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CATHEDRAL INCIDENT.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1924.

RENTS. ORDINANCE.

INTERESTING ARGUMENT RE SWEEPING LEGISLATION.

THE EXCLUSION - CLAUSE,

"AFTER SIX

THIEVING MYSTERY

SOLVED.

WATSON'S VICTIMISED.

Bottles of eucalyptus oil, hal

to avoid the challenge the impresing the customary courtesies to the ship of a friendly, nation, it la sion exists to-day thats general time to call a halt. His argument"LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG election is inevitable. Although would be equally sound-or un- he stated plainly when he first sound rather if he recorded "h came Into

that the Govern protest against exchange of power ment would not accept every Spanish or Chinese vessels.

salutes › with French, German,

Evidently it is very much "love defeat in the House of Commons-

me love my dog" with some The action of the Governor in wash, quinine pills, lavender water as a vote of non-confidence, Mr.

folk in Hongkong. Witness Council in excluding three houses and other preparations usually Ramsay MacDonald is credited, in Financing ". Germany.'

extraordinary places to In Queen's Road from a provision stocked by chemists, littered which, they take their

pets of the Ordinance was commented Counsel's table at Mr. R. E. | this morning's cables, with a

There lean ardent Cathedral upon by Mr-Eldon Potter K.C.in Lindsell's Court at the Magistracy desire to dissolve upon the

The committee, who drafted the chorister who believes in bring the Summary Court this morning this morning when a woman-was Dawes Report, conditions of which Ing his dog to Church. He took Mr. Potter said that the Governor charged with the theft of one lot "Worker's Weekly" issue, con- were accepted by Germany when him yesterday morning and tied in Council could sidering that the Liberal demand her representatives signed the him up with a simple cord in the contemplated the results of such lot, knowing it to be stolen never have and a man with receiving another for an inquiry, Into the circum-pact on August 30, seem to have vestry. But the dog wanted to an order; and that if it was upheld property. stances of the dropping of the been guided chiefly by the desire take part in the service and the whole of the Court's work in Messrs. A. S. Watson and Co, aedition charge is intolerable since to provide that the bulk of the soon got rld of his bonds. the past two years would be set at provided the fragrance for the

reparations payments should be Ambling into the sacred building.naught. It it is an implication against the accumulated in Germany. After he took up a position near the Governor in Council power to the usual atmosphere.

would give the Court-a welcome change from Solicitor-General. However, a pointing out that their object is to Chancel steps to the horror of his legislate in the most sweeping Da Saturday morning, a Wan- small group of Mr. Ramsay Mac- make recommendations for the master, who at once vacated his manner.

chal constable suspected the man Donald's supporters, we are told, resuscitation of Germany, the seat and walked out thinking the The case was one in which Li defendant and found on him a oppose going to the country on committee state that Germany is dog would follow. But "Fido," Chansshi and Chu Chan-shi number of bottles. His explana

well 'equipped; that the Germana as the saying is, was'nt claimed possession of three houses tion led to the arrest of the woman, that issue and urge fighting on the have not been taxed to the same having any. Looking round, he (66, 68 and 70) in Queen's Road, who was identified by Mr. W. Russian treaty. From this dis-extent as the Allies, but that saw Sir Claud Severn, and liking East, in which were nine tensets. Wilson of Messrs. Watson's as the tance it is of course impossible to German currency has fallen into the look of him, haunched himself

Mr. Patter, Instructed by Mr. only female employee at the North an Impossible condition. It is by him. estimate accurately which issue added that the German National

E. S. C Brocks, appeared for the Point laboratory a packer. Be It is suggested that the authorities plaintiffs. and Mr C. A. S. Russ cause she was a woman, she had the Government would be wise to Debt and the obligations of Ger- put up notices in a prominent post and Mr. D. McCallum were for never been searched as she left

tion: "No dogs admitted." been adopt. Here again the important man. Industrialists have

work, different tenants.

But the firm had been fact is that the Government is wiped out by deflation..........

