reports that, on August 2. Tuchun fence their own pemy adventures, passport." said an official. But pean war, seven German merchants the value of $150,000 to Kwangsi by We have talked with men, who e- that is to anticipate the story and several German missionaries gunboat. These silver coins were lieve in the Personal Devil, and Let us take it in proper order. have returned to Canton. Three in his predilection for making bar- going with men for their souls, necessary business once a year to

A local merchant" who goes on German firms-Jebsen & Co., Reuter minted at the Canton Mint for the Brockelmann & Co., and A. Berblinger

Kwangsi Government. We have not found any classical neighbouring Ton-to, as a Emiter have been reopened for business with scholar retaining as in Suetonius. of fact, the British port of Singa Bank, Ltd., on the West Bund, and to stick to pictures of such

offices over the China and Southern etc.) the belier that the intentions pore-mislaid his old passport. It

the Deity may be read in the was lapsed, out of date, and did not most of the merchants are doing spicuous merit that it is always full Patterns assumed by entrails when seem to be of any value at least thrown down. None of these stupid not of sufficient value to keep ideas is more foolish than the action hoarded in a safe. He applied for Carroll have left Ferang for Bombay, to

Captain R. S. Carroll and Mrs. that dreams are an index of coming another. He this well-known local via Rangoon. Captain Carroll may events. Entrail divination of a merchant, many years established) special kind

was hepatoscopy.go: the usual photographs, got the London to India and back cargo- go home soon to participate in the The which means liver-seeing: Dreams usual document from a justice of carrying flight, held under the aus effectiveness of the device depends are largely if not wholly stomach the Peace, and went through all pices of the Daily Express, which night "Passion," another of the in the evening. upon several things. There must feeling.

the rest of the rigmarole in which offers a prize of £10,000, to be won by shown to a large audience. The da ber harm. Consequently she has Red Tapery delights. But he did October 31 next. If Captain Carroll shall have power to remedy it, and AS WARNING, NOT THREAT. couldn't. Understrapper the first him.

not. duce his old passport. He takes part, Mrs. Carroll will fy with Bext of the "sins" will be " Wrath," abandoned her evening walks and a vivid story in which HL B.- Warner remains indoors. She asks for police who can be called to account it, he

said he must, Couldn't have a

plays the leading role. Coming shortly protection. ignores it. There must also be a

The woman has a suspicion that is the famous Fox star, June Cap passport without it. Understrap- Public-spirited section of the coin-

The German flag has been rice, in "Patsy," a dainty tale of the men are confederates of two men munity to endorse and confirms the all show a decent interest, those per No. 2 said by making a roof-to-hauled down and the British fizg thrils and adventure. Vitagraph who were recently sentenced to long

basement search, and then swear-floats in its place over the biggest comedies are also shown. paint otherwise the govern who cannot put in an appearanceing an affidavit or a habeas corpus carpet manufacturing business In

terms of imprisonment for armed ment is entitled to assume, and at the Monument sending flowers for something that it could not be the world at Tabriz in Persia. Mr.

robbery in her house. Plain clothes probably does assure, that it is or a letter of condolence. It may found. he night in due course Duke, the manager of Messrs. Car Eurasian, was charged with causing the vicinity.

The case in which Klyne, a men have been placed on duty in listening to the opinion of an in- be our turn next, and although it say in three months be granted audinal and Harford (Limited) of High the death of Mr. C. W. Johnson at dividual who may be regarded as cannot possibly matter 门 *# unimportant. No governinent will whether our last journey to Happy

Holborn, told an Evening Standard Singapore on the night of July 12

be an amenable govemment or official to note the grievance, who

When a local resident dies. we

passport.

living in Percival Street, that she has The Wanchai Police have received a complaint from a Chinese woman lately been greatly annoyed and alarmed by four men, strangers to At the Hongkong Theatre last her, who persistently follow her about

"Seven Deadly Sins' series, was.

be dictated to by a new-paper-man Valley is negligé or fully ceremoni His steamer. left to-day. An representative that the huze business last in the course of a fight, was call- by any single citizen: but souceous, there is a natural sentiment Englishman going from one Engst Tabriz had been purchased by ed up in the Second Court on July 26 governments will Esten to concert which makes is appreciate the ish port to another, on his lawful their managing director, Mr. V. and struck off for want of evidence, ed or otherwise general pinion. prospect of these last tributes of affairs-it seemed to him that there Behar, for the firm. The cost was after the original charge of causing Now it would seem that in Hong- respect. Now, there is a regular must be commonsense somewhere. over £500,000. kong we have practically no articu- reader of the Chine Mail who is He tried an official higher up.

FUNGSICI

pany.

the death by a rash act was amended to one of voluntarily causing hurt. Accused was therefore discharged.

Because of "bad grammar ”

She is afraid that they intend to

FRENCH BANK'S ENTER-

PRISE..

YEW BRANCHES OPENED.

AT SWATOW AND MUKDEN,

Recent burglaries in this district - include the stealing of a farmer's safe, the larceny of a motor cycle, robberies at private houses in Seven- oaks Road, Station Road, High Street, and robbery with violence in New Road, in which case a Miss Hamilton. owner of a sweet shop, was struck on the head with a heavy instrument and rendered unconscious, after which several articles were stolen from the shop.

The police have not been able to elucidate any of these crimes,

4,000-MILES FRONT.

GEN. GOUGH'S WARNING.

Fwww.k

"Speaking at the first meeting of the League to Enforce Public Economy at Essex Hall, W.C., General Gough said that by our obligations in Palestine

and Mesopotamia we had now a front stretching from Singapore to Cairo, a distance of more than 4,000 miles. As a soldier be wished to emphasise that such a front was too long, and meant possible danger which might lead to greatly increased expenditure.

