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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1927. -

LOCAL LABOUR.

(Continued from Page 1.).

PEAK TRAMS,

BRAKES AGAIN "TOO EFFICIENT"

TO-DAY'S FURTHER TEST.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ABSOLUTE EQUALITY A STATUE OF THE SO's. FRANCE'S WARNING.

COOLIDGE AND SOUTH AMERICA.

TRADE ON A FAIR BASIS.

Washington, May 4.

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MUSSOLINI AND THE OTHER 'NAPOLEON.

A SHORT SHRIFT FOR THE REDS.

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Sho

n rule. Referring to the term

Rome, March 29.

Bar le Duc, May 9. "illegal restraint," counsel referred

For nearly two generations an M. Poincare, speaking at the to the ambiguity of the word and

It may be recalled In connection,

equestrian statue of Napoleon General Council of the Meuse De said that the vast majority of these with the two.new enlarged and im-

III. has been relegated to the partment declared that Communiam In an address to the third Pan- courtyard of a Milanese palace. immediate danger if it were able would make us run a grave and so-called "illegal restraints" of proved ears which were fitted out

for use on the Peak tramway, that American Commercial Conference It had been ordered at the initia-with the aid of foreign organisa- trade were nothing more than

the first braking tests were not al-President Coolidge stated that tive of prominent Italians, among tions to carry out its work of des- covenants which the inw would not together satisfactory and, until the during the twelve years ending them Manzoni, Gino Capponi, truction for which it is responsible enforce. The law said, in effect, requirements were met, the Com-1925 the United States share in Verdi, and General Cadorna, the elsewhere.

we pany were obliged to rope off cer- South American exports had Minister. But the Radicals, De- "you can carry them on, but

France, however, la not a field thin xents in the new cars, the averaged nearly forty per cent, of mocrats, and Republicans of the for bolshevist experiments. will not force you to."

number allowed to be enrried be- the total.

day opposed its inauguration, has traditions and morals far Not Condoning Strikes.

Ing the same as before.

This was more than twice the basing their objection upon the superior to those which are pro- After stating emphattenlly that

posed to her as an example, and it To prove the braking capacity of share of Britain who was Ameri- "moral incompatibility" of erect- is not by returning to primitive re- he was not condoning any such the cars, traffic on the Peak Tram-ca's nearest competitors, while ing a monument to Napoleon III. gimes that progress can be made events as the attempts at local gon-way yesterday was suspended from America since 1913 had maintain- at Milan, where there was al-for civilisation and the happiness

strikes, which involved 9-40 a.m., and it was the intentioned the premier position in the im-ready a monument to the soldiers of the world.

The Government is determined breaches of contracts making the to re-commence at 12-80 after the port trade of South America, the of Mentana, those Garibaldians

tests. This it was found impossible amount of Imports from the who, in 1867, were arrested by to allow no acts against the laws offenders liable not only in civil but to do. The braking capacity had United States in 1926 being $882, the French chassepots on their of the republic and to repress most also in criminal courts, counsel been proved beyond doubt, but in!

eeverely any criminal endeavours vontinued "but I do say that by the so doing a kink developed in the

000,000.

march on papal Rome.

toward menacing the discipline of law of England, any number of men

The United States did not The question debated during the army and the security of the can agree together not to work for rope which necessitated a delay wish to participate in South forty years has been solved by State or unity of the country. any particular person. It applies the resumption of the service.

The car on braking trial yester-American trade at the expense of Mussolini, and the statue is to be As far as concerns the Colonies to every man who is in a position

that France sell his work, whether he be any was the "white" car and simi- other people but upon a mutual- erected in the public park of M. Poincare added

Milan with marked honours, Not would not tolerate any attempt, iglar braking tests on the "green" carly just and equitable basis. The latter barrister,

this morning. President Coolidge declared em- only does free Italy owe much to either through internal political entitled to say "I will not accept awere carried out. brief from such anit such a person traffic being suspended from 9.40 phatically that all the associates Napoleon III., but Mussolini owes propaganda, or as a result of and to ask his confreres of the Baronwards. Again, it was hoped of the United States in the Pan- a great deal to his code in setting gresive designs, from abroad to to do so. The Court would not to get the trafle resumed by 12.30 American Union stood on absolute up the Fascist régime, bristling and spiritual heritage. Havas.

destroy or tamper with her material enquire into their motives because but this proved impossible owing to

the difculty of getting off the quality with her, and it was the with "security acts." they were entitled to do so.

special emergency, brake once

established policy of the United was on, the ear remaining in the States Government to use its re- neighbourhood of May road station sources not to burden but to for several hours.

to

mason or

The illegality only came in when to auch an agreement between mem- hers of any trade or profession there were added provisions which said that unless everyone came into line, those omitting to do so would be penalised either directly by} fines or indirectly by the forfeiting of privileges, I was only when there was an attempt at compulsion and not before that such an agreement became in "unlawful! restraint of trade."