Mr. Potter said that there was no missing stuff for years and had dispute as to facts: There was never been able to trace the culprit. preparing for a general election.

nothing going to be left of the Rebuke By Magistrate. One does not need to share Mr..

houses, even the foundations were Answering His Worship, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's "confidence

disappearing One defence was Wilson said that the woman had. that the Governor in Council by an bean employed for six years and, in the Government's record to

order published-in-the Gazette received a wage of $12. His Ltd agree that a general election at

on May 30, ordered that the Worship thereupon remarked to this stage is most undesirable.

provisions of 4 (1F) should not the woman" You have been there apply to these particular houses. Apart from the fact that the pre-

receiving a regular wage for six His Lordship had, had a vast years and yet you abuse the con sent Cabinet is much more

soccer" amateur inter-number of cases arising out of the fidence of your employers national, Wales beat South Africa Ordinance before him, continued stealing their property." capable than either of its two, immediate predecessors, possez-

by one to nil at Colwyn Bay, on Mr. Patier, and a few weeks ago be The man had also pleaded Saturday.

would doubtless have been surguilty and Divisional Inspector sing more "first class brains,"

prised at the possibility of any Aris informed His Worship that the Government has at least

other point arising.

he had. admitted being entrusted signal success to its

Mosaic Of Argumen!”. by the woman on-about-ten pre....

to sell' stolen credit, namely the reparations

The Governor's decision, how. vous occasions ever, raised a perfect mosaic of bottles for her. He had been ame ployed at the laboratory, but was arguments. Under Section 24 an order had been published that a dismissed some months ago, certain provision of the Ordinance ·Sentence of three months" hard should not apply to the houses. labour each was imposed.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Bank which will have exclusive control over the currency.

Playing at Leicester, on Saturs (2.)--To finance this Bank by day, the All Blacks" beat the a loan of $40,000,000,-

home side at Rugby by 27 points The committee further propose

to nil: that the Germans should pay for→ Reparations thus

Germany to Pay,

Britain's Share.

1st year.. 50,000,000 11,000,000 2nd year.. 61,000,000.. 13,420,000 3rd year.. 00,000,000.. 13,200,000 4th year.. 87,500,000.. 19,260,000 5th year. 123,000,000.. 27,500,000

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Potter," that if the construction the "We put it to you," said Mr.

settlement. Moreover, inheriting Under the Spa Agreement all many thorny problems like Ire-Reparations are divided as fol-

The Surreys Boxing Competi land, India, housing and unem-lows: France 62 per cent., Britain tion, postponed on Saturday owing 22. Italy 10, Belgium 8. The re-to the rain, will take place on ployment, the Government can maining 10 per cent, is for Serbia, Wednesday night, weather per rightly, claim that it has not yet Roumania, Portugal, Japan and mitting. The first bout will be had a fair trial. But the chief Brazil. The Committee also pro- staged at 7.30 pm.

Governer has put on this section is an immoral and illegal purpose, is objection to a general election at pose that the railways which have

the right one it leads to the most for the "peace, order, and good Weather permitting, the con- extraordinary absurdities and in government of the Colony hitherto been run by the German this stage has been voiced by Mr. Government, not for the purpose annual aquatic meeting will be In fact, it gives to the Governor in Potter was that the Governor 'in cluding events of the V.R.C. many cases to the greatest injustice. The third point raised by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald namely that a general election will assist German industry by giving the Governor has kindly consented most sweeping manner, without ing on the word "provisionin had placed a wrong mean- upset the status quo, What the low freights, should be placed country needs above everything and that German bonds should be

under the control of a new Board, to distribute the prizes..

adopting the ordinary course of Section 24 in that they said that LORENDIO|O|S|CIO CICLODIOCHEMEN ZWONG etse is, to use the late Mr. Bonar charged upon them, the bonds to desk-fan, valued at $30, from i

For the theft of one electric procedure which is that after the section could be spilt up and Law's word, tranquillity especi- be delivered to the Allies. There matshed at Hunghom on October S. receive the

being passed by the Legislative that exemption could be obtained Council, they then have to from any portion of that Section. ally tranquillity in politics. A gen bonds should be issued to the two weeks, hard labour and another siders the order the more one the Ordinance to a farce. If a

is also a proposal that certain one Chinese lad was sentenced to Majesty. The more

consent of His This was obviously wrong, said con- Mr. Potter, and would be reducing eral election now could only, have Allies charged upon German indus-ordered to receive twelve strokes is led to the belief that the tenant was to exempted from the most disturbing results. With tries. The Committee also decided The case came before the Magis Governor in Council could never Section 4 he would have to be the Parties constituted as they are that the payments in kind should trate at Kowloon this morning.. at present Labour cannot make be continued under the super-

have contemplated the results exempted from the whole, in vision of a new authority to be set any drastic social changes, as the

