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* LOCAL AND GENERÁL.

The body of a Chinese woman'

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924.

RECKLESS RIDING.

STEAM LAUNDRY. EUROPEAN MOTOR.CYCLIST IMPROVEMENTS FOR

FINED $100..

POLICE COMPENSATED.

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QUICKER HANDLING.

UP-TO-DATE METHODS.

Tucked away in Mong Kok Tauf

pany.

to' steam

delusion, only with the light it tration knows Perhaps the raid- sfeds upon the outlook of the ing general may derive a certain people who write or inspire such amount of satisfaction from the

fact that Dr.

The s.s. "Amanestan reports articles as the one we are dis- Government is thereby cut-off, its journey here from Semarang.

Sun's Canton a death on board the vesse! during cussing. That this outlook is telegraphically, from the outer altogether distorted is proved by world or he may be trying to the attempt to show that Dr. Sun render a service to the Ministry named Siu Yiu, 46 years of 210, of Communications at Peking, by Queen's Road East, who jumped owes no gratitude to Great Britain stopping traffle till Canton paya from the third: Boor into the street

The case in which "C. W. for the part HMS. "Moorhen" for government cables trans- and was killed, was moved to Mackenzie, of Taikoo Dock was in district which is rather played in his escape from Canton | mitted. The anti-Sun head-the Victoria Mortuary yesterday,

charged with (1) driving his remote, considering the dimensiona in 1922 after General Chan quarters at Walchow has, on

motorcycle to the langer of the of the buildings and the amount several occasions, gone out of its A Chinese coolle, brought public, (2) failing to report an of work of public benefit which is Kwing-ming's coup. Says the way to show its friendliness to the before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the accident after occurrence and (3) done there, but which by reason "Canton Gazette" article: "We Hongkong. Government by return Central Magistracy this morning injuring two police officers of its remoteness is able to get emphasize the fact President Suning arms stolen from the Colony for trespassing in the Royal Naval at 1405 am, on Sunday last, that complete detachment from chose to accept the hospitality and pirated ships and has waged Dock Yard on Sunday, каб came up for hearing this morning other buildings which is highly of H.M.S. "Moorhen" though which have been exterminated

war on pirate strongholds from sentenced to sixweeks' hard labour. On the first and third charges desirable in many ways, are the defendant was fined $roo The works of the Steam Laundry Com- he could have left Canton culprits responsible for several For loading one crate with second charge WAR withdrawn. on board a Japanese

attacks on local ships. Could not chickens without providing matting In addition defendant was ordered gun-

In these days of enlightenment an arrangement be come to with at Connaught Road Central, yes to pay $10 compensation to the there are few of the old complaints boat. How the fact that he General Chan Kwing-ming where- terdag, two Chinese coolles were in ured police officers. could have fled aboard a Japanese by his subordinates will refrain fined $2 each. The case was heard The Captain Superintendent of as, to the wear and tear to which vessel absolves him from grati- from interfering with the cable by Mr. R. E. Lindsel! at the Police prosecuted. He said that garments entrusted

he understood the defendant laundries are subjected, but tude to Great Britain is beyond communication between Hong-Central Magistracy this morning.

pleaded guilty, but he wished to lingering doubts in the minds of us to understand. He wanted to capture territory through which her Work" will be the subject of case.

kong and Canton whenever they

"Dr. Besant-her Life and point out the seriousness of the any as to the effect on washables escape and Great Britain offered the land lines run? We are sure this week's Public Lecture of the out on patrol duty after mid- with laundry work will be quickly Eight police were going of machinery used in connection him a warship. Nothing can alter that many will be thankful for Hongkong Lodge The Theosoph- night, opposite Tal Wo Street, dispelled by an inspection of the that fact, and-if-it-does-not merit this additionat display of goodwill, ical Society, 18, Queen's Ed-marching-four feet from the edge plant and processes at the laundry.

