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MOONCAKE FEAST.

TO-MORROW'S BIG CHINESE FESTIVAL.

AN EMPEROR'S CONCUBINE.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1926.

CORRESPONDENCE,

WHY USE "MADAME" FOR ·

"MRS."?

A VACANT SMLLE

(Continued from Pase 1.)

him he understood what his ang- wer meant that he know what he was doing at the time and know that' which he was subject to punish he was doing something wrong for

¡ment.

LOCAL APPELLATIONS.

To the Editor of the "China Mall" Mooncake Feast, or Mid- Autumn Festival, or Chung-chin Sir-Can anyone explain why chieh to give its classical ren- Hong Kong journalists apparently

Frisoner replied that he did not dering, falls this year on Tues- make a point of designating Mrs know he was doing wrong and His day (to-morrow), the 16th day of Sun Yat-sen. Mrs. Chang Kai-Lordship said that he would take

shek and the wives of certain this as a plea of not guilty..

the 8th moon.

Tradition places. its origin other notorious. Chinese militar The Attorney General explained about 2,180 B.C. when lived the lists "Madame"? It certainly is to the jury that this case differed famous archer-Emperor Hao a curious custom and it is dif- from the last in that what they Acult to find an explanation for would probably be called, upon to (Hao Ngai in Cantonese).

ጊነ

He shot nine of the tan suns illuminating the heavens when the sun-god besought him not to make a bull's eye of the tenth.

For this boon he was given a potion which would thake him im mortal with a home in the sun.

same..

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state of

consider would be the Equally curious is the practice mind of the prisoner at the time the adopted by the authorities of act, was committed. He did not Hong Kong and the majority of think that the fact that prisoner the Treaty Ports who appear to commited the act could be disputed. make a point of naming thorough- The Attorney General quoted fares after the cities of Peking, from the Ordinance under which it Canton and other cess-pools of was stated that for a plea of in- sanity in such a case to be establish-

Before he could take tha iniquity.

potion which had to be prepared

in an urn at night with devout One would imagine that the ed it must be proved that the man prayers meanwhile, a naughty average pedestrian would welcome who committed the murder was in a change of names. To be con- such a state of mind as not to know concubine by name of Sheung Ngo stantly reminded that such places the nature and quality of the act drained the last drop while her exist is not exactly exhilarating. he was doing or if he did know that spouse slept through the watch-

he did not know he was doing it night service.

wrongly," Light as a fairy, the woman Hong Kong, Sept. 20, 1926. fled to the moon to escape the archer's wrath.

A

Every year she returns to mother earth and moon-cakes are eaten in her honour.

cabine.

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Yours, etc.,

IONIDES..

WEDDING BELLS.

Leprosy Delusion?

Dr. C. W. McKenny, of the Government Civil Hospital gave fevidence stating that he had had the prisoner under observation and The was of opinion that he was

TWO CEREMONIES IN UNION neither insane nor suffering from

CHURCH.

leprosy.

son

of

Witness replied that he could only speak from his own observa-

Thrown Out of Moon! This episode has been commer- cialised into & favourite stage-

Questioned by Mr. H. S. Fitzroy to.. apart altogether from the play being one of the star-num-

Union Church, Kennedy Road (for the defence) as to whether if other extraneous matter which bers of Mei Lan-fang's repertoire.was the scene on Saturday afternoon a man thought he had leprosy and he has succeeded in introducing. Mei will be remembered as the

Mr. Eugene Chen proceeds to down here in 1922.

famous Northern actor who was of two pretty weddings the bride allowed his mind to dwell on it in each case having arrived in the overmuch he might develop in- connect the "arrangements to

Colony by the s.8. "Moren" and the sanity, witness replied that it was " The legend has been slightly bridegrooms being local men.

possible but improbable unless the end the boycott" with the intim-lengthened and ends up with Hao

The Rav: J. Kirk Maconachis man in question had a bad mental ation

balance. Be the intention to being thrown out of the moon omciated at both ceremonies.

Shervell Smyth.

Mr. Fitzroy said that Dr. "Cheung, impose certain tariffs, for the after a hot pursuit of his con- authority for which he seeks to"

At 2-15 the wedding took place Wing-tal had given evidence at car- It is a harvest festival in that of Maud Smyth, daughter of lier proceedings stating that he had hind the "proper Chinese author- the tea-houses reap their annual Mr. and Mrs. James Smyth of had found him insane.

tranted the prisoner and that he He had ities"-presumably with

Moon-shaped their harvest.

cakes Cardonald, Glasgow; and Frederick with wonderful ingredients are Shervell.

also stated that prisoner's mental Mr. and headquarters also in Canton,

balance was bad. made months.ahead of the festiMrs. John Shervell, of Waterloo- These special taxes follow in the val and shipped to all parts of the ville, Hampshire, England. main those laid down in the world where Chinese are to be Amongst those present in the church were: Mr. and Mrs: David. Washington Convention, to which found

Chinese delight in these deli-Templeton. Mr. H. C. Resker, Dr. nine Powers are signatory, and cacies. Another aspect is the M. V. Obremski, Mr. H. R. Ehilipps, under the provisions of which the making and sale of beautiful lan-Mr. D. Austin, Mr. J. Craig, Mr. Tariff Conference has already terns with which Chinatown will and Mrs, C. C. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs

be decorated to-night.