It

assist them, not to control but to GENERAL'S POVERTY. It is hoped to get the service re-co-operate with them.-Reuter's sumed later in the afternoon.

American Service.

HERO OF ERZERUM ILL IN PARIS SLUM.

AMBITIONS.

WAR ON GRUBS.

WHY THEY ARE ATTAINED 50 NOVEL ANTI-PEST CAMPAIGN

SELDOM

HOOVER'S VIEWS.

WHEN IT IS WRONG TO BORROW.

Washington, May 3. Addressing the Pan-American London, April 19.

Commercial Conference here. Mr. Paris. The fact that one of Hoover, severely criticised the the most brilliant Allied Com- principle of nations borrowing ill in dire poverty in a Paris other kind of unproductive enter. manders in the Great War is lying money for armaments or for any slum, was brought out through prise. He declared that no nation an appeal in the Press on behalf citizens to lend money to foreign should borrow money or permit its

of General Kalítine, aged 75. countries unless an assurance was At Erzerum in 1916 he per-given that it would be devoted. to formed numerous shining feats productive enterprise.

IN LONDON. Building Owner Protected. 1 Referring His Lordship's pre-f

Few people are without ambi-)

London, April 19. vious reference that the rule in?

Armed with long steel-topped question involved a building ownertions of some kind or another, but! being held at the mercy of an ar fewer still, I venture to think, have office of Works, over a thousand bamboo poles, provided by the bitrary building contructor, coun- the grit to make their ambitions London boys and girls, belonging of arms, for which he was pre It was subsequently stated at the sel said: In all my eighteen years" come true, writes John Blunt. experience in Hong Kong I have not What has made me think of this various training brigades, spent sented with a gold and diamond-State Department, however, that bad brought to my notice a single, is the recently published account Easter Monday usefully in Hyde mounted sword of honour. this opinion at least so far as the case in which a building owner was of how two London typist girls Park tracking down pestiferous Formerly he worked as a la- South American countries were

laced at the mercy of an unreason-saved up their salaries for several grubs,

bourer in a motor car factory concerned, did not entirely accord able contractorOn the contrary it years so that they could travel to The campaign was-headed-by-Mr-until his health broke down two with the views of Mr. Kellogg- has been my experience that

New York for the express purpose Moore Hogarth, of the College of years ago, since when he has lived Reuter's American Service. building owner has taken advan- of hearing Mme. Galli-Curci sing. Pestalogy, and other experienced, with a daughter, who is a widow tage to the full of the penalty clauses with which he is protected should obtain publicity shows how instructors, with the object of de-francs per month in a chocolate The very fact that this incident entomologists acted as sectional with five children, earning 400

in his contract.”

rarely people have the courage and monstrating the feasibility of a factory. There was no necessity, con-

the determination to bring reality national movement against Insect tinued counsel, for the Court to

Why, even pesta. "waste sympathy" on the building out of their dreams. owner who was protected in fullest the ordinary New Year resolutions

They hope to arrange for *a sense of the term. There was not seldom lust for more than a few Coenon Day in October, and a Mos- a scintilla of evidence to show that weeks, and most people sink back quito Day in May. there was anything to prevent into their bad habits without mak- building owner, should the mem-ing any very serious effort to over- bera of this Guild decline to work come them. for him, from going into the mar-1

The last-named day will be specially important, in view of the fact that mosquitoes are an in- creasing menace in Great Britain.

It is computed that to-day's opera-

Bat when it comes to forming a ket to-morrow and finding plenty of plan for years ahead, a plan that | mason labour. His Lordship had requires a constant sacrifice of pre-tions wiped out millions of potential found himself in h' own notes that sent inclinations, it is only a small caterpillars. there were other local mason guilds minority of people who will succeed and, counsel added, there might be, in bringing it to fruition. others outside of any guild.

With Great Ideas.

AGRICULTURE.

www.

GRADUAL SHRINKAGE OF ACREAGE.

KNOWS NO FEAR.

BRITON'S SEARCH FOR UNUSUAL TITLE.

Shadows Before.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL."

Entertainments.

May 4-Queen's Theatre; "Marc Nostrum."

May 4-World Theatre; Char- lie's Aunt:"

Oranges."

May 4-Star Theatre; "Wild)

London, April 10. Tired of the monotony of life, Basil Finnigan of Portsmouth is

May 4-Tea Dance at Cafe Res- proceeding to America in search taurant Parisien, from 4.30 to 6.30) of the title of the "Word's most p.m. daring man."

And that, no doubt, is one of the If the Guild malevolently and im-

May 4-"Dragon" Concert Party properly induced its members to main reasons why there are so

His plans include crossing the entertains Service men at the break their contracts or not to con- many unsuccessful people in the

Niagara in a barrel, dropping in to "Cheer O." Naval & Military! tract with a building owner for the world. A youth starts out in life

rivers with manacled hand and Y.M.C.A., Chater Rd., 6.30 p.m. purpose of completing a building with great ideas, but he finds that

foot, balancing feats, high flying holds Dress. Carnival Dinner Dan- May 4--Cafe Restaurant Parisien accomplish them the motive at the back of their mind to

requires

in aeroplanes and clambering up sant at which function prizes for being an improper one, then they sncrifices of pleasure and spare

London, April 20. were able in Inw because they had time, and he simply has not the

The tendency for the diminution sky scrapers from outside.

ladies will be presented. committed a breach of the law. The character to accomplish his aims of the total area of agricultural declares that he knows no fear May 4-Grand "Social of St. Court could not assume that this He then falls back upon a kind of land, the poor wheat crop and fewer and wants no money. He will Peter'e Young Men's Club, 6.46 p.m. rule expressed sanction of such easy cynicism, in which he argues horses are features in the Ministry undertake anything exciting May 6 Annual dinner (Engineer breach of the law and short of any that nothing is really worth while of Agriculture's statistics in regard however risky, provided there is a Co.), H.K.V.D.C. Headquarters, 8 such language, the Court on the-and once he does that he is in a to England and Wales for 1926, reasonable chance of success. p.m. contrary had to assume that the fair way of becoming a failure: The total acreage under crops or

rule when put into operation would In certain cases, of course, sue-permanent grass is 26,676,000, be stop short at a breach of the law.

He

cess is partially due to chance, but ing 79,000 below the 1925 figure, Mr. Potter continued his arguin most cases it is deserved. If ment until the tiffin internal.

an intelligent youth resolves to be hearable area is 10,648,000, ELEPHANTS AMOK.

success, and has the grit to keep compared with 10,652,000 in 1925.

STUDY OF CANCER.

LARGE NEW YORK PROJECT.

On behalf of the New York Can- cer Association a campaign was started

ta

Best sugar Acreage has in- that resolve in the forefront of his creased, being 125,814, compared mind, he probably will be a 'success with 64,750 in the previous year. It has often been argued that If

For the first time since 1921, the we greatly wish for a thing we wheat acreage has increased the usually get it. But there is noth total acreage of 1,502,200, being in ing mysterious about the process; excess of the 1925 figure by it only means that what we 92,600. tenaciously desire, we are prepared

to work for year in and year out.

Weakness of Will

£1,000,000 Hecure

should love to

But too often it happens that am- to establish in New York a great bition is stifled by weakness of will. Institation of national scope for The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." Most people continue to the treatment and study of cancer.

The association has acquired a think. "One day large hospital and hotel building of do so and so," but there is no con- twenty-seven storeys for £700,000, viction in the thought because they! which represents the cost of con-have given up all hope of ever at- struction. The building includes ataining their dream. They cannot hospital of 400 beds, a clinic cap-face the intervening difficulties and able of caring for 500 patients inconveniences.

But if we are to make our dreams daily, research laboratories, and a department devoted to public edu- come true, we must pay the price. cation in cancer prevention. It is It is only in fairy stories that estimated that £200,000 will be re- magic wands are waved and the quired to complete the equipment, course of fortune changed in the and £80,000 for the purchase of fraction of a second.. six grammes of radium-the mini- mum held to be necessary for so large an institution.. Most of the

400 beds will be free, or available

at a nominal charge.

PEERESS WALKS OUT,

A WOMAN TRAMPLED TO DEATH.

London, April 19. Newark (New Jersey). The streets were very busy and thronged with shoppers when The yield per acre is estimated three circus elephants escaped at 16.4 cwt. or 'ewi, below the from their stalls.

for ten years. average

WRONG 'BABY.

mda y

THE GRIEF OF TWO MOTHERS.

Loudly trumpeting, the ele phants scattered the crowds, spreading dismay and panic. One woman was trampled to death.

STORM TRAGEDY.

London, April 21.

May 13-Smoking concert at Volunteer Headquarters 9.15 p.m. Sports.

May 4, 6, 7-V.R.C. amateur box- ing tournament, 8.30, 6 and 9 p.m. respectively,

May 5-6--Royal Artillery Ath- letic Meeting, United Services Re- creation ground, Kowloon, 2 p.m. each day.

athletic May 7 Fifth annual porto meeting at the Cheung Chau football ground, commencing 11,80

a.m.

May 7-Third extra race meeting: of the II.K. Jockey Club, Race) Course, Happy Valley, 2.30 p.m.

May 11 Exhibition Tennis, II.K.C.C., 4 p.m., for M.C.L.

May 24-Meeting of Fanling Hunt Steeplechases.

Auctions. May At Messrs. Lammert Bros.' sales room, miscellaneous goods, 11 a.m.

May 10At Messrs. Lammert) Bros.' sales room, a valuable col- A storm tragedy has been relection of Postage stamps, 5.15 p.m.

Meetings.

A remarkable case of mistaken Identity involving the burial of one the attendance. of the wrong Botany Bay of the bodies of four

May 6 Annual meeting of Wor infant in the name of another and vealed following the finding in

shippers at the Peak Church in St. mother at the funeral while the men and one woman. real mother was inquiring franti- The storm stopped the regular John's Cathedral Holl, 5.30 p.m. cally for the body of her baby has ferry boat service and the owner

May 7-Third annual meeting occurred at Middlesbrough.

The 26-days-old infant of Mr. of a former Naval pinnace thereof China Underwriters, Ltd., St. Robert Foster, of Wellington-street, upon offered to take the party George's Bldg., 11.30 1.

May 9-Oficers' Mess Meeting. died suddenly and the body was across the bay. The pinnace was taken to the public mortuary for a nearing its destination, but at the H.K.V.D.C. Headquarters, 6.30 p.m. May 10-Meeting of the Hong post-mortem examination. The mouth of Cool's River lost its Kong Land Investment & Agency, same day the 21-month-old daugh- course owing to bad visibility and Co., Ltd., Messrs. Jardine Mathe In America, as elsewhere, the Headed by Lady Balfour of Bur-ter of Mr. Alfred John Dalton, of the mountainous seas and dashed son's board room, noon," deaths from cancer are increasing. leigh, nine members of the Execu-Hardman-strect, died of diphtheria, against the rocks.

May 14-China Provident Loan and it is the hope and bellef of the tive Committee resigned. from the and the body was taken to the sana. All perished Three further and Mortgage Co., Ltd.'s thirtieth supporters of the movement that Council of the National Union of torium mortuary..

Instructions were given to an bodies were subsequently re- meeting, St. George's Bldg., noon. the new cancer centre, with its op- Societies for Equal Citizenship, at

May 17-Forty-sixth meeting of the Canton Insurance. portunity for studying and re- the conclusion of the annual meet undertaker to remove the body from covered.

Matheson's search, will lead to larger, know- ledge of the subject, its causes, anding in London, and marched from the mortuary, and he assumed that

The sound of church bells has Co., Messrs. Ja the platform in a body.

offices, noon. Lady Balfour announced that they An assistant obtained the body of been drowned by the hooting of could not agree with certain deci- the Foster baby from the public motor-cars-The Rev. W. Conrad sions of the Council as to the in- mortuary, believing it to be the Balmer

Dalton baby, and the Dalton family terpretation of equality. W attended the funeral, Mrs. Foster

ita cure.

WEATHER FORECAST.

the public mortuary was indicated.

annual

May 20-Fifty-fourth meeting of Unlon Insurance Society of Canton,

Union Bldg., 11 a.m. p

Co

May 20-Fifty-eighth meeting of Amidst loud cheers the chairman, Insisted on geuing her dead baby.

A patient may say that he the China Fire Insurance Co., Ltd Mrs. Corbett Ashby, protested that She was taken to the cemetery, wants to know the worst actual- Unter Bldg. 11.20 am. NE. winds moderate: fine to their action was discourteous with where the earth was removed and ly, it is the last thing he wants to May 20 Sixty-first meeting of cloudy, is the forecast for the out any previous notice to the the lid of the coffin raised so that hear Sir Thomas Horder British Trader's Insurance twenty-four hours ending at noon chal, he might have a last looks og pepper

Ltd. Union Building, 11.16 a.m. twenty four hours ending at noon After conus are the retiring querie para. Dalton, havius, endur called if the world knows nothing of May 6-Weekly lecture of the

considerable discussion it Mrs. the If his bors La reconsider their resignations upon to endure the pain again. The that they are ceasing to be great society, 7 Duddell St., 6 p.m. Sub-i Meteorological readings at 6

Hong Kong Lodge, the Theosophical a.m. to-day barometer 29.90: until after the deputatler had seen casket name plates were changed temperature 70, humidity 80, wind the Prime Minister on March 8 to and the two coffos left in the same when the world discovers them. Ject: The Coming of the World- B.NE force 9, weather overcast ask for equal franchise, income) STÁVE:

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