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TRUSDAY, MAY 2. 1522

FIGHTING IN THE NORTH.

BEAVY NIGHT ATTACK.

FENGTIEN FORCES REFORTED RETREAT.

PERING, May 1

'GIRLS MORE LAX-

THE CHINA MAIL.

POLICE CHIEF ON CRAVING

FOR PLEASURE.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

INTER-SCHOOLS SPORTS.

THESE SPORTS will be held at

1.30 pm on FRIDAY, 3th May, at Happy Valliy. HE the Governor will distribute awards at 4 pm. There be an OLD BOYS" RACE of yards. Hongking, War 2 1972.

demand for further facilities-rome applicants for admission came from as far afield as Singapore and Java it is deaired to extend the car riculum to include electrical and timal Commenting on the proposed aboli engineering, industrial chemistry, tion of the Women Police, Sir Lemand textile russufacture and dyeing, toy- Dunning, Chief Inspector of Con-making, printing and other courses in stabulary, in his report for 1921, says: plied science.

My experience as a policeman has

About three hundred and ninety made me think that the prostitute students and apprentices are now who sins, because she is driven to pro-attending the school, in addition to

1250 stitution for a living or because she forty students enrolled in the evening prefers it to honest work, is being classes on industrial and commercial who sins in order that, while preserv- though the students are required to ing an outward reputation, she may. Pay their own boarding fees, and the indulge her cravings for what would ecessary lands are largely provided otherwise be out of her reach, pleasure the sale of the goods manufactured in some form or other.

in the school workshops.

A Router representative resterday fraved the Fergien positions at Chargittier, receiving Every courtesy from the Fergtien leaders throughout The tirup appond to be jublart at the failure of the Chilli forces to past them on April 29 rad the desultory character of the fghting yesterday. The main in pression was absence of reserves, evin recond line defecce. driven out of business by the amateur, subjects. Tuition is in all cases five,

Late in the evening the Chilli ferees attacked between Chargintien and Fental. As the pit wore in the fghting became heavier. At ten o'clock the night was cloudid. Thereafter it miced stratily. Heavy gun, machine gun and life tre ras ine art until daglight, when the Chihli forces facrcted a gezeral track at Clarging, while a Chibli division deploying westwards endently came into contact with Forgtien carsbr. Fighting is coot buing lut the gustite is being. Actording to Chinese reports, the Another battle is repeted in the south-west where the Chibli forces Cove cut the Fergten troos from Kuan. The latter are retrating to Lacia.- Buirt's Patific Senice.

Fergtien forces are retreating.

PEKING-MUKDEN RAILWAY.

Trestais, May 1. The Puking Mukden Ralway is now Lady disorganked, and it is very čukurl whether the afternoon traine to and from. Peking will run.

There are persistent rumours this afternoon that General Wu Pei fu is advancing to day.

CHANGSINTIEN SITUATION.

PERING. May 1. This morning the Chibli forces pressed bark the Fergtien forces along the Hazbo in the direction of the Marco Polo Bridge, but failing to reach the bridge they retired to nearly their former positions. To the west of Chang- sition the Chibli forces came in enctact with a portion of the Fergien Sixteenth Division, which suffered considerably. The ng ting continues there, but otherwise the situation at Changsintien is virtually unchanged.

On the middle front, the Chibli forces, after taking Kuan, threw back t Fengtien troops towards the river, where fighting is still going on, the Fengtien forces counter-atracking, supported by guns over the river.

On the eastern front, large (hibli forces iren: Shantung ate proceding towards the porth with the intentien el joining tieneral Wu Pei-fu at Jenkin, here a big concentration is taking place preparatory to attacking the Fogtien forces at Marbang. This will represent the main operation which Ciceral Wa Pei fo will personally command.

So far the Fezties forces lave fought well, and the campaign promises 1. be severe, czless General Wu Per-in cffects another coup for which he is justly famous.--Pacific Service.

A PRAYA COLLISION.

MOTOR DRIVER FINED.

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CHAUFFEURS AND RIERA TRAFFIC,

tram tracks was very small in this part of the road.

"Principally owing to the decay of

parental influence, the girl of to-day dees cot attach to much value to chastity, while modern knowledge has deprived the fear of natural coas querces of its value Re 3 protection. Recognising the limitat ions of my sex. I still believe that a woman by advice and personal infinance can do more than a man to protect a girl from the temptations of her own nature and those held out to her by the other sex, and that, there is a deanite place for women in the police force of any large town."

CHINESE STUDENTS.

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The education of the Chinese student is a matter of the first im-

portance to British industry. The student of to-day will be the works macager or engineer of the future, and if he has received his early train- ing in the British way and with British machinery, tis preference as a

At present it is practically an English scheel, but a member of the FBI. who recently visited it reports that the Americans are taking a leen interest in it, and, in accordance with their recognised policy of captating educational means, are anxious to gain control of it. The plant, he states, is getting somewhat out of date and the school is in great need of new equipment.

CONSULATE DE FRANCE

the Governor Gezers) of Indo China all Asiatic passengers and crews

CCORDING to instructions from

of steamers entering ports of Indo- China are requested to fulfill rew precautionary requirements against the prevalence of plague and smallpar in the Colony.

For particolari apply at local French Consulate, Alexandra Buildings

Hongkong, May 2, 1990.

The Disposals Beard is being I approached to see if it can allocate any of the material in its possession to the purposes of the school, and British manufacturers who, in view of the valuable work which is being done there would be willing to supply contribute towards the purchase of plant and equipment, should

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Why did you not turn completely sidered the subject of the Chunghus on to the tramlines and drive nearer, Vocational School, which to the midle of the road ?—Arather established in the neighbourhood of car was approaching in the opposite : Shanghai in 1918, through the efforts direction at the time and I was afraid of the National Association of of running into it.

Vocational Education in China. It Nonsense, you had the whole width was decided after full consideration of The case in which the driver of a of the tramlines and more beicre you the matter to recommend it to the moter car belonging to the Dragort to the middle of the road, the attention of members as a project other car would not be in your way worthy of support, both on account of Grage was charged with having on at all--The space between the the useful work it was carrying on and March 19 driven recalessly along the

of the excellent opportunity it afforded Fraya Est with the result that his

for acquainting the Chinese generally with British methods and products. car collided with a ritsha and erriously

Designed to provide vocational itjured its occupant (Mr. J. H. Gelling

education for the Chinese student in of the Hongkong Daily Press) was

his own country, the school is the c:neluded before Magistrate Lindsell

only engineering vocational echool in St the Police Court this morning.

the country, with the sole exception At the last haring the case was the road to start with --I did in the. At present it comprises an engineer Why not drive in the middle of of that at the Hongkong University. péjourned sine die” on the application beginning all the time. It was when ing shop, wood-working, button- Traffic Inspector_Garrod who be ricshas refused to leave the making, and enamelling shops, wished to call a ship's officer travelling tramlines that I inclined to the side physics and chemical laboratories, in the car at the time of the accident of the road.

an electro-plating chop, etc, but Mr. C. II. Lyeon appeared for Mr. | "I suppose what it comes to ob- in view of the widespread

The defendant was not served the Magistrate at the end of Gelling. legally represented, bat Mr. C. Lan the driver's evidence is that you ex- ritten and Mr. A. 4. Wilson were pre-pected this risha to get out of the sent in Court to watch the interests way, as they mostly do, and you did of the Dragon Garage.

This morning Inspector Garrod reported that he had been unable to get the ship's officer but had a fresh witness who was driving in a ricsba - some 10 or 50 yards behind M. Gelling's riceha at the time of the accident, and the prceecution would like his evidence to be beard.

You were fully six feet from the centre of the road, and perhaps hau you driven further in the accident would not have occurred.-I tried to get to the middle of the road, but

there was not sufficient time.

not bother." The driver rejoined that! the risksha did not give way and he did his best to avoid an accident.

Recalled at the request of Inspector Garrod, Mr. Timperley stated that when he saw the ricsta, after the accident. it was about two feet from the kerb. If it had been on the tramline us had been suggested it would have been their job, he took it, to shift it; in its position near the kerb it was not regarded as being dangerous even to ricela traffic.

In reply to the magistrate Mr. Wilen said he understood that the driver had a very good record with the Company.

Mr. H. J. Timperley, in the witness bor, said that he was in a richa, the last of three ricehae tra velling in the came direction. He was between 20 szċ 20 yards behind the second richa in which was Mr. Franklin. About 50 yards this side cf No. 2, Police Etation, a motor car passed the witneer's rictha at a fairly The Magistrate: There is no doubt good rate. Scen efterwards his at- about it that he

driving fection was attracted by the screech-Degligently and I find that s case has ing of brakes and be saw the car was been made out against him. On his Fulling op into the left side of the own admission be was driving at a read, rather unexpectedly.

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fair speed and not sufficiently in the middle of the road to wear those cahas. I imagine that's chauffeur

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By the Magistrate: When the car Tweerd him, it was in about the centre plenty of room to spare. He did tot at a riceha coolie will get out of actually see the car twerving but the road but that is no excuse for the when next he noticed it, it had drawn chauffeur taking the risk.. into the side of the rcad. When he

Mr. Wilson asked the Magistrate to eaw the car pull up, he had the take

consideration the impression that something azasual circumstance that the defendant was bad happened but did not know already out of pocket to the tune whether an accident had actually oc of $65. That represented loss of curred of the car had palled up to Fag' through having his licenca

arcid an accident.

into

auspended.

The defendant said that when he Lindsell's query, said that the driver's Inspector Garrod, answering Mr. saw a number of ricskas in front of police record showed that he was him, he immediately rounded his concerned it a slight accident in 1918, horn. The ricstes were in the middle

The Magistrate imposed a fine of

of the tramlines and were not in a $20 with $30 damages-$25 for the line, bat acme were abreast and come ricsha and $5 for the coolis. Be. strung out behind..

Magistrate; Ranning more or less in Gelling he said he understood that it garding the damage mustained by Mr. body 1-ye -Proceeding, the witness said that we not proposed to claim anything

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the riczhas continued to remain on

in this Court.

Mr. Lyson raid he believed there

the tramlines after he had ounded would be a compromise with the

his hom, and seeing that there was no Company on that point,

chance of passing them, he pulled up.

As he did so, he ran isto Mr. Gelling's A GOOD RULE FOR THE HOME ricsha. Alter the accident, be

Make it a rale of your home to always

stopped his car and took the man to keep on hand stotile of Chamberlains the police station.

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night wheels were flash with the tram sale without in, for sale by all zail close to the houses,

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All claims must be presented within thirty days of the steamer's arrival hete. after which they will do be recognised.

No claims will be recognised after the Goods have left the Godown and cares undelivered on or before the 9th May will be subject to rent

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