.. A. Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs. P. held several sessions in PekingActually the men-folk take Buckle, Mr. John Arnold and son, and other centres, A new tax, little note of the religious side of Mr. B. Crowley, Capt. and Mrs. however, not mentioned in the the festival except to organise anhes, Mr. and Mrs. M. Murray, and

Mr. and Mrs. Cadman. Washington Convention, is the feast at West Point.

Must Chin-chin Joss.

The bride, who was given away "special production or producers"

Schools and various working by Mr. D. Templeton, wore an peru- tax on exports.”

guilds make a holiday of it and it lace dress with bridal cap and car- It is so obvious that proposals is also one of the four settlement fled a bouquet of white roses, SHERVELL SMYTB. At the of this kind cannot be made with days in Chinese business circles. Honolulu, creeper and maiden hair

Union Church, Hong Kong, by the Government having its ceh-The women, of course, must Rev. J. Frederick John, son of Mr.

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MARRIAGE.

Mrs. James Smyth, of Car- donald, Glasgow.

Hongkong, Monday, Sept. 20, 1926.

Garden, East Point.

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WAR TERRORS.

MINES TO BLOW OUT

WUCHANGT

BESIEGED FOREIGNERS.

Hankow, Sept. 18.

It is reported that plans are

afoot to mine the Wachang wall. A tunnel is already underway. The bridesmaid, Miss Francia To-day the food situation in most critical.

"ehin-chin joss." Kirk Maconachie, tre in Canton, which for the pur-This business settlement, of Stevenson, of Pokfulam, was attired Wuchangis and Mrs. John Sherwall of poses of the Treaty is studiously course, will not be like that of trimmings and hat to match. Her fined in the city whereof 21 are in pink georgette, with cream lace Twenty-six foreigners are con- Waterlooville, Hampshire, to incorporated with "China," the other years, owing to depressed

of pink Honolulu Americans, three British and two Mand, daughter of Mr. and recognised capital of which is stringency; but money is not cir- creeper and maiden hair fern.

trade. There is no real financial bouquet was

Mrs. David Templeton, matron of Germans. These foreigners have Peking, that they can be diamiss-culating as it should."

previously been. allowed to send ed from further thought right| Europeans can see the celebra-honour, wore a grey silk georgette out letters to Hankew friends but away. Mr. Eugene Chen must be tions for a nominal fee at Lee dress with Richlieu panel and old after to-day all mail communica

rose crinoline.

tion will be stopped by order of aware that no single Power can Moot-cake shops are displaying Mr. H. C. Reaker was beat man.

the local authorities. The Wuhan Mr. G. : Longyear was at the Chambers of Commerce have in- possibly acquiesce in the imposi-tropical signboards and cartoons tion of such tariffs without the on Chang Kai-shek, Wu Pei-fu, organ, hymns sung being "The timated to the Southerners that it Voice that Breathed o'er Eden" and is impossible for them to raise Sun Chuan-fang, &c. unanimous concurrence of the?

"O, Berfect Love."

further loans as their coffers are At a reception aboard the as already drained. Anxiety is now "Kinshan" prior to leaving for felt in the Chamber circles as to Macao (the Honeymoon is being how the refusal will be met.- Espent there and at Fauling) the Reuter.

health of the bride and bridegroom was proposed by Mr. K. E. Grelg.

The bride travelled in a hellotrope volle dress with Richlieu trimming and white felt hat.

LATEST BOYCOTT PROPOSAL,

At first sight it may be regard-other eight signatories to the Great ed "as distinctly encouraging to Washington Convention. learn from Mr. Eugene Chen, in Britain alone cannot do so, even

only possible.

DOUBLE SUICIDE.

AMAHS END THEIR LIVES TOGETHER.

MOTIVE UNKNOWN.,

The motive for the suicide is being investigated by the police.

Wilson-Bell.

Mrs. Burnett was the matron of honour, Mr.. W. Borrowman best man and Mr. G. E. Longyear the organist.

Hankow Conditions.

Peking, Sept. 18.

It was reported from Hankow on Friday evening that Wuchang was holding out.

Fighting occurred near Kuang- shui, to which place trains are no longer running.

if the war situation was so to de- the course of a letter addressed by him to the British Consul-Gen-velop as eventually to warrant eral, the text of which appears

Mr. Eugene Chen speaking on be elsewhere in this issue that ur-half of the "Nationalist Govern- rangements have been made toment of the Republic of China."