if forthcoming. thanks, then gratitude is an empty

Central, on Wednesday October of the pavement two abreast, when To a "China Mail" representa- name. But the "Canton Gazette"

Ist, at 5 45 p.m. All are welcome, suddenly a motor-cycle ran into tive who toured the works yester- two of them and knocked them day with Mr. W. W. Hirst, the article goes even further than

Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at down. The other police very manager, were explained the seeking to show that Dr. Sun owes

the Central Magistracy this wisely took cover under the workings of the laundry; and a no gratitude to Great Britain; It

morning, an old Chinese man with verandah, otherwise the machine visit was paid to the new block of strives to prove that Great Britain

gray hair was charged with being might have row into them as well. office buildings-with-dry cleaning. in unlawful possession of ane

The defendant did not even try room on the upper floor, which is hates Dr. Sun because his Repub-

dagger without a permit from the to clear the other men after the replacing part of one of the old lican ideals strike at "England's

Captain Superintendent of Police. accident. It was admitted that buildings that euffered serious The man was arrested yesterday accused was drunk. After mid-structural damage in the typhoon Imperialist heart." "India is the

at Connaught Road Central. He was night very little traffic was going of August 1923, and, to the new corner-stone of England's Imperial

fined $100: Divisional Inspector on. September 30-Coronet Theatre; Spear, who prosecuted, stated that to greatness. That corner-stone rests "Westbound Limited," also Charlie defendant had been a farmer in Was

Accused had a clear road, laundry staff quarters adjoining. the right. As defendant in which are flats let out to the

drunk he did on the supremacy of the Britsh Chaplin in "The Rink."

California for 43 years and bever realise what he was doing At rentals. Adjoining this block is a not married employees, at nominal September 30-World Theatre; returned to China before. Raj in the Peninsula. To under

The Home the Magistrate would not two-storied building the ground Where Is This West?" mine that supremacy is to strike

September 30-Queen's Theatre; regulations. The

accused did not know local arms inflict a fine, but would order floor of which will be used for the at England's Imperial heart. That "The $5 Baby."

dagger. was imprisonment. He asked that a is precisely what Sun Yat-sen has September 30. Star Theatre; done in the overthrow of the "White Tiger." Manchu and the transformation of

October 4.At Theatre Royal, Malini, the China into a Republican state-angician, 9.15 p.m.

world's greatest

There cannot be British autocracy

SHADOWS BEFORE.

Coming Events Advertised

In The Mail

ENTERTAINMENTS.

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TORCHLIGHT TATOO.

Murray

in India if autocracy' has given October 9.-H.K.V.D.C., Grand place to democracy in China. Parade Ground, 9.30 p.in.

Torchlight Tattoo on Hence it is a vital British interest. that no national leader must succeed who is dedicated to the establishment of a strong and independent Republic in China." This of course is sheer nonsense.

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THE ART OF SAWING is not the art of aening. Do xist play sacaw with your eyes. They need gentler treatment than that. Let LAZARUS ase them and treat them, and you will wonder however you saw before.

LAZARUS.

DANCES.... October 11.-Dance at the Peak: Club, 9.15 p.m. Club, 0.35 p.m.

October 25.-Dance at the Peak

ROUTE MARCH.

October 3-H.K.V.D.C. first Corps route march. Perade at Corps Headquarters, Time of 5.15 p.m.

a.m.

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found amongst his personal effects.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Lieutenant Stock has been posted to the river gun-boat "Waterhen." Paymaster Commanders H. S. Beresford and G. B. Osborne arrived here from Kobe by the s.. "Arafura yesterday,

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Lieutenant T. A. Smythe, Royal Marines, has been appointed to the light cruiser "Carlise," and will join next month.

Roy has been appointed Secretary Paymaster-Commander N. F.

to Vice Admiral Sir Allan F. Everitt, the C.-in-C. of the China Station.

Mrs. A. G. Stephen, wife of the late manager of the Hongkong and Shanghel Banking Corpora. Hongkong from Shanghai on the tion, and Miss Addis arrived in M.M. liner" Andre Lebon."

