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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1927.

A FREE FIGHT.

'CHINESE CUSTOM.

ROMAN VILLA.

INTERESTING LOCAL TEST CASE.

HARD LABOUR FOR CHINESE WOMAN.

TREASURES FOUND IN A

GARDEN.

.

WIDOW'S ESTATE CLAIM.

An interesting point of Chinese law arises out of an action which was continued at the Supreme Court this morning.

The question is as to whether a widow remains in the family of her husband if she takes another man to live at the house and whether a son adopted after the second "marriage" is entitled to be regarded as of the family of the widow's first husband.

The case concerns the affairs of two families of the Tsat Tez

CONSTABLE ASSAULTED.

The Chinese woman who was ar

secure

IN HAMPSHIRE.

Portsmouth, July 5.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CINEMA NOTES.

GREAT RACING. FILM AT QUEEN'S,

"DOWN THE STRETCH."

Jockeys are not always whipping their horses across the finish line as winners, nor do they wear their bright silks to dinner. They have hearts and troubles and joys the

Shadows Before

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL."

Entertainments.

August 18 Queen's Theatre; Down the Stretch.",

reated by the West Point Police for Amateur gardeners with fruit attacking a Chinese constable with trees that decline to flourish chopper because the latter had should take heart from the ex-

August 18 World Theatre; "The previously arrested her for hawk- ing without a licence, was yesterday perience of Mr. Owen Adames, of same as the thousands who crowd Fourth Commandment."

the stands on Derby day. The August 18-Star Theatre, Kow- afternoon convicted by Mr. R. E. Spes Bona, Havant.

He had bad luck with his apple lives they often lead are portrayed loon; Our Cabaret in "Here and In "Down the Stretch," the big rac There," 9.30 p.m. The Sea Beast," Lindaell and sentenced to three

and plum trees for years. They ing film which comes to the Queen's 2.30 to 8.80 p.m. weeks' hard labour.

The

was arrested in refused to do well, so at length he Theatre to-day. The hero of "Down woman Second Street on August 6 for ob- took a spade and dug down, to the Stretch" is a young jockey who August 18-Informal dance... at structing the street, with bags of find beneath his garden a Roman wins the hand of the girl he loves "Cheer '0,"7 p.m. rice, and for selling the rice with villa, not far beneath the surface. In spite of almost impossible odds. August 19-Concerts at "Cheer out a licence. Her stock in trade It ia A wonderful find. The climax of the story is a great :0," 7 p.m.; "Better 'Ole," 7 p.m. was snatched away by friends and There is one section, the race in which some of the fastest

August 19"Better 'Ole" popu- the constable was able to

track. Robert anly a small quantity of the rice as hypocaust, or the compartment horses In the country take part en ler talk on "Canada, a land for

the evidence. The result was that the where the hot water supply was the Belmont race of

one

most Britishers, by Mr. J. H. Hunt, 7.50 -Mui Village, Hong Kong, the charge was not accepted and the heated, in which the Roman red acce

plaintiff being Ngal Chung-sz woman was allowed to go...

the P.m. accomplished horsemen of On fiue tiles still stand revealed as screen, plays the jockey, and

Sporta. and the defendant, Ngai Yee-mui, August 9 the constable arrested an- they stood 2,000 years ago, when Marion Nixon, the winsome little] August 18-All-Around Chinese Plaintiff claims that defendant other woman in the same place for some Roman dignitary-agen- star of "Taxi, Taxi!" the young baseball team of Honolulu play has no right to take out letters of the same offence. Again the rice, eral, it is thought bullt his villa Indy for whom he goes through South China baseball nine, Happy administration in respect of the scales, etc, were snatched away looking out across Langatone Har- much.

Valley, 5 p.m. estate of Ngai I, late of that and once more the charge failed. bour, one of those inlets of the 'Quake in a Film,

After this woman's release, the

August 18-Night fete at Vic- village, who died in 1898. Plain- constable was

An earthquake disaster, filmed sea that compass Hayling Island. threatened by a tiff is the widow of the only son younger woman that he would be

Treasures.

with much realism, forms the set-toria Recreation Club, when frat Australian stars passing of Ngai I- and defendant was Bassaulted if he went to Second The treasures unearthed are ting for the opening scenes of "The class

Fourth Commandment, the new through to Japan will also compete. daughter of Ngai I.

Street again.

numerous; beads, a cross, gold picture at the World Theatre to-day, Lammert's Auctions, Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., is

When he went to the place about brooches, hair pins-quite of the The story deals with the changed

August 19-At Lammert Bros. for plaintiff and Mr. F. C. Jenkina quarter of an hour later, his type the early British women used fortunes of two families, and the for defendant.

helmet was knocked off by a youth to wear some two or three years leading role is played by Belle Sales Room, Duddell St., one bale

Khaki Drills, 11 a.m. with a bamboo pole, while simul- taneously the accused woman struck ago before shingling came in a Bennett. him one the head with a wood chop-remarkably observed spoon of

Cross-Summons.

cross-

August 10--At Lammert Bros." Sales Room, Duddell St., a valuable collection of curios, 2.30 p.m..

Meetings.

August 22-Social Service for

Village Elder's Evidence. An elder of the village, Liu

"Moby Dick" On The Screen. · Lau-po, was called this morning per causing wound which had to broonze or silver, a comb almost Herman Melville's epic story of and was questioned as to whether be stitched at the hospital. The intact, thumb rings, a pendulum, the great white whale, "Boby Dick,” or not it was in accordance with constable held on to the woman and and feminine knick-knacks galore. is the basis of "The Sea Beast, Some old-time Portia of this which comes to the Star Theatre to Chinese custom for a widow to blew his whistle which brought two take a man into the house not in other constables to the scene, and locality had been plentifully sup- day as the feature attraction until Service men on the roof of St.

the accused was then taken to the plied with jewellery by her own)Saturday. America's most famous Peter's Y.M. Club. the generally accepted sense of station.

October 1-H.K. & stage actor, John Barrymore, plays

W.G. & husband but as a protector and

particular Caesar.

The M.C.L's "Fun o' The Fair." Lee the role of Captain Ahab. without prejudice as to her mem-

Mr. Adames has established a continuous movie programme at the Gardens. Mr. D. McCallum who appeared museum at the bottom of the gar- Star Theatre, it should be noted, berahip of her first husband's for the defence took out a family and rights as to his summons against the constable for den, in a tool shed; it is packed ends at 8.30, the new Our Cabaret estate.

Some of it is presenting a revue nightly at 9.30. with pottery. assault. Witness said that he knew of In the witness box. the accused Samian work, but there are all many cases where it happened denied having assaulted the con- kinds.

Much of it is marked with a cir- and, under cross-examination, how the latter came by the wound cular stamp, something like a gave an instance of a similar case on his head. She alleged that her small cart wheel with lines radiat- that had occurred in the village, daughter had been arrested by the ing from the centre. This is In this. . case, where the constable on August 9 and released) widow had also adopted soon after she had been taken to thought to be the seal or crest of COMMUNISTS VISIT TO JAPAN

son,' the adopted Bon the station. Afterwards when the the distinguished Roman who had succeeded to the constable again went to Second, once lived there.

Advanced Art. property. Witness admitted that Street, the daughter taunted him,

Beautiful specimens of colour-

on the point were put in before

stable, and said she did not know

saying: "If it is a reward you are

JAPANESE NEWS.

REJECTED.

Tokyo, Aug. 4.

August 22-Meeting of Share- holders of M.Y. San Co., Ltd. (în- liquidation), to confirm resolution passed at previous meeting, Queen's Road, Central, 2.30 p.m.

August 22-Meeting of Hong Kong Football Club (rugby section) in Union Bldg., Pedder St. (4th

floor), 5.30 p.m.

August 26-Fortieth annual mecting of members of the H.K. Football Club; in the offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. (top floor); 5.30. p.m.

Miscellaneous.

August 21-Band of the Int

August 21-First rehearsal for

England, at Cathedral Hall, 5.30 Japanese Troops in Shantung. p.m.

Although the date when the August 21-Social gathering in Japanese troops withdraw from St. John's Cathedral Hall after Shantung is yet unfixed, it is Evensong. understood that the troops will be withdrawn as soon as a compro-

this was the only case on a parter why don't you arrest a rob-led glass which reveal the ad- communist staying for years in Mr. Sen Katayama, a notorious with the present to his knowledge ber?" The constable eaid that he vanced art of the period are there Moscow holding an important Queen's Royal Regt. will play at which had occurred in the village. had authority to strike the girl if with remains of implements used post in the Soviet Government, St. John's Cathedral, 6 p.m.

Pressed as to whether he re- he wished to. After more heated for weaving, bolts, nails, scores of has been ordered to return home, garded the action of the widow words, the constable struck the girl pieces of plaster fresco, still re- his petition being dismissed by Chorus of German's Opera Merric in taking a man into the house in the witness presence. When as a marriage, witness declined to she went to pull her daughter away. taining their vivid colouring, iron the Japanese Government. pass an opinion.

the constable promptly seized hold implements, bones-one the rib Translations of Chinese docu- of the witness and gave her a good of an infant-lucky stonea with ments on Chinese customs bearing]

beating.

holes bored through them, splen- Corroborative evidence was given did specimens of roof tiles, pieces by the daughter, who added that of tessellated paving, and large some neighbours became so incens- quantities of shells. ed by the assault on her mother

The Romans were great shell- that they joined in the fight, and it fish eaters. At the opening of the case might have received his wound in

possible that the constable Some of the tiles show unmis- yesterday afternoon it was ex- this melee.

takably the imprints of men's plained that the dispute arose out

Mr. McCallum then submitted thumbs and the footmarks of of property left by Ngai I, late of that if a general scuffle did take dogs or cats. Tsat Tsz Mui village, Hong Kong, place, it would be grossly unfair to These tell their own little The plaintiff is the widow of the make his client bear the brunt of human tale. They were handled only son of Ngai I and the defen the whole unfortunate affair. He or trodden on before the clay was also contended that a slight wound set. One of the apartments un- dant is the daughter of Ngai 1.

Defendant has taken out letters ns that on the constable's head could earthed in the garden is a cold-

not have been caused with the heavy

water bath, a few feet square.

the Court.

The case is proceeding.

Origin of the Dispute.

Was

of administration to the estate wood chopper produced in Court. and plaintiff disputes her right to the estate.

Must Convict.

The case turns on a question of Mr. Lindsell decided that he must, Chinese law and custom as to whe- convict, as the witnesses for the ther the plaintiff had married out defence had failed to give a reason- of the family and whether her abic explanation as to how the con- stable had been wounded. With

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THE RED FLAG.”.

COMMUNISTS ANNOY WESLEYANS.

mise is arrived at between the

Southerners and the Northerners for which negotiations are pro- ceeding.

WOMEN DRIVERS.

ARE THEY SAFE AND SANE?

Tokyo-Europe Through Trains.

The Railway Office announces that the operation of the traina to

Just at the moment the British Tsuruga to connect with the through trains going to Europe Ing the question of whether women automotive magazines are discuss- from Vladivostok started on drivers are as safe and sane as they August 1.

ought to be. In a recent issue "The Through tickets to Europe may Autocar" has this to say: "It has be obtained at Tokyo, Yokohama, been the fashion among certain Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, writers on motoring matters to Shimoneseki, Moji and Nagasaki express openly, or Insinuate, that on and after August 1.

the great majority of women The connection of the through drivers are more daring than skill- train at Moscow with the aero-ful, to put it politely. With this planes going to Koenigsberg, contention we cannot agree, Every SCER more and more sured soon. Berlin and London will also be en-week-end

women of all ages at the wheels of cals of all types. In the main, women appear to be careful ani considerate drivers. Exceptions are, of course, to be found, but in no greater proportion to their num hers than in the case of man drivera."

adopted son on whose behalf she regar.i to the constable's injury, his claims the estate was an adoption Worship pointed out to Mr. Me- into the Ngai family or another Callum that the medical certificate tune of "The Red Flag" is really Not everybody knows that the family.

stated that there was an incised On her husband's death, the wound

that of a Sankey hymn. It is the This, the on the head. plaintiff took another man to live Magistrate sald, showed that the tune of "I hear my loving Saviour with her and this man, it was chopper, must have been used.

say, O follow Me, Come follow

Communists caused an uproar atness was done. the Victoria Hall, the centre of

Rubber Quotation.

Tokyo, Aug. 5. Rubber fa.q. spot was quoted

claimed for plaintiff, was not a Sentence was then passed as men- Me." A number of Sheffield to-day at 73 sen at which busi-

recognised husband nor entitled to tioned above.

Irade.

CHINESE ABROAD.

EFFORT TO PREVENT CLAIM OF DUAL NATIONALITY,

Nanking, Aug. 10.

A World Tour.

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any of the money in dispute. This, claimed counsel, was in ac-

Sheffield Wesleyanism, when this! General Chan Hueh-liang, son From our more extended ex cordance with the Chinese custom

hymn was being sung by substi of Marshal Chen Tso-lin, is stated perience in this country, we can of "chiu long yap she" under

tuting the words of "The Red to have decided to start shortly confirm the findings of our British which she was entitled to retain

Flag They bellowed out the for a world tour via Japan to the contemporary. The vast majority the house and her previous hus-

words and drowned the voices of U.S. and Europe.

of women are careful and consider- band's family, the new husband

those who sang the hymn.

late drivers and so are a elmilar becoming a member and member-

The incident was fully explain- The Secretary-General of the proportion of men. All the trouble ship of her previous husband's' The Nationalist Government is led by the Rev. P. M. Medcraft, Minselto Party, the most power-is caused by perhaps 2 or 8 per family.

understood to have issued an order auperintendent minister at Vic-ful opposition party in the Parlia-cent. of reckless operators, whe The Crucial Point. requesting all Chinese in the coun-toria Hall. He said the incidentment, has taken steps for accus lack the mental polas for safe and The son on whose behalf plain-try or in foreign countries and es-occurred at a meeting of the ing the Governor of Ohita Prefec-sane operation of their vehicles. tiff disputed the right of defen-pecially those in the Straits Settle-"Men's Own," an organisation ture, who was alleged to have It is extremely fortunate that dant to letters of administration ments, who have become naturalis- which invites people of all shades committed an offence which women are generally careful and

"Last amounts to lese majeste.

considerate drivers, because of the was adopted by the plaintiff after ed citizens of other governments or of opinion to address it. this second "marriage" had been are about to be naturalised. to re- night," said Mr. Medcraft, "a Japan's Experts and Geneva. effect that their example is likely

port themselves to the Chinese authorities within seven months. well-known Communist addressed Commenting on the rupture at to have on future generations. According to Chinese law and Those who fail to report after the the meeting and some of his fol-Geneva the Japanese Navy The early training of children rests custom as deposed to by Dr. S. W. lapse of the seven months shall be lowing came with him. We chose authorities concerned declare that largely in the hands of the feminine TEO, the plaintiff's right to adopt regarded as Chinese and must come Sankey's hymn 451, I hear my love although the conference resulted half of the race. It is the mother or the sister who drives the young- only continued while she was a under Chinese jurisdiction. The Ing Saviour say, because we in a regrettable ending, Japan is sters to school or takes them shop- member of her first husband's order is aimed at those who claim wanted to show the Communiets satisfied with the fact that Japan ping in the car. The rising genera- family. If her second #marriage" a double nationality-Kuo Min. the better and truer sentiment ex-made clear her determination to tion catches its first ideas of motor- involved her passing out of her

pressed in the original words of exert efforts toward a com-ing from the way in which the first husband's family then the WOMAN WINS AIR RACE. the tune than in the words of promise up to the last minute: mother or the sister operates the son on whose behalf the claim

The Red Flag, which have been Import Trade of Platinum. car. It is well that this should be was made was also adopted into Lady Bailey's Success. adapted to it. But the Commun- Japan has commenced import safe and sane, because it is during another, family, and had no claim.

ists present did not sing the words trade of platinum with Soviet this formative period that the If, however, the plaintiff on her

London, July 24.

we chose from Sankey, but The Russia. Lately about 25 kan of drivers of to-morrow begin to form second marriage, did not change Beating thirteen men, to-day Red Flag words, and I had to stop platinum was purchased from the habits of thought and action that families the property was still Lady Bailey won the 121 miles them. I told them I thought Soviet Government by Messrs. they will translate into action be hers and the right to adopt still air race for low-powered engines was dealing with gentlemen, and Ichiro Tanaka and Kilchi bind the wheels of the years to existed...

She averaged 92 miles an hour. they ceased. Shimada, both merchants, come The crucial point therefore on Mrs. Lynn, was second. N "I might say we also had on our The call for platinum is in- We have always maintained that which the merits of the defendant Lady Bailey in the third big hymn-sheets God bless our native creasing in Japan year by year, the accident toll never will be re- and plaintiff in respect of the race for the Air League Cup Innd set to the tune of the Na-and Japan has hitherto imported duced to its lowest possible mial- estate depended, was whether or hopes to convince the public that tional Anthem, but we were talk from London and New York mum until we all of us learn in- not the plaintiff had changed women are as good pilots as ed out, and had not time to sing markets,

families on her marriage, to men,

Dr. Teo was asked by His Lord. The women spectators were

ship yesterday afternoon how this frantic with delight at the aero-

point could be ascertained and rautte's success

stated that if it could be shown

that the plaintiff had never left

her ancestral home and had re

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The case was then adjourned are

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