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deserved the severe rebuke ad- ministered by His Lordship. It is a pity that this type of specta- tor cannot be prevented from entering a court of justice at all. The public has, of course, the right to witness such or any other trials unless interests of state would be prejudiced by public dis- closures, but the right is forfeit ed by conduct such as that of which the parties in question were guilty. The strain imposed on a prisoner during successive hear- ings of the case is severe enough to test the most hardened nature without adding to his distress the knowledge patent in the faces around him that others are gloat ing in his misery. It is cases such as these which lend force to the arguments of those who are pressing for a change in the system by which a man who has yet to be found guilty or not, Miss Iris Thornhill wishes to guilty is forced to sit or stand in a convey her thanks to the many; crowded court, behind bars, the! friends who have so kindly CX- cynosure of all eyes.

practice imposes a trial of endur- ance which in the case of an in- nocent man would hardly tend to Hong Kong, Saturday, August 20, 1927. induce a frame of mind in which he is likely to do himself justice A SATURDAY CAUSERIE,-

when the time comes for him to give his evidence.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

pressed their sympathy with her in her bereavement,

There seems to be a glamour about a murder trial which is somewhat akin in its reaction on

INSTALLED.

Harbin, Aug. 7.

The typhoon did not succeed in taking our breath away.

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the declared policy of the Soviet rulers and with their action in China, the reason for, this is

The Chiness authorities have obvious. Russia does not go to

|taken the first step towards getting war herself until circumstances their share of the moneys collect- make it too easy. Sho would ed daily by the railway by placing two Chinesocontrollers in the dearly love to see Afghanistan Dalbank. These two gentlemen

Fond Uncle-So, my dear little pull the chestnuts out of the fire are now watching all payments made and will not allow any money

nephew, you haven't forgotten for herself. And she pays Afghanistan an annual subaldy of of course for trade purposes. You have brought me this nice to go out of the country, excepting your old uncle on his birthday. a present. £100,000. The only difficulty that Some of the depositors fearing that smoking cap for she finds, happily, is the unswerv- taken, have removed their deposits sixpence for you.

measures maybe Thanks, little nephew, here is a ing devotion of the King of to foreign banks. The local office Nervie-Boo-oo-ooh. Afghanistan to his country's in- invited the C.E.R. Commercial De-me half-a-crown! terests, which he knows would be tion of accounts at Shanghal but partment to take over the liquida-

seriously jeopardised by the dis- this the latter refused to do. It turbance of dearly won peace. office to undertake the liquidation pected.

is not the business of a railway better this morning than I ex- He also knows that India and, be-of a private bank.

Patient-I expect that is be- hind her, Great Britain, is :

Like a Battlefield.

cause I have followed the direc tions on the medicine bottle. friend of his Government and A. gentleman who has just - ar-

"What are they?" does not want a yard of his terri-rived in Harbin likens the town

"Keep the bottle tightly cork- to a battlefield as the streets in tary. To see a strong, indepen-all directions are torn up to lay ed."

more sovere

It cost

Doctor-You are looking far

s say she never saw a child be

have so."

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dent Afghanistan is India's earn- the tramway lines and as the work est desire, but the danger have to drive by circuitous routes asked an interested relative when "Did you behave in Church?" la now in the main streets, people i threatened in the infiltration of to get to their destination. The Tommy returned. from the ser- Russian subjects into Northern new bridge across the railway line vice. Afghanistan and the Soviet pro- been constructed at an angle which I heard the lady at the back of is causing much trouble as it has "Course I did," replied the boy. paganda in those districts cannot is most inconvenient for motor be ignored. As more and more traffic, the curve being far too

sharp. arms, munitions and aeroplanes,

Mulin Coal Mines. with Russian personnel, are pour- These coal mines are in the fore- as all the railway ed into Afghanistan, Russian in- front again fluence may so predominate that chiefs paid a visit there last week and afterwards there was a 'great even the King himself may find it banquet to discuss the question of extremely difficult to withstand sale of coal to the railway and

the receipt of a large sum of money His wife's eye was on him, ita baleful effects.

In advance. The coal is certainly but with no thought of the wrath the best in the whole district but to come he replied blithely, there seems to be great difficulty "Yes, she's a girl, too."

EASTERN PORTS.

HEALTH STATEMENT FOR

In getting it out fast enough for the demand. It is rumoured, that the company 'want a sum of one

"So this baby is a girl?". beamed the rector, as he walked round the baby show

The proud father assented. "And this other one-is it of the contrary sex?"