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heavy penalty be imposed and storage of laundry trucks and, compensation be awarded to the possibly; later as a garage. The constables.

two floors above will be used as, a

stated

Mr Leo D'Almada appeared school of instruction. for the defence. He

A casual observer could get an that defendant bad been a idea of the amount of linen, diver with Taikoo Dock for two woollen, silk and other washable years and had not had any leave articles, which are dealt with daily dulged in drink with some friends signments continually arriving until last Friday. Defendant in- by the laundry, by nothing the con- that night and was under the but a

truer estimate may be influence-of-liquor. Abcused offered obtained by following the articles to compensate the injured cons of apparel or ornament from the tables. As accused was a young time that they are taken out of man, he asked His Worship to the basket, soiled, crumpled and deal with the case leniently, shapeless. to the time that, restored to their original fresh- ness, shape and colour, they are packed in snowy white parcels ready for delivery. To justify the expenditure of the large number of rotary washing machines, and the Calendar steam-heated ironing machines and presses through which they go, a very large amount must be handled.

OBITUARY

HUGH CHISHOLM:

A London cable reports the death of Mr. Hugh Chisholm, editor of the Encyclopedia editions.) Death took place after Britannica (10th; 11th; and 12th.

Two New Boilers. The large increase of steam an operation for appendicitis. machinery has made increased

The late Mr. Chisholm

was ateam pressure a necessity which born on February 23, 1866. He is being met by the installation of Was financial editor of

the two 80 h.p. Lancashire boilers

a strong and independent Republic

PUBLIC AUCTION. October 2Lammert Bros., at in China. Apart from the fact Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, miscel that India has already been pro-laneous goods, 11 a.m. mised independence, what possible October 4.-Lammiert Bros., at difference could China's system of No, 23, Godown Upper, The H.K. government make to our rule in Co., Ltl.. Kowloon, artificial silk and Kowloon Wharf and Godown the Peninsula? How many times yarn and mercerised Egyptian yan, must we point out that it is manifestly in Britain's interest,

COMPANY MEETINGS.

News has been received at Nagasaki from London announcing both from the commercial and the October 3-Second meeting of the death of Mrs. Ringer, widow" Times" from 1913-1920, after a which are at present being in- international standpoints, that

the China Bugar Refining Co., of the late Mr. Frederick Ringer. term of service as leader writer stalled, and should be in full work- Ltd., at China should have a sirang Street, DOOD.

Co.'s Office, Pedder who was for many years head of after he had left the staff of the ing order by the end of October.

Standard." the firm of Messrs. Holme, Ringer government and that so far from October 4.-Twenty-eighth meet- & Co. seeking to keep China disuniteding of shareholders of the Dairy. Britain would gladly help her to Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Co., become a leading power in every sense of the word;

Harbour Congestion.

Much credit is due to navigators of ferry and other launches making use of the western (Sham suipo and Mongkok) entrarce to the Yaumati Refuge. A visit to the spot will bear out the conten- tion that the place is too crowded and that the steeramen of many vessels passing in and out possess

Ltd., at 2 Lower Albert Rd., noon. that M. Rosenfeldt, editor of a A message from Mukden says October 18. - Extraordinary Soviet organ at Leningrad has General Meeting of Douglas 8.8. been appointed Consul at Tokyo Co., Ltd., at the Registered Office and is expected to arrive shortly to of the Company, 20 Des Voeux take up his duties. Road, Central, noon,

JULIUS PRICE.

The staff quarters and school are not yet finished but the office block is, and with the dry cleaning processes on the second floor and

A London message also brings the building do credit to the news of the death of Mr. Julius architects, Messrs, Denison, Ram Mendes Price, artist, author and & Gibbs and the contractors, war correspondent. In the last-Messrs. Fook Lee & Co. The named capacity he served the elaborate processes, by which October 20. Third meeting of Captain B. G. Washington,

Italian Government in 1917. The suits which look beyond redemp- The China Sugar Refining Co., C.M G, D.SC., who was last late Mr. Price was special war tion are restored to their pristine Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder employed afloat on H.M.S. arist correspondent for the "Illus-glory, are particularly interesting. Street, noon.