Luk Kan, a Chinese watchman, which would follow their construce which case he would be worse off, employed at the Kowloon Docks,

for the landlords would be entitled Glasgow housing incident showed; The object of the committee was found asleep in Mr. E. W.make such an order, the whole of month's notice,

"If it is possible for them to to possession after the ordinary but who can say that a general would appear to have been attain-Bell Hope's motor car on Friday our work for the past two years in election will not give Labour theed since these sums, will hence- and is alleged to have damaged these courts. is set at nought. reminded His Lordship of the deci In his fourth point Mr. Potter

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Hongkong, Monday, Oct. 8, 1924

ANOTHER GENERAL

ELECTION?

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ENTERTAINMENTS.

Conservatives and the Liberals? Certainly Labour might return to Parliament with diminished strength, but the doubt we have stated above would be certain to have most unsettling results, especially where finance is con- cerned. No better proof of this could be found than the fact that despite all the direful predictions which were uttered just before" Labour took office, the moment October 6-World the Government was established. The Little Café." stocks immediately improved!] October 6.-Queen's

Forget-me-not." The confidence that has since

October 6.-Star reigned in the money market is" Westbound Limited." the boat answer to the demand for

a general election which might Malini, easily result in changes as un-muigieinn. expected as unwelcome.

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DANCES.

before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the that this Ordinance was not Ordinance not. being retrospective. Kowloon Magistracy, this morning retrospective, the whole of the in its operation and said that once and was fined $6, one dollar of decisions given are so much waste the notice to quit had been given, which is compensation for the

paper because we are told that the the landlord had a vested right to damaged cushion.

Governor in Council (which is in possession in three months. If The Court of Enquiry con cellency is not bound to adopt the the power, after notice to quit had effect, the Governor, as His Ex- the Governor was right, he had cerning the stranding of the s.6: majority view) can set aside the been given, to divest the landlord "Tecumseh" on the Cust Rocks on September 11th, which was to legislate in such a manner as notice expired and after he might

whole

of this case law and of that right even before the have been held this morning, after to deprive the landlord entirely have committed himself consider a postponement due to the illness of the rights left him under the ably to contractors. of the master, was again postpon Ordinance.

Monte Cristo." October 6-Coronet Theatre; ed. The rough sea and typhoon His first submission, said Mr. Mr. Potter's final point was that conditions, necessitating the pres- Potter, and the one he thought was the Governor was endeavouring to Theatre;ence, on board of the masters of

the boats who were to form the the true one, was that Secilon 24 supply the absence of a desir

had no application to a tenant and ability certificate and that they Theatre; Court, were the reasons for to-day's

postponement.

never was intended to give the were in effect saying that it may Governor in Council power to be that the legislature is not Theatre;

As the result of the strong the grounds that the owner might sary to pull a house down to get a

take a house out of the Ordinance on retrospective and that it is neces wind blowing on Saturday last October 7.-At Star Theatre, Leung Fuk, pile-driver, appeared choose to erect a half dozen bed desirability certificate but I am

world's greatest before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the boards.

going to prevent you by saying Mr. Potter here referred Hts that Section 4 has no application:" Kowloon Court, this morning, as Lordship to the Nang Yang Mr. Russ Contention. October 21.-Navy Leagues Flag complainant in an assault case. Cigarette Co. case, decided in the Mr. Russ had not finished his Day and Grand Concert at Theatre He had a wound on the right temple Colony, in which the Court had reply when the Court rose, He Royal, 9.15 p.m.;

and a bandage.

and his head was swathed in held that accommodation for 16 claimed that it was impossible

He stated that he was carrying some long poles employees to sleep that the Opposition was deter-

on the without the grossest misuse of the: The Reverend Alexander

to the site where he was at work at premises did not, by turning language to contend that an order mined to fight to the last ditch, the Sharpe, Vicar of St. Barnabas,