Sir Donald Maclean, MP; said that, notwithstanding very large de- Teases in the Army and Navy, there had been no real corresponding decrease in the "estimates for these services, and he was driven to the conclusion that there was no real spirit of economy pervading either the beads of the Government or the Departments concerned.

It was futile as an excuse to say that individuals mest economise, so, | long as the general -mass of the people saw no real evidence of severe, drastic and sweeping economies at the head and fount of authority.

Earl Beauchamp, gave as an ex- ample of unnecessary expenditure the existence at the present time of a

MEMORABLE SEA DISASTERS,

late public opinion. and that eye seriously in arrears with his sub- No. Impossible. Could not be At a meeting of the North Born if we could scratch up the sem-scription, and for all beiknows. be done. It was here that the state-o Chamber of Commerce held on Iahce of one we have a bureaucracy might die next week. It is our ment about the market price of old July 24 a letter was read from the that is not amenable, that cannot duty to warn him that we bare passports was made. It was, of Food Controller in reply to the President Wilson at the beginning of

The Banque Industrielle de Chine, be called to account. Ergo, ibe such a strict sense of justice, of course, punk. There is no truth Chamber's enquiry If extra supplies June vetoed a bill to make the inter has just opened two new branches in ventilation of grievances in the what is fair and right, that if it in it, worse lock. We could do with of rice could be obtained from Hong-state transportation of immoral China, one at Mukden and one at local Press is a waste of time ex should so happen that lie dies before $200 Now, alarmed, the mer. kong. Owing to the obligations motion picture films a felony. The Swatow, cept in so far as it provides plea. discharging his obligation to our chant said he must apply still higher under which the State is placed with President in his veto message said Mukden; the ancient capital of Minister without Portfolio in the surable mental exercise for those cashier, we shall not send any up. He would apply to the Colonial the Straits Government in respect to the transposition of a phrase in the Manchuria, situated on the railway Cabinet with his attendant staff. who like to write or to read such chrysanthemumus. We shall instead Secretary, then to the Governor, the opinion that extra supplies of or receiving the veto message con gained, during the last year, consider supplies, the Food Controller was of bill made it ambiguous. The House connecting Siberia and Korea has matter. This, it may be observed. "cause to be placed on his final rest-end if His Excellency refused, then rice could not be obtained from Hong ducted an investigation and found able commercial importance, which is all very sad!

ing place the more appropriate he would go to the China Mail,

kong. The Committee entirely con- that an enrolling clerk had transposed has every prospect of being augment- tribute of a alin leaf fan and a He meant by that, of course, n

the phrase. The bill as "corrected"

ed in the future.":"- block of ice from the Dairy Com-appeal to The People, to Public carred with this opinion.

by the President was then repassed by

Since the Siberian unrest and the Opinion, to the Conscience and Good Sense of the Community City Police for 1919 shows a strik Dame Nellie Melby, the gifted has become the great emporium of

The annual report of the Bombay the House,

difficulties eosting therefrom have Quite right.

But it annoyed the ing increase in crimes, namely, from

been detrimental to Harbin, Mukden official, so that he put difficulties 5 per cent. in 1918 to 18 per cent, soprano, was accorded an ovation at Manchuria. in the way of approaching the during the year under review. In concert given in the Queen's Hall,

of the National Disasters Relief Fund Colonial Secretary Ultimately, addition to the increase in population London, recently.

As to Swatow, it is the centre of an it was stated that the present value the other night. He was told at who are plus royaliste que le bad. Colonial Secretary recognized such as the high cost of living their arrival, and escorted them to is the first European institution to £6.125 granted from the Prince of

The play on words about men merchant insisting. interview was various subsidiary causes are cited received their Majesties the King the Southern parts of China.

She personally important traffic with Indo-China and of the Titanic Fund is £268,572, the Empress of Ireland. £78,616, and the augurs and ordens and estromancy

and Queen and Princess Mary on The Banque Industrielle de Chine Lusitanis £22,646 (which, included all the nonsense of the childhood sectes very apt as applied to the identity of the applicant. housing shortage, an influx of of the race, but it was no use talk-the entourage of the Prince of

The passport was granted. paupers, and notably the unavoid the Royal box. Dame Melba was in start a branch in these cities and did Wales's Fund). Of the Titanic dis ing to him. He believed. He had Wales on his recent tour. Appar.

We object to that. It is like able pre-occupation of the police in wonderful voice, which retained all so on being applied to by the Chinese aster, 189 widows, 365 children, and had quite remarkable experiences,ently the Prince was the only de-privilege. A local Englishman of connection with prolonged labour its freshness and purity. She was traders there.-C. T

204 dependents are still receiving which he was more than willing to ncratic member of his party, standing has no more right to be troubles and certain forms of politt recalled many times.

·Her most date He wastinililly interested those with him playing the haughty favoured than any other honest calamitations During the year popular item was the "Addio from La

allowances, of the Empress of Ireland $5-widows 95 children, and 13 de in divination by entrails, of which Prince, unctious on due observa Eaglishman less well known, so under-review there were fifty mur. Boheme King George's favourite SIE

pendents and of The Imitama, 16 he had apparently not heard. Hence of rank, while H... him long as both are armed with reason-ders and attempted murders in the sumber which was sung at his

widows, 23 children and 7 depends listened, and said it was a silly self was simply bon-hommie. Or able credentials.

city,

'Majesty's special request.

I believe there is something in dreams." Thus a man who posses

for educated, in the 20th century.

PLUS ROYALISTE.

WALLA WALLA BOATS 4 at Blake Pier for your service Photo 3516

At a meeting at the Mansion House