Durban" on this station, le now November 5.-Furthor extra Assistant Director on ordinary meeting of Douglas 9.9, of the Admiral Commanding Co., Ltd., at 20 Des Voeux Road Reserves. Central, noon.

OTHER MEETING.

very little, if any, knowledge of the H.K.C.C. in the Pavilion, October 6-Annual meeting of the rule of the road. Yesterday, 6.30 p.m. one of the Chinese ferry corn- panies had to dodge and turn and eventually slow down to avoid a big cargo junk which was coming in and had just got abreast of an empty coal junk on which a gang

LOCAL AND GENERAL

the staff

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.

RICSHA COOLIE IS

.. VICTIM.

The Company has this year taken control of the Shanghai Steam Laundry Co. situated at Wayside Park, Shanghai, and. every effort is being made to give Shanghai residents a sanitary laundry service and dry cleaning service such as that enjoyed by Hongkong...

rated London news in the There are all sorts of spirits, Bechuanal campaign 1884-1885, on solvents, and re-agents for the. which occasion he enlisted in perfection of the work. Methuen's Horse. In 1890-91 heIt is interesting to recall that traversed, unaccompanied, Siberia, the Steam Laundry Co. was start- Captain W. J. G. Lake will Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and ed in 1902 and in 1922 was pur- Everitt, Commander-in-Chief elect western territory of Canada, and and Fung Tat-hang, who with the assume the duties of Chief of Northern China to Peking. He chased by two well known local Staff to Vice-Admiral Sir Allan made a journey across the north- gentlemen, Messrs. Leung En-tin of the China Station, early next down the Yukon to Klondike in able management of Mr. W. W. month. At the same time he will 1808. During the Russo-Japanese Hirst, have carried out improve- relieve Captain Argentine H.War, he was with the Russian ments by which they can with Alington in command of the flag war he was in France until em-made it a laundry second to none Army in Manchuria, In the late justification claim that they have ship "Hawkins." Great Britain that hates Dr. Sun of coolies were taking the air.

ployed by the Italian Government in the Far East. The American author, Mr. Peter but Dr. Sun who hates Great About half a dozen other junks of

"The Five Dollar Baby" B. Kyne, accompanied by Mrs. JACOBS.--On September 19, at Britain. This distortion is typical differing sizes were strewn here Metro's current feature at the Kyne, arrived here yesterday by the Victoria Nursing Home, of the Canton publicists. Great and there between the entrance Queen's Theatre, will be shown the Dellar liner "President Vaa Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. E. Britain, as we have pointed out and the wharf and the ferry's for the last time to-day. Those Buren" and continued their world Jacobs, a daughter.

short journey from wharf to who have not done so should inake tour to-day. During their stay before, may not regard Dr. Sun entrance resembled a bending race a point of seeing this excellent here they have been the guests of with a very friendly eye, looking at a gymkhana meeting. We picture and enjoy the pleasant Mr. E. L. Matteson, of the Admiral THREE ARMED MEN. upon him as a stormy petrel who admit that it is easy to criticise entertainment provided.

Oriental Line, at whose house à reception was held last night.