At 3-15 the wedding took place end the boycott on or before Octo-Therefore, the

Two Chinese amahe living at of Hilda Bell, daughter of Mr. and ber 10 (probably by the end of course of procedure for the Con-Carton Road, Kowloon, entered Mrs. George Bell, of Wimbledon,

It is reported that the Wu sul-General in Canton is to refer into a compact to end their lives London. and David C. Wilson, September), and that these ar-

the letter to Peking for its con-day

together and succeeded yeater-of the Newspaper Enterprise Ltd., Sheng Kuan Pass is strongly rangements have been made

Hong Kong.

fortified. with the Strike Committee." Had sideration. And of course, Peking When the police were called to The bride, who was given away No vessels, are permitted to en- Mr. Chen's communication con-

could only reply that the boycott the second floor of the house they by Mr. G. W. C. Burnett, was at ter Hankow port without inspec

found both women dead in each tired in white crepe de Chine and tion, and then only between six tained no more and no less than engineered and carried out in other's embrace on a bed. One georgette with large white hat to o'clock in the morning and six this, we would to-day have been Canton is no concern of it and was found to have died from the match and carried a bouquet of o'clock in the evening.

The Labour Unions. in a position to congratulate him that, moreover, Canton cannot be effects of opium poisoning and white and crimson flowers with

are less active, and some factories are re- on the best stroke of work he has recognised as the official seat of the other from gashes on the maiden hair fern.

throat inflicted with a razor.

opening. done since he assumed his present

the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China. office in Canton.

Unfortunately extraneous mat ters are introduced by Mr. Eugene Chen,, which gives the whole "arrangements to end the boycott" a totally different aspect. His letter, in the first place, is headed "Republic of China. Nationalist Government. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.". To the Powers there is only one Gov. ernment in China, and its head- quarters are still in Peking and not in Canton. Moreover, ant

the boycott originated in Canton why should Mr. Eugene Chen seek now to identify with its settlement the "Nationalist Government of the Republic of China?" The boycott

is no affair of the Peking Govern- ment, and to attempt to insinunte otherwise la scarcely politic, to say the least of it. As it stands, his letter cannot possibly be replied

It appears that Mr. Eugene Chen, If he is still anxious to end the boycott on or about the date he mentions, will either have to consult the Strike Committee again or let the arrangements stand without any reference to Customs tarifa.or the Nationalist Government of the Republic of

CHEQUE THEFT.

ERROR IN SATURDAY'S REPORT.

British Nationals.

It is reported that Yen Hsi- shan has remitted to Marshal Wu After the signing of the register to Hsinyang 10,000, grenades.

Pei-fu $300,000, and is sending the newly married couple were Reuter. photographed, after which all the guests joined in and a group'photo- | - graph was taken.

London, Sept. 19. - At the reception held later at The National Council of the 110 The Peak, the toast of the Independent Labour Party has bride and bridegroom was proposed passed a resolution declaring that by the beat man (who also read out the effective method of protecting In the case of Jack Chang, des-a few telegrams of congratulations, cribed as a Chinese from Austra from the bridal pair's relatives at British nationals in China is not lia, who was sentenced to three Home) and sultably responded to

to make a provocative Naval de-" months hard labour on Saturday by the bridegroom. Besides a cake monstration but to indicate Bri- for theft of a cheque book, this from Lane Crawford's there was a

tain's intention of pursuing a just A HABITUAL GAMBLER was the property of Mr. A. Som special one sent from Edinburgh by policy in recognising the indepen- ma and romano, po katerron merfelt of the Hong Kong officer. Wilson's mother, who made dence of China, Reuter Charged with gambling, a Chin- of the Union Insurance Society of herself. ese falled to appear at the Central Canton, Ltd., and not of the firm The honeymoon is being spent in Magistracy on Saturday and for B8 erroneously stated in the Macao.. feited his bail of $5.

"China Mail" on Saturday. The bride's travelling dress was Tisle fact was mentioned by Divi- It was a private prosecution and of lavender crepe de Chine with hat sional Inspector Blackman when he had no connection with the firm to match, charged the man again this morn- other than that defendant had shortly after noon on Saturday, ing with running a "fan tan" school been previously employed there as

a clerk 20

China.

Defendant pleaded that he was. It also follows that the mon- "It requires the output of two not gambling at the time, but the tion of the "Insurance Co," noti- full-grown rubber traes for a constable knew he was a habitual fying the Mercantile Bank is in- whole year to supply the rubber gamblar and arrested him.

correct as the cheque book was for one Ford cord tyra.."-Prof. The penalty wear $10,3"

Mr. Sommerfelt's property. Roger Adams..

STORM DAMAGE.

FIVE HUNDRED 'DEATHS REPORTED.

in

West Palm Beach, Sept. 19. A later toll of the hurricane now estimated at 500 killed and the damage at $28,000,000 to $100,000,- 1000-Reuters American Service,