Mongkok and accidentally struck into a domestle tenancy, made in a "Gazette" could not be Government discreetly withdrew Stoke, Devonport, appears to be

one of the accused. The latter prevent them getting evicted made under this section. The only sadly lacking in the Christian the offensive measure and adopted spirit of tolerance that one has

knocked him down into a trench or liable for higher rent,

way in which Mr. Potter had tried and injured his back, knee and if he wishes, allow a tenant to re.that interpretation to It was by "The Governor in Council can to induce His Lordship to give! a Liberal bill securing the same been accustomed to expect from

head Two Chinese coolice, who main objects but avoiding any those in holy orders. When the Club, postponed to: October 18 were each ned Sto. In addition, out all the conditions of his orders to be made under the sec October 11-Dance at the Peak were charged with the assault, main even if he fails to carry stating that the result of allowing marked affront to Conservative Russian Soviet Union

sloop, "Vorovsky" (now, in harbour),

entertainment by Professor Malini they were each ordered to pay $3 Under Section (3) there is obvious answer was that if tenancy continued Mr. Potter tion would be ridiculous.” The susceptibilities. Thus was the arrived at Plymouth, on July 23, Will be given instead. nt. 9.30 p.m. compensation to the complainant. a power which exempts board-authority were delegated to an crisis averted Whether the for coaling purposes on her way October 25.Dance at the Peak | Another political gale-te use a Opposition would have appealed to from Archangel to Vladivostock, Club, 9:15 p.m..

ing house and hotel keepers, other body to sub-legislate, SPORT.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

but the Governor in Council it was to be assumed that the simile topical after the week-end's the country had the Government the usual official saiules were

can if typhoon blow-has caught the proved obdurate it is difficult to exchange of the customary naval Race Meeting of the HR. Jockey exchanged. This October 11 and 18.-Fifth Extra naturally

wishes allow me authority would be proper Labour Government barque, and say; certainly, with the support courtesies, between vessels of two Club, at Happy Valley, 3.15 p.m. tive, Li Leh-chun, has arrived in nuisance, and although I might get Governor to act in a manner Dr. Sun Yat-sen's representa ing any lent. I can commit at the legislature still less the to stay in without pay exercised One would not expect is aweeping it towards the of the Liberals, it would have been friendly nations, has been de- each day,

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10 months for it, he cannot elect which could only be describede maelstrom of a general election. caly for the Conservatives to have Bounced by the vicar of St.

PUBLIC AUCTION. This is not the first time that forced dissolution of the House of as "a deed of shame." He writes: Sales Room, Duddell St... & fine Colony from her vacation trip to the landlord of his common law point was whether when these

me... I submit that what the lunatic if, the powers were use Barnabas, in his parish magazine, October 9-Lammert Bros., at sul for Norway, returned to the having passed an order deprivinged they might behe-

Mrs S. Berg, wife of the Con- legislature really intended was the manner. Mr. Potter had clai Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's vessel Commons upon a major issue, for The most shameful sight ever collection of Postage Stampe, 5.16 Australia, on board the a.a. St rights they could by a clause zive powers were exercised sensibly. has encountered heavy weather; the fact must always be kept. In witnessed from the historic.m. nearly a dozen squalls have mind, when following Home

'sliores of Plymouth was seen on

the Governor power to give him and after due consideration, they already beset it in the shape of politics, that Labour's present

July 28, when British officers October 18. Extraordinary The following Sub-Lieutenants,

them back if he thought fit would work in a just manner defeats in the House of Commons. strength equals that of the Cob-"Vorovaky, a ship representing Co., Ltd, at the Registered Office Kashmir on Saturday D. My second point," said Mr. fourth points Mr Rugs sald the

ceremoniously saluted the General Meeting of Douglas 3.8. RN, called for home by the swFalse Construction. With regard to Mr. Potter a However, with

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exception, servatives only, so that the the Bolshevik savages, lying of the Company, 20 Des Vieux Craig, H.Nz Brown, D. Margetts, Potter" is that the construction It would not be unreasonable under these defeats have not been Liberals,, opposed to all drastic

inside the breakwater. It was Rood, Central, nooD, FFA. Eden, C. L. Edwards, JH placed on this Section is wholly a Labour Government for powers Serious. The exception was the social changes, are the deciding

indeed a most humiliating October 20-Third meeting of Grabam, P. QRoberts. The wrong; if it is right to be given the Governmen Glasgow a housing issue which factor. Whether the Opposition

spectacle, for it was to honour The China Sugar Befining Co., Revd. T. G. C. Howard, RN. then the Section letra vont people being turned England's most virulent enemy atd., at Co. a Office, Pedder was also a passenger by the same vires There is no, legislative though they did not pay renting involved the only piece of real would ha force

and the assassins of Chirist's Street, noona, Socialistic legislation that the election upon the Glasgor housing:

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