Li Ting, ricsha puller, reports causes trouble wherever he goes, but difficult to construct; but if but Great Britain would scorn should be able to devise a system lot of Crown land, having an area Hongkong on the M.M. steamer along Kennedy Road, at the junc

our experts got together they At Volunteer Headquarters, a

that about 8.45 a.m., yesterday Among the passengers passing while he was pulling a male fare either to plot his downfall or to whereby the "musical chairs" part of 3.270 square feet, situated at "Andre Lahon" were Madame tion of Queen's Road East and entertain"hate" against him. of the business could be avoided. Shamshuipo, was put up for Claudel, wife of the French Kennedy Road.the man jumped out "The Reason Why Great Britain On the Chinese cross-harbour auction. The lot was purchased Ambassador to Japan, Madame of the ricsha and caught hold of him SUN'S HATE.

ferries will usually be found a fair at the upset price of $10,628 by Wilden, wife of the French Consul by the neck. While he was being Hates President Sun"-not Dr..

percentage of women and hildren Messrs. Raven and Basto on General at Shanghai, M. Barnet, held by the throat, three more men Sun or Generalliasino Sun, but who are likely to take panic should behalf of a client.

Cuban Minister, to Japan, and approached from the road side, "The Reason Why Great Britain "President" Sun. Here again, the fan accident eventuate.

Madame Barnet, also M. Hoary, each producing a dagger, Tha Hates President Sun" is the

Canton publicists unconsciously

The Hongkong Boxing Inspector of Agriculture, M. unfortunate puller was relieved streamer heading which the reveal their curiously distorted

Association is in receipt of a Damiens, Secretary of the Cabinet of $640 after which his assailants cable from Shanghai- stating that General, and M. Le Louet, Chief made off. "Canton Gazette" gives to a minds. Dr. Sun has openly con- Telegraphic Interruption.

Matty" Smith is prepared to of the Veterinary Service, who have front-page article dealing with fessed his abject failure to govern

A raid on that part of Chinese Best Jim Cartlidge in a boxing been to Japan and are returning to "the contemptible gibe" that the, the single province under his territory just across the British contest for the lightweight cham- Saigon. Republican leader has on more way, yet he flaunts the pre-order by the general who has contest has been provisionally plonship of the Colony. The

At the Rural, Deanery at West- than one occasion owed his life to tentious title of President. Thbeen. dubbed the Chinese "Black arranged to take place on Novem-minster on Sunday, says a Renter

Douglas" has a sequela most ber 15. "the Imperialist British Govern would be harmless enough as mere inconvenient one for the busingss

cable, participating in a celebration ment which he has lately been anityor senile fancy, but it community in Hongkong and

of the jubilee of the North China The Charity Football Match MR WINSLOW ROBBED. denouncing. "The Reason Why becomes mischievous when it Canton-in interruption to the

Mission were the Rev. Charles played on last Saturday between y The ships of the Special Scott, one of the curates at Eaton South China and the Club, yielded BEDROOM ENTERED AND Great Britain Hates President Induces my government" to telegraph land-lines between the Service Squadron have reached Square, who went to China 50 a total receipt of $1,649.20 of which JEWELLERY STOLEN Sun"really it is almost unneces-aging Itself a responsible strategic advantage the anti-Sun the world cruise. The Hood and the Reva. Norris (Bishop of in advance, After deducting Me HP Winslow, Sit The

City of Rams and this port. What Land's End on the completion of years ago and founded a mission, $92300 accounted for tickets sold sary to read further than that government and not a guerilla commander gets by severing the Delfit and "Dauntless went North China) and, Griffith, a famfos: $31.70 for expenses, the net amount Peak, reports that, sometime be heading; the mental attitude government. We are not con-wires or by turning the operators to Plymouth, the Repulse" and relief worker in North China, of 31,617.50 has been forwarded to tween midnight and am. yester therein revealed discounts the;

with the out of the midway station is Adelaide to Portsmouth and the Mika Howden Smith of Paking to the Tung Wah-Hospital by the day, his bedroom was catered by

more than even the local office of Danel and whole article. First of all it is not harm that results from this the Chinese Telegraph Adminis Sheerness,

Drago to was among the speakers, sta houplary secretary of the South) thaf, Jewellery val

moeting at Caxton Hall.

China Athletic Association?... and $25 respectively was stolen

HONGKONG, TUESDAT, BEFT, 30, 1934,

cerned at the mo

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