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Complaining customer at coffee

Proprietor-Try another bite. Customer. (after huge mouth- ful)-I haven't come to any ham yet.

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million gold roubles to help to stall-I haven't come to any LAST WEEK.

develop the mines. The only place ham in this sandwich yet. where this sum can be got is from the Chinese Eastern Railway. CHOLERA PREVALENT.

Nothing like a banquet to get The health bulletin for Eastern ment, seems to be the idea.

money from the railway, manage

Proprietor Garn! You must ports for last week, issued by the

Something Like a Banquet. have gone right past it. Principal Civil Medical Officer, | gives the following cases, the taikar Province; General Wu, gave-The lady Hon-tamer was a

Yesterday the governor of Tol- numbers in parenthesis denoting a great banquet at the Hotel wonderful person. She beckon- deaths:

Modern, over 180 guests being ined to the fiercest lion, and he Plague: Colombo 9, Basseinvited. The entertainment commeekly came to her and took a (5) Bombay (8).

menced at 3 a.m. with a perform-piece of sugar out of her mouth. Cholera: Basra 125 (108), ance by Chinese artistes on the Madras (72), Assam Province 27 hotel cinema stage, fruit, and tea a man derisively from the au- "Anyone could do that," said (22), Mohammerah (Persia) 16 served at the same time." About dience. (12), Calcutta (18), Bombay 8 p.m. the whole of the halls of (11), Manila 8 (7), Canton 7 this great hotel were closed to the "Do you dare to say you (4), Amoy 5, Shanghai (2), menced for the evening banquet dignantly.

public and preparations

could?" retorted the lady In- Macao (2), Tourane 2 (2) which was to begin at 7 p.m. In Colombo (1), Negapatam (2). Haiphong 1.{1}, Bangkok 1 two of the halls large tables were the lion."

Small-pox: Bandjermasin 25, hors d'oeuvres, while the dining 'spread with all kinds of Russian Bagra 1 (1), Nagasakd 1 (1), table was placed in the cinema sir? Hong Kong 1 (1), Menado house, formed in the shape of a

Diner I should like some (Celebes) 1. Scurabaya 1, Singa-double horschoe. During the ban-ham and eggs and some kind pore 1(1), Colombo 6 (2), quet Russian dancers and singers words. Madras 4, Calcutta 6 (5), Bom- added to the enjoyment. From the bay 5 (3).

appearance of the Modern yester day one would never suppose that It was a European hotel as there were only Chinese to be seen..

Oplum Dens.

Such a "CHEER O" CONCERT.

LADY CLEMENTI VISITS SERVICES SHOW.

сод

"Certainly just as well as

Waiter-What'll you have,

Waiter (returning with the order) There you are, sir.

Diner Here are the ham and eggs, but you've forgotten some- thing.

Walter What's that? A splendid comic. opera might Diner The kind words.' be written on the position of opium Waiter (bending low and dens on the Sungari river at pre-whispered) Don't eat the eggs!

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sent. In Harbin which is in the An enjoyable concert was held] Kirin Province every opium den

A man and his wife had en- at the "Cheer O" Y.M.C.A. yes has been closed and every person joyed their previous holiday on terday evening and was well at who is caught with opium on his

the a farm so well that they wished tended by Servicemen, Mrs. person is severely fined and C. P. F. James was responsible other side of the river, opposite

drug taken from him. But the to repeat it...

The only thing that made for the arrangements but was Harbin, which is in Hellinghuang them doubtful was that they unfortunately unable to partici- Province, allows opium to be had been somewhat annoyed by The present trouble on the pate owing to indisposition. smoked and dealt in, thus all that the close proximity of the pigsty certain temperaments to that pro- frontiers of India is the outcome Luckily Mrs. G. W. R. Griggs Harbin residents now have to do, to the house.

and Miss Judah were able to is to cross the river in a small Ivided in the more sensational of bad feeling bett en

the attend and-filled her place as boat and smoke, opium to their farmer and explained the objec- Finally the man wrote to the kind of cinema films. This is none

Mohamedan and Hindu com accompanists.

Lady Clementi heart's content if they so desire.

tionable feature. the less true of murder trials in munities which was brought to a was an interested member of the The curious thing is that both

He received the following re England as it is of trials of pri- head by the prosecution of the audience throughout most of the these Provinces are part of the

ply: concert. Whilst the programme Three Eastern Provinces and are "We haven't had any pigs on soners on capital charges in Hong editor of an Indian journal for an was in progress Mrs. Costen paid therefore under one chief govern- Kong, whilst in America the alleged scurrilous satire on the a visit to the "Cheer O and was should one side of the Sungari last summer. Be sure to come." ment, that of Mukden. Why then, the place since you were here Press and public combine more prophet Mahomet. It is reassur- accorded a hearty welcome, the smoke oplum and the other be than anywhere else to make them ing to read the statement which servicemen singing "For she's a severely punished for doing so. 1: You can't imagine what I've public spectacles whereon all who was made in the Legislative three cheers and a "tiger." Mrs. it would be interesting to hear last ten years, she said.

jolly good fellow and giving certainly is a comical situation and suffered from dyspepsia in the desire may gaze and gratify to Assembly at Simla yesterday in A. T. Hamilton was in charge of what the Peking government have satiety their craving for excite dicating that a serious crisis had the canteen.

been averted. Although these communal outbreaks are serious obstacles to permanent peace in India and provide the most strik ing example of the discord which would follow- any withdrawal of

ment. The Castle Peak murder trial which concluded at the Sessions this week offered in regard to that aspect of it which concerned the attitude of certain of the spectators a striking com

mentary on the perverted nature

OUR CABARET.

"HERE AND THERE" AT THE STAR. British protection, perhaps the dus no doubt to the unsettled There was a poor attendance,

night, when Our Cabaret present-

to say on the matter.

FAIR RAIDS;

EIGHT YEARS TO COMPLETE DEFENSIVE SYSTEM.;

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"Is that possible." exclaimed her friend. "You look "80 healthy, I didn't suppose you" "Oh, it isn't I, it's my hus band who has it," she hastened to explain.

The teacher, wishing to arouse ! the interest of her Sunday school class, asked them to write the names of their favourite hymns. All the pupils bent. Of the nine daylight air raids their heads over pencil, and

London, July 20,

of those who glory in the misst serious problem with which weather, st the Star Theatre last fortunes of a fellow human being. India is faced at the present day ed "Here and There." The show on London launched yesterday two paper for a few minutes, and It is possible to attend a murder is the Bolshevik menace on the was up to their usual standard, were abandoned owing to bad then handed in their slips-all trial out of curiosity's sake as to now that Communiat activities in Cabaret will make their last ap- other was drawn, teacher, "bring me your paper."

North-West frontier, particularly Mr. Mason having great success weather, two reached the capital, except one.

in his comic turna, The Our four were intercepted and the "Come Mary," said the the conduct of such cases and yet China seem doomed to fallure. To pearance at the Star to-night and to feel compassion for one who la standing upon trial for his life or anyone who has studied the his. will give a special programme. death. It is certainly expected of from the early days of the 19th tory of Anglo-Russian relations one in any event to conduct one-century it is plain that the one self in keeping with the dignity of the Court.

spot where Russia can challenge. the British Empire and make her challenge effective is on the The spectators in the Castle

North-West frontier of India. trial who approached the

Whether the Government dock enaibly to witness a prac

Taarist riallem or Imp tical demonstration by counsel but

ist Communism the clash is eir behaviour is any criterion, the more clearly to shew the priceved to be Indicated there.

soner the

regarda

which they discomfiture, fully For the

SMALLER NAVIES.

OPTIMISM OF JAPANESE

DELEGATERCRAFTAN

The sentor Royal Air Force off-

cer announces that the idea of the Mary, with downcast. eyes and exercises was to test the defensive flaming cheeks, handed the system, which, however, in at pre-teacher a slip of paper bearing sent only at quarter strength and the words "Willle Smith "NG will take eight years to complete:

Times of Ceylon."

{WILL: RELIEVE MOTHER'S

MSD FEARS.

motorist who was approach ing a village saw, to his mus prise, an elderly man running down the road at a' remarkable. speede

Vegan London, Aug. 117 Admiral - Salto, ~ chief of the Japanese delegation toithe recent

What are you running for?” Geneva Naval Conférence, express A panic of fear seizes mother when he asked. ed himself to-Hay as being optimis, sudden, and severe cramps, agonizing

There's a wild beast show peric as to an ultimate disarmament intestinal gains and weakening diar

agreement between – the

aarhoea prostrate some one of the down there, and a lion's broken family Keep Chamberlain's Colle loose was the breathless reply. Stater, Great Britain and Japan,

and Diarrhoe Remedy in the home which wa and, believes that anothe cona

and Viruch emergencies nood Cause ference will be convened before neit

Well you st seven years the 1981-Associated Press

chasing him, do you?

nor